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…Rosh Hashanah >> communal messages A Time To Look Forward T his is a special time for Jews across the world, a time of reflection and renewal. This year, however, Rosh Hashanah has a unique significance for me. As I prepare to begin my term as president of the Jewish Federation, I find myself reflecting on not only my own life, but also the life of our community. As with any other year, we have seen our share of both good and difficult time...…
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…A young member of Ann Arbor's Jewish Cultural Society casts her flowers into the Huron River at Island Park during tashlich. Rosh Hashanah I Esther Allweiss Ingber Contributing Writer A ,- -- Secular and Humanistic Jews . %-%, - ..- keep some familiar themes, , t-T- ':-,-/ ;.. -' •- but follow their own drumbeats.--\ ,4 -=,,,, - - _-__ -.•:). . . .!..) . _ , • • ..... >4 r le...-- -,' •• ndrea Liberman is pleased that the frequently m...…
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…year in review Read about the highs and lows of 5774 — I JTA Staff SEPTEMBER 2013 The United States and Russia reach a deal to rid Syria of its arsenal of chemical weapons, promoting Jewish groups to suspend their efforts lobbying for U.S. strikes against Damascus. Rabbi Philip Berg, founder of the Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles and teacher of Jewish mysticism for A-list celebrities, dies at age 86. William Rapfogel, the ousted leader of...…
…and everything in between. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a pan-European intergovernmental organization, overwhelmingly passes a resolution calling male ritual circumcision a "violation of the physical integrity of children" and putting it in the same class as female genital mutilation. Israeli President Shimon Peres joins the chorus of voices protesting the decision. In November, the group's leader assures Jews that the...…
…year in review continued from page 85 In a survey of 5,847 European Jews, nearly one-third of respondents say they "seriously considered emigrating" from Europe because of anti-Semitism. German authorities begin taking steps to identify the provenance of more than 1,400 works of Holocaust-era art found in the Munich home of Cornelius Gurlitt. Joseph Paul Franklin is executed for killing a man at a St. Louis-area synagogue in 1977. Franklin...…
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…year in review continued from page 86 JANUARY 2014 Menachem Stark, shown with his wife and seven children, was hailed after his kidnapping and murder as a loving father and generous giver by his Chasidic community in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Chasidic real estate developer Menachem Stark is kid- napped, his lifeless body later found in a dumpster. The New York Post provokes outrage among many Jews with a cover calling him a slumlord and a headl...…
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…year in review continued from page 88 Abraham Foxman announces he is stepping down as national direc- tor of the Anti-Defamation League after 27 years in the post. Foxman, a child survivor of the Holocaust and one of the highest profile American Jewish leaders, says he will step down in July 2015. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, top the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of the top 50 U.S. donors to chari- table...…
…An Overland Park police vehicle sitting White supremacist Frazier Glenn Miller, 73, kills a man and his grand- son outside the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City and then shoots to death a woman at a Jewish assisted-living facility a few blocks away. None of the victims are Jewish, highlighting the diverse constituency served by America's Jewish institutions. in front of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City, Kan.,...…
…year in review continued from page 91 A vigil was organized on May 25, 2014, by the Jewish community outside the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels where a gunman killed four people the previous day. sometimes stinging portrayals of Jewish life. In 2012, Roth announced he was retiring. The Jewish community of Sharon, Mass., is shocked as the rabbi of Temple Israel, Barry Starr, resigns amid allegations that he used syn- agogue discretion...…
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…year in review continued from page 92 New York Jewish teenager Josh Orlian's raunchy stand-up routine on America's Got Talent cracks up the judges, but his Orthodox day school isn't tickled. JULY 2014 Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the father of the Jewish Renewal movement, which sought to introduce more music, dance and medita- tion into prayer and Jewish life, dies in Boulder, Colo., at age 89. Israel launches its third major Gaza oper...…
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…oints of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Publisher's Notebook Editorial JN Primes For A Year Of Advocacy R osh Hashanah, like Shabbat, is a offering annual "happy new year" and "thank time to hit the pause button on our you" messages to the community. They are lives, freezing for precious moments also developing new and innovative ways the intersection of past, present and future. to package all of the assets and capab...…
…Notebook from page 96 the trend that has reduced our numbers from 72,000 to an estimated 60,000 or fewer since a 2005 demographic study. By 2020, half of our community is projected to be above the age of 65. • Advocate for an unprecedented com- munal effort and investment, spearheaded by Federation, to recruit and incentivize Jewish families from across the country to relocate and stay here. A recent national study identified Detroit as the b...…
