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…arts & life Ode To A A local actor helps the Village Players honor the late Harper Lee in their production of To Kill a Mockingbird. E ric Goldstein could not anticipate the timeliness of his role in To Kill a Mockingbird for the Village Players of Birmingham. The run of the play, through March 20, comes just after the death at age 89 of Harper Lee, the author widely lauded for the 1960 novel that served as foundation for the namesake ...…
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…obituaries » IRMA ALLWEISS, 84, of Oak Park, died Feb. 29, 2016. Born Oct. 13, 1931, in Bronx, N.Y., Irma was the youngest child and only daughter of Benjamin and Bertha Allweiss (Klatzkin) Burg. In 1942, she and her par- ents joined her brother Leon “Leo” Burg in Detroit. Irma gradu- ated with honors from Northern High School, where she participated in theater and edited the school newspaper. Mrs. Allweiss, a homemaker for most of her life, ...…
…obituaries » Obituaries from page 65 CHARLOTTE GOLDIN, 86, of Commerce Township, died March 3, 2016. She is survived by her beloved husband, Seward Goldin; daugh- ters and sons-in-law, Goldin Carolyn and Mike c. 1991 Buckner, Marilyn Bruce, Arlene and Tony Goldin-Castle, Emily Mann, Faith and Pete Hewett; grandchildren, Noah, Joanna, Eliza, Alec, Ian and Shannon; many nieces, nephews, other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Goldin was ...…
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…obituaries » During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will study in memory of the following departed friends. In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily minyan. 3 Adar II March 13, 2016 Mary Faigin Regina Jablonka Morris Kraizman Sam Lux Leonard Sandweiss David Schoichit Idel Unrot Maurice Wagman Yitzchak Wainer Tzvi Weinberger Ann Wilner 4 Adar II March 14, 2016 Lena Climstain Alan Bruce Cohen Nathan Deutsch Jenn...…
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