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…Editor's Letter E very once in a while, someone comes along who can sustain a dream, bring others over to the cause and ultimately enrich the community around her. Joyce Keller is such a person. She just retired after 30 years as executive director of JARC, a Farmington Hills-based agency that serves people touched by a developmental disability but driv- en to succeed despite the challenges. More than most people, Keller has diminished the s...…
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…Tony * t'cPeak Hostile to American Jews Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Hostile to America \s: Bob Malley . Pro-Palestinian David Bonio , Anti-Israel Arab Supporter Photos: Internet and Getty Images BARACK OBAMA'S ADVISORS: PRO-PALESTINIAN, ANTI-ISRAEL, EVEN HOSTILE TO AMERICA. Sen. Barack Obama surrounds himself with a number of individuals and advisors' who are hostile to Israel and American Jews. They include Zbigniew Brzezinski, General Ton...…
…Letters Dem For Knollenberg I am a Democratic woman and member of the Michigan Education Association. But, I will cross party lines to vote for U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg R-Bloomfield Hills ("Hot Ninth!;' Sept. 11, page A13). Our community would not have the West Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle, which helps autistic children, had Congressman Knollenberg not secured initial federal funding for the program. He supports the Detroit-based Karma...…
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…Front Lines NOTEBOOK Maccabi Thank You Leaders of the 2,200 Detroiters who volunteered at the JCC Maccabi Games in August were thanked at a reception last week in downtown Detroit's First National Building. Todd Sachse, president of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, and Dr. Harold Friedman, chairman of the Games, broadly hinted that the JCC is considering hosting the Games for Jewish teenagers again four years from now. "I...…
…An Open Letter to the Jewish Community Barack Obama is a True Friend of Israel Scare tactics won't work Just before Rosh Hashanah an anonymous group identifying themselves as the Republican Jewish Coalition began financing and publishing a series of ads smearing Barack Obama. This smear campaign linking Barack Obama to Ahmadinijad, Ayatollah Khomeini and Pat Buchanan are intended to scare the Jewish community, rather than to inform us. Thes...…
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…Special Report ON THE COVER Political nsiders In this historic election year, young Metro Detroit Jews play key roles in presidential race. Sen. Obama with Lisa Ellman of Bloomfield Hills Robin Schwartz Special to the Jewish News T hey are working around the clock: eating, sleeping and breathing presidential politics. Some are paid staffers, helping plot strategy and making important behind- the-scenes decisions for the presidential ca...…
…"I'm working about 90-100 hours a week:' Simon said. "The last couple months of the campaign are daunting, but it's really exciting and you wake up every day feeling like you have the future of the world in your hands. That's kind of overwhelming, but it makes you want to spring out of bed every morning." The Israel Factor Doing what's best for Israel weighs heavily on the minds of the young*, political insiders stumping for the presidential...…
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…The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and the JanIce present Charach THU WPiG11116 IS 0111 GALLERY uHe waLL An OHMBiG OP ZiOniSL POSLEPS pram WM.., 1920-1960 Saturday, October 4—Sunday, November i6 in the Jewish Community Center - West Bloomfield An extraordinary exhibit of more than 100 posters that tell the unforgettable story of Zionism and Israeli Society since the early 1920s. vzitfroo Janice Charach israd sixty THE CENT...…
…All Things Jewish Wayne State launches its first Jewish studies program. Sara Horowitz, director of the Centre for Jewish Studies at York University in Toronto and president of the Association for Jewish Studies, chats with Marc Kruman, chair of WSU's Department of History and WSU Provost Nancy Barrett. Jessica Archer Special to the Jewish News S tudents at Wayne State University now have an oppor- tunity to explore thousands of years of...…
…/ Metro vwESTOORN MARKET Great New Israel Face Midwest consul general has an agenda. Alan Hitsky Associate Editor On the Palestinian issue, Gil called Gaza "one of Israel's worst experiences in dealing with the Palestinians. There areer Israeli diplomat Orli Gil is not one Israeli soldier or one Israeli has only been in the Midwest civilian in Gaza, but the rockets keep for two months, but she being fired" into Israel. already has a tw...…
…Metro AROUND TOWN S'Mores Galore ORT brings area camps together for a day of fun in the sun. Barbara Blum of Ferndale, George and Joyce Blum of Southfield and Ken Long of Ann Arbor H er Bingham Farms property was transformed into the ultimate campground for a day and ORT International President Doreen Hermelin didn't even get to join in the fun! Heavy rains from Hurricane Ike forced organizers to reschedule the first annual Camp Hermel...…
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…Lansing Bound Peterman, Brown square off in "toss-up" House district. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News T wo Jewish women, both West Bloomfield residents, with similar backgrounds and phi- losophies, who really had no intention of entering politics but were unhappy and frustrated with the way things were going in Lansing, are vying for the right to go to the state Legislature and do something about it. Democrat Lisa Brown, 41, a divo...…
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…I 7 World The Levin Factor Veteran senator shares views on range of issues important to Jews. C arl Levin, D-Michigan, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978 and has been re-elected every six years since then. The former Detroit City Council presi- dent comes from one of Michigan's best- known political families and often has been called by supporters "the conscience of the Senate." His Republican opponent this year is state Rep. Jack Ho...…
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…'World enrichingMa• piness.com Countering Terrorism Saul and Marjorie Saulson of Franklin with Technion's Boaz Golany Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News T he reason the United States has not been attacked again by terrorists since 9-11 is that "your country went on the offensive and took the fight to Afghanistan and Iraq;' an expert in the field of home- land security and counter-terrorism told a group of American Technion Society o...…
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…I I World S y ria Divide McCain, Obama take opposite tacks on Syria and P.A; agree on Iran. Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency Leesburg, Va. A McCain administration would discourage Israeli-Syrian peace talks and refrain from actively engaging in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. That was the collective message deliv- ered last week by two McCain advis- ers — Max Boot, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and R...…
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…Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Dry Bones Editorial A Playful JET Stream p rofessional Jewish theater compa- nies that survive 20 years are more the exception than the rule. But count JET among the survivors — and the Detroit Jewish community is the richer for it. JET certainly has strong theatrical genes: It's the longest continuously running Jewish the- ater in North America, chalking up 100-plus dramas, comedies, mu...…
…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Turning Silence Into Hope W hen my wife reminded me about the walk at Drake Park in West Bloomfield on Sunday, Sept. 21, I said,"Yeah, sure my head still in the fog of the financial tsunami featur- ing the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the government bailout of AIG, money- market fund losses and Treasury Secretary Paulson's plan for the government to buy $700 billion of toxic mortgage-backed securities. I couldn't thin...…
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…Health & Fitness FOOD Accompaniment The dairy meal after the Yom Kippur fast changes with the side dishes. Annabel Cohen Special to the Jewish News T his Yom Kippur (Oct. 9), break away from the usual fare. No big surprise here. The break-the-fast meal, which ends the Yom Kippur holiday, is the most anticipated meal of the year. After 25 hours of fasting, hungry families usually gather to eat a dairy meal. To those of us here in the U.S....…
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