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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Contents Winner of eight 2003 Michigan Press Association writing, design and advertising awards www.detroitjewishnews.com Friday, Dec. 26, 2003 Tevet 1, 5764 Vol. CXXIV, No. 20 MICHIGAN PRESS ASSOCIATION THIS WEEK 22 Love A Parade YAD's Carnivale takes a close-up view of Detroits favorite street party. Among the "stars" of the Young Adult Division event are Nathalie Giske of Birmingham, 'Bulldog" Lorne Gold of Hu...…

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…NOTEBOOK For 34 years, helping people with disabilities be fully included in community life jarc Quenching Women's Thirst For Learning a longtime adult education coordinator from West Bloomfield. eborah E. Lipstadt, prominent Jewish lecturer, "Besides the shared excitement and camaraderie, there is a educator and Holocaust expert who defeated high comfort level and an open willingness to ask questions. Holocaust denier David Irving in a Lo...…

…LETTERS We prefer letters that relate to articles in the Jewish News. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Brevity is encouraged. Letter writers generally are limited to one letter per 4-6 week period, space permitting. Letters must contain the name, address and tide of the writer, and a daytime telephone number. Original copies must be hand signed. Mail to the Jewish News at 29200 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034...…

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…This Week For Openers Chanukah Surprise! n arold Rothenberg is a trouble- maker — not evil one, but the funny kind. The kind who loves to surprise people, espe- cially at his store's Chanukah celebration. "Hersh," as he is known, owns Hersh's, a contemporary women's clothing store on the Boardwalk in West Bloomfield. SHARON "Every year, his employee Chanukah LUC KERMAN party is a secret till the last minute," Staff Writer says Ellen Wolfe ...…

…Let's Face It Things Change someday disappear. It's like the great s I look Ira Gershwin lyric, "In time the - back upon the waning Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble/ They're only made of year, there clay. are two great losses So it is with the Great Stone Face, that stand out. relegated now merely to old post The first is the cards and history books. Great Stone Face of Which brings me to my sandwich. New Hampshire. GEORGE A small t...…

…Russian Roots A Challenge Beckons Law school grad taking off for Jerusalem to clerk for the Israeli Supreme Court. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer T he Dec. 20 party at the West Bloomfield home of Malika and Gregory Cherkasov celebrated more than the graduation of their older son, Bernard, from the University of Michigan law school. It was also a goodbye party, wishing the newly minted lawyer the best of luck as he prepared to fly to Jerusal...…

…4111.11011111111001011M~1161111111111.11011** Supreme Court from visiting professor Eyal Benvenisti of the law faculty at Tel Aviv University. "The admission process is long — a year — and they need your entire aca- demic record plus recommendations," Cherkasov says. "I'm really, really hon- ored to be selected." Going To Israel Because Israel is such a young country, areas of civil and international law are not as developed as in other cou...…

…Something Extra Joyous Chanukah Party JARC and the Friendship Circle co-hosted their annual Chanukah party for children with disabilities and their families on Sunday, Dec. 14. Nearly 70 peo- ple enjoyed live music, Chanukah songs, a clown, food and arts and crafts at JARC's Katzman Administration Building in Farmington Hills. Both JARC and the Friendship Circle provide support and assistance to families who have children with disabili- ties...…

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…Solidarity Through Song IDF Chanukah dinner supports soldiers fighting for peace. . KERI GUTEN COHEN Story Development Editor C hanukah added a festive touch to the annual Michigan Chapter of Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces dinner Dec. r8 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. The IDF ensemble, a quartet of young Israeli soldiers traveling the northeastern United States, broke from their regular routine to enter- tain the crowd...…

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…Special Report The Sharon Strategy Prime Minister's concession on settlements allows him to seize initiative. RON KAMPEAS strategic high ground. "People underestimate Prime Minister Sharon. They say he's a tacti- Washington cian but doesn't have a strategy, but riel Sharon had no map, he drew no this shows he may well have a strate- lines, he spoke in the vaguest of terms, gy," said Mack, a former U.S. assis- but when he said he would remo...…

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…Special Report SHARON STRATEGY from page 19 backed road map — he said the sides could return to the road map even after a unilateral withdrawal — made it harder to criticize the plan's unilater- alism. Additionally, Sharon said he imme- diately would dismantle illegal settle- ment outposts and was more specific than he ever has been about freezing settlements. He pledged no further land expropriation, no building beyond existing settlement b...…

…After Sharon's Speech Prime Minister's statements raise more questions than answers. LESLIE SUSSER Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem A riel Sharon's major policy statement at the Herzliya security conference last week may have made world head- lines, but it's far from clear what the Israeli prime minister has in mind. Sharon called on Palestinian leaders to open negotiations with Israel and threat- - ened unilateral steps if they don't...…

…This Week ve A Parade Young Adult Division celebrates its Carnivale with a close-up view of Detroits favorite street party. STAFF PHOTOS BY ANGIE BAAN ewish party-goers had an insider's look this month at Detroit's Thanksgiving Day parade. The fact that their event was Dec. 11, two weeks after the more public doings downtown, was more than offset by the comfort of seeing the j Parade Company's floats up close and indoors — amid music, re...…

