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…Four challengers face four incumbents for four council seats. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to the Jewish News roviding increased activities for students in after-school programs while keeping prop- erty taxes low enough to encourage young and diverse families to move in will be the challenges facing city council members in the corn- ing years in Birmingham. Eight candidates there are vying for four seats, all four-year terms. Incumbents Arch...…
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…..A.V . M 3•M igA? SAM ENGLAND Staff Writer T o make a success of the third annual Fall Fix Up Project, volunteers and staff of the Southfield-based _ Jewish Family Service had to brave chilly weather and hard-to-find neigh- borhoods, all for the chance to do house and yard work. A spirited group of about 200 volunteers, both children and adults, gathered Sunday to assist some of the area's elderly. The workers, most from Congregation B'nai...…
…Jewish Paralysis Jewish groups have taken a back seat in the debate over campaign finance reform. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent wo events last week told an interesting tale about the state of American politics in the late 1990s. Once again, the Senate turned down the McCain- Feingold campaign finance reform bill — a foregone conclu- sion to all but "good- government" groups that still believe law- makers will voluntar- ily disman...…
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…• Are you battling with your child over food? • Is your child sneaking food? Axing Vouchers The Jewish community may be divided on the question of school vouchers, but the Jewish delegation in Congress apparently isn't. Last week, the entire Jewish delegation in the House voted to ax a voucher plan added to a major education bill. At the same time, the House scaled back an amendment to another educa- tion bill to give more federal money to ...…
…Defusing Rabin Next week's annual memorial ceremony promises to be a lot different than the first three. LARRY DERFNER Israel Correspondent Tel Aviv T wo years ago at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, the mood of the crowd was expressed by these huge posters: a photo of Yitzhak Rabin had the caption, "We won't forget," next to a photo of Binyamin Netanyahu in a Mussolini- like pose and with the caption, "And we won't forgive." Natan Sharansky, one...…
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…It's our annual Detroit Jewish News "Chanukah Cover Coloring Contest!" 1998 Winning Cover To Enter Materials ALL WORK MUST BE RECEIVED BY 12 NOON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, AT: Anything that shows up bold and bright, such as markers, crayons, paint or cut paper. No pencils or light blue crayons, please. We suggest taping work on cardboard to protect it. In order to qualify, an entry form must be permanently attached to the back. The Detroit...…
…Insight Richard Chesnoff details looting of Jewish assets during the Holocaust. restitution issues and about the Swiss bank accounts of Holocaust victims. He became one of the first reporters to break the story of Swiss banks hiding assets of Holocaust vic- tims — but that's only part of the tale. "I knew that the Swiss had behaved so badly during and after the war, but I did- n't know that the Swedes, Portuguese and Spanish people fenced a ...…
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…Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: wvvw.detroitjewishnews.com A Survey To Reflect Upon A new survey on religious identifica- tion may have a message for both Jewish leaders and the rank and file. A Gallup Poll found that only 30 percent of Jews say their religion is "very important in their daily lives" (page 27). That is half the number of other Americans, prompting the survey to conclude that Jews a...…
…EDITOR'S WATCH Learning Jewishly But the fruits ike it or not, metro of that talent al Detroit's architects must be delivered We for Jewish learning Learn to the community must create a dar- as fresh and ing blueprint that propels unadulterated as study opportunities into the possible. That's next decade. the surest way to For if they don't, we might attract community well encounter deep fissures buy-in and keep in the bedrock we call Jewish...…
…HAI Children of Holocaust - Survivors Association in Michigiiii 1; 6. Invites You to Attend t l ment tops 2,000. But the vast majority of our chil- dren, more than 5,000 strong, study in afternoon schools run largely by Our future as a community of 96,000 Jews hinges on the study opportunities we serve up. synagogues. They, too, have a rosy forecast, thanks to Federation funding for computers and other classroom upgrades. College Hillels,...…
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…page 59 Mazel Toy! ];• .:,••41 •.* ' •siic b t: Ancient glass dug up in Israel on private display at Guardian Industries. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News B ringing glass of any kind to Guardian Industries Corp., one of the largest glass manufacturers in the world, sounds at first like "carrying coals to Newcastle." But when its 60 pieces of glass found in archeological sites in Israel, going back more than 2,000 years, these ar...…
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…Chronicling A Critical Life Journey SHELLI DORFMAN Staff Writer Deep inside an anthology of poetry and prose are 22 pages of discovery and survival by poet Loie Meeron. A year in the making, At the Edge of Mirror Lake: A Woman's Reader, The anthology includes poems about her cancer, with such phrases as, "Cancer is being 3 and getting lost... One day in an art gallery, Meeron opened a book, leafed through it and discovered two things. She...…
