…Meet Al and Evelyn Jacobs. Dancers. Performers. Really Living since 2009. Banded Together Friendship Circle fundraises with trendy shaped bracelets. • - • - 41- 4 Friendship Circle Jewly Bandz SheIII Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer T he organization that has ingeniously spread their word on car magnets, through celebrity endorsements and publicity stunts is now part of the newest craze: rubberized, colorful, pre-shaped bracelets. Friend...…
…Metro AROUND TOWN Over The Top! Jodi Beals, WestBloomfield; Brad Steel, Birmingham; Orchard Lake Jairnee Wine, Pho tos by Brett Moun ta in Hundreds of young adults mix and mingle at annual Latke Vodka party. 0. heri tle and Evanston, cott kkat Liberrnan of ' kcheity Mosenbh:Wrnen, in, pilot 0 na B.J. Friedman, West Bloomfield; Joey Herman, Chicago; Gabe Neistein and Ken Hansen, both of West Bloomfield; Benjy Gordon, Detroit T It ...…
…RACE TO NOWHERE...THE FILM EVERY PARENT MUST SEE! RAGE TEl NOWHERE You're invited to a special screening and provocative discussion T11 D \RK. SIDE 01 AMERICA' , ACHIEVEMENT CULTURE ■ Tuesday, December 14th at 7:00 pm at The Corners 2075 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323 ■ Tickets are $10 http://rtnthecorners.eventbrite.com Panel discussion following movie will be moderated by Rabbi Michael Moskowitz of Temple Shir Shalom. Pa...…
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…I World Sensitiv i ty Conservative movement tipping toward openness to children of intermarried. Sue Fishkoff Jewish Telegraphic Agency San Francisco W hat should a Jewish teacher say to a child who talks about helping grandma decorate the Christmas tree? "What the teacher should not say is, `You're not supposed to do that — you're Jewish:" says Rachel Glaser, education director of the religious school at Beth Israel Congregation, a Co...…
…1- World Israel Mission Detroit Hadassah trip makes local connections come alive. T he Greater Detroit Chapter Hadassah Mission to Israel turned 39 relative strangers into close friends who experienced an amaz- ing trip together from Oct. 10-21. More than half the group had never been to Israel; and most of the others had not been there in more than 10 years. This was the second Detroit Hadassah Mission; again, it was led by Annette Meski...…
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…voi Interfaith Discussion Brenda Rosenberg and Elaine Schonberger of Temple Beth El, Mona Farroukh of ACCESS and Rev. Sandra Kay Gordon of the New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church will be panelists at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, representing the Women's Interfaith Solutions for Dialogue and Outreach in Metro Detroit (WISDOM). David Crumm, former religion writer for the Detroit Free Press, will moderate the panel discussion at Temple Beth E...…
…I THANK YOU TO THE SUPPORTERS OF TTamarack Camps SPECIAL PROJECTS AND "SEND A KID TO TAMARACK" CAMPAIGNS GUARDIANS Nora and Guy Barron Deroy Testamentary Foundation Detroit Free Press Charities, Inc. — Summer Dreams Philip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial Charitable Trust Grinspoon Institute for Jewish Philanthropy Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Jewish Fund Jewish Women's Foundation Sue and Alan J. Kaufman Renee and Burt Mahler Car...…
…Linda and Stuart Goldberg Marla Parker and Brad Goldberg Marlene and Michael Hoffman Roslyn Holtz Sharon and Ron Goldenberg Andrea and Michael Goldstein Shari and Albert Goldstein Google Matching Gifts Program Susan and Robert Gordon Toby and Daniel Gosselin Judy and Ted Gottlieb Arline and Paul Gould Lois and Hadar Granader Jennifer Greenberg Judie and Barry Greenblatt Susan and Phillip Greenblatt Heather Greene and Matthew Schoch Anne and Eu...…
…World The Good Fight A visiting rabbi works to combat missionaries who target Jews. Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News T Eastern Michigan University Jewish Studies Presents An Evening With Aaron Lansky Founder and President of The National Yiddish Book Center "GEVALT!: The Last Minute Rescue of Modern Jewish Culture" In 1980, at the age of 24, Aaron Lansky began rescuing unwanted and abandoned Yiddish hooks. The National...…
