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…May 8, 1998 Vol. CXIII No. 11 Up Front 8 Prayer For The Fallen Israel's martyrs are mourned at a Yom Hazikaron ceremony. Up Front. page 8 lippleTree 75 AppleTree. page 75 Love Letters From Mom Especially for Mother's Day, readers talk to their children. Close Up 85 A Song Of Peace Temple Shir Shalom looks to its past, and to the future. Entertainment Entertainment. page 94 92 out & About Comic Relief 94 Michael Goldman turned his...…

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…RENA FULKA Special to The Jewish News N eat rows of metal chairs stood vacant in the steady rain near the only monu- ment on United States soil erected as a memorial to Israel's fallen soldiers. But the 18,000 men and women who died defending the Jewish state were not forgotten on Yom Hazikaron, observed this year on Wednesday, April 29. At the sounding of a siren at 11 a.m., the crowd that sought shelter inside the Kahn Jewish Community Cen...…

…\ICA% `ASS, USA Connection, began reading the names from the lengthy list of soldiers who died in battle during five decades of war. Other members of the communi- ty stepped up to follow her lead. "My brother died in 1982 in the Lebanon war. He was the first soldier killed," recalled Waxman, as she fought back her tears. "It is very important for me to be at the only monument in the United States for fallen soldiers. There's no other way for ...…

…Three hems Enter County Race Three candidates are trying to succeed Gilda Jacobs as the 23rd District's county commissioner. JULIE EDGAR News Editor I mproving the quality, quantity and delivery of mental health services in the county is a key concern of the three candidates vying to represent Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge and a sliver of Royal Oak on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. They also believe the southeast e...…

…TEMPLE BETH EL invites you to attend two sensational events... ZE'EV CHAFETS COKIE ROBERTS "Orthodox Power in Israel: What It Means for World Jewry" "We Are Our Mother's Daughters" Sunday, May 17 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 19 7:00 p.m. Presented by Metro Parent Magazine A columnist for the Jerusalem Report and frequent commentator on ABC, CBS, CNN and NPR, Ze'ev Chafets is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. These incl...…

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…INTRODUCING • • • '4'77/1 41/ The Heritage 0 standards of ethical and moral behav- ior. A synagogue is a Bet Knesset (House of Assembly), a Bet TFillah (House of Prayer) and a Bet Midrash (House of Study). If our synagogue's spiritual leaders fail to live up to our Jewish ethical and moral precepts by example, to whom shall we and our children look for such guidance?" In his letter to the congregation, Lonnerstater also wrote: "We realize t...…

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…A Solemn Remembrance The hreeti soe y sonun o pro-., *city 4 k b kISS,Orn, e,,, pF r migration and This is not a miratie .nan beingi„ those who d those who have lost tY e people who trtate,4 :14,4r fallen friends wercte rtow know Az better Hundreds of gather at Congregation Shaarey Zedek to mourn for Israel's fallen soldiers. JULIE EDGAR News Editor KRISTA HUSA Photography Israel Defense Forces Major Yair Barkat, assistant defense and arm...…

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…— Home At Last The nomadic Congregation Shir Tikvah joyfully dedicates its new temple. JULIE EDGAR News Editor JOSHUA KRISTAL Photographer 1 is name is apt: Song of Hope. The spark was ignited in 1982, months before the tiny Troy Jewish Congregation was offered a temporary home at a Lutheran church. Five years later, con- gregants moved to Northminister Presbyterian Church, which they called home for 11 years. A year after that, in 1988, ...…

…Above: Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg and Shir Tikvah's president, Joseph Katz. Right: Andrea Briggs with her son, Willy, during the service. Below: Cong,regant/musician Dan Nichols surrounded by Shir Tikvah's younger members. 5/S 199 …

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…NEditorials Eight Over Eighty A Caring Crew op. They've lost a step but not their spark. And their zest for volunteerism and spirit of goodwill have helped brighten the lives of oth- ers. Most importantly, they've toiled without fanfare, fueled by heartfelt concern, not a thirst for plaudits. So we salute the newest inductees into the Jewish Federation Apartments' Eight Over Eighty Senior Adult Jewish Hall of Fame: Jerry Bielfeld, Walter Fi...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS Students Promote Spiritual Harmony s part of this year's fifth annual Dove Award dinner hosted by the Ecumenical Institute for Jewish-Chris- tian Studies, three student essay con- test winners were honored. Their theme was the theme of this year's dinner: "From Vision to Reali- ty. ” A The Institute is dedicated to help- ing children and adults learn more about each other's spirituality and to respect each other's beliefs. ...…

…IDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Dove Dinner Keeps Rev. Lyons' Quest For Peace Front And Center l Gerald Martin, editor of The Michi- f I am for myself alone, what am gan Catholic are true teachers of I? —Hillel peace. When the flood waters were Last week's Dove Dinner, themed receding, Noah dispatched sev- "From Vision to Reality," marked the eral birds. But it was the dove that first since Lyons' death on March 19 returned with the olive at age 60. bran...…

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…Dow, 0-0„,e HARMONY from page 30 Jewish-Christian studies are impor- tant today. Even now, in a world where cultures are integrated and reli- gions mingled, there are still people who cannot get along because they are afraid or because they don't under- stand. People like the Rev. Mark Jensen and a group like the Ecumeni- cal Institute of Jewish-Christian Stud- les are working to show these people the light and help them step out of the dark...…

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…Valor And Victimization Israel's 50th drew too many negatives. ir at Israel's Jubilee, the headline will likely read "Profiles in Courage, Valor and Victimization." Typical were newspaper stories that provided a sentence or paragraph or two about Israel's accomplishments, but then devoted major space to nega- tive characterizations about Israel's sour or surly mood, enumerating the obligatory shopping list of social and political problems. ...…

…The World bias was expectedly most critical. Its March-April issue was subtitled, "Israel at Fifty: A Compassionately Critical Analysis." Surf the Web and you will find that virtually every major American news- paper's Web site contained something associated with the event — the Washington Post, New York Times and CNN. My own contribution to the CNN Web site, aimed at presenting the positive side of Israel, was given a headline by CNN writers...…

…AJCongress Voices Its Dissent Leaders of the American Jewish Congress were in town this week for the usual briefings by Washington bigwigs and a round of lobbying that emphasized religious freedom issues. David Harris, Washington repre- sentative for the group, said that the Tuesday lobbying blitz focused on issues such as school vouchers and the group's strong opposition to the "reli- gious freedom" amendment to the Constitution, which would...…

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…"Somehow we are letting politics drive policy to a far greater extent than before," he told an audience that included a number of Arab ambas- sadors and journalists, as well as repre- sentatives of the Israeli Embassy in Washington. The administration's reluctance to risk the wrath of the Jewish communi- \- ,-Dty, he said, has crippled its efforts to serve as a genuine broker in the stalled talks. "We stand here today having fully leaked the U...…

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…GENERAL MOTORS LOYALTY FIRST REWARD \-1 /— ter for Jewish Education at the Jew- ish Theological Seminary, will speak at this week's Detroit JTS din- ner 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, at Adat Shalom Syna- gogue. Dr. Brown will present the seminary's Shin Award to hon- Steven Brown orees Beverly Baker and the late Morris Baker, Shaarey Zedek; Ernest and Dorothy Curtis, B'nai Moshe; Leonard Farber, Beth Abra- ham Hillel Moses; Paul and Leslie Mag...…

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