…in online at Community ) J11 Digest Selected news and feature stories from the Detroit Jewish News. vvwvv.detroitjewislinews.cominews ) Back In Time Look for Alexis P. Rubin's "This Month in Jewish History" for November. wwvv.detroitjewishnews.com `Share Your Bread' Yad Ezra backers rally to feed the hungry. ) What's Eating Harry Kirsbaum? www.detroitjewishnevvs.com/opinion jewisn.com ) Turkey, Not Iraq Muslim Fundamentalist terr...…
…Riding For A Cause Team Alex conquers tough Israeli terrain to help Alyn children. BETH BRANDVAIN Special to the Jewish News e should have been exhausted — it was 2 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. We were jet lagged, we had spent the night in a Youth Hostel (four to a room) and we had just completed a steep nine-mile climb on our bicycles. But this was not the time, nor the place, to be tired. As we enjoyed our breakfast with a view of Haifa ba...…
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…ase join the .Michart Chapter Seeds of Peace as they honor.. The Son. S imon Peres Chairman of the f4or Party Former Prime Minifstei:: Di; Sari tisseibeh President oiI-Qyds University and Leader of the People's -CampaW.n for Peace and 'Democracy along with special- guests Beverly Liss and Margot Halperin Women's Group Installs Officers The Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit (JWF), a grant- making and educational found...…
…JANICE CHARACH EPSTEIN GALLERY ART 8 Festival of Lights: Mtists Interpret Hanukkiah Opening Reception December 4, 2003 6:30-8:30 p.m. by Pamela Thomford Exhibition and sale through January 29, 2004 Janis WetSMall, Curator Jewish Community Center D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus Sponsored by Marcia and Eugene Applebaum The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation Sue and Alan Kaufman and Famil...…
…• 17M'sgfl,WM,MV-Mg, .',7WWWW5NR*4, ;!,MzW.TAWF7': • "<174,77F,M77. PMRIMPIPPMTINV, Upcoining Events in Metro Detroit Professor Ron Aronson, Congregations; David D'Or, Arts & Entertainment; Rabbi Tamara Kolton, Congregations; David Technei; Support/Health. . Wednesday, Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m. SHABBAT SHALOM ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Sisterhoods of Adat Shalom Synagogue Thanksgiving Shabbaton-Rabbi Natan Footloose — Nov. 20-23; 7:30 p.m. and Congrega...…
….0%kri (Z1 JUNE 30-AUGUST 2, 2004 For teens currently in grades 9-12 00111 Cost: ,$3,995 includes a generous subsidy from Federation's Annual Campaign SPONSORED BY SAM AND JEAN FRANKEL In partnership with Detroit area congregations $1000 DISCOUNT From all applications received by December 19, 2003, two applications will be drawn to receive a $1000 discount each. The required $250 deposit must accom- pany the application to be eligible...…
…s• Mazel Toy! to Select Items All departments Begins Wednsday, November 26th New Arrivals Bar/Bat Mitzvah Oct. 11 Avy and Lynne (Cohn) Schreiber are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Eliana Nechama. Loving big brother Asher Melech is 19 months old. Eliana Nechama is named in lov- ing memory of her paternal great-grandmother Amy (Nechama) Schreiber. Thrilled grandparents are Sonny and Norm Cohn and Rita and Bert Schreiber...…
…Community joie° eocaMenst-t- ENTERTAINMENT MAZEL Invites all area Tov! from page 55 Ducatman. He is also the grandson of the late Fred Ducatman and the late Deborah and Bernard Dunn. Jacob is a double honor student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills and a member of Adat Shalom Synagogue. His mitzvah projects have included Jewish Family Service's Fall Fix-Up, meals on wheels and the coordinat- ed Hillel-JARC ...…
…soccer • adventure • go-carts • kayaki n . of his mitzvah project. Hope Sarah Peskin-Shepherd (Chana Sarah) will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah at Congregation B'nai Moshe Saturday, Nov. 22. She is the daughter of Alisa Peskin-Shepherd and Steven Shepherd and sister of Leah. Excited grandparents are Marilyn Peskin- Kaufman and Paul Kaufman and Evelyn Shepherd. She is also the granddaughter of the late Harvey Peskin and the late Ben...…
…r. • V-' Mazel Toy! Engagements THAV-KAPLAN il elene and Edward Kaplan of Farmington Hills and Marlene and Charles Thay. of West Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the engagement of Erin Beth to Jeffrey David. Erin is a licensed esthetician and freelance make-up artist. Jeffrey is an attorney with the law offices of Thav & Ryke PLLC. A May wedding is planned at Temple Beth El. bbl David Wachter & Sons Where Quality Matters 100 S. Ol...…
…Ask The Orthodontist Predicting the Future It is possible to estimate if your child will need braces in the future by certain aspects of their developing teeth. For example, when all the baby teeth (also known as deciduous or primary teeth) have erupted, if there is a likelihood that orthodontics will be needed. The perma- nent teeth take up more space than the baby ones they replace so even if the baby teeth look perfect in ideal alignment,...…
