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…• JN Contents A Happy Song JNonline.us July 24-30, 2008 21-27 Tammuz 5768 Vol. CXXVIII, No. 25 Nutritionally pea. .ing Shira Ellis, 4, of Oak Park gets into the rhythm of the Israel Scouts' performance at Rothstein Park in Oak Park on July 16. By Barbara Beznos, RD, LD/N Integrated Nutrition, Section A 1.1e S - t i.0 11 : . Dear Bar., - at is the relation- ship between stress and nutrition/diet? Metro Camping In All Temple Israel...…

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…Editor's Letter WOMEN'S EUROPEAN & AMERICAN Brighter Demographic Fortunes D espite claims to the contrary, Jews aren't doomed to become a minority west of the Jordan River, reports a breakthrough study on Jewish-Palestinian demographics. The study has the strength of a well-respected research team behind it. The study compellingly refutes the demographic fatalism relating to Eretz Yisrael, the historic Land of Israel. It exposes Arab misr...…

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…Letters C How to Send Letters ome ono' We prefer letters relating to JN articles. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Letters of 225 words or less are considered first. Longer ones will be subject to trimming. Letter writers are limited in frequency of publication. Letters must be original and contain the name, address and title of the writer and a day phone number. Non-electronic copies must be hand signed. Send letters to the...…

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…Every morning in America, 12,000 baby boomers wake up to discover they're 60 years old. Perhaps 60 is about to happen to you. Or it already has. The sandwich years where you're caught between aging parents, dependent children - and that oncoming retirement you're half- dreading and half-dreaming about. And while 60 is a significant number, at Beaumont we think there are even more significant ones - like your blood pressure, your cholesterol...…

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…Front Lines Menthe NOTEBOOK This Week www.JNonline.us Gone, Not Forgotten Put Your Teen To Work! 0 ld fashioned" ... "Good old days" ... "When I was young." that's not much of concern either.) No matter what the expression, when it is uttered, you can When was the last time anyone saw a handkerchief? I remember be sure that you are about to hear something nostalgic. when we'd go to school with a clean hankie pinned to our shirts. This ...…

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…Metro AROUND TOWN O O Camping In Temple Israel campers make the best of wet weather. Franci Hirsch of Commerce Township plays tug of war. Behind her is husband, Greg. Dana Cohen of Farmington Hills in a race A sum- mer rain storm quickly turned a planned campout on the lawn of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield into an indoor slumber party. About 30 families set up their gear inside the social hall July 19 for the fourth-annual Camp Ima...…

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…MU Jewish Home & Aging Services Present Their Annual Jewish Community Chaplaincy and Guardianship Training Program Training For New Para-Professional Volunteers Tuesday, August 5, 2008 6:30 — 8:30pm Speakers: Carol Rosenberg, Executive Director, Jewish Home & Aging Services Impact Of The Chaplaincy Program On The Community Barbra Giles, LMSW, ACSW, Administrator, Fleischman Residence/Blumberg Plaza Why We Care For Jewish Older Adults Jan...…

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…Metro Holding The Line Federation adopts allocations to help troubled Jewish community. Alan Hitsky Associate Editor T he Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Board of Governors last month approved an allocations report for 2008-09 whose premise is "no family stands alone!' Working with $34 million from the 2008 Annual Campaign and nearly $10 million from challenge funds and endow- ment revenues, the Federation is trying to soften ...…

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…Metro Orchard Lake Fine Art Show July 25-27, 2008 Holding The Line from page A13 related to the April fire at Hechtman H Apartments. The merger of JAS and Jewish Home & Aging Services is expected to be completed by December. The Schools • Yeshivat Akiva enrollment is expected to increase from 309 last year to 313 this year because of a new program for 2-year-olds. Tuition is $7,040-$10,975, a 7.5 percent increase. • Hillel Day School's en...…

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…HERE'S TO Ben Lesnick of West Bloomfield has been awarded a Leader Advancement Scholarship from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant. Selection Lesnick for the four-year, $2,000-per-year scholarship is based on a distin- guished record of leadership and service during high school. Lesnick, the son of Howard and Shari Lesnick of West Bloomfield, is a graduate of Walled Lake Central High School. Leader Advancement Scholars reside in the ...…

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…Ann Arbor Federation New name, leadership; same mission. Ann Arbor T he Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor recently changed its name from the Jewish Federation of Washtenaw County. In doing so, the Federation aims to increase the rec- ognition and stature of the community in national and inter- national forums. In particular, it is Susan Fisher attractive to identify with the core com- munity of Ann Arbor. "Ann Arbor con- jures visions...…

