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…JN Contents Yes, Israel! / On The Cover JNonline.us Thursday, May 7-13, 2009 13-19 Iyar 5769 Vol. CXXXV, No. 14 Among the Yom HaAtzmaut marchers showing pride in the Jewish homeland last Sunday are Jeff Rotberg of Bloomfield Hills and, along for the ride, daughter Talya, 2. By Barbara Beznos, RD, LD/N Integrated Nutrition, LLC Metro Around Town Couples Club A19 lt C S A Temple Israel bowling mixer — with a twist. On Campus Israel's ...…
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…/ ANNUAL WEST BLOOMFIELD CHAMBER AWARDS DINNER PRESENTS WHAT: The Greater Area West Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce "Annual Awards Dinner," themed "The Future is Ours," will honor new, high-profile growth and expansion in the community. The event will name a "Young Entrepreneur" award recipient for the first time. Individuals and businesses already selected as award recipients include: • "Business Person of the Year"— Wes Berry, Wesley Berry...…
…MS is pleased to announce the 2009 Eight Over Eighty Honorees . . , .,. , . _ , _ _._ , . Warren J. Coville Merle Harris Herb Kaufman Irving Laker Ann Newman Rabbi A. Irving Schnipper Mary Talan Milton Zussman jilll these people in one room on the same day? at a celebration this will be! Come and honor them for their lifetime of dedication to Tikkun Olam, repairing the world. Sunday, May 17 11:00 A.M. Jewish Community Center West Bl...…
…Yom HaAtzmaut SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN, senior writer ANGIE BAAN, staff photographer Marchers demonstrate pride in Jewish homeland. Above: Sid Mintz of West Bloomfield Left: Frankel Jewish Academy kids: Josh Sider, 14, of Huntington Woods; Dmitry Davydov, 17, of Oak Park; Ben Luger, 16, of West Bloomfield; liana Gross, 15, of West Bloomfield; and Mia Gordon, 17, of Franklin. F or Edward Chudnow of West Bloomfield waking up to a per- f...…
…Yes, Israel from page 13 en1) Left: Corey Rosen, 17, of Farmington Hills; Middle: Asher Moskowitz, 8, of West Bloomfield, Nathan Moskowitz, 8, of West Bloomfield, Zachary Douville, 10, of West Bloomfield, Max Sharfman, 9, of West Bloomfield, and Jay Douville, 7, of West Bloomfield; Right: Elliott and Anna Ring of Oak Park Detroit in West Bloomfield. people remember we have a place of our ticipated in the main walk. An Israeli-themed mural,...…
…Left: Cantorial Soloist Penny Steyer of Commerce, Shir Shalom; Right: Amy Sitner of Birmingham with her children, Mariah, 10, and Alex, 12 Region "Support Israel" buttons, Israeli snacks and many of the Israeli flags carried by walk participants. "The walk brought out hundreds of local supporters of Israel and its quest for peace; young and old, Christian and Jewish, veterans of tours to Israel and people who have yet to visit the Holy Land,...…
…----- if 2.A.:47-J..11 ,!,',..43v T Yom HaAtzmau dtt Take Iran Seriously: Peters he Iranian threat is real and press- ing, U.S. Rep. Gary Peters reiterated in an exclusive interview with the Detroit Jewish News held in connection with the Detroit Jewish com- munity's 2009 Walk for Rep. Peters addresses the Walk for Israel on Sunday, May 3. Israel crowd. "Iran poses an existen- tial threat to Israel and, as her a strong Israel supporter ...…
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…Yom HaAtzmaut A Party Of Blue And White Akiva celebrates Israeli Independence Day. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer W hat's blue and white and fun all over? At Yeshivat Akiva in Southfield on April 29, the answer was the annual Yom HaAtzmaut — Israeli Independence Day festivities. Rachel Albert of Southfield and her son, Celebrating Israel's 61st birthday — having been declared an independent state in 1948 — the communitywide indoor...…
…Metro AROUND TOWN Family Ties Temple Israel's new couples club hosts bowling mixer with a twist. Amy Scapelliti of Farmington Hills and Nancy Monteleone of Orchard Lake B owling is usually a casual sport, but when about 20 couples arrived at Langan's Northwest Lanes in Farmington Hills April 25, the men all brought along neck- ties. The snappy attire was part of a "Mai Tai" bowling event sponsored by the Imagine group of Temple Israel in...…
