…THIS ISSUE 60P SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP MAY 19, 1989 / 14 IYAR 5749 Religion Is Hidden On Bloomfield Ballot KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer TORCH — a group aiming to in- clude religious traditions in Bloom- field Hills schools — appears to have disbanded, but it may remain a lingering presence in the June 12 school board elections. Five candidates, including school board President Suzanne von Ende and incumbent board mem...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY The Diaspora And The Galut As Our Degradation PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus A front page New York Times story from Kuwait (March 22), bylined Allan Cowell, was headlined: "The Palestinians in Diaspora: Vision Fades But Won't Die." Diaspora is not even used in quota- tion marks here. It appears at the outset as the kind of Arab possession, not even as a legacy. There was resentment in some Jewish quarters over Arab res...…
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…askl khwtk 41:„ Jewish Community Council 41014 40L•1 1 C7Y7lAd COMMUNITY WIDE FORUM Hear about critical issues facing us from two of the most prominent leaders of the American Jewish community. Mandell L. Berman President of the Council of Jewish Federations Edward C. Levy, Jr. President of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee "What Are the Implications of the Massive Soviet Jewish Emigration?" "Is U.S. Aid to Israel Threat...…
…UP FRONT MSU Students, Protests Mark Independence Day MICHELLE COHEN Special to The Jewish News pproximately 150 Michigan State Uni- versity students celebrated Israel's 41st birth- day May 10, despite pro- testors shouting phrases such as "stop murdering children" and "long live Palestine" throughout the celebration. "I think they can protest 364 days of the year, but why now? It's offensive," said Sid Appelboom, an economics senior. "Th...…
…EDITORIAL The Oprah Libel Last week's blood libel remark on the Oprah Winfrey show is not only repulsive in its perpetuation of an ancient slur, but a clear indication of how low television -talk shows have sunk in their pur- suit of ratings. Of course, few people are ready to believe that Jews sacrifice babies, as asserted by a guest on a program dealing with cult murders. The fact that the popular TV host would give air space to a certifia...…
…CONTENTS Under Protest, But With Love For Mom MASHEY BERNSTEIN A rare find is a good wife .. . She looks after her household; She never eats the bread of idleness Her children rise and bless her . . . — Proverbs The other day my mother called to complain that in all the articles I have written, I have never written one about her! Immediately, like some Jewish Pavlovian dog, I felt the familiar pangs of guilt. "But, Ma," I protested, "you k...…
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…- Beat the heat... to introduce him to synagogue life when he first arrived, his main interests were focused on finding a place to live, a job, and learn- ing English. But when he had settled in a bit, after about a year, and was ready to explore the new horizon of synagogues and Jewish com- munal life, the organized Jewish community had lost interest in him. "Just when I was getting curious, they had given up on me," he said. He recommends ...…
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…ti A real bal •• • Meeting Will Scrutinize Soviet Human Rights New York (JTA) — An up- coming conference in Paris will test whether the Soviet Union is living up to its human rights commitments and whether the United States is willing to single out Soviet abuses at a time of warming relations between the two countries. So say a number of non- governmental organizations, including Soviet Jewry groups, which plan to send delegations to the P...…
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…I CLOSE-UP H L D ING THE H Seymour Reich, the highly visible president of B'nai B'rith and chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, is the closest thing the Jewish community has to an official spokesman. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent I n some ways, Seymour Reich is like the man with his finger in the dike. On one side is a long line of American Jewish leaders and the distinctive style they brough...…
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…For Men Only! ritual impurity during menstruation would affect her as a rabbi. Greenberg argued a woman rabbi would not transmit ritual impurity to the Torah, or to a place, or to her pulpit, or to other Jews simply by be- ing on a bimah. She said the impact of the mechitza — the physical bar- rier separating the sexes in the Orthodox synagogue — and the differences between men and women in liturgical obligations are much more powerful within...…
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…SYNAGOGUES THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE presents THE SHORR MEMORIAL LECTURE in memory of Mickey & Robert Shorn Cellist Ofra Harnoy To Perform June 6 At Shaarey Zedek Featuring Michael Lerner Editor Tikkun Magazine Monday ♦ May 22 ♦ 8:30 p.m. Admission $3.00 ISRAEL AND AMERICAN JEWS: A NEW RELATIONSHIP ♦ A dynamic young leader who has attracted a strong following for a new style of Jewish thinking in America based on "The Chutzpah To Speak ...…
…I TORAH PORTION I Enjoy The Jewish Dedication To Liberty Through Law RABBI RICHARD HERTZ Special to The Jewish News T his week's 'Ibrah por- tion is concerned with sabbatical and jubilee years. Just as the seventh day is sacred and a day of rest, so the Torah stipulates that the seventh month of the year is special. The High Holy Days and Succot occur then. Fur- thermore, every seventh year is to be a sabbatical year. A jubilee year is t...…
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