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…Celehrate Wit17 U5. Join us for a dinner honoring Robert P. Aronson as he enters his 18th year of service to the Detroit Jewish community Yom HalAtzmaut - Israel independence Day Wecinescia, May 3 200 • 5:50 p.m. , Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building • Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus 6600 West Maple Road • West Bloomfield Strolling Dinner - Special Program - Israeli Entertain...…
…Front Lines Law, Order Alan Hitsky Associate Editor T he Oak Park Public Safety Department seems to have ended a spate of incidents against Jews walking in or near the Bridgewater Village Apartments complex at 1-696 and Greenfield. Public Safety officials, neighbors and Oak Park Mayor Jerry Naftaly say a continuing "blitz" by police officers and a change in ownership policies have reduced incidents. General Electric Credit has taken owner...…
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…World ON THE COVER Bound By Land And People As Israel approaches 58, a former Detroiter tells her tale of aliyah. Amanda Sue Niskar Special to the Jewish News Editor's Note: After growing up in Farmington Hills and build- ing an international reputation as a epidemiologist in Atlanta, Amanda Sue Niskar immigrated to Israel last September with her mother, Joanne, through the aliyah assistance group Nefesh B'Nefesh (NBN). She shares the sto...…
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…To Life! FDU Between The Pages Bookstock's annual book and media sale brings unexpected donations. Shoppers at Bookstock's 2004 event Sunday, April 30, through Sunday, May 7, at Laurel Park Place, Six Mile at 1-275, in Livonia. "It is not at all unusual for n the midst of being a us to find photographs',' said source of low-cost reading Roz Blanck of West Bloomfield, and listening enjoyment Bookstock volunteer co-chair and an annual fun...…
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…Arts & Entertainment TERNATIONAL Mosaic The Eighth Annual Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival presents films from throughout the world. Diana Lieberman Special to the Jewish News STORIES on page April 27 4 2006 48 45 …
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