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…Obituaries Cemetery Restoration Belarus can't bring the Jews back, but project brings their presence back. Lois Goldrich New Jersey Jewish Standard M ichael Lozman has helped restore seven Jewish cemeteries in Belarus: Sopotskin, Indura, Kamenka, Sharashova, Svir, Lunna and Vselyub. Belarus, located just east of Poland, gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Before World War II, it was home to a large Jewish population. "We're...…
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…JN Contents Rabbis Sleutelberq and Starr lead the Havdallah service at Shir Tikvah's silver anniversary celebration (page A22). Rabbi Starr will JNonline.us Feb. 21-27, 2008 15-21 Adar I 5768 Vol. CXXXIII, No. 3 Nutritionally 1 . Speaking By Barbara Beznos, RD, LD/N join the Shaarey Zedek clergy this summer (page A29). Integrated Nutrition, Section A Israel At 60 Holy Land Ties Al2 Black evangelicals and Jews bond on mission to Israel....…
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…Editor's Letter Housing Hardship 0 f all our material possessions, our home is perhaps the most significant given that shelter is at the epicenter of human survival. So keeping people in their homes dur- ing tough economic times is a tenet of the Jewish community. Against our state's depressed economy and housing market, foreclosure rates continue to climb in southeast Michigan. The problem is rooted in the sub-prime mortgage crisis, other ...…
…Letters Thanks Patti, JWF We are so grateful for your excellent cover story on the Hermelin ORT Resource Center's "Better Job Opportunities" program ("Second Chances:' Feb. 14, page A16). However, there is an individual and an organization that also deserve great credit for our programs and accomplishments. Patti Aaron's vision for our center moti- vated her to convince her parents, D. Dan and the late Betty Kahn, and the Jewish Community Cen...…
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…NAP HOTS 1117:77EiM Israeli Snowfall Howard Sherizen of Oak Park experienced snow while visiting family in Israel on Jan. 31. He snapped this snowman-igloo combination, with a young Chassidic snow architect, on Kfar Ivri Street in Jerusalem. Umbrellas are popular during rare Jerusalem snowfalls, which normally start out as heavy slush and quickly turn to hail. Food Feast A crowd of 95 people at the Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai Center recentl...…
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…4V, This section is sponsored by Pastor Jack Gibson of • Congregation Shaari...y Zedek of Oakland County • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Canton explains baptism at the Jordan River. Photo by Vivian Henoch Black evangelicals and Jews bond on mission to Israel. Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor A Jerusalem men! Whether pronounced "ah- main" or "a-men," the word became a frequent refrain among the 27 members of a g...…
…Israel's Black Jews In Netanya, the group visited a nursery school that is part of the PACT (Parents and Children Together) program spon- sored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. The school helps Ethiopian children integrate into Israeli society. Participants sat on the floor with children putting together puzzles, looked over their shoulders as they played com- puter games and delighted in their art- work. The black evangelical...…
…Holy Land Ties from page A13 Staff photo by Keri Guten Cohen experience for me. I've enjoyed discussions about the Christian-focused sites as much as I have the Jewish-focused sites!' Jerusalem And Beyond As the group ascended to Jerusalem from the north through Samaria to stand on Mt. Scopus near sundown to view the vista of the Old City, there was more excitement. A significant landmark had been reached and the group shared the traditiona...…
…Staff photo by Keri Guten Cohen Genesis 12:3 is a key reading: Here God declares He will bless those who bless the nation of Israel and curse those who curse Israel. The declaration is that simple and that clear for the evangelicals. And it's that real. At one point, after some particularly moving moments for the evangelicals, Plummer stood before the group to say the Christians were not here to proselytize their Jewish friends, but to share ...…
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…Metro Our Neighbors ADL program works to dispel stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims. Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor A 11 Arabs are not Muslims. This fact, often misunderstood in the general population, was clarified several times by two speakers at the second installment of the "Weaving Our Community" educational series pre- sented by the Anti-Defamation League Michigan Region. The Feb. 12 program at Lawrence Technological Univer...…
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….111,•••• ■ . _J O AROUND az wo 1 L.) Vii fhb Silver Celebration Congregation Shir Tikvah marks 25th anniversary in style. Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg of Lake Orion, Miriam Finerman of Washington Township, Barry Rubin of O O West Bloomfield and Rabbi Aaron Starr of Troy C ongregation Shir Tikvah in Troy has been the site of nourished by our rabbis and leadership:' said Shir Tikvah president Barry Rubin of numerous celebrations and...…
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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Editorial This Little Shul Could I is a song of hope — and so much more. Founded during a conversation in a United Hebrew Schools extension-site parking lot 25 years ago, the Troy Jewish Congregation seemed destined to fail. It had no rabbi and no sanctuary. And few Jews lived east of Woodward Avenue. But the moms shmoozing about having a shul of their own so they didn't have to...…
…Opinion OTHER VIEWS The White Rose On the anniversary of their execution (Feb. 22, 1943) — and in this U.S. election year — Germany's White Rose Resistors compel us to act for change, at home and abroad. Plainview, N.Y. F eb. 22 marks the 65th anniver- sary of the Gestapo's executions of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose in 1943. They were swiftly beheaded after a show trial in Munich by Hitler's "Hanging Judge;' Roland Freisler, who revi...…
…living and work space reinvented White Rose from page A26 last May, as I ended my program with the music of a stirring German freedom song, the "High School Students of the United Africa Society Against the Dafur Genocide" spread facsimiles of the White Rose leaflets amongst the audi- ence, just as the White Rose did from their Munich University gallery back in 1943. "What is it going to take to get those in power to follow the lead of thes...…
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…Spirituality Crosstown Bound Shir Tikvah's Rabbi Starr to fill Shaarey Zedek position. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer F or Rabbi Aaron Starr to be leaving one Detroit-area synagogue for another isn't altogether remark- able. But the Reform rabbi's announce- ment of plans to become a Conservative rabbi is no doubt unique. Rabbi Starr — who has served as the Troy Reform-Renewal Congregation Shir Tikvah's director of lifelong learning ...…
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…February 21, 2008 / 15 Adar 1 5768 Jordana Hoffman, 15, a freshman at North Farmington High School. enjoys a few good books at Temple Israel's Hodari Family Chil- dren's Library in West Bloomfield. T2T photo by Jessica Polk the lost art of reading Lay off the electronics and check out a book. by Gabriella Ring ou've just found out your English class is starting a novel unit. Most likely, you will groan and wonder how you will ever e...…
