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…Metro: 2009 Butzel Award Winner • Spirituality: Simchat Torah • Health: ALS Treatment • Arts: Opera With A Jewish Twist A JEWISH RENAISSIOLCE MEDIA PUBLICATION„ $2.00 OCT. 8-141 2009 / 20-26 TISHREI 5770 Leading the c arge to enr ch lives and erase barriers for Jews with developmental disabilities. Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week Inside: Business Section …

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…NOW OFFERING BREAKTHROUGHS IN CANCER CARE, WOMEN'S HEALTH AND HOPE. The best way to fight cancer is together. At the new Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, you'll find one of the nation's most powerful cancer teams delivering wellness-centered care in a true healing environment. Here, world-renowned physicians from multiple specialties, including women's health, meet as one to discuss the most difficult cases and recommend the best ...…

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…JN Contents thejewishnews.corn Oct. 8-14, 2009 20-26 Tishrei 5770 Vol. CXXXVI, No. 10 Nutritionall y Speaking By Barbara Beznos, RD, LD/N Integrated Nutrition, LLC Happy Season Having fun decorating the sukkah at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak are Eliyahu Ishakis, 9, and Yaakov Ishakis, 7, of Southfield. Friday eve- ning begins Shemini Atzeret, followed by Simchat Torah the next night. Special Report JARC At 40 11 Aiding Jews with dev...…

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…Editor's Letter Bibi Talks Tough I n bold, sweeping terms before the United Nations General Assembly, Israel's prime minister said the U.N. Human Rights Council's Goldstone report on the Israeli-Hamas war last winter was a perversion of truth. Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu was outraged how the report equated Hamas terror against Israelis with Israeli soldiers protecting the Jewish state. And Bibi had every right to be. The report follows the pa...…

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…Letters How to Send Letters We prefer letters relating to JN articles. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Letters of 225 words or less are considered first. Longer ones will be subject to trimming. Letter writers are limited in frequency of publication. Letters must be original and contain the name, address and title of the writer and a day phone number. Non-electronic copies must be hand signed. Send letters to the JN: 29200 No...…

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…H Front Lines DETROIT JEWISH NE'' - theJEWISHNEWS.coni Advertising Sales Publisher/President Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us Sales Director: Keith Farber kfarber@renmedia.us Account Executives: Ann G. Abrams, Jan Haskell, Melissa Litvin, Heidi Martin, Rick Nessel, Dharlene Norris Senior Sales Assistant: Kim Metzger Strengthening Our Future Still Digging Dip Federation is closing in on its 2009 Campaign goal of $33 million. "Althoug...…

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…Don't Miss "Lights, Camera, ADL Takes Action" Wednesday, October 14, 2009, Townsend Hotel Honoring: Gary Gilbert Producer- Gilbert Films Mike Binder Comedian, Actor, Producer, Director - Sunlight Productions Harry Winer Producer, Director - SMASHmedia Selma Blair Actor Harvey Grace Chairman & CEO - Grace & Wild Bob Brown Producer - Purple Rose Films - - - - - - With Special Guest Zach Braff Star of Garden State and ABC's Scrubs $200...…

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…Y OPEN HOUSE • 41 14 4. 1t.•• 416, • E", ° Join us on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009 6:45 pm Registration 7:00 pm Program Frankel Jewish Academy — Serving grades 9 - 12 6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 To RSVP or for more information, please contact: iitrt Linda Baruch, Recruitment Associate, 248-592-5263, ext. 231 or email admissions@franlielja.org - :!!!• \ • ; •N!' ;VI Visit- our website at ww PROlt;INktttAR-t&O...…

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…Special Report ACHIEVING DREAMS / ON THE COVER - Enriching lives and erasing barriers for Jews with developmental disabilities. Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor A grassroots effort started in 1969 by Detroit Jewish parents of chil- dren with developmental dis- abilities has grown into a model program that today helps more than 600 adults and children with disabilities to live inclusive, dignified lives in the community. JARC, ...…

