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…July 11, 1997 7 20 Up Front OPINION No Handicap Jewish education doesn't help. 29 Dr. Harold Margolis refuses to allow MS to come between him and his patients. TELL ME WHY New Life For Vouchers? The story behind those furry hats. 37 IMplications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling remain very unclear. THE PULSE Pluses, pitfalls of LTC coverage. 00 ISRAEL Loose cannon in the Knesset. 104 To Date In Or Out Mall Friedman file...…
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…No Handicap Dr. Harold Margolis refuses to allow his MS to come between him and his sk pediatrician Harold D. Mar- golis if the dynamics of chil- dren have changed over the 17 years he has been in practice and he will discuss the effects of adult lifestyles rather than hildren themselves. Foremost among his concerns is the in- crease in communicable illnesses in very young children. He attributes that to the lifestyle of parents who feel fin...…
…Up Rol Studying At The Source Post-high school study in Israel is increasingly popular in the Orthodox community. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER djusting to college this fall should be easy for 18 year-old Estee Eisenberg. As a freshman at the University of Michigan, she'll be only a 40-minute drive away from home. That's nothing com- pared to last year, when coming home required more than 11 hours on an airplane. Like many Orthodox teens, Ms. ...…
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…DETROIT I STEVE BROWN'S THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. 021 No. 20 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs General Manager Marianne B. Taylor Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsiry Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Copy Editor Lynne Konstantin Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Lonny Goldsmith, Julie Wiener Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Nell Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Corr...…
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…Op Fr011i Heading For Toledo A Detroit native returns to the Midwest as a Conservative rabbi. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER R abbi Michael Ungar has traveled a long circular road, almost back to where he started. Born and bred in Southfield, Rabbi Ungar left Michigan years ago for rabbinical school and pul- pit positions. Now, he is heading back to the Midwest — to take the helm of Toledo, Ohio's only Conservative shul, Temple B'nai Is...…
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…American Jewish World Service's chairman visits Detroit as part of a fundraising tour. LONNY GOLDSMITH STAFF WRITER ighteen friends, family and local Jewish leaders turned out to see Don Abramson, newly-elected chairman of the American Jew- ish World Service, speak at the Jewish Federation building last week in an effort to publicize his organization. The stop in Detroit was part of a three city-tour, which began in his childhood home of Can...…
…New Life For Vouchers? Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling remain unclear. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER I n a recent 5-4 decision, the tle I federal funding will now be United States Supreme Court able to provide these services on overturned one of its own school grounds. precedents and ruled that Local Jewish day school ad- public school systems can send ministrators hope the new ruling teachers into parochial schools to will enabl...…
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