…Insight Maak:A`Mab`..:?:iamma'aaaMomada... Ideas & Issues Sanctity Of Life Remember When • From the Jewish News pages for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. . Rabbi Address stresses the importance of making medical decisions in a Jewish context. DEBRA ISAACS Special to the Jewish News A central paradox of faith — how to reconcile the weight of free choice with the inevitability of Divine will — has occupied spiritual thinkers...…
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…Opudon Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones The Inevitable Decision ith a lot of help from Yasser Arafat him- self, Israel has convinced most people who matter outside of the Mideast that the Palestinian Authority leader is not a credible partner for negotiating a short-term armistice, much less a long-term peace deal benveen the Jewish state and the Palestinian people. Now, it is up to the P...…
…OTHER VIEWS The Root Of Terrorism Philadelphia minor celebrity. He had been a runner t is widely assumed that poverty on the Palestinian national team, com- is a prime factor in motivating peting in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He Palestinian Arabs to become ter- married just three months ago, and his rorists — that material depriva- wife is two months' pregnant." In tion makes young Arabs feel desper- , other words, he had every logical rea- ate...…
…Waiting Out Arafat Washington, D.C. — far less than the offer made by his that Arafat is a lost cause, incapable Israeli negotiators at Camp David he bad news is that in the predecessor at Camp David and of ever playing the role of peacemak- envisioned. If Arafat curbs violence long term, they may be Taba. er. But unlike Sharon, who seems to to their satisfaction, they are pre- waiting for very different If that doesn't happen, Sharon will be...…
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…I, 1 4 INSIDE: Community Calendar 42 Mazel Toy! 44 saes ts,\ aJ There-were no wall owers when preschoolers visited Fleischman residents. DIANA LIEBERMAN Copy Editor/Education Writer R abbi M. Robert Syme, the 81-year-old rabbi emeritus of Temple Israel, turned on the charm recently to make some very young new friends. On Jan. 28, he played grandpa to a class of 4- and 5-year-olds from Congregation Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel's Beth...…
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…Yeshivat Akiva Plans Feb. 24 Open House The Yeshivat Akiva open house program next weekend will include a visit to a typical school day. Parents and students entering any grade from nursery through 12th may attend the event, 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Southfield school, 21100 W. 12 Mile, between Lahser and Evergreen. The open house will feature presenta- tions that highlight the Orthodox Zionist school's many areas of learning opportuni...…
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…candy Open Cable TV Airs BBYO Forum ForProspective Kuutergatn, atiFirst Grade Families "B'nai. B'rith Presents" will broad- cast coverage of December's B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Regional Convention at the Jewish Community Center. Opening ceremonies and activi- ties will be aired on cable TV local access channels the week of Feb. 18. The talent show part 1 will be shown the week of Feb. 25, the tal- ent show part 2 the week of March 4,...…
…• (4 Upcoming -Events -Events in Metro Detroit SHABBAT SHALOM Temple Beth El — Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. Brotherhood Shabbat, "Men and Shabbat" features Doug Barden, executive director, North American Federation of Brotherhood speaking on "Brotherhood in the 21st Century" • "Education, Spirituality and Religion in Brotherhood" — Saturday, Feb. 23, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon and discussion. $10. RSVP by Feb.14: (248) 851-1100. • "Visions and Progr...…
…PEACE OF MIND Center for New Thinking — Sherwin T Wine, director, presents all lectures unless otherwise indicated. $8 members, $9 guests. Birmingham Unitarian Church, • "Teheran: From the Shahs to the Ayatollahs" — Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m. • "The Greatest Crusade: The Lion- Hearted and Saladin" — Thursday, Feb. 21, 10 a.m.-noon. Frankel Center for Judaic Studies — University of Michigan, Salinger Resource Center, 3040 Frieze Bldg., 1...…
…Co m munity Mazel Toy! cladi for hope Photos by Bill Hansen Twins turn bat mitzvah party into a mitzvah party benefiting kids with cancer. SUSAN TAWIL Special to the Jewish News A s parents, "our objective in bringing children into the world is to make it a better world," said Billy Levin. He and his wife, Joanne, celebrated their twin daughters' bat mitzvah Feb. 10 with a classmate party that reflected this philosophy. About 30 Beth Ja...…
…New Arrivals Jan. 21 Molly (Tannian) and Brad Schneider of Berkley are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Dugan Jakob (D.J.). Excited grandparents are Judi and Joe Schneider of Bloomfield Hills and Michael Tannian of Farmington Hills. Elated great-great-grandmother is Ruth Blumberg of Southfield. D.J. is lovingly named after his maternal grandmother Jelena Kay Tannian. Jan. 20 Nancy and Nossonal Kleinfeldt wel- come with much love ...…
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…is Rae Klempner. Lily is also the grandchild of the late Rochelle Blum and the great-grandchild of the late Lillian and Hyman Feldman. Lily attends Abbott Middle School in West Bloomfield, where she enjoys softball, acting, dancing, music and basketball. Volunteering at Yad Ezra in Oak Park was one of her mitzvah projects. Michelle Wesley Sadler, daughter of Wendy and James Sadler and sister of Samantha and Frankie, will read from the Torah a...…
