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…'TN I Contents VICTORY MICHIGAN PRESS ASSOCIATION JNOnline.com • Thursday, July 14, 2005 • 7 Tammuz 5765 • Vol. Oa -VI', No. 23 Home Loans www.victoryhomeloans.com •second homes Esther Germay, who walked from her Ethiopian village to the Sudan at age 17 for rescue, explains Ethiopian customs to visitors at "With Stone Shoes," an exhibit at Shalom Street at the West Bloomfield ICC. On The Cover Metro 22 To Life 36 Make The Journey "...…
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…Editor's Notebook Let Truth Be Told a political triumph, then seek to unleash even more suicide ying helps persuade. Saying the same lie repeatedly bombers, the fences keeping them out of Israel be damned. morphs into something believable. The act requires Witness Tuesday's suicide blast in Netanya. Palestinian terror patience and a lack of conscience to reap dividends. groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad gain encouragement But repetitivenes...…
…First Round Eye For An Eye I t didn't take long for the vacation to wear off. After seven days on a ship in the Caribbean, I forgot all about the news. Sure, CNN was available on cable in the cabins, but it was the international version, so no mention was made of the important American stories like Brooke Shield's beef with Tom Cruise, or that missing girl in Aruba. With no computer or Internet avail- able at a reasonable price, I had no des...…
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…Letters LESTER JOHNSON LETTERS from page 7 BEACH SERIES - EAST HAMPTON The Historical Association of South Haven's committee, .under Sue Hale's chairmanship, did a superb job mount- ing old photos, displaying dresses and memorabilia and presenting videotaped memories. The First Hebrew Congregation synagogue, built in 1928, was open for tours; and the small South Haven Jewish community members were great hosts. They would welcome donations ...…
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…An Israeli bomb squad member walks past the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Netanya on Tuesday. Mall Attack Suicide bomber strikes outside Netanya shopping center. MATTHEW GUTMAN Jerusalem Post Netanya, Israel t least two people were killed and 37 wounded when a major explosion occurred at an inter- section near the Sharon Mall in Netanya around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (Israel time). Sources close to the prime minister responded to the deadly...…
…Something Extra Doer Profile ANDY ISRAEL Cities: West Bloomfield; Del Mar, Calif.; Aspen, Colo. Kudos: Finding Life's Joy Andy Israel has been all over the world, but one of his most memorable experiences occurred on a mountaintop in Aspen in the company of a 13- year-ol d girl named Angie, a novice skier and cancer survivor. Angie was there courtesy of the Silver Lining Foundation, which provides posi- tive life experiences for children w...…
…Passengers on this undamaged London subway train were evacuated through smoky tunnels. A passenger took this photo with a cell phone. Death in the Streets Fearful but still resolute, Jews in Britain carry on after blasts. DANIELLA PELED Jewish Telegraphic Agency London It abbi Barry Marcus spent many years living in Israel, but he never came as close to a terrorist atrocity as he did in London on July 7. Marcus, the rabbi of the Centra...…
…World Local Reaction London bombing brings condemnation. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish. News L ocal reactions to the bombings in London July 7 uniformly condemned terrorism, including a statement issued by the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn. A grand opening Sunday at Skewers, a Jewish-owned Middle Eastern restaurant at Haggerty and Maple in Commerce, provided a sampling of Jewish opinions: "The bombing is just anoth- er example ...…
…Welcoming All Share Your Soul A group of Coiservative rabbis seeks a place for gays in the movement. worldwide to make congre- When the assembly gations gay-friendly," he said. declared in 1992 that con- Staff Writer "I think it's important that gregations should welcome Masorti-Conservative rabbis gays and lesbians, it left it Ann Arbor have the conversation about up to the individual con- ympathetic to concerns of gay the place of gay and...…
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…=:*"••7 "...;. ,1 Visitors listen to Esther Germay tell about life in Ethiopia and the culture of the Ethiopian Jews known as the Beta Israel. Esther Germay, right, wearing an Ethiopian woven shawl, shows visitors the Amharic alphabet. Make The . Rivky Eidelman, below, of New York City embosses her name in Amharic (Ethiopia's most popular language) on metal. JOURNEY "With Stone Shoes" exhibit provides unique experience of exodus. Staf...…
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…Take the walk that will move your hear EXHIBIT OPENS JULY 10 WITH STONE SHOE Apt Ethiopieot Jewisk Joiirptey They called themselves "Beta Israel" - people of the House of Israel. For centuries, they lived in remote villages high in the mountains of Ethiopia, believing they were the last living Jews on earth. In celebration of the Oth anniversary of their heroic return to the land of Israel, Shalom Street brings their story to life. Throug...…
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…To Life! ureatmoN Nog so3otici k "The great thing about Barbara is she makes every kid who dances with her think they are a star" — Dr. Larry Miller, West Bloomfield `Miss Barbara" Fink gives instruction to young ballerinas. Generations of Detroiters have learned more than dancing from Miss Barbara. 2005 GEORGE CANTOR Special to the Jewish News S he cannot remember a time when she did not want to teach children to dance. When Miss ...…
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…To Life! Over the years, Miss Barbara has taught more than dance. She has taught the steps of life. Luciana Speck, 4, of Farmington Hills and Skyler Mitchell, 5, of Birmingham emulate teacher Barbara Fink.- . DEDICATED TO DANCE from page 37 revealing and the media hastened to call Miss Barbara to find out what she thought about her former pupil. "What I said to them all was, 'I thought she danced beautifully,"' she says. "Elizabeth's caree...…
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