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October 05, 2001 • Page Image 35

…Enjoy the Best, Year Round Living... Sounds Great! Music now rings true at Fleischman Residence, thanks to a son's generosity. We have what you want! Spacious studio, 1- and 2-bedrooms • Complimentary Carport • Quality Appliances • Swimming Pool and Clubhouse • Cable Ready • Large Closets and In-Home Storage • Outstanding Location MAPLETREE before we are born until the day we die," LISA FEIN writes the author, Joshua Leeds, a music Speci...…

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…t * Professional instructions * Classes for all skill levels - beginner to expert * Special program for the younger skiers (ages 6-10) * Small classes * Adult classes too! - * Charter buses Saturday & Sunday Helping Hands Hillel students support Red Cross, Yad Ezra s A u- DAVID ROSENMAN S AlUTO Amnia PIURCHASERS NEW & USED CAR BROKER Sales • Leasing • Buying (248) 851-CARS (248) 851=2277 AXIS • ENRO • SAXONY • TETUAN() • RAH-1,•-• I)...…

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…PLEASE US... JOIN as we celebrate the Eleventh Anniversary of Ycid (Ezra the kosher food pantry feeding hungry Jewish families Hadassah Hosts Mort Crim Due to the current national situation. NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell will not be available to speak at the Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah luncheon Tuesday, Oct. 16. Mort Crim, broadcaster, writer and journalist, will speak follow- ing the luncheon at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. ...…

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…In See What's Baked In A Federation Forum Hosts Speaker Everyone loves a Ritz for its one of a kind, melt in your mouth buttery taste. And Ritz are ()Kosher. So no matter how you enjoy them, plain or topped...nothinq fits like a Ritz. for the full list of Nabisco Kosher cookies and crackers, visit wviw.nabisco.com/kosher go Anthony F. Earley Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of DTE Energy, will be the featured speaker at the Jewi...…

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…YOUR CHILD'S ROCKET Professor Leads Lecture Series The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies will host a special lec- ture by Professor Jack Kugelmass of Arizona State University titled, "Interpreting a Jewish Meal: An Anthropological Excursion to a Jewish Restaurant," 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at Congregation Jack Kugelmass Beth Shalom. Professor Kugelmass will examine the place of food as a marker of Jei,vish unique- ness. At 3 p.m. Tues...…

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…DIAMOND SALE - , Sidney Krandall ,Cons has purchased the entire inventory of another Jewell.)! company at liquidation prices. Nally of these items are duplicates Of existing inventory and will be sold at phenomenal savings. Hurry in for the best selection. Federation's Annual Campaign Kicks OffWith Super Sunday THIS WEEK'S SELECTIONS TROY LOCATION: Diamond PS .22cr H/SI2 Rd .45ct Rd .63a USIt Rd .45ct GNS2 Rd .51ct H/VS2 Mq .82a D/11-2 R...…

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…The Sinai Guild PLEASE JOIN Us! The Sinai Guild's Women in Philanthropy Benefit For Breast Cancer IRP Offers Detroit Lecture Series "Detroit at its Tricentennial" will be the focus of the fall lecture program offered by the Institute for Retired Professionals. The program will be held Five consecutive Fridays, beginning Oct. 5, at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. The morning sessions, which deal with "forces that Shaped Detroit — ...…

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…MICHIGAN JEWISH SPORTS FOUNDATION Invites You to Share in a Evening with Detroit Hockey's Finest n Monday. November 12, 2001 The Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 17" Annual Induction Dinner 6:00pm Congregation Shaarey Zedek eloi n Ken Daniels & Mickey Redmond as the Stars come out to Honor our 2001 Inductees and Hall-of-Famer Scotty Bowman. Walter Godfrey 2001 Inductee Basketball Baseball Scotty Bowman 2001 Honoree Alvin Foon Lifeti...…

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…L,„ Anti-Defamation Leaguev The Michigan Region of the Anti-Defamation League presents An Evening with Kevin Pollack ivith David Schlussel Knollwood Country Club 5050 West Maple Road West Bloomfield, MI Co-Chairs Marcy & Ian Burnstein • Lenore & Alan Singer Honorary Chairs Judi & Brad Schram Strolling Dinner 7:00 p.m. Program 8:00 p.m. Business Attire There will be no solicitation of funds $200 minimum gift For more information ...…

