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…tr IN Contents Advocating For Israel ---111•1•1/- JNonline.us June 5-11, 2008 2-8 Sivan 5768 Vol. CXXXIII, No. 18 Nutritionally Speaking New AIPAC President David Victor of Bloomfield Hills addresses the 7,500-delegate policy conference Monday night in Washington, D.C. By Barbara Beznos, RD, LD/N Integrated Nutrition, Section A On The Cover: Metro Positive approach guides teacher of 50 years. Yeshivat Avika Shines A18 Two young B...…
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…Editor's Letter TO EACH Victor's AIPAC Imprint SPONSOR, VOLUNTEER, U ppermost on the white-hot agenda of American Jewry's most powerful pro-Israel congressional lobby are the Iranian nuclear threat, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S. foreign aid. So it matters who becomes presi- dent of the United States. And it matters who sits on both sides of the congressional aisle. So says David Victor of Bloomfield Hills, the new national pr...…
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…• • Students have always come first for teacher Robert Lichtman, wht retires after 50 year in the classroom. positive approacrfortas sustained Bob Lichtman and tudents over• 50 years. ot Alan Hitsky Associate Editor T imes sure have changed. When Robert Lichtman began teaching social studies at Detroifs Nolan Junior High School in 1958, he daily wore a three-piece suit, carried a briefcase and taught from behind a podium. Now, as he...…
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…I Metro Yeshivat Akiva teacher and Bible contest mentor Rabbi Pinchas Amior is flanked by super-students Dovi Nadel and Elizabeth Goldmeier. Making History! A pair of Yeshivat Akiva Bible scholars take Israel by storm. Pessie Buse! Novick Special to the Jewish News T he eight finalists include ... Elizabeth Goldmeier, Yeshivat Akiva, Southfield, Michigan; Dovi Nadel, Yeshivat Akiva, Southfield, Michigan ..." Never before have two student...…
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…At AIPAC's Helm New national leader with Michigan ties energizes delegates to "step up." David Victor of Bloomfield Hills takes the podium as new AIPAC national president. Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor D avid Victor, 49, of Bloomfield Hills is the father of four young children. He also just became national president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a demanding two-year commitment that will keep him focused on l...…
…Massive Persuasion Iran sanctions figure large in AIPAC lobbying. Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington, D.C. A s 7,500 AIPAC activists ascend- ed Capitol Hill this week, they pushed a multifaceted agenda with a clear bottom line: It's the sanctions. Some new wrinkles in the lobbying blitz that traditionally follows the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy forum deal with the role of Arab nations in advancing ...…
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…World Beyond Today Jerusalem/JTA A crush of world leaders and their security details mixed with Buddhist monks, rabbis, novel- ists and Internet entrepreneurs at Israel's splashy 60th anniversary celebration hosted by President Shimon Peres. Franklin's Jane Sherman, co-chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel's Israeli Committee and a member of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Board of Governors, represented Detroit Jewry. The ...…
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…Opinion POINT COUNTERPOINT Border peace equals regional stability. Jerusalem/ITA 0 n May 21, the ground shook in the Middle East as two separate and significant conflicts sud- denly and simultaneously headed in the right direction: toward peace. Warring Lebanese factions meeting in Doha, Qatar, reached an agreement after 18 months of great tension, and Israel and Syria announced the re-launching of formal peace talks following eight year...…
…Matthews-Hargreaves CHEVROLET citizenship status of these refugees, as well as their ability to return to a future Palestine or instead choose financial compensation. The agreement also will deal with Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas. Israel will demand the dissolution of Syria's contacts with these parties. Syria will have to compromise and swallow this bitter pill, but likely will agree only to change the nature of its military ties with these pa...…
…Spirituality HOLIDAY 101 Shavuot The time of the giving of our Torah. Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News T he Holiday: Shavuot, or "weeks," in Hebrew, lasts for two days (in most Reform congregations, one day). Shavuot is celebrated on the 6th and 7th of Sivan on the Jewish calendar, which this year falls on Monday, June 9, and Tuesday, June 10. Of course, Jewish holidays begin the eve- ning before, so Shavuot actually starts...…
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