…r OUND TOWN What A Blast! New friendships rally around menorah made from Legos. 11 of the building nated with electric lights. "I just blocks were in place feel really great helping out," at the Meer Family Shira said. Friendship Cente'r in West "Building a menorah like this Bloomfield for a Chanukah — that really gives the kids celebration that was larger excitement for the holiday," than life. added Bassie Shemtov of West Dozens of paren...…
…ewish seventh- and eighth-graders enjoyed 'a fun-filled afternoon Dec. 18 at Joe Dumar's Fieldhouse in Shelby Township. They checked out the high ropes, a climbing wall, laser tag, a giant slide, bungee jumping, miniature golf and games galore as part of a program sponsored by BBYO's Teen Connection. Clockwise from top left: • Jared Davis, 12, of West Bloomfield keeps hitting the jackpot. • Alex Fedder, 13, of West Bloomfield checks out the ga...…
…TFENS Wit h Attitude! The annual "RC" is a weeklong success for Michigan Region BBYO. Staff Photos by Angie Baan T he Michigan B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Regional Convention was held at the West Bloomfield JCC and other locations Dec. 26-30. Some 383 teenage members from 21 chapters in Metro Detroit, Windsor and Ann Arbor participated. The theme of the convention was "Believe in the Beauty of Your Dreams." Overall coordinators were S...…
…Josh "Problem Child" Smith, 14, of Birmingham and Brad "Ron Burgandy" Stone, 15, of Farmington Hills show off the backs and fronts of their Jolson AZA T-shirts. First-, second- and third-place winners in the Regional Convention contests are listed below: AZA Quiz Bowl - Jolson, Greenberg, Shapiro BBG Quiz Bowl - Kulanu, Ruach, Disraeli AZA Oratory - Kishon, Shapiro, Jolson BBG Oratory - Ruach, Koach, Genesis AZA Storytelling - Jolson, Shapi...…
…EJ f"-) Roasting 2006 Creating .„• , , X15 3n .., .: that tk '1/4,„, delicious S et' ....a- , -,, _. "skin" that keeps in the flavor. Annabel Cohen Special to the Jewish News I n essence, roasting is cooking, over flame or heat, without adding liquid to the food and without covering it during the cooking process. This method of cooking is also considered "dry heat" The beauty of roasting is a crust — a caramelization ...…
…TOR,., THE SCENE Happenings For college age through 30-something. Send information to ahitsky@thejewishnews.com . HILLEL METRO, Detroit Jan. 7 Saturday, 7 p.m. HMD party with Young Adults of Adat Shalom. Cost: $5 with RSVP, $7 at the door. Havdalah service and karaoke DJ. RSVP by Jan. 5 to Dina, (313) 577- 3495 or hillelpd@wayne.edu . RSVP to Scott Fishel by Wednesday, Jan. 11: (734) 482-0456 or hillel@emich.edu . MSU HILLEL, E. Lansing...…
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…Metro Just A Beginning Holocaust Center leader seeks higher state funding in the future. Harry Kirsbaum Staff Writer hen GOV. Jennifer Granholm signed Michigan's 2005-2006 capitol outlay budget on Dec. 19, it included $100,000 for the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills. It was the first time since the Blanchard administration that the HMC had received line-item funding from the state's budget, said Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig, HMC...…
…aro Break The Silence! Domestic abuse expert to speak to public and professionals. Ronelie Grier Special to the Jewish News ova S. had no idea her hus- band had a temper until three months into their marriage. In the middle of an argument, he picked up a ham- mer he had been using to fix the sink and smashed it into the wall less than two inches from her head. Within weeks, these kinds of incidents began to occur regu- larly. Prior to that...…
…World C.) NI HL / Like No Other In The World A World Zionist Congress primer Don Cohen Special to the Jewish News ewspapers have been full of stories on the recent Iraqi and Egyptian elections as well as the upcoming Palestinian (January) and Israeli (March) elections. But what about the Jewish elections? "The World Zionist Congress — known to many as the Parliament of the Jewish People' — is the premiere democratic gathering of Jews ...…
…World ON THE COVER Vote from page 27 Top to bottom: Marjorie Saulson Alana Kuhn Rick Dorfman Rabbi Robert Golub 28 January 5 - 2006 How to Vote Saulson of Franklin, who has served as president of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Great Lakes region and is on the slate of Mercaz USA, the movement's Zionist organization. "It is the only way we can have an influence on the world Zionist movement and how it operates," she sai...…
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…World ON i HE COVER Vote from page 28 Theodor Herzl, highlighted by circle, at the first World Zionist Congress in 1897 in Basel, Switzerland The Jerusalem Program Before you cast your vote on the direction of Zionism, you must show your commitment to the principles of Zionism by accepting the Jerusalem Program. The World Zionist Congress adopted the list of ideals and princi- ples in 1951 and revised the program in 1968. The growing pow...…
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…World FEDERATION'S FAMILY MIRACLEA MISSION A A Mission Families connect with Israel and Israelis in Jerusalem and the Central Galilee. Don Cohen Special to the Jewish News Jerusalem elcome home! That is what members of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Family Miracle Mission have heard wherever they've gone. In Israel, the greeting emphasized that Israel is the Jewish homeland, but it also was appropriate corn- ing from ...…
…I • 4 Eden, 12, and Jesse, 9, because Congregation Beth Ahm didn't have its own rabbi on the trip. "Rabbi Daniel Nevins of Adat Shalom was very kind and very welcoming," Nancy said. "The kids all enjoyed it as much as the adults." In the b'nai mitzvah and Chanukah spirit, Milton Goodman of Orchard Lake had his own surprise rededication at 11:30 p.m. at the Hotel Inbal chapel. His son, Rob, and daughter-in-law, Jodi Goodman of West Bloomfield...…
