…Judge Rules For FJA Athletes • Teen2Teen • Shir Tikvah Marks 25 Years DE.TRO, A „A: $1.5 A surprising look at the entertainers for the is Stephen Gottlieb MusicFest. 1a)42- 2008 NEVitSPOILPER '' OF 'THE Covering and Connecting Jewish D e t ro it Wec k r01.)Y.* • us 'IGAT1 …
…Standard stroke treatment would have left Patricia. paralyzed. Fortunately, Henry Ford created their own standard. Only one team in 'Michigan could give Patricia a medication that could reverse the effects of her stroke. They are the same team that researched this drug and continues with many other clinical trials: the Rallis Stroke Center at the Willy Ford Neuroscience Institute. • Michigan's #1 Neurology and Neurosurgery Team s ranked b...…
…JN Contents Rabbis Sleutelberq and Starr lead the Havdallah service at Shir Tikvah's silver anniversary celebration (page A22). Rabbi Starr will JNonline.us Feb. 21-27, 2008 15-21 Adar I 5768 Vol. CXXXIII, No. 3 Nutritionally 1 . Speaking By Barbara Beznos, RD, LD/N join the Shaarey Zedek clergy this summer (page A29). Integrated Nutrition, Section A Israel At 60 Holy Land Ties Al2 Black evangelicals and Jews bond on mission to Israel....…
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…Editor's Letter Housing Hardship 0 f all our material possessions, our home is perhaps the most significant given that shelter is at the epicenter of human survival. So keeping people in their homes dur- ing tough economic times is a tenet of the Jewish community. Against our state's depressed economy and housing market, foreclosure rates continue to climb in southeast Michigan. The problem is rooted in the sub-prime mortgage crisis, other ...…
…Letters Thanks Patti, JWF We are so grateful for your excellent cover story on the Hermelin ORT Resource Center's "Better Job Opportunities" program ("Second Chances:' Feb. 14, page A16). However, there is an individual and an organization that also deserve great credit for our programs and accomplishments. Patti Aaron's vision for our center moti- vated her to convince her parents, D. Dan and the late Betty Kahn, and the Jewish Community Cen...…
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…Front Lines JNenline NOTEBOOK This Week www.JNonline.us Teen2Teen Web Site Memory, History and Bottle Deposits Allison Gold, 17, of West Bloomfield combined her pas- sion for Israel, family heritage and recycling to turn used cans and bottles into something more. She was participating on Federation's 2006 Teen Mission in Israel when the Second Lebanon War broke out and Allison Gold, 17, of West the trip was cut short. Back in Bloomfield ...…
…NAP HOTS 1117:77EiM Israeli Snowfall Howard Sherizen of Oak Park experienced snow while visiting family in Israel on Jan. 31. He snapped this snowman-igloo combination, with a young Chassidic snow architect, on Kfar Ivri Street in Jerusalem. Umbrellas are popular during rare Jerusalem snowfalls, which normally start out as heavy slush and quickly turn to hail. Food Feast A crowd of 95 people at the Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai Center recentl...…
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…4V, This section is sponsored by Pastor Jack Gibson of • Congregation Shaari...y Zedek of Oakland County • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Canton explains baptism at the Jordan River. Photo by Vivian Henoch Black evangelicals and Jews bond on mission to Israel. Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor A Jerusalem men! Whether pronounced "ah- main" or "a-men," the word became a frequent refrain among the 27 members of a g...…
…Israel's Black Jews In Netanya, the group visited a nursery school that is part of the PACT (Parents and Children Together) program spon- sored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. The school helps Ethiopian children integrate into Israeli society. Participants sat on the floor with children putting together puzzles, looked over their shoulders as they played com- puter games and delighted in their art- work. The black evangelical...…
…Holy Land Ties from page A13 Staff photo by Keri Guten Cohen experience for me. I've enjoyed discussions about the Christian-focused sites as much as I have the Jewish-focused sites!' Jerusalem And Beyond As the group ascended to Jerusalem from the north through Samaria to stand on Mt. Scopus near sundown to view the vista of the Old City, there was more excitement. A significant landmark had been reached and the group shared the traditiona...…
…Staff photo by Keri Guten Cohen Genesis 12:3 is a key reading: Here God declares He will bless those who bless the nation of Israel and curse those who curse Israel. The declaration is that simple and that clear for the evangelicals. And it's that real. At one point, after some particularly moving moments for the evangelicals, Plummer stood before the group to say the Christians were not here to proselytize their Jewish friends, but to share ...…
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…COLD. Right here, right now, in West Bloomfield, Southfield, Oak Park and Farmington Hills, there are families in the Jewish community known to be facing foreclosure of their homes. HARD. This year, hundreds of families have nowhere to go for emergency financial assistance. FACT. With your gift, large or small, Federation's network of 19 partner agencies can help desperate families through difficult times. 90% of all dollars raised go dir...…
…Metro SPORTS Slam Dunk Alan FlItsky Associate Editor A fter nearly four years of argu- ments, hearings and emergency motions, an Oakland County Circuit Court judge has completely backed the Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit (FJA) in its case against the Michigan High School Athletic Association. In a 32-page ruling handed down Feb. 6, Judge Rae Lee Chabot said the MHSAA must make "reasonable efforts" to sched- ule state tourn...…
…Metro Our Neighbors ADL program works to dispel stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims. Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor A 11 Arabs are not Muslims. This fact, often misunderstood in the general population, was clarified several times by two speakers at the second installment of the "Weaving Our Community" educational series pre- sented by the Anti-Defamation League Michigan Region. The Feb. 12 program at Lawrence Technological Univer...…
