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…FEBRUARY 2011 VOLUME 02 ISSUE 02 CONTENTS FEATURES 20 Married in Motown Forget an exotic beach locale for your special day; the city in your backyard has the hottest places to party. Reporting by Lynne Konstantin 22 J Who's In The Garden with Adam?* RED TIRE I•1 magazine Judaism's division over the concept of "gay marriage." Reporting by Robin Schwartz *It ain't Eve. 24 I Marriage in the Age of Divorce How couples slog through th...…
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…COMMUNITY FIVE THINGS YOUR KIDS WILL LOVE POST-DATE POST Potty Humor, Literally By Harry Kirsbaum The Post-Date Post credo: It's either a good date or a great story. Bodily functions, both liquid and gas, play starring roles this month. Excerpts from Post-Date Post.com , published in Red Thread, are done with our promise that the author's name will be withheld. THE EPIC JUICY FART ri bout six years ago I went on a idate that, to this da...…
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…COMMUNITY FOODIE Ferndale Is for Lovers ... of Food By Adam Helfman r ebruary is the month of love, right? So where in the "D" can we go out and have a romantic meal? While I can find romance at Hunter House in Birmingham, I know most ladies would take excep- tion with that. But I did find romance this month ... in fashionable Ferndale. So, let's eat! If "youthful and hip" are your ideas of romantic, I suggest you try Inyo Res- taurant an...…
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…Married in Motown Forget the far-flung locale, the city in your backyard has some amazing venues you shouldn't overlook for your"big day." By Lynne Konstantin The lobby of the Fox Theatre in Detroit. The theater can accommodate 800 guests. ur fair metropolis is undergoing a grand revi- talization just in time to play host to your wedding. You want resplendence? Detroit's got it. You want charming? It's here. Hip? Check. And history? It's e...…
…The Gem Theatre in Detroit, pictured above, can entertain up to 300 guests. Painstakingly restored to its original glory in 1988 by the flitch family, the Fox offers couples a variety of wed- ding packages, some making use of the 5,000-square-foot Grand Lobby and oth- ers allowing couples to wed and dine on the Fox Theatre stage, beneath the domed ceiling. The theater can accommodate up to 800 guests. (313) 471-3333; olym.pi- aentertainment.c...…
…In the Garden with Adam and Steve By Robin Schwartz omehow they just knew. The kids in Joe Kort's class at Oak Park High School seemed to see right through him — and they were brutal. The year was 1979 and Joe, then 15, was the eldest of two children growing up in a Reform Jewish household where the word "gay" was never uttered. He was very much "in the closet," careful to avoid the openly gay students at his school who were seen as "misfits...…
…Gay Rights: Where Do We Stand? "We felt this step made sense," IN Editor Robert Sklar said at the time. "The gay and lesbian community is not asking us to do anything differ- ently or more; they just want to be treated like any other. If we're really going to be the mirror of the Jewish community, we have to reflect what's going on. To ignore it seems wrong." Detroit, not known for its pro- gressive social stance on much, was actually years...…
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…ETCETERA 0 NIGHTCAP B"H Says the Man Who Hated Religious School Baruch HaShem, or" Thank God"; and this from a guy who was unabashedly secular — that is, until he met the right woman. By Zak Rosen o you remember being dragged to the ))pediatrician's office to get your first booster shot? First came panic, then hysteria, followed by a mad dash from the crazy nurse trying to stab you with a foot- long needle — all ending with you pinned do...…
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…Health & Fitness 0 Bowl Time Your Super Bowl party should be delicious! Annabel Cohen Special to the Jewish News T he Super Bowl is the U.S. spectator sports event of the year with esti- mates of nearly 100 million viewers. Whether you're attending a football bash or simply holing up at home in front of your giant flat-screen, chances are there will be food involved. This year's date: Feb. 6. I think it would be great fun to serve Super ...…
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…132nd Season UMS 10 1 1111 Friday, February HILL AUDITORIUM • ANN ARBOR In October 2005, then-20-year-old Rafat Blechacz, an unassuming young man from a small town in northern Poland, arrived in Warsaw for the 15th International Chopin Competition. His sensational performance won not only the competition, but also all four special prizes for the polonaise, mazurka, sonata, and ,concerto performances. Notwithstanding his young age, hi...…
…▪ v \ / — i\D21 \ N e17;- , e/ D fl\\ by Daniel Goldfarb January 19 - February 13,2011 `Thoroughly assimilated Jews Hannah and Ben meet diamond merchant Hershel (played by Aral Gribblei who slings his bulk around like a big stuffed animal! Imagine Adam Sandler (played byl John Candy!" -Michael Margolin, Encore Michigan "A deftly woven comic tapestry of modern Jewish angst. Poignant and funny, touching and hilarious, deep and shallo...…
…Entertain crocr The rapper Shyne, shown leaning against a pillar in the Old City of Jerusalem, says the tenets of Judaism help him become closer to the kind of person he strives to be. Dina Kraft Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem I t was early on during his difficult, isolated years in prison that the for- mer gangsta rapper known as Shyne decided to formally take on the laws of Judaism as his own. Shyne, who legally changed his n...…
…Arts & Entertainment A Complicated Cultural Relationship For Black History Month, we look at a new collection featuring black musicians singing Jewish songs. Eric Herschthal New York Jewish Week singing Jewish songs. On Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations, Mathis n 1958, when Johnny Mathis was is one of 15 musicians performing Jewish recording an album of African- songs, few of them ever heard. Others Americ...…
…Phil Ochs' voice rings out anew in documentary film at the DFT. $1. 00 r I I I 1 I 2.00 . . . Off I r I I I I I I I I . II Off II . 10% r F or nearly half a century, the uncompromising folk and pro- test singer Phil Ochs has been overshadowed by the other great Jewish songwriter of his generation. Actually, that's not quite accurate. Since his suicide in 1976, Ochs hasn't been overshadowed so much as forgotten, at least o...…
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…To Do! CALENDAR E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 Deadline: noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. The Agony & the Agony through Feb. 5, at 1515 Broadway in Detroit. $15-$18 or pay what you can. www.magenta- giraffe.org . Check It Out! ARTS 6, CULTURE Learn from artist and Holocaust sur- vivor ...…
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…Family Focus MAZEL TOV! Nov. 14 Adam and Rebecca (Lincoln) Scheinfield of Franklin are elated to announce the birth of their son, Cruz Ronin (Levi). Welcoming home Scheinfield Cruz is big brother, Xan, 3. Proud grand- parents include Gail Lincoln (G.G.), Dennis (Zaydie) and Grandma Evie Scheinfield, Judi (Meme) Scheinfield and Harvey (Papa) Babcock. Ecstatic great-grandparents include Honorable Jim and Kim Lincoln, Olga Adler and Janet Leven...…
…"MODERN TECHNIQUES" k the Orthodontist Parents and kids are continually amazed at the modern and patient friendly techniques that are now routinely utilized in orthodontics. It Schulman 55th oyce and Sid Schulman of Oak Park will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary starting with a brunch at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham on Feb. 13 with family and friends. Their simchah will continue with a family cruise through the Panama Canal wi...…
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