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…JN Contents Spreading Education JNonline.us April 19-25, 2007 1-7 Iyar 5767 Vol. CXXX1, No. 11 Nutritionally Speaking Marc Friedman takes questions from students about his work helping educate Third World villagers. By Barbara Beznos, RD, LD/N integrated Nutrition, LLC Special Report Hero At Virginia Tech 6 0 Israeli Holocaust survivor saves his students from mass murderer. 2 cr) Metro Holocaust Remembrance 13 Yom HaShoah program...…
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…Editor's Letter THURSDAY, APRIL 26 FRIDAY, APRIL 27 SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Pursuing Campus Civility Second of two parts 0 debate breaks apart into uncivil behavior — effectively, when academic integrity and civil discourse become compromised. ur campuses of higher education can't get so caught Local Implications up in defending academic freedom and free speech At Wayne State University in Detroit, tensions between Jewish that they ignore t...…
…Special Report Holocaust Suvivor Slain Israeli professor died a hero, saving his students during Virginia Tech massacre. Haviv Rettig Keep your feet where they belong. in Russia as a child and saved by the townspeople. His father was deported by the Nazis. Blacksburg, Va. As a scientist working under Nicolae Ceaucescu's oppressive regime, s Jews worldwide observed Librescu was forbidden to have any Yom HaShoah on Monday in contact with so...…
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…us! at the Jewish Community Center Jerry Herron Director, Honors Program and Susan Zwieg Director, Undergraduate Admissions invite you to attend a reception for high school students and parents. Enter to win a raffle for $2,000 toward tuition for fall 2007. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Jewish Community Center A. Alfred Taubman Jewish Community Campus 15110 W. Ten Mile Road Oak Park, Michigan Here's a chance to get acquainted,...…
…Metro 'Never Again!' Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News T P hotos cour tesy H MC HMC's annual Yom HaShoah program honors survivors, memorializes victims and cites current anti-Semitism. \trim) Itkritrt 1 1.1011, 1 11.t REMEMBER THE SIX MILLION . MARTYRS! hough the main focus was on the past — pay- ing tribute to the 6 million victims of the Holocaust — main speakers at the 62nd annual Yom HaShoah Memorial Convocation didn't forge...…
…Metro Jewish Beginnings Dedication of historic marker celebrates early Michigan Jews. I n celebration of the first Jews to settle in Detroit, the state of Michigan and the Detroit Jewish commu- nity will dedicate a Michigan Historical Marker at the Michigan TriCentennial Park on the Detroit RiverWalk, 1900 Atwater Ave. in downtown Hannan Lis Detroit from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 29. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of Mich...…
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…Metro D 1 G S Digest from page 17 Florine Mark Martha Burnstein Outstanding Services for Jewish Seniors Active retired seniors stay sharp by performing meaningful volunteer work at JVS. Guided by two gerontologists, the seniors assemble mailings for synagogues and other non-profits. The work is rewarding. The professional supervision of their well-being is important. The camaraderie, friendship and kibitzing? Priceless. Need meaningfu...…
…. a 0%i/ tw ace THE ERITAGE - . - . . ... . . f SouTtui lam - - - - Yom HaZiKaron Events Yom HaZikaron commemorates Israel's fallen heroes and victims of terror. Local events include: • A service 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 22, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. An officer from the Israel Defense Forces will speak. The event is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. Call Jason Charnas, (248) 642-1645. • A pr...…
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…Preserving History Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer I n the summer of 1996, after a year of researching his family history, Dick Jaeger sat down to have a quiet talk with his 90-something aunt and uncle in New York. They spoke about the ancestry of the very small family he grew up know- ing. The talk — plus an e-mail introduction by a cousin he had never met — plunged him deeply into a project that, 11 years later, has become a 50,000-...…
…Preserving History from page 21 While Caryn works full time as a legal secretary at Sommers Schwartz in Southfield, she said some evenings and most Sundays have been set aside for work on the book. "At times it became almost all-con- suming," Dick said. "It is so addictive, especially the genealogy part" Now retired from work as a telecommuni- cations programmer, he still devotes a few hours a day to family research. Caryn estimates the cost ...…
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…I World Unique Obstacles Conversion for those raised Jewish? Rabbis address patrilineal problem. Sue Fishkoff Jewish Telegraphic Agency San Francisco W hen David Levine stepped into the mikvah last year, he believed he was affirming what he already was, not converting to something new "I was raised Jewish, was always told I was Jewish',' says the 35-year-old Californian, who did not want his real name used. "I went to Jewish camps, eve...…
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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us. Greenberg's View Editorial H ouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the best intentions when she embarked on her version of shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East this month, but as often happens, those good intentions took her down a road leading to a place far from her intended destina- tion, peace. We have no doubt that Pelosi is a friend to Israel, and she was trying to help Israel in gi...…
…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Contentment To Remember Far left: The U-M Chabad contingent is shown with kids at an Argentinian center for at-risk Jewish youth. Rabbi Alter Goldstein is on the right. Left: Eden Litt, foreground, and Danielle Becker help paint a home on their U-M Chabad mission to Buenos Aires. Ann Arbor D ing-dong. Ding-dong. Ding-dong. We waited patiently for 10 min- utes at the door. No answer. We were about to leave, when a ...…
…ZELDA 7Mi 11.2 / li tt ffi ernan lm91 " When Rabbi Josh Bennett and his wife Meg V V recently began to feel the burden of an outdated home, one in which their family was quickly outgrowing, they realized it was time to take action. "We have a tri-level built in the 1950's, and it had 1950's styling and no basement," explained Rabbi Bennett. Thursday, April 26 10 am — 5 pm Friday, April 27 10 am — 5 pm Saturday, April 28 10 am —5 pm Thou...…
