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…2018 Something For Everyone Dance parties are great for some people, but the perfect b’nai mitzvah celebration depends on your family. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER J ust as no two b’nai mitzvah kids are alike, neither are the celebrations. Sometimes the party will be the kind where you dress up and dance the night away — but a dance party is not every fam- ily’s cup of tea. There have been memorable parties at places such as local ...…
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…LIEBERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY Ethan Weisman and his groomsmen at Franklin Hills Country Club on May 6, 2016, at his wedding to Jessica Schwartz JAY DREIFUS Baby naming of Lillian Davis Wright on Aug. 25, 2017, in West Bloomfield. She is the daughter of Rabbi Adam and Dr. Rachel Wright (on the right) of San Diego, Calif. Also pictured is Lillian’s aunt and uncle, Rachel and Levi Strauss, and 15-month-old cousin, Leo, from Houston, Texas. JAY DREIFU...…
…LIEBERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Brad and Michelle Silber of Commerce Township celebrated their 30th anniversary on Aug. 9, 2017. Brad surprised Michelle by renting out a theater at Emagine Theaters and showing their wedding video on the big screen with close family and friends. Most of their wedding party were in attendance for this amazing night. He even deco- rated the theater with wedding memories. “It was an incredible moment of celebrating o...…
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…contents Online exclusives: • Weekly Movie Review • Landau: Questions to Ask at Your Next Job Interview. • Share Her Story Feb. 22-29, 2018 / 7-13 Adar 5778 | VOLUME CLIII, ISSUE 4 46 42 16 jhelp detroit 48 One-stop service makes local Jewish services easier to find. 17 A new film by native Detroiter Danny Baron brings elements of his Jewish upbringing to the screen. social justice purim celebration 50 Detroit Jews for Justice an...…
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…views letters Oak Park Deserves JCC Presence Marcy Feldman got to the heart of the matter with her recent letter suggest- ing that Federation put a Starbucks on the site of the now-demolished Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center building in Oak Park (Feb. 8, page 6). Like her, I totally reject the notion that any Federation-supported facility on that spot must “pay for itself ” — nothing else in the Jewish community is subjected to ...…
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…jews d in the Revising History? Children of survivors say new law criminalizing Polish culpability in the Shoah obscures the truth. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER F amilies of local Holocaust survivors reacted with harsh words to a new ruling by the Polish government that makes it a crime to cast Poles or Poland in a culpable light in terms of the Holocaust, concentration camps or Jewish geno- cide that occurred on Polish soil durin...…
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…jews d in the continued from page 10 Auschwitz, where, during the infamous selection, his mother, 24, was sent into forced hard labor and his grandmother, 55, was sent to the gas chamber. “My mother’s stories parallel that of other survi- vors,” Silow said. “My mother often discussed there was a great deal of anti-Semitism in Poland before the war. She said most Jews kept to themselves as much as possible. Many survivors talk about being bu...…
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…jews d in the Too Much Stress? Teens find some answers at Adat Shalom workshops. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER tlight o spo “We will explore the open to enrolled Nosh connectedness between & Drash students, other these three elements Adat Shalom teens and and how thinking nega- their friends. On March tively will ultimately lead 5 and 12, Issner will offer to negative behaviors,” workshops to parents in mental health Issner said. ...…
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…jews d in the STRONG women NEED STRONG hearts. Yad Ezra Announces Purim Pasta Shake-Up 2018 Yad Ezra is encouraging synagogues, schools and organizations who offer a megillah reading for Purim to ask attendees to bring boxes of pasta to shake as a gragger each time Haman’s name is mentioned during the service. After the holiday, the pasta will be donated to Yad Ezra for distribution to the food pantry’s 3,000 clients. In addi- tion to t...…
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