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…World ANALYSIS Your Cellular Superstore/ As tl Expert Recalling 2006 The unlearned lessons of the war against Hezbollah. Question: I want to bring in a used phone that a friend gave me and get service started. Is that possible? Uriel Heilman Jewish Telegraphic Agency Aft$Wer: It's best to begin a new service contract with new equipment to get the most value out of the service and equipment. If you want to use a phone some- one gave y...…

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…I World Iran Divestment State pension dollars won't be invested in companies doing business in Iranian energy sector L "From the day I moved to Regent Street of West Bloomfield, it has felt like home. The staff is kind and they are experts at what they do." - Resident Bea Paul 248.683 .1010 Visitors welcome. Stop by for a tour today! ate last month, both chambers of the Michigan Legislature passed Iran divestment bills, which the go...…

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…'World PRI S ONER SWAP AFTERMATH Abby Maroko, Deep Emotions Prisoner exchange prompts vow to remember. 17, and Rachael Malerman, 17, of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield sit in an old synagogue in Tsfat. Ben Young Special for the Jewish News feeling swept over me two days ago, an emotion that I have not experienced in over a year. As all of you know, Israel's headlining story of the month has been the exchange of two kidnapped Israel ...…

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…......miem•Immomaimmo.immiegaTow World Come for the Lifestyle. PRISONER SWAP AFTERMATH Exchange Backlash Hezbollah swap muddies talks with Hamas over Gilad Shalit. Stay for the Friendships. Come and experience the incredible value and comfort of The Park at Trowbridge. Settle in and feel a genuine sense of belonging and purpose with a diverse set of friends both new and familiar. Our wildly popular LiveWelprogram offers over zoo sche...…

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…40 % 9 4 Petermati For State Representative compared Shalit's situation to that of Ron Arad, an Israeli airman who bailed out over Lebanon in 1986. For the first two years, Arad was held in Lebanon by various militias while Israel deliber- ated over if and how to bargain for his return. Then he disappeared — to Iran, Israel assumes — and the trail went cold. Shalit's family has argued that Hamas eventually could decide to smuggle Shalit ou...…

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…World PRISONER SWAP AFTERMATH Hezbollah's 'Inhumanity' I sraeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were killed in an ille- gal cross-border kidnapping — a Hezbollah terrorist attack — which precipi- tated the outbreak of war between Israel and Hezbollah in July 2006. The Red Cross and the anguished soldiers' families were illegally denied information about them for the past two years. Their bodies were returned to Israel on July 16 i...…

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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us. Editorial Greenberg's View Israel Will Prevail p reitiSmIwitq s7 i - x ca 5tevedognsertfrarart.com F ew of the nation's anniversaries seemed so fraught with danger as its 60th. On the southern frontier, there was violence, and many citizens had been killed. There was evidence some had been executed. In the north, a group that some described as terrorists was demanding more right...…

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…maAiNeher Opinion POINT/COUNTERPOINT Yes: Freeing Killers Encourages Attacks Ron Kehrmann Point Haifa, Israel/JTA I am writing from Israel as my gov- ernment releases terrorists back to Lebanon in exchange for the return of two Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah and for information on the fate of missing Israeli airman Ron Arad. My government made this decision without knowing all the details and the exact price Israel will have t...…

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…OTHER VIEWS Kuntar: Laughing Last? Philadelphia deterrence and appeasement alike, have lost their way. srael has lived 60 years more Appalling as the cabinet decision intensively than any other country. was, worse yet is that neither the Likud Its highs — the resurrec- opposition party nor other leading tion of a 2,000-year-old state in 1948, public Israeli institutions responded history's most lopsided military victory with rage. A shows I...…

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…I Spirituality New Team Effort Reform, Conservative seminaries partner to train clergy. Ben Harris Jewish Telegraphic Agency the expense of the other:' he said. "We're not going to do that." New York T he largest Conservative and Reform seminaries are partner- ing in a rabbinic training pro- gram that officials from both schools say is the first to provide joint instruction to future clergy from different movements. The program, funded...…

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…TORAH PORTION Israel's Only Natural Resource The Brainpower of Its People How To Fulfill Our Obligations As Jews Shabbat Mattot: Numbers 30:2-42; Jeremiah 1:1-2:3. Ann Arbor these obligations inspire might be vastly different from one Jew to the s our biblical ancestors next. But the one reality of our lives were preparing to enter as Jews is that we can never really say, the land of Canaan and to we are clear — we have fulfilled our beg...…

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…Temple and Synagogue Listings Sponsored by TEMPLE ISRAEL CALENDAR Conservative JULY 26 Adat Shalom Synagogue 11 AM, SATURDAY SENIOR SHABBAT SERVICE AND LUNCH. Join us for services and stay for lunch. RSVP by July 21 to Michelle Lichtman at 248-661-5700 or michelle@temple-israel.org . AUGUST 1 7:30 PM, SHABBAT SERVICE UNDER THE STARS. Join us for our beautiful, song filled, outdoor service featuring Shabbat Unplugged. 8:45 PM, I MI AG i...…

