…HELPING JEWISH FAMILIES GROW eTNTHE APPLE TREE Ms. Applebaum Don't Worry, Be Happy The Big Story Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word Profile A Quilt With A History Good Sports A Hockey Star Combines Skill And Raw Power Births B'nai Mitzvah Cover Art: Photo by Glenn Treist Rick and Patty Nessel, with Sydnee and Trevor, fly high this autumn. Fall Into Fall Fun page 59 10/10 1997 51 …
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…The BiG Story What Does It Mean To Forgive? Elizabeth Applebaum AppleTree Editor n Yom Kippur, we ask God for His forgiveness. The day before, we are \_,directed to appeal to our fellow human beings and apologize for any harm we may have done them. But in fact, these are but a few steps along on our path of repen- tance. The Torah teaches that simply praying for pardon is not enough. First, man must acknowledge his sin. He should be humble...…
…Good SPoRts A HUMANITARIAN MEDICAL RELIEF PROGRAM FOR RUSSIAN JEWISH CHILDREN Is proud to honor Dr. Linda Bolton At a Sukkos Concert Featuring Nice On The Ice, Jake Stamell pairs power and skill in the hockey rink. Scott Warheit AppleTree Staff Writer Sunday • October 19, 1997 7:30 p.m. West Bloomfield High School 4925 Orchard Lake West Bloomfield ici(ets available at:. s Borenstort Esther's Spitzer's Ticket Prices: Adults: $18 in ...…
…Listen UP KURTIS MAW OPENING KITCHEN AND BATH CENTERS FARMINGTONH1LS Elizabeth Applebaum AppleTree Editor by Ted Rand (Cobblehill Books) The House I'll Build f or the Wrens Several years ago there was an exquisite film called The Secret of Roan lnish, the story of a little girl and a legend of a baby who disappears over the waves. This book offers a similar tale of a baby missing in a snowstorm, though it lacks the sweet, gen- tle ton...…
…Photo by Dan iel Lippitt ProFiLe Happiness Is A Warm Quilt 10/10 1997 56 Edith Broida Special to The AppleTree sleeper and then a perfectly plain pair of anklets. Nolish liked the effect and decided the blanket ost mothers are savers, could be more than T-shirts. She particularly when it comes gathered other artifacts of memo- I to daughters. It's hard to rable occasions: silk flowers from a part with those first little shoes, the junior...…
…Please join us as we celebrate the Seventh Anniversary of YAD EZRA feeding the iew/gb fillegry , the kosher food pantry feeding hungry Jewish families Honoring... Doreen Hermelin Wednesday, November 5, 1997 Shaarey Zedek Southfield Photo by Leo Kn ig ht Photog raphy Still, T-shirts tell Rachel's tale the best. Her school career begins with "I get TLC at Temple Emanu-El," her pre-school, followed by shirts from /--- Burton Elementary, No...…
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…Close Up Single, With Children Jewish women are opting for motherhood, sans spouse. JULIE EDGAR Senior Writer emmis Lawrence isn't much of a traveler. She never had an urge to backpack in Europe, to work on a kibbutz or take to the open road in an idealistic search for herself. Yet, there she was on an airplane bound for China, the lone single woman in a group of 12 couples that would soon be called up in a ceremo- ny to accept their new ...…
…Close Up "Depending on whether the single person has done some grieving around having children or not having a part- ner, it may push some buttons. If they are still really troubled by it, that's going to create unhappiness on their part," she said. Psychologically, there are additional challenges, "but it's not easy to be married in a two-parent family, either," Yellin said. Lawrence was 38 and uninvolved when she decided to adopt. At the ti...…
…• • going to run out of options," she said. All of the single Jewish women ' how to parent, especially when the She began the process, with the JVS's Krystal has encountered have ; going gets rough. help of the Michigan Association of adopted internationally. With increas- "I want to do everything right, to Single Adoptive Parents, 11 months ingly open adoptions in the United give Sophie the best chance she can before Gabriela was born. Five ...…
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…, This date worked. Jody Cohn and Ari Charlip became engaged last week. Definitive Dating From parents' views on '90s dating to what's Jewish about it, how we meet is unusual and sweet. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN Staff Writer T o look at dating, you almost need a wide- angle, zoom lens. In the Jewish communi- ty, it's the same as anywhere else, and also very different. Some of us think about mar- riage from date No. 1, while oth- ers leave that...…
…Th Sometimes Parents Just Don't Understand ALLISON KAPLAN Special to the Jewish News the immortal lyrics of Will Smith, back when he was an oppressed and lustful teen rap tar: Parents just don't under- stand. They don't understand why young people today date in packs rather than pairs. They don't understand why every relationship has to be exclusive. They don't understand why some of us are not very concerned about finding Jewish partners....…
