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…metro >> on the cover A sapling from Anne Frank's famous tree now grows as an uplifting symbol at the HMC. Esther Allweiss Ingber I Contributing Writer CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Now, a special link to Anne Frank resides in Farmington Hills. A sapling from the same majestic tree that inspired Anne was planted Aug. 27 on the grounds of the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus. The HMC is one of only 11 sites in the United States chos...…
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…etro >> parenting Saying You're Sorry And Meaning It ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA MICHIGAN REGION 79th Annual I I Balfour Celebration I I Sunday, November 10, 2013 I 7:00 PM. I Congregation Shaarey Zedek Honoring Janice and Martin Stoneman with the Justice Louis Brandeis Award and Honoring the Memory of Donald E. Van Curler with the Friend of Israel Leadership Award I I WITH A SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND...…
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…- Common Ground•s 39th Annual Birmingham Street Art Fair Jews gather In Paco's Gallery courtyard in Puerto Vallarta for Shabbat services. Finding Family Puerto Vallarta gallery hosts Shabbat services during winter. Jeannie Weiner Special to the Jewish News 0 ver several decades of travel- ing to Mexico, I have attend- ed Jewish services in Mexico City and Acapulco, but never in Puerto Vallarta. This year was the exception, and the exper...…
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…>> around town ir Bonding Time Bubbie Zaydie camp at Butzel gives generations time for fun. T amarack Camps concluded another successful Bubbie Zaydie Family Camp season in mid- August. Since 1984, grandparents and their grandchildren, ages 4-14, have been coming to the Butzel Retreat Center in Ortonville to spend a fun-filled Shabbat weekend with each other. No parents are allowed. Longtime participants Michael and Elaine Serling said, "...…
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…metr I. >> calendar HOW TO SEND IN LISTINGS: Send listings by noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. Email listings and questions to calendar@thejewishnews.com . For telephone inquiries, call David Sachs at (248) 351-5140. Much To Do! TUESDAY, SEPT. 17 PROBATE INFO 1 pm. "Removing the Mysteries of Probate Court" with Karen Koshen, court resource and program specialist. At Oak Park JCC. Information: 248-967-4030. AGING PARENTS Di...…
…>> ... Next Generation ... Americans and Israelis renew ties forged with Community Birthright. DANA APPLEBAUM I SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ifgash: the Hebrew word for coming together. On Aug. 14, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit kicked off its Mifgash, a five-day event that brought together 100 participants from several recent Community Birthright trips with 25 of the Israelis who joined them on their experience in Israel. Thro...…
…A Cantor's Perspective By Jacob Kamaras JNS.org T he holiest days on the Jewish cal- endar, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are largely spent in syna- gogue. Yet prayer isn't usually the focus when Jews prepare for the High Holidays, observes Cantor Arik Wollheim. "Hopefully people go through this pro- cess of repentance and they give charity, but what about prayer?" Wollheim tells JNS.org. "People neglect that. How many people open the pray...…
…Where The Heart Is At Yom Kippur, a heads-up about chest thumping during Viddui prayer. Edmon J. Rodman JTA 0 n Yom Kippur, when we beat our chests during the confes- sion, maybe we should be knocking instead on our heads. After all, isn't that where all the trouble starts? On this most physically demanding of Jewish days, Jewish tradition has us beat the heart side of our chests, as if to say this is the source of our falling short. Duri...…
…The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe Did Sukkot help shape Thanksgiving? Robert Gluck I JNS.org D id Sukkot help shape America's Thanksgiving? According to one of the fore- most experts on American Judaism, Dr. Jonathan Sarna, the biblical holiday did not exactly guide the Puritans' thinking during colonial times, but they were gen- erally influenced by the idea of thanking God for their bounty. "The Puritans ...…
…Sukkot Gimme Shelter I am buying homeless signs for Sukkot this year. I Rob Eshman LOS ANGELES (Jewish Journal) I started building my sukkah in December. To those of you who are sukkah DIYers, you know how ridicu- lous this sounds. A sukkah is the ritual but that Jews build each year on the holiday of Sukkot, which begins this year on the evening of Sept. 18. You set it up after Yom Kippur; you take it down after the eight days of Sukkot...…
…usiness & professional >> memos Marty A. Burnstein of West Bloomfield has been selected by his peers for the fifth consecutive year to be included in the 2014 edition of the Best Lawyers of America in the specialty of construction law. Burnstein has also been named to the 2013 Michigan Super Lawyers List for his excellence in construction litigation. With more than 40 years of experience as a construction lawyer, mediator and arbitrator, he...…
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…>> analysis Friend Of Israel Australians elect new prime minister; change in Mideast policy expected. Is! Leibler Israel Hayom A ustralia's election results are good news for the Israel- Australia relationship. Labor party incumbent Kevin Rudd, who held office for less than three months follow- ing an intra-party political "coup" against former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, lost in a landslide, bringing an end to six years of Labor govern...…
…>> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Editorial Change Should Help Better Position Akiva L ike any Jewish institu- tion, Yeshivat Akiva must change to stay relevant, attract students and donors, and ultimately, prosper. In his second year at the Zionist day school in Southfield, Rabbi Tzvi Klugerman, head of school, is clearly committed to change. As the JN cover story "Multi-Grade Upgrade" (Aug. 22) Rabbi reports, Akiva prom- Klug...…
