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» On The Court Maccabi Haifa team takes on
Pistons at Jewish community fundraiser for Hoops
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Members of the Levin Family Club light a
candle on the 65th anniversary cake.

>> cover story

Fighting
Elder Fraud

Jews won't decide
Detroit's mayoral
election, but they
will be affected
by the results.

Suggestions for protecting
seniors and their families.

Daniel Cherrin
Special to the Jewish News

Ronelle Grier I Contributing Writer

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thel Glasner, 89, was a sharp and self-
reliant woman living on her own and
managing the finances for herself
and her husband, Harry, who had moved to a
nearby nursing home after being diagnosed with
dementia. Their son, who lived 300 miles away,
and daughter, a Connecticut resident, kept in
frequent touch with their parents in Florida and
had no reason to believe anything was amiss.
When Ethel passed away in 2011, her son
informed the nursing home staff he would now
be handling his father's affairs. He was stunned
to learn everything had already been taken care
of by his brother.
"But I don't have a brother," he said.

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espite Detroit's bank-
ruptcy, this November
538,000 registered
voters in Detroit will have the
opportunity to select a new
mayor and nine city council
members. Each individual win-
ner will have an important role
in rebuilding and rebranding
Detroit while
guiding the city
beyond bank-
ruptcy.
"Detroit is at
a crossroads,"
mayoral can-
didate Benny
Napoleon,
Wayne County Benny
sheriff, recently Napoleon
told the Jewish
News, "and where we go from
here will determine the future of
the city for generations to come."
In this election, the Jewish
vote won't make a difference in
choosing Detroit's next mayor.
Although more members of
the Jewish community work
in Detroit or attend services
at the Isaac Agree Downtown
Synagogue than in years past,
there are only 1,000 Jews actually living south of Eight
Mile Road — and that is a rough estimate. Only 18 per-
cent of the registered voters in Detroit participated in the
August primary, meaning Detroit's future rests with just a
handful of voters.

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