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…In the Garden with Adam and Steve By Robin Schwartz omehow they just knew. The kids in Joe Kort's class at Oak Park High School seemed to see right through him — and they were brutal. The year was 1979 and Joe, then 15, was the eldest of two children growing up in a Reform Jewish household where the word "gay" was never uttered. He was very much "in the closet," careful to avoid the openly gay students at his school who were seen as "misfits...…
…Gay Rights: Where Do We Stand? "We felt this step made sense," IN Editor Robert Sklar said at the time. "The gay and lesbian community is not asking us to do anything differ- ently or more; they just want to be treated like any other. If we're really going to be the mirror of the Jewish community, we have to reflect what's going on. To ignore it seems wrong." Detroit, not known for its pro- gressive social stance on much, was actually years...…
…1, 7" r " T ♦ e Last tar /7. 4 • • ..r" •-t.= t'' _ e - -0 e o Divorce Jr - •-r-t 2M'744 .. -p- . (fat t ,p/4!' er4Li--; I ..01) 11 44 fir - ,5‘ 1 C C-1 1 . 7 1 , V .tto ■ ' 4 4-t, _R.. „ r et • v.. eleori 9• - 4 4 44.,e 0 ,-e 4 4_4_ * F-'1" t•-4" c4--,:t Z d 4, f e - IC-C. By Julie Edgar' 4*— , _ • ' t r f Four couples share their stories of how difficult — and rewarding --- commitment can...…
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…ETCETERA 0 NIGHTCAP B"H Says the Man Who Hated Religious School Baruch HaShem, or" Thank God"; and this from a guy who was unabashedly secular — that is, until he met the right woman. By Zak Rosen o you remember being dragged to the ))pediatrician's office to get your first booster shot? First came panic, then hysteria, followed by a mad dash from the crazy nurse trying to stab you with a foot- long needle — all ending with you pinned do...…
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…132nd Season UMS 10 1 1111 Friday, February HILL AUDITORIUM • ANN ARBOR In October 2005, then-20-year-old Rafat Blechacz, an unassuming young man from a small town in northern Poland, arrived in Warsaw for the 15th International Chopin Competition. His sensational performance won not only the competition, but also all four special prizes for the polonaise, mazurka, sonata, and ,concerto performances. Notwithstanding his young age, hi...…
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…Entertain crocr The rapper Shyne, shown leaning against a pillar in the Old City of Jerusalem, says the tenets of Judaism help him become closer to the kind of person he strives to be. Dina Kraft Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem I t was early on during his difficult, isolated years in prison that the for- mer gangsta rapper known as Shyne decided to formally take on the laws of Judaism as his own. Shyne, who legally changed his n...…
…Arts & Entertainment A Complicated Cultural Relationship For Black History Month, we look at a new collection featuring black musicians singing Jewish songs. Eric Herschthal New York Jewish Week singing Jewish songs. On Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations, Mathis n 1958, when Johnny Mathis was is one of 15 musicians performing Jewish recording an album of African- songs, few of them ever heard. Others Americ...…
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