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…TI $1.00 OCTOBER 30, 1998/HESHVAN 10, 5759 Inside: Special Report: Understanding Mideast Peace Pact Davidson Cited For Israeli Business Support www.detroitjewishnews.com …

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…www.detroitjewishnews.com A Peek At What's Inside Abundance of authors. page 22 From books and authors, to Middle East peace talks to federal, state and county elections .. . we span a range of topics this week. Like a lighthouse in the fog for weary seafarers, the Jewish Book Fair has been a beacon for generations of bookworms, gift buyers and lecture goers. To help set the stage for the 47th annual Jewish Book Fair Nov. 7-16 at the Kahn a...…

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…for Openers... Only Unprepared For Mary Elizabeth Doyle D ELLIOTT SHEVIN 'Special to The Jewish News o you believe in omens? Back ever-so-many years ago, as a college under- grad, I was walking through the lobby of Detroit's Fisher Building when my path crossed that of actor Don Ameche, who was per- jiprming in a play there. I must have registered recognition because he looked toward me and gave a courtly nod before we went on our respec...…

…emle Israel Spea ers Forum Presents Sunday, December 6, 1998 She s... s... T Mary Matalin Yames Carvitte a free spirited, political repartee to the air waves during her afternoon radio program on CBS Talk Radio Network. She was a campaign manager for George Bush. A Republican to the bone. the country's best known and most colorful political consultant for the Democrats. He ran Bill Clinton's '92 campaign. And he knows what's going on '...…

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…Week Racing To Stay The Same HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer rofessional politicians say they already know how the Nov. 3 state senate elec- tions will turn out in southeastern Oakland County, but the candi- dates in the 13th, 14th and 15th districts are discussing the issues as - - _ though they still have a chance of winning. Karl Kling, executive director of the Republican Committee of Oakland County, said county Republicans are confidant in...…

…Senate bent from Bloomfield Township, said his constituents stressed the quality of education over any other issue. He sees smaller classroom sizes and adding technology as ways to improve the overall quality of educa- tion. He is firmly against school vouch- ers, and says the focus should be on maintaining and improving ,quality of public schools. Financing 300,000 students in private school statewide at $6,000 each would require either incr...…

…The Michigan Mends of the IN Mite you to celebrate the 50th Amdversary of the state of Israel. Marching through the Golan Heights. Guard duly on the Israeli border. Sweeping a fell for mines. Support the Israel Defense Forces. At a time when our college kids are headed for spring break, the youth of Israel are headed off to boot camp and two years of dangerous military duty. Please join the Michigan Friends of the .IDF in supporting these b...…

…DRY CLEAN Mission Highly Improbable 0 only with us! Republican incumbent Joe Libertarian challenger Dick Gach. Knollenberg. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer • 11r A Democratic congressional candidate knows he may be biting off more than he can chew in the upcoming elec- tion. He says he doesn't care. Travis Reeds, a 25-year-old South Lyon resident, is taking a run at three- term Republican incumbent Joe Knollenberg (R-Bloomfield Hills), ...…

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…Vi S e ctietzs: To Self Improvement Tilting At Windmills A candidates' forum becomes an exercise in bombast when the opponents are no-shows. HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer A ..Knowing Who You Are... ...Role of the Body, Role of the Soul... ...Guilt as the Detractor... ...How To Celebrate Your Own Life... Rabbi Alon Tolwin s the four Democratic can- didates assailed their Republican opponents dur- ing a candidates' forum Sunday morning, ...…

…SPECIAL SHIPMENT 1999 LEXUS ES 300 Farmington Hills, Southfield, West 0 Bloomfield and Bloomfield Hills and several other Oakland County towns, said a representative's job is to repre- sent constituents. Citing Knollenberg for cutting funding for the National Endowments for the Arts, cutting Medicare, voting against PBS finding and environmental bills, and support- ing prayer in . schools, Reeds said, "I don't think the 11th District support...…

…Rabbis Oppose 4, Assisted Suicide JULIE WIENER StaffWriter T he Michigan Board of Rabbis opposes physician- assisted suicide, while favor- ing palliative care such as pain control. and symptom manage- ment. But it's keeping mum on Proposal B, a ballot initiative to legalize physician-assisted suicide, and other leg- islation on the issue. That's the gist of a one-page state- ment issued earlier this month by the board, composed primarily of...…

