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…Contents Mazel Tov, Miles! JNonline.us June 14-20, 2007 28 Sivan-4 Tamuz 5767 Vol. CXXX1, No. 19 Cancer-fighter Miles Levin, 18, beams after his Cranbrook-Kingswood By Barbara Beznos, RD, 1,WN integrated Nutrition, LLC graduation. See the Teen2Teen Extra section starting on page 30. Metro $26 Million For MSU Art 13 ir Eli, Edythe Broad plan world-class museum. Tauber Family Railroad 16 All aboard the renamed Detroit Zoo train. Worl...…
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…Editor's Letter Migration: Desert's Bloom First of two parts L realm for the migration task force to fulfill its mission. It's hard to know how successful Federation's task force initiatives will be against that backdrop. We need it to deliver truly innovative, outside-the-margins ideas to reverse the tide of a shrinking Jewish community. I understand consensus building but sometimes taking a calculated risk is the better way. Imagine, for...…
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…Front Lines NOTEBOOK iNenline This Week Action Needed On Iran W hen it comes to the threat from Iran, "the mes- first ones to reject a war:' he said. "We don't want it. It sage to the Jewish community is one of urgen- will be bad for everyone. Those who support this stance cy,' says Deputy Israeli Consul General Andy should be the first to support other options." David of the Midwest Consulate in Chicago. In town last Making it clear tha...…
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…Metro $26 Million For MSU Art Eli and Edythe Broad to establish a world-class museum. Eli Broad: "A great university needs a great museum." Architect and author Joseph Giovannini, who heads the architect-selection committee, shows the site plan for the museum. East Lansing M ichigan State University will be the home of a new world- class art museum focusing on modern and contemporary art, thanks to a gift of $26 million from philanthro...…
…I. •1/4,' Act while you can. While you have the chance, the means and the strength. Summer Jewish Study The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is offering "Summertime Torah;' sponsored by the Affiance for Jewish Education's FedEd department. On Tuesdays, Rabbi Leiby Burnham will explore "The Laws of Being a Mentsh." The five-week class runs 9:30-11 a.m. beginning June 26 at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The cost is ...…
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…of the work will occur in the off-sea- son. Donated by the Detroit News in 1931, the railroad was credited with helping the Detroit Zoo sur- vive hard times during the Great Depression. Starting out at a nickel a ride, train fares provided the zoo with dependable revenue. The replica steam locomotives and passenger cars carried 10 million passengers before becoming obsolete in 1948. In 1949, Chrysler Corp. designed, built and donated the first...…
…Join us for a JEWISH ENTREPRENEURS NETWORK event featuring rii Pr ident and Chief Operating Officer of the MASCO Corporation NETWORK Growing • Smarter • Together Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:00 - 9:30 am If you're a Jewish business owner or managing partner* and would like to meet with Max M. Fisher Federation Building 6735 Telegraph Road Bloomfield Hills others, JEN may be for you. For more information about joining one of our groups,...…
…World Divestment Turns Legislature considers anti-terrorism divestment package. Don Cohen Special to the Jewish News ping terrorism and protecting public tax dollars!' Young's Resolution 130 requests rotecting pension funds Michigan's public universities and applying economic to adopt policies to prohibit pressure to American investment in nations identified enemies and genocidal regimes is by the U.S. State Department as behind bipartisan...…
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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Greenberg's View 4. 925101wv,„,, ZOOZJJLA 5teveOgreenbere-art.com Editorial Denied By The U.N. I f you were hoping the arrival of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon would mark a change in attitude toward Israel at the United Nations, a committee vote in mid-May should give you pause. The Committee on NGOs of the U.N. Economic and Social Council voted 8-7, with three abstentions, to d...…
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…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Other Views from page 23 CAIR denounced him and portrayed him as a dog tearing apart the body of Islam. Imams denounced this doctor, whose only sin was to claim that Islam really was a "religion of peace!' A radical cleric in Tempe, Ariz., Ahmed Shqueriat, who operates from a prominent local mosque, told the filmmaker that, in fact, it was the patriotic Jasser who was an "extrem- ist!' Sheik Hisham Kabbani, a leader of t...…
