…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS OCTOBER 12, 1990 / 23 TISHREI 5751 Major Donors Open Campaign STAFF REPORT my months after the same contributors gave $13 million to the special Operation Ex- odus campaign for Soviet Jewry, major Jewish donors in Detroit this week pledged a record $9.85 million to the 1991 Allied Jewish Cam- Paign. Sixty of the Jewish com- munity's largest con- tributors attended the ...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus Saudi Envoy To Jordan's Hussein: Stop Bluffing T o this introductory line could be added: listen, King, and learn to tell the truth. Would that all Arab and Islamic chieftans read and study the text about to be quoted. Then we could have accord among Arabs and ge- nuine peace with Israel and the Jewish people. The lesson is from the New York Times, Sept. 26 OP-ED page. It is "A Saudi's Op...…
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…EDITORIAL Democratic Pitfall Question: When is it wrong to solve a dispute through a democratic election? Answer: When the election is rigged. Israeli officials are worried that Saddam Hussein may seek to avoid a military showdown with the United States by sug- gesting that he withdraw from Kuwait in return for American and other forces withdrawing from Saudi Arabia. As for Kuwait, Saddam may propose a free and democratic election for the in...…
…CONTENTS Soviet Bias Make Believe ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM An activist documents the rising flood of anti-Semitism. HOWARD ROSS Rotisserie League owners invest in their own baseball game. 15 INSIDE WASHINGTON 35 Noah and commitment is the theme of our family section. center NEWS RITA CHARLESTON A former Detroiter fights a tough anti-abortion bill. 51 COMMUNITY Shiva calls and sick visits are the subject of a new class. 45 Home For Th...…
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…mmimmmwm"''''''i OP I N ION I NOBLIA Iraq, Israel Continued from Page 6 ding of the completely dif- ferent circumstances that sur- rounded the two cases. Also bogus is Iraq's ques- tioning why the world is focusing on Saddam's refusal to implement U.N. Resolution 660 when Israel hasn't imple- ment U.N. Resolution 242 for over 20 years. In fact, Israel has always supported 242. The reason that it has not been im- plemented is because the re...…
…I YOU'RE COVERED With Our T-Shirt! DETROIT Judaism And Magic Are A Powerful Mix SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer udaic teachings may frown upon the use of magic, but even God has been known to use a little pixie dust to make His point. Judaism and magic do mix, but it depends upon who casts the spells, said Dr. Peter Machinist,. a Near Eastern Studies professor at the University of Michigan. While most people think of the 10 plagues as the begin...…
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…DETROIT Activist Sees Anti-Semitism Increasing In The Soviet Union ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor oviet anti-Semitism has increased since Mikhail Gorbachev came to power and is likely to continue worsening as the nation plunges into the dep- ths of poverty, according to former refusenik Mark Kotlyar. Soviet anti-Semites are "animals. They don't realize what they do. They just hate," said Mr. Kotlyar, who visited Detroit this week. Am...…
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…CLOSE-UP I veryibraliiks A Stor ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor ollowing his friend's directions to the site of a secret trea- sure, the American tourist wandered for days about the streets of Czestochowa, Poland. Finally, Harry Rapaport came to a factory deep in the heart of the city, his father's hometown. He walked upstairs and opened the door. There, in the attic, he saw a remarkable vision: piles and piles of torn. Torah scrolls,...…
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…BAC KG ROU N D • Loose Cannon Continued from preceding page The Iraqi leader has galvanized Arab opinion, particularly over Israel, and his influence is likely to be felt over a wide area long after his disappearance from the Middle East arena. For pan-Arab nationalists, Israel — like Kuwait — is a foreign implantation, an imperialist outpost in the heart of the Arab nation; for the growing body of funda- mentalists, it represents an intrus...…
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…HOLIDAYS ilOM E FOR TH E 0141:DAY S PHIL JACOBS Assistant Editor npredictable weather, wind fronts and even a suddenly religious yellow jacket or two couldn't keep Jews last week from get- ting out the lumber, the can- vas, the bamboo and the greenery in their sukkah- building efforts. au From Oak Park to Southfield to West Bloom- field and places beyond, sukkahs were constructed reflecting the builder's own particular style. Some wer...…
…HOLIDAYS Local sukkahs come in every shape and size, with walls of wood and canvas, and are decorated with everything from pumpkins to shining streamers. Clockwise, top right: The Yashinsky family put some finishing touches on the interior of their sukkah. Bottom left: Avraham Elchonen, Rabbi Toiwin's neighbor, drills a hole on the top of his sukkah. Bottom right: Rabbi Tolwin hangs a decoration while daughter, Henna, 9, helps out. Top ...…
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