…N S 1 Synagogue List 67 Torah Portion 69 Ties That Bind Calls for greater links among Reform Jews draws local praise. JOE BERKOFSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency Minneapolis eform Jews cannot go it alone. That was the message at the Reform movement's 67th biennial convention two weeks ago. Despite numerically dominating the North American Jewish landscape, Reform Jews must reach out to other Reform Jews in Israel and Eastern Europe and fi...…
…Exceptional Senior Living means an exceptional lifestyle member of the planning committee for the movement's new nine-session, two-year course, aimed at both 11th and 12th graders who plan to go to college and those who do not. "Hopefully it will smooth that transition for both child and parent," said Chekan, North American Federation of Temple Youth Michigan regional director. "[The program's] "Personal Jewish Action Plan" can help solidify ...…
…DON'T MISS OUT. IT'S THE TRIP YOU'VE BEEN PROMISING YOURSELF. TIME IS RUNNING OUT. MICHIGAN MIRACLE MISSION'? April 18-28, 2004 OVER 600 ARE SIGNED UP TO GO! Join us to learn more. Recruitment Meeting Monday, November 24 7:30 pm Guest Speaker: Israeli Tour Guide Eliezer Ayalon Max M. Fisher Federation Building 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills To respond, contact Lizzy Cohen at (248)642-4260 ext. 305 or email: cohen@jfmd.org Pet...…
…+a. Why is it so difficult to bring up the idea of a senior community? In a word, dignity. How do you tell your mom (or dad, or aunt, or grandparent) that you think it might be time for them to move into a senior living community? Will they be insulted, will they "resent me," or will you just feel guilty? At Sunrise Senior Living, preserving dignity is one of our Principles of Service. It's what has driven us for over 20 years. Today, Sunri...…
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…DAY SCHOOL OF ELEGANCE BLACK TIE OPTIONAL AUCTION 7, 2003, 7:30 P. M . SHALOM, OAK PARK INNER AND SWEET TABLE URCHASED PRIOR TO DECEMBER 4, 2003 . ._-___,,,....,..z,_--__------ _ _ _ ,,-..4,-,_,-.-. ,-..,__ -- - -. _-,,--_-,-_ TRIPS ISRAEL, NEW YORK, ROME, #. GENEVA, HAWAII, LAS VEGAS, LONDON AND ORLANDO „ • PRINGS, CALIFORNIA CRUISES CARIBBEAN ALASKAN HERS BIKES ND ELECTRONICS REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER FULL OF FOOD RIZES! PALM...…
…Spirituality A Holiday With Tears • OAKLEY • DIOR • HERMES • GUCCI Local Russians mark 60th anniversary of the liberation of Kiev. • BURBERRY LEV PARANSKY Special to the Jewish News I n Russian, it is called "a holiday with tears on the eyes." On Nov. 6, more than 250 people commemorated the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Kiev at a ceremony at Teitel Jewish Apart- , ments in Oak Park. The liberation of Kiev in 1943 marked the e...…
…Synagogues CONSERVATIVE ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. 48334, (248) 851- 5100. Rabbis: Daniel Nevins. Herbert Yoskowitz. Cantor: Howard Glantz. Rabbi emeritus: Efry Spectre. Cantor emer- itus: Larry Vieder. Services: Friday 5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m., 5 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. Bar mitzvah of Jacob Dunn, son of Amy and Steven Dunn. B'nai mitzvah of Adam Koppy. son of Elissa and David Koppy;...…
…Synagogues Shabbat: service written and led by members of the board of trustees. Saturday b'nai mitzvah of Megan Erin Rosen, daughter of Robin and Michael Rosen; Adam Jacob Solomon, son of Rochelle and Barry Solomon. TEMPLE BETH EL (FLINT) 5150 Calkins, Flint, 48532, (810) 720-9494. Rabbi: Karen Companez. Cantorial soloist: Aleksander Chemyak. Services: First Friday of the month 6:15 p.m.; second Friday 8 p.m.; all other Fridays 8 p.m. TEM...…
…• :".3.6•11•11•111•••11•••si ...,- Torah Portion We Are Put In This World To Accomplish Virtuous Acts God's covenant to Isaac. Having accomplished all this, Abraham is finally allowed to die at a ripe old age. We are told that Abraham lived to be 175 years old, but it is how he dies which is most fascinating. The lipir hat do you need to Torah employs three verbs and four accomplish with your adjectives to describe his passage life? What ...…
…Cover Story • FOUR ,„„s, '......, .\• , •k.''' 'k , zs.N, e:::w:. ,,,,„, , , , .-1,,, .. , „\, :,,,,, TO ,,,,.. ;..„ Giving back to the community motivates these young leaders. T his periodic series focuses on young people in our community who are growing into leaders who are making a difference, leaders to keep an eye on. In this installation, staff writers have chosen people who are devoting themselves to giving to the elderly, t...…
…One Step Beyond Zvi Kresch has traveled the world helping others. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer A nyone who has ever uttered, "I should learn that — or do that — or go there," but didn't, could learn a valuable lesson from Zvi Kresch. Taking each interest and aspiration to the limit, the 23-year-old, who's considering medical school, experiences educational and inspirational value in everything he does. Kresch grew up in Oak Park and...…
