…Editorials Israel Fest '98 Holds Extra Special Meaning A triple treat's in store for participants in Sun- . day's Israel Fest '98, which kicks off with the traditional Walk for Israel. Consider: * The festivities will mark Detroit's commu- nitywide celebration of the 50th anniversary of Israel's statehood. * For the first time ever, the walk will start from the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit's Jimmy Prentis Mor- ris Building...…
…COMMUNITY VIEWS do Hillel Day School Shapes Jewish Lives Passover we sing more songs than we illel Day School has been used to and the seders now have the most wonderful expe- more meaning to us than before. rience for me. It is where I know that I will bring my Hillel I have received a superior values with me as I continue my life Jewish and secular education. because these values are a part of who My education was excellent I am. I will c...…
…EDITOR'S WATCH Agency for Jewish Education Could Play Even Stronger Role sure that Jewish education becomes a here's an Agency for Jew- communitywide priority." ish Education in our In the wake of increased assimila- future. With Jewish edu- tion, we as a people must rethink cation a key player in the what works in attracting the less- search for Jewish continuity, there's affiliated to the chime of Jewish clearly a need for an advocate comm...…
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…The Lithuanian government has returned this abandoned synagogue in Kaunas (Kovno) to the Jewish commu- nity. Holocaust survivor, but whose knowl- edge of every aspect of the destruction of Kovno's Jewish community and of the locale of its memorial sites is flaw- less. Before the Nazi onslaught, the Jews of Kovno worshipped in 36 synagogues; today, only one synagogue, built in 1871, bears testimony to the thorough- ness of the devastation. The...…
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…1 1:11 0 GENERAL MOTORS LOYALTY FIRST _REWARD RFRA, RLPA, WFRA: OK? RFRA is being replaced with RLPA, which is not the same as WFRA. That may be a little hard to keep straight in the days ahead as Congress 'moves on from the defeated Religious Freedom/school prayer amendment to the Constitution to a measure Jewish D. groups unanimously agree really will enhance religious liberty — the Reli- gious Liberty Protection Act, or RLPA for short. ...…
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