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…contents Feb. 18-24, 2016 | 9-15 Adar I 5776 | Vol. CXLIX, No. 3 38 SHABBAT LIGHTS Shabbat: Friday, Feb. 19, 5:51 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Feb. 20, 6:54 p.m.* Shabbat: Friday, Feb. 26, 6 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Feb. 27, 7:02 p.m.* * Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. Cover design: Michelle Sheridan The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield,...…
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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com jewfro So You Want To Help Flint A n organizing principle United Way of Genesee County of my life is the power and established at the Community of volunteerism to turn Foundation of Greater Flint) to people’s values into value: Everyday ensure that children are afforded people can transcend the transac- the resources and interventions tional nature of daily life in order to to overco...…
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…metro » mentsh me nts h o f the th e month m o nt h BE GOOD TO YOUR GREY MATTER We’ll help you put your best brain forward Sherry Stewart shares her love of reading with a young student. The Joy Of Reading Friends of MacDowell help nurture literacy at their former school. Stacy Gittleman | Contributing Writer A ll her life, Sherry Stewart, 68, of Bloomfield Hills has been true to her school. Growing up in Northwest Detroit, Stewart a...…
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…for college students by college students Israel Connections MSU, HCAM students experience Detroit’s partnership in Central Galilee . Daniel Hamburg } jewish@edu writer raveling to Israel is an experience unlike any other. Originally from Maryland, I arrived at Michigan State University as a first-year student not knowing a single person. Eager to connect with a welcoming community, I joined Alpha Epsilon Pi, a Jewish fraternity, and became...…
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