…INSIDE: DETROIT/ THEY'RE PACKING UP FOR MIRACLE MISSION II; AFTERMATH/ OKLAHOMA JEWS WERE SPARED, ASSIST VICTIMS. 28 NISAN 5755/APRIL 28, 1995 A Movement Growing In Our Own Back Yard Michigan Militia disavows bombing. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER ohn Trochmann claims to live by the motto "Search out truth yourself." So when the new leader of the Militia of Montana heard that the Aryan Nations offered a different style of living at its...…
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…J April 28, 1995 Detroit TELL ME WHY In The Bag! How a popular waltz became a wedding tune. Detroiters pack up for the Miracle Mission. 36 POLITICS Guarding The Secrets He hated Jews, blacks and his daughter's shame. JAPAC gives a Jewish twist to politics. 46 The Aftermath WASHINGTON Israel aid on the line on Capitol Hill. 48 Assisting the Victims Jewish communities are helping in relief efforts. TRAVEL Jews Were Spared Jewi...…
…Yr.41-1—ZURE.,„ HAVE YoR FtoPLE CU my KoPizt Meet The Enemy Most Americans went through a gamut of emo- tions last week: • Fear that the devastating bomb in Okla- homa City had brought terror to our very heart- land. • Realization that safety and geography were only illusions. • Certainty that the culprits were swarthy aliens with foreign accents, almost surely from a country in the Middle East where people wore kaffiyehs and prayed five tim...…
…Editor's Notebook An Oklahoma City Lesson: Don't Be Quick To Blame PHIL JACOBS EDITOR N /– The Old Neighborhood Is One Of Choice RABBI DAVID NELSON SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS By now, we're all steeped in conver- sation and concern over last week's tragedy in Okla- homa City. Guess it took something like this to get our society to put Kato Kaelin and O.J. and the rest in their proper place. There are a couple of issues that we need to ta...…
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…A Major Case Of Tunnel Vision JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT he tragic bombing in Okla- homa, and the subsequent arrest of suspects connect- ed to a white supremacist "militia" in Michigan, highlight a perilous case of tunnel vision among our political leaders — and in some quarters of the Jew- ish community. The focus on one legitimate is- sue — the spread of violence by Islamic extremist groups and oth- ers opposed to the Middle ...…
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…The Baga RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER Dr. Jim and Ellen Labes prepare for the 10-day trip to Israel. 14 Metro Detroiters pack up for the Miracle Mission. 8: ake it from someone who's been there at least 200 times. You won't need a sports coat. Leave the tie at home. Don't bring jewelry. Such advice doesn't come cheap. It's free. Free to chronic over-packers from Miracle Mis- sion director Jane Sherman. She and other leaders of the upcom- i...…
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…Mr. Speaker 111 4 ,..,._ And The Jews aubuk .; "In the narrowest political terms, he's as good as most... But in the more general sense, he's a disaster for what we believe in." -4,', 't , 11,4 1,44A PHOTO BY REUTER S/BE TTMAN strts•rtrr" 1 U) LLJ Cr) LL, -- a CD CC F- LU L1J 40 marks on orphanages and marijuana- smoking White House staffers. Beyond such headlines, there is a man comfortably atop Washington's political powe...…
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…usiness General Motors wants Israeli firms to make more of its parts. ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR Above: Livonia's GM parts plant. Right: Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock. C/D LIJ U) UJ CC H- LLI LLJ H- 50 eneral Motors wants to be a good corporate cit- izen. And equalize its balance of payments. And find cheaper sources for some of its components. Israel wants part of the action. That combination — General Motors and Is- rael — is...…