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…Special Report ACHIEVING DREAMS JARC at 40 from page 11 "Calling JARC Changed Everything" Milaine and Gabi Grossbard of Southfield have five children. Chloe, 10, and Sabian, 6, have developmental disabilities. "My hands were full," Milaine said. "When I called Laurel Berger in JARC's children's department, she said, 'How can we help.' JARC always meant older people to me. Calling them changed everything." JARC assigned a respite care worke...…

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…As we celebrate our 25th year in business, we 'd like to thank our clients and employees for helping us reach this milestone. And we look forward to working with you during the next 25 years! Ken and Rick Bloom, Bloom Asset Management During this quarter century, we have remained true to our principles of providing professional money management and financial planning services for individual investors and businesses on a no commission, fee-...…

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…Special Report ACHIEVING DREAMS JARC at 40 from page 12 or lived together for years. They have their rhythm and routines down, and pretty much act like a family, with the normal squabbling and teasing. Jack Saffer moved in recently. "I love it here he said. "We're one big happy family. I like my room and the food, and I like my roommate Michael [Rosen] :' As in any family, their rooms reflect their personalities. New Yorker Charles Kushner ...…

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…became CEO in 2008. The transition was smooth, and Loewenstein has embraced the job, though he is not from the mental health field. He's at ease with JARC clients and knows them by sight. He's a visionary who enjoys being hands-on with staff, clients and volunteers. And he brings business know-how and tre- mendous energy to the job. "Now is an opportunity to bring in new ideas, but the core mission of car- ing for people with developmental dis...…

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…; The Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor presents he New YAD mconse quam , o do core verciliquip ex en or olor BIZ NAME Address line Address Line Phone number e-mail web address Xer sit vero dunt sortie min vendrem exeraese vulla facip ea feumsandreet preestrud molummolum num vel dolore minis ails molt prat, qui blandipsum nuiputat amconse quamet, commolor ad tlo do core verciliquIp ex eels dolo Get your business listing in the new...…

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…Metro FRED M. BUTZEL MEMORIAL AWARD Mickey Maddin and Bob Slatkin during the Butzel Photos cou r tesy Jew is h Fe dera t io n o f Me tropo litan De tro it award ceremony Federation. Aonors Roberta Slatkiiil "Bob has always believed that Jewish people need to help each other." Harry Kirsbaum Special to the Jewish News G rowing up in the heavily Jewish area of Seven Mile Road and Livernois in Detroit, Robert Slatkin didn't need a form...…

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…Metro FRED M. BUTZEL MEMORIAL AWARD Robert Slatkin from page 17 Right: 1974: Federation's Young Leadership Cabinet members included Judy Frankel and Donna and Bob Slatkin Below: 1997: Bob Slatkin with Detroit Jewish community leaders David and Doreen Hermelin 1977: Federation's Wetsman Young Leadership Award winner Bob Slatkin with his wife, Donna, and his mother, Esther !merman 1971: Federation's Junior Division annual meeting, B...…

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…GET THE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER TAX CREDIT WITHOUT FEELING TAXED. HELPING FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS MOVE ON THE TAX CREDIT. Being a first-time homebuyer is exciting, but the fast-approaching $8,000 tax credit* deadline can be stressful. We can help lead you through the home- financing process and find the mortgage that's right for you. When you open a Rewards Checking Package, the points you earn can be used to pay down your mortgage. Stop in any F...…

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…Metro New Faces, Tough Challenges WHERE IMAGINATIONS Detroit Jewry's leadership lays out communal blueprint. RUN WILD. Fridag Night Live!: Classicollg trained violist Christen Lien performs original compositions that are a beautiful mixture of East and West, classical and postmodern, and acoustic and electronic. Target Familg Sundag: Watch Matthew Shlian create kinetic sculpture Douglas Etkin, Nancy Grosfeld and Robert Aronson liste...…

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…"Hillel exposes our children to all things that are great about Judaism. Our children feel proud to be Jewish, and watching them develop a passion for Judaism and for doing mitzvot is awe-inspiring. The sacrifices we make to send our children to Hillel are ones we make happily, because the gift they receive daily makes it all worthwhile." —Amy andJeff Schlussel, Current Hillel Parents This is the Hillel Difference. HILLEL DAY SCHOOL...…

