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SUMMARY:Here’s to the Ladies with author Eddie Shapiro\nfollowed by Live Concert of Broadway Tunes
DESCRIPTION:Eddie Shapiro\,Here’s to the Ladies: Con­ver­sa­tions with More of the Great\nWomen of Musi­cal Theater\nA fascinating look at the careers of some of Broadway’s greatest female\nperformers in their own words. In this follow-up to Nothing Like a Dame:\nConversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater \, journalist Eddie\nShapiro sits down for intimate\, career-encompassing conversations with yet\nmore of Broadway’s most prolific leading ladies.\nLive concert following talk saluting Tony Award-winning women and other\ngreats performed by Arielle Crosby and Erin Johnson. Musical Director Brian E.\nBuckner. \nIn-person at The J ticketed event $25; Enjoy 20% off Here’s to the\nLadies when purchasing with ticket. \nAbout the Author: Eddie Shapiro grew up singing music from every cast\nalbum he could get his hands on. He is the author of Nothing Like a Dame:\nConversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater\, A Wonderful Guy:\nConversations with the Great Men of Musical Theater\, Queens in the Kingdom:\nThe Ultimate Gay and Lesbian Guide to the Disney Theme Parks \, and hundreds\nof articles in magazines with much shorter and more sensible titles than his\nbooks. He lives in New York City and Los Angeles. \nSilver Book Sponsor: B’nai B’rith International – Great Lakes Region\nSponsors:  The Berman Center for the Performing Arts; Janice Charach\nGallery; JTraveler \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9125
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/heres-to-the-ladies-with-author-eddie-shapirofollowed-by-live-concert-of-broadway-tunes/
LOCATION:The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Older Adults
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SUMMARY:BOOK CLUB NIGHT The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum with author Margalit Fox
DESCRIPTION:Margalit Fox\,  author of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum:  The Rise\nand Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss  is our featured speaker for\nBook Club Night. Enjoy an array of charcuterie foods\, including cheese with\ngluten free crackers\, and desserts with your book club and other readers at\ntables while hearing from the featured author. Followed by book signing. \nAmerica’s first great organized-crime lord was a lady—a nice Jewish mother\nnamed Mrs. “Marm” Mandelbaum. In 1850\, twenty-five-year-old Fredericka\nMandelbaum came to New York and worked as a peddler on the streets of Lower\nManhattan. By the 1870s\, she was a fixture of high society\, an admired\nphilanthropist\, and a criminal mastermind!\n“A tour de force . . . With a pickpocket’s finesse\, Margalit Fox lures us into\nthe criminal underworld of Gilded Age New York.”—Liza Mundy\, author of The\nSisterhood \n$20 – Speaker\, charcuterie\, and dessert\n$43 – Speaker\, charcuterie\, dessert\, and hardcover book\nIn-person at The J \nRegistration Deadline: Thursday\, October 31 \nAbout the Author: Margalit Fox originally trained as a cellist and a\nlinguist before pursuing journalism. As a senior writer in The New York\nTimes ‘s Obituary News Department\, she wrote the front-page public sendoffs\nof some of the leading cultural figures of our age. Winner of the William\nSaroyan Prize for Literature and author of four previous nonfiction books\,\nThe Confidence Men\, Conan Doyle for the Defense\, The Riddle of the Labyrinth\nand Talking Hands. Fox lives in Manhattan with her husband. \nSponsor: The Bookies Book Club \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9126
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/book-club-night-the-talented-mrs-mandelbaum-with-author-margalit-fox/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Older Adults
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SUMMARY:Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice with author Judge David S. Tatel
