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…750 s r. THE IIENM ti N S DETROIT 12 ADAR Inside HEALTH Casket Question What does Judaism say about donating bodies? Page 44 HEBRON CRISIS The Aftermath One man's action affected people here and abroad. The mitzvot and the meshuga of Jewish police officers. Story on Page 62 5 7 5 4/MARCH 4, 1994 Borman Plan Approved De-Fusing Jewish Federation officials announce a plan for Borman Hall. Local Jews express sorrow. RUTH LITIMANN...…

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…DETROIT I THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CIV No. 26 Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum Alan Nasky Staff Writers Jennifer Finer Ruth Ullmann Lesley Pearl Steve Stein Contributing Editor Elie Wiesel Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Correspondents Ina Friedman Larry Derfner Photographer Glenn Triest Local Columnists Danny Raskin Carla Jean Schw...…

…• I xio.M"vin data Constructive Actions, Without A Violence Factor Jews don't kill, Jews don't hate. We wish that were the sum total of the truth. But what has been even more distressing than the murderous act of Dr. Baruch Goldstein is the reaction we've seen and heard from other Jews. For a rabbi, a man of God, to eulogize that one million Arabs aren't worth the fingernail of a sin- gle Jew, is stunning in its viciousness. For other "re...…

…A Difference Of Opinion Seeking An Atonement For A Horrible Act SHARMA SHAPIRO SPEC AL TO THE JEWISH NEWS I struck the match, touched the flame to the wicks, closed my eyes, hands curling, tried to recite the Sabbath candles blessing and I began to weep. The needless deaths of 40 Mus- lims, young and old, the de- struction of hopes and dreams for peace between Israelis and Arabs and the instant wiping out of much of the inroads to- ward tr...…

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…For Purim! Baby Bop and Queen Esther (also known as students in Beth Norman's "On My Own" class at Akiva Hebrew Day School) enjoy a fun-filled Purim. Photos by GLENN TRIEST As part of the festivities, students brought treats and prepared shalach manot for each other. There were plenty of cookies, but nobody brought carrots. Adina Applebaum wonders when she can finallyopen that box of animal crackers. U) O cc Ariel Halpem takes time out...…

…Students Join Miss Norman In delivering shalach mid At right, Rachel Barth as Barney's pal, Baby Bop. Mel Halpern, Adina Applebaum, Miriam Barth, Beth Norman and Rachel Barth: Who says school Isn't fun? …

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…'‘w . 4 ITZLAa 4:7 1994 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY Swastika Drawn On WSU Office ' , RUTH UTT1VIANN STAFF WRITER 4 111 ewish students at Wayne State University discov- ered a swastika outside the Hillel office last Fri- day following news of the killings at the mosque in Hebron. The students alerted Hillel program director Neil Gottheil, who called campus police. A WSU administrator covered the swastika with spray paint. There are no sus...…

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…11 0 kit!ktl 0,,, 71 n94 1994 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Local Jews Answer Killings 00kidAtt) lots - RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER H arriet Drissman of Farm- ington Hills thinks the world has a double stan- dard for Jews and Arabs. To prove it, she points to the in- ternational outrage over last week's massacre in Hebron. "You have at least 35 to 40 Jews who have been killed since that famous handshake be- tween Yitzhak Rabin and Yas- sir Arafat ...…

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…, ing quiet precautions. Their ac- tions came after news of an in- cident halfway around the world: An Israeli settler had en- tered a mosque and killed wor- shiping Palestinians. There were reasons for the boards' concern. At Temple Israel on Friday, a receptionist at the main switchboard received a phone call between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. An unidentified man said: "Death to Temple Israel. Heil Hitler!" Temple administrators re- ported the inc...…

…CO M Milli A R 4 CH , 19 9 Ms. Orbach To Speak For Beth Elders velyn Orbach, artistic di- rector of the Jewish En- semble Theatre (JET), will be the guest speaker at the noon March 15 luncheon of the Tem- ple Beth El Beth Elders. Her topic will be 'The Coming ofAge of the American Jewish The- ater." Ms. Orbach began her theatrical career as a child in her native New York. She is a graduate of the High School of Performing Arts. As dir...…

…03' School Funding Forum At JCC A forum on the school funding crisis will be held at the Maple- Drake Jewish Community Cen- ter 7:30 p.m. March 10. The forum features Reps. Maxine Berman (D-Southfield), Barbara Dobb (R-Commerce), David Gubow (D-Huntington Woods), Nelson Saunders (D- Detroit), and Sen. David Honig- man (R-West Bloomfield). It will be held five days before the state-wide election on the issue. Shelley Paros, chairwoman of the ...…

