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…Contents 0 A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year www.cletroitjewishnews.com DECEMBER 28, 2001 TEYET 13, 5752 VOL Ca. NO. 20 This Week 1S It's A Mitzvah AT&lrly 800 Jewish volunteers fill in on Christmas day. 21 Left Vs. Right Peres' new peace plan puts Sharon on hot seat. Opinion 25 Mistaken On Defense Opting out of anti-ballistic missile treaty. is a bad move. Volunteers Josh Zeiger and Evan Chudnow _play wit...…
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…LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Arafat Incompetent, Not Irrelevant Brown Program A Lifesaver Get A Life And Avoid Red Herrings Bombing Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat's police stations and helicopters while pledging not to harm him only makes Israel look impotent. Arafat's response is simi- larly reckless. Arresting militant leaders or closing their headquarters will not disengag...…
…LETTERS %JEWELERS Veterans to house their memorabilia in our West Bloomfield facility. For the record, the JCC and the JWV have had a long, strong, ongoing rela- tionship. Over the years, the JCC has opened its doors for JWV meetings, special events, displays and commemo- rations. In the past 3V-, years, we have welcomed and met with the JWV more than two dozen times about this partic- ular concern. Secondly, the JCC leadership has repeatedl...…
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…This Week For Openers Top-Flight Effort W hen Michael Hochheiser of Oak Park heard about the Dec. 1-2 suicide bombings in Israel, he took it personally. He turned to his wife and said, "By next Shabbos, I want to be in Israel." Hochheiser is a staunch supporter of Israel. His two sons, Yudi, 22, and Yossie, 18, are studying there. He wanted to help those victimized by the ter- rorist attacks. So he scrambled to book a flight through his own...…
…Staff Notebook Vote Roundup Bravo Series presents Grigorovich Ballet Raymonda Jan. 12 at 2 & 8 pm Artistic Director Yuri Grigorovich leads a company of 90 in one of his masterworks—Raymonda. Considered to be the greatest living choreographer in the world of ballet today, his ballets dominate the repertory of contemporary works. Ticket Office 586.286.2222 www.MacombCenter.com Tickets PLUS 800.585.3737 At all Tickets PLUS outlets, includ...…
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…Synagogue and church celebration underscores metro Detroit's ecumenical ties. DIANA LIEBERMAN Copy Editor I !/28 oul 14 f you face just the right way, and the sun is shining, you can make out an ark-shaped panel with 10 Roman numerals on the exterior stone face of Detroit's Third Baptist Church. Inside, there is a balcony with five arched win- dows symbolizing the five books of Moses and, in the basement, a baptismal font originally built...…
…Partners Synagogue members seek relationships with inner-city churches and the people who attend them. T Clockwise from top left: Carolyn King of Detroit lifts her voice in song. Leonard Gutman, Congregation Shaarey Zedek ritual director, sings the Chanukah song "Maoz Tzur," "Rock of Ages." The Reverend Jacob P Adams, Jr. Opposite Page: Anna Turner of Detroit and Bernice Boorman of West Bloomfield join in the singing of "God Bless Am...…
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…Limited Thumbs Up New survey finds U.S. Jews warily support Bush, reject Arafat. RACHEL POMERANCE Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York City n annual survey of American Jewish opinion finds that a majority of American Jews support the creation of a Palestinian state, though they are increasingly distrustful of the Palestinian leader- ship. In addition, while they strongly support President George W Bush's handling of the war against terrorism,...…
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…Left: At the Salvation Army, Susan Friedman of Southfield helps 12-year- olds Erica Robinson and _Jamia George, both of Detroit, slice cookie dough. Opposite page: Housepainters for the day at a group home in Redford: Resident Walter Starks, Ken Zindel of Rochester Hills, Tammie Freund of Oak Park, Ralph Greenberg of West Bloomfield, Marla Swarz of Ann Arbor, Dan Kaufman of Sterling Heights, Ron Swartz of Birmingham, Mark Shaw of West Bloomfi...…
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…Left Vs. Right Peres' new peace plan puts Sharon on the hot seat. The talks that Sharon claims were limited only to a cease-fire instead produced a diplomatic plan that is roiling Jerusalem. IDAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem ro rime Minister Ariel Sharon's highwire act was exposed in all its fragility this week by revelations of a new peace plan devised by Shimon Peres and the speaker of the Palestinian parliament. When ...…
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…Insight Remembering Raoul Wallenberg A new book reminds us how one person can make a difference for the good of humanity. SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer IV ithout a weapon, Raoul Wallenberg saved 100,000 Hungarian Jews from Auschwitz with a most ingenious and daring plan. Before he was finished, he disappeared into the Soviet gulag; his whereabouts still are an international concern. Wallenberg was honored at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaus...…
…inion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones Mistaken Way On Defense ro resident George W. Bush is on the wrong track in taking America out of the anti- ballistic missile treaty. Israel is equally wrong in encouraging U.S. efforts to build the "Star Wars" defense that is the reason for abandoning the treaty. Neither country will be made safer by investing in a system of land- or space-based we...…
…OTHER VIEWS Who's Winning The Mideast Conflict? Philadelphia ecretary of State Colin Powell recently observed that the Palestinians "need to understand that [terror- ism] leads nowhere," and on this basis he urged them to stop their violence against Israelis. While wholeheartedly agreeing with the secretary's policy advice, this observer dissents from his analysis that the Palestinian use of violence "leads nowhere." Actually, the violence h...…
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