DESCRIPTION:A moving\, thoughtful\, and inspiring memoir by one of America’s most\naccomplished public servants and legal thinkers. Judge David S. Tatel (U.S.\nCourt of Appeals for the DC Circuit)\, spent years denying and working around\nhis blindness\, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his\nidentity. \nIn Conversation with Amanda K. Rice\, Issues & Appeals Partner at Jones\nDay. \n“This memoir of a judge of the country’s second highest court\, who has been\nwithout sight for decades\, goes down like a cool drink on a hot day.” —Scott\nTurow\, #1 bestselling author \nFree and in-Person at The J \nAbout the Author Judge David Tatel served on the United States Court of\nAppeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1994 to 2023. Prior to that\,\nhis three-decade career as a civil rights lawyer included private and\ngovernment positions\, and focused heavily on equal educational opportunity and\naccess to justice. He served as Director of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for\nCivil Rights Under Law and then Director of the National Committee. He was the\nDirector of the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health\,\nEducation and Welfare during the Carter Administration. When he returned to\nprivate practice in 1979\, Judge Tatel joined Hogan & Hartson\, where he founded\nand headed the firm’s education practice until his appointment to the D.C.\nCircuit. Judge Tatel also co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences’\nCommittee on Science\, Technology and Law. Judge Tatel and his wife\, Edie\, have\nfour children and eight grandchildren. They live in Virginia and Washington\,\nD.C. \nBronze Book Sponsors: EMU Center for Jewish Studies; Interfaith Leadership\nCouncil \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9128
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/vision-a-memoir-of-blindness-and-justice-with-author-judge-david-s-tatel/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Older Adults
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SUMMARY:Perfect Enemy with author Alex J. Sinclair
DESCRIPTION:Author ALex J. Sinclair will be joined in conversation with Michele Faudem\,\nRabbi Educator\, JLearn Instructor\, Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit in a\nthoughtful conversation about Israel’s friends and enemies on the page and in\nthe real world. \nAbout the Book: In a covert laboratory under the streets of Tel Aviv\, an\nIsraeli scientist clones Hitler from old samples of his DNA in this\nsuspenseful thriller. Akiva Cohen wants to change the world for the good but\nis plunged into a desperate struggle to stay alive and salvage his dream\,\nleading to a trail of murders and the uncovering of a devastating conspiracy. \n“ A fantastic and exciting read\, an intelligent and suspenseful thriller. I\nhighly recommend it. ” —Steve Sheffey\, The Times of Israel \nFree and in-Person at The J \nAbout the Author: Alex Sinclair is Chief Content Officer at Educating for\nImpact\, and an adjunct lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has\nwritten and spoken widely on Jewish education\, Israel-Diaspora relations\, and\nIsraeli politics\, in both academic and popular contexts. He has worked or\nconsulted for many of the finest Jewish educational and communal institutions\nin North America\, Europe and Israel. His first book\, published in 2013\,\nLoving the Real Israel: An Educational Agenda for Liberal Zionism \, was a\nfinalist for the National Jewish Book Award\, and his debut novel\, Perfect\nEnemy \, was published in 2023. He holds an M.A. (Oxon) and M.St. from Balliol\nCollege\, Oxford\, and a Ph.D. from Hebrew University. He and his wife run a\nhotel for their three children in Modi’in\, Israel. \nSponsor: Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9129
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/perfect-enemy-with-author-alex-j-sinclair/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Israel,Older Adults
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SUMMARY:Two Envelopes: What You Want Your Loved Ones to Know When You Die with Michigan author Rusty Rosman
DESCRIPTION:Michigan author Rusty Rosman will be joined in conversation with Rabbi\nJoseph Krakoff\, CEO\, Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network. \nAbout the Book: When you die\, there are so many things your family and\nloved ones need to know. Two Envelopes is your voice\, conveying your wishes\nregarding your death and your estate. With a unique blend of wisdom\, humor\,\nand empathetic storytelling\, Rusty Rosman offers readers a guide to navigate\nthe practical and emotional aspects of end-of-life planning. Part of an on-\ngoing speaker series with The J’s Henry & Delia Meyers Library and Ageless &\nActive. \nFree and in-person at The J \nAbout the Author: Rusty Rosman spent years helping her parents and her in-\nlaws as they aged. Over the years\, Rusty saw many friends and families\nconflicted over final arrangements and confrontations. Having her parents put\ntheir wishes in writing made the heartbreaking experience of a parent’s death\nmuch easier for all of her siblings to navigate. From that experience\, Two\nEnvelopes was born. As a former teacher and commercial real estate broker\,\nRusty has experience working with people of all ages and circumstances. As a\nlifelong community leader\, Rusty served as president and fundraiser for\nseveral nonprofit community organizations. Rusty and her husband Stephen are\nthe very proud parents of two children and their six grandchildren are the\ndelight of their lives. \nSilver Book Sponsor: Henry & Delia Meyers Library\nSponsor: The J’s Ageless and Active \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9130
