…ARTHUR BEER INGA WILSON JONATHAN WEST JET PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF • by Vidaliamsay-Dethiraye Young conductor brings classical music to new audiences. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News J oshua Weilerstein, a 27-year-old conductor, tries to be collaborative as he moves among orchestras. "I try to take what an orchestra gives and mold it into what I think the composer was looking for," says Weilerstein. "I try to work tog...…
…arts & Life All Fired Up! This year's JCC Stephen Gottlieb Music Festival includes a family campfire, a concert by Arlo Guthrie and an evening of jazz. I Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News ack in the good old days — say, about 1.5 million years ago — there was nothing like sitting with the in-laws at a campfire and enjoying some fresh antelope. The meal fare has changed (yes, charred antelope bones found in South Africa...…
…WHILE YOU'RE THERE The installation "Holocaust Remembered," being shown through May 31 at TheMuseum in Kitchener, Ontario, is the first exhibition presented in conjunction with this Stratford Festival season and Stratford Perth Museum. It features black-and-white portraits by Toronto-based photographer Jason Schwartz accompanied by oral histo- ries from survivors, original artifacts from the Montreal Holocaust Centre and videos of survivors r...…
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…obituaries DWOIRA BERGSTEIN, formerly of Pembroke Pines, Fla., and Efrat, Israel, died April 13, 2015, at the age of 90+ at the home of her children, Rabbi and Mrs. Chaim Bergstein in Farmington Hills. She was known as the most exceptional student in her hometown of Nevel in Russia. While studying aeronautical engineering and design in Tashkent during and after World War II, she met her husband, Jacob Bergstein, in August 1945. He convinced h...…
…YeshiVa BETH YEHUDAH n- n , TI*2 na ,v , During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will study in memory of the following departed friends. In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily minyan. 7 lyar April 26, 2015 Hyman Averbuch Philip Feinstein Julius Greenberg Albert Kaplan Ida Katzman Louis Konikof Charles Krassov Louis Lichtman Mishka Lieberman Lena Littman Karl Marx 8 lyar April 27, 2015 Charles Berger Charl...…
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…obituaries Obituaries from page 72 Dear Friends, I write this public letter of thanks to each and every one of you who has sent a card, flowers, or simply comforting thoughts my way. There are do many in the community that have rallied around me, and words sometimes fail to express how truly grateful I am. I have never felt so supported, and do loved, in all my life. It is in these challenging times that the true colors of life revea...…
…FRIENDS OF THE IDF 1"111N1 1 1"ilY 1 11 1 1 Friends of the Israel Defense Forces - Michigan Chapter express their heartfelt and deepest condolences to the family of A. Alfred Taubman Of Blessed Memory With deep respect, admiration and grateful appreciation for his dedication and commitment to the brave men and women of the Israel Defense Forces and the entire Jewish Community Alon Kaufman, Chairman Gary Shiffman, President The Michigan...…
…obituaries Obituaries from page 74 The Detroit Jewish News Foundation Mourns the passing of its Honorary Board Co-Chair, A. Alfred Taubman Irwin Green and A. Alfred Tat shman Named AlC Pre-Campaign Division Co-Chairmen Irwin Green and A. Alfred Taubman have been named co-chairmen of the pre-tampaign division—big gifts solicitations— of the Allied Jewish Campaign, Charles H. Gershenson, campaign chairman, announced. Taubman w a s pre-cam p...…
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…obituaries Obituaries from page 76 SIMOND SAMUEL "SAM" TAYLOR, 88, of Ann Arbor, died April 14, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Eva Taylor; daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and Taylor Dan Barth; son and daughter-in-law, Glenn and Lori Taylor; grandchildren, Jonathan and Marissa Barth, Adam Barth, Rachel Barth, Hillary and Chris Yegen, Benjamin and Julia Taylor, and Jacob Taylor; great- grandchildren, Christopher and Hadley Yegen....…
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…metro >> around town More Than A Centerpiece Chabad program brings families together to make special seder plates. I Shelli Liebman Dorfman Contributing Writer A pre-Passover program held in the seemingly most unlikely of places actually made a per- fect partnership. At Chabad of Novi-Northville, we are always looking for ways to get the kids excited about participating in every Jewish holiday:' said Leah Susskind, who directs the syna-...…
…"The American Jewish Revolution: Making the Case for a Golden Age" Rabbi Yoffie will discuss the last century of Jewish life in America, with emphasis on the evolving role of the American synagogue and the demographically complicated nature of the American Jewish community. He will make the case for a Golden Age of American Jewish life, beginning in 1980, and will review the special challenges to Jewish continuity that have arisen in the...…
…metro >> around town Daddy-Daughter Dance Adat Shalom Men's Club gets a great turnout for its annual dance. 0 n Sunday, March 22, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills, 124 dads, zaydies and daughters, ages 3-13, hit the dance floor in style at the Men's Club Daddy Daughter Dance. Swinging to the creative sounds of Music in Motion, the handsome couples enjoyed a Jerusalem Pizza dinner and Eskimo Jack's artisan ice cream cookies, alo...…
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