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…on the go continued from page 41 wednesday, aug. 22 ‘PLURALISM & PRAYER’ 1-2:30 pm, Aug. 22. The next “Drop In and Learn” video program, recorded at the 2018 American Jewish Committee Global Forum in Jerusalem, features AJC Committee Board of Governors Chair Harriet Schleifer and former Knesset Member Rachel Azaria, a candidate for mayor of Jerusalem. They will address Jewish pluralism in Israel and the power of the Orthodox rabbinate. At C...…
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…views for openers Beyond Bubbie & Zayde W hen my oldest was about 2, I took out my wedding album and carefully, care- fully (“Don’t touch it; don’t breathe on it; just look!”) looked through the pictures with him. When we came to a picture of me sit- ting with my mother, mother-in-law, two grandmothers and my husband’s grandmoth- er, my little one point- ed in turn, pleased he knew who everyone was and said, “There’s Rochel Burstyn Mommy… ...…
…views essay letters Iran’s Bad Year I ran is deter- mined to be the leader of the Middle East and it’s working hard to earn this title. The Shi’ite regime has been attempting to Kobi Erez create a territorial continuity expanding from Tehran to the Mediterranean Sea, and it’s getting closer to realizing that goal. This is espe- cially true after the nuclear deal Iran made with the U.S. and the billions of dollars that came with it. This m...…
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…views guest column Cramming Kabbalah? I t was a late Tuesday after- noon, and my wife and I were get- ting ready for our first Kabbalah class. “Did you read the book?” she asked Mark Jacobs me. “There’s a book?!” I answered, and suddenly that old panicked feeling I experienced from seventh grade to law school came right back. My immediate instinct was to go with the old tried-and-true strategy that worked for me years ago: cram. But this w...…
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…jews d in the continued from page 10 “Lyft is a company with tikkun olam at its core. Our mission is very simple: to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.” — ELLIOT DARVICK TOP: Elliot Darvick, Lyft general manager for Michigan and Ohio, shares the front seat with Lyft driver Mellisa Nelson of Detroit. mother does prior to lighting the Shabbat candles.” UP-LYFT-ING OTHERS At Lyft, Elliot’s appetite for mobility, ...…
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…jews d in the Pitch Under The Lights Playing for kicks and a cause Aug. 15 at the old Tiger Stadium. VIVIAN HENOCH SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHOTOS BY JOHN HARDWICK TOP: Getting ready with a fast pitch for the event: Here’s Blair Schwartz, avid kickball player and Pitch co-chair. RIGHT: Preview of the “Field of Dreams” at the Corner Stadium: Justin Jacobs (ComePlayDetroit) Lauren Rubin (NEXTGen Detroit), Abby Rubin and Zack Slabotsky (c...…
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…jews d in the BY JOHN HARDWICK Getting To Work NEXTGen Connect welcomes Rachel Devries. BECKY HURVITZ SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ABOVE: Rachel Devries provides advice to a job seeker. 16 August 9 • 2018 N ecessity is indeed the mother of invention. Such was the case with the inception of NEXTGen Connect, a partnership program between Federation’s NEXTGen Detroit and JVS, which helps young adult job seekers in Metro Detroit. From a gr...…
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…jews d in the NCJW Pop-Up Store Ride For The Living Cycle tour in Poland adds missing pieces to a survivor’s story. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER A TOP TO BOTTOM: Arnie Berlin mounting his bicycle at the start of the ride outside the fences at Auschwitz- Birkenau; Arnie and Cheryl Berlin at Auschwitz-Birkenau at the beginning of the ride; 8 Warszawska St., Nasielsk, Poland – former home of Cheryl Berlin’s paternal grandfather, Chi...…
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…faces & places PHOTOS BY TZEMMY WASSERMAN On June 6, 125 members of the Detroit Jewish community joined stu- dents from the International School for Chabad Leadership in Oak Park for the annual Friday Boys Brunch at the Soul Café in West Bloomfield, highlighting the most successful year of community outreach in the school’s 35-year history. Every Friday afternoon, students from the school take their classrooms to the streets to make Judaism...…
…CHUCK FREEDMAN sports Playoff Titles On The Line In Softball League STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER L Congregation B’nai Moshe vs. Temple Israel No. 1, winners vs. Temple Israel No. 2 and Temple Israel No. 6. Temple Israel No. 5 is the defending division playoff champion. Here’s the schedule this Sunday for the Koufax Division: Congregation Shaarey Zedek vs. Adat Shalom Synagogue No. 2, Temple Israel No. 3 vs. Temple Beth Ahm, winners vs....…
