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…jews d & in the faces places Hazon hosted an event that brought Jewish, Muslim and Christian people together at Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue for solidarity and discussion. They heard from Southwest Detroit Mission’s Pastor John Cummings, Michigan Muslim Community Council’s Imam Mika’il Stewart Saadiq and IADS Rabbi Ariana Silverman. Speakers brought a hopeful message of unity and stressed the need to come together. Attendees enjoyed some...…
…jews d & in the The Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC is pleased to invite you to join us as we present the 2017 faces Activist Award to places An estimated 1,000 people dropped by Young Israel of Oak Park Feb. 19 for the first Chesed Expo, a fair celebrating a few dozen social service organizations that serve the Detroit Jewish community — from the Jewish Dental Clinic to Detroit Hatzalah to Yad Ezra to Bridal Canopy. The event w...…
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…spirit Emanu-El cantorial soloist works to include more music. KELLY ONICKEL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Up Tempo E verything is coming up music at the year concert with our Yachad Religious Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park. School. Since becoming the cantorial This year we have two more music soloist more than four years ago, I Shabbatot coming up: a ’50s Rock n’ ABOVE: have made it my mission to bring Roll/Rockabilly Shabbat on Friday, more m...…
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…arts&life PHOTO BY ANNA KOHN PHOTO BY BLAIR NOSAN music Phab Phreddy A DJ like no other joins the lineup for the JCC’s inaugural Ethan & Gretchen Davidson Music Festival. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: DJ Phreddy spins with Menachem Mendel Pinson. DJ Phreddy. Nefesh Mountain. 44 March 16 • 2017 E ileen Laxer was a middle- class New Yorker con- vinced she was marrying into elite society w...…
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…on the go continued from page 49 wednesday, march 22 ‘GIRLFORCE’ VOLUNTEERS 9:30 am-noon, March 22. Hadassah seeks volunteers for program. Requires no spe- cial skills and training is provided. At Hillel Day School, Farmington Hills. Info: nana. fran.1024@gmail.com or 248-683-5030. JCC MOVIE MATINEE 1:30 pm, Wednesday, March 22. The Active Life will show Mama Mia! At the JCC, West Bloomfield. Info: Rosa, rchessler@jccdet.org or 248-432-546...…
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…CELIA COHN of Denver, Colo., died Feb. 27, 2017. She was the mother of Sandra Sarniak and Daniel Cohn; grandmother of Stacey Sarniak, Sarah (Matt) Hickey, Rebecca Sarniak; great-grand- mother of Owen Sarniak, Jackson Hickey and Olivia Lunsford. Mrs. Cohen was the wife of the late Sidney Cohn. A memorial service was held in Denver; pri- vate interment was at Ft. Logan National Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Kavod Senior Living, 22 S. Ad...…
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…RUTH B. LEVENSON, 83, of Bloomfield Hills, died March 11, 2017. She is survived by her brother-in-law, Eli Barsel; sister-in-law, Barbara Levenson; many loving nieces and Levenson nephews. c. 1978 Ms. Levenson was the devoted daughter of the late Jack and the late Mary Levenson; the loving sister of the late Norman Levenson and the late Janet Barsel. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish Family Service, 6555 ...…
…soul of blessed memory continued from page 59 Shawn BLANCHE SHAWN, 96, of Farmington Hills, died March 11, 2017. She was a member of Women’s American ORT, National Council of Jewish Women, Hadassah, Jewish Vocational Services, Pinsker Progressive Aid Society and March of Dimes. Mrs. Shawn is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Leslie and Doree Shawn of Hollywood, Fla.; daughters and sons- in-law, Suzanne Shawn and Marshall Solomon of...…
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…looking back From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive Here’s a look at dorm life at Shapero School of Nursing, which opened in 1956 as Michigan’s first experimental school of practical nursing. It was associated with Sinai Hospital. The school was funded with a gift of $500,000 from Nate S. and Ruth B. Shapero and the Cunningham Drug Company Foundation. • I found an inter- esting tidbit in the JN from March 27, 1998. In that issue, a “new” fe...…
