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…Letters Hillel In Touch Recent assertions in the Detroit Jewish News about an anti-Israel bias at the University of Michigan are serious and require a response. Of course, Hillel investi- gates any allegation about unfair anti-Israel rhetoric in the class- room, and if substantiated, would demand that the university take appropriate action. We also want the Jewish com- munity to know that we have been working cooperatively with the universit...…
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…To Life! APPLE TREE Contest Chanukah Art HANUKAH ART CON 1-18T hiNUICAH ART CONTE A manda Papo loves to draw and, at the tender age of 6 3/4, has entered the Jewish News Chanukah Art Contest "many times." She is a first-grader at Hickory Woods Elementary School in Novi and attends Temple Israel Religious School. She likes to draw at both places. "We always have 'morning work' to do" every day at Hickory Woods, Amanda said. "We use pencils....…
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…Metro Symbol 0 Religious Freedom New menorah in Ann Arbor marks a win for the Jewish community. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Staff Writer Ann Arbor . fter vandals destroyed a 20-year-old menorah in -Ann Arbor last Chanukah, members of several area Jewish communi- ties turned their outrage into a constructive solution: the creation of a brand new 15-foot replacement put in place'last week. "The new menorah is much stronger than the one we had th...…
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…Arts & Entertainment N Eight Nights 46 Books Finding Chanukah gifts with Jewish themes is an easy venture when the recipients are reading enthusiasts. Suzanne Chessier Special to the Jewish News ach year, Jewish authors and oth- ers interested in Jewish subjects fill bookstore shelves with vol- umes in many categories. The sampling below shows holiday book buyers some of the latest releases and provides a brief summary of each edition. ...…
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