…torah portion SIMPLY THE BEST A Mission Statement For The Jewish People W hy? Well, why not?” As children, our earli- est questions start with “Why”? Why do I have to go to bed? Why is the sky blue? Why do I have to eat my broccoli? It is through this exploration of whys that we are able to gain a better understand- shall not, at all. ing of our world as well as There is a beautiful midrash test our own boundaries and that takes place whe...…
…ADAMA FILMS / ZEITGEIST FILMS arts&life film Lillian and Harold Michelson in L.A. in 1947 ADAMA FILMS / ZEITGEIST FILMS The Greatest Hollywood Love Story You’ve Never Heard Of SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER E ven the most avid film buffs may never have heard the names Lillian and Harold Michelson. But they are considered Hollywood royal- ty to many of the most acclaimed filmmakers. Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford...…
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…Community Wide Event Hosted by Temple Shir Shalom Monday, August 14, 2017 Starting at 7:00pm Temple Shir Shalom’s PHOTO BY HEINRICH HOFFMAN. BAVARIAN STATE LIBRARY MUNICH/HOFFMAN COLLECTION FOOD FUN AND FIREWORKS FESTIVAL begins with an evening loaded with family fun, food tastings and games, and ends with a spectacular fireworks display! TEMPLE “What emerges most vividly in Eva’s relationship to food,” author Laura Shapiro writes, “is...…
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…on the go continued from page 35 SEPTEMBER 26 ArtPrize Trip 7:45 am-8 pm, Sept. 26. Hadassah- sponsored outing to view artwork on display throughout Grand Rapids for the ArtPrize competition. Bus also stops at Gerald R. Ford and Grand Rapids Public museums. Depart/return at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. $53; self-pay for lunch and dinner. Send check payable to Hadassah to Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield...…
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…SYLVIA SHACKET, 100, of West Bloomfield, died July 28, 2017. She is survived by her children, Rodney and Susie Shacket, Roger and Esther Shacket, Doree and Leslie Shawn, and Shelley Shacket Roth; grandchildren, Devin Shacket, Frances Shacket, Kevin Shacket, Nicole Shacket, Michael Shawn and Carlyn Roth; great-grand- child, Liat Wenrick; many other loving relatives and friends. Mrs. Shacket was the last surviving child of the late Bertha and t...…
…soul of blessed memory continued from page 47 Abbas’ Health Possibly Deteriorating Palestinian Terrorist Attempts To Stab Soldiers, Shot Dead 48 August 3 • 2017 jn Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Jan. 18, 2017 leadership, Haaretz reported. While Israel has accused the Palestinian leader of inciting violence and terror, especially over the Temple Mount, Israel security officials also coordinate with the PA and are concer...…
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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 $2.00 N OV . 10-N OV . 16, 2016 / 25 T ISHREI -1 C HESHVAN 5777 theJEWISHNEWS DETROIT JEWISH NEWS WS . com theJEWISHNE / 25 10-N OV . 16, 2016 $2.00 N OV . T ISHREI -1 C HESHVAN for openers ISH DETROIT JEW NEWS A Pre-election Post-election Assessment L et’s be honest, and most of us can because we’re not running for office. Partisan politics aside, you have to admit the pre...…
…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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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com letters OBJECTIONS TO “HOW THE GOP MEETS A JEWISH MILLENNIAL WOMAN’S STANDARD” Lena Epstein’s viewpoint article in the Oct. 20, 2016, issue (“How the GOP Meets A Jewish Millennial Woman’s Standard,” page 8) contains so many contradictions and inaccuracies, I do not know where to start. First, she says she would not want Donald Trump to be her future children’s Sunday school teacher, bu...…
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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com guest column letters Troubling Silence About Anti-Semitism At The University Of Michigan F or many Jewish students at the For another thing, the fact that SAFE’s University of Michigan, their cele- actions made no reference to “Jews” bration of the Jewish New Year was did not make them any less offensive unjustly marred by feelings of pain and to Jewish students. Schlissel failed to...…
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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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