…Israeli Infant Travels Here For Eye Surgery Jewish Academy Gains $20 Million Endowment A Jewish Renaissance Media Publication ISRAEL AIRLI S . • -1,":11, - fisher family of Sout fil a family legacy to ma ''G aliyah, m4, elp from the Nefesh B' efesh program ----- …
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…Contents D A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year wvmdetroitiewislinews.com Friday, July 19, 2002 Av 10, 5762 Vol. 000, No. 23 This Week 12 Hope For Sight Sight Blind, deaf Israeli has surgeries in Detroit. 18 Breathtaking Gift Federation lands $20 million endowment for JAMD. Opinion 133 Don't Bypass 'e( Primary Arts Entertainment 76 Smooth Jazz Sensation Dave Koz brings a `!smooth" tour to Meadow Brook. Food ...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Chasing Miracles INT ored Jewish guests, who left with roses and a box of choco- lates. No common language was needed for creating this partnership of peace." In Israel as part of a Federation-sponsored May unity mis- sion, Rosenberg learned of Women in Community, a group of interfaith social workers and health care providers who reg- ularly talk up a peaceful co-existence; Notes of Harmony, 1,000 Jewish and Arab student m...…
…LETTERS Ne d V prefer fre [ie letters e rs tIl a tBli-eelvaitty News. We'reserve the right to tletters. e to encouraged. Letters Letters must contain the name, address and title of the writer, and a daytime telephone number. Original copies must be hand signed. Mail to the Jewish News at 30301 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; fax to (248) 539-3075; or e-mail to: rsldar@thejewishnews.com Israel Visit Encouraging ...…
…One Bedroom Summer Special Only $1440.00 per month! • Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America/Department of Michigan. How very sad that they have had to beg for space in the corn- munity. • Racquetball and squash at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit ("Parting Shot," June 28, page 13). The "old guys" can go elsewhere. Are seniors being pushed around? You bet they are. But remember, the wheel is always turning. So ...…
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…Staff Notebook Sunday Carnival Supports CF "It's my carnival," said Avery Monet Engelman, 3 1 /2, of West Bloomfield. And she's not far from the truth. The second annual Cystic Fibrosis Carnival will be held from 10 a.m-3 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. Events will be held inside if there's rain. Last year, Avery's parents, Cherie and Daniel Engelman, held the carnival to make the commu- nity aware of ...…
…Infant's Hope For sight Blind and deaf Israeli baby may gain eyesight after surgeries in Detroit. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer INT hen 8-month-old Sarah Shira Abramov arrived in the United States July 10, she was due for some good news from her American doctor. The Israeli infant was born 14 weeks early, weigh- ing just one pound, with no apparent hearing or sight. She had spent the first six months of her life hospital- ized. Her b...…
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…Cover Story Returning To Zion The Fisher family of Southfield fulfills a family legacy to make aliyah, with help from the Nefesh B'Nefesh program. 4, watmb. M M VAN= amW.,meWmT,WWW41M3MMV,,, * * !SR AE L.. YEHOSHUA HALEVI M Special to the Jewish News ' % Jerusalem T4.1 E '71N -Av.P 'sr Dr. Moshe and Nessia Fisher and their four children: twins Elisheva and Avigail, 8, Yoni, 3, and Ariel, 5. ighty years ago, Moshe Eliezer Fisch...…
…that of 33-year-old Dr. Moshe Eliezer Fisher, follow- ly respond in Hebrew." Because Moshe speaks fluent Hebrew, he often lec- ing in the footsteps of his grandfather and name- tured at hospitals on visits to Israel. Last November, sake, and joined by his wife, Nessia, 32, and their because of the security situation, he hesitated coming four young children, all formerly of Southfield. to Israel to celebrate a brit milah [ritual circumci- Unlik...…
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…Love Of The Land PLANNING A Ezra Wanetik fulfills a 10-year dream to make aliyah. EZRA WAN ETIK Special to the Jewish News Tel Aviv A t 4 p.m. on July 9, I found myself in a strange position. I was in a Ministry of Absorption waiting room at Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv trying to make aliyah. I had arrived at 12:30 p.m. with roughly 400 other new immi- grants to Israel. One by one, names of the families had been called. People I met o...…
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…And the phone's not bad either Palestinian Authority official Nabil Sha'ath was quoted as telling Abu Dhabi Television that Israel bears responsibility for the attack as long as it continues to control Palestinian cities in the West Bank. For their part, Israeli officials blamed Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat for Tuesday's attack. Political sources in Jerusalem were quoted as saying that as long as Arafat remains at the head of th...…
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…T I diplomacy A Mideast diplomatic activity resumes, but can any magic formula be found? MITCHELL DANOW Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York City • iddle East diplomacy shifted to New York this week amid wide- spread skepticism that there is any formula that can convince Israel and the Palestinians to make even slight progress toward peace. Helping fuel the skepticism was a Palestinian terror attack on Tuesday that claimed the lives of at...…
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…OTHER VIEWS Stopping Bullets With Jewish Bodies New York City urely you heard about the "violence [that] broke out between an Arab and Israelis at Los Angeles International Airport" on the Fourth of July? That was how a July 6 article in the Los Angeles Times referred to the murder of two Jews and the injuring of several others by an Egyptian national who approached LAX's El Al ticket counter and proceeded to shoot people. Here we were — sil...…
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…Friend of Israel For twenty-eight gears, Jim Blanchard has stood by Israel. Now it is time to stand by Jim Blanchard on August 6th. * Since the time he represented us in the United States Congress, through -v- serving as Governor and Ambassador, Jim Blanchard has been a loyal and unwavering friend of the State of Israel. lir As a U.S. Congressman for eight years from Oakland County, Jim Blanchard - 7- voted and supported every resolution...…
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…INSIDE: 'SENTENCED To Southeast Oakland County will lose two judicial veterans at the same time. Community Calendar 56 Mazel Toy! 58 BILL CARROLL Special to The Jewish News ' hat would they do to you in Russia if you came into court under these circumstances?" Benjamin J. Friedman, a judge of 45B District Court, poses the rhetorical question to a young Soviet immigrant. The man stands before him in the judge's Oak Park courtroom on ...…
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…Pho tos by Angie Baan fit! 2 SOUTHFIELD NURSING HOME CREATES ONE LAST MEMORY FOR ITS COMMUNITY. R esidents, family members, vol- unteers and community mem- bers crowded into the parlor of Elan Village in Southfield for a farewell tea on July 9. The kosher nursing home is closing for financial reasons by the end of July. Dick Fink, co-owner of Elan Village, praised the staff for providing excellent care to residents, offering them love ...…
