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…jews d in the Tuesday, May 9, 2017 Passion For Politics The allure of city hall brought Lauren Mondry home to Detroit. ROBIN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER S he’s getting set to move into her Midtown Detroit apartment, with a view down Woodward Avenue, in a few short weeks. Lauren Mondry, 26, of Bloomfield Hills is excited about her city digs and lov- ing her fast-paced job as a staffer with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s re-election campaig...…
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…spirit temple and synagogue listings LACTOSE & LEARN May 30th r 7 pm CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue (248) 851-5100. Ahavas Israel (Grand Rapids) (616) 949-2840. B’nai Israel Synagogue (248) 432-2729. Congregation Beth Ahm (248) 851-6880. Beth Israel (Flint) (810) 732-6310. Congregation Beth Shalom (248) 547-7970. Beth Tephilath Moses (Mt. Clemens) (586) 468-2573. Join us at Temple Israel as we deliciously celebrate Shavuot, w...…
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…music COURTESY OF THE DEFIANT REQUIEM FOUNDATION/DESIGNED BY GUT INSTINCT CREATIVE arts&life Hope From Horror SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Maestro Murry Sidlin brings his multimedia Defi ant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin — a true story of art and courage during the Holocaust — to Detroit. 44 April 20 • 2017 M urry Sidlin happened by a sidewalk used- book sale and noticed Music in Terezin, 1941-1945 by Joza Karas. The title ...…
…“There they were — starving, mostly sick and living in horror — and yet the arts and humanities were looked upon as nutrition and elements of survival.” — Murry Sidlin TO EDUCATE AND UPLIFT The Michigan showings of the concert-drama Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin will be supplemented with a number of programs supported by an honorary committee headed by Joanne Danto and Arnold Weingarden. “There has been a year of planning to bring this ...…
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