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…=ram JN JEWISH 'NEWS www.detroitjewishnews.com Sept. 10, 1999 Elul 29, 5759 Vol. CXVI, No. 3 Ot") k • 77N DEPARTMENTS A L'Shana Tova 6 A Jewish Response To Y2K An extended Shabbat will reinvigorate, but planning must begin now. 53 A Time To Resolve Detroiters share their resolutions for the new year. R1 The Art Of The Shofar The dominant symbol of the holidays is a work of art in its own right. R36 New Year At Sea Finding you...…

…Together MAY OUR COMMUNITY BE INSCRIBE FOR A GOOD AND SWEET YEAR... t's not just individuals who pray for a happy and healthy new year. Communities do too. Take your Jewish Federation, for example. We pray that we'll be able to help every youngster who seeks a Jewish education and every older adult who desires a decent and ecure quality of life. e pray that every Jewish family will experience e joys of our tradition and that Jews across t...…

…For Openers notables idio Messages To Be red, With Changes csalem srael's Reform and Conservative movements have reached a compromise with Israel Radio, paving the way for the more-liberal streams of Judaism to run commercials on public airwaves. _ast week, Israel Radio refused to air a series of amercials in which Reform and Conservative rab- invited secular Israelis to learn about their move- :its and come to their egalitarian services on...…

…Mulling The Millennium A Jewish Response We can reinvigorate our communities through an extended Shabbat, but _planning must begin now. RABBI ARTHUR WASKOW Special to the Jewish News Accord, NY he Jewish community, like others in America and around the world, faces the possibility that, early in the year 2000, the Y2K computer glitch may disrupt some important services. But we Jews should decide to make this coming January a time for joy...…

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…Mulling The Millennium The Messiahs Check, In With the year 2000 fast approaching, Jerusalem is attracting all types of people who believe they are biblical figures. Alfonso Botti glieri, from Rome is a pilgrim in Jerusalem. He says he dresses in biblical garb as part of his mission as God and the spirit lead him. Here he sits outside the Church of the Holy Selphcre where Christians believe that Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected f...…

…$CAVOUNI FA, ?i arc „to \,4 Van Eden said he is working to spread the message of a better world. He knows who the messiah,is, he said, but cannot divulge the identity. "The messiah is hidden but he will come out ... in the next few months," he said, adding that, like him, the anointed one comes from the Royal Dutch family of Orange. "That's the reason I am here, to wait for the mes- siah." He believes the messiah was born 40 years to the d...…

…Mulling The Millennium tiap P r The ME Problem After 1000, Jews prospered then suffered. STEVEN FINE Special to the Jewish News n ew Yea r -cc and MAY 5760 be wi4- 41 joy. -Food -For minci b2c)eling world" Call 1-800-Bagel-Me for a location near you. www.einsteinbros.com 9/10 1999 12 Detroit Jewish News IV pile many contemporary Jews find meaning and excitement in the advent of the third Christian millennium, our ancestors, a ...…

…althy a eS t r BANK ON SOUTHFIELD'S FUTURE! NANCY BANKS 576 glory of Christ, his church, and often the more mundane reason of eco- nomic advantage. Jews responded to this nightmare as best they could, marshaling their resources and at times fighting for their survival. On one occasion, par- ents slaughtered their children, then took their own lives, rather than sub- mit to the will of the oppressors. This trauma became part and parcel o...…

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…<1;,\N Mulling The Millennium Jesus For Jews Southern Baptists urge holiday prayers that Jews will find Christian religion. JULIE WIENER Jewish TelegraphicAgency T he High Holidays are tradi- tionally a time of Jewish soul-searching. But during this year's festivities, a num- ber of evangelical Christians will also be eyeing those souls. In an effort Jewish leaders describe as "arrogant" and "offensive," an organiza- tion that claims to...…

…A Millennium Of Jewry The 18 most significant Jewish personalitzes and episodes of the past 1, 000 years. 69# , ropeanChristian crusaders conquer Jerusalem for the first time, pillaging Jewish coinmunities along the way. In erusalem they gather the city's Jews and burn them alive in a synagogue. 1105 Death of Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, or Rashi, known as the greatest Torah and Talmud commentator and teacher ever. 1204 Death of Rabbi Mose...…

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…Tut and Anita If one defines civil society as suc- during perhaps the most intense and cessfully substituting discourse for sustained period of popular millenni- violence, and one that applies the alism ever seen (50 B.C.E. to 70 same law to elites and commoners, C.E.). The break with Judaism provid- then Jewish religious communities ed enormous new opportunities and and their biblical legislation and energetic new directions (converting rabb...…

