…"If your youth don't want this connection with Israel," he added, "we will get lost as a people." Bitan came to Michigan twice in the mid-1990s, once as part of a Central Galilee P2K delegation. The second time was with 25 Central Galileans who studied for three weeks at Michigan State University to learn how to work together at the grassroots level back in Israel. The visit was Aronson's idea and the Kellogg Foundation helped fiu-id it. "When...…
…P2I1 Cover Story TWO-WAY BRIDGE from page 33 Gabi Landau, an Israel delegate to the P2K Steering Committee and managing director for the Valleys Tourist Board of the Emek Yizreal (Jezreel Valley) Regional Council, has no problem with a Detroit concentration. "I'm not saying not to do things in Israel," she said. "I'm saying the focus should be more on Detroit as part of our strategic plan. I think it's our job; and we have means and ways to...…
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…Iraqi Ballots Some Iraqi Israelis go to Jordan to cast their votes. Jewish state, where optimism at the fall of Saddam Hussein has been replaced with unease at seeing Iraq descend into sectarian fighting and jihadi ter- rorism. "It may have been too early for us to have declared the Eastern Front pacified," said a senior Israeli official on condition of anonymity, refer- ring to earlier assessments that with a peace deal in place with Jordan...…
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…World Mission Accomplished B'nai B'rith trip aids the Jews of Cuba. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News ith the many political trouble spots and disaster areas around the world, Cuba seems to be below the international radar screen. But the country's Jewish population of 1,500 has been getting plenty of attention from B'nai B'rith. The international Jewish service organization, through its Great Lakes Region, sponsored another Cuban J...…
…Digest ( 1 3 4 51g AnTm 1 111 11 11 SENIOR LIVING RESIDENCES AJC Offers Tsunami Aid The Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the American Jewish Committee has reached out to south Asian religious and ethnic organizations in Metro Detroit to help organize tsunami fund-raising events and to offer expressions of solidarity. On Thursday, Feb. 17, the Council of Asian Pacific Americans and the Ritz Carlton in Dearborn will host a benefit, raising fun...…
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…THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS Red Hot and Very Cool Caving In Majority Voice The upshot? The U.N. looks better in the eyes of many. The secretary- general improved his image. Israel, the perpetual U.N. loser, was queen- for-a-day. But the nagging question is, where does this leave "never again"? Widening the lens, we notice that in December the U.N. adopted 22 resolutions condemning the state of Israel, and four country-specific res- oluti...…
…METAMORPHOSIS A LAWYER BECOMES REALTOR! fabulous thing happened to David and Missy Bean that they had not exactly counted on—their family of four grew to be five. Maya, 111/2 and Adam, 71/2 are now the older siblings to the family's newest bundle of joy, a baby girl named Annabel whose first night home from the hospital ended with an early morning phone call to—Gittleman. ER "Add on another room!" commanded the happy—though sleepless—cou...…
…TEDTal@g g i CngE Li Sports And Mortgages Dan Gilbert is looking forward to mixing business and pleasure. At age 14, Gilbert and a friend managed a Little League Special to the Jewish News baseball team, surprising the adult managers by winning the _4.;..... . I) an Gilbert of Franklin, a pio- league championship in two o neer of direct-to-consumer out of four years. Gilbert never online mortgages and a self- really played organized sports...…
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…PART SILHOUETTE' PART LUMINETTE" COMPLETE COORDINATION i In one of his personal ventures, Gilbert worked with Steve Greenberg, managing director of Allen and Co., New York, an investment banking firm. Steve is the son of Hank Greenberg, the legendary Detroit Tigers slugger. "Dan is a terrific guy because he mixes tremendous business success with generous charitable work," said Greenberg. "And I espe- cially admire him as a wonderful fam- ily...…
