…Voting for John Kerry? Trim again Most Widely Read Jewish Newspaper Endorses President George W. Bush 14' JEWISH PRESS On the W Kerry's Record Senator Kerry called Yasser Arafat a "Statesman" and "Role Model." (The New War, by Senator John. Kerry) . ,41perica's Largest Independent Jewish Melly Neirspoper"' "...The choice Americans must make on November 2 should be an easy one. One can prattle about the significance of this or that diffe...…
…President Bush: As a candidate in 2000, then Governor Bush stated his priority: "I want everybody to know should I be president, Israel is going to be our friend, I'm going to stand by Israel." —Governor Bush, second presidential debate, October 11, 2000 Just 10 days into his Presidency, President Bush transformed his campaign promise into policy, declaring: "We're going to correct the imbalances of the previous administration on the Mide...…
…Courting America's Jews Political outreach mostly focused on Israel. RON KAMPEAS Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington, D.C. ike two surly dinner guests who won't let an argument go, President Bush and John Kerry won't get off topic when they take their case to American Jews: It's all Israel all the time. The prospect of swaying likely voters in a handful of battleground states has brought unprecedented attention to Jewish voters this elec- ...…
…Congressman Joe Knollenberg: Delivering Results for Michigan I have represented Detroit's Jewish community for over a decade. During that time, we have become friends, worked together and made our state and nation a better place. You have recognized me as a leader in Congress on behalf of Israel, local social service agencies, the war on terror as well as economic and environmental initiatives. I am proud to have earned your support in past...…
…"Supporting the environment has been one of my top priorities. l will continue to work to ensure our environment is preserved for future generations." The Knollenberg Environmental Record + + + + Led efforts to clean Oakland County's environment and improve drinking water quality. Secured more than $60 million to help clean up the Rouge River. Secured millions to improve Oakland County's drainage system that keeps our drinking water clean. ...…
…World eryl Matthews fir CntirT shrifje Do you want a Full-Time Prosecutor or a Part-Time Municipal "Case Coordinator" as Your Next Circuit Court Judge? Big Apple Woes Compare the Record. JUDGE for yourself! NY Jewish survey finds stable numbers but growing poverty. THE CANDIDATES THE ISSUES CHERYL MATTHEWS MARY ELLEN BRENNAN NO Full-time attorney Circuit Court cases tried in the last 10 years Frequency practicing in Circuit Cour...…
…Jewish -organization. Furthermore, the survey found that congregational membership corresponds to Jewish engagement. For example, 43 percent of Conservative households that belong to a congregation light Shabbat candles, compared to 21 percent among those that are not synagogue members. Nonmembers often cite cost as a obsta- cle to synagogue membership. • Shifting religious affiliation: Since the 1991 survey, the percentage of New York Jews id...…
…Why is this election different from all other elections? • Four Questions: Who can you trust to keep America safe? Who can you trust to defeat global terrorism? Who can you trust to stand with Israel? Who can you trust to keep America's security decisions in American hands? • • • • "In each generation, enemies arise against us." Passover Hagadah 10/29 2004 46 Paid for by Re-Elect PAC, 1600 Normandy, Clawson, Michigan 48017. Harve...…
…Four Answers: We Trust President George W. Bush This year, the six voting members of our family have no choice but to vote for President Bush. Our f amily can trust President Bush in his efforts to keep America safe. He has done so since 9-11 by fighting terrorists in their nations before they come to ours. Senator Kerry has consistently voted against spending for stronger national defense and intelligence gathering, even after 9-11! He cal...…
…Word FOR $6 YEARS AND COUNTING, DEMOCRATS STAND WITH ISRAEL. "I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it — not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of Our civilization." Federation Giving Is Down New York/JTA Private giving to North American Jewish federations declined by 12.5 percent last year, according to the Chronicle of Phila...…
