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…Johannes Rau spoke in German, a first for a Knesset speech. Several legislators stayed away in protest, including Danny Naveh from the opposition Likud Party, whose parents survived the Holocaust. Others, including Speaker Avraham Burg, whose father fled Berlin in 1939, said they had mixed feelings about hearing German spoken in the Knesset. Civil Marriages Are Recognized Jerusalem/JTA — Israel's interior min- ister said his ministry will re...…
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…COMMUNITY VIEWS A Christian's View Of Israel DAVID BLEWETT Special to the Jewish News R ecently, I led a group of Christian leaders on a fact- finding mission to Israel. The group was made up of members of the executive committee of the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, a national net- work of Christian organizations and individuals committed to the security and well-being of the people, land and State of Israel. In org...…
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…Community Photographs Memories Be true to your school: Donating your old yearbook could help preserve Detroit's Jewish past. DAVID SACHS Editorial Assistant A rtg 2/18 2000 42 Photos from the following high school yearbooks: 1-2. Central Centralite, 1945 3. Mumford Capri, 1959 4. Henry Ford Galaxy, 1968 5. Centralite, 1945 6 Centralite, 1943 7. Mumford Capri, 1959 8. Mumford Capri, 1960 Elaine Cohan Arnoid Cohen Carol Cohen Jassey ...…
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…Community Mazel Toy! Charlotte and Ron Goldstein Build New Life CARL WALDMAN Special to the Jewish News W hen Ron Goldstein and Charlotte Berman sepa- rately turned to a docent program a few years back, their wounds were still fresh. At the time, both had lost their spouses and were in the midst of rearranging their lives. In a sense, becoming volunteer docents at the Holocaust Memorial Center in West Bloomfield was an outlet to occupy s...…
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…Engagements Rotskoff-Goldfarb Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Goldfarb of West Bloomfield are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Jennifer Renee to Brian David Rotskoff, son of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rotskoff of St. Louis. Jennifer graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of arts degree in economics. She received her doctor of medicine degree from Albany Medical College in New York. Brian earned his bachelor of arts deg...…
