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…Editor's Letter Freedom Riders S egregated public buses are illegal in Israel. It took a Supreme Court ruling to confirm that simple free- dom for women after boarding. The decision was brilliant in distinguishing tradition from coercion. On public lines, women are entitled to sit wherever they choose except for seats designated for people who are disabled. On the dozens of Mehardrin lines serving the heredi community, gender-segregation is...…
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…Special Report COMMENTARY Peace Talks Are At Stake Robert Sklar Editor gypt's new official ruler, the Armed Forces Supreme Council, has assured major-ally America that the post-Mubarek government will "abide by all regional and international treaties and agreements, and commitments" – mean- ing Egypt's 1979 peace agreement with Israel is secure, for now. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauded that Feb.12 assur- ance, underscor...…
…ently more stable and less powerful, Israel's relationships belligerent toward Israel. In in the Middle East will be at this respect, Turkey could risk. For example, while the be the model: a democracy governments of Israel and in a Muslim country whose Saudi Arabia see eye to eye relationship with Israel on such issues as the Iranian persists even at times when nuclear threat and the rising its government and people danger of Shiite power, in...…
…Metro AFTER DEATH? / ON TH co v y Frozen In Time Wishing to be revived in the future, the hopeful sign on at local cryonics center. young teenager. For 15 years, he has been a board member of the Cryonics Institute (CI) in Clinton Township, where bodies are cryopreserved. For several years, he has served as vice president and has funding in place to be cryopreserved himself. Above: Cryonics Institute President Shelli Liebman Dorfman Sen...…
…interview to journalists at age 12. David's wife, Constance, also an attorney, serves as CI's contract officer. Robert Ettinger said his daughter, Shelley Ettinger, lives in New York and "has no interest in cryonics!" When asked if any other family mem- bers are involved at CI, Ettinger respond- ed: "Not living ones!' In 1977, Ettinger's mother, Rhea Ettinger, became CI's first patient. His first and second wives also are among the 103 individ...…
…Metro Frozen In Time from page 15 morals, his sensitivity" Added Kowalsky's dad, Eugene, "We are Orthodox and I have questions about whether it is halachically right or wrong. I taught science for many years and scientifically I don't know if it's accurate; but it seems like a pos- sibility someday." Cherna Kowalsky thinks her son's initial interest in cryonics came from personal experience around age 13. "It was around the time my father di...…
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…Opinion Dry Bones Rag A MIX OF IDEAS Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us. Editorial Sadly, No Study In Israel U ndergraduate students are petitioning the University of Michigan to provide a study abroad program in Israel. The university doesn't sponsor study abroad programs in countries, such as Israel, that carry a current U.S. Department of State travel warning. We applaud the student initiative and urge the university's...…
…Opinion 'Cairo' At The Doorstep? Jerusalem Post ders (based on 1967), territorial swaps, Jerusalem and refugees. he great debate among Even if this strategy plays out, the Palestinian Authority the main question concerns the officials who are success- reality on the ground. Here Cairo fully collecting one international provided the answer. recognition after another is how The Egyptian Facebook, to bridge the great gap between a Twitter, SMS...…
…Spirituality DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS TORAH PORT1 REAL REMBRANDT? What The 'Golden Calf' Reveals About Ourselves Parshat Ki Tisa: Exodus 30:11-34:35; I Kings 18:1-39. T his week's Torah portion, Ki Tisa, contains the episode of the Golden Calf. While Moses was up on Mt. Sinai receiving God's commandments, the Jews were getting antsy. What was taking Moses so long? What could possibly be going on? Aaron, Moses' older brother decided to ...…
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…DE TRYT IEWSHWWS bi kids, little kids Hillel eighth-graders serve as role models to Early Childhood Center students. by Jillian Goldstone Early Childhood Center students Lexie Cutler of Farmington Hills and Spencer Cherrin of Huntington Woods make a pretend meal with Hillel eighth-graders Hershel Dorman and Milan Goldstone, both of West Bloomfield. H illel Day School students were excited to welcome students to the Early Child- h...…
…hands-on learning by Polina Fradkin ar FJA class seeks lessons at the Detroit Institute of Arts. hat did you do at school today?" "Oh, just had a Bible class trip to the Detroit Institue of Arts." Not many students can come home and say this to their parents. Heck, not many students can ex- plore biblical texts in an art museum! However, Frankel Jewish Academy students in Amira Gaba's Bible class are exceptions. In a twist on the usual cla...…
…feature by Allie Ravid let th e sun sh 1 11 ta V .7 hen you drive by West Bloomfield High School on Orchard Lake Road, you may notice a new structure. It's not modern art — it's Southeastern Michigan's newest and largest track- ing solar energy array; and it was funded almost entirely by students and community members. WBHS' Earth Club is the largest club in school. More than 70 kids show up to each meeting, and more than 100 are on the cl...…
…sharing experiences continued from page TT1 by Arica Cykiert no sleep for these girls Friendship Circle Wake-a-Thon allows female volunteers to bond over activities and to raise funds. alking through the doors of the Friendship Circle building in West Bloomfield at 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 22, I looked around and saw tons of people dressed in their team colors from head to toe. This is my first year volunteering at the Friendship Circle and I d...…
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…Arts & Entertainment Crafts representative of the kinds of projects in which Jews were heavily involved in Islamic lands include glassmaking, silk weaving and goldsmithing. "The DIA now has an interest in developing a collection of Judaica, an interest we have not focused on in the past." - Curator of Islamic Art Heather Ecker Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News T hree religious manuscripts on loan from the Jewish Theological Sem...…
…Arts & Entertainment Dichotomy from page 31 From cha cha and samba to rumba and paso doble, Soviet emigre (by way of Australia) Sasha Farber heats up the floor. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News F ans of the Australian version of Dancing With the Stars recognize Sasha Farber as the pro who choreographed, partnered with and later dated pop star Nikki Webster. That was in 2005, when Farber was on break in the middle of a near-deca...…
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