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…News From The Frankel Center Leftist-Led Boycott Mars Israeli Team's Australian Trip Sydney, Australia (JTA) A joint Israeli-Palestinian Australian Rules football team due to visit Sydney is embroiled in a row over a local govern- ment council's boycott of Israel. Marrickville Council, in inner Sydney, voted last December to support a Green Party-led ban on all commercial, academic, governmental, cultural and sporting exchanges with Israel. B...…
…Metro Faces Michigan ORT recruits new members and ideas. Ronelle Grier Special to the Jewish News B lending time-honored traditions with contemporary concerns can be difficult for any organization, especially one that has been around for more than a century. The Michigan Region of ORT America is meeting this challenge with fresh leadership, a newly formed advisory committee, and a restructured board that combines proven experience with yo...…
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…(Wo rld A student demonstration at U-Cal Berkeley's Sproul Plaza. At U-Cal Berkeley campus, Jewish students from left to right on Israel talk about their motivations. Four Faces from page 16 Simone Zimmerman Simone Zimmerman, a sophomore, spoke Feb. 28 at the J Street con- ference in Washington about the Boycott, Divestment and Simone Sanctions movement on Zimmerman her campus. "I recognize that BDS seeks to address serious human rights ...…
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…The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit invites the community to hear Former Ambassador to Israel and Egypt Speaking on "The Changing Face of The Middle East" April 14, 2011 • 7:00 p.m. Congregation Shaarey Zedek Minimum gift of $18 per person to Federation's 2011 Annual Campaign Students are invited as our guests RSVP TODAY at jewishdetroit.org/kurtzer For more information call 248-642-4260 Thank you to our Corporate Partner www...…
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…Spirituality PURIM FUN ABOUNDS. Lions Tigers Haman Oh My! Purim takes on a jungle theme, complete with animals and drums. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Contributing Writer S urrounded by the sights and sounds of a tropical forest, hundreds of guests celebrated at "Purim in the Jungle" on March 20, hosted by the Sara and Morris Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center of West Bloomfield and Young Israel of Southfield. "They were welcomed into the hall [...…
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…giving back by Nate Strauss extraday of service J-Serve Detroit gathers Jewish teens for a winter project day. have always loved J-Serve. There's just - something about a huge number of Jewish teens getting together with one common goal for the day: community service. This year, J-Serve De- troit decided to do some- thing completely differ- ent. Though we still plan on participating in the national J-Serve Day of Service this spring, local...…
…feature by Samantha Zwick and Gideon Levinson a two-way meet day schools' dual-curriculum means more work, longer hours and lasting rewards. H undreds of students in Met- ro Detroit who attend Jewish day schools have long days and heaps of homework as they strive to succeed in their dual-curriculum schools. These students not only learn sec- ular studies courses like the rest of American students, but they devote part of each day to learn...…
…making a difference by Elizabeth Kirshner mission accomplished rir summer in Israel motivates teen to run for a cause. he second page of my now- completed notebook from last • summer is dated July 14, and on it is a short paragraph that shaped the months to follow. See, this piece is entitled "13.1" and it is my "official" so-called con- tract to myself to participate with Team Yachad in a half-marathon dur- ing the Miami Marathon on Jan....…
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…EDITORIAL BOARD: Publisher: Arthur M. Horwitz Chief Operating Officer: F. Kevin Browett Interim Editor: Alan Hitsky Contributing Editor: Robert Sklar Points Of View Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Publisher's Notebook Editorial Middle East Turmoil Underlines Unknown Walk for Israel participants make their way south on Orchard Lake Road last year. W ith anti-Israel and anti-Semitic venom spewing from the mouths of local colle...…
…Standing Up from page 36 thousands and a cross-section of the community. A long, colorful line of participants, many pushing baby strollers and even wheelchairs, made a powerful, peaceful statement of solidarity. Over time, the event lost its vibrancy and disappeared altogether until a grassroots group of activists revived it six years ago. While their efforts have attracted more than 1,000 participants in recent years, key communal orga- niz...…
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…Arts & Entertainment Actor Jonathan Groff plays a character named Jeff in Twelve Thirty. Mother-Daughter Drama Filmmaker introduces his film Twelve Thirty at the Detroit Film Theatre. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News I ndependent filmmaker Jeff Lipsky drafts his scripts using his own first name for one of the main characters. After the script is finished, the character usually is no longer known as Jeff. That's not what happ...…
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…THE BEST OF EVERY HING Stars Shine Local chefs pitch in for annual Dinner with the Masters event. T he amazing talents of at least 30 top local chefs will be the stars again at the always wonderful "Dining with the Masters" event that sells out every year ... One of the chefs, Matt Shellig, does something like the "Masters" alone in front of many folks at Zazios in Birmingham and chefs like Jeremy Grandon of Jeremy, Keego Harbor, are regul...…
…To Do! CALENDAR E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 Deadline: noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. Music Fest Come out for JCC Stephen Gottlieb Music Festival continuing through April 3, at Berman Center for the Performing Arts at West Bloomfield Check it Out! ARTS & CULTURE Take in a Botanica...…
