…Our Teachers and Students Love to Swim this Much! SPORTS Israel On Agenda Some Detroit Maccabi teens will compete in Israel in 2011. Steve Stein Special to the Jewish News M ore than 100,000 Jewish teens ages 13-16 have enjoyed the competition and camaraderie of the JCC Maccabi Games since 1982. But none have had the opportunity that teens will have in 2011. For the first time in the history of the Games, one of the venues will be Israel...…
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…r. Obituaries BURTON L. ANSELL, 84, of Bloomfield, died May 29, 2010. He was a general litigation attorney for General Motors Corp. Mr. Ansell is survived by his wife, Marjory Ansell Ansell; son and daugh- ter-in-law, Richard and Evie Ansell; daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Jim Ansell Statman; grandchildren, Kelly, Jenny, Julia, Sadie and Muriel; sister and brother-in-law, Rita and Carl Frankel; nieces and nephews. He was the loving brother...…
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…IN 1 Ye sn The During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will study in memory of the following departed friends. In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily minyan. 24 Sivan June 6, 2010 27 Sivan June 9, 2010 Moritz Miedzwinski Jacob Surowitz Charles Usher Asher Wainer Dora Kraus Shirley Skolnick Max Blotner Charles Cohen Jacob Faigenbaum Jacob W. Henock Joachim Koenigsberg Leon Kohn Harold J Sansky Joseph Schei...…
…DORA PROSTAK, 95, died in Windsor May 6, 2010. She is survived by son, Morris and wife, Andree; granddaughter, Sherri (Andrew Weil); grandsons, Ari and Dr. Jonathon (Sarah). She will be missed by great-grandchildren, Jacob, Jordan, Justin and Daniella Weil. Services were held in Windsor; Rabbi Zakariash officiated. Contributions may be made to Congregation Shaar Hashomayim or Yeshivat Akiva. Michael (Robyn) Gutman; great-grand- children, Sam,...…
…l Obituaries Obituaries from page 65 Tasco FAYE TASCO, 77, of Southfield, died May 28, 2010. Her greatest joy in life was providing guidance and unrelentless love to her children and grand- children and she will be deeply missed by all of her loving family mem- bers and friends. She is survived by her children, Randy and April Tasco of Orion, Cary Tasco of Canton and Sheryl Kamins of Arizona; grandchildren, Brandon, Jessica, Jamie, Jenna,...…
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…JN Contents Tribute To A Hero Restaurateur Stefanos Becharas of the Gallery in Bloomfield Township spearheaded a fund to create a monument to honor a Jewish Greek hero of early World War II, Col. Mordechai Frizis. thejewishnews.corn Dec. 3-9, 2009 16-22 Kislev 5770 Vol. CXXXVI, No. 18 On The Cover: Special Report Fending Off Foreclosure 11 Jews in home-value freefall get financial aid. Metro Jewish Detroit On TV 16 Filmmakers take on...…
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…Special Report KEEP YOUR HOME AFFORDABLE / ON THE COVER Fending Off Foreclosure Middle-income Jews in home-value freefall get financial aid from the Jewish community. A husband and father of four lost his job. Not only was the family struggling to make the mortgage payment and pay other bills, but they also were trying to help an elderly parent living in a nursing care facility. There was sig- nificant distress within the family and fear ...…
…Special Report KEEP YOUR HOME AFFORDABLE Foreclosure from page 11 need to pick up the phone and call to determine if they may be eligible. "It is amazing:' Beemer said. "If we told families they could turn in their clunkers for $3,000 off on a new car, we might have a line around the building. But if we tell people they can save as much as 50 percent on their monthly mortgage payment that could amount to tens of thousands of dollars over th...…
…0144. 41/0 8:00 PM TO MIDNIGHT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 Understanding Foreclosures DEFINITION OF FORECLOSURE: The forced sale of real estate to pay off a loan on which the owner of the property has defaulted (failed to live up to the terms of the mortgage and note). The foreclosure usually requires publication of notice of a Sheriff's Sale at the county in which the property is located in. WHAT IS FORECLOSURE? Foreclosure is a legal process by...…
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…1World Athens Memorial Bloomfield restaurant owner aids bid to immortalize Jewish Greek hero. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News R estaurateur Stefanos Becharas knew he could rely on his custom- ers, many of them -Jewish, to help preserve the memory of a Jewish Greek hero of the early part of World War II. Owner of the popular Gallery Restaurant in Bloomfield Township, Becharas, a native of Greece, and two of his friends have been on...…
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…OUNDU Settlement Construction Freeze Jerusalem/JTA Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a 10-month freeze on settlement construction. Prime Minister "This is a very difficult Netanyahu step for me and my fel- low ministers',' Netanyahu said in a televised news conference on Nov. 25. "This is a far- reaching and painful subject:' Israel's Security Cabinet had approved the freeze almost unanimously shortly before the announcement...…
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…I World ROUNDUP Roundup from page 26 outcome which ends the conflict and recon- ciles the Palestinian goal of an independent and viable state based on the 1967 lines, with agreed swaps, and the Israeli goal of a Jewish state with secure and recognized borders': Clinton said in a statement. At a news conference at the State Department, the administration's Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, said that "while they fall short of a full freeze,...…