…Re-elect Martin Doctoroff Aiudge You Can Be Proud 0.11 ... "HE GETS HIGH RATINGS FOR FAIRNESS, THE QUALITY OF HIS REASONING AND DILIGENCE IN MOVING CASES. . . DErRorr FREE PRESS, Ocr. 20, 1998 "A GIANT OF THE JUSTICE SYS1EM" BIRMNGHAM ECC,ENTRIC, Ocr. 22, 1998 "OUTSTANDING" HIGHEST RATED CANDIDATE BY THE OAKLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION "WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE MARTIN DOCTOROFF IN PUBLIC LIFE." ATTORNEY GENERAL FRANK J. KELLEY Endor...…

…tel es as 77.4 c... "101 w MASSIVE ROMAN ASSAM. ON BOTAR REPULSED c) The Sounds Of Silent Patient listening encouraged Holocaust survivors to reveal their deeper stories. '50s, Greenspan listened to cousins who had been in concentration camps. Staff Writer His serious interest in speaking to sur- he stories told and retold by vivors began in college during the '60s. Holocaust survivors tell lit- "When I began interviewing sur- tle of ...…

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…Mini-Jewish Book Fair AMY MINDELL Special to The Jewish News II ometown scribes will take center stage Sunday after- noon, Nov. 8, during the first-ever "Local Authors Fair," held within the 47th annual Jewish Book Fair. The setting provides an opportuni- ty for local authors to tout their wares, meet fans and sign copies of their work. Starting at. 11 a.m., six local authors, Kary Moss, Steven Weiss, Berl Falbaum, Ronald Yolles, Edith Cov...…

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…A The nation's oldest and largest Jewish Book Fair has a volume for everyone. AMY MINDELL Special to The Jewish News aking a cue from the diver- sity within the local Jewish community, this year's Jewish Book Fair offers something for everyone, including a Nobel laureate, a sex doctor, a fashion diva and paper dolls for the kids. At 47, it is the nation's oldest Jewish book fair — and the largest. The fair has grown tremendously from 10/...…

…Holocaust Survivors in Michigan (CHAIM) and Hidden Children/Holocaust Educational Coalition are sponsoring Dr. Henry. Greenspan, author of On Listening to Holocaust Survivors: Recounting Life and History. The Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan will host Miriam Weiner, author of Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages From the Past and Archival Inventories. The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute will spon- sor Marisa Weiss, author of Living Beyo...…

…Jewry's Role in Human Affairs Week MASTERS OF THE MUSICAL MEDIUM The 19th century was a time of rebirth for recently emancipated Jews of Europe who sought assimilation into a more accepting and benign society. As ghetto doors swung open, long dormant talent flooded forth into popular culture, as in the realm of music. Two of the most gifted classical musicians of the times were among the many who embraced Christianity for professional advan...…

…VI 03® • Nearly half of respondents between 55 and 65 feel a significant sense of attachment to Israel, but less than a third of those 35 to 54 do. • Some 60 percent of those in the oldest age group said that most of their friends are Jewish, but just a third of those aged 35 to 44 said the same. • The idea of Jewish ethnicity, when expressed in terms of peoplehood, fami- ,L7 ly, history and victimization, garnered widespread endorsement from...…

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…a qi What hand did fate deal you? KATHY SHAFRAN Special to The Jewish News KRISTA HUSA Photographer Kol Ami, host to the homeless for a week, learns some lessons. lien and Jolanta lived a com- fortable life in Hamtramck. They had cars, a house, boats, motorcycles. And they were comfortable enough to be able to help other family members with finan- cial problems. Two years ago, it all came apart, seemingly in the blink of an eye. Allen wa...…

…BRING PROPOSAL I; INTO THE NEW MILLENIUM In Memory Of MORRIE BERMAN Nov. 28, 1912 - Oct. 17, 1998 This page, top to bottom: Guest Michael Charles plays his own songs after dinner. Two sisters prepare for sleep in the Temple Kol Ami library. Volunteer Leah Garrett, 12, of Farmington Hills serves the salad. VOTE "YES" ON PROPOSAL th .4,41 _ 410 0 -7 V4 fik4 4. 'V TATE FLOWERS (248) 559-5424 "4 1 Jr: GIFTS OF NATURE WEDDING &...…

…Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit • Presents... qr Television Celebrity & Best-Selling Author, MieLael Medved * Stmciay, November 15, 1998 • 0:00 p.m. D.Dan 64 Betty Kahn Building West Bloomfield Mourning A Doctor Jewish doctor's murder galvanizes abortion activists. National media personality, Michael Medved, was the chief film critic for the New York Post and former co- host of the television show, Sneak Previews. C...…

