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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Contents 0 A 2000 winner of MichiganPress Association and American Jewish Press Association awards N www.detroitjewishnews.com May 11, 2001 Ivar. 18, 5761 Vol. CXIX, No. 13 DEPARTMENTS Living Well This Week 119 Walking To Breathe 20 Changes At The Top Local team leads a cystic fibrosis walk for a former Detroiter. Federation's Aronson takes on part- time post with major philanthropist. 122 What's A Parent To ...…
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…Cover Story BUILDING COMPASSION Rabbi David Nelson comforts Ida Waksberg of West Bloomfield at Beaumont Hospital. …
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…Changes At The Top Robert Aronson's new part-time position with philanthropist William Davidson shuffles Federation leadership. HARRY KIRSBAUM StairWriter Jr ewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Chief Executive Officer Robert Aronson is taking another job. He's not leaving his position with Federation, but, in a growing trend amona b federation executives national- ly, will make time to lend his talents to other endeavors. Aronson,...…
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