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…$1.00 MAY 14, 1999/IYAR 28, 5759 DETROIT JEWISH NEWS When The Syllabus Is Hatred A Nice Jewish Girl ... In A Pageant? teoiltietvishn Poster Boys For Israel An Americanized political campaign winds up with a choice of Barak or Netanyahu. • in this issue …

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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS This Week 6 The Syllabus Is Hatred A campaign about Palestinian text books draws questions of its own. • Israveli _Election 22 Left, In The Center After a bitter campaign, consensus points to a new prime minister. 22 Yankees Aghast Americans from the Detroit area find the election process dismaying. 23 Washington Braces No matter who wins, Washington might be surprised. Community 37 Family Ties West Bloomfield...…

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…How To Say It With Finesse These that follow were submitted 11471 henever you are faced by Debbie Hitsky of Southfield as with some of the stupidi- found on the Internet. They are "hon- ties of life (and they do est" appraisals from military reports. live in every co mmuni Ty) , • Not the sharpest knife in try finding a fresh way to the drawer. observe their shortcomings. • If brains were taxed, he'd Not only do such observa- get a rebate. ti...…

…JULIE WIENER Staff Writer S eizing When The Syllabus Is Hatred on the Littleton, Colo.- spawned concerns about youth vio- lence, a small local organi- zation is launching a stu- .`*.:A ■ ‘':W.:,'NO:\k,..‘,i&X,KM.,\WM:*::;.,RM14,:2k0&.:,. .44, :';'. , :. ‘ AW dent campaign protesting `*s .4*,, ,,KSW'' 4`$,,',A'',.,* 0.`,X0 40,*04*42:1***•',%.,, W, what it describes as the 0$it .5 - : , K, 4.**44, 0% <*kierM44 ibiitkM04**, *X*,\U' :;'..iet, ...…

…L O ST Akiva student Danielle Weiss, 17, writes a letter to Palestinian students. away in the middle of the night, that's what gives you the impression that someone is repressing you. Jewish organizations are generally supportive of MATCKH. The Agency for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Detroit is publicizing Kids for Peace amona day schools and Hebrew schools. "W ' e do that for any program that we think is important. Then it's up to the s...…

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…Friends At The End r. JULIE WIENER Staff Writer or over 50 years, the - American Zionist Movement-Michigan Region was a place where Detroit's Labor Party supporters could sit across the table from diehard opponents of the peace process and be friends, albeit friends who yell at each other. Last week, in a clamorous two-hour meeting filled with avid Zionists, the organization — which has hosted pro- Israel demonstrations, community events an...…

…Jewry's Role in Human Advancement GALAXY OF NOBEL LAUREATES Commercial Collapse Michigan-Israel trade promotion agency likely to shut. JULIE WIENER Staff Writer L H ess than a week after Detroit's American Zionist Movement voted to dissolve, another local Israel-related organiza- tion announced that it, too, may close. In a meeting Monday evening that drew only 11 members from a mailing list of more than 300, the Michigan- Israel Chambe...…

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…The Talk Of The Towns 0 HARRY KIRSBAUM StaffWriter N umbers don't matter; good discussion does. Looking back at the turnout during the first round of four Town Hall meetings planned to reach out to Jews living outside the core Jewish areas of metro Detroit, the organizers said the name of the game was discussion. The meeting in Royal Oak drew 60 participants, but the other three — in Commerce Township, Grosse Pointe, and Troy/Rochester Hil...…

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…. kk' kkkeft'*41 k k schedule that exists shouldn't interfere with the education of the Jewish stu- dent and not hamper students' ability to be excused for the Jewish holidays, he said. It's important "to make sure that Jewish students are being treated fairly and sensitively, with no negative implications." Gad-Harf said the Town Hall meet- ings were a success, not by the num- bers, but because of the feedback. "The one message I received (...…

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…Roles Reversed SHELL' DORF N/IAN including Ilana and her Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit class- mates Eli Eisman and Joey Gartner. Eisman says he heard about the Tikun Leil Shavuot from Weiss, who thought he might be interested in learning more as he approached his bar mitzvah. To attend, Eisman said he had to cancel plans with his friend Gartner, who instead decided to join him. They met up with Ilana, who Editorial Assistant was...…

…SPRING CLEARANCE 50 - 80% OFF learn that every generation stood at arrived to take her daughter home. Sinai, so how do you make receiving Now after what Gartner calls a "year- the Torah tangible?" long dream," the three young people The answer, he says, is the all-night whom Weiss describes as "devoted to study of Torah and the commemoration the task," have completed preparation of the moment of revelation by the for the class they will teac...…

…ky s kA;k„ k*b: Israeli Election 0 Left, In The Center C C C C After a bitter campaign, consensus points to a new Israeli prime minister next week. ERIC SILVER Israel Correspondent Natan Sharansky, minister of trade and industry, right, defeated opposition leader Ehud Barak in a seven-move chess game in Tel Aviv Sunday Jemsalem A s Israel's national election campaign came down to its final days this week, incumbent Prime ivtiniste...…

…Photos by the Associated Press and David Joseph Clockwise from top center, two Israeli soldiers at a bus stop in Tel Aviv with images of Netanyahu and Shas Party leader Rabbi Caduri; two boys wrapped themselves in images of Mordechai; before it was defaced, the poster read "Barak, Mordecai, Begin, Horchana, A Goat, You, Me: JUST NOT NETAIVYAHU!"; banners at the outdoor Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem hailed Netayahu; "There is no hope with ...…

…Israeli Election r.fAMWO:NAMV;;; Campaign moments, 1999: Labor candidate Ehud Barak, top center, makes a point; top right, Ze'ev Begins right-wing campaign made little headway; bottom right, Azmi Beshara was the • first Israeli Arab candidate for prime minister; Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, bottom center, strikes an ecological pose; the Center Party of Yitzhak Mordechai, bottom left, faded and faded. Netanyahu kept the loyalty of Shas ...…

