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…DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CII No. 21 Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Emeritus Philip Slomovitz outwits January 29, 1993 Managing Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editor Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Elizabeth Applebaum Staff Writers Kimberly Lifton Ruth Littmann Lesley Pearl 1 A DETROIT 4 $1 Million Super Sunday gets record total for Campaign. Contributing Editor Elle Wiese! Washington Correspondent James D. ...…

…r Wa V". %Ma', ..,AVNAe,v,, ay n0000- 4,4ais. VA '1 ea h , • *EX",ttQR0000 :A S.kg-a-i: Dealing With The PLO Last week, the Knesset voted 39-20 to repeal a 1986 law that made it legal for Israelis to have unauthorized contact with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization. After so many years, and so much pain — in Munich and Lebanon, Rome and Kiryat Shemona — it is not easy to lend any legitimacy to a hated foe, yet...…

…Editor's Notebook Community Views Right Vs. Left Model A Valid Concept [ Joys (And Confusion) Of Yinglish GARY ROSENBLATT EDITOR NACHA SARA LEAF SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS I read with inter- est Rabbi David Nelson's article "Remembering a Simpler Time in Jewish Life" (1-1- 93). He raises a number of impor- tant points that are worthy of further discussion and understanding. In short, • the issues that he makes refer- ence to are relevant...…

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…Yassir Arafat Appears On Israeli Television TRADITION. Isn't there one more worth carrying on? Friday night. The end of the week. The beginning of Shabbat. A time to relax, reflect and renew. And as much a part of this tradition as the candles and the challah was knowing the weekly Jewish News had also arrived. It brought news about the community, the nation and the world. Today, that tradition hasn't changed. In fact, it's gotten better. E...…

…President's Column by Eli Scherr KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL e are all aware of the tremendous financial burdens placed in Israel these last few years due to the homecom- ing of tens of thousands of Ethiopian and Russian Jews. At the same time, our domestic recession, which has sent bank rates below 4%, has put financial pressures on many of us individually at the very time when the fi- nancial demands in Israel are greatest. For many of us who ...…

…RUTH UTTMANN STAFF WRITER Linda Lee, Allan Gelfond and Mark Diem display the total. s hen Tanya Epshteyn Cr) UJ C/3 LLI CC F- LU IC) L1.1 14 moved with her husband and two children from St. Petersburg, Russia, to Detroit three years ago, she sought help from fami- ly members and Jewish agencies in the area. Now, she is helping oth- ers receive similar assis- tance. Mrs. Epshteyn was one of about 300 volunteers at this week's Super Su...…

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…Crown Heights And Beyond Is the tension between blacks and Jews in Brooklyn the harbinger of a national crisis? JAMES BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT THE DE TROI T JEWISH NEWS C 24 rown Heights: the very words have taken on an ominous tone for Jews around the country in the wake of the 1991 spasm of anti-Semitic vio- lence that even some moderate Jewish leaders now regard as the first genuine pogrom on American soil. In some ways, the co...…

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…:1 '1' Following the riots of August, 1991, police showed their strength. other, not on each other, and work to heal those rifts, and not allow those in- cidents to fracture the basic structural long-term interests of our relationship." J E WIS H N EWS Beyond New York How do the events in Crown Heights affect the already tenuous relationship between blacks and Jews in other parts of the country? Some say the neighborhood is so unique, wi...…

…An Uneasy Cairn Blacks and Orthodox Jews in Crown Heights lashed out at the media and outsiders, not at each other. DANIEL SCHIFRIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS rown Heights — Although residents of Crown Heights had just weathered one of New York's worst win- ter storms in decades, few of the black or Chasidic residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood felt like clear skies were ahead for them. But it wasn't fear or loathing of their neighbors t...…

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…FROta) ROUTES TO ROOTS: A FAcoiLg the new direction AJE has taken under the leadership of Howard Gelberd. Yet he questioned allocation of communal dollars by Federation. "The purpose of commu- nal dollars is to put them in the hands of people who cre- ate education advancement and innovation," Rabbi Dia- mond said. "However, Fed- eration demands dollars go to multiple institutions to create a single program. It shackles growth." Instead, Rab...…

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…JANUARY 29, 1993 Israel's Absorption Is Rabbi's Topic Dr. Harvey Meirovich, director of the rabbinics program at the Conserva- tive Movement's Seminary . of Judaic Studies in Jeru- salem, will speak 12:30- 1:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Federation building. His topic will be "Now That They Are Free, Will They Be Jewish? Israel's Ab- sorption of Russian Jews." The program is co-spon- sored by the Detroit Friends of the Jewish Theological Seminary a...…

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…W ezai'J/ pcA/triz .62 rya &t vecte `Darkness' Keeps Us From Fellow Humans Lots of people put off writing a will. It can be scary to think about. After all, wills are for Old people. Sick people. Rich people. Other people. RABBI IRWIN GRONER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS A But if there are people you care about, a will is more than just a good idea. Safeguard their future. Draw up a will. And after you have, ask yourself: 1. Does your ...…

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…Plant Your Roots in the Land! Celebrate Tu B'Shevat Since first purchasing the land for Israel, JNF has been planting trees in an ongoing effort to restore life to the land and insure Israel's future, There are still barren stretches of land awaiting reclamation and JNF needs your support . . . PLANT YOUR ROOTS NOW! Family Service At B'nai Moshe Give a Gift of Trees to Honor Israel Call: JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (313) 557-6644 tc- Say it W...…

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