…7 50 2 0 ELUL 5755 / SEPTEMBER 15, 1995 National Agenda CJF delegates share visions at North American conference in Southfield. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER W ords like "gloom and doom" pep- munities totals $3.67 billion. That includes pered the seminars. $1.08 billion in public monies for Jewish At the Radisson Plaza Hotel hospitals. this week, nearly 250 Jews from "We knew that we were dependent on the United States and Canada took part ...…
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…September 15, 1995 14 10 18 Detroit Two have the answer to "Why be Jewish?" 38 Sibling Circle Helping families of those with disabilities. Leading the children for 29 years. 58 Control Fight A temple and a donor fight over scholarships. A gallery of color from Florida artist. SO Making It OPINION Study says immigrants are acculturating. Cal Ripken Jr. as role model. ISRAEL Coming home to painting. page 60 40 peace annp Midd...…
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…Editor's Notebook Community Views A Get-Rich Opportunity: Interested? We Better Be Cracks In The Tablets For Prayer Policy PHIL JACOBS EDITOR RABBI LANE STEINGER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Three days, five events, including the Elie Wiesel keynote address at Hebrew Free Loan's 100th an- niversary, the prestigious Covenant Awards, a speech at a Birmingham coffee house, the Council of Jewish Federations' quarterly meeting, and finally, a p...…
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…ERUV page 1 Gillham questioned why a reli- gious symbol needed poles and wire. He also wondered if the city would be liable if a car were to run into a pole on the public right-of-way. Commissioner Gordon Hassig, who voted in favor of a smaller eruv in 1985, expressed concern about separation of church and state. He asked the rabbi and his colleagues why a city-wide eruv is different from the controversial picture of Jesus Christ in a public ...…
…DETROIT 1 THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CVIII No. 2 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Staff Writers Julie Edgar, Jennifer Finer, Ruth Ullmann, Jill Davidson Sklar Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Howard Lalli, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Correspondents Ina Friedman, Larry Derfner Well match anyone's sale price...…
…kkt Ott A 1(t Prepare Spiritually for the High Holy Days Israeli Tourist Beaten In Germany RABBI M. ROBERT SYME AT TEMPLEISRAEL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER RABBI HAROLD LOSS Bonn (JTA) — An Israeli tourist has been attacked by skinheads in the German city of Potsdam, near Berlin, police said. Jonathan Rochman, 19, suf- fered head wounds and a broken nose as a result of the attack, Potsdam police said. Mr. Rochman received medical treatment and ...…
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…FROM D ESKTOP Federation Releases Acculturation Study To LAP TOP RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER I n two and a half years, metro Detroit's Jewish community directed more than $4 million toward the local resettlement of 1,100 refugees, mostly from the former Soviet Union. Now comes the question: Has it paid off? A "New American Accultura- tion Study," released this month by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, looks at progress refug...…
…Stepping Stones To Judaism JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER Now that Pamela Cichon's son Joshua is old enough to start kindergarten, she feels it's time for him to begin his formal Jew- ish education. The difficulty, as she sees it, is Joshua has been given a taste of both her Judaism and her husband's Catholicism. "When we were married, we agreed to raise our children Jewish," said Ms. Cichon, who was looking for a program that would ease Joshua...…
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…Israeli teens Orna Perez, Michael Hesse!, Daniel Shinar and Anat met in Maine. cn cE If Middle East peace is to be attained, its groundwork must be put in place by young leadership. A summer camp in Maine brings teens together for this very reason. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER 40 …
…t 15, Shouq Tarawneh, a Jordanian, began to feel that the facts and ideas she always accepted as truth needed clarification. She saw Seeds of Peace, a program in the United States, as an opportunity to shed light on her feelings of darkness. It allowed her, if only temporarily, to live among Palestinians, Egyptians and Moroccans. Most important to Shouq, she would have her first face-to-face meeting with an Israeli. Even after their count...…
…-A -A • N • PHOTO BY RON SACHS PHOTO BY JOEL E. JACOB • Top: An Israeli gives Al Gore a gift from the Israel delegation. Above left: Vice President Al Gore addresses the Seeds of Peace teens on the White House steps. "Real peace is in your hands," he says. Above right: Tarek Shamma, of Egypt, and a friend stand under a "peace bridge" created by the campers. 42 while the next evening's groups might deal with issues relating to values, ...…
…Detroit Businessman Plants A Seed For Peace ohn Wallach stood in front of the Seeds of Peace campers as was his custom before meals, This time he asked the teens a series of ques- tions before introducing the day's guest. "How many of you want to be doctors?" he asked. Several hands immediately shot up. "How many of you want to be lawyers?" he asked. Again, some hands were elevated. When Mr. Wallach asked how many wanted to be businessmen and...…
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