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…Building Community STEPS, HIGH HOPES Growing Together Jewish-Chaldean partnership sparks interest in inter-group collaboration. Robert Sklar Editor I Detroit Jewish News Vanessa Denha-Garmo Editor I Chaldean News B Chaldean community and Israel for the Jewish community — both also are important players in the econom- ic, philanthropic, political, cultural and religious vitality of Southeastern Michigan. Together, Jews and Chaldeans in...…
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