…N CO V ER Super Welcome The Downtown Synagogue plays Jewish host to Detroit's Super Bowl guests. I Shelli Liebman Dorfman I Staff Writer • s the only full-time Jewish congregation inside the city of Detroit, the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue may have diverse responsibilities; but it also has unique options. "Because we're the only ones around who can do it, we decided to make ourselves the unofficial `Synagogue of the Super Bowl:" said t...…
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…T N of sophomores from West Bloomfield Hig 15, guitar; and Adam Alex Levine, made up ds; keyboar The band Deadbeat, includes Steve Kanter, 15, on Jano Sta ll p ho to by Ang ie h School, ... and Dan Iwrey, 15, on bass and lead vocals; and drummer Eric Busch, 15. er, 16, on guitar ... ► Lively Beat Aspiring teen band Deadbeat records first songs. Sammi Haber Special to the Jewish News ive Jewish guys from West Bloomfield High School ...…
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…To Life! TORAH PORT ON Testing Ourselves Shabbat Bo: Exodus 10:1-13:16; Jeremiah 46:13-28. n interesting question is Similarly here in Exodus, why raised in this week's story would God ask the Hebrews to mark about the final plagues. In their doors when God had already each of the first nine, the households demonstrated that He knew where of the Hebrews were spared. Their they lived? water did not turn to blood; their It seems to me that ...…
…Defending Israel New group seeks to counter pro-Arab propaganda. Don Cohen Special to the Jewish News W here do you stand when it comes to tak- ing action on behalf of Israel? The new Michigan chapter of StandWithUs, an international pro-Israel advocacy and educa- tional organization, hopes you stand with them. The new chapter was launched at a public program,"Anti-Israel Propaganda on Campus," on Jan. 29 at the Holocaust Memorial Center ...…
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