…I Front Lines Expecting Someone? DOER PROFILE THE MERLE AND SHIRLEY HARRIS BIRTHING CENTER AT HURON VALLEY-SINAI HOSPITAL • Beautiful, all private birthing suites for labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum (LDRP) care • Complete-care nursery including full-time neonatology service for infants with special needs • Anesthesiologists available 24 hours a day • High-risk pregnancy, infertility and genetics services'`. Eve Lieberman with...…
…B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region Presents "Broadway Comes Itieme eVetany dartya fiam Ozo-cuUcty d f , Azed ousdicah Starring Danny Gurwin Hechtman Apartment Council, posts the daily activities for residents, assists as an intergen- erational program volunteer, and fund-raises fdr several charities. How did you get the job? "Years ago, Diane Venn, who head- ed the seniors' prescription pro- gram of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detr...…
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…,Contest Winners! D Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor on't underestimate the power of a photograph. Jay Knoll's grand prize-winning photograph from the IN's Federation Family Miracle Mission photo contest says it all. The longtime amateur photographer captured a sacred moment when he snapped this shot of his hand and that of his 8-year-old son, Joshua, touching the Western Wall near a note-filled crack. Their hands represent the ge...…
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…To Life! AROUND TOWN A Special Circle Gifts auction for women benefits Meer Family Friendship Center. T Above: Robin Trepeck, Lauren Slutsky, Lonnee Cohen and Nancy Stone, all of Huntington Woods Above: Stephanie Perry of Bloomfield Hills and Marla Jacobs of Huntington Woods Rachel Karp, Debbie Pearlman and Maggie Egrin, all of Huntington Woods Below: Debbie Pearlman, Rachel Karp and Maggie Barbi Stalburg Bell Egrin, all ...…
…Location. Luxury. Lifestyle. Ruach Casino Night The Ruach Group of the Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah will hold its fifth annual Casino Night and Silent Auction at 8-10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at the Sarah and Ralph Davidson Hadassah House in West Bloomfield. Proceeds support the Hadassah Medical Organization in Israel. Games will include Texas Hold 'Em poker, blackjack, craps and bingo. Tickets are $25 each by March 21 and $30 after...…
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…To Life! Spicing Up Don't be afraid to experiment with herbs and spices. Annabel Cohen for two - or three (about 1 1/2 pounds). Choose the smallest hens, but still cut them in half lengthwise. nless a recipe calls for a certain 3 Tbsp. olive oil herb or spice, chances are that 1 lemon most cooks will not experiment. 3 Tbsp. minced shallots Just remember: It's not the combination of 3 Tbsp. minced garlic herbs and spices that matters, it's ...…
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…0 Life TORAH PORTION Delaying Game Shabbat Parah, Parshah Ki Tissa: Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22; Ezekiel 36:16-38. T people were of the jewelry he story of the they had just "liberated" Golden Calf in this from Egypt, Aaron calls week's portion out to them, "Take off the leaves us speechless. How golden ear rings, which could the Israelites have done are in the ears of your this so soon after their mirac- wives, of your sons and o...…
…M 1 in 38 people in the Jewish community rely on donated food M 51% of people served in SE Michigan are children A . =1 - 1 C:1 4 133% of the agencies had to turn away the hungry because they didn't have enough food. II 47% of people served choose between food and utilities. 5 The Detroit Jewish News has taken on hunger in South East Michigan as our community project this new year. Please join us in fighting the battle that many are losin...…
…L I Metro TEENS Fashion Statement Far left: David Weintraub, 17, and Ashley Simmons, 18, of West Bloomfield practice their poses. Left, from top to bottom: Teacher Julie Zalla gives instruction at a rehearsal. Maxx Carney, 17, and Jordan Shifman, 16, of West Bloomfield test out their dance moves. Kellie Kaplan, 17, of West Bloomfield gives fellow students some direction. WBHS teens learn by running the show and strutting the runwa...…
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…The Promised Land. Delivered. * On Mend And now delivered at a lower price. Cantor Greenbaum healing after fall. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Staff Writer C antor Sam Greenbaum's doctors have compared his March 2 injuries — leading to five hours of surgery on his left leg and elbow — to those suffered in a skiing accident, but the Congregation Beth Shalom cantor admits, "I just fell bringing in the recycling bin. I took one step out of the ga...…
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…World ON THE COVFR Falash Murals Fate Ethiopians wait to immigrate as Israeli, U.S. Jews plan their future. Uriel Heilman Jewish Telegraphic Agency Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ust outside the gates of the Jewish aid corn- pound in Addis Ababa — a shantytown of decrepit tin shacks — overcrowded homes and debris-filled byways beckon. Barefoot children stumble amid the flotsam, part of the milieu of stray dogs, mule-drawn carts and mendicants th...…
