…Obituaries Obituaries are updated and archived on JNonline.us. The Chapel that recognizes each family's individual needs. HELEN BLUESTONE, 97, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 28, 2008. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Seymore and Barbara Weinstein of West Bloomfield; daughter and son-in- law, Sandra and Larry Zinn of Le Mesa, Calif.; sister, Sonya Kudewitz of Hollywood, Fla.; grandchildren, Mitchell and Ginny Abrams, Lee and De...…
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…. ' • . , 4i.eoswos: 44sgi,444.:*7 0 qt is with -"ro ound sorrow y but with overwhelming admiration that we note the passing of our former Executive Director, Rabbi Israel Rockove, T who died last week. His leadership and direction of the Hebrew Benevolent Society for 38 years were most exemplary The compassion and care he displayed to our Jewish community will long be remembered. Rabbi Rockove's advice and comfort to families...…
…ilk Obituaries HOSPICE HEROES KEEP • , THE PROMISE Rabbi Hershel Klainberg devoted his career to teaching Torah to children and serving as a chaplain before joining the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network staff. Much has changed since he became a hospice caregiver six years ago. Obituaries from page C38 of the late Virginia Ruth "Ginnie" Marrich; devoted brother of the late Ann Kollin, the late Irving Marrich; dear brother-in-law o...…
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…Obituaries Obituaries from page C41 Funeral Home in Pittsburgh. Interment in Homestead Hebrew Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, 5738 Darlington Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 or the Sittsamer Fund for Holocaust Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Arts & Sciences Development Office, 910 Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. '41 DR. HOWARD B. SOBEL, 79, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 28, 2008. He was ...…
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…Letters Terrifying Response Regarding "Our Neighbors" (Feb. 21, page A20), reporting on a program in the Anti- Defamation League-Michigan Region's "Weaving Our Community" series, there is one paragraph that I hope many others considered disturbing. Story Development Editor Keri Guten Cohen reported that local ADL executive director Betsy Kellman said that a local Arab American speaker had backed out. He told Kellman that his business had been...…
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…Metro Ringing The Bell Early Local economic woes compel Federation to close annual pledge effort April 1. C iting urgent local needs in the Jewish community, lead- ers of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit decided to close their 2008 pledge-collecting effort on April 1 instead of Dec. 31. Federation allocates funds to 19 part- ner agencies based on annual pledges. The sooner those pledges are made, the sooner they can be allo- c...…
…Shabbat Assaults Crimes in Southfield spur two-city security effort. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer A fter Rabbi Avie Shapiro was robbed at gun- point on Saturday, Feb. 16, outside a relative's home not far from his own on the east edge of Southfield near 10 Mile, his neighbors began to plan a Neighborhood Watch group. But when several more criminal incidents against Orthodox Jews took place in the same area on March 1, the group bec...…
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…I World Rain Of Rockets Detroiter heads Jewish Agency contingent that witnesses Gaza missile blasts. Robert A. Sklar Editor ane Sherman spent just three hours in Sderot in the western Negev last week. That's the Israeli city of 20,000 people under constant ter- rorist rocket fire launched from the Gaza Strip, less than a mile away. But the journey proved the most emo- tional and haunting that she has had in Israel in recent years. And tha...…
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…Dogging Obama ADL leader says candidate settled Farrakhan issue. Ron Kampeas and Ben Harris Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington T he head of the Anti-Defamation League says it's time to pack away the Farrakhan fears when it comes to Barack Obama. "He was very clear:' said Abraham Foxman, the ADEs national director, describing the response of the Illinois sen- ator who was asked in a debate about the public praise he received from the Nat...…
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…E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication Check It Out! Arts & Culture Peruse the "End of the Year Spotlight" exhibit, artwork by senior art students from North Farmington High School, through March 15, at the Costick Center's City Gallery, 28600 Eleven Mile in...…
…To Do Calendar from page A25 visitors from Technion-Israel. $36 prepaid admission. • Annual Technion Student Tour: 7 p.m. at Hammel Music, 2700 E. Maple (southeast corner at M-5) in Commerce Township. Learn about the latest technologies and study opportunities coming out of Israel from Dr. Raphael Rom, pro- fessor of Electrical Engineering, and graduate students Noga Livnat, Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, and Amir Nahir, Computer Science...…
…36.= O HERE COMES CHUPPAM Go on "Travels with Rabbi Arnie" 7 p.m. Tuesdays, March 11 and 18, at Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900 Northfield Parkway in Troy. Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg will discuss the historical and modern Jewish communities of Poland, New Zealand and Spain during his continuing series. No charge. RSVP to Rabbi Aaron Starr: (248) 649-4418. Study the Kabbalah with Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg at 10:30 a.m. Sundays or 8 p.m. Wednes...…
…Calendar from page A27 Unity And Diversity Howard Lupovitch Learn more about Reform, Orthodox, Conservative and Reconstructionist Judaism at the next session of Prof. Howard N. Lupovitch's Jewish history book club series 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. His lec- ture on "Unity, Diversity and the Melting Pot" is based on Jonathan Sarna's award-winning book, American Judaism. Walk-ins a...…
…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Editorial BalAnce Security, Openness W e as a Jewish commu- nity must wake up to terror's recurring echoes around the world. The threat is real, even in America. We need to better educate ourselves and be better prepared to strengthen the walls of safety and security at our synagogues, JCCs, Federation buildings and other communal meeting places. Wherever we gather, we're vulner...…
…Opinion OTHER VIEWS U-M Press' Hate-Filled Tie S ince 2004, the University of Michigan has been the sole distributor for London-based Pluto Press, which publishes some of the most anti-Israel, anti-Semitic and anti- American tracts available in the United States. More than a dozen of these books advo- cate the destruction of the Jewish state and any book dealing with Israel can be trusted to vilify Zionism. Neither U-M Press nor Pluto Pres...…
…THE RUC/ GALLERY of West Bloomfield rme OUT is quite clear that U-M is becom- ing known among those who hate Israel as a safe haven to legitimize activist anti-Israel polemics and anti-Semitic rhetoric. It is becoming clear that the university and President Mary Sue Coleman need to publicly condemn anti-Semitism in any form and clarify that U-M will not condone nor endorse hatred for Jews and Judaism masked as criticism of Israeli policies....…
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…Learning to use tefillin brings generations together. David Sachs Senior Copy Editor Angie Baan Staff Photographer T he leather straps of tefillin are meant to tie the Jewish nation closer to the Creator. And events like the World Wide Wrap held recently at several local Conservative synagogues also can cement the genera- tions together in their family worship. On Sunday, Feb. 3, members of Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield met bef...…
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