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/two-envelopes-what-you-want-your-loved-ones-to-know-when-you-die-with-michigan-author-rusty-rosman/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Aging,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Older Adults,Presentation
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SUMMARY:The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father\, Leonard Nimoy with Adam Nimoy
DESCRIPTION:While the tabloids and fan publications portrayed the Nimoys as a “close\nfamily\,” to his son Adam\, Leonard Nimoy was a total stranger. Discover how the\nson of Spock learned to navigate this tumultuous relationship—from Shabbat\ndinners to basement AA meetings— and how he was finally able to reconcile with\nhis father—and with himself in this poignant memoir. \n“ Engaging and immensely relatable… offering deeply profound insights into\nAdam Nimoy’s personal relationships\, particularly with his famous father. ”\n—Eugene Roddenberry\, Jr.\, CEO Roddenberry Entertainment \nFree and in-person at The J \nAbout the Author: Adam Nimoy is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Loyola Law\nSchool. After seven years in entertainment law\, he left to pursue a directing\ncareer. Nimoy has directed over forty-five hours of network television\, as\nwell as directing the critically acclaimed documentary film about his father.\nFor the Love of Spock  (2016) was the Official Selection at the Tribeca Film\nFestival. He was featured in the New York Times  article "To Boldly Explore\nJewish Roots of Star Trek " and he published a Father’s Day piece about his\nrelationship with his father for the Boston Globe. He is the author of My\nIncredibly Wonderful\, Miserable Life  and has been in 12-step recovery for\ntwenty years. Adam has three children\, a step-son\, a dog and two cats. He\nlives in Los Angeles. \nBronze Book Sponsor: ORT America\, Michigan Region \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9131
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/the-most-human-reconciling-with-my-father-leonard-nimoy-with-adam-nimoy/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Older Adults
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SUMMARY:When Woman Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion w/author Julie Satow
DESCRIPTION:A glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of\nthree visionary women who led them. Julie Satow draws back the curtain on\nthree visionaries who took great risks\, forging new paths for the women who\nfollowed in their footsteps. This stylish account captures the department\nstore in all its glitz\, decadence\, and fun. A New York Times bestseller! \nJoin us for a dessert reception following the program sponsored by Platinum\nDay Sponsor Jewish Women’s Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit. \n“Ms. Satow’s carefully researched book is compulsively readable. I found\nmyself dashing through it like a novel.” —The Wall Street Journal \nFree and in-person at The J \nAbout the Author: Julie Satow is an award-winning journalist and the\nauthor of The Plaza \, a New York Times ‘ Editor’s Choice and NPR Favorite\nBook of 2019. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times. \nPlatinum Day Sponsor: Jewish Women’s Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit\nSponsor: JLearn \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9132
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/when-woman-ran-fifth-avenue-glamour-and-power-at-the-dawn-of-american-fashion-w-author-julie-satow/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Older Adults,Women
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SUMMARY:LUNCH WITH THE AUTHORS featuring Mimi Zieman and Rachel Beanland
