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…D :0 =WISE NEWS w ww.detroitjewishnews.com This Week 8 Privacy And Public Interest After Clinton-Lewinsky, should com- munal, religious leaders expect scrutiny? 11 The Lure Of Jewish Studies $8 million MSU program targets Israel and America. 23 A Fistful Of Dollars U.S. strategists flock to work for Israeli politicians, parties. Debating ethics, Business, page 103 Finding looted art, This week, page 20 Community 38 'One In A Millio...…

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…Privacy 0:"' Mkt.).*, • • Ww. .14 eN. N. •- fr And Ptiblie T Interest • The investigation of President Clinton shows that political leaders can expect public scrutiny of their most private conduct. Do the same rules apply to community and religious leaders? Halachic law forbids scandal-mongering. But what if the rumors are true? I is simple, said Rabbi Aaron Bergman of Beth Abraham Hillel Moses; the Jewish community is bound by its...…

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….\ 4iv ‘AIT ig The Lure Of Jewish Studies Michigan State plans $8 million program centered on Israel and America after 1948. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer INIE ichigan State University, hoping to lure more Jewish students to cam- pus and also send them to Israel as part of study abroad, intends to expand its modest Jewish Studies Program, giving it new faculty, a new focus and new vitalirv. "The intention is to further enhance the environm...…

…from out of state got a tentative nod Hebrew as having to speak it with from Emily Rubin, a senior who was friends in Israel, he said. born in Michigan but \vhose family "Certainly, the fact that there is a now lives in Las Vegas. program in Jewish studies is some- "Hopefully, it will give more people thing that would aid the school and a reason to come here," she said. It attract Jewish students," he said. can give Jews a certain closeness wi...…

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…AIFITENTION for bringing Shabbat alive in the home and Cantor Chaim Najman led a Jewish sing-a-long. Three addi- tional courses took place in the 8:30 time slot. Two child-focused courses, "Our Obligation to the Jewish Child" and "Explaining Death to Your Jewish Child," were cancelled due to lack of interest; nonetheless, the crowd assem- bled reflected a mix of ages, with a noticeable cadre of twenty- and thirty- somethings balancing out the...…

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…Finding Art The Nazis Stole Author followed a trail of looted art through Switzerland and around the world. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff'Writer E arly in the investigation, Hector Feliciano found himself facing two lawyers in a small back room of a French state museum. Feliciano, then a Paris-based writer for the Washington Post, was curious about a group of paintings in the muse- um that he suspected had been looted by the Germans in World War I...…

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…of formulation recognizing Palestinian aspirations without promising official recognition is possible as a way of averting a May 4 explosion. At the very least, officials here hope to clarify the contradictory statements coming from Gaza about Arafat's statehood plans. Invitations for the "nondenomina- tional" event include lines such as this: "As a natural outgrowth of such gather- ings, many people throughout the world are finding through th...…

…A Fistful Of Dollars U.S. strategists flock to work for Israeli politicians and parties. MATTHEW DORF Jewish. Telegraphic Agency Washington c7 66 I srael can be better, stupid." This time around, sources say, Penn and Schoen, who have worked for President Clinton, will be hired by the new centrist party, which is being headed by Yitzhak Mordechai. Barak has promised not to make the same mistakes as Peres. He has already used some of Carv...…

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…— particularly after warnings were sounded in Jordan against Israeli inter- ference in Jordan's internal affairs. But speaking off the record, several sources said that they were not con- cerned by the royal reshuffling and that Abdullah would continue his father's policies. The 63-year-old king, who had just returned home from six months of cancer treatment in the United States, went back to the Mayo Clinic Tuesday, one day after promulgating...…

…Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai, left, faces Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday. Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon is seated second from right. Netanyahu faces new hurdles with opposition from Mordechai. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem ro rime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has come out swinging against his former defense minister, but behind the premier's confident veneer ...…

…199 8 AURO R /-•-•‘ more than a set of platitudes midway between the positions of Labor and Likud. But beyond the polished phrases that they and their professional advisers are certain to come up with, one message will prevail: Netanyahu is not fit to be prime minister. This was Mordechai's refrain during the past week. For his part, Shahak, when he recently announced his entry into pol- itics, had a slightly different version, calling Netan...…

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…Ambassador on the mend; scholarship money arrives; volunteers for literacy. Despite undergoing 10 hours of surgery to remove a brain tumor on Jan. 6, David Hermelin remains as upbeat as ever, according to his doctor. Mark Rosenblum, the neurosur- geon who operated on the Detroit businessman/philanthropist and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, said Her- melin's condition is "extraordinarily good." Radiation treatments began on Monday, and will likely...…

