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…No Other Michigan Hospital Can Say This — Sinai Hospital "May you be inscribed for a good year." Of course, making the traditional Rosh Hashanah greeting in Hebrew isn't the only way we keep the traditions alive at Sinai Hospital. Weprepare glat kosher food for our patients and staff. We sound the shofar throughout the hospital and on Sukkot, we erect the sukkah for visitors and staff. We're also the only Michigan hospital that has Shabbos, ...…
…DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS vol. CV No.26 Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum Alan Hitsky Staff Writers Jennifer Finer Ruth Littmann Steve Stein Contributing Editor Elie Wiese! Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Correspondents Ina Friedman Larry Derfner Photographer Glenn Triest Local Columnists Danny Raskin Carla Jean Schwartz Business ...…
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…President's Cnivrnn MI NI IIP KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEt by Eli Scherr A t this season of the year, we reflect on both the past and the future. At JNF we can be thankful that the past has been filled with accomplishment and the future with challenge. In the past, we lobbied, demonstrated and prayed for freedom for our fellow Jews in the former Soviet Union, Ethiopia and other parts of the world. Our prayers have been answered and hundreds of...…
…- - OWAV.ta'' BS-T• Lu(S4s FoR PEACE WI) Cogrit4UITY (N 5755 1Vt N r. ArQD A HAPPY Nau YEAR FOR us ALL! .1.‘" To Our Readers, Our Friends: It's a sound that penetrates the thickest of skins and sends a message to the soul of the world and the heart of the individual. The cadence of the shofar makes us tremble with hope, fear the unknown, and feel the joy of a new beginning. Will the year 5755 take the Jewish people to a new stage whe...…
…Community Views Editor's Notebook Coming To Terms With Germany JEANNIE WEINER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS This summer was, er, there were 600,000 Jews in courageous, warranted the at- for me, a summer Germany. Jews were believed to tention and time devoted to it. of resistance. be present near Cologne even be- Except for those Jews who were My husband fore the Teutonic ancestors of to- saved or hidden by individual and I are like day's Germ...…
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…. . . may the New Year be one of joy, happiness and prosperity for all mankind THE JEWISH NEWS STAFF And. Their Families extend heartiest greetings to the entire Jewish Community of Michigan with gratitude for the splendid cooperation that has enabled us to work together for good community spirit. Betsy Leemon Lisa Marshall Art Shafer Dharlene Norris Marlene Miller Karen Indig John Marshall Lisa Ferstenfeld Dena Jacobs Sylvia Stafford Dona...…
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…JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER Ground Despite the threat of rain, hundreds gathered to break ground at the future site of Temple Shir Shalom. Left: Rabbi Schwartz (center) and members of the Shir Shalom groundbreaking committee. Below: Jessica Erlich, Ashley Pudauick and Steve Stein sell Shir Shalom shirts. ith shovels and then champagne in hand, they met on what could have been the muddiest corner in West Bloomfield to break ground at Templ...…
…Sweet Continuing AJE's Nirim program kicks off its second year. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER early 150 Jewish teachers and di- rectors of congregational and community schools went back to class Sunday for "A Taste Of Honey." The event, held at Congrega- tion Adat Shalom, kicked off the second year of Nirim, an Agency for Jewish Education program designed to foster professional growth among educators. "In the second year, we hope to expand opp...…
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…We Wish The Detroit Jewish Community A Healthy, Happy New Year! The Staff Of Lexus Of Lansing ther they nor their livestock could eat food grown during the shmitah year. They could, however, main- tain animals, col- lect milk and other animal products and keep their farms in repair for the following season. "If certain grow things the without farmer doing anything," Rab- bi Borchard says, "it does not belong to the farmer. The money goes to t...…
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…Holiday Services For Hearing Impaired JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER I he rabbis at Temple Israel don't know how many peo- ple in this community com- municate through sign language. But when a Chicago resident from the Hebrew Seminary for the Deaf suggested providing an interpreter for the hearing im- paired during Rosh Hashanah services, Temple Israel thought it was a good idea. The temple is inviting mem- bers and any non-members who utilize...…
…Best Wishes For A Healthy, Happy New Year Carol Kaczander and Ms. Kaczander hope that many more will get out the mes- sage this year. Packets going to rabbis in- clude sources, blessings and quotes to use in sermons and oth- er activities. Mishnah Brachot, the tractate on blessings, for ex- ample, says, "One who sees a person who is blind or lame, or who is covered with sores . . . re- cites the blessing, 'Blessed are You, Lord our God, King...…
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…What a Better Way to Treat Youreieff This New Year. . . 9 00 24MONTIILFA - SE Rabbi Polish The group, called the Israel Policy Forum, distributed the 48- page book, Mip'nei Dar'khei Shalom: For the Sake of Peace, to nearly every American and Canadian rabbi — more than 4,000 — conducting services over the Jewish New Year. "This really is a very historic set of High Holidays," Rabbi Pol- ish said. "The State of Israel is moving forward on a ...…
…The Families and Faculty of Akiva Hebrew Day School Wish You And Yours A Year Filled With Health, Happiness And Peace. Cr) LLJ Cf) UJ CC LL, LU 10 AKIVA FAMILIES: Kathy Abraham and Family Neal and Lise Abrams and Family Abraham and Eleanor Aharoni and Family Phillip and Elizabeth Applebaum and Family Michael and Vivian Aronson and Family Andrey and Svetlana Arsentyeva and Family Devorah Avrahm and Family Viatchelav and Rina Avshalumov...…
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