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…To Life! COVER STORY Zev Loeffler is busy learning job skills: Raising a son With autism. 16 December 15 • 2005 Elizabeth Applebaum Contributing Editor y the end of the trip, David Loeffler's glasses were broken, his face bloody. His limbs were bruised from the beating he had taken from his 8-year-old son, Zev. Loeffler had known enough to request the plane's bulkhead seat. This way, the boy wouldn't be able to kick anyone or grab the h...…
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…I • I To Life! •11' .1 to COVER STORY The Power Of Love from page 17 NORTH FACE PATAGONIA ARCTERYX MOOSEJAW MY BROTHER AND I FIGHT A LO'T. I GAVE HIM A BLACK EYE ON THE WAY TO DINNER ONCE. ONE TIME I SMASHED A POOL BALL ON HIS HEAD. ANOTHER TIME I HIT HIM IN THE HEAD WITH MY GOLF CLUB. BUT, WE'VE GROWN SO CLOSE AND I'LL NEED HIM TO DRIVE ME TO SCHOOL IN A COUPLE YEARS. SO WILL MY BIG BROTHER PLEASE COME LIGHT CANDLE 12, THE CANDLE OF CO...…
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…To Life! HIESS41131k1M1 ABRISHAIV Klezmer For Katrina Jewish community coming together amid music to help hurricane survivors. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News he New Orleans Klezmer All Stars have entertained many times in the Detroit area, but their next appearance has a dramatic mission — raising funds to repair and rebuild synagogues damaged by Hurricane Katrina. "Klezmer for Katrina" — to be held Sunday evening, Dec:18, at...…
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…To Life! AROUND TOWN Israel Activist Famed Zionist keynotes Washtenaw County Federation's major fund-raiser. -0 Above left: Steve Gerber and Trudy Crandall, both of Ann Arbor, have a chat while the room fills to capacity. Above: Amy Zwas of Ann Arbor applauds the speech of a Katrina sur- vivor aided by Federation donations. Left: William Martel pours a cup for Helen Bromberg. Both are of Ann Arbor. Joseph Mirsky, 11, of Canton and Jo...…
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