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Craig LaBan, formerly of
Bloomfield Township and
Philadelphia Inquirer restaurant crit-
ic, has won a James Beard
Foundation award. LaBan was recog-
nized for excellence in the newspaper
restaurant review or critique category
for three reviews published in the
Inquirer in 1999.

To mark this
milestone in our
history we will be
honoring

Recipient of the
Crown of Torah Award

Dr. Jeff Spinner-Haley, former
Southfield resident of Lincoln, Neb.,
received his Ph.D. in political science
from the University of Michigan.
Johns Hopkins University Press just
published his second book, Surviving
Diversity —Religion and Democratic
Citizenship. Dr. Spinner-Haley is the
Schlesinger associate professor of
social justice at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Rabbi Simnel Irons

Joshua Herman of Farmington
Hills, a senior at University of
Michigan, was a winner in the
Hopwood Awards Program. He
received $1,500 in the Minor
Drama/Screenplay contest for his
work Boys to Men.

Ken Music, photographer, and Rob
Wesolosky, designer, stand beside their
winning entry in the 19th Tenneco
Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit
poster contest. The entry depicts a color
overhead shot of a racecar streaking by,
next to a black-and-white shot of the
Belle Isle Bridge. The race weekend is
June 16 18 on Belle Isle.

Anniversary Banquet

You are cordially invited to join us in the celebration of
twenty years of remarkable achievements

Here's To...

Holly Haffner, a sophomore at
Bloomfiled Hills Andover High
School, recently won first place in a
congressional art competition spon-
sored by Rep. Joseph Knollenberg
(R-Bloomfield Hills, District 11).
Holly's piece, a black-and-white pho-
tograph titled Christina, will be on
display for a year in the gallery of the
U.S. Capital Building in
Washington, D.C.

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The banquet will also recognize the participants in Machon's documentary video,

"Pillars of Israel - Harbingers of Jerusalem

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Dr. Jay Novetsky Mrs. Chana Nusbaum Dr. Larry Loewenthal Mr. Eugene Sherizen
Oren Cahlon Brooke Gerber Jordan Scharg Aimee Silberblatt Noah Stern

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""Serving the Community for 44 Years"

5/26
2000

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