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…HARVEST FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 16 END OF SEASON CELEBRATION OCTOBER 28 Alex Haimann and his surprised fiancee, Sarah Krainen. Alex proposed during his Washington University graduation speech. Come On Down! MAY 6— Graduation speaker gives an audience member the surprise of her life. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Contributing Writer E arlier this summer Alex Haimann fulfilled two dreams at the same place, within just a few minutes of each other....…
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…world >> travel €.c?„0\1* JEWISH 41/ CYc/004DATi 04/ co. SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, October 18, 2012 Berman Center for the Performing Arts West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center The Detroit Jewish News Foundation Inaugural Community Event: A Conversation with Aaron Lansky Founder, National Yiddish Book Center Best Selling Author: Outwitting History Proceeds To Benefit the Detroit Jewish News Digitization Project Lansky's brilliance and...…
…Haredi Rite Questioned Egypt Ties In Danger? Israeli doctors seek end to oral contact during circumcision. Jerusalem/JTA T he Israel Ambulatory Pediatric Association (IAPA) is calling for an end to a controversial circumcision-related rite that is also under fire in New York. Direct oral-genital suction, known as metzitzah b'peh, should not be performed during Jewish ritual circumcision, the IAPA said. The association is calling on Israel...…
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…Odds And Ends from page 48 Republicans for the right to be his party's general election nominee in the 39th State House District, one should focus on his campaign's decision to brand him simply as "Bubba." While "Bubba" is known, recognized and respected through his leader- ship positions at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, the Jewish communi- Urdan ty constitutes a small percentage of the 39th District's elec- torate. The dicti...…
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…ESTHER KAUFMAN, 92, of Las Vegas, passed away Aug. 7, 2012. She was born Dec. 11, 1919, in Detroit, and Kaufman was a resident of Nevada since 2005. She was a member of the Jewish War Veterans of Detroit. Mrs. Kaufman was preceded in death by her husband, Max Kaufman; and her daughter, Marilyn Haile. She is survived by her sons, Allen (Roslyn) Feld of West Bloomfield, and Jeffrey (Ann) Feld of Las Vegas; brother, Alan Cohen of Farmington; gran...…
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