…TaivralicIFF TIM ISSUE Much attention has been focused of late on the Quartet's plans for Middle East peacemaking. The Quartet is made up of the U.S., Russia, the U.N. and the European Union. But a significant body right here in the U.S., our Congress, can have a more immediate impact when it returns to session in January. BEHIND VIE ISSUE Congressional funding of large aid packages to Israel, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinians provides a tr...…
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…Insight Remember When • • • Expanding The Circle From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. Detroit's Friendship Circle inspires upstart projects throughout North America. grown to serve 140 families who have children with special needs, with a Special to the Jewish News volunteer corps of more than 350. "It's unbelievably meaningful to see the f Rabbi Levi and Bassie impact you have on people's l...…
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…OTHER VIEWS Candidates Out Of Touch ry as they might, both Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Likud's candidate, and Amnan Mitzna, Labor's can- didate, cannot steer their own party supporters to their personal way of political thinking in Israel. Sharon believes that he must bring Likud more toward the middle and thus attract the so-called centrist vote in Israel. Mitzna, lifelong leftist, is attempting to bring his party more toward his position....…
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…INSIDE Synagogue Listings 45 Torah Portion 47 New Shepherd, New Spirit At Young Israel of Southfield, Rabbi Morris seems a perfect fit. RONELLE GRIER Special to the Jewish News T rading sunglasses for snow boots has its drawbacks, but for Rabbi Yechiel Morris of Young Israel of Southfield, the decision to move from sunny Florida to seasonal Michigan was an easy one. "There is a real sense of excite- ment amid the synagogue," said Rabb...…
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…Akiva students celebrate teddy's birthday and help out with a great cause. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor t was a beary full day at Yeshivat Akiva in Southfield. In honor of-the 100th anniversary of the teddy bear — named, of course, for former President Teddy Roosevelt and created by a Jewish American businessman, Morris Michtom — students marched through the halls with their favorite bears. Some were huge, larger than the children th...…
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…Tell Me Why Zamenhof's Legacy What happened to the descendants of the man who started Esperanto? PHILLIP AND ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Q: I've always been fascinated by Esperanto, the international, artificial language. What makes Esperanto even more interesting is the fact that its inventor, Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof, was Jewish. How Jewish was Dr. Zamenhof, and did he have a family or any descendants? If so; are they still promoting Esperanto? A: Dr...…
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…INSIDE: A New Look At Sandy Koufax Art Entcrtment • •. • his craft at U-Nit E ERIN PODOLSKY Special zo the Jewish News , piphanies occur in the most unlikely 4. places — when the thousands of circumstances and elements that go into creating a moment of truth coalesce into clarity: For some it happens in the unexpected lull of a crowds roar. For others, realization comes in a hospital waiting room, or while sipping the world's best mar...…
…ere They Write The Dreams U-M film curriculum is a launching pad for aspiring screenwriters. ERIN PODOLSKY Special to the Jewish News B efore Jim Burnstein came on the scene in 1995, the University of Michigan's program in Film and Video Studies offered only one screenwriting course. Today, there are classes for both film and television writing and rewriting — with additional advanced offerings led by Burnstein and visiting screenwriters. ...…
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