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…Shir Tikvah School Makes Movable Artifacts JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER ontinuing its nomadic existence, Congregation Shir Tikvah has added several portable elements to its fam- ily education program. Already touting an ark on wheels for its weekly services, the congre- gation now boasts several movable artifacts for its school, including a mezuzah hung with the aid of velcro. The 12-year-old congregation, with the help of the Agency for...…
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…• ■ le A prayer rose from two female soldiers singing in memory of Israelis who died in battle. Detroiters wearing white Mir- acle Mission T-shirts sat on steps near the Wall. They listened and some peo- ple cried. Representing Boyer School graduates, Israeli families sat in the front row of the crowd. The school is located in Jerusalem and has lost many former students to war. As a tribute to those who fell, Detroit children prepared a col...…
…• Discowry Rings A Bell? You Bet! We've got company. The Detroit-Windsor casino gambling dilemma is playing itself out on the rocky border between Eilat, Israel, and Taba, Egypt. A stone's throw away from the Princess Hotel in Eilat, where hundreds of Missionaires stayed last week, there is a gauntlet of checkpoints manned by Israeli and Egyptian customs officials. Beyond barbed wire and modular duty-free shops is the Taba Hilton, site of t...…
…Right: An Orthodox rabbi tries to hitchhike a ride from his outpost in Eilat back to Jerusalem. Below: Melissa and Stacey Waldman plant trees in Eilat. Above: Federation Executive Vice President Robed Aronson and Federation President David Page help dedicate the tree-planting plaque in Eilat. Left: Champions of mud wallow in Dead Sea splendor. Below: People on the Beth Shalom bus climb cliffs at Timna Park, where copper has been mined sinc...…
…PHOTO BY RICHARD SCHE INWALD Patti Tapper will share her experiences with her children. A Visual Account On The Sketch Pad 34 She brought along six sketch pads, watercolor pencils and markers with a brush at each tip. Patti Tapper is experiencing the Miracle Mission II as an artist. On the trip with her husband, Steven, the professional painter and art teacher has created a visual diary. From Eilat to Masada, from Jerusalem to Jaffa — step...…
…It Clicked! Come September, David Joseph will pack up his camera, tripod and flash. He'll buy a one-way ticket to Israel and make aliyah. The 22-year-old South African native isn't naive to monetary re- alities. He knows he'll need shekels to feed himself And he's well aware of acceptable options in America: law school, business school, a high-paying job. Life for a University of Michi- gan history major like himself can be choreographed to n...…
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