…T C 0 V R Falash from page 33 Beta Israel who had kept their Jewish faith and identities — and facilitated their aliyah in Operations Moses and Solomon in 1984 and 1991 — Israel turned away the Beta Israel who had abandoned Judaism gen- erations ago when their ancestors converted. These people are called Falash Mura. Israel's policy on the Falash Mura changed in the 1990s, largely due to advocacy by American Jews and vocal protests by rela...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS' MOST ANTICIPATED ANNUAL SECTION! and Israel's Finance Ministry says it has allocated an extra $45 million for the accelerated aliyah operation in 2006. Michael Horowitz, a JAFI board of governors' member from West Bloomfield, minced no words when it came to the compounds. "You have these people who are clamoring to come to Israel who say they're Jewish, sitting in despicable conditions in these compounds," said Horowitz, who...…
…World SPFC1Ai EP ti Jailhouse Encounter Jonathan Pollard talks about his conviction for spying for Israel, living in prison and aspirations for the future. Charley J. Levine Special to Jewish Renaissance Media Butnen N.C. A . merica's best-known Jewish prisoner has passed the 20-year mark of his life term for giving classified information to Israel. Fervently supported by some, vilified by others, Jonathan Jay Pollard, the 50-year-ol...…
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…• Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Approach It Intelligently M ore than 200 years ago, philosophers came up with the concept of a Divine watch- maker. Just as the complexity of a watch implies that someone must have designed and made it, they argued, a complex universe indicates there must have been a Creator. Even though it has been refut- ed many times as a flawed anal- ogy, the watchmaker theory has been kick...…
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…Business & Professional Memos Dori Goldman, returning to her Michigan roots after 28 years in south Florida, has been appointed Midwest fund-raising director for B'nai• B'rith International. While her geo- graphic area of responsibil- ity covers 13 states — from North Dakota to Kentucky and from Kansas to Goldman Ohio — her base is in the B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region office in the Max M. Fisher Federation Building in Bloomfield Township. ...…
…FARMS JACK E ven before they bought their charming Cape Cod-style home, Neal Alpiner figured his wife, Tobye Stein, was already visualizing the transformation of ugly under-utilized space into a library of perfect proportion. "A library wasn't a must have," she recalled, "but it was something that would be nice to have." "Nice" understates the quality of the space the couple now enjoy after a phone call to Gittleman Construction got them goi...…
…Arts & Entertainment Se herdic • Divahn: Galeet Dardashti, Amy Sue Barston, Lauren DeAlbert and Lila Sklar. s.: 777:• Musical quartet makes Michigan debut at Adat Shalom Synagogue. Suzanne Chessler I Special to the Jewish News G aleet Dardashti has two ways of celebrating the ancient past and bring- ing it into the context of today. The first involves public atten- tion during stage appearances as a member of Divahn, an all- wome...…
…Arts & Entertainment Gail Zimmerman Arts Editor Seussentennial Celebration Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991), aka Dr. Seuss, began his career as a little- known editorial cartoonist in the 1920s; his work quickly evolved to include illustrations, sculpture and oil paintings. His artistic vision linked every facet of his varied career, including 44 children's books, more than 400 World War II politi- cal cartoons, hundreds of advertisements a...…
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…omething Specia Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor e en it came time to plan her daughter Danielle's bat mitzvah last year, Wendy Brickner of Commerce Township knew she wanted everything to be special — including her invitations. So she decided to make them herself. "I wanted something special and different, made with love," Brickner said. "I didn't know how to do it; I learned by trial and error. They came out better than I thought ...…
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…Something Special continued from page 6 We invite NOM to share our joy as our daughter Daniel le Nicole ;1110 ;n al is called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvab Saturday, the twenty-seventh of August Two thousand and five at nine o'clock in the morning Congregation B'nai Moshe West Bloomfiete, Micigan KiMusb Luncheon WHEN THE OCCASION CALLS FOR CELEBRATION CALL HAAGEN—DAZS "CreateYour Own" Sundae Bar Dinner and Dancing Saturday, the twen...…
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…Karin Sherman and children: You're never too young to say thank you. Thanks So, So Much ... and other mistakes of thank-you note writing. Why it's important to express your gratitude — without cliches. Elizabeth Applebaum Contributing Editor herever George Bush, senior, trav- eled during his pres- idential campaign, he brought along a pen and box of blank cards. Immediately after appearing at an event, he would sit down and write a thank-y...…
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