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…Metro ed AtEft BEN1M' a new p • One for One" Throughout the entire month of October To benefit Oakignd County Children's Village 40645.5151 www.carusocaruso.net infogcarusocaruso.net *Jeans must be in wearable condition (no unintended holes). Promotional price = FINAL SALE. Not to be combined with any other Caruso Caruso promotion. Offer expires 10/31/09. au!Ouepai'l 22 October 8 • 2009 View From Washington Ron Kampeas, the Washi...…

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…n Opera Theatre Premiere! Verdi's first major success and our most requested opera! 1311: Giuseppe, Verdi An Opera of Biblical Proportions October 17-24.2005 *The story of the destruction of Jerusalem and the plight of the Hebrew slaves during the Babylonian captivity 3 Performances 0011 * Featuring the famous choral anthem "Va, pensiero," featured in countless films and television program Saturdaq, October 17, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. Wednes...…

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…Metro AROUND TOWN Twist and Shout! Kadima supporters celebrate 25 years with an upbeat Beatles revue. David Victor of Bloomfield Hills, Ron Klein of Bloomfield Hills and David and Sandy Kirsch of Huntington Woods Ilene Blaz of West Bloomfield, Albert Ludwig of Orchard Lake and Alisa Daien of West Bloomfield eatlemania gripped more than 1,000 people at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit. The crowd cheered and people danced in their...…

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…World NEWS ANALYSIS Don't Write Off The Kibbutz [..PXQUP' 1TTAP *Do *Do *Do *Do *Do *Do *Do Jc_.5_.N\LL-, - r?-) your skis wander or Cross? your heels lift up in your boots? your feet move in your boots? you lean back on your skis? you fatigue easily? your feet get cold or tired? you ski "knock-kneed?" GUESS WHAT? IT'S NOT YOU. IT'S YOUR EQUIPMENT. JOIN US FOR WINE & CHEESE & FIND THE ANSWER. @Atoll-x4Ti Pa 7 4-6 Photo by Nag a i Na...…

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…World egle-g-ketti t7D /tee NEWS ANALYSIS The Kibbutz from page 25 JANE & LARRY SHERMAN Please join us for a Gala Dinner ' Saluting Hebrew Free Loan Leaders and Recognizing our Valued Donors and Supporters as we host the International Association of Hebrew Free Loans Annual Conference Monday, October 19, 2009 Jewish Community Center D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Campus West Bloomfield 6:30 p.m. Hors d'oeu...…

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…UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL Seeking the Talented Announcing the 2010-11 Liggett Scholarship Program For entering ninth graders University Liggett School is seeking metro Detroit's most talented eighth-graders to test for merit-based, four-year scholarships for students to attend University Liggett School beginning in September 2010. Application deadline is December 1, 2009 Testing dates are December 5 and 6 Required information session is a...…

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…World ROUNDUP New ORT America Director New York ORT America has appointed Alan Edward Klugman to serve as the organization's national executive director, announced Doreen Hermelin of Bingham Farms, national president, and Shelley B. Fagel, chair, executive committee. "Man is an exemplary senior Jewish communal professional, saluted by his peers as a visionary with more than 20 years of solid expertise in such key areas as strategic plan- nin...…

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…SUBURBAN -3 Suburban Cadillac Buick 1810 Maplelawn Troy, MI 48084 Sales: 866-523-3120 Service: 248-643-0070 Mon. & Thurs 8:30-9; Tues, Wed. & Fri. 8:30-6; Saturday 10-3 KIP RICE "Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit." New 2010 SAX 2 TO CHOOSE FROM LEASE $499.00*/Mo. *12k per yr, 39 months. Total due S1,662.29 plus plate. New 2010 CTS cp SUBURBAN The Suburban Collection I Cl ► odwrencti Lube, Oil, Filter, Four Tire Rotation, 27-Point Ve...…