…Clockwise from top: • In front of a Humpty-Dumpty balloon are Jason Raznick of Birmingham, Debbi Schwartzenfeld of Royal Oak, Andrea Korotkin ofWest Bloomfiek Jeff Belenn-of West Bloomfield, Dore Adelman of Royal Oak, Jordan Glass ofWest Bloomfield and Marla Tapper of Bloomfield Hills. • Aaron and Adina Pergament of Huntington Woods enjoy the backdrop. • Dan Halprin of Royal Oak and Adam Sofer of Oak Park at the festivities. • YAD president-el...…

…No Nukes? Israel relieved at Libyan move as "neighborhood" appears safer. Israel is concerned that while the United States was concentrating its efforts on preventing Russian nuclear aid to Iran, Iran had quietly equipped itself Jerusalem with equipment and know-how from ibya's announcement that it another nuclear power — Pakistan. would end its capacity for Still, the Israeli intelligence communi- developing weapons of mass ty was relieved....…

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…nYiA ■ *:, Compared To What Most Banks Are Offering, Our New 27 Month CD Rate Is A.. Friend Of Israel Irwin Coder, new Canadian justice minister, draws accolades from Jews. BRAM EISENTHAL Jewish Telegraphic Agency Montreal rwin Coder, Canada's newly appointed justice minister and attorney general, is not shy when it comes to speaking his mind. Directed in support of Israel, that outspokenness has won the famed human rights lawyer accolade...…

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…Insight Remember When • • • No Longer Funding Kate Ford Foundation takes steps to reverse grants to anti-Israel groups. feed LAW of its decision to cease funding and to demand return of its unspent grant funds." LAW officials in Jerusalem con- firmed that last month they received notification from Emma Playfair, Ford Foundation representative in Cairo, that further expenditures of founda- tion monies were not authorized and that the unspen...…

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…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: wwvv.detroitjewishnews.com Keeping A Promise N ormally, when a lawsuit makes it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, it presents really tough issues. But the case of a Washington State University student who was denied a merit schol- arship because he was going to use it for his religious instruction is almost a no-brainer. Common sense and the "establishment" clause of the Constitution are...…

…Ifsbilals inside 71;al Gounis ELYAKIN from page 35 the terror groups, primarily because we have been in the Palestinian people's face for the last three years. I'll completely move all Israelis out of Gaza if you take apart the terror organizations, arrest the leaders, and start confiscating weapons." More and more Israelis are campaign- ing for initiatives for peace: the "Shin Bet Four," the Geneva Accord, the pilots signing letters that...…

…It All Adds Up Helping your child understand math — and why its relevant. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor F or John Klein, mathematics is like a symphony. The numbers, the theories, the equations all sing with a kind of melodious power no less stirring than the works of Beethoven. "Math and music have a lot in com- mon," he says. "Of course, with music you can listen to it right away and hear that it's great. With math there's a very...…

…Magic Math Are You Puzzled? If your child thinks math is so dreary, challenge him fyou've got sharp eyes or a way with words, with these puzzles - which are pure fun. challenge yourself to this Chanukah puzzle. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ApieTree Editor #1) Can you guess which group of numbers, when added together, contains the greater sum? 123456789 12345678 1234567 123456 12345 1234 123 12 1 or 987654321 87654321 7654321 654321 54321 4321 3...…

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…INSIDE: Community Calendar 47 Mazel Toy! 49 • Voyage To Bharat Seventh gradersexplore other cultures through JCCouncil's Religious Diversity Journeys. DIANA LIEBERMAN StafrWriter ack in the less-sophisticated days when baby-boomers went to Norup School in Oak Park, a line of middle-school- ers dancing through the gym would have been meant one of two things — the Hokey-Pokey or the Duck Dance. Not today. Fast forward 30 or 35 years to ...…

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…Book And A Buck PHOTOS BY JOSH KRISTAL A t the Temple Israel Early Childhood Center Chanukah party, families were encouraged to pur- chase children's books to ship to poor neighborhoods in Israel. Along with each book, they tossed a dollar bill into a can to pay for postage. Many families bought books for their home collections, as well. The event also included an appear- ance by author Leslea Newman, who read from her book The Runaway Drei...…

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…Min ta. , ea .1RIFSMIWIMMICOMIERIVIWAROTZEt kah Mazel Toy! I am ready and willing to work with you on any forthcoming brit or in any way I can! New Arrivals Dec. 8 Jill (Barack) and Aaron Kleid of Oak Park joyfully announce the birth of their daughter, Hannah Emily (Ghana Emunah). Sharing in their excitement is big brother Noah, 3 1/2. Very proud grandparents are Arlene and Jay Barry of Farmington Hills and Ida and Henry Kleid of Oak P...…

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…Judith Leiber now at Tapper's Engagements RABIN-LEDERER lissa Rabin and Robert Lederer are pleased to announce their engagement. Melissa is the daughter of Edwin Rabin of Flint and the late Diane (Jaslow) Rabin. Robert is the son of Paul and Nancy Lederer of Glencoe, Ill. Melissa graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is the vice president of marketing at CoolSavings Inc. in Chicago. Robert is a graduate of the University o...…