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Jan. 21-27, 2016 | 11-17 Shevat 5776 | Vol. CXLVIII, No. 25

SHABBAT LIGHTS

Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 22, 5:15 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 23, 6:20 p.m.*

Tu b'Shevat: Monday, Jan. 25

Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 29, 5:24 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 16, 6:28 p.m.*

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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Comedians Elaine May and Mike Nichols ; he is the subject of an upcoming American
Masters documentary.

Around Town ............... 18
Arts & Life .................... 33
Calendar....................... 20
Editor’s Picks ............... 36
Family Focus ............... 23
Israel .................. 8, 10, 28
Life Cycles .................... 44
Marketplace ................ 46
Metro ............................ 12

Obituaries .................... 49
Real Estate ................... 26
Spirituality ................... 30
Sports ........................... 43
Spotlight ...................... 49
Synagogue List ........... 30
Torah Portion .............. 31
Viewpoints......................5
World ............................ 28

Columnists

Rochel Burstyn .............6
Annabel Cohen ........... 38
Debra Darvick ............ 23
Ben Falik .........................5
Ryan Fishman ............. 40
Elyse Foltyn ................ 22
Danny Raskin ............. 42

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Geometric designs make a big splash this
year in home decor.

OUR JN MISSION

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also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unit y and continuit y. We desire to create and maintain a challenging, caring, enjoyable work environment that encourages
creativit y and innovation. We acknowledge our role as a responsible, responsive member of the communit y. Being competitive, we must always strive to be the most respec ted,
outstanding Jewish communit y publication in the nation. Our rewards are informed, educated readers, ver y satisfied adver tisers, contented employees and profitable growth.

Quick Click … From the William Davidson Digital
Archive of Jewish Detroit History

Mike Smith
Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist

W

hile we at the Jewish News
Foundation do indeed
believe in developing
resources to be used in the future, my job
as archivist and historian is usually a mat-
ter of looking back. And to start the year,
I found a most interesting article from the
Jan. 5, 1990, issue of the JN: “Gazing into
the ’90s.”
It begins with Robert Aronson, vice
president of the Jewish Welfare Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit, who concluded
that Jewish life in Detroit will no longer be

a question of survival but a ques-
tion of quality: “I think the key
issue in the 1990s will be how to
help people lead creative Jewish
lives.”
The article addresses several
key issues for the Jewish com-
munity for the 1990s and beyond.
Education was a primary focus,
as well as an increased emphasis upon
supporting Jewish senior citizens, whom
the article notes are living longer lives due
to environment and advances in medicine.

One other key issue
was the resettlement
of 1,000 immigrants
from the former
Soviet Union. Indeed,
this was also a key
issue for Israel, who
accommodated hun-
dreds of thousands of
Russian immigrants
in the early 1990s.
Twenty-five years
later, there is still
a great emphasis
on education and
seniors, and helping
Jewish immigrants to Detroit.

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Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation
archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org.

OPA!

The Different Cultures, Different Foods
series presents the family stories of Mary
David, born in the Jewish community of
Salonika, Greece, which was eventually
devastated by the Nazis in World War II.
Participate in tasting favorite Greek
cuisine from 2:30-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
7, at Keter Torah Synagogue in West
Bloomfield. Orly Gal will provide a cook-
ing demonstration of Jewish Greek cui-
sine.
Cost is $10 per person. RSVP required
by Feb. 2. Pay with Paypal at www.jrefu-
gees1948.org, or make your check payable
to Keter Torah/jrefugees.
For details, call (248) 681-3665 or email
jrefugees1948@gmail.com.
In addition to Keter Torah Synagogue,
program co-sponsors are StandWithUs-
Michigan, Anti-Defamation League
Michigan Region, Greater Detroit Chapter
of Hadassah, Jewish Community Relations
Council and Zionist Organization of
America-MI Region.

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ANTISEMITISM SPEAKER
PROBES JIHADI ISLAMISM

The Zionist Organization of America-
Michigan Region will host Dr. Charles
Asher Small, a leading authority on
global anti-Semitism and other forms of
prejudice, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington
Hills.
On the topic of “What are today’s
most significant sources of human rights
abuses, hatred and violence?” he will
examine the impact of jihadi Islamism
and genocidal anti-Semitism from the
Middle East on Europe and America.
Human rights abuses have surged
worldwide in the 21st century. As Noble
Laureate Elie Wiesel stated, “I swore
never to be silent whenever and wher-
ever human beings endure suffering
and humiliation. We must take sides.
Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the
victim. Silence encourages the tormen-
tor, never the tormented.”
Small is the executive director of
the Institute for the Study of Global
Antisemitism and Policy and author of
a new five-volume book titled Global
Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity.
For details contact: kobi@mizoa.org
or (248) 661 6000.

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