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…I Special Report $50 Billion Meltdown Photo courtesy Ro bert I. Lappin C harita b le Foundation Madoff scandal rocks Jewish philanthropic world. The children's program in Massachusetts of the Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation was forced to shut down in the wake of the Bernard Madoff scandal. Jacob Berkman Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York T he securities fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff has rocked the Jewish nonprofit world — ...…
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…Metro Shooting Stars Jewish club blends interest in guns, cigars and Torah. Cindy Frenkel Special to the Jewish News helps put both topics in perspective. He is a club member who participates in shooting at ranges, but also in bringing a little Torah learning to club ho said guns and Jews don't mix? Just gatherings. ask members of the Detroit Jewish Tolwin has delivered divrei Torah to the group on Cigar and Shooting Club. such subjects as...…
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…Spirituality ON THE COVER Making Chanukah Shine Scrap metal becomes religious artistry in this menorah-maker's hands. SheIli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer T o those who say, "one man's junk is another man's treasure David Pereira has a few stories to tell about the pile of scrap metal he has turned into a series of unique, handcraft- ed Jewish ritual items. For seven years, Pereira has been designing and manufacturing Chanukah menorahs a...…
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…Business & Professional We Are Family Colleagues, friends, family honor retiring probate judge. Judith Doner Berne Special to the Jewish News I is obvious that the lawyers know the routine on motion Wednesdays in Oakland County Probate Judge Barry M. Grant's courtroom. The pace is swift, the cases quickly drawn as one set of lawyer(s) and client(s) after another files before the long-serving judge. Grant, age 72, is reluctantly wrapping up...…
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