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…jews d in the Champion Of Human Rights Yale Law School honors Michigan native Jim Silk for human rights advocacy. Jim Silk with his son Jonah, wife Jean and daughter Kira 12 December 28 • 2017 jn SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER W hat does it mean to be a leading human rights advocate in the unstable, violent world of 2017? Some would find it an impossible mission, but Professor James J. Silk, 70, who grew up in Lansing, “never bem...…

…Jim Silk and his brother, Spencer Silk An Indirect Path Jim, 70, and his brother Spencer, a West Bloomfield resident, grew up in Lansing. Their late father, Leonard Silk, was an engineer at General Motors and their late mother, Dorothy, was a housewife who was involved in Jewish and other causes. Jim graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in econom- ics in 1969 and later earned an M.A. in the humanities from the University of ...…

…jews d in the Helping Others JORDAN STEAD / AMAZON Former Detroiter works to bring Amazon jobs to those with disabilities. Senior Beauty Queen Rae McIntosh has never let age “surrender her fun.” RONELLE GRIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Rae McIntosh I Dan Robin on the Amazon campus in Seattle KAREN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER D an Robin works for Amazon, where his job is to help the company employ people with disabilities. The Metro Detr...…

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…jews d & in the faces and Nava Feldman, both 9, and Sophie Thompson, 10. Bais Chabad partners with the JN in sponsoring the contest. The final evening also featured the Detroit Marching Band and the lighting of an 8-foot COINorah that doubled as a giant charity box, with proceeds going to local charities. • PHOTOS BY JESSICA POLK On Dec. 18, during the grand finale of Sara and Morris Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center’s annual Chanukah Wonde...…

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…jews d in the Parent To Parent: Learning from your kids. Island Aid Y ou are going to miss this.” I can’t tell you how many well-intended relatives said this to me at a recent family wedding as I watched my children on the dance floor. But I struggled to see it. I didn’t see happy, smiling chil- dren dressed in their fanciest clothes having a blast being silly and dancing. All I could see was the battle that took place hours earlier to g...…

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…jews d & in the faces The Metropolitan Detroit area’s Jewish and Hindu communities joined together for their first celebration of Chanukah and Diwali at the Bharatiya Temple in Troy. Sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC and the Hindu American Foundation, “Finding Common Ground through the Festivals of Light: A Chanukah & Diwali Celebration,” included a night of learning about the unique practices and traditions of the Jew...…

…Opportunity For Teens William Davidson Foundation board member steers funding to underwrite free Dale Carnegie Course for teens. ARI SAMUEL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Louis Weinberg, a senior at West Bloomfield High School, took the Teen Course as a sophomore and says it transformed him into an extrovert. T fun I was having.” alking with 17-year-old Louis Because of testimonials like Weinberg, a senior at West those from Weinberg and Hart...…

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…sports martial fitness dance SPORTS TENNIS Noah Ruden during his hockey playing days at the University of Michigan Education Game-Changer For Former Goalie ARTS play yoga SWIM DATES STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER N oah Ruden never lost sight Ruden also earned a degree in of the puck when he played communication and media studies hockey. Off the ice, he never in 2006 after being named to All-CCA lost sight of the importance of e...…

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…spirit torah portion Maintaining An Identity A Parshat Vayechi: nd when the days of mourn- ing for Jacob were over, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh saying, “My father made me swear, and he declared: I am dying. In my grave that I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me …” [Genesis 50:4-5]. Why does the Grand Vizier his body will become part of of Egypt make such a request the earth to which he feels to Phar...…

…arts&life film My Five Totally Crazy Very True Celebrity Tales From & The 2017 Film Festivals MARA REINSTEIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS D etroit-native Mara Reinstein is the Us Weekly film critic and Parade magazine movie contributor. She also has her own site, MaraMovies.com, and serves as the Michigan-based Emagine theater chain’s designated movie expert. She is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Detroit Film ...…

