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…looking back From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive In August 2007, the Frankel Jewish Academy moved into its new 50,000-square-foot facility on the upper level of the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The Jewish day high school planted its roots a decade earlier when a group of parents met to begin discussing the concept. Three years later, in 2000, the first class of 9th- and 10th-graders began taking classes in the basement of th...…
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…Letters Appealing To Youth The community demographic survey results ("Hand In Hand:' June 8, page 14) confirm the importance of making this area more attractive to our young people. Hand-wringing won't stem the losses we've suffered, but invest- ing in institutions important to young people will surely help. That means supporting efforts to revitalize the city of Detroit. Young people flock to bustling urban areas and flee from those that lac...…
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…Front Lines NOTEBOOK BASLU ALESSANDRO DELCACQUA MARTIN GRANT Detroit Teens Buy Ambulance The John J. Mames Chapter, Michigan Region of American Friends of Magen David Adorn (Israel's Emergency Medical Service), has completed a com- munity-wide giving campaign, Project Lifeline, aimed at allowing children in Metro Detroit to connect directly with the everyday Israeli — with the moth- ers, fathers and children who depend on the Israeli eme...…
…At Congregation Beth Ahm, although our faith is thousands of years old, we embrace big, new ideas. Like our 9 o'clock Shabbat class on the Torah portion of the week, and our contemporary Shabbat service, where youth read the Torah, kids are welcome, and we all sing and make a joyful noise. Our Religious School meets on Tuesday afternoon and Shabbat morning — now there's a good idea. And our wonderful monthly Friday Shabbat experience — Shabba...…
…u ng a! buv Aq s rev/el' a e Otam. formation of a Boca-based Kidz Klez Band, under the direction of the cantor. "The kids here have learned so much',' Cantor Dubov said. "Jewish music has gone into their souls and their futures. And that's part of what being a cantor is about. "It is part of what I have loved during my 10 years' being a spiri- tual leader in this community. I have loved everything at Chaye Olam and am leaving with no Chaye ...…
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…Go directly to The Boardwalk! -7 F 14th Annual AJC Elects Officers will offer its Summertime Torah Officers for the American Jewish Study program for adults, starting Committee Metropolitan Detroit Tuesday, July 11, at the Max NI. Fisher Chapter for the coming program year Federation Building in Bloomfield are: president, Andrew S. Doctoroff; Township and the Jewish Community vice presidents, Kenneth C. Gold, Amy Center in West Bloomfield....…
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…N M c-; N ;NI , "3 Settling In Jordyn Waterstone, 14, of Farmington Hills says goodbye to her emotional mom, Carrie, while Josh Fishman, 18, of Farmington Hills looks on. Israel beckons Teen Mission goers to go forth and explore! On June 29, 214 energetic teens left Detroit for a month in Israel on Federation's Teen Mission 2006. They arrived tired and jet-lagged, but now they're on the go, exploring Israel, taking in the histor...…
…L kJ LEN MISSION At the City of David: Max Jaied Berman, 16, of West Bloomfield, Ilene Crane, 15, of Neistein, 17, of West Bloomfield; Jacob Rosen, 15, of Bloomfield Far ingtontlills and Rabbi Hills; Kein °nickel, 16, of of Shaarey Zedek rough Hezekiah's Birmingham; and Nina Patchak, 15, of West Bloomfield ,,nor >t..1 ' ,14; Settling In from page 17 one to share Shabbat in the heart of Israel. Among us are 23 Israeli teens from ...…
…World Personal Shopper Center takes new approach to giving. Chanan Tigay Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York C all him a personal shop- per, a matchmaker or a boutique investment adviser. However he is described, Joseph Hyman is trying to chart a new course in the world of Jewish phi- lanthropy. A longtime Jewish orga- nizational professional and fund- raiser, Hyman last year launched the Center for Entrepreneurial Jewish Philanthropy t...…
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…THE HERITAGE release of hundreds of Arab prison- ers. • October 1994 — Cpl. Nachshon Wachsman, 19, was cap- tured by a Hamas cell in the West Bank which asks for the release of Palestinian prisoners. A botched commando raid leaves Wachsman, a commanding officer, and several hostage-takers dead. • October 1986 — Capt. Ron Arad, an Israeli air force navigator, parachuted out of his damaged warplane over Lebanon and was taken hostage. Israel say...…
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…To Life! 1NTERFAI - H Camper from page 33 In-Laws Or Out-Laws? Ann Arbor A American host Jeff Belen of Berkley, Israeli program coordinator Naomi Miller Rockowitz, Detroit program co-chair Ken Korotkin of Birmingham, Meital Fisher of Israel and local supporter Andrea Belen Israeli Scouts David Rada, 14, and Mushe Akalo, 15, sport their new baseball caps. know Israelis, and see that Israel is not just what's on the news. Their expos...…
…T Historic Connection Hank Greenberg was a favorite of black fans even before Jackie Robinson broke the "color barr;er." Two legends helped to integrate baseball. Satchell Paige in Detroit, 1953 Irwin Cohen Special to the Jewish News uly 7 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Satchel Paige. Leroy Paige was born in Mobile, Ala., and as a teenager worked at the railroad station. Leroy's lon...…
…, IR 0 Li N D T 0 V\I SPORT Academy Awards Big Benefactors JAMD announces sports honors for 2005-2006. U-M recognizes $1 million-plus donors at posh dinner event. Ann Arbor Steve Stein Special to the Jewish News unior Noah Curhan and sophomore Liz Traison were named the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit's Athletes of the Year. Both play three sports. For Curhan, it's basketball, soc- cer and tennis. Traison plays basket- ball, soc...…
…Cruisin' With A Purpose Classic car event benefits Hermelin Brain Tumor Center. Staff photos by Angie Baan I n the midst of being treated for a malignant brain tumor, Julie Cash Levin, 47, of Farmington Hills found the time to give back. Levin and fellow brain tumor survivor Stuart Brickner of West Bloomfield worked together to plan "Cruisin' For a Cure a classic car show, cocktail and dinner reception and dancing to raise money for the H...…
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