…Introducing... who donates a minimum of $1 mil- lion a year to Jewish causes, says that politicians no longer accept the con- ference's consensus as the bottom line for Jewish opinion. "I think political figures are more tuned into what's actually happening, and they're aware that the conference does not speak with a voice that represents the Jewish people," he says. But Kenneth Bialkin, former chair- man of the conference, and chairman of th...…
…Photo by AP/Lefteris Picarakis CITIZENS OF A SORT Israeli Arabs louder than ever in commemoration of "catastrophe." GIL SEDAN A Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem t noon Tuesday, life among Israel's 1 mil- lion Arab citizens came to a standstill. For the first time in the history of the state, Arabs in Israel stood up for a moment of silence — commemorating Al Nakba — Arabic for "the catastrophe," which is what Palestinians call the 19...…
…. -4§wsperaowowawa' heavy Palestinian fire. On Sunday night, Israeli troops killed five Palestinian security officers near Ramalla.h after detecting what the Israel Defense Force termed "suspicious activity" The Palestinian Authority denied the five were involved in hostile actions and demanded an urgent meet- ing of the U.N. Security Council to address the Israeli action. The Israeli daily Haaretz reported Tuesday that Israel did not know the...…
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…News Digest Ukraine Jews To Make Aliyah Kiev/JTA A small Jewish commu- nity of 50 people recently discovered in southwestern Ukraine by the Jewish Agency for Israel is preparing to move to Israel. Residents of the village of Konetspol, about 150 miles north of Odessa, were discovered after several Jews from the village approached a Jewish Agency representative, express- ing an interest in learning Hebrew and moving to the Jewish state. Cana...…
…News Digest NEWS DIGEST from page 31 Klucrb' er who died last year. Several stones reportedly were destroyed, and the cemetery's walls were defaced with anti-Semitic slo- gans, swastikas and an image of a gal- lows with a Star of David hanging from it. New Programs Aid German Rabbis Berlin/JTA — The College for Jewish Studies in Heidelberg, Germany, plans to start a multidenominational rab- binical studies program in the fall. Another prev...…
…This Week Insight Remember When • • • Beyond The Neighborhood From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 1991 Irnai B'rith president warns of a new campaign against Israel and Jews. ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor T hat Israel lives in a dangerous neighborhood was not news to Detroiters last week. But B'nai B'rith International President Richard Heideman sum- marized a litany of attacks on the Jewish...…
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…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Revitalizing The Conference N ext week, the 54-member Confer- ence of Presidents of Major Amer- ican Jewish Organizations will meet to elect its chairman for the next two years, most likely New York publisher and real estate tycoon Mortimer Zuckerman. It would be healthy for the confer- ence if it also were to vote to create a task force to study its own future and ...…
…OTHER VIEWS American Jewry's Indifference Jerusalem T he failure of Israeli advoca- cy is only one of the many reasons for Israel's lessened world stature. No less sig- nificant is the loss of Israel's most powerful source of support: the Amer- ican Jewish community. Within American Jewry, there is both a rapidly diminishing identifica- tion with Israel and a complete break- down of the old consensus about just what is good for Israel. The...…
…No Moral Equivalence Philadelphia he death of a child can never be accepted with equanimity. When such an event occurs, there is no greater tragedy for both the family and society as a whole. Each life is precious. Grief over such a loss is unbearable and immeasurable. But when we look at recent deaths in the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinians, it would be a. mis- take, as many in the media have done, to merely add up the deaths ...…
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…DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer New York City long day of learning began at 5 a.m. April 29 for 167 Detroit- area preschool teach- ers and administrators. They toured Ellis Island and the nearby Museum of Jewish Heritage, I-calming, tired but invigorated, that same night. Each had completed the first year of the two-year Jewish Early Education Enhancement Project, known as JEEEP. A program funded by the Hermelin-Davidson Center for Congregation ...…
…Dina Schtull-Leber, head of the Judaic staff at Tamarack Camps. Subjects ranged from the Jewish view of angels to life cycles and holidays. "She is so knowledgeable," says Beth El teacher Jan Emmer of Farmington Hills. "She doesn't lecture. It's more like a conversa- tion. "We'd better be getting something out of it, to be there at 7:30 in the morning," adds co-worker Maxine Harwin of West Bloomfield. The unit on angels was highly informative ...…
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…Communit Here's To Jessica. Hersh, a 12-year-old seventh- grade student at Abbott Middle School in West Bloomfield, received the honor of Miss Junior Dance of Michigan runner-up 2001 at the Kids Artistic Review National Dance Competition. She Jessica Hersh danced in eight dances and was rec- ognized for her lyrical solo "December Dream." She is on the competition team at American Dance Academy. Eric Coleman, D-Southfield, Oak Park, Royal Oa...…
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…war wiiii . . . .:,. :::, B'nai Moshe celebrates its 90th anniversary by honoring its rich history and past presidents. BARBARA LEWIS Special to the Jewish News G eorge Gunsberg is one of the actual B'nai Moshe (sons of Moshe). His grandfather, Morris (Moshe) Gunsberg, was the patriarch of a large and devoted family. When their synagogue needed to raise money for a new building at Garfield and Beaubien, naming rights were offered to the hi...…
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…E7L13 1 1 1)1 Oli Area Reform synagogues offer Taste of Judaism class as outreach to Jews as well as gentiles. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to the Jewish News C arol Cooper is offering a morsel of something many in the area find satisfying. Cooper is the local organizer of the national program, Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious?, sponsored by the Union of Ar •erican Hebrew Congregations' William and Louie Daniel Commission on Reform Jewish ...…
…Spirituality Sisterhood Plans Shabbat Service Donor Luncheon Hosts Columnist The Congregation Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood will mark its 21st annual Sisterhood Shabbat 9 a.m. Saturday, May 19, celebrating 96 years of serv- ices to the synagogue. Debbie Balkin, sisterhood presi- dent, will address the congregation. Torah readers include Judie Blumeno, Karen Katz, Jackie Zeff, Ronna Ross, Miriam Seagle, Betsy Wolf and Marcia Boxman. Maftir will b...…
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…Torah Portion Redemption, Unification And The People's Strength Avi Waldman explained by suggesting that Yaakov metaphorically took something from Eliyahu (the letter vav) to ensure that Eliyahu would return to inform us of the redemption inspired by the coming of the Mashiach (Messiah). The fact that the letter vav was cho- sen is not coincidental. The letter repre- sents a conjunction, uniting different `And I will remember my covenant wi...…
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