…contents Nov. 10-16, 2016 | 9-15 Cheshvan 5777 | Vol. CL, No. 15 Quick Click … From the Davidson Digital Archive Around Town .............26-27 Arts & Life ........................50 Auto ..................................40 Business ...........................42 Calendar...........................37 Editor’s Picks ...................52 Home ................................55 Israel ........................ 6, 8, 30 Marketplace .............…
…Davidson Digital Archive Scavenger Hunt GO How well do you know Jewish Detroit history? It’s easy to find what you’re looking for in the Davidson Digital Archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org. SEND WIN Go to the archives and find the answers to the questions below. Send the answers to jheadapohl@renmedia.us with “Scavenger Hunt” in the subject line by Nov. 28. Three random winners will be selected from correct entries to...…
…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Ask Attorney Ken Gross about... for openers Black & White Glasses O ne delightful thing about kids can’t actually see the grade because your is that the way they view the thumb is right …” world can be so refreshingly Before I could finish my sentence, she’d simple. No shades of maybe, perhaps or snapped, “So what? My teacher said you uncertainty, just clear-cut black just need to s...…
…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com guest column Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us Keeping Jerusalem Pluralistic And Vibrant F. Kevin Browett Chief Operating Officer kbrowett@renmedia.us J erusalem, the holy city. A complex and controversial place that is sacred to the three religions of the Book, plastered across international headlines and di...…
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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com essay Arab Teen’s Shooting Turns Spotlight On Israel’s Ethnic Diversity A fter an Israeli Arab teenager working along Israel’s border fence with Egypt was shot dead by a patrolling Egyptian soldier, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin visited the griev- ing family to extend condolences on behalf of the state. It’s what the presi- dent said that echoed not only with the slain teen’s famil...…
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…metro » o n the cover Surviving Slavery Stacy Gittleman | Contributing Writer Sanctum House remember, most of her meals were eaten on the run and out of a fast-food seeks to help human paper bag.” At 70, Edee, a former educator trafficking survivors and now a real estate broker, is no stranger to knowing what it feels like reclaim their lives. to be a slave. Now 28 years free of her heroin addiction, she is the founder of Sanctum House, a ...…
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…“My goal is for these women to get their lives back and rejoin the human race.” — Edee Franklin of Sanctum House continued from page 10 How To Spot A Victim L aw enforcement officials offered both straightforward tips and heartfelt advice at the NCJW symposium on human trafficking on how to both prevent and identify this crime. According to Special Agent Rodney Riggs of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, these warning signs can hel...…
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…metro » A Young Life Interrupted Photos by Jerry Zolynsky Modest WWII veteran, wounded twice, earns accolades seven decades after the war. Kasoff’s medals are kept together in a special case. U Alan Muskovitz nder normal circumstances, 91-year- old Herman Kasoff ’s daily trek to the mailbox is typically uneventful. However, one visit this summer was anything but ordinary — the day he received a cor- respondence from His Majesty King Ha...…
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…metro » continued from page 16 shipped overseas to help save the world from annihilation. First stop: Casablanca. “We didn’t do much there, but at least I got a chance to see the Casbah,” Herman chuckled. He recalled the narrow, crowded, seedy streets filled with merchants where “you didn’t dare walk alone or without your weapon.” In short order, Herman made his way across North Africa to Libya, on to Sicily and then Naples where, on just hi...…
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…metro » Raising Human Beings Expert offers help for solving “problem kids.” Vivian Henoch | Special to the Jewish News P “Children do well when they can.” — Dr. Ross W. Greene What Kids (And The Rest Of Us) Need To Know Now On Sunday, Nov. 20, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Dr. Ross W. Greene presents “Helping Behaviorally Challenging Children and Teens (And While You’re at It, All the Others)” — a program of Federation’s Opening the D...…
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…metro » aro u nd tow n ‘Exceeding Expectations’ Mesivta of West Bloomfield celebrates a new Torah donated by the Kimmels. O JET honoree Henrietta Hermelin Weinberg is flanked by children Matthew Weinberg of Los Angeles and Mia Weinberg of Birmingham, left, and Aaron Weinberg of Los Angeles and Lisa Weinberg Spector of Beverly Hills, Calif., right. Curtain Raiser JET spotlights Henrietta Hermelin Weinberg. S he helped nurture the Jewish...…
…Harvest’s End Volunteers ready Project Healthy Community’s garden for winter. O and expanded to include other organi- zations. Aryeh Perlman, a Repair the World Fellow, coordinated the efforts of volunteers from Detroit’s Renaissance High School and Jewish teen voluln- teers from Repair the World and PeerCorps. * Photos by Rudy Thomas n Oct. 16, volunteers helped pick the last harvest and clean the Project Healthy Community (PHC) garden ...…
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…» to rah por tion Our Lives As Service Parshat Lech-Lecha: Genesis 12:1-17:27; Isaiah 40:27-41:16. H Brett Mountain ow are we to be a blessing in Brooks. Citing the author of a book a world that can feel politi- about worry, Brooks counseled direct cally charged and tumultu- action, instead. “[A]ction takes us out ous? “Lech lecha mei artzecha … v’h’yei of ourselves. Worry, like drama, is all brachah — Go forth from your native about the...…
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…community » Thanksgiving Mitzvah Local sophomores raise funds for nonprofit Heart 2 Hart Detroit. T wo Cranbrook Kingswood sopho- mores are determined to make a difference for people in need this Thanksgiving. They’re not doing it for credit or to meet some volunteer requirements for school. They simply have big hearts and want to change the world one small act of kindness at a time. Bree Gross, 15, of Franklin, did a dance-a- thon to rais...…
…arts & life a r t f ai r Jane Goldman, Audubon September, screen print (2010) imPRESSED Suzanne Chessler | Contributing Writer Collectors, connoisseurs and the curious can head to the Flint Print Fair, where offerings range from Albrecht Durer to Jane Goldman. details The Flint Print Fair runs Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 19- 20, at the Flint Museum of Arts. There is no admission fee to view the prints offered for sale. “Pressed for Time: The...…
…"UY WORTH OF GIFT CARDS AND GET A #OMPLIMENTARY GIFT CARD FOR YOURSELF ful images of still lifes, landscapes and abstractions, which Goldman drew and Stewart screen printed in different colors on layers for each set of multiple-piece editions. Her work has been shown around the country; it’s also in the per- manent collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Detroit Institute of Arts, the Library of Congre...…
…52 November 10 2016 arts & life SILENT NIGHT Based on the 2005 French film Joyeux Noel, Silent Night is a Pulitzer Prize- winning contem- porary opera by American composer Kevin Puts and the Michigan Opera Theatre brings it to the Detroit Opera House Nov. 12-20, along with a host of complementary programs. The opera tells the story of actual historic events during World War I, when a Christmas carol unites opposing soldiers f...…
