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…metro You'll Like This a-Latkt JCC Chanukah events include a Sunday latke buffet and a Tuesday celebration with Russian Jewish Life. Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News T he key is the onions. You want a good latke, you've got to have the onions. And then add the eggs, salt and pepper, and as little flour as possible. Fry them and then get them in the oven, making them deliciously crispy on the outside and thoroughly cooked on...…
…>> on the cover PROVIDE MatzoBall Detroi+ Jewish singles now have their own party on Christmas Eve. Barbara Lewis I Contributing Writer MaztoBall Matches In many of its host cities, the MatzoBall has become an anticipated network- ing and matchmaking event. "The people who go are interested in meeting people Rudnick said. He met his wife, Katya, at a 1997 MatzoBall. Josh Sklar, 34, who grew up in Farmington Hills, and his wife, Paula, 30,...…
…metro -Side Silver Anniversary Jewish Detroit celebrates the miracle of lights and 25 years in Grosse Pointe. Blessings at the GPJC Jewish Interfaith Thanksgiving Service in November Vivian Henoch Special to the Jewish News T o think it all started with a Chanukah party ... Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Jeffrey and Janet Weingarten were new- comers to Detroit. Coming from Iowa, where Dr. Weingarten had finished his surgical residency, they ...…
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…ALL 'ontrihiltior - TZEDAKAH Year-end giving makes a big difference to our Jewish organizations. Barbara Lewis Contributing Writer I t starts before Thanksgiving. Mailboxes fill up with appeals from nonprofit orga- nizations: Give us your money before Dec. 31. Every charity that's ever gotten hold of your name and mailing address — or your email address — seems to be competing for your hard-earned dollars. Why do they all inundate us at...…
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…oints of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Commentary Editorials is CAIR A Terror Greun? Downpour Stirs Rich Outpouring IA e who follow the Islamist movement fell off our collective chair on Nov. 15 when the news came that the United Arab Emirates' ministerial cabinet had listed the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as one of 83 proscribed terrorist organiza- tions, up there with the Taliban, Al Qaida and ISI...…
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