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…Business I doer profile Stimulating Ron Perry makes Michigan's business with Israel a full-time job. Alan Hitsky Associate Editor B oth of his adopted states have found their way to Ron Perry's heart. But developing relation- ships between the two — Michigan and Israel — is strictly business. In fact, Perry doesn't care if you're Jewish, Christian, Muslim or something else. He believes business is blind to everything but profits. After t...…
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…Health & Fitness A Tale Of Two Runners Local U-M grads discover new purpose for old shoes. Judith Doner Berne Special to the Jewish News A s Brad Stulberg trained this spring for his first marathon, his outworn running shoes began to pile up. "I should give these away:' Stulberg, then in his last semester at the University of Michigan, thought to himself. So the Farmington Hills native teamed up with running partner Nate Fink, a fellow gr...…
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…Spirituality First 50 Years Michigan's Chabad celebrates a milestone anniversary. AST if 4R il - PbRtAD F NORTHWARD - ORTH WEST Pak!) IND SOUTHwAHO k Visitors at a Chabad book exhibit in the 1960s. A 1967 Chabad Lag b'Omer parade Ronelle Greer Special to the Jewish News W hen Rabbi Berel Shemtov and his wife, Batsheva, brought their family to Oak Park 50 years ago, they couldn't possibly have envi- sioned the impact the Chabad-L...…
…pirituality JOIN ZOA FOR DC ADVOCACY MISSION JUNE 25 & 26 House Resolution 758 Chabad from page B1 offered by Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Rep. Shelley Berkley (1)-NV) demands that Fatah chief & Palestinian Authority Chairman MMIMOUD ABBAS renounce the ten articles of Fatah's charter calling for the destruction of Israel and terrorism against Israel. ARTICLE 17 "Armed public revolution is the inevitable method to liberating Palestine" AR...…
…TORAH PORTION istsad Ft# Truth Can Hurt Shabbat Behalotcha: Numbers 8:1- 12:16; Zechariah 2:14-4:7. PLEASE JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE ISRAEL'S 60TH BIRTHDAY WITH A SHOW & SALE OF Efrat, Israel EXCEPTIONAL ART FROM ISRAEL. W dkar From this perspective, let us look at this week's Biblical reading. hen the cloud left its place In Behalotcha, we read the tale of over the tent, Miriam was Miriam's leprosy— which came as leprous, white like...…
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…Arts & Entertainment Mini Marvel Child piano prodigy performs for local Chabad's 50th anniversary concert. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News E than Bortnick, like other 7-year-olds, loves to run around outside and play games with his friends. Ethan, unlike others his age, loves to play the piano and is get- ting great acclaim in concerts, on television and through recordings. The young pianist, based in Florida, already has cha...…
…Arts & Entertainment 8 Days In June Using music as a road map to look at world issues, DSO festival explores the power of change. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News T od Machover seems a natural for a career that enhances acoustic instrumental music with high-tech sounds. His morn is a pianist and music teacher, and his dad is a computer graphics pioneer. Machover, a composer and professor, shares his skills with people of very ...…
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…daddy 's Little Girls Twin recording artists will take to the stage at Ann Arbor Father's Day fest. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News Ann Arbor M atthew Engelbert's best Father's Day gift could very well be entwined with what he is try- ing to accomplish for his 9-year-old twin daughters. Engelbert, an Ann Arbor resident who had dreamed about having his own music career, is taking steps to launch a music career for Ariel and Zoe...…
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