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…"Just as the hand, held before the eye, can hide the tallest mountains, so the routine of everyday life can keep us from seeing the secret wonders that fill the world." Chasidic 18th Century HAPPY NEW YEAR 576 Y2K Grist For The Mill Some rabbis say sermons will explore meaning of Christian millennium. DIANA LIEBERMAN StaifWriter 1 hose millennium is it, anyway? Not the Jewish peo- ple's — Rosh HaShana, which begins tonight, ushers in th...…

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…Patterns Of Change `The Boys From Beth Achim' a: m :74 §x ft M RE IN FS Pr4 . Zq as X e' 6 a a :n E, ta, Community institutions often intersect in new, intriguing patterns, as Beth Achim, Adat Shalom and Yeshivat Akiva did over the last year. The people of all three say the changes are fine. The morning minyan from a closed synagogue finds a new togetherness at Shaarey Zedek. HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer 0 ne year later, they're s...…

…Patterns Of Change Partnership Of Faith Adat Shalom has welcomed the former congregants of Beth Achim. SHELLI DORFMAN Editorial Assistant T David Wachter &Sons International Award Winning Jewellers Since 1922 100 S. Old Woodward, Birmingham, Michigan 48009 248.540.4622 Certified Gemologist A Healthy and Happy New Year To All My Friends and Customers! CINDY SCHLUSSEL sHuman Members American Gem Society American Heart Association.....…

…I H 1 ! . •5:‘ • s: 4.43rSkAt Address sign at Adat Shalom Synagogue Of their joint rabbinical ventures, Rabbi Nevins says of Rabbi Yoskowitz, "There are some things only he does, some only I do, but we share interests — working together on adult bat mitz- vah, the lunch series, teen education, the Teen Mission and adult education." And on another level, "we daven together." A poignant custom Rabbi Yoskowitz says was adopted from Beth A...…

…Patterns Of Change Proceeding Afresh A Torah parade marks Akiva's move to new quarters. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer T he crowd at Monday's Yeshivat Akiva Torah proces- sion ranged from bearded patriarchs in three-piece suits with tzitzit peeking under their jackets to teenaged girls wearing Old Navy T- shirts over ankle-length gray skirts. Toddlers reclined in their strollers as their big brothers held aloft the blue-and-white banner pr...…

…You have until September 30th to get the best lease ever on a Saab 9-3. Go. As the Torah parade went down 12 Mile Road on Monday, Akiva head, Rabbi Karmi Gross, danced with, from left, Solly Beraderet, 9, and Jacob Kohn, 10, both of West Bloomfield. Akiva parent Mark Nadel, who moved with his family to Southfield a year ago from Philadelphia. "We are quite • passionate about Akiva," he said. Nadel said he was adamant that he wanted his child...…

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…• ,filat i4 fizet Cud= Ctifilier Republicans such as former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Ms. Clinton's expected rival in next year's Senate contest. These activists have done everything in their power to portray Ms. Clinton as anti-Israel, even anti-Semitic. Is their public demand that she go to bat for Pollard a genuine effort to help him or just part of the intensi ing effort to taint Ms. Clinton with Jewish voters? Do...…

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…DO NOT BE MISLED Washington Watch Selecting just the right assisted living communit y is•not an easy task. There are many things y ou need to know before y ou can make the right decision. When y ou call or visit the building there are important questions you should he sure to ask: 1. What are the extra charges above and b eyond the monthly room and board costs? Most places charge extra for care and assistance. The extra charges can quickl...…

…ow It's For Me! 95 representative, Matthew Dorf. "But it is saying there's a crisis in this country; the gun crisis is affecting all Americans. We believe enough is enough." The Jewish group will invite other faith communities to participate in the drive. In the meantime, Jewish groups in Washington will be actively promoting the mild, Senate-passed gun control legislation included in a juvenile jus- tice bill about to go before a House- Sen...…

…Tortured Ruling Israel's High Court clamps down on long-used techniques to extract information from suspected terrorists. • An Israeli actor in 1998 demonstrated the "regular shabeh" method, one of several torture techniques reportedly used by the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency, during interrogations of Palestinian prisoners. LARRY DERFNER Israel Correspondent Jerusalem T orture is the story in Israel that no one likes and ...…

…A History Of Torture ntil the late 1980s, Israel's domestic security agency, the Shin Bet, swore its agents did not torture Palestinian suspects. Such claims were despite the mounting number of Palestinians who gave matching descriptions of their ordeals. A commission of inquiry headed by former Supreme Court President Moshe Landau found in 1987 that Shin Bet investigators had been beating and torturing confessions out of Palestinians for nea...…

