…DE TRYT IEWSHWWS bi kids, little kids Hillel eighth-graders serve as role models to Early Childhood Center students. by Jillian Goldstone Early Childhood Center students Lexie Cutler of Farmington Hills and Spencer Cherrin of Huntington Woods make a pretend meal with Hillel eighth-graders Hershel Dorman and Milan Goldstone, both of West Bloomfield. H illel Day School students were excited to welcome students to the Early Child- h...…
…hands-on learning by Polina Fradkin ar FJA class seeks lessons at the Detroit Institute of Arts. hat did you do at school today?" "Oh, just had a Bible class trip to the Detroit Institue of Arts." Not many students can come home and say this to their parents. Heck, not many students can ex- plore biblical texts in an art museum! However, Frankel Jewish Academy students in Amira Gaba's Bible class are exceptions. In a twist on the usual cla...…
…feature by Allie Ravid let th e sun sh 1 11 ta V .7 hen you drive by West Bloomfield High School on Orchard Lake Road, you may notice a new structure. It's not modern art — it's Southeastern Michigan's newest and largest track- ing solar energy array; and it was funded almost entirely by students and community members. WBHS' Earth Club is the largest club in school. More than 70 kids show up to each meeting, and more than 100 are on the cl...…
…sharing experiences continued from page TT1 by Arica Cykiert no sleep for these girls Friendship Circle Wake-a-Thon allows female volunteers to bond over activities and to raise funds. alking through the doors of the Friendship Circle building in West Bloomfield at 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 22, I looked around and saw tons of people dressed in their team colors from head to toe. This is my first year volunteering at the Friendship Circle and I d...…
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…Arts & Entertainment Crafts representative of the kinds of projects in which Jews were heavily involved in Islamic lands include glassmaking, silk weaving and goldsmithing. "The DIA now has an interest in developing a collection of Judaica, an interest we have not focused on in the past." - Curator of Islamic Art Heather Ecker Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News T hree religious manuscripts on loan from the Jewish Theological Sem...…
…Arts & Entertainment Dichotomy from page 31 From cha cha and samba to rumba and paso doble, Soviet emigre (by way of Australia) Sasha Farber heats up the floor. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News F ans of the Australian version of Dancing With the Stars recognize Sasha Farber as the pro who choreographed, partnered with and later dated pop star Nikki Webster. That was in 2005, when Farber was on break in the middle of a near-deca...…
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