…LBar g ent For State Representative COURTING Syria Relations Looking Up? Washington/JTA — U.S.-Syria relations may be taking a turn for the better, a top diplomat said. "We've had discus- sions in Damascus, and our own rela- tionship with Syria is not what we'd like it to be," a deputy secretary of state, Richard Armitage, said Monday in an interview with a Kuwaiti news agency. "We'd like it to be in better shape. There may be the beginnin...…
…"Israel should freeze settlement construction, dismantle unauthorized outposts, end the daily humiliation of the Palestinian people, and not prejudice final negotiations with the placements of walls and fences" — President George W. Bush (speaking at Whitehall Palace If i London, November 19 2003: wwwwbitehouse.gov ). John Kerry 20 Years of Standing with Us Supporting Israel in the Senate: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIP...…
…a Dm Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjevvishnews.com Dry Bones Doing Its Job. Not! AMERICA "WENT IN" I n 1950, to great fanfare, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) set up shop in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan and Lebanon. The agency was to provide help for the • . 700,000 or so Arabs who had left their homes in Israel when the Arab nations went to war to destroy the infant Jewish state. It was su...…
…PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE Bush 52 . the coalition then forming to St. Paul/JTA confront Saddam Hussein. ebates are a chance for But Bush didn't budge: The the candidates to speak United States has vetoed eight without scripts and anti-Israel resolutions at the show what they truly believe. U.N. Security Council. With And in the first presidential that support, Israel effectively debate, Sen. John E Kerry D- destroyed many of the terrorist Mass.,...…
…STATE BALLOT DEBATE Yes On Proposal 2 I 'm voting for Proposal 2. Why? Because God wants me to. As a rabbi representing the val- ues of Torah Judaism, I must first spell out certain assumptions that underlie my position on this very sensitive issue. • I believe that God created the world. • I believe that He communicated how He wants us to live our lives through the Torah. • I believe in the eternal truth of that Torah. The Torah clearly an...…
…MARY ELLEN BRENNAN OAKLAND COUNTY LAWYERS ENDORSE MARY ELLEN BRENNAN FOR OAKLAND CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE Dear Voters, the voters of Oakland County v4 elect - ivision. As experi November 2nd, what it On udge for Oakland Circuit Court's Family D new) enced lawyers, some of whom are retired Judges, we know a takes to be a good Judge. has the intelligence, experience, and, temperament to be an excellent Judge. Mary Mary Ellen the B...…
…Integrity Fairness Experience • Assistant Attorney General of the United States for Legal Policy • US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan • Michigan Court of Appeals Judge • Supreme Court Justice "The first function of government is protecting people from violent criminals; everything else comes after that." Supreme Court Justice Stephen Markman "Justice Markman has shown over the years that he understands judicial balance and in...…
…L r -) TCDagel iCIEASE "One of my patients, who is paralyzed, needed an ultrasound on her kidney," Diskin said. "I arranged for the ultrasound to come to her home." Adult Primary Care is one of three independent nurse practitioner offices in Michigan. More frequent- ly, nurse practitioners work as part of a physician's office. Because Diskin's practice also works with Dr. Barbara Cingel and Dr. Larry Dell, she and her co- workers can write ...…
…munication between the supervised individ- School of Metropolitan Detroit. The Diskins are ual and a licensed health professional ..." and .2 active members of Congregation B'nai Moshe. "The availability of a licensed health profes- "My father and husband were both very sional on a regularly scheduled basis to encouraging when I started this practice," review the practice of the supervised individ- Diskin said. "I loved the practice I was at —...…
…AN OPEN LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY Dear Friends, As we approach the last week of our 13" Annual Coat Drive, we would like to thank you for the support you have given to our effort. This year, we have issued an appeal for cash donations as well as for coats in order to ensure that an even greater number of children are kept warm this winter. Over the next week, we are asking that you please continue to scour your closets for warm coats and to c...…
