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…ALISSANCE JNonlineous DETROIT JEWISH NEWS President/Publisher Editorial Fulfillment Arthur M. Horwitz Editor circulationdesk@thejewishnews.com ahorwitzthejeWishnews.com Robert A. Sklar Circulation Supervisor rsklar@thejewishnews.com Barb Yessian News/Life/Business Group: Circulation/ Customer Service Exec Alan Hitsky Fenton Jones Associate Editor ahitsky@thejewishnevys.com Young Adult Advisory Board Chief Operating Officer ...…
…Front Lines NOTEBOOK ("‘ This Week Commandments Display Saying It With Flowers T here's rosemary, that's for remembrance ... and there is pansies, that's for thoughts." This attention to the meaning of flowers, as put forth by Shakespeare in Hamlet (act 4, scene 5), calls to mind that every spring I have cause to rethink what I've planted in my garden Consulting the Society of American Florists' Flower Library, I found the "meanings" as...…
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…On The Campaign Trail Yeshiva seeking community support to balance costs and pay teachers. Robert A. Sklar Editor o help prevent a revenue crisis, the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah has initiated an emergency fund- raising campaign that so far has netted more than $100,000 in three months. Like all Jewish day schools, the Southfield-based Yeshiva has felt the impact of Michigan's sour economy. There are 100 teachers and miss- ing payroll is a concern...…
…Funding Our Schools Diana Lieberman Special to the Jewish News T he 2005 Detroit Jewish Population Study will not be released in its entirety till the fall. However, those involved in Jewish educa- tion have seen enough to verify their suspicions: This communi- ty's Jewish population is growing older, while the number of young people is dropping. The study, led by Dr. Ira Sheskin, director of the Jewish Demography Project at the University ...…
…With the preliminary release of the Jewish population study, education of young people emerges as a major concern. Type Of School Attended school year is expected to be close to 200 students. Rabbi Lee Buckman, JAMD head of school, cautioned that JAMD is not immune from the enrollment challenges facing other day and supplementary schools. "We are still in a growth mode," Rabbi Buckman said. Fund-raising at JAMD is always a priority, with th...…
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…World Counter-Attack Air Force vet tackles proselytizing after sons' harassment. Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington B etrayal. Contagion. Oceans of blood. That's Mikey Weinstein, describing the threat he believes the United States faces from the Christian evangelists he says are permeating the military. At least, that's the printable Weinstein. And he says to expect more of the same in-your-face approach as his Military Re...…
…D sG L S T Bush Extends Delay Washington/JTA — President Bush extend- ed for six months a stay on moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Bush cited national security consider- ations in announcing the delay on June 15. Bush, like his predecessor, President Clinton, has routinely exercised his right to delay the move mandated by Congress in 1995. It is believed that such a move would infuriate Muslims were it to occur before a fi...…
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…Dry Bo nes Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . IT'S JUNE 2006, EXACTLY 2 .5 YEARS SINCE JUNE 1981 • SUMMER RE—RUN? WHEN ISRAEL BOMBED SADOAM'S NUCLEAR PLANT IN IRAQ. Editorial A Guardian Of Israel he Zionist idea that inspired Israel's creation held that even if all Jews didn't move to the Jewish state, all were to be partners in its estab- lishment and development. The Jewish National Fund, founded at the fift...…
…ROME IMPROVEMENT ME IIIIIMIOVER • Opinion OTHER VIEWS Remaking The Community New York hen the American Jewish Committee, which is cele- brating its centennial year, was established, American Jews were frenetically creating new organizations to address their religious and commu- nal needs. It was a time when, as Louis Marshall, a founder and long-serving second presi- dent of the AJCommittee put it, "organization was in the airy' Indeed, ...…
…Jewish rights and security. Much of the energy behind the new wave of organizing comes from entrepreneurial philanthropists who are driving the re-creation of Jewish life, much as did Louis Marshall and his peers 100 years ago. Whereas then much effort went into aid for needy Jews in distant lands, today leaders are more pre- occupied with reaching non-affili- ated Jews at home; then the great challenge was anti-Semitism, today it is Jewish in...…
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…To Life! THE SCENE Changing Of The Guard U-M Hillel welcomes incoming staff as departing group takes on new posts. At U-M Hillel's annual welcome barbecue last fall are staff mem- Shelli Liebman Dorfman Staff Writer C ome fall, students at the University of Michigan Hillel Foundation will be meeting new leadership, fol- lowing staff changes taking place over the summer. Rabbi Jason Miller, associate director and director of reli- gious ...…
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…I C4 orIMI eistilit "I have made diversity an important aspect of this performance, especially among the cast." Freedom Sings DSO joins in musical salute to liberty composed by Shaarey Zedek's Cantor Meir Finkelstein. Liberation will be performed 8 p.m. Thursday, June 29, in Orchestra Hall at Detroit's Max M. Fisher Music Center. Tickets, at $24-$49, are available through the DSO at (313) 576-5111 or www.detroitsymphony.com . Patron t...…
…I Arts int r a it n C Women And War Jewish filmmaker of documentary on Sri Lanka sees parallels in the lives of her Holocaust survivor parents. Curt Schleier Special to the Jewish News I n 1989, human rights activ- ist Dr. Rajani Thiranagama was shot down by Tamil rebels near her small village in Sri Lanka. A medical doctor, Rajani had lived in relative safety in London with her daughters, . yet decided to return home. She felt safe. A...…
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