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Emanu-El members learn

more about their new

rabbi at Havdallah event.

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emple Emanu-El in Oak Park
held a welcome Havdallah in
late June for its new rabbi,
Arturo Kalfus, who originally is from
Argentina, but came to the synagogue
most recently from Miami.
David Gubow and Susan Kirshner
arranged the evening. David Sloan sup-
plied an Argentinian flag and Sharon
Rome created beautiful centerpiece
flowers in the colors of the rabbi's
home country.
Havdallah was led by the rabbi and
cantorial soloist Kelly Onickel. An
informal question-and-answer ses-
sion helped members get to know the
new rabbi and his wife, Phyllis. Kalfus
spoke about locations for some pos-
sible congregation travels and retreats
as well as what made him want to
become a rabbi.
Another highlight of the evening
was a beautiful piano solo by Joseph
Walters, who played some of the rab-
bi's favorite music. The evening ended
with a delicious dessert buffet and
much friendly conversation.

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Exhibit Opening

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Standing: Jim and Linda Greenwood, Bill and Janeen Fetterman, Kathy and
David Sloan and Rachel Frank; seated: Robin, Rayna and Richard Gold, and
Ruth and Harvey Hurwitz, all of Huntington Woods.

Dr. Guy Stern, director, International Institute of the
Righteous, with Robert L. Smith of the Charles H.
Wright Museum of African American History

August 22 • 2013

Rabbi Arturo Kalfus, Elayne Steinhardt of
Southfield and Ann Klein of Huntington Woods

Patrons learn of links between black colleges, Jewish professors who fled Nazism.

he Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman
Family Campus opened its current exhibit,
Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee
Scholars at Black Colleges, with an event Aug. 4 at the
center in Farmington Hills.
The exhibit tells the story of Jewish professors who
fled Nazism and came to America in the 1930s and
1940s, finding teaching positions at historically black
colleges and universities. The exhibition explores the
encounter between these scholars and their students,
and their impact on each other, the Civil Rights move-
ment and American society.
The Rev. Kenneth J. Flowers, pastor at Greater New

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Standing: Euni Rose of Southfield, Miriam and Dan Medow and Judy Nolish, all of
Huntington Woods; seated: Denise and Martin Ferman of Huntington Woods, Sheldon
and Donna Klein of Birmingham, and Dottie and David Gubow of Huntington Woods.

Rabbi Arturo Kalfus

Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit,
was the keynote speaker at the opening event.
"Intolerance is not something that affects just the
Jewish community or the African American communi-
ty:' said Holocaust Memorial Center Executive Director
Stephen M. Goldman. "It affects people of all religions
and ethnic backgrounds. By bringing exhibits like this
to the museum, we can show visitors how the power of
mutual respect between two groups can help one day
to bring us closer to reaching universal hope, tolerance
and understanding of one another."
Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow continues through
Dec. 15.

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A woman checks out the Beyond Swastika exhibit
during the opening.

Holocaust Memorial Center Director Stephen Goldman
with S. Roland Scott and Robert Middleton, both of the
co-sponsoring Montford Point Marines-Detroit Chapter

Erma Ryan of Southfield, Maj. Bob Tillman of the
Tuskegee Airmen, Jimm White of Farmington Hills and
Jerry and Renee Gerger of West Bloomfield

