24 July 4 • 2019
jn

jews d
in 
the

Rosenblatt Departing Jewish Week Post;
Previously Served as Jewish News Editor

(JTA) — Gary 
Rosenblatt, the edi-
tor and publisher of 
the New York Jewish 
Week, is stepping down 
in September. From 
1984 through 1993, 
Rosenblatt had served 
as the editor of the 
Detroit Jewish News.
A new editor is 
expected to be named 
in the coming weeks, 
according to the newspaper. Rich 
Waloff, the associate publisher and 
chief revenue officer for the past 25 
years, will become publisher. 
Rosenblatt began at the Jewish Week 
as assistant editor from 1972 to 1974, 
when he was named editor of the 
Baltimore Jewish Times. He remained 
there for nearly 20 years before taking 
his current positions in 1993.
During his tenure with the Jewish 
Times, Rosenblatt joined with its pub-
lisher, Charles Buerger, in 1984 to pur-

chase the Jewish News from 
Philip Slomovitz. Through 
1993, Rosenblatt served as 
editor of both the Jewish 
Times and the Jewish News. 
“Gary is a talented, 
thoughtful, communi-
ty-minded leader whose 
integrity, fairness, modesty 
and humor sets a continu-
ing example for the entire 
field of Jewish journalism,” 
said Jewish News publish-
er and editor Arthur Horwitz, who 
worked closely with Rosenblatt from 
1986 through 1993. “Gary energized 
and elevated the editorial content of 
the Jewish News through his own writ-
ing and ability to recruit and retain 
top-notch talent.”
Rosenblatt, 72, will continue to 
write occasionally for the Jewish Week 
and remain involved in several of its 
educational projects, according to the 
newspaper.

— JN staff contributed to this report

 Gary Rosenblatt

TWITTER

This July, Chabad Jewish Center 
of Bloomfield Hills will present 
“Paradigm Shift: Transformational Life 
Teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe,” 
a new six-session course by the Rohr 
Jewish Learning Institute. The course 
will offer a radically new and different 
perspective on life, by exploring the 
philosophy and outlook of the Rebbe, 
Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson — 
the visionary religious leader who 
established Chabad’
s global network of 
educational, social and religious insti-
tutions to revive the post-Holocaust 
Jewish landscape.
“We all want to live up to our 
inherent design, to make the best 
of the unique set of skills and cir-
cumstances that we were given,” said 
Rabbi Levi Dubov, director of Chabad 
Jewish Center of Bloomfield Hills and 
instructor of the course. “Paradigm 

Shift is the first step. It’
s about visual-
izing what is possible and seeing how 
you can make it a reality. The Rebbe 
guided individuals to see the potential 
and inherent goodness in themselves, 
in others, and in every circumstance of 
their lives, and we hope to give partici-
pants a taste of this in the course.”
The course will be offered in com-
memoration of the 25th anniversary of 
the Rebbe’
s passing.
The course will be offered with 
two options: six Wednesday evenings 
beginning July 17, 7:30-9 p.m. and six 
Thursday mornings beginning July 18, 
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The classes will 
be held at Chabad Jewish Center of 
Bloomfield Hills, 3805 Quarton Road 
in Bloomfield Hills.
Register at bloomfieldhillschabad.
org/paradigm or contact Rabbi Dubov 
at (248) 949-6210. 

COURTESY OF HILLEL OF METRO DETROIT

Emily Rosberg Earns First Driker Award

At the June 12 Hillel of Metro 
Detroit Board of Governors meeting, 
Emily Rosberg of Detroit, a recent 
Wayne State University graduate who 
majored in community health educa-
tion and nutrition, received the first 
annual Elaine C. Driker Award for 
$1,000, which acknowledges a Hillel 
of Metro Detroit student who has 
demonstrated a commitment to 
Jewish life in Detroit. Watch for her 
essay in an upcoming jewish@edu 
section. 
Emily Rosberg with Elaine and Eugene Driker 

Six-week Course Celebrates the Rebbe

Detroit Partnership City Changes Name
To Avoid Confusion with Jesus’
 Hometown

(JTA) — The northern Israeli city of 
Nazareth Illit officially changed its name 
to avoid confusion with the traditional 
childhood home of Jesus.
Israel’
s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri 
signed off on the name change last week 
after a three-month process.
The new name of the 62-year-old city 
is Nof HaGalil, or View of the Galilee.
A public committee of 21 people of all 
ages, both Jews and Arabs, chose from 
among almost 200 submissions. The new 

name was first approved by the commit-
tee and then the prime minister’
s office. 
The seal of approval from the interior 
ministry was the final step.
Nazareth, traditionally considered 
Jesus’
 hometown, is the largest Arab city 
in Israel. Nazareth Illit, now Nof HaGalil, 
is made up mostly of Jewish residents 
and, along with the Jezreel Valley and 
Migdal HaEmek, are the key cities/
region that comprise Detroit’
s 25-year 
Partnership2Gether collaboration.

Adat Shalom Awards Scholarships

Allison Bloomberg of Farmington Hills is the 
2019 recipient of the Jay Yoskowitz (z”l) Israel 
Scholarship. This scholarship was created in mem-
ory of Rabbi Emeritus Herbert Yoskowitz’
s brother 
and