…Business & Professional ENTREPRENEUR Oy, What A Daily Deal! New Internet site boosts local businesses. Photos by K iya G ibbons usually for up to a year. Starting Jan. 3, three deals a day will be offered. "Unlike Groupon, for example, there's no tipping point of about 50 subscrib- ers needed to form a 'group' and buy a product to take advantage of the savings:' Giles said. The Oywhatadeal.com website also is being linked with the Detroit...…
…Business & Professional SERVICE A Top Workplace JARC earns high honors in Free Press survey. ARC is earning praise as one of Michigan's greatest places to work. The Farmington Hills- based organization, serving people with disabilities and their families, was No. 3 on the list of mid-size companies in the Detroit Free Press/Workplace Dynamics 2010 Top Workplaces survey. The third annual Top Workplaces – competition drew companies employ- i...…
…Opinion A MIX OF IDEAS Dry Bo nes Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS Editorial BDS Movement Denounced I n a brief, powerful statement, 40 Nobel Laureates from around the world, including America and Israel, have sternly and boldly challenged bids to boycott, divest from or sanction Israeli academics, institutions and university- based centers and institutes for training and research. The statement ho...…
…Opinion Unchanging Vote Dr. Arabbo Dr. Betel Dr. Bodzin Dr. George Dr. Margolis Dr. Yaldo S o what role did the Jewish vote play in the election that swept Republicans into office throughout the nation? The answer seems to be none. Based on national polls, it appears Jews ran counter to all the instincts of the elec- torate that decided to vote Democrats out of office. Jews did not participate in the Republican landslide that Presiden...…
…Building Community Only The Beginning! Chaldeans and Jews develop a strategic model to build an ethnic network. Robert Sklar Editor I Detroit Jewish News Vanessa Denha-Garmo Editor I Chaldean News Ninth of a 10-part monthly series L awrence Technological University (LTU) will host a December net- working event to celebrate the trailblazing Chaldean-Jewish Building Community Initiative, to recognize the community leaders who helped make ...…
…Building Community Chanukah: Rooted In Religious Freedom Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer I Detroit Jewish News W ith all the things the upcom- ing holiday of Chanukah is, the one thing it is not is the "Jewish Christmas." Not only does it have no connection with the non-Jewish holi- day, but the eight-day festival is actually one of the less major Jewish celebrations. Created by the rabbis of the high- est Jewish Court, Chanukah ofte...…
…Friendship Tour Workgroup event hits high points of Shenandoah, JCC. Joyce Wiswell Managing Editor Chaldean News T he first grassroots effort from a Building Community workgroup was a resounding success, with some 100 people attending the Chaldean/ Jewish Friendship Tour on Nov. 15. The evening began at Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield, where architect Victor Saroki of Birmingham gave a tour and explained the building's numerous...…
…Spirituality HOLIDAY 101 Chanukah 101 Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News S SS W hen: Wednesday eve- ning, Dec. 1, with the last candlelighting Wednesday evening, Dec. 8. On the Jewish calendar: 25 Kislev until 2 Tevet. The name of the holiday: In Hebrew, chanukah means "dedi- cation" and is a shortened form of the phrase chanukat ha-bayit ("dedication of the house [that is, the Temple] ), or chanukat ha-mizbeiach ("dedicatio...…
…4 pe-P.5 Numbers chapter 7, describing how the Jewish people dedicated the taber- nacle and altar in the wilderness after the exodus from Egypt, also are read. In the morning, afternoon and eve- ning services, insert the paragraph of Al Ha-Nisim ("For the miracles") into the Sh'moneh Esrei (Amidah) prayer and include it with birkat ha-mazon (grace after meals). Do not recite the Tachanun penitential prayer. Chanukah is the only Jewish holiday...…
