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Laura Rosin and her students
demonstrate the "Bear" yoga pose.

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Rev. Kenneth Flowers of
Greater New Mt. Moriah
Missionary Baptist Church
in Detroit speaks at Temple

Beth El in Bloomfield Township.

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Interfaith services give comfort
after Charleston shootings.

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Shari S. Cohen I Contributing Writer

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he nation was shocked when nine members of
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E)
Church in Charleston, S.C., were shot June 17
during a Bible study class. Dylann Roof, an adherent of
white supremacy, who police say admitted to the killings,
chose the oldest A.M.E. church in the South, one forced
to close during the mid-1800s when African-American

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churches were banned in the area.
As Americans grappled with the brutal event, the
leaders of Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township and
Greater New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church
in Detroit quickly planned joint weekend services to
express solidarity and hope.
The idea came from Bob Bruttell, chairman of the

Campbell Soup Co. buys Garden Fresh.

Ryan Fishman I Contributing Writer

Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit,
who sought to foster solidarity and comfort among
Detroit-area congregations. Seeking a faith group that
would partner with an African American church, he
focused on bringing together Jews and blacks.

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arden Fresh Gourmet — the company that
started with just one batch of Jack and Annette
Aronson's salsa in the Ferndale kitchen of their
party store — sold this month for nearly a quarter of a billion
dollars.
Starting with its humble roots (and tomatoes) in 1998, the
company quickly expanded into flavored salsa, hummus and
chips. Last year, net sales topped $100 million, making the
company the country's top-selling brand of refrigerated salsa.
Campbell Soup Co. will take over operations across Michigan,
including the Garden Fresh headquarters in Ferndale and facili-
ties in Detroit, Inkster and Grand Rapids, employing some 500
people. Jack Aronson will stay on as an adviser to the Campbell
Fresh division.
General manager Todd
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Putnam will also join the
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Campbell Fresh team.
When Campbell approached Garden Fresh, its leadership
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says
the company wasn't for sale, but Aronson and his part-
Covering and
Connecting
ners
were
persuaded by Campbell's shared commitment to
Jewish Detroit
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fresh, local food. Previous offers from other food compa-
nies, including Nestle, had been rejected in the past.

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