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…metro >> around town Empty Bowls Beth Ahm members raise money through ceramic artwork to help the hungry. Making Music Akiva's drum circle creates a collective community. A kiva Hebrew Day School's Early Childhood Center experienced a "Drummunity" circle recently where every person, adult and child, had a hand drum or percussion instrument in the drumming circle. Through the beat, those in Akiva's multipurpose room became a collective co...…
…On The Runway Charach Gallery gives teens a chance to develop their fashion skills. Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor he Janice Charach Gallery at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield was the site Jan. 22 of the opening of "Project Runway: Detroit:' an exhibit of high couture by local fashion designers and more than 400 bracelets deco- rated by artists throughout the world that runs through March 8. All are for sale. The ...…
…>> ... Next Generation ... The Wandering. Jew How one West Bloomfield native found home in the Hummusland. LAUREN MEIR I SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS made the rather depressing realization that I had spent most of my life running away, a wandering Jew in every sense of the word. I had no idea where I belonged. n 2009 I made the ultimate leap of faith: I made aliyah to Israel, the land of milk and honey ... and hummus. So how did I come to t...…
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…points of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.corn Contributing Editor Vigorous Vote Jews wield unusual influence in congressional races. ur U.S. representatives are national lawmak- ers, yet relatively close to the people they represent during two-year terms. Each serves about 700,000 constituents. Congress' two chambers together hold significant sway as a check on the execu- tive branch of government and its presidential poli...…
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…Julian Rachlin: "When there is a personal friendship, it is special to work together arts & entertainment and transfer it musically," says the violinist about his upcoming concerts under With a talent nurtured by many musicians — including Leonard Slatkin Julian Rachlin will perform with the DSO. Suzanne Chessler Contributing Writer V iolinist Julian Rachlin will con- clude performances with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv...…
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…arts & entertainment Unmasking Judeophobia Film tackles today's anti-Semitism. Masha Rifkin While Germany faced years of re- education and condemnation following its loss in the war, the Arab world did nti-Semitism — from its not, said political scientist and author roots in antiquity to the Matthias Kuntzel. campuses This racism, the film and European countries argues, was therefore where it once again nurtured over the years rears its ug...…
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…obituaries SARA ALLTON (Sarah Applebaum), 62, of Detroit, died Jan. 1, 2012. She is survived by her son, Michael Shackett; brother and sister-in-law, Phillip and Elizabeth Applebaum; their children, Adina, Yitzhak, Talya and Shoshana Applebaum of Oak Park. Contributions may be made to a char- ity of one's choice. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery in Clinton Township. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. JESSE ANTMAN, 91,...…
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