…THE THIS ISSUE 6W SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEPTEMBER 2, 1988 / 20 ELUL 5748 Arab Labor Charges Called Political Allegations in a petition by the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee may threaten Israel's favorable trade status with the United States ELIZABETH KAPLAN Staff Writer The AFL-CIO and Jewish orga- nizations nationwide joined in protest against charges late last week that Israel is violating the rights of Pale...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY Tourism As Aliyah: Pilgrimage As Commitment PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus I n the lexicon of Jewish tradition, aliyah is a term of great signifi- cance. Aliyah dates back more than 20 centuries, from the time when it was a sacred task to rise up, to go up on the bimah to participate in the reading of the Torah. Then, with the rebirth of the State of Israel, it became a clarion call for Chalutzim to settle in the Jewis...…
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…UP FRONT All Muskegon Involved In City's Jewish Centennial STAFF REPORT T he 87 Jewish families living in Muskegon are expecting 250,000 persons to help them celebrate 100 years of Jewish life in their Lake Michigan community. An eight-month-long, 50-event celebra- tion will kick off this month with ma- jor lecture and concert series — in- cluding violinist Itzhak Perlman. Sylvia Kaufman credits the general community in Muskegon for making...…
…EDITORIAL Act Now To Vote The Jewish community has long prided itself on its voting record in national and local elections, consistently turning out in dispropor- tionately high numbers on election day. But according to a study by the Synagogue Council of America, as many as a million eligi- ble Jews are not registered to vote in the upcoming presidential elec- tions. The weakest groupings are in the 18-25 and 60-or-older age categories. Nee...…
…CONTENTS OPINION 24 CLOSE-UP World Of Chasidim LEHMAN WEICHSELBAUM Take a glimpse at the inner world of a special branch of Orthodoxy. 42 LIFE IN ISRAEL Chilly & Cold ARTHUR M. HORWITZ Floating in the Jordan's waters chills the body but not the soul. 56 KIDS Pressure To Win Palestinians in Gaza: 'Cut the ulcer clear: The Removal Of The Arabs Is The Kindest Action For Israel MICHAEL DALLEN alestine belongs to the Jews. We must b...…
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…The Inner World Of Chasidim What they believe, how they differ amongst themselves (sometimes violently), and how they deal with modern secularism. LEHMAN WEICHSELBAUM Special to The Jewish News I t was a case involving two of the most venerable elements of Jewish life: family and books. And in the inadvertent gesture, it directed the glare of public attention upon the confrontation between contemporary American society and Jewish traditio...…
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…CLOSE-UP Inner World Continued from preceding page munication — came down against all Chasidim from the Vilna Gaon himself, the greatest Jewish luminary of his age. All in- termarriage with the heretics was forbid- den and their books were burned. But that was hardly the end of the matter. The war between Chasidim and Misnagdim (loose- ly translated as those who are opposed) would not abate for at least another century. During the decades l...…
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…l_cLosE-UP Inner World Continued from Page 26 to about 60 sects. Among the branches, three dominate: the Lubavitch, whose 25,000 followers inhabit the Crown Heights section; Satmar, about as large as the Lubavitch in Williamsburg; and Bobover, 15,000 of whom occupy Borough Park. Differences in appearance, group character and religious emphasis among the many sects are often in the eye of the beholder, and sufficiently subtle to con- found e...…
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