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…JN Contents Let The Games Begin! JNonline.us July 23-29, 2009 2-8 Av 5769 Vol. CXXXV, No. 25 Nutritionally . , Speaking ' Australian golfer Roy Vandersluis, proudly carries his country's flag By Barbara Beznos, as he marches into the opening ceremony at Ramat Gan Stadium in Integrated Nutrition, LLC Israel Monday for his record ninth consecutive Maccabiah Games. ues- tion: Federation's New CEO A9 Dear Bar , 'sit true that caffeine ...…
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…The Insider N E \IV & VIEWS WOM EN'S EUROPEAN & AMERICAN DESIGNER - — - - - 11111111111111 ___,Iikanissaeicatiolii_ hile anti-Semitism has not disappeared, Jews living in America enjoy religious liberties that few Jewish communities in history have experienced. We have attained economic and educational success, and have risen to the highest echelons of political power. So says Rabbi Jill Jacobs in a thoughtful political essay distribu...…
…Front Lines JEWISH RENAISSANCE DitaEST DETROIT JEW1 M 13 f OPHS Class Of 1969 Gathers ore than 300 of the 500 mem- bers of Oak Park High School's Class of 1969 attended out a 40th reunion held July 4 at the Somerset Inn in Troy. Classmates came from all over the U.S. and the world, including Lisa Goodman Pomeroy, who traveled from Australia, and the class's exchange student Astrid Lindbergh from Sweden. Ken Korotkin of Birmingham and Len...…
…ANNOUNCING THE 2 0 0 9 SHENKMAN FELLOW THE JACK & MIRIAM SHENKMAN CAREGIVING FELLOWSHIP TEAM The Jack & Miriam Shenkman Caregiving Fellowship Team is a skill building program to train and develop the best and the brightest in end-of-life care. A Shenkman Fellow is known as a leader in end-of-life care, both locally and throughout the nation. Shenkman Fellows will be top-notch professionals who dedicate their careers to end-of-life care fo...…
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…Metro Balancing Change And Stability Native Detroiter Scott Kaufman to lead Federation as CEO. S cott Kaufman, 43, has been named CEO of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, replacing Robert P. Aronson, who held the position for the past 20 years. Kaufman will assume the role as CEO in the fall. As previously announced, Aronson will continue his role as CEO through the fall and assist with the transition. After the transition, Ar...…
…Metro Coping With The Crisis We think nothing of driving half an hour to a good restaurant, but we'll settle for a hospital that's right around the corner. As long as your health insurance allows you to go anywhere, maybe you shouldn't confine yourself to the neighborhood. Because this isn't dinner, this is your life. Year after year, the people of Southeast Michigan have rated Beaumont as their most preferred hospital. Most preferred for...…
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…Metro Broadening Horizons Oakland U.'s Judaic Studies Program now includes classes in Israel. Robin Schwartz Special to the Jewish News W ithin hours of touching down in Israel for the first time, Julia Hunko, 20, of Sterling Heights was right at home: tak- ing in the breathtaking view from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv and by nightfall, enjoying dinner out with friends at a falafel stand. "I've only been here two days a...…
…'Terns u pscaLe. - say say price THe James Olekszyk of Shelby Township, Julia Hunko of Sterling Heights, THC TaGS OTHCTWISC Danielle Bluford and Michael Brown, both of West Bloomfield to find the presumed second gate," said Pytlik."Our group worked long and hard and the students did a tre- mendous job. By the end of our all- too-brief week, we managed to find what appears to be the outline of the city gate, which is very similar, thus f...…
…Metro AROUND TOWN Cruisirf For A. Cause Mentor Connection supporters enjoy a night of boating on the Detroit River. Norm Keane, Jewish Family Service executive director, of West Bloomfield and Michael Colton of Franklin and Judy Stern of Pontiac, event co-chairs Adam Orley of Bloomfield Township I t was decades ago when life took a dramatic turn for Dr. Kenneth Colton of _inn Arbor. When he was just 8, his father died. But, Colton, now...…
…I World Israel Bound Automation Alley, Michigan Israel Business Bridge among trade mission hosts. Robert Sklar Editor V iewing Israel as "a haven for research and development," a coalition of business sponsors will host a trade mission to the Jewish state this fall in a bid to lure new business to Southeast Michigan. Stops on the Oct.23-29 mission include Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa, three of Israel's largest cities. Southeast Michigan...…
…rid American Heritage Abroad Commissioner Rotter helps restore Lithuania's largest Jewish cemetery. Dorie Shwedel Special to the Jewish News H arriet B. Rotter, a Franklin family law attorney, was appointed by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad in 2003. Rotter had no idea what she was getting into. Founded in 1985 at the behest of Holocaust survivors and children of sur- vivor...…
…Red Tape Converts who immigrate to Israel find new roadblocks to citizenship. Dina Kraft Jewish Telegraphic Agency Critics say the new rules are too stringent, making it harder than ever for converts to immigrate to Israel. Supporters say the new rules are meant to separate genuine converts from those seeking a quick path to Israeli citizenship. Tel Aviv M ., a 35-year-old American woman who has been liv- ing an Orthodox lifestyle for ye...…
…World ROUNDUP Demjanjuk Indicted Berlin/JTA — Convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk was formally charged with being an accessory to the mur- der of 27,900 Jews. The Munich State Prosecutor on July 13 issued the indictment accusing Demjanjuk of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor death camp in Poland. Trial date has been set for mid-October. John The 89-year-old retired Demjanjuk autoworker, who has spent most of the ...…
…A G reat Place toy tamp Season Iti Diplomacy is a weak tool; action needed, says scholar. Jim Colbert and Sophie Allweis Special to the Jewish News A merica cannot wait any longer and must act against Iran, declared a Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs scholar before an audience on June 25 at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills. An advocate of deci- sive, strong action, Dr. Michael Ledeen, on the Washington- b...…
