…Letters A Winning Way When technology is harnessed to enhance global communication and community building, we all win. The article "Passover Connection" (April 17, A29), describing the model seder celebrated concurrently by fourth-grade classes in Michigan (at Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park) and Israel (at Gilad School, Nazareth Illit), is a perfect example. Federation's Partnership 2000 School-to-School pro- gram has great promise and ...…
…We salute our extraordinary volunteers who give their time, talent and friendship to JARC. You make a real difference in the lives of men, women and children with Alan, Brendon and Tari Abrahams Adat Shalom Synagogue 7th Grade Adat Shalom Synagogue High School Art Class Karen and Eric Adelman Geoffrey Adelman Diane Allen Jacob Allen Brett, Sean, Kallie, Brendan and Kyra Alpiner Sharon Alterman Cheryl and James Altman Alisa, Deni, S...…
…Front Lines JNenllne NOTEBOOK This Week www.JNonline.us Happy Birthday, Israel! Send your own personal wishes to Israel on its 60th birthday, which falls on May 8. Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is col- lecting signatures and birthday greetings on an electronic birthday card that will be delivered to the Hillels in Israel. An added bonus: For every signature, an anonymous donor will donate one shekel, up to $10,000. Go to w...…
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…MAY 9&10 SYNERGY IS A HAPPENING. SYNERGY IS CHOICES. SYNERGY IS SPIRITUALITY. SYNERGY IS SHABBAT AT A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. SYNERGY WORKS! TAKING HEALTH & HEALING BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF IMAGINATION FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT EXPERIENCE OW' Adat Shalom is pleased to welcome GERARD VAN GRINSVEN PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER * 5:30 p.m. - Limud Shabbat: "Prayer for Israel" HENRY FORD WEST BLOOMFIELD HOSPITAL * 6:00 p.m. - Kabbalat Sha...…
…Hati s§x&dE JNonline.us DETROIT JEWISH NEWS In Israel's 60th Year, We Stand Together Advertising Sales YOM HAZ I KARON Advertising Director: Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us Sales Manager: Keith Farber kfarber©renmedia.us Account Executives: Ann G. Abrams, Wendy Flusty, Jan Haskell, Melissa Litvin, Heidi Martin, Rick Nessel, Dharlene Norris Sales Assistant: Kim Metzger 200811 1 ;TM 1:11 ' Business Offices Customer Service Assts....…
…Metro Yom HaShoah Survivor's art memorializes children of the Holocaust. Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor M iriam Brysk of Ann Arbor was 4 and living in her native Warsaw when World War II started and forever changed her life. A child of the Holocaust, Brysk cannot forget her experiences; nor does she want to. Instead, she express- es her thoughts and feelings through art. Her newest work, "Children of the Holocaust:' can be seen...…
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…Hospital Exec Is SYNergy Speaker A dat Shalom Syna-gogue in Farm-ington Hills welcomes Gerard Van Grinsven, president and CEO of Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, as guest speaker for SYNergy Shabbat on Friday, May 9. He will discuss "Taking Health and Healing Beyond the Boundaries of Gerard Van Imagination." Grinsven Van Grinsven is former vice presi- dent and area general man- ager for the Ritz- Carlton Hotel Company and has more than 2...…
…A Judith Doner Berne Special to the Jewish News Photographs by Angie Baan A16 May1.2008 rchitect Frank Lloyd Wright was known for blurring the distinc- tion between interior space and the surrounding terrain, which he accom- plished by bringing the outside in. Ellen Stone, a psychotherapist who once aspired to be a designer, has the same agenda, but accomplishes it by taking the inside out of doors. When she tires of her objets d'art or ...…
…"I got into sculptures of birds and flow- ers rather than plants. It's like a little art gallery," she says. Indeed, many of her flowers are either brightly colored ceramics posted high along the fence tops or spring from the ground as large metal sculptures. A vari- ety of colorful bird houses are sprinkled throughout the yard. Animal and birds, often made out of metal, may be grouped in threes around a chair or bench. "It's like they're havi...…