…Business & Professional THE COVER. Craig and Renee Erlich with staff members Sheri Wagner of Birmingham and Geoff Kretchmer of Huntington Woods Staff photos by Angie Baan Turning Up The Pulse As its corporate event business skyrockets, Star Trax morphs into pulse 220. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News T he Jewish community knows the Star Trax people for their dynamic bar and bat mitz- vah parties and valet parking at shivah house...…
…pulse 220 owners Craig and Renee Erlich met in high school. more bar business on Thursday nights, so I was hired to bring customers in with karaoke," recalls Schechter, 40, now of Bloomfield Township. "Liquor sales zoomed from $400 to $2,400 on Thursdays." He and Renee met when he was her vendor for various party services as he continued and expanded Star Trax after graduating with a finance degree. The young entrepreneurs became 50- 50 partn...…
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…To Life! AROUND NN Gary and Lisa Shiffman of Bloomfield Hills Cheryl and Ron Riback of Bloomfield Hills Hillel Honors Day school recognizes two couples for leadership. T Julia Eisenberg, 14, of Franklin, Talia Freedman, 14, of West Bloomfield, and Elana Folbe, 13, of Huntington Woods Marcie Orley of Franklin and Lilly Jacobson of Bloomfield Hills Avi Leibovitch and Avi Buckman, 13, both of West Bloomfield wo couples who are in a cla...…
…teen2teen ofra. Defying Cancer r Miles Levin's graduation speech accents hope and helping others. ressed in a flowing graduation gown, Cranbrook-Kingswood senior Miles Levin, 18, addressed his peers eloquently last week. His heartfelt words moved the commence- ment audience profoundly as he spoke of his battle against rhabdomyosarcoma, an extremely rare and highly fatal form of cancer that affects connective tissues. Few would have imagine...…
…• For Every Slain Child, A Butterfly ustin Moss made more than 50 ceramic butter- . - flies during art class at the Frankel Jewish Academy as part of Zikaron v'Tikvah (Remembrance and Hope), a project memorial- izing the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust. He said making the butterflies helped him see the sheer magnitude of victims who lost their lives. "It is a cool project to be a part of,' said freshmen Tammy Silber. Twent...…
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…Au Poivre Dad's Day has to include a holiday grilling. Annabel Cohen Special to the Jewish News C ulinarily, it's easy to remember dad on Father's Day. The holiday usually means barbecue, with dad often doing the grilling. Most summer grilling includes chicken, burgers and something hot-dog shaped. But every once in a while, many want something a little different, like steak. Quality and cut are everything, with juicy cuts like rib-eye the...…
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…Arts & Entertainment The Odd Couple In Crazy Love, filmmaker Dan Klores documents a not-so-magnificent obsession. Burt and Linda Pugach: A funny kind of love. Curt Schleier Special to the Jewish News D an Klores, 57, first became aware of Burt Pugach and Linda Riss almost five decades ago. "I was 9 or 10 years old',' the public relations execu- tive turned filmmaker says in a telephone interview. "I remember reading about them. I remembe...…
…Arts & Entertainment Ludwig's Lock DSO promises a "good hair day" at first annual 8 Days in June festival. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News T he life and legacy of Beethoven bring a Jewish link to the mul- timedia festival 8 Days in June, being launched as an annual event by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The festival, running June 21-28 at Detroit's Max M. Fisher Music Center, devotes the fourth day to Beethoven as it develo...…
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…Arts & Entertainment What, Me Change? Not Jackie Mason. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News T he recent Don Imus flap has caused a lively debate in the Jewish comedy community about the boundaries of insult humor — and most of the comedians who employ this type of humor — such as veteran Jewish comic Jackie Mason — seem to be taking it as no laughing matter. Imus, the longtime New York shock jock, was fired from the national television...…
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…To Do! E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication Bring The Gang! Ron Arons, a nationally known genealogist, will keynote the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan's 22nd annual lun- cheon 12:30 p.m. Sunday, June 24, at Congregation Dovid Ben Nuchim,14800 W. L...…
…CROSSWORD Seniors Join the Barbara Bloom Judaica Arts & Crafts Class taught by Rifcah Krolikowski 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursdays at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030. Watch the film Lover Come Back at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030. Attend the Writers' Corner with facilita- tor Norma Goldman at 10 a.m. Friday, June 15, at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030. See the film Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer 1-2:30 p.m. Mo...…
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