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…Front Lines NOTEBOOK 2-0 And 0-2 Lend A Hand JAMD wins in court but loses on the field. Alan Hitsky Associate Editor F or the second con- secutive year, the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit had to go to court to get a chance on the diamond. And for the second straight year, Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Rae Lee Chabot sided with the West Bloomfield- based Jewish high schoOl. But the end result was the same: the JAMD baseball ...…
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…ON THE COVER Oa f O rs %III Hand Harry Kirsbaum Staff Writer 2005 population study shows us to be close-knit, generous, emotionally tied to Israel, aging, affiliated — and fewer in number than we thought. 14 June 8 • 2006 Project of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies and as associate professor in the Department of he numbers are Geography and Regional Studies both expected at the University of Miami. and s...…
…Detroit At A Glance It's a lot to digest in one sitting, but these survey findings give valuable insight into our Jewish community: Population Size: • 78,000 people live in 30,000 Jewish households, of whom 71,500 are Jewish. Adding an estimated 500 Jews who live in Jewish institutions like apart- ment or assisted living facilities, the Detroit Jewish population is 72,000, or 2 percent of Metro Detroit's population. In 1989, 106,250 people ...…
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…Religious Differences Rabbis react to denominational shifts, synagogue memberships and Detroit's spiritual future. Rabbi Nevins Rabbi Pachter Rabbi Spotter Rabbi Krakoff Rabbi Yedwab Shelli Liebman Dorfman Staff writer he religious profile emerging from the 2005 Detroit Jewish popula- tion study shows Detroit leading a pack of more than 50 other surveyed communities with high synagogue membership and service attendance figures. Local ...…
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