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…arts&life 1 PHOTO BY JEFF VESPA film Step Is Life That’s the mantra for the girls in Amanda Lipitz’s new fi lm. TOP: Tayla Solomon, Cori Grainger and Blessing Giraldo at Sundance Film Festival. OPPOSITE: The Lethal Ladies of BLSYW. 38 August 10 • 2017 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER A manda Lipitz explains that the first feature film she has directed and produced — Step: A Real Life Story — is not about Judaism, but it is ab...…
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…on the go continued from page 43 tuesday, aug. 15 WEST BLOOMFIELD WALKERS 10 am, Aug. 15-29. Jewish Family Service sponsors a walking group every Tuesday. Meet at playground in Drake Park, on Drake Road south of Maple. Free. Info: Megan, mpudlik@jfsdetroit.org or 248-592-2269. TALK IN YIDDISH 1:30 pm, Aug. 15 & 29. Naomi Pinchuk leads Charles & Frances Driker Yiddish Conversation Club. Presented by JCC Without Borders-The Active Life. At P...…
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…soul of blessed memory CLARE G. ABRAMSON, 96, of Southfield, died Aug. 4, 2017. An artist, Clare loved to work with paints, sculptures and Abramson cartoons and was a member of the Palette Guild. She was also active with the Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliary and Temple Treasures (through Temple Israel) and AZO (pharmacy fraternity). Mrs. Abramson is survived by her daughters and sons-in- law, Marcy (Marty Hirschman) Abramson of Southfield...…
…soul of blessed memory continued from page 51 Everyday Hero Helping Th ose In Need RONELLE GRIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER G W ith his courageous spirit, gener- ous heart and irrepressible sense of humor, Adam Niskar was an inspiration to everyone who knew him. Adam, who lived in Bloomfield Township with his beloved wife, Lisa, and their daughter, Macy, passed away peacefully on July 31, 2017, surrounded by his devoted family and friends. Ad...…
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…and Karen Goodman. She was the proud grandmother of Jordan and Amanda Goodman, Justin Dacey and Lauren Stahl; loving sister of Henry Rosner; sur- vived by many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. The funeral was held graveside in New York at Montefiore Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Sylvia Goodman Memorial Fund, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, (248) 661-5700, www.temple-israel.org DANIEL TODD MOROF, D.D.S., 53,...…
…soul of blessed memory continued from page 55 ERIC S. “TAVY” SCHMIER died of lung cancer at age 70 on July 9, 2017, at the home of his brother and sister-in law in Larkspur, Calif. He was known as Tavy, his nickname, until law school. Eric was born in Detroit, the second of four children, to Walter and Beverly Schmier. He was raised in Huntington Woods and attended the University of Michigan and Hastings College of the Law. He served in the...…
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…looking back The Michigan District of the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring was likely founded in the 1930s, though the organization’s records maintained at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan don’t reveal the exact date. The Jewish fraternal organization began in New York in 1892 to assist Jewish immigrants by providing basic sick, death and health benefits and supporting workers in education, cultural diversions and tr...…
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…IN Contents JNOnline.us August 10-16, 2006 16-22 Av 5766 Vol. CXXX, No. 1 Nutritionally Speaking Jack Ginsburg of West Bloomfield, with Malka, at the Israel rally. By BarkaraBeznos, RD, 1.1)!N in. tegra fed Arittrition, LLC On The Cover: Middle East ues- tion: Dear Bar , at can you tell me about a mac- robiotic diet? Thanks, Beryl. Grassroots Rally 12. Jewish community support for Israel intensifies. Dingell Challenged 16 Congressm...…
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…Editor's Letter Reinforcing Black-Jewish Bonds ven overshadowed moments can have staying power. Consider two such moments linking Rabbi Joachim Prinz, the early-1960s American Jewish Congress president, with America's civil rights folk hero, the Rev. Martin Luther King,-Jr. First, Rabbi Prinz had the arduous task of speaking at the historic civil rights march on Washington justilefore Rev. King. It was Aug. 28,1;963: The crowd of - 250,000 w...…
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…Letters A Special City It is not very surprising that the developers Steve Friedman and Gary Shiffman have no comment on the arti- cle outlining their attempt to develop the Rackham Golf Course with homes and change the nature of Huntington Woods ("Digging In,"Aug. 3, page 23). I can tell from your article that the people of our community have a deep love for it. That is why many people move from home to home when their housing needs change ...…
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…Middle East Sta ff photos By Ang ie Baa n ON THE COVER Harry Kirsbaum Staff Writer Grassroot Rally Jewish community support for Israel intensifies. 12 August 10 • 2006 iN W ith large Israeli and American flags billowing from his Chevrolet Corvette, Herb Goodwin showed his support for Israel as he drove into the Temple Shir Shalom parking lot. "I'm trying to do my part and support Israel," said Goodwin of West Bloomfield. He suffers f...…
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…The Katyushas take seconds The healing takes a lifetime And healing is what Hadassah does best. You know us as a major medical center in the Middle East, but you might not know that we heal in so many ways. Like right now when violence and terrorism have driven thousands of children and families from their homes in Northern Israel to the safety and security of Hadassah's two Youth Villages. It takes dollars to provide critical care: traine...…
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