…Publisher's Notebook Our Economic Challenge T Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher hey are our friends and neigh- bors. Maybe we went to school or camp with them. Maybe, they are members of our family. We certainly know them by name, and they know our name, too. They are part of the economic back- bone of the region and the Detroit Jewish commuility. They are providers of goods and services as diverse as furniture, lettuce, jewelry, home-cooked me...…
…Letters Failed Appreciation A number of years ago, Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit implemented a long-range plan that resulted in the recruitment of two outstanding educa- tors — Rabbi Scott Bolton and Dr. Mitch Parker. A few years later, the founders of the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit (now the Frankel Jewish Academy) recruited another outstanding educator to the community, Rabbi Lee Buckman. For a short period, the commu...…
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…Front Lines JNenline 0 This Week www.JNonline.us ECO Judaism Photo courtesy of Jewish Community Council ECO QUIZ A poorly maintained engine can use up to ___ percent more fuel and produce percent more CO2 than one that runs properly. %os :Jamstiv Please contact Michigan Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life for global warming presentations: (248) 642- 5393, ext. 7, or mi-coejl@jfmd.org . Source: Michigan Coalition on the Enviro...…
…I VI Ili * 22 '3 "V • • ..• • . • ets, . . Cranbrook Art Museum Cranbrook Academy of Art 39221 Woodward Avenue Bloomfield Hills, MI 248-645-3323 www.cranorook.ecu November 17, 2007-March 30, 2008 ASSA ABLOY Knoll R A B R Global Sponsor The exhibition, Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future, is organized by the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki, and the National Building Museum, Wa...…
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…Metro ON THE CO VER Hot Suburbs Amid an icy market, young Jewish families are on the move. Elyse and Nathan White of Royal Oak and their son, Austin Robin Schwartz Special to the Jewish News L ong before winter's chill set in, those taking the temperature of Metro Detroit's real estate market were using icy words. Last year brought the largest drop in home prices in our area since the 1980s, the lowest number of new-home permits in near...…
…Metro ON THE COVER Teaching assistant Natasha Shamayeva of Oak Park works with students at Temple Emanu-El's Gan Shalom preschool at the JCC in Oak Park. Suburbs from page A13 the couple settled in Berkley. Scott, who owns two small family dental supply busi- nesses, the Dentist's Choice and Sunshine Medical in Livonia. Beth is an elementary school-special education teacher who most recently worked for the Warren Consolidated School Distri...…
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…Life is measured in moments_ MAKE EVFRI MOMENT COUNT T House Run School board head seeking state seat. Whether it was raising our family, pursuing careers or giving back to the community, we've done our best to make every moment of our lives count. The same is true now That's why we made our home at The Heritage Southfield. Our days begin and end in a spacious apartment home. But in between there are endless opportunities to do the things...…
…Metro AROUND TOWN Modern Art Chic party draws Federation's young adults to the new DIA. Lauren Gibbs of Royal Oak, Jennifer Friedman of Huntington Woods, Melissa Shulman of Birmingham and Niki Johnson of Grosse Pointe — chairs of the event G littering strings of mirrors hung from the ceiling of the Great Hall at the Detroit Institute of Arts, casting glints of light that looked like sparkling snowflakes that never reached the ground...…
…, 41111W, living and work space reinvented richard m. hyman BUILDERS, INC. Residential renovation and restoration Urban Issues Pursuit Commercial construction Applebaum pledges $2 million to WSU for chair of community engagement. W ayne State University alumnus and major bene- factor Eugene Applebaum has pledged $2.1 million through his philanthropic foundation in sup- port of a new urban issues initiative at the 33,000-student univ...…
…Metro Pursuit Of Justice YOU ARE INVITED Two Jewish candidates seek party's nomination for Oakland prosecutor. to an afternoon of music, fun and games for the whole family T ecutor. They are Democrat Jessica Cooper, a former Oakland County judge, and Republican Larry Leib, a Farmington Hills attorney. Celebrating Southfield's 50th Anniversary Sunday, February 17, 2008 2:00 - 6:30 p.m. Southfield Pavilion 26000 Evergreen Road Southfield...…
…New Information Museum launches search service for newly released Holocaust archives. Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington D igital technology will allow Holocaust survivors, research- ers and others access to one of the largest troves of Nazi-era documents — but at a pen-and-paper pace. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum told survivors' groups in January that searches of the digital version of the Bad Arolsen archives it had...…
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…t4ATIOrai. COUNCIL OF J MICH WOMEN GR EAT Eli DETROIT SECTION PRESENTS Former Israeli envoys debate Obama's attitude on Israel. Ben Harris Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York I srael's former ambassador to the United States is taking credit for Barack Obama's recent statement to the Jewish news media that he was committed to ensuring Israel's qualita- tive military superiority over its Arab neighbors. Danny Ayalon said that the Obama ca...…
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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Editorials What No The state of the Frankel Jewish Academy. R everberations from last week's news of an administrative shake-up at the Frankel Jewish Academy continue to be felt throughout the Detroit Jewish community. There was no inkling that changes at the top were imminent. And it was odd that they came mid-year, just two weeks after midwinter break. Still, the job of teachi...…
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…PRESIDENTIAL SWEEPSTAKES First installment of commentaries in support of the active candidates. Obama: A Friend Of Israel Robert Wexler Special Commentary Delray Beach, Fla./JTA R arely do Americans have the chance to vote for a truly trans- formational leader as our next president, but this year we do: Sen. Barack Obama. There are many reasons why I support Obama for president. He offers an opportu- nity to end the divisive politics of...…
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