…Singles say they really don't think about marriage on the first, second or even third dates. JULIE EDGAR Senior Writer A dmit it: You're thinking about the potential for life- long bliss with the person sitting across from you on your first date together. . Not true, say a few singles who range in age from 22 to 50. Lauren Friedman is at the point in her life where she's always thinking about marriage, she says. And on a first date, she won...…
…What's Jewish About Dating? ELANA HARRIS Special to The Jewish News I m convinced that Jewish dating has a flavor all its own. Of course, don't forget the * nnately Jewish characteristics of dating: neurosis, guilt and the Jewish mother and grandmother. C'mon, admit it: there's no Jewish relationship without them. Probably the hardest part of dating is meeting someone you'd actually want to go out with. And if you want to date another Jew...…
…JULIE WEINGARDEN Special to the Jewish News ou know your single status has reached a new level /- when you get an unso- licited message from a matchmaker. Apparently telemarketing has gone beyond newspaper sub- scriptions and the policeman's ball. So how did this shadchan know I'm not married? A rather resourceful matchmaker, she bought a list of people new to town from one of the phone companies and, what do you know, 50 percent are single....…
…Now We Meet ( Where, when and by whom young adults link up is as random and unscientific as picking a person out of a crowd. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN StaffWriter IVIT e meet in the most unlikely places, some- times in the last place we'd expect. But by far, the majority of young, Jewish couples in metro Detroit met through people they know: friends, family, co-workers, acquaintances. Here's a re-enactment of how five Jewish Detroit couples met...…
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…4. Begging Forgiveness DR. DANIEL GORDIS Special To The Jewish News y om Kippur. The Day of Atonement. On the surface, the idea seems simple. Jews take an entire day, from sundown to sundown, to take an accounting of the year that has just gone by, and to ask for forgiveness. We spend an entire day in prayer, abstaining from creature comforts like food, drink, sex and washing, and devote ourselves to repentance, seeking atonement. But the ...…
…f ( Marriages, parent-child connec- tions and meaningful friendships all require hard work. Spirituality takes no less. Jewish tradition begins by suggest- ing that there are at least two sorts of forgiveness we need to request. • The first is for offenses we've committed against other people. This forgiveness must come from people, not from God. No synagogue service, no sermon, no guilt-ridden beating of our breast can erase the hurt we've ...…
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…'A g‘t\lt \ :\,4 Haute Detroit Jewish media executives are teaming with a Detroit chef orced to reinvent his 20- year career in the news media, Mort Meisner is returning to his roots in Detroit. A chance meeting between Meisner and Harlequin Cafe owner Sherman Sharpe has produced a deep friendship and budding business rela- tionship. Plans to produce and market a, television cooking program featuring harpe, 41, have forged bonds between t...…
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…bright and perceptive 7-year-old girl who chooses to stop talking. Though she no longer allows her parents to hear her, her thoughts are shared with the viewer in this portrait of a child's universe. 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. Angel Baby (1995 — Michael Rymer), winner of the Australian Film Institute Awards for best picture, best director, The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre pre- best actor and best actress, sents Paula Vogel's Obie-win- tells the s...…
…• s. \ ,$) • . • s \\\N • N *At .\\ ' .\\ The Magic Of Maurice Famed children's book illustrator Maurice Sendak is the set and costume designer for the Detroit Opera House's next production, Mozart's The Magic Flute. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to The Jewish News performance, what do you like about them? IV A: I just feel that I've done the best I could for Mozart, who is my hero and whom I definitely would not like to fail. I feel I...…
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…The Brothers Sklar They're Jewish, they're twins, they're U-M grads and they have their own series on MTV Special to The Jewish News I is Saturday afternoon and Jason and Randy Sklar are anxious to zip through the phone interview. Their buddies are waiting at the bar to watch the Michigan-Colorado game. The 25-year-old twin brothers are still loyal to their alma mater (they graduated from U-M in 1994), even after settling into a New York li...…
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