…Maccabiah athletes found Jewish pride, not just sport, at Games. Israeli Scouts carried the Rags of nations into Ramat Gan Stadium on'July 13, at the Maccabiah opening ceremonies. Dina Kraft Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tel Av iv S ingrig"Shalom Aleichem:' the group of ,ciaccabiah athletes ushered in Shabbat together at a brightly lit hotel dining hall, their Hungarian, Spanish, Finnish and British accents momentarily melting into a unified...…
…NEWS Leverage Photo by D in a Kra ft Trading a settlement freeze for action on Iran, Arab ties. Leslie Susser Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem T he fact that Israel and the United States have yet to reach an agreement on Jewish settlement growth in the West Bank is as much a question of wider Middle East concerns as about the settlement issue itself. The Americans have made clear that they see a freeze on settlement construction as a...…
…World Lining Up At White House, U.S. Jews offer little resistance to Obama policy on settlements. Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington T op Jewish organizational leaders expressed support for President Obama's Middle East peace strat- egies at a White House meeting last week but said the president must do a better job of showing he expects hard work from all sides, not just Israel. Obama's meeting July 13 with 16 Jewish lead...…
…among American children. Also present at the meeting were representatives of Americans for Peace Now, the Orthodox Union, the United Jewish Communities, Hadassah, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and the American Jewish Committee. Participants said the meeting, at a round table in the White House's Roosevelt Room, was relaxed and friendly. "The comfort level was mag- nificent; there were no no...…
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…Hot Works Presents Orchard Lake Fine Art Show TORAH PORTION July 24-26, 2009 Reward Suit Task Shabbat Hazon (Parshat Devarim): Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22; Isaiah 1:1-27. I n the fifth book of the Torah, Deuteronomy, Moses prepares the Jewish nation for their entry into the promised land. In the course of his words, he recounts the events that trans- pired over the last 40 years as the people journeyed through the desert. "And God said to me, ...…
…TEMPLE ISRAEL Temple Israel inincinE invites young adult women (ages 2 I -40) for an evening of fun! Jews & Jeans Conservative Adat Shalom Synagogue 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Aaron Bergman, Herbert Yoskowitz, Rachel Lawson Shere. Cantor: Daniel Gross. Rabbi emeritus: Efry Spectre. Ritual director: Barry Lippitt. Services: Friday 6 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m., 8:45 p.m.; week- days 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m. Sun...…
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…I Spirituality Synagogues from page A27 A Taste Of Melton The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education will hold a Florence Melton Adult Mini-School "Taste of Melton" infor- mational session. Sample lessons will be held 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield Twp., and 9:30- 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfi...…
…h & Fitness WELLNESS ON THE CO Elusive disorder brings disproportionate, lengthy pain to ordinary injuries. Ronelle Grier Special to the Jewish News L auren Kunin expected to spend her first year as a teenager doing the things most girls her age enjoy: going to b'nai mitzvah parties, shopping, having sleepovers with her friends. She didn't expect to be derailed by a disorder known as RSD, or Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Lauren developed ...…
…I Health & Fitness WELLNESS / ON THE COVER Searching For Answers from page A29 such as a broken bone. The signs and symptoms of the disorder vary, but the common feature is pain that is per- sistent and intense. About 80 percent of the cases occur in females. "There are many theories, but we don't really know why it happens," said Dr. Gary Chodoroff, a Bingham Farms physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabili- tation as well a...…
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…Health & Fitness WELLNESS c Jai Adat Shalom to host healthcare fest. Carolyn Krieger-Cohen Special to the Jewish News F Elaine Grohman Debbie Lim Rabbi Rachel Shere Dr. Stacey Francis A32 ...juiy 23 • 2009 financial peace, living green, holistic health, fun fitness programs and inner happiness will be the focus of the first Enrichment & Wellness Festival, a free community event being held Sunday, July 26, at Adat Shalom Synagogue...…
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…Health Care from page C2 budget included approximately S600 billion that over the course of a decade would help pay for the health care over- haul. The total cost of the expansion is projected at more than S1 trillion. The president has welcomed input and asked that every idea be considered. In that spirit, we put forth our core principles: • People should have universal access to health services, so that every indi- vidual and family can hav...…
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…Arts & Entertainment Bey Watct, Reel in many flicks of Jewish interest at Traverse City Film Festival. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News A dam Elliot, an Australian writer- director who has developed award-winning animated films, creates characters whose problems are instantly apparent and whose finer quali- ties take time to know. Mary and Max, his new feature-length animated clavmation film, follows the lives of pen pals Mary...…
…I Arts & Entertainment Ke P Into Gershw:s Pianist Jeffrey Siegel is DSO's guest soloist at Meadow Brook Music Festival concert. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News p ianist Jeffrey Siegel and Detroit Symphony Orchestra conduc- tor Leonard Slatkin have teamed many times to perform an all-Gershwin program, but they have not brought the concert to the Meadow Brook Music Festival until now. "Gershwin Galore," which features piano ...…
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…_ a E-mail ite. Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • Subscribe to the Opus 9 Series of the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, whose fall season begins with the American String Quartet and cellist Lynn Harrell on Saturday, Sept. 12. Call for www...…
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