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…World g g 2 6 r r Renewal Amid The Jewish community returns and rebuilds along the Gulf Coast. Chabad on Campus National Relief Mission volunteer works amid the rubble of Congregation Beth Israel's education wing in New Orleans. Margie Fishman Special to the Jewish News Discolored waterlines show how high the water got at Congregation Beth Israel in New Orleans. s the resident gabbai for Orthodox Congregation Beth Israel in New...…
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…Arts & Entertainment Linda Piccoli, music coordinator and dance instructor at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio, leads patrons in a group lesson. They fell in love on the dance floor then opened their own Fred Astaire Dance Studio. I Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News amed dancer Fred Astaire is making a comeback of sorts on a 1,600-square-foot dance floor in a small building at the corner of Telegraph and Square Lake roads in Bloomfield...…
…Make Dreams Come True! Someone is going to WIN a four-year scholarship of up to $50,000 on March II, 2006. Israeli from page 41 in movies. He died at 88 in 1987. The studio is based on his credo: "Some people seem to feel that good dancers are born. But all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained." Reschikova, also of Waterford, explained the method: "It empha- sizes feeling the music. We tell the dancer to not be afraid to go w...…
…I Arts& Entertainment Favorite Things Ann Arbor artist Adrienne Kaplan derives inspiration . from her surroundings. Tomatoes, in acrylics, features Kaplan's use of strong tones of yellow, red and blue, I Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News Ann Arbor drienne Kaplan's latest exhibit, "Current Paintings in Acrylic and Watercolor," gives the impression that home is where her heart is. The-exhibit, which runs through March 12 at Ann ...…
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