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…THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CII No. 26 Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Emeritus Philip Slomovitz Managing Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editor Alan Hltslry Assistant Editor Elizabeth Applebaum Staff Writers Kimberly Lifton Ruth Llttmann Lesley Pearl Contributing Editor Elie Wiesel Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Correspondents Ina Friedman Larry Dertner Photographer Glenn Triest Local ...…
…Crossing The Bridge As Jewish Community Center cultural arts director Adele Silver said, the production of Crossing The Broken Bridge is important, but it's what happens after the play about black- Jewish relations that really counts. Ms. Silver is correct. With our common en- emies reveling at the thought of a wedge be- tween Jews and blacks and the problems that surfaced in Crown Heights and elsewhere, it seems as if the bridge, at least lo...…
…Editor's Notebook Community Views In America, Ideals Observed More In Theory Than Practice When Terror Strikes Home ALAN D. GOODMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS GARY ROSENBLATT EDITOR My biggest dis- appointment on "coming to Am- erica" was that a number of the ideals which the United States of America is sup- posed to stand for were observed more in the- ory than in practice. South Africa, the country of my birth, has been rightfully crit...…
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…ck Yeshiva Beth Yehudah has made some painful financial decisions, but its schools are now facing a brighter future. LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER ess than a year ago, Yeshiva Beth Yehudah and the Sally Allan Alexander Beth Jacob School for Girls faced pos- sible demise. But today there is a different mood at the Jewish day schools. "There's a new feeling here due to the board of directors. They pulled the school out of a severe financial crisi...…
…K. Toure Or Stokley Carmichael: His Venom Is The Same JENNIFER FINER SPECIAL TO THE JEW SH NEWS t was supposed to be about Malcolm X and the empowerment of /- blacks, but Kwame Toure, formerly Stokley Carmichael, wasted no time attacking Zionists during a speech he gave ) Feb. 18 at Michigan State \, University. ' Within the first few minutes of his speech, Mr. ) Toure's comments in- I' eluded statements like, "Zionists are slimy pigs." He a...…
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…Music Month Concert At Shaarey Zedek A free concert in celebration of Jewish Music Month will take place 7:30 p.m. March 16 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. It will feature three musicians in a program of music by Israeli composers and standard classics. The musicians are Fedora Horowitz, pianist; Yehudi Hanani, cellist; and Eli Eban, clarinetist. Eban formed throughout the world, in his native Israel, and with the Chicago Symphony, Philadelp...…
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…Meet Steve Thomas Star of TV's This Old House at the Annual HOME SWEET HOME SHOW Sunday, March 14, 1993 10 a.m.-4 p.m. C.A. C=o THE DETRO IT JEWISH NEWS Southfield Pavilion • 26000 Evergreen, Southfield • More than 60 booths featuring the latest in home improvements • • Demonstrations • Door prizes • Admission: $1 per person, or $2 per family Call the Neighborhood Project, 967-1112, for details Sponsored by: • The Neighborhood Proj...…
…Follo Up A fresh look at some of the stories we reported on in the past weeks. P'TACH Eases $ Situation ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR o- arents for Torah for All Children is not out of the financial woods, but the organization eased p according to board chair- man Michael Hochheiser. While serving 26 students — the same as last year — schedules were arranged so more students would share the same class time. Several teachers with higher ...…
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…Heavenly News Los Angeles — A survey of Christian, Jewish and Moslem theologians in the United States has found that 96 percent say God is neither male nor female, black or white. Asa result, 97 percent of Americans have concluded that Michael Jackson is God. Meanwhile, New York Mayor David Dinkins has named the entertainer as a special envoy to racially troubled Crown Heights, where it is hoped he will be able to mediate a peace between the ...…
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…A TRAVELING JEWISH THEATRE of San Francisco JUNEBUG PRODUCTIONS of New Orleans present CROSSING THE BROKEN BRIDGE Created by Naomi Newman and John O'Neal, performers in collaboration with Steve Kent, director TH E D E TRO IT J E W IS H N E WS Crossing the Broken Bridge uses the lens of African American/Jewish relations to examine the forces that divide the human community. Through songs, poetry, stories and movement, Newman and O'Neal da...…
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…Close Up The New Jesse Jackson? Forgive-and- forget plays slowly in the Jewish community. JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT 1E1 ow do you read what is in a person's heart? Especially when that person is Rev. Jesse Jackson, a mercurial figure who has become a symbol of hope for many of America's disadvantaged as well an anathe- ma to many in the Jewish community for past statements critical of Israel and intemperate ui comments about...…
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