…arts&life books Time, Memory, Marriage ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Author Dani Shapiro discusses her latest memoir, a searing look at PHOTO BY KWAKU ALSTON life, love — and marriage. Author Dani Shapiro T he life of memoirist and novel- ist Dani Shapiro is pretty much an open book. Exploring her responses to events both profound and mundane, Shapiro has written the best- selling memoirs Still Writing, Devotion and Slo...…
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…metro Join us for the third lecture in a series featuring some of today's most fascinating and influential rabbis. a distinguished speakers series Horwitz to share vision of JN archives at Jewish Historical Society meeting. RABBI DOYBER PINSON "A Glimpse into the Afterlife: Exploring C Reincarnation, the Near-Death Experience, Souls, Heaven and Hell and the Afterlife Journey" WEDNESDAY, MAY 3o, 2 012 • oming a long way from his early ...…
…Historic Achievements Director moves on after overseeing Jewish History Society's growth. Bill Carroll Contributing Writer T he Jewish Historical Society of Michigan (JHSM) has come a long way from the days when members sat around the basement recreation rooms of homes at general meetings and quietly discussed the dif- ferent aspects of Jewish history. The 53-year-old organization, based at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, ...…
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…Benjamin Netanyahu and Shaul Mofaz Photo collage CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 "I was surprised, as were most people who follow Israeli politics, to see a swift change, literally from one day to the next, cancelling early elections with the formation of a new rul- ing coalition:' said Allan Gale, associate director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit. Allan Gale "Israel's democracy is strong, resilient, vibrant and am...…
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