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Mamaloshen In Motown

Yiddish takes center stage in Michigan
with a national convention, classes and a new book.

Elizabeth Applebaum I Special to the Jewish News

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ut first, a joke: A man lies in a coma, his wife beside him every moment.
At last, he awakes. He turns to his wife, and he begins to speak.
"When I lost my job," he tells her, "you were with me."And when he was shot during a holdup,
well, she was there, too. When they had to say goodbye to the house because he could no longer make
mortgage payments — yes, she was there. And when he became sick? Of course.
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"You know,"he finally says, "I think you bring me bad luck."

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Agi And Zoli: A Love Story

Two Holocaust survivors prepare to
celebrate 60 years of marriage.

Arnie Goldman
Special to the Jewish News

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t was more than 60 years ago that Zoltan Rubin spotted
Agi Katz outside Hudson's in downtown Detroit. She
was eating a hot dog with mustard dripping off her lips
when he said to himself, "She is going to be my wife." Today,
on Aug. 18, he and Agi will celebrate their 60th wedding
anniversary.
Agi and Zoli Rubin are two Holocaust survivors who sur-
vived completely different horrors during World War II, fell
in love against the wishes of some in their families, married

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