…Washington Watch Simmering Peace Plans U.S. signals worry pro-Israel activists. paign needs to attract Southerners "with Confed- erate flags in their pickup trucks." Earlier, he gener- IVashington Correspondent ated anxiety in pro-Israel circles with his call for a more balanced U.S. policy in the region. he Bush administration continues to insist Gephardt's slow, steady rise is another blow to the its Mideast road map offers the only route...…
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…Cover Story Feeling The s QUEEZE Conservative movement leadership focuses on reversing declining membership. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer AND JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY t takes Samantha Rollinger more than an hour to walk from her West Bloomfield home to Shabbat services a. -. Congregation Shan rey Zedek-B'nai Israel Center. On her way home from services, she passes a few other walkers and a barrage of fellow congregants getting in...…
…Cover Story THE SQUEEZE from page 21 ;4. 11/14 2003 22 Conservative Jews to begin to live their lives based on Halachah. Without seri- ous commitment to that challenge, the promise that our ancestors saw in Conservative Judaism will never be real- ized." During the convention, Rabbi Epstein announced the formation of a new com- mission of rabbis, educators and lay leaders to coordinate those efforts. In recent years, the issue of gays a...…
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…, 46 Cover Story THE SQUEEZE from page 24 months studying at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Conservative Judaism is the middle road that she finds attractive. While she believes that an .observant Conservative Jew is one who honors the mizvot halachically, she sees strength in the movement's acceptance of those who don't. "Many people I know — particularly those I have met studying at my yeshiv- ah — are currently struggling with w...…
…Cover Story THE SQUEEZE from page 27 may include two formats for one text — offering them in Hebrew for those with a deeper background and in English for those intimidated by complex topics. Toward The Future While many see halachic observance as a key issue to the future of the movement, some are focused on structure. Power rests on the local, congregation- al level, JTS Provost Jack Wertheimer said, but "the flip side is the movement is ...…
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…Insight Remember When Fresh Vision From the pages of the Jewish News from this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. Steve Freedman reflects on his first months as head of Hillel Day School. 1993 Greater Detroit Hadassah groups host guest speaker State Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Lansing. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer Detroiter David Handleman is elected as president of United Jewish Charities. S teve Freedman promises to make no radi...…
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…OTHER VIEWS Continuation Of A Dangerous Lie Settlements Hinder Peace overwhelming force to finally onfusion and con- destroy the enemy and stop flict continue to the killing? reign supreme over Suppose declared friends and the existence, allies discourage you from extent, route and composi- using this power. But what tion of the "fence" that Israel about these "friends" and is now constructing in an "allies"? Did the Americans or attempt at...…
…To Life, In Israel Yet if settlements continue to grow and we are committed to democracy, we have no convincing response to offer., It is not our task to say what a final peace agreement should look like. But there will be no final agreement if settlement growth . does not stop. There are those who say that terror must end first and that it is too early to consider such a step. This situation is far more com- plex. It is not too early; in fac...…
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…ivilege And Patience A teacher, a psychologist and a rabbi provide answers on how Jewish parents can best discipline their children. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor is arenting is much like a Dickens novel: it's the best of times, and it can almost be the worst of times. Nothing will challenge your patience like your children run- ning in and screaming ("Jason said I'm an idiot!" "Did not!" "Did too!" "I hate you!" "I hate you, to...…
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…unity Joe- eocxzta•t_ ENTERTAINMENT MAZEL •.> Jordan Blake Charlupski was called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 8, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield. Participating in the service were his proud parents Elyn and Larry Charlupski, broth- er Cory and sister Rachel. Jordan was honored to have his grandparents Franka and Allen Charlupski and Renee and Morrie Rochlin share in his simchah. Jordan is an honor student at Hi...…
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…A DAZZLING helped make dolls at Hadassah House in West Bloomfield and donated funds to the American Cancer Society. Joshua Louis Zeman, son of Marci and Paul Zeman and brother of Jeffrey and Carli, will be called to the Torah at Temple Israel Saturday, Nov. 15, on the occasion of his bar mitzvah. Sharing in the simchah will be his grandparents Avis and Harold Wolfe and Maggie Zeman. He is the grandson of the late Robert Zeman and the great-g...…
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…Jewish Literary Supplement KIN For the next six months I rodemy bike to his cabin twice a week, of their own business cards. The name itself seemed to hold a certain to sit before his wood-burning stove and listen to him tell tales. He mystique—a long Eastern European name, filled with unlikely con- seemed to know every story ever told—as well as all the same jokes sonants and scarcely a vowel, an unpronounceable word that would my fa...…
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…A.B. Yehoshua is the author of several novels, including Mr. Mani and The Lover. He has received the National Jewish Book Award and the Koret Jewish Book Award, and lives in Haifa, Israel. A.B. e os ua, cr.: eonar o -ndamo "Yosef Suissa." Hannah Tedeschi was relentless. "No one gives a damn about "An Orthodox Jew?" popular culture. They think it's beneath them. They'd rather write "One of the decent ones." about that blind Egyptian ...…
