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…, „ , Contents =ram JEW= MEWS A 2002 Michigan Press Association I li General Excellence winner •TN www.detroitjevvishnews.com FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 2003 SHEVAT 14, 5763 VOL. CXXII, NO. 23 Israeli teachers Rachel Duchan and Ruth Iatlan welcome Cherie Selis of West Bloomfield to the Chabad High School Arteres Rivka in Jerusalem. Related commentary: page 34 This Week 16 Bridge Building WSU teams with Damascus University despite Syria's link...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK A Heartfelt Encounter felt heartened last Shabbat. For the moment, any- way, I no longer was hardened from the challenges of the workweek or the dangers confronting our brethren in Israel. It was a time to rewind and reaffirm that somehow good- ness would ultimately prevail against life's hurdles through prayer, courage and strength. My motivation was a Shabbat message from the president of the Bloomfield Township-based Mic...…
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…PRESIDENT BUSH, CREATING A PALESTINIIIN ARAB STATE MEANS CREATING A NEW TERRORIST STATE THAT's WHY 2 OUT OF 3 ISRAELIS OPPOSE IT. * In his June 24, 2002 speech, President Bush spelled out specific conditions that the Palestinian Arabs must fulfill before the U.S. will support giving them a state. Here's what happened since: BUSH'S CONDITION: They must "engage in a sustained fight against the terrorists and dismantle their infrastructure." ...…
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…Benefical Alliance? WSU enters educational agreement with Damascus University, despite Syria's links to terrorism. DIANA LIEBERMAN StaffWriter/Copy Editor D goal is "to develop long-term educational and research programs." The document continues, "Both institutions intend to seek support from both public and private sources to accelerate the growth of this important collaboration. r. Irvin D. Reid, president of Wayne State University, is...…
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…This Week Special Report The Jewish Candidate? Lieberman's views and Lieberman's religion are on center stage. MATTHEW E. BERGER Jewish Telegraphic Agency way the Rev. Al Sharpton, who also intends to run, will be seen as an African-American candidate. "I think outside the Jewish community, the only ones who will look at him as a Jewish candidate are the bigots and the anti-Semites, who are a minority," Foxman said. Foxman chastised Lieb...…
…`Run, Joey, Run!' Local Jews welcome Lieberman bid. RONELLE GRIER Special to the Jewish News do not sit well with many American Jews, especially liberal Democrats. And there is some concern that people throughout the country will equate Lieberman's position statements with that of the Jewish community at large. In fact, on Monday, as Lieberman spoke briefly about preserving the U.S.-Israeli relationship, two dozen protesters, calling thems...…
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…Michigan Design Center semi-annual floor ample Sale The Money Trail Saturday, January 25 Fund-raising, not issues, will be the major concern for presidential candidates for now. more than one Democratic candidate. MATTHEW E. BERGER "It's clearly not necessary, early in Jewish Telegraphic Agency the cycle, to come out strongly for one candidate," said Jack Bendheim, an Stamford, Conn. active donor in Democratic politics in f Jewish money ...…
…This Week Black Cloud Sharon could win election, lose in corruption scandal. LESLIE SUSSER Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem E Some pundits accused Sharon and his advisers of deliberately forcing Cheshin's hand by switching from a response to the allegations to a clear political attack on Labor and Mitzna. That tactic, they said, allowed Sharon to portray himself as a victim of Labor, the left-wing media and the liberal-leaning judge,...…
…terror attacks harm Palestinian interests both in the realm of international opinion and by preventing the ascen- sion of an Israeli government willing to make concessions under fire, the ter- rorist groups see further escalation of the conflict as. a Palestinian interest. Sharon's tack in the campaign has been away from the right and toward continuing terror would hurt Sharon repay the loans, when his business had GIL SEDAN the center, but Pa...…
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…Editorials are posted and archived on JN www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones A Vote For Israel asser Arafat may think he can influence Israel's Jan 28 elections by exhorting his followers to delay attacking soldiers and innocent civilians for the next two weeks. But the gesture is hardly going to help the Palestinian leader's preferred candidate, Amram Mitzna, with an Israeli citizenry that has seen enough of Arafat's true beliefs to let hi...…
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…Restraint Breeds Terrorism Boston ven by the grim standards of recent years, the suicide bombings in Tel Aviv Jan. 5 were horrific. The terrorists, members of the Al- Aqsa Martyr's Brigade (a wing of Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization), positioned themselves at opposite ends of a busy street and blew themselves up 30 sec- onds apart. That was to guarantee the maximum number of casualties — as terrified pedestrians fled the first explo- sion,...…
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