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…This Week When Worlds Collide What happens when Halloween and Shabbat fall on the same night? SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer T his year, the struggle over whether Jewish children should celebrate Halloween, a holiday with pagan roots, is complicated by the holiday falling on the eve of Shabbat this year, Oct. 31. Some Jews do not believe in trick-or-treating on any night of the week; others do not observe Shabbat whether or not it co...…
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…The Holocaust Memorial Center Cordially invites the community to attend the dedication dinner Celebrating the opening of our new campus in Farmington Hills Illuminating the past. Enlightening the future. Museum of European Jewish Heritage Holocaust Museum International Institute of the Righteous rY Alan Zekelman HMC President Shari Ferber Kaufman Dinner Chair Sunday Evening the Ninth of November, Two Thousand and Three Renaissance Bal...…
…Scorched! At California synagogue, congregants struggle with effects of wildfires. TOM TUGEND Jewish Telegraphic Agency Los Angeles y phone, e-mail and word of mouth, the bad news kept piling up at Congregation Emanu El in San Bernardino, Calif. The homes of six member families had been burned to the ground in the devastating wildfires sweeping across southern California. Another 30-40 families from the congregation were forced to evacuate,...…
…In The Middle Fewer in number but more vibrant, Conservative Jewry looks to future. JOE BERKOFSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York is a Shabbat morning, and Rabbi David Wolpe looks out over the main sanctuary of Sinai Temple in downtown Los Angeles at a sea of faces. Normally, Rabbi Wolpe sees 1,000 intrepid Shabbat synagogue-goers, he says, not bad for a synagogue with 1,600 families. Of the Shabbat faithful, typi- cally "980 drive to sy...…
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…Insight •Vo.••••• ■ Ideas & Issues -: Remember When Standing Strong From the pages of the Jewish News from this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. Christian Zionists show staunch support for Israel. At a Havdalah service at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., President Bill Clinton addresses the B'nai Kith on the importance of religious freedom in America. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News A nationwide network of C...…
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…OTHER VIEWS Fighting A Double Standard S o let's try once more to point out the proverbial double standard as it applies to Israel in the Middle East conflict. A group of Israeli fighter pilots refuse to fly missions that may cause deaths or injuries to Palestinian civilians. Let us put aside what such a decision means to the principle of military command — or whether one opposes or sup- ports such a decision — and exam- ine how the pilots'...…
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…INSIDE: Community Calendar Mazel Toy! 39 44 Economic Visions Friends of Woodward Avenue honor urban developers who renew its vitality. SHARON LUCKERMAN StaffWriter IF oodward Avenue, the Main Street of our region, stretches 27 miles, from down- town Detroit through 10 suburban com- munities. It touches countless lives, from residents to business owners to students and seniors. Each year since 1993, the Friends of Woodward has bestowed ...…
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…Russian Roots THE CENTER ,LWISH B OK FAI Cultured Kids November 5-16, 2003 SCHEDULE Russian youngsters get a smattering of the arts. PHOTOS BY ALEX LUMELSKY I ntroducing kids to culture can be challenge — or it can be a whole lot of fun. At second annual Russian Festival held recently at the Michigan Russian Cultural Center in Clawson, children of Russian heritage were regaled with Russian music, art, ballet, puppet theater and Moscow...…
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…'N\ k 41z1 ‘,‘ Calendar Rabbi Yoskowitz discusses "David the Leader: Brutal and Benevolent; Lessons on Leadership" (Nov. 4) and "David the Family Man: Faithful and Unfaithful" (Nov. 19). Upcoming Events Events in Metro Detroit Paul Ritchie, Arts & Entertainment; Cheryl Chodin, Seniors; Irwin Cohen, Education; Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz, Men's Groups. S HAB BAT SHALOM Congregation B'nai Moshe — Saturday, Nov. 1. Rabbi Harvey Meirovich spea...…
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…Maze! Toy! THE LACE COLLECTION , ALBERS-FINN V ictoria Lee Albers and William Jason Finn were recently mar- ried at the El Dorado Golf and Country Club in Commerce Township. Rabbi Michael Moskowitz of Temple Shir Shalom officiated. The bride is the daughter of Henry and Joyce Albers of New Hudson. The groom is the son of Ann Finn of West Bloomfield. Matron of honor was Kelly Kuzma, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Kathy Carter and La...…
