…OPEN HOUSE EXTRAVAGANZA Saturday, January 23 and Sunday, January 24 SUNDAY 2 - 5. 21955 Carleton, S. of 9 Mile, E. of SUNDAY 2 - 5. W. of Orchard Lake, S. of Pontiac Trail. SUNDAY 2 - 5. 37219 Fox Glen, S. of 14 Mile, W. o Coolidge. Super sharp 3 bedroom Colonial features library/study, living room with marble fireplace, wet bar and pine paneling. Treed lot. $121,500. 646-6000 Super sharp Tudor with wooded landscaping offers two tiered d...…
…I OBITUARIES I The Family of DEBRA LeVINE Beloved daughter of Sophia LeVine and the late Daniel M. LeVine, wishes to acknowledge the many kind expressions of sympathy received. The Family of BECKY NESSEL Have been deeply touched by and gratefully MICHAEL BAGDADE, 85, former Detroiter of Nor- thbrook, Ill., died Jan. 14. He leaves two sons, Dr. Charles of Buffalo Grove, Ill., and Dr. Allen of Northbrook; two brothers, Frank and Ben, bo...…
…SAY IT WITH '4's- TREES Stanley Rosen Stanley Q. Rosen, chairman and chief executive officer of Brass Craft Manufacturing Co. for 41 years, died Jan. 13 at age 66. A resident of Birmingham and Scottsdale, Ariz., Mr. Rosen served in World War II with the 46th Air Depot Group as a technical sergeant. His affiliations include the Jewish Welfare Federation, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, the Technion, Detroit Institute of Arts, Maryland...…
…What I didn't know about this unusual jeweler could fill a p Local Writer Stu Goldberg Confesses Surprise I admit it. Before I started writing ads for John Darakjian Jewelers, there were at least six important facts I didn't know about them. For instance: 1. Their Name I thought it was something like "da-ROCK-ee-in" or "da-ROCK-jee-in:' Actually, it's pronounced just like direction, with a rock in the middle. Simple! IT'S "da-ROCK-shin" ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS N • A Toast To Jewish Living Tzedakah: Guideline To Human Kindness Philip Slomovitz is the editor emeritus of The Jewish News and the author of this month's L'Chayim theme — tzedakah. For each edition of L'Chayim, a rabbi, a Jewish educator or other notable from the community will present an overview. Tzedakah — the most frequently used Hebraic designation for generosity — is the most common Jewish term for generosity. The...…
…0 ,4 0 ° Tzedakah-G'milut Chasadim: Two Sides Of The Same Coin? By RABBI SHMUEL LOPIN Principal, Akiva Hebrew Day School Many statements in the Torah map out the Jewish people's obligation to help the poor and the needy. Tzedakah — charity — has been considered by the rabbis throughout Jewish history a prime mitzvah (commandment) of Judaism. While many would limit the concept of charity to the act of giving money to the poor, the Torah pai...…
…Putting The Pushka Into Perspective Meet a man with ideas, Zvi Hermann Schapira. He was a rabbi and a teacher of mathematics. Because he was a rabbi, he loved Eretz Yisrael very much, and because he was a teacher of mathematics, he was very good with figures. He said to himself: "I will go to a tinsmith and have him make a little box for me, with an opening on the top. Every day I will drop a coin into the box. At the end of the year I will h...…
…I Each month in this space, L'Chayim will look back into issues of The Jewish News to see what was happening in the local Jewish community or in the Diaspora ten, 20 and 40 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO Sen. Hubert Horatio Humphrey died of cancer at age 66. The owners of a Nazi bookstore on Vernor Hwy. were served with a summons to appear at the Wayne County Probate Court. The store distributed literature telling Jews, "There's an oven in your ...…
…o es Helping 0th ote l To Help Themselves Far away from here, at some point in time, there was a kingdom filled with people who loved gold. They couldn't be called greedy, because they really didn't have any gold. And they couldn't really be called lazy, because even though they didn't do much else for themselves they did spend enormous amounts of time digging in the ground and sifting and sieving in river beds in hopes of finally becoming...…
…gO ic v‘si ti c idlo Children Learn About Tzedakah Each month in this space, L'Chayim will present a Yiddish lesson entitled "Du Redst Yiddish (Do You Speak Yiddish?)" whose aim is to encourage further study of Yiddish. The lesson will include a brief story utilizing the Yiddish words to be studied, a vocabulary list with English translations and a family activity which involves using the new words. Two books which may be helpful for beginnin...…
…1, Guides For Tracing Your Jewish Roots tt‘‘ By SHIRLEY HOGAN More than half the world's Jews are Americans and 85 percent have European roots. Because of the history of persecution, documents about Jews often are difficult to find. Fortunately there are several guidebooks and archival collections that can be of help. The holdings of the American Jewish Archives (3101 Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45220) include many genealogies, vital rec...…
…Tu B'Shevat: An Investment In The Future Tu B'Shevat is regarded as a minor festival or a semi-holiday for liturgical purposes. No penitential prayers are recited on Tu B'Shevat, nor is fasting permitted. This year, it corresponds to Feb. 3. It is believed that Tu B'Shevat may originally have been a folk festival which marked the emergence of spring. At this time of the year, the priests levied the tithes on the fruit trees. The tithes were t...…
