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…I Metro ON THE COVER Eternal Teen For Arnie Weiner, the challenges and successes through four decades were the same: Jewish teenagers. Alan Hitsky Associate Editor . j une 30 will be Arnie Weiner's last day on the job. After turning 63 and work- ing 39 years at Michigan Region B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, Weiner will hang up the mantle of leading and supervising the maturation of literally thousands of Michigan Jewish teenagers. La...…
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…Human Rights Rep Cancer forces Lantos to retire from Congress. Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington I n his 27 years in Congress, Democratic Rep. Tom Lantos had two constituencies — California's 12th District, encompassing parts of San Francisco and its suburbs, and the ghosts of the Jews who perished in his native Europe. Lantos announced his retirement Jan. 2. "Routine medical tests have revealed that I have cancer of the e...…
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…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Negotiate Jerusalem New York/JTA M y first visit to Israel was in 1969, only two years after the Six-Day War; soon after my arrival, I was walking through narrow Jerusalem streets on my way to the Western Wall. This was without question an emotional and spiritual encounter with history. Before our trip back to Rishon LeZion, my host family took me to Abu Shukri's restaurant, where I enjoyed what still may be the best h...…
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…Business t entrepreneurships Brothers Ken and Steve Stone at Stone Soap Co. Staff photo by Angie Baan Stone Soap redefines itself into a global chemical company. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News A fter 75 years in the soap busi- ness, Stone Soap Company is re- inventing itself and diversifying to stay ahead of competition and fight the state's sagging economy. The old-time Jewish family business — it began when Ben (Benny the Bone...…
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…Business I doer profile Toward Better Health Beaumont Hospitals anesthesiologist aims to put patients on road to recovery. Ilene Wolff Special to the Jewish News H is face appears on the Beaumont Hospitals TV commercial for less than a second, but in a testament to the power of this electronic medium, the image sticks. "Not a week goes by without a patient pointing to me and saying, `You're the doc- tor in the commercial!"' says Jim Grant...…
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