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…N Building Bonds Dr. Aliza Shenhar, president of Emek Yezreel College in the Detroit Jewish community's Partnership 2000 region of the central Galilee, , visited 0 metro jDetroit last week, seek- ing to establish a Detroit- based Friends of Emek Dr. Aliza Shenhar Yezreel College. A for- mer Israeli ambassador to Russia (1994-1997), Shenhar gave a presen- tation to members of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Board of Governors. S...…
…Concert To Benefit Children of Chernobyl On the heels of the latest flight carry- ing Jewish children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to Israel for treatment, another family fund-raiser is in the works locally. Chabad's Children of Chernobyl rais- es money worldwide on behalf of chil- dren needing medical assistance as a result of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine (formerly the Soviet Union). The children suffer from ...…
…JCC Unveils. Fall Classes At Oak Park Facili ty / - /- / The Jewish Community Center's Jimmy Prentis Morris Building in Oak Park is offering a wide range of classes this fall for preschoolers and other children, pre- teens, teens and adults. Creative dance with Harriet Berg introduces young children to basic dance movement. The first class, from 10:15-11 a.m., is for 3 year olds. The 11:15 a.m.-noon session is for 4 and 5 year olds. Both ...…
…Learning to care for an elderly loved one just got easier. for nine weeks. The cost is $55 for members, $70 for non-members. A jewelry-making class teaches how to create simple, fun jewelry. The series meets Wednesdays for nine weeks. The fee is $60 for members, $75 for non- members. A $15 additional fee for mate- rials is paid to the instructor. Two series of bridge classes are offered for seven sessions. The morning class runs from 9:15-11:...…
…Calendar Calendar Listings are updated regularly on JN Online: www.d.etroitjewishnews.com SELICIIOT ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE The film The Quarrel, where two friends argue about the Holocaust and Judaism, will be shown at 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4. Refreshments. Selichot at 11, accompanied by the Mixed Voice High Holy Day Choir. Open CO the community (248) 851-5100. BETH ABRAHAM HILI FT. MOSES Selichot program begins at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sep...…
…Comm ty a.a 4,1 4 . 4 FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN U. Detroit organization presents comedian Rita Rudner at a benefit 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 at Royal Oak Music Hall. $180. (248) 540-8900. TEMPLE ISRAEL SISTERHOOD Family law attorney Harriet Band Rotter will discuss "Five Best Friends Every Woman Should Have" to achieve per- sonal goals and main- tain independence, noon Wednesday, Sept. 22. $12 mem- bers/ $15 guests. Harriet Rotter RSVP by...…
…frrifirr wr rr YIDDISH CULTURE CONCERT Driker Fund event with guitarist Rabbi Yosil Rosenzweig performing Yiddish, Hebrew and English stories, music and liturgy 1. p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16. Lunch at noon. Lunch tickets are $3.25 (including the concert) and must be purchased at the JPM front desk by Sept. 10. Concert tick- ets alone are $1. NEW CENTURY BANK GRAND OPENING RATES CANTOR DAVID GUTMAN Erev Shabbat program 12:45 -1:30 p.m. every...…
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…GREAT NEWS FOR COUPLES EXPERIENCING INFERTILITY ! class on spiritual insights from the week's Torah reading at 7:30 followed by Rabbi Tzvi Hochstadt's class on The Way of Gott, a classic 18th Century text of Jewish Mysticism and rudimentary philosophy, 8:40 at the Aish Center, 555 Old Woodward, Ste. 611, Birmingham. (248) 737-0400. The Center for Reproductive Medicine has Opened a Comprehensive New Center in Oakland County! ONE OF THE HIGHE...…
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…Mazel Toy! Births Aug. 21 Cheryl and James Frishman of Grand Rapids are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Samuel Aaron. Sharing in their happiness are grand- parents Vivian and Leonard Frishman of Novi and Dolores and Peter Baas of Grand Rapids and big sister Sarah Elizabeth. Samuel Aaron is named in loving memory of his maternal great- grandmother Cecelia Levinson and his paternal great-grandfather Albert (Abraham) Frishman. Au...…
…Mazel Toy! Bar/Bat Mitzvah Diskin and the late Philip Diskin, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday; Sept. 4, at Congregation B'nai Moshe. His proud brothers Michael and Jacob and sister Rachel look forward to participating in their brother's simcha. Joshua is an " T t P This week's friends are Danielle Kaplan & Special Friend Danny Friedman It's true that friends cannot be bought. And that true friendship is priceless. But for some speci...…
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…`.3, 3?1, Atta Mazel Toy! am r■• • • •• •• Anniversaries Cooper 50th Bernard and Gladys Cooper of Oak Park celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in April. A dinner party was hosted by the Coopers in celebra- tion of their simcha. Friends and fam- ily, including those from California and Maryland, attended. The celebra- tion continued in July when Gladys, Bernie and their children and grand- children vacationed in western Michigan. T...…
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…iffigroW.Nwm: A Conversation With Beverly Sills • • • •88 k , rIrlaff L. "OM 'se • 4' Out Of The Pack On The Bookshelf: `The Wedding Jester' . .98 Making A Splas The Tony Award-winning "Titanic: The Musical" docks at the Fisher Theatre. • os• • .... ........... . ...... NpoiSANISK:=1014St JIM FARBER Special to the Jewish News he same year that the film Titanic dominated the Oscars and Leonardo DiCaprio and James Cameron pro- cl...…
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…Temple Beth El Calendar presents SINK AIDS A concert to benefit Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS and Michigan AIDS organizations. featuring Clockwise from top left.- Richard Dziuban, Laurie Kuhlman, Jaime Deitsch and Irene Hublick in the Marquis Theatre production of "Rumpelstiltskin." Por/RoadJAzz z Arts, Beats and Eats makes its return to downtown Pontiac for the Labor Day weekend, Friday, Sept. 3, through Monday, Sept. 6. Hours ar...…
…TITANIC • from page 81 `Titanic' Cast Sings At Beth El :s., ,4tag'N At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, cast members from Titanic: The Musical will join Cantor Stephen Dubov in the sanctuary at Temple Beth El in a concert to benefit Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS and Michigan AIDS organizations. Titled "Sink AIDS," the program will feature musical selections from Titanic and other songs from shows by writer Peter Stone and composer Maury ...…
…ar m " Titanic's Jewish Passengers &\0 "The Jewish contingency on the Titanic ranged from Russian Jewish immigrants to middle-class Americans and Europeans to the well-to-do and prominent," says Don Lynch, official historian for the Titanic Historical Society. Here's a sampling of some who were aboard ship that fateful night of April 15, 1912. *Dr. Henry Frauenthal, traveling with his new bride and brother, was the founder of the New York ...…
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