…For Openers Queenie: A Love Story ost mornings when Esther Winer leaves for work, she takes her files, her purse, her keys — and her dog. Winer, community outreach coordinator for Jewish Apartments and Services in West Bloomfield, shares her after- office hours with a 7-year-old female mixed breed who lives, by day, in a recep- tion office at the Lillian and Samuel Hechtman Jewish Apartments. Queenie, named by Hechtman II resident Ella Baker...…
…The Great Purim Parcel Project zoo Staff Notebook Women In The Arts Sunday, February 17, 2002 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. hen I wanted to be accepted at the University of Michigan as a music composition major, my father said, 'Whoever heard of a girl composer?' "'Well', I said, 'you're hearing of one , ,, W ways that YOU can "Repair fReVorld" now. fty MAKE Mishloach Manot Parcels at home! • BRING your completed Mishloach Manot! MAKE Mishloac...…
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…This Week Let Our Baby Go INS probe halts Cambodian adoption, preventing Commerce couple from bringing home their baby. HARRY KIRS BAUM StaffWriter . T o Orna and Reid Willis of Commerce Township, the photographs of the 3 72- month-old girl named Koun Nga hang- ing on their refrigerator are pictures of their new baby. This month, if things were on schedule, they would be on their way to bring Koun Nga, now 7 months old, home from a Cambo...…
…Arden Courts Alzheimer's Assisted Living... "It seems like Arden Courts was especially designed just for my wife." Just ask Frank Faga... licensed child placement agency was founded in 1975. Congressional staff members scheduled a meeting with the INS for Feb. 7 to gather information. The Willises have contacted U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R- Bloomfield Hills, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and others to get things resolved. Christopher Close, R...…
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…This Week Summit Agenda Bush and Sharon to discuss Iran, Palestinians. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent "OrAt. 2/8 2002 71P 111U .S. outreach to Iran is on hold — and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, due in Washington late this week for meetings with President George W Bush and his top foreign policy aides, wants to make sure it stays that way. That has emerged as one theme for this week's Sharon-Bush summit. The meeting co...…
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…This reek News Digest Police Disrupt Suicide Bomber Jerusalem/JTA — Israeli police nabbed a suicide bomber en route to Jerusalem. A bus driver stopped Wednesday at a military checkpoint on the outskirts of the city and told police he had spotted a suspicious-looking man on board, according to a police spokesman. "There was some sort of a struggle on the bus," the spokesman said. When the police took the suspicious man off, they found an exp...…
…Ghetto Doctor Dies At 87 Warsaw/JTA — Dr. Arnold Mostowicz, who treated fellow Jews in the Lodz Ghetto during World War II, died Feb. 3 at 87. Mostowicz, who chronicled his expe- riences in several books, died in a Warsaw hospital after a long illness. Mostowicz played an active role in the Resistance and was deported to Auschwitz after the Lodz Ghetto was eliminated in 1944. The Fusion ,0 Design and Technology Imo. with $3,285 due at signi...…
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…This Week Insight am i k:afiga The Next Level From the Jewish News pages 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. West Bloomfield's Erin Konheim has a date with Michigan State. MIKE ROSENBAUM Special to the Jewish News got to not only meet Jewish girls who play soccer around Michigan, but around the country. So it was a good experience." Coach Hicklin says Konheim is "technically a very good player. She's really good going forward, taking playe...…
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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: Dry Bones www.detroitjewishnews.com Making Amends For The Past ne of America's great industrialists, Detroit's Henry Ford, is remembered almost as much for his disdain of Jews as his manu- facturing savvy He died in 1947 at age 83. Ford, who more than anyone is responsible for Detroit's prominence on the national industrial stage, was the quintessential enigma. He befriended two of ...…
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…A Giant Of Spirit I to Israel were opportunities to expose n the early hours of Shabbat his students to great thinkers, holy per- morning, Saturday, Feb. 2, sonalities and uplifting encounters. His Detroit suffered the tragic loss bus trips to Boro Park with Russian of a true giant. Rabbi Avrohom Abba Freedman, teacher, principal and immigrants each yom toy (holiday) pro- vided the uninitiated with a taste of spiritual guide to hundreds of f...…
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…Cover Story • JASON GREEN Jewish Renaissance Media Atlanta ews have been successful at many things, but ath- letic competitions involving ice and snow have riot been traditional strengths. Yet, at least three American Jews arid five Israelis will give it their all as the 2002 Olympics open today in Salt Lake City. The Americans are making their marks on the ice -- Dan Weinstein in short-track speed skating, Sara DeCosta in women's ice hock...…
…Sports Cover Story American short-track speed skater Daniel Weinstein, left, hopes for greater success in his second Olympics. 40: 2/8 2002 54 laps, but otherwise team members can trade off at any time in any order. Changeovers can occur anywhere on the course, making the event exciting to watch. Training is intense. Weinstein took a year off from his studies at Harvard University in Boston to spend about 25 hours per week preparing for ...…
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