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…PHOTOS: COURTESY OF FIDF jews in the d Friends of Israel Locals learn about FIDF missions. ZACH WALLENS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ABOVE: FIDF Michigan Chapter Board Member Mira Eisenberg, together with her husband, Leo, hosted a gathering to learn about FIDF missions to Israel and Poland. TOP: Oak Park native Max Kresch, a former Lone Soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, shared his experience serving as a combat medic of the Special For...…
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…jews in the d | faces&places Pony and train rides, bouncers, arts and crafts, magicians, face painting, a DJ and plenty of food highlighted Temple Israel’s annual Labor Day picnic. The multigenerational community event drew 2,500 people to the West Bloomfield synagogue. During a Brotherhood-hosted blood drive chaired by Mike Mickelson, M.D., and held through the Red Cross, donors gave 66 pints of blood. Temple’s Morris and Esther Bittker Fund...…
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