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By Goldfein
Miriam Liebman came away with a
ometimes people's names reflect their professions. Shira
special souvenir.
Belfer of Massachusetts, whose first name means "song,"
While Miriam, her brother Noah
is a cantor. Justus Weiner is an Israeli advocate. Shlomo
and two friends enjoyed the May 24
Ben-Ami, whose first name means "peace," has been a key
performance at St. Andrews Hall in
Israeli peace negotiator with the Palestinians. Edgar Bronfman
Detroit, her mother Judy sat outside whose last names means "whiskey man," heads the Seagram
on the stairs. Her reasoning: she was
distillery. Which famous Jewish singer from the early part of
‘`too old to stay inside."
the 20th century also had a name that suited his profession?
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"If you're really important like
your badge says," Judy told the
man, "could you do something really nice to make a
young girl very, very happy?" She asked for an auto-
A fella with desperate finances
graphed poster of Evan and Jaron for her daughter.
Was seeking some big cash advances.
The man, a member of the singers' entourage, told her
His banker said, "Borgen*
he would try to locate a poster for the singers to sign,
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but returned telling her he couldn't find one.
The fella said, "I'll take my chances."
At that point Miriam's father, Marty, came outside . in •
time to hear his wife suggest removing one from the wall
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of the St. Andrews hallway for the pair to sign. Then
Judy added one more request. She thought her daughter,
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a graduate of Hillel Day-School and now a student at the
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Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit, would appreci- •
ate an autograph written in Hebrew.
The man took down the poster of the rock stars and
returned shortly. Relying on their Orthodox day
school education in their hometown of Atlanta, the
"The Torah is not a history book but a chronicle of spirit."
singers had written, "To Miriam. Evan and Jaron,"
—Rabbi David Wolpe, of Sinai Temple in the Los Angeles suburb
with Miriam's name scribed in Hebrew letters.
of Westwood, on criticism of his Passover sermon suggesting there
Miriam, though, wasn't the only one to gain a unique
never was a Jewish Exodus from Egypt.
memento during the Lowensteins' Detroit concert stop.
Jaron and Evan, who observe Shabbat and keep kosher,
"For all of my life, I have never felt any substantial anti-
left with a nutritious reminder of their trip.
' Semitism, and was rather indifferent to the Jewish community..
After eating lunch at Unique Kosher Carryout in
Then something clicked, and I thought, 'Well, I am over 40, I
Oak Park the day of the concert, they decided it would have made a successful career, I have made a fortune. But what
be a good idea to stock up or kosher food, afraid it
will I tell my children when I am 70?'"
may not be easy to find in Omaha, the next stop on
—Oil magnate Leonid Nevzlin, new president of the Russian
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