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…Contents A 2001 winner of American Jewish Press Association and Society or Professional Journalists awards AUG. 3. 2001 AV 14. --,7 61 VOL. CXIX. NO. 25 Community This Week 29 The Last Chapter 14 Derby 'Just Ducky' After 40 years, volunteers ready Detroit's last Brandeis book sale. Hadassah event chairman earns national award. 16 fin (the end) Spirituality La Difference fine dining kosher restaurant closes. 46 Something Old Is New...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: w-ww.detroitjewishnews.com Still A Success I hoped I would never have to make this call," La Difference owner Paul Kohn said glumly on July 26. "But it has cost me an enormous amount of money and there's no likelihood that I can carry it any further. I'm putting the 'We're Closed' sign out tonight." So ended Kohn's fragile, 2 1 /2-year experiment to operate a high-cl...…
…LETTERS LETTERS from page 5 Where Is The Rabbinic Support? Kol hakavod [all the honor]to Conservative Rabbi David Nelson for having the guts to take it upon him- self to become the mashgiach for Dexter-Davison Meats ("Supervised!" July 20, page 28). But where are other Conservative and Reform rabbis, who should be giving Rabbi Nelson their backing? For too long, the Vaad Harabonim [Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit] in this are...…
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…HADASSAH from page 14 Simko credits past presidents of the Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, such as Beverly Apel of West Bloomfield and Hilary Isakow of Bloomfield Hills, and current presi- dent Sturman as "incredible teachers. "I've matured in Hadassah," Simko says. "It's given me a sense of accom- plishment and pride. It's my passion." "Randi also has important charac- teristics that helped her succeed," says Sturman. "She's unbelievab...…
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…After 40 years, volunteers ready Detroit's final Brandeis University used book sale. good times working with each other and the community at the Brandeis University book depot. From kft: Rose Braiker of Huntington Woods, Donda Rossman of Farmington Hills, Harriet Shogan of West Bloomfield, Helen Lipton of Southfield Eleanor Roberts of Birmingham, Gladys Bernstein of Southfield Rose Bankler and May Bussell of West Bloomfield and Shirley Finkel...…
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…Community Spirituality Rabbi Lauren Eichler Berkun Eilu Eilu offers Beit Midrash study series. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN New Class For New Year Staff Writer The first four-week session, beginning Aug. 22 at the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center, is titled "Elul, a Time to Prepare." The series, co-sponsored by the JCC and the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit (JAMD), will use the month prior to the High Holidays to culminate stud...…
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