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…LETTERS In Jerusalem all Rachel needs is a hug to feel safe. LETTERS from page 6 , But that's not enough for her mother. In Israel, every day is filled with fear for mothers like Rachel's. But thanks to Jewish National Fund, comfort is at hand. JNF constructs security roads so children can travel to school shielded from those who would do them harm. JNF-built parks allow families to gather safely and enjoy simple pleasures. Please help ...…
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…This Week Fighting Back Supporters of Israel protest divestment conf erence at U-M. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News I is been a week of planning, politicking, postur- ing and persuasion in the run-up to the "Second National Student Conference on the Palestinian Solidarity Movement" that begins this Saturday, Oct. 12, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The three-day conference, ostensibly to support a national campaign to enco...…
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…High Marks solidarity mission organized by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit to Israel during the current intifada (Palestinian uprising) and has sent a reporter to chronicle the dedica- tion of Detroit Jews participating in each one. The MPA cited David Sachs as win- ner of its fourth-place award for able to chronicle the tragedy in a very Enterprise Feature from 51 entries for complete and compelling way." his four-week series o...…
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…This Week Cover Story Vision For Israel Through education, technology and heart, Ben-Gurion University President Avishay Braverman renews the dream of making the desert bloom. SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer liAr Beersheva "is the place to connect to the Middle East," he says passionately, noting that Bedouins and Jews live in the community and are students and professors at BGU. 'And we're close to Gaza, to Jordan, to Egypt." Moshe Ram, ...…
…Avishay Braverman walks from the construction site of the new Business Management School. offered creative leadership, he says. Meanwhile, he took a position at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. As a senior economist and divi- sion chief, Braverman worked on four continents. He focused on economic development and social justice. Eventually, he was responsible for strategies affecting the lending of $4 billion annually. In 1990, Braverman got...…
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…Demographic Downturn A smaller, graying American Jewry poses new challenges for community. JOE BERKOFSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York City merica's Jewish population declined by 5. percent dur- ing the past 10 years, according to a new survey that says the shrinkage is likely to con- tinue. given the community's aging population and low birth rates. The National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS) 2000-2001 said the num- ber of Jews now s...…
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…This Week Election Preamble Israel's two main parties roil as leadership batiks approach. LESLIE SUSSER Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem A riel Sharon may still be the most popular politician in Israel, having proven himself remarkably skillful at nav- igating the country's fractious political culture. But the political forces that could bring about the prime minister's down- fall are now in motion. With general elections at most a ye...…
…wIprjwmg _ Clockwise from top left: An Israeli soldier overlooks the Palestinian town of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip from an Israeli army outpost Oct, 7. Women grieve during the funeral of one of the Palestinians killed after an Israeli incursion into Khan Younis Oct. 7 to fight terrorism. Fourteen Palestinians were killed and 100 wounded. Palestinian gunmen shout anti-Israel slogans during a frneral after the Israeli raid again...…
…Washington Watch A House Divided Jews in Congress split on Bush's Iraq legislation. father of 17 — can," he said. "But ... if the costs of war are great, the costs of inaction and appeasement are greater still." ith Congress set to pass Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., and a sweeping resolution Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., were among 19 authorizing the House Democrats who came use of military together to speak out against force against Iraq, Jewish law...…
…ELECTION AtitslUisi from page 32 The unity government has provided a remarkable measure of stability over the past 18 months as Israel has faced one of the gravest crises of its history. But Labor has found it difficult to project a distinct image to voters as it criticizes Sharon's policies but, because of its position in the unity govern- ment, shares responsibility for them. More than Defense Minister and party leader Benjamin Ben-Elieze...…
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…WASHINGTON WATCH from page 34 Christian Coalition for its inclusion of Rev. Falwell in its conference and rally this week. "The rally is theirs, not ours; they have to make the decision who is acceptable to them," he said. "But I do believe that anybody from our community who appears before these groups has a responsibility to distance themselves from people who make those kinds of statements." Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union of Ame...…
…This Week Insight `Married To Ford' Gay automotive executive shares his views on diversity in the workplace. A tion. But he worried that public disclosure would focus too much public attention on him and detract from the impor- Copy Editor/Education Writer tant work he was doing. If the truth had been known, "I would have always been Ilan Gilmour shatters nearly every stereotype referred to as 'the gay Gilmour,' he said. "Just as, for a w...…
…J Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Challenge The Anti-Israel Extremists he "Second National Student Conference on the Palestine Solidarity Movement" Oct. 12-14 at the University of Michigan will be framed by rallies, leafleting, forums and more than a little student moxie. Jewish students are letting the university and community know that they resent and reject being called racist, that they...…
…OTHER, VIEWS Whose Abraham? New York City ith the biblical Abraham's life about to be collective- ly recounted in coming weekly Torah readings at synagogues around the world, Avraham Avinu ("our father Abraham," as tradi- tional Jews refer to him) has become the subject of a major newsweekly's cover story and two bot3ks. Time magazine's spin on the first forefather of the Jewish people, in its Sept. 30 issue, was that he "is beloved by Jews,...…
…South Korea's Delusion Philadelphia hat is it about democra- cies that at critical moments they delude themselves into thinking that they can contain their totalitarian enemies through a policy of niceness? In the 1930s, the British and French leaderships believed that appeasement, accepting Adolf Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia, would satiate the German dictator's aggressiveness. In the 1970s, three American presi- dents thought that ...…
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…STEINBERG from page 41 RINKE CADILLAC 85 Years And Still Delivering BREAK \--.4u) THROUGH with the knowledge that victims could include international observers might persuade Arafat and officials of the Palestinian Authority to end the double game and finally take action to end these attacks. Beyond the very powerful message that would be sent by such actions, "riding the buses to protest terror" should only be one step in a broader campai...…
…You can help our communi ty. You can defend Israel. You can do a world of good. SUPER SUNDAY • OCTOBER 2 On Sunday, hundreds of community volunteers will be phoning our community on behalf of Federation's 2003 Annual Campaign. Their goal? To help, to heal, to rescue lives. Our brothers and sisters in Israel are crying for our help. Our family of agencies here in Metro Detroit needs us more than ever. So please answer the call and increase y...…
…INSIDE: 58 Mazel Toy! 61 Shelli Weisberg RONELLE GRIER Special to the Jewish News andidates Shelley Goodman Taub, a Republican, and Shelli Weisberg, a Democrat, are running for the 40th District seat in the Michigan House of Representatives. The position, paying $79,650 - annually, plus $12,000 for expenses, is open because current state Rep. Patricia "Pan" Godchaux, R-Birmingham, is term-limited. . Shelley Goodman Taub After 10 years...…
…BEST DEALS IN TOWN Community ARE AT AUDETTE! TAUB from page 45 Promotes Reading Increasing literacy among children and their parents is another of Taub's goals if elected state representative. She plans to implement some pilot pro- grams wherein parents and children will learn to read together. "Children need to learn how to read, whether it's through comic books or the Bible," she said. Another piece of legislation that Taub hopes to enac...…
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