…WASHINGTON REGENT PLUS from page 23 A special program for older adults with /- relations to the test, but a national unity government with Labor could produce movement on the Oslo front, although not as much as the adminis- tration is likely to demand. Either way, Alpher added, "There will inevitably be growing tensions with the Palestinians and the adminis- tration." But in pre-election Israel, the United States and Palestinians now have...…

…I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO CENTER from page 22 kick start his campaign, discredit Barak and bring defectors back to mother Likud. He assailed the "Ashkenazi elite" and hammered away at Barak as a "left- ist" who would "divide Jerusalem, meaning he would give a large chunk of it to the Palestinians. Netanyahu even evoked the trauma of the Palestinian bus bombings that in 1996 turned the tide against Labor's then incumbent Prime Minister Shimon P...…

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…itorials Voter Should Israel support creation of a Palestinian state? Yes -* No Vote on JN Online www.detroitjewishnews.com Results from last week's poll (39 respondents): Whom do you favor in the Israeli elections? Ehud Barak — One Israel 46% Yitzhak Mordechai — Center 8% Binyamin Netanyahu — Likud 44% Other 3% Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: WWW. detroitjewishnews.corn VOTE Israel's Fateful T...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS Re-Elect Binyamin Netanyahu Ehud Barak For Prime Minister (Gaza) under the approving eye of ne wonders if the Israeli Arafat and whoever of his buddies voter gives any cognizance Arafat decided constituted the Pales- to the fact that all those who tinian National Council of the are against Israel maintain- moment. ing a position of strength in the nego- He was the first American president tiations are doing whatever possible...…

…EDITOR'S WATCH Coming Home To Yerushalayim Jerusalem We traversed a winding road carved through rock, negotiating a check- ing David proclaimed point protected by gun-toting soldiers Jerusalem the eternal capital barely out of high school. of Israel 3,000 years ago. Huge shadows cast by the late-day Today, the city is the center- sun surrealistically framed piece of a young, vibrant Jerusalem, which means country, the soul of a biblical "Ci...…

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…,, fWALwOo; \ wra 01 ‘.- *ft • Barbara Zweig, Bracha and Menachem Rosenberg and Eugene Zweig at the Shabbat dinner table in Tel Aviv. SHELLI DORFMAN Editorial Assistant F or Eugene and Barbara Zweig of West Bloomfield, the April 27 end to a wonderful, his- torical trip with Michigan Miracle Mission III was just the start of an adventure that Mr. Zweig calls a unique journey into family history. After 10 days of traveling and touring wi...…

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…W vt American Heart Association ;.••• Fighting Heart Disease and Stroke YOU BEING STALKED BY ARE WOMEN'S • No. l KILLER? Two Cultures Under One Flag American Arab and Jewish teens work together toward a common goal. SHELLI DORFMAN Editorial Assistant when Lauren Abro met Beth Kander and Amanda Yousif at an American Arab and Jewish Friends contest registration, none of the teens could foresee the relationship they would form. All th...…

…17‘ r -v* Vi Eight Over 80 Senior adults lauded for humanitarian contributions to local community. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer 0 ne helped boys and girls prepare for their b'nai mitz- vah. The other helped start Orchards Children's Services. Sylvia Barr and Beryl Winkelman are two of the eight senior adults who will be honored at the Jewish Apartments and Services' "Eight Over 80" program Sunday, May 16, at Hechtman Jewish Apartments ...…

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…many young people to become involved in the Jewish community. He cites many examples where leaders in the Jewish community first got involved in the community through Saltsman's encour- agement. Mittelman said Saltsman is a true leader who inspires others to follow his path. "He is always the first to con- tribute to a project and never withdraws a contribution, even when his ideas were not acted upon," Mittelman said. At 91, Saltsman still wo...…

…AIFFENTION Torahtaynu Celebration The culmination of B'nai Moshe's yearlong Torahtaynu project will be held Sunday, May 16, at the syna- gogue when the new Torah is dedi- cated. Individuals and families who ded- icated to Torahtaynu are invited to watch the sofer (scribe) complete his task from 2:30-5 p.m. A children's program will take place from 3-4 p.m. with Rabbi Elliot Pachter read- ing Torah stories and Cantor Berris leading singing an...…

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…`Helping Others Was Her Life' insisted upon donating her pay to Yad Ezra, Detroit's kosher food pantry. Moving slowly with the aid of a he letter began: "Dear walker, she was known for filling up Mrs. Steinberg: I am a little attached purse with Tootsie pleased to inform you that Rolls and hard you candies, all to have been select- EIVEASPM4= 'r2002113 share with chil- '-=g.VO444t 4 " ed to receive a dren who called Golden Oldie her Grandma A...…

…Interfaith. Discussion Set The Interfaith Connection will pre- sent Let's Talk, a four-part discus- sion series for interfaith couples. The sessions will be held on Mondays, May 24, June 7, 21 and 28, at the Agency for Jewish Education, 21550 West 12 Mile, Southfield. The sessions are from 7 - 8:30 p.m. The charge is $5 per adult per session; childcare will be provid- ed free with reservation. Let's Talk is a program of the InterfaithConnecti...…

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…WALT0\woDD Midrasha "--Th Summer Study N- The Agency for Jewish Education- Midrasha will offer conversational Hebrew classes, including a new class for total beginners. New stu- dents will be assessed and placed by the instructor. Classes will meet at the Midrasha, 21550 West 12 Mile, Southfield. There is a fee. For information, call Nira Lev, (248) 354-1050. Advanced Hebrew students, teachers of Hebrew and people wish- ing to practice and ...…

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