…www.detroitjewishnews.com DETROIT JEWISH NEWS $1.25 NOVEMBER 26, 2004/KISLEV 13, 5765 A Jewish Renaissance Media Publication INSIDE: GIFT GUIDE _Speed Dating helps MSU students meet. PAGE 41 Alp 10.1. 0.44ft, • •ft.OP& 4.1.1 0001 *LA Co) 44eA i Str king A Balance 11111r 4-:41.. : Yeshiva Beth Yehudah gains community support for its strong blend of religious and secular academics. fiat,:; …
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK jam: Little Known, Far Reaching Jezreel Valley M aya Paran, a 14-year-old Israeli Jew, is exposed to Israeli Arabs through a coexistence program funded in part by Michigan Jewry. The program encour- ages dialogue between Jewish and Arab kids on neutral turf. Maya thinks it's important for Jews and Arabs to get along. "We live in the same country," the sixth-grader said. "We don't want there to be fighting. Why wouldn't w...…
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…Striking A Balance Yeshiva Beth Yehudah gains community support for its strong blend of religious and secular academics. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffM-iter I f the impression left by many big fund-raisers is that it was a con- glomeration of "Who's who?" then the sentiment uttered at the annual Yeshiva Beth Yehudah dinner is: "Wonder what they're doing here?" With tables filled with hundreds of guests who neither attended the Southfield-b...…
…the 500 girls who traveled to Detroit for the annual International Bais Yaakov conven- tion, Dr. Snider finds her memo- ries of her days at the Yeshiva refreshed. "I choke up every time I come into the building where my kids go to school, remembering when I was a student there, too — in some of the same classrooms, with some of the same teachers," she said. "Watching all the girls at the convention, I see all these future mothers of the Jewish...…
…VC, RAW Cover Story PRESENTS BALANCE A TRUNK SHOW Alana Leigh from page 17 degrees through a cooperative agree- ment with Thomas Edison College in New York. Her pieces inspire Confidence, Clarity & Inner-Strength Always Connected "Once you're a student at the Yeshiva, they never really lose touch with you," said Robert Naftaly of West Bloomfield, a former public school student who attended the Yeshiva's after-school and summer class...…
…great example of crossing the communi- tY. oino- fund-raising is over- While ongoing seen by Yeshiva board members as well as Rabbis Shmuel Kaufman and Eli Mayerfeld, the Yeshiva's executive direc- tor, gathering donations from alumni is not the main reason the school tries to keep them connected. "Our primary responsibility is to ele- vate each child to his or her highest Jewish potential," said Rabbi Avrohom Fishman, dean of the Yeshiva. "We...…
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…Peace How? Two local scholars discuss the hard issues between Israelis and Palestinians. SHARON LUCKERMAN StaffM-iter W ith great caution, two local scholars who closely study the Middle East situation — a Christian professor and a rabbi — analyzed the basic issues and discussed what they are looking for that might signal the possibility of restarting peace negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians. Rabbi Sherwin Wine of Birmingh...…
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…A New Look Federation system tries to reinvent itself under new leadership. RACHEL POMERANCE Jewish Telegraphic Agency Cleveland nder the banner "Imagine," the United Jewish Communities worked on its image this week at the 2004 General Assembly, held in Cleveland. The UJC created a committee to envision a new G.A. that would focus on grooming Jewish lead- ers. Keynote speeches mainly were from business gurus and focused on how to retool fed...…
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…OTHER VIEWS A Night To Remember 111 onday, Nov. 29, will mark 57 years from the U.N. General Assembly's Partition Plan of 1947 for Palestine, which laid the foun- dation for the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel. Statehood occurred the following year, on Friday afternoon, May 14, 1948. A third-grader at the time, exactly the age of my granddaughter Kayla, I knew that something very important was about to happen. Only in com...…
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…SHE SEDUCED A NATION musician/comedian Ron Coden, who will perform at Temple Israel's Affiliates Chanukah Party 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. The temple also hosts singer-song- writer Sam Glaser in a family concert 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13. For reser- vations and information, call Pauline, (248) 661-5700. THE ART SCENE Ferndale's Lawrence Street Gallery presents the exhibition/competition Celebrate Clay 2004 Nov. 30-Dec. 24. Opening reception: 5-...…
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