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…Obituaries from page 73 JOLYN FELDMAN FREEDMAN, died April 2, 2007. She is survived by her hus- band, Reinald Freedman; sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Kelly Freedman, Steven and Joan Freedman; grandchildren, Eyton, Elana, Yoni and Talia Freedman and Gary and Kelly's four chil- dren; sister-in-law and brother- in-law, Beverly and Milton Harrison. Interment in Pennsylvania. Contributions may be made to Hillel Day School, 32200 Middlebelt ...…
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…Editor's Letter Iranian Intrigue T he conversation kept bouncing back to Iran as one of Israel's savviest diplomats and I talked in the lobby of a Southfield hotel for 45 minutes during his whirl- wind visit to Metro Detroit. "The Iranians are saying they want to annihilate the State of Israel," said Barukh Binah, Israel's Chicago-based consul general to the midwest."They are not shy about it. They say it very openly." That annihilation dru...…
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…Front Lines NOTEBOOK 'iNenline The Sun And The Moon T his Week he Jewish calendar in relation to Passover, and slavery in Egypt as sensitivity training were the subjects of Rabbi Mordechai Becher on March 26 at an Ohr Somayach Detroit lunch-and-learn at Franklin Athletic Club in Southfield. The seder contains many references to correcting the flaw of broth- erly hatred, the rabbi said. Joseph was sold by his brothers to mer- chants trave...…
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…1 6. Fatima, who crossed into Israel over the border from Egypt, holds her UN refugee document at a shelter in northern Israel. Yosef Israel Abramowitz Jewish Telegraphic Agency Kibbutz Ketura, Israel W ith two miles of bare foot- prints behind them, Ahmed, Fatima and their three chil- dren approached the border with Israel in the middle of a cold winter night. Snow was falling in the Sinai. Avoid the Egyptian military patrols, warned th...…
…ern Sudan. Another 2.5 million have been displaced. Israel's quandary is a difficult one. "Sudanese refugees are right now con- sidered enemy nationals because Sudan is an Islamic fundamentalist country," explained Anat Ben Dor, the country's leading refugee rights lawyer, who has emerged as a top advocate for the Sudanese refugees. "Yet Israel is a signa- tory to the International Convention on Refugees, which guarantees humane treat- ment an...…
…ON THE COVER Photo by Brian Hendler/JTA Photo by Brian Hendler/JTA a Sudanese refugees take part in an Israeli parliamentary committee meeting on Sudanese refugees in Jerusalem in January. Avishai Braverman, co-chair of the Knesset lobby for Sudanese refugees, center, is speaking. Sudanese Muslims pray in their cell at Ma'asiyahu prison in Israel as they await a United Nations decision on their refugee status. A Troubled Exodus from page...…
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…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Responsibility For Funding Jerusalem/JTA authors of this report in the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem (on the he annual U.S. State Palestinians) and in the U.S. Department report on Embassy in Tel Aviv (on Israeli human rights is impor- actions) parrot the claims of tant in documenting systematic highly political NGOs. violations in Darfur, China, Iran, Groups such as Adalah, Russia and elsewhere. For this Mossawa, HaMoke...…
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…I To Life! N ERFAITH SPORTS Sharing Their WISDOM Shir Shalom Sisterhood joins interfaith event at mosque. ft, WISDOM co-founders Peggy Kalis of Church of Today West, Shahina Begg of the Muslim Unity Center, Gail Katz of Congregation Beth Shalom and Trish Harris of St. Hugo of the Hills. A local interfaith women's group spent a day learning about Islam at the Muslim Unity Center in Bloomfield Hills on March 25. Among them were mem- ...…
…Arts & Entertainment Left: Alice Frank: Sunlit Reflection, watercolor. Right: Frank created this necklace with hand-blown glass and antique Venetian glass beads. Doubly Frank West Bloomfield artist's work is showcased in two solo exhibitions. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News A lice Frank joins the many artists represented in diverse Michigan Glass Month exhibits in April, but she does not restrict herself to glass projects alo...…
…Arts & Entertainment About Cristina Aguilera with her husband, Jordan Bratman Back To Basics At the Grammy ceremony in February, 26-year-old pop singer Cristina Aguilera won her second Best Female Pop Vocal Performance award for the song 'Ain't No Other Man: a cut on her third English studio album, Back to Basics. The man in Aguilera's life is her Jewish husband, music executive Jordan Bratman. The son of a music producer, Bratman landed h...…
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