…Contents Lofty Business JNonline.us Aug. 9-15, 2007 25 Av - 1 Elul 5767 Vol. CXXXII, No. 1 Nutritionally Speaking This week's Business Section reports on modern-day Woodward Avenue land developers - including Cass Corridor resident Joel Landy, who loves the city. By Barbara &ztios, RD, LD.i. N Integrated Nutritio n LLC , ff p ho to by Ang ie Bea n Front Lines After The Bus Accident 9 Fender bender doesn't jolt Tamarack campers. Metr...…
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…Editor's Letter The Sweep Of Maccabi T hey come to compete athletically and artistically, but Detroit's 2007 Maccabi delegations are competing this more importantly they gather to rouse their Jewish month in Baltimore, Houston, Orange County, Calif., and heritage through cultural and social activities. Monmouth County, N.J. Karen Gordon, Detroit delegation That's why I love the JCC Maccabi Games. head since 1999, a coach since 1986 and a to...…
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…World ON TH n LTA Forgotten Citizens from page 17 Kirnawi, a Ben-Gurion University graduate student, and Kher Albaz, the director of social services for the government-recog- nized village of Segev Shalom. Albaz, who had three mothers and 21 siblings growing up in Tel Sheva, organized the meeting with Imam Heniya to educate the report- ers about Bedouin life and culture and the reason this patriarch holds a more accept- ing view of women'...…
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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Dry Bones OR. HISTORY SAYS V Editorial Israel Must Avoid Official Bias 0 ne of the permanent sources of tension in Israel is the difficulty in keeping the nation Jewish within a Western-style republic that pro- tects the civil rights of all. Any law or gov- ernment action that protects Israel's Jewish character is open to claims of racism and even apartheid by Israel's many cri...…
…11U Opinion OTHER VIEWS The Real Catastrophe A country's history not only helps define its character but also its soul and the legal foundation for its existence. Moreover, history is a country's moral foundation for what it stands for and, in Israel's case particularly, it is important to be true to the principles and facts that created the state given that its existence is constantly in jeopardy. Even a well-intentioned action designed ...…
…Business I Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News ewish real estate developers historically have played significant roles in the development and updating of storied Woodward Avenue. Nineteenth-century Judge Augustus Woodward, after whom the road was named, wasn't Jewish; but names like Glieberman, Farbman, Schostak, Torgow, Landy and others, all well known in the Metro Detroit Jewish community, currently carry on the Woodward tradition. Tha...…
…Business I Up With Woodward from page 25 Rock Woodward? T he face of Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit would change again if Jewish business entrepreneur- sportsman Dan Gilbert of Franklin moves his Quicken Loans-Rock Financial mortgage headquarters to what is now a parking lot on the east side of Woodward, just north of the Compuware Corp. building Quicken Loans apparently is studying two possible sites for a move, either the Woodward l...…
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…Jay Feldman Michigan's economy is changing, but two car dealers see silver linings in the dark clouds. Alan Hitsky Associate Editor W hen Jerry Glassman opened his Oldsmobile dealership on Telegraph Road in Southfield in 1969, American consumers basically had three choices: Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. Today, the same dealership is called Glassman Auto Group, is run by son George, 53, and sells cars by Hyundai, Kia, Saab and Subaru. ...…
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…Business I doer profile Playing With Toyz Jewish co-presidents drive expanding Detroit-based business. Alan Hitsky Associate Editor T wo young Jewish guys are having a lot of fun, helping to boost a company founded by a Chaldean entrepreneur. Gregg Kuperstein, 38, of Beverly Hills is president and CEO, and Richard Simtob, 37, of Farmington Hills is president of finance and development for Wireless Toyz. What Joe Barbat started in 1995 as ...…
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…Business I coming home Family Rules Tug of Detroit too strong for transplanted New York couple. Robert A. Sklar Editor A yearning to be closer to family, a strong Jewish community, sub- urban amenities and a golden job opportunity were chief among the rea- sons why Michael Ben decided to return to Metro Detroit after five action-packed years living and working in New York City. The 31-year-old corporate lawyer in the Detroit office of Hon...…
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