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…Keeping The Memory Alive New Holocaust Memorial Center embraces first student visitors. HARRY KIRSBAUM StaffWfriter hough not yet open to the general public, the Holocaust Memorial Center welcomed about 20 students from Northville High School Feb. 1 for the first official tour of its new Farmington Hills facility. The HMC is scheduled to open to the public next month. Ironically, the students were from a third-year German language class. "T...…

…Emotional immersion HMC's design team uses new technology to convey age-old lessons. HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer Mr hen designer Richard Houghton met with Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig to outline the new Holocaust Memorial Center in • Farmington Hills three years ago, they planned on creating a 21st-century museum: technological, conceptual and, above all, immersive. Houghton, creative director of Houghton Kneale Design in London, England, put...…

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…Please join .dish Detroit, the Anti-Defamation League, B'nai Brith, Hillel of Metro Detroit, the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, and the Zionist Organization of America for: Democraol Zionism: A self-proclaimed "Muslim Zionist", Sheikh Professor Abdul Hadi Palazzi will discuss Islam and Democracy along with the Muslim-Jewish dialogue and other related hot topics. Residing in Italy, Sheikh Palazzi is a scholar and an orda...…

…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com The New Arik W ho is this new prime minister of Israel, and what has he done with the real Ariel Sharon? Surely the architect of the West Bank and Gaza set Clements, the man who urged Israelis to "seize the high places" and build homes on them just four years ago, can't be the same man who told Hakretzs columnist Yoel Marcus on Sunday that "I have given an order to p...…

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…You Wear It A Young Israel class learns all about tzitzit-. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor p articipan.ts in a Young Israel of Southfield class have been learning both the haws and whys of Jewish tradition, starting with a course last September on blowing the shofar and, most recently, wearing tzitzit. Tzitizit, fringes on a tallit or on an undergarment worn beneath a shirt, are cited in Nui'nbers 15:37- 41. Their purpose is simple:...…

…David Klein Gallery Tu WShevat At A Glance Celebrating the birthday of the trees. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor hat the name means: Shevat is the name of a month on the Jewish calendar. Because in the Hebrew alphabet each letter also rep- resents a numerical value, the number 15 is written as tet vav, which forms the acronym Tu. The second part, b'Shevat, means "in Shevat." Thus, Tu b'Shevat means "15th of Shevat." • When it occur...…

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…Where Harry Met Sally Diverse Young Adult program at Adat Shalom attracts range of people. not affiliated," she says. "We welcome everyone to the group," David adds, which includes non-Jewish spouses. "It's designed to provide an atmosphere where Jewish young adults can build relationships with other Jewish young adults and share Jewish experiences. And, since we're diverse, we have diverse programs. We're not 'just focused on the religious ...…

…The Scene Scene Happenings For college age through 30-some- thing. Send information to ah i tsky@ th ej ewishnews . co m Feb. 8 Sunday, 6 p.m. BBYO alumni reunion dinner for U-M students who are BBYO alums. At University of • Michigan Hillel. No charge. RSVP: BBYO, (248) 788-0700. Feb. 10 Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. EMU Hillel Book Club and dinner discuss- es Tough Jews by Rich Cohen. RSVP: Heather Soloman, (734) 482-0456 or hillel@emich.edu Feb. ...…

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