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Yiddish Limerick: Tisha b’Av

Faith / 07.19.2018

Yiddish Limerick: Tisha b’Av
Mir Hobn farlorn undzer Bais HaMikdash, even di tzvay So mir vel gedaykn un fastn un Lamentations we will say. On the floor mir vel zitzn Mir dertzayln nisht vitzn Dos is Tisha b’Av, so sa...
Return To Tradition

Art & Culture / 06.28.2018

Return To Tradition
A pair of Metro Detroit natives are among the cast of a Joel Grey-directed version of Fiddler on the Roof — all in Yiddish. Michael Yashinsky and Daniel Kahn each grew up in Farmington Hills thinking...
Essay: The Little White Box

Letters & Viewpoints / 06.27.2018

Essay: The Little White Box
Shelley Yorke Rose The acrid smell of boiled tongue greeted us as my mother flung open the door to my grandparents’ apartment on Outer Drive in Detroit. “Dad, are you making tongue again?” she asked,...
Ann Arbor 11th-Grader Wins Bronfman Fellowship

Community / 06.21.2018

Ann Arbor 11th-Grader Wins Bronfman Fellowship
Ellie Makar-Limanov of Ann Arbor, a Huron High School student, is one of 26 students nationwide to be chosen for a Bronfman Fellowship. The group of 11th-graders will participate in a transformative f...
Hero In Disguise

Art & Culture / 05.17.2018

Hero In Disguise
Reisa Shanaman Special to the Jewish News Tara Strong is a mom, wife, activist — and the voice behind hundreds of our favorite TV and movie characters. I always say ‘I win IMDb [Internet Movie Datab...
Ami’s Upsherin

Faith / 05.10.2018

Ami’s Upsherin
Beverly Kent Goldenberg Special to the Jewish news 3-year-old marks birthday with Jewish tradition. Although they are not religious, Etai and Caroline Goldenberg love Jewish traditions, customs and ...
Embracing Our Chutzpah

Metro Detroit / 05.10.2018

Embracing Our Chutzpah
Congregation Shaarey Zedek welcomes Rabbi Ed Feinstein. What’s your story? I’m not asking in the uncouth way, as if we ran into one another at an airport or hotel bar and wanted to make small talk....
Chaos | Control

Art & Culture / 05.03.2018

Chaos | Control
Brett Mountain Photographer Local Holocaust survivor, speaker and activist Rene Lichtman is ready to show another dimension — artist. Rene Lichtman is a Holocaust survivor, a hidden child outsid...
Time Travel

Columns / 05.03.2018

Time Travel
This week’s edition of the Jewish News publishes on the same day (May 3) that a sold-out audience will gather at JN75 for the paper’s 75th Diamond Anniversary Legacy Gala, the most prestigious event a...
Rollicking & Rebellious

Art & Culture / 04.19.2018

Rollicking & Rebellious
The Grammy-winning Klezmatics bring their high-energy music to Detroit to help celebrate the JN’s 75th anniversary. The Klezmatics aren’t just the best band in the klezmer vanguard; on a good night, ...
Yiddish ‘Song of the Week’ Has Detroit Connection

Art & Culture / 06.22.2017

Yiddish ‘Song of the Week’ Has Detroit Connection
"It was as if I brought my Bubbe back from the beyond," writes Steve Balkin. "My bubbie, Itka Factorovich Sol, who migrated to the USA from the Ukraine in 1912, has been chosen by the An-Sky Jewis...