September 20, 1996

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TELL ME WHY

Nine Short Of A Minyan

Somewhere ...
over the drugstore.

That new Detroit Tiger handling
the pitching staff from behind
the plate is Jewish.

HEALTH

Ethical updates on
World Wide Web. 83

On The Book Beat

WASHINGTON

Planning the annual Jewish
Book Fair at the JCC is a
year-round endeavor.

49

Business

Mercury Gets A New Coat

The Christian (GOP?)
Coalition gets partisan. 73

FOOD

A Tiger
tale.
page 7

A tasty return
to land of Egypt.

A local paint giant sells to a
national behemoth, ending a reign
that lasted more than a century.

Soul Searching

During the High Holidays, Jews
look into their souls. After all,
the afterlife beckons.

They painted
the town.
page 49

Al

94

102

AppleTree

122

Ann Arbor 114
Births 40
Community 27
Editorials 22
Engagements 35
Eye Spy 99
Food 118
Marketplace 143
Obituaries 174
Opinion 23
Danny Raskin 100
Carla Schwartz 104
Sports 44
Synagogues 30

ON THE COVER:

ILLUSTRATION BY ANTHONY FREDA

Our new family section
takes root with its inaugural
edition of 36 fun-filled pages.

JNE COVER:

The cast of Beau Jest at Meadow Brook:
David Ellenstein, Linnea Todd, Robert Grossman,
John Seibert and Henrietta Hermelin-Weinberg.

PHOTO BY DANIEL LIPPITT

JN Entertainment

Candlelighting
Friday, Sept. 20 7:16 p.m.

Jest Kidding

Sabbath ends
Saturday, Sept. 21 8:23 p.m.

So, nu, what will the Goldmans do
in Beau Jest and Jest a Second?
Only plot will tell.

DETROIT

THE JEWISH NEWS

To Top It All Off

Wacky Wendy Brackman, along with 500
other artists and performers, will be
featured at the Detroit Festival of the Arts.

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Vol. CX

Hats Off to Wacky
Wendy. page 102

No. 4

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