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…metro PeerCorps Detroit Works Beyond the typical mitzvah project. Vivian Henoch Special to the Jewish News T o get to D-Town Farms in Rouge Park, you have to know where you're going. No use looking for a sign on the road or its address on West Outer Drive. Take the U-turn on Orangelawn, and you find there's ample parking off the road, along the grass. Following the cues of other volunteers, we find the entrance; D-Town Farms is 7 acres d...…
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…>> around town Dessert Buffet Jewish Women's Circle event focuses on healthy eating. T he Jewish Women's Circle (JWC) of West Bloomfield, a program from Sara & Morris Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center, welcomed 60 women in November to the home of Roz Blanck for a buffet of healthy desserts. With cookbooks and a notebook for every guest, the event was filled with practical ideas to take home and implement. Tzippy Meshulovin of West Bloomfiel...…
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