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…HENRIETTA AND ALVIN WEISBERG AND THE LAKER FAMILY of CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK Proudly Present iii BERAT I ON An Original Cantata Celebrating Freedom BY MEIR FINKELSTEIN Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 8 p.m. Max M. Fisher Music Center Featuring The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Yoel Levi, Conductor Ittai Shapira, Guest Violin Soloist The Vanguard Grand Chorus Evergreen Blues Meir Finkelstein With Soloists Cantor Meir Finkelstein, Cantor Mi...…

…Contents Sanford Pliskow of Grosse Pointe and Frank Blase of Southfield, in the JWV Memorial Day Color Guard at Machpelah Cemetery. JNonline.us June 1-7, 2006 5-11Sivan 5766 Vol. CXXIX, No. 17 Nutritionally Speaking Metro By Barbara Beznos. RD, I.D/N Integrated Nutrition, La.' Honoring Their Lives 17 ues- tion: Dear Barbel as their any reaction to your last column about the recent NIH -sponsored study regarding dietary supplements? Amy....…

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…Letters Thanks, Milwaukee! As a fellow Jewish commu- nal professional, I was deeply impressed by the articles con- cerning Bob Aronson and his unparalleled Detroit tenure ("A Message Worth Heeding:' May 11, page 5; "18 years At Full Speed," May 11, page 18). Milwaukee has given the Jewish people three important people: Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit Rabbi Lee Buckman and Jewish Federation of Metropo...…

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…Metro E ach Memorial Day weekend for nearly 50 years, members of the Jewish War Veterans in Michigan have been honoring the lives and contributions of those who served their country through military service. Gravesites of veterans at Jewish cem- eteries are adorned with American flags and two services are held at local ceme- teries, one at Machpaleh in Ferndale and the other at Hebrew Memorial in Clinton Township. About 75 people attended th...…

…Metro Under Scrutiny Federal tax evasion charges raise questions of possible Hezbollah ties to owner of La Shish. Don Cohen Special to the Jewish News W hen put on hold during a call to the headquarters of La Shish restaurants in Dearborn, a recording says it is "the nation's fasting-growing Mediterranean restaurant chain." But because of federal charges of tax evasion and possible links to terrorism via the owner of the chain, some Metro...…

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…Metro HrIALTI-1 EDUCATION 'Dementia Diary' Match Game Memoir by local author gives hope to caregivers. Former Detroiter brings together children's authors and schools. Keri Guten Cohen Contributing Editor R obert Tell of Farmington Hills recently published his book-length mem- oir, Dementia Diary, which tells the story of his mother's slide into . dementia and the role he played as a caregiver and her only child. Though names have be...…

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…World Jewish-Presbyterian Ties As church meeting nears, divestment issue remains divisive. Rachel Pomerance Jewish Telegraphic Agency Atlanta A s Presbyterians across America gear up for their biennial assem- bly, the legacy of the last such meeting is still roiling the Jewish community and the church's own members. Two years ago, the Presbyterian Church USA passed a resolution calling for "phased, selective divestment in multinational ...…

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…I World Detractors Dinah A. Spritzer Jewish Telegraphic Agency Osweicim, Poland Leven years ago, at cer- emonies marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, misunderstandings between Poles and Jews ran so deep that even a rabbi's desire to say the Mourner's Kaddish reportedly disturbed some Polish politi- cians. In fact, there were so many debates over the tenor of the event that two separate ceremo- nies were he...…

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…Call for Nominees for the 18th Annual Berman Award for Outstanding Professional Service created by Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Lee Bienstock: to be hired? Orthodox Apprentice? Trump's choice awaits. Steven I. Weiss Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York W ill Donald Trump's new apprentice be • an Orthodox Jew? America will find out 9:30-11 p.m. Monday, June 5, when NBC airs the live finale of this season's reality show The Appren...…

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…Opinion Dry Bones KINGOu ll..PI,It Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us. Editorial Preserving Our Homeland T he Zionist idea that inspired Israel's creation held that even if all Jews didn't move to the Jewish state, all were to be partners in its estab- lishment and development. The Jewish National Fund, founded at the fifth Zionist Congress in 1901, was a practical way to make that idea a reality while raising money to buy...…

…Opinion OTHER ViEWS Mt. Sinai: I Was There Ann Arbor M uch of the dishar- mony in the Jewish community today can be attributed to the divergence of opinions concerning the revela- tion of our Torah at Mt. Sinai. Regardless of what one believes actually occurred at that mountain, the essential issue for us on the festival of Shavuot is that we feel a part of divine revelation. How do we internalize the midrashic tradition that all Jews sto...…

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…Business & Professional MEMOS Dr. Julius M. Gardin of West Bloomfield, chief of cardiology at St. John Hospital and Medical Center, received the Seymour Gordon Award for Distinguished Gardin Achievement from the American Heart Association. His ongoing research focuses on the use of echocardiography and other non-invasive tests to evaluate heart disease. 5 .2 *APY Jay Welford of Franklin, a partner with Southfield-based Jaffe Raitt Heuer &...…

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…To Life! HOLIDAYS A Day At the Park Lag b'Omer holiday celebration brings clowns, stunts and fun. Above: Mendy Gurary, 10, of Buffalo, N.Y., gets ready to try his hand at shaving a bal- loon without popping it. Left: Levi Shemtov, 10, of Oak Park blows flour away to find oining in the celebra- tion of the holiday of Lag b'Omer, students at Yeshivas Menachem Mendel LubaVitch in. Oak Park hosted a May 16 outdoor event that gathered more tha...…

…Story by Alan Hitsky Photography by Armando Rios Seniors in Oak Park dance the night away. S enior citizens living at the Pfentis and Teitel apartments on the A. Alfred Taubman Jewish Community Campus in Oak Park had their own prom last week, courtesy of .the college students at local campuses served by Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit (HMD). A few high school students also got into the act at the Jewish Apartments & Services' first "senior p...…

…Let Buddy's Help You Plan Your Next Party SPIRITUALITY RESTAURANT Job Of A Lifetime Janet Pont heeded call 50 years ago. I Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News I f there were such a thing as a synagogue hall of fame, Janet Pont of Southfield would be in there for several reasons. She has been an employee of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield for 50 continuous years; she started as a teenager getting $1.50 an hour and now, as e...…

…To Life! AROUND TOWN Identity Building Zina and Michael Kramer of Young adults peer into the artistic souls of Israeli kids. Andrea Beavers of Farmington Hills and Heidi Wineman of West Bloomfield Bloomfield Hills . David Jacobson of Birmingham and Lauren Finsilver of West Bloomfield Susan Doerr and Andrew Shapack of Franklin I ntricate and colorful art- work created by children in Israel, Kiev and Metro Detroit provide a window int...…

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