…Artrageous! Happenings For college age through 30-something. Send information to ahitsky@thejevvish.news.com Benefit uplifts community's cultural life. METRO HILLEL T he American Center building in Southfield was transformed into an artists' mecca Saturday night, Jan. 29. The Fanclub Arts Foundation, a non-profit organization striving to promote a vibrant cultural life in metro Detroit, presented the fund-raiser Artrageous 2005. Partygoe...…
…L Piano Unlimited Peter Nero, America's ultimate crossover performer, leads the DSO in a celebration of Gershwin. tigious Tchaikovsky piano competi- tion. At the same time, with the blessings of his piano teachers, Constance Keene and Abraham Chasens at New York's Juilliard School of Music, he branched out into jazz, then pops. "They told me, 'You can do what we can't do,"' Nero remembers. At the time, his name was Bernard Nierow, and he pe...…
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…JR! lifestyle magazine PLATINUM CONTENTS jNOnline.com February 2005 * Vol. 5, No. 2 FASHION Knit 1, Bead 2 10 Snappy little handbags are works of art. PRODUCTS Little Manhattan 14 Gem in a jewel box awaits Detroit visitors. PLATINUM PERSONALITY/ COVER STORY Art and Faith 20 A personal journey leads to creating healing mandalas. Some stores sell designer jewelry. At M.B. Jewelry, we are the des INDEX: Around Town All's Fare Boo...…
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…FASHION At left: Some of the ornate detail from a completed, handmade beaded bag. Opposite page: Just some of the raw materials needed for a purse project. Below: Laurie Winston shows off some of the creations at Bead Works. MODERN BEADS P t Pcv-trt-?#-- vw-4.1, w. - fett ooking for a more contemporary beaded bag? Franklin-native Julie Binder creates beau- ' tifully-beaded designs she manufactures in China and sells around the Unite...…
…A dance movement therapist, Babcock began Cinbags, creating per- sonalized beaded purses on antique frames with beaded straps. Today, she receives about 20 commissions for purses annually. A Cinbags' specialty is bridal purses. Babcock designs a purse that ties in with the bride's dress, so if the bridal gown has crystal rhinestones or pearls, the purse is made with crystals or pearls, and the thread color matches the dress. "I love to make t...…
…AROUND TOWN Robin Bologna of Birmingham introduces Bella, 3, to Bogey, 13, owned by Sandy Menzel of St. Clair Shores. GOING TO THE DOGS Avy Schreiber of Southfield entertained for the evening. Accompanied by four-legged friends, author helps bring in the bucks for animal shelter. ROBIN SCHWARTZ COLUMNIST PHOTOGRAPHY BY BILL HANSEN 1 2 • FERRI:ARV 2005 • JNPLATINUM hey say every dog has its day — but at the recent Jeep 2004 Yappy ...…
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…NALITY ■ COVER STORY Ruthie Basham at work in her Ann Arbor stu ART AND FAITH A personal journey leads to creating healing mandalas. BY SHARON LUCKERMAN B efore going to college, Ruthie Basham of Ann Arbor wanted to be a ballerina. She studied with world- famous ballerinas like Suzanne Farrell at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and with members of the Joffrey Ballet. But it be came too difficul...…
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…Creative Control Jewish Japanese-American actress presents for-women-only performance at Oak Park ICC SUZANNE CHESSLER videos, film and television. Special to the Jewish News What Came Next A Looking for different work opportuni- ties, Factor relocated to New York City, where she soon was hired into the chorus of Shogun, the Musical and went on to other musical productions. Wanting to explore more dramatic works, she also studied with a...…
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…p+ hypocrite in a T white dress tale, 01 growirt grom ■ and 'Thank ou, 0 Lent, for sending us Susan Gilman's talcs...• Quirky Chronicle McC,ouRr In her new memoir, U-M grad puts the "hip" in "Hypocrite." JULIE WIENER Special to the Jewish News • Ann Arbor usan Jane Gilman may well go down in the annals of Jewish journalism as the only reporter to eat shellfish while interviewing a rabbi. Not just any rabbi, mind you, but one of Isra...…
…Arts & Life At The Movies A Lesson In Tolerance Students link to Shoah with "Clips." NAOMI PFEF FERMAN Special to the Jewish News W 47101 2/ 3 2005 58 hen George Jacobs heard about the children's Holocaust project in Whitwell, Tenn., he immediately thought of Malka. She was the emaciated young woman who had kissed the mezuzah on his lapel when the American airman had visited the infirmary at Mauthausen after World War II. When Jacob...…
