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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK The Essence Of Judaism Minneapolis ix days before the quintessential American holiday of Thanksgiving, I find myself deeply thankful that we Jews continue to thrive as a people despite odds that would demoralize others. Anti-Semitism is up, synagogue affiliation is down, too many younger Jews seem spiritually lost, the lures of assimila- tion continue to test our religious will and apathy is more widespread. Worse, deadly t...…

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…News Digest mission of peace, and they live in his house in Livonia with his family. The reverend was extremely eager for me to explain many things that he experienced during the service. He was also eager to tell me — and I to hear — of his recent trip to Israel with a large group of Christian clerics who, joined by rabbis and imams, walked through the various sections of the Old City in Jerusalem, all the way to the Temple Mount. There were...…

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…News Digest Shin Bet Chief Criticizes Tactics Jerusalem/JTA — A former head of Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency criticized aspects of Israel's war on terrorism. Avraham Shalom told Israel's Channel Two Television that while he supports Israel's need to arrest terror- ists, "there's no reason to make people strip at a checkpoint and there's no reason to stop an ambulance carrying a pregnant woman . about to give birth." He also criticize...…

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…Something Extra Bonstelle Theatre Turns 100 The World Of Sports Circle of Thought When young students throughout the world open their New Burlington Top Class course book to page 13, they can read about what Scott Warheit of Farmington Hills has been up to. The book, designed for students studying English in Spanish secondary education programs, highlights children and young adults from many countries, including Warheit. "We wanted to comp...…

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…Arab American Reaction Turkey Mourns David Gad-Harf, executive director of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, shared unsolicit- ed written comments he received from local leaders in the American Arab community regarding the bombings in Istanbul.: Istanbul's Jewish community buries its dead from synagogue bombings. erations. Over a public address system, the voice of a cantor carried the mournful intonation of a tradition...…

…Remembering Together Turks and Muslims join memorial service for victims. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News ro inar Acar, a Turkish Muslim stu- dent living in Farmington Hills, says she was horrified when she heard about the car bomb attacks last Shabbat on synagogues in her home- town of Istanbul. "It was unexpected," she said. "Not nor- mal. It's not something that Turkish Muslims would do. We have lots of ethnic groups in Turkey, and...…

…Birthright On TRUST from page 17 Birthright Israel trips get go-ahead, but funding sources still not secure. RACHEL POMERANCE Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York T he international Jewish partnership that has sent nearly 50,000 youngsters from around the world on free trips to Israel is slated to con- tinue past its five pilot years. Birthright Israel, the free trip for young Jewish adults who have never been to the Jewish state on a pee...…

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…Outpouring Of Support Sen. Hillary Clinton draws record crowd to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah dinner. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer T and Meryl Podolsky of West Bloom- field and the Guardian of the Yeshiva award to Spencer Partrich of Bloomfield Hills. A much-anticipated segment of the evening was the annual perform- ance of the Yeshiva Boys Choir under the direction of fourth-grade teacher Rabbi Yerachmiel Stewart. After introducing themsel...…

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…Bet you never imagined these Jewish connections to the holiday. Fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor T his month, in honor of Thanksgiving, AppleTree provides a collection of facts that link Judaism and Thanksgiving words: d What would Thanksgiving be without the Pilgrims? Long before those men and women set foot in America, however, Jews were mak- ing their own journeys. The "Three Pilgrim Festivals," or...…

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…STAFF PHOTOS BY ANGIE BAAN ore than 200 people attended the opening program Nov. 9 of the annual Jewish Book Fair at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. Magician Ben Spitzer of Holly performed feats of magic cen- tered around the theme, "I Love Books." Afterward, families checked out Jewish books for sale or sat and read comfortably on couches. The Book Fair ended Nov. 16 at the JCCs in Oak Park and West Bloomfield. I 1 Left: Miles Men...…

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