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…Calendar from page A27 Unity And Diversity Howard Lupovitch Learn more about Reform, Orthodox, Conservative and Reconstructionist Judaism at the next session of Prof. Howard N. Lupovitch's Jewish history book club series 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. His lec- ture on "Unity, Diversity and the Melting Pot" is based on Jonathan Sarna's award-winning book, American Judaism. Walk-ins a...…
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…Opinion OTHER VIEWS U-M Press' Hate-Filled Tie S ince 2004, the University of Michigan has been the sole distributor for London-based Pluto Press, which publishes some of the most anti-Israel, anti-Semitic and anti- American tracts available in the United States. More than a dozen of these books advo- cate the destruction of the Jewish state and any book dealing with Israel can be trusted to vilify Zionism. Neither U-M Press nor Pluto Pres...…
…THE RUC/ GALLERY of West Bloomfield rme OUT is quite clear that U-M is becom- ing known among those who hate Israel as a safe haven to legitimize activist anti-Israel polemics and anti-Semitic rhetoric. It is becoming clear that the university and President Mary Sue Coleman need to publicly condemn anti-Semitism in any form and clarify that U-M will not condone nor endorse hatred for Jews and Judaism masked as criticism of Israeli policies....…
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