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…The Culture of Adoption Faces Of Change Adoptioil brings Politics together. are, fivin left, Anthony Anibrogio, Jose Hecker, Airca llasopolos and Jodie, Gustavo and David Hecko: Multicultural children add a new dimension to American Jewish families. SHARON LUCKERMAN Editorial Assistant , ITN 5/26 2000 6 al ■ 11111111111V MN 1r A ax :41 x1rit w.mientb.. an Adler recalls walking into a Star Bakery with her adopt- ed Korean daugh...…
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…The Culture of Adoption FACES from page 12 Comprised of 35 to 40 families, the group also invites people who are con- sidering adoption to join them. The Adoption Maze "I had no idea the infra-structure around adoption was so daunting," says Alice Audie-Figueroa, wife of David Hecker. "Yet every time things got tough, someone popped up who opened their heart to us, like doctors or travel agents." When the Heckers realized the dif- ficulty ...…
…What country comes closest to Silicon Valley in developing fligh- ted' start-up companies? Israel. The driving force behind that achievement? Graduates of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, a world-class university celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Technion graduates make up most of Israel's scientists and engineers. And of the entrepreneurs behind its many successful companies on the U.S. stock exchanges. For six d...…
…The Culture of Adoption FACES from page 14 Albanian orphanage before he was adopted. Though the nuns were very loving, his mother Jacqueline Fox explains, they never disciplined the children. That made adjustment at school here difficult for their son. "Jonah didn't know about lining up or circle time," she says. "Let alone how to hold a pencil," Frank Hoffman adds. A few months after Jose Hecker arrived here, he and his new family visited ...…
…f f 1 " 8 =" What's Eating arry .47 k,. Shoah survivor seeks to reunite with his sister. Above: Harry Praw's father, Shaja Mordecha Praw, 1929. Below: Harry Praw's oldest sister, Basia Jakubowicz, 1939. HARRY KIRSBAUM • Stair Writer alking a mile in Harry Praw's shoes the last few weeks has been part David meets Goliath and part Yossarian in Catch-22. And it's far from over. Praw, a Holocaust survivor who thought he lost his whole ...…
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…Out Of Lebanon Jubilation, confusion and fear as Israel calls its troops home. NAOMI SEGAL Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem s its Lebanese allies crumbled and its guerilla opponents cheered, Israel this week withdrew its forces from the nine- mile wide "security zone" in southern Lebanon that it has occupied for two decades at a cost of millions of dollars and thousands of lives. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said the action fulfill...…
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…6 MONTH CD MULLER from page 30 and culture is a large part of that. You cannot teach about Judaism in - Western civilization without an hon- est and thorough discussion of the Holocaust. Q2 The people of the state of Michigan, on two separate occasions, have made it clear that they oppose this approach. People are frustrated with the pace of educa- tional reform and advancement and this seems like an easy way to jump- start reform, cloaked...…
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…applause and reaction of the audience, Bush is still No. 2 to Gore. Perhaps this isn't surprising. Despite recent inroads for Jewish Republicans, American Jews still over- whelming vote Democratic. Gore At Ease Gore, who has spoken to many Jewish audiences, did his best to show his con- nections to the American Jewish corn- munity by extending greetings to AIPAC board members and acknowl- edging personal friends in the audience. He received ...…
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