…“Excuse me, you’re sitting on my wallet.” I was not smiling five minutes after this photo was taken. “The night we met the lady and the champ.” LEFT: Photo by Kate Upton. RIGHT: Photo by Justin Verlander. “Talk about an inconvenient truth!” Gore and Keadle walk the carpet for An Inconvient Sequel. TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SEPT. 2017 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, JAN. 2017 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, MAY 2017 Bryan D’Arcy James is a genui...…

…arts&life p ro f i l e / o n t h e c o v e r Talking To Herself Hometown girl and fi lm-critic extraordinaire Mara Reinstein auto-interviews, catching us up on life on the red carpet. MARA REINSTEIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS TOP: Mara Reinstein on the red carpet at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. CLOCKWISE: Backstage VIP at a concert at New York’s Citi Field. Emma Stone signs Reinstein’s friend’s DVD of La La Land. In 2016, Reinstein won...…

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…on the go people | places | events monday, jan. 1 JCC DAY CAMPS REGISTRATION Registration starts Jan. 1. Kindergarten kids through age 17 can have fun summer experiences at the various JCC day camps, based in West Bloomfield. Info: jccdet.org/ daycamps. BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 7-8:30 pm, Jan. 4. Continues weekly, through Jan. 25. Diane Levy-Rubinstein, LMSW, facilitates Thursday evening drop-in bereave- ment support group. At Temple Israel, We...…

…on the go continued from page 31 sunday, jan. 7 BOOKSTOCK COLLECTION AT JCC 11 am-1 pm, Jan. 7 & March 11. Drive- through opportunity to drop off gently used items for next spring’s Bookstock Used Book & Media Sale, April 22-29, at Laurel Park Place in Livonia. Tax receipts will be provided. Sale proceeds benefit area education and literacy projects. At West Bloomfield JCC loading dock, near the nursery school entrance. Info: 248-645- 7840,...…

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…business FEAST Detroit helps local food entrepreneurs grow. Closing A Gap CHERYL WEISS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS F TOP: Jordan and Michal Nodel and Marcia Nodel. 34 December 28 • 2017 jn EAST Detroit, a new co-packing produc- tion company in Inkster designed to help local food entrepreneurs grow their busi- nesses and boost production, opened in October. FEAST (Food Entrepreneur Accelerator And Start Up Terminal) was developed by Eas...…

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…health ‘Science Fiction’ Israel doctors implant cells to regrow gap in shin bone. Times of Israel roundbreaking surgery to regrow part of a human bone was carried out last week at HaEmek Hospital in the northern Israeli town of Afula. Danny, a resident of a nearby kib- butz, who had part of his shinbone removed eight months ago after a car accident, was treated in the pro- cedure, which was hailed by medical staff as “science fiction.” Duri...…

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…spotlight Rescuing The Evidence U.S. Holocaust Museum shares its mission at West Bloomfield event. BARBARA STARK-NEMON SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS S cott Miller, director of curato- rial affairs at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C., gave a crowd of 50 people at the West Bloomfield home of Joanna and Jay Abramson a rare opportunity to learn about the museum’s dedicated efforts to collect and preserve artifacts ...…

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…looking back Sholem Aleichem was established as part of a national effort to educate young Jewish students to read and appreciate the Yiddish language. The Sholem Aleichem Institute was established in Detroit in 1925 as the Yiddishe Folkshule Farein, which several years later adopted the name of the Sholem Aleichem Folks Institute. • This photo, circa 1945/46, is of the Yiddish Theater troupe performing at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, inside...…

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…views essay Compound Problem Peace a fantasy without concurrent change in Palestinian culture. A Accentuating the horror, both the PLO history. The death toll: 37 Israeli civilians, mid a cascade of daunt- organized by the P.A. and its chief Supreme Council for Sport and Youth including 12 kids. ing domestic issues and representative on behalf of the Affairs and the P.A. National Committee The abhorrent upshot: P.A. summer the potential (...…

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