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Arthur M. Horwitz
Social Justice Is Focus
At Project Micah Launch
Congregation T'chiyah's Oct. 6 benefit
dinner "Honoring Andy Levin: A Life
Pursuing Social Justice" at Shed 3 in
Eastern Market in Detroit was a magical
success.
We were inspired by the personal
accounts of Sandy and Carl Levin and
their pride in Andy Levin's achieve-
ments in social justice.
Andy was presented with the Rabbi
Mordecai M. Kaplan Bonei Kehillah
Award by T'chiyah President Syma
Echeandia for being the inspiration for
and leader of the new initiative, Project
Micah. Andy spoke about how Project
Micah will benefit Detroit.
We are most grateful to all who have
supported the launch of Project Micah.
Go to www.projectmicah.org for details
about the project and Congregation
T'chiyah and to learn about how you
can join the effort to organize for social
justice in Detroit.
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6 October 24 • 2013
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Tutoring Reading At
Central High School
Arthur Horwitz's truly wonderful and
important column in last week's Jewish
News (page 35) about education brought
it all "home:' It was a great reminder to
many of our educational heritage.
On this point, Beyond Basics is doing
a great job of teaching reading in Detroit
Schools that are most needy. Its program
places trained tutors in various elemen-
tary and high schools for a one-hour,
one-on-one tutoring session each school
day for six to eight weeks.
Yes, I said high school. I watched a
tutor work with a 16-year-old very "cool"
young man at beautiful Central High
School who had been reading at a sec-
ond-grade level. Yes, that's right! It was
amazing to see him sounding out words
that he'd never thought he could. And,
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No Yontef In Cheshvan:
A Lament
There isnt a yontef in Cheshvan, not
a one
Vos far a monat** far undz Yidn,*** not
much fun.
There were finf yontefs**** in Tishre
It's abisel tzu fil***** I might say,
Can we have only one for Cheshvan?
* Yontef — Jewish holiday
** Vos far a monat — what a month
*** Far undz Yidn — for us Jews
**** Finf yontefs — five holidays
***** Abisel tzu fil — a little too much
— Rachel Kapen
he said he planned to bring 15 more stu-
dents on Monday.
What a privilege to see this work —
working! If every Jewish Central High
School graduate, no matter how many
decades ago he or she graduated, would
donate some money to Beyond Basics
and have it earmarked for Central High
School — just imagine. Businessman
Edward Schreiber, 89, did just that when
he was asked.
There are many, many other Jewish
News readers who could do likewise and
what a gift it would be! For information,
visit www. beyondbasics.org or call Pam
Good at (248) 250-9304.
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FULFILLMENT
Soap Opera Heartthrob
Discusses His Judaism
Temple Israel's 31st
Annual Alicia Joy
Techner Memorial
Parenting Conference
and the Robert
Sosnick Family Life
Center present
"Journey Back to
Don Diamont
Judaism: A real-life
soap opera with Don
Diamont" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29,
at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
Diamont is well known to devoted
soap opera fans as his current and former
onscreen alter-egos, the strong, com-
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Beautiful and the sexy, conniving Brad
Carlton on The Young & The Restless. But
his actual life story is even more gripping.
Daytime TV's first Jewish leading man,
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& Awareness Fund and the Barris
Family Memorial Fund.
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