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…[— Thoughts EDITORIAL BOARD: Publisher: Arthur M. Horwitz Chief Operating Officer: F. Kevin Browett Editor: Robert Sklar Associate Editor: Alan Hitsky A MIX OF IDEAS Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.conn Guest Column Editorial Seeds Of Alienation W here are you from?" I asked a student in my Wayne State University journalism class when I recognized what I thought was a Middle East accent. "Palestine," she replied. When she notice...…
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…MARCH 2011 VOLUME 02 ISSUE 03 CONTENT FEATURES 16 I The Sultan of Skin He's the man who rode boobs up to the Penthouse; meet Alan Markovitz. Reporting by Harry Kirsbaum 18 The Kosher King of Detroit This former hippie now controls more than half the kosher eateries in Detroit; meet Brian Jacobs. Reporting by Karen Schwartz 20 The Archduke of the Arco He has made classical music accessible to tens of thousands of minority kids; meet...…
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