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…metro >> around town Colors Of Kindness Community members help create a permanent mural at the JCC in Oak Park. T he Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit drew community members to help create a beautiful mural on April 11 at the JCC in Oak Park. "The Colors of Kindness:' pre- sented by the JCC's The Active Life (TAL) department, gave everyone a chance to make their artistic mark on the mural, which will be kept on permanent exhi...…
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…metro >> analysis & opinion "But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God causeth you to inherit, and He giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety." Jerusalem-born Michal Galazan Korman shows a pho of her father, AmiA, yho fought on behalf`of Israel. - Deuteronomy 12:10 Celebrate Jerusalem! On Yom Yerushalayim, Jews affirm their eternal capital. I t's a political bri...…
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…metro >> analysis & opinion Celebrate from page 22 her now-classic ballad "Jerusalem of Gold:' which exudes reverence for the city An English ver- sion of the ballad's closing follows: "Yerushalayim Chagall's King David all of gold Yerushalayim, bronze and light Within my heart I shall treasure Your song and sight:' In a IN interview, Korman stressed how Jerusalem changed for the better after the Six-Day War. "Before 1967:' she said, "Jews o...…
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…32, ann annual birmingham metro fine art fair Israel In Music Nearly 600 see Noa perform in Ann Arbor. tikot e O1 Eileen Freed Special to the Jewish News Ann Arbor T New Date! May 11 & 12 1 2013 Saturday, 10am - 6pm • Sunday, 10am - 5pm In Downtown Birmingham's Shain Park Admission is Free www.ArtBirmingham.org BIRMINGHAM Produced by the in association with Youth Art Activities presented by AVE Guild With special thanks to ...…
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…metro >> calendar 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! THURSDAY, MAY 2 FRANKEL ACADEMY PLAY 7:30 pm. Thursday and 2 pm. Sunday, May 5. Frankel Jewish Academy presents Neil Simon's dramatic comedy Brighton Beach Memoirs at the Berman Center of the Performing ...…
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…>> ... Next Generation ... Inspired By Heritage Great Gifts for Mother's Day !!! S . • Young filmmaker's trip to Belarus leads to movie. KAREN SCHULTZ TARNOPOL I CONTRIBUTING WRITER S hooting skateboard and snowboard videos in middle school with his parents' video camera while using two VCRs to edit them, Alex Gorosh knew that filmmaking was what he was going to do when he grew up. Gorosh, 27, original- ly of West Bloomfield, studied fil...…
…spotlight Frankel Academy Presents Brighton Beach Memoirs F rankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield will present Brighton Beach Memoirs, Neil Simon's popular dramatic comedy and autobio- graphical play, on May 2 and May 5. The play follows teenager Eugene Jerome through puberty and fiercely fantasized dreams of baseball in 1937's Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Capturing a few days in the life of a struggling Jewish household that includes Eugen...…
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…arts & entertainment Tune Ho Get ready to be bewitched and uplifted - and to swing to the sounds of the Motor City - at the JCC's Stephen Gottlieb Music Festival. Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News M ikey Pauker wakes up on a beach, surrounded by the velvety-blue sky of a sunrise. The waves themselves seem to be rous- ing from sleep, too, rocking back and forth their swish-swish-swish — a kind of early-morning lullaby. Then ...…
…arts & entertainment Witches Of Lublin Tovah Feldshuh stars in radio-style klezmer play at Gottlieb music fest. Suzanne Chessler I Contributing Writer T he Interlochen Center for the Arts changed Tovah Feldshuh's life, and audiences at the Berman Center for the Performing Arts will see the results. The stage, screen and film actress found her life's work while participating in an Interlochen program, and she found her life's partner with ...…
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…arts & entertainment 'Tis The Season Outdoor art fairs kick off this month. Suzanne Chessler Contributing Writer W ith the warm weather, step- ping outside can mean step- ping into many art displays scheduled around the Metro Detroit area. It's time for new works by familiar and vis- May 11 - 12: Art Birmingham, Shain Park (734) 662-3382; theguild.org . May 18 - 19: Fine Art at the Village, Village of Rochester Hills, Walton at Adams. ...…
