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…To Life! Spiritual Stripe A weaving project has students and adults wrapped in Judaism. I Elizabeth Applebaum I Contributing Editor • B efore walking into the room less than 30 min- utes earlier, Sydney Schaefer, 11, knew nothing about weaving. Now she sits at a loom, her feet pushing pedals, her hands pulling the thick, white thread back and forth. Already she has created half a tallit, which she plans to wear when she becomes bat mitzva...…
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…ewish seventh- and eighth-graders enjoyed 'a fun-filled afternoon Dec. 18 at Joe Dumar's Fieldhouse in Shelby Township. They checked out the high ropes, a climbing wall, laser tag, a giant slide, bungee jumping, miniature golf and games galore as part of a program sponsored by BBYO's Teen Connection. Clockwise from top left: • Jared Davis, 12, of West Bloomfield keeps hitting the jackpot. • Alex Fedder, 13, of West Bloomfield checks out the ga...…
…TFENS Wit h Attitude! The annual "RC" is a weeklong success for Michigan Region BBYO. Staff Photos by Angie Baan T he Michigan B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Regional Convention was held at the West Bloomfield JCC and other locations Dec. 26-30. Some 383 teenage members from 21 chapters in Metro Detroit, Windsor and Ann Arbor participated. The theme of the convention was "Believe in the Beauty of Your Dreams." Overall coordinators were S...…
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…EJ f"-) Roasting 2006 Creating .„• , , X15 3n .., .: that tk '1/4,„, delicious S et' ....a- , -,, _. "skin" that keeps in the flavor. Annabel Cohen Special to the Jewish News I n essence, roasting is cooking, over flame or heat, without adding liquid to the food and without covering it during the cooking process. This method of cooking is also considered "dry heat" The beauty of roasting is a crust — a caramelization ...…
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…aro Break The Silence! Domestic abuse expert to speak to public and professionals. Ronelie Grier Special to the Jewish News ova S. had no idea her hus- band had a temper until three months into their marriage. In the middle of an argument, he picked up a ham- mer he had been using to fix the sink and smashed it into the wall less than two inches from her head. Within weeks, these kinds of incidents began to occur regu- larly. Prior to that...…
…World C.) NI HL / Like No Other In The World A World Zionist Congress primer Don Cohen Special to the Jewish News ewspapers have been full of stories on the recent Iraqi and Egyptian elections as well as the upcoming Palestinian (January) and Israeli (March) elections. But what about the Jewish elections? "The World Zionist Congress — known to many as the Parliament of the Jewish People' — is the premiere democratic gathering of Jews ...…
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…World ON i HE COVER Vote from page 28 Theodor Herzl, highlighted by circle, at the first World Zionist Congress in 1897 in Basel, Switzerland The Jerusalem Program Before you cast your vote on the direction of Zionism, you must show your commitment to the principles of Zionism by accepting the Jerusalem Program. The World Zionist Congress adopted the list of ideals and princi- ples in 1951 and revised the program in 1968. The growing pow...…
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…World FEDERATION'S FAMILY MIRACLEA MISSION A A Mission Families connect with Israel and Israelis in Jerusalem and the Central Galilee. Don Cohen Special to the Jewish News Jerusalem elcome home! That is what members of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Family Miracle Mission have heard wherever they've gone. In Israel, the greeting emphasized that Israel is the Jewish homeland, but it also was appropriate corn- ing from ...…
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…Historic Discovery Jerusalem f Dr. Richard Mark of West Bloomfield didn't make history on the Mission, there is no doubt he uncovered it. "The guide just freaked out;' Mark said of the first reaction to the inscribed shard of pottery dug out of the dirt at Beit Guvrin, a site open to tourists who want to try their hand at archeology . According to the chief archeologist at the site, who was sum- moned immediately and quickly cordoned off the ...…
…o n Struggling To Make The Grade With its educational system slipping, Israel moves to test school reform program. Dina Kraft Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tel Aviv he environmental-stud- ies teacher kneels with a group of second-graders in a garden patch as together they plant a row of cabbage seeds, digging just deeply enough to protect the plants they will become. The seemingly ordinary activity is a first for the Gderot School in central ...…
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…World DIGEST Iranian Arsenal? Jerusalem/JTA — The head of the Mossad said Iran is trying to develop more than one nuclear weapon. "The concern is that if they manage to acquire the bomb, they will not make do with the fissile materials required for one, but will go on producing larger amounts," Meir Dagan told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in his annual briefing Tuesday. According to Dagan, Iran is months away from being...…
…lOpinion Editorials are posted and archved on JNonline.us. Editorial Feeling Good But Unfulfilled U.S. congresswoman from Florida, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, has successfully spbnsored a resolu- tion that would designate every January as Jewish History Month. The vote was 423-0, and it is awaiting the signature of President George W. Bush. His aides say the proposal is being studied. It's a feel-good sort of thing with no legal force. It wo...…
…Opinion OTHER vi F A Approaching Interfaith Outreach New York City he Jewish community's ongoing loss of interfaith couples and their children testifies to the failure of past strategies designed to keep them within the fold.. If We are to reverse this — and we must to stabilize Judaism's future in North America — a new and creative response to the prob- lem is needed immediately. Studies show that children are raised as Jews in 96 percent...…
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…Have lunch and hear a concert by vocalist Gina Marie and pianist Martin Mandelbaum at noon Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Oak Park JCC. $2.75 for lunch, $1 program for nonmembers. (248) 967- 4030. Listen to the sounds of Soulfarm, a vocal-guitar duo formed in Israel, and have a dessert buffet at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Young Israel of Oak Park, 15140 W.10 Mile, Oak Park. $25. Call (248) 352-6550 for reserva - tions. Education Learn beginn...…
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