…Metro 50 Moving Up! You ARE INVITED Rabbi Loss climbs in list of "most influential" rabbis. to .(kirnnee:W.-€* %fir-/ / - 1-eae/2 74 Celebrating Southfield 's 50111 Anniversary R Sunday, May 4, 2008 2:00 - 8:00 p.m. Southfield Pavilion 26000 Evergreen Road SoutiViela, MI 4 Special appearance by Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund Free ice Skating (.couthfield Sports Arena) 2:00 - 8:00 p.m. ReMax Tethered Hot Air Balloon Rides 6 30 ...…
…DIGEST Jewish Gay Network JGN Family and Friends is a dis- cussion-support group that meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 6, at 7 p.m. in the former Holocaust Memorial Center building next to the JCC. The evening will include friend- ship, discussion and refreshments. Guest speaker will be Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg of Congregation...…
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…I World Meeting The Enemy Carter sounds upbeat note, but players see no progress. Roy Eitan Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem immy Carter is sounding a posi- tive note about his meetings with Israel's enemies, but few of the major players in the region seem to share the view that the former U.S. president achieved any significant progress. Though boycotted by both the Israeli and U.S. governments, Carter was upbeat on April 21 when ad...…
…Worl d Arab Boycott Israeli Arabs are conflicted by state's 60th celebrations. Dina Kraft Jewish Telegraphic Agency The boycott of this year's Independence Day celebrations comes with the newfound out- Baqa al-Gharbiyeh, Israel spokenness of the Israeli Arab intelligentsia, who published a controversial document in 2006 or Jalal Sawalha, Israel's calling for greater Arab power in 60th anniversary is no the Jewish state. reason to celebrate...…
…• NEWS ANALYSIS Super Spy? Kadish affair seen in Israel as effort to find "super mole." Leslie Susser Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem W by does the U.S. establishment seem so intent on prosecuting an 84-year-old man for crimes allegedly committed nearly a quarter of a century ago? That's the question many Israelis were asking after the details began to emerge last week of the arrest of Ben-Ami Kadish on charges of spying for Israel...…
…I Ask the NEWS ANALYSIS Expert Reaching Out To Jews? Your Cellular Superstore! with Jennifer Babby Wireless TON: World Manager Obama's retired pastor plays to his Jewish ties in speeches. Ron Kampeas a I love my built in cell phone mera and I took a ton of pictures on my recent vacation. My problem is the online direction for downloading my pictures is giving me a headache. Is their an easier way? There sure is. All you have to ...…
…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us. Greenberg's View eteved0givenbei -art.com Editorial Divest Ourselves A s we enter the spring holiday season, our attention inevitably turns again to Darfur, the west- ern region of Sudan where hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced while the world has fee- bly stood by. After all, Passover marks our liberation from Egypt, which long con- sidered ...…
…• Opinion OTHER VIEWS Horror And Heroes W hen you walk in, the memo- rial flame draws you into the black, silhouetted wall and its numbing number: 6,258,484. The docent explains that the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust is comparable to the number of people it would take, sitting side-by-side on the bench facing the Memorial Wall, if it stretched from Farmington Hills all the way to Los Angeles, Calif.: 2,275 miles haunted by the gh...…
…Yes To Intermarriages Newton, Mass./JTA shown, if at all, only by following inter- faith couples from their engagement to abbi Al Axelrad was far ahead their wedding to the raising of their chil- of his time when, in 1985, the dren. It would take years, require control longtime director of Brandeis groups of couples who wanted to have, University's Hillel published an essay but were unable to find, a rabbi, and explaining why and how he offi...…
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…Catok Celia- 81P• A window into Jewish history For 20 years, the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University has provided extensive resources for people studying Jewish history and culture. Offering a large collection of written material, videos, DVDs and interactive media, the center is located in the Faculty-Administration Building and open to anyone with an interest in Judaica. "We are primarily geared toward researc...…
