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…megacy Of Caring Diverse crowd honors retiring AJC director Sharon Shapiro. Sharona Shapiro, honoree; Erica Peresman, event chair; Judge Helene N. White and Judith L. Cantor, event sponsors Don Cohen Special to the Jewish News I t was "Sharona Shapiro Day" in Southfield on Aug. 15 , and a diverse and appreciative group of friends, family and colleagues gath- ered at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield for an elegant dessert recep- ti...…
…M etro Roundabout Concern Pending reopening of Drake-Maple intersection spurs safety debate. Don Cohen Special to the Jewish News T he new roundabout at Maple and Drake in West Bloomfield is scheduled to open on Aug. 31 or Sept.1 weather permitting, says Craig Bryson, public information officer at the Road Commission for Oakland County. On Sept. 4, construction of a roundabout is scheduled to begin at Farmington and Maple roads with Farmi...…
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…Diaspora aid gives hope and respite during daily attacks. Sderot Police Chief Haim Boublil shows stacks of spent Kassams that exploded in the area. Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor Editor's note: Keri Cohen was part of a United Jewish Communities press mission to Israel in early August. Sderot, Israel L ast summer's Second Lebanon War lasted 34 days, and then the Katyusha rockets stopped. Trauma and hardships lingered but, one y...…
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…To Life! ON THE COVER Under close supervision, Detroit's kosher venues are growing. Rabbi Joseph Krupnik, kashrut director at the Vaad Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer 0 rdering a kosher restaurant meal used to mean get- ting a typically Jewish dish like brisket or roasted chicken or a hamburger from the long-gone JCC cafeteria. The bakery carried limited types of challah, and shopping for kosher meant spending time reading ingredi...…
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…To Life! AROUND TO N ChM scene A lively crowd goes clubbing to raise money for ORT. Marla Tapper Young of West Bloomfield, Holly Schafer of Commerce, Stephen Tapper of Orchard Lake and Nina Eisenberg of West Bloomfield red carpet entrance, walls draped in white fabric, mood lighting and music helped create a posh nightclub atmo- sphere inside Franklin Hills Country Club in Farmington Hills for "Club ORT," this year's version of the organ...…
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