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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Two Years Later T Today, I see Christians speaking out against the flare-ups of wo years ago, we stood in shock around our TV anti-Semitism around the world and embracing Israel's right sets, slowly absorbing the enormity of the tragedy to exist as the Jewish state. I see Jews and Muslims breaking unraveling before our eyes. Terrorism, thought so bread instead of cracking heads while still uneasy about baring distant, had ...…
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…Something Extra Commemorating 9-11 POLLARD POLL But in my darkness You are there Avinu Malkeinu Hear my prayer That see a new light Deep within me 0 God, be with me all my days. — Excerpt from the prayer Or Chadash by Cantor Lori Corrsin w ith week's second remembrance of 9- 11, Cantor Lori Corrsin of Temple Israel recalled her emotions in writing a special prayer in commemoration of the day that four hijacked planes killed nearly 3,000 ...…
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…Week Tragedy Hits Home ER doctor with Detroit roots and his daughter are killed in Jerusalem bombing. band, Peter. I thought of how he loved Sta j And Wire Reports to laugh and how he was a major influ- father and his daughter out ence on me religiously, making me together the night before want to become more observant. When her wedding were among I saw his face, I saw the friendliest smile the seven killed and 57 and such softness in his e...…
…Shaare Zedek Hospital Director Yonatan. Halevy. "Confirmation of my suspicions came shortly." A paramedic on the scene recog- nized Applebaum and notified the hospital. The nurses and doctors, shocked and grieved, kept on treating the stream of casualties. "Thousands of Jerusalemites owe Dr. Applebaum their lives," said Halevy. "This is a terrible loss." Dr. Applebaum's eldest son, Natan, said, "Dad dedicated his life to saving others. Dear Na...…
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…This Week Controversial Vigil Shabbat demonstrators outside Ann Arbor synagogue to protest Israers military actions. worst of the 20th century's genocides." Herskovitz, a Jewish Witnesses for Peace member, held a sign with a picture he took when he was visiting Balata refugee camp near Nablus in the West Bank. After observing the Israeli military occupation, he said, he saw how Palestinians were protesting and he came home with a message an...…
…lie'wish Witnesses For Peace T he following is a transcript of leaflets distributed outside the U-M Hillel open house by Jewish Witnesses for Peace: As Jews and friends of Jews who respect Judaism and its values, we feel a need to open discussion about the risks to Jews involved in the community's current support of the state of Israel and its actions. We contend that the actions of the Israeli government are antithetical to the precepts of ...…
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…Figurehead? Personal History Karia was born to a wealthy merchant family in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Dis in 1937. He is married with 5 children. In the wake of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 1967, he left Abu Dis for the Persian Gulf, moving to Beirut, Cyprus and Tunis. He now lives in Abu Dis. A banker by trade, Karia joined Arafat's Fatah wing the new reality. "Israelis coming here, Palestinians of the PLO in 1968 and ...…
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