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…frontlines Jewish Bar Association Meets The Judger T he Jewish Bar Association of Michigan held its annual dinner and reception for the judiciary May 18 at the Westin Hotel in Southfield. JBAM's successful inau- gural dinner attracted more than 150 people. The highlight of the event was the keynote speech by Richard Bernstein, the state's first blind Supreme Court justice. Other judges elected or appointed within the last two years were al...…
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…metro >> around town Health Check Hadassah sponsored a symposium focusing on women's heart issues. Nancy Bechek-Bluth, IN eart disease kills more women than all forms of cancer combined. Women's heart attack symptoms differ from men's. Research focuses mostly on the physiology of men, and women are harder to diagnose. How can women improve their cardiovascular health? To address these issues, Hadassah Greater Detroit sponsored a daylong W...…
…metro >> around town 70 Years Later Holocaust Center hosts Germany's first native-born rabbi since WWII. Mr1 he Holocaust Memorial Center recently hosted Rabbi Yitzchak Mendel Wagner, the first German-born rabbi since World War II. He presented "Germany: 70 years Later" through photos and his own personal accounts to an audience of 550. The 90-minute presentation showed how Jewish life has evolved in his com- munity of Krefeld from 1765 to t...…
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…oints of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Commentary Editorial The New Danger For Israel On Campus S ocial media, Federation fundrais- sance and healing of Jewish ideas, religion, ing videos and even the New York values, language and culture be attained. Times have all placed a spotlight When the Jews would be sovereign in their on the growing BDS (Boycott, Divestment own land, Judaism could be healed from and Sanctions...…
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…>> ... Next Generation ... Ouilding Community teict#c I III A conversation with Noah Resnick. VIVIAN HENOCH I SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ooking the very picture of eclectic urban chic, Detroit architect Noah Resnick scans the sleek contemporary interior of the new Cafe Con Leche Nord on West Grand in the New Center area, where we meet to photograph and discuss his latest design work in the city. "You know, I didn't really dress for this...…
…0 ,0 I Mr IMM -. 9., 1 F-- 0.4 '41 Detroit archite Local designer's pens are works of art. 11 , JUDY GREENWALD I SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Noah Resnick in the sleek contem- porary interior of the new Cafe Con Leche Nord artist Gregory Holm, featuring "the Amazing Pyrophone Firepowered Organ," a one-of-a-kind "pyrophone" — fire-powered organ attached to the facade of the neighboring — and vacant — firehouse. The collaboration an...…
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…arts & life art fairs Big Red, Holland, left, and a 1957 Chevy Bel-Air, right, both by photographer Stan Goldberg : ern'Ann Arbor One event, four fairs, 1,000 artisans — and lots more — take over the college town. The Ann Arbor Art Fair runs Wednesday-Saturday, July 15-18, across 30 city blocks. The fair lets visitors go behind the scenes to see artisans at work on their designs, including painting, drawing, fiber art, sculpture and ...…
…arts & life Editor's Picks Lynne Konstantin Arts & Life Editor SLIDE THE CITY Live music, food, fun — and 600 feet (more than two football fields) of slick vinyl, cushioned, watery-sliding fun — comes to Ann Arbor. Slide the City, like an over-the-top slip-and- Celebrity Jews Nate Bloom Special to the Jewish News KARDASHIAN AND ISIS Most NPR stations carry the comedic current-events show, Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! In it, a panel of...…
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