…No 401 K's were harmed in the making of this purchase. News Digest Day School Enrollment Rises London/JTA — The number of chil- dren attending Jewish day schools in Britain increased by more than 50 per- cent during the 1990s, according to new research by the Board of Deputies, British Jewry's central body. The board also reported that the number of schools grew from 96 in 1992 to 134 in 2000. The board plans to publish a fuller analysis in...…
…Join or our Open House News Digest NEWS DIGEST from page 31 Security Flaws In Israeli Spots Jerusalem/JTA — Israeli police found serious security flaws in a number of Jerusalem area public parking lots and shopping malls, where undercover units were able to smuggle in fake bombs. Of 15 public sites that were checked, 10 failed. Settlers Hire Private Security S The Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit invites you to attend our Open Ho...…
…An Unforgettable Event! Italian Insurer To Pay Survivors New York/JTA — An agreement to provide $100 million in payments for insurance claims and humanitarian assistance to Holocaust survivors was finalized between the Italian insurance company Assicurazioni Generali and the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims. Settlements with other insurance companies that are part of the com- mission's Holocaust-era restitution prog...…
…STAND WITH ISRAEL • JOIN WITH US The Michigan Unity Mission to Israel January 14-19, 2001 The following community organizations have committed their support to this important mission of solidarity for the State of Israel and her people. Adat Shalom Synagogue Detroit Jewish News Jewish War Veterans of U.S.A. Agency for Jewish Education Fresh Air Society Kadima Akiva Hebrew Day School Hadassah, Greater Detroit Chapter American Commit...…
…Insight Remember When See You In Court From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Sen. Carl Levin says the courts will decide who will lead the country. Anaruth Bernard of Southfield is the new chair of the Detroit Friends of Alyn Hospital. Ronald Stein of Southfield has been awarded the Silver Snoopy Award from NASA for contributing to the design and development of the software for the Block II con- ...…
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…COMMUNITY VIEWS A Glimmer Of Hope D ness on the part of the Arab employee ear Terry Ahwal: who saved him, and neither do I. Salaam and Shalom! It Also, he never lost hope for an was with great interest that eventual peace between Jews and I read your "Searching For Arabs, although he didn't believe it Truth And Respect" (Community would happen in his lifetime — per- Views, Nov. 3, page 38) and found haps in the time of their grandchil- comp...…
…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Two-Front Battle have a country of our own. This is not a matter of Jewish paranoia. It is not a matter of seeing ourselves perpetually as victims. It is a matter of under- standing your own history. After the Holocaust and before David Ben-Gurion declared a State of Israel and opened the borders of Israel to all Jewish refugees, there was a peri- od of time when thousands upon thousands of survivors continued to live in ca...…
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…Business Fred Marx has marshaled years of experience into being the premier spokesman for Detroit-area retailers. ALAN ABRAMS Special to the Jewish News good part of Frederick Marxs business depends upon his ability to put his clients into the public eye. But the irony is that most of the companies Marx is asked about by the media are not even clients of his public rela- ions agency. Bren though it has been years since Marx first conquer...…
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