…Phot o by AP/ Nati Harn i k • „, Attacks revive concerns about radicalization of Israeli Arabs. GIL SEDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem list as Israel agreed to release hundreds of Palestinian security prison- CrS and just as the High Court of Justice ruled against some interrogation methods used by Israeli security service officials against Arab suspects, terrorism struck again. This time around, however, it was not Palestinians f...…

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…The Wexner Foundation Proudly Announces Its Twelfth Class of Graduate Fellows ANOTHER DAY Fellow Graduate Program Career Area Joshua Chadajo Jewish Communal Service Lila Corwin Barat Eliman Yale University Yale University Jewish Theological Seminary Shira Epstein Melissa Fand Ira Goldberg Jewish Studies Jerusalem Columbia Teachers College Hebrew Union College-JIR Columbia University/ J.T.S. Jewish Education Jewish Communal Ser...…

…SOUL-SEARCHING CREATING A HIGHER STANDARD from page 38 The Model Year 2000 Third, Israeli security officials pointed to the growing radicalization of a political group that has a strong following in the Israeli Arab commu- nity — the Islamic movement. Prime Minister Barak was among those who said that Israel's Arab pop- ulation should not be subject to wholesale discrimination because of the crimes of isolated individuals. "Extremists, as ...…

…Insight I f Clyde Lott has his way, sev- eral hundred cows will fly to Israel this December. And the Mississippi preacher has some unlikely allies in his quest: Jews liv- ing in Israel and the West Bank. The cows, the first of what Lott hopes will be 50,000 sent to the Jewish state, are part of his plan to fulfill a biblical prophecy that a red - heifer be born in Israel to bring about the "Second Coming" of Jesus. The return of Jesus is par...…

…FROM ' 1 'I C I ,ERGY, S' AF F' AND MEM ERS 0 CONG EGA I '11 ON B 9NA 1 MOSHE MAY YOU E INSCRI IIED FOR A GOOD AND SWEET YFA TO OUR FELLOW JEWS THROUGHOUT METROPOLITAN DETROIT, ISRAEL AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD WITH WHOM WE SHARE A COMMON DESTIN Y AS MEMBERS OF KLAL YISRAEL, "THE ONE JEWISH PEOPLE" Mel, Connie, Aaron and Amy Bakalar Cantor and liana Berris, Doron & Leore Bernice & Maurice Betman Pearlena & Jason Bodzin and Family Glor...…

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…>„Nw \ \ k si :\.\;\ ., s ■ '' rAs ilt\,' '. :;,N . * ,,, , -.. ,,,, -,... •,,,, \: x .:' ,N i ''' „ "` . N.. itorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Weaving A Tapestry Of Community D ear readers: While the High Holiday season reminds us of relationships, past and pre- sent, with our Creator and each other, it's also a time of renewal and rebirth. As the gates of...…

…COMIIIIIITY VIEWS At The Heart Of Being Jewish thing I've taken for granted. I grew up in a very Jewish environment, secure in the knowledge that it was the best of all worlds. Why would I want less for my offspring than I had experi- know. enced? Or that my parents With some excitement, I and grandparents had made told her about Federation's possible for me? Alliance for Jewish Education What if someone took and what it will mean for the aw...…

…EDITOR'S WATCH Rallying For Peace Through Tennis competitions as a backdrop, competi- The Palestinian Tennis Association sraeli Prime Minister Ehud tive athletics are proven builders of approached Brode last October and Barak's embrace of the Wye international bridges of understanding. asked him to help duplicate the ITC's River Accords may speed arrival And such bridges are in critically short success in their homeland. Wrote Dr. of Mideast...…

…SPECIAL COMMENTARY SPECIAL COMMENTARY Speaking Out Against Hate Israel's Security Is Foremost PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK Special to the Jewish News ir rom the city of Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the State of Israel, and the spiri- tual home of the Jewish peo- ple, I send you my warmest greetings for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. Shana Tova! We, the citizens of Israel, share the deep concern of our fellow Jews throughout...…

…SPECIAL COMMENTARY SDOM 576 O The Cry Within osh HaShana begins the most intense period of the Jewish calendar, a day of fear and trembling. At least we hope it is. Because without fear and trem- bling there can be none of the joy of the New Year. The staccato terua blasts of the sho- far remind us of something being JONATHAN B. shattered — our- ROSENBLUM selves and the Special to ingrained patterns the Jewish News of our past — so that we...…

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