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…JN Contents JNonline.us Thursday, April 16-22, 2009 22-28 Nisan 5769 Vol. CXXXV, No. 11 New Shaarey Zedek Leader • N By Barbara Beznos, RD, LD/N Integrated Nutrition, LLC Brian Hermelin in the sanctuary of the Oakland County synagogue he'll soon be president of. • 1. ut -r t t lo n a 1 y Speaktind t_.... - Metro ues- tion: Dear Deportation Of Hillel leader A9 Mix-up to force U-M official out of U.S. On The Cover: Business/Profes...…
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…Publisher's Notebook take your 114-21 4 eyewear a to Bridging Detroit And Ann Arbor W ith two children at school in Ann Arbor and a third joining them in September, I will be no stranger to the 45-minute drive between our West Bloomfield residence and the University of Michigan campus. I joke with friends that M-14 is our family's dirty laundry chute. Soiled items come home. Clean, folded pristine ones go back. On many days, I make a simil...…
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…Metro Deported! U-M Hillel official to be escorted out of U.S. Art Aisner Special to the Jewish News oel Marcovitch hoped to spend Passover leading college students through a series of seders, help- ing them feel connected to their Jewish roots even if they couldn't be home with family. Instead, the former assistant director of the University of Michigan Hillel packed up his two-bedroom condominium on the outskirts of Ann Arbor and prepare...…
…Former Detroiters Emily Blake, Stuart Solomon and Elina Reznik Native Detroiters In N.Y. Twenty-somethings reconnect with their hometown at Federation event. Karen Schwartz Special to the Jewish News New York T hey buzzed about high school, summer camp, B'nai B'rith Youth Organization and people they hadn't seen in years. The 350 young Detroiters who filled the room ate, drank, shmoozed and, at the end of the night, returned to their N...…
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…Metro Working It Hundreds gather for ParnasaFest with the hope of finding jobs. Among job seekers and hosts are Linda Palmer of Farmington Hills, Susan Sadley of Bloomfield Hills, Inez Garfield of Farmington Hills and Nancy Lipson of Orchard Lake. Robin Schwartz Special to the Jewish News S he graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in international relations and the dream of becoming a United States diplomat but, for now...…
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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us. E STRINGS Dry B ones M O F PEACE! A PALESTINIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA FROM SENIN JUST PERFORMED FOR Editorial AN AUDIENCE OF HOLOCAUST SIRVIVORS IN ISRAEL, Holocaust Justice T he people of Prague turned out by the tens of thousands this month to give a warm greeting to President Barack Obama on his first European visit. Let us hope the reception will be just as friendly in June when ...…
…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Jewish Israel: Demographic Optimism, Not Fatalism Jerusalem been Jewish. Since 1882 (the launch- n March 1898, Shimon ing of annual aliyah), the Dubnov, a leading Jewish population between Jewish historian- the Jordan River and the demographer, projected a Mediterranean has grown 238 population of 500,000 Jews fold, while the Arab popula- west of the Jordan River tion increased only six fold. by the year 2000. However, ...…
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…I Spirituality The Trick Of Guiding A Synagogue Brian Hermelin follows in father's footsteps in leading Shaarey Zedek. The Way Up Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News Hermelin made a whirlwind tour of the U.S. business world before landing at Rockbridge, but he has always emulated his father in his affection for Shaarey Zedek and has maintained close ties to the synagogue. Hermelin attended Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit be...…
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…Blessing The Sun Early-morning worshippers celebrate rare event. A The sun peeps over the eastern horizon as worshippers gather to recite the blessing for the sun. t sunrise on April 8, a hundred or so worshippers gathered at the entrance to the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield to take part in one of the rarest events in Jewish practice: Birkat HaChamah, the once-in-28-year blessing for the sun. Rabbi Chaim Bergstein of Bais Cha...…
…Loss Noted Nationally The Polish Photographs of Roman Vishniac & Jeffrey Gusky Harold Loss again ranks among the 50 "influential rabbis." Robert Sklar Editor A college friend he had not seen in 45 years contacted Rabbi Harold Loss of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield via e-mail last week. The friend sought out his old classmate after seeing Loss' name on the 2009 Newsweek magazine list of America's most influential rabbis. "The fellow is ...…
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…Spirituadi Synagogues from page A31 YIOP Hosts Israel Rabbi Rabbi Yona Metzger, shlita, chief Ashkenazi rabbi of Israel, will pay a visit to Michigan in May, serving as guest speaker at the annual dinner of Young Israel of Oak Park. The event, which is open to the entire community, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17, at the synagogue, 15140 W. 10 Mile. Benefactors and patrons or those at the $500-and-up level are invited to attend a V...…
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…World White House Passover Obama's seder reprises last year's. Eric Fingerhut Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington W hen the first night of Passover last year fell just three days before the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, a group of Obama staffers held an impromptu seder in the basement of a Harrisburg hotel. Then-candidate Barack Obama attend- ed, and after the traditional "Next Year in Jerusalem," he and others added, "Next Year in ...…
…44,44 44, Vol.3 No.4 Today's third generation must ensure the Holocaust is not forgotten. by Sam Gringlas ne day each spring, during a time of rebirth and new buds, a small white memorial candle sits atop the counter in Jewish homes across the world. For as long as I can remember, a similar candle has flickered in my grandparents' kitchen, casting shadows that dance across the wall. Only within the past few years have I truly begun to und...…
…slice of life by Shaye Winer he regional presidents of AZA and BBG joined hands in holy matrimony March 14 as a way to share Jewish tradition with all of Michigan Region B'nai B'rith Youth Organization. While their wedding may have been mock, Jewish Heritage Chairs Carly Cykiert and Jonathon Morof, both of Farmington Hills, made this night as real as you could ever imagine. "In the past, Jewish heritage nights have been plain and simple," sa...…
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…on the cover: continued from B1 • The annual Yom HaShoah commemoration event will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills. Keynote speaker will be Cpl. Tibor Rubin, a survivor of a German con- centration camp who earned the Congressional Medal You've Been Spotted! of Honor. • The first Third Generation organizing committee meet- Our Party Paget , photographers are looking for the best p...…
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