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…Telescci riousales excluded, vsititrilupplies last) N 7350 Highland Rd. (M-59), Waterford U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, right, greets Rabbi Leonardo Bitran of the Shaarey Zedek Briai Israel Center at the July 4th ceremony at which the 39-year-old, Chilean-born spiritual leader became a U.S. citizen. CONSERVATIVE AHAVAS ISRAEL (GRAND RAPIDS) 2727 Michigan St. SE, Grand Rapids, 49506-1297, (616) 949-2840. Rabbi: David J.B. Krishef. Cantor: Stuart ...…
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…Torah Portion Torah Observance And Our Survival any of its laws or by requiring more than the Torah requires. Either extreme is a denial of the divinity of the Torah and authentic Judaism. As the verses themselves proclaim, "Those that keep the Torah survive as Jews." These verses, as well as many others in the Torah, make it very clear that n this week's Torah portion, the ideal is for the Jewish people to Moshe exhorts the people live this...…
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…The .VaintinEs Of B en Shahn • to it tt • Wooiisto* ri 1-11 j`i ni rT9 r Then And Now 0 Music Makin' Mama Ann Rabson sings the blues this weekend at the Belleville Music Festival. AUDREY BECKER Special to the Jewish News 14' ragging doesn't come easy to Ann Rabson, co-founder of the renowned trio Saffire — The Uppity Blues Women. When another member of the group suggested she write a song in the blues bragging genre, Rabson wa...…
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…COMMON MAN, MYTHIC VISION: The Paintings of Be n Shahn Calendar JULY 25- OCTOBER 31 The Irish Tenors appear Tuesday at the Palace of Auburn Hills. CLASSICAL No-rEs The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with Jaime Laredo conducting and on violin, performs Handel and With Fireworks 8 p.m. Vivaldi Friday, July 23, at Meadow Brook Music Festival. Soloists perform Baroque-era music, ending with Handel's Royal Fireworks Music over- ture and a pyrot...…
…The Paintings Of Ben Shahn C0111111011 SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News en Shahn's painting East Side Soap Box (on the cover of - this week's Jewish News) was not intended in any way to be a self-portrait, but it captures the essence of the artist who completed it. In the rendering, a study for part of a large mural done for Jersey Homesteads, a homesteading commu- nity established to house Jewish gar- ment workers relocated fro...…
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…■ MUSIC MAICII I' from page 73 What makes Rabson's skill even more astonishing is her do-it-yourself approach to musical training. "I don't read music. I totally play by ear," she confesses. "I haven't even taken lessons ... I don't seem to take direction well." But when it comes to pursuing a career in music, Rabson displays no lack of direction. While raising a daughter, she teamed up with her gui- tar student, Gaye Adegbalola, and they be...…
…On Woodstock 99 weekend, a look back at Woodstock '69 and the yeshiva kid who sang at the greatest rock show of them all. R JONATHAN MARK Special to the Jewish News oute 17 had seen some legendary traffic jams but nothing like this. Catskill-bound cars were being parked along the highway shoulders and then in the lanes of the highway itself. • Drivers got out and started walk- ing. It was a hot August, 30 years ago this summer, and along w...…
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…4.M.Apn, 00104,.,„ NO MORE KID STUFF from page 85 idea of community and the idea of — things that are really strong in my family. I find that's always sort of a constant search in my music." That search has led him to his lat- est album, Breathing Tornadoes (Grand Royal). The seven years since his first adolescent recordings with Noise Addict (with fellow band members Romy Hoffman, Saul Smith and Daniel Kohn) and Breathing Tornadoes r —s. e...…
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