…KELLY ARDITO moments Matchmaker, Matchmaker AVERY DRONGOWSKI SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS NJP (Nice Jewish Person) Gary Kanner Each month, The Well highlights an amazing (and eligible!) individual. The Well has agreed to share its Q & As with these amazing singles with the JN. This month, The Well has a conversation with NJP Gary Kanner. 26 August 16 • 2018 jn Q : What brought you to Metro Detroit? GK: I came here for work! After I ...…
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…moments Bloom’s ROSH HASHANAH 2018 JULY 19, 2018 Sarah and Alex Haimann of St. Louis, Mo., are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Winston Haimann Ezra. Sharing in their joy are big sister Karinne, grandparents Amy and Mark Haimann of Bloomfield Hills, and Cindy and Gordie Krainen of West Bloomfield. Winston is also blessed to be welcomed by great- grandparents Dorothy Shepard and Fred Krainen. He is named in memory of his great-g...…
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…PHOTOS BY ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES eretz allowed to humiliate a female soldier, only because she is a woman, and the response of the IDF spokesperson is that they held a clarifying conversation about the incident,” the group said in a state- ment. The organization said it scheduled a meeting with the head of the IDF’s Manpower Division in which it would present “dozens of testimonies from female soldiers” who were similarly insulted. “[The repr...…
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…spirit torah portion Th e Body Is Sacred T Parshat Shoftim: Deuteronomy 16:18- 21:9; Isaiah 51:12- 52:12 his week’s Torah portion introduces the prohibition against mutilating or harming one’s body as a sign of mourning. Our rabbis explain that we may not mutilate our bodies because they are, in fact, not ours. They are God’s body and God’s soul, which He placed within specially designed physical vessels, together to fulfill a special and...…
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…arts&life fairs & festivals / on the cover Food, Glorious Food The third annual Michigan Jewish Food Festival gears up to be the best yet. ROB STREIT JN INTERN details The Michigan Jewish Food Festival takes place 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, at the Eastern Market in Sheds 5 and 6. For more about the festival, and for those looking to volunteer at the festival, visit Hazon’s website at hazon.org. 34 August 16 • 2018 E verybody eat...…
…sy al THIS PHOTO: Cheese gets drained. RIGHT: Sue Salinger, direc- tor of Hazon in Detroit, with Judith Belasco, Hazon executive vice president. PazMan SuperSession Long-time Detroit bluesman Mark Pasman leads this super group of area musicians. Pasman is an award-winning musician and had a long career as a radio broadcaster, hosting the Motor City Blues Project on WCSX-FM for more than 25 years. This iteration of the SuperSession includes ...…
…arts&life exhibit THIS IMAGE: Abby in Moscow, 2005. LEFT: Aronson in the studio. R A Diary In Art Federation adviser Bob Aronson reveals a soul-feeding passion in a new exhibit. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER 36 August 16 • 2018 jn obert Aronson regularly travels to Israel and other faraway destinations with distinctive Jewish cultural and histori- cal significance. But when it comes to pictures for remembrance and personal e...…
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…on the go continued from page 41 wednesday, aug. 22 ‘PLURALISM & PRAYER’ 1-2:30 pm, Aug. 22. The next “Drop In and Learn” video program, recorded at the 2018 American Jewish Committee Global Forum in Jerusalem, features AJC Committee Board of Governors Chair Harriet Schleifer and former Knesset Member Rachel Azaria, a candidate for mayor of Jerusalem. They will address Jewish pluralism in Israel and the power of the Orthodox rabbinate. At C...…
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…soul of blessed memory MICHAEL ABELS, 76, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 9, 2018. He is survived by his son and daughter- in-law, Anthony and Jennifer Abels; brother and sisters-in-law, Abels Sidney and Bobi Abels, Donna Rosenberg; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mr. Abels was the beloved husband of the late Dennice Abels; father of the late Todd Abels; brother of the late Allen Abels. Interment was held at Beth...…
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…soul Y OU ’ VE ALWAYS ANTICIPATED EACH OTHER ’ S NEEDS . of blessed memory continued from page 47 ISRAEL HOCHBERG, 84, of Oak Park, died Aug. 12, 2018. His family moved to Israel when he was 2. He eventually Hochberg became a mem- c. 1950 ber of the Israeli Army. He was a past executive director of New Horizons. Mr. Hochberg is survived by his daughters, Deborah Hochberg of Oak Park, Ruth Rothenberg of Royal Oak; son, Dave Hochberg of Oak ...…
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…jews d in the continued from page 10 “Lyft is a company with tikkun olam at its core. Our mission is very simple: to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.” — ELLIOT DARVICK TOP: Elliot Darvick, Lyft general manager for Michigan and Ohio, shares the front seat with Lyft driver Mellisa Nelson of Detroit. mother does prior to lighting the Shabbat candles.” UP-LYFT-ING OTHERS At Lyft, Elliot’s appetite for mobility, ...…
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