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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS :11111-=1, A Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year Shavuot's Lesson cl od permeates life's experiences. That's the lesson ofShavuot,.a two-day festival marking the birth- day of the Jewish people. Tradition relates that every Jewish soul, born or yet to be born, was there at Mount Sinai 3,300 years ago when Moses received the ROBERT A. Torah from God — a unique event SKLAR in our storied history. Editor Toge...…
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…WARNING: For Openers • Toronto's Jews Think Big Yiddish Limericks Toronto The judge said, "Please give me some credit. T Your alibi's false, and I'd bet it. Es iz nit geshtaigen. Es iz nit geflai gen.* he UJA Federation of Greater Toronto is trying to keep pace with the city's growing Jewish population through a massive building and revitalization project. The most recent is a $150-million Jewish campus in the York region, the area ju...…
…This Week View From The North A B ord er W a i t s An eerie quiet descends on northern Israeli towns. A Palestinian man on the Lebanese side of the border tries to reach his relatives through the barbed wire at the Lebanon-Israel border in the southern Lebanese village of Doheira on May 30. GIL SEDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency lir Metulla, Israel hen Israel ordered its troop with- drawal from Lebanon, government officials did not take i...…
…- 1 4/ One Mom's March A movement to get the troops out of Lebanon was born almost by accident. LARRY DERFNER Israel Correspondent Rosh Pina, Israel n the night of Feb. 4, 1997, two Israeli Army helicopters on their way to the fighting in the south Lebanese "security zone" crashed in northern Israel. Seventy-three soldiers were killed — the worst military accident in Israel's history. It. was a turning point in the 22-year war with Lebano...…
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…This Week MARCH from page 7 All along it was the soldiers who'd given her and the other protesters their greatest encouragement. "We'd be demonstrating at a highway inter- section in the north, and there'd be a jeep of soldiers on their way in from Lebanon for a weekend furlough, and they'd honk their horns and shout, `Get us out of there!'" she said. In the past, she, too, had gone along with the national consensus that Israel had to remain...…
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…We Learn Accepting The Torah Daily Study sessions re-enact feeling of being at Mt. Sinai. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter T he holiday of Passover is signified by matza, maror, a seder and four cups of wine; Sukkot by the lulav, etrog and sukka. "Why does Shavuot, which marks an event as momen- tous as the giving of the Torah, lack a substantive symbol and corresponding ritual?" asks Rabbi Jerome M. Epstein, executive .vice president ...…
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…Israel's GTOSS Domestic Product Generated by Technion graduates What's behind the surge of Israel's GDP to $100 billion? The global success of Israeli high-tech industry. Who's behind that historic surge? The graduates of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, who generate nearly a third of the GDP. Technion graduates make up most of Israel's scientists and engineers. And the entrepreneurs behind its 2,000 start-up companies. ...…
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…Remember And Reflect Will the 21st century be as bloody as the 20th? DAVID SACHS Staff Writer T he first Memorial Day of the new cen- tury brought Detroit-area Jews together to honor those who died staving off the horrors of the past one. The 20th century brought the advent of "world war." The First World War was so violent . it was thought to be the "War to End All Wars." But one generation later, some 50 million people were killed during...…
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…This Week The Bedouin's Long Road The desert wanderers now seem as likely to head to the university as to the tents and villages of their ancestors. NECHEMIAH MEYERS Israel Correspondent Rehovot, Israel ohammed Alnabary's chemistry laboratory at the Ben-Gurion _ University in Beersheva physically is only a few miles away from the sandy desert dwelling where he lived as a child. But it is a world away in every other respect. Alnabary, a gif...…
…World Briefs WORLD BRIEFS from page 17 ence at the Yom HaZikaron memorial gathering in Jerusalem. In a statement released in Washington by the Armenian National Institute (ANI), he said: "For many years, too many years, you were alone on your Memorial Day. I am aware of the special significance of my presence here today, along with other Israelis. Today perhaps for the first time, you are less alone." The minister cited a Jewish ambas- sador...…
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…Editorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Judaism's Birthday Message I n the aftermath of Israel's hasty retreat from Lebanon, a nation that would savor seeing the Jewish state dissolve, the Jewish people, fittingly, are preparing to celebrate Shavuot. Shavuot is the birthday of our people. It marks the time, 3,300 years ago, when God gave the Jews of Moses' time the To...…
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…SPECIAL COMMENTARY Tradition Should Rule At Wall s the "Women of the Wall" — filed suit New York to allow it to conduct its own public ince its liberation from Jordan prayer session at the Kotel, in pointed in 1967, Jerusalem's Kotel contrast to how women have prayed Ma'aravi, or "Western Wall," there for thousands of years. Recently, has been a spiritual magnet for Israel's High Court of Justice ruled Jews of all denominations and beliefs....…
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…INSIDE Neighborhood St SSS fet: g: saa E: B at Community volunteer Harold Kulish creates the park of his dreams., SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer Students wait in line for flowers to plant. Lessenger teacher Brad Wilson gets some help from students while planting a sunburst locust tree. like your shirts!" shouted Marion Freedman in the gym of Lessenger Elementary School in Oak Park. Freedman, director of the Jewish Federation...…
