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…Honcho Pro Tern JULIE WIENER Staff- Writer With a fresh face, a tidy desk and a bevy of admirers, Judah Isaacs tackles problems at the Agency for Jewish Education. udah Isaacs did not exactly walk into an easy job when he became interim director of the Agency for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Detroit a few weeks ago. The agency is reeling from the loss of key employees over the past year, and last week it received a sharply crit- NIRIM i...…
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…Orthodox. Codish, who also defines himself as centrist Orthodox, is a founding • member of Congregation Or Chadash in Oak Park and favors a less rigid interpretation of Jewish texts than Gross and many others in the Orthodox community. Codish was not in court on July 15, but Cohen defined ceptrist Orthodoxy for Mester as belief that "while you have to adhere to Torah ... you can par- ticipate in regular, secular pursuits ... and not run afoul ...…
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…A Journey Through Time A Teen Mission participant lolls through history by boat and on foot. CARYN ROMAN Special to the Jewish News magine you're floating peaceful- ly down a quiet river. You and your friend paddle clear of rocks and bushes with relative ease, enjoying the leisurely ride. Suddenly, you spot pirates in front of you (okay, it's only your madrechim, but they're still dangerous). A splashing war ensues and you're thrown overboa...…
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…CARYN ROMAN Special to The Jewish News S creams erupt from the Mdapelim (illegal immi- grants) as they attempt to run from the surrounding British Army forces. Soldiers and Jews scramble blindly in the dark as each group tries to outwit the other. As British soldiers lead the illegals to jail, Palmach forces suddenly rush to the scene, adding to the confusion and releasing many of the prisoners. Above the commotion, a single shot rings out....…
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…LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer KRISTA HUSA Photographer Minnie Silver examines one of her paintings. Minnie Silver stands in front of her latest masterpiece. Tired from all the attention, April takes a nap. scheduled, including movies, trips to Kensington Metropark and picnics, but Bayer says the yearly trip the Fisher Theater is the most fun. The group went to see The King and I and twice went for The Fiddler on the Roof "They've love the ...…
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…COMMUNITY VIEWS In Whose Hands Will Memory Of The Holocaust Rest? Schoenfeld has chosen some of the abriel Schoenfeld, a senior most egregious examples of misappro- editor of Commentary in his priation of the Holocaust. Based on June edition article those, he assaults the idea of special pro- "Auschwitz and the Profes- grams for the study of the Holocaust, sors," might have posed some signifi- specifically, the new Ph.D. program at cant and ...…
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…The World The Citizenship Quest Involves Red Tape DANIEL KURTZMAN Special to The Jewish News Oak Park's Kalmina Dashevskaya should have become a citizen of the United States well over a year ago . She waited five years for the right to apply, passed her citizenship test in April of 1997, but has not yet been sworn in because the Immigration and Naturalization Service has failed to com- plete her requisite criminal background check. For the ...…
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