Notes & News
NOTES & NEWS Jewish Aid In Somalia Fourteen n at i on al J ewi sh organizations have banded together with Israeli peace activist. Abie Natan to establish a tent city on the Somali-Kenyan border...
...Somalia is "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today...
...According to the U.S...
...I urge your network to air these remaining episodes and seriously consider renewing the show...
...In a letter to CBS, Schumer writes that the show "was a victim of repeated schedule changes under which any show would have been hard-pressed to excel...
...Brooklyn Bridge" won the respect of millions of viewers for its portrayal of American family life in an uplifting and celebratory manner...
...Make- donations to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee—Somali Relief, 711 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10017...
...Protest letters should be sent to Jeff Sagansky, Entertainment President, CBS-TV, Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036...
...I also understand the show's producers have another seven episodes ready to be aired that may never be seen because of the cancellation...
...A Literary Vineyard Kerem, a new literary journal devoted to "creative explorations in Judaism," has recently been released...
...Abie Natan to establish a tent city on the Somali-Kenyan border for refugees fleeing the Somali civil war...
...Honorable Mention: To Clearwater Graphics, Inc., of Bristol, Vermont, for selling Chanukah cards which, according to instructions on the back, can be cut up and used as Christmas tree decorations...
...Charles Schumer of Brooklyn is protesting the cancellation...
...If you are involved in or aware of any form of Rosh Chodesh group, send the group's name, contact address and telephone number, along with a brief description of how the group celebrates Rosh Chodesh, to Susan Berrin, 903 Linden Avenue, Victoria, B.C...
...Even after his captain recanted the story and cleared Semyon of all charges, Semyon was found guilty...
...The ruling was recently overturned by the Supreme Court of the Military Collegium of Russia, Semyon...
...After the installation of generators and the dig-I ging of wells, the tent city will be handed over to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees as a gift from the Jewish people...
...Edited by Gilah Langner and Sara R. Horowitz, the journal "is a place for exchanging new prayers, new translations, midrash, divrei Torah, new traditions and rituals to mark events in contemporary life...for collecting materials that reflect the values of egali-tarianism, tolerance and pluralism...
...A former Soviet naval officer, his captain implicated him in crimes Livshits did not commit...
...For subscription information write Kerem, 2555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 504, Washington, D.C...
...The tent city will be built by American Jewish and Israeli volunteers, and every tent will be painted with the inscription "From Jerusalem With Love...
...however, is still in prison and his health is rapidly deteriorating...
...Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance...
...Still A Prisoner Prisoner: Semyon Vladylenovich LivshiLs Nationality:J ewish Age: 33 Hate of Arrrest: 8/23/90 Prison Address: CIZO, Partizanski Prospekt 28 B Vladivostok, Russia Semyon IJvshits, his wife and five-year-old daughter were preparing to leave for Israel when he was suddenly arrested...
...Despite the show's numerous honors and nomination for eight Emmy awards, CBS says it canceled the show because of poor Nielsen ratings...
...Celebrating Rosh Chodesh A sourcebook on Rosh Chodesh (new month) celebrations is in the works, and input from participants in these celebrations is needed...
...an article on searching for chametz, poems based on the Sh 'ma and Kaddish...
...Natan wants 10 ensure a specifically Jewish contribution to the relief effort especially since Somalia, a Muslim country, has been antagonistic to Israel...
...Canada, V8V 4G8...
...and a study of covenant ceremonies for girls...
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...With a goal of raising SI.2 million, the project will house and feed 20,000 Somatis...
...Protest letters should be sent to President Boris Yeltsin, the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia...
...Shanda Awards To CBS for canceling the critically acclaimed sitcom "Brooklyn Bridge" that features the Bergers, a Jewish family in 1957...
...In its first issue, Kerem, which means vineyard, has published a piece reflecting on Moses, Batman and the celebrated Jewish author Shai Agnon...
Vol. 18 • February 1993 • No. 1
