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…metro >> on the cover Stolen Years A local family copes with early-onset dementia with fortitude and love. Ruthan Brodsky I Contributing Writer CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 "It took over a month to get an accurate diagnosis of my husband's health:' said Mickey, who kept insisting her husband get an MRI to reveal the problem. The situation became aggravated when Erwin threatened to do bodily harm to him- self two years ago. Authorities were calle...…
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…metro ITS YOUR TURN!!! Stolen from page 8 University of Michigan Regents Need to Hear From Our Jewish Community BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS Insidious Disease Most families who receive the diagnosis of Frontotemporal dementia are told there's nothing that can be done. At this time, there is no cure. "FTD is insidious and likely causes are due to genetic mutations that took effect during brain development:' said Rhonna Shatz, D.O., d...…
…T he ZOA applauds the U of M student activists whose efforts led to the defeat of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) Resolution on March 25th. Now the Jewish community must support the students by demanding that the Administration prevent any further intimidation and anti-Semitic name calling, and to punish recent perpetrators. The facing column has excerpts from two articles: One is by U of M Senior Molly Rosen describing the atmosphere...…
…metro >> on the cover Senior Living I Independent apa/Assisted Living A i Independence Village Quiet Volunteer of WHITE LAKE Andi Wolfe to be honored with Jewish Hospice's first Dove Award. Barbara Lewis I Contributing Writer At the Village Imagine waking up and having a full day of fun activities waiting for you. At Independence Village of White Lake, there is seldom a dull moment for our residents. Indulge in everything from our g...…
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…Chaya Sarah and Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg the best role model you can find on how to raise really amazing children:' says Andrea Stawis, formerly of West Bloomfield. "Rabbi Silberberg is such a genuine person and good, sincere friend:' says Eileen Borsand of Bloomfield Hills. She and her two sisters, Leah Ruby and Fran Rogers, learn with the rabbi in a weekly class that began in the 1970s. Over the years, the women chose to become more obser...…
…LAST CHANC Cap*Gown metro Major itzvah YEARBOOK Brenda Betel pens her letter with Rabbi Moshe Druin. Shir Shalom extends its Project 613 to JSL residents/Holocaust survivors. Julie Edgar Special to the Jewish News Ad Deadline: May 9th Free Listing Deadline: May 9th. Graduation Time! The Jewish News will honor all Jewish students who are graduating this spring from Michigan high schools in our Cap & Gown Yearbook 2014. The Yearbook w...…
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…metro Learning To Love My grandmother's gift to her next generations. I n the final days of her life, as my grandmother writhed in pain from the lymphoma that had rav- ished her body, she was able to take in love more than at any other time in her life. Her body was dying, but her soul was just begin- ning its journey, finally freed by knowing, with absolute certainty, that she was loved. My grandmother lost her mother when she was 11. She...…
…Suspects Arrested In Shooting Of Local Attorney Ronelle Grier Contributing Writer F our suspects, three men and one woman, have been arrest- ed for the shooting of attorney David Zacks, who was shot through the front door of his Bloomfield Hills home on April 30 by a man claiming to be a police officer. Police believe the shooting was the result of a botched robbery plan initiated by one of the suspects, Cassandra Chobod, 23, who police say...…
…Pr` WOMEN'S EVENTS A scene Finding Hillywood from kk‘k ga)2 IN THE MONTH OF MAY Congregation Shir Tikvah invites you to experience an exciting and inspiring two-part women's series! Finding Hillywood AN EVENING OF HEALING, EMPOWERMENT & CONNECTION FOR WOMEN Jewish filmmaker relates to Rwanda. Suzanne Chessler I Contributing Writer Saturday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m. Join Rabbi Tamara Kolton, Scholar-in- Residence for an evening of conne...…
…LAST CHANCE Cap & Gown With an ad in The Jewish News featuring our 2014 graduates! Ad Deadline Date: May 9, 2014 • Issue Date: May 22, 2014 SUBMIT YOUR AD ONLINE AT: https://www.thejewishnews.com/contact/cap-and-gown/ OR MAIL IN OR DROP OFF AD SUBMISSIONS Please write your congratulatory message (no more than 40 words) legibly. Be sure to enclose photo and select style below. (If you would like your photo back, please include a self-add...…
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…metro >> around town Yom HaShoah at the Holocaust Memorial Center :L111131110 INN5v) .% 6 REMEMBER THE SO MIL LI I Artists Bowen Kline and Tony Roko with their painting, "The Last Kaddish," donated by Lori and Steven Weisberg of West Bloomfield in memory of Lori's father Joseph Schwartz, whose family was killed in the Holocaust. u , ip kEME Holocaust survivor Aron Zoldan of Livonia lights a memorial candle. Survivors Zoltan Rubin of F...…
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…world Outside The Tent Liberal peace group J Street falls short in bid to join Conference of Presidents. JTA, INS, Jerusalem Post and Times of Israel M embers of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on April 30 voted 22-17 (with three abstentions) to reject the membership application of the self-labeled "pro-Israel, pro-peace" lobby J Street. J Street fell significantly short of the required threshold of a t...…
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…oints of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.corn Editorial Fatah-Hamas Accord Threatens Any Peace alestinian unity talks have pre-empted Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, not only shutting the marginal window of opportunity on the already fragile peace process, but also putting U.S. funding of the Palestinian Authority (P.A.), which gov- erns Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank, into the glare of scrutiny by the Americ...…
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