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…January 28 2016 79 ON THE MIND As we settle in on the New Year, it s time to really think about the changes we want to make this year. I hear people talk inces- santly about weight loss and kicking bad habits, making more money, a new exercise regimen, making amends with those we have wronged, etc. I hear it all, all the things we want to do that we didn t accomplish in 2015. You know, kind of like a tally of all the wrongs and scr...…
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…January 28 2016 81 SHORTS The Detroit Film Theatre at the DIA is screening the 2015 Academy Award- Nominated Documentary Shorts 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6. Among the films being shown is Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah, in which French director Lanzmann dissects the making of his epic, 9-hour documentary Shoah, which was 11 years in the making and released in 1985. Also screening at the DFT are t...…
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…JACK PHILIP RAUTBORT, 60, of Garden City, passed away Jan. 15, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Kimberly Rautbort; daughters, Samantha and Rilee; sister, Norma Rautbort (Sandy) Lesnick; neph- ews, Daniel and Ryan. Mr. Rautbort was predeceased by his parents, Morris and Ruth Rautbort. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or a charity of one’s choice. ESTHER SANDERS, 66, of Royal Oak, died Jan. 21, 2016. A beauty adviser fo...…
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…contents Jan. 21-27, 2016 | 11-17 Shevat 5776 | Vol. CXLVIII, No. 25 SHABBAT LIGHTS Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 22, 5:15 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 23, 6:20 p.m.* Tu b'Shevat: Monday, Jan. 25 Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 29, 5:24 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 16, 6:28 p.m.* * Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. Cover design: Michelle Sheridan 34 The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 29200 No...…
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…metro » A Reason To Smile Alpha Omega provides free dental care for Holocaust survivors. Shelli Liebman Dorfman | Contributing Writer L Dr. Jamie Feldman Michael Tenenbaum ucy Gorowicz loves to show her teeth — because they are beautiful and because she remembers how, for a long time, they weren’t. “This patient had gone for years unable to chew her food; not to mention, she didn’t have a very attractive smile,” said Dr. Mark Luria, who...…
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…metro » Seeds To Table Downtown Synagogue to unveil new community garden initiative on Tu b’Shevat. Barbara Lewis | Contributing Writer 14 January 21 • 2016 a harvest dinner. “How wonderful will it be when we invite those same folks to IADS to eat meals featuring the plants they nurtured from seeds?” said Purcell, an energy ana- lyst for EcoWorks, a Detroit nonprofit. “We think it will be pretty special.” EVERGROWING GARDEN A grant from...…
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…metro » ‘Seinfeld Music Guy’ Composer to bring stories and his TV theme songs to Beth Shalom. Barbara Lewis Contributing Writer He spent many Shabbat mornings at his grandparents’ Conservative and Orthodox synagogues and celebrated his bar mitzvah at his parents’ Reform temple. Wolff started playing at bar mitzvahs, house parties and weddings when he was 12. He won a National Merit Scholarship and moved to Los Angeles at 17, intend- ing to...…
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…family focus » dear debra Digital Dilemmas S Debra Darvick end your questions to deardebra@ renmedia.us or look for an anonymous question submission form on Debra’s online column at www. thejewishnews.com. DEAR DEBRA, For years, I’ve rented a summer house up north for the kids and grandkids to come for a week’s visit. We cover the cost of the rental, most meals and split with each family their transportation costs to and from. After last ...…
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