…Chanukah Art Contest COLORING THE HOLIDAY / ON THE COVER SOLUJER SHOP This section is sponsored by • THE DOLL HOSPITAL & TOY SOLDIER SHOP, BERKLEY • THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Lighting The Menorah More than 300 children "light up" the Jewish News. Alan Hitsky Associate Editor L exi Glickman is on her way to being an accomplished artist. The Akiva Hebrew Day School fifth-grader from Southfield comes by her art talent honestly. The 10-ye...…
…Chanukah Art Contest COLORING THE HOLIDAY 1) ySOLDIER SIIOP Chanukah Art from page 39 HONORABLE MENTSHEN Anna Warshay, 10 Joshua Goldfaden, 12 Oak Park Akiva Southfield Cong. Beth Shalom Samantha Elkus, 11 Hadas Pollock, 10 HONORABLE MENTSHEN Alona Cohen, 10 Oak Park Akiva Benjamin Schondorf, 10 Huntington Woods Cong. Beth Shalom Huntington Woods Akiva Dearborn Temple Emanu-El Megan Coden, 9 Eitan Katz, 8 Avraham Benjamin, ...…
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