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…JN Contents thejewishnews.corn Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2010 13-19 Shevat 5770 Vol. CXXXVI, No. 26 Dr. King's Legacy Marcia Ferstenfeld presides over the Temple Emanu-El Judaica table at Southfield's observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday on Jan. 18. She's a member of the Oak Park synagogue. The Buy • Sell • Rent • Renovate Mortgage • Manage • Invest Jewish community was well represented at the celebration. Special Report ...…
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…..soraimmmump. Opinion A MIX OF IDEAS Dry Bones T r gEnfi l Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . George Cantor's Reality Check column will return next week. In Search Of Safer Skies I n the wake of the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt against a Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit, the question echoes loud and clear: Should Israel be a model for U.S. airport security? It may well be. For years, Israel's Ben-Gurion Int...…
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…MSU prepares grads for jobs—and life In the face of expanding economic challenges and a which demands that they be flexible and This is the second column in a series in tightening job market, Michigan State University entrepreneurial in the rapidly evolving global which Charles Salmon, the Ellis N. graduates are proving they are well prepared and in economy, according to MSU's latest Recruiting Trends Brandt Endowed Chair in Public d...…
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…1 Spirituality Jewish Arbor Day Tu b'Shevat: new year of the trees. Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News • What are the rules? This year, Tu b'Shevat occurs on Shabbat, so we do not recite the elegy, Av Harachamim, that (in Ashkenazi liturgy) partly concludes the Shacharit (morning) service. Also at the end of the Mincha (afternoon) service, do not recite the three verses that begin Tzidkat-cha. What does it mean? Shevat is a m...…
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…Arts & Entertainment The Cheap How two middle-class civil servants amassed a world-class art collection. Allison Hoffman Special to the Jewish News 50x50 See part of the Vogel collection in Ann Arbor. New York (Tablet) T he bathroom wall of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel's rent-stabilized apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where they have lived since 1963, happens to have been decorated years ago with a pencil drawing by the artist S...…
…Arts & Entertainment Interpreting The Natural World Artist's work will by on display in one-woman show at Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News M ichele Oka Doner, a university student and artist during her 18 years in Michigan, has a con- tinuing professional presence in the state and will be the subject of an upcoming exhibit to recognize the range of her work. "Spirit and Form: ...…
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