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…March 31, 1995 14 OPINION Detroit A rabbi witnesses steps toward greater miracles. Piecing Together A tapestry of remembrance for Yom Hazikaron. TELL ME WHY You can thank these two for a quieter ride. Taking that seder far out to sea. 60 Intellectual spice and basic spiritual ingredients. ABOUT BOOKS Business 39 Some great reading in time for Passover. 75 94 Pogs Mania Kids are in love with the Pet Rocks of the '90s. Flying...…
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…Editor's Notebook Community Views Why Days Of Decision Is Part Of Our Lives OneSmall Step To Greater Miracles PHIL JACOBS ED TOR Pull up a chair. You and me. We need to have one of our talks again. In January of 1993 I was driving with a friend on the south-bound Lodge to a Red Wings game. We'll call my friend Dave, and all that I can tell you is that he lives in this community and is probably reading this. Dave was a businessman. He was ...…
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…ng Together he Meaning RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER Students create a tapestry of remembrance in preparation for Yom PH OTO BY BILL GE M MELL Hazikaron. Students at Adat Shalom are contributing art and poetry to the tapestry. class of religious-school stu- dents at Adat Shalom is learn- ing about a new friend from Israel. His name was Eyal Yishai, and he was killed by a Syrian bomb in the 1982 Lebanon war. For Adat Shalom's youth, Eya...…
…Dunkin' Donuts Leaves A Hole leven o'clock Saturday night isn't too late for Oak Park resident Lisa Shevin and friends to grab a post-Sabbath snack at the kosher Dunkin' Donuts in South- field. But time is running out. The donut shop re- cently changed ownership and, on April 28, will dis- continue its affiliation with the Council of Or- thodox Rabbis, which supervis- es the kashrut of its kitchen. Carlos and Priscila Velasquez, who owned the...…
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