…;A., ,k*0 lidon Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: -- www.d.etroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones The Value Of Learning ommunication is the heartbeat of a syna- gogue. Without it, disenchantment lurks and threatens to disrupt a congregation at its core. The board of directors at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, one of Detroit Jewry's most enduring houses of worship, finds itself embroiled in con- troversy after making a financial decis...…
…OTHER VIEWS Seeds: Misguided Myths Seeds: Truly Zionist here is something equivalence between terrorist he Jewish communi- the record straight. _ wrong with this scene: actions to kill Jews and ty in Detroit always Seeds of Peace is supported, American Jewish teens Christians and actions to stands for a strong endorsed and attended by in West Bloomfield destroy the infrastructure of ter- and safe Israel. many Israelis whom the arm themselve...…
…Ending the Cozy Saudi Tie Philadelphia ush administration officials and leading U.S. senators responded very differently to the news that Princess Haifa al-Faisal, wife of Prince Bandar, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, had given many thou- sands of dollars to a person connected to two of the 9-11 suicide hijackers. Their difference highlights a problem that needs addressing through congres- sional legislation: undue Saudi i...…
…OTHER VIEWS HALEVI from page 33 They need your help. Children should not be afraid. They should not be afraid to walk to school, ride the bus or go out and play. Children like David and Avi should be allowed to be children. But it is hard to be a child in Israel when lives are being shattered by terrorist acts. With your help, there is hope. Through your generosity, Jewish National Fund will continue to construct security roads along Israel'...…
…INSIDE: Community Calendar 42 Mazel Toy! 44 okinfiA01,944:04 • Israel's hilly terrain challenges local riders on ALYN hospital's charity bike ride. CMY ALYN "Wheels of Love" cyclists. ast mon e Jerusalem to ride Love" International Charity Bike Our cycling goal was to trek across the southern half of Israel and reach Eilat fiN,e days and 450 kilometers later. More than 100 other cyclists joined us. Each was responsible for raising t...…
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…Mazel Toy! Bar/Bat Mitzvah friends. He has spent much of his free time over the last few years apprentic- ing in the building trades. His class, under the leadership of Rabbi Avraham Cohen, participates in a bi- monthly mitzvah project of visiting numerous senior citizen facilities and nursing homes. Jennifer Emily Lada, daughter of Warren and Sandy Lada, became a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 30, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfie...…
…Et t4mbae.4. , Rebecca Leigh Trivax, daughter of Diana and Judge Bryan Levy and sis- ter of Stefanie and David, will read from the Torah on the occasion of her bat mitzvah Saturday, Dec. 7, at Temple Israel. She is the grand- child of Ana and Harry Trivax and the late Betty Levy. Sharing in the simchah will be her very proud great-grandmother Isabel Salazar. She is also the great- grandchild of the late Manuel Salazar. Rebecca attends Hille...…
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…Sharone, - We are forever proud of you &your accomplishments. MAZEL TOV on your early graduation with honors from MSU GRAND-SILVERTON S haron and Michael Silverton of Farmington Hills are thrilled to announce the engagement of their daughter Amy Hope to Daniel Alan Grand, son of Joel and Cheryl Grand of Bloomfield Hills and Bobbie Beser of Phoenix, Ariz. Amy received her bachelor's degree in nursing from Michigan State University and her ...…
…Mazel Toy! Weddings HOROWITZ-NADLER A my Caryn Nadler and Andrew David Horowitz were married recently at Tribeca Rooftop in New York City. Rabbi Rolando Matalon and Cantor Ari Priven of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York officiated. Amy is the daughter of Donna and Robert Gould of New York City and -David and Francesca Nadler of Westport, Conn. Andrew is the son of Lorie Horowitz of West Bloomfield and Alan and Debbie Horowitz, also o...…
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…The Glow Of Chanukah . . . 54 Synagogue Listings . . 55 Torah Portion 57 Becoming a bar mitzvah as an adult, Harold Folkoff is Rabbi David Nelson and Cantor Samuel Greenbaum stand with Harold Folkoff while he prac- tices his Torah reading. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer W hen my mother died two years ago, I promised myself two things," remembers 50-year-old Harold Folkoff of Oak Park. "I would learn to say Kaddish (memorial pra...…
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…The Glow Of Chanukah Menorah-topped vehicles form Oak Park to West Bloomfield procession. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer T he-annual Chabad Student Outreach parade of menorah-topped cars and trucks had a new addi- tion this year. "For the first time, our members joined in," says Itty Shemtov, who directs the Shul-Chabad Lubavitch in West Bloomfield with her husband, Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov. "The last 20 cars were ours." By the time the ...…
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…S Torah Portion God's Plan For Us Allows Freedom To Shane Our Lives concept have written their own pre- scription for failure. We should say beshert only after the fact, and not in advance. The student who begins the semester with the attitude that he has no influence over his academic achievement will fail. A husband •and wife who take a detached view uring the course of these of their marriage, uncertain as to weeks, we read the story whe...…
…1Vir. "'resident Former Detroiter Lawrence Bacow brings Yiddishkeit to Tufts University. ALAN ABRAMS Special to the Jewish News L awrence S. Bacow broke a 150-year-old barrier at Tufts University when he became the school's first Jewish president in September 2001. Located near Boston in Medford, Mass., and home to the internationally renowned Fletcher School of Diplomacy, Tufts was founded by Unitarian preachers. It may seem an unlikely j...…
…Bacow downplays the importance of the petition. "The 16 faculty members out of 800 who signed the petition never presented it to me," he said. "To put it in context, 16 facul- ty members will sign a petition of almost any type on most any campus." The petition, which also was circulated among Harvard University faculty, prompt- ed Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers, who also is Jewish [see related story] to call such actions in a speech "...…
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…Memos Dedicated Yet Diverse College student at national assembly finds many share her passion for Jewish community. to see so many others with the same had the privilege of attending passion. the United Jewish It does not matter what aspect of Communities' General Jewish cultural, religious or political Assembly in Philadelphia Nov. life they care so deeply about. What 20-22. matters is that they are dedicated to This conference is an oppor...…
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…we the New Year a Colorful , In the photo above, I'm seated with Fox 2 reporter Lee Thomas and architect Keenie Fieger after a television segment called "House of Style." t's the place we gather with friends, share conversa- tion, celebrateholidays and break bread with family. A table, while functional, also reflects who we are and how we live. And a table setting can make a per- sonal statement that impacts all those who admire it. With th...…
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