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…metro » Happy Birthday, Israel? Michigan Radio refuses to broadcast donor’s message, sparking online debate. Robin Schwartz | Special to the Jewish News T here were congratulatory mes- sages from around the world on Thursday, May 12, as Israel celebrated its 68th Independence Day. In one video circulated online, United Nations ambassadors from Argentina, Australia, Germany, South Korea and elsewhere could be seen on camera wishing the cou...…
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…metro » Power Couple Named JCRC Activist Awardees A conversation with Drs. Lynda and Conrad Giles. Vivian Henoch | Special to the Jewish News A 20 May 19 • 2016 L: The one thought that comes to mind is not that I have a dream of starting any- thing new but rather hopes of finishing what I have started. I would love to see the SPARC program feel secure in its funding so that Jewish single-parent families can stay connected to Jewish insti...…
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…metro » c alend ar HOW TO SEND IN LISTINGS: Send listings by noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. Email listings and questions to calendar@thejewishnews.com. For telephone inquiries, call David Sachs at (248) 351-5140. Much To Do! F R I D A Y, M A Y 2 0 SMALL FRY SHABBAT 5:30 pm, May 20. Friday evening service designed for preschool-age children will be fol- lowed by dinner at 6 and a craft activity. At Temple Beth El, Bloomfield...…
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…metro » c alend ar continued from page 26 PRESENTS S U N D A Y, J U N E 5 YIOP DINNER MEETING 5 pm, June 5. Mark (Moshe) and Badonna Berman are honorees and Rabbi David Shapero will receive an award at synagogue’s annual meeting held on Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day). Topic for speak- er Diane Buffalin Ph.D is “Achieving Shalom Bayit.” At Young Israel of Oak Park. $150. RSVP by May 25: 248-967-3655. T U E S D A Y, J U N E 7 JEWS OF IT...…
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…spirituality » to rah por tion The Jewish Community Relations Council is pleased to invite you to join The Jewish Community Relations Council us as we present the is pleased to invite you to join us as we present the 2016 Activist 2016 Award Activist Award Pass On The Message to Drs. Lynda and Conrad Giles Parshat Emor: Leviticus 21:1-24:23; Ezekiel 44:15-44:31. I t is a fine balance to fulfill our common hazard or danger. desire to g...…
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…arts & life mus i c Friends Of Four Hands A local group celebrates playing piano in pairs. J ill Stone’s Bloomfield Hills living room regularly turns into a musical salon, during which some 50 guests take their seats around two Steinway grands for intimate concerts. Performers — longtime pianists whose lives have presented priori- ties beyond instrumental music — appear in pairs as members of Friends of Four Hands (FOFH), an organizatio...…
…arts & life ar t Being and Becoming, aluminum with cadmium acrylic Continuum, aluminum with white enamel Building Fascination Suzanne Chessler | Contributing Writer In a new exhibition, sculptor Lois Teicher uses powerful color and space as materials to express her own evolution of growth. details "Continuum" runs May 21-June 18 at the Robert Kidd Gallery in Birmingham. There will be an opening reception 5-8 p.m. Saturday, May 21...…
…interesting to me,” she says. “I started with metal envelopes and boxes. I like the idea of container as protection. An empty box is beautiful with different planes, and I like the way light hits the forms.” Being and Becoming, for example, was meant to capture the beauty of the shape itself, a functional reference transformed and implying change. Teicher, who lives in Dearborn with her partner and devotes time to seven grandchildren, has not ...…
…arts & life re v i e w Editor’s Picks Go To It’s a family affair at JET. Kalamazoo Ronelle Grier | Contributing Writer K alamazoo, which pairs real-life husband-and-wife Arthur J. Beer and Mary F. Bremer-Beer, is the charming story of two very different people finding love in their golden years. The two veteran actors give funny and touching portrayals of Irving, a feisty Jewish man with a sometimes-irreverent sense of humor, and Peg, ...…