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…This Week Vote Inside Washington NO Aid for Israel and Palestine; a Pollard folly; coming up with scratch. ON JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent A Proposal B Paid for by Right to Life - Lifespan 28200 7 Mile Road, #127 Livonia, MI 48152 248-777-9090 LOOK GOOD: • Professional Hair & Nail Supplies • Custom Cosmetics • Tanning & Skin Care SMELL GREAT: • Discount Designer • Fragrances • The Newest, the Classics & the hard to fi...…

…IP for clemency, with no promises about the outcome. But the biggest problem for Pollard involved a blast by House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), who criticized the administration for even considering releasing Pollard as part of a deal at Wye. Sources here say Republican leaders on Capitol Hill had privately indicat- ed they might support such a decision St — if it was carried out discreetly, without a lot of public fanfare. Netanyahu's high-...…

…AA A This Prayers for Courtney Cantor; inching toward a deportation; Community Council gets on-line. A dozen of Courtney Cantor's closest friends from the University of Michi- gan mourned her death by attending Maariv services in her memory at U- M Hillel last Tuesday through Thurs- day evenings. "I think it was really important for them. We needed to give them space, a focus at the end of the day, to really mourn Courtney and to connect to...…

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…• _744 Editorials Your Vote Matters "The basis of a democratic state is liberty" — Aristotle lf you don't vote Tuesday, Nov. 3, don't V expect a sympathetic ear if you complain about who's elected. For Americans, voting is more than a privilege. It's also a responsibility. In dictator- ships, people yearn for a chance to vote, some- thing many of us take for granted. There's virtually no legitimate reason not to vote next week — unles...…

…POINT COUNTERPOINT Stop The Deceit In Proposal B Campaign Assisted Suicide Short-Circuits Compassion I IV • The illness must be terminal n a perfect world, death, when and incurable. it appears, would come quietly • The attending physician and a and peacefully, without pain specialist in the patient's disease or anguish or distress. It must concur on the propriety of the would be a tribute to the preceding decision. decades of life. • A ...…

….EDITOR'S WATCH Philanthropist William Davidson: Reclusive, But Very Charitable O Sukkah Use Was Misunderstood a- Thank you for printing my letter on Oct. 23 regarding the sukkah that is now in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. There is, however, one cor- rection to be made. In the letter, it was said that the sukkah was used by my relatives as a "loft." That is incorrect. The sukkah was used as a /ifi-, a container into # which those fleein...…

…POINT POINT from page 40 on emotions rather than issues. For example: • Their television characterization of Michigan becoming the "suicide capital" is nothing but a mean-spir- ited scare tactic based on the bizarre implication that hordes of dying patients will come to our state for suicide assistance. It dishonestly ignores that the bill applies only to Michigan residents and their spous- es, adult children and parents. • They claim the b...…

…JITTERS 1 And they have backing. Who? Mr. ill Clinton, the Democratic presi- dent, although saying that he loved Israel, demanded that Israel yield to the PLO or else. If it refuses to do so, Israel will be faced with Arafat's decla- ration and Clinton's recognition of "palestine" in May 1999. Even former President George Bush (Republican) never went so far as to threaten Israel with "palestine." But Clinton withholds respect until Israel yie...…

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…" Photo by the Associate Press The Wye Agreement With an ailing King Hussein looking on, President Clinton held the center of the stage as Arafat and Netanyahu signed onto the Wye agreement. Enlarging America's Role The Wye River agreement lifts the U.S. role in the Mideast peace process to a new and more complicated height. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent 10/30 1998 • ast week's Wye agreement to restart the Mideast peace pro...…

…the Israel Policy Forum and a profes- reflected political needs." gsor of law at the Catholic University ZOA, he said, plans to work with of America, said that the looming Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala), chair of American presence in the talks is a the Select Committee on Intelligence. necessary evil. This week, Shelby said he was "trou- Washington's role, he said, "will be to bled" by the expanded role and take the temperature in terms of compli...…

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…• when Mr. Domb was asked to name their candidate to fight Mr. Netanyahu, he hedged. The settlers are furious. They feel the prime min- . ister led them down the garden path. But they are frustrated because they recognize that they cannot mobilize the kind of mass support that rallied against the 1993 Oslo accord. A poll published in Yediot Aharonot on Sunday found 74 per- cent of Israelis welcoming the Wye deal as a "good" agreement. Only 18...…

…The World: Th The Wyes Of Terror Murder and protest greeted Binyamin Netanyahu and Yassir Arafat shortly after they returned home. LARRY DERFNER Israel Correspondent Jerusalem t the White House last Friday, President Clinton noted that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat "are quite well aware that the enemies of peace will try to extract a price from both sides." The attempts weren't long in corn- ing, a...…