…UP FRONT Former Christian 'Prophetess' - Finally Returns To Her Judaism ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Features Editor T r ova Mordechai was raised in a home where television and radio were forbidden, where little girls wore floor-length skirts to church and where Jesus was lord. When she was eight, Mordechai came across pic- tures of her dark-haired cousins in Israel. "I remember feeling sad that I didn't look like them," she says. "So I prayed to...…
…EDITORIAL Taking The Plunge T he planned purchase of the B'nai Moshe building and grounds by the Jewish Welfare Federation signals a new, much deeper commitment to preserving and enhancing the Jewish presence in Oak Park and Southfield. While the Federation may not have immediate plans for utiliz- ing the building at rIbn Mile and Church roads, its ability to react quickly, and decisively, to keep the building and parcel as Jewish communal ...…
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…ing that church leaders often censored what appeared to be questionable mail Yet the principal quickly learned of Mordechai's con- tinuing interest in Judaism, and of her impending meeting with a represen- tative of the Lubavitch Center. "He was so angry he was shaking from head to toe," Mordechai says. "He kept telling me 'You're playing with fire!' and 'There's something wrong with your soul!'" Though terrified, Mordechai met with the rabbi....…
…Prophetess • Continued from preceding page once a week in hopes of sav- ing his daughter. He has not met her children. Mordechai believes her mother is happy with her life. The two speak on the phone and exchange letters. Some time ago Mordechai's uncle Sammy discovered he had cancer. Mordechai and her mother, hearing the news, recalled Mordechai's mother's own bout with the disease years earlier. "What were you thinking as you went on the...…
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…CLOSE-UP The Dalai Lama Discovers udaism ARTHUR J. MAGIDA Special to The Jewish News The "Presence" and the Jews: An historic encounter of cultures and faiths. In a New Jersey encounter between the Nobel-winning leader-in-exile of Tibetan Buddhism and a group of Jewish clergy and scholars, both learned something about the other's religion. 24 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1989 Everything is foreseen by God, And freedom of choice is given to man;...…
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…CLOSE-UP Dalai Lama Continued from preceding page Rabbis Laurence Kushner (left) and Arthur Green unroll the Torah: An ancient culture meets an ancient scroll. to enlightenment, encircled by narrow red and gold bands at the top. Inside the base of the stupa were the ashes of the founder of the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, Geshe Wangyal, a Kalmuck Mongolian lama who died in 1983. First came what appeared to be a spon- taneous recital, ...…
…The Dalai Lama: Helping Us Be Who We Are IRVING GREENBERG Special to The Jewish Times IV hen the invitation came to join a group of Jewish scholars in a dialogue with the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Buddhist monks, I asked only one question: Was this a missionary group seeking legitimation (as the Unification Church and Jews for Jesus do) to gain access to go after more Jews? The answer was no. The Dalai Lama has encouraged Jews who approach hi...…
…I CLOSE-UP Dalai Lama Continued from preceding page prevailed in Tibet, emphasized attaining enlightenment for the sake of liberating all beings from sorrow. The present Dalai Lama was born in 1935. Two years before his birth, when the 13th Dalai Lama had died, a quest had immediately ensued for what the Tibetans assumed would be his reincarnation some- where within their country. In 1937; omens and intuitions led a search party of monks to...…
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…SOMERSET CLEANERS L compassion and non-violence is exactly what I always thought Judaism was — and still is." But though the Dalai Lama called the meeting to learn about Judaism, he was not necessarily looking for consonance bet- ween Judaism and Buddhism. About half- way through the dialogue, he urged the participants to be frank about the dif- ferences between the two religions. These "should be made clear," he said, although, ultimately, ...…
…INSIDE WASHINGTON Jewish Women Are At Forefront In House Abortion Bill Effort JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent ewish women were at the forefront of last week's successful push for the inclusion of language in a House appropriations bill allowing public funding of abortions for the victims of rape and incest. "It was the sweetest, most wonderful victory," said Sammie Moshenberg, j Of the more than 30 anti- terrorism bills introduc...…
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…o o-, l w j THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Metropolitan Detroit District Israeli films with any political content are left- wing," says Eitan Green, one of Israel's best known film directors and a professor of cinema at 1bl Aviv Universi- ty. "I can't think of a so-called patriotic movie since Menachem Golan's film about the rescue at Entebbe. In America, during Viet Nam, even when the intelligentsia opposed the war, there were popular...…
…INSIGHT - Pop Culture Continued from preceding page Chairman of the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, and is a member of the Likud's Central Committee. "They are excluded by the leftists who control the cultural and journalistic establishment here. In the past few years, there hasn't been a single novel published here that reflects my political point of view. There hasn't been a single play. And yet, there are a million Israelis who think an...…
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…COMMUNITY American-Israel Chamber Honors Michigan Businessmen KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer F Dr. Rudolf Vrba George Mandel Mantello Heroes Of Holocaust Will Be Honored George Mandel Mantello and Dr. Rudolf Vrba will be honored by the Holocaust Memorial Center at its fifth anniversary dinner, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Westin Hotel. Gov. James Blanchard will be the keynote speaker. Mantello was first secretary of the general consulate of ...…
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…WNAI DAVID INSTITUTE FOR ADULT EDUCATION FALL SEMESTER, 1989 The Shortest Line Betwen A Jew And God RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN Special to The Jewish News T he most mysterious festival of the Jewish year is Shemini Atzeret, the Eighth Assembly. In the Torah, we hear very little about it and, though a distinct festival, it is different from the three major festivals — Pesach, Sukkot and Shavuot — because its raison d'etre is not linked to agricult...…
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…Cohen is the author of Two Worlds of Judaism: The Israeli and American Ex- perience. He is one of two researchers leading a Jewish Welfare Federation popula- tion survey of the Detroit Jewish community. Encounter weekend events are planned by the Adult Study Commission, co- chaired by Ruby Kushner and Renee Wohl. The community is invited. There are charges for the lun- ches and dinner. Call the synagogue office, 851-5100, for information. Cri...…
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