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…Tapper's 12th Annual Coat Drive October 1st through 31st. Open Your Heart. Open Your Closet. Donate your clean wearable coats. This act of collecting coats for those who can not afford them is one way that we fulfill the mitzvah of V'Ahavta L'Reyecha Kamocha - Loving your neighbor as yourself." -Rabbi Dr. Yigal Tsaidi, Education Director, Akiva Hebrew Day School "I really see the beauty in the mixture of community organizations that are co...…
…This Week For Openers A Mitzvah To Remember Added Hanna: "It makes me happy to do this. It's coming hree West Bloomfield girls from my heart. " are hoping for wall-to-wall Shir Shalom Rabbi Dannel Schwartz said a bar or bat traffic at the corner of mitzvah "should not have the emphasis on the `bar' — but Walnut Lake and Drake on the 'mitzvah.'" roads Saturday night, Oct. 18. "He or she becomes a responsible Jew in the eyes of the Starting a...…
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…phone calls over the past six months from various people indicating that they would like Aronson to take Steve Hoffman's job. This year, Aronson has pared down his work for the Detroit Federation to three days per week. He divides his remaining time in the workweek between work as a philanthropic consultant for New York philanthro- pist Michael Steinhardt, chairman of Jewish Renaissance Media, which owns the Detroit Jewish News, and Auburn Hil...…
…Something Extra Looking Ahead During Rosh Hashanah services, Congregation Beth Shalom Rabbi David Nelson announced that he would step down as pulpit rabbi at the end of his contract in September 2006. "It has been a privilege to serve as your rabbi and I will be your rabbi for the next three years," he told congre- gants. "Although not all the details have been worked out, the dedicated committee and I are working to ensure the path we walk ...…
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…Funding Funding Funding Funding Funding Funding EDWIN BLACK Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington n August 2001, thousands of human rights activists from around the globe gathered in Durban, South Africa, for a United Nations conference that partici- pants hoped would address racial injus- tice plaguing humanity. But after more than a year of prepara- tory conferences in Iran, Switzerland, Chile, France and Senegal, it became clear to Israel...…
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…This Week Nazi-Era Officer To Be Deported Washington/JTA — A former Nazi- era police officer in Lithuania will be deported from the United States. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed an order of deportation this week against Algimantas Dailide, 82, of Gulfport, Fla., who took part in the arrest of Jews attempting to flee the Vilna Ghetto. Dailide was a member of the Lithuanian security police, or Saugumas, and came to the United States...…
…Ashkenazic Roots Tour group finds few remnants ofJewish civilization in firmer Kingdom of Poland. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer B y the end of the 19th century, 80 percent of all the Jews in the world lived in what was known as the Kingdom of Poland. Rather than identify themselves as cit- izens of a particular country, most Jews considered that they belonged to the nation of Ashkenaz, said Rabbi Sherwin Wine, rabbi emeritus of the Birmi...…
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…This Week Room from page 23 "One of the most popular forms of music is klezmer," Rabbi Wine said. "There is a band, dressed up like old Jews from the shtetl — not one is Jewish." "Do we have to die in order to be loved?" he said. Southwest of Vilna, a field of a thou- sand misshapen stones forms a stark memorial to the Holocaust. Each stone has the name of a shred whose residents were unloaded from the cattle cars in that barren place, shot ...…
…Insight Remember When • • From the pages of the Jewish News from this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. rini– mvakift:Aft,Aav2ct.X\ NANA \ 1A„ . B'nai B'rith celebrates its 150th I anniversary with many programs and events throughout the community. yeamtwol atvakvargatussw,agm,;aQt.m„----,-- _Jewish Home for Aged resident Jack Feig, 102, attends a three-day camp- ing program at the Butzel Conference Center in Ortonville. 1 973 Sec...…
…p r esenting... Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., talks with Moshe Rain, Israel s consul general for the Midwest, and jCCouncirs Allan Gale, who arranged the recent meeting. bered Micki Grossman, a longtime friend, Council volunteer and colleague for five years in the mid-to-late 1990s. "Everyone wanted to introduce Allan Gale to some young woman. He was very endearing. He has always been high-energy and has taken his job seri- ously. He is always c...…
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…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones Slap On The Wrist C ongress and the White House are moving to enact the Syria Accountability Act, which is intended, it says, "to halt Syrian support for terrorism, end its occupation of Lebanon, stop its development of weapons of mass destruction, cease its illegal importa- tion of Iraqi oil, and hold Syria accountable for its role in the Middle East, an...…