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…aMtMe ',RAM OLDSMOBILES SAABS FOR LESS FOR LESS • Farrakhan Is Given Television Platform Los Angeles (JTA) — Louis Farrakhan, basking in the spotlight of national atten- tion, used the platform of a late- night television show to repeat his well-worn charges that Jews had controlled the African slave trade, while rejecting the label of a "black Hitler." Appearing on the syn- dicated Arsenio Hall Show on Feb. 25, days after being featured o...…

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…as a defense counsel for Demjanjuk than as a repre- sentative of the court." The Israeli Supreme Court overturned the conviction last July, finding compelling evidence that Demjanjuk had served as an SS guard at the Sobibor death camp and at the Flossenburg and Regensburg concentration camps. Demjanjuk returned to the United States and has re- portedly lived in seclusion. He may still be deported as a result of a 1981 ruling by U.S. District J...…

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…Here's The Pitch! ISRA EL DIGEST California aims to increase trade with Israel. Specially compiled by The Jerusalem Post —$1 EQUALS 2.9760 NIS (shekels) - Close Price 2/23/94 — Shake-Up Won't Stop Expansion The latest Israel stock market cession in the country's tradi- shake-up will not substan- tional trading partners in Eu- tially affect the current eco- rope. nomic expansion because Ms. Gal-Yam rejected Eco- growth is based on an incr...…

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…Countrywide, we're #1 and we do Jumbos. Economic Freedom Is Low Israel ranks among the lowest countries in economic freedom in the world, according to the Institute for Advanced Strate- gic and Political Studies' annu- al scorecard on the country's economy. A point of light in the other- wise gloomy report was the stock market, which received high marks for affording "en- trepreneurs access to capital without subjecting themselves to the sta...…

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…THE BEST OF THE BEST! Planning Conference Set The Federated Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is host- ing a conference on personal planning March 22 at the Max M. Fisher Building. The 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. lun- cheon will feature seminars on investing, estate planning, long- term health care, hospice care issues, organ donations and ways to contribute to the com- munity while ensuring the strength of personal as...…

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…F r 0_, ,) C AUTOMOTIVE Sede Eliyahu in the Jordan Valley. He founded the Israel Bio-Organic Agricultural Associatio (IBOAA), which to- day has 200 members, main- ly kibbutz collectives and moshav cooperative set- tlements. The IBOAA makes regular field inspections and enforces international stan- dards such as the re- quirements for export to the European Economic Community. Under these regulations fields must be left fallow for three years ...…

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…CADILLAC® CREATING A HIGHER STAN CoARC ■ Clinton, Kohl Rabin Blocks Talk Reparations Smoking Ban Washington (JTA) — Presi- dent Clinton this week join- ed the fight for Hugo Princz, a Holocaust survivor denied war reparations by the Ger- man government because of his American citizenship. Mr. Clinton raised the matter in his private meeting with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl Mr. Princz's attorney said. Neither the White House nor the German...…

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…Mitchells To Lead Romney Campaign S uzan Singer Mitchell and her husband, Steve Mitchell, two notable Re- publicans from West Bloomfield, are putting their support behind U.S. Senate can- didate Ronna Romney. Each will campaign on the professional staff of Ms. Rom- ney, the former state Republi- can chairwoman and radio talk show host. Ms. Singer Mitchell, 39, pres- ident of Mitchell Research and Communications, will act as deputy campaign d...…

…de' A funeral can take place, even without the body. uter, University of Mich A University of Michigan Medical School professor supervises the dissection of a cadaver. w w CC H- LLJ LLJ 44 all me morbid. Inspiration for this article came when I accompanied a medical-school friend to his gross anatomy class. The ques- tion that immediately crossed my mind was: What does Jew- ish law say about donating our bodies to science? "Plug you...…

…inVfXga'PWN.1, Do ► 't Eat The Blueberri World Jewry comes to the rescue of children living in a dangerous land. RUTH UTTPAANN STAFF WRITER Jewish young people at Kfar Chabad are reunited with their parents who make allyah.. R Above: Dr. Zeev Weschler, head of the Chabad Children Of Cher- nobyl medical team, examines a 14-year-old boy from the disaster area. Right: Radiation from the Cher- nobyl meltdown caused eye prob- lems for many y...…

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…eeigi Beat Chiropractic Health Hints WITH DR. STANLEY LEVINE, D.C. SCIATIC PAIN Sciatica can be a severely painful condition. It is caused by inflammation of the sciatic nerve, a nerve which runs from the lower back through the hip and down the leg. The most common cause of sciatica is pinching or irritation of the nerve in the lower spine. Sciatica is one of the most common conditions for back surgery and has a high risk of complications....…

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