…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com essay Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us Summer Camp: Hope For Some, Hate For Others T his season of introspection, long on invigorating splendor, provides a fitting backdrop to appreciate the life-sustaining values imbued in our kids at Jewish summer camp — in stark contrast with the Palestinian practice of in...…
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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com guest column Just-Signed Memorandum Of Understanding Strengthens U.S-Israel Ties T he JCRC/AJC applauds the 69-year U.S.-Israel partnership historic Memorandum of and alliance. Understanding (MOU) The strength of the U.S-Israel on military assistance that was relationship is reflected in the fact reached in September between that the MOU represents the larg- the United States and Isr...…
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…metro » The Heart Of Judaism Birmingham rabbi preaches kindness — and people respond in kind. Rabbi Tzvi Muller of the Birmingham Bloomfield Chai Center The marquee at the Birmingham 8 Theatre advertising a recent Chai Center event Barbara Lewis | Contributing Writer W ith an eagle-eye focus on kind- ness, Rabbi Tzvi Muller is lead- ing a small, one-of-a kind con- gregation in the Birmingham-Bloomfield Hills area into a bright future. M...…
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…metro » Keeping The Ties Detroiters travel to David-Horodok in Belarus to honor slain family members. Suzanne Chessler | Contributing Writer David and Pauline Salama | Photography Above: David Salama lit candles at the memorial at the mass gravesite in memory of his grandmother’s parents and brother. Right: David Salama had his grandmother in Detroit hold a few rocks, which he then labeled with her family's name and left at the David-Horo...…
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…metro » Make Your Vote Count A handy guide for college students. Mary Ellen Gurewitz | Special to the Jewish News P erhaps this will be your first time voting for president. Do some prep work now so you’ll know your vote will count Tuesday, Nov. 8. ARE YOU REGISTERED? Go to michigan.gov/vote to check your reg- istration status. This will tell you if you are registered and the precinct where you vote. NOT REGISTERED? You have until Oct. ...…
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…rosh hashanah » New Year’s Wishes What we’re hoping for in 5777. COMMUNITY WISHES Here are some answers and plans of action from fellow DJN readers and members of the Jewish community of Metro Detroit. “I wish for fairness and patience in both myself and others, and I yearn for an end to violence against all living crea- tures.” — Debbie Szobel Logan, Bloomfield Hills I t sounds almost like a beauty pageant But we must. Today’s problems...…
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…rosh hashanah » continued from page 46 HONORING THOSE WHO SHAPE US P irkei Avot 6:3 states, “One who learns from his fellow a single chapter or a single law or a single verse or a single word or even a single letter, he must treat him with respect.” In Pirkei Avot 6:6 we learn, “One who says something in the name of its speaker brings redemption to the world.” To credit our teachers is a sacred obliga- tion. It is something to remember Rab...…
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…rosh hashanah » Flavors Of Rosh Hashanah Photos by Rob Dawson A fish head or honey? Jews of the world follow different food customs. After shaping her cookies, Susanna Klein uses the edge of the counter to get them out of the mold. Klein assembles her ma’amoul cookies. Louis Finkelman | Contributing Writer I Traditional ma’amoul molds Finished ma’amoul cookies n conversation with another Talmudic sage, the sage Abaye (who lived about...…
