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THANK YOU...

his sixth edition of the JN SourceBook would not have
been possible without the efforts of Listings Editor
Gina Horwitz and Art Director Deborah Schultz.
Thank you for your dedication to this project.
Special thanks also go to Illana Greenberg, Alan Hitsky,
Arthur Horwitz, Bobbi Charnas and Jim Ritz, who all gave valu-
able input. And to Adam Horwitz for spending
part of his summer vacation counting ballots for
the Readers' Choice Awards.
Freelance writers Ronelle Grier and Esther
Tschirhart did an excellent job rounding up
facts and quotes about our award winners. And
freelance writer Debra Darvick provided a
thoughtful essay to go with our first-time listing
of life-cycle events for the Jewish community.
Keri
Ronelle, with some help from freelancer
Guten Cohen
Don Cohen, offers interesting glimpses at
neighborhoods where we live, with compelling
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photographs by JN photographer Angie Baan.
Appreciation also goes to the JN account executives, headed
by N'Ieg Lyczak and David Neill, and to designers Anne Lada,
Kelli Johnson, Cathy Ciccone, Alex Lumelsky and Todd Skiba.
Finally, here's a huge thanks to the many readers who partic-
ipated in SourceBook's second annual Readers' Choice Awards.
We nearly doubled our ballots, and we couldn't have done it
without you!

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COVER: Amanda
Sloan, 10, of West
Bloomfield enjoys
award-winning
matzah ball soup
at Steve's Deli.

Keri Guten Cohen
So urceBook Editor

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PUBLISHER'S LETTER

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READERS' CHOICE AWARDS

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NEIGHBORHOODS

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JEWISH HOLIDAYS

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DETROIT JEWISH HISTORY

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LIFE CYCLES

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LISTINGS
69 Adult Education
70 Art and Judaica
72 Banquet Halls
72 Birth and Adoption
Camps
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Day
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Family
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Overnight
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Special Needs
74 Cemeteries
75 Community Services & Public

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Congregations
Beyond Metro Detroit
Conservative
Orthodox
Reconstructionist
Reform
Secular & Humanistic
Sephardic
Traditional
Conversion
Counseling & Support
Divorce Resources
Educational Resources
Emigre Services
Entertainment
Eruv
Family & Parenting Programs
Federation
Funeral Arrangements
Health & Healing
History
Holocaust
Interfaith Ceremonies

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