…Landmark Gift Frankel family gives $20 million to Judaic Studies at U-M. Ann Arbor he Samuel and Jean Frankel Jewish Heritage Foundation has provided a gift of $20 million to create the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies by 2007 at the University of Michigan. The gift is believed to be the largest dedicated to Judaic studies at any uni- versity and is the largest ever to U-M's College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA), acc...…
…Metro Congregation Shaarey Zedek on behalf of State of Israel Bonds Development Corporation for Israel FIGHTING GOOD FIGHT from page 17 is proud to honor Dick Lobenthal at U-M Hillel. Lobenthal replied, "Sickness, really. I was lied to when I was a kid. I believed in democracy, all that stuff." Another audience member asked him to comment on the frustrations of people who, discouraged by the Bush victory in November, were considering mov...…
…Metro Spreading The Wealth Grants aid Detroit students plus Jewish community. T he Jewish Fund approved $2,468,898 in grant payments for 19 primarily health- related programs. Among the grants is $300,000 over three years to the Jewish Community Council in partnership with Kids Kicking Cancer for the new Heroes' Circle pro- gram. Based upon Kids Kicking Cancer's success with using martial arts to empower children with cancer to conquer the...…
…Please Join Us... 4th Annual University of Michigan ISRAEL ACADEMIC CONFERENCE Israel: A Diverse Perspective Handmade Gifts Dolls brighten the lives of hospitalized kids. ISRAEL CONFERENCE 2005 7 Sunday, March 13, 2005 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Michigan League, Ann Arbor, MI The purpose of this conference is to raise awareness about issues prevalent in contemporary social and political arenas in Israel and throughout the world. Speakers incl...…
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…World Shattered Peace? Tel Aviv bombing threatens Israeli-Palestinian truce. DAN BARON Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tel Aviv I sraeli officials talked tough in response to a suicide bombing in a Tel Aviv nightclub Feb. 25, but they resisted declaring an end to a cease- fire. Last Friday night's attack on the Stage killed five people and wounded more than 50, turning the usually raucous Tel Aviv beachfront promenade into a nightmare of bloo...…
…JOIN US N ISRAEL World SHATTERED PEACE? step up military activity that is designed to protect the lives of Israeli citizens." Israeli and Palestinian security forces, working together, made eight arrests in the incident. The attack could also hinder any additional release of Palestinian prison- ers. Israel recently released 500 of them and has said it would free another 400, but Israeli Cabinet Minister Tzipi Livni told Palestinian official...…
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…OTHER VIEWS The Secret Of The Jews New York he air was electric in Jewish communities across the conti- nent and around the world for weeks before it happened. "It" was the Daf Yomi Siyum HaShas, which occurs but once every seven years and took place on March 1 for the 11th time since the Talmud- study program it celebrates was intro- duced. This most recent Siyum HaShas (completion of the Talmud) brought together more Jews than any other ev...…
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…Business Professional Forum Topic: Anti-Semitism B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region, Center for Jewish Identity, will host a lunch and learn 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township. Betsy Kellman, director of Michigan Region Anti-Defamation League (ADL), will speak on 'Anti-Semitism Is Not Ancient History, It's a Current Event." The $10 charge includes a kosher lunch. This Jewis...…
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