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editor's note
A Fresh Start For A New Year
Let us raise our
honey-dipped apple
slices and look
toward a sweet
new year.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a time for introspection and making
changes for a better life. At Platinum, we took that initiative seriously. Beginning
with this September issue, you'll see a lot of changes in our pages, beginning with the
actual paper you hold in your hands. In an effort to perpetuate
a more environmentally responsible ideology, we've traded in
our glossy paper in exchange for a more Earth-friendly paper
stock, printed with a soy-based ink.
To enhance this fresh start, you'll see new additions
throughout the year. We're constantly tweaking our design to
make it as reader friendly and compelling as can be. We have
a list of new departments at the ready to add in the upcoming
months. And we've made Platinum even easier to find, increas-
ing our pick-up locations to 120 spots around Metro Detroit.
At its heart, though, Platinum's mission remains the same: to provide a place for
members of the Jewish and Metro Detroit community to come to relax, be informed,
find familiar faces and make the most of life. In this issue, for example, we show
what's hot in fall fashion: See how to pump up the volume in the little black dress in
"Back in Black" (page 19), what the most gorgeous trends of the moment are in "The
Goods" (page 16) and where to find a lush tropical paradise to shop for it all "Shop
With A View" (page 26). And finally, we celebrate the finale of the High Holy Days
with a Simchat Torah feast (see "A Harvest Brunch" on page 30), prepared by local
chef and contributor Annabel Cohen.
Let us raise our honey-dipped apple slices and look toward a sweet new year.
Above: A toffee-coated apple-on-a-stick
becomes a luscious symbol of the new
year at our Simchat Torah brunch. For
more ideas, turn to "A Harvest Brunch."
Lynne Konstantin, editor
lkonstantin@thejewishnews.com
Platinum
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