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…Opinion A MIX OF IDEAS Dry Bones GENERATIONS Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us. George Cantor's Reality Check column will return next week. HIZBULLAH'S CHIEF \ JUST MET WITH ASSAD AND IRAN'S AHMADINEJAD IN SYRIA/ Editorial Repudiate Divestment W hile relatively milder than some divestment resolu- tions targeting Israel, the University of Michigan-Dearborn Student Government's Feb. 25 call to divest is grounded in bias a...…
…Opinion University Partnerships In Israel L ast November, I participated in a trade mission to Israel organized by Automation Alley, the technol- ogy business association for southeast Michigan in Troy. While government officials and industry leaders in our group talked to Israeli companies inter- ested in partnerships and joint ventures in Michigan, I met with leaders of five universities: Tel Aviv University, Holon Institute of Technology...…
…Hunger from page 39 Congress has already done a great deal to help defeat poverty and child- hood hunger. Over the past few years, it has enacted legislation to increase funding for food stamps, provided temporary additional funding for school breakfast and lunch programs, and increased access for those who most need to be provided with a well- balanced meal. Locally, Yad Ezra has facilitated grants from family foundations to help fund lunche...…
…Spirituality AROUND TOWN The Whole Megillah Shaarey Zedek hosts Purim Extravaganza. Kyra Alpiner, 12, of Birmingham and Madeline Kaufman, 11, of West Bloomfield E verything you'd expect to find at a Purim party and more was on hand Feb. 27 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield during a jam-packed Purim Extravaganza for children and adults. More than 1,000 people attended the event, which included a fam- ily Megillah reading and costu...…
…Spiritua it) Purim Fun Hillel students transform themselves into circus performers. Above: Eighth-graders Reva McDowell, 14, of Huntington Woods, Sara Weinfeld, 13, of Farmington Hills, and Brian Langad, 13, of West Bloomfield Right: Hillel students learn to form a pyramid. Students make their way across a tightrope. I Madeleine Gonte, Alex Sherman and Sara Weinfeld Teen2Teen Staff Writers 0 n March 3, during the week of Purim, th...…
…Spirituality SAVE ,MONEY! Modify your mortgage rates Tidbits For Seder Talk will explore legends not in the Haggadah. as low as 2%! T he Jewish Theological Seminary Great Lakes Region and the Michigan Rabbinical Assembly will co-spon- sor a pre-Passover study with Professor Burton Visotzky, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at Congregation Beth Ahm, 5705 West Maple Road in West Bloomfield. Visotzky has titled his remarks "Tidbits for Your Seder:...…
…TORAH PORTION Attention To Detail Shabbat Vayachel-Pekudei: Exodus 35:1- 40:38; 12:1-20; Ezekiel 45:16-46:18. y ou're finally there. function of the Tabernacle. You're in the The purpose of the process of build- Tabernacle was to establish a ing your dream home, the physical structure where God culmination of years of could be accessed. Although dreaming, planning and hard God exists everywhere, He work. Every day, you visit the has delibe...…
…I Spirituality TEMPLE AND SYNAGOGUE LISTINGS SPONSORED BY TEMPLE ISRAEL MICEIMICE Eta& 42E2E1E1 TEMPLE ISRAEL 3--raef CONSERVATIVE INDEPENDENT Adat Shalom Synagogue 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Aaron Bergman, Rachel Shere, Herbert Yoskowitz. Cantor: Daniel Gross. Ritual director: Barry Lippitt. Ahavat Shalom 413 N. Division St., Traverse City, 49684, (231) 929-4330. Ahavas Israel (Grand Rapids) ...…
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…I 1 Health & Fitness SPORTS Team Building Aiding Yad Ezra helps our Maccabi tennis team. Steve Stein Special to the Jewish News E ven though the JCC Maccabi Games are a few months away, Detroit's tennis players are already getting into the spirit of the event. Most of the 11 players, the mother of one of the players and Coach Jodi Wolfe- Neirynck will do volunteer work for 21/2 hours Sunday at the Yad Ezra kosher food pantry. Yad Ezra...…
…Arts & Entertainment A Frank Look At The Motor City Eric Herschthal New York Jewish Week I n 1955 and 1956 Robert Frank traveled the U.S. taking photographs for his groundbreaking book The Americans, published in 1958. With funding from a prestigious Guggenheim grant, he set out to create a large visual record of America. The money and freedom it bought sent him on a two-year, 10,000-mile journey through 30 states across the country, in a...…
…l Arts & Entertainment From Sales Call To Radio Host Ron Goldenberg opens a window on the R&B hits and history of the late '50s, '60s and '70s. Mike Wilson Special to the Jewish News routine sales call by Wallside Windows' salesman Ron Goldenberg at a condo owned by the president and general manager of WGPR radio led to a DJ job hosting R&B music once a week. During Goldenberg's sales call (his radio name is Ronnie G), his knowledge of R&...…
