…jews d & in the The Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC is pleased to invite you to join us as we present the 2017 faces Activist Award to places An estimated 1,000 people dropped by Young Israel of Oak Park Feb. 19 for the first Chesed Expo, a fair celebrating a few dozen social service organizations that serve the Detroit Jewish community — from the Jewish Dental Clinic to Detroit Hatzalah to Yad Ezra to Bridal Canopy. The event w...…
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…moments Dr. Craig Singer Dermatologist Certifi ed Mohel Traditional bris performed by an experienced physician Rayna Freeman, daughter of Randi and Joel Freeman, will become a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, March 18. Freeman She will be joined in celebration by sister Peri and proud grandparents Alicia and Dr. Jerry Aronoff, and Norrine and Mel Freeman. Rayna is a student at Abbott Middle School in West Bloom...…
…moments Small Shul Big Seder Rose Freedman 96th 1 Night Seder st R ose Fink Freedman recently celebrated her 96th birthday with family and friends at a number of lunches and dinners in her honor. Her children, Michael and Nanci Freedman, and Wendy Freedman, are looking forward to taking their mom to Tiburon, Calif., for a week to continue celebrating this special birthday. Caregiver Brenda Saperstein as well as many other friends and fa...…
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…o ur Israeli homeland COURTESY P2G TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM eretz Purposeful Pathway Bicycle trail promoted by Michigan Jewry links Jews and Arabs in Central Galilee. ROBERT SKLAR CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Migdal HaEmek, Israel TOP: Central Galilee 11th-graders comingle on the Naim BeYahad trail: P2G Teen Leadership Program’s Yotam Nakar of the Jezreel Valley; Yafia High School Teen Leadership’s Yamen Hatib, Anuar Sharif, Marah Hatib and Ragad...…
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…spirit Emanu-El cantorial soloist works to include more music. KELLY ONICKEL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Up Tempo E verything is coming up music at the year concert with our Yachad Religious Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park. School. Since becoming the cantorial This year we have two more music soloist more than four years ago, I Shabbatot coming up: a ’50s Rock n’ ABOVE: have made it my mission to bring Roll/Rockabilly Shabbat on Friday, more m...…
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…arts&life theater A Brand-New Beauty The Bloomfi eld Players brings Beauty and the Beast to life on a pristine new stage. RONELLE GRIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Eli Eisenberg, Ellory Becker, both of Bloomfield Hills, and Richmond Tyler of West Bloomfield details Disney’s Beauty and the Beast runs March 17-19 and 24-26 at the Bloomfield Hills High School Theater, Bloomfield Township. $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and students. Call ...…
…arts&life PHOTO BY ANNA KOHN PHOTO BY BLAIR NOSAN music Phab Phreddy A DJ like no other joins the lineup for the JCC’s inaugural Ethan & Gretchen Davidson Music Festival. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: DJ Phreddy spins with Menachem Mendel Pinson. DJ Phreddy. Nefesh Mountain. 44 March 16 • 2017 E ileen Laxer was a middle- class New Yorker con- vinced she was marrying into elite society w...…
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…on the go continued from page 49 wednesday, march 22 ‘GIRLFORCE’ VOLUNTEERS 9:30 am-noon, March 22. Hadassah seeks volunteers for program. Requires no spe- cial skills and training is provided. At Hillel Day School, Farmington Hills. Info: nana. fran.1024@gmail.com or 248-683-5030. JCC MOVIE MATINEE 1:30 pm, Wednesday, March 22. The Active Life will show Mama Mia! At the JCC, West Bloomfield. Info: Rosa, rchessler@jccdet.org or 248-432-546...…
…for TKA Sisterhood member. Participants are asked to donate a kosher food item and/or travel-size tissues or wet wipes for care packages given to homeless women. Transportation to the event is available. RSVP by March 20: Rhonda, kotzenrs@ gmail.com or 313-515-5785. tuesday, march 28 POLITICAL POETRY 7 pm, March 28. Tikvah Hadassah group presents yoga instructor Missy Oleshansky. At Davidson Hadassah House. 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloom...…
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…CELIA COHN of Denver, Colo., died Feb. 27, 2017. She was the mother of Sandra Sarniak and Daniel Cohn; grandmother of Stacey Sarniak, Sarah (Matt) Hickey, Rebecca Sarniak; great-grand- mother of Owen Sarniak, Jackson Hickey and Olivia Lunsford. Mrs. Cohen was the wife of the late Sidney Cohn. A memorial service was held in Denver; pri- vate interment was at Ft. Logan National Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Kavod Senior Living, 22 S. Ad...…
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…RUTH B. LEVENSON, 83, of Bloomfield Hills, died March 11, 2017. She is survived by her brother-in-law, Eli Barsel; sister-in-law, Barbara Levenson; many loving nieces and Levenson nephews. c. 1978 Ms. Levenson was the devoted daughter of the late Jack and the late Mary Levenson; the loving sister of the late Norman Levenson and the late Janet Barsel. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish Family Service, 6555 ...…
…soul of blessed memory continued from page 59 Shawn BLANCHE SHAWN, 96, of Farmington Hills, died March 11, 2017. She was a member of Women’s American ORT, National Council of Jewish Women, Hadassah, Jewish Vocational Services, Pinsker Progressive Aid Society and March of Dimes. Mrs. Shawn is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Leslie and Doree Shawn of Hollywood, Fla.; daughters and sons- in-law, Suzanne Shawn and Marshall Solomon of...…
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…jews d on the cover in the A New Home Farber Hebrew Day School welcomes students to its new building. MALKIE ROSENBLOOM SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHOTOS BY BRETT MOUNTAIN ABOVE: Students celebrate the first day in the new building. TOP RIGHT: Ninth-grader Jeremiah Wolfe participates in Shacharit (morning) services. CENTER: The main lobby features stained glass windows of the 12 tribes of Israel. BOTTOM: Rabbi Asher Nemes of the Judaic f...…
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…WHAT’S OLD IS NEW AGAIN Mikey Skoczylas, a graduate of Akiva Hebrew Day School, which in August 2016 was renamed Farber Hebrew Day School to honor donors William and Audrey Farber, has special memories. The Southfield resident remembers not only being a student when the school moved into the former Beth Achim building in 1999, but also when his own children started classes there. Seeing his kids participate in the same programs he once did “...…
