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…March 24, 1995 14 25 Detroit OPINION Our sound and fury are often misplaced. Cyber-Sonic Temple Israel goes space-age with its new addition. TELL ME WHY Follow Up Placing those eternal pebbles beside gravestones. Philip's Story 38 It was more than just a cemetery headstone. FINE ARTS A French filmmaker takes on challenging topic. 'id 1 IL 40 So Many Chiefs 82 ENTERTAINMENT HOU %RD N. MOROI; CPAJWS.11 LAURENCE Al. 51 1 1 SK1...…
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…Opinion N / /-1 Editor's Notebook Our Sound And Fury Are Often Misplaced Lifting Up A People At The Expense Of Others BERL FALBAUM SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR Political capital, like financial and other resources, is a precious corn- modity and must be used with strategic and tac- tical skill. Unfortunately, the Jewish body politic seems to be "wasting" some of its political energy, particular- ly when it c...…
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…e -Sonic Temple Israel mixes the ancient with the future in its new addition: A space-age media center and an ultra-modern mikvah. ix nursery-school children happily filed into the mul- timedia center on Monday, thrilled with the soothing blues and the Jerusalem scenes. Last week, several Tem- ple Israel teen-agers looked at the kaleidoscope of colors ALAN IIITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR on the walls and floor and told Rabbi Paul Yedwab, "This is w...…
…Left: Molly Kaplan, Attie Schreier, Ariella Yedwab, Evie Chutz, Jayme Ruby, Bradley Beckwith and nursery teacher Linda Schonberg try out a computer. Below: PHOTOS BY GLENN TRIEST The temple's new mikvah. Opposite Page: Rabbi Loss holds a model of the media center's Star of David. Above: Rabbi Bennett, Ariella and Rabbi Yedwab, Cantor Orbach and Rabbi Loss in the new media center. Above: The dressing area adjacent to the mikvah. Left...…
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