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…Upcoming Events in Metro Detroit Introducing Shoes By _ELLE' 123 West Maple, Birmingham 248.203.1222 hours: mon -sat 10=6, thurs. 10-9, sun. 12-5 imeldasgtrls@aol com DESIGNS NOUVEAUX 41 Creative Couture Tailoring & Alterations Bridal 248-64-0640 212. East Maple - Lower Level Birmingham, MI 48009 New customers get 10% off your first order 13XSAM X Rochelle Imber's Knit Knit Knit 855.2114 Accents in Needlepoint SHABBAT SHALOM Tem...…

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…boutiques and lunch at noon. Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield. Charge. (248) 683-5030. Hadassah, Eleanor Roosevelt Group — Tuesday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m. "Creative Photo Albums," with Beverly Hively, a hands-on class to learn how to preserve family mem- ories. $10 covers materials. Oak Park JCC. Jackie Cohen (248) 661-8485, Rita Sukenic (248) 626-1234. Sisterhood of Temple Beth El — Wednesday, Oct. 17, 5:45 p.m. 100th anniversary features keyn...…

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…A Most Precious Gift A double-sized family that gets along ... and gets into print. Suzi Colman, Zack Colman, Marcy Colman Rosenfeld, Jessica Colman, Marty Rosenfeld and Jon Colman at Jessica's North Farmington High School graduation. appear in Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff - Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned. The book, edited by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Kimberly Kirberger, will be published Oct. 18 ...…

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…We'll help you get all your ducks in a row... New Arrivals Aug. 25 Lisa (Leib) and David Knoll of Huntington Woods welcome with love the birth of their daughter, Hannah Lilly. Waiting with hugs and kisses was big sister Sydney Craina, 21 months. Sharing in their happiness are proud grandparents Barbara and Joel Leib of West Bloomfield and Richard Knoll and Maureen Fill of Bloomfield Hills. Also excited is great-grandmoth- er Barbara Rosenblo...…

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…Mazel Toy! Bar/Bat Mitzvah in the simcha are proud grandparents Jack and Cele Goldfarb and Sidney Garelick. He is also the grandson of the late Edith Goldfarb and the late Marion Garelick. Evan is an honor student at Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills. He enjoys sports of all kinds, especially baseball and basketball. His mitzvah projects included volunteer- ing at Yad Ezra in Oak Park, which he found very rewarding. Opening in Novemb...…

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…Cancer Answer Sala G. Wanetick will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 6, at Congregation Beth Shalom. Participating in the services will be Sala's parents, Marvin and Jan Wanetick, sisters Francine and Natalie and grand- mothers Ruth Goldstein and Helen Feldstein. Sala is the granddaughter of the late Harry Goldstein, Albert Feldstein and Saul Wanetick. Sala is a student at Berkshire Middle School in Birmingham. She ha...…

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…Engagements Weddings FINKELSTEIN-MILLER GASTWIRTH-TRAGER D S r. and Mrs. Howard /viiller, former Detroiters of Scottsdale, Ariz., announce the engagement of their daughter Lauren Ilene to Dr. Steven Eric Finkelstein, son of Mrs. Eileen Finkelstein and Mr. Howard Finkelstein of New York. Lauren will complete her bachelor of fine arts degree in art education this December at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. Dr. Finkelstein complete...…

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…Mazel Toy! Anniversaries GALISON 55TH 'UT •SELL •TRADE Great Lakes Jewelry 26103 Novi Road Novi e Q48 / 449 1 9024 Specializing in New and Estate Jewelry E yman and Riki Galison, for- mer Detroiters of Port Richey, Fla., recently celebrated their 55th anniversary. They are the parents of Dr. Barry Galison, Mary- Gene Sharp, Lauri and Marty Galison and Lee and Dorothy Galison. They have 11 grand- children and four great- grandchildren. ...…

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…Spirituality Ancient Rite Pre-holiday atonement leads to an ancient ritual in Farmington Hills. SUSAN TAWIL Special to the Jewish News S hlug,n kapores, an ancient Jewish custom originating in Babylonia in the 800s, is an atonement ritual performed to expiate sins just prior to Yom Kippur. Most Jews who observe the custom today recite the prescribed prayer passages while circling their heads with cash, which is subsequent- ly donated to c...…

