arts & entertainment >> the best of everything A Kibbutz Love Story Many years later, Facebook discovery leads to marriage in Michigan. T hey met on an Israeli banana field in the summer of 1991 ... He was 13 years old, born and raised at Kibbutz Maayan Zvi ... and she was 21, an American who fell in love with Israel after making aliyah and became a member of the kibbutz where they worked side-by-side with each other for two years ... She had gone to Israel in the program where a person works and studies Hebrew on a kibbutz. Marcie Gerenraich left the kibbutz to get married ... Eran Reznik visited her when Marcie's first daughter was born, went into the Israeli Army, married and divorced, trav- eled to India and returned to study Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Years later, on Facebook, he recognized a picture of Marcie, now also divorced, as the girl he once worked next to in the Kibbutz Eran and Marcie Reznik Maayan Zvi banana field ... Eran closed his acupuncture clinic in Israel and moved to Michigan. Marcie and Eran were secretly married in a Novi courthouse and became Mr. and Mrs. Eran Reznik ... He had already received his American board credentials and national certifications in acupuncture, massage and body work Marcie had become a talented manicur- ist and is considered among the finest nail technicians in this region ... Seventeen years working at three other salons and now hold- ing hands about four of those years at the highly regarded Maya Skin Care Center and Salon on Orchard Lake Road, in the West Bloomfield Plaza, West Bloomfield. Eran is a massage and body work energy therapist with Michigan Associates for Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine in West Bloomfield. Last summer, they traveled to Israel, and in front of family and friends were married under a chupah on the same kibbutz where they first met each other. Both love food ... When they go to a restaurant here, it is usually for sushi, with their favorite place Mene Sushi in West Bloomfield, or to eateries that feature Middle Eastern dishes ... At home, Eran is the cook and baker when he isn't doing ninjutsu martial arts with friend, Yost Fulton ... and Marcie does the dishes. Eran and Marcie today realize that as close friends, they truly did love each other greatly years ago back there on the Israeli kibbutz banana field when he was 13 and she was 21. FINE AWARD WINNING Executive Chef Hai-Ying Bushey is no longer at Prime 29 Steakhouse, 15 Mile and Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. NEW GENERAL MANAGER at Steven Lelli's Inn On the Green, 12 Mile, Farmington Hills, Reza Ansari, never origi- nally intended to follow a restaurant career ... He was a waiter and maitre d' at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn while attending Detroit Institute of Technology to obtain his bach- elor's degree in engineering. But fate deemed otherwise, and many folks will remember Reza as that very fine dining room manager at the five-star La Rotisserie restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn ... So good that Reid Ashton - at the Golden Mushroom in Southfield was among others who could only wish that they had someone like him ... Even after leaving La Rotisserie for the general manager's job at the fine Appeteaser eatery in Milford, the offers kept coming in from Too Chez in Novi, etc. Reds duties at Steven Lelli's includes the rubbing off of his prestigious experience in a ranking among the best GMs in the dining business. THE RECENT successful Dream Cruise might have had fond memories of one of Detroit's favorite restaurants whose decor, at his insistence, was centered almost entirely around the automotive parts industry, a novel idea at the time. Before Jim Constand opened Jim's Garage on Lamed at Washington Boulevard, Detroit, it had to be checked and double-checked by him to make certain that no side gimmicks were used ... Dinners were named for auto- mobiles and folks used to have fun saying, "Give me a Cadillac" or "I'll take a Ford:' He wanted the looks of the real thing, even to the extent of having his waiters and wait- resses wearing white mechanics' jackets with auto emblems on them. Cars galore stashed high on one wall, auto- motive memorabilia everywhere one would turn, industrial leather belts and so much more. The lamb chops were cooked in oil, but not the kind used by the automobiles he so cherished. When torn down for Cobo Hall expansion, it left folks with wonderful memories ... Attempts have since been made to duplicate Jim's Garage, but not as Jim would have wanted it. THE SKY LIT UP in colorful splendor as the lively music of "Hava Nagila" seemed to jump in unison with the glamorous array of a lengthy, but thrillingly entertaining fire- works show. It was the highly appropriate culmination to a most entertaining 10th annual Food, Fun & Fireworks event by Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. More than 600 men, women and chil- dren tasted the many goodies from about 35 restaurants and other food handlers (Bacco, Huerto, Stand Bistro, Mex, C.A.Y.A. Smokehouse, Bonefish, Prime 29, Zoe's, Leo's, etc.) ... Even Goin' Postal with discounted Forever Stamps (no taste to the stamps, but plenty from its kosher hot dogs). So much fun for the kiddies with rubber slides, basketball nets, etc. ... Wonderful music outdoors by Sunset Boulevard Band of five gents and two female vocalists ... Even dancing on the grass. Many kudos to chairperson Katie Brown and her fine 11-folk committee and almost 50 volunteers for a delightful evening. OLDIE BUT GOODIE DEPT. ... An Orthodox rabbi passes on and goes to Heaven. As he nears the gates, he hears a band of singing and dancing angels approach and gets excited. The lead angel asks the rabbi if he would mind stepping aside. Shocked, the rabbi does so. The band of angels encircle an Israeli bus driver who has approached the gate and carry him in ahead of the rabbi. When the parade is gone, an angel returns and leads the rabbi in alone. The rabbi, some- what confused, says, "I'm not one to make waves or anything, but I need to know some- thing. I've been a good rabbi. I've worked hard all my life. Why is it that the bus driver gets led in by a band of angels ahead of me?" The angel says, "Well, frankly, rabbi, whenever you preached, people slept. But whenever he drove, people prayed:' CONGRATS ... To Irving Hordes on his birthday ... To Richard "Rick" Messenger on his birthday. ❑ Danny's email address is dannyraskin®sbcglobaLnet. NOW OPEN! 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