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…p FRONT This Week's Top Stories `We Are All In Exile' Colloquium poses questions on the wandering, wondering Jew. T urf wars and intolerance must give way if the inter- national Jewish communi- ty expects to flourish into the 21st century. Humanistic groups should not be scorned by traditional denominations. Jew- ish federations ought to target people, not just pocketbooks. Those views and others sup- porting religious pluralism sur- face...…

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…October 20, 1995 15 10 Detroit 04:1CIP'"1-4 ViLES- tk-vm 6 .entetlmt y,01 stIolfs alliNurcl SiAge i page 80 'CAI° ■ uA t a Ntlapteabl 1)00:$1-Nivel-WI ti,ot.11:s WM VA Ost 0 %V Cyber-Passion WASHINGTON 11'44 044•1014i40,-;A:,:a iX4M.I.C4 4 Writing about love on the Internet. A second look at the million men. 18 TELL ME WHY Building Block W. Bloomfield hassles for Shaarey Zedek. Screaming at God or blowing the shofar? 30 ...…

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…The Price Of Dialogue In his speech to the hundreds of thousands of black men gathered in Washington on Monday, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan asked for dialogue with the Jewish groups that have called him to task for his outrageously anti-Se- mitic statements. The Anti-Defamation League, Mr. Farrakhan's chief antagonist in the Jewish world, quickly re- jected that call. Dialogue, said the ADL's Abraham Foxman, is impossible until the...…

…Community Views Opinion Federal Programs And The Jewish Community We Don't Have The Luxury To Wait ALAN GOODMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS GARY TORGOW SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS The debate in Washington and in the states is heat- ing up on the issue of balancing the federal budget by the year 2002. With the lion's share of the budget "off the table," namely defense and social secu- rity, attention is focused upon the health and human ser...…

…EXILE page 3 4:iN : ga.. 'Mgt: Lorraine and Ben Pivnick with Eleanor Peitz at Colloquium '95. a vision," he said. "You have to go on television. You have to use CD-ROM. The fundamentalists have known this all along." Mr. Cantor went on to say that mainstream Jewish establish- ments have "blown it," specifi- ust because your children attend college out-of-town doesn't mean they have to be out-of-touch. Sure, you can call them every week. Bu...…

…DETROIT I THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CVIII No. 7 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Nasky Why would anyone want to buy leather... from anywhere else but Harper? Staff Writers Julie Edgar, Jennifer Finer, Ruth Littmann, Jill Davidson Sklar Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Howard Laili, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel ...…

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…assion 4. "0 1k \ 'k JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER member of the America-Israel Chamber of Commerce, hasn't been deluged with orders for the novel. But, she says, it has attracted new business, and that was part of the master plan. "The reason I did this was not to sell the novel, but as a public- ity stunt," she says. "I did it for fun." Dr. Dunitz, a native Detroiter, went back to work last year af- ter a 12-year hiatus raising her four dau...…

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…BETH SHALOM page 12 would be Beth Shalom's first ma- jor renovation. The plans were formulated last year after two task forces met and went over the building's and con- gregation's projected future needs. A strategy was mapped out to re- / vamp the front and west en- trances to make them airy and pleasant; to strip the social hall of its dark paneling and add an ad- jacent garden to be used for small weddings; to change the parking lot's tra...…

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…OCTOBER 20, 1995 WERANNEKOMERUPER MAN, • ; A.1 Herbert Yoskowitz Torah Study Program Discusses `Noach' Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz will speak at the weekly Conservative Movement Torah and lunch program, Thursday, Oct. 26, starting at 12:30 p.m. in the Max M. Fisher Jewish Federation building. Lunch will be available for a fee from noon and reser- vations are requested. The study session will focus on Genesis 6:9 - 11:32, parshat Noach. For ...…

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…Peace Pole Is Presented On Oct. 24, at 6 p.m., p.m. members of Congregation Shir and representatives from the city of Pontiac will gather outside Pon- tiac City Hall for the presenta- tion of a Peace Pole to the city of Pontiac. This Peace Pole will continue a tradition which began when Shir Tikvah presented Peace Poles to Plymouth Congrega- tional Church in Detroit and to the city of Troy. The project was started in 1955 and dedicated to upl...…

