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…JN Contents '60 Minute Shabbat Showdown' JNonline.us March 5-11, 2009 9-15 Adar 5769 Vol. CXXXV, No. 5 utritio ,. t _ ., I p e a lz 1 n Jessica Goodwin of Southfield, Alissa Anstandiq of West Bloomfield and Marci Miller of Waterford enjoy Federation's Young Adult Division By Barbara Beznos, RD, LD/N Integrated Nutrition, LLC Shabbat cooking demonstration at Specialties Showroom in Berkley. Metro Tenenbaums Vs. Army All .0 Engineer a...…
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…Editor's Letter tO J _ ■ Spotlighting Jobs I f we're going to beat the scourge of Michigan's broken economy, the Detroit Jewish community is going to have to stand tall with each other and also extend helping hands where we can. Caring communities do that sort of thing for one another. Finding work is a key component of getting jobless Jews of all socioeconomic backgrounds back on track and again feeling independent. Enter Parnossah. Tha...…
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…Front Lines DETROIT JEWISH NEWS DIGEST Cemetery Coalition The idea of an umbrella network for Jewish cemeteries has become reality with an Oakland County cemetery administrator at the helm. Ralph Zuckman of Farmington Hills is board chairman of the new Jewish Cemetery Association of North America. He's the executive director of the Ralph Birmingham-based Clover Zuckman Hill Park Cemetery of Congregation Shaarey Zedek. The new organization a...…
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…Metro His Religion At Issue Civilian engineer and his wife sue Army for false spy charges. Judith Doner Berne being investigated — because he was Jewish." "Everything else is completely rebutted by their own documents and testimony," seconds co-attorney Daniel E. Harold. "No evidence is 'no' evidence. They can't use state secrets again because it was improp- erly invoked. The only thing that remains is that David is Jewish!' That is also t...…
…Metro AROUND TOWN What's Cookin'? Young adults learn sizzling new recipes at 2 kosher cooking events. Shabbat Showdown: Chef Carl Herskovitz of Ferndale T he opportunity to spice things up a bit in the kitchen brought dozens of young professionals to two recent cooking events. The Young Adult Division of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit served up a speedy four-course meal during a Feb. 26 demonstration called 60 Minute Shabb...…
…BS" D er Peulfri Christian Support Night to Honor Israel draws 2,000 at Word of Faith. A n energizing gathering featur- ing pro-Israel faith and fervor marked the third'annual Night to Honor Israel, held at Word of Faith International Christian Center in Southfield on March 1. More than 2,000 people came to the evening program at the call of Bishop Keith Butler, a member of the executive board of the San Antonio-based Christians United fo...…
…Metro Helping Sderot Women's basketball tourney to aid rocket victims. WHAT'S NEW AT THE NEW DIA. Friday Night Live!: jazz singer Libby York performs live this Friday night! Saturday: Create your own "DIA Evening Post" magazine cover to hang in the community gallery for American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell. Target Family Sundays: Barbara Schutzgruber shares stories about gutsy girls and wise women in honor of Women's History ...…
…"TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS TYRANNY" is vS James Otis "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS MASHUGGA' Myles B. Hoffert iftfanna Bet! 141 .t pak, 01- 410, IOT IL Property taxes continue to escalate while property values have drastically plummeted. Very shortly, you will be receiving in the mail your tax assessment notifying you of another probable tax increase. To make matters worse, you only have TEN days to appeal. Prominent pr...…
…World Brothers n Arms Rinat Avinur Special to the Jewish News Ramat HaSharon S ome Israeli mothers went through sleepless nights worrying about one son fighting in the Gaza Strip during the recent Israel-Hamas War. But other mothers had a double worry. One of them, Lori Schaefer Bacher, grew up in Southfield. She made aliyah in 1980. Now 53, her twin sons, age 20, were both sent in to fight in Gaza. Matan serves in the Special Paratrooper...…
…Thank you for standing with your community. No Divestment Dershowitz, ADL praise Hampshire College. Jacob Berkman Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York A lan Dershowitz has gone from criticizing Hampshire College to pledging to donate money to the school. The high-profile attorney and the Anti- Defamation League issued separate statements praising the Massachusetts school for stating emphatically that it is not divesting from Israel. On Fe...…