…I Spirituality TEMPLE AND SYNAGOGUE LISTINGS SPONSORED BY TEMPLE ISRAEL _1 Cent* 3- r of Making a difference. air The 14th Annual Temple Israel Chanukah Book Fair, December 5-9, will include lots of special events and activities. Hundreds of new Jewish books and other unique Chanukah merchandise, for readers of all ages, will be for sale in the Temple Atrium! Sunday, December 5 • 9 AM – 2:30 PM Tuesday, December 7 • 9 AM – 6 PM • 12:...…
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…Chanukah Art Contest COLORING THE HOLIDAY / ON THE COVER SOLUJER SHOP This section is sponsored by • THE DOLL HOSPITAL & TOY SOLDIER SHOP, BERKLEY • THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Lighting The Menorah More than 300 children "light up" the Jewish News. Alan Hitsky Associate Editor L exi Glickman is on her way to being an accomplished artist. The Akiva Hebrew Day School fifth-grader from Southfield comes by her art talent honestly. The 10-ye...…
…Chanukah Art Contest COLORING THE HOLIDAY 1) ySOLDIER SIIOP Chanukah Art from page 39 HONORABLE MENTSHEN Anna Warshay, 10 Joshua Goldfaden, 12 Oak Park Akiva Southfield Cong. Beth Shalom Samantha Elkus, 11 Hadas Pollock, 10 HONORABLE MENTSHEN Alona Cohen, 10 Oak Park Akiva Benjamin Schondorf, 10 Huntington Woods Cong. Beth Shalom Huntington Woods Akiva Dearborn Temple Emanu-El Megan Coden, 9 Eitan Katz, 8 Avraham Benjamin, ...…
…ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA MICHIGAN REGION presents MENTSHEN HONORA FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM AND ISRAEL-BASHING IN AMERICA GUEST SPEAKER, SUSAN TUCHMAN, ESO DIRECTOR OF THE ZOA CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE Hear about the advocacy work Susan Tuchman does at the ZOA Center for Law and Justice, especially the efforts ZOA is taking to combat the problems Jewish students are facing in schools across the country. University Administrators have...…
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…COVER STORY: Circumstance calls for a career reinvention; three locals make it happen. GIVE & GET Gifts for those eight crazy nights ON A YOGA CHAI Finding harmony at the crossroads of philosophy and religion 60 …
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…DECEMBER 2010 I VOLUME 01 ISSUE 02 CONTENTS FEATURES 19 Give & Get Gifts for those eight crazy nights. Reporting by Lynne Konstantin 22 lExtreme Makeover — Detroit Edition A look at lives upended by circumstance. Reporting by Bryan Gottlieb 24 lOn a Yoga Chai RED TtarrD GIVEAWAY Finding harmony at the crossroads of philosophy and religion. Reporting by Gabriella Burman COLUMNS and PHOTO ESSAYS 5 Editor's Letter 6 Man on the S...…
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…EDITOR'S LETTER Getting Psyched for a Better '11 ow ... we got a lot of praise (bashful smile) as well as useful, constructive feed- back; thank you, Detroit, for your warm embrace. With that said, Red Thread won't ignore some of its inaugural blemishes. As one friend suggested, "For Chanukah, we're going to get Red Thread a red pen!" (In other words, we are painfully aware of the occasional errant typo.) To keep our chins up, our motto the ...…
…COMMUNITY MAN ON THE STREET Oh, Detroit, How We Love Thee From hidden gems to helping our future, Detroiters tend to agree on more than they don't. it ed Thread, your house call-making opinion doctor, takes the temperature this month by asking three questions about Detroit's present and future. It's interesting to ask"the street" what is happening in — and about — our community. Question No. 1: What is the single greatest issue facing D...…
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…COMMUNITY z MAILBAG Z w Red Thread Looped 'Em In ... Almost! w Editor's Note: We are grateful for readers who take the time to write and express their opinion, whether they agree with us or not. Our mandate is to engage our audience and, for better or worse, it seems we're off to a running start. Please keep the comments coming. Contact us at: editorial@redthreadmagazine.com ROTTEN FRUIT ... Our family was eager to read Red Thread a...…
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