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…r Community Spirituality Building A Jewish Home Construction under way for The Shul T.40,Ak ri.Az 4 44,5ati,. `3. > • SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StagWriter Itty and Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov and Martin L. Abel from West Bloomfield take a look at the first stage of The Shul construction. JAMIE ROSEN College Intern N ine years after the first mention of the Chabad- Lubavitch Synagogue Campus of Living Judaism, construction is under way for...…

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…• 10% OFF ALL SIMMONS FUTONS • 10% OFF ALL SIMMONS FUTONS MATTRESS KING INTRODUCES co) z 0 0 g -n U) Shir Tikvah Tees Up Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz will launch the first of Adat Shalom Synagogue's lunch-and-learn sessions of the sea- son Thursday, Oct. 11. A noon lunch and learn will exam- ine the weekly Torah portion through the Conservative movement's new commentary, Eitz Chaim: The Tree of Life. Seminars at 8 p.m. the same day will ...…

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…Spirituality WHERE: HILLEL DAY SCHOOL "I think that after going to TIME: 7 P.M. Hi llel, you have such PHONE: (248) 851-3220 ADMISSIONS OFFICE a solid foundation, such a great Judaic Please call for more background, that no matter what information and/or to receive a copy of our high school you may go on to, brochure and video. you're prepared for the future,' Temple Dedicates Historical Marker On Sunday, Oct. 7, Temple Beth ...…

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…New Programs For Interfaith The Agency for Jewish Education, Interfaith Connection, Project NAOMI, Jewish Family Service and the Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit are sponsoring Sarah's Tent, beginning this fall. The new program will take place monthly in a Huntington Woods home and will reach out to new Jews by choice, Jews with limited Judaic knowledge and non-Jews from interfaith -families. Each gathering will be led by a r...…

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…C o mmun i ty Synagogue Listings CONSERVATIVE ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Daniel Nevins, Herbert Yoskowitz. Cantor: Howard Glantz. Rabbi emeritus: Efry Spectre. Cantor emeritus: Larry Vieder. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 6:45 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. B'nai mitzvah of Dina Gurevich, daughter of Lara and Eugene Gurevich; Evan Goldfarb, son of ...…

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…SHAAREY ZEDEK 610 Giles Blvd., Windsor, Ontario, (519) 252-1594. Rabbi: Joseph D. Krupnik. Services: Friday evening; Saturday 9 a.m.: and Jewish holidays. A re you stru ggle meet the needs of ur y our job, a spouse, c hild grandchildren THE SHUL-LUBAVITCH YAGDIL TORAH Phyllis Schwartz, MSW, ACSW YOUNG ISRAEL OF OAK PARK 15140 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 967-3655. Rabbi: Reuven Spolter. President: Issac Katz; Gabbai: Micha Zwick. ...…

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…4 4 4 4 a 4 441; 4 4 44 4 4 0 4 4 4 4 4 a 41:1; a 4 44 a a 4 4 4 4 4 a 4 TEMPLE ISRAEL'S FAMILY LIFE CENTER J; hi Conjunction with the Caring Community Committee 0 4 And The Temple Treasures presents: 4 4 4 Our Monthly Senior Adult Program 4 4 a Our very own, multi-talented, 4 4 RECONSTRUCTIONIST 4 extremely entertaining 4 CONGREGATION OF DETROIT .1 4 1010 Antietam, Detroit, (313) 566-5412. 4 CANTOR HAROLD 01Z13ACH 4 President: Matthew Schen...…

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…The RX300 LVP SECULAR HUBIANISTIC THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE 28611 W. 12 Mile, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 477-1410. Rabbi: Sherwin T. Wine. Associate rabbi: Tamara Kolton. Assistant rabbi: Adam Chalom. Rabbinic candidate: Miriam Jerris. Services: Friday 8 P.m. RX 300 LVP '45 39 months $3500 due at start 12,000 miles JEWISH PARENTS INSTITUTE JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248) 661-1000. President: Sharynn Meltzer. Directo...…

