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…Interested in joining BBYO?!?! Come to our #RushAZABBG Program Sunday, January 29 th from 2:00-4:00 PM at the WB JCC No Charge to Attend *Every chapter will host a short program for you to get to know them. *Travel from room to room with others checking out BBYO. *Ask questions *Then choose which one is right for you! If you have any questions, or need more information, please contact Katie Fried at kfried@bbyo.org or 248-432-5685. 00...…
…jews d & in the faces More than 200 children and adults of all ages enjoyed an afternoon of volunteering at Adat Shalom in December. The enthusiastic participants produced 120 homemade dog biscuits, 100 dog toys, 15 bags of supplies for the Michigan Animal Rescue League and Pets for Vets, 60 bag lunches for the homeless, 18 fleece blankets, seven new-baby baskets, 30 scarves for clients of the Hope Hospitality House and Warming Center, 36 c...…
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…jews d in the Great Scott! New apartment building in Midtown Detroit wows a crowd at grand opening. ROBIN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Scott at Brush Park is located at 3150 Woodward Ave. For details, visit thescottdetroit.com or call (313) 818-3703. A stunning glass fireplace cast a warm glow; there was live music, food and drinks, and cozy furniture to sit on — but a steady stream of guests kept wandering outside on a 19-degree De...…
…Please join us as a taster at Temple Shir Shalom’s Seventh Annual Chicken Soup Cook-Off Light One Candle Project Temple Emanu-El collected dozens of Chanukah gifts as part of its Light One Candle project with Jewish Family Service. The Social Action Committee coordinated the project that involved many congregational families so that many in our community could enjoy a joyous Chanukah. • F OR ADVANCED T ICKET P URCHASE P LEASE C ALL 248...…
…jews d in the Sign Of The Times Architect’s “transgender” transit shelter needs a home. JOYCE WISWELL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS T ransgendered” was the last thing on Alexander Pollock’s mind when he designed a bus shelter more than three decades ago. In fact, he didn’t even know what the word meant — and when he looked it up in the dictionary, it wasn’t there. This was back in the 1970s, when the federal gov- ernment offered to fund new...…
…Honorees: Jesse Arm, David Rabens, Pete Hoekstra, Eugene Greenstein and Ed Kohl. ZOA-MI’s Balfour Celebration The Zionist Organization of America, Michigan Region celebrat- ed its 82nd annual Balfour Dinner on Dec. 4 at Adat Shalom Synagogue with about 250 people attending. Dr. Eugene Greenstein and Dr. David Rabens were given Israel Lifetime Achievement Awards. Greenstein was ZOA-MI president for six years and continues to advo- cate for Is...…
…for college students by college students Jan. 26. 2017/ 28 Tevet 5777 VOLUME 8, NO. 1 Meet Michigan SWU Fellows T Israel Advocacy StandWithUs training helps bring Israel in focus for Jewish, non-Jewish students. Allison Egrin and Sebastian Parra, StandWithUs Central Region campus coordinator, at Handprints4Peace at Grand Valley State University Allison Egrin } jewish@edu writer I became a StandWithUs Emerson Fellow because I wanted t...…
…Hillel Happenings GVSU’s Pink Shabbat For Breast Cancer illel at Grand Valley State University gathered for a Pink Shabbat last semester to raise breast cancer awareness on campus. A few students from Michigan State University came to help the cause, too. Gift of Life Campus Ambassadors ran a bone marrow registration cheek swab drive. Gift of Life is an international public bone marrow and blood stem cell registry. Through its life-saving wo...…
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…torah portion United As One E Parshat Vayera: Exodus 6:2-9:35; (Shabbat Rosh Chodesh) Numbers 28:9-15; Isaiah 66:1-66:24. very successful nation, organi- zation or country usually has only one leader. In the Tanach, we find that every generation had one leader: Joshua, King Saul, King David, etc. In the United States, it’s the president, in Israel the prime minister; they make the final deci- sions. Any entity with two partners often exper...…
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…business & professional New Leadership NANOMEDICINE is HUGE . So are the returns from an AFHU Hebrew University Gift Annuity. Hadas Bernard tapped to head Michigan Israel Business Bridge. H Hadas Bernard adas Bernard has been named executive director of the Michigan Israel Business Bridge (MIBB), a nonprofit organization focused on expanding manufacturing, technology, research and development, distribution and invest- ment between Mich...…
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…arts&life theater Pumbaa The Great PHOTO BY JOAN MARCUS Nick Cardileone as Timone and Ben Lipitz as Pumbaa Dashaun Young as Simba SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Get to know the man behind the warthog. details The Lion King runs Feb. 1-26, at the Detroit Opera House. Tickets start at $25. (313) 872-1000; broadwayindetroit.com. 50 January 26 • 2017 I t’s been more than 5,000 performances of The Lion King for Ben Lipitz, and he...…
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…bridal A Jewish Wedding, Bollywood-style Michigan meets Mumbai at this culturally rich celebration. TAMI TARNOW-JOSEPH SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ABOVE: Norman and Tami take to the dance floor in Mumbai for a Bollywood dance number. 60 January 26 • 2017 C ranberry-brown lines swirled around my hands and feet, my beloved’s name hidden discreetly in the henna tattooed on my finger. Exhausted, but not ready to sleep, I hugged my new husba...…
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…bridal THE RECEPTION As the ceremony came to a close, we stood together in front of the Torahs, and Norman left a small donation in the open ark before stopping at the mezuzah on the way out. Outside, fireworks exploded, lighting up the sky, wel- coming and celebrating us. We entered our reception, held outside at a school campus, in a blaze of glory as sparklers shot fire over our heads and confetti explosions rained down. After feeding the ...…
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…G a rden P art artyy JOYCE WISWELL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS BY SAM WOLSON AND MAX COLLINS L aura Flusty has just one regret about her marriage to Jake Smilovitz: She wishes there were more pictures. She has a video and hundreds of images (shot by two photojournalist friends, one of whom flew in from Kenya), but “I wish I had even more because I just want to remember it more,” says Flusty of her May 28, 2016, wedding day. The ...…
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