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…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...…
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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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