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…This Week Cover Story/War On Terrorism On Alert Like most Americans, Detroit Jews live with a greater sense of awareness in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer A , F^Cr 11/9 2001 14 open their mailbox and check return addresses. The Jewish News staff blanketed the Detroit Jewish community in the past two weeks to find out how people are coping with these trying times. They talked to a cross-sect...…
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…This Week War On Terrorism Peace Push U.N. opening, domestic politics hurry Israeli peace proposal. 16 automatic rifle during the afternoon rush hour. Police identified one of the dead as Shoshana Ben- Jewish Telegraphic Agency Yishai, a 16-year-old who immigrated to Israel with her parents from Long Island when she was 5 years old. New York Three Israelis — a border policeman, a soldier and espite a daily drumbeat of terror and a civilian...…
…Economic Suicide Palestinian economy has been a major victim of the intifada. GIL SEDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem S uppose a miracle takes place and Israelis and Palestinians stop shooting and resume talking. Even then, the Palestinian economy will need at least three years to recover, according to economic experts at Israel's Defense Ministry. "It is not a matter of just saying, 'OK, let's return to the good old days,"' Lt. Col...…
…This Week Cover Story/War On Terrorism ALERT from page 15 "I believe in destiny, what is beshert is beshert (meant to be). When this event hap- pened, I became so shaken, I nearly wanted to crawl under a table, but it didn't last." — Erna Gorman, Bloomfield Township "Seeing the tragedy, the bombings, brought back some memories of the Holocaust. I personally feel that Holocaust survivors don't take it as bad as some Americans because we've...…
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