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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News An international effort targeting Jews and Judaism is coming to metro Detroit and Ann Arbor Sept. 3-24. And no matter how much you try to avoid them, the “Jews for Jesus” will be working hard to make sure you can’t. “The goal is to make…

To paraphrase an old joke: “20% of Chassidic men sing in the shower, the other 80% daven. Do you know which prayer they daven??” JERUSALEM (AFP) – A former Jewish grand rabbi, Mordechai Eliahu, has laid down the law on amateur operatics under the shower: you can hum but you can’t sing. “You will not…

This past week Elissa and I attended a wonderful speech by Starbucks’ Founder and Chairman Howard Schultz. He was the featured speaker at the Main Event — Jewish Federation of Washtenaw County’s (Ann Arbor) annual fundraiser. Schultz spoke of his beginnings, growing up poor in the Brooklyn projects with a blue-collar father who was unemployed…

It’s a Kosher-for-Pesach Eminem! Click here for the Jib Jab tribute to matzah. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller

From the Associated Press The bloodstained bandage that wrapped Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s head after he was injured in fighting during the 1973 Middle East War has been offered for sale on e-Bay with the bidding starting at US$10,000. Sharon, a top general on the Egyptian front during the war was wounded when his armored…