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HARRY KIRSBAUM
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o speeches had to be given. People just showed up in waves.
Nearly 600 men, women and children answered the call of
the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's "Mitzvah Day"
to help those in need at 33 sites, from Pontiac to downtown
Detroit, on Christmas day.
"This is the largest turnout so far," said Alan Stern from Royal Oak, who
co-chairs the event with Karen Safran and Mirjam Gunz-Schwarz. "Christmas
12/29
2000
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Above: Andie Simons of West
Bloomfield opens a present for Marlon
McHenry, 4, of Detroit at St.
Christopher House in Detroit, as
Brandon Bradford (top), 11, and his
brother Maurice, 6, of Detroit watch.