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…contents Nov. 3-9, 2016 | 2-8 Cheshvan 5777 | Vol. CL, No. 14 Quick Click … From the Davidson Digital Archive Around Town .............36-39 Arts & Life ........................43 Calendar...........................32 Editor’s Picks ...................46 Here’s To ...........................28 Israel .................................24 Jews in Digital Age ........19 Marketplace ....................62 Metro ...................................…
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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com essay ISIS Indoctrination Keeps Israel Vigilant I slamic State doesn’t appear to have large-scale cells in Israel or the Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. But the terrorist group commands sympathizers in all those places. So Israeli intelligence is respecting the appeal of the global jihadist group — widely known ...…
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…metro » o n the cover Just A Swab Away DNA testing adds another high-tech layer to researching family roots. Brett Mountain Barbara Lewis | Contributing Writer S everal years ago, I started hearing about DNA testing for genealogical purposes. You send for a kit, swab the inside of your cheek, send the swab to the company and a few weeks later you receive an analysis of your DNA. My friends Ruth and David Marcus of Southfield had the tes...…
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…metro » continued from page 14 A Noble Pursuit I Geneaolgy research isn’t for all, yet finding relatives is fabulous. am a genealogy agnostic. set up a family tree on a website called Doing genealogical research can Geni, so we added our family information. become an all-consuming passion. A few years later, out of the blue, I was Some of those who do it exhibit almost contacted through Geni by a young man cult-like intensity. in Israel w...…
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…Israel » Anna Grinis, 75, right, was chosen Israel’s fifth Miss Holocaust Survivor. Choosing Life Israeli seniors compete for Miss Holocaust Survivor. Sara Netanyahu, center, with some of the contestants and choir members Israeli Wire Reports A 75-year-old Russian-born Israeli woman on Sunday in Haifa was crowned the coun- try’s fifth “Miss Holocaust Survivor” in an unconventional beauty pageant dedicated to women who survived the horro...…
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…NANOMEDICINE is NEEDLEPOINT PROJECT 1 pm, Nov. 13. Meeting of the Pomegranate Guild of Southeastern Michigan, a group that studies and creates Judaic needlecraft. Anne Greenstein will lead a needlepoint bookmark workshop. At Hechtman JSL Apartments, 6700 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Info: Judy, jmgbloom@gmail or 248- 661-5337. ESCAPE FROM YEMEN 2:30-4:30 pm, Nov. 13. The power of a Muslim- Jewish partnership is evident in Mohammed Al-Samawi ...…
…Photos by Jerry Zolynsky metro » a ro un d tow n Sukkot In The D Hundreds enjoy Detroit sukkahs, holiday events. I t was a nonstop Sukkot holiday at Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit as hun- dreds took part in meals and events in its sukkahs around town. The main ChabaD shipping- container sukkah, covered with street art, was located on the edge of the Chabad House prop- erty on Mack Avenue, in full view of thousands of daily com- muters...…
…Photos by Brandon Schwartz Dancing In The D Downtown Synagogue holds a festive Simchat Torah service. Marnina Falk of Detroit marches a Torah through the Isaac Agree Downtown Sy nagogue. The singing and dancing with the Torahs moves outside. IADS board member Rena Friedberg of Huntington Woods Detroit City Councilman Gabe Leland, IADS President Jodee Raines and IADS Rabbi Ariana Silverman, with her son, August, 4 months Vote for Hillary...…
…metro » aro u nd tow n Power Of Compassion NCJW Women of Vision event features Jenna Bush Hager and annual award winners. N ational Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section (NCJW/Greater Detroit) attracted 450 guests, its largest turnout to date, to its annual Women of Vision benefit luncheon Sept. 8 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. All proceeds from the luncheon will benefit NCJW/Greater Detroit community services and ...…
…Feeding The Hungry Yad Ezra’s 26th annual dinner pays tribute to Rachel and Jason Zimmerman. Y The Zimmermans spoke about their history with Yad Ezra and how special it was for them to be honored because Yad Ezra honored Rachel’s parents, Bluma and the late Robert Schechter, in 2001. In addition to paying tribute to the Zimmermans, Diane Klein presented the Diane and (the late) Emery Klein Volunteer of the Year award to Rae and Manny Schane...…
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…» to rah por tion The Dove And The Empty Nest I ’ve always been bothered by the term “empty nester.” I’ll admit that the idea is a coherent one: The eggs of the family have all hatched, and the baby birds have flown off to make nests of their own, leaving the parents with space and time on their hands. But this language also carries with it a sense of finality, of sadness, of being for her feet,” (Genesis 8:9) returns to stuck in place. th...…
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…arts & life books Jessi Klein Kylie Ora Lobell | Jewish Journal of L.A. Amy Schumer’s head writer riffs about life — and being a woman in it — in a new book of essays. I n Jessi Klein’s eyes, there are two kinds of women: those who are poodles and those who are wolves. The poodles are delicate, hyper- feminine women who always wear matching bras and under- wear and lose their virginity in high school. Then there are the wolves. They’...…
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