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…Metro Economic Realities Shaarey Zedek discusses closing B'nai Israel Center in West Bloomfield. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer W ith an operating deficit of hundreds of thousands of dollars, Congregation Shaarey Zedek (CSZ) may soon be closing its West Bloomfield-based B'nai Israel Center. A June 15 board of directors vote will determine the fate of the facility, where religious services, simchahs, programs and classes take place....…
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…I Metro AROUND TOWN The Gift Of Learning At Akiva banquet, Rabbi Weil spells out importance of a Jewish education. Elyse and Jerome Schostak of Franklin; Rosa Chessler, Stuart and Janelle Teger, and Andrew Weil, all of Southfield p roviding a Modern Orthodox, Zionist education for more than 300 students from preschool through 12th grade is serious business. Akiva Hebrew Day School in Southfield has successfully offered a college preparat...…
…Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Young Adult Division 2010-2011 Board of Director's Slate President President elect Harm Liss Joshua Levine - Advisor to Executive Committee David Kramer Still Defiant Officers: Rabbi Leiby Burnham Jeremy Crane Michele Rosenblum Rachel Wright Torah Center dinner features a talk by the son of a Holocaust hero. Executive Board: Mandy Friedenberg Steve Migliore Lindsey Maddin Adam Orley Gen...…
…Metro ROUNDUP DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS A Shoah Remembrance OAKLAND COUNTY — Amid the observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, on April 11, Oakland County officials remembered the Afik,17)," Eyes The European in African Art, 1500—Present April 18—August 8, 2010 Portuguese sailors landed on the shores of West Africa more than soo years ago. Strangers at first, Europeans became trading partners, settlers, and eventually co...…
…Israeli Vibes Zamir Chorale joins Kidz Klez in concert. FRE E DOM ! SAVE MONEY! Modify your mortgage rates as low as 2%! T he sounds of Jerusalem will fill the air on Sunday, May 16, when the Zamir Chorale and Kidz Klez of Michigan perform a concert together in celebration of Israel. The free concert is at 3 p.m. at the Corners, 2075 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. This will be a intergenerational experience, bringing together the ta...…
…MICHIGAN EWISH A Great Place To -Live. A Great Place To Be Jewish. ALLIANCE' It's Wedding Season in The D ADAT SHALOM YOUNG ADULT GROUP BOWLING And the closest thing I've got to a boyfriend is that guy with the mini-eggrolls For the most part, summer is a great time for dating: People go out more, there are more opportunities for fun dates and everyone looks better when their skin is a little less pasty. But there is also one major downs...…
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…Spotlight HOLIDAY 101 So Good, But So Cheesy How to make the perfect cheesecake for Shavuot. Stories by Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News I f spiders and being in high places top the list of Americans' greatest fears, the challenge of making a good cheesecake can't be far behind. First of all, you're certain to get that hideous crack right in the middle. Second, you're going to flub up the whole consistency thing. The outsid...…
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…I World Reaching Out Israeli Noa and Palestinian Awad promote peace through music. Robyn Berkowitz SIMPLY THE BEST CAMPS EVER! 30 May 13 • 2010 Special to the Jewish News East Lansing I t is during times of war that we must come together and break the cycle of violence,' said Noa, one of Israel's star musicians, dur- ing a May 5 concert at Michigan State Univerisity's Wharton Center. "We must learn how we can live in peace?' Known i...…
…High Court Obama nominates Jewish woman for the Supreme Court. E WashingtonlJTA Lena Kagan would make it three — three women and three Jews on the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time in its history. President Obama, announcing Monday the nomination of his solicitor general to fill retiring Justice John Paul Stevens' seat on the Supreme Court, made one historical element of the nomination explicit; the other was implied. "She would relish...…
…Community Featured Speaker MITCH ALBOM The Jewish Community Relations Council is pleased to invite you to join us as we honor A Musical Uplift Temple Israel along with Living For Music Inc. will host Jazzalot — Music For the Soul at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, at the West Bloomfield temple. Performing will be jazz musicians George "Saxman" Benson And the Cliff Monear Trio with Cliff Monear at the piano, Nick Calandro on bass and Sean Dobbin...…
…Opinion A MIX OF IDEAS Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us. Dry Bones 514AVUOT Editorial The Protocols Lingers T he ill-fated Oslo Accords between the Palestine Liberation Organization and the State of Israel were signed in 1993. That unprec- edented pact between Israel and the PLO was portrayed as a baseline for future talks aimed at resolving final-status issues between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authorit...…
…Opinion Survivors And Liberators Nancy and Robert Schostak Community View 0 n April 13-15, we were able to experience the 2010 national Days of Remembrance tribute dinner in Washington honoring the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's board chairman, Fred Zeidman of Houston. Aside from the obvious success of crowd size and dollars raised (often the measurement of success at communal dinners — $1.3 million and 930 people in attendance, both rec...…
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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS learning of the heart Kol Ami teens do life-altering work in Domincan Republic. by Emily Shottenfels, Emily Katz, Liz Nagle, Rob Pasick S even teens from Temple Kol Ami's Family Reli- gious School traveled to the Dominican Republic on a humanitarian mission in late March. With Rabbi Norman Roman, education director Andee Liberman and congre- gant Steven Kendler, they had the experience of a lifetime. The Institute for ...…
…teens in action by Heather Rosenbaum giving back annual J-Serve day of service allows teens to make a difference in their community. I do J-Serve to have fun while also volunteering with my friends," said Nate Strauss, 16, a student at North Farmington High School. J-Serve, this year on April 25, is an annual national day of service for Jewish teens. Student activities included a gardening project in Detroit, baking at JARC in South- fiel...…
…teen profile by Mari Cohen S tudent Exchange Ann Arbor teens learn Israeli teens share much in common. Ann Arbor t's not often that we get to corn- pletely experience another cul- P tore and develop friendships with people our age who live thou- sands of miles away. I was lucky to have this opportunity earlier this year on the Nahalal-Ann Arbor Student Exchange. I hoped that in journeying to Naha- lal — Ann Arbor Jewish Federation's Partner...…
…feature learning of the heart by Chaviva Bluth continued from page T17 lessons from art R ;. ecently, students at Akiva Hebrew Day School in Southfield fed their creativity during a visit from New York artist Yona Verwer. Her art is inspired by her love for Judaism. Verwer showed a slideshow of her work, starting with simple objects and moving to "protection amulets" made for New York landmarks af- ter the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attac...…
…BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL profile Never Too Old "I had dyslexia since my high school days, but didn't really know it back in 1982-83. But I changed my life around — and now I'm a physician and I'm very proud of it." New doc heals self first, overcoming dyslexia and career change. - Fred Berg Fred Berg graduated last week from the MSU osteopathic school at age 46. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News red Berg always wanted to be a do...…
…BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL II III 1111 executive tips Trust. It Pays To Listen H ello! Anyone listening out there? What will it take to get certain people to under- stand what it will take? Over the past year, I have written about ness cycles. I also have shared what you, as an individual, should do to get your business house in order: the right legal counsel, CPA and investment adviser to help you in the bad times as well as during ...…
…entrepreneur Healthy Choices West Bloomfield cite Entrepreneur Of Year. T he Greater West Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce will honor West Bloomfield native Stacy Goldberg, a registered nurse committed to health, fitness and entrepreneurship. She will be recognized as 2010 Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the annual Chamber Awards Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 18, at Shenandoah Banquet Center in West Bloomfield. The founder of Stacy two ...…
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