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JCCs Matter WSU Professor Howard Lupovitch
lectures on how JCCs anchor neighborhoods. See page 14.

ADL Chief Looks Back Abe Foxinan says things
today are worse than predicted 50 years ago. See page 26.

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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a Community Committment A father passes torch
to his son in this 50-year-old family company. See page 28.

Professor Lupoviteh addresses the
audience et the JCC In Oak Park.

» cover story

She'll Liebman Dorfman I Contributing Writer

Ricki Rogow dreams of tennis, a passion

she now follows wholeheartedly.

Following Their

Dreams

arts &life

Delving
into ones
p assion —
l ater in life.

Near The End?

Michigan Film Incentive
Program faces elimination.

Suzanne Chessler I Contributing Writer

t night, Ricki Rogow dreams about tennis. Most morn-
ings she dresses for it. Sometimes she has plans to play
other times she's just hoping she will. Her planner and
her mind are filled with tennis dates and her doses is lined with
tennis outfits.
At 56, Rogow has delved into a passion that remained inside
her since she played the sport at Detroit Country Day School as a
teenager.
While much time and energy were focused on raising a family,
tennis was relegated to the bottom of her list of priorities.
Thirty-five years late; with her three children grown, Rogow
is among those allowing a longtime, deep-rooted aspiration to
finally take a front seat. For others, that sort of dream may be a
new one, discovered through a sudden wealth
of time after retirement or as a change or addi-
tion of a new career, either by choice or neces-
sity Some find it in the form of a new profes-
sion; others in a falling, dedicated avocation.
Is is a true blessing when one finds passion
in what they do — regardless of age: said Belle
Kohen, a certified life coach who counsels
clients and rims the coachbelle.com website.
"Increased enjoyment, happiness and inspira-
tion in any area of your life, whether personally
or professionally, is empowering"
A dental hygienist-tamed-corporate consultant, pet store
owner and advertising specialties salesperson, 'Cohen of West
Bloomfield found her "life's calling" as a life coamb and shares her
expertise as publisher and editor for online Unleashed magazine
and as a web radio and television personality.
"My clients are daring women age 50 and above looking to
'unleash their bold' as they are entering a new chapter hi their
lives," she said.

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ddie Rubin entered the University of Michigan aspir-
ing to a law degree. He enrolled in some film classes
strictly out of personal interests.
Rubin's priorities soon changed, and he majored in film. He
began making movies in his sophomore year.
After graduation, when there would be no conflict of inter-
est, Rubin teamed with a favorite instructor, experienced
screenwriter Jim Burnstein, to make Love and Honor, shown
On Demand by cable providers.
The emerging producer counted on a Michigan Film
Incentive to help fund his first project locally and went on to
make more Michigan-based movies with similar funding. Most
recently, Rubin was executive producer of The Pickle Recipe.
lust after filming finished on that project last month,
Michigan's legislature was letting him down again. On lime
18, the state Senate voted on the bill to end incentives once

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