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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Contents 111 A 2002 Michigan Press Association General Excellence winner www.detroitjewishnews.com Friday, June 27, 2003 Sivan 27, 5763 Vol. CXXIII, No. 20 This Week Spirituality 13 LJ-.1\4 Celebrates 61 A New Leaf 87 Pink Or Blue? DEPARTMENTS Supreme Court backs diversity in higher education. Shaarey Zedek revamps its religious school. Judaism, salty foods and looking to the sex of your child. 23 Election 2...…

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…NOTEBOOK BUSINESS BUDDIES! Opening New Vistas Melton Mini-School graduates dared to learn and share with each other. I n a season of graduations, this one was a bit differ- ent. On May 28, 104 adults graduated from the two- year Florence Melton Adult Mini-School. It was quite an accomplishment for them and for our com- munity. "It's hard for adults to learn — to put their dignity aside, to say they don't know something," Rivy Poupko Klete...…

…LETTERS We prefer letters that relate to articles in the Jewish News. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Brevity is encouraged. Letter writers generally are limited to one letter per 4-6 week period, space permitting. Letters must contain the name, address and title of the writer, and a daytime telephone number. Original copies must be hand signed. Mail to the Jewish News at 29200 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 110, Southfield, MI 4803...…

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…T s For Openers Sharing His Birthday SUSAN TAWIL Special to the Jewish News T alk about sharing your toys! Yisroel Meir Green of Oak Park wanted to help the Israeli terrorist victims he had heard about, so he turned his ninth birthday party into a mitz- vah project. In lieu of presents, he asked his classmates at Yeshiva Beth Yehudah to bring a gift to send to the children of an Israeli terrorist victim. "Yisroel Meir is a very special b...…

…News Briefs IMPORTANT DIAMONDS BEST PRICES GUARANTEED! Web Poll Backs Assassinations The national Web site Jewish.com asked its readers this week if they believed that Israel's policy of assassi- nating Hamas leaders is necessary to get the "road map" peace plan back on track. Of 167 respondents, 113 (67.66 percent) said the policy was necessary; 54 (32.34 percent) said it was not. Next week's question on Jewish.com: Approximately how many...…

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…SHARON LUCKERMAN StaffWriter U-1111 Celebrates 'm ecstatic about the court's deci- sion," said University of Michigan Regents Chairman Laurence Deitch of Bingham Farms. "Justice O'Conner's [majority] opinion in the law school case is very strong. It's a clear affirmation of everything we've been arguing — that diversity is a com- pelling state interest and it's constitu- tional." The U.S. Supreme Court's dual deci- sions on affirmative acti...…

…Jewry's Role in Human Affairs THE MAKING OF MEDICAL MARVELS Many of last century's advances in medicine trace to physicians and researchers of Jewish descent with an impressive presence in their profession. While the U.S. has eclipsed most of the world in laboratory research and discovery, strides forward have been taken everywhere, often with Jewish doctors at the frontiers. One example is Iranian-born Shemooil Rhabar (1929-) who, during mor...…

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…This Week Eumpty Dumpty? Israeli security fence going up, but it's a lightning rod for criticism. been compensated for their losses. Israeli settlers fear the fence could one day isolate them on the Palestinian side of an international bor- der. Though Israel says the location of the fence is temporary and could be moved after a final peace agreement, many believe the fence will establish the de facto border of a future Palestinian state, w...…

…ter, Ehud Barak, said at a conference last week that examined the failures of the July 2000 Camp David summit. The land between the river and the sea can "either be a Jewish state or a democracy," Barak said. If Israel annexes the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the Palestinians are not given the vote, he said, "then Israel will be an apartheid state." In his 90-minute speech, Barak slammed the current Israeli govern- ment for dragging its feet i...…

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…OFFICIAL BALLOT DETROIT MWEIMIUTIVIS 2003/2004 Peace Now Co-Chair Is Dead At 52 New York/JTA — Patricia Barr, the co- chair of Americans for Peace Now, died June 19 from breast cancer at age 52. Barr, a lawyer in Vermont, was elect- ed chairwoman of the group in 1998 and co-chair last year. She is survived by her husband and two daughters. Study Blasts Wartime Romania New Yrok/JTA — The wartime Romanian government actively coop- erated w...…

