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…contents National Council of Jewish Women Greater Detroit Section June 9-15, 2016 | 3-9 Sivan 5776 | Vol. CXLIX, No. 19 SHABBAT, HOLIDAY LIGHTS Shabbat: Friday, June 10, 8:51 p.m. Shavuot 1: Saturday, June 11, 10:03 p.m. Shavuot 2: Sunday, June 12, 10:04 p.m. Holiday Ends: Monday, June 13, 10:05 p.m. Shabbat: Friday, June 17, 8:54 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, June 18, 10:07 p.m. Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. Cover de...…
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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Ask Attorney Ken Gross about... for openers Your Your Legal Financial Issues Issues Weather … Or Not W hether it’s cold or That temperature was matched whether it’s hot, in Utah in 1913, Vermont in we’ll have weather, 1933, in Nevada in 1937, in New whether or not. Mexico in 1951 and Maine in If there is one thing all people 2009. around the United States seem to We are led then to...…
…viewpoints Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com 6 June 9 2016 DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfounadtion.org Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us F. Kevin Browett Chief Operating Officer kbrowett@renmedia.us | Editorial Managing Editor: Jackie Headapohl jheadapohl@renmedia.us Story Development Editor: Keri Gute...…
…Securing Our Future Karen and Norman z”l Pollak Honor the Jewish Values of Their Parents Through a Gift to the Centennial Fund “I feel it is important to support the Jewish Fund will ensure that the Pollaks’ legacy continues to community and its causes because if we don’t help their fellow Jews for many generations to come. support our own, who else will?” These are the words of Karen Pollak, a longtime supporter of Federation and Jew...…
…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Nutritionally Speaking guest column By Barbara Beznos, RD/LD/N Integrated Nutrition, LLC Retracing Jewish Footsteps A DEAR BARB, I am in my 70's and I am almost sure I have swallowing problems. It is so unpleasant. My food and drinks do not always go down properly. Can you list some characteristics that may occur . Treatments and action steps would help. ~ Thanks Bessie Dear Bess...…
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…Brett Mountain metro » o n the cover Rabbi Daniel Syme has been a rabbi for 44 years — 20 of them at Temple Beth El. Tireless Advocate Beth El’s Rabbi Syme will bring a lifetime of passions to his new role as rabbi emeritus. Jackie Headapohl | Managing Editor I f a person saves one life, it is as though that person saved the entire world.” That Talmud verse has been the guiding principle by which Rabbi Daniel Syme has tried to live his ...…
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…metro » continued from page 10 Rabbi M. Robert Syme of Temple Israel with his son, Rabbi Daniel Syme resource program teaching kids and par- ents about the warning signs of suicide. He partnered with national sports teams, celebrities and athletes to spread aware- ness and raise money to curb the epidemic of suicide. Syme now is starting a new nonprofit called “A Single Soul” that will enable rab- bis and other professionals who support you...…
…understanding the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel S D B Join us for an examination into the origins and implications of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement which seeks to impose economic, cultural and political pressure on Israel. Learn how this movement is affecting life on our college campuses, and shaping the views of the next generation. Professor Cary Nelson will deliver a lecture which...…
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…munities as part of a Detroit Promise College fundraiser in 2013. In 2010, he became one of the first rabbis inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers of Morehouse College. WHAT’S NEXT Throughout his rabbinate, Syme has lent his time and talent to organiza- tions such as the American Zionist Youth Movement, Jewish National Fund of America, United Israel Appeal, American Zionist Movement, Coalition for the Advancement of Jewi...…
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…metro » Call for Nominees for the 2016 HMC To Present ‘Holocaust By Bullets’ T he Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills will pres- ent the exhibition, “Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum-10 Years of Investigations,” Wednesday, June 15, through Dec. 30. Based on 10 years of research and investigation by the French organization Yahad-In Unum (YIU) and its found- er, Father Patrick Desbois, the exhibit Father Patrick chronicles the l...…
…metro » Stopped At The Border Mohel/doctor refused entry into Canada to perform a bris. N between Abraham and God.” Singer says he had talked with the family about plans for the bris several months ago as well as a few days prior to the brit milah. While detained at the border, poor cel- lular service prevented him from calling the family. When he asked to make the call or have the officer call the family, the officer refused. At press tim...…
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…metro » Credit: Michael Kline, Notkalvin Photography Jacob Beer and Stephanie Nosan, both of Detroit The crowd of young professionals at NEXTWork Jared Goldman of Royal Oak and Jason Brown of Beverly Hills Getting Connected NEXTWork event connects young Jewish professionals. O n Thursday, May 12, more than 100 young professionals and Metro Detroit business leaders came together for an evening of min- gling, networking and shmoozing at ...…
…» he re’s to Mara Schonberg, daughter of Ila and Les Schonberg of Farmington Hills, was selected as the 2016 recipient of the American Geriatric Society’s Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award. The recipient must do outstanding research judged to be already impacting the lives of patients. Mara’s groundbreaking work on improv- ing decision-making around mammography screening in older women and integrating progno...…
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…» aro u n d tow n Freeing Soviet Jews JHSM Conference To Gather Jewish Women’s Stories At JFS annual meeting, Sharansky gives his account of Operation Exodus. R * In conversation about Operation Exodus: Joel Tauber, Natan Sharansky and Marvin Lender. Michael Baum, son of the late Patti Nemer, announces that Nathan Torman, right, is the winner of the Patti Nemer JFS Employee of the Year Award. T Photos by Drasnin-Reuben Photography e...…
…metro » aro u nd tow n ‘Not Your Bubbie’s Seder’ The Well’s second-night seder offered out-of-the-box surprises along with tradition. T he Well, Metro Detroit’s pluralistic Jewish community-building, education and spirituality initiative, welcomed 90 young adults at its inaugural out-of-the- box second-night Passover seder experi- ence. Dubbed “Not Your Bubbie’s Seder,” the event was hosted by volunteer leaders Alyah Al-Azem, Jaime Bean, B...…
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…metro » Why Dairy? Many explanations exist for the tradition of dairy dishes to celebrate Shavuot. that surround Pitigliano, with our paper bags full of broken pieces of our handmade matzot. … The fish seemed to know that we would come because they were there by the hundreds as soon as the first crumbs reached the water.” Louis Finkelman | Contributing Writer A famous food custom for Shavuot: cheesecake and other dairy delights, like che...…
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