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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS : 11711 17- k 4 In For The Long Haul I srael and the Palestinians have locked themselves more deeply into the deadly embrace that has claimed more than 130 lives so far. JONATHAN FRIENDLY National Editor An Arab summit in Cairo produced a lot of lip service for the Palestinian position, though happily no direct promise of arms or troops and no move by Egypt or Jordan to sever their ties with the Zionist state. That...…
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…This eek For Openers Who's Retired W hen Shalom Ralph retired from his position at Congregation B'nai Moshe, the synagogue's members honored him. "But the very next day he showed up for work," says Rabbi Elliot Pachter. "He just thinks he is retired." To Rabbi Pachter, "Shalom Ralph defines Congregation B'nai Moshe. For the 52 years he's been here, he's done it all in terms of the religious life of the synagogue." Ralph is the one who atte...…
…This Week From The Mideast Front A Slingshot Weddi Bitl'ak and Sharon weigh costs and the benefit of unity. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem rime Minister Ehud Barak and opposi- tion leader Ariel Sharon are trying to get their respective parties to join a national unity government before the Knesset begins its winter session Monday. They are calling it a "government of national emergency" and insisting that the ongoing v...…
…Breeding Hawks MICHAEL J. JORDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem T hirty-six hours into their hectic solidarity mission to Israel, the 80 or so mostly North American Jewish leaders were increasingly pessimistic. Israeli politicians and analysts had fed them a heavy diet of prognoses unrelentingly gloomy not only about the prospects for peace in the Middle East, but even the prospects for averting all-out war. Then the news hit that a ...…
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…From The Mideast Front KIDDIE GAMES from page 7 In its latest moves last week, the bloc flexed its muscles to deal Israel a double whammy On Oct. 19, the Geneva-based Commission on Human Rights passed a resolution accusing Israel and its security forces of "war crimes" and "wide- spread, systematic and gross violations of human rights." No mention was made of Palestinian actions. The vote was 19 in favor, 16 opposed, with 17 abstentions. "Th...…
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…For The Record Michigan's U.S. Senate opponents have far different records on the Middle East. ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor T he days when Jewish voters were influenced by just one issue — Israel — are long over. But it would be a mis- take to think Israel does not remain a keystone for the American Jewish community. It is a mistake that Michigan's junior U.S. senator, Spencer Abraham (R- Auburn Hills), has been making throughout his four...…
…Rep. Debbie Stabenow Egypt, a resolution commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem, Iran Nonproliferation Act and Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act • Commending Israel for leaving south Lebanon, opposing a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, com- mending Israel's 50th anniversary and two resolutions urging the Clinton administration not to pressure Israel The only time Stabenow went against a pro-Israel position, accordin...…
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…Race A For CONGRESS • Candidates in 12th U.S. House District continue campazgning. tempting to unseat incumbent Democrat Rep. Sander Levin in the race for U.S. Congress in Michigan's 12th District is manage- rnent consultant Bart Baron, a Republican. Baron says he's running for Congress "to preserve the American Dream for my children and grandchildren in times that are seemingly void of national direction.” He says he hopes to "make posi...…
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…In the 11th congressional district, an enthusiastic challenge to unseat SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer A s Tuesday, Nov. 7, nears, West Bloomfield's Matt Frumin continues his quest for the 11th District's U.S. House seat. "It is getting more feverish, with more requests coming for me to appear in different places," says the 41-year-old Frumin. "My days are one thing stacked on top of another." But that was the expected plan when he c...…
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…2000/5761 DETROIT CONSERVATIVE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE STUDY OPPORTUNITIES This is a partial listing of the numerous study sessions for October thru December 2000 SPONSORSHIP He was instrumental in establishing Ashkelon's second Masorti community, Kehillat Anahnu Kan ("We are Here") which serves Russian speaking immigrants who live far from his own congregation. Rabbi Futterman was the primary founder of Ashkelon's TALI ...…
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…CAMPAIGN KICKOFF UNREST IN ISRAEL PROVIDES AN UNWITTING HOOK TO FEDERATION'S HARRY KIRS BAUM StaffWriter A s events in Israel become more unpredictable each day, Jewish communal organizations in many areas around the country plan to link Israel's security with fund raising. "They certainly should be," said West Bloomfield's Joel Tauber, chairman of the executive committee of United Jewish Communities. UJC is the new umbrella agency for No...…
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…Jewish Community Center of metropolitan Detroit 49th finnual Jewish Book fair SCHEDULE Of OEMS The Annual Jewish Book Fair is held at both the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building on the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus in West Bloomfield and the Jimmy Prentis Morris Building on the A. Alfred Taubman Jewish Community Campus in Oak Park. Events held at the JPM Building are starred (*). Wednesday, Ilou. 1 7 p.m Preview Night ...…
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…Insight Remember When • • • Enterprising Educator Lynne Master takes a leadership role in changing education. T DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer hirty years ago, Lynne Master left the classroom to start her own business — and she's never looked back. Master is the founder, owner and director of the Learning Disabilities Clinic, with sites in Oak Park and Bloomfield Hills. Each year, the clinic's 40 teachers test and tutor hundreds of childre...…
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…Editorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com People To People I is easy to take Federation's Annual Campaign for granted. It's Detroit Jewry's oldest, largest and most respected organized humanitarian appeal. It works like clockwork with comparatively low overhead. And it's always there, no matter what the need. The campaign is accountable to the Detroit Jew- ish community....…
…COMMUNITY VIEWS Vouchers, At What Price? • Proposal 1 is a ordable. Initial, those of a different religion, those he education community non-partisan estimates indicate a from poor families — all of these chil- and the Jewish community first-year cost of $49.8 million to dren could be denied access. Several face great risks if vouchers taxpayers. If all students currently schools, in fact, already have stated are approved on Tuesday, enrolle...…
…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Fences And Bridges T terribly difficult it might be for Barak's his is how the Jerusalem government to carry out a plan he says Report described the inci- he is considering to "separate" Israel dent: "Just one hour after from the Palestinians. It is not just the start of Shabbat, Pales- that the lands are tangled together, but tinian gunmen in neighboring Beit so are the infrastructures of water, Jala opened fire on the Je...…
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…esty and steadfastness?) To this day, Russia is selling arms to Iran only because Gore's secret pact gave it the opportunity to do so. Some of those arms undoubtedly find their way from Iran to its surrogates in Israel. What about Israel? What has this administration done for Israel except trying to get Clinton a Nobel Peace Prize by appeasing [Palestinian Authority Chair- man Yasser] Arafat and the Palestinians? What "fresh idea" will Gore br...…
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