…THE JEWISH NEWS a UP FRONT i This Week's T o p Stories Sorrow Without End Two years after their son's murder, a Southfield couple has few clues, and never-ending pain. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR f time is the great healer, it has some- how managed, for more than two years now, to pass everywhere in the world but a certain home in Southfield. It's a quiet house, filled with art: a wo- ven sculpture of an elephant trunk; a tan-...…
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…November 1, 1996 Detroit OPINION Dedication 7 With a capital campaign wrapping up, Hillel will celebrate the commitment of families to expansion. Saying yes to that reunion. Expanding classrooms. page 7 Religious Voice B 19 TELL ME WHY The strange life of a mobster. 28 Cantors from three states will come to Farmington Hills this month to learn and to sing. TRAVEL Discovering history of Spanish Jews. BO 40 ISRAEL Spartan Times...…
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…Tae a ita lori With a capital campaign wrapping up, Hillel Day School celebrates the commitment of families to redo and expand their building. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER DANIEL LIPPITT PHOTOGRAPHER p little more than two years after Above: Carpeting in the the announcement of an $11-mi1- hallways reduces noise lion capital campaign to expand during busy class Aan d renovate, Hillel Day School changes. is planning a dedication of ...…
…0 Religious Voice November's regional conference could be one of the biggest ever. "When you're a cantor, you're limited to the few cantors that are in your community to talk to," Cantor Glantz said. "So when you get together nationally or even regionally, you have a chance to let your hair down and talk about the things that face you." Attendees will participate in a number of lectures and work- shops, as well as take part in a dinner and i...…
…• Nanci Grant for Circuit Judge Endorsed by the Detroit Free Press Endorsed by The Detroit News Endorsed by the Spinal Column Endorsed by 21 of 24 County Commissioners Appointed Circuit Court Mediator Appointed Circuit Court Arbitrator Supports truth in sentencing Created free seminars for seniors Member, Hadassah Member, Temple Israel Bloomfield Youth Assistance A to Z, we support NANCI GRANT for Circuit Judge, and urge you to vote on TUE...…
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…• Distant Recognition Letters from Farmington Hills win status for a Polish cemetery. ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR he 50-year effort by a Farmington Hills man to win recognition for a Jew- ish cemetery in Poland reaped rewards this summer. The former cemetery in Slup- sk, Poland, which until 1945 was Stolp, Germany, was given a second commemorative mon- ument this summer by the Polish government. In 1994, Polish municipal officials also er...…
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