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May 19-25, 2016 | 11-17 Iyar 5776 | Vol. CXLIX, No. 16
SHABBAT LIGHTS
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My
Story
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Arts & Life .................... 37
Calendar....................... 26
Editor’s Picks ............... 40
Family Focus ............... 30
Home ............................ 43
Israel ..................5, 6, 8,16
Life Cycles .................... 50
Marketplace ................ 55
Mentsh of Month ....... 54
Metro ............................ 10
Obituaries .................... 58
Real Estate ................... 32
Sports ........................... 36
Spotlight ...................... 54
Synagogue List ........... 34
Torah Portion .............. 35
Viewpoints......................5
Columnists
Debra Darvick ............. 30
Ben Falik .........................5
Ryan Fishman .............. 47
Danny Raskin .............. 48
Robert Sklar ...................6
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Jill Stone, president of the Friends of
Four Hands piano group, with her two
Steinways at her Bloomfield Hills home
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For a while, life for Deborah Rose
was a series of unfortunate events.
A serious on-the-job injury kept her
from nursing for a long time while
she recovered. Because she wasn’t
working, her income dried up, her
medical costs accumulated, and
she lost her home. Then, when she
was well enough to begin a new
job, her vehicle died.
“My mechanic told me I needed
a new engine,” Deborah said. “That
would have cost me about $5,000,
which I didn’t have, and I still owed
$5,000 to pay off the car, which was-
n’t even worth that much. I needed
a reliable car to get to work, and I
don’t know why I thought of it, but
Hebrew Free Loan was in the back of
my mind, so I called. It was a blessing.”
With a car she could depend on,
Deborah was able to get back and
forth to work, and paid off her loan
sooner than planned. “I needed to
prove to myself that I could do it,
and I’m proud to say I’m completely
debt-free” Deborah said.
“It took me a long time to be
happy again,” Deborah said. “The
injury caused more than pain, and I
didn’t think I could overcome it all.
Now I’m back to real life, I can plan
for the future, and I appreciate it.”
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Quick Click … From the William Davidson Digital
Archive of Jewish Detroit History
Mike Smith
Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist
I
often tell readers that, “while cruising
or surfing or researching” the pages
of the JN and Jewish Chronicle in the
William Davidson Digital Archives, I dis-
cover fascinating stories. Indeed, that is my
pleasure. This week, I discovered a story
from the Oct. 10, 1989, issue of the JN that
brought-up a cherished personal memory:
“The Dalai Lama Discovers Judaism.”
Why a personal memory? In April
2012, while attending the Nobel Laureate
Summit in Chicago as part of the delega-
tion of former Polish president and Nobel
Peace Prize winner, Lech Walesa, I was
privileged to attend a private meet-
ing with the Dalai Lama (private,
if you do not count the U.S., Polish
and Dalai Lama’s Secret Service
guards).
It was a wonderful experience
and, to my surprise, the Dalai
Lama was a “regular guy” — a
person who was obviously highly educated
and intelligent and aware of the position he
held, but a person you would want to invite
to your house for dinner.
The JN story is a great story, with
some interesting facts. This was the first
encounter between the
Dalai Lama and the
Jewish community, and
it was 10 days before he
received the Noble Peace
Prize. And, even the most
skeptical member of the
Jewish delegation “could
see immediately that he was special.”
I recommend this story as a good read
about a good person.
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