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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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…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...…
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…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...…
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