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…For Openers Should the U.S. embassy in Israel be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem? Yes No Vote on JN Online www.detroitjewishnews.corn T here was little dancing in the aisles. But there was plenty of singing, with spectators joining the lead of Cantor Steven Dubov of Temple Beth El. With rain threatening throughout the day, Sunday night's concert of Yiddish, Hebrew and Broadway was moved from Ilothstein Park, over the 1-696 freeway, into th...…

…Investing In Education Federation allocations for local schools continue to rise sharply. HARRY KIRSBAUM StaffWriter ir or the second year in a row, local Jewish education was the big winner in the yearly allocation sweepstakes. Meeting Tuesday night, the board of directors of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit approved the budget developed by its staff for spend- ing the $29.6 million collected during the 1999 Allied Jewish Cam...…

…JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT 1999-00 ALLOCATIONS REPORT: LOCAL AGENCY ALLOCATIONS 1998-99 JEWISH EDUCATION Agency for Jewish Education Alliance for Jewish Education Day Schools Akiva Hebrew Day School Hillel Day School Yeshiva Beth Yeh udah Yeshivas Darchei Torah Yeshiva Gedolah Total Day Schools Michigan/Israel Connection Supplement. School Scholar, Fund Teen Mission TOTAL JEWISH EDUCATION 1999-00 51,222,600 158,000 $1,176...…

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…AIATC lionors Ford Car company chairman lauded for social and environmental commitment. 4. *0 HARRY KIRSBAU1v1 Staff Writer T he great-grandson of Henry Ford received a human rela- tions award from a national Jewish organization last week, in a ceremony marked by a touch of irony. William Clay Ford Jr., chairman of Ford Motor Company, received the American Jewish Committee's National Human Relations Award in front of 500 mainly non-Jewish,...…

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…Local Support Is Sought emple Israel Rabbi Paul Yedwab made a plea to con- greg-ants at Shabbat services June 25 for funds to sup- port the three Sacramento, Calif., synagogues attacked by arsonists on June 18. "I suggested that although they aren't permitted to give tzeeiaka on Shabbat; they could make plans to do it," he said Tuesday "I already found . ■ REBECCA ROSEN LUM Jewish Bulletin of Northern California San Francisco - s investig...…

…Attention Investors: Washington Watch Here's Your Solution To Tax-Free Monthly Income Jews Talk Tough With Mubarak JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent Ambassador Lipkin-Shahak? Former army chief of staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak has been offered the job as Israel's new ambassador to Washington. If he accepts — there are reports that he may hold out for a ministerial job — the appointment could solve a big political problem for Barak: how...…

…For Independence Dav we recall the unofficial Jewish advisers of U.S. presidents — and when they fought. heJews were in a justifiable snit. A top mil- itary commander had just issued orders that most considered blatantly anti-Semitic, and they demanded to know just what the president was T going to do about it. The White House was bombarded with letters, and influentialJews came to Washington and urged their friends in high places to in...…

…Washington's Recognition The history of Jewish involvement with American presidents begins, appropriate- ly enough, at the beginning: with George Washington. There's no record of any Jews in Washington's government, but the Jewish community played into his presidency in one important way: the letters he wrote to several Jewish communities in response to their greetings were important markers in laying ou: unprecedented way this new democracy ...…

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…Insight JODIE KAUFMAN Special to the Jewish News y ehuda Fine was living in California in 1965, learning how to grow grapes as he prepared for aliya to Israel. But he became involved in the plight of migrant workers and their families. He founded a school for them and an alternative high school. That experience inspired Fine to earn a degree at the Ackerman Family Institute and then to be ordained as a rabbi at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin in New ...…

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…Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: w-ww.detroitjewishnews.com A Cry Against Complacency T he ability to worship and celebrate our religious and cultural heritage is a blessing afforded this nation's Jews, and other groups, by the miracle that is American democracy. With the Fourth of July coming up Sunday, we must always be grateful to the United States for the liberty and rights that were, and are, d...…

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…Israeli Reunion Two survivors of concentration camps meet again in much happier times. SHELLI DORFMAN Editorial Assistant am a survivor. I am an eye- witness. My eyes have tears from the smoke coming out of the crematoriums — wind-driven towards earth. My nose smelled the burning of flesh, and my heart cried silently" The words are those of Ben Kawer, survivor of the Shoah, spoken at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memori- al in Jerusalem on his ...…

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…Jewish Origins Are Studied Eilu v' Eilu, the cooperative adult Jewish learning project of the Detroit Conservative movement, has announce a summertime Lane and Learning series with Rabbi Aaron Bergman titled "The Origins of Jewishness" on three Monday mornings at 10 a.m. beginning July 5, at Borders Books and Music, 30995 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills. The tuition fee is $12 for the series or $5 per session. Advance registration is not ...…

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…Here's To... Annetta Miller was one of three Oakland County women to be hon- ored-by the Women's Survival Center of Oakland County at its Wonder Woman celebration. Miller is a member of the board of governors at Wayne State University. Rabbi Daniel Nevins of Adat Shalom Synagogue has been appointed to a five-year term on the Conservative movement's committee on Jewish law and standards. Milton Y. Zussman of Bloomfield Hills, received the 19...…

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…Calendar Calendar Listings are updated regularly on JN Online www.detroitjewishnews.com SHABBAT SHALOM ! SUMMER AT SHIR SHALOM An informal, meditative Kabbalat Shabbat service will be held 6:30 p.m. Fridays, July 2-August 13 in the Carole and Henry Frank Interfaith Garden. Saturday morning Torah study 9:30 in the library with services at 11. (248) 737-8700. CLUBS / AFFILIATES SHIR SHALOM BROTHERHOOD Meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 6 at E.G...…

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