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…SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer I n 1941, a young Monte Syme boarded a bus in his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was bound for rabbinical school at the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. The future rabbi of Temple Israel in Detroit was armed with hope, enthusiasm, a great love for Judaism, a devoted family, and not much else. "He came from a very poor family," says his eldest son, Rabbi Daniel Syme of Temple Beth El in Bl...…
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…tee- Teen Mission 2000 Mission gives teens a chance to share spiritual energy with the souls of others. STEPHANIE PERSIN Special to the Jewish News I have been told that when you travel to Israel, you bring with you another soul, the soul of someone who has not had the chance to come here. Personally, I bring my father with me to Israel. He has always wanted to travel here, but has never had the opportunity. As I look over the outlook at...…
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…This Week Thinking Outside The Box Creative solutions are needed to propel Judaism into the next generation, speaker tells AJE audience. DIANA LIEBERMAN StaffWriter A "I agree 100 percent about what he said about the need to reform Judaism to make the music and the practice more compelling for the next genera- tion," said Dorit Eidut of Huntington Woods, a teacher in the AJE's Opening the Doors special-education program. Eidut said she wi...…
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…This Week Necessary Reinvention Decline of youth groups forces new thinking for teen outreach. JULIE WIENER Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York 111 argarita Beznosov thought about enrolling in her temple's confirmation class after her bat mitzvah, but it conflicted with a dance class she wanted to take. Now 15, Beznosov, of West Hartford, Conn., performs in plays at her local Jewish community center and will be working this summer — for p...…
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