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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…

…Get a jump start on the upcoming school year with our fast-paced summer pro • rams... • et ahead of the class! One-to-One Instruction • Grades K through 12 Programs: Math, Reading, Writing, Study…

… 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…

… ...? ($5,000). A female rabbi discusses food, marital/divorce laws, sex, Shabbat observance, religious labels and modesty. • Michigan State University Hillel/ Hillel Campus Alliance: Empower ($5…

…: Healing Arts Program for Jewish Women ($10,000). A free therapeutic program involving reiki, meditation, guided imagery, massage, art therapy and yoga. • Hillel of Metro Detroit: What's KosHER About…

…Jewish Women's Foundation awards $260,490 in grants. T he Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit (JWF) marked its 15th grant- making year with $260,490 granted in support of 13…

… organizations. Grants focus on mentoring, economic and social empowerment, domestic abuse prevention for Jewish women and girls, support for cancer patients and survivors, and enriching the lives of senior…

… citizens. For information about joining the Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit, visit JWFDetroit. org or contact Susan Cassels Kamin, director, at (248) 203-1524 or kamin@ jfmd.org. Local…

… outreach, education and health-related programing. • Jewish Community Center: Camp Scholarship for Children of Single Jewish Mothers ($20,000). Children of single Jewish mothers will receive camp…

… scholarships. • Tamarack Camps: From Single Mom to Extended Family ($20,000) Challenge Grant. Provides a portion of Tamarack Camps' $1.14 million financial aid program. • Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute…

… education of the older adult females in their residences. • Holocaust Memorial Center: Anne Frank Program for Summer Camps ($10,000). Offering camps serving Jewish middle- school age girls, a field trip to…

… the HMC. . "THE TIME YOU SPENT WITH US AND MY CHILDREN TALKING ABOUT MY FATHER AND EXPLAINING THE PROCESS OF DYING HELPED MAKE THIS TIME OF SADNESS AND LOSS TOLERABLE." WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK WE…

… health and family cohesiveness. • Orr Shalom for Children and Youth at Risk: Overcoming the Trauma of Rape and Sexual Abuse for Girls in Out of Home Care ($45,000 over 3 years). Residential, educational…

… Israel: The Royal Tour with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Ch. 56 public television. THURSDAY, JUNE 26 MIBB MEETING Noon-1:15 pm. Michigan Israel Business Bridge presents Assef Vigdor, of…

… Hadassah House in West Bloomfield. RSVP: 248-683-5050 or greaterdetroit@hadassah.org . SUNDAY, JUNE 29 CANOE WITH HILLEL 1 pm. Hillel of Metro Detroit sponsors canoeing for young adults on the Huron River…

…: Thursday- Friday, June 19-20,11 am-4 pm, Sunday, June 22,11 am-3 pm (Bag Day). Information: 248-681- 3665. light refreshments. Fusion of blues and rock 'n' roll stomp, passionate ballads, guitar solos and…

…. Visit www.southfieldsummersoulstice.com or email gregg@southfieldsummersoulstice.com for info. HELP NCJW Various times. Volunteers are needed at National Council of Jewish Women's Council Resale stores…

… Israel's King of the Blues, performs at Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit, 278 Mack. $10. Beer, wine, HEART AND NUTRITION HADASSAH PARTY 4:30-6 pm. Celebrate Hadassah volunteers at a garden party at…

… and a picnic lunch. In Ann Arbor. $10. RSVP by June 26: hillel@wayne.edu or 313-577-3459. RUSSIAN REFUSENIKS 2:30 pm. Downtown Synagogue Rosh Chodesh Women's Circle topic is "Russian Refuseniks: The…

…. Topic: "L'Chaim: Jewish Artists." $3. Info: 248-661-1000. IRANIAN JEWS 1 pm. Isaac Yomtovian, author of My Iran: Memories, Mysteries and Myths, speaks at B'nai Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield. His…

…. First in Michigan to correct atrial fibrillation robotically. And we offer minimally invasive treatments for complex aortic aneurysms. The world's most advanced technology and most experienced surgeons…

… and cardiologists are right here. Do you have a Beaumont doctor? Beaumont® Call 248-551-3728 or visit heart.beaumont.edu Marc Sakwa, M.D., a second-generation surgeon, is chief of Cardiovascular…

… inspirational vocals. Information: 313-744-3770. SOUTHFIELD STROLL 7:45 pm. Southfield Summer Soulstice 10K, 5K runs and 1-Mile Family Sunset Stroll at Lawrence Tech University. Proceeds benefits charities…

…, jpont© shaareyzedek.org or 248-357-5544. JUNE 12 University of Michigan Department of Neurology, Sinai Scholars Fund (see and first installment on pledge of $250,000 in 2009) reserved into field of…

… neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's additionally the Foundation made a pledge of $250,000 payable over five years to University of Michigan, Department of Neurology to further research into…

… the field of neurological diseases. FRIDAY, JUNE 6 D-DAY MOVIE 7 pm. On the 70th anniversary of D-Day, view Saving Private Ryan at Royal Oak Emagine Theater to benefit the Michigan WWII Legacy…

… tell stories of their parents. At Adat Shalom Synagogue, Farmington Hills. $35 includes brunch. jgsmi.org/annual-meet- ing-2014. Information: president@jgsmi.org . SHABBAT DINNER 6:30 pm. Hillel of…

… tools for a successful school year. Donate at https://www.crowdrise.com/ ncjw-atv. (Select $0 for the processing fee.) Information: 248-355-3300. 10 am noon. National Council of Jewish Women…

