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…THE PART? OF THE CENTURY... WELL, AT LEAST OF THE LAST 90 YEARS The Detroit Chapter American Technion Society 44th Annual Party celebrates the 90th Birthday of Louis Berry Sunday, October 4, 1992 Congregation Shaarey Zedek 29645 west fourteen Mite Road Farmington Hills, MI 48334-1666 Phone: 1313) 73?-1990 Lawrence R. Berry President ISddC Lakritz Executive Director 2 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1992 General Chairmen David B. Hernielin Ja...…
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…DETROUr THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CI No. 26 Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz 'm Editor Emeritus Philip Slomovitz Managing Editor --, Phil Jacobs Associate Editor ' Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Elizabeth Applebaum Staff Writers Kimberly Litton Lesley Pearl — Contributing Editor Elie Wiesel Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent r ,- Douglas Davis Israel Correspondent a Ina Friedman Larry Derfner Local Columnists Danny...…
…Something Learned From A Teachers' Picket Line The teachers outside Hillel Day School carry picket signs asking for negotiations and changes in pay and benefit structure. But the truth is, figurative picket signs have been out there for years. Instead of pay raises and smaller class sizes, the community has been asking itself what of the future of day school education? Sadly, after two extensive task force reports on Jewish education in Detro...…
…1 Lt, 1 I Holocaust 'T9 Comparisons Thank you for Elizabeth E3 Applebaum's article Aug. 21 "Spare Me The Comparison." She articulated views of ► survivors who feel emotional- -, ly violated by the use of total- ly unsuitable vocabulary — Holocaust, genocide — to describe events. Many survivors are unable to express the hurt experienc- ed by the total lack of understanding of the tragic events and ensuing conse- , quences of the Hitler era. M...…
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…■■■ •■ ••• 1. 1 / Compiled by Elizabeth Applebaum All the inevvs that Dorothy Parker, Von Karman Will Take A Licking How About A Tel Aviv For A Shimon Peres? collector an overview of Israel," added emember the old days, when Mr. Berro's partner, Michael Ross. The you might trade a George Brett two met at the Sacramento Jewish Fed- for a Wade Boggs, but you eration, where each ran a fund-raising - would never get rid of a Dwight Good- p...…
…NEWS Israel Waiting For An Arab Gesture Despite some subtle positive signs, Jerusalem's delegation to the peace talks is frustrated. But Arab leaders have not matched the Israeli decision to halt most settlement ac- tivity or release the Pales- srael's well-publicized tinian prisoners; there has c onfidence-building been no indication of any gestures ("CBMs," in willingness to lift the Arab peace conference parlance) boycott, the confidence...…
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…NEWS A SPIRITUAL WEEKEND WITH RABBI ZALMAN M. SCHACHTER-SHALOMI Plaque Unveiled In Vichy Paris (JTA) — A plaque was unveiled at the site of the offices of the Vichy government, in memory of the Jews who were deported 50 years ago from unoc- cupied France. *)- Paris lawyer and Nazi- hunter Serge Klarsfeld, president of the Sons and Daughters of Jews Deported from France, affixed the memorial plaque at the en- trance of the Hotel du Parc, the...…
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…Edging The Competition ALAN HlTSKY Associate Editor The Detroit Maccabi team came home from Baltimore with plenty of medals and memories. 28 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1992 B altimore — Geoff Werber was the tradin' man of the track team. If the sun in Baltimore felt like it was south of the border, what better gear than a Mexican sombrero? Werber, of Oak Park, re- laxed at the Catonsville Community College track last week in the 92-degree hea...…
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…To The Board of Directors of Hillel Day School: key political adviser to PLO chief Yassir Arafat. She was accompanied by Naomi Chazan of the Meretz bloc. Ms. Chazan, a Hebrew Uni- versity professor, is present- ly out of the country, and the demand to remove her im- munity is still in effect. As it stands, the Israeli law provides up to three years' imprisonment for "any Israeli citizen or resi- dent who knowingly, and without authorization, ...…
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