…tEi 0 hien Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com High Road To Durban merican Jewish leaders are justifiably concerned about a United Nations conference that will convene at the end of the month in Durban, South Africa. Unless the conference organizers come to their senses, the meeting will adopt a resolution reviving the viciously hateful proposition that Zionism is equivalent to racism. One immediate ...…
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…munity Dancing To The Oldies Music from the _past brings out seniors by the hundreds. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer 8/10 2001 32 JENNIFER L. MATTLER Special to the Jewish News several years, Fort Wayne opened for this Detroit 300 event. Spectators watched from the parade field of the 150-year-old bastion. They were treat- ed to re-enactors in historic garb, his- toric sites were open and military vehicle were on site. El Sunday,...…
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…Terror Unmasked Local filmmaker's video interviews of Israeli terrorist victims' families gives voice to violence. ers. "I used to think we were basically the same," she says. She then goes on Special to the Jewish News to describe the incredible pain she feels over her son's death, compared isha b'Av, the annual Jewish to the joy of Arab mothers who are day of mourning, was an proud their suicide bomber sons have appro- died for a "holy" ca...…
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…Photo by John Clifford, TM & © 2001 Dreamworks LL FARMINGTON HILLS NATIVE ELIZABETH BERKLEY BOOSTS HER ACTING CAREER WITH A STRING OF SOLID PERFORMANCES, INCLUDING HER LATEST — A ROLE IN A NEW WOODY ALLEN FILM. GAIL ZIMMERJ\LkN Arts & Entertainment Editor E lizabeth Berkley's audition with filmmaker Woody Allen for a part in his latest comedy, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, resembled a scene out of an I Love Lucy episode. All the actress...…
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