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…DETROIT JEWISII NEWS COVER, STORY Page 6 Just Jewish A t least half the Jews in America don't belong to a synagogue, according to national studies. So mem- bership isn't a prerequisite to living Jewishly. Non-synagogue members may con- nect to Judaism spiritually, culturally or emotionally, or through other kinds of affiliations like Workmen's Circle or Jewish Parents Institute. The synagogue was never meant to replace the home as the spi...…
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…This Week Keeping The Faith UNAFFILIATED JEWS ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THEIR Mark Kahn: "Religion has played an important role, not always a good role, in human development. It provides an anchor and a view of what morality should be. 1/19 2001 6 s synagogue affiliation a prerequisite for being Jewish? Many Jews find nonreligious ways of identifying with their heritage. Others venture down alternative spiri- tual paths. "I've always reg...…
…Story by Sharon Luckerman Photos by Glenn Triest wi U.S., on the other hand, the vast majority of Jews in Israel are secular and unaffiliated (see 'An American/Israeli Perspective" on page 11). A misconception is that unaffiliated Jews don't think much about Judaism, the synagogue or their heritage. According to a small sampling from the community, that is -not necessarily true. Al Fishman, 73, of Detroit, a political activist, says: "After ...…
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…The Israel you don't see on the nightly news. Photographed on Ben Yehuda Street, Jerusalem, on January 10, 2001 The children are playing their soccer games as scheduled. Life goes on. And thousands of tourists are arriving every day. But you don't see that on the evening news. The cafes and restaurants of Jerusalem are humming with the typical gossip and stories and banter. Talk to our people, and you will sense, as always, our passionate...…
…This Week Personal Touch This year's March of the Living trip to Poland and Israel links teens and survivors. Meeting with sisters Stacey Crane and Sharon Milberger of Farmington Hills and their father Moniek Milberger of West Bloomfield, also a hree children of Holocaust survivor, they decided to draft a letter survivors want to make to Holocaust survivors, offering a way this year's pilgrimage more for the students to say Kaddish personal...…
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