…>> Send letters to: letters®thejewishnews.com Contributing Editor Editorial Purim's Persian Roots Demand A Recounting H President Obama: "I have a policy to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon." and on the minds of Detroit Jews plan- ning or contemplating a visit to Israel — for a bar or bat mitzvah celebration, a synagogue mission, an organizational sojourn or personal pleasure — is the No. 1 global ques- tion: "Just how seriou...…
…oints of view Obama And Israel from page 31 their own people, but also give strength to Iranian proxies Hezbollah and Hamas. Tough talk aside, Obama made it clear that diplomacy, buoyed by increasingly harsh international sanctions, is his top choice for the moment against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the cler- ics who control the Persian nation of 74 million people. To little applause, Obama said the U.S. and Israel are vigilant in mon...…
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…arts & entertainment 'The Divine Sarah' Local actress channels Bernhardt in one-person musical. Suzanne Chessler Contributing Writer W hen Carol Dunitz of Ann Arbor was growing up in northwest Detroit and acting out some deep feelings, her mother would recall a famous stage star of the past and say, "You're a little Sarah Bernhardt." When Dunitz's own four daughters were growing up in Ann Arbor and acting out their deep feelings, Dunitz ...…
…>> editor's picks Rackham Symphony Choir & Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan Present About CLASSICAL IIla NOTES At 8 p.m. Friday, March 9, in Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium, University Musical Society hosts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in an all-Brahms program with Tel Aviv-born violinist Pinchas Zukerman, who will perform Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major. $10-$120. (734) 764-2538; www.ums.org. Detroit native Kid Rock will join the Detroit...…
…is & entertainment To The . ilinfiterse • s, 11 year-old Ethan Bortriick and Noa highlight the C Stephen Gottlieb Music Festival. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News "When I was growing up in Oak Park, my loftiest ambition was to be the bass player in a local band called the Shy Guys," Was said. "Never got that gig, but I was still part of a generation of guys who saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan's show and ...…
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