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…metro >> around town Growing Business N Annual Dinner y ad Ezra's 24th annual fund- raising dinner was held Oct. 6 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Rabbi Harold Loss of Temple Israel gave the invoca- tion and Rabbi Joseph Krakoff intro- duced honorees Anita and Bob Naftaly of West Bloomfield. Diane Klein pre- sented the Diane and (the late) Emery Klein Volunteer of the Year award to Mel Hersh. Approximately 460 people attended...…
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…oints of view >> Send letters to: Ietters@thejewishnews.com Editorial Israel Speeds Push For Jewish Religious Pluralism T he question of who is a Jew through the lens of Israel's Orthodox-controlled Chief Rabbinate continues to pulsate, ironically causing lingering religious turmoil in the Jewish state. Notably, the Israeli govern- ment has stepped up to help extend access to the conversion process, which is at the epicenter of the disput...…
…Jewish Middle from page 26 to Jewish life — must be nurtured and expanded. It may be gratifying that almost all Jews feel proud to be Jewish, as Pew reported, but it does little for the vitality of Jewish communal endeavors if they fail to participate actively in some form of collective Jewish life. How are we to counter these alarming trends? Research conduct- ed in recent decades demonstrates that effective Jewish engagement endeavors share...…
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