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…ate/ i 1 Jennifer Tracy/Roger Bauer wedding, Mac & Ray's restaurant, November 2004 Wecent- • emones A photo gallery of community simchahs. Andrea Korotkin/Jeffrey Belen wedding, Temple Beth-El, June 12, 2004 Steven Stoddard bar mitzvah, Temple Beth El, Feb. 26, 2005 3/24 2005 10 …

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…act Think of the silver lining amid the storm of party glitches. DEBRA B. DARVICK Special to the Jewish News .,.. ...--- :,-. 7--:---,-, -•:'....: :-- -.7 ' •••••"".::::,-*: • -..:*- v•--- •:::: =- .... ........:, ............ .:-_-. . .- - _ . - --...-- 4---- - ,.......,,.. . : • , ,_,;-::::="- ----:-.. -: -:•- --------- . --. . 7:-- 7---•^1 * -. 0- .::::-. • 7::::.... -. ..^.------ - r....---. -.. ...',.- -•-•-•-......-. .:5...…

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…0 0 0 CJO Fo • Marci Shulman practices in her music/party room. 3/24 2005 36 …

…1 )1 or their supper Guests at the Shulman home don't just attend parties — they participate. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer C or 18 years, Marci Shulman's friends excitedly anticipated discovering the theme she chose for her annual bash. Hosting the final party last year, she vows to hold occasional events and to keep memories of past revelry in mind. The festivities began simply in 1987 but soon became an annual musical extravaganza...…

…e t e (ee Arbor, have also been here. Cantor [Harold] Orbach once sang and David Syme performed. So did the [Bloomfield Hills] Andover High School Jills (a singing group that also plays hand-bells)." Guests are given toy instruments or are asked to sing along with the cast. calique Tims Sometimes Shulman's guests are requested to arrive in costume. When the evening's theme was "Shulman High," guests dressed in clothes from their high school...…

…• holiday-themed parties down the road, just not the regularly scheduled yearly ones. "It's been such a joy doing them and I just can't give up being with the peo- ple who entertain," she said. These days, Shulman's piano is the focus of the alcoved section off the side of the room once used for the parties. She has been a cantorial soloist for 28 years, most recently at Congregation Beth El in Windsor. She is a Hebrew tutor at Temple Israel ...…

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…c s tie ,914ttesaie From one entertainer to 10-piece combos, the band makes the party. LISA BRODY Special to the Jewish News "But there are people who use a combination of bands and DJs because they want the live enter- tainment value, but they also want hip-hop, alterna- tive music and contests." veryone loves a fun party, where it's impossible to sit still and you just have to get up and dance. But when planning a party, whether it is ...…

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…e/ q5reserving a Wding dress ,VinidTofitics 6 JEROME SOCOLOVSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency Madrid ince the wave of Jewish immigration out of Morocco began half a century ago, Anita Ben-Sadon has done everything she can in Spain to preserve her Moroccan Jewish cul- ture in her adopted homeland. The centerpiece of her efforts has been a wedding dress of crimson velvet, with a silk sash and golden embroidery. She calls it the "Traje de Berbe...…

…1 would like to invite ALL former dancers AweetAimutes ito help me celebrate my in the community, spreading the joy of dance. A Lubavitcher rabbi helps a young boy in the former Soviet Union put on tefilin. Russian c6l own 9,faA grst &wisk &ents in 70 tears Krasnodar, Russia Jews recently took part in two momentous occasions, when they hosted a traditional Jewish wedding and bar mitzvah. These were they he first Jewish lifecycle ceremonies...…

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