…OTHER VIEWS Arafat's Shoes Ann Arbor n 1968, Yasser Arafat assumed control of what would become the most powerful terrorist organization on earth. He had already learned his craft over the past four years since the founding of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964 under the tutelage of his Soviet handlers. He received training and funds for his enterprise, which he stated so eloquently to his followers as the overthrow of the S...…
…would take his place upon his death. There was never any doubt that Arafat would never willingly relin- quish power to anyone as long as he lives. This fact has been reiterated over the years in the politics of Palestinian command and control. Leaders of the groups who answer to Arafat have jockeyed over the years to be close to him, to be seen with him and to be seen by the Arab world, in the Arab press and the world to be agreeing with him. ...…
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…Simchat Torah At-A-Glance ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor The Holiday: Simchat Torah, or "Rejoicing with the Torah." When:The 23rd of Tishrei. This year, Simchat Torah begins Saturday night, Oct. 18, and is celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 19. What It Celebrates: This holiday marks the time we complete the read- ing of the Torah. How We Celebrate: On Simchat Torah, we read the last Torah portion, VeZot HaBerachah, and will begin reading ...…
…in online AppleTree Are You Puzzled? JN Digest ) Selected news and feature stories from the Detroit Jewish News. wvvvv.detroitjevvishnews.cominevvs - ) Back In Time Look for Alexis P. Rubin's "This Month in Jewish History" for October. Raise The Flag Have fun finding these Simchat Torah words. vvwvv.detroitjewishnews.com ) What's Eating Harry Kirsbaum? ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor www.detroitjevvishnews.conilopinion jew...…
…LEXUS "03 CLOSEOUT Tour Israel On Internet A new Web site allows children to see everyday life in a "vibrant Israel." Washington Jewish Week II asbarah needs to start somewhere, says Guy Shadmi, the Embassy of Isr a . el's public affairs offi- cer. With the recent formal launch of a new embassy Web site, hasbarah — loosely translated as public relations — is beginning with children. Two years in the making, the col- orful, animated site ...…
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…INSIDE: Community Calendar 42 Mazel Toy! 46 The eBay Way Educator helps nonprofits, individuals "turn trash into cash" with online auctions. ALAN STAMM Special to the Jewish News D onna Klein calls herself a teacher, but concedes she sounds like a preacher. "I'm definitely an evangelist for eBay," said the Birmingham educator, who spends up to 50 hours a week on activities involving online auctions. She uses Internet selling skills t...…
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…Russian Roots Remembering Babi Yar Local Russian Jews mark 60th anniversary of the liberation of Kiev. LEV PARANSKY Special to the Jewish News N 200,000 people. The killings lasted 778 days and ended only with the liberation of Kiev by Soviet troops on Nov. 5, 1943. Babi Yar has become a symbol of the tragedy of the European Jews. It is not by chance that some lines from the well-known Russian poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko devoted to Babi ...…
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…UN • • Upcoming Events in Metro Detroit Water Gatherer by Monte Nagler, Arts & Entertainment; Yehuda Bauer, Education; Sylvia and Saul Waldman, Benefits; Detroit Public Librar}4 Clubs & Affiliates. SHABBAT SHALOM Adat Shalom Synagogue — Saturday, October 18. Rabbi Harvey Meirovich, dean, rabbinical school, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, speaks on "Judaism From Creation to History to Redemption" on Shabbat morning, follo...…
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…Founder of Country Day Women's Issues C :- b Majoring in Theoretical Math at MIT Loves classic movies from the '50s opera in the shower Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tiffany Jae Holland, daughter of Tania and Dr. Gary Holland, will read from the Torah on the occasion of her bat mitzvah Friday, Oct. 17, at Temple Israel. She is the sister of Alexander and Brian. Her proud grandparents are /vIodesta Urena and William Holland. She is also the grandchild...…
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…Community Mazel Toy! THE LACE COLLECTION • ;f:1 1,,, f` , Weddings DOSS-OLIVERIO 7 , David Wachier & Sons ceFc ~ ara Goss and Matthew Oliverio were recently married at II Posto in Southfield. Rabbi Harold Loss and Cantor Harold Orbach of Temple Israel offici- ated. The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Goss of West Bloomfield. The groom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Franklin L. Oilverio of Bridgeport, W. Va. Dr. Angie Gos...…
