…Community Spirituality Modern-Day Shushan Reputed tombs of Mordechai and Esther shown in photos direct from Iran. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer M arc Konvisser remem- bers one of the first conversations he had with his good friend Hadi Rabbini. "He told me he came from the city of Hamadan in Iran," says Konvisser of Orchard Lake. "He said his father was the headmaster of a Muslim school and he remembers that across the street was ...…
…WITH RATES THIS BIG WHO NEEDS A GIMMICKY HEADLINE? 6 MONTH CD Mordechai, Esther And Pocahontas % * * MONEY MARKET Shaarey Zedek Youth Choir presents "The Megillah According to Walt Disney." SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff-Writer T he halls of Congregation Shaarey Zedek rang with the tune of a familiar song, but with a unique, yet fit- ting, new verse. To the music of the Mickey Mouse Club theme song, members of the synagogue's youth choir...…
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…Scholar explores what it means to Orthodox in modern world. LYNNE SCHREIBER Special to the Jewish News R abbi Shnayer Z. Leiman tried to define modern Orthodoxy as Young Israel of Southfield's scholar-in-residence. The historian from New York was invited in honor of the 60th birthday of Young Israel member Dr. Bert Schreiber, a Wayne State University math professor. Rabbi Leiman gave an historical approach to illustrate how Torah com- muni...…
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