…Powell will also visit Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Israel and areas under the Palestinian Authority. In Cairo, he will have his first meeting with Russiau Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. Saving For School A move in Congress to provide "edu- cation savings accounts" (ESA) for parents could be a way for lawmakers to end-run the far touchier issue of school vouchers. But a number of Jewish groups active on the church- state front are alr...…
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…Despite conventional wisdom, Sharon may be able to forge a stable government. LARRY DERFNER Israel Correspondent Jerusalem 10 veryone knew the election last week would go well for Ariel Sharon. The advance skepticism concerned the days after. Pre-Election Day consensus wisdom had been that even with a landslide victory under his belt, Sharon would be unable to rule effec- tively. The Knesset was just too fractious. His government would be...…
…This Week Cover Story Return To Barbarism Palestinians step up violence; bus driver kills eight Israelis. the Egged bus company for the past five years ferrying Palestinians to Jerusalem jobs in Israel. Witnesses to the he Palestinians appear attack said the bus stop determined to guarantee was packed with sol- that Ariel Sharon does not diers and civilians wait- enjoy a honeymoon. ing for lifts when the Just as Israeli security officials ...…
…. . v,44 :me t iN S* * Hold The Steak Sharon won't give Arafat concessions while Palestinians violence rages: diplomat. JACOB SCHREIBER Jewish Renaissance Media Atlanta T he genesis of the current Palestinian intifada (upris- ing) was not Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount in September, says Meir Rosenne, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States. It started in June when the IDF high-tailed it out of Lebanon. In Atlanta la...…
…Tpink Snow Cover Story JOV N CHALLENGE from page 23 Friday, March 2 • 10-6 Saturday, March 3 • 10-5 Receive a 10% Discount meet with residents in Gilo on Election Day, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert said there are precedents for changing the image of a hawkish Israeli leader. "When Menachem Begin came in, the same sorts of things were said about him as are being said about Sharon, but he made the peace with Egypt," Olmert notes. The issue of...…
…News Digest Injured Athlete Gets Compensation Sydney/JTA — Australian Jewish lead- ers applauded Israef's decision to pay $4 million in compensation to Sasha Elterman, an Australian athlete seri- ously injured when a bridge collapsed at the opening ceremony of the 1997 Maccabiah Games. Community leaders told JTA it is now likely that Australia will participate in the 16th Maccabiah Games slated for July in Israel, but this is conditional on ...…
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…40111111AMMNSIi. • This Week ilk, A Insight Remember When • • From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. The Mystery of History Scholar Ellen Frankel delights audience with her talk on superstition and symbols from Jewish folk traditions. SHARON LUCKERMAN Editorial Assistant ost Jews have experienced or practiced tradi- tions rooted in superstitions. Your bubbie spits three times "tu, tu, tu" whe...…
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…inion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones Two Courts, Two Balls A fter seven years of trying to cooperate on ways to resolve their differences, the Palestinians and the Israelis have each chosen in the last four months to walk on separate paths. Ultimately these paths must join again. In the meantime, each side faces its own challenges, affect- ed naturally by the other's decision, but ulti...…
…OTHER VIEWS A Sharon-Led Israel IV hat does the election of Ariel Sharon as prime minister — Israel's fifth in just six years — mean for Israel, for its relations with its neighbors and with the United States, and for us? First, let's begin by reviewing the basic facts of the election. Sharon swept to victory by a 3-2 margin over incumbent Prime Minister Ehud Barak. This was by far the largest mar- gin of victory since Israelis began vot- i...…
…SPECIAL COMMENTARY PRISONERS OF HOPE from page 31 First Union Securities is please to announce that The Gildenberg Investment Group preclude a peace agreement at a later time. Such damaging steps include the expansion of settlements and the building of roads and installations that would render a contiguous Pales- tinian state impossible. Is Ariel Sharon capable of being such a prime minister? I do not know, and I dare say no one does. Acc...…
…SPECIAL CODIMINTART DEAD-END from page 32 o Celebrate resident's D Lincoln Center regardless of budgetary mandates. Rule of law, or rule of factions? Political dissidents advocate elec- tion of Knesset members by districts, making them at long last representa- tive of voters, not parties. Having leg- islators responsible to constituents, not bosses, would increase pressure for effective government — from pol- lution control to regional dip...…