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…Kehillat Hatzhav Hagadol (248) 967-3969. Rabbi: Yoel Sperka. Fort Street on Mackinac Island, (906) 847-0963. President, Bob Spitzer. Vice president, Ann Silverman. Services Friday 7:30 p.m. during summer. (Call to verify time.) B'nai Zion Or Tzafon 15250 W. Nine Mile, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 968-2414. Rabbi: Meyer Menashe Feibusch. President: Stuart Newman. Services: Saturday 8:45 a.m.; weekdays Shacharit at sunrise, Minchah at sunset. P....…

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…I Health & Fitness Soccer Stardom 19-year-old forward plays for a national championship. Steve Stein Special to the Jewish News S tephanie Crawford has always been a force on the soccer field. Now she literally is a Force. The high-scoring forward helped the U19 Bloomfield Force team win the United States Youth Soccer Association regional tournament in late June in Rockford, Ill., and earn a berth in four- team national tourna- Stephanie...…

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…Health & Fitness Holistic Healing After many years of conventional nursing practice, Denise Jacob of Birmingham has dedicated her career to holistic healing. In her practice, she combines her nursing background with training in hypnotherapy, energy healing and nutrition counseling to help clients attain their goals. She is a frequent speaker for Gilda's Club and other area busi- nesses and associations. Jacob holds a bachelor's, master's and...…

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…Josh Linkner, founder and CEO of ePr mentors Mason Levey, a member of Bizdom University's first graduating class. Biz Kids Bizdom U breeds entrepreneurs to rev up the Motor City. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News ewish businessman-sports- man Dan Gilbert has an affinity for large cities. In his speeches, the chairman of Quicken Loans-Rock Financial often tells of his father's suc- cessful restaurant in Detroit and how he enjoyed vi...…

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…Business & Professional ON THE COVER Biz Kids from page B1 Dan Gilbert's Entrepreneurial And Civic Spirit Bizdom University is important to its students, the city of Detroit and entre- preneur Dan Gilbert; but it's almost a sideline for Gilbert, who launched his sales career as a youngster in Southfield, selling homemade pizza, candy, pots and pans and power tools to friends and neighbors. Under Rock Enterprises, an umbrella entity, Gilber...…

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…Arts & Entertainment Summer In The City The Wackness, set in 1994 NYC, tells an edgy, bittersweet and funny coming-of-age story. The Wackness' Shapiro family: Talia Balsam as Mrs. Shapiro, Josh Peck as Luke Shapiro and David Wohl as Mr. Shapiro. Michael Fox Special to the Jewish News osh Peck got his show-biz start doing stand-up comedy when he was 8, then segued into acting in his early teens. Now 21, his career is in high gear, and his ...…

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…Arts & Entertainment &About Pretty Amazing Neil After 40 years of making music with a multilayered sound — hits like "Sweet Caroline:' "Song Sung Blue and "Love on the Rocks" — singer- Neil Diamond songwriter Neil Diamond worked with producer Rick Rubin to create his 2005 critically acclaimed album, 12 Songs. Diamond and Rubin teamed up once again for 2008's Home Before Dark, another CD of pared-down, back-to-basics Diamond-written tunes th...…

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…Congratulate your Maccabi star athelete with an ad in the JN Call 248.351.5107 to place an ad today! Congrat s! Ads will be placed next to our Maccabi coverage! 5cuiviSktkA a nd a dreamrue. On having Making it corne t Good luck on your event. Ntt our Larry Moss in his 1932 Ford hot rod Car Connoisseur Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News W hen top-of-the-line antique and collector cars come together at this year's Meadow Brook...…

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…Arts & Entertainment CtlicINE and Sushi "Bar Material Minimalist Open Daily Lunch 11 :30ffin — 2pm Dinner 5:30pm — 1 Opm An exhibit of Ruth Adler Schnee's modernistic textile designs comes to the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. Closed Sundays Law selection of Japanese Beep & Full sem box 29555 Northwestern Hwy Southfield, MI 48034 Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News L 248-355-1882 I www.issa-restaurant.com Siegero Det a...…

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…Arts & Entertainment THE BEST OF EVERYTHING Watch That Kabob! Take a gander at the grilling at Cafe Kabob's open-style kitchen. T here are two unique styles that seem to set it off from others even though such restaurants may serve much of the same fare ... Cafe Kabob on Evergreen between 10 and 11 Mile, City Center Plaza, Southfield, is more than just another Mediterranean restau- rant. At lunchtime, even the regular dine-in service is d...…

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…E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication Check It Out! Arts 6, Culture Discuss and hear a review of Sarah Gruen's Water for Elephants 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, July 28, at Davidson Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield. Sponsor is the Book Disc...…

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