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…AROUND TOWN EB ITIES he nonsectarian Hospice of Michigan expanded its efforts to aid the terminally ill and heighten awareness of compassionate end-of-life care through its version of the national "Faces of Hospice Mask Project." Nearly 400 metro Detroiters joined in the culmi- nation of a one-month e-Bay auction of more than 150 painted and decorated porcelain masks signed by celebrities in the arts, politics, business, sports, media and li...…
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…TRAVEL !IN STORY C. PHOTOGRAPHY BY Top left: Riga's Old City boasts interesting architecture. Bottom left: A peaceful afternoon in a Riga park. Bottom right: A memorial at the Jewish cemetery in Riga. RONIT PINTO RETURN TO RIGA Jewish links resonate in centuries-old Latvian city. atvians think of their cities as feminine and their capital, Riga, as an undisputed lady. In the 1920s and 1930s, she was known as "The Little Paris of the No...…
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…Torah Portion/Synagogues Lessons For The Family In Biblical Intrigue Shabbat Vayeshev: Genesis 37: 1 -40:23; Amos 2:6-3:8. T his week's parshah (Torah por- tion) is certainly not lacking in characters, plot or intrigue. In fact, it really reads like a prime- time soap opera or a New York Times best-selling novel. Joseph is paraded in front of his brothers with his newly created beau- tiful tunic and subsequently has two dreams that he shar...…
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