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…State Of The JCC The new Center Fitness Club at the West Bloomfield JCC. Annual meeting looks at life after major renovation is completed. SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer W ship had been as low as 3,322. After renovation, the JCC surpassed its membership target of 3,800. At 4,069, it's the highest in three years, with revenue from membership dues going from 16 to 19 percent since last year. Of that membership, said JCC Executive Director Da...…
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…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones Victory Lessons SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN SPEAKS I t was a hot April afternoon, well into an emotionally and physically draining trip to This is a man who's Israel. But none of the Jewish visitors from a visionary on the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Toledo seemed to world stage, but mind. We were at the Davidson Center, at the his- treasures his toric Tem...…
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…Beth S om Marks 50 Y Jared Freernan, 4, of - Madison Heights waits fbr a ride on Thomas the Train. Members and friends of Congregation Beth Shalom cele- brated the synagogue's 50th anniversary with a Jubilee Celebration on June 6. In addition to sharing Beth Shalom memories, the fun included a bouncy moonwalk, face painting, train rides and a "dunk the clergy" tank. — Photos by Brett Mountain More photos: www.detroitjewishnews.com 1. *....…
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…Torah Portion / Synagogues More Is Expected Of The Righteous Shabbat Chukat: Numbers 19: 1-22: 1; Judges 11:1-33. T his week's sedrah contains something that has puzzled interpreters of the Bible throughout the centuries. The Hebrew people, journeying through the desert, complain of thirst. God tells Moses to gather the people around a great rock. He commands • him to speak to it and bring forth water from it. When the people assemble, Mos...…
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