…Characters Of Prayer A master scribe helps Temple Beth El pen a new Torah scroll. Story by CATHY SHAFRAN Photos by DANIEL LIPPITT he chuppah was extended across the bimah at Temple Beth El Sunday as the rabbis gathered to consecrate a new union. But the marriage witnessed by hundreds of congregants in the main sanctuary at the Bloomfield Township synagogue was not one of man and woman. It was a marriage between the Torah and the People of ...…
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…This at Ex-Nazi talks on tolerance; giving thanks, in English; faithful youth; Congressional clout. With American History X and Apt Pupil out, Nazis and ex-Nazis are grabbing the nation's movie screens. In keeping with the trend, an ex- Nazi will deliver a lecture at the Dec. 11-13 Kornwise Weekend, a commu- nity-wide retreat for Jewish teenagers. Tom Martinez, a former activist in such hate groups as the Ku Klux Klan, The National Alliance...…
…\*. itorials Letters to the Editor are updated daily and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Moving Beyond Good Intentions E opes are high for the newly formed Alliance for Jewish Education. But dies truly going to succeed, it n-lust be more than just another well-intentioned communal corn mittee. It not only must take advantage of the breadth of knowledge, experience and insight of its array of members, but also be willing t...…
…COMMUNITY VIEWS Where Have All The Young Folks Gone? when it comes to a hospitable envi- ronment, communities don't come any better. It's that Midwestern cache. The Jewish community feels our pain. For every young adult of Chicago promise who leaves Detroit for a bet- He s 26, a promising intern at a ter job or a more exciting (so they major hospital in the east and consid- think) social life, our community loses ering offers from Detroit, P...…
…EDITOR'S WATCH New Temple Israel Siddur A Celebration Of Jewish Life' Where is God? Wherever you let God in. — Kotzker Rebbe on those prayer themes. Unobtrusively placed prayer notes explain the origins, meaning and vital- ity of prayers in lay terms. "Prayers emple Israel's new prayer have a dynamic. They're not just a book, Shema Yisrael: Hear, string of words. Once you 0 Israel," is visually striking understand that dynamic, and spiritua...…
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…OPINION Another View Of Biblical Revisionism JEFFREY D. BALL Special to The Jewish News The Jewish News ran an article by Neil Altman on Oct. 9 titled "Revisionist Scholars Alter Bible Texts." The author's premise is that a group of scholars is operating with the inten- don to destroy the long-established traditions of Judaism and Christianity. They seem to want to destroy our long-intact scriptural heritage. Biblical revisionism does exis...…
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…Unsettling Agreement In West Bank villages, settlers worry about being isolated. ERIC SILVER Israel Correspondent Jerusalem T he 51 Jewish families of Ganim are unassuming folk. Men wear neither beards nor skullcaps, they raise no messianic banners. Until Israel began implementing the Wye agreement last weekend, their only worries were whether their soldier sons would come back safely from Lebanon and how they would pay the mortgage on t...…
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…Civic Gesture Novi enjoys a new recreational facility with the help of a Jewish developer. Dan Weiss at the new Novi Ice Arena. ALAN ABRAMS Special to The Jewish News ovi businessman Dan Weiss has taken on a new persona as the city's ice angel. Because of his generosity and the willingness of Novi city officials to cut a deal with long-term benefits to the community, kids from all over that fast-growing Oakland County suburb are taking to...…
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