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…DETROIT =WISE NEWS Contents Winner of eight 2003 Michigan Press Association writing, design and advertising awards JN www.detroitjewishnews.com • = MIF1011 MICHIGAN PRESS ASSOCIATION • A• Friday; Dec. 19, 2003 Kislev 24, 5764 Vol. OMR; No. 19 THIS WEEK 16 Tightening Security DEPARTMENTS Since 9-11 and war in Iraq, JCC updates security for fee. 17 Saddam's Capture 01, Local reaction among Iraqi Jews and Chaldeans. 32 Clark's C...…

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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Securing The JCC I appreciate the Jewish Community Center leadership showing more interest in the security of its two build- ings, but I'm not happy about the new assessment of $60 per family to tighten protection. JCC leaders Hannan Lis and David Sorkin notified each family of the required charge by letter. The annual fee is projected to gener- ate about $210,000. "Our goal is to provide as safe and secure an environment ...…

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…For Openers `Twas The Night ... he December, dilemma may be plaguing many this time of year, but that does not mean we must lose our sense of humor. Here is a poem that has been making the Internet rounds, as it does each year: The Night Before Chanukah SY MANELLO Editorial Assistant `Twas the night before Chanukah, boychicks and maidels Not a sound could be heard, not even the dreidels. The menorah was set on the chimney, alight In the ...…

…SAAB OF T ROY How To Mess Up A Mitzvah e were leav- ing a house of shivah and the street was jammed. It was for a man who had died young and much loved, and the house was filled with GEORGE mourners. CANTOR Cars were parked Reality Check along both sides of the narrow street and there was just room, barely, for one vehicle to get through. We were inching our way along when the car ahead of us came to a dead halt. Since it was a police car, i...…

…News Digest jwv Plans Holiday For Vets The Jewish War Veterans of USA and ladies auxiliary will sponsor a holiday party on Christmas Day for 300 patients at the Battle Creek VA Hospital. State Commander Harmon Tron and Auxiliary President Elaine Klein will oversee activities, which will be chaired by Jerry Schlussel, Sandy Pliskow and Art Lipman. Participants will board the bus at 8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, at the JWV parking area, 24901 Nor...…

…Roitman and students who support a Christmas-tree display say the new display is not much of a change. JTS Library Gets $1 Million Iran To Allow Nuclear Access New York/JTA — The Conservative Movement's Jewish Theological Seminary received a $1 million grant for its library. The New York-based rabbinical seminary will use the money from the Horace W Goldsmith Foundation to renovate part of its stack area and process rare and unique books, s...…

…Something Extra Software Swastika Even after Microsoft Corporation took measures to correct the inclusion of a font featuring two swastikas in its latest version of Office software, the American Jewish Committee still has con- cerns about how the symbol was able to slip past quality control. They did, however, commend the company for its quick response. "Since the swastikas were first noticed in the new version of Microsoft Office products, ...…

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…• Tightening Security At JCCs Since 9-11 and the war in Iraq, the most visible Jewish institution updates security for a fee. SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer F JCC shouldn't be spending the money. She didn't know yet how many of her members had paid the fee. "We've been very surprised that quite a few New Americans who said they couldn't afford the extra $60 have come forward with $10, wanting to support the Center," she said. In a random ...…

…After Saddam Shared History Of Oppression Hussein's capture sparks celebration, memories for local Jewish and Chaldean Iraqis. SHARON LUCKERMAN StaffWriter ith the capture of Saddam Hussein almost a week ago, world leaders ponder their next steps, including how best to try the deposed Iraqi dicta- tor and repair the country he left behind. Meanwhile, Jewish Iraqis living in the Detroit area express their personal reac- tions and the memori...…

…After Saddam iaddam And Israel New YorkIJTA — The capture of Saddam Hussein puts another nail in the coffin of an Arab dictatorship known for its anti-Israel activity and rhetoric. Here are some of the most significant events in Saddam's regime and his contentious relationship with Israel: *1957 — Saddam joins the Baath Party. 1969 — Saddam is appointed vice president by President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. Soon afterward, Iraq hangs 17 alleged...…

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…After Saddam Mixed Reaction After capture of Saddam, Israelis joyful, Arab world mixed. Arabs Ponder DAN BARON Jewish Telegraphic Agency The Arab leaders who still battle Israel were more circumspect. While Palestinian Authority President Yasser Ramat-Gan Arafat, a longtime Saddam ally, mulled fter surviving the Holocaust an official reaction to the news of the a nd five Middle East wars, capture in Tikrit, Hamas and Islamic Ze'ev is a ha...…

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…This Week Sower Foe? Did military officer go far enough to accommodate Yom Kippur rites? JOE BERKOFSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York T he Vietnam War was rag- ing and Jack Zimmermann was stationed in the dan- gerous demilitarized zone alonab the north-south border when the High Holidays arrived in the fall of 1965. When combat with the Viet Cong quieted, Zimmermann, who com- manded an artillery battery, got approval to attend High ...…

