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…Contents 10 A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year wvvw.detroitjewishnews.com FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2002 TAMMUZ 11, 5762 VOL. CXXI, NO. 19 This Week 30 Trouble Brewing With Caribou Coffee? E-mail spreads concern about links by parent company to Islamist terrorist leader. Opinion 37 Spiritual Bonding Merger that created Young Israel of Oak Park off to a great start. Israeli police check a victim in front of a bus stop am...…
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…Cover Story Jim Blanchard BORN: Aug. 8, 1942, in Detroit RESIDENCE: Beverly Hills FAMILY: Wife Janet and one son, Jay, 31 EDUCATION: Michigan State University, master's in business administration; University of Minnesota, law degree PUBLIC SERVICE: Michigan assistant attorney general, 1969-1974; U.S. Congressman, 1974-1982; Michigan governor, 1982-1990; U.S. ambassador to Canada, 1993-1996 WEB SITE: www.blanchardforgovernor.com ubernat...…
…David Bonior BORN: June 6, 1945, in Detroit RESIDENCE: Mt. Clemens EDUCATION: University of Iowa, bachelor's in history; Chapman University, Oragen, Calif., master's in history FAMILY: Wife Judy and three children, Stephen, 35; Julie, 32; and Andy, 29 PUBLIC SERVICE: Michigan House of Representatives, started 1972; U.S. House of Representatives Congress, 1976; elected Democratic Whip, 1991 WEB SITE: www.davidboniorforgovernor.com ichiga...…
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…Trouble Brewing With Caribou Coffee? E-mail spreads concern about links to Islamist terrorist organizations through parent company. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News I t is increasingly hard to get a good cup of coffee and avoid getting burnt by the passions and poli- tics of the Middle East and terrorism. An e-mail message urging consumers to boy- cott Caribou Coffee, alleging links to anti-Israel terror- ism, is making the rounds and ...…
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