…A Winning Tradition The only Jewish state rep from Detroit, Steve Tobocman wins with ideals and courage. SHARON LUCKERMAN StaffWriter A rmed with a law degree and a master's in public policy from the University of Michigan in 1997, Steve Tobocman made an unusual move — to southwest Detroit. Tobocman, who grew up in Farmington Hills and went to high school at Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School in Bloomfield Hills, used two national policy fe...…
…Voice Like An A 1 Nurtured by the cantors of Temple Israel, talented soprano aces many options for her future. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff-Writer I t's standing room only at the Fountains at Franklin when Crystal Wish Webster leads Friday night services. But not all the seniors who crowd into the multi-purpose room of the Southfield retirement com- munity are Jewish. Others show up to enjoy a shared smile, a shared song and a few moments of ge...…
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…DAVID SACHS Senior Copy Editor dances as a child. She had also danced and acted for two decades with a Jewish theater company in Los Angeles under director-choreog- rapher Benjamin Zemach. With Rochlin, Goodman found someone she could learn from. "She was so wonderful that I wanted to videotape her, and I decided to get a group of people together. I found mostly older people who had their own life experiences in Jewish dance. I filmed them al...…
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…Don't Miss Our 2nd Annual Jewish News' Nosh Dining & Entertainment Guide Advertising in the Entertainment Guide Off The Wall enables you to receive a listing, . Shapiro exhibit shows an aspect of his art that many aren't aware of Nosh Dining -& including business SUZANNE CHESSLER name of restau- Special to the Jewish News rant, address, o sculptural vorks by Joel Shapiro stand outside the Ferndale gallery exhibiting a retrospecti...…
…at your oor... then call Mickey Holocaust experience that I was trying to reach." Shapiro, who grew up in New York City, recalls an early com- mitment to becoming an artist and a later determination that resulted from two years of living in India and serving in the Peace Corps. His artistry became about using materials as the language to express ideas through inven- tion, development and rearrangement. _ While a consider- able amount of the ...…
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…"write what you know )) A better phrasing is attributed to Grace Paley, who advised one writer to write what you don't know about what you know — in other words, begin with a familiar situation and then work to uncover the truth -of that situ- ation that you never knew before. How does this actually work? Say, for instance, you want to write about the first wedding you ever attended. Let's assume you've got some clear memories — the blue chiff...…
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…THE GALLERY RESTAURANT Time and led the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during a sev- enth-inning stretch at Wrigley Field. He's played in a rock band with fellow writers Stephen King and Dave Barry. "I am sure many Illinois residents were startled to see someone whose name they might know as a story- teller chosen to help deliberate about what is probably the gravest real-life problem in the law," he writes. But the Harvard-educated...…
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…The Scene The Mating Game A local single writes his own novel about the minefields of the dating scene. LISA BRONSTEIN Special to the Jewish News R yan Kaluzny insists that Randall Fox is not his alter ego. Kaluzny, 30, of Royal Oak, created the character of Randall (Randy) Fox for his novel es' Guest. While both author and protagonist are 30-year-old attorneys in search of true love, that's where the similarities end. Kaluzny prefers to ...…
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…eman The Scene Nights fell peacefully but ended prematurely at the Kaplan family home in West Bloomfield, when Steve and Lisa Kaplan's teenage daughter's late-night returns would consistently wake them in the neighboring bedroom. This coupled with a dining room table that would no longer support both dinners for 4 and Lisa's home office equipment led the Kaplans to Gittleman, with a cry for more space and privacy. Federation Will Cite Three...…
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…The Wor Spotlight AITCommittee Celebration T 000 Fleischman Residence/ Blumberg Plaza 6710 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield Eugene & MarcictApplebaum Jewish Community Campus he American Jewish Committee (AJC) honored Hadas and Dennis Bernard Nov. 6. The AJC Institute of Human Relations Young Leadership Award was presented to the Bernards at the home of Barbara and Sheldon Cohn in West Bloomfield. "Leaders like the Bernards are not sele...…
…sx Keynote speaker Nolan Finley with • Andy Doctoroff Joshua and Aaron Bernard Calling All Volunteers! CHILD SEAT SAFETY INSPECTION Help your community by making calls on behalf of Federation's 2004 Annual Campaign. Sponsored by the Oakland County Sheriff's Department Call Carol Kaczander at 248.203.1466 or sign up online at: www.thisisfederation.org/supersunday Sunday, December 7 ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS TWO YEARS AND UP Books to read: (Gr...…
