…» to rah por tion The Need For Brotherly Love T he poignant moment when brothers Joseph and Benjamin are reunited after a separation of 22 years is one of the most tender scenes in the Torah. After a long chronicle of difficult brotherly relationships, we finally come across two brothers who truly love each other. The only children of Jacob’s beloved of brotherly hatred, the love between Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin shared the same womb; an...…
…arts & life books History A Taste Of Suzanne Chessler | Contributing Writer Gail Offen John Milan 36 January 5 • 2017 G ail Offen grew up in Southfield but regularly ate at Ann Arbor res- taurants — sometimes more than one in a day. She was introduced to the college town’s culinary fare by her late uncle Morton Lesser, a foodie who liked lots of mealtime company. Early on, Offen sampled egg- rolls at Kosmo in Kerrytown, chowder at Mon...…
…COURTESY ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY COURTESY OF THE JAN BLUESTEIN-LANGONE CULINARY ARCHIVE (JBLCA), HATCHER GRADUATE LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FAR LEFT: The Harmony Restaurant, circa 1954, was a popular place that stood on the corner of Liberty and Fourth. It was lost in a fire in the mid-’50s. TOP LEFT: Best Steak House occu- pied a familiar building that still stands at 217 S. State St. — over the years it has hosted Escoffier and i...…
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…arts & life f i lm Golden Globe Preview All things Jewish in the upcoming awards show. Nate Bloom Special to the Jewish News D.B. Weiss and David Benioff The 2017 Golden Globe Awards, the 74th, mark the opening of the awards season, honoring the best and brightest in film and television from 2016. It’s also a fun party to watch — this year, Jimmy Fallon will host as it airs at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, on NBC. Here, our own annual roundup o...…
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…frontlines New Year Musings H appy New Year! As a Jew, I feel fortunate to have the secular New Year, or as I like to refer to it as: "The Do Over." It's a second chance to live up to my Yom Kippur resolutions. This year, I skipped Times Square, opting instead to stay here and experience the exhilaration of stand- ing outside Siegel's Deli watching the giant matzo ball drop at midnight. 3-2-1 ... Let's eat! Speaking of eating, the holiday s...…
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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl@renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor DETROIT JEWISH NEWS frontlines >> letters Making Many Mitzvah Memories I would like to thank Mikki Grossman, Hy Safran, Janet Berman and Sarah Crane for a truly wonderful job with Mitzvah Day 2011. It was an amazing success! This is ...…
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…metro >> on the cover New Year, New Life Metro Detroiters help welcome Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Robin Schwartz I JN Contributing Writer Program, a two-year effort sponsored by Jane and Larry Sherman of Franklin to develop and educate the next genera- tion of leaders for Federation's annual campaign. Each member paid about $1,000 and made a commitment to take on a future leadership role in raising funds for Federation; the rest of their cos...…
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…metro The Real Deal Jeffrey Tamaroff talks about the changes in cars, customers and the auto business. Allan Nahajewski Contributing Writer effrey Tamaroff has been in the car business his entire adult life. "I started cleaning cars and cleaning the shop when I was in high school',' he says. Today, he is the president of two dealerships — Tamaroff Honda Nissan on Telegraph in Southfield and Jeffrey Nissan Honda Acura Kia on Gratiot in Rose...…
…515151 51 5151515I 51 5-15- THE Technion Professor Explains Israeli Rockets Technion-Israel Institute of Technology's Professor Benny Natan will speak on "Maintaining Israel's Superior Defense through Rocket Technology" on Thursday, Jan. 12. Natan is on Technion's faculty of aerospace engineer- ing and heads its Missile Propulsion Laboratory. He will talk about the devel- opment. of rockets for Israel's military and Benny Natan aerospace pro...…
…metro >> around town Letters Of Love Adat Shalom's Scouts and students brightened Chanukah for military members. F or the third year, 300 Chanukah cards have been sent by the corn- munity to Jewish men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces overseas. Thanks to major efforts by students at Beth Achim Religious School at Adat Shalom Synagogue, clients of Wells Fargo Advisors in Farmington Hills, Boy Scout Troop 364 (chartered by the Adat...…
…ewish Beat Yeshiva University's Maccabeats singing group gets people moving. The Maccabeats are ready to perform. ongregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield welcomed the New York-based Yeshiva University Maccabeats a cappella group for two concerts in mid- December. The Maccabeats formed their male singing group in 2007 and gained atten- tion last year when their video for their song "Candlelight" went viral on YouTube. They have since perfor...…
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…metro >> calendar Calendar from page 17 FRIDAY, JAN. 13 PRAY & PLAY 6 pm. Family-friendly Shabbat service fol- lowed by dinner and games night at Cong. Beth Ahm, West Bloomfield. $36 family/$15 age 13 and older/$8 ages 6-12. RSVP by Jan. 11: 248-851-6880. Details: Nina, nrosenblum@cbahm.org . ANNIVERSARY SHABBAT 8 pm. Service ushers in "The Way We Were," theme of weekend celebration for 60th anni- versary of Temple Emanu-El at its buildi...…
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…Sophia and Becca Garfinkel Two Twins, Two Paths Steve Stein Contributing Writer T he Garfinkel twins of West Bloomfield have gone their sepa- rate ways since graduating from high school. But in many ways, they're as close as ever. Becca Garfinkel is a freshman at the University of Michigan. She's a walk- on catcher on the U-M softball team, a national powerhouse that has won four consecutive Big Ten Conference cham- pionships and made 17 ...…
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…oints of view >> Send letters to: Ietters@thejewishnews.com Contributing Editor Editorial Reforming Reform Largest movement eyes more involved teens. T Ties That Bind The URJ Rabbinic-Lay Task Force on Revitalizing NFTY/North American Federation of Temple Youth held 1,000 grass-roots conversations with teens, educators, youth workers, cantors, administrators and lay leaders about what excites teens Jewishly. One theme reverberated: Buil...…
…oints of view Reforming Reform from page 23 How will we know when the high-profile campaign has succeeded? Reads the resolution: "When, rather than being the exception, it becomes the norm that Reform Jewish teens experience social, emotional, spir- itual, moral and intellectual growth within the context of a vibrant, caring and inclusive Jewish community" An earlier resolution passage gives a timeline: "By 2020, we aim to engage a majority ...…
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