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…33137, www.hsf. org . Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. JACK RUBENSTEIN, 58, formerly of Detroit, died Jan. 29, 2010, in his home- town of Phoenix, Ariz. He is survived by his children, Michael, 20, of Phoenix; daughter, Sara, 18, of San Jose, Calif., father, Marvin, 91, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; younger brother, Gary, and Gary's wife, Jaime Booke-Rubenstein of Austin, Texas, and Vancouver, Wash. Marvin, Jaime and Gary were all for- mer Detroit...…

…Obituaries Obituaries from page 69 Yechezkel Besser, Led Polish Revival New York/JTA — Rabbi Yechezkel Besser, the "spiritual father" of the Polish Jewish revival, has died. Besser, who died Rabbi Besser Feb. 9, 2010, is widely credited with focusing Jewish attention and resources on the remnant of Polish Jewry to have survived the Holocaust. "Chaskel Besser was the guy that started the Jewish revival in Poland," said Michael Schudrich, the ...…

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…This Week In Pursuit Of. Parity JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to the Jewish News p envy Blumenstein had never really known what it was like to be in a minori- ty before she ventured out into service within the general Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit community. She'd entered volunteer life by founding, and later leading, a local chapter of American ORT (Organization for Educational Resources and Technological Training). After that, ...…

…Change remains slow in coming. On the national scene, the lack of gender balance is glaring, almost six years after the Ma'yan study was initiated. The issue of gender parity is most obvious in the more traditional areas of Judaism. In the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, none of the 700 member synagogues have woman presidents. This is largely because such presidents would need to lead prayer or serve in a legal capacity — which aren't ...…

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…Yeshiva Beth Yehudah opens its new preschool building. Staff Photos by KRISTA HUSA ochel Lea Groundland, preschool coordinator at Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, came into the school's pre-1A class the first week in February with a big question. "What's the difference between this week and next week?" she asked. The class, which includes Groundland's 5- year-old daughter Dena, was quick to answer: "This week, we're the youngest. Next week, we'll be th...…

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…This Week World Briefs Palestinian-ruled town of Bethlehem, also plans to visit sites in Israel and Jordan next month. • The agreement calls for "a special statute for Jerusalem, internationally agreed" to safeguard "the proper iden- tity and sacred character of the city and its universally significant religious and cultural heritage." Israel misinterpreted the deal, a papal envoy said. The Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned Monsignor Petro S...…

…Johannes Rau spoke in German, a first for a Knesset speech. Several legislators stayed away in protest, including Danny Naveh from the opposition Likud Party, whose parents survived the Holocaust. Others, including Speaker Avraham Burg, whose father fled Berlin in 1939, said they had mixed feelings about hearing German spoken in the Knesset. Civil Marriages Are Recognized Jerusalem/JTA — Israel's interior min- ister said his ministry will re...…

…This Week Insight Akk„ „Wa rk .:6Y 4 ,W.. .l ogidamd i Ideas & Issues Expert says the question is not if, but when, a lasting peace will take hold in the Middle East. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer redicting the results of Middle East negotiations in the next year is foolish, but a wealth of opportunity does exist for lasting peace, an expert on the Arab- Israeli conflict said last week. "Never before have we been able to imagine negotiati...…

…JNEditorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: wwvv.detroitjewishnews.com A Civil Injustice IN FOCUS F lying the Confederate battle flag from public buildings is a public affront. Our freedoms protect it in a private setting, but the Rebel battle colors have no place in a public venue. A month ago, when we honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of racial and ethnic tolerance, the simmering dis...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS A Christian's View Of Israel DAVID BLEWETT Special to the Jewish News R ecently, I led a group of Christian leaders on a fact- finding mission to Israel. The group was made up of members of the executive committee of the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, a national net- work of Christian organizations and individuals committed to the security and well-being of the people, land and State of Israel. In org...…

…SPECIAL COMMENTARY Post-Birthright Buzz Israel); Oslo and the White House handshake; peace with Jordan; Yitzhak n a recent millennial Sunday Rabin's assassination; waves of terror- morning, I arose at 5:30 and ism; rise and fall of Bibi Netanyahu; drove down to the Dead Sea. Israel's Americanization; a high-tech Heading south from Jericho, explosion; high-level corruption; one the sun came up over Jordan, rising million Israelis living in po...…

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…VIVOMEMCMIROMMOMWMAM.Vta. China inasmuch as King Abdullah's secret pact with David Ben-Gurion stipulat- ed that the Arab Legion would go through the motions of combat but actually would remain uninvolved. In view of the bitter battles between Israel and the Jordanian forces along the Jerusalem front, Shlaim conveniently retreated from that position in a subsequent book, The Iron Wall. In a thorough review of the output of the new historians,...…

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…INSIDE Community Calendar Show Die The Yearbook! V : : s 's'•;; • "Think about it. A snapshot in time that captures forever your parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins twice-removed at the most important time of their lives. You can actually go back in time and visit with them. Read about their hopes and dreams, their outlook on their world and what they believed the future world would hold for them. You can spend some time ...…

…Community Photographs Memories Be true to your school: Donating your old yearbook could help preserve Detroit's Jewish past. DAVID SACHS Editorial Assistant A rtg 2/18 2000 42 Photos from the following high school yearbooks: 1-2. Central Centralite, 1945 3. Mumford Capri, 1959 4. Henry Ford Galaxy, 1968 5. Centralite, 1945 6 Centralite, 1943 7. Mumford Capri, 1959 8. Mumford Capri, 1960 Elaine Cohan Arnoid Cohen Carol Cohen Jassey ...…

…Central 1945 Central 1919 Sarah Levin Adelle Sherman Hyman Levy Sarah Levy Martha Shev Blanche Sonia Shulman Mumford 1959 Laurel Goldman Miriam Goldman Nancy Goldman Jonathan Goldsmith Beverly Goldstein Bruce Goldfarb Jeffrey Golden Irma Goldstein Groves 1974 =el Day 1974 Judy Gunsberg Lori Helman Southfield- Latkrup 1985 A sampler of student yearbook pictures from the past century. Andrew Goldberg Dana Goldberg Steve Gol...…

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…Shlomo Gazit Is Area Scholar Major General (ret.) Shlomo Gazit will be the scholar in residence Saturday, March 16, to Sunday, March 26, for the Labor Zionist Alliance, Na'amat USA and the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit. The national sponsor is the American Zionist Movement in cooperation with the World Zionist Organization Department of Information. Gen. Gazit was the first adminis- trator of the administered territories, h...…

…Community Who Wrote The Bible? Aish HaTorah held its flagship "Discovery" program on Feb. 13 at its new Aish Center in Birmingham. It drew by 20 community members who heard a variety of presenta- tions of "evidence" that the Bible could not have been written by human beings. The daylong event, featuring several speakers, was the first major program to be held in the new Aish Center on Old Woodward. Left, Jay Taffel of Baltimore, one of the s...…