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…Special Re ort Chuck Newm, Stanley Frank " r 'rrnatm 17 a Gov. Granhot Gary Torqow and Mark Davidoff rs .'n r'7.1 in front of the kel Scilool in JEAN AND SAMUEL FRANKEL SCHOOt_ Jerusalem O O O a In Search Of Jobs, Investment Governor visits Israel in hopes of diversifying Michigan economy. Robert Sklar Editor T he principal of the Jean and Samuel Frankel Traditional School in Jerusalem showed Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm a ...…
…In Search from page A13 More Mission Moments • Gov. Granholm visited Jerusalem's Old City; Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial; the Jerusalem Archaeological Park- Davidson Center, the gift of Bloomfield Hills philanthropist Bill Davidson and his wife, Karen; and the steps leading up to the Temple Mount that Doreen Hermelin of Bingham Farms and her late hus- band, David, donated. •"As a person of faith," said Granholm, who is Catholic, "a...…
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…World Zionists Battle Detractors Race and racism encyclopedia's chapter on Israel called anti-Semitic. Robert Sklar Editor I n the wake of complaints by two major Jewish organizations, the pub- lisher of the Encyclopedia of Race and Racism vows to broaden the range of views it offers in the chapter on Zionism. Further, the publisher apologized to critics of the Zionism chapter, but apparently will not delete it from future editions of th...…
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