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…ri Contents DETROIT JEWISH NEWS A 2002 Michigan Press Association .111 General Excellence winner tIN www.detroitjewishnews.com Friday, April 25, 2003 Nisan 23, 5763 VOL CXXIII, No. 11 DEPARTMENTS Alefbet'cha 6 AppleTree 96 B'nai Mitzvah 38 Calendar 3 5 Candlelighting . .6 Community 30 Crossword 117 Danny Raskin . . 88 Engagements 41 For Openers . 6 Food 93 Insight . . .. 23 Marketplace 99 Obituaries .. .. 122 Out & About . . . 72 Spirit...…

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…Singing Legend prayers on the High Holidays. One of the high points of Immerman's life was a trip to Israel on his 80th birthday, Marcus said. "He was feted and treated like royalty by all his South African friends and former pupils there," he said. "The highlight of that trip was when he went into Heichal Shlomo — the seat of the chief rabbinate of Israel — on Shabbat morning. He walked in, they cleared the decks and gave him the maftir and ...…

…This Week For Openers It's Torture! IV ater dripping on one's fore- head, one tormenting drop at a time. Being punctured inside an Iron Maiden. Having one's limbs stretched apart on the Rack. No, I'm not going to regale you with tales left over from Halloween. All of the above are forms of torture used from SY MANELLO early days of "civilization." Not all tor- ture Editorial directly Assistant impacts the body, but it's torture nonethe- le...…

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…RINKE CADILLAC 86 Years And Still Delivering BREAK (5) THROUGH In one typically tongue-in-cheek piece, the group says David Ben- Guriori and other historical figures who advocated a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are "not really Jews at all" but instead are "ter- rorist propagandists." The Brooklyn-based group, whose members will not reveal their identi- ties, has staged controversial cam- paigns in the past. • • Sin...…

…Staff Notebook Interfaith Prayer Service ith a focus on prayer as the foundation for healing, the Metropolitan Detroit Circle of Prayer will hold its annual Interfaith . National Day of Prayer in Detroit. At noon Thursday, May 1, local leaders of many religious faiths will gather at the Spirit of Detroit statue at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 1 Woodward Avenue (corner of Woodward and Jefferson) in Detroit, to offer formal prayers. ...…

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…his eek Job Well Done As war-ravaged Kosovo rebuilds, JDC plays a major role. dren back to school," Eliezri says. Working direct- effort in Kosovo, the group has directed its atten- tion to the country's most severe ethnic-religious ly with local builders, Eliezri rebuilt walls, Jewish Telegraphic Agency divide, the one between the Serbs who have repaired broken windows and replaced doors. remained or returned to Kosovo — some 200,000 In a ...…

…Stay Or Go? synagogues, dating from Roman times, is believed to be among the ruins at Ulpiana, just outside of the present-day capital, Prishtina. The community's ranks were swelled with the influx of Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 and welcomed in the lands of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in the Balkans. As many as 3,000 Jews were present in Kosovo in 1912. TED SIEFER The Demiris speak Albanian. Votim. Demiri, who Their fortun...…

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…This Week Accelerating the future INFINITI' Shoah Claims Holocaust compensation requests in France continue to climb. PHILIP CARMEL Jewish Telegraphic Agency Paris ompensation claims by Holocaust survivors and their families against the French government have doubled over the course of the past year, reaching tens of millions of dol- lars, according to the latest report by a French government commission. Set up in 1999, the Commission f...…

…THE ISSUE Now that the military activity in Iraq is drawing to a close, diplomat- ic activity will be taking center stage. While Saddam Hussein paid the "military price," which countries will now pay a "diplomatic price?" Turkey and Iran are being cultivat- ed; Syria is somewhat threatened; what "price" will Israel pay? =KIND THE ISSUE Friends of Israel argue that the Jewish state should not be made to "pay" the diplomatic price of uni- lat...…

…his eek Holocaust Remembered Yom HaShoah programs honor victims. WEST BLOOMFIELD A U.S.vAir Force honor guard will open the Holocaust Memorial Academy 1 pm. Sunday, April 27, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The airmen will be from the Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County. Another event highlight will be the kindling of candles by Holocaust survivors and their families in memory of the Six Million who perish...…

…Washington Watch Political Football Differing domestic agendas in the U.S. could be played out in the Middle East. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent A s Palestinian leaders wran- gle and the Bush adminis- tration prepares to officially publish the long-delayed "road map" for creation of a Palestinian state by 2005, nervous Jewish leaders believe political factors will keep Washington from pushing the plan too hard. One of those fac...…

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…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com The Domino Of Damascus he events unfolding in Iraq following the ouster of Saddam Hussein ought to give Israel pause as it thinks whether it would like to see a similar "regime change" anytime soon in Syria. Syrian President Bashar Assad is, no doubt, as irresponsible, arrogant and brash as Israeli national security advisor Ephraim Halevy recently described him. Despi...…

…OTHER, VIEWS Where's The Balanced Reporting? . Ilir henever, over the years, Israel has been forced to take military action against Palestinians, the news stories and headlines are all too predictable: "Israel Clashes With Palestinians, Kills Four, Including 4- year-old." Time after time, these headlines, along with TV film of "rock throwing children," have portrayed Israel as a bru- tal, uncaring, aggressive military power. Complaints of ...…

…What A Strange War Philadelphia ne gets the impression that U.S. military dominance is now so overwhelming," writes David Brooks in the Weekly Standard, "that the rules of conflict are being rewritten." Indeed they are. In both the Afghanistan war of 2001 and the Iraq one now concluding, traditional fea- tures of warfare have been turned upside down. But it's not just an American phenomenon; the same rewriting also applies in Israel's war aga...…

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…`My Turn' Teacher of 4,000 b'nai mitzvah prepares at age 90 for her own bat mitzvah. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Stair Writer A fter teaching b'nai mitzvah students for more than 40 years, Sylvia Barr finally decided it's time for her to be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah herself. Inspired by her recent 90th birthday, Barr will cele- brate becoming a bat mitzvah at Temple Shir Shalom on Saturday, April 26. Never intending to become the te...…

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…A SURVIVOR'S ODYSSEY Ann Arbor's Irene Butter evolves from silent Holocaust victim to emissary of understanding. SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer T heir hands clasped, Irene Butter, 72, and her 15-year old Israeli granddaughter, Amelie, press close together on the living room sofa. They are discussing Amelie's first visit to Germany — the first time, she says, she delved into her grandmother's Holocaust experience. "It was a hard journey," A...…