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…Community Views Opinion Communal Service In The New Era Looking For A Deeper Purim Meaning DR. MARK SMILEY SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ALAN D. GOODMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS As I reflect on my nity needs both kinds of commit- working career, I ment in order to be strong, vibrant, realize that the di- successful. We need the volunteers rection that my pro- to validate, support and monitor fessional life has our organizations to make su...…
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…• I.J\VR UNIVERSAL WATCH REPAIR Plans Cancelled For Settlements Jerusalem (JTA) — Prime Min- ister Shimon Peres has decided \, against building hundreds of new /-'homes in the West Bank for fer- vently Orthodox Jews. Housing Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer had proposed build- ing apartments in the new set- tlement of Kiryat Sefer, located just outside Israel's pre-1967 boundaries. But the prime minister's >spokeswoman, Aliza Goren, said Mr. ...…
…Parcels, Costumes ver 2,300 Purim parcels were assembled and delivered by a volunteer corps of 200 as part of the Great Purim Parcel Pro- jct on Sunday at the Agency for Jewish Education. The event was a pro- ject of Jewish Experiences for Families, the Agency for Jewish Education and The Jewish News. The project was one of several Purim- related events held throughout the De- troit Jewish community. Another one, at the ME a week prior, was t...…
…PHOTO BY DANI EL LIPP ITT Time At AJE, Above left: Bernice Yendick and Ruth Vosko, right, put together Purim parcels. Above right: Andrea Silecchi, 13, and her mother, Doreen, smile as they surprise Mark and Leslie Lybik and their son, Alec, with a Purim parcel. Above: Volunteers put together Purim parcels at the ME. Left: Avi Lorkis tries on his Purim mask. …
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…Purim Spoof Me? Not The News Kosher Meat From Mars? How far do you have to go to get really kosher meat? ELIZABETH ("I AM AN EXPERT ON EVERYTHING IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, INCLUDING THOSE THINGS OF WHICH I KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, LIKE WATER POLO, MOUSTACHE WAXING AND TOFU.") APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jim-Bob and Brunhilde after their recent victory in Israel. Q: Wow! First all these issues with who will be allowed to marry in Is- rael. But...…
…Purim Spoof Hey, You Boobs! Of lust, latkes and late nights... ear, oh, dear readers. I'm being squeezed for space this week, and it has noth- ing to do with Apollo 13 (not the movie, which is up for an Oscar). More on that later! So, here goes a brief look at a few events that have kept you tit- illated as of late: YAD, that funky division of the Jewish Federation (for those of you who've been asleep for the past 10 years, that's Young Adu...…
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…Seeking Trust and Estate Planning Guidance? An Israeli Rebel With A Cause ALLISON KAPLAN SOMMER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Announcing the opening of Merrill Lynch Trust Bank of Michigan. Merrill Lynch, one of the world's leading experts in trust and estate planning services, is proud to announce the opening of Merrill Lynch Trust Bank of Michigan, conveniently located in your neighborhood. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch ...…
…"For things to be renewed, one needs a new area." To promote the periphery's development, he supports pro- jects like the Trans-Israel High- way: "All communications and infrastructure should be the best possible; the north and the south should be as accessible as any other area." But linking Israel to its neigh- bors is more tricky. In the past, Mr. Wertheimer scoffed at Shimon Peres' visions of Mideastern integration, sug- gesting instead th...…
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…I s rae In Sh oc k, Again The bombings in Israel create tricky ground for the Likud and Labor leaders. INA FRIEDMAN ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT sue terrorists as if there were no peace process," he is essentially continuing the policy laid down by the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. But unlike his predecessor, Mr. Peres lacks the image of the tough- minded "Mr. Security" that enabled Rabin to take bold political decisions. Instead, he must me...…
…Israel's Military Option The question is when and how Israel will respond, not if. F LARRY DERFNER ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT Above: An Israeli soldier carries bags from the wreckage of the bus bomb explosion. Below: Soldiers attend to a man wounded in the bomb explosion in Jerusalem. fifty days before Hamas suicide bombers blew up the buses in Jerusalen and Ashkelon this week, Shin Bet agents rigged and detonated the cellular telephone that k...…
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