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…C mmunity Torah Portion In An Open, Intimate Sukkah, Amongst Family And Fellow Jews and perilous world, and doubts his own ability to carry on. This questioning of one's ability to carry on with life and responsibility in the face of danger, disappointment or uncertainty is common today Frequently, we look for signs of reas- surance that will renew our resolve and get us back to task. In times of trouble, we, like Moses, his week, we celebr...…

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…STYLE magazine at the Jewish News PUBLISHER . -\ lfred N. DeRusha EDITOR Carla Jean .87Thwartz A 12 T 15 I-1 I - 0 12 Debbie-Sal LI EZ "A' SSIST'X'S'."E EDITOR Linda Bachrack k\ LH TOf&JAL ASSISTANT Na. Seymour CTION MANAGER .Curtis DeLove r PRODUCTION AssisJ MANAGER Zina Bahrou GRAPHIC ARTISTS Cathy Ciccone Kelly Johnson Anne Lada Alex Lumelsky Michelle Sheridan Todd Skiba Linda Stinson , ,SALES CORRDINATORS r...…

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…onto saks.com to bid on this minaudiere from Judith Lieber to benefit Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. Look for other items on this charity online auction powered by eBay. S ince October is breast cancer awareness month, our cover story "In Their Own Words," introduces you to five inspiring women in our community who con- quered this deadly disease. They are compas- sionate, courageous women. They represent our grandmothers, mothers, dau...…

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…Custom Upholstered • Slipcovered4 Leather Furniture Factory Direct Prices • Complete Design Services ; _ Casual Comfort furniture & accessories 0401 S. Washington • 248.591.4000 VALL L6TLIS 1M PP T }ENURES Israeli Designer SII Dekel As AkIvaWs...Three Dot Ts cotvl . L yo LA have a va‘. ANclyfkorkey • 4 I il I '1.1w gc,,Lety . 34. s _I0s.w,,,,,,0,, 2.4F.546,070 As. +1 95. Waskington • 2A-8-54- 6-8820 410 S. WASHINGTON - 248....…

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…decor PHOTOGRAPHY BY KRISTA HUSA hen Rochel Weingarden vol- unteered to decorate the interior of the new mikvah (ritual bath) in Oak Park, she had no idea what she'd find at the tile close- out store in Toronto. Luckily, the tiles, cabi- netry and accessories match. The doors opened in February, on a stun- ning structure with a Jerusalem stone-like exterior. Double doors with beveled glass open onto a marble foyer. A computerized ...…

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…QUITE POSSIBLY, The World's Most Perfect Kitchens. Designs Unlimited begins with you. Your dreams. Your desires. We then design, create and handcraft your unique environment. The ultimate in quality of materials and craftsmanship combine to make your kitchen the most perfectly refined area of your home. And even more perfect because it's yours. Call us at 248-624-7300 for your more perfect world. 3160 Haggerty Rd. West Bloomfield, MI 48323...…

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…A Bar/Bat Mitzvah That's A Rousing Success Without The Stress. Now That's A MITZVAH! • Available dates as early as 2001. • Accommodates up to 250 guests. • Complete catering packages available. • Ideal for adults and kids: dancing • pool • sports • and more • Convenient location. Packages include complete catering, rental and gratuity. 13 1- IC BEVERLY HILLS CLUB 31555 Southfield Road, Beverly Hills, MI A Country Club Environment W...…

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…HoTkii.vonsa Crosswinds 4301--brchaiCd Lake Road • West Bloomfield • 248- T he Art f t '-5810 • Hours: Tries-Sat 10-6 Aurs I, • III 1711 • - 'IMMI 1.110/A WI 1,111L. .•. /6.W4rIt •W 'TVI-ETIC DERMATOLOGY --- 4111- • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • BARRY I. AUSTER, M.D., P.C. SHAUNA RYDER DIGGS, M.D. SHELI TINKELMAN, PA-C JUDITH HACK, R.N. Rearrange your existing furniture & accessories NORTHWESTERN PROFESSIONAL PAVILION - SUIT...…

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…y ou could say Sherman Becker is returning to the "sole" of his busi- ness. Back in 1976, he and his wife Rosalind opened a shoe store in Bloomfield Plaza at Maple and Telegraph roads. Twenty-five years later, Roz & Sherm, the hugely successful women's apparel and accessory boutique, has redesigned and expanded its upscale shoe salon. To mark the opening of the renovated salon, world-renowned shoe designer Stuart Weitzman joined his longtime ...…

