…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Contents 0 A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year www.detroitjewishnews.com DECEMBER 21, 2001 TEVET 6, 5 7 62 VOL. CXX, NO. 19 Community 35 Torch Bearers Four Jewish Detroiters take part in national run to light the Olympic Torch. Spirituality 47 Learning How To Grieve Dorfman Chapel opens non-denominational bereavement library. Arthur Sugarman of Southfield gets a taste of homemade jam in a re...…
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…This Week Cover Story ON THE TRAIL OF \\\\ Early Mentors ERIC L. ROZENMAN Jewish Renaissance Media Washington obb M. LaKritz likes to climb challeng- ing mountains, like Switzerland's Mt. Eiger, Tanzania's Kilimanjaro, even Nepal's Mt. Everest. But, for someone whose job changed as radically as his did on Sept. 11, spelunking might have been better preparation. The 29-year-old Detroit native got a new and vir- tually all-consuming assi...…
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…Checking Up On Family Detroit Jews pay a call on their sister region. 520 students at the Jezreel Valley's region- al elementary school at Moshav Nahalal. At a presentation for the Detroit guests, a 10-year-old girl said, "My great-great grandmother came to work here at the agricultural settlement at Nahalal 84 years ago. My family has farmed in Nahalal since then." Said another girl, "My grandparents came from Romania and felt farming provi...…
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…aSro anion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones The Photos Are Ours he photos on the Memorial Room wall show the faces of 260 young Michigan Jews who gave their lives defending the freedoms we enjoy in America. The 260 clean-cut servicemen, attired in dashing uniforms and dressy suits, could have been the poster . boys of their generation — one that defeated fascism and communism and built ...…
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…INSIDE: Community Calendar 39 Mazel Toy! 40 Torch Bearers Four Jewish Detroiters take part in national run to light the Olympic Torch. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News I n their own special way, four local Jews have ‘`made" the U.S. Olympic team for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. One is a physician who has been an avid runner for 30 years. He's known as "Dr. Rock" because he takes care of all of the rock...…
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