… graphic artist and educator Martin Mendelsberg combining Hebrew letters with photos of life during the Holocaust. At Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills. - LUNCH & LEARN…

… Noon. With Rabbi Leiby Burnham at Downtown Synagogue. Topic: becoming aware of the obvious — the most important things in life often escape our attention because they are obvious. Pizza lunch pro- vided…

… by Partners in Torah. JUNE 10 TORAH ON TAP $20,000 VARIOUS TIMES 8 10 pm. Join Rabbi Leiby Burnham for a night of Torah and shmoozing at Valentine Distillery in Ferndale. Sponsored by NEXTGen…

…. Daytime groups are for family caregivers of those with dementia. Evening groups are for family caregivers of all older adults. 30,000 National Bone Marrow Transplant League support of transmittal of…

… installation of Jay Hack, president; Steve Migliore, president-elect; and Rachel Wright, immediate past president. Marty Maddin will receive the Mark-Lis Family Young Leadership Award. RSVP by June 6…

… 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…

… his youth, he continued to celebrate Shabbat quite often at his home or synagogue. Now 22, he lives in Ann Arbor during the school year, where he studies economics at the University of Michigan, plays…

… of a Joanna Mazurkiewicz, 27, a Polish Polish-language article about the JET. Jew at the University of Michigan, In 10 years, she dreams of estab- found Yiddish letters during a visit lishing a Jewish…

… favorable view of the quality of life in Ann Ar- bor (and views Hillel as welcoming on campus) but believes he'll return to France later this year because of the challenge he sees in adapting to the American…

…. He feels more free- dom in Michigan to tell people he's Jewish, as opposed to Paris, which is home to an anti-Semitic climate so bad that 75 percent of French Jews are mulling emigration. "Jewish life…

… her in sity of Michigan Ann Arbor for at in conjunction least five more 5. Daniel Kerbel with a Certifi- years. It's plenty of cate in Jew- 6. Dr. Monica Vaisman with her two time to contem- ish studies…

… ultimately be developed into a Ph.D. Costa Rica, is one of the entrepre- thesis for my studies at the Univer- neurs funded by Quicken Loans sity of Michigan," Joanna says. founder Dan Gilbert's Bizdom Born in…

… skipping one of Michigan's seasons, and the mayor of Hamtramck. She's he can see himself staying around also been to the Jewish Ensemble for the next few years. He currently JOANNA MAZURKIEWICZ: A POLISH…

… positively on his experiences in Michigan (where he's shown his app to the coaches of the MSU football and basketball teams), but he's also in- spiring other outsiders to the state; he even influenced his…

… 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…

… other electronic equipment to be used by patients and their fami- lies at the Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center at the University of Michigan. How To Submit Announcements Mazel Tov…

…-grand- child of Jane McClelland. Allison attends Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills As part of her mitzvah experi- ence, she raised funds to purchase iPads, which she donated with…

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… brothers Zachary and Robert, and grandparents Marsha and David Wein. Maddie is also the grand- daughter of the late Marilyn and the late Robert Grabowsky. Maddie is a seventh grader at Bloomfield Hills…

… grandchild of Adele and the late Norman Strager, and Virginia and Dillard Ross. Ryan attends Derby Middle School in Birmingham. Of her many mitzvah projects, she found her most meaning- ful to be volunteering…

… at the Oakland Animal Shelter, walking and caring for animals. Justin Matthew Yaker, son of Erica and Michael Yaker, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 7, at Temple Israel in West…

…, community, education and wellness. 1921620 T NLEY WO 4, Aaron Jacob Rudman, son of Carrie and Daniel Rudman, will read from the Torah on the occasion of his bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in Rudman West…

… Bloomfield on Saturday, June 7. Sharing in his simchah will be his sib- lings Sarah and Jordan. He is the grand- child of Marilyn and the late Gilbert Cohen, and Terry and Ronald Rudman. Aaron is a student at…

… Expenses Deprive Charities Of Funds The article "Chabad Lawsuit" (May 22, page 30) stated that Lubavitch Foundation of Michigan, under the guidance and leadership of Rabbi Berel Shemtov, continues to pursue…

… charity for the purpose of trying to put one more small building under its control. Have they no shame? David Hillel Morrison Huntington Woods U-M Is The Top Choice Of Local College-Bound Jews Some of the…

…'t know what Mr. Kirsbaum's scien- tific qualifications are, but the WSJ arti- cle authors are, respectively, president of the Heartland Institute, and principal research scientist for the University of…

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… its lawsuit against the Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center in West Bloomfield. It's hard to understand how Lubavitch Foundation doesn't under- stand the terrible disgrace and chilul hashem (desecration of…

… God's Name) created by this course of action. Furthermore, it is clear that Lubavitch Foundation — which has three major law firms working on the case — is wasting a staggering sum of much-needed Jewish…

… letters to the JN in its May 22 edition (page 5) present scary and alarming pictures of anti-Semitism practiced at U-M campuses in Ann Arbor and Dearborn. A few pages later, a section titled "Cap & Gown…

… Yearbook 2014" features Jewish high school graduates. Below each graduate's photograph, the univer- sity that he/she will attend is identified. The overwhelming choice was U-M. Seventy-eight of our brightest…

… Jewish children and grandchildren will attend U-M. (Forty-four more will attend MSU). Perhaps, our youngsters' choices for higher education provide a more real- istic and accurate picture of the accep…