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From the Michigan DailyHillel opens new learning center By Laura Frank, Daily Staff ReporterSeptember 21, 2005 The new Jewish Learning Center at Hillel, which officially opened on Monday, is only the size of an average University classroom, but organizers hope the spirit of learning that grows from this one room will be much larger. The…

Originally published in the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers Congregation Beit Kodesh growing for the futureBY LINDA ANN CHOMIN Phyllis Lewkowicz couldn’t be happier about welcoming new members to the family at Congregation Beit Kodesh in Livonia. Several months ago, she and members of the temple had formed a Save Our Synagogue committee. When Lewkowicz first…

University of Michigan students pick potatoes for the winter at the collective Jewish farm in Konotop. By Allison Goldstein While most students were bringing their summers to a close, 15 University of Michigan Hillel students were just beginning our adventure. On August 22, along with our rabbi and program director, we departed on a 10-day…

From the NY TimesA Power Hitter. And a Source of Jewish Pride. By ANDY NEWMAN and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT Not that there’s any pressure on Shawn Green to succeed in New York, but when Mr. Green — power-hitting right fielder, two-time All-Star, Jew — took the field in a Mets uniform for the first time…

With Sasha Baron Cohen’s new movie “Borat” coming out Friday, he has been all over the news. I saw him on the Today show the other day and heard him on Howard Stern today. I’ve certainly heard Cohen use Hebrew in the past. His most notable use of Hebrew is his mispronounciation of the Hebrew…

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. A crocodile cannot ! stick out its tongue. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second….