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…The Palestinian Occupation Hai a Today, holy Bethlehem, under he Palestinians, and the Muslim occupation, has a popula- Muslim world echoes tion that is only about 20 percent them, keep talking about Christian. This decline is in sharp "occupied" lands. Their contrast to Israel proper, where the reference is to those areas of Christian population has no-man's land that were been growing steadily. A under no recognized national Greek Orthodox...…
…INSIDE: a Community Calendar 38 Mazel Toy! 40 Passport To Israel Judaic preschool teachers mix hard work and pleasure while perfecting their craft. DIANA LIEBERMAN Copy Editor/Education Writer I f you're going to teach in a Jewish preschool, it helps to know a few Israeli dances, a lot of catchy songs and a smatterina b of survival Hebrew. These skills and others were taught Jan. 13, at a day-long conference for early childhood Jewi...…
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…Events and Entertainment introduces Out-Of-State Bat Mitzvah Rebecca Jayne Gutmann (Rivka Hannah) of St. Louis, Mo., will become a bat mitzvah at Congregation Temple Israel on Saturday, Feb. 2. She is the daughter of Dr. David and Robin Gutmann. Her grandparents are Drs. Joseph and Marilyn Gutmann of Huntington Woods and Norma and Gene Ritchings of New Jersey. Rebecca attends Wydown Middle School in Clayton, Mo. She is a mem- ber of the S...…
…Mazel Toy! Engagements BENNETT-NISKAR j B SCHNEIDER-STEELE WEINSTEIN-LEVY i odi Lynn Bennett and Joseph Adam Niskar are planning a June wedding at Temple Israel. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Rochelle Kohl of West Bloomfield and the late Howard Bennett. A graduate of Eastern Michigan University, she is employed with Accenture LLP as a campus recruiter. The groom-to-be is the son of Gail and Howard Niskar of Farmington Hills. A grad...…
…Engagements REDMAN-ABRAMS B everly and Lawrence Sklar of West Bloomfield are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter Elissa Beth Abrams to William Patrick Redman, son of Pamela and William Redman of Mt. Morris. Elissa is also the daughter of Connie Abrams and the late F. Barry Abrams. Elissa is a graduate of Michigan State University and earned a master's of social work degree at Wayne State University. She is employed at Jud...…
…WE URGE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO RESPOND TO ARAFAT'S SHIP OF TERROR BY SUSPENDING ALL U.S. RELATIONS WITH ARAFAT In early January 2002, Yasir Arafat and the Palestinian Authority (PA) sponsored a "ship of terror," which tried to bring more than 50 tons of weapons to PA-controlled territory to be used to murder Israelis. It was the latest of numerous such "ships of terror" and other weapons- smuggling efforts by the PA. The U.S. State Depa...…
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