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0 Cautious Optimism

The commercial real estate
market has turned the corner, experts say. See page 14.

» BackStage Pass

Teens get a "behind the scenes" look at
the vibrant, entrepreneurial side of Detroit. See page 28.

» Sandwich Wars

TV food pundit Adam Richman
searches for the Great American Sandwich. See page 37.

Richman tries the corned beef-pastrami

specialty at Katz's Deli in New York.

metro >> cover story

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The 14th Congressional

District includes Oak Park,

Southfield, Farmington
Hills and parts of West

Bloomfield.

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Candidates

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Do You Know What Your
Teens Are Up To?

Young people's concerns prompt
a look at JCC Teen Center's public dances.

STORY ON PAGE 10

Years

1942 - 2011

Covering and
Connecting
Jewish Detroit
Every Week

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U.S. Reps. Hansen Clarke and
Gary Peters and Southfield Mayor
Brenda Lawrence gear up for the
Democratic primary for Congress.

Jack Lessenberry I Special to the Jewish News

hugely competitive and hard-fought primary elec-
tion is under way across one of the oddest-shaped
„ congressional districts in Michigan history, a race
where the Jewish vote may well be decisive.
Two incumbent congressmen and a mayor are battling to
win the Democratic nomination in the new 14th District,
which stretches from the Grosse Pointes through southwest
and northeast Detroit, and then plows through Southfield,
West Bloomfield, Farmington Hills, finally ending up in
Keego Harbor and Pontiac.
The election is Aug. 7. Who shows up to vote may be
critical. Slightly more than half the voters are black. Slightly
more than half live in the suburbs. One of the front-run-
ners doesn't live in the district; another just moved there,
and the congressman who does live in the district — John
Conyers — is running someplace else.

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