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…op An d PHIL JACOBS EDITOR TOS BY GLENN TRIEST Leah Levine 4 , takes hold of her Chumash and a certificate marking the day. C/) LU THE D E TRO LU 14 ost of us were probably interested last Monday in the bowl match-ups, our 1996 resolutions or even getting prepared to end the holiday season and face the reality of the new year. For two classes of first-graders, however, Jan. 1 wasn't a day they'll remember as the secular starting- over...…
…Chumash Left: Double the simcha: Twins Rivkah and Sora celebrate with their mom, Joanne, and dad, Billy Levin. Below: First-grader Emily Jacobs waits in anticipation. Drs. Barry and Arlene Levine applaud as daughter, Leah, receives her Chumash. Mrs. Chaya Leah Rothstein cuts the all-important cake. …
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…Teaching The Teachers Throughout The Store PHIL JACOBS EDITOR Rob Nosanchuk has 240 Detroit area high school students prepar- ing, through classroom study, for this summer's Agency for Jewish Education Teen Miracle Mission. While 18 teachers and rabbis are instructing the students on Israeli culture, Hebrew and his- tory, someone has to teach the teachers. That's where AJE comes in again. Mr. Nosanchuk, AJE's teen mission educational coordi...…
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