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…World ROUNDUP Roundup from page 28 ummg SICILECI Sherwood will pay the sales tax on purLhase of jewelry and purses with this ad only . Sale ends 10/22/09 studios Fine Designer Furniture • Stunning Accessories Unklue - 4"9°,70 moo.. mfrs 6644 Orchard Lake Rd just S of Maple West Bloomfield • 248 855.1600 MonTueWedFriSat 10-6 bur 10-9 Sun 12-5 www.sherwoodstudiosinc.com Synagogue Unearthed A 2,000-year-old synagogue from the Second Temp...…

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…synagogue, which was dedicated in November 2006, alongside the city's new Jewish Museum. The city's new building will house a Reform synagogue for the small but growing liberal Jewish community. Munich's original liberal syna- gogue was destroyed in June 1938 on Hitler's orders. Anti-Semitism In Spain Madrid/JTA Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Spain, according to a new Anti-Defamation League report. The report points to "more public expressio...…

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…Opinion A MIX OF IDEAS Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . George Cantor's Reality Check column will return next week. Dry Bones SINAI TORAH My German Hero Editor's Note: The 25th anniver- sary of the Holocaust Memorial Center, founded in West Bloomfield and now located in Farmington Hills, will be celebrated at a dinner gala on Oct. 18. I n 1943, I escaped from German-occupied Poland to Hungary. In March 1944, Nazi Ger...…

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…Opinion ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA-MICHIGAN REGION JOIN US AT THE 76th ANNUAL BALFOUR CELEBRATION A Precarious Moment from page 33 Covenant and Mission': which reject- ed a clear statement that there can be no attempts to convert Jews as part of the interfaith dialogue. Instead the U.S. bishops approved language that Catholic-Jewish dialogues could explicitly be used to invite Jews to baptism. They told us the change was directed by t...…

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…BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL entrepreneur Home Sweet Home Partners create innovative, low-risk programs to assist foreclosure victims, investors. Carolyn Krieger-Cohen Special to the Jewish News home repair when the economy slowed. This has been so beneficial for my own family. I see a long future here." "The Home Store brings the familiar- ity and accessibility of a retail format to a targeted audience with few other options," said Frederick ...…

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…BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL more fun than texting career coach Don't Eat The Seed Corn It's always the right time to sign up for an art class or workshop @ the BBAC. R BIRMINGHAM BLOOMFIELD Artraini 1516 S. Cranbrook Rd. Birmingham MI 48009 2 4 8 . 6 4 4 . 0 8 6 6 BBArtCenter.org 1536250 JEEC Turn your old GULL) into CAM l! We will buy ALL of your precious metals, diamonds & watches. 32940 Middlebelt Rd. (AI I I Nlilt• Rd. ill (1...…

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…Women In Philanthropy Sinai Guild to host Dr. Oz at its Oct. 13 fundraiser. Rusty Rosman Sandi Matz Robyn Gorell Special to the Jewish News B ack in 1952, a group of Detroiters formed the Women's Auxiliary of Sinai Hospital of Detroit, later to become the Sinai Guild. Comprised mostly of women and a handful of men, this fledgling organization was up and running when Sinai Hospital officially opened its doors the following year. It was rel...…

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…CALL TODAY AND GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY! Have you ever imagined a life without those unwanted pounds? BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL Martin L. Fried of Bingham Farms, a principal of Goldstein Bershad & Fried, P C, has received certifica- tion as a busi- ness bankruptcy Fried specialist from the American Board of Certification. Only 11 attorneys in Michigan have qualified for this distinction. Fried is the author of What Every Attorney Should Know Ab...…

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…My favorite cup of coffee comes from the shop that has been in my neighborhood for years. My friends and I meet there to plan our weekend, the,JEWI HNEWS.com THE THRILL-RIDE OF THE YEAR! USA TODAY MESMERIZING!" NY TIMES "HILARIOUS... MIND-BOGGLING... EMOTIONAL!" LA TIMES DAVID COPPERFIELD AN INTIMATE EVENING OF Fri. October 9 -Sat. October 10 4 PERFORMANCES ONLY! Ann Delisi's Essential Music Weekends 12noon - 4pm OlympiaEntertainm...…

