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…For Openers Adam Sandler's Rabbi Yiddish Limericks JASON A. MILLER Special to the Jewish News A shepherd's son said, "I resent it! My fortune's gone, though I've not spent it. Alas, father's dead. Who knew when he said He's leaving me bobkehs*, he meant it?!" T he president has his advisers; the pope has a confes- sor. Why are we not surprised then that a local rab- binical student could become Adam Sandler's rabbi? Recently, I met Adam ...…

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…Washington Watch Words That Harm Suha Arafat's tirade against Israel continues to wreak havoc in the corridors of power. The Wackier Family Wishes You A Happy C anukatt JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent dministration officials are fuming A about what they say is continuing anti-Israel incitement by the Palestinians, despite recent progress in the Middle East peace process and the start of make-or-break final-status negotiations. ...…

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…This Week Insight 0- 44 4W 6 6zm Ideas & Issues Three-Way Split Israeli-Vatican tensions grow over mosque dispute in Nazareth. mosque be built. Violent clashes over the issue erupted last spring. The Israeli government was forced to step in and take action after local author- Rome ities failed to agree on a solution and the srael's attempt to defuse a conflict spread to involve broader Christian-Muslim conflict in Christian and Muslim i...…

…ditorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.corn Hundreds Of Lights T he Jewish News' annual Chanuka cover is an eagerly anticipated edition. The Chanuka Art Contest and the selected winners signal the beginning of the Festival of Lights here in Detroit. The contest itself is a model of simplicity. This year's 350 entries were divided into three age groups and whittled down to ...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS Chanuka 6 6 6 xs Of Chanuka Lights And Spirituality Festiv OfL 14 119 I/ t, gh ts .44 ~ him that Shammai did, but 0 0 0 he felt that the future held promise for improvement. Hillel lit the candles pro- 0 gressively. On the first ahead. night, one was Do you think that the lit; and on each future will be better than the successive night, past? Your answer to this an additional question is derived more candle was lit fr...…

…EDITOR'S WATCH Shaping More Relevant Synagogues gogue and Community Life." Rabbi Sid Schwarz, founder and he synagogue is not the epi- president of the Washington Institute center of our spiritual lives for Jewish Leadership and Values, set the as Jews. The home is. tone when he declared that shuls tend to But the synagogue is the "have bright, intelligent, Judaically illit- gateway to our neshama, our Jewish erate people as members." soul, ...…

…LETTERS Graphic Magician Prints from the Norton Simon Museum Now through January I 6, 2000 so-called , " peace process" will eventually see (Jerusalem's) Arab neigh- borhoods handed over to the Pales- tinians." I was unaware that final-status negotiations Yitzhak Rabin had been con- cluded and the disposition of Jerusalem had already been decided upon as a fait accompli. Third, he claims that "rabbis" jus- tified the murder committed by Yi...…

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…HELPING JEWISH FAMILIES GROW - (Mu Ea Art Contesi And The Winners!' Are sum- On The Cover: Leah Zerbib Age 5 Farmington Hills Yeshivat Akiva $100 prize Leah and her twin sister Stephanie are into art. Leah always notices details, color coordinates her clothes and has markers, crayons and glit- ter galore," according to her parents, Richard and Marla Zerbib. Leah's artwork was selected for today's Jewish News cover from nearly 350 entries....…

…Chanuka rirl " 9 ' 1 Cover Story: Festiv * Ofbg f1t Pr 01( 0 4 • , 41 • „. Joshua Nath.,Insoii Age Agoura Hills, Calif: Kol Tikvah Nladison Chaness o l'arn, inc,t . )-) Tenlple Lsrad , st,t Jul•e Seim Age 9 Bloomfield lulls Hi11,21 [)ay School Brian Kraqiick Age S Franklin Shaarev Axlek • Dena Cohen Age 10 Oak Park Yeshivat Akiva Emily Sherbin Age 7 Farmington Hills Temple Israel 1)ehora Schaffa Age 10 1-funtinor.)!1 ( Woods Ti...…

…Chanukah Art Contest Nathan Krasnick Age 5 Franklin Shaarey Zedek Jacob Goodman Age 9 Detroit Workmen's Circle "Faylor Chaness Age 8 Farmington Hills Temple Israel - 12/3 1999 40 Danny Hurvitz Age 6 West Bloomfield B'nai Moshe Asher Hennes Age 6 Oak Park Yeshivat Akiva Marnie Beals Age 9 West Bloomfield Hillel Day School …

…Chanuka L ,“ 6665 rrIll 1 Ill Ail 1 Festiv Of • - -.- - Erica Lubetsky Age 10 Pittsburgh, Pa. Community Day School Jamie Fishman Age 8 Bloomfield Hills Hillel Day School Devorah Goldstein Age 1 '2 Ann Arbor Cheder Lubavitch Malka Mushka Silberberg Age 10 West Bloomfield Bais Menachem NiV7 CU&WUEAI e tw ':) ,s. Rivka Spitzer Age 11 West Bloomfield Yeshivat Akiva df-Plot-1*11 rws t " David Granzotto Age 12 Pleasant Ridge Workmen'...…

…The BiG Story Who Was Judah Maccabee? The man behind the famous revolt. Chanuka begins on the 24th of Kislev, which this year falls on Friday, Dec. 3. Be sure to light the first night's candle in your menora before the Shabbat candles. the Hasmonean. From an early age, Judah Maccabee evinced extraordi- 1 nary military skills. So it's not surprising i that his father, even as he lay dying, asked Judah to lead a revolt against Antiochus. Ant...…

…Chanuka 1 1:6 A665 HoliDaYs C hr Chanuka ( PT P1 19 • • On ri Festiv Ofiik • were in his favor: his army was much larger than that of Judah Maccabee. Yet once again Judah was victori- ous in a huge battle at Beth-Zur. This opened the doors for the Jew- ish army to head into Jerusalem, where Judah purified the Temple and established an eight-day holi- day known as Chanuka. The story doesn't end here, though. After the victory in Jeru...…

…Voi Ce S Chanuka r 119 k Festiv OfLi A Chanuka State Of Mind Helen Mintz Belitsky I n165 BCE, the Temple in Jerusalem was rededicated by a small band of guerrilla fight- ers, the Maccabees, who forced the Syrian army out of Jerusalem A little boy spins dreidels in the light of a chanukia. and restored the Temple, which had been defiled. answering curious questioners, grow- hand-stitched Throughout history, syna- ing more involved in the...…

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…Standing Sentry Home for the holiday, Hermelins named Yeshiva Guardians. T heir friendship toward Yeshiva Beth Yehudah and gen- erosity toward its mission have elevated Doreen and David Hermelin to Yeshiva Guardians of the Southfield-based day school. "Doreen and David Hermelin, because of their outstanding and continuing dedication to Jewish educa- tion, were an obvious choice to be selected for the exclusive society of Guardians of the Ye...…

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