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…Election 2004 President Bush courts Jewish voters, not Jewish groups. MATTHEW E. BERGER Jewish Telegraphic Agency hen President Bush sat down to dinner with about 120 Jews at the White House recently, many familiar faces in the organized American Jewish community ate at home. Instead of Jewish organizational leaders, the guest list for the dinner, which honored the opening of an Anne Frank exhibit at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, inc...…

…This Week ELECTION from page 23 We Specialize in all custom doors: •Wood *Fiberglass • Steel *Interior House also had its favorite Jewish groups, sparking occasional gripes among the Orthodox and politically conservative groups that disagreed with much of Clinton's agenda. With the Oslo peace process domi- nating much of the Clinton adminis- tration's foreign policy agenda, those groups that did not wholeheartedly embrace the process, inclu...…

…ernment funding for sectarian social welfare projects — as well as his sup- port for school vouchers and his war on terror, which they feel has eroded civil liberties. Marshall Breger, a liaison to the Jewish community in the Reagan White House, says the Bush adminis- tration is "cherry picking" allies from among Jewish groups. "If you're at odds with the administration on so many issues, from A to Z, there is less to talk to you about," said ...…

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…Insight Remember When • The Gathering Storm From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Former CIA director foresees a long struggle against terrorism. The Metropolitan Detroit Federation of Reform Synagogues adopts the Jewish congregation of the city of Minsk in the Republic of Belarus. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer la clouds gathering," he said of the stu- dent uprising in Iran. Woolsey said he beli...…

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…1114 Ann Arbor Profile INSIDE: Ann Arbor's Central Address . . . 34 Diverse Congregations 36 Vibrant Day School 37 Rich Campus Life 38 Focus On Ann Arbor Jewish community's vitality goes beyond U-M and entertainment venues. Dear Readers: While the focus of our local news gathering is right here in Oakland County, there is a community barely 45 min- utes away that has a unique and dispropor- tionate hold on our minds and even our b...…

…COVER STORY Rising Star The growing Ann Arbor Jewish community flourishes in a renaissance of its own making. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News A nn Arbor is experiencing a Jewish renaissance. And the community knows it. While visitors to Ann Arbor have always appreciated the city as a special mix of people and place, the Jewish community has used the mixture as a recipe for success. "The common good really does work," said Larry Smith...…

…Clockwise from top left: The Jewish Community Center also houses the Jewish Federyttion of Washtenaw Coun ty. This dramatic statue is a Holocaust memorial 0a0.*0 ,,a,v014 "%ANA Michael Levine, inven- tor and philanthropist Nancy Margolis headed both the JCC and Federation. , illtiorT0- "Iitiorommimpa w r For a short time, Beth . Israel Congregation changed its name to Beth Israel Center when it was housed with UM Hillel in a new buildi...…

…j „\ , ) ine ,. COVER STORY JN Digest Selected news and feature stories from the Detroit Jewish News. wvvw.detroitjewishnews.cominews ) Back In Time Look for Alexis P. Rubin's "This Month in Jewish History” for June. www.detroitjewishnews.com ) What's Eating Harry Kirsbaum? www.detroitjevvishnews.com/opinion m if NAA) R0 ,, b, 2 k% a w ) New Column from Brian Blum: Bar Mitzvah at Hogwarts With Harry Potter and the Order of ...…

…2003 LACROSSE CAMPS first director. "Nancy was the significant frosting on an already great cake," Smith said. "Once she became involved, she was a leader with vision, charm and energy. She was a good programmer and a good developer of people and resources. Her efforts helped us to mature as a community." A Central Address The Newmans also had learned about Jewish federations, and Washtenaw County's was formed in 1986. The search for a dire...…