…World NEWS ANALYSIS Moment Of Truth Netanyahu faces hard political questions and decisions. Leslie Susser Jewish Telegraphic Agency these restrictions. Jerusalem p ressed to take a firm stand on the two-state solution, Benjamin Netanyahu's moment of truth may have come sooner than he wanted. Despite strong international and domes- ticiressure, Israel's prime minister-desig- nate is refusing to come out in support of the idea of two sta...…
…Greek Shoah Is HMC Topic Several local Hellenic groups and the Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) are co-sponsoring "The Holocaust and the Greek Jews" 3 p.m. Sunday, March 15. The free lecture will be given by a Greek native, Dr. Mimis Cohen, professor of surgery, University of Illinois and Mt. Sinai Medical Center. The event will be held at the HMC Zekelman Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills. Cohen will focus on the loss of 87 pe...…
…Presidential Inspiration Jewish banker sets heartfelt tone for Obama speech. Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency system. And he was glad to see Obama focus on energy at a time when the price of oil was relatively cheap. In Obama's brief references to foreign policies at the end of the speech, he coupled his calls for expanded diplomatic outreach to his quest for peace for Israel and its neighbors. "In words and deeds, we are showing the w...…
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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us. Greenberg's View Editorial Gilad Shalit: One of Us T his Shabbat, it will be 986 days since Gilad Shalit was captured by Palestinian terrorists who had tunneled into Israel from Gaza and killed two other Israeli soldiers. It is time to bring Gilad home. But how? Hamas, which rules over the Gaza Strip, does not subscribe to the concepts of corn- promise and coexistence. Israel has...…
…OTHER VIEWS Boycott Forum Washington/JTA T he 2001 World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, oth- erwise known as the Durban Conference, was a parley hijacked by radicals betraying the real purpose of the event — the confrontation of racial discrimination worldwide. The April 2009 Durban II conference prom- ises to top that fiasco, despite the Obama administration's attempt to influence the...…
…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Rickshaw Flower Girl and asked Ms. Adler's for her phone number to discuss the story of her flower girl role. She replied with her phone number immediately, and the story was rela- tively simple. In our conversation, Ms. Adler explained that there were few chil- dren in the area of the district in which they lived, and the bridal couple simply asked her parents, Lizzi and Kurt The flower girl, standing in the rickshaw Ad...…
…Business & Professional ENTREPRENEUR On His Own Self-made philanthropist donates art museum to MSU. Adam Finkel Special to the Jewish News 0 n the morning of Nov. 20, there were several events that could have aroused concern for Eli Broad. Real estate and finance, two indus- tries that augmented his wealth to nearly $7 billion, were in disarray. The assets of his philanthropy, one of America's largest, were diminishing — just as the ne...…
…Business & Professional ENTREPRENEUR Your Cellular Superstore/ On His Own from page A25 State University, paved the way for him to pursue his later entrepreneurial ambitions. Today, he is one of the lead- ing supporters of education reform in the United States. The Broad Superintendents Academy, bringing senior business executives to lead public urban schools, includes placements in Benton Harbor, Utica and Detroit. Ernestine Sanders, pres...…
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…Spirituality HOLIDAY 101 Purim At A Glance Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News W hen it happens: The 14th day of Adar, which this year corresponds to sundown, Monday, March 9, until sundown, Tuesday, March 10. • What it commemorates: How Queen Esther and Mordechai thwarted the plans of the evil Haman to kill all the Jews during the reign of King Ahaseurus (Achashverosh) of ancient Persia (4th century BCE). • What the name of...…
…Come for the Lifestyle. TORAH PORTION Bad Money After Good Shabbat Zachor, Parshat Tetzaveh; Exodus 27:20-30; Deuteronomy 25:17-19; I Samuel 15:2-34. T his past week, my accountant from our parshah is not only that is it prepared my tax forms for not justified, it actually tarnishes and diminishes the good deed. It was only filing. Each year, I find this because Moshe was honest that the process to be very challenging. With ongoing, and o...…
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…Health & Fitness FOOD Chag Purim! Beyond the golden triangle. Annabel Cohen Special to the Jewish News p urim is around the corner - cel- ebrated on 14th of Adar and, in Jerusalem, as in all walled cites, it's celebrated on the 15th as well (Sushan Purim). That's means this year you start celebrating the evening of March 9. One of Judaism's loveliest traditions has to do with giving. Purim's delicious tra- ditions include the giving of f...…
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