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…ontents Mr2111 MICHIGAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Winner of eight 2003 MPA writing, design and advertising awards www.detroitjewishnews.com FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2004 • IYAR 2, 5764 VoL. CXXV, No. 11 giossaafinfsse,....._•-twookoamesa NEWS WATCH 18 Defining Hatred 39 Jewish Film Festival Putting anti-Semitism, anti- Zionism in historical perspective. Thirty-four movies are offered in four venues. SPECIAL REPORT SPIRITUALITY ARTS & LIFE 22 It...…

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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK The Puzzle That Is Peace Jerusalem Netanyahu was in sync with his right-of-center politics, from rosperity and security are prerequisites to Israel defending the assassinations of Hamas leaders Sheik Ahmed gaining even an icy peace with the Palestinians. Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantissi to positioning the West Bank Seeking a negotiated peace is like chasing fool's fence as a proven deterrent. He cited the successful security...…

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…Defining Hatred Brandeis conference puts anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in historical perspective. SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer Waltham, Mass. ith uneasy feelings about the growing menace of anti-Semitism, especially in Europe, a group of scholars from Israel, Europe and the United States gathered at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., March 24- 25. Though scholars reject any comparison between today and the rise of anti-Semitism leadin...…

…Andrei Markovits AIL Steven Bayme Shulamit Volkov dropped at dinner parties? Yes, that's happening in Western Europe." Dr. Susannah Heschel of Dartmouth College found it very disturbing that Europeans abdicated their moral and political responsibility by allowing anti-Semitic images, language and myths when discussing the Middle East con- flict. She points to a recent cartoon by a British journalist that shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel S...…

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…Special Report GAINS ABC's This Week over the weekend. The State Department went further, suggesting that the killing of Abdel Aziz Rantissi showed a lack of sophis- tication. Putting Hamas out of busi- ness is "a much more complicated question than just assassinating a leader here and there," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Monday. "The idea of putting them out of business really does require somebody else to take • authorit...…

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…Arts bite Jewish Film Festival `Thunder In Guyana' Detroit Central High grad becomes "Madame President." SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News uzanne Wasserman grew up hearing lots of sto- ries about her mother's first cousin, political activist Janet Rosenberg Jagan. There were anecdotes about Jagan's move from Chicago to Detroit, where she graduated from Central High School and attended the University of Detroit and Wayne Universi...…

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…LENORE MARWIL THE CENTER `Art and Judaica fairs like this one are invaluable in helping JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL us to earn a living and keep our heads above the turbulent April 25 - May 6, 2004 , We're Back! With a Number of Reasons to Join Us! waters that engulf us... Thank you for your devotion and your dedication to Israel and her people. We are trying to live a 1 Prize: Five Showings: Don't miss seeing Paper Clips, the winner of th...…

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…Arts & 6ife On The Bookshelf A Revealing Look As Jews celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day), longtime journalist seeks to uncover the real Israelis. "There was one Arab, in Urn El-Fahm, who at first spent the whole time talking about his life in the village. But after four glasses of wine, I got a whole different story. onna Rosenthal was a teenager when she "Then, the same thing happened with a soldier decided spur-of-the-mom...…

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