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…JN Contents Josephine Pittman, 7, of Huntington Woods at the JNOnline.us March 9-15, 2006 9-15 Adar 5766 Vol. CXXVII, No. 5 Nutritionally Speaking PB r )ara ezrt()., Great Purim Parcel Project on Sunday. ) N Ntstritiolt 1,I.0 Coming Next Week: dor See the March 16 issue for the Federation Family Miracle Mission photo contest winners and our Celebrate! party guide. To Life! Little-Known Purim Facts 19 The background of the holiday ...…
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…PI To Life! APPLE -TREE Happy Purim. Elizabeth Applebaum Contributing Editor • When The Holiday Occurs: The 14th day of Adar, which this year corresponds to sundown Monday, March 13, until sun- down Tuesday, March 14. • Why We Celebrate: Purim recalls how Queen Esther and Mordechai thwarted the plans of Haman to kill all the Jews during the reign of King Ahasuerus of ancient Persia (4th century BCE). The name "Purim" means "lots," obje...…
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…• coo Congregation Shaarey Zedek Invites You to Comedy Central ::.1:;RA; 1 1 ,_OMIMENTARY ;SHAIREY ZEDEK Bob Alipo Rabbi/Stand-Up Comic "The world's only practicing clergyman doing stand-up...intentionally." Purim: Hearing The Voice of The People possibly disastrous ost summaries of effects his action might Megillat Esther have for the entire Jewish recount the near- people — i.e., the average destruction of the Jewish Jew? people in ...…
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…Long Road Ambassadors promote Jewish-Polish relations. Harry Kirsbaum Staff Writer T hey have a long road ahead of them. Last week, Maciej Kozlowski, Poland's Arnbassador-at- large for Polish-Jewish relations in Warsaw, and David Peleg, Israel's ambassador to Poland, went on an American Jewish Committee-spon- sored promotional tour to Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York and Detroit. They spoke to the media and mingled with small-groups of...…
…World While everyone's busy debating stem cells, we're busy producing results. Long Road from page 29 / While the stem cell debate rages, scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are using this important science to advance medicine and save lives. biological pacemaker. Eventually, this could eliminate mechanical pacemakers, which require surgery to replace the battery every few years, and could replace damaged cells in pa...…
…Opinion Dry Bones M O AN°All Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . HAMS IS NO MORE PEOICATE0 TO THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL MAN THE PLO WAS! No More Purims N ow is the time to stop Iran! That was the major theme of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference held in Washington, D.C., this week. And for good reason. The Iranian president has pledged to wipe out Israel while he distorts and demonizes...…
…I Opinion OTHER VIEWS Rabbi Adler Remembered Legacy Of Counsel And Heart T Editor's note: This is an abridged ver- sion of a sermon that Rabbi Groner gave at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield on March 23,1996, in commemoration of the 30th anniver- sary of Rabbi Adler's death. his month coincides with the that day for Rabbi Adler. Like many oth- occasion, 40 years ago, from the ers of his generation, he rebelled against tragic mom...…
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