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…CONTENTS UP FRONT FINE ARTS Living Portraits OPINION ARTHUR J. MAGIDA AMY J. MEHLER A Valentine's Day look at some "perfect" couples. Children and grandparents re-discover Jewish roots. When Jewish journalists get together in Israel. A Perfect Match 57 14 DETROIT • Home improvement show is a success. • B'nai David marking centennial year. • Germany gives millions to HMC addition. MEDIA MONITOR 32 Readers' letters skewer writers...…
…EDITORIAL "4 Slavery Of The Mind Weeks prior to his death, author Alex Haley came to the University of Michigan as a guest speaker. Mr. Haley, whose book and television series, Roots, brought slavery to our contemporary consciousness, died of a heart attack in Seattle. One hundred years from now, when historians study the way we're living and thinking now, they'll undoubtedly choose Roots as one of the most important works of its time. It m...…
…OPINION When Journalists Get Together .. . GARY ROSENBLATT Editor ■ - The question of whether one can be both a committed Jew and a committed journalist was asked — and answered — in any number of ways during an international Jewish media conference in Jerusalem last week. Can one write an unflat- tering story about Israel, and still be a good Jew? When, if ever, is it proper for us to pull our journalistic punches? Ari Goldman, a religi...…
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…LOCAL NEWS 1 Let Us Entertain You Lecture/Debate Set For Sunday The Metropolitan Detroit Jewish Coalition for Peace in the Middle East will sponsor a lecture/debate, "The Jewish- American Dilemma: Linkage, Pre-Conditions and Knesset Politics" 3-5 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Birmingham Temple. Speakers will be Menachem Rosensaft and Fred Pearson. Menachem Rosensaft, an attorney, is the past national president of the Labor Zionist Alliance and found...…
…BUSINESS Anatomy Of An Entrepreneur ADRIEN CHANDLER Special to The Jewish News Within the first six months of operation, Hermanoff and Associates grew from Sandy Hermanoff's one- person public relations agency into a thriving business. 48ERIDAYIEBBIJABD4, 1992 an Gilbert's Bing- ham Farms' office is filled with sports paraphernalia, in- cluding an Ever- last punching bag for "stress reduc- tion" and a makeshift basket- ball hoop. Plaster...…
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