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…I EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Exploiting Kids To Kill E ussam Abdu is 16 but thinks like a 10-year-old, Hussam's father, Bilal, operates a large grocery store. In blam- said the uncle of this Palestinian boy caught on ing Israel for the climate wherein Palestinian boys yearn to die March 24 at a checkpoint with an explosive vest as martyrs, Bilal ignored the anti-Zionist TV shows, textbooks strapped to his body. His plan was to kill Israeli and news...…
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…For Openers Something Extra Freedom Behind Bars Operational Eruv When Jewish families throughout Michigan sit down to Passover seders this year, Jewish inmates will be doing the same in 13 pris- ons across the country. As they have been doing for nearly 25 years, the Miami-based Aleph Institute will provide "Seder in a Box" kits to prisoners who will receive matzah, grape juice, seder plates, soup, horseradish and a Haggadah. The nonprofit...…
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…Yad Ezra and Moies Chetim combine to bring the holiday to needy families. PHOTOS BY ANGIE BAAN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER A bout 100 volunteers partic- ipated in the 12th annual Passover food distribution at Yad Ezra the last week of March. Sponsored by Yad Ezra and the Moies Chetim Organization, kosher-for-Passover food packages were distributed to more than 1,100 needy families. On Sunday alone, 800 families received packages, which also contai...…
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…Cemetery Open Sunday The Board of Trustees of Clover Hill Park Cemetery and Congregation Shaarey Zedek welcome the community to pre-Passover visits to Beth Olem Cemetery (Smith Street Cemetery), 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, April 4. The cemetery, established in 1862, remains one of the oldest historic sites of the local Jewish community. Beth Olem is located on the site of the Cadillac "Poletown" plant. Entrance is the through the truck gate, where...…
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…ith A Strong Hand' A collector's passion for the Passover Haggadah: medieval to Maxwell House. SHELL' LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter 11:11 n a designated wall in the library of Irwin Alterman's Bloomfield Hills home are eight built-in wooden shelves holding hundreds and hundreds of copies of the same book. Outwardly, they appear very different. Some are tiny, pocket-sized books, while others are large, coffee-table editions. They come shaped ...…
…In every generation, an individual Jew is obligated to view himself as having left Egypt. As it is written: "And you shall tell your child on that day that this is on account of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt." Exodus 13:8 One honors the Israel Defense Forces and a whole series was created for use by children. Alterman owns several Haggadot commis- sioned by families for their own personal use and then later published comme...…
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…Dry Bones Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.cletroitjewishnews.com IN AMERICA, THEY'RE INVESTIGATING THE BUSH ADMINISTRA- TION IN ISRAEL THEY'RE INVESTIGATING ARIEL SHARON Imploding The Arab League T he missiles that killed Sheik Ahmed Yassin have also blown up the planned Arab sum- mit that was to have started Monday in Tunisia. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing for Israel depends on your view outs long- te...…
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…THE MARKING OF a year since the passing of Emma . . 'Lazaroff Schaver. Lubavitch Foun- dation dedicates The Emma .Lazaroff Schaver Jewish Institute, at Michigan Jewish Institute, providing classes in Judaism for beginners. N THE OCCASION OF kgn.11(`‘ViSi) IlkSiit01(e. at The Shutt 4/ 2 2004 40 • It honors the memory of Mrs, Schaver, who sup- ported the works ofthe nineteen Lubavitch insti- tutions in Michigan as honorary chairperson of ...…
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