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…$1.00 APRIL 14, 2000/NISAN 9, 5760 DETROIT JEWISH NEWS oitjewishnews.com It now comes in many shapes and sizes, but the seder is still at the forefront when Jews celebrate their religious freedoms during Passover. …

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…The Seder Experience A s we clear chametz from our homes and our souls in antici- pation of the seder experience, I'm invigorated by Detroit Jewry's interstream and interfaith harmony. While American Jews heatedly debate religious pluralism in Israel, Jewish Detroit stands as a national ROBERT A. model for working together. SKLAR Editor Consider these examples: • The Reva L'Sheva concert on March 25 at the Jewish Community Center in West Blo...…

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…JARC VOLUNTEERS ARE... For Openers The Family Who Came To Dinner • . Yiddish Limericks 0 This dipping in moderate doses Is sane, say in chrain* or charoses** And zaltz vasser's*** fine But spilling good wine I think borderlines on neurosis! ver 30 years ago, my mother Ceil Liebman ended a discussion with her siblings over who should make the Passover seders by offering, "Why don't you all come here?" Back then, "you all" meant a mere sev...…

…TOMENENI0004 41110 41 11111111 ■ 11111111.11.11 This Week Creating New Traditions P ho tos by Bill Hansen New Traditions, Reliving the Exodus from Egypt symbolism and a bag 4/14 2000 …

…Age Old Story SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer Marissa, Jeremy, Frew; Mindy and Andrea Shuback show what it will be like at their seder on Wednesday night. through talk, of plagues. or anyone who thinks the pages of the Haggada just relay the same old story — maybe it's not the tale but the way it's being told. The mere reading of the words can lead to bored children, teens counting the pages until dinner and few getting the full mean-...…

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…Cover Story TRADITIONS from page 7 Hairy backs are cute (on bears) of asking the kids questions about the yards and yards of fabric over the living seder, gleaned from Hadassah or B'nai room." B'rith magazines. This prompts a dis- With a group of 25 reclining on the cussion that goes around the table so floor, she found it a good idea "not to everyone can participate. have the kids contained." With the This is how a seder should be, "a mea...…

…How to keep your Sunday morning tradition during Passover. Our best wishes to your family for a healthy, happy and well-fed holiday! 4/14 2000 12 1-800-Bagel-Me www.einsteinbros.com Creating New Traditions bages. This combines "the symbolic dipping with a little more sense of an hors d'oeuvre," she says. The family fol- lows the vegetarian tradition of adding a beet next to the shank bone on the seder plate, in deference to the non- meat...…

…r Cover Story SEDERS from page 7 THIS YEAR IN JERUSALEM. T he Jews in Egypt had one dream. To journey into a future filled with milk and honey. Today, as The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, celebrates its 75th Anniversary, its 25,000 faculty, students, researchers and administrators are transforming their ancestors' ancient yearning into a modern vision. • • They are creating an enlightened future in which prosperity, peace, health ...…

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…Discussing homosextiali and Judaism, rabbis offer the views of their individual movements. Clockwise from top Rabbi Aaron Ber Rabbi David Castigl Rabbi Debrah C Rabbi Tamara Ko Rabbi Joseph Kra Rabbi E.B. "Bunny" Freed SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter 111 ore unusual than having rabbis from five streams share a bima was their joint topic of discus- sion: "Judaism and Homosexuality." The rabbis representing the Conservative, Orthodox, Re...…

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…Extending The Welcom Rabbi Weil, Cardinal Maida testify at a Senate hearing on immigration. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer eshivat Akiva teacher Moshe Har-Noy, 27, was born and educated in Israel. He has no intention of making Michigan his permanent home. But, if he ever wants to, United States immigration law could make it difficult, time-consuming or even impossible. Revisions in immigration law would eliminate the uncertainty felt not only...…

…nno unc in9 RABBIS INTERPRET from page 16 Methodist churches and a Mosque receive permanent visas. "The commonality we share is the desire to live our faith," he said. "The ability to live our faith is based on the presence of religious leaders and lay ministers who can carry on our tradi- tions and inspire our children." In his testimony, Rabbi Weil said it was the current law that allowed the Israeli teachers to work in Southfield "and in ...…

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…This Week The Denier Denied Judge rules for Atlanta historian who exposed David Irving. DOUGLAS DAVIS Jewish Telegraphic Agency Scholars applauded the verdict. Omer Bartov, a history pro- London fessor at Rutgers University in he day before she New Jersey, said it was signifi- emerged victorious cant because of Irving's former from a libel lawsuit status as a serious historian who against a Holocaust had been highly regarded for his denier...…

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…politicians are vying with each other to issue prime-time calls for Weizman's immediate departure. The danger to the president is that if he does not accede to the mounting pressure and step down soon, a move may gather steam in the Knesset for his forcible removal. It is a legislative process akin to impeachment, requiring a majority of 80 out of the Knesset's 120 members. While most members are.plainly hesitant to take such drastic action ag...…

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…World Briefs WORLD BRIEFS Michigan Region Women's American ORT Recoamizes our Women of Valor at Shoah Denier Imprisoned (2dic-kv 02 0 0 0 : Zurich/JTA —A Swiss court sentenced a 79-year-old man to one year in prison for denying that the Holocaust occurred. Gaston-Armand Amaudruz was found guilty of having violated anti- racist legislation that was enacted five years ago. Thursday, May 18 - Too pm Adat Shalom Synagogue • 29901 Middlebelt...…

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…THE AKIVA FAMILY INVITES YOU TO OUR ANNUAL DINNER honoring MRS. FAYGA DOMBEY Representing the founders of Akiva Hebrew Day School DR. RICHARD KRUGEL Recipient of the Community Chesed Award SUNDAY, MAY 7 COCKTAILS 5 P.M. • DINNER 6 P.M. CELEBRATING THE DEDICATION OF OUR NEW BUILDING and SALUTING THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT AS OUR PARTNER IN JEWISH EDUCATION CONGREGATION B'NAI MOSHE 6800 DRAKE ROAD, WEST BLOOMFIEL...…

…Insight Remember When • • layed their seats in the Knesset to access to government and the Editor resources it distributes." Rabbi Geffen said the key to reli- pragmatist, Professor Zvi gious pluralism in Israel lies in building Gitelman of the University relationships that "manage our con- of Michigan doesn't flinch in flicts, strive toward common goals and arguing that most Israelis bring a jolly good argument, which is a aren't "agitated"...…

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…Itorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Basking In Freedom I n the comfort of our homes, in the safety of our lives, we can be lulled into forgetting .*what has transpired in our Jewish history. Thus, Passover plays a vital role in changing a self-indulgent focus to a wider view- point, to a reminder of the sacrifices, the martyr- dom and the choices made by our ancestor...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS Our Collective Goodwill I have also witnessed how agencies was thumbing through two work together to benefit each other. recent issues of the Jewish News Yad Ezra has had tremendous support (March 17 and 24) and was and assistance from a variety of orga- struck by the following head- nizations in the community. They lines: "Jerusalem Divided" (3/24), include: Jewish Federation "The Rabbis Vote" (3/24), of Metropolitan Detroit...…

…SPECIAL COMMENTARY Spilling the Wine Mordechai and Esther sound a lot like the pagan gods Marduk and Ishtar.) he joyful holidays of Purim The animated Prince of Egypt, and Pesach are two of the Dreamworks' modern midrash on the three festivals (Chanuka is the Exodus story, gives us a politically cor- other) that derive from rect Moses who is ambivalent about ancient stories of Jewish-gentile conflict. the 10 plagues, especially when the As t...…

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