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…Obituaries H SPICE HEROES Obituaries are updated and archived on JNonline.us. MAKE LIFE BETTER Dr. Gela Pala, the medical director for Beaumont Hospice, credits Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network for enriching the quality of life for the many Jewish patients enrolled in Beaumont Hospice, and for teaching her hospice staff about the spiritual component to end-of-life care. "It is a top model for ethnic, patient- centered care that should ...…
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…Special Report REMEMBERING THE DREAM Let Freedom Flower Engage the hopes and resolve of civil rights icon, dynamic pastor exhorts. (see related story on page A14). A student of nonviolent civil Editor protest, King inspired blacks and whites alike until silenced by an n booming oratory strik- assassin's bullet in April 1968 ingly familiar to that of his as he stood on the balcony of legendary spiritual men- the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, t...…
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…World ON THE COVER Teamster Connection Jimmy Hoffa and his labor union's help to be cited by Israel. Jimmy Hoffa, center, stands next to Golda Meir, his daughter Barbara and the Teamsters delegation to Israel during the 1956 journey. Kimberly Lifton Special to the Jewish News ust mentioning the name Jimmy Hoffa conjures up many images of the legendary Teamsters union president. But it does not prompt conversations about Jimmy Hoffa's val...…
…World ON THE COVER Teamster Connection from page A19 A Teamsters delegation visits a synagogue during the 1956 trip to Israel. A farewell cake was presented to Jimmy Hoffa and the 25-person Teamsters delegation. "Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters provided critical support to a strug- gling Jewish state rising from the ashes of the Holocaust:' Davidson adds. "The Teamsters Union has always stood firmly beside Israel, a nation built on trade un...…
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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Editorial Tehran's Charade y es, Jews have lived in Iran since biblical times, surviving what the Jewish Telegraphic Agency calls "2,700 years of rotating dynasties, from Persian kings and Mongol rulers to today's ayatollahs!" But don't let that seeming acceptance fool you: Tehran tolerates "its Jews" to create the impression that there is a difference between Judaism and Zionism...…
…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Our Poor State D avid Littmannn, former lead economist at Comerica Bank and one of the foremost economic experts in the United States, came to Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills on Shabbat night, Jan. 11. After he spoke about Michigan's economic decline, I felt an over- whelming urge to pray for all of us who still live and work in this state. "Is Michigan stuck on stupid? Folks, there comes a time when economic ...…
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…Spirituality Intermarriage Debate Just how big a factor is it with Generation Y? Sue Fishkoff Jewish Telegraphic Agency San Francisco I ntermarriage: Disaster for the Jews, not great for the Jews or simply a fact of Jewish life? Ever since the 1990 National Jewish Population Study showed more than half of new Jewish marriages involve a non- Jewish partner, many Jewish communal leaders have latched onto the issue with pitbull tenacity — a...…
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