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Authors Rachel Beanland and Mimi Zieman \n The House is on Fire  by Rachel Beanland is a “wildly entertaining”\n(NPR)\, “gripping” (The Washington Post) work of historical fiction about an\nincendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and tore apart a community in a\nsingle night. Based on the true story of the Richmond Theater Fire of 1811\,\nThe House Is on Fire  offers proof that sometimes\, in the midst of great\ntragedy\, we are offered our most precious—and fleeting—chances at redemption.\nA Good Morning America Buzz Pick! \nTap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure  by Mimi\nZieman\, MD is sparkling with suspense and vulnerability\, a coming-of-age story\nabout the risks we take to become our most authentic selves. Mimi Zieman\nblazes an unlikely journey from the daughter of Jewish immigrants raised in an\nOrthodox community in New York City\, to the doctor and only woman on an\nEverest expedition as a 25-year-old medical student.\nA MUST-READ book pick of 2024—Independent Book Reviews Winner; 2024 Pencraft\nAward for Literary Excellence \nIn-person at The J ticketed event: $36. Enjoy 20% of each author’s book\nwhen purchased with your lunch ticket. \nRegistration  Deadline: Thursday\, November 7\nNOTE:  The correct time is 12 PM (the printed brochure time was incorrect) \nAbout the Authors:\nRachel Beanland’s debut novel Florence Adler Swims Forever received\ncritical acclaim. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and\nearned her MFA in creative writing from Virginia Commonwealth University. She\nlives with her husband and three children in Richmond\, Virginia. \nMimi Zieman’s play\, The Post-Roe Monologues \, has been performed in\nmultiple cities. A board-certified OB/GYN specialized in Complex Family\nPlanning\, she’s co-authored sixteen editions of Managing Contraception with\nover one million copies distributed. Her writing has appeared in popular\npublications. Above all she treasures her family which includes her husband\,\nthree grown children\, bonus daughter\, granddaughter\, and rambunctious pup. \nSilver Book Sponsor: West Bloomfield Township Public Library\nBronze Book Sponsors: National Council of Jewish Women\, Michigan; The\nWomen of Temple Israel \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9133
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/lunch-with-the-authors-featuring-mimi-zieman-and-rachel-beanland/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Older Adults,Women
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SUMMARY:Book Fair: Michigan Authors Spotlight
DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Jewish Book Fair shines the spotlight on some of the area’s most\ndiverse authors including Carol & Alana Blumenstein (KidsRead2Kids\nPresents… Amazing Tales!)\, Rabbi Boruch Cohen (Think Outside The Lox: A\nfresh perspective on Jewish Teachings and Traditions)\, Lisa Kaplan (Our\nFamily has a Secret: A Children’s Book About Addiction in a Jewish Family)\,\nand Michael Rosenbaum (University of Michigan Basketball\,1960-1989: From\nCazzie Russell to the NCAA Title).\nPresentations followed by a moderated panel discussion with The J’s Lauren\nMarcus Johnson\, Librarian and Assistant Director of Cultural Arts.\nFree and in-person at The J \nAbout the Authors\nCarol Blumenstein \, Executive Director of KidsRead2Kids\, has an MBA from\nthe Wharton Business School and a BS in Finance and BSE in Electrical\nEngineering from the University of Pennsylvania\, where she was a Sharp Fellow\nand General Motors Scholar. As a mother of five children with learning\ndifferences\, Carol has immersed herself in interactive ways to learn and grow.\nAlana Blumenstein \, is Co-Founder of KidsRead2Kids. A graduate of Oberlin\nCollege: BA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Education. She has\ndedicated time to accessibility in education\, by co-creating KidsRead2Kids\nMagazine\, and speaking to international audiences for the benefit of\nunderserved students\, teachers\, and parents. \nRabbi Boruch Cohen Rabbi Boruch Cohen\, originally from the Boston suburbs\,\nearned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from a small liberal arts university.\nHe then pursued a career in writing\, first as a journalist\, later as an\naspiring fiction writer. In 1994\, after six years of intensive study\, he\nbecame a rabbi. The essays collected in this book were written over a 25-year\nperiod. Rabbi Cohen and his wife live in Oak Park\, Michigan. They have four\nsons and two daughters. \nLisa Kaplan \, LMSW\, ACSW\, CAADC graduated from the University of Michigan\nwith a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Social Work. She has\nbeen in the addiction field for over 30 years\, having worked at CARE of\nSoutheastern Michigan as a clinician and as a program coordinator in the\nPrevention Department. She currently runs the Community Education Department\nand serves as part of the clinical treatment team at Henry Ford Health\nMaplegrove Center in West Bloomfield. She is the married mother of two adult\ndaughters. \nMichael Rosenbaum is a Detroit-area sportswriter and editor who’s covered\neverything from high school and amateur sports to the Super Bowl and the NCAA\nBasketball Tournament. He served as columnist and sports editor with the\nDetroit Jewish News and a sports editor at the Observer & Eccentric\nnewspapers. He’s been published by the Detroit Free Press\, USA Today\, the\nLansing State Journal\, the Royal Oak Tribune and Hockey Digest . He was also a\nsports reporter for WABX-FM. \nSponsor: Sarah & Irving Pitt Early Childhood Center \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9134
