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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Ask Attorney Ken Gross about… for openers Fingers, Feet & Treats To Eat A fellow fifth-grader once told me that he hated going to his grandmother’s house because it smelled like mothballs. I loved going to visit both of my grand- mothers because their houses always smelled like something wonderful was happening in the kitchen. What’s more, at my mother’s mother’s house, I didn’t hav...…
…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com commentary Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us Rabbis Urge Congress to Keep Guns Out Of Hands Of Convicted Abusers F. Kevin Browett Chief Operating Officer kbrowett@renmedia.us | Editorial By the Clergy Task Force of Jewish Women’s International I n the well-known story from the open- ing chapters of Genesis,...…
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…Harvey, Janis and Rob Eisman live outside Flint, but own a business in the city. Janis says Flint’s water problem is “everybody’s problem.” Myra White lived in Flint for 50 should be tested for lead in her system. years and was a member of Temple The answer was yes, and she will do Beth El before moving to West that. Bloomfield several months ago. While William Bernard, a retired fam- the water did not motivate the move, ily practice physicia...…
…metro » continued from page 13 Water For Flint Local efforts yield tons of bottled water; you still can help. M Ashley Musser of the Flint Jewish Federation uses bottled water to make coffee. lead can reside in the nervous system.” Getting involved in solving problems associated with the water crisis is the anti-stress advice of Cheri Dickinson, a social worker and therapist with Oakland Psychological Clinic treating Flint residents. “St...…
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