…nn Arbor COVER STORY Jewish Federation of Washtenaw County 2939 Birch Hollow Drive 734-677-01 00 info@jewishannarbor.org www.jevvishannarbor.org Jeffrey Y. Levin, director Ann Arbor's Communal Hub Federation and JCC help bring the community together. The Federation is the central communal organization in the Jewish community and is driv- en by its mandate to "foster Jewish communal life by initi- ating, coordinating and pre- serving activ...…

…Clockwise from top left: Charles and Rita Gellman were major sponsors of the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival in Ann Arbor. Irwin Weingarten and Dr. Lynn Gessner place bids at the JCC auction. At the JCC preschool, Sophie Leibsohn has fun making challah. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman spoke at a Federation program. Photos on the wall honor past Federation presidents. Children enjoy the JCC's Camp Raanana. Katherine Schwartz ...…

…COVER STORY Feeding The Soul Ann Arbor offers traditional and non-traditional religious options. • W.ST.,17,M Ann Arbor Jewish Cultural Society Jewish Community Center Building 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 734-975-9872 wvvvv.jcsannarbor.org Julie Gales, madrikha Secular Humanist Membership: 90 families The Jewish Cultural Society was founded to broaden the scope of Jewish learning by emphasizing Jewish history and culture rather than religiou...…

…Day School Draws Family New Leadership Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor names Shtull-Leber as principal. 1 ewish day schools have always been important to Dina Shtull-Leber. Now she runs one. When her husband Steven Leber, a pediatric neurologist, was offered a position with the University of Michigan Health System, there was a possible deal breaker. "We needed to be sure that there was a day school," Shtull-Leber explained. When she learned ...…

…COVER STORY Celebrating Growth U-M Hillel dedicates Torah to serve its expanding community. "His act of remembering his father emphasizes memory, the act of giving a Torah reflects significance, and giving it to students reflects the future," Infeld said. "In short, what he has done is help make the past significant to the future." Growing Need KAREN SCHWARTZ Special to the Jewish News he room fell silent as the last letter was written. ...…

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…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones For The Love Of Death 1 t has never been easy to understand the intifa- 4 the uprising, that the Palestinians launched at the end of September 2000. In the wake of the Olso Peace Accords seven years earlier, Israeli-Palestinian cooperation was growing, to the substantial benefit of the societies and economies on both sides of the Green Line. And the conti...…

…OTHER VIEWS Empower Us! Hear Our Voices I t is mid-February and one of the biggest blizzards to ever hit the East Coast is descending upon Washington. Meanwhile, in the bowels of the Grand Hyatt, another storm is brewing. A resolution presented by Will Dempster, the North American Federation of Temple Youth's program- ming vice president is being debated. "We must take a stand on Israel," he says. NFTY has made many statements of solidarity...…

…`We Must Teach Our Children' Philadelphia he title used by President George W. Bush for his national education program is "no child left behind." The virtues and faults of that plan are a matter of public debate. But if there were a comparable title for the policy that has long governed the approach to Jewish education in this country by our organizations and philanthropies, it might best be titled, 'All children who cannot pay are left behin...…

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…INSIDE: Community Calendar 53 Mazel Toy! 54 A Story For The Toronto wedding postponed because ofd SARS- quarantined bride. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer T he last place Michelle Markowitz expected to spend her wedding day was holed up in her parents' Toronto home, quarantined over fears of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS. "Three days before the wedding, we heard on the news that some of the patients at St. John's Re...…

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…JAMD graduates its first 21 students during an emotional ceremony. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer T he importance of this day will last for gen- erations," Lawrence Jackier told the crowd gathered at Wayne State University's Community Arts Auditorium June 10. The occasion was the first graduation of the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit (JAMD) — Michigan's only multi-stream Jewish day high school — and Federation President Jackier was fl...…

…ALE STONE N NOW on OPEN FIRST CLASS from page 48 members of the JAMD staff handed out the diplomas to the students they knew best, giving a short speech about each student. Jackier compared the graduating class to the biblical figure of Nashon, who, according to the book of Exodus, was the first to set foot in the Red Sea when Moses parted the waters. "You are people who are willing to go into uncharted waters," Jackier said. "You were wil...…

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