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…IN Contents JNonline.us December 21-27, 2006 30 Kislev - 6 Tevet 5767 Vol. CXXX, No. 20 Metro A Letter From Our Publisher To our valued readers: As we head into our 65th year of serving the Detroit Jewish community, the Jewish News is pleased to share with you that major and valuable enhancements are in the offing! Effective with the Jan. 4 issue, the JN will be upgrading all of its text pages from standard newsprint to a bright white pape...…
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…Editor's Letter The Lingering Expanse M y fear is that it won't achieve the desired result: renewed and lasting dialogue between Jews and Muslims in Metro Detroit. That's because the Muslim-led lecture to a largely Jewish audience in a program co-sponsored by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Adat Shalom Synagogue was filled with propaganda and allowed for little rebuttal. The theme was dialogue, yet the lecture/written- question form...…
…Letters GM: Nazi Regime Was Abhorrent The series "Hitler's Carmaker" by JTA correspon- dent Edwin Black (Dec. 7, page 15) examines once again the role of Adam Opel AG, General Motor's German sub- sidiary, in the period before and during World War II. It has been well docu- mented that, like all German companies, Opel participated in the rebuilding of German industry during the 1930s. As Germany rearmed, Opel sold trucks and other vehicles to ...…
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…Program with Musli leaders promotes lis first, then dialogue to rebuild bridges. Najah Bazzy, Victor Begq (standing), Rabbi David Rosen and Saeed Kahn Harry Kirsbaum Staff Writer I n Our Own Words ... Muslim Voices in Detroit: Messages to the Jewish Community" was not the "dia- logue" that many expected to hear on Dec. 7 at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. But to the event organizers — Adat Shalom and the American Jewish Com...…
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…Denying The Deniers Iran's Holocaust conference brings support from local Catholics and interfaith group. Harry Kirsbaum Staff Writer C ondemnation was swift in the wake of Iran's "International Conference: Review of the Holocaust: Global Vision" held in Tehran Dec.12-13. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the crowd of about 70 Holocaust- denying "academics" and "researchers" on Dec. 12. "Thanks to people's wishes and God's wi...…
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…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Outside The Halachic Framework New York/JTA T he Conservative movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards on Dec. 6 validated three responsa, or tesizuvot, on the general subject of homosexu- ality. In fact, the primary techni- cal issue was the Jewish legal status of sex between members of the same gender. From the answers offered to that question followed the views of the authors as to the permissi- bility of co...…
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…For Love Of Judaism Families share their unique stories about conversion. a love of religion. While there is no question a conversion spurred by an impending marriage can bring about ive years ago, Pam and the same love and connection to Ray Herdman were devout Judaism, those whose choice comes Christians, living in the state from within follow a bit of a different of Wyoming, ready to start a family. path. Today, using their newly Of the 7-...…
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