T is Week For Openers Showing Off Detroit 9 But how did the mayor first see Rosenfeld's photos? hen the Sultan,of Dubai came "I supported the mayor," Rosenfeld says. "And when I vis- to Detroit in September, ited his office, I saw he had a lot of blank walls. 'You need Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pictures,' I told him." gave him a gift — a 20- by And the mayor responded, "OK, bring us some." 24-inch color photograph of downtown Rosenfeld did — around 30 of his photographs, including Detroit to commemorate the special rela- a seven-foot-tall picture of the Thanksgiving Day tionship between the sister cities. Parade, the Hudson department store implosion But the sultan may have gotten and a triptych of the Spirit of Detroit statue. SHARON more than he expected. Rosenfeld first started taking pictures of his chil- LUCKERMAN "It's not every day a Jewish pho- dren when they were young. Adam is now 24; Staff Writer tographer's work is hung over there," Allisonis 28. Eventually, his interest turned to land- says Jerry Rosenfeld, a 25-year mem- scapes, especially in Detroit. His pictures include ber of Temple Israel in West the Comerica Park and Ford Field stadium projects, Bloomfield and the vice president of the local the Woodward corridor and the opening of the American Jewish Committee chapter. "It's an honor Michigan Opera House and the Gem Theater. Rosenfeld that my photo is recognized by the city and is going "I saw the redevelopment of the city going up to an Arab emirate." around my office," says Rosenfeld, whose compa- Dubai is a port city on the Persian Gulf in the United ny, JRGroup, provides consulting real estate services to gov- Arab Emirates. The photograph was shot from Windsor. ernment agencies. His office is in Harmonie Park. "I went to shoot the Fourth of July fireworks, but saw an Rosenfeld enjoys seeing a new generation of young Jewish opportunity before they started," says Rosenfeld. residents in the city. "They see the advantage of urban It was dusk and the offices in the buildings of the Detroit life," he says, and he hopes they will continue to fuel the skyline were lit up, which is unusual when it's still light. city's redevelopment. CI "The photo captures an image of the city that people don't normally see," he says. cha © 2003 hich two very different Jewish holidays are sometimes spoken of together because each is observed with a great intensity of emotion? — Goldfein -uop-eiq -alga pug )(of tiontu tpyvi JaalET alp :LT 2-eal2 tp!m paAnscio s! Jaurioj atu, -tupnd pug inddIN umA Liamstry Quotables "There's an undeniable connection between the atmosphere of hatred that is promulgated and instigated against Israel and the wave of terrorist attacks in the world today. Once you give the terrorists an opening, the tar- get may be not a synagogue in Istanbul on the holy day of the Sabbath, but a cathedral in Paris." —Raanan Gissin, a spokesman for the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, called the bombings in response to the Shabbat terrorist attacks on two syna- gogues in Istanbu4 quoted in Sunday's New York Times. Yiddish Limericks It's not my intent to annoy, Or ruin your upcoming joy; But wed hastily, And it's gonna be Tsu shpee for charoteh,** my boy. Detroit Skyline, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's gift to the Sultan of Dubai. — Martha Jo Fleischmann Shabbat Candlelighting * too late ** regret "When my wife lights the Shabbos candles, I watch her as she prays with deep concen- tration. There is a source of security in my mind that God will answer her prayers." — Rabbi Yaakov Amzalak, program director, Bais Chabad of North Oak Park Sponsored by Lubavitch Women's Organization. To submit a candlelighting message or to receive complimentary candlesticks and information on Shabbat candlelighting, call Miriam Amzalak of Oak Park at (248) 548-6771 or e- mail: mamzakikuno.com Candlelighting Friday, Nov. 28, 4:44 p.m. Shabbat Ends Saturday, Nov. 29, 5:48 p.m. 1 I /28 2003 10 Candlelighting Friday, Dec. 5, 4:42 p.m. Shabbat Ends Saturday, Dec. 6, 5:47 p.m. Yiddish-isms gilgul Literally: a turning - or rolling as of a wheel. More important: a reincarna- tion; someone with a reincarnated soul. Sarcastically: a person whose behavior, irrationality, stupidity, tact- lessness can only be explained by assuming he is a gilgul. Source: From The New Joys of Yiddish by Leo Calvin Rosten, edited by Lawrence Bush, copyright 2001, by the Rosten Family LLC. Used by per- mission of the Rosten Family LLC.