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…Editor's Letter HANSONS SPRING FIX UP SALE! Beseeching Our People W To illustrate that core message to the ZOA, Cantor shared e must answer our enemies' dangerous resur- an anecdote about Claude Lanzmann, a French filmmaker gence with renewed vigilance, lest we invite whose documentary Shoah is a definitive film statement on the greater dangers for both Israel and America. Holocaust. As Cantor recounted, Lanzmann was interviewed So said ...…
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…Metro TIME MEMBER Uarl riel "The most important part of the Holocaust today is our link to the survivors." Stories by Don Cohen Special to the Jewish News H "nt " .07 Leo Beals of Lathrup Village lights a candle to remember. He was in Auschwitz from November 1942 until it was liberated in 1945. • olocaust survivors and their families and friends gathered at the Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) in Farmington Hills on Sunday after...…
…Metro TIME TO REMEMBER Yom HaShoah from page 11 m 4 From left to right: Shaarit Haplaytah President Abe Weberman, HMC President Gary Karp and HMC Executive Director Stephen Goldman 46 years of kindling the light within our children Sunday, May 2, 2010 • 5:30 p.m. Lag b'Omer Adat Shalom Farmington Hills, Michigan $180/person JOIN US IN HONORING Ahavat Torah Awardee Rosa Chessler Alumna of the Year Cheryl Jerusalem Featuring Gu...…
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…I Health & Fitness - 00D Feeding A Need Hiller's supermarkets stock up on Michigan-made products to boost the local economy. Robin Schwartz Special to the Jewish News S hopping carts rattle by amid the buzz of daily business at Hiller's Markets. It's mid-afternoon on a Tuesday and the store on Maple and Orchard Lake roads in West Bloomfield is packed with regulars. Justin Hiller, 28, the company's vice president and grandson of the su...…
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…Israel's most famous singer joins Israeli-Arab singer Mira Awad for a blend of pop with Mid-Eastern inflections, enabling the duo to musically express their belief in the power of communication as a means of promoting peace. In 2009, Noa and Mira Awad represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest and released their acclaimed album, "There Must Be Another Way." Learning Together Beth El's Washington trip a lesson in inclusiveness. Noa . ...…
…World ROUNDUP Dan Weiner of Rep. Cantor: Alsraers Security Synonymous With Our Own' West Bloomfield, Virginia BIRMINGHAM — Now is a critical time in U.S.-Israel relations and the challenges that have been posed by this administra- tion, declared Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., the U.S. House Minority Whip and one of Israel's principal champions in Congress. "It is imperative that we continue show- ing bipartisan support to assist a strong U.S.-...…
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…World ROUNDUP Roundup from page 28 Obama's Shoah Message WASHINGTON/ JTA — President Obama called on people to honor the memory of Holocaust victims in a statement released in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day. "We must recommit ourselves to honoring the memories of all the vic- tims and ensuring that they remain a part of our collective memory... We must never tolerate the hateful stereo- types and prejudice against the Jewish people that...…
…The Professional Health Services Division of World ROUNDUP State of Israel Bonds cordially invites you to attend the Maimonides Tribute Dinner honoring Leopoldo Eisenberg, M.D. Recipients of the 2010 State of Israel Bonds Maimonides Award Special Guest Speaker Dr. Raanan Gissin Senior Political Advisor to Former Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Adat Shalom Synagogue 29901 Middlebelt Rd Farmington Hil...…
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…Business & Professional ENTREPRENEUR Midwest Tech Fest Conference to focus on social media and digital technology. Robin Schwartz Special to the Jewish News F or those who are hip to today's social media outlets, a two- day technology conference to be held this week in Royal Oak is something to tweet, blog and Facebook about. The big event is called FutureMidwest, a high tech extrava- ganza that will combine entertainment and education ...…
…Zech Upson and Jordan Wolfe are planning FutureMidwest. marketing and communications profes- sionals and students working toward a degree in a related field." The event is likely to attract a lot of 20 and 30-somethings but it's open to people of all ages. "It is my generation that is going to lead the charge and bring the region back?' says Wolfe. "We must be empow- ered by the generations above us." With a futuristic "space cow" logo, an i...…