…Single Crisis Orthodox tackle matchmaking emergency. URIEL HEILMAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York avid Smith believes Orthodox ewry is facing a crisis — and a communal day of fasting and prayer, like those held occasionally about violence in Israel, is needed to address it. The crisis: Smith and thousands of other Orthodox Jews still are not mar- ried. "Why don't they have a fast for people who are single, to say tehillim or some- thin...…

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…Election 2004 The Outsider As a youth, a general and now a candidate, Wesley Clark is the perennial outsider. RON KAMPEAS Jewish Teleg,raphic Agency Boca Raton, Fla. IIAT esley Clark pats the yar- mulke on his head, telling the congregants of 0 Temple Emeth, "It feels really good to be here and to wear this." Then, with unbridled enthusiasm, he stuns the room by explaining why he became a Roman Catholic. Gen. Clark, the Reagan voter runnin...…

…and peppering his talk with references to the Torah. "Every federation would call back and say, 'What a spectacular speaker,''' Schnurmacher says. Jewish family members say Clark is always digging for more information about his ancestors — though the infor- mation hasn't altered his spiritual orien- tation. "He's very warm, very family- conscious," Salk says. Clark invited all his Jewish cousins to the recent wedding of his son, in Little Rock...…

…We Are Very Proud Of Our Children ; • Mr, & Mrs. Eric (Debbie) Canvasser, Dr. & Mrs. David (Joanne) Canvasser, Dr. & Mrs. Ronald (Cheryl) Kerwin, Mr. & Mrs. Mark (Marla) Canvasser and Mr. & Mrs. Michael (Laurie) Nedelman; will be flying to Phoenix, Arizona to participate in a 13 mile 1/2 Marathon on January 11, 2004 to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to seeking a cure for Leukemia, Lymp...…

…Savings Worth the SCHLEP!! Only at WAI.LY S 2004 ENVOY 4WD 4-DOO number" that underscores how far the organization still has to go. "That presents for us a very, very seri- ous challenge," he said. "How do we begin to work with those with only one Jewish parent in a more intensive man- ner?" To observers of intermarriage, the answer is to approach all college-age Jewish students with a single strategy. "The more we can create environ- ment...…

…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones When Perspective Matters T wo central planks in the framework of American government are the rights to dissent and to disagree with those who dissent. These rights were exercised in a most unusual way last week in Dearborn. A group of local Arab Americans and their support- ers who are at odds with Shimon Peres' record as an Israeli military and political ...…

…OTHER VIEWS Single Exposure M ommy, do I know anybody that's not Jewish?" my 4- year-old son asked me while we were driving home from the pizza place. Discussing religion was nothing new My children often comment on how friends and family members observe Judaism. I started to answer, "Mr. B., our neighbor" when he interrupted. "I • mean like a friend or someone in my family." "How about cousin Natalie's hus- band?" I offered. The peremptory...…

…OTHER VIEWS GALE from page 37 Similarly, we in America cannot sustain vibrant Jewish life if we close ourselves off from our surroundings, refusing to let in the best of what American society and culture has to offer. Yet, being Jewish in America requires a little sechel (common sense). As Jews in America, we engage in a careful and constant balancing of out- side influences with those of our own tradition. Abraham Joshua Heschel put it well...…

…Chanukah At A Glance ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor • MG ME From sundown Friday, Dec. 19, until sundown Friday, Dec. 27. On the Jewish calendar, Chanukah begins on the 25th of Kislev. • V,My\aTaga-iagc,'R Chanukah marks the vic- tory of the Jews, led by members of the priestly Hasmonean family (especially Judah Maccabee), over the Greco-Syrians (Seleucids) in 164 B.C.E. The Seleucids repressed the practice of Judaism and converted the...…

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…his year's Jewish News Chanukah Art Contest winners will be displayed at the new Shalom Street museum at the Jewish CMJEIECOVER RANDI GOODE Age 8 West Bloomfield Temple Israel R andi Goode doesn't think she's an artist at the age of 8, but she puts her knowledge to good use. She and older sisters Jamie, 11, and Erin, 13 (too old for this year's contest), have been entering the Jewish News Chanukah Art Contest for years. And winning! Bot...…

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…INSIDE: Community Calendar Maze! Toy! 4 4 9 4 $ t • 49 . 52 Festival Of Lights The Leib family turns their home into a Chanukah wonderland. ynn Leib remembers her childhood days when a non-Jewish friend across Philadelphia Street in Detroit would invite her over to see her Christmas tree and decorations. "I remember standing in awe," says the West Bloomfield grandmother. "It's something that happens to a lot of Jewish kids. I decided ...…

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…Frides Dec, 19 z J. Judaism in Iraq Laurie Zimmet, naval reservist in Iraq, relates her military and religious experi- ences. 4:30 p.m. Chanukah candle lighting, 4:43 p.m. Shabbat candle lighting, 5:30 p.m. services and 6:15 p.m. dinner. $18 adults, $10 children. The Shul. RSVP: (248) 788-4000, ext. 102. En-Lightening Chanukah Family Chanukah service at 7:30 p.m. fea- tures the youth and junior choirs and a concluding oneg Shabbat. Temple ...…