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…said. "If you're teaching the proper ways of observance, very day or two, Eleanor Feldman sits down at people who are interested will follow through using the an antique computer — "black and white mon- information you provide." itor, no Windows," she said — and begins plow- Project Genesis, based in Spring Valley, N.Y., pro- ing through her Jewish e-mail, primarily from the vides a model for the Internet yeshiva, with more than Jewish genealo...…

…CLOSE UP SornethinQ p religious contacts, especially in areas with ly or foolish for asking a question. I now have the whole world few Jews. at my fingertips." "Rabbis often feel in Diaspora from For pioneers like Ms. Herrera, education is no less impor- was Wronil one another," said Rabbi Weber, who tant a benefit of Jewish cyberspace than building a sense of leads Temple Rodeph Torah in West community for a population that no longer lives ...…

…Rabbi DuBrow's special vision is that the Net can provide "You don't have to deal with the reali- many of the services of both a synagogue and a yeshiva: reach- ty of communities. There are people who ing out to the unaffiliated; teaching rituals to newly active Jews; are turning this kind of cyberspace into creating the feel of a neighborhood shul for Jews who don't have their community — but it's not real. It's one of their own. like calling...…

…CLOSE UP 38 niably Orthodox, shun criticism of other groups. Recent discussions of intermarriage on the unmoder- "Much as we talk about what traditional Ha- ated group soc.culture.jewish have ranged from the lachah says, we don't tell people what they thoughtful and well-informed to the vitriolic. A Reform ought to be doing," Rabbi Menken said. "We youth-group leader solicits ideas for programming — and have endorsements from many Orthodox r...…

…0 0 O An extraordinary collection of 32 limited edition screenprints by Andy Warhol, "The King of Pop Art" will be exhibited at Bloomfield Plaza ANDY WARHOL on Friday, October 27 through Sunday, November 5, 1995. RETROSPECTIVE Exclusive to the Detroit Metro Area, this collection may be viewed throughout the center during mall hours and is free to the public. OcT 27 1H Ru On Thursday, October 26, from 6:00pm until 9:00pm, Machu...…

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…siness CD w w >- 03 O I-- 0 Richard Corson greases the wheels for Michigan companies looking for overseas markets. JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER Michael Traison, president of promoted to director of the Pontiac office af- the America-Israel Chamber of ter working in the field for five years as a Commerce of Michigan, estimates trade specialist. "several dozen" companies in Mr. Corson was in Israel once, 16 years Michigan, some Israeli-owne...…

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…Year-End Stock Report In Israel Jerusalem — Nice Systems achieved a nominal yield of 129.7 percent, making it the best per- forming stock traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in 5755. The TASE had a mixed year, with the General Share Index down 2.65 percent. The chemical sector achieved a positive yield of 10.98 percent, while the oil exploration and in- surance sectors achieved nega- tive returns of 73.27 percent and 21.59 percent. The seco...…

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…stat on his path. "I said to myself, `Wait a minute, there is more to this than just tax laws.' Success in the industry is part effort and part luck, Mr. Eisen- stat said, adding that he has been lucky in Canada, the United States and Israel. "What kind of a nut goes to Israel to look for oil and gas?" he said, laughing. "I drill a well in Texas or in Al- berta — and God's been very good to me — but what would it mean if we could get a real, g...…

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…Dear Mn Governor: We're taking aim against childhood diseases. \, Current estimates suggest that only one third of Michigan's two year olds are adequately immunized. In response to this growing concern, Botsford General Hospital has joined with several other health care organizations including the Michigan Department of Public Health to create AIM, the Alliance for Immunization in Michigan. AIM supports the national goal of adequate immuniz...…

…"Darling, there are three rules about choosing a hospital. One , find out if they have a first-rate medical staff. Two, find out if they have national, if not international research programs. And, three , find out if they provide a complimentary copy of the Jewish News." You might also look for the mezuzahs, a sukkah, and the kosher kitchen, and listen for the music of the shofar singing the hours of the High Holy Days. These are some of the ...…