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…The Business Outlook Fed actions and the Big 3 will lead the summer turnaround. GEORGE DILA Special to the Jewish News A s the auto industry goes, so goes Detroit. It has been that way for decades, according to David Littmann, senior vice president and chief economist at Comerica Bank. "It can be our trump card in good times, but an albatross in bad times." Littmann says 8 percent of the area's workforce is involved in vehicle manufacturin...…
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…t that's not bad. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News he late actress Bette Davis could sum up the outlook for the American auto- motive industry this year with a para- phrase of her famous comment in the 1950 movie All About Eve: "Fasten your seat belts — we're in for a long and bumpy ride." Going along on that ride are several Detroit area Jewish auto dealers and automotive suppli- ers, who, at this point, are unsure of the destina- t...…
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…THE KAUFMAN GROUP AND BURNS & WILCOX SPECIALTY INSURANCE MAKES THIS BUSINESS SPECIAL Kaufman Group subsidiaries, including Royal Premium (premium financing) and Burns & Wilcox Re (reinsurance brokerage), provide ancil- lary products and services to form a vertically inte- grated source for its client base. en Herbert W. Kaufman first began selling Company executives — including the elder insurance nearly 40 years ago, he provided Kaufman and...…
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…THE DORFMAN CHAPEL FAMILY HELPING FAMILIES The Dorfman family has been helping local Jewish families deal with loss for over 30 years. n Tuesday, February 6, 2001, Alan and Jonathan Dorfman, with the help of more than 250 family and friends, dedicated the new Dorfman Chapel in Farmington Hills. It took a team to make this project happen: developers, attorneys, architect, designer, accountants, an art gallery, builders and the bank. Everyone...…
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…Tateh and the little girl are Latvian Jewish emigres in the New World. transformation." Arima said he continuously goes back to Doctorow's novel and finds something new — a little more insight on a character or a moment that he relays to the actors. In this vein, he said, Ragtime's message is contempo- rary, even though the show is set about 100 years ago. "That's what keeps me involved in so many ways — the show breathes hope for change and ...…
…At The Movies It's Oscar Time! Oscar nominations have a Jewish flavor. TOM TUGEND Jewish Telegraphic Agency A film on the Nazi-era rescue of refugee children, most of them Jewish, is one of five nominees for an Oscar in the docu- mentary feature category. on April 2. See next week's Jewish News for an inter- view with the filmmakers.) The Kindertransport film also traces the children's reception in Great Britain and their lives after th...…
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…Wonderful Waltzes Hitler's love for "The Merry Widow" helped save the life of its composer's Jewish wife. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News IV hen members of the Gestapo knocked on the door of the great Hungarian composer Franz Lehar, living in Nazi- dominated Austria, they came to take away his Jewish wife, Sophie. But Lehi"- had friends in high places, and a phone c211 saved her, because Hitler himself admired Lehar's music, espec...…
