…MEMOS Jay and Becky Levine were never happy with the deck on the home they built four years ago. It was too small. It was high maintenance. It wasn't what they wanted so, they called Gittleman Construction, Inc. "I love their work," said Becky. "They brought out their team and were really helpful." Abel Salzenstein The Detroit firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP has named several new partners. Among them are Jason Silver R. Abel...…
…Spirituality Intermarriage Debate Just how big a factor is it with Generation Y? Sue Fishkoff Jewish Telegraphic Agency San Francisco I ntermarriage: Disaster for the Jews, not great for the Jews or simply a fact of Jewish life? Ever since the 1990 National Jewish Population Study showed more than half of new Jewish marriages involve a non- Jewish partner, many Jewish communal leaders have latched onto the issue with pitbull tenacity — a...…
…bickfordseniortiving.com "Home is where you lay your head." Intermarriage from page A28 Philanthropies study comes into play. Gil Preuss, vice president for strategy and planning, says the organization is less interested in debating research methods than in examining the real effect of community investment in outreach and Jewish education in Boston. The CJP caused a stir in November 2006 when it released a study by the Steinhardt Institute ...…
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…DETROIT JEWISH !NEWS eens Cody Farber. 17. a Walled Lake Central senior, checks out a 2008 Hyundai Tiburon at Glassman Auto Group in Southfield. T2T staff photo by Jessica Polk teens and their wheels Driving brings excitement, freedom — and challenges. By Seth Samuels n December 1963, Bruce Milen was driving his mom's car when he found himself implanted in the rear end of the car in front of him. A new driver, Milen received an early ...…
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