…contents Jan. 21-27, 2016 | 11-17 Shevat 5776 | Vol. CXLVIII, No. 25 SHABBAT LIGHTS Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 22, 5:15 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 23, 6:20 p.m.* Tu b'Shevat: Monday, Jan. 25 Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 29, 5:24 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 16, 6:28 p.m.* * Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. Cover design: Michelle Sheridan 34 The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 29200 No...…
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…metro » A Reason To Smile Alpha Omega provides free dental care for Holocaust survivors. Shelli Liebman Dorfman | Contributing Writer L Dr. Jamie Feldman Michael Tenenbaum ucy Gorowicz loves to show her teeth — because they are beautiful and because she remembers how, for a long time, they weren’t. “This patient had gone for years unable to chew her food; not to mention, she didn’t have a very attractive smile,” said Dr. Mark Luria, who...…
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…metro » Seeds To Table Downtown Synagogue to unveil new community garden initiative on Tu b’Shevat. Barbara Lewis | Contributing Writer 14 January 21 • 2016 a harvest dinner. “How wonderful will it be when we invite those same folks to IADS to eat meals featuring the plants they nurtured from seeds?” said Purcell, an energy ana- lyst for EcoWorks, a Detroit nonprofit. “We think it will be pretty special.” EVERGROWING GARDEN A grant from...…
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…metro » ‘Seinfeld Music Guy’ Composer to bring stories and his TV theme songs to Beth Shalom. Barbara Lewis Contributing Writer He spent many Shabbat mornings at his grandparents’ Conservative and Orthodox synagogues and celebrated his bar mitzvah at his parents’ Reform temple. Wolff started playing at bar mitzvahs, house parties and weddings when he was 12. He won a National Merit Scholarship and moved to Los Angeles at 17, intend- ing to...…
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…family focus » dear debra Digital Dilemmas S Debra Darvick end your questions to deardebra@ renmedia.us or look for an anonymous question submission form on Debra’s online column at www. thejewishnews.com. DEAR DEBRA, For years, I’ve rented a summer house up north for the kids and grandkids to come for a week’s visit. We cover the cost of the rental, most meals and split with each family their transportation costs to and from. After last ...…
…family focus » Nature’s Playhouse Shelli Liebman Dorfman Contributing Writer S ometimes Layla Hill, 6, goes to work with her mom — for a reason almost no other kid can Juliana Schewe boast. Her mom, Mikki Hill, is an owner of Nature’s Playhouse, a play and wellness center in Ferndale where moms-to-be take unique classes and workshops like hypno-birthing, parents study infant massage and baby sign language, kids play and participate in cr...…
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…world » commentar y The Terror Of One Mother Slain In In Her Home, In Front Of Children How Israelis are living with the new “lone wolf” terror attacks. Times of Israel 28 January 21 • 2016 D Jewish News/Great Britain T he news alert flashed across the iPhone screen on my way to Kabbalat Shabbat services. Even though Shabbat was already in, I took a peek and learned that security forces had located 29-year-old Nishat Milchem in the Ar...…
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…arts & life cover story Never Forget Suzanne Chessler | Contributing Writer An artist uses calligraphy to remember the youngest victims of the Holocaust — in an exhibit opening on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. details “A la Memoire des Enfants Deportes” will be on view Jan. 27-May 15 at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills. The exhibit opens with a reception and artist talk at 7 p.m. Members free/ nonmembers $10. ...…
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