…action," he said. "They have different religions and cultures and some don't speak much English." After completion of the park, he sees a first step to improving relations would be to hold a spe- cial dinner with ethnic foods. Later, he would like to establish a neighborhood association. Besides Kulish, the park-plan- ning committee includes school liaisons from the Chaldean and Vietnamese communities, the president of the Lessenger PTA and st...…
…Beth Shalom Women Choose Goldsmith Gladys Goldsmith will be installed as president of the Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood at a lun- cheon 11:45 a.m. Monday, June 12, at the synagogue. Goldsmith was the 1999 Honored Volunteer of Women's League for Conservative Judaism. A member of the synagogue choir and the Bel Canto Choir, Goldsmith has served sisterhood as education vice president, was gift shop and membership chair. Carol Tarica, Michi...…
…Community w y. Mte.$ WOW U`sW.>. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer T he sun broke though the clouds on May 10 just in time for the annual Israel Independence Day Festival at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit. "The consensus was this is the best year we've had yet," said event co-chair Phyllis Pilcowitz of West Bloomfield. "We do it as a 'fun-raiser' — our goal is to have fun." The kids gave a thumbs-up to several new features, includin...…
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…Community Detroit Physician Honored For Tumor Research a bachelor of science degree in molec- ular biology at Yale University and his to stem the growth of deadly brain medical degree at Harvard Medical tumors has earned a local physician School. He completed top honors at the nation's training in neurosurgery gathering of clinical can- at UCLA and a fellow- cer specialists. ship in neurosurgical Dr. Andrew E. Sloan, oncology at MD chief of ...…
…1MVM . • *Mk& 7 3AF„ t:-2, Adat Shalom Women Elect Leader Carol Weintraub Fogel has been elected to serve her second term as president of the Adat Shalom Sisterhood. Fogel has held offices in numerous community organi- zations, sits on sever- al boards, including the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Board of Governors. She is a former chair- person of the JFMD Carol Weintraub Women's Choices Fogel program. Also serving are Linda Wa...…
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…NIEMEMMNIWKOW IZERNAMMUZZESEMONSZESSNEWNTMMEMMEMUNTV SECECIMiEribiAISMIM Special Purchase Kandel Receives Simons Award The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan will honor Alan D. Kandel of West Bloomfield with the Leonard N. Simons History Award, which will be pre- sented at the society's annu- al luncheon Sunday, June 25, at Alan D. Kandel Congregation B'nai Moshe. Kandel worked on a team of vol- unteers for two years arranging the pape...…
…Community Custom window treatments as personal as your simian. JCC Holds Annual Meeting 8 The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit will hold its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The evening will include the elec- tion and installation of officers and board members. Winners of JCC leadership awards will be announced. Nominated as officers are Lawrence A. Wolfe, pre...…
…NCJW Installs New Leadership The National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section installed a new slate of officers. Past presidents Marta Rosenthal and Carol Sue Coden and imme- diate past president Myrna Edgar offi- ciated in the instal- lation of Linda Bloom, president; Deane Safir, Julie Linda Bloom Zussman, Joyce Rubenstein, Bedonna Perish, Florence Herrmann, Joyce Siegel, vice presidents; Joyce Sherman, Marian Littman, Libby Sh...…
…Call for Nominees for the 13th Annual Comm unity Berman Award for Outstanding Professional Service created by Mandell and Madeleine Berman . s :EMS ,EW >S.N•tNCNA.... NMZ.M.17=MliWZ,73 Eligibility for Nomination: All Jewish communal professionals employed by local constituent agencies of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and other social welfare agencies serving the Jewish community who have been working in the Detroit Jewis...…
…'1. 011101111 RINKE CADILLAC Calendar Calendar Listings are updated regular- ly on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com SHABBAT `UNDER THE STARS' -Congregation B'nai Moshe holds Shabbat program, sing-along with Cantor Berris and use of park facilities for entire family and friends, 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 2, at the Drake Sports Park Pavilion. Kosher fried chicken dinner. (248) 748-0600. "The Power of & The Fusion of Design and Technolo...…
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…AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE PrQmenade of Hope 2000 dinner hosts Second City and live auction for HAVEN that builds violence-free communities, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 8, at the Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn. $200 and $500 per person. RSVP: (248) 334-2343, ext. 131. CONCERT FOR ACLU Cellist Paul Katz and pianist James Tocco perform for ACLU Fund of Michigan, 2 p.m. Sunday, June 11, at Oakland County private home. $100. Champagne reception. ACLU (313) 961...…
…IT'S ABOUT A COMMUNITY THAT TAKES UP THE FIGHT! Together We Cu Make A Difference! The American Cancer Society is proud to partner with nearly 20 communities this year to celebrate life and to honor those who have been touched by cancer. We invite you to join us in a community celebration that will inspire you and empower you in the fight against cancer. LOCAL SPONSORS INCLUDE: Meade Lexus Media One Morof Sheplow Weinstein PLC Paramount Ban...…
…Co MUllitY Mazel Toy! Shaarey Zedek's 1940 consecration class A 1940 consecration class gathers for 60 years of memories. The women will be attending a reunion of their 1940 consecration class. Of course, most of them never studied in Shaarey n Friday night, June 2, more than 20 Zedek's towering Bell Road and 11 Mile building — their education took place at Shaarey Zedek' s historic women, together with their families, will Detroit locatio...…
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