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…metro Reachin Out Shaarey Zedek hold town hall meeting about Rabbi Krakoff's exit, shul's future. Shaarey Zedek Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor C lose to 600 members of Congregation Shaarey Zedek filled a social hall at the Southfield synagogue July 15 for a "town hall" meet- ing regarding the board's decision to sign a separation agreement with its senior rabbi, Joseph H. Krakoff. Krakoff has been at Shaarey Zedek for 16 year...…
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…metro Israel Emissaries Ties to Metro Detroit keep them coming back. "The Detroit community is family. There is no other word to describe it." Vivian Henoch Special to the Jewish News I t must be beshert (meant to be). The intertwining paths, the close ties, the circles of friends and fam- ily that have brought Eviatar Baksis and Liraz Cohen back to Michigan to serve together as Israeli emissaries to Jewish Detroit are far too numerous ...…
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…oints of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Editorial Brenda Lawrence Preferred In Strong Primary Field B y most measures, the Aug. 5 Democratic primary for the opportunity to serve Michigan's 14th Congressional District is a rerun of 2012: The gerrymandered district, con- structed with 2010 census data by the Republican-controlled state legisla- ture, is overwhelmingly Democratic, majority African-American and snakes thro...…
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