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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK From Joy To Despair B osmat Nehmad is a 12-year-old Israeli girl whose name in Hebrew means a breath of fresh air. She's bright, aware and friendly. She's also a surviving sis- ter of two teens who, by fate, wound up in the wrong spot when a Palestinian suicide bomber saw fit to mur- der or mangle as many Israeli civilians as he could. Bosmat is the daughter of Dalia and Ezra Nehmad, Israeli natives of Jewish Syrian ancest...…
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…Uncertainty Growl Is Gaza a simmering cauldron or is it a model of coexistence? MATTHEW GUTMAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency Gaza City he reality of the Gaza Strip, it appears, is in the eye of the beholder. Some officers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Palestinian Authority security organizations think it's a simmer- ing cauldron bound, sooner or later, to boil over. Others call it a model of how Israelis and Palestinians can live...…
…SHOULD YOUR TAX DOLLARS BE USED TO CREATE A PALESTINIAN ARAB TERRORIST STATE? IS THIS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR TAX DOLLARS GOING? The Bush administration is already sending over $200 million in taxpayers' dollars to the Palestinian Arabs each year. Now that figure may be increased to as much as $1 billion, accord- ing to The New York Times. And there will be a special allocation of $300-million to train and equip the Palestinian Authority (PA) se...…
…TONE'S ~JE WELF=iY SPORTS STARS THEN AND NOW - I History recounts two Jewish sports heroes separated by 2,000 or more years: Ben Hur, the charioteer of ancient Rome reputed to be a Hebrew, and Daniel Mendoza, England's 1791 heavyweight champion hailed as the father of modern boxing. No Jewish sports figures of their stature emerged during the years before or between--although Hellenistic Jews had participated and even prevailed in classic Gre...…
…Hate From Within Aliyah from former Soviet Union brings a surprise — anti-Semitism. ARIEL FINGUERMAN AND ELANA SHAP Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem S ynagogues defaced by swastikas in B'nai Brak? Graves vandalized in Beit Slaemesh? A teenager harassed for being a Jew on her way to school in Netivot? Such cases may seem far-fetched, but they all occurred in the Jewish state. According to the Information Center for Victims of Anti-Semit...…
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…News Talk JN, yeshivah hostscholar A Los Angeles-based rabbinic scholar will give several lectures, including a lunch-and-learn pro- gram at the Jewish News, during a two- day visit to metro Detroit in August. Rabbi Boruch Yehudah Gradon — founder and dean of Maor, an outreach program aimed principally at Israelis, and also the spiritual counselor for the Los Angeles Lakewood Kollel — will deliver two lunch-and-learn programs and two major...…
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…Israel Bound Learn about next year's Miracle Mission. I is all systems go for Detroit Jewry's next community-wide trip to Israel. More than 550 people have already confirmed reser- vations for Federation's Michigan ,. Miracle Mission 4 — and more informational meetings are upcom- ing. The goal for the mission, April 18- 28, 2004, is 800 people — an amount that would fill two El Al jet- liners. "We have come together for this mis- sion as onl...…
…'ems 1 .„,,, . ‘- -, „. , Washington Watch Prime Visitors Sharon, Abbas visits bring activists to Washington. JAMES D. BESSER Special to the Jewish News S upporters of both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian drama are swarming over Capitol Hill, making their cases in advance of this week's back-to-back summits in Washington. Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas was due in town on Thursday, and his official reception is designed to rein- forc...…
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…This Week Insight Remember When • From the pages of the Jewish News from this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. At The Helm 1993 Hillel Day School hires a new head of school. DIANA LIEBERMAN StaffWriter S teve Freedman, who spent more than 13 years as educational director of Beth Sholom Congregation in Elkins Park, Pa., will take over Aug. 1 as head of school at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit. He replaces Dr. Mark...…
…inion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones The Right Move If ... jr ewish Family Service's plan to build an $8 million new headquarters in West Bloomfield seems odd at first blush. After all, where is the clientele of the social and behavioral health service agency? JFS' own statistics would seem to indi- cate that the move makes no sense. Of its 10,000 cur- rent clients: • 45 percent live ...…
…OTHER VIEWS Answering Solidarity's Call Despite the violence that has threat- ened Israel, we came at this particular time to demonstrate our support for solidarity with Israel. Throughout our stay there, we observed how, in the midst of continued terrorist threats, life does go on for Israelis. During the week of our departure for Israel, Hamas issued a warning that all foreigners in Israel were legiti- mate targets and should leave Israel....…
…Where Hatred Trumps Bread And what rough beast, its hour come at last,. slouches toward Bethlehem to be born? Temple on the Temple Mount, the emperor Hadrian also had the distinc- tion of reassigning the history of Jerusalem; he dubbed it Aelia — WB. Yeats Capitolina, in honor of Jupiter. Yet, at the same time, Golda Meir was CYNTHIA OZICK mistaken: She declined to recognize a Special Commentary growing sectarianism rooted not merely in the ...…
…OTHER, VIEWS The Mall Model For Mideast Peace the release of terrorists. Jerusalem Without a Palestinian state. had an e-mail the other Without the permission of day from some fine fellow Yasser Arafat. Or Ariel Sharon. who was all upset. Or George Bush. "According to you, Now, what lessons can we there will never be peace learn about how to actually between Israelis and the achieve Mideast peace from the Palestinians," he fumed. Jerusalem M...…
…Mitzvat Alisrah Oak Park woman sanctifies her move to Israel with a custom-made ceremony. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer W hile Miriam Lewis of Oak Park has many times stood on the bimah of her synagogue, on Shabbat morning, July 5, she approached it with new purpose and enormous sentiment. This was the 25-year-old's final visit to Congregation Beth Shalom before making aliyah to Israel, three days later. The emotion-filled service wa...…
…. - YAAKOV SCHWARTZ Special to the Jewish News A Zionist Family Miriam Lewis grew up in "an openly Zionist, traditionally Jewish home." She attended Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit and the Labor Zionist Youth Movement's Habonim Dror summer camp and participated in local Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day) programming. "I was at shul every Shabbat with my family," she said. "From birth, I was instilled with a love of Judaism ...…
…The Zacks Make Aliyah Oak Park couple believe Israel is the best place to raise their four children. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffTh4-iter this summer's second Nefesh B'Nefesh chartered flight left from New York for Israel on July 22, on board were Oak Parkers Sim and Golda Zacks and their family. "This is the sixth year of the five-year plan to make aliyah, that we made when we got married," Golda Zacks said. "My husband just finished his ...…
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…Synagogue List 45 Torah Portion 46 Young Emissaries Chicago yeshivah students visit Ann Arbor Chabad House for a Shabbat of learning and sharing. From left: Tzvi Bronchtain, 22, a yeshivah counselor from Chicago, studies with Darren King of Ann Arbor. Chuck Keys of Northville, in the midst of learning with Shmuli Kafkah, a yeshivah student from Chicago. KAREN SCHWARTZ Special to the Jewish News Ann Arbor IV hen Ann Arbor resident ...…
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…Entertainment Cover Story Brave Heart How doctor-author Sheri Fink joined the battle to save lives in the world's turbulent hot spots. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News D r. Sheri Fink, in nighttime Baghdad last month, moved along a rooftop to get a clear cell phone connection to Michigan. She wanted to wish her father, Detroit attorney Herschel Fink, a happy birthday. They had lots to talk about. There would be the latest new...…
