24 | DECEMBER 19 • 2019

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Jews in the D

More than 200 guests
(including dozens of
Durfee Intermediate School
alums) attended a dedica-
tion luncheon Nov. 7 for
Metro Detroit Youth Clubs
at the Durfee Innovation
Society in Detroit. The
nonprofit’
s newest club was
officially named the Levin-

Comer Club in honor of
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, U.S.
Congressman Sander Levin,
both retired, and Detroit
businessman and philan-
thropist Jim Comer.
Event partners included
the Detroit Jewish News,
CKC Agency and Star Trax
Valet.

FOX 2 TV’
s Roop Raj moderated a panel discussion with honorees Jim Comer,
Carl Levin and Sander Levin.

Detroit Jewish News columnist
Alan Muskovitz served as
emcee.


FOX 2 TV’
s Roop Raj and Durfee
alumnus Aaron Krieger

Glenn McIntosh, Oakland University vice
president for student affairs, honoree Jim
Comer and Ora Pescovitz, president of
Oakland University

Childhood friends and Durfee alumni Ruby
Fridson, Barbara Coden, Winnie Krieger and
Temmie Velick

CAROLYN KRIEGER

CAROLYN KRIEGER

ERIN KIRKLAND
ERIN KIRKLAND

ERIN KIRKLAND

Families headed to
Congregation Beth Shalom
in Oak Park on Sunday,
Nov. 24, for lots of pre-holi-
day fun at Chanu-Con. The
free event attracted more

than 500 participants and
included vendor tables, a
raffle, live musical enter-
tainment, activities for
children and several kosher
food purveyors.

PHOTOS BY JERRY ZOLYNSKY

Jeanne Milstein and 7-year-old Pearl
Swartz, both of Oak Park, color a Star
of David.

Families have a good time at
Chanu-Con.

Jeannie Frank of Kansas City, Mo.,
and 18-month-old Lily Brystowski of
Southfield look over a children’
s book
by author Lauren Muskovitz Ranalli of
Ann Arbor.

Reedis Thomas of Lansing, 4-year-old
Leila Allen of West Bloomfield and
Tammie Ferguson from Leslie, Mich.,
enjoy some Star Wars Crazy Cosplay
Adventures time.

Isaac Weiss of the group Klezmer from Ann Arbor leads his bandmates while
playing the keyboards.

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