…Contents A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year This Week 14 Following His Conscience Akiva graduate who had been working in New York dedicates himself to Israel. 0 ro Regional Convention coordinators Scott Lachimin of FIT171141V017 Hills and Stlibanie of West Bloomfield orient 118Y0 members. 0 15 State House Battle Democrat Stuart Brickner eyes Republican Marc Shulman's state House seat. Opinion 23 Audacious Faith...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK The Way We Live I t was billed .as a spiritual warm-up for four weeks of adult Jewish study. We came to the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield last week — 600 strong, repre- senting every stream of Judaism — in search of a spark to sharpen our focus on learning through Detroit Jewry's Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment (SAJE). We got it, too. _ Giving the third annual Shiffman Family Lecture, Rabbi Eddie Feinstein...…
…LETTERS No Further for the "Ultimate Party" JWV Museum Worth A Visit Executive Director David Sorkin's let- ter regarding finding room at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit for the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America Department of Michigan memorabilia ("The JCC . Responds About The JWV," Dec. 28, page 5) brought back fond memories of my husband's and my visit a few years back to the JWV museum in Washingto...…
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…This Week For Openers T Heartfelt Thanks hank you, world! Beverly Goldberg wants to thank her En club, including all those she does- n't even know. The cards, the letters, visits and prayers have overwhelmed the Southfield resident and her family. Goldberg, who will be 59 on Sunday, Jan. 20, nearly lost her life last month after she became septic following surgery. The medication that saved her life forced the amputation of most of her toe...…
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…This Week Following His Conscience Akiva graduate who had been working in New York dedicates himself to Israel. B DEBRA ISAACS Special to the Jewish News en Beres isn't in search of the extraordinary. But he's doing something extraordi- nary for a young American: settling in Israel, searching for work, and perhaps serving the country if it needs him. He left a good job at Goldman Sachs last week, gave up his apartment in Manhattan and lef...…
…T is eek State House Battle Republican Marc Shulman seeks to retain West Bloomfield-Commerce seat against Democrat challenger Stuart Brickner. He charged that Shulman has "done nothing" for residents, especially on the infrastructure needs of the community, other than "trying to pass a couple of pork-barrel projects for local interests. It would be wo Jewish West Bloomfield politicians, helpful for the community to have a partner in both lo...…
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…This Week News Digest Taking Fire A shrinking group ofArab recruits into the IDF are in a no-win situation. GIL SEDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency Hai a eath has been a guest in too many Israeli and Palestinian homes during the past 16 months, the heavy toll of the Palestinian intifada (uprising). But it is not often that Arab soldiers die serving in the Israel Defense Forces. The four soldiers killed last week near Kibbutz Kerem Shalom nea...…
…Dwindling Resolve Conscientious objectors, reservists' attitudes reflect dissatisfaction with war in the territories. AARON LIGHTNER Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tel Aviv IV e don't cry, we don't shoot!" they yelled. "We refuse to be murderers!" The 50 or so Israeli demonstrators had arrived at a hill overlooking Military Prison No. 6 near Atlit, where conscien- tious objectors are detained. "It is a soldier's duty to disobey illegal orders,...…
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…Remember When • Ideas & Issues From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. ' Debate between moderates shows deep gap in Middle East perceptions. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer I n their own communities, these Jewish and Arab spokesmen are each considered moderates. But when together, their differences show how slim the chances may be for peace in the Middle East. David Gad-Harf, Jewish Community Council o...…
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…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones The Need For Audacious Faith M ore than 35 years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke movingly of his dreams for a society free of the terrible curse of racism. His words captured the spirit of black Americans, of course, but they also resonated passionately in the hearts and minds of Jewish Americans. Jews knew what it meant to escape slavery — ...…
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…INSIDE: 1 NORMA WYNICK GOLDMAN Special to the Jewish News A nyone who has entered the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield has met Louis Redstone, the artist. His bas-relief brick sculpture of the great menorah decorates the left wall just before the main entrance. What everyone may not know, how- ever, is that the entire building, com- pleted in 1976, is the work of Louis Redstone, the architect. Everything, from the large main lobb...…
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…SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter Rabbi Eddie Feinstein kicks off Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment 20 02. abbi Eddie Feinstein knows the secret of life. And he shared it last week with 600 guests of the third annual Shiffiiian Family Lecture at the kickoff event of Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment (SAJE) at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. "Judaism has secrets to teach you," said the rabbi in his Jan. 10 talk, "A Brie...…
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