…DETROIT 75¢ THE ISH NEWS 8 TAMMUZ 5754/JUNE 17, 1994 An Outpouring Of Grief For The Lubavitcher Rebbe Local residents remember Rabbi Schneerson as a man of vision and humility. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER AND ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR or the past few months, Dr. Lawrence Resnick has spent much of his time in New York, attending to one of his longtime pa- tients: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Last weekend, he didn't leave...…
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…L 14 15 36 37 Detroit COMMENT David Gad-Hari on Jews and the peace process. 5 Pen Pals Akiva students meet friends in Clinton Twp. COMMUNITY Quilt Story A potpourri of photos of community events. A quilt celebrates a sister's life. Pen Pals. page 14 Health Surprise Party! Grateful patients surprise two octogenarian allergists. 27 MIDEAST Arafat's spotty record under the microscope. Mitzvah Heroes. page 69 64 ENTERTAINMEN...…
…r rrsCFFABit., , Ar3or 15 Mit,EZ• YOU POKED TO ,Pttr IT iN t _ eRiCgOff Passing Of A Tzadik Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, seventh grand rebbe of the Lubavitch-Chabad Chasidim, who died Sunday at age 92 after lingering in a coma for the past three months, was arguably the most outstanding figure in Orthodox Jewry in the post-Holocaust era. However uncomfortable non-Lubavitch Jews may have been with the movement's messian- ic fervor and h...…
…Community Views Editor's Notebook American Jews And The Peace Process Learning A Lesson About The Rebbe DAVID GAD HARF SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHIL JACOBS ED TOR In recent months, sters Mark Mellman and Stan- there has been ley Greenberg. The survey con- growing evidence tained the following findings: of American Jew- * 88 percent of Jews support ish opposition to the peace process; the Israeli govern- * 78 percent support the agree- ...…
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…CD O O Patti Tapper with her quilt. Jane Walther. "She was a bright, sensitive, giving person. A Legacy t A quilt tel the story of a woman who loved history, . Yellow Birds and a girl named Heather. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR At first, Mrs. Tapper says, it ne of the first panels shows Jane as a dark-haired lit- was difficult to feel anything but tle girl beside her younger pain when thinking of her sister. sister, Patti. The ...…
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…OUTPOURING continued from page 1 Jack and Miriam Shenkman of Farmington Hills on a recent visit with the rebbe. "Your adrenaline just races," he said. He began to pray. When the news of Rabbi Schneerson's death came, he joined the crowds of other Detroiters — who eventually made it to New York on three dif- ferent flights — making last- minute arrangements to attend the rebbe's funeral. Rabbi Schneerson left a profound impression on the many...…
…nside 770 ew York (JTA) — Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson has been called the foremost Jewish personality of modern times. He was the seventh in the dy- nastic line of leaders of the Lubavitch movement, which was founded in the 18th century by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. The rebbe, as he was known to his followers, was born in 1902 on the 11th day of Nisan in the Ukrainian city of Nikolaev. He was the son of a renowned kabbalist and talmu...…
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