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Jennie Levenson, Warsaw, 1939, with relatives
and her husband, Joseph Perla, who she never
saw again after she returned to the U.S.
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World War II memorial will
honor Michiganders who
served here and abroad.
n the 1989 film Field of Dreams, Kevin
Costner's character Ray, an Iowa farmer, is
awakened by a haunting voice that calls to
him from his cornfield ... "If you build it, he will
come:' I can relate. No, I've never been mistaken
for Kevin Costner; George
from Seinfeld maybe, but
never Costner. And I've
never been mistaken for a
farmer; someone who likes
to graze, yes, but I'm no
farmer. But I am honored
and privileged to be part
of a project like "Ray's"
ball field that will trans-
form a parcel of land into a
magical place that countless
people will flock to — the
Michigan World War II
Legacy Memorial in Royal Oak's Memorial Park.
It's here that we will pay homage to the unique
contributions the state of Michigan made in
securing our victory in the "war that changed
the world" — from our state's 600,000 men and
women who served abroad, to countless
ribule to the over 600.000
At the Royal Oak site for the memorial are Jewish War Veterans Jerry Order and Art Fishman,
Oak Park; Dave George, Auburn Hills; Bob Russman and Marty Meyers, Farmington Hills; and
Steven Haas, West Bloomfield.
Plastic Surgeon
Reconstructs Social Media
Local cosmetic surgeon launches controversial
social networking site.
Rabbi Jason Miller I Contributing Writer
1942 - 2012
Covering and
Connecting
Jewish Detroit
Eve y Week
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D
r. Michael
Gray, a popu-
lar and suc-
cessful plastic surgeon,
spends his days trans-
forming the way people
look on the outside. But
one thing he can't do
is fix who they are on
the inside. That doesn't
mean he isn't interested
in trying though.
Gray, who is from
New York, heads the
Michigan Cosmetic
Surgery Center and Skin Deep Spa in West Bloomfield. He
wondered whether he could at least learn more about people's
character on the inside and create a social platform that would
force them to try and change themselves internally.
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