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…Contents 11111 DETROIT JEWISII NEWS A 2000 winner of Michigan Press Association and American Jewish Press Association awards www.detroitjewishnews.com March 9, 2001 Adar 14, 5761 Vol. CXIX, No. 4 This Week Spirituality 22 Mixing The Elements 50 Strangers Into Friends Chemistry of Sharon and Peres key to government longevity. Purim Project brings people together for fun, Purim mitzvot. Opinion 31 Signs Of Progress Internally and ...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com - F The Little Shul That Could ounded during a parking-lot conversation 18 years ago, the Troy Jew- ish Congregation seemed destined to fail. It had no rabbi and no sanctuary. And few Jews lived east of Woodward Avenue. Then came Rabbi Arnie, and its destiny changed. Every once in awhile, someone comes along who moves spiritual mountains and...…
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…Cover Story Making Their Grosse Pointe Jews, though small in number, thrive outside Detroit Jewry's core. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer F ar removed from the heavily-Jewish north- west suburbs, the Jews who live in the Grosse Pointes have created an east-side Jewish com- munity that fulfills all their needs. The group is not the typical Jewish congregation with a building and full-time clergy, but they mark milestones and holidays together,...…
…Clockwise from top left: ; Lauren Pankin Rabbi Behrrnann and bat mitzvah Dayna Hohlfeldt. The GPJC at the Walk for Israel in West Bloomfield in 1992. Deb Olson at Dayna Hohlfcldt's bat mitzvah. Bryant Frank, cantorial soloist. …
…Cover Story POINTE from page 14 about Shabbat, Hebrew, Torah and Israeli current events to about 23 curious stu- dents. Her 17-year-old daughter, Leah, tutors bar and bat mitzvah students. Classes are taught at three age levels, starting with kindergarten; adult Hebrew lessons also are offered. The GPJC has had similar luck in finding other pieces to complete the mosaic that defines its community. Search For Leadership For the first seven ...…
…At the 10 yearanniversary party in January 2000: past presidents Rita Goss, Steve Goldstein, Amy Moulton, Doug Camitta, Karen Feldman, Roger Robinson, Ron Feldman, Michael Kasky, Jan Weingarten and Jeff Weingarten.. Join us at Hillel Day School's FAMILY OPEN HOUSE Sunday, February 27, 2000 1:00-3:00 PM For prospective kindergarten and first grade families For more information or a copy of our brochure and videotape, please call (248) 851-...…
…Cover Story FAMILY CIRCLE SEMINAR For parents, educators and community professionals Sunday, March 25, 2001 Featuring Becea Hornstein Executive Director, Council for Jews with Special Needs, Scottsdale, Arizona At the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Family and Parenting Center of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 4200 Walnut Lake Road West Bloomfield 12:45 p.m. Kosher Lunch 1:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Parent and Professional seminar 3:00 p.m....…
…Staff Notebook Droz Fund Fights Closed Head Injuries Those who want to pay tribute to the late Matthew Droz, who died Feb. 16 of seizure disorder, may contribute to a new fund established in his memory. Memorials may be sent to the Matthew Droz Memorial Fund for Closed Head Injuries in care of Jeffrey Ellis, 2855 Coolidge, Suite 103, Troy, MI. 48084. Lvov University who immigrated to Oak Park last year. Although the exhibit, through March 2...…
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…■ Chemistry of Sharon and Peres, old friends and rivals, will be key to government longevity. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency A Jerusalem riel Sharon's national unity government, which was sworn in Wednesday, vvill rely on two key fac- tors for stability and longevity. One is a close and harmonious rela- tionship between Likud Prime Minister Sharon and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, the senior Labor Party minister in the cabinet. ...…
…that the Palestinian Authority be given an ultimatum to turn over mor- tars used to fire at Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. If it declines, said Ze'evi, a former general and anti-ter- rorism advisor, the army should invade Palestinian-ruled areas, "clean out the nests of terror" and take the weapons by force. An old personal friend of Peres and Sharon, Ze'evi is to be a member of Sharon's smaller defense cabinet. Targeting Terror But w...…
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