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…slom■slol■II■ THIS ISSUE 60r SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP The Jewish Chorus: NOVEMBER 18, 1988 / 9 KISLEV 5749 PLO Peace Offensive Is Directed At U.S. HELEN DAVIS Israel Correspondent London — The PLO's decision to establish an independent Palestinian state — and implicitly recognize the right of Israel to exist — could present the most serious diplomatic challenge in Israel's 40-year history. True, the decision taken at...…

…[PURELY COMMENTARY r - With Presidential Cheers Especially In Liberalism PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus co n the night of Nov. 8, 1988, the new commitment commenced, with the unanimity of greetings to our nation's new chief. It will be President. George Bush on Jan. 20, 1989, and as an organized community we will be one nation. There were bitter disputes and there may be a lapse of years ahead to aim at resolving them. In our democrati...…

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…UP FRONT Pollard Kin Describes `Cruel, Unusual Punishmen from former U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. "Weinberger Staff Writer wanted Israel less strong in relation ernard Henderson's daughter to the Arabs," Henderson said. Henderson wrote a book, Pollard: was married three months The Spy's Story, in which he compared when, in late 1985, she was arrested and charged with being a spy the prosecution of his daughter and son-in-law wit...…

…Ittrigrallitilill111110WWW410**04- EDITORIAL The Hands Of Esau Israel is to be excused for not embracing Yassir Arafat and his declaration of Palestinian statehood, even though the PLO leader appears to have recognized Israel, at least implicitly, for the first time. For Israel has a collective memory that goes beyond this week's statement. And there is pain when she recalls the scores of PLO- inflicted terrorist incidents against Israeli m...…

…CONTENTS OPINION 14 FRONTLI N ES The Jewish Vote KIMBERLY LIFTON Local voters split along age and geographic lines Nov. 8. 24 CLOSE-UP Jewish Chorus HOWARD SIMONS A four-year look as American Jews strive for the American Dream. 54 EDUCATION The New School HEIDI PRESS B'nai David is establishing a West Bloomfield educational facility. 58 HEALTH John Kennedy and Golda Meir at the United Nations: A cord of unity binding us all tog...…

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…ghE -gilt q)erieet- ghe • Abraham said Israel Presi- dent Chaim Herzog's concept of peace is for the violence to end and "everybody to go home"; Knesset Member Geula Cohen of the rIbchiyah Party believes in "the peace of the cemetery" — she once said that Palestinians should be killed just so they would know Israel is serious, Abraham claimed; and Kach leader Meir Kahane thinks peace will be achieved only when all Arabs leave Israel and the...…

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…I CLOSE-UP The Jewish Chorus: Voices of the American Jewish Experience Journalist Howard Simons traveled around the United States for four years taping the memories of American Jews. He ended his journey convinced that Jews have come closer to realizing the American Dream than any other group. A book excerpt. HOWARD SIMONS Special to The Jewish News In The Beginning M y paternal grandfather, in whose brownstone I lived my formative yea...…

…Abraham Lincoln Marovity 80, U.S. district court judge, Chicago, Illinois My father and mother come from Kov- no, part of Lithuania at the time. My mother was 15, she was brought here by her older brother, along with her younger sister Lena, who was thirteen. He got Mother a job in the sweatshops in New York. She didn't have any education in the old country and she wanted to learn and she went to the settlement houses to hear some lectures. O...…

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…`I Never Had As Much Fun' Howard Simons talks about collecting "bubbe mayses" for his book on the American Jewish experience. DONALD ALTSCHILLER Special to The Jewish News A t the end of an ethnic press sym- posium at Harvard last spring, the moderator, Howard Simons, asked one of the speakers to make some brief concluding remarks. The man took his time standing up and then placed his hands in his pockets. As he began to speak in a slow, ...…

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…I FOCUS 1 Gorbachev And Bush Will Squeeze Israel A Soviet-American approach to the Mideast conflict seems more likely than ever, but Israel has never been in a less accommodating mood HELEN DAVIS Israel Correspondent W A nice hot bowl of chicken soup can often make you feel better. But sometimes you need more. Sometimes you need expert medical advice. Then it's time to turn to the medical experts at Sinai Hospital. We have specialists w...…