…NOT Honors College ti9 i Stade/Its' tiest Building on an Honors Program that has grown significantly in recent years, Wayne State University has formally created an Honors College for high- achieving undergraduates. The new college was an initiative of President Irvin D. Reid. "A formal Honors College strengthens Wayne State University's position as a center of excellence in higher education," Reid said. "It gives us a unique on-campus commu...…
…Cuitt/tre, aiwt CO iliteCti 11./c On campus, Hillel is much more than just a club Julie Schechter of West Bloomfield was frankly a bit apprehensive about enrolling at Wayne State University. "All my friends were either going to U-M or MSU and I honestly thought that I wouldn't like Wayne State," she says. Her fears turned out to be entirely groundless, however, and Schechter is now a senior at WSU, majoring in marketing. Schechter says she ...…
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…etto we-rest to the ■■ ;t' ,4 .1A ' f ,7 • WSU alumnus' memoir is a moving account of survival during World War 11 HILBERRY THEATRE 2008 SEASON www.hilberry.corn rH F MASTER BUILDER February 22 — May 17 by Henrik Ibsen A tragic meditation on love, betrayal, fear and desperation. This play tells the tale of an aging builder's struggle to maintain his crumbling career while reaching out for the love of a beautiful woman. April 4 — Ma...…
…WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS HOLOCAUST STUDIES TITLES SISTER IN SORROW LIFE HISTORIES OF FEMALE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS FROM HUNGARY ILANA ROSEN "Sister in Sorrow is both moving reading from a personal point of view and fascinating as a schol- arly work. When it first appeared in public as .a dissertation about thirteen years ago, it was consid- ered one of the most innovative and mind-shaking studies on the Holocaust and of Jewish folklore. ...…
…WAY I\ E STATE UNIVERSITY wayne.edu t0 WSW Incoming student admission requirements To be admitted to Wayne State University with no minimum ACT or SAT score requirements, incoming freshmen must have at least a 2.75 high school grade- point average. Test scores must be submitted, however. If your GPA is between a 2.0 and 2.74, you must have an ACT score of 21 or better or an SAT score of 970 or better. Estimated costs for 2008 Wayne Stat...…
…Spirituality Rikki Shapiro, 14, and her mother, Michelle Ryke Shapiro, of West Bloomfield volunteer O together in filling a cart of items for Yad Ezra clients. A Bountiful Passover Yad Ezra volunteers organize and distribute holiday food packages. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer W hen Yad Ezra's spe- cial Passover distri- bution was complete on April 13, nearly 60 volunteers had assisted 800 families with food items to help eas...…
…I Spirituality Shir Shalom Milestone Congregants to dance to mark synagogue's 20th birthday. Groundbreaking for temple building, August 1994: Wally Schwartz, Rabbi Dannel Schwartz, Dr. Alan Mindlin, David Levine and Robert Fineman T o celebrate 20 years since its founding, Temple Shir Shalom will host "Dancing with the Stars" on Saturday night, May 10. The gala will honor past presidents of the West Bloomfield synagogue. The nine honoree...…
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…Thursday, May 15, 2008 is a beautiful modem girl looking for a part-timc job. Slit' finds a place as a 1111111lif ill the strictly observant Chassidic "amily with many children, although her secular manners clearly 171/ in the face of their beliefs. Featuring Isabella Rossellini, Thpol and Mtixiniilia,i Schell. Cha lid • Voted #1 , movie by past patrons of the 11,1 wil Jewish Film Festival United Artists Theatre 14 Mile Road & Haggerty ...…
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…em le Isme Temple and Synagogue stings Sponsored by TEMPLE ISRAEL CALENDAR MAY 2 MAY 9 6 PM, SHABBAT DINNER. To RSVP, contact Rita Geiringer at 248-661-5700 or rgeiringer@temple-israeiorg. 7:30 PM, SHABBAT UNPLUGGED. Join us for this joyful, prayerful, song- filled, rocking, jumping, moving, grooving, spiritually-soothing Shabbat worship experience for everyone! MAY 6 MAY 10 6 PM, MUSIC OF THE NIGHT, AN 11 AM, FOURTH - EIGHTH GRADE ...…
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