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…LONNY GOLDSMITH AND JONATHAN FRIENDLY StaffWriter and News Editor he Jewish Community Center is facing a budget deficit greater than it antici- pated when it started its cur- rent major building campaign, and it is weighing program cuts at both its West Bloomfield and Oak Park facilities. The cuts would be in addition to the already announced elimination of the infant and toddler day care services at Oak Park, a step that the JCC said would s...…
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…Israel to plant trees on Palestinian soil as Detroiters green up Jewish homeland. ROBERT A. SKLAR Editor Modiin, Israel s Michigan's third group of Miracle Mission tourists to Israel planted 370 saplings in the Ben-Shemen Forest on erev Yom HaZikaron on Monday, for- mer Prime Minister Shimon Peres told them that Israel will plant a million trees in the homelands of its Palestinian neighbors as an olive branch toward lasting peace. "The green...…
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