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… educator at Michigan State University Hillel in East Lansing. It's been a year of activity for Horwitz. Just last fall, he decided he'd like to settle in Detroit and raise a family here. It's where his…

… parents reside and where his original love of learning started as a young child at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills. Horwitz, 30, is the son of IN Publisher/ Executive Editor Arthur Horwitz and his…

… Campus Alliance of Michigan (HCAM), which comprises just under a dozen schools around the state. One day a week I'll be in East Lansing, and another day a week I'll be at one of the satellite campuses. My…

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… Skills, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II Rabbi Dan Horwitz returns to Detroit to work at Shir Tikvah and MSU Hillel. THE TUTORING CENTER Adam Finkel Special to the Jewish News T his month, Rabbi Dan…

… wife, Gina. Most recently, Horwitz was rabbi and director of immersive learning at Moishe House, a global network of 64 communal houses in 13 countries, including one in Royal Oak. Moishe House is a…

… past 18 months included San Francisco, Israel, Poland and China. On those trips, he provided educa- tional guidance to young Jewish adults and served as a rabbi to community-led groups. In the midst of…

… his move into a new house, he spoke about this new chapter in his life. Why did you decide to move back to Detroit? Detroit is home! I've lived in a number of other cities, including Boston, Washington…

… incredible spiritual leader, and I can't wait to have the opportu- nity to learn from him. What will be your role at MSU's Hillel? I'll be serving as the senior Jewish educa- tor for MSU Hillel and the Hillel…

… and college Hillels, important and well-meaning investments in facilities, scholarships and programming would be underutilized if not wasted. You DESERVE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE June 12 • 2014…

…. Local members of the Michigan Funeral Directors Association are leading an alliance of volunteers to engage in the humanitarian mis- sion of designating bodies not claimed over 90 days, then burying them…

…oints of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Publisher's Notebook Editorial Making The Case For Jewish Detroit: Help To Morgue: The Jewish Way 1 9117 alk about coming together…

… for a cause, one that unites the If Not Now, Whei: local Jewish and secular communities to help Metro Detroit resolve an unlikely, but urgent concern: burying unclaimed As Michigan puts out the…

… welcome mat for immigration, we need our own version of a "Jewish welcome mat" to attract "immigrants" from New York, Chicago and other high-cost areas. A side from financial woes plaguing the Jewish…

… Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, it's been a very good 2014 for the Detroit Jewish com- munity. So far, the William Davidson Foundation, the William and Audrey Farber Philanthropic Endowment Fund and…

… the Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation have revealed plans to invest more than $35 million in gifts or grants for Hillel Day School, Temple Israel, Akiva Hebrew Day School, Hebrew Free Loan and…

… Congregation Shaarey Zedek. At their core, these gifts are designed not only to help make Jewish preschool, Jewish day school and college educa- tions more affordable, but also to provide state-of…

…-stimulating and widely shared assessment that Detroit is the most affordable place in America to raise a committed Jewish family. All of this has me thinking about tiny Dothan, Ala., ... again. Remember Dothan? In…

… September of 2008, I wrote about its aggressive efforts to recruit young Jewish families to this "regional hub of industry, healthcare and education" that enjoys a "low cost of liv- ing, vibrant economy and…

… as guest curator modern forms of expression. for an exhibit on view through There are, as examples, basket Sept. 14 at the University of Michigan artists who have incorporated Museum of Art. images in…

… Michelson: Phoenix, 2012: Handmade paper, archive board and ink, and wood. the work and galleries and making sug- gestions:' says Taubman, whose family has supported Hillel programs at the University of…

… American Art from the Northeast and Southeast" will be on view through Sept.14 at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State St. Free admission with $10 donation suggested. For complete…

…- Doris Sloan Memorial Program: "UMMA tion to one in Michigan. Dialogue: Speaking of Past and Present: "Native artists have continued to exist Changing Perceptions and Practices in and thrive, and they live…

… connections to Michigan developed after her marriage to William Taubman (son of local business- man/philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman), became interested in Native art while working at Sotheby's after studying…

…#1'.. - CI " Suzanne Chessler of Arts and Design in New York, showcases more than 100 works completed by some 85 artists with lien Taubman focuses on contem- many combinations of historic and porary projects…

… their works and a ceram- "Changing Hands: Art Without ic artist who uses horsehair as part Reservation 3: Contemporary Native of abstract forms. North American Art from the Northeast The idea of "changing…

… hands" originally and Southeast" captures the diversity of referred to the idea of traditions changing approaches demonstrated by hands from one generation to indigenous artists of more another as the…

… tography, and performance have earned master's degrees and installation art. related to their media and estab- "I feel this exhibit creates lished accomplished careers. some new bases of conversa- "Changing…

… hands, for me, Ellen Taubm an tion so visitors understand means these artists are giving that Native people didn't back:' says Taubman, who will stop existing at the end of make a public presentation at…