DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com Chabad Attorney Comments On Supreme Court Motion ahorwitz@renmedia.us Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl®renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor kcohen@renmedia.us Lynne Konstantin Arts & Life Editor lkonstantin@renmedia.us David Sachs Senior Copy Editor dsachs®renmedia.us Deborah Schultz Corporate Creative Director dschultzirenmedia.us EDITORIAL Editorial Assistant Sy Manello smanello@renmedia.us Senior Columnist Danny Raskin dannyraskin®sbcglobal.net Contributing Editor Robert Sklar rsklar®renmedia.us Intern Zoe Schubot Contributing Writers Ruthan Brodsky Suzanne Chessler Annabel Cohen Don Cohen Shari S. Cohen Shelli Liebman Dorfman shellidorfman@aol.com Ryan Fishman Stacy Gittleman Ronelle Grier ronelleg®aol.com Esther Allweiss Ingber Harry Kirsbaum Barbara Lewis Rabbi Jason Miller Alan Muskovitz Allan Nahajewski Steve Stein stevestein502004@yahoo.com.com RED Tnnp Attorney Norman Ankers, who represents Chabad of Michigan in its lawsuit against the Sara and Morris Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center of West Bloomfield, spoke to the JN recently on his client's motion asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling dismissing the case. Chabad of Michigan had sought the deed to the Torah Center in civil court after seeking relief in rabbinical court, but the Oakland County Circuit Court ruled it wait- ed too long to file its suit under the statute of limitations. In its 6-0 decision, the state Supreme Court agreed with the Circuit Court, but did not mention Chabad of Michigan's argument that the First Amendment's freedom of reli- gion rights should have allowed it more time to file its lawsuit. "The idea that if a religious organiza- tion engages in the ecclesiastical dispute resolutions mechanism mandated by its faith it can be barred by civil law statutes of limitations is very troubling under the First Amendment' said Ankers of the Detroit- based law firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLC. "That's why we've asked the Supreme Court to take another look at its ruling with a specific focus on the impact of its ruling on First Amendment considerations:' Torah Center Attorney Todd Mendel of Barris Soft Denn & Driker PLLC in Detroit thought it was unlikely the state Supreme Court would reverse the unanimous ruling in favor of his client. He filed a responsive theJEWISHNEWS.com Contributing Editor Keri Guten Cohen kcohen@renmedia.us tittg*tof oVT JEWISH At 0ONDAT/04/ To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org IN brief on June 22, arguing that attorneys for Chabad of Michigan have shown no error nor new basis for the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision. Ankers said his team hasn't decided whether to seek an appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court if their motion is denied. "Right now, our focus is on seeking recon- sideration in the Michigan Supreme Court:' Ankers said. 'After it issues its decision one way or the other, we'll evaluate all of our options. "In the meantime, Chabad of Michigan continues to appeal to [Torah Center] Rabbi Silberberg and to the congregation to do the right thine Silberberg also said he appealed to Chabad of Michigan to end its litigation and not waste more money on attorney fees. 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Was it the adventures of Captain Tov or the Jewish Hero Corps? Well, "Open your mouth and say, Oy!" because it was the comic strip "Dayenu" by Henry Leonard that was America's most popular Jewish cartoon. In 1957, "Dayenu" first appeared in the Detroit Jewish News. It quickly became a weekly sensation and appeared in the JN into the early 1980s. The word dayenu, approximately defined as "it would have been enough" or "it would have been sufficient',' is often heard in a song for Passover. It seems to have been a fitting title for a comic strip. Week after week, Henry Leonard brought satirical humor to the JN's read- ers that continually lived up to the true Managing Editor Jackie Headapohl jheadapohl@renmedia.us June 25 • 2015 DETROIT JEWISH NEWS F. Kevin Browett Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor 6 frontlines DEPARTMENTS ".. That's nothing. Our tempi* cost TWO million dollars!" CopyrigAl, sss spirit of dayenu. "Henry Leonard:' by the way, is a pseudonym for two men: artist Leonard Pritikin drew the "Dayenu" cartoons, and Rabbi Henry Rabin was the idea man. Above is an example from 1958. ❑ Want to learn more? Go to the DIN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org General Offices: 248-354-6060 Advertising: 248-351-5107 Advertising Fax: 248-304-0049 Circulation: 248-351-5174 Classified Ads: 248-351-5116 Advertising Deadline: Monday, 2 p.m. Editorial Fax: 248-304-8885 Deadline: All public and social announcements must be typewritten and received by noon Tuesday, nine days prior to desired date of publication. Subscriptions: 1 year $85 2 years $153 3 years $204 1 year out-of-state $125 2 years out-of-state $225 Per year foreign $300 Detroit Jewish News 29200 Northwestern Highway Suite 110 Southfield, MI 48034 © 2015 Detroit Jewish News