…cover story: weathering the storm continues from page Bi college still very expensive; and for many students, it's proving difficult to afford. According to an Oc- tober survey by MeritAid.com, 60 percent of 2,500 high school seniors say they are considering less prestigious schools because of affordability. In the T2T survey of the local Jewish community, teens also said they are planning on applying only to in-state schools because they're...…
…family mission to Israel by Sara Smoler I photos by Debbie Hill Left: Zachary Smoler, 13, of West Bloomfield reads from his Torah portion during the b'nal mitzvah at the Shlmson Center In Jerusalem as his parents, Bruce and Gall Smoler, look on. Right: Rebecca Pad, 18, of West Bloomfield and Blake Shulman, 14, of Charlevoix dance with an Ethiopian child at the PACT program in Netanya. moment: Lo lemember First-time visit to Israel brings ...…
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…Andrew Dickstein, son of Shannon and Loren Dickstein, will celebrate his bar mitzvah Saturday, Jan. 17, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Dickstein He is the brother of Sean and Jonah. His proud grandparents are Shary and Marvin Cohn, Dennis Dickstein, Katy Shanahan. He is also the grandson of the late Richard Shanahan and the late Michael Smiley. Andrew attends West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. He chose as his mitzvah ...…
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…Obituaries Obituaries from page C31 SAMUEL ROSENS, 74, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 11, 2009. He is survived by his soulmate, Phyllis Eisenberg; sons and daughter-in-law, Randy and Linda Rosens of Austin, Texas, Mark Rosens of Southfield; daughter and son-in-law, Tami and Gary Rosens- Fink of Farmington Hills; other devoted children, Gil Eisenberg, Phillip (Claudia) Eisenberg, Laura Eisenberg and Pamela (Bob) Kelleher; brother and sister-in...…
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…JN Contents Operation Cast Lead JNonline.us Thursday, Jan. 8-14, 2009 12-18 Tevet 5769 Vol. CXXXIV, No. 23 The Detroit Jewish community joined hearts at Young Israel of Oak Park By on Sunday night to pray for the safety and welfare of Israelis in southern On The Cover: Special Report Connecting With Israel A19 Detroiters on family mission express solidarity. Health & Fitness A Healing Mission A35 Holistic health services and milita...…
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…Editor s Letter Your Cellular Superstore! Battling Ultimate Barbarity I t rose to power through an election and then solidified its dictatorial grasp through a bloody purge of its foes. And it continues to engage in barbaric acts against perceived enemies like Israel and any dissenters living under its rule. Hamas, which snubbed its six-month cease-fire with Israel then goaded the Jewish state into all-out war by stepping up daily rocket a...…
…Editor's Letter LINGERIE Battling Ultimate Barbarity from page A5 Celebrating 62 rears in Busine 265 S. Old Woodward • Birmingh — reminding the West it also was in Hamas' sight lines, the PMW reported. Gazan kids have become pawns in Hamas' vow to never surrender. No sooner did the PMW disclose the Palestinian legislature vote than Hamas issued a denial. But the PMW confirmed that official Hamas leaders proudly proclaimed in the Hamas-run...…
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…Front Lines Finding A Bad Apple Holocaust "memoir" proven to be fabricated. East Lansing I n researching a book on children and youths at Buchenwald and its sub-camps, I interviewed many former youths at Buchenwald, including many from the Piotrkow ghetto, where Herman Rosenblat, the author of Angel at the Fence, was from. These informants told me two years ago they thought the Rosenblat story was a false story, but they didn't say how th...…
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…411111% The prayer vigil drew an overflow crowd at Young Israel of Oak Park. Mashi Gold of Oak Park attended with her children, Chaya, 11, and Shaindel, 8. Talking To God In the wake of war, community members gather in prayer. mately in God's hands and leave room for one's own emotion and requests!' Rabbi Yaakov Gregg of Oak Park imme- diately "dropped everything" to attend the service as soon as he heard about it from his wife. In the pa...…