…Metro Rabbi Remembered Holocaust Memorial Center founder memorialized in U.S. House resolution. T he U.S. House of Representatives Monday approved a resolution authored by Rep. Gary Peters, D- Bloomfield Hills, honoring the life and achievements of Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig, who died on Dec. 11 at age 88. The House passed the resolution by a voice vote. Rabbi Rosenzveig, a Holocaust survivor, founded the nation's first freestanding Holoc...…
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…On Campus Israel's 61st U-M pro-Israel groups unite for birthday bash. Danielle DePriest Special to the Jewish News Ann Arbor is never too early for a birthday party. On April 2, with Israel's birth- day just more than a month away, University of Michigan pro-Israel stu- dent groups — American Movement for Israel, Israel IDEA (Initiating Dialogue, Education and Advocacy) and the Union of Progressive Zionists — got the party started. At t...…
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…Friends of Israel &I-Tech Schools Congratulates Herman College! The Israel Sci-Tech Network-the largest science and technology school system in Israel- proudly announces that its Hermelin College has achieved academic accreditation from Israel's Council for Higher Education, joining the ranks of Israel's most elite academic colleges, Thanks to the vision of the late philanthropist. David Hermelin, of Detroit, Michigan and under the leadershi...…
…World ANALYSi Off The Hook AIPAC decision a victory ... with qualifiers. Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington B aruch Weiss, the young lawyer who helped cripple the govern- ment's case against two former AIPAC staffers, says the prosecution's loss is a "great victory" for free speech and for Israel's friends. He's not wrong; but like any legal docu- ment, the government's motion May 1 to dismiss classified information charg...…
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…• Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us. Dry Bones THEY ARE KIDNAPPERS, HOSTAGE-TAKERS, GOONS, AND THUGS, THE WORLD IS NOT WILLING TO STOP THESE PIRATES! Editorial Israel's Security Dilemma A group of Somali pirates who tried to seize the cruise ship Melody in the Indian Ocean last month got an inharmonious surprise. Instead of surrendering, a security force aboard the Italian-owned vessel opened up with fire hoses...…
…pinion OTH Counting Of The Omer I just finished reading a New York Times bestseller that was "Gripping, thrilling, a real page turner from start to finish!" While the plot was indeed captivating, the writing was mediocre and cliched, starting from the fact that almost every major character went to Harvard, to the hundreds of cups of coffee drunk daily by the protagonist. The end took a morbid Stephen Kingesque twist with the U.S. dropping ...…
…Spirituality 1111 pi_ -Apo - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF What You Do Matters Survivors converge on State Capitol to remember victims of the Holocaust. ROYAL Abraham Pasternak, survivor, shares his story. Behind him are, from left, Sandor Slomovits, Gemini; Neal Elyakin, president, Michigan Jewish Conference; appro- priations chair, Rep. George Cushingberry, Detroit; Sen. Roger Kahn, Saginaw; Rep. Chuck Moss, Bloomfield Hills; Sen. Liz Brater, An...…
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…lowing dinner. Jewish Roots with Interfaith Wings holds bi-monthly Shabbat dinner, services, kids' pro- grams, family school and Hebrew school for all ages. Kehillat Hatzhav Hagadol Fort Street on Mackinac Island, (906) 847-0963. President, Bob Spitzer. Vice president, Ann Silverman. Services Friday 7:30 p.m. during summer. (Call to verify time.) Or Tzafon P.O. Box 441, Suttons Bay 49682, (231) 357-0309. Rabbi: Chava Bahle. Retreats, educa...…
…Spirituality Temple and Synagogue Listings Sponsored by Tern le Israel Synagogues from page A35 Lunch Series Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills will continue this season's lunch- and-learn programming with a series titled "The Chasidic Movement and Its Masters." Rabbi Aaron Bergman will lead discussions on Wednesdays, May 6, 13, 20. Classes run from noon to Rabbi 1:15 p.m. There Bergman is a $10 per ses- sion fee, which includes lun...…
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