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…What country conies closest to Silicon Valley in developing bigh- ted' start-up companies? Israel. The driving force behind that achievement? Graduates of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, a world-class university celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Technion graduates make up most of Israel's scientists and engineers. And of the entrepreneurs behind its many successful companies on the U.S. stock exchanges. For six d...…
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…This Week Backing For Birthright Federations also approve more local say in overseas spending. Jewish Telegraphic Agency Birthright's three prime supporters and decision makers. New York Locals Sign Up T The Israeli government pledged $70 million in April and 14 philanthropists, including co-founders Michael Steinhardt and Charles Bronfman, have pledged a total of $70 million. Of the 189 federations belonging to the UJC, 118 — includin...…
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…Skirting The Abyss Barak making last-ditch effort to save his governing coalition. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusale;n 1p rime Minister Ehud Barak was fighting for his political life this week. His largest coalition partner, the fervently Orthodox Shas Party, resigned from the govern- ment Tuesday, a move that could force new elections. But Barak, using the two-day cooling-off period prescribed by law before the resignations...…
…News Digest Aish Fire Spurs Relief Bloomfield Township — The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit has opened a mailbox to assist in the rebuilding of an Aish HaTorah center in Kiev, Ukraine, which was destroyed in a fire June 2. No one was injured in the blaze, but massive material damage was incurred. The quarters of the syna- gogue and the yeshiva, two Torah scrolls, the synagogue's library of more than 1,000 books of Judaic literatur...…
…Jewry's Role in News Digest Human Affairs THE INNOVATOR AND THE VISIONARY The pace of invention and technology has leapt forward astronomically decade after decade during recent generations. Which turn-of-the-century futurist could begin to foresee the ways of the Internet or the means of mapping the universe? The tradition of discovery that dominates our lives remains unabated and in the province of people like those we praise here. .........…
…Your Jewish ancestry may lead us to a scientific breakthrough. Shimshon Klueger had lived as a recluse in a hovel. Petition Launched For 'Iran 13' New York/JTA — The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations is launching a national petition to gather 1 million signatures to pressure Iran to release the 13 Iranian Jews being tried for spying for Israel. In addition, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, at wvvw.wiesenthal.com , ...…
…To Irving Rubin, family is everything. Ask his daughters, Sally Soverinskv and Ellen Schmier. They'll tell you he's mentor, role model and friend to his grandchildren ...his great-grandchildren ...his nieces and nephews ...his cousins ...the whole misbpotha. They'll tell you he has an unmatched zest for living and boundless pride in his Jewishness. All of the above drove his decision to make a substantial gift to the Jewish Community Center...…
…Profiles t ,\‘..nn, Congregation Beth Ahm's new cantor ends two-year musical void. `Sonic Equivalent Of From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Plans were made for the remaining 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to make aliya this year. Helen Singer was installed as president of Tikvah Chapter of B'nai B'rith Women. Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit installed Howard Tapper as president for the 1990-19...…
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…tINEditorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Never Too Early D rafters of Detroit's newest blue- print for Jewish education could have justified whatever age group they chose to emphasize. That's because learning Jewishly is impor- tant at any age. But the Jewish Federation of Metropoli- tan Detroit-sponsored blueprint gives prior- ity to preschoolers, and we can't fault...…
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…SPECIAL COMMENTARY Dollars, Identity And Jewish Education New York meaningful dent is to involve some here are increasing signs form of government funding. This sea change in thinking is that the organized Jewish community is inching underscored by the fact that a daylong toward at least reconsider- conference here last week on Jewish ing its long-sacred policy of opposing education and public policy was con- any breach in the separation of...…
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…Community Millennium Mitzvah Schostak family endows scholarship fund for Jewish Academy students. T he Schostak family, which has been associated with day school education since its inception in Detroit more than 40 years ago, has created a fund that will enable high school students to attend the new Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit. With their gift of $1 million to the Millennium Campaign for Detroit's Jewish Future, the Schostak fa...…
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…Co moult Mazel Toy! Changeots i'VA6M 't\-: U A the age of 80, Ed Cardiff made a major change in his life. SHARON LUCKERMAN Editorial Assistant E Szy. 6/23 2000 52 ighty-year-old Ed Cardiff made a big decision last year. "I've been with my wife Marion for 38 years," he says, "and I wanted to be with her for the rest of my life." He wanted to share his wife's Jewish religion and be buried beside her. But he was a Unitarian. He decided...…
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…a/ze f emwatmee dta,1 Weddings Adam Brown Second Vice President — Investments — Fritz-Levin Amanda Anne Fritz and Todd Jason Levin were recently married at the Hotel Baronette in Novi. Officiating were Rabbi Harold Loss and Cantor Harold Orbach of Temple Israel. Amanda is the daughter of Mike and Jeanne Fritz of Champaign, Ill. Todd is the son of Joyce and Michael Levin of West Bloomfield. Sarah Fritz, sister of the bride, was matron of...…
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…Clockwise: Shir Tikvah's new outdoor sanctuary where benches are hand carved from fallen trees and tree trunks. A hollowed tree trunk serves as the Ark of the Covenant. Rabbi Arnie, in the midst of the new sanctuary. Shir Tikvah to dedicate outdoor sanctuary as a spiritually uplifting memorial. LISA FEIN Special to the Jewish News A long-awaited dream has come true for Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg and Congregation Shir Tikvah. They have compl...…
