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…metro Farewell, Dear Rabbi Irwin Groner's life and legacy remembered at Shaarey Zedek. David Sachs Keri Guten Cohen Senior Copy Editor Story Development Editor "How honored and blessed I was to be the wife of Rabbi Irwin Groner. If I could have had him a bit longer, that would have been good, too." — Leypsa Groner, shown here with the rabbi in a photo from the Shaarey Zedek anniversary book, 1981. Bill Berman, businessman and philant...…
…CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK Generation to Generation RABBI IRWIN GRONER October 27, 1931 - December 30, 2012 With Deep Admiration and Loving Memory from Your Congregational Family Rabbi Irwin Groner served Congregation Shaarey Zedek with wisdom, leadership and friendship for more than 50 years. We pay tribute to a profoundly brilliant man who blessed us with his care, concern and compassion. We fondly remember Rabbi Groner as a skille...…
…metro Farewell, Dear Rabbi from page 14 Karen Davidson, congregant of Bloomfield Hills Hy Safran, a Shaarey Zedek trustee and the son and grand- son of past congregation presidents Rabbi Groner with Cardinal Adam J. Maida, archbishop emeritus of Detroit Former Gov. James Blanchard 16 January 10 • 2013 "I became a Jew by choice after Bill and I were married. Rabbi Groner led me through the conversion, and I remember the meetings that we ...…
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…metro 'A Class Act' Jewish News mourns the loss of a longtime reporter. Harry Kirsbaum Contributing Writer W hen Bill Carroll ended his long, successful career as a public relations troubleshoot- er for Ford Motor Co. in 1998, he wasn't quite ready to retire to the golf course. Instead, he began a part-time, 14-year writing career with his beloved Detroit Jewish News. Business stories, political stories, arts and entertainment stories, o...…
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…points of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.corn Contributing Editor Editorial Morsi's Maneuvers Look skeptically at Egypt's wily president. H e brokered the Nov. 21 cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, but Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is no statesman. He became involved out of neces- sity: to keep President Obama and Congress happy and U.S. aid flowing. Morsi's true inten- tions toward Israel are rooted in his longstan...…
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