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April 7-13, 2016 | 28 Adar II-5 Nisan 5776 | Vol. CXLIX, No. 10
SHABBAT LIGHTS
Shabbat: Friday, April 8, 7:49 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, April 9, 8:52 p.m.*
Shabbat: Friday, April 15, 7:57 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, April 16, 9:01 p.m.*
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan
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Maria’s Bridal Couture in West Bloomfield has become the first U.S. flagship store for
Israeli fashion house Orabella.
Around Town ............... 20
Arts & Life .................... 37
Calendar....................... 24
Editor’s Picks ............... 40
Fashion ......................... 37
Israel ............... 5, 6, 18,19
.......................... 28, 37, 62
Life Cycles .................... 50
Marketplace ................ 53
Metro ............................ 10
Obituaries .................... 57
Out to Eat .................... 44
Real Estate ................... 30
Spirituality ................... 33
Sports ........................... 49
Synagogue List ........... 34
Torah Portion .............. 35
Viewpoints......................5
Columnists
Ryan Fishman .............. 47
Esther Allweiss Ingber .... 44
Karin Katz .......................8
Alan Muskovitz ..............5
Danny Raskin .............. 48
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“Simple food done well” is the mission of
Steve and Rocky‘s in Novi.
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Quick Click … From the William Davidson Digital
Archive of Jewish Detroit History
Mike Smith
Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist
T
he latest Jewish Ensemble Theatre
(JET) brochure was in my mail
this week, and I decided to see
what the pages of the JN in the Davidson
Digital Archives had to offer on the the-
ater. I remember that my good friend,
actress and JET vice president Mary Lou
Zieve, first introduced me to the ensemble.
JET is a professional theater founded
in Metro Detroit by film and television
actress and artistic director Evelyn Orbach.
This season will be JET’s 28th, a long
history of producing thought-provoking
plays.
Reading about JET, one also
learns that the ensemble is not
limited to just stage performances
each year. For example, JET’s out-
reach program has reached more
than 500,000 school kids, who
have learned from such plays as
Word, Mean Girls and I Was Just Kidding
that focus on bullying. Such work supports
the mission of JET, part of which is to
serve “… as a force for Jewish continuity,
a platform for new voices and a bridge of
understanding to the general community.”
This is why the Michigan Council for
Arts and Cultural
Affairs declared
JET an “anchor”
organization, just
like the Detroit Zoo
and Cranbrook.
This is the
earliest advertise-
ment in the JN
that I could find
for a JET perfor-
mance — 1988
at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Rather
humble beginnings for an “anchor” insti-
tution.
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Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation
archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org.
My Story
Emma Brown remembers watching
the 9/11 coverage on television, and
was old enough at the time to under-
stand what was happening and to
want to play a role in preventing it in
the future.
“Safety and security are such a
growing issue, and no community is
exempt from it,” Emma said. She is
completing her graduate degree in
intelligence analysis at University of
Detroit Mercy, having added criminal
justice as a minor during her under-
graduate studies, and liking it.
Part of Emma’s graduate school
costs were covered through the
William Davidson Jewish College
Loan Program.
“At about the same time as I was
registering for classes and working
on my paperwork, my mother ran into
HFL Executive Director David Contorer
at an event, and he mentioned the
agency’s college loans. It was the
easiest process, the online application
was very convenient, and it’s an
interest-free loan. I have friends who
went the traditional route for loans,
and they drowned in paperwork. HFL
also worked with me on the
repayments. I’ve completed my
coursework and I’m finishing my
thesis while working in a restaurant,
so my income changes each week
depending on my shifts. The loan
payments they created for me are
definitely do-able.”
When Emma finishes her thesis, her
options are plentiful. She points to
potential job opportunities in state or
federal agencies, police departments
or private sector corporations.
“I wasn’t going to be a doctor, so
this is my way of helping people,”
Emma said.
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