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…Contents A 2001 winner of American Jewish Press Association and Society or Professional Journalists awards AUG. 3. 2001 AV 14. --,7 61 VOL. CXIX. NO. 25 Community This Week 29 The Last Chapter 14 Derby 'Just Ducky' After 40 years, volunteers ready Detroit's last Brandeis book sale. Hadassah event chairman earns national award. 16 fin (the end) Spirituality La Difference fine dining kosher restaurant closes. 46 Something Old Is New...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: w-ww.detroitjewishnews.com Still A Success I hoped I would never have to make this call," La Difference owner Paul Kohn said glumly on July 26. "But it has cost me an enormous amount of money and there's no likelihood that I can carry it any further. I'm putting the 'We're Closed' sign out tonight." So ended Kohn's fragile, 2 1 /2-year experiment to operate a high-cl...…
…LETTERS LETTERS from page 5 Where Is The Rabbinic Support? Kol hakavod [all the honor]to Conservative Rabbi David Nelson for having the guts to take it upon him- self to become the mashgiach for Dexter-Davison Meats ("Supervised!" July 20, page 28). But where are other Conservative and Reform rabbis, who should be giving Rabbi Nelson their backing? For too long, the Vaad Harabonim [Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit] in this are...…
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…Murderers Next Door Local woman travels to memorial in Poland for ancestors who died at the hands of their neighbors. R HARRY KI RS BAUM Staff Writer ita Rochlen thought it would be very emotional, but it didn't turn out that way. On July 19, 2001 — a cold, rainy day in a small Polish town northeast of Warsaw — the Bloomfield Township resident, her eldest daughter and 38 other Jews from around the world gathered at a memorial dedication c...…
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…The Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan University proudly present... WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2001 7:30 PM SELIGMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER on the campus of Detroit Country Day School Rochelle Lieberman. • Eli Scherr Event Co-Chair People BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY For reservations, please call (248) 540-8900 Jeff Sakwa Playbill Chairperson Barbara Horowitz, President Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan 8/3 20( if …
…(TEE END) La Difference fine dining kosher restaurant closes. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFIvIAN Staff 'Writer lir hile some may look at the July 26 closing of La Difference as a confirma- tion that Detroit Jewry remains unable to sustain its kosher restau- rants, owner Paul Kohn says it should instead be looked upon as a stepping stone toward future endeavors — by others. Kohn sees his 2 1/2-year struggle trying to sustain the West Bloomfield fine...…
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…HADASSAH from page 14 Simko credits past presidents of the Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, such as Beverly Apel of West Bloomfield and Hilary Isakow of Bloomfield Hills, and current presi- dent Sturman as "incredible teachers. "I've matured in Hadassah," Simko says. "It's given me a sense of accom- plishment and pride. It's my passion." "Randi also has important charac- teristics that helped her succeed," says Sturman. "She's unbelievab...…
…Incident On The Mount Making It Worse Arafat plays the religion card in effort to drum up Arab support. On July 29, Jews pass by a sign reading "The Temple Mount is ours" on their way to the Western Wall for prayers marking Tisha b'Av, commemorating the destruction of the Jewish temples in Jerusalem's Old City. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem p alestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat is making Jerusalem the focus of ...…
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