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…arts & life at home Modern Love Our annual sneak peek at a fabulous home in the Temple Israel House Tour: This year, understated with shimmering hints of glam. Lynne Konstantin | Arts & Life Editor Brett Mountain | Photographer details Tour this Franklin home, along with five others in Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham featured in the 23rd annual Temple Israel House Tour, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, June 1. $25 in advance; $30 on the day...…
…arts & life at home continued from page 43 ABOVE: “I’ve coined a new phrase — the dining lounge,” Ross says. “I try to cre- ate something people will use more often, a little more casual.” A tufted ban- quette wall, upholstered with Romo cut velvet in a crocodile pattern, dresses up the room while giving it the feeling of a hotel lounge; the banquette seat is covered in leather. Dining chairs by Bright were refinished in black and reuphol- ...…
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…arts & life at home continued from page 45 TOP: In the wood-paneled living room, wool-covered Ted Boerner chairs, a Niedermaier sofa (also wool) and a Holly Hunt leather club chair provide plenty of seating without being cramped. “I do a lot of custom lengths of pieces, like this sofa,” Ross says. “I don’t want to force it to work; it has to work together. I’m a little fanatical about scale.” BOTTOM LEFT: In the master bedroom, silvery-blu...…
…arts & life f re s s i n g wit h f i s h ma n A renovated guest room and classroom at the Townsend Hotel Changes At The Townsend L ast week, Birmingham’s the Corner served its last drink, as the Townsend begins work on the final- phase of a multi-year property renova- tion that began some four years ago. The 2,000-square-foot space will be redesigned for private group dining and used as a meeting room, available by reservation. The space ...…
…arts & life th e b e s t o f eve r y t h i n g Heart-Healthy Happiness! Enjoy a “doctor-approved” plant-based menu at Ferndale’s GreenSpace Cafe. I t may not be the only restaurant of its the knowledge of natural food 11-plus … Indoor seating at kind in the country, but it certainly is the products. tables is 105, 20 at a lounge bar only one where the owner/consultant is GreenSpace Cafe, owned by and 30 in an indoor/outdoor also a promine...…
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…life cycles » Try Our New Boneyard Beef Ribs! Orchard Lake Rd. South of 14 Mile t Farmington Hills 851-7000 10 % OFF TOTAL BILL &YDMVEJOHUBY UJQBOECFWFSBHFTt8JUIUIJTBEt$BSSZPVUPS%JOFJOt&YQJSFT+/ /PUWBMJEPO)PMJEBZT $BUFSJOHGPSBMM0DDBTJPOTt$BSSZ0VUt0VS4QFDJBMJUZ-PX$BSC3JCT$IJDLFO-BNC3JCT G H UA N O H F C D INE HINESE INING MARCH 24 Jenna (Krinsky) and Aric Klar of Berkley are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Ezra Warren K...…
…"RAISING THE BAR FOR YOUR CHILD'S BAR OR BAT MITZVAH" Special Needs, Gifted and General Bar/Bat Mitzvah Lessons X Cantor Carly Alana Kent (Clara) of Commerce Township will become bat mitzvah at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield on Friday, May 20. Carly Kent Participating in the ceremony will be Lisa and Mark Kent, and Max and Rachel. Proud grandpar- ents are Diane and Joel Fink of Commerce Township. She is also the grandchild of the lat...…
…life cycles » Traison-Witkin J anice and Steven Traison of West Bloomfield, together with Cindy and Perry Witkin of Minneapolis, Minn., are delighted to announce the engagement of their children Elizabeth Lauren Traison and Ari Juran Witkin. Elizabeth is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a certified health coach and professional food educator at Einstein Medical Center. Ari is a graduate of Goucher College and is studying to be a...…
…Kurtzer-Cantor C athy and Dr. David Cantor of West Bloomfield and Carol and Bill Kurtzer of Franklin Lakes, N.J., are thrilled to announce the engagement of their children Rob Cantor and Allison Kurtzer. Rob graduated from the University of Michigan in 2005 with degrees in cellular and molecular biology and musicology. He is a musician/composer and was a founding member of the band Tally Hall. Allison graduated from Indiana University with a...…
…spotlight » mentshes of the month Peace of Pizza crew: (top) Brandon Fealk, Walled Lake; Seth Kahan, Bloomfield Hills; Noah Goodman and Jason Teper, both of Farmington Hills; (bottom) Sam Ferber, Bloomfield Hills; Jonathan Hayman and Ilan Elrom, both of West Bloomfield; and Noah Kahan, Bloomfield Hills. Peace Of Pizza Local high schoolers want to feed the homeless. Stacy Gittleman | Contributing Writer T aking to heart the Jewish value o...…
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