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DETROIT
JEWISH NEWS
A
Vol. CXIII No. 4
Publisher
Arthur M. Horwitz
Editor
(3 Robert A. Sklar
Associate Editor
Alan Hitsky
News Editor
Julie Edgar
Contributing Photographers
Krista Husa, Glenn Triest
Arts and Entertainment Editor
Gail Zimmerman
Staff Writers
Lynne Meredith Cohn,
Lonny Goldsmith,
Julie Wiener
Marketing Coordinator
Sandy E. Rockind
Inside Sales Representative
Barbara Lopez
Local Columnists
Danny Raskin, Carla Jean Schwartz
Art Department
Cathy Ciccone, Anne Lada,
Alex Lumelsky, Zina Maizy,
Ralph Orme, Todd Skiba
Advertising Director
Shari Cimino
Copy Editor
Linda Bachrack
Business Manager
Brigette Thompson
Sales Coordinators
Kristen M. Komlen, Laurel Simmer
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Waterspout Communications LLC
Editorial Assistant
Seymour Manello
Office Manager
Dawn Cleveland
Senior Account Executive
Danny Raskin
Founder
Charles A. Buerger
AppleTree Editor
Elizabeth Applebaum
Managing Art Director
Charles R. Krasner
Contributing Editors
Phil Jacobs, Neil Rubin
Art Director
Debbie Schultz
Office Staff
Shelli Dorfman, Beverly Meadows,
Diana K. Wolfe
Executive Vice Presidents
Andrew A. Buerger,
Arthur M. Horwitz,
Sylvia Boyko Stafford
Washington Correspondent
James D. Besser
Production Manager
Curtis DeLoye
Fulfillment
Sabrina Jordan, Lee Payne
Account Executives
Heather Bondy, Heidi Brandemihl,
Ellen Finn, Michelle Griffin,
Missy Handler, Kathy Johnson,
Sue Maniloff, Patricia McMurray,
Rick Nessel, Dharlene Norris,
Lisa Wylin
Marketing Manager
Illana P. Greenberg
Inside Sales Supervisor
Karin Indig
Israel Correspondents
Ina Friedman, Larry Derfner
Assistant Production Manager
Gayle Baldi
Credit Manager
Neil Isaacson
Art Director
Robyn Katz
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Assistant Art Director
Fiona Lawrence
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1998