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…Spirituality TORAH PORTION Am e The Plagued House Parshat Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 12:1-15:33; Numbers 28:9-15; Isaiah 66:L1-24. T GET LOST. Friday Night Live: Tlie Eclat. Djangirov Trio plays contemporary jazz this Friday night! Family Sunday: Singer, songwriter and environmental educator Joe Reilly performs music that helps people of all ages deepen their relationships with their natural environment. - Opens Sunday!: Throuon ,iic...…
…iN DETROIT JEWISH NEWS is the gap for you? Israeli gap-year programs of all kinds are attracting Jewish teens. 1 by Helene Glickman r- ----- here are endless possibili- ties as to what can be ac- complished in a year. While most Jewish high school graduates go right to college, more and more are considering gap-year programs in Israel. "Motives to have a gap year are varied depending on the personality of the student interested," says P...…
…commentary by Ruthie Lehmann I srael advocacy high school students need facts now, not just when they go to college. A dvocacy for Israel has been established as a priority by numerous Jewish organiza- tions, and with good reason. Israel's poli- cies have been loudly criticized both in print and on television, generally by agenda-driven journal- ists who distort the news by presenting only one side of the story. Unfortunately, college camp...…
…401111011101.011111440mpowaiwoosimmoisw teens in action teens at work by Nate Strauss by Eryn Fox Volunteer Corps Class of 2010 Adat Shalom group helps teens make volunteering part of their lives. Akiva's pre-Pesach carwash effectively got the crumbs out. abilities. have always volunteered and This year, the K.A.T. Carnival had fun with it. The same old raised money to send kids with projects, however, were getting special needs to ca...…
…commentary teen opportunity by Laura Katsnelson Gilaci dilemma BackStagePass! 1 Israeli soldier for 1,000 Palestinians? Gilad Shalit W hen this issue of Teen2Teen is published, it will be Gilad Shalit's 1,362th day in captivity. That's 1,362 days since he was captured by Palestinian militants while defending his country at an Israel Defense Forces post near Gaza. Or 1,362 days his absence has been felt throughout Israel and publicized ...…
…Opinion A MIX OF IDEAS Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Editorial The Refugee Dilemma T he Arab world has made a big deal out of the "refugee problem" — the Palestinians who left Palestine when Israel achieved statehood and Arab nations declared war on the new Jewish state. Some of the 726,000 Palestinians may have been forced out by zealous Jews enthralled with the prospect of Zionism, but most Arabs left on their own...…
…Opinion A MIX OF IDEAS Herzl In Hollywood A s I was reading Yediot Ahronot, the Israeli daily newspaper, my eye caught the most interest- ing as well as surprising item regard- ing the imminent naming of a street in Hollywood, a mere stone throw from fashionable Rodeo Drive, after Binyamin Zeev Herzl, the father of Zionism and visionary of the Jewish state as he is referred to. Admittedly, there is a Herzl Street in Tel Aviv, the street on...…
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…HOME upport Walk For Chessed Community rally to help our uninsured residents. ould you walk three miles to save a life? Would you walk to bring medicine to someone who couldn't .„„v Banquets e#Y44, Weddings afford it? Would you walk to find a doctor for someone who needed medical help? Then walk with us on the afternoon of Sunday, April 25, when our community ette,k-yie4r—ce Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Showers Reunions Birthdays Anniversar...…
…Arts & Entertainment REEL LIFE I ON THE COVER A Matter of Size Fly Away T he Silver Screen F°44 Fa he Leave your worries behind and escape into a world of magic and wonder at the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival. Elizabeth Applebaum I Special to the Jewish News I n 1939, 25 cents could buy happiness.A nickel for a bag of popcorn and 20 cents for a movie ticket and you were off to an amazing world of wicked witches and sparkly beautifu...…
…'4 111111111P1 11 1111111111111111111.111111111Wfw Arts & Entertainment teenage Angst Jake Epstein of TV's Degrassi stars in Spring Awakening, a Tony-winning musical about self-discovery and sexual awakening. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News j ake Epstein never has been to Detroit, but he fully expects the city to feel a bit like home. On tour with the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, Epstein is plan- ning to have...…
