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…The Scene A Guide To The Perplexed: The American Jewish Singles Scene . .4...kJ AP' i 44 .-. ....... -0, .... i 4.-- t ) t - / L C C 1- 5 .e■ ■ ;-••••••••• ■■•■•■ •""''.."" MINDY CHARSKI Special to The Jewish News I swear, the Jewish dating scene begins in the first grade. At my day school, teachers made sure we always sat boy-girl- boy-girl, whether going down the slide,. sitting in shul or eating lunch. We were even arran...…
…Ten of them meet Tuesdays and Fridays at the Bagel Shop. They have all been married to the same Jewish men for an average of 25 years. They know some- thing about love and how to make it work, so when they have a name for any of us, we usually give the person a chance. I was surprised one day when a man's voice on my answering machine announced that he was a friend of my mom's friend's cousin's son. He was calling because somewhere down the li...…
…q.0 Guy's Eye View The Last Single Guy sets an example, provides a catharsis, and an I-don't-want-to-be-that-again-ever for married men, and those just contemplating the big I Do. DAVID KUSHNER Special to The Jewish News I 'm in my late 20s, so most of my friends are either married or engaged. Except for one guy. The Last Single Guy. Let's hope he stays that way. With- out him, none of us on the other side would have anyone through whom ...…
…Photo by Bill Hansen U The Woodward Avenue Br ewes looks pretty snazzy from the outside. _c `What's up?' says Lee Benjamin. Randy Sheffman and Gershon Askenazy, partying with Young Friends of Woodward. On The Town Even on work nights, Detroit's young adults are kickin' it at the bar. /— Old friends and new beers: Michelle Rochlen, Howard Rosner, Mark Weintraub and Lori Benedek. T he'Young Friends of Woodward sure can draw a crowd. I...…
…Edith Goodman plays a tune from "Fiddler on the Roof" lUr hatever you do, don't refer to the Jewish Federation Apartments as "an old folks home." Unless you want to anger the residents. "People make that mistake all the time," says Marsha Goldsmith Kamin, the executive director of the JFA. "[Residents] would look at you and say, 'I'm not old.'" In fact, Kamin says, "They are active and vibrant in both their own community within the buildings...…
…Jewish Federation Apartments residents treasure their community within a community. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer KRISTA HUSA Photographer puter room. While there are groups that meet to talk about current events and books, this is the only for- mal class that Hechtman offers. With the group in place, Sklar sits back and watches. Doris Roby and Bertha Son- shine help Dorothy Aaron learn her way around the computer. "It helps if you have a top...…
…Ceil Leiderman and Betty Shepard — have been crocheting for the patients. Gittelman, who just turned 87, has been crocheting for 60 or 70 years. She turns out three.lap robes every week. "For me, it's therapy," she says. "It's enjoyable and relaxing, and I know that we are doing a good deed." Shabbat Candlelighting, Prentis, 4:30.p.m. The week is coming to a close, and many of the residents filter downstairs to the cafeteria to begin prepara...…
…Amber is only moving about 15 miles northwest to Fleischman Apartments, it is enough to bring out most of the Teitel residents to take their turn at the microphone as they, Amber, and building adminis- trator Penny Feldman fight back tears. Irving Adelman, the resident council president, holds off crying long enough to announce that Amber will be honored with a leaf on Teitel's Tree of Life, a gift from the residents. "It was a long, hard deci...…
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…ports BILL COOK NISSAN REAL CARS, AT REAL PRICES Precision Skater Gets The Gold He has a 3.8 grade point average. Ellis, who averaged five points and four rebounds per game, led Hopkins to a 21-7 record and a berth in the NCAA Division III tournament. The Blue Jays lost in the second round to Catholic University of Washington, D.C. This season, Ellis was named the most valuable player in the Blue Jay Classic Tournament hosted by Hopkins and...…
…"When I How many thousands of immigrants to Israel have made that statement? walked across the desert, I thought my Most have surmounted the obstacles. Many have not. For them — like the proud, struggling Jews from Ethiopia — education and jobs are the ticket to fulfillment of their dream of Zion. As Israel observes its 50th anniversary as a reborn nation — a nation that continues to accept the homeless and the destitute, the young and o...…