…Historic Discovery Jerusalem f Dr. Richard Mark of West Bloomfield didn't make history on the Mission, there is no doubt he uncovered it. "The guide just freaked out;' Mark said of the first reaction to the inscribed shard of pottery dug out of the dirt at Beit Guvrin, a site open to tourists who want to try their hand at archeology . According to the chief archeologist at the site, who was sum- moned immediately and quickly cordoned off the ...…
…o n Struggling To Make The Grade With its educational system slipping, Israel moves to test school reform program. Dina Kraft Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tel Aviv he environmental-stud- ies teacher kneels with a group of second-graders in a garden patch as together they plant a row of cabbage seeds, digging just deeply enough to protect the plants they will become. The seemingly ordinary activity is a first for the Gderot School in central ...…
…I Wo - 1 d Israel's Schools from page 35 really help them excel," said Hagit Gal, a science teacher at the Gderot School. Additional personal attention to stu- dents and a new range of subject mat- ter, which the school is enjoying thanks to the pilot reform program, have helped engage students, she said. Education Minister Limor Livnat began implementing the program in the autumn at dozens of schools, mostly in poorer parts of the country....…
…DIGEST Know An Activist? Charlie Frank of Bloomfield Hills chose board games for his bar mitzvah cen- terpieces and then donated them to JFS. JFS Touches Lives The West Bloomfield-based Jewish Family Service clients of all ages cele- brated an extra special holiday this year thanks to the generosity of those locally who donated children's toys, clothing for kids and older adults, holiday gift cards and more. • Congregation Shir Tikvah's...…
…World DIGEST Iranian Arsenal? Jerusalem/JTA — The head of the Mossad said Iran is trying to develop more than one nuclear weapon. "The concern is that if they manage to acquire the bomb, they will not make do with the fissile materials required for one, but will go on producing larger amounts," Meir Dagan told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in his annual briefing Tuesday. According to Dagan, Iran is months away from being...…
…lOpinion Editorials are posted and archved on JNonline.us. Editorial Feeling Good But Unfulfilled U.S. congresswoman from Florida, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, has successfully spbnsored a resolu- tion that would designate every January as Jewish History Month. The vote was 423-0, and it is awaiting the signature of President George W. Bush. His aides say the proposal is being studied. It's a feel-good sort of thing with no legal force. It wo...…
…Opinion OTHER vi F A Approaching Interfaith Outreach New York City he Jewish community's ongoing loss of interfaith couples and their children testifies to the failure of past strategies designed to keep them within the fold.. If We are to reverse this — and we must to stabilize Judaism's future in North America — a new and creative response to the prob- lem is needed immediately. Studies show that children are raised as Jews in 96 percent...…
…Zip, Zilch, Zero, Nada Jewish students have even been made afraid to exercise their own constitutional rights to free expression, fearing negative consequences if they sponsor programs on campus that support Israel. occupier and oppressor. Although Israel has taken huge risks and made major concessions in the pursuit of peace, these efforts are typically overlooked. There is virtually no acknowledgment of the unre- lenting terrorism...…
…To Do! Torah Study Series 1Check It Out! Around Town Get performance experience at the Other Room at the Masonic, 500 Temple, Detroit. The venue has started having live bands and DJs Friday and Saturday nights. Call Amy Labert at (313) 832-7100, ext. 225. Get involved with the Art in the Woods Art Fair 2006, July 1 - 2 at the Huntington Woods Lutheran Church, by submitting art, auditioning to entertain and/or volunteering. (248) 336-1961....…
…Have lunch and hear a concert by vocalist Gina Marie and pianist Martin Mandelbaum at noon Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Oak Park JCC. $2.75 for lunch, $1 program for nonmembers. (248) 967- 4030. Listen to the sounds of Soulfarm, a vocal-guitar duo formed in Israel, and have a dessert buffet at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Young Israel of Oak Park, 15140 W.10 Mile, Oak Park. $25. Call (248) 352-6550 for reserva - tions. Education Learn beginn...…
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…iC .# Q . George Glassman Jeffrey Tamaroff President, Glassman Automotive Group, Southfield President, Jeffrey Automotive Group in Roseville How long have you been in the business? Since 1980. How did you get started? I'm second generation in the business. What's your hot car this year? Hyundai has the most momentum because of its new models, its warranty, its styling and its overall acceptance. What was your first car? A 1963 Ford ...…
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…AROUND TOWN A '50s style dance benefits the against Karen and Jim Wechsler of West Bloomfield join Bonnie Nosanchuk of Royal Oak in a blast from the past. PHOTOGRAPHY BY BILL HANSEN oodle skirts, bobby socks and saddle shoes were once again the height of fashion for a night of twisting, nostal- gia and flashbacks to the 1950s. More than 280 people gathered at the 59 West banquet center in Highland for an old-fashioned sock hop to raise mon...…
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