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…A N F. W PERSPFCIIVE ON FIXED INCOME GENERATE HIGHER FIXED INCOME YIELDS BUSINESS -s, MEMOS from page 38 ANNUAL PRE-TAX'TEED OF FIXED RATE INVESTMENT OPTIONS 8% 6' Alterman May Endelman Sinai 5% 4% easury and Municipal bond rates tIOITI www.bloomberg.com . October 5. 2009. Corporate bond rates provided by Moody's as of Odour 1. 2009. TIRED OF EARNING PRACTICALLY NOTHING ON YOUR FIXED INCOME INVESTMENTS? You can generate a ...…

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…TORAH PORT! Standing Alone CHALLENGING CONVENTION: SECULAR AND HUMANIST AND JEW OCTOBER 23-25 • Shabbat Shemini Atzeret: Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Numbers 29:35-30:1; I Kings 8:54-9:1. Efrat all three levels of human behavior. The historical background of our nd everyone shall be united High Holiday period intensifies the allegorical interpretation of the Four in following the will of our Species. Yom Kippur, the 10th day of the Father...…

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…I Spirituality • TEMPLE AND SYNAGOGUE LISTINGS SPONSORED BY TEMPLE ISRAEL \•:i• -•:og TEMPLE ISRAEL • • Temple Israel's IMAGME Young Adult Group presents a program for young families: lavors o Fall Thursday, October 15, 2009 • 4:30 PM Join Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny at the Franklin Cider Mill to sample tasty treats, enjoy good company, and participate in festive, fall activities! CONSERVATIVE INDEPENDENT Adat Shalom Synagogue 29901 ...…

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…48382, (248) 363-3644. Rabbi: Schneor Greenberg. N9A 4E2. (519) 252-1594. Rabbi: Shalom Galperin. Chabad Jewish Center of Novi- Northville 42142 Loganberry Ridge North, Novi, (248) 790-6075. Rabbi: Avrohom Susskind. E-mail rabbiasusskind@sbcglobal. net. Shomer Israel 14261 Vernon, Oak Park, MI 48237. Rabbi: Yissachar Wolf. Dovid Ben Nuchim - Aish Kodesh 14800 W. Lincoln, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 569-0192. Rabbi: Ari Kostelitz. First Hebrew ...…

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…Call 866-501 -DOCS to find a physician . . Your fight against cancer is backed by some powerful Janice LaRouere, U-M Medical School Faculty Patrick W. McLaughlin, MD U-M Medical School Faculty Laura Freednia U-M Me It's no surprise that U-M Radiation Oncology physicians and researchers are among the top in their field. What you may not know is that the same extraordinary care found in Ann Arbor can also be found through the U-M Rad...…

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…'f 1 Health & Fitness RESEARCH Hope For ALS U-M neurologist's research leads to first clinical trial of stem cell treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease. U-M's Dr. Eva Feldman in her laboratory Ann Arbor T he U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the green light on Sept. 18 for a clinical trial of a new stem cell treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). University Michigan neurologist Eva Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., will be the overal...…

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…Health & Fitness RETIREMENT LIVING SPORTS 6-10 Split Pisgah-Zeiger bowling league dissolves as teams decline. Steve Stein Special to the Jewish News T "I USED TO WONDER IF MOM WAS LONELY NOW SHE HAS MORE FRIENDS THAN I DO." hen your mom moves to The Park at Trowbridge, you won't have to worry about her being lonely anymore. She'll be too busy rediscovering the things she loves to do. See for yourself why seniors living at The Par...…

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…Choosing a cancer hospital could be the most important decision you'll ever make. It begins with a single cell. Then two, then four - then sixteen. So microscopi- cally small, you'd never know it was there at all. And because you have no symptoms, you come to the logical conclusion that you're not sick. So, your annual check up just slips by. And life goes on... for now At Beaumont we know that the best way to save your life is to catch can...…

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…"We have never been happier. "When we switched over to the DMC, they did some additional fertility testing through Hutzel Women's Hospital and the procedure took the first time." "The expertise of the DMC right in your neighborhood." DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital "The care they give you in the Critical Care Nursery is amazing." To tour the Merle and Shirley Harris Birthing Center at Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, call (248) 937 5220. To s...…

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