…Front Lines NOTEBOOK iNer ine This Week Making Their Pitch In srael Alan Hitsky Associate editor T wo baseball pitchers with deep Michigan roots are on the rosters of the inaugural Israel Baseball League (IBL), which began a 150-game season June 24. Justin Prinstein of Farmington Hills is playing for the Netanya Tigers and Jason Benson of Holland is with the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox. Prinstein, 23, grew up playing in Jason Benson Southfield...…
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…Metro THE COVER The gavel is passed to Bubba Urdan by former YAD President Gayle Gold. Young Guardians Federation's young adults install new president, invest in the future. Robin Schwartz Special to the Jewish News H e's the guy in the room whose voice you can hear over every- one else's, the guy who can quiet a crowd and make people sit up and take notice. Simply put, Brad "Bubba" Urdan, the newly inducted president of the Young Adult...…
…ON THE C0VF1 Pho to by La rry Pep l in Young Guardians from page 13 S ta ff p ho tos by Ang ie Baan Brad "Bubba" Urdan, at lectern, with outgoing YAD president Jennifer Friedman and new YAD board members. Josh Levine of Huntington Woods and Ben Falik Scott Kaufman, Lee Trepeck and Lowell Friedman, all of Royal Oak of Huntington Woods Bubba Urdan with Peter Alter of Bloomfield Hills Shayna Levine, Lindsey Rosen and Martin Maddin, all ...…
…Salon Matisse Welcomes Jessica Tama! more meaningful programs, started a newsletter called "YADda YADda," revamped their Web site and held par- lor-style campaign meetings at people's homes to introduce newcomers to YAD's fundraising efforts. The under-40 crowd raised $837,900 last year for Federation's Annual Campaign, plus an additional $201,000 in Israel emergency funds. "I'm very proud of what you've accomplished," said outgoing Federatio...…
…IMetro A+ For Glazer Detroit school emerges a scholastic success story that bridges Jewish and African American communities. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News B ecause of low enrollment and budget cutbacks, 49 Detroit schools closed at the end of the semester, including such well-known high schools as Mackenzie, Murray-Wright, Northern and Redford as well as Miller Middle School. Several suburban schools also closed But Glazer Eleme...…
…Principal Florene McMurtry led the school for 20 years. Kayron Huitt, 11, of Detroit listens to the program. marked for technological improvements for students and staff," McMurtry explained. "This includes more computers, visual arts aids and staff training. The grant also will fund a General Education Diploma pro- gram for parents of Glazer students who have not completed high school, providing funds for them to attend courses to better su...…
…Metro Getting Together Federation strikes a PACT to bridge Israeli Ethiopian learning gaps. r Detroiters make an impact on a PACT class. Detroit Federation visitors with JDC representatives: Gideon Herscher, kit Livni, Guy Baron, Nora Baron, Harold Blumenstein, Mamuye Zere, Penny Blumenstein, Nancy Grosfeld and Esti Halfon. Vivian Henoch Special to the Jewish News ust say the word "Detroit" in a Hebrew-speaking classroom in Netanya and ...…
…become a magnet for the Ethiopian population of Israel. The fact that Netanya is a fast growing commu- nity has created a challenge for the Detroit community in serving the needs of the schools. In response to the success of the PACT program and its growing needs, the Blumensteins have funded an extension of the program to sup- port educational opportunities for children from birth to 2 years of age. "I think that if you can seize the moment a...…
…World Disgraced Avoiding charges of rape, Israeli President Katsav pleads guilty to lesser charges. Dan Baron Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem H is reputation in shambles from a sex scandal that broke a year ago and swelled in subsequent months, Israel's outgoing president put an end to the sordid chapter last week by agreeing to a plea bargain after months of insisting on his innocence. Under the deal announced June 28, President Mos...…
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…World Europe On Fire New report on rampant anti-Semitism in Western Europe chides governments. Dinah A. Spritzer Jewish Telegraphic Agency Prague A young French Jew is kidnapped, tortured and left to die by a band of Muslims. An arson May 24 badly damages Geneva's largest synagogue. A 13-year-old girl on a London bus is robbed and kicked unconscious after her attackers ask if she is "Jewish or English!' Anti-Semitism in Western Europe ap...…
…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us. Greenberg's View steveggnsenbenj-art.com i rteariarr..w v c 6° 24" Editorial Sanctioning Iran I n early June, Iran's deputy interior minister for security, Mohammad Baler Zolghadr, warned, "If the United States attacked Iran, U.S. interests would be in danger everywhere in the world." It's a warning we shouldn't take lightly, but the flip side is definitely true: If the U.S. does...…
…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Squeeze On ran Starts Here Philadelphia I ranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just let loose with yet another of his patented broadsides against Israel. Adding to the long list of threats he's already made, Ahmadinejad said a countdown until the end of the Jewish state had begun. Such language from a member of the United Nations about the life of a fellow U.N. state is not merely unacceptable, but potentially actionab...…
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…To Life! GENERATIONS Hobby Shops were a popular place for residents to socialize and utilize their handicraft talents, circa 1950. Acts Of Loving Kindness Jewish Home & Aging Services to celebrate a century of caring. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News p eople are living longer today, and the organization that takes care of many of those Jewish elderly in the Detroit area — Jewish Home & Aging Services — is no exception. JHAS turn...…
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…To Life! GENERATIONS Lifetime Achievers Federation honors communal leaders. INTERFAITH Bubble Etiquette Parental views do matter. Ann Arbor R for the past 10 years has been to ecognizing extraordinary service to the community at build or enhance many of the physi- cal structures of our community. its third annual Leadership Awards Night, the Jewish Federation The Norma Jean and Edward Meer of Metropolitan Detroit honored Jewish Apartm...…
…ROUND TOWN Karenna Gore Schiff is flanked by JWF Associate chair Lisa Lis of Farmington Hills and JWF Chair Sharon Hart of West Bloomfield. Francee Ford of West Bloomfield and Reva Grace of Southfield Lighting ThA Way Former vice president's daughter illuminates Jewish women's luncheon. T Trudi Wineman and Julie Fisher, both of Bloomfield Hills (co-chairs of event) Margot Halperin (founding chair) of Birmingham, Beverly Lis of Bloomfiel...…
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…L iv ! n g A Birmingham builder brings the outdoors inside his home, with the help of three screen porches. WRITTEN BY JEANINE MATLOW PHOTOGRAPHS BY GENE MEADOWS Left: French doors open to reveal a "petite porch," lit by clerestory windows, near the dining room of Ronnie Wilner and Dr. Nancy Fishman's Birmingham home. A bistro table and chairs, found in San Francisco, holds decorative fruit handcraft- ed from objects found on the ...…
…s a designer and builder for 40 years and counting, Ronnie Wilner knows a thing or two about the spaces that can make a home spe- cial. So when it came time for the owner of Moonlight Homes in irmingham to create his own Birmingham residence, a Mission-style structure tucked next to a 12-acre nature preserve, Wilner and his wife, Dr. Nancy Fishman, wanted to incorporate as much of their inspirational view inside their home as they could. The r...…
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