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…JN Contents More Mazel Toy! JNonline.us March 6-12, 2008 29 Adar I — 5 Adar II 5768 Vol. CXXXIII, No. 5 Every month, the JN will run an expanded number of milestone list- ings in the Mazel Tov! section in addition to the weekly listings. Federation to close pledge effort early. Southfield Assaults A15 Rabbi robbed; others jostled. Health Club Theft A16 Wallet taken at JCC; suspect nabbed. World, Israel Rockets Rain On Israel A20 Det...…
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…Editor's Letter Coasting To Prosperity V icki Barnett, a well-respected civic leader and politi- cal activist, is promoting a developing strategy to help Michigan and neighboring states coast to a stronger Great Lakes region. The aim is to raise the bar by capturing the potential of the region's natural resources, pro- fessional talent and innovation investment. This coming together, dubbed the North Coast Project, is a daring idea, born fr...…
…Letters Terrifying Response Regarding "Our Neighbors" (Feb. 21, page A20), reporting on a program in the Anti- Defamation League-Michigan Region's "Weaving Our Community" series, there is one paragraph that I hope many others considered disturbing. Story Development Editor Keri Guten Cohen reported that local ADL executive director Betsy Kellman said that a local Arab American speaker had backed out. He told Kellman that his business had been...…
…I USED TO BE A DEMOCRAT. I grew up in an essentially Democratic, liberal Jewish family in New York, grandson of poor, working immigrants Ihe Democratic Party used to represent our needs and values, it spoke for the poor, and stood up for Israel and for a strongAmerica. It's a different party now The Democratic Party is dominated by the far left who see Israel as an obstacle to peace and have a knee jerk negative reaction to anything that wo...…
…Front Lines NOTEBOOK JNenline Recycle Your Electronics Temple Beth El and Great Lakes Electronics Corp. will be collecting old or obsolete computers and electronics from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at the temple, 7400 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Township. Every year, the volume of old or obsolete computers and electron- ics increases dramatically. Many contain hazardous materials. It is critical to the environment to keep these materials ...…
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…411111101111.1. TAT DOD IC0168[6A101' 1 SIIMREY ZEDEK AT CSZ SOUTHFIELD The Prato Haggadah traveling exhibit, from the Rare Book Collection of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, features one of the most outstanding medieval Haggadah manuscripts. This Haggadah, produced in Spain c. 1300, is an unfinished work allowing the viewer to see the process by which medieval illuminated manuscripts were created. The exhibit will educate vi...…
…1-1 M A:1\TdE JNonline.us DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Advertising Sales Billionaire's Gift New York/JTA — Billionaire businessman Ronald Perelman has given $50 million to a New York hospital. The New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center announced the gift in a news release last week. The gift will be used to establish the Ronald 0. Perelman Heart Institute, which will sup- port research and clinical care initiatives. Perelman, t...…
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…Metro Ringing The Bell Early Local economic woes compel Federation to close annual pledge effort April 1. C iting urgent local needs in the Jewish community, lead- ers of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit decided to close their 2008 pledge-collecting effort on April 1 instead of Dec. 31. Federation allocates funds to 19 part- ner agencies based on annual pledges. The sooner those pledges are made, the sooner they can be allo- c...…
…Shabbat Assaults Crimes in Southfield spur two-city security effort. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer A fter Rabbi Avie Shapiro was robbed at gun- point on Saturday, Feb. 16, outside a relative's home not far from his own on the east edge of Southfield near 10 Mile, his neighbors began to plan a Neighborhood Watch group. But when several more criminal incidents against Orthodox Jews took place in the same area on March 1, the group bec...…
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…I World Rain Of Rockets Detroiter heads Jewish Agency contingent that witnesses Gaza missile blasts. Robert A. Sklar Editor ane Sherman spent just three hours in Sderot in the western Negev last week. That's the Israeli city of 20,000 people under constant ter- rorist rocket fire launched from the Gaza Strip, less than a mile away. But the journey proved the most emo- tional and haunting that she has had in Israel in recent years. And tha...…
…• Michael Jacobs Jewish Renaissance Media A fter years of watching from the sidelines and making occa- sional comments as the regional rivals battled in the media and made no progress in negotiations, President Bush intervened last fall, bringing the leaders together in the Washington area for direct talks. The much-hyped White House involve- ment re-energized the negotiations and revived hopes for a resolution, but the subsequent months of...…