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…Jackie Layne, 50, West Bloomfield Instead of returning to my doctor every six months, 1 now only return once a year. My bout with breast cancer began when the radiologist noticed a suspicious spot on my mammogram. He said there were calcifications and that I should see a surgeon. I saw Dr. Eduardo Phillips, and he suggested a biopsy. I then had a lumpectomy, but the margins were not clear. My gynecologist, Dr. Steven Nligdal, then suggested a...…

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…Jessie Stern, 70, Franklin I have a file on spirituality that has helped me. I found the breast cancer myself during a self-examination. My mother died of breast cancer at age 43 when I was 17. I was very good about mammograms and doing everything I thought I should. Once I missed a few months of self-examinations, I had a sense of terror, and I felt a good-size lump. I had a needle biopsy, which was negative, but my surgeon, Dr. William Kest...…

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…where style comes alive... Breast cancer awareness month. The breast cancer research stamp is a postage stamp that raises money. "The first-class stamp sells for 40 cents, but is only worth 34 cents. The overcharge or differential six cents goes to breast cancer research," notes Gina Petrak, a breast cancer advocate of Bloomfield Hills. 51 `2ITI -11.. H ME Me4"50`r ■ unusual lighting & accent furniture ■ extraordinary silk florals & tr...…

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…I : Facials Skin Care Massages Custom Gift Baskets Gourmet Caramel Apples Honey Glazed Fruits Corporate Gifts Award Winning Cookies Homemade Fudge All-Occasion Trays Chocolate Dipped Strawberries Custom Logo Foiled Coins Guernsey Farms Ice Cream 4et us make tioLo special eveut a CittVe suiecto( Waxing murad ULTIMATE BEAUTY FROM NATURE AND SCIENCE Pedicures Body Treatments Permanent Makeup ....nni Permanent Hair -M! Removal Men...…

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…• Lau hs At Mat Ha torah. Beudit New Guys, Nc11olic • sTia At Ike bellovies.: Tiarn.,"Niagiss - JET transports Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" to 1920s Palestine. STORY ,C5,55.1540.54550.4,4.55.5...5,,,255t 55,-555: .55,,,15,”*.”*57,555*. Y.55.,,OCM%55%.,:*•:5 on page 66 I. 5.5:55.555555,154,0:*,* irk 7=i …

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…Best Bets CLASSICAL NOTES ON THE STAGE Pianist-composer John Simon puts a The University of Michigan School of jazzy spin on traditional Jewish melodies Music presents Good News!, an updated and well-known folk songs. He performs musical version of the 1920s tale of col- 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, in a free concert lege life, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 following 8 p.m. Shabbat services at p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11-14, at the Temple Shir Shalom ...…

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…Mr. Clean SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News 111 ark Schiff has devoted his career to making people laugh, but most of his time now involves a more heady project — turning a serious theater piece he wrote into a film for HBO. The Comic dips into the relation- ship between an aging comedian and the room-service wait- er delivering what the entertainer has intend- ed as his last meal. Schiff, in recent weeks, has been taking breaks ...…

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…On The Stage Star-Cross'd Lovers DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News T here is widespread agree- ment that it's the right time for something timeless — like Shakespeare. But a production opening Oct. 17 at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield is no ordinary stag- ing of the classic Shakespearean love story Romeo and Juliet. With uncanny timing, the Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET) has set the play against a Middle Eastern backdrop ...…

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…David Klein Gallery presents family that is Irish and French. "I think the issues of the play are very applicable to our time," she said. She hopes the play will "advance a sense of understanding about history, ethnicity, culture and society." Danny Jacobs, who plays the Muslim Romeo and is artistic director of the Detroit Actors Guild, has a lot of rele- vant background to draw upon. An Arab-American Catholic of Lebanese descent, Danny visi...…

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…8 I D 0 DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ( Neeme jiirvi. Aiwa Director Special Event THE KLEZMATICS Saturday, October 13, 2001 at 8:30 pm at Orchestra Hall The Klezmatics are known throughout the U.S. for New Guys, New Dolls New casting highlights the 50th-anniversary production of a Broadway treasure. their sold-out houses and appearances on A Prairie Home Companion. They'll provide an unforgettable evening of joyous, sentimental, s...…

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