…Community Calendar 46 Mazel Toy! 49 Tidal Me A Winner West Bloomfield High teen wins a top honor in the country's oldest art competition for middle and high school students. SHARON LUCKERMAN Editorial Assistant W Top: Winning art piece, Tidal Me, combines photography and computer graphics. Above: West Bloomfield senior Lesley Serri with her first art awards: covers of the Jewish News. hen Abbott Middle School art teacher Joyce Brods...…
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…DINNER & A MOM TO Ti* MAX (NOT YOUR TYPICAL DATE NIGHT) Presented by the YAD Couples Committee for ages 21-35. Bring a date, friend, spouse or movie-watching partner! Community Gifts Latest Jewish Fund grants top $2.3 million. F 8 p.m. — Dinner and Cash Bar at A TASTE Of HISTORY in Greenfield Village (Three stations of food: pastas, Southwest and Mideastern) 9:45 p.m. — 3-D IMAX® Movie at the kir MEATH in Henry Ford Museum Dearborn, Mi...…
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…LIA Learning To Care For An Elderly Loved One Just Got Easier The Detroit Medical Center's Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan is offer- ing a series of FREE community education classes for persons caring for the elderly in their homes. Classes are taught by health and rehabili- tation professionals using innovative technol- ogy. Topics include: safety, nutrition, stress, Alzheimer's disease, legal issues, community resources, medications ...…
…Federations Main Event Hosts Pulitzer Winner Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author Bob Woodward will be the featured speaker at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's "Main Event," 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, at Adat Shalom Synagogue. Woodward, assistant managing edi- tor of the Washington Post, has been a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 30 years. He won the Pulitzer in 1973 for his and reporter Carl...…
…MO M ' UM Purim Tributes From Yad Ezra w you ) in wing our In keeping with the tradition of giving gifts to the poor on Purim, Yad Ezra will offer specially designed Purim tribute cards available for purchase. The cards come in packets of four for $18 and are tax deductible. The proceeds from the sales are used to purchase food for the needy families assisted by Yad Ezra. To order, by March 2, call the Yad Ezra office, (248) 548-3663. ...…
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…Our February Savings program has one drawback: only 28 days. JARC Awaits New Offices The Jewish Association for Residential Care (JARC) will move to a new headquarters in Farmington Hills on March 1. The Paul and Lois Katzman Building, 30301 Northwestern Highway, will accommodate pro- grams and administrative functions for 19 group homes, the Independent Living Services Division and the Merle and Shirley Harris Children and Family Division. ...…
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…Detroit's Original Discounter LEVIN'S BEAUTY SUPPLY LOOK GOOD: • Professional Hair &Nail Supplks MEN'S GROUPS Gamma Kappa Chi Alumni — Thursdays, in Feb., 12:30 p.m. Weekly lunch meetings. China King, Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Art (Aaron) Maniker (248) 557-7105. SENIORS Seniors of Congregation Beth Ahm — Sunday, Feb. 18, 10:30 a.m. Drs. Harris and Phoebe Mainster will show slides of their recent trip to Mongolia. Continental bre...…
…Could you use Meals on Wheels? Looking for a place cc to donate household goods? Call (248) 559-3300 For information, referral and access to services for Older Adults The Agencies of the Jewish Federation ELDE • LIN CALL FEDERATION RESOURCE LINE Connecting People & Services A Jewish Information and Referral Service I (248) 559-4411 or TT (248)559-6146 T his is -eclercition Jewish Federation's Young Families Committee invites you ...…
…Mazel Toy! A feu! e-mail chats led to something more. Click e d' CARL WALDMAN Special to the Jewish News ever let it be said that dat- ing services don't work," says Carrie Waldorf Signing up for a Jewish online ser- vice in the fall of 1998 — Jdate.com — Waldorf filled out her profile. She wrote that she was was looking for a male who was a single, non- smoking, Carrie Waldolf and Andrew Bank Reform or Conservative Jew, in either the (...…
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…Hills, Sheldon Green of Commerce, Chellee and Phillip Siegel of Hollywood, Fla., and great-grandpar- ents Roslyn and Herman Kaufman of West Bloomfield, Rebecca Green of West Bloomfield. Jules is named in loving memory of his paternal great- great-uncle Jules Green and his mater- nal. great-aunt Yvette (Pat) Stein. Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ariel Yosef Dubov will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Feb. 17, at Temple Beth El. He and his sister Aleksandra...…
