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…Topic Of C OMMENTARY Look Younger In Minutes With No Downtime Hall Of Earner Basketball embraces Davidson legacy. Joel Jacob Special to the Jewish News Springfield, Mass. 0 n Sept. 5, the Detroit Jewish com- munity's hometown hero Detroit Pistons owner Bill Davidson joined other basketball legends and was inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The likes of Magic Johnson, Bobby Knight, Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars, N...…
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…CALL TODAY AND GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY! Business I memos Beverly Fine, president of the Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, led 18 members to Los Angeles to attend the 94th national convention of American and Israeli delegates. A video was presented of the progress of the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Tower, which is a result of the donation made by Karen and Bill Davidson on behalf of Guardian Industries, Auburn Hills. Dava Yanoff was one of the D...…
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…I Health & Fitness In Janis' Memory Family, friends walk for ovarian cancer. Judith Doner Berne Special to the Jewish News y ou will be just fine when I am gone:' her family remembers Janis Warren saying before her death last year from ovarian cancer. "We are not fine says her son, Dr. Michael Warren, an obstetrician /gyne- cologist at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. "We are not fine to think that her death might have been p...…
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…I Health & Fitness Maccabi On Gold medalist turns attention to the high school tennis court. Andrew Cahn has his eye on the ball. Steve Stein Special to the Jewish News T ennis player Andrew Calm won a gold medal at the JCC Maccabi Games in Metro Detroit. Now he's going to try to make a name for himself in high school tennis. Calm, 14, a freshman at West Bloomfield High School, has earned a spot in the Lakers' singles lineup. His coach —...…
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…I Spirituality Keeping Shabbat Providence Hospital has items on hand for observant patients and families. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer W hen George Gelberman's mother-in-law was taken to Providence Hospital in Southfield on Rosh Hashanah four years ago, in addition to her family's great concern over her health, they also were in need of assis- tance of their own. "My wife Estelle and her sister were pretty much stuck in the hospi...…
…Sign Up Now_ A SYNergy Weekend Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills will welcome Rabbi Joseph Telushkin as the congregation's guest speaker for its opening SYNergy Shabbat weekend Sept. 19-20. At 8 p.m. on Friday evening, following a Shabbat dinner, Rabbi Telushkin will discuss "On Being Jewish: Rabbi What is the Telushkin Goal?" Rabbi Telushkin, named by Talk Magazine as one of the 50 best speakers in the U.S., is the author of many boo...…
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…Arts & Entertainment We're Still Here As the High Holidays near, PBS documentary considers the miracle of Jewish survival as a people. Curt Schleier Special to the Jewish News Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel because the Tibetan Buddhist leader wanted to find out how the Jews managed to hold on to he overriding impression the new their identities. PBS documentary The Jewish As Wiesel recalls, the Dalai Lama said to People: A Story of Surviva...…
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…Simon Charms JET Ronelle Grier Special to the Jewish News N eil Simon's Chapter Two pro- vides a promising beginning to Jewish Ensemble Theater's 20th season. The 1977 comedy-drama portrays the relationship struggles of its characters, novelist George Schneider (Mark Rademacher) and aspiring actress Jennie Malone (Trisha Miller Smith). When the play begins, Jennie and George are simultaneously returning home from respective travels to Jama...…
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