…D GEST On Gossip A person who is new in town will sometimes disparage an entire com- munity if someone does not treat him well. This is considered a form of gossip. Presented by Lubavitch Women's Organization. For information on keeping kosher or lighting Shabbat candles, contact Miriam Amzalak, (248) 548-6771, amzalak® yeshivanet.com . Panel Focus: Environment American Jewish Committee Metropolitan Detroit Chapter and the Michigan Coaliti...…
….111,•••• ■ . _J O AROUND az wo 1 L.) Vii fhb Silver Celebration Congregation Shir Tikvah marks 25th anniversary in style. Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg of Lake Orion, Miriam Finerman of Washington Township, Barry Rubin of O O West Bloomfield and Rabbi Aaron Starr of Troy C ongregation Shir Tikvah in Troy has been the site of nourished by our rabbis and leadership:' said Shir Tikvah president Barry Rubin of numerous celebrations and...…
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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Editorial This Little Shul Could I is a song of hope — and so much more. Founded during a conversation in a United Hebrew Schools extension-site parking lot 25 years ago, the Troy Jewish Congregation seemed destined to fail. It had no rabbi and no sanctuary. And few Jews lived east of Woodward Avenue. But the moms shmoozing about having a shul of their own so they didn't have to...…
…Opinion OTHER VIEWS The White Rose On the anniversary of their execution (Feb. 22, 1943) — and in this U.S. election year — Germany's White Rose Resistors compel us to act for change, at home and abroad. Plainview, N.Y. F eb. 22 marks the 65th anniver- sary of the Gestapo's executions of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose in 1943. They were swiftly beheaded after a show trial in Munich by Hitler's "Hanging Judge;' Roland Freisler, who revi...…
…living and work space reinvented White Rose from page A26 last May, as I ended my program with the music of a stirring German freedom song, the "High School Students of the United Africa Society Against the Dafur Genocide" spread facsimiles of the White Rose leaflets amongst the audi- ence, just as the White Rose did from their Munich University gallery back in 1943. "What is it going to take to get those in power to follow the lead of thes...…
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…Spirituality Crosstown Bound Shir Tikvah's Rabbi Starr to fill Shaarey Zedek position. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer F or Rabbi Aaron Starr to be leaving one Detroit-area synagogue for another isn't altogether remark- able. But the Reform rabbi's announce- ment of plans to become a Conservative rabbi is no doubt unique. Rabbi Starr — who has served as the Troy Reform-Renewal Congregation Shir Tikvah's director of lifelong learning ...…
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…Health & Fitness Africa's Beaumont Connection Local physicians give time to help African women with childbearing problems. Ilene Wolff Special to the Jewish News from Sol Barer. Ingber may even recruit his wife, Lori Barer Ingber, who has a doctorate in public health. Ingber has created a Web site about his efforts, www.surgicalaid.org . co!. C hildbirth — usually a time of great excitement and joy — leads to social isolation, urinary i...…
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…February 21, 2008 / 15 Adar 1 5768 Jordana Hoffman, 15, a freshman at North Farmington High School. enjoys a few good books at Temple Israel's Hodari Family Chil- dren's Library in West Bloomfield. T2T photo by Jessica Polk the lost art of reading Lay off the electronics and check out a book. by Gabriella Ring ou've just found out your English class is starting a novel unit. Most likely, you will groan and wonder how you will ever e...…
…feature: book clubs love of books brings new friends by Jordana Hoffman am in love with the written word. Most teens either don't want to read, finding it a cumbersome hardship, or simply do not have the time in their busy schedules to fit it in. But me, if I don't have the time I make the time, even if it means staying up till three in the morning on a school night. I'm so in love — and that is how the members of the Temple Israel teen ...…
…teen profile get involved by Hannah Cohen Jewish youth groups have a blast seeing red Former Detroiter's book gives voices to teen girls. my Goldwasser, 37, grew up in Birmingham and graduated from Seahohn High School in 1988. Her mom, Judy Goldwasser, a former Detroit Free Press reporter, now lives in Bloomfield Hills. Her dad, the late James Goldwasser, had been an English professor and fiction writer. Her book Red is dedicated to him....…
…readers' favorites! Goy Crazy by Melissa Schorr High schooler Rachel Lowenstein is Jewish and, unfortunately, her new crush (the star of St. Joseph's prep basketball team) is not. Rachel is faced with modern problems concerning her Jewish heritage, her new crush's "goyish" ways, her best friend Jen, her increasing social status and, worst of all, conflicts with her parents. Goy Crazy is one of the most entertaining books I have ever read. Me...…
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…A surprising look at the entertainers for the JCC's Stephen Gottlieb Musiffest. Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News B efore each performance, Mike Burstyn drinks a gleyzale tey, a glass of tea. Jazz great Jeff Haas is terrific at wiggling his ears. Debbie Friedman's father was a kosher butcher. Elaine Serling wanted to be a doctor when she was little, and the Klezmatics have collaborated with one of indie music's biggest stars: ...…
…Arts & Entertainment Bard Of Background Noise Grand Rapids born and raised, Max Apple is back with a story collection that celebrates the lives of ordinary people. Sandee Brawarsky Special to the Jewish News M ax Apple's people are the folks you might see having lunch at a local diner. There's Sidney Goodman, the carwash king of Las Vegas, and Jerome Feldman, the outgo- ing president of the Ohio Association of Independent Pharmacists, al...…
…to be in the minority of the minority, keeping kosher in a world where few know the difference between a split and unsplit hoof. The two oldest of Apple's four chil- dren, often the subjects in Free Agents, also are writers. Both grew up watch- ing their father at work; that is, when he wasn't teaching, he'd often be at home, lying on the couch, daydream- ing, concocting tales. Sam Apple, who lives in Brooklyn, is the author \ of Schlepping Th...…
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