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Something Extra
History Lesson
Going through the alphabet, Jewish historian Sir Martin Gilbert told
26 short stories of the places he visited around the world from A to Z
to a crowd of about 400 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield
on Sept. 25.
His stories ranged from Anchorage, Alaska, where the Jewish com-
munity refers to itself as "The Frozen Chosen," to Zamocz, Poland,
where, in 1942, the Jewish community sent the first comprehensive
account of concentration camps and deportations.
The talk was presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
as part of a Wayne State University Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic
studies lecture series.
Gilbert, knighted in 1995, is the official biographer of Sir Winston
Churchill and the author of 20 books on modern Jewish history.
— Harry Kirsbaum, staff writer
Sir Martin Gilbert at Shaarey Zedek
New Place
To Learn
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Hillel
Bubbie's Soup By Mail
Riding Out The Storm
Foundation has opened a new
Beit Midrash, a center for Jewish
After
all
these
years,
grandmother
Janice
Poritzky
has
her
first
job
—
Two former Detroiters and their children flew from Houston to Detroit
learning.
The Brodsky Beit
she
and
her
children
have
bottled
her
kosher
chicken
soup
and
are
on Friday to visit family and escape Hurricane Rita. The husbands
Midrash,
on Hillel's top floor,
shipping
it
across
the
country.
remained at home.
offers
students
a place for infor-
Daughter
Betsy
Maselek
says
her
mom
was
a
praised
cook
who
Sharon Margolis, daughter Susan Graye and two of the Graye chil-
mal
Judaic
study
with a chavruta
happened
to
have
a
daughter
who
worked
in
marketing
and
sales
and
dren stayed with Margolis' sister and brother-in-law, Minnie and Sam
(study
partner)
or
on their own.
a
son
who
owns
a
restaurant
and
catering
business.
Berman of West Bloomfield, the Bermans' daughter, Shellie and her
The combination quickly became an online and phone-order chick- Hillel will help students find a
husband Jody Mendelson of Farmngton Hills and Margolis' son and
suitable study partner.
en soup business, with Janice and other cooking staff preparing the
daughter-in-law, Paul and Marcia Margolis of Farmington Hills.
The new Beit Midrash will be
her recipe in David's restaurant, with Janice's recipe.
Sharon Margolis also brought her dog, Licorice, with her.
staffed by rabbis and faculty
The business took off right from the start. "She's even been on Al
"We always like to have them here said Sam Berman. Minnie
from the university and will offer
Roker's [Food Network] show:' Maselek said.
Berman added, "And we were a lot less nervous with them here."
many Jewish Learning Center
Last month, the company added the new dimension of selling
Asked what the visitors did during their stay, Sam responded,
courses. The facility, which will
"Fress! Eat, eat, eat! They also did some shopping and watched a lot of kosher chicken soup, prepared at a kosher catering firm in Brookline,
have a refrigerator for students to
Mass., and supervised by the Vaad Harabonim of Massachusetts in
keep food, will be open from 7
Boston, who seal the containers before shipping.
Mark Margolis and son-in-law Mark Graye rode out the storm at
Chicken soup can be ordered in a variety of packages, from half gal- a.m. until the building closes at
home and told Sam Berman by telephone Monday that "there was
midnight. Computers with access
lon containers with matzah balls or noodles to the Shabbat Surprise
hardly any water or anything" in their Houston neighborhood. The
to Judaica libraries on CD-Rom
that includes a challah, the Once-A-Month soup package and the Get
Grayes' oldest son remained at college in Austin.
and the Internet also will also be
Mrs. Graye and the boys returned to Houston Monday evening. Mrs. Well pack, complete with a jumbo ceramic mug, spoon, crackers,
available. Each Wednesday at 8
cookie, "carrot pen" and the book Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Margolis and Licorice were scheduled to leave on Wednesday.
p.m., the Beit Midrash will host
Prices begin at $29.50 plus shipping for non-kosher fOod packages
— Alan Hitsky, associate editor
"Pizza and Learning;' where stu-
and $36.50 plus shipping for kosher
dents can eat pizza, shmooze and
packages.
In addition, said Maselek, "If you're study Torah.
Unaccustomed As I Am ...
The Brodsky Beit Midrash is
looking to send a gift - maybe for
named in memory of the late
Rosh Hashanah, maybe for someone
The name of the organization may be longer than the speeches!
Herman Brodsky by his wife
not feeling well — our soups are a
A brevity record may have been set Sept. 21 at the annual dinner-
Dina Brodsky of Huntington
delicious alternative to the same old
dance of the Dr. John J. Mames Chapter Michigan Region of the
Woods.
The Brodsky family
flowers and fruit!'
American Red Magen David for Israel. The fund-raising event at Adat
counts
many
current and former
Shalom Synagogue honored the Radomer Aid Society for buying four
Janice Poritzky in the kitchen.
— Alan Hitsky, associate editor University of Michigan students
ambulances over the years for Israel's emergency medical service,
among their children and grand-
Magen David Adorn.
To
order
Grandma's
Chicken
children. Mr. Brodsky, a congre-
Ernest Klein gave an eloquent, one-sentence thank you on behalf of
Soup
online,
access
the
Web
site
gant
at Congregation Shaarey
himself and his wife after receiving Magen David Adom's Maimonides
at:
grandmaschickensoup
or
call
Zedek,
lived a life committed to
Award. The Radomer representatives — president Sandra Tuttleman,
1-87-SEND-SOUP.
Jewish
education.
husband and vice president Oscar Tuttleman, and vice president
Much of the new Judaica text
Edward Sherman with wife, Esther — were nearly as succinct. In
library
in the Brodsky Beit
thanking ARMDI for the Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award,
Midrash
has been acquired
the Radomer officers briefly described the 85-year history of the
through
a
grant from the Irwin
organization founded by immigrants from Radom, Poland, in 1920
'cha Don't Know
and
Bethea
Green Foundation.
and its commitment to Israel.
One
popular
set is the ArtScroll
Which
Israeli
prime
minister
called
his
nation's
capital
While some of the earlier speeches by dinner chair Judith Grant
Talmud,
which
has both English
"Jerusalem,
D.C"
and
what
did
the
D.C.
stand
for?
Granader and Michigan Region chair Manny Charach were slightly
translation
and
commentary.
longer — though still brief — the awards presentations by medical-
—Goldfein
dental council chair Dr. Robert Katz and the subsequent thank-yous
— Ken Guten Cohen,
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totaled less than 15 minutes.
story development editor
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— Alan Hitsky, associate editor
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