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…>> on the cover Proud students and their teacher (in pink) at the siyum marking the completion of study. 14 women complete 3 1/2-year study of all 613 mitzvot from Sefer HaChinuch. Lynne Meredith Golodner I Special to the Jewish News CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Sefer HaChinuch was written by an unknown author in 12th century Barcelona for his son. The father was concerned that his son was hanging around too much with "no-good-niks," as Finke...…
…Capitol Building in Lansing Michigan law creating sanctions against Iran is finally enacted. Harry Kirsbaum Contributing Writer A long with a slew of bills passed in Lansing in late December after a lame duck session of the legislature, Gov. Rick Snyder signed the Iran Economic Sanctions Act into law. The law, which went into effect imme- diately, forbids any business or entity with an investment of $20 million or more in Iran's energy se...…
…metro A scene from Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech, which marks its 50th anniversary this year I r• A day of community service at Temple Shir Shalom on Sunday, Jan. 20. T Major event marks anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic speech A group of community leaders and organizations have planned a major concert and awards cer- emony marking 2013 as the 50th anniver- sary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s...…
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…points of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.corn Special Column Editorial A Hearty Mazel Toy To Shaarey Zedek! On Sacred Ground A visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau stirs both horror and hope. 1 The railway tracks leading into the Birkenau extermination camp L ast May, I was invited to the Detroit Tigers' dugout at Comerica Park to attend the press conference of a baseball player accused of shouting anti- Semitic epithets duri...…
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…obituaries A Hall Of Fame Guy Steve Stein Contributing Writer DR. JUDITH ACKERMAN, 71, of Tinton Falls, N.J., died Jan. 8, 2013. She was born in Detroit and lived in West Long Branch, N.J., for 20 years before moving to Tinton Falls. Dr. Ackerman received her B.A. and M.S.W. degrees from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. in psychol- ogy in 1983 from Farleigh Dickinson University. She worked as a clinical psy- chologist in Allenhurst...…
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…SAMUEL MELLIN, 84, of Orion Township, died Jan. 7, 2013. He is survived by his daughters and son-in-law, Andrea and Vincent McCown of Oxford, Gail Mellin of Livonia; sister and brothers-in-law, Shirley and Harold LaBell of Florida; Carl Hoff of Southfield; grandchildren, Benjamin McCown, Hal McCown; many loving nieces and nephews. Mr. Mellin was the beloved husband of the late Beverly Mellin and the late Harriett Greener Mellin; dear brother ...…
…obituaries Obituaries from page 53 JONATHAN STRAGER, 52, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 11, 2013. He was the founder and owner of the EGT Group. Mr. Strager is sur- vived by his son, Strager Jimmy Horn of West Bloomfield and part- ner, Paul Parker; mother and stepfather, Bernadene Strager and Ed Spivack of Florida; sisters and brothers-in-law, Amy and Stephen Scapelliti of Farmington Hills, and Patricia and Gary Blackman of Illinois; nephews...…
…When God created Adam, He said , "See how beautiful and praiseworthy all of My works are? Think of this, and do not corrupt or destroy my world; for if you corrupt it, there will be no one to set it right after you. " Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:13 0"; k Hebrew Memorial Park is proud to announce the opening of our new nature preserve cemetery, Hebrew Memorial Gardens. Here, in five acres of pristine woodland, gravesites will be located in a beau...…
