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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Conte A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year www.detroitjewishnews.com December 14, 2001 Kislev 29, 5752 Vol. CXX, No. 18 Spirituality This Week 64 House Keeps Growing 12 Kashrut Interpretaion Festive ceremony marks Young Israel synagogue expansion. The meat was kosher, but the standards vary. Arts & Entertainment 24 The Yoffie Plan 75 Jerusalem's Children UAHC advocates 'Marshall Plan" for...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Lighting Our Way Boston ou define a Jewish neighborhood by its borders, language, lifestyle, values and causes. The ability to energize Jews — bringing neigh- bors closer together and giving them reason to grow Jewishly — also is relevant. . So is the level of commitment to Israel, social justice and Jewish learning. The length of time people have lived there is relevant, too. But whether your surroundings make you feel Je...…
…This Week LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: wwvv.detroitjewishnews.corn Staff Notebook +r. U.S. Israel's Ally, Not Broker Special Commentary writer Daniel Pipes writes, " . . . the existing order . . . can no longer be taken for grant- ed. It now needs to be fought for" ("We Are Going To Conquer America," Nov. 16, page 37). Recent events validate his thoughts. When Hamas attacked Jerusalem and Haifa on Dec. 1-2, it as...…
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…For Openers Cinema Exposes Truth nne Borin's interest in film has grown internationally, but she never forgets her Jewish roots in Michigan. In her fourth year as director of the New York Exposition of Short Film and Video, she scheduled two movies from Israel. Tsipi Trope's Close and Far Away probes choices by Arab-Israeli brothers-in-law, while Hadar Fridlich's Grief gives insight into ways to cope with death. The festival, which ran Dec. ...…
…LETTERS from page 6 Kashrut Interpretation The meat was kosher, but standards can vary. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer A s with any new concept, Quality Kosher Catering's Dec. 1 certification by a national kashrut supervisory agency sparked queries — in this case, specific to the use of meat products. The catering business is the first to leave the Southfield-based Vaad Harabonim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit), whic...…
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…Cover Story iSi s aellY S mg terrorism, Detroit Jews DAVID SACHS Senior Copy Editor "It will always have a personal affect on me. I'll always see the faces of these children. Robin had decided to go to Israel to celebrate his wife Susan's 50th birth- day as well as their 25th wedding .anniversary. He wound up being joined by Susan's brother, Joel Rosenberg of Bloomfield Hills, and sister, Linda Rosenberg Chess of Houston, as well as het par...…
…spend time and money in Israel. just to show them the Americans will support them — that we're not afraid." The youngest travelers in the group were Michael and Kathryn Marcus of Royal Oak, married just a year and a half. They were attracted by the mis- sion's $999 cost. We saw the ad for the mission trip and said, 'We can afford that, let's go,"' Michael said. We want to show support for Israel, but I've never been there — so we can do both ...…
…Cover Story Clockwise from top left: Michael and Kathryn Marcus check out the handiwork of a Jewish immigrant from Iran at the Lifelines for the Old senior crafts center in Jerusalem. Neal Robin "high-fives" students at an elementary school in Detroit's sister region, the Central Galilee. The Rosenberg family on the mission: Susan and Neal Robin, Mark Chess, Joel Rosenberg, Linda Rosenberg Chess and Harold and Shirley Rosenberg. An Israeli so...…
…To Our "DYN-O-MITE" DUO SHARI AND ALON KAUFMAN Life Under Stress Ex-Detroiters talk about living in Israel. T DAVID SACHS Senior Copy Editor hree people with Detroit roots who live in Israel commented on how they are coping with the terrorist threats in Israel. Former Oak Parker Aharon "Arthur" Friedman lives in Jerusalem and goes about life in his Arzei Habira neighbor- hood. "The intifid4 (uprising) has not affect- ed my daily routine ...…
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…Cover Story The Detroit Medical Center Salutes The Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation • For Its Generous Support of The Lawrence and !dell Weisberg Cancer Center Somber Chanukah ierusalemites mark the festival on sites of carnage. SHOSHANA KORDOVA Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem :P;;; NmOMP:44 Howard Gourwitz - President MJSF Gary Salien - Co-Chair Hank Greenberg Memorial Conrad Mallett - Senior Vice President DMC Dan Passman C...…
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…The Yoffie Plan A 'Marshall Plan" for Jewish education is advocated at the UAHC. JULIE WIENER Jewish Telegraphic Agency "mobilize ourselves for religious education as we have in the past for the State of Israel and the fight against discrimination." He announced the development of a new Reform curriculum called "Chai Learning for Jewish Life," saying it offers a full course in Hebrew language, focuses on "text and celebration" and de-emphas...…
