…750 DETROIT 2 TISHREI 5754/SEPTEMBER 17, 1993 Inside ETROI Apples And Honey Rain didn't dampen the holiday prelude. Page 22 Numb To The Need? Soviet Jews are still coming and still need Detroit help. Page 50 Earnest Message This author exchanged business for kids. Page 103 Contents on page 3 Day Of Independence, Day Of Infamy Israelis express little optimism for the peace treaty. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR W hen He...…
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…ontents DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CIV Mo. 2 Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor AGREEMENT September 17,1993 Phil Jacobs Associate Editor Alan Hitsky B Time For Hope Monday's historic pact draws world-wide reaction. Assistant Editor Elizabeth Applebaum Staff Writers Kimberly Litton Ruth Littmann Lesley Pearl DETROIT 22 Apples And Honey 23 Make or Break Contributing Editor Elie Wiesel Washington Correspondent J...…
…An Act Of Hope For The Future There was an air of unreality to Monday's treaty signing at the White House. Two foes who had fought each other on many different battlefields signed a pact that was all but unthinkable just three weeks ago: Palestinians were given a sem- blance of autonomy and surely, more than a toe- hold of legitimacy; Israelis were offered assurances that loss of territory will increase — not diminish — their security. There ...…
…Community Views Editor's Notebook History Unfolding On TV?, We've Been There Before PHIL JACOBS EDITOR We've been grip- ped as a commu- ' pity twice in the past three years while we stood around a televi- • sion set. We must not lose sight of what happened then to temper what is happening now. "Then" was January of 1991. Four hundred Jews came to- gether at Shaarey Zedek to hear Allied Jewish Campaign and frantic cadences in their voices t...…
…• • A DAY OF PEACE 'A Brave Gamble'continued from page 1. limits of Israeli power, his inner divisions over the issue of recognizing the PLO, and on which he said, with stirring eloquence that usually eludes him: "Let me say to you, the Palestinians: We are des- tined to live together, on the same soil in the same land. We, the soldiers who have returned from battle stained with blood, we who have seen our relatives and friends killed befor...…
…tinians everything they wanted. The first fruits of this were realized this week when an agreement was signed with Jordan and word came that Morocco would be the first Arab nation aside from Egypt to establish relations with Israel. But the terror goes on. On the day that the docu- ment with the PLO was signed on the same walnut table that was used for the signing of the Camp David agreement, four Israelis were buried. They were killed by memb...…
…A DAY OF PEACE What's Next For Jewish Groups? The prospect of peace presents a challenge for pro-Israel American leaders. JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT 1111 onday's dramat- ic White House ceremony mark- ing the accord also poses many questions to Jewish activists. "There will almost cer- tainly be a period of appre- hension and uncertainty in Jewish organizational life," said Earl Raab, director of the Nathan Perlmutter Institut...…
…A DAY OF PEACE sional budget cutters. At the same time, they will work with the administration to find ways to finance the rejuvenation of Gaza and Jericho, a key element in making this week's land- mark agreement work. "Imagine, AIPAC [the American Israel Public Affairs Committee] lobby- ing for aid to Israel — and for assistance to this new administrative entity in Gaza and Jericho," said one longtime Washington pro- Israel activist. "It is...…
…A DAY OF PEACE Walking On The Wild Side Palestinians celebrated in East Jerusalem. But the mood in West Jerusalem was more subdued as Israelis took a leap of faith. INA FRIEDMAN ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT J erusalem — "Take a Walk on the Wild Side" was the first song Israel's Army Radio played Tuesday morning — the proverbial morning after — during the musical break in its early news roundup. Like all the other symbols, metaphors and subtexts tha...…
…A DAY OF PEACE stirrings in his heart, Mr. Rabin was the very embodi- ment of Israel's mood. Anyone who failed to fath- om the visceral appeal that this withdrawn, often clumsy man had to the Israeli public in last year's election finally understood it Monday. In calling out the words "Enough of blood and tears. Enough!" he spoke from the heart of what Ha'aretz columnist Gideon Samet has called the "new Israeli major- ity — quiet, secular, pe...…
…A DAY OF PEACE A Local Lesson From The Middle East RONALD ARONSON SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Hope And Apprehension Jewish Detroiters congregate to witness the historic signing. some of the others contribut- RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER ing to these pages. Listen carefully, to those who jumped on the bandwagon when it became policy and then to the extremists who still reject mutual recogni- tion. Talking so much about insecurity and hatred, ...…
…A DAY OF PEACE Mutual Trust Can Be Achieved TERRY AHWAL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ractically every other night, after the evening news, my mother comes into my room and tells me, "Did you hear? Another Palestinian child was killed today." Then she pleads for me to "do something about this." My mother feels that I, as president of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in Detroit, can personally affect what hap- pens in the Middle ...…
…A DAY OF PEACE Potential Benefits Outweigh The Dangers MAURICE WATERS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS all in the region. It would be particularly desirable if a joint Israel- Palestinian fund were estab- lished to compensate those individuals who have lost property as a result of past hostilities, or who may lose any as a result of the settle- ment terms. This was done with regard to the Sinai agreement and by Gel many as a result of the Holocau...…
…311111 112 111•04.4- vp, The Mideast Changed Before And After RAYMOND TARTER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ..\ k. Raymond Tenter A s the Jewish holidays begin, let's first consid- er the good news: The Arab-Israeli conflict as a series of wars is over. Why? Well, Israel won all the wars, was on the winning side of the global Cold War and the hot war in the Gulf, and has the first-strike capacity to destroy the Arab confrontation states' a...…
…MIDRASHA CENTER FOR ADULT JEWISH STUDIES Immigration Between now and the end of Sukkot, the following classes and special events will be offered by Midrasha and its program partners in the Jewish community. For a complete fall brochure and registration form, call the Midrasha office at 354-1050. "Inside the Rabbinic Mind" Rabbi Rod Glogower, Midrasha Scholar-in-Residence and Rabbi of the Orthodox Hillel Minyan at the University of Michigan,...…
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…And Honey Ram doesn't squelch pre-holiday fun on Sunday at Camp Maas. Photos by Glenn Triest LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER Above, everyone enjoyed participating in activities. Right, Rabbi Davidson and sons Baruch, 9, and Dov, 14, make shofars. tanding inside a wooden building in Camp Maas' fron- tier village, watching the rain pour down, Sharon and Paul Levine claimed they were perhaps "the ultimate optimists." The Oak Park couple, their th...…
…Ten Days Will Make Or Break B'nai David ALAN HUSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR n Rosh Hashanah it is written and on Yom Kippur it is sealed. While this ancient dictum is true for all Jews, the fate of Congregation B'nai David will be publicly revealed after these Ten Days of Awe. Two other Jewish groups, with building plans in West Bloomfield, are also getting close to finalization. Southfield's B'nai David has raised $2.65 million in pledges toward co...…
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…President's Column KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL (An by Eli Scherr At this season of the year, we reflect on both the past and the future. At JNF we can be thankful that the past has been filled with accomplishment and the future with challenge. Jewish National Fund continues to make progress providing those things which improve life for all the people of Is- rael. However, ongoing developments in the Mideast as well as a continuing influx of ne...…
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…N um b To e As Russian resettlement continues, so do challenges facing Detroit's Jewish community. Need? RUTH UTTMANN STAFF WRITER faded doormat in North- gate Apartments depicts a log cabin surrounded by flowers and shrub- bery. Smoke swirls up from a brick chimney to the words: Home Sweet Home. But for Russian refugees living at Northgate and else- where in Detroit — is it? The Jewish community's Resettlement Service reports that 620 R...…