…More Inside: . FEATURES REVIEWS LISTINGS Meet Grammy Winner David Gorman From "Party of Five" To "Significant Others" Local Author Explores Armenian Genocide times with The IN as Rent, a modern pop-opera ver-- sion of Puccini's La Boheme, gets ready to open at the Fisher Theatre. "I welcome any chance to talk about Jonathan," hen Al Larson meets with new Larson said His mother does not feel the same cast and crew members of the Broadway hit...…
…This Week's Best Bets Tale Spin Unlock your imagination at the 16th annual Detroit Festival of Storytelling held in conjunction with Wayne State University's Communication Week. On Saturday, internationally renowned storyteller Laura Simms, whose great-grand- father was the grand rabbi of Moldavia, conducts a master class at 9 a.m. in WSU's St. Andrew's Hall and presents a family concert from 4-6 p.m. in the David Adamany Library's Bernath A...…
…137 Park St., Chelsea. (734) 475- 7902. Scott Joplin, a musical play about the "King of Ragtime," opens 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at Detroit Repertory Theatre, 13103 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit. Performances contin- ue through May 24. $15. (313) 868- 1347. David Mamet reveals the sinister side of the Hollywood movie industry in Speed-the-Plow, at the WSU Stu- dio Theatre. 8 p.m. Thursday-Satur- day, April 2-4 and 9-11. 2 p.m. Sun- day, April 5....…
…It's Their Party "Party of Five" co-creators Amy Lippman and Chris Keyser add "Significant Others" to their stable of TV dramas. tysomethings are executive produc- ers and co-creators of the hit Fox Special to The Jewish News TV show "Party of Five" and of my Lippman and Chris "Significant Others," which is tem- Keyser sit in a room trying porarily taking over "P05's" 9 p.m. to make sense of episode six time slot on Wednesdays. The duo have ...…
…and that family warmth seeps into projects. A number of "Sisters" episodes dealt with Jewish topics. Keyser believes there is a Jewish sensibility to "Party of Five" as well — even though the Salinger family is not depicted as being Jewish. "That must reflect Amy and me and maybe because the staff is about / 50 percent Jewish. I do think that who I am and who Amy is are reflect- ed in subtle ways — the concern for education, the sticking toget...…
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…RENT STRIKES from page 87 Larson recalled. "He played by ear, and he loved playing. "In high school, they called him 'the piano man' because he loved Billy Joel's music. He had his own theme song and was always pounding away at the [key- board]. He wasn't out playing baseball or rooting for the Mets. "[Music] was his life, and the first time I was aware that he wrote pieces for shows was when he was in college." Later, as Jonathan became mor...…
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…Creative Czar Southfield native David Gorman wins a Grammy. SCOTT GREENBERG Special to The Jewish News T he voice-mail greeting says many things about the man. Backed by music from the motion picture score of an authoritatively jocular Ben Hur, voice booms, "You have reached the office of David Gorman, creative czar of Rhino Records. "He is, aleph, sitting on his throne; bet, holding court elsewhere in the building; or, gimmel, beheading h...…
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…At The Movies Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Not the filmmakers behind "Mrs. Dalloway." DAVID ELLIOTT Special to The Jewish News M rs. Dalloway, playing this weekend at the DIA's Detroit Film Theatre, comes near to perfection in filming Virginia Woolf's novel— close enough to possibly start a spree of Woolf films, to follow the boomlets for E.M. Forster, Henry James and Jane Austen. Vanessa Redgrave was not afraid of Virginia Woolf, nor w...…
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…HILARIOUSIAcant, Homolka, holding up with pride the new hardcover prayerbook, beautifully illustrated with photos of synagogues around the world. "The use of one prayerbook will tremendously promote our efforts to create a unified presence in the region." Besides these major events, the past two years have been filled with earnest, tragic, all the activities and special occasions of an active congregation: bar and bat mitzvahs, baby namings...…
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