March 01, 1996

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…Awn Detroit March 1, 1996 FAMILY FUN Going to the zoo, Head Start how about you? Congregation B'nai Moshe got a jump on a festive Purim with its Feb. 24 dinner-dance and costume party. HEALTH Shabbos And Shidduch Weekend get-togethers allow Orthodox singles a chance to mingle and meet their beshert. A local "Pac Man" gobbles up strokes. New Faces Shock and reaction to Sunday's bombs. Purim party. page 6 Community celebrations and ...…

…d Star, Congregation B'nai Moshe got a jump on Purim-With its dinner-dance costume party on Feb. 24. GLENN TRIEST STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Above: Len and Ann Wanetik and Lisa and Danny Weiner pow-wowed. Left: Cindy and Steve Schwartz took the patriotic route. Below: Miss Piggy and Kermit are better known as Michele and Marc Borovoy. aggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, the Statue of Liberty, even Queen Esther made it to Congregation B'nai Moshe's Puri...…

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…Parcels, Costumes ver 2,300 Purim parcels were assembled and delivered by a volunteer corps of 200 as part of the Great Purim Parcel Pro- jct on Sunday at the Agency for Jewish Education. The event was a pro- ject of Jewish Experiences for Families, the Agency for Jewish Education and The Jewish News. The project was one of several Purim- related events held throughout the De- troit Jewish community. Another one, at the ME a week prior, was t...…

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