Wach ler WOtate Buyers & Sellers of Diamonds, Jewelry & Fine Timepieces Call for a free evaluation 248 540 4500 1 62 North Old Woodward Ave, Birmingham, Ml $2.00 AUG. 20-26, 2015 / 5-11 ELUL 5775 theJEWISHNEWS.com A JEWISH RENAISSANCE MEDIA PUBLICATION » Counselor Arrested JCC Day Camps counselor, 21, faces federal charges for child pornography. See page 12. » Facebook And Depression Seeing others' success stories may make one feel left out. See page 26. DETROIT JEWISH NEWS » True Confessions Amy Schumer's rabbi talks of standup comedy's venerable history in Jewish life. See page 59. metro Journey For Justice Local rabbis heed the call to stand up for all people. Rabbis Mark Miller and Ariana Silverman Special to the Jewish News A scene from one of JET's productions of The Diary of Anne Frank, shown annually to local students. Rabbi Ariana Silverman of Detroit with Ama Birch, holding a Torah close to her heart for the first time on part of the march from Selma, Ala., to Washington, D.C. n the simmering blacktop of the "Selma Highway" in Montgomery, Ala., we hand the Torah to another marcher. She is not Jewish. She is a young, black woman from Chicago who has never held a Torah before. In 93-degree heat, she envel- ops it in her arms. "Wow:' she says, "it's not as heavy as I thought, but it is pressing right against my heart" tip CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 Change Of Foal% JET board decides to beef up its youth outreach programs. Ronelle Grier I Contributing Writer fter 27 seasons of professional theatri- cal productions geared toward Jewish audiences, the Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET) is heading in a new direction. The theater will present two main stage plays instead of the usual four and expand its youth outreach pro- grams to schools and other audiences in Detroit and other areas throughout Southeast Michigan. The new initiative will be led by JET Board of Directors President Jim August, who has come full circle after serving as the first JET presi- dent when the theater was established in 1989 by actress and founding artistic director Evelyn Orbach and a group of prominent theater and community leaders. The mission was to provide the community with professional theatrical pro- ductions that explored a wide range of issues through a Jewish lens. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 1942 - 2015 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Eve y Week » Back To School: • Donations help Akiva grow, page 16. • Hillel Day School renovations continue, page 22. • Reform, Conservative shuls combine schools, page 24.