…/- This Week News Digest Soccer Star Gets Israeli Citizenship Arsonists Hit Jewish Grocery Near Paris Jerusalem/JTA — Israel granted citi- zenship to a foreign player on the Maccabi Petach Tikva soccer team, clearing the way for him to play on Israel's national team. The move could lead the way for Morad Megamedov's participation in an upcoming match against Slovenia this weekend, Israel Radio reported. Interior Minister Avraham Poraz sai...…
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…W /hat started as a plan to fix a roof V V leak on the Koppy family's home in Bloomfield Township, evolved into a complete exterior renovation of their 1960s era French colonial. Take Pride In Israel At Sunday Event ear something white and blue, and bring the crew for an afternoon of Israeli flag- waving, food and music. From 2:30 to 5:30 Sunday after- noon, June 8, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit hosts Take Pride in Israel, a...…
…Cover Story `We Were There' Permanent exhibit at JCC honors Jews who served our country. HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer Mr JWV Michigan Commander Robert Feldman and Robert Slatkin, chairman of the JWV Michigan exhibit committee, pose by the World War II exhibit panel. ',Tor 6/ 6 2003 12 people to pause and consider the Jewish patriots who fought and died for America's freedom. "What more appropriate day to have this," said Robert Slat...…
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…Analysis What's Next? Looking beyond the summit: Does peace have a chance? LESLIE SUSSER Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem A double dose of optimism and skepticism led up to this week's summit at the Red Sea resort of Aqaba, but what really mat- ters is what comes next. Hardened by past failures, Israelis and Palestinians alike recognize that there is still a long way to go, and a lot that could still go wrong after Presiderit Bush's m...…
…Little Optimism While a tense quiet reigned in Ramallah, riots took place in Nablus, with youths throwing stones and improvised explosives at Israeli soldiers. Palestinians aren't buoyed by summit talks. In the Gaza Strip, hundreds of Hamas supporters demonstrated against this week's summits. "The purpose of this summit is to guarantee American hegemony in the region," said Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmad Yassin, who attended one demonst...…
…NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT The Jewish Community Center Annual Meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 7:30 p.m.at the Jewish Community Center D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building on the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus in West Bloomfield.The following business will be conducted at the meeting: In accordance with the by-laws of the Jewish Community Center, the N...…
…Israel Insight THE ISSUE The Middle East road map, pro- posed by the Bush administration and accepted by Israel and the Palestinians as a vehicle to resume peace negotiations, calls for an end to Palestinian terrorist activity direct- ed against Israelis. But, if the expec- tation was for the Palestinian Authority to arrest terrorists and dis- mantle the terrorist infrastructure, that has not been its initial step. Rates are So Low. BEHIND ...…
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…ISRAEL'S CALL from page 21 itself made him decide to stay another year. "New York is New York. There's a lot of Jews there, but it's not the Jewish country," he said. "There's a connection to the spirituality of the land that you don't feel anywhere else." Volunteer Service Then there is Yael Rotter, a precocious 17-year old from Los Angeles. She left high school after the 11th grade and is in the Bat Zion program at Michlelet Orot, a wome...…
…This Week Selected School Board Races Eigh Impact Everyone is affected by Monday's school board races. ESTHER ALLWEISS TSCHIRHART Special to the Jewish News I n a matter of days ; local pub- lic schools will be adjourned for the summer. But another rite of June is still to come: school board elections. Election Day this year is Monday, June 9, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Only those already regis- tered will be allowed to vote. ...…
…Washington Watch Campaign Trail Bush receives a little praise and a little advice from candidate Lieberman. has said. Only if that happens will there be (Israeli) responses." Lieberman said U.S. policymakers should make it clear in the early stages of resident George W. Bush's road map negotiations that they will not first burst of Middle East pressure Israel to accept a Palestinian summitry won cautious "right of return" to Israel proper. ...…
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…OTHER VIEWS Mission To Remember L 'shanah haba'a b'Yerushalayim: Next year in Jerusalem! For years, these words signaled to me that the seder was over and I could start folding up the aluminum tables and the bridge chairs and shlep them back down the basement. But now this phrase has a totally different meaning because for 10 days next year, April 18-28, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit will conduct its fourth Michigan Miracle ...…
…Americans Fuel Terrorism he irony could not be any deeper. Every year, American Jews send money overseas to support Israel. But every day, American Jews also send their hard-earned money overseas to regimes that fund, shelter or other- wise support the terrorist groups that are sworn to Israel's destruction. We enrich anti-Israel forces by the simple act of filling our gas tanks. This irony isn't confined to the Jewish community. Americans sp...…
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…INSIDE: reserving OUR Community Calendar 39 Mazel Toy! 41 HISTORY Jewish Community Archives hit by Federation budget adjustments, but will be maintained. WENDY ROSE BICE Special to the Jewish News 1 n our everyday lives, most of us never give much thought to an "archive" — a repository for past papers, photos and artifacts; a museum of filing cabinets and gray boxes. Yet, barely a day passes when each of us is not touched in some ti...…
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