…Contents DEI'ROIT ZEWISE NEWS ri A 2000 winner of Michigan Press Association and American Jewish Press Association awards www.detroitjewishnews.com June 8, 2001 Sivan 17, 5761 Vol. CXIX, No. 17 This Week 24 One Bomb Too Many Opinion DEPARTMENTS 35 A Righteous Soul In the logic of regional violence, terror attack leads to cease- re. The community mourns Rabbi Yitschak Meir Kagan. Community 39 Balloons and Remembrances Hillel fun...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK P LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: www.dettoitjewishnews.com Hitting The Right Notes 4 31 udaism is a symphony of high and low notes that extend our reach, strengthen our identity and test our will as a people. Metaphorically, we may enjoy playing in our local "Jewish commu- nity orchestra." But we must all take a turn with the conductor's wand to remind the "orchestra" what the score really is. So ...…
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…• ave., • LYNNE SCHREIBER Special to the Jewish News Prose Oak Park real estate takes off as Jews from all backgrounds, like ennifer and Lowell Friedman, flock to the amiable neighborhood. 6/8 2001 14 hen Lisa and Kevin Feber decided to move back to Michigan, they knew they wanted to live in Oak Park. They like the central location and proximity to high- ways — Feber teaches kindergarten in Warren and her husband is a urology resident...…
…. . Left: Marty and Ilene Abrin's new home on Talbot is among newer, larger homes being built on lots in Oak Park. , , ,„„„ Right: This new entrance enhances the expanded Young Israel of Oak Park. , •„„„ , „‘„,„„ , k*. Opposite page: Kevin Feber oversees the move. Inset: Lisa and Kevin Feber in front of their new Oak Park home. Congregation Beth Shalom — the Reform and Conservative presences in Oak Park. Each synagogue spent about $2...…
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…In Memory Of A Friend Community pays tribute to Rabbi Yitschak Meir Kagan. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer ou only had to meet him once and he was your friend," said Jack Shenkman of Rabbi Yitschak Meir Kagan. A look around at those who came to pay tribute to the rabbi showed the sentiment was matched by the 900 in attendance. For many whose lives were touched by the rabbi, the June 3 memorial service in Southfield, chaired by Shenkman ...…
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…•• • This Week ONE BO M B TOO 111111141T In the logic of regional violence, terror attack leads to cease-fire. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem elY4 6/8 2001 24 he vicious minds that planned the June 1 suicide bombing outside a Tel Aviv disco may have been too primitive — or too filled with hate — to understand the logic of counterproductivity. The bombing, which ripped through the crowd of mainly Russian immigrant t...…
…5-1 kzi 1.4k , tg, "It was terrible. I don't believe Arafat. He's a big liar. He's just stalling for time for sympathy from the world, and he's not going to get it." — Albert Goldberg, Farmington Hills "I have a grandson and granddaughter in Israel, and I'm very worried. I want peace and I want the Palestinians to stop throwing stones and sit down to talk peace." Dmara Ovsyannikova, Southfield "My brother is there and my nephew is in the a...…
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…inion Editorials are posted and archived ou JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com A Righteous Soul la e was a teacher, a mentor and a friend, but most of all, he was among the lamed vav tzadikim, the 36 righteous people of his generation. The world exists and endures thanks to the deeds of these righteous souls, accord- ing to Jewish legend. So it was no surprise that 900 people came to Southfield on Sunday to pay tribute to Rabbi Yitschak ...…
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