…Detroit Jewish News n contents Online exclusive: • Go-To Gift Guide For Dad June 15-21, 2017 / 21-27 Sivan 5777| VOLUME CLI, ISSUE 20 10 views spirit 5-8 35 36 detroit diaspora arts&life 10 38 40 jews d forging a partnership Film about Indian Jews builds bridges between West Bloomfield, Israeli Rotarians. farm fresh! Synagogues, Hazon partner to provide local organic produce. 16 30 18 hezbollah arrest Dearborn man among...…
…views wandering jew Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Berg Challenging Preconceptions L with full backstage access, I planned to et’s play word association. I’ll take advantage and get to really know start. “Muslim-American Abdul Abdul El-Sayed, the person. He was El-Sayed.” What immediately raised by an Egyptian father and comes to mind? Given the a white Christian stepmother, so prevailing anti-immigrant, immediately I thought, “family Islamophobi...…
…views letters A Letter To Sy Manello For all the years you have laid upon us your “play on words,” never was there a time I didn’t crack a smile or issue a nod and a chuckle in response to your outlook on life (and if not for my company’s crack IT staff monitoring my email while I nod off, I actually would have sent this email via Outlook). But I’m writing today to talk about class. I recall back in high school I had many a classmate who we...…
…Securing Our Future The D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation Centennial Fund Honors the Spirit of Giving Back D. Dan Kahn z”l was a successful businessman who deeply understood the importance of community. Born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1922, he saw his once-prosperous family struggle through the depths of the Great Depression. Following WWII, he settled in Detroit where he met his beloved wife Betty z”l. Her close-knit haimish family took him in ...…
…views essay Multilayered Jerusalem Brace yourself for “ascending” into the Israeli capital. T here’s a reason that Metro Detroit Jews who visit Israel on an orga- nized mission typically say the Shehecheyanu from Mount Scopus as they “ascend” into Jerusalem, a hilltop metropolis like no other. It’s Israel’s holiest city and the ancestral homeland for the Jewish people. Jerusalem, the City of David, has stood through the ages as the soul o...…
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…jews d in the Forging A Partnership Film about the Jews of Kerala, India, builds bridges between West Bloomfield and Israeli Rotarians. W Alan Muskovitz TOP: Chendamangalam Jewish Synagogue in Kerala, India. ith apologies to Charles Dickens, I’d like to share a A Tale of Two Cities — West Bloomfield and Ramla, Israel — whose respective Rotary clubs recently signed an “Agreement for Partnership.” They are now officially sister clubs. “Ou...…
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…jews d in the continued from page 12 TOP: Geebee Thimotheose of West Bloomfield and Zipora Meir of Ramla, Israel, are Rotarians who share the same birthplace: Kerala, India. BOTTOM: Nissim Moses, Batzion and Bezalel Eliahu, all of Israel, and documentary filmmaker Geebee Thimotheose of West Bloomfield. 14 June 15 • 2017 narrative of the Jewish diaspora. India is perhaps the only country in the world where Jews never suffered from hatred ...…
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…WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 AT 7 P.M. The Promise of Never Again: Where are We Today and What Can Be Done? Featuring Guest Speaker Professor Scott Straus L earn about the progress to prevent genocide with Scott Straus, Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Scott is the author of Fundamentals of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, and sits on the Council of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, where he works clos...…
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…spirit torah portion Forty Days and 40 Nights I Parshat Shelach Lecha: Numbers 13:1-15:11; Joshua 2:1-24. n this week’s portion, Moses sends 12 spies (one from each tribe) into the Promised Land to scope it out. After 40 days, the spies return and share that the land is indeed flow- ing with milk and honey. However, 10 of the 12 spies continued to share that the land is inhabited by giants and that those easier to give up than to try livi...…
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…arts&life eat right now T Stacy Goldberg Contributing Writer 42 he sun is starting to shine here in Detroit and we are gearing up for barbecues, picnics and pool parties packed with indulgent food and sweets. Check out some of my summer survival tips to help ensure your soiree does not jeopardize your health and nutrition goals. Stay cool! BURGERS & DOGS Swap your traditional carb-packed hamburger bun for easily digest- ible sprouted gra...…
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…on the go continued from page 45 tuesday, june 20 NO SPACE FOR HATE 7-8:30 pm, June 20. Dr. Kevin Deegan- Krause and Sarah Eisenberg, LMSW, will par- ticipate at “Let’s Talk: Communicating Across Political Divides.” At Huntington Woods Library, 26415 Scotia. Info: 248-543-9720. JCRC/AJC ANNUAL MEETING 7-9 pm, June 20. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is the featured guest speaker. Longtime community leader Jeannie Weiner will receive the 2017 JCR...…
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