…Jeff and Amy Schlussel, Amy and Brian Shapiro, Marla Tapper C/) O Amy Schlussel and Alissa Pianin 0 O -0 Michelle Kam JARC's Ope Performance etroit's Motor City Grill may be "thoroughly modern" but on Oct. 13 it was transformed into a 1920s speakeasy for a young adult party that was part of JARC's 24th annual fall fund-raiser. More than 200 "fellas" and "skirts" enjoyed cocktails and a strolling supper before the per- formance of Thor...…
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…Tig wish famili Long Ago And Far Away Yiddish Yes! brings to life an integral part of Jewish history. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Finding Heritage AppleTree Editor While many of the guests were indeed seniors, plenty of younger faces could be found at the event as well, including Ellen Bates-Brackett, director of the metro Detroit Workmen's Circle, and Arlene Frank, chairman of the Michigan District of Workmen's Circle. Frank did not come from ...…
…The Connection Why care about Yiddish? "It connects us," says one of its biggest advocates. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor W hen Adrienne Cooper remembers the long-ago words of her grandparents — words of the anguish of Jews liv- ing in anti-Semitic Eastern Europe, of struggles endured by new immi- grants to the United States, of warm and comforting Shabbats, of fresh challah and sweet, dark wine — she remembers them exactly as they...…
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…NEW YORK'S "JEWISH SOUL" MUSICAL COMES TO DETROIT! Your Ancestors live again in... Stoop on Orchard Stroo Jay Kholos l DIRECT FROM NEW YORK!! IJ "THE WORTHY SUCCESSOR TO FIDDLER." Take a nostalgic trip back to the year 1910. Share the trials and triumphs of the Lomansky family and their "stoop" friends as they strive to live the American dream in the teeming tenements of the Lower East Side of New York. Don't miss this big musical with ...…
…A preview of the Jewish Coi,iinunity Center off etropolitan Detroit's 53rd Annual Jewish Book Fuji: cilfers n2d their Ou.,en; auto buffs eniove.,5, their 1Dr_:rn: Cruise. Those but sn-1,111 Book Fair :.:vent scheduled for Oct. II as \veil). looking for exciting anchors and :enon a Variety topics," sans crge:r. - Sornechincz for everyone is our 110 Mac:e to the t tell word that's aroun co.rner. love es, -,vords.Mths. untier-thecovr at midni...…
…Best Bets CLASSICAL Nur Es The Detroit Symphony Orchestra presents Sister Act I: Piano, featuring piano duo Katia and Marielle Labeque performing Berio's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, 10:45 a.m. Friday, 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29-31; Mahler's Symphony No. 1 ("Titan') rounds out the program. Next up is Sister Act II: Strings, with violinist Ani Kavafian and violist Ida Kavafian playing Britten's Double Concerto, 8...…
…$8. In addition, Youth Under Construction, a troupe composed of local youngsters ages 7-18, will perform songs from their 2003 Parent's Choice Gold Award-winning CD — songs that feature positive lyrics set to hip-hop music — 3:30 and 4:30 p.m.; com- bined ticket: $10. (248) 557-7529. THE ART SCENE Provence, in the south of France. Artists' reception: 5-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12. (248) 544-0394. Washington St. Gallery in Ann Arbor exhibits New E...…
…Arts Life Jewish Book Fair HOUSE OF BOOKS from page 69 '‘iook (,T).trJ ;„ Arr Serendipitous timing offers three speCial events, two to open and one to close this year's Book Fair: They include author appearances by Scott TuroW (Oct. 31), Ambassador Dennis Ross (Nov. 4) and Richard Cohen (Nov. 14). "This year we are fortunate to have Scott Turow as a pre-Book Fair speaker," says Fisher. Turow will discuss Ultimate Punishment, which traces t...…
…career path who takes up with a non-Jewish boyfriend twice her age. Langer's debut novel is a coming-of-age tale of life in the 1970s along Chicago's California Street, a Mason-Dixon bound- ary dividing the city's west side affluence from the middle-class east side. Another innovation is a joint venture with the JCC's Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival that will feature Imaginary Witness: Hollywood 6- the Holocaust, directed by Emmy-winner Dan...…
