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…YOU CAN The Jewish community of Metro Detroit is stepping up to tackle the issue of Climate Change ONGOING PROJECTS t Gardens & Growing Food t Recycling Practices t Food, Energy and Waste Policy Development t Community Supported Agriculture t Greening Events t Eliminating Styrafoam SEAL OF SUSTAINABILITY PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS t Cut the energy costs of an aging building t Advocate for clean energy in your community t ...…
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…arts&life Sports. Cooking. History. Fiction. Literature. Health. book fair 38 October 26 • 2017 HEALTH, RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 Rabbi Joseph H. Krakoff, with illustrations by Dr. Michelle Y. Sider: Never Long Enough: Finding Comfort and Hope Amidst Grief and Loss For a time when there are seemingly no words, Rabbi Joseph Krakoff, senior director at the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network, created a guide offer...…
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…arts&life Sports. Cooking, History. Fiction. Literature. Health. book fair 40 COMEDY NIGHT Saturday, Nov. 11 7:30 p.m. Susan Silver: Hot Pants in Hollywood Alan Zweibel: For This We Left Egypt? A Passover Haggadah for Jews and Those Who Love Them $20 each or two for $36, includes drinks and snacks. Hot Pants in Hollywood What could be better than to be successful in Hollywood! Well, funny you should ask. Susan Silver was one of the first ...…
…CLOSING NIGHT 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12 Adam Greenberg: Get Up: The Art of Perseverance July 9, 2005. Adam Greenberg stepped up to the plate. Formerly with the Lansing Lugnuts, Greenberg was at bat for the first time as a member of the Chicago Cubs. In an instant he was down, smacked in the head by a 92-mile- an-hour fast pitch that left him with a compound skull fracture. What does it mean to endure a terrible trauma and refuse to give up? Th...…
…arts&life ? Can We Talk Melissa Rivers chats confi dentially about her mom and the new book that pays homage to her. 331 M elissa Rivers called her mother, Joan, a “maxi- malist,” which she once described as “rich people hoarding.” So when it came time to write a book that would be the ultimate Joan Rivers-fan keepsake, a maximalist title was in order: Joan Rivers Confidential: The Unseen Scrapbooks, Joke Cards, Personal Files, and Pho...…
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…arts&life dining in Seasonal Salads It’s not winter yet! Let’s keep a taste of summer on our tables as long as we can. Annabel Cohen Columnist T he autumn Jewish holidays are behind us, but our weather has been anything but fall. Like many, I’m just not ready for hot, stick-to-the-kishkas eating. I still feel like cooking light with lots of vegetables and Indian summer meals. So, salads still make a lot of sense. Some all green, some mo...…
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…on the go people | places | events thursday, oct. 26 SPOUSAL BEREAVEMENT 6:30-8:30 pm, Oct. 26. Continues Thursdays, Nov. 2-16 and Nov. 30 & Dec. 7. National Council of Jewish Women/Greater Detroit Section hosts weekly support group for those grieving the loss of their partner. At Cong. Shaarey Zedek, Southfield. Donations welcome. RSVP: mail@ncjwgds.org or 248-355-3300, ext. 0. editor's picks HALLOWEEN RECIPES 10 am-noon, Oct. 28. “Feedi...…
…on the go continued from page 47 TKA BLOOD DRIVE 2-8 pm, Oct. 30. Give the gift of life and honor the memory of David Henig, a long- time blood drive organizer. Trained Red Cross specialists seek healthy donors, age 17 and older, who weigh at least 110 pounds. At Temple Kol Ami, West Bloomfield. Appointments: www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code “tka13” or Mel Chudnof, 248-363-6289. AGE-OLD JEWISH DEBATES 7:30-9 pm, Oct. 30. Continu...…
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…health on the cover Opioid Fallout LOUIS FINKELMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Detroit’s Jewish community feels the pain of the drug epidemic. Dr. Ljubisa Dragovic I n this community, as in many, it is a secret — one that is visible the person who dies, it is 100 percent.” The Michigan Department of Community Health claims other all over this country, yet remains below the surface and hidden. counties have experienced even more deaths by opioid...…
