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…Greater New York donors, Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg called tensions in the Israeli Arab community a "civic volcano within Israeli society." "The unity of the Israeli people is no less important than the unity of the Jewish people," said Burg, a past chairman of the executive board of the Jewish Agency. Burg's sentiment was echoed in recent meetings between federation officials and Knesset members, according to John Ruskay, executive vice pre...…
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…Insight Ideas & Issues Remember When . . . From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. No Denying It 1990 A military court in Lod, Israel, sen- tenced to 30 years in prison 12 Arab terrorists captured in a failed attempt to attack the beaches near Tel Aviv. Anna Mickel of Southfield was one of the recipients of the Geri Award, an honor given to those who work on behalf of senior citizens. Dr. Deborah...…
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…Editorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.corn Dry Bones The Scourge Of AIDS Iff ary Fisher came home to Temple Beth El to keynote a coming-out against the global scourge of "a roaring con- flagration of agony" — HIV/AIDS. A daughter of Franklin's Marjorie and Max Fisher and the mother of two boys, Mary revealed that she was HIV positive in a 1992 speech at the Republi- ca...…
…AMBASSADOR BERMELIN REMEMBERED At Home Away From Home Our visit to the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, in August 1999 was the highlight of our trip to Scandinavia. We were greeted very warmly by Doreen Hermelin on the steps of a truly magnificent mansion, formerly owned by the Nobel family and now the official residence of the American ambassador to Norway. At about the same time her husband, David, our ambassador, arrived and greeted us in hi...…
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…JASON MILLER Special to the Jewish News GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY TO POLAND YIELDS AN UNEXPECTED LIVING RELATIVE. • • a a M :tft Kt • t fr • • • + ti • r..4 a 40 RI: n ag 0 0 r fig 2/ Research pays off for local grandfather and , 00 grandsons tracing their family roots. IV hile growing up, my maternal grandfather, Charlie Finkelstein of Rochester Hills, recalls listening to the many stories his parents told him about life in P...…
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…Community Spirituality A Small Miracle New group is providing Chanukah gifts for needy children. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaIf Writer F :.„ Paul Finkel and daughter, ennifer 6 or a small local group, helping the needy has gone beyond providing the necessities of food, shelter and clothing. "It's great to feed and provide essentials, but what about those who don't ever get to experience the joys of life?" asks Paul Finkel, founder of A ...…
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…ii-dooring Mezuzot add both style and substance to the Jewish home. BY SUSAN KLEINMAN 111 y friend Ida has a lovely mezuzah on her apartment door. Her parents have mezu- zot on the doorways to their homes. And her grandmother had them, too — right up there where everyone could see them as they entered her house. None of which would be _particularly interesting, except for the fact that Ida is Catholic, and her grandmother was born and li...…