…COMING TO THE PALACE OF AUBURN HILLS Jewish Book Fair HOUSE OF BOOKS from page 73 JUDAISM/SPIRITUALITY Gifts of a Stranger, by Ahuvah Gray Gray shares wondrous insights into the timeless words of King David and stories, both humorous and poignant, of her encounters with the Jewish world during her far-flung travels to communi- ties in Hong Kong, South Africa, Gibraltar, Europe and North America. 'EXTRAORDINARY!" -THE NEW YORKER "ENORMOU...…
…MEXICAN GRILL Not just big burritos. Big ,flavors.® Another City, Another Book Fair Ann Arbor's Jewish Book Fair grows with author appearances, special events. DEBRA DARVICK Special to the Jewish News L Ann Arbor eslie Bash, director of Ann Arbor's Jewish Book Fair, has her formula for success down pat. The weeklong event, which begins Sunday, Nov. 7, and runs through Nov. 15, will be the fourth that Bash has overseen and the city's 17th...…
…Arts Life One bite and you'll be hooked "One of our region's better lithe dining secrets." Meet The Authors – Danny Raskin What follows is a complete schedule . of events for the Detroit and Ann Arbor Jewish Book Fairs. Events are subject to change. Locales are the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building (WB); the Jewish Community Center, Jimmy Prentis Morris Building, in Oak Park (JPM); and the Jewish Com...…
…Martin Goldsmith, The Beatles Come to rid**, Nov. 12 7 p.m. (JPM) Hedilifi-AWareness Day at the West Bloomfield JCC: George Cantor, Wire to Wire: Inside the 10 a.m. (WB) 1984 Detroit Tigers Championship Season Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., Fear and Other 8 p.m. (AA) Uninvited Guests: Tackling the Anxiety, Fear and Shame That Keep Us From Optimal Living & Loving America Gil Troy, Why I Am a Zionist 8:15 p.m. (WB) Judea Pearl, I Am Jewish: ...…
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…Jewish Book Fair Lessons To Be Learned Finally free of diplomatic restraint, Dennis Ross shares his narrative. you deny the core of the other side's be based on the June 4, 1967, borders. faith, what is the message you're send- Ross was not worried for himself or ing? It's not reconciliation." for the process but for the top Syrian • Ross helped guide Middle East policy aving juggled an armful of nar- negotiator, Walid al-Moualem, who had r...…
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…PUMPKIN ROLLS ARE HERE! Jewish Book Fair rHE Down-Home Talent • Gift Baskets • Soups • • Muffins. • Sweet Trays • • Cookies • Local authors present their work at Detroit's 53rd Annual Jewish Book Fair. $00 J._ Off DIANA LIEBERMAN Special to the Jewish News N ever let it be said that metro Detroit's Jewish writers are afraid to tackle the big issues. More than a dozen newly published books chosen for the Jewish Book Fair's Local Author...…
…Jewish Book Fair Novel Approaches From30-year-old Amy Sohn to 80-year-old Walter Zacharius, Explicit Lit Like her previous books, Amy Sohn's latest novel spares few details about her protagonist's sex life. JULIE WIENER Special to the Jewish News W hen Amy Sohn attended her Reform youth group reunion a few years ago, she says she got a lot of "strange sideways glances" and was "definitely considered the most scandalous alum. That's not...…
…* ' * et. r 3e0c. Jewish fiction writing is alive and well. Complete Trays Like Rachel, Sohn also once con- sidered a career in the rabbinate. As a teen, Jewish youth group "was a very big part of my social life," she said. When she entered Brown University, Sohn thought she either wanted to be a rabbi or an actress, leading her to attend a recruitment weekend at the Reform movement's Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. How...…
…Jewish Book Fair Coming Out In "Wrestling With God & Men," Orthodox rabbi confronts his own homosexuality. SANDEE BRAWARSKY Special to the Jewish News L *TN 10/29 2004 84 ike peeling an onion," Rabbi Steven Greenberg says about the process of coming out. The first openly gay Orthodox rabbi, he initially wrote about his sexuality under a pseudonym, Rabbi Yaakov Levado (meaning Jacob alone), for Tikkun magazine in 1993 and then in 1999 c...…
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…Re-Elect DEMOCRAT ANNETTA MILLER Wayne State University Board of Governors increase the program from 6 to 20 stu- dents), translating major Yiddish works into English, and cultural programs — in Amherst and around the country — featuring Yiddish books as well as the works of Jewish writers working in English. Lansky speaks with enthusiasm about their current efforts to make Yiddish texts available online. With new search tools, "years of re...…
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