…World ON THE COVER Shell Game from page A21 The first to come online, built and oper- ated in Ashkelon by IDE Technologies, is the largest plant of its kind in the world. It produces 26 billion gallons of drink- ing water a year at a cost of $1.97 per 1,000 gallons and was recognized as the Desalination Plant of the Year at the Global Water Awards in Dubai in March 2006. And the great advances in low-cost desalination are in the future thro...…
…Dogging Obama ADL leader says candidate settled Farrakhan issue. Ron Kampeas and Ben Harris Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington T he head of the Anti-Defamation League says it's time to pack away the Farrakhan fears when it comes to Barack Obama. "He was very clear:' said Abraham Foxman, the ADEs national director, describing the response of the Illinois sen- ator who was asked in a debate about the public praise he received from the Nat...…
…World Target Free Family Sunday Sunday, March 91 Receive FREE general museum admission on this day only. THIS WEEKEND AT THE NEW DIA. Friday Night Live Singer, songwriter, actor and activist Nellie McKay performs at Friday Night Live! Saturday: Check out an artist demonstration by Marilyn Zimmerman. Target Family Sundays: Storyteller Dawn Daniels shares tales of strong girls and wise women. Now on View: Life's Pleasures and Julie Meh...…
…E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication Check It Out! Arts & Culture Peruse the "End of the Year Spotlight" exhibit, artwork by senior art students from North Farmington High School, through March 15, at the Costick Center's City Gallery, 28600 Eleven Mile in...…
…To Do Calendar from page A25 visitors from Technion-Israel. $36 prepaid admission. • Annual Technion Student Tour: 7 p.m. at Hammel Music, 2700 E. Maple (southeast corner at M-5) in Commerce Township. Learn about the latest technologies and study opportunities coming out of Israel from Dr. Raphael Rom, pro- fessor of Electrical Engineering, and graduate students Noga Livnat, Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, and Amir Nahir, Computer Science...…
…36.= O HERE COMES CHUPPAM Go on "Travels with Rabbi Arnie" 7 p.m. Tuesdays, March 11 and 18, at Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900 Northfield Parkway in Troy. Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg will discuss the historical and modern Jewish communities of Poland, New Zealand and Spain during his continuing series. No charge. RSVP to Rabbi Aaron Starr: (248) 649-4418. Study the Kabbalah with Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg at 10:30 a.m. Sundays or 8 p.m. Wednes...…
…Calendar from page A27 Unity And Diversity Howard Lupovitch Learn more about Reform, Orthodox, Conservative and Reconstructionist Judaism at the next session of Prof. Howard N. Lupovitch's Jewish history book club series 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. His lec- ture on "Unity, Diversity and the Melting Pot" is based on Jonathan Sarna's award-winning book, American Judaism. Walk-ins a...…
…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Editorial BalAnce Security, Openness W e as a Jewish commu- nity must wake up to terror's recurring echoes around the world. The threat is real, even in America. We need to better educate ourselves and be better prepared to strengthen the walls of safety and security at our synagogues, JCCs, Federation buildings and other communal meeting places. Wherever we gather, we're vulner...…
…Opinion OTHER VIEWS U-M Press' Hate-Filled Tie S ince 2004, the University of Michigan has been the sole distributor for London-based Pluto Press, which publishes some of the most anti-Israel, anti-Semitic and anti- American tracts available in the United States. More than a dozen of these books advo- cate the destruction of the Jewish state and any book dealing with Israel can be trusted to vilify Zionism. Neither U-M Press nor Pluto Pres...…
…THE RUC/ GALLERY of West Bloomfield rme OUT is quite clear that U-M is becom- ing known among those who hate Israel as a safe haven to legitimize activist anti-Israel polemics and anti-Semitic rhetoric. It is becoming clear that the university and President Mary Sue Coleman need to publicly condemn anti-Semitism in any form and clarify that U-M will not condone nor endorse hatred for Jews and Judaism masked as criticism of Israeli policies....…
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…Learning to use tefillin brings generations together. David Sachs Senior Copy Editor Angie Baan Staff Photographer T he leather straps of tefillin are meant to tie the Jewish nation closer to the Creator. And events like the World Wide Wrap held recently at several local Conservative synagogues also can cement the genera- tions together in their family worship. On Sunday, Feb. 3, members of Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield met bef...…
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