…Letters to the Editor are updated daily and archived on J N Online: vv-vvw.detroitjewishnews.corn Helping Israel Grow possibly raise the $30 million it annually does for the JNF. But other donors are the backbone of the non-political agency and its $239-million-a- year operating budget. The JNF is secure in its support among older adults. So its thrust unmistakably must be in growing its alliance with young people. Its resourceful National...…

…SPECIAL COMMENTARY The Latest Balkan Crisis world perished, including 6 million n a radio broadcast on Sept. 27, Jews in the Holocaust. 1938, British Prime Minister One lesson the experience of World Neville Chamberlain told his lis- War II taught us is that there are no teners: "How horrible, fantastic, " countries in our world. faraway, incredible, it is that we should be dig- Today, even more so than ging trenches and trying on six decade...…

…1 SENIOR EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Impeachment: The Jewish Angle Rev. Jesse Jackson. And as he promot- here is only one collective ed a progressive social agenda we Jewish response to the gross favor, but for which we feel too busy spectacle that's wormed its to personally craft, he sought a middle way through Washington ground. Of course, we also had a during the past 12 months: Oy, when direct line to his slew of trusted Jewish will this narrishk...…

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…Adat Shalom Synagogue 29901 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington Hills, 248-851-5100, fax: 248-851-3190 How Jews Appear on T.V. with Rabbi Azriel Feliner An exploration using video footage of Jewish stereotypes on television. Sunday, Feb. 7, 7:00 p.m. Agency for Jewish Education — Midrasha 21550 W. 12 Mile Rd., Southfield 248-354-1050, fax: 248-354-1068 Mifgash Monthly Program for Hebrew Speakers with Doron Laks From the Land of Milk & Honey to ...…

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…Maze] TOE Elan Village rededicates chapel in memory of Rabbi Abraham Gardin. Above: Chapel ark and name plate, bearing Rabbi Gardin's name. Right: Joining together to honor Rabbi Gardin are Elan Village's Marcia Mittelman and Jewish Home and Aging Services' Margot Pan- and Carol Rosenberg SHELLI DORFMAN Editorial Assistant Iff any were touched by a man who shared his time and care, and the benefit of his knowledge. Some searched for a w...…

…of you own. e Winter Blahs? Join'us of Carol Rosenberg, JHAS assis- tant director, called Gardin "the /—'quintessence of a rabbi who knew how to treat the elderly." Parr, who is not Jewish, remembered Rabbi Gardin as her "first exposure ro Judaism," her "religious instructor and mentor. Seeing Gardin as "a very, very lov- ing, caring man to residents and to staff as well," she recalled how >"he would wipe a mouth or straighten a collar." JHA...…

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…Continuing A Tradition Detroit. He chaired JESNA's predeces- sor agency, the American Association of Jewish Education. He established cen- ters at the University of Michigan Hillel and the North American Jewish Data Bank at City University of New York and CJF. JESNA was created in 1981 as the Federation system's educational coordi- nating, planning and development agency. Madge Berman was a member of the Michigan Council for the Arts and acti...…

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…Prevention Not Punishment." The evening will also include music by Josh White Jr. and Ron Coden and a catered dinner. Cost for the evening is $18 per per- son. Respond to school directors by Feb. 1. For information, call Madeleine Goldstein, (248) 354- 1050. Ethnography Subject Of Talk Dr. Fran Markowitz, senior lecturer of anthropology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Ben-Gurion University and visiting research scholar in the Dep...…

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…SHMOOZE Saturday, Feb. 6 Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses swing night 8-11:30 p.m. Joe Cornell Entertainment teaches the Lindy. Live D.J. Drinks, dessert. Sponsor: BAHM family programming committee. Donation: $20. RSVP: by Feb 1. (248) 851-6880. Saturday, Feb. 6 B'nai B'rith Leadership Network wine tasting gala 7 p.m. at Maples of Novi Country Club, 14 Mile between Welch and Novi Roads, Novi. Four course din- ner and kosher wine. Entre...…

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…You are invited to attend the Pro-Israel Pro-Peace Convention Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party Saturday, February 6, 1999 Breakfast Reception at 9:30 a.m. Caucus: 10:00 a.m. - 1 1:00 a.m. Cobo Center - Detroit, Michigan - Room M-3-32 and studio, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Breakfast and lunch included. Cost: $23, mem- bers; $28, others. Nancy Bortman, (248) 553-8655 or the temple, (248) 661-5700. SUPPORT Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22 Space for Changing ...…

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