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…having A Gala Jewish fetes abound as Democrats convene in L.A. TOM TUGEND Jewish Telegraphic Agency Los Angeles he official agenda of the Democratic Party may be to nominate Vice President Al Gore and Sen. Joseph Lieberman as their standard bearers, but the real business was to party 24 hours a day, raise millions of dollars and tell the Jews what wonderful folks they are. President Bill Clinton, addressing nearly 4,000 Jews at an outdoor ...…
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…Insight Remember When • • • Opportunity Found From the pages of The Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Bosnian-Muslim student's chutzpa goes a long way toward getting him an American education. Staff photo by Krista Husa , who has a new congregation of Bosnian Muslims in Hamtramck. Staff Writer "Despite the fact that this is a relatively new t may seem ironic when two Bosnian- community with little means," he sai...…
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…A V COMMUNITY VIEWS Vaad: No Goon Squad employ people with a capacity to work would like to offer a perspective in an ever-changing environment, and on the Council of Orthodox often not at usual working hours. No Rabbis of Greater Detroit differ- one should question the need to pay ent from the articles presented for the individual representative of the in the Aug. 4 issue ("Kosher Losses," Vaad (the mashgiach) for his page 7; "Kosher Concl...…
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…"4. SPECIAL COMMENTARY 8/18 2000 40 from page 39 Is It Good For The Jews? LETTERS Jewish Community Federation said San Francisco that non-Jews in the area would resist ure enough, the first person electing Jews to any high office, such to call me early about the as Congress. But at that time, as selection of Connecticut Sen. everyone knew, three out of the four Joseph Lieberman as the congressional representatives from the Democratic P...…
…Photos by Bill Hansen SHARON LUCKERMAN Editorial Assistant L ike the marketplaces of old, the JCC Summer Culture Shuk held in West Bloomfield on the afternoon of Aug. 13 teemed with families. More than 1,000 people gathered on the . grounds of the Jewish Community Center's Kahn Building, which had been transformed into a modern marketplace. They came to eat, play and buy crafts, and especially to shmooze with new and old friends. Under stri...…
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…Affordability in Memory Care A Million Opportunities New memorial fund aids camping and recreation at JCC. I "In his youth, Larry was enamored n memory of their young physi- of camping," his father said. The one- cian son, who devoted his prac- time camper and counselor "had a tice to families and chil- special relation- dren and his free time to kg59:"..MV,VrVitlp: ship with kids, camping, Arthur (Archie) and and each summer Rhoda Sills h...…
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