…Shifting Right Paul Flexner, who recently staffed a task force on improving congregational schools for the Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA), praised Rabbi Yoffie for making this issue a priority. However, he said that improving schools will require a local as well as a national commitment. Rabbi Yoffie's speech "raises the level of importance and significance of this agenda item on the local agendas," Flexner said. "By his ma...…
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…Washington Watch Robertson's Exit Evangelist stepping down does not mean a weakening of the Christian right. servative Christians, said it would be a mistake to write off the religious ast week's sur- right insurgents. Other prise resignation groups — including the of televangelist Traditional Values Pat Robertson Coalition and the from the Christian Campaign for Working Coalition could be a mor- Families, headed by for- tal blow to the onc...…
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…Who will keep the flame burning bright? to shine in the land of Israel. Where once it was In these tt7oulded times, the light of lorah the :\laccakees, now thousands visited scenes of Palestinian suicide bombings in Jerusalem to show soli- darity with Israel. Israelis cheered as Rudy Giuliani walked through a pedestrian mall where suicide bombers struck on Dec. 1, killing 11 people. He also stopped outside a nearby Sbarro pizzeria where a ...…
…News Digest movement failed ro show solidarity with the Jewish state. Until last sum- mer, the Reform movement had been the largest sponsor of Israel teen tours, sendina b 1 500 teens in 2000. Officials with the movement say they expect a few hundred teens ro participate in the kibbutz programs. , Court Passes On Graduation Prayer At this time of year we pause to give many thanks for our blessings. You are among them. Support For Topplin...…
…Discover the Meaning of EXCEPTIONAL SENIOR LIVING President Sends Holiday Message Washington/JTA — President Bush sent Chanukah greetings to the Jewish community. Bush called the eight-day festival, which began Sunday night, a "holiday of hope that encourages trust in God." The president asked that the candles of Chanukah illuminate the memory of those who died in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. Chanukah "celebrates the liberation of the...…
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…Remember When A Friendly Voice The Detroit News editorial page under Nolan Finley has become a vocal supporter of Israel. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News Nir hen it comes to the Arab-Israeli conflict, metro Detroit's most passionate voices come from the Jewish, Arab and Muslim communities — and from Nolan Finley, editorial page editor of the I do have strong feelings about who is right and who is wrong here, and I guess that is a mo...…
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…inion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.corn More Than Chopped Liver L et us say a word of thanks to Rabbi Yaakov Perlow and his colleagues for their effort to curb the conspicuous consump- tion that has marked a number of frum weddings. According to a report last week in the Forward, Rabbi Perlow and 26 other influential hare- di rabbis have drafted a takhanah, or for- mal guideline, that would stric...…
…OTHER, VIEWS Staking Out The Truth did we withhold judgment on fter Sept. 11, most whether it was terrorism until we Americans get it about ter- knew the motivations of the killers? rorism. But the leadership Of course not. of the local Arab American But are Hamas and Hezbollah free- and Muslim community does not. dom fighters? Local support of terrorism is so The Hamas Charter says: "[Peace] strong that the media couldn't find a initiatives...…
…OTHER VIEWS Moving From Left To Right Hai a ecause I don't have family in Israel and I'm not com- pletely familiar with the geography, it's been easy to let the terrorist attacks kind of run together and not pay too much atten- tion to them. It's not that I don't care, but I can't let myself be wrapped up in every single one — there are just too many. When they hit too close to home, though, like the recent suicide bomb- ings in Haifa, they...…
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…INSIDE: Community Calendar 53 Mazel Toy! 55 Blending Science And Families JHAS fund-raising event will take over the Detroit Science Center. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News T he Jewish Home & Aging Services (JHAS) is taking its annual fund-raising event into space — well, actually to the newly renovat- ed Detroit Science Center, which has a new planetarium. The agency's "It's a Family Affair" will be held Sunday, Jan. 27, at t...…
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