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…Contents This Week a DETROIT JEWESS NEWS A 2000 winner of Michigan Press Association and American Jewish Press Association awards May 25, 2001 Sivan 3, 5761 Vol. CXIX, No. 15 Arts & Entertainment 21 Going Public 65 Champion Of The Arts Jews feel compelled to support local public education. Opinion Jim August assumes presidency of national Jewish culture unit. Living Well 31 Enmity And Justice 83 Israeli Flavors Israeli society ...…
…Detroit's Jewish community mourns the passing of ow can we describe Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Kagan, el? He was a prolific author; an -accomplished orator; a noted scholar and an esteemed teacher: He was a - devoted husband, fiither and grandfather; and . friend to all Israel. He was a Chabad-Lubavitch . director and leader for • 35 .years, carrying on the legacy of our beloved Rebbe of blessed memory. Ale6htytatzcitak NitirX CHABAD—LUBAVITCH OF ...…
…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: wvvw.detroitjewishnews.com From Dream To School 0 Aerating money is short, two more grade levels must be added and the manner that colleges will evaluate its students is unknown. But Detroit Jewry's newest day high school has much to be proud of on its first anniversary. Skeptics dared the believers to succeed — and they have. And that's a tribute to all who have buil...…
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…Clockwise from top left: A marcher totes the American flag. The Klezmer Fusion Band entertains as people complete the solidarity march and gather at the shuk. The march drew Israel supporters of all ages. The three-mile march drew 500 participants. Jewish Family Service . Volunteer of the Year Susan Robin of Farmington Hills joins the march with husband Neal, and sons Dan, 19, and Adam, 21. Craig Joseph of West Bloomfield assists daughte...…
…Detroit's Jewish community marches to support Israel, even with disagreements on its political direction. SHARON LU C KE RM.AN • Staff Writer Israeli flag, says he wants to support Israel to go back toward the peace process. "The Palestinians are the children of God, too," he said. While marchers came to make a statement of public support, they also gathered as a local community, shar- ing a sense of solidarity and celebration. "Individuals ...…
…Protesters hold signs depicting Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat as a Nazi during a demonstration in front of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office in Jerusalem on Sunday. 4 .-FA 44,1 44: — !-) a . Sharon Under Pressure Cracks seen in Israeli government over _proposals in the Mitchell report. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency T Jerusalem he Mitchell Commission report on ongoing Israeli- Palestinian violence appe...…
…Lieberman, a member of the hawkish National Union Party, warned that Israel's acceptance of the Mitchell panel's recommendations would spell the begin- ning of the end of the unity government. Legislator Reuven Rivlin, a member of Sharon's Likud Party, termed the Mitchell recommendations "a prize to terrorism." Meanwhile, Ben-Eliezer, a member of Labor, told the Israeli daily Ha'aretz he would be prepared to accept a full s 1/4t.ttle- ment fre...…
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…OTHER VIEWS Stronger And Prouder s a participant on the March of the Living- Detroit Teen Unity Poland/Israel Experience, it is important to inform the writer of the letter to the editor, "What Are The March's Benefits?" (May 18, page 6), of the great benefits of this trip. Although I don't,like to label myself, like the writer of the abo , e- mentioned letter, I also am one who "would be referred to in the secular media as ultra-Orthodox." ...…
…Israel's Lebanon Lesson T Philadelphia . he recent rocket attacks coming out of Lebanon and directed against Israeli troops, followed by a tough Israeli response, serves as a poignant reminder that the Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon a year ago this week did not exactly live up to its expecta- tions. It may be useful to recall jnst how high those expectations were. 13y a nearly 4-1 margin, Israelis endorsed the retreat from Lebanon as an ex...…
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