…obituaries Obituaries from page 53 JONATHAN STRAGER, 52, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 11, 2013. He was the founder and owner of the EGT Group. Mr. Strager is sur- vived by his son, Strager Jimmy Horn of West Bloomfield and part- ner, Paul Parker; mother and stepfather, Bernadene Strager and Ed Spivack of Florida; sisters and brothers-in-law, Amy and Stephen Scapelliti of Farmington Hills, and Patricia and Gary Blackman of Illinois; nephews...…
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…metro Class Act Sidney Forbes honored for a lifetime of real estate achievement. Bill Carroll Contributing Writer A t 75, real estate developer Sidney Forbes may be a bit too young to even receive a lifetime achieve- ment award, but he's getting one anyway — and deservedly so. Forbes, of Bloomfield Hills and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., who founded the Forbes Co. more than 40 years ago, is being honored by the Urban Land Institute Michigan (...…
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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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…One House At A Ti me Effort to board up abandoned homes seeks support. Allan Nahajewski I Contributing Writer B arry Ross is an activist. And the thought of the children of Detroit walking past aban- doned houses on the way to school was too much or him. So he took action. He partnered with the founder of the New Marcus Garvey Movement, Minister Malik Shabazz (not to be confused with anti-Semite Malik Zulu Shabazz), to pull together seven ...…
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