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» The Russians Are Coming

Wayne State students help
Russian-speaking clients at Yad Ezra. See page 20.

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» Fighting Hunger Transplanted Detroiter is passionate about
getting people food. See page 22.

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

» 'Queen Of Detroit' Hometown artist/musician Niagara
unveils exhibition of new paintings. See page 35.

Niagara: Hotbox Camouflage, 2012

metro

Bill Carroll I Contributing Writer

t was supposed to be another yawner in the Michigan 11th
District congressional race.
After dabbling in a run for the Republican nomination
for president of the United States, five-term U.S. Rep. Thaddeus
McCotter of Livonia, a strong supporter of Israel, dropped his pres-
idential ambitions. It was thought he would glide to yet another
re-election in the central Oakland and western Wayne County con-
gressional district designed by Republican state
legislators to be a safe Republican seat.
Then the wheels came off of McCotter's con-
gressional campaign.
In what has been labeled a "colossal blunder"
and "shocking turn of events," McCotter and
his staff apparently dropped the ball. Most of
the signatures on his re-election petitions were
ruled as being duplicated and invalid, and he
was out of the Aug. 7 primary race.
Thaddeus
The events have plunged the 11th District race McCotter
into turmoil. This district includes such areas
as Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Commerce, Farmington (not
Farmington Hills), Novi, Troy, Walled Lake, Waterford, Wixom,
White Lake and part of West Bloomfield in Oakland County, and
Livonia, Canton, Plymouth and Northville in Wayne County.
On Friday, McCotter suddenly resigned, adding even more
uncertainty. State officials are studying the prospect of a special
election to fill the remainder of his term.

Incumbent's blunder leaves congressional race wide open.

Music Man

The founder and director of Jewlicious
Festivals has roots in Metro Detroit.

Robin Schwartz I Contributing Writer

abbi Yonah Bookstein
recalls picking up a guitar
for the first time at age
10, in the late 1970s, as a Hillel
Day School student growing up
in Detroit's Palmer Woods neigh-
borhood. His late father, Marvin
Bookstein — a bluegrass musician
who played six different instru-

1942 - 2012

Covering and
Connecting
Jewish Detroit
Every Week

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ments — taught young Yonah
the fundamentals, opening his
eyes and ears to the beauty and
power of music. He spent his early
years attending concerts, going
to Detroit's Orchestra Hall, and
attending chamber music festi-
vals; so it's fitting that Bookstein,
now 42, of Los Angeles is the
force behind Jewlicious. The
nonprofit organization hosts
hip seasonal music festivals
in California that attract
hundreds of young Jews from
across the country.
"Music unifies and inspires

Rabbi Yonah Bookstein is

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