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…Publisher's Notebook Spreading Our Story L ast month's "A Fair to Remember" at the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit was a remarkable feat of planning and logistics in celebration of Israel's 60th anniversary as a modern state. What other American Jewish community could muster 16,000 participants, more than 20 percent of its population, on a weeknight to an urban location most had fled 40 years ago? The fair under- scored the Detroit Je...…
…Retain Knollenberg Change is the buzzword this season, but in the Ninth Congressional District, we do not need it ("Hot 9th!" Sept. 11, page A13). What we need is someone who has a steady, long and reliable record of support for our local community and,Israel. U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R- Bloomfield Hills, fits this bill. Among the numerous bills he has cosponsored in Congress most recently is the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007. The cong...…
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…AROUND TOWN Leading Lady JET supporters applaud founder Evelyn Orbach for 20 show-stopping years. Sharon Quarters of Farmington Hills, Lila Lazarus of Commerce and Judy Chamberlin of California with their mother, Evelyn Orbach of West Bloomfield B ack in 1989, the first time the stage was set, the audi- ence took their seats, and the curtain rose on a produc- tion at the Jewish Ensemble Theatre inside the Jewish Community Center in West ...…
…M etro AROUND TOWN Leading Lady from page A21 Behind The Scenes With Evelyn Orbach When she's not reviewing scripts, overseeing directors, actors, set, lighting and costume designers or juggling the many other "behind the scenes" jobs being JET'S founding artistic director entails, Orbach is busy in the role of mother to her adult children, Richard, Sharon, Judy and Lila, and grandmother to 10 grandchildren. Here, she gives us more insight...…
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…Really, Really High Holidays Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills sent 22 eighth- graders to the rally in New York at the United Nations. citing its discrimination against women and its denial of rights to homosexuals. Quoting threats against Jews and Israel made by Ahmadinejad, he said, "He says it in different ways but the mean- ing is the same. If he has his way, Israel will face destruction:' Zoe Pinter, 16, of West Bloomfield spoke ...…
…World IRAN INTRIGUE Loud Response Publicly and privately, Jewish groups plan to press Iran issue at U.N. Uriel Heilman Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York W ith hundreds of world leaders, including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, coming to New York this week for the annual opening of the U.N. General Assembly, Jewish groups are campaigning against the Iranian regime. The centerpiece of the public effort was a mass protest rally Mo...…
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…I World Obama Targeted Experts say RJC survey was no "push poll," but Dems say it was misleading. Eric Finqerhut Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington D emocratic and GOP pollsters say that in at least one respect the Republican Jewish Coalition has received a bum rap: Despite initial sug- gestions to the contrary, the RJC's recent survey testing negative messages about Barack Obama was not a "push poll:' The term describes the practice ...…
…Crossing The Line? Democratic pollster Mark Mellman, who was John Kerry's pollster during the 2004 presidential campaign, said the lengthy list of questions appears to indicate that the survey was designed to test messages and "did not meet the definition of a push poll: which usually lasts for a much short- er time than a regular survey, since the point is to spread the negative message to as many people as possible. While clearing the RJC of...…
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