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…frontlines The Best of Dick Purtan & "PLOWS to Laugh Again With Purtan's People 3 FilffiffIE a shoo-in to be a featured guest author at next year's Jewish Book Fair. In my years on ,,rr r, the , 101 ;;t the air, I imper- - — sonated Bill Clinton while interviewing the real Hillary. I sang with Gladys Knight and Harry or 18 years, I had the privilege Belafonte. At a press conference, I told of working for Radio Hall of Mick Jagger I had ...…
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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com DETROIT JEWISH NEWS frontlines >> ro u ndu p theJEW1SHNEWS.com Roundup from page 5 Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl@renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor kcohen@renmedia.us Gail Zimmerman Arts Editor gzimmerman@renmedia.us Deborah Schultz Corporate Creative Director dschultz@renmedia.us EDITORIAL...…
…redesign HOME Cansi9nmont The Store Your Home Has Been Waiting For Laugh in Peace trio: Rabbi Bob Alper, Azhar Usman and Rev. Susan Sparks. MSU event helps students to find common ground among differences. Robyn Berkowitz Special to the Jewish News Lansing 0 n Nov. 21, a large group of sponsors joined together for a night of laughter as they presented the Laugh in Peace Comedy Tour in the Michgan State University Union Ballroom. Featu...…
…Orderly an honielike, Camp Take 4bfke in An n "?bor helps e homeless. Kate Miller Special to the Jewish News Ann Arbor F our months ago, Jackie's son dropped her off at an Ann Arbor homeless shelter. With no beds available, she was given a bus token and a map to a nearby tent community. Scared and alone, Jackie hesitantly approached some campers. "They took me in," she recalled. "They gave me a tent, tarp and sleeping bag and helped me se...…
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…the cover The Detroit Jewish ews Foundation The Detroit Jewish News Foundation is a Michigan 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that supports the educational mission of the Jewish News. Its goal is is to digitize every issue of the Jewish News, dating to March 27, 1942, and make them available and searchable to the public. The Foundation will also support and sponsor forums, town hall meetings and other educational events to best utilize and share this h...…
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…metro Davidson Foundation Federation, CSZreceive grants. Bill Carroll Contributing Writer A lmost three years after the death of business- man-philanthropist Bill Davidson, some details are emerging about the status of his multibil- lion-dollar estate and the Davidson Foundation. According to a Form 990 filing with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the foundation's assets have reached $191 million, making it one of the largest family fou...…
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…jo int, JEWISH SENIOR LIFE PRESENTS THEIR ANNUAL JEWISH COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY AND GUARDIANSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING FOR NEW PARACHAPLAIN VOLUNTEERS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8TH 6:30 P.M.-8s30 P.M. The Jewish Community Chaplaincy Program provides religious, social, and cultural support and programs for Jewish residents of non-Jewish care facilities, throughout the tri-county area, who are lonely, may have no family that visits them, or may h...…
…metro >> around town P hotos by Bo b Benya Behind The Scenes JET's seventh annual gala gathers supporters to honor Bill and Madeleine Berman. T he Bingham Farms home of Doreen Hermelin hosted the Jewish Ensemble Theatre's seventh annual Behind the Scenes Gala on Nov. 17. The event's honorees were Bill and Madeleine Berman of Franklin. Sue Curtis of West Bloomfield was feted as Volunteer of the Year. The event raised $35,000 for JET. Left...…
…metro >> around town Tequila And Talmud Shaarey Zedek rabbis host "Dad's Night Out" to discuss the meaning of being a Jewish man. IN hat does it mean to be a Jewish man? That was the conversation hosted recently by Rabbis Joseph Krakoff and Aaron Starr of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in the second annual "Tequila and Talmud: Dad's Night Out" event held at the 7 Ultra Lounge and Restaurant in West Bloomfield. Participants enjoyed each other's...…
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…metro >> ... Next Generation ... Welcome Back Once a camper, always a camper. Kelli Saperstein M ore and more young Jewish professionals who left Detroit to start their careers are finding a reason to move back home. Meet one of them here, Kelli Saperstein. Kelli Saperstein, 32, lives with her husband, Jared, in West Bloomfield. She's a wealth analyst with Telemus Capital Partners, an investment management firm in Southfield. She's a boa...…
…j a Inin‘ he City Left: Participants heard oral histories and saw art that explored interracial and interfaith partnership at the Downtown Synagogue's Detroit Art Show, featuring Devon Cunningham and other Detroit artists on Sept 10, 2011. One City, Many Voices: Stories of Jews Living in Detroit s young adult Detroit Jews, we've been watching a narrative unfold for the past two years of Detroit as an exciting, opportunity-rich blank slate...…
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…Festival of De-Lights Eight nights, eight gifts for every man, woman and child on your list. Lynne Konstantin I Contributing Writer Inspired by a collection of hand-blown glass flowers she saw as a child, South African artisan Kate Carlyle created Mustardseed & Moonshine to bring her love of the botanical form to functional life. Each piece in her collection of high-fired earthen- ware, like this TRILLIUM APETALON MEDIUM BOWL ($165)...…
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