…11 ■ 1111011 EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Coming Home represents the centerpiece of a young, struggling nation that's espite turbulent times in the Middle . East, Israel religiously significant for Jews, Christians and Muslims. The still beckons for the 573 adults ready to take off economic downturn triggered by Palestinian terror unfortu- from Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday for a 10- nately trumps the rat-a-tat-tat of new construction and rede- day ...…
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…CALENDER from page 14 Library, 26415 Scotia. Ann Arbor Seniors' Series Matinee Musicale for senior citi- zens begins five-concert recital series with Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Maestro Arie Lipsky and pianist Kathryn Goodson in concert, "History of the Cello." Wednesday series at 1:30 p.m. include May 19, Sept. 22, Oct. 20, Nov. 17. $30. Ann Arbor JCC, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr. (734) 971- 0990. \ • Available at A\ Tradition !Tradition G...…
…FEDERATION'S MICHIGAN MIRACLE/ • • ` — 'v," /11=I April 18-28, 2004 Israel Bound Michigan Miracle Mission takes o on Sunday. Marion Alflen looks at Judaica at her Southfield home. SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer Ea anion Alflen of Southfield plans to make aliyah in two years when she's 85. She's one of 573 travelers on Federation's Michigan Miracle Mission 4 from April 18-28, the largest mission to Israel from any sin- gle community t...…
…Iraq's Influence In any case, Israel does not expect to implement a withdrawal for another year — and by that time, whatever negotiating victories Sharon wins from Bush this week could be faded memories in the case of a protracted Iraq war. Iraq unrest may boost Sharon visit, but it bodes ill for Israel. Iraq Connection? RON KAMPEAS . Jewish Telegraphic Agency 7, Washington he conflagration in Iraq is likely to draw Israel and the United...…
…jnonline ) Shoah Debate As Yom HaShoah gains traction, debate grows over how to mark it. See vo,vw.detroitjewishnews.com Sara Tugman Bais C.habad Torah Center Thirtieth Anniversary Annual Dinner ) Museum Visit Ann Arbor Hebrew Day School students visit Shalom Street. See www.detroitjewishnews.com jewish.com ) Spring Break With Latin Jews American college students had the chance to get to know the Jewish communities of Argentina and Uru...…
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…Handbook Against Hate Local Holocaust curriculum reaches students worldwide. HARRY KIRS BAUM StaffWriter T o those who deny the Holocaust or say that no lessons can be learned from it, a locally written high school curriculum has taught otherwise to 200,000 high school students around the world. It took four years to complete Life Unworthy of Life written by Sidney Bolkosky, a professor of his- tory at the University of Michigan-Dearborn,...…
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…Stepping Up Russian Jews in America assuming new leadership roles. RACHEL POMERANCE Jewish Telegraphic Agency This is the second installment in a three-part JTA series on Russian Jews in America. New York R ussian Jews in America are "tired of being perceived by the American community as clients and not as partners. So says Susan Fox, executive director of the Shorefront YM-YWHA, just off the Russian bistro- lined boardwalk of Brighton B...…
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…Harold Orbach, as Tevye, pours his voice and soul into JET's production of "Fiddler on the Roof" For 40 years as Temple Israel's cantos; Harold Orbach lifted his voice in spiritual prayer; as Tevye the Milkman, he cajoles God for more earthly . rewards in the showstop- frer, If I Wire a Rich Man.". SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter IV hile most theatrical casts are chosen after the show itself is deter- mined, the upcoming Jewish Ensembl...…
…Smooth As Silk As Dr. Levin and Ma point out, the music of the Silk Road has permeated so-called Western music from its very beginnings. For example, the sarabande, a slow dance of Elizabethan times incorporated in many works of J.S. Bach, is a dance of Mapping The Silk Road Moorish origin that came to Europe during the 12th century when the Moors invaded Spain. Its name is In creating the Silk Road Project, Ma had assistance a transliteratio...…
…`Silk Road' Shows Two family-oriented museum exhibits give a hands-on feel of the Silk Road era. DIANA LIEBERMAN Special to the Jewish News T he Silk Road, the many- fingered route that trans- mitted both goods and cultures between East and West, was an actual trade passage as well as a poetic metaphor. Visitors to New York's Yeshiva University Museum travel back to the years of medieval exploration, 1100-1200 C.E., at Traders on the anot...…
…1 SHOW EXTENDED TO JUNE 13! soNtSH ENs 41<4' ). *S. O Underwritten by a generous gift from the MASCO Corporation Foundation Cantor Orbach as Tevye is flanked by his stage wife, Henrietta Hermelin Weinberg as Golde, left, and real-lift wife, JET Artistic Director Evelyn Orbach, right, playing Yente. CANTOR ON THE ROOF from page 39 Based on Sholom Aleichem by special permission of Arnold Book: Joseph Stein •Mob@ Jerry livliaa Sheldon...…
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…On The Bookshelf Never To Forget AFTER SUCH KNOWLEDGE ifISTO)IT, A roundup of recent Holocaust literature. GAIL ZIMMERMAN Arts 6- Entertainment Editor body in charge of faith and morals, where the key debates about the Nazis took pike. , TUE ifOLOCAS.f psychological and moral impli- cations of the second-genera- tion experience. Hoffman, who was born in Krakow, Poland, and immi- grated to Canada at age 13, currently splits her time be...…
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…Big Screen/Small Screen the kind of idealism that has inspired pil- grims and settlers for millennia. But he barely has touched down before reality rips through his reverie. Suspected of coming to work illegally, James is arrested. A jobber named Shimi appears on the scene to bail him out, only to put him to work on a cleaning crew. At first, James wants only to pay off his debt and be released from what amounts to indentured servitude. Shimi...…
…Rollback is Extended MONDAY & WEDNESDAY higher wages in Israel, but his decision to come to the "Promised Land" was colored as well by Bible stories and religious yearnings. Listening to James, Alexandrowicz said, "I realized how [Israel] had these two existences. One abstract and fan- tastic, and the other, a practical exis- tence, the place I live in." That practical Israel also is inhabited by migrant workers — many, like those in Shimi's...…
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