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…I OM An Extraordinary Family Event to till) Help Children with Disabilities and Their Families Editor's Letter Answering Jihad's Call Talk about self-denial. Hamas has an intriguing take on the art of negotiation. "There will be no concessions:' Mashal told TV viewers, because they would disrupt the needs of the Palestinian people. Concessions, he said, would encourage Israel to act unrealistically. "When Israel feels that it can maintain ...…
…I Letters Substance Abuse On behalf of Jewish Family Service and its Addiction Recovery Program, we would like to thank the JN for highlighting the grow- ing problem of substance abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community ("Orthodox Battle," March 9, page 27). Locally, we see the same issues discussed in your article. Since 2000, in response to a continually growing need among Jewish people at all levels of observance, the JFS state-licensed, CA...…
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…,Contest Winners! D Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor on't underestimate the power of a photograph. Jay Knoll's grand prize-winning photograph from the IN's Federation Family Miracle Mission photo contest says it all. The longtime amateur photographer captured a sacred moment when he snapped this shot of his hand and that of his 8-year-old son, Joshua, touching the Western Wall near a note-filled crack. Their hands represent the ge...…
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…0 Life TORAH PORTION Delaying Game Shabbat Parah, Parshah Ki Tissa: Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22; Ezekiel 36:16-38. T people were of the jewelry he story of the they had just "liberated" Golden Calf in this from Egypt, Aaron calls week's portion out to them, "Take off the leaves us speechless. How golden ear rings, which could the Israelites have done are in the ears of your this so soon after their mirac- wives, of your sons and o...…
…M 1 in 38 people in the Jewish community rely on donated food M 51% of people served in SE Michigan are children A . =1 - 1 C:1 4 133% of the agencies had to turn away the hungry because they didn't have enough food. II 47% of people served choose between food and utilities. 5 The Detroit Jewish News has taken on hunger in South East Michigan as our community project this new year. Please join us in fighting the battle that many are losin...…
…L I Metro TEENS Fashion Statement Far left: David Weintraub, 17, and Ashley Simmons, 18, of West Bloomfield practice their poses. Left, from top to bottom: Teacher Julie Zalla gives instruction at a rehearsal. Maxx Carney, 17, and Jordan Shifman, 16, of West Bloomfield test out their dance moves. Kellie Kaplan, 17, of West Bloomfield gives fellow students some direction. WBHS teens learn by running the show and strutting the runwa...…
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…World ON THE COVFR Falash Murals Fate Ethiopians wait to immigrate as Israeli, U.S. Jews plan their future. Uriel Heilman Jewish Telegraphic Agency Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ust outside the gates of the Jewish aid corn- pound in Addis Ababa — a shantytown of decrepit tin shacks — overcrowded homes and debris-filled byways beckon. Barefoot children stumble amid the flotsam, part of the milieu of stray dogs, mule-drawn carts and mendicants th...…
…T C 0 V R Falash from page 33 Beta Israel who had kept their Jewish faith and identities — and facilitated their aliyah in Operations Moses and Solomon in 1984 and 1991 — Israel turned away the Beta Israel who had abandoned Judaism gen- erations ago when their ancestors converted. These people are called Falash Mura. Israel's policy on the Falash Mura changed in the 1990s, largely due to advocacy by American Jews and vocal protests by rela...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS' MOST ANTICIPATED ANNUAL SECTION! and Israel's Finance Ministry says it has allocated an extra $45 million for the accelerated aliyah operation in 2006. Michael Horowitz, a JAFI board of governors' member from West Bloomfield, minced no words when it came to the compounds. "You have these people who are clamoring to come to Israel who say they're Jewish, sitting in despicable conditions in these compounds," said Horowitz, who...…
…World SPFC1Ai EP ti Jailhouse Encounter Jonathan Pollard talks about his conviction for spying for Israel, living in prison and aspirations for the future. Charley J. Levine Special to Jewish Renaissance Media Butnen N.C. A . merica's best-known Jewish prisoner has passed the 20-year mark of his life term for giving classified information to Israel. Fervently supported by some, vilified by others, Jonathan Jay Pollard, the 50-year-ol...…
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