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…FOUNDERS AWARD HIRSCH-WOLFE C arol Wittenberg of West Bloomfield and Charles Wolfe of Cincinnati are very pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Julie Rebecca Wolfe to Justin Alan Hirsch, son of Linda and Larry Hirsch of Northbrook, Ill. Julie earned her bachelor of social work degree from Eastern Michigan University and her master of social work degree from Loyola University in Chicago. She is employed at the Jewish Community...…
…The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit Jimmy Prentis Morris Building/Target Concert Series presents Community 1111161C OF PURIM BERKOWITZ-CHIMOVITZ Jeff the magician Sunday, February 25, 2001 • 4 p.m. Jimmy Prentis Morris Building A. Alfred Taubman Jewish Community Campus 15110 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park Enjoy the holiday of Purim in a whole new way! Come in costume and receive a special treat. Tickets are $3 per member child, $...…
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…Here are 4 ways you can "Stick your neck out and be a Mitzvah Hero" at Great Purim Parce( Project The Sunday, March 4, 2001 1. MAKE Shalach Manot parcels at home Decorate several plates or baskets. Include fresh fruit, or certified 0 kosher packaged dried fruits, wrapped candy, or packages of cookies or crackers. kosher products like: Please include at least 2 kinds of foods. Use OZROVITZ 50TH dell and Herman Ozrovitz of West loomfield ...…
…Community Spirituality When she had a problem with a particular sentence a week before her bat mitzvah, A.J. called up her por- tion on the computer and went right to the line she needed to study — with no winding and rewinding of a tape that was so irritating before. Not Only for Kids Cyber Cantor Bat mitzvah student A.J. Roberts studies her Torah portion by logging on Cantor Dubov's Web site. Cantor Stephen Dubov creates a Torah portio...…
…Talking Torah Rosh Yeshivah shares his vigor for learning through Torah. and established the Vaad Hatzalah (res- cue committee) to help rescue European Jews from the Nazis. Then he turned to the task of rescuing the Jewish spirit. he dean of the world's largest In an effort to rebuild the infra- institution of Torah learning structure of Torah learning in the post- — Beth Medrash Govoha — Holocaust era, Rav Kotler started Beth recounted the ...…
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…Torah Portion The Ten Commandments' Divinity Does Not Exceed Rest Of Torah between 'the sons of Ham are Cush and Mitzraim' (Genesis 10:6) or (Timna was a concubine' (Genesis 36:12) and between 'I am the Lord' (the Ten Commandments, Exodus 20:2) or 'Hear, Israel' (the Shema, Deuteronomy 6:4) — because all were his week's Torah portion from the 'mouth of the Omnipotent' contains what is generally and it is all the Torah of God, perfect, called...…
…The YAD Education & Culture Committee invites you to Programming Your Jewish Life: Day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year A SAJE course for young adults TUESDAYS February 27-March 27 7:30-9:20 p.m. Jewish Community Center D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus West Bloomfield This 2-hour course is different than last year's, so be there! For information, call Rebecca Rosen, (248...…
…Question of the Week: Swann Galleries of New York recently sold an autographed photo postcard of magician Harry Houdini (born Erich Weiss). What did the buyer pay? soon n '6u!>i 009 1 17 -1 °J Plos pup 1706 ui puopu] ui jjrcpuoH GHi„ uo!Tclop GHT 6u!_inToej 'poolsod GHi UGAASUV Presidential Sweets In honor of Presidents' Day, a nice little quiz: Do you know who wanted Hebrew taught as part of any classical education, and who was the first t...…
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…aqL • Lizaro S plants anc monkeys nelo stucents at Yes nivat Kiva learn aoout the rain forest. Elizabeth Applebaum AppleTree Editor Clockwise from top left: Aviela Weltman of West Bloomfield tries to smell some Powers. Phyllis Rochen, Akiva's librarian, along with others helped to build the "Rainforest" with paper foliage, stuffed monkeys and other creative materials. Mirelle Mann of Franklin checks out a rainforest book in Akiva's pseud...…
…The BiG Story We are Pleased To Make the Following New Appointments Senior Vice President First Vice President Associate Vice President PRESIDENTIAL SWEETS from page 65 Jay Keranen Gary Bice Glen Stark Howard Rosen James Hall Adam Bornstein James Melstrom Alan Sasson Albert Sasson Andrew Leibovitz Frank Pisano Peter Zeman WE MEASURE SUCCESS ONE INVESTOR AT A TIME 220 Park Street, Suite 220, Birmingham, MI 48009 • 248-258-1767 MORGAN ...…
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