…NOW PLAYING AT THE GEM THEATRE Jews sot Nate Bloom TV Notes Special to the Jewish News The NBC series Who Do You Think You Are? explores the ancestry of famous people. The first epi- sode, which aired on March 5, and can be seen on the NBC Web site, featured the family history of actress Sarah Jessica Parker, 44, whose late father was Jewish. New episodes air Fridays at 8 p.m. and two upcoming episodes feature Jewish celebs - on March 19...…
…Arts & Entertainment THE BEST OF EVERYTHING Garden Party A pair of popular Asian restaurateurs join forces in new venture. p OTPOURRI Two highly regarded names in Asian dining here have merged their excellent talents in taking over Gourmet Garden at 12 Mile and Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. Cholada Chan, owner of Shangri-La, and Koji Watanabe, owner of the former Musachi Japanese restaurant in Town Center, Southfield. The formerly named G...…
…To Do! CALENDAR E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 New deadline: noon, Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. Experience a service of sharing planned by Temple Emanu-El with the Second Baptist Church of Detroit. "A Call for Community: Challenge, Commitment, Redemption" begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March ...…
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…Family Focus Pool Prowess! Day school swimmers churn to state honors. Adin Kleinfeldt and David Grand at the meet right after they received one of their trophies Elisha "Pumpkin" Grand receives her fourth-place, 25-yard freestyle trophy. F our local Jewish day school swimmers who also belong to Young Israel of Oak Park excelled in the 8 and Under State Championship Meet held Feb. 21 in Waterford. The swim meet featured all of the YMCA s...…
…it MAZEL TOV! Make your bar/bat mitzvah memorable with edible chocolate art bars. Any theme or photo will be transformed into an edible masterpiece. Rosalyn Rebecca Bloch (Raizel Rivkah) of Farmington Hills will become a bat mitzvah at a Havdalah service at Congregation Shaarey Zedek West Bloch Bloomfield, B'nai Israel Center on Saturday, March 13. Extremely proud parents are Rachel and Nathan Bloch. Rosalyn is the sister of Sam, Avi and Ja...…
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…Bortman-Schear N ancy and Phillip Bortman of Farmington Hills proudly announce the engagement of their son Jared to Dr. Jennifer Schear, the daughter of Dr. Martin and Susan Schear of Dayton, Ohio. Jennifer graduated from the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia. She practices dentistry in Chicago. Jared graduated from the University of Michigan and the Ohio State University Coll...…
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…Obituaries Obituaries are updated and archived on thejewishnews.com A Woman Of Valor Esther Aliweiss Ingber Special to the Jewish News L ove can happen under the most unlikely circumstances. How else to explain the meeting of Regina and William Weiss, two orphaned survi- vors of the Holocaust? They were beshert — meant to be. In 1945, both were recuperating at makeshift hospitals for men and women across the street from each other in Germ...…
…Mr. Eston is survived by his wife of 56 years, Sylvia Eston; daugh- ters and sons-in-law, Marcia and Michael Lester, Dr. Amy Eston and Michael Roth, all of Farmington Hills; grandchildren, Sophie and Molly Lester and Phil and Sammy Roth; nephews and nieces, Jim Shafron, Richard and Debbie Shafron, Cathy Shafron and Yigal Alalouf. He was the brother of the late Joan Shafron; the brother in law of the late Milton Shafron. Interment Adat Shalom M...…
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…EVA PERLMUTTER, 96, of Novi, died March 6, 2010. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Joel and Carol Lubin; grandchildren, Daniel and Rhonda Lubin, Perlmutter Jay and Mary Lubin and Audrey Lubin; great-grandchildren, Brandon, Bryan, Brent and Alexis Lubin. Mrs. Perlmutter was the beloved wife of the late Al Perlmutter; mother of the late Ethel Harriet Lubin; sister of the late Samuel Robiner, the late Dick Robiner, the late Meyer Ro...…
…Obituaries Obituaries from page 73 GERALDINE SHACKET, 83, of Bloomfield Hills, died March 5, 2010. She is survived by sons and daugh- ter-in-law, Bob and Jayne Shacket of Commerce, Dr. Rick Shacket of La Jolla, Calif.; grandchildren, Randy, Angela, Heather, Kara, Cory and Alison Shacket; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Shacket was the beloved wife of the late Al Shacket; mother of the late Sheldon Shacket and the late Jul...…
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…Editor's Notebook Community Views Another Mission Of Miracles Scheduled Tragedy Calls Us To Strive For Peace PHIL JACOBS EDITOR RABBI DANIEL POLISH SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS It was just over a year ago that 1,300 Michigan residents gath- ered at Detroit Metro Airport to take a trip that many are still talking a- bout. The sight of El Al jets at the interna- tional terminal made Mich- igan Miracle Mission some- thing beyond the expected....…
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