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…I Spirituality Have Voice, Will Travel Cantorial Soloist Bryant Frank confers with Temple Israel Cantor Michael Smolash. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer T here's no question that Yom Kippur can be a very long day for members of the clergy. But for Bryant Frank, Yom Kippur day is almost like two days. As he has done for the past eight years, the cantorial soloist from West Bloomfield will help lead services at the eastside Grosse Poi...…
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…Family Focus The Talk Explaining the world view of Jews and Zionism to your children. Jeffrey L. Bernstein Special to the Jewish News Ann Arbor I t is time to have "The Talk" with my son. No, not that one. That one, I think I can handle. Birds, bees, flowers, how babies are made. Easy stuff. The talk I have in mind seems a lot more daunting. It's about being Jewish and Zionist in a world that has minimal toler- ance (if even) for either....…
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…feature: teen profile his summer, in a student-made film on student suicide, a troubled high school valedictorian shot and killed himself in front of his classmates at commencement ceremonies. Budding producer-director-cameraman Danny Agar, 15, captured the scene on film. Danny, along with 10 other Detroit teens, was chosen to be on the Fresh Films 2007 Detroit Team. From June 24-30, the teens, four interns and executive producer Kelley Mah...…
…diller trip/ experiencing Israel together by Grace Klein his summer, Detroit's Diller Teen Fellows spent three crazy, jam-packed weeks traveling around Israel. The 10 of us are part of a yearlong leader- ship program with counterparts in San Francisco, Cleveland and Baltimore who joined us on the trip. From the Negev to Jerusalem to the Galilee, we experi- enced so much and learned immeasurably valuable lessons. During the very first week, w...…
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…Arts & Entertainment Studio view: Artist Orly Genger sits atop her 2007 work to be eichibited at Leinberg Gallery, Artist attracts viewers with sculptures incorporating knitting and crocheting techniques. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News 0 rly Genger can't seem to give herself enough rope — artisti- cally speaking. The material is at the core of her sculp- ture, and she keeps devising new configu- rations for it. Genger,...…
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….44 Bill's Big Bang Kennedy Elementary, Thompson Middle School and Cranbrook Schools graduate Bill Prady, 46, has been out in Hollywood for some time now. The Southfield native has been busy building a career whose many credits include stints as a Henson Associates writer, writer-producer on ABC's Dharma & Greg and co-executive pro- ducer-writer on the WB's Gilmore Girls (as part of a team that included his former Southfield school chum Stan...…
…Arts & Entertainment Motivated By Music Playwright Jon Marans' Old Wicked Songs opens JET's 2007-2008 season. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News 0 Id Wicked Songs can't be called a musical, but music punctuates the plot. The play, opening the 2007-2008 season of the Jewish Ensemble Theatre, introduc- es a young piano accompanist studying with an elderly vocal coach and ultimately breaks through to their emotional centers and iden...…
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…To Do! E-mail items to calendar@ithejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication Glassman Bash The autumn Glassman Party will take place at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25. Music will be provided by the Billy Rose Orchestra. The dessert buffet w...…
