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…Letters DIGEST An Important Play The current play at the Jewish Ensemble Theatre, Women's Minyan ("A Search for Justice March 13, page C11), was most moving and revealing. The plight of abused women and their children in Israel is an ongoing and devastating problem. Based on a true story, the play tells of a woman who flees her abusive husband and then must fight for the right to see her 12 children. For those who have been fortunate enough ...…
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…Doug Ross greets students as they head to class. Staff photos by Angie Baan Instilling Hope Doug Ross shapes a school culture that works for Detroit kids. Judith Doner Berne Special to the Jewish News E very weekday morning at 6:45 a.m., Elizabeth Williams, a senior at University Preparatory Academy (UPA) charter school in Detroit, gets a call from school Superintendent Doug Ross. "I'm Elizabeth's alarm clock;' says Ross, 65, who nine y...…
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…Doug Ross and teacher Amanda Rosman of Detroit Temple Recognizes Ross As Visionary, Humanist Birmingham Temple in Farmington Hills will honor Doug Ross as a "Humanistic Jew with Vision" at its 8 p.m. April 18, Shabbat celebration. Ross will speak about his life, his humanism, his work and his continued vision for a better reality. "In every generation, there are people who refuse to accept the status quo," Birmingham Temple Rabbi Tamara Kolt...…
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…Staff photos b An 'e Bean >,‘ Gail Katz of West Bloomfield and Weihan Li of Farmington Hills Holly Owen of Oak Park and Aneesa Rashid of Bloomfield Township Women's Wisdom 'Day of Learning' brings local women of different faiths together. T hey sat around tables eating lunch and chatting like old friends, but many of the 100 women who gathered March 10 at Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park had never met before. The multi-cultural grou...…
…D.C. Seasoned Akiva teens become politically engaged. S ix students at Yeshivat Akiva in Southfield took part in Panim, a political action conference in Washington held March 9-12. Students focused on tikkun olam (repair of the world) and their role as future Jewish leaders and current Jewish teens. Akiva participants were 12th-grader Shugmi Shumunov of Southfield and 10th-graders Avielle Movsas, Naomi Greenbaum, Lani Levi and Molly Goldmei...…
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…Metro C ome ono! see what s new of S chukot i s IC E jEWISH AINCVNIETV, 18< white golol Panelists from different faiths spoke about rituals surrounding dying: Dr. Urias Beverly, Rabbi Joseph Krakoff, moderator David Techner, David Palmer, Cindy Goldman and Imam Achmat Salie. diamondl hoop earrings are per-Fect For every Diversity In Death occasion. Jewish Hospice program explores the rituals of various faiths. Keri Guten Cohen Stor...…
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…Up Front With Hillary Clinton discusses Middle East, Obama's pastor in interview. Bryan Schwartzman Jewish Exponent Philadelphia/JTA U S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D- N.Y., said that American efforts to bring Israelis and Palestinians to the negotiating table have often resulted in a reduction — in violence, even if a lasting pace has proved elusive. "I think what we did in the '90s was beneficial in a stra- tegic way and led to a period wher...…
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…World DIGEST Settlement Building Up Jerusalem/JTA — Jewish construction in the West Bank and Jerusalem has increased since Annapolis, a Peace Now report found. Though Israel promised to freeze construction in the settlements at the Annapolis peace conference in November 2007, the left-wing organization said in its report released Monday that the construc- tion has continued and increased. Construction has taken place in 101 settlements, excl...…
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