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…Marc Friedman at Lone Pine Elementary School Book Power Staff photo by Angie Baan Local students get close up and personal with Third World villages. Judith Doner Berne Special to the Jewish News U ncle Marc brought his photo- graphs of Africa to Lone Pine Elementary School in West Bloomfield where the kindergarten, which included his niece Maddy Wise, had recently finished studying that continent. But instead of the usual pictures of ani...…
…To Life! GENERATIONS Book Power from page 35 BwB Details Kids at the new Building with Books pri- mary school in Mali, West Africa. Donna and Maddy, 5, of West Bloomfield watch Marc Friedman's Lone Pine Elementary School presentation. Motivation And Impact Friedman said he was inspired to do nonprofit work by family friend Agnes Scott, now deceased, who was the first woman on the West Bloomfield Board of Education and, later, vice presi...…
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…R A P R N MALTZ MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE "Don't Miss It! " — THE NEW YORK TIMES A Blemish In Our House Shabbat Tazria-Metzorah: Leviticus 12:1-15:33; II Kings 7:3-20. RUBENS, TURNER, REMBRANDT, EL GRECO &MORE MASTERPIECES OF EUROPEAN PAINTING FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART people suffered just such an affliction. W bile fighting for control Although it transpired almost a year of the hostile village of ago, the bitter Lebanon War...…
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…Arts & Entertainment 'Until God Says Stop' Singing in Hebrew, Heedoosh's rockers combine post-grunge, Britpop and the Bible. Yaniv Tsaidi of Heedoosh: Metro Detroiters can hear the band that continually sells out its New York City club performances in a concert in honor of Israel Independence Day at Yeshivat Akiva on April 24. George Robinson Special to the Jewish News T he sounds are instantly familiar: the synthesizer squiggles that l...…
…Arts & Entertainment About Freakonomics Show An engaging speaker, Levitt will give Metro Detroiters a crash course in "Freakonomics" in a 9 a.m. lec- ture Thursday, April 26, in Wayne State University's Community Arts Auditorium on central campus. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. RSVP online at www.wayne. edu/levittspeech . Parking, maps and event information will be available once you register. For more informa...…
…adults and $1 for children is recom- mended. DIA members are admitted free. For membership information, call 313-833-7971. To get ready for the Mopper lecture, you can head over to the Music Box in the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit to hear an 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, Pro Musica concert showcas- ing the music of Maurice Ravel, known as one of the French Impressionist musicians, along with Claude Debussy. A pianist, he composed two op...…
…Arts & Entertainment ON THE COVER e Jewish Film Festiv collection of films from around the vvorld, with something for everyone Top left: Winner of the fifth annual Sarah and Harold Gottlieb Award for Contributions to Jewish Culture, Steel Toes asks what it "costs" to be Jewish and whether it is worth it. Top right: Natalie Portman stars in Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai's Free Zone. Bottom right: Jews of Iran is a portrait of a people tyra...…
…The Newsletter of Jewish National Fund Jewish National Fund: Not Just Trees Anymore hen most people hear the words "Jewish National Fund," one word comes to mind: trees. And while it is true that JNF has planted more than 240 million trees in Israel since its inception in 1901, many people are not aware of the others ways in which JNF has strength- ened the nation of Israel over the past 105 years. W During the first half of the 20th centu...…
…How We Care For A Nation JNF's work in Israel is concentrated in seven different action areas that include water, ecology & afforestation, education, security, tourism & recreation, research & development and community development. Water • Israel requires more water for consumption than its resources yield. Annually, Israel faces a deficit of almost 53 billion gallons. • By 2020 it is estimated that Israel will require 30% more water in ord...…
…Providing Support for All Israelis ewish National Fund is working to help all Israelis experience the beauty of our home- land. Due to terrorism, military conflict and traffic accidents, almost 15% of Israelis have some form of disability. Throughout the coun- try, JNF is working to make all existing parks and recreation facilities inclusive and welcoming to people with and without disabilities, and to help inspire inclusive practices through...…
…Northern Israe t is estimated that Hezbollah fired about 4,000 Katyusha rock- ets at northern Israel last sum- mer causing havoc, trauma, loss of life, and untold damage to homes and businesses. Residents of northern towns breathed sighs of relief when the rockets fell outside city limits, but those rockets — an estimated 400 — caused damage of a different kind: more than 10,000 acres of forests, woodlands, reserves, and agricultural lands we...…
…Arts & E f ter ON THE EVE Dreams C e True from "Even as Jews are off doing millions of different things, and are off with millions of different identities, there are core val- ues that pop right out of these, whether the film is from Uganda or New York!' he says. "And so, in a sense, these films pull the Jewish world back together:' He finds that Jewish audiences often are intrigued by what Jews in other coun- tries are doing. "Each year;' ...…
…Arts & Entertainment ON HE COVER Films At A Glance from page 45 aim at anti-Jewish laws and saved the lives of thousands. Commerce Twp.: (following Raoul Wallenberg): Tuesday, May 1, at 2 p.m. Raoul Wallenberg: One Person Can Make a Difference: Emmy Award-winning filmmak- er Noah Ovshinsky and the Raoul Wallenberg Society of Ann Arbor put together this brief film about the man who risked his own life every day to save so many Jews during ...…
…001. SUL1L, OUR Agirmompllomm COMM :01M U TOE lUEGMEg • Open-face Tilapia Sandwich • And an array of Entree Pastas & Salads! • Now offering Cooking Classes Paper Dolls: By day they are sensi- tive caregivers of the Israeli elderly and infirm. By night, the "Paper Dolls" are transsexual Filipinos who work as female impersonators. Commerce Twp.: Monday, May 7, at 8 P.m. Ann Arbor: Tuesday, May 8, at 5 p.m. Windsor. Thursday, May 10, at 2 p.m....…