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/book-fair-michigan-authors-spotlight/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Older Adults
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SUMMARY:It Takes Two to Torah with authors Abigail Pogrebin & Rabbi Dov Linzer
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, in a single volume (It Takes Two to Torah: An Orthodox\nRabbi and Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way Through the Five\nBooks of Moses)\, readers can take a tour of the entire Torah through the\nmedium of one challenging\, instructive\, irreverent\, animated conversation.\nRabbi Dov Linzer \, an Orthodox rabbi\, and Abigail Pogrebin \, a Reform\njournalist and former producer for 60 Minutes\, talk their way through the Five\nBooks of Moses with candor\, humor\, emotion\, personal revelation\, and\nscholarship. \n“Rigorous and readable\, it’s a stimulating addition to modern-day Torah\nscholarship.” —Publishers Weekly \nFree and in-person at The J \nAbout the Authors:\nRabbi Dov Linze r is the President and Rosh HaYeshiva (Rabbinic Head) of\nYeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT)\, an Orthodox rabbinical school and Torah center\nwhich promotes a more open and inclusive Orthodoxy. A leading Torah voice in\nthe Modern Orthodox community\, Rabbi Linzer serves as religious mentor to\nYCT’s students and its over 200 rabbis in the United States and Israel. He has\nwritten for The Forward\, Tablet and The New York Times\, has published hundreds\nof teshuvot (responsa) and scholarly Torah articles\, and hosted a number of\nhighly popular Torah podcasts. \nAbigail Pogrebin  is the author of "Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk\nAbout Being Jewish " and "My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays\, One Wondering Jew "\nwhich was published by Fig Tree Books LLC and was a finalist for a National\nJewish Book Award. She has written for The Atlantic\, New York Magazine\,\nTablet\, and The Forward\, and moderated public conversations for The Streicker\nCenter\, the Shalom Hartman Institute\, the JCC in Manhattan\, and Jewish\nBroadcasting Service. She is a past president of Central Synagogue in New\nYork. \nSilver Day Sponsor: The Cis Maisel Center for Judaic Studies and Community\nEngagment\, Oakland University\nSponsors: Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood; JLearn; Seminars for Adult Jewish\nEnrichment (SAJE) \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9135
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/it-takes-two-to-torah-with-authors-abigail-pogrebin-rabbi-dov-linzer/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Jewish Learning,Older Adults
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Detroit Jewish Book Fair":MAILTO:bookfair@jccdet.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241117T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241117T191500
DTSTAMP:20260429T085519
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SUMMARY:We Will Dance Again \nFilm Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a powerful screening of the award-winning documentary "We Will\nDance Again\," a profound chronicle of the October 7 Nova music festival\nattack. Through intimate testimonies of over a dozen survivors and carefully\ncurated footage\, the film offers a deeply moving portrayal of human courage in\nthe face of unimaginable circumstances. \nThe evening features an exclusive post-screening dialogue with director Yariv\nMoser\, producer Emilio Schenker and survivors from the Nova festival\,\nproviding a rare opportunity to hear firsthand accounts and engage in\nmeaningful conversation about healing\, memory\, and hope. \nThis screening serves as both a testament to the strength of the human spirit\nand a space for communal reflection and understanding. Recommended for ages 16\nand up. \nSeating is limited. Registration required. \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9529
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/we-will-dance-again/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 West Maple Road\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,After October 7,College Students,Grandparents,Israel,Israel in Crisis,Older Adults,Parking (free),Young Adults
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ORGANIZER;CN="The J":MAILTO:info@jccdet.org
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