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DruCJ Death Of Friend
Was A Great TraCJedy
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writing in response
am
"Tragic Reality"
tary, high school and college years. My
husband and I
to your
article written about
Josh Levine (Jan. 15, page 1). My son
had a friendship with Josh stemming
back to
kindergarten.
always recall how he was
so polite and
respectful whenever he
came to our house. He
truly was a fan
tastic kid who had
Thank you for
important
so
one
happened to
any
prevent other families
experiencing
similar
tragedy.
[She will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 11, at West Bloomfield High
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School.]
Josh was loved by so
An incorrect date
given in last
upcoming
Shabbat Shira celebration at Temple
was
week's calendar for the
Beth El. The
worship service featuring
youth choirs will take
at
7:30
place
p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at
the Bloomfield Township temple. For
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
the adult and
contact
Civil Law Or ReliCJion:
Which Should Rule Israel?
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two
or
Lupovitch of Wayne
University will
State
discuss Israel's great
legal debate: "Can
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733-5530.
The controversial
Howard
topic of what is the
basis of law in the
Lupovitch
Jewish homeland
brings
into
Topic
Inequality In Detroit
Of Professor's Speech
Professor Karen Miller will
to
for
a
Jewish
state to
be gov
erned
by civil laws and, likewise, a
democratic state influenced by a reli
gious code.
He will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 12, at the Max M. Fisher
Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph,
Bloomfield
Township.
The cost of the lecture is $10.
Members of the Jewish Bar
Sunday, Feb.
Karen Miller
at
15,'
Congregation
Tchiyah, Oak Park.
Managing Inequality makes the
argument that the current American
racial system
where race-neutral
language coincides with extreme racial
inequalities that appear natural rather
than political
has a history that is
embedded
in contemporary
deeply
governmental systems and political
-
economies.
Miller is amember of the Social
of LaGuardia
Science
Department
Community College and the Graduate
Center of City University of New York.
The event is free.
Tchiyah is located
Mondry
Association of Michigan
(JBAM) and
Friends of Melton will be admitted
Other sponsors include
WSU's Cohn-Haddow Center for
Oak Park Jewish
Judaic Studies, FedEd and the Jewish
542-0900.
charge.
hob geduld
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have patience
book
(NYU Press,
2014) at 2 p.m.
in the David and Miriam
at no
new
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Lupovitch will explore what it
means
have
bite
-
Rachel Kapen
Interwar Detroit
brought
of the state.
come
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Liberalism in
the forefront
questions regarding
the relationship between Jewish and
civil law simmering since the founding
his
Northern Racial
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playa
the proposed
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Managing Inequality
and the Law of Return.
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speak
about her
range of disputes within Israeli society
including issues of marriage, divorce
Nation-State Law in Israel has
see.
one
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a
Racial
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Civil Laws Coexist
with Jewish Laws in
a Jewish State?"
ripe, kum hob a bis.
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ain
15000 W 10
Building,
Campus.
For
Mile,
on
Community
the
Center
information, call (248)
W. Bloomfield
Henry Ford
A
'Baby-Friendly' Hospital
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
is the first hospital in Oakland County
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The Baby-Friendly Hospital
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a
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Henry Ford
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woman's decision
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Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.
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plan
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The recent debate
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information,
many. He had so
friends
many
throughout. his elemen-
Professor Howard
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printing the very
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respect Josh's mom, Julie Buckner,
for her passion to educate the public.
a
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Josh's tragic
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Her mission is to
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of our children.
from
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article.
strong-knit group of friends. Your
article was very informative and very
accident could have
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much to offer.
Josh's death has devastated his
well-done. It showed that
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Baby-Friendly
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