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…metro >> on the cover Clean, Green And Kosher WSU's new veggie cafe has both the bulgur and the blessing. Esther Aliweiss Inqber I Contributing Writer CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 of kashrut on premises. Ruth Goodman, co-owner of Sara's Glatt Kosher Deli and Restaurant in the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park, supervises product deliveries and food preparation/service during the day. Her counterpart, Josh Marzouek, works Monday-Thursday evenin...…
…the WSU Housing & Residential Life Cool Vibe The spacious dining room, new from top website (housing.wayne.edu/dining/ greenngold-menu.php) posts daily to bottom, has individual walls painted dining menus for Gold 'n' Greens. vibrant shades of green, blue and other Fusion recently offered spiced len- colors. Up to 180 can dine at tables while tils, sweet peas, tzatziki and zucchini 20 can choose to eat or relax on a comfy keftedes for lunch an...…
…metro >> on the cover American Dreams Jewish-Russian immigrants have an entrepreneurial spirit in common. Jackie Headapohl I Managing Editor CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 stars with pictures of baby Lenin on them to the Italians, convincing them the picture was of a famous Russian soccer star. The hustling, along with 10-hour shifts at a gas station, allowed Gendelman to come to the U.S. in 1990 with a few hundred dol- lars in his pocket. His fam...…
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…metro 13.75 Million Of Us Jews make up .2 percent of the world. Anav Silverman Tazpit T he global Jewish population reached 13.75 million in the past year, with an increase of 88,000 people, a study by Hebrew University Professor Sergio DellaPergola reveals. According to the study, one out of every 514 people in the world is Jewish, less than 0.2 percent of mankind. About 43 percent of the world's Jewish community lives in Israel, making ...…
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…metro Gala Celebration Chamber Soloists group enjoys a grand evening for its inaugural concert. A gala strolling dinner reception was held Oct. 7 at the Bloomfield Hills home of Bernard and Barbara Stollman following the inaugural concert of the newly formed Chamber Soloists of Detroit (formerly the Pro Mozart Society of Greater Detroit). The concert was generously sponsored by Dr. Stanley H. Levy to honor the memory of his late wife, Rita...…
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…metro >> politics Jews And The 2012 Election Noted journalists from JTA discuss this year's likely Jewish vote. Attendees' Comments Comments were submitted anonymously. Here is a sampling of the comments and questions raised: HIM '1211111111 "Isn't it fact that Romney said on his `private tape' that he would do nothing about the Middle East because he said it was 'hopeless'?" "I am a strong supporter of Romney and his stand that Israel ...…
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…MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SPARTANS WILL. October 18, 2012 Broad Art Museum brings a world of contemporary art to MSU and Michigan Visitors to the Michigan State University campus will notice a dramatic addition to both its physical and cultural landscapes this fall with the opening of the world-class Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. The new contemporary art museum, which will be dedicated during a public outdoor ceremony November 10,...…
…Broad Art Museum brings a world of contemporary art to MSU continued downtown East Lansing. A "pop-up" museum space was created in Lansing's Old Town neighborhood and featured Mike Kelley: Homage, a tribute to the Michigan-born artist who died earlier this year, and Transforming the campus landscape The new Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum is just one of many recent changes to Michigan State University's campus landscape. Several new bui...…
…Senior year countF Senior year of high school is busy. There are college applications to complete, prom plans to make, and graduation ceremonies to celebrate. Add the infectious disease of senioritis and finishing strong slides down the list of priorities for many students. Last year, Michigan State University received a record number of freshman applications—more than 30,000. Application volumes this large mean tougher admissions cri...…
…CONNECT WITH MSU MARK YOUR CALENDAR • Spooky Shabbat—October 26, 6 p.m. MSU Hillel gets haunted at a special Shabbat celebration. Reform and conservative services at 6 p.m. are followed by a free Halloween-themed dinner. RSVP to dirk@msuhillel.org . • Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers— November 4, 7 p.m. Wharton Center welcomes Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers for a night of bluegrass music and humor. For ticket information...…
…>> ... Next Generation ... Fly Boys Two West Bloomfield High School students have style and a successful business under their belts. LYNNE KONSTANTIN I CONTRIBUTING WRITER ndrew Jacob caught the entrepreneurial bug when he was in middle school. But , — he didn't go the lemonade- stand route: He bought cast-off items from friends, sold them on eBay and his own website, cut his friends a percentage and made a profit. And like his dad, Joel J...…
…>> Next Generation What Does It Mean To Be A Neighbor? one afternoon while I was taking a tour of ixteen years ago, I moved the house before making an offer. Ray was to Detroit. Eleven years in the yard working. He is a white man in ago, I bought a house in a his late 70s with a thick Southern accent neighborhood called Briggs. and a physical stature that showed he Nowadays, if any of you know my was a working-class man who had found neighb...…
…points of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Editorial Protestant Letter's Israel Bias Is Vexincj Disingenuous Palestinian leader miseharacterizes conflict. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas repeatedly referred to Israel as "the occupying power" that's "altering the city's historic character" in Jerusalem, "preventing vital infrastructure projects" in the West Bank and inflicting "suffering" in the Gaza Stri...…
…points of view Disingenuous from page 41 about the large land tracts consumed by Israel's security wall. The wall was the direct result of years of terrorism against Israel covertly sanctioned by Palestinian leaders, Yes, the wall has divided Arab- controlled portions of the West Bank. But to suggest the wall has destroyed Palestinian family life is absurd. The Fatah party, the Palestinian Authority's top party, which governs the West Bank, ...…
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