…k4. Mazel Toy! Engagements MERON-MUSIC R onda and Ken Music of West Bloomfield are pleased to announce the engagement of their 0 0 daughter Julia Music to Ido Meron, son of Miriam and Gad Meron of Moledet, Israel. Julia is a graduate of Oakland University in Rochester with a bache- lor's degree in elementary education. She has spent much of her free time educating the community about HIV prevention. Ido was an Israel national champi- on s...…
…Engagements HOFING-JAFFE FRANKLIN-PARADISE S baron and Michael Jaffe of West Bloomfield are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Lauren Alyse to Nevin Jay Hofing, son of Tybie and Jack Abrams of Ewing, N.J. Lauren received her bachelor of sci- ence degree in food and nutrition from Michigan State University. After graduation, she served in the Peace Corps in Sao Tome e Principe. Nevin is a graduate of Rider University in Law...…
…Y,* Ke • High school teens bring the Shabbat table to young students. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer T 2/15 2002 50 candles. Classmate Golda Rosenstein, 16, of Oak Park called upon one of the children to demon- strate how to light Shabbat candles and say the blessing. Led by Baila Lax, 16, of Texas, students painted their own Shabbat candlesticks. Pleased with the result of the event, Amzalak's hope is to bring what she describes...…
…SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM CLASS PRODUCTS: Beth Shalom Plans Seder Jews from throughout metropolitan Detroit are invited to join the Congregation Beth Shalom family for the second seder Thursday, March 28, at the synagogue. The evening will begin with services at 6 p.m. followed by the seder at 7 p.m. Seder traditions will include the Elijah Walk, the Who Knows One? game and a re-enactment of the 10 plagues. The full Passover meal and evening wil...…
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…B'nai Moshe Ear` ns Award Congregation B'nai Moshe received the Silver Solomon Schechter Award for Social Action for synagogues with membership of 250-500 at the recent joint biennial convention of the Conservative movement in Washington, D.C. The committee has been active for many years under the chairmanship of Naomi Pinchuk. The award-win- ning project was the lunch making for a homeless shelter run by a down- town Detroit Methodist church...…
…Synagogues lowing at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $13 for adults and $6 for children. For reservations by Feb. 20, call Gerri Spalter, (248) 357-5544. On Sunday, March 3, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in Southfield, USY will host the Purim carnival. There will be games, prizes, rides, a moon- walk, food and fun. There is a cost for tickets, to benefit CSZ USY. For information, call Robin Freund, (248) 539-4673. Adat Shalom Is Cooking Michael Laiskonis...…
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…ELIZABETH APPI.EBAUM AppleTree Editor T helping jewish families grow Kids. -- Kick' r (1 AMottlft, 2/15 2002 58 he phone has not stopped ringing at Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg's office. His mother, his wi fe Ruthie, his daughter Rochel Leah, his mother again, friends, his wife again, his son Nfeir Menachem, more friends. The rabbi's grandchild, a little girl, has just been born in Israel. Her name is Necharna Aide'. It's nice to hear the p...…
…In The Midst Of Life he speaks, and even when he feels passionately about issues (as cer- tainly he does, especially when it comes to Judaism) he prefers the gentle path. He is not the type to laugh too loudly, or talk in a voice that fills the room, or let his emo- tions jump out and show you exactly what's in his heart. But there is an exception. Sarah Basya was little more than 1 year old when she was diagnosed with leukemia. She died days...…
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…giously disenfranchised and try and nary place where cold did not exist. He show them the beauty of Judaism," says would tell Blake "to see the sun reflect- Schlussel of Southfield. ing off the lake" and on to his skin, But the rabbi's real expertise, he warming him, warmer and warmer. adds, has been "ministering to those in And, indeed, Blake did see a change. He need — spiritually, physically and was not as cold, and if he did become emotion...…
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…Israel Solidarity Initiative Nicholas Kapusta, 5, of Rochester, a patient. and no details about how those funds will be used, other than to help children help themselves. Leaving the security of Young Israel for a new venture is a big risk, but it's one the rabbi is willing to take. Today, Rabbi Goldberg sits in his home office in Southfield, surrounded by Jewish books (and a few on psy- chology), and family photos. Near him is an embroidere...…
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…cut Best Bets CLASSICAL NOTES Faculty soloists from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University join the U-M's Chamber Choir, University Choir and University Symphony Orchestra 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium in a performance of Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah. Professor Theodore Morrison, whose wife, Annie Rose, serves as cantor at Ann Arbor's Temple Beth Emeth, conducts the oratorio. The U-M performance will...…
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…Arts Entertainment LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE South American Jewish playwright Moises Kaufman's play "The Laramie Project," about the Wyoming home of Matthew Shepard, whose murder put a boy-next-door face on hate crimes, will be staged by JET as part of its season-long "Stop Hate" campaign. ANNE MARIE WELSH Copley News Service oon afterrnild-mannered student Matthew Shepard was found savagely beat-en and tied to a fence 4:1 Laramie, the me...…
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