…@ Celebrating Israel! Farber students go all out for the Jewish state’s 70th anniversary. LOUIS FINKELMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER PHOTOS BY PAUL FISCHER M ore than a half-century ago, the founders of Akiva Hebrew Day School (Yeshivat Akiva), an Orthodox Zionist institution, intended to create an educational institution dedi- cated to Jewish and secular studies “while imbuing its students with a love for and a commitment to the land of Israel....…
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…faces & places @ Israel Independence Day Carnival & Kosher Rib Burn-Off, Hillel Day School, Farmington Hills, April 19 • Bnei Avkiva’s Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut Event, Young Israel of Oak Park, April 18 • PHOTOS BY ANTHONY LANZILOTE PHOTOS BY JERRY ZOLYNSKY There was plenty to do at Hillel Day School’s Yom HaAtzmaut event April 19. Rabbi Josh Strasberg of Oak Park leads the men’s group in prayer and song. Willa Matthies, 3, of Fa...…
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…@ Israel@70 At River Days Community celebration to be held on the Downtown riverfront. Israeli Hadag Nahash will headline the entertainment. prior to opening to the general public. In addi- tion to sponsorship by the Susie & Norman Pappas Challenge Fund, community partners for the event include more than 30 local congregations and Jewish organiza- tions. hen Israel@70 meets River “We chose the Riverfront — in the Days on Wednesday, June he...…
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…jews d in the Then: A counselor speaks with a young boy. Now: Mentor Alan Simons and his mentee Jacob. Impacting Lives For 90 years, Jewish Family Service responds to the needs of the community. JOYCE WISWELL CONTRIBUTING WRITER Then: Meals on Wheels volunteers prepare meals. Now: A volunteer delivers meals to a thankful senior. Then: Soviet Jews await the arrival of relatives. Now: Members of 2015 citizenship class celebrate. Then:...…
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…jews d in the JFS Historical Highlights continued from page 37 1928 • The Jewish Social Service Bureau is incorporated to pro- mote “family welfare and welfare of children among the Jewish people of Detroit and environs.” 1930s • The first Homemaker Service Program in Michigan is started to serve children in homes with an ill or absent mother. One of the agency’s first buildings was on Second Avenue in Detroit. 1940s • The agency’s f...…
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…sports The Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders is proud to introduce Dr. Lauren Aymen. Dr. Aymen is a neurologist and headache medicine specialist who has joined us as the Director of the Headache Center. Bowling Championship Is A Moving Experience STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER T Are there alternative treatment options if patients would like to avoid prescription medications? I see several patients who have had either difficu...…
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…spirituality All-Night Studying Tikkun Leil Shavuot has evolved over the last decades as a holiday ritual. LOUIS FINKELMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER 48 May 17 • 2018 jn S ince Jews stopped bringing sacri- fices, the festival of Shavuot has looked like a generic Yom Tov, without distinctive rituals. Shavuot had an unusual sacrifice (Leviticus 23:17-20), but now another ritual has emerged. The prayer book identifies Shavuot as “the season of t...…
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…was [honing a talent], I always did funny voices and imitated what I heard,” she says. “I used to hold my mom’s hand when I was 6 and say, ‘Let’s pretend we’re from England in the store.’ I can’t even explain why.” Every stuffed and real animal she encountered had a distinct voice, she says. Before moving to L.A., she took improv classes at Toronto’s Second City. Judaism also played a major role in Strong’s childhood, especially as the grandda...…
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…on the go continued from page 55 Ashworth’s 100-year life journey from birth- days 17 to 117. At Detroit Public Theater in the Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward. $66, or $55 JCC member. Bus departure/ return: 12:15/5:15 pm, West Bloomfield & 12:45/4:45 pm, Oak Park. RSVP: Marilyn, mwolfe@jccdet.org or 248-432-5471. JCC MOVIE MATINEE 1-2:30 pm, May 23. The Active Life Program shows Woman in Gold. At the JCC, West Bloomfield. Free. Info: Ros...…
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…on the go CHINESE PEOPLE continued from page 56 EAT HERE Festival. Marketplace vendors open at 5. At the JCC’s Berman Center, West Bloomfield. $25-$35. Tickets: theberman.org or 248-661-1900. friday, june 1 CITY DAY TRIPS RSVP by June 1 for either event. June 19: Take a private tour of Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit with the JCC’s Center Travel Dept. Bus departure/return: 10 am/3:30 pm, West Bloomfield & 10:30 am/3 pm, Oak Park...…
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…U.S. Officially Opens Embassy In Jerusalem JNS Staff T he United States officially opened its new embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, fulfilling a key promise made by President Donald Trump. Trump, who did not attend the cer- emony, issued a video greeting to the attendees. “Today, Jerusalem is the seat of Israel’s government; it is the home of the Israeli legislature and the Israeli Supreme Court, and Israel’s prime minis- ter and president,” ...…
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…looking back On Sunday, May 16, 1948, just two days after Israel was declared a state, an estimated 22,000 gathered at Central High School in Detroit to celebrate the new nation. • Courtesy Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives. From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive T here is really only one topic for my column this week, isn’t there? I would be remiss if I did not look back into the William Davidson Archives to see just what was h...…
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