…SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY • • • • and it s to make Pe fL b ationc Cl tic ice done al . rr e manuf. edhfrom ha otlkndestine hn'Ad tchi lAV nib nurse( the erpi; 0 if v tC os .en;;- Tu I xl • Leon Uris describes his recent visit to Moscow and why he feels Jewish life there is doomed. …
…PURELY COMMENTARY Farcical Diplomacy Misrepresents Exodus from USSR PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus W hen a movement to escue people from oppression becomes hate-mongering and subject to dispute in diplomatic circles, it must be judged much more than merely venomous. It is either ignorance or stupidity. In the case of the effort to pro- vide asylum in Israel for Rus- sian Jews seeking escape into freedom, it is both. Had the critics of t...…
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…UP FRONT Herzog Issues Passionate Plea; Peres To Form New Government Jerusalem (JTA) — Israeli President Chaim Herzog has assigned Labor Party leader Shimon Peres the task of forming a new government. Herzog followed his an- nouncement on last week with an impassioned plea on television to change a failing political system which, he said, had "no parallel in the democratic world." "The people are sick and tired of it," declared Herzog. Peres...…
…EDITORIAL Sharing The Load T he Allied Jewish Campaign completed a record-setting drive last night. Again this year, Detroit area Jews have given a record total — $25.5 million — to help those in need in this community, nationally, overseas and our brethren in Israel. Astounding as these figures are — an average of $291 from each man, woman and child in Detroit who claims any tie to the Jewish community - they also give pause because the nu...…
…CONTENTS The Moral Lessons Of 'Driving Miss Daisy' F or those of us Jews who have lived our lives in the South, the much applauded movie Driving Miss Daisy has resurrected a once familiar, now bygone world. As a child growing up in a small southern country- town, my world was lily white, though not one without its occasional reminder of vulnerabilities Jews sometimes faced. Still, compared to black people we were well insulated. But I wince...…
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…ed again, he said, 'Now you have to take it.' Why? Because the conditions have changed. There is an onslaught against Israel." Rabbi Walter Wurzburger, a respected theologian who has been president of both the Rabbinical Council and the Synagogue Council, called such dialogue "a religious, ethical imperative." "We should not look upon dialogue with the non- Jewish religious community simply in terms of our own self-interest, but also in terms ...…
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…Leon Uris, whose novel, 'Exodus: stirred thou- sands of Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel, describes his recent visit to Moscow and why he feels Jewish life there is doomed. …
…his story began nearly four dec- ades ago. I had returned from Israel after the Sinai Campaign of 1956 against Egypt with my wife, three children, Duffy, the fam- ily dog and six dollars left in my bank account. But I had an idea for a book and the great Jewish cur- rency — hope. When a writer applies the seat of his pants to the seat of the chair and commences writing, his office trans- forms into a small, dark, lonely room. I was on top of m...…
…Torah procession: Simchat Torah at the Moscow Synagogue. …
…BATTLE CRY 1990 In the more delicate and cultured climates, American diplomats and foreign journalists have told me of their shock at the rank Jew-baiting by Russian intellectuals, scholars and writers. With it all, neither the Pamyat, nor the condescending Communists, nor the intelligentsia want all the Jews to leave. Incredibly they say, "we need Jewish brains." This prints out to something like this: 'If you Jews leave, you are traitors. I...…
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…EDUCATION I Hillel Dinner To Honor Dorfmans Henry and Mala Dorfman will be the honorees at the Hillel Day School Annual Dinner, to be held at Con- gregation Shaarey Zedek on May 2. The Dorfmans have a long record of service to the Jewish communities in Detroit and Pesach" at the Torah Center. The lecture is part of a series on basic Judaism. For infor- mation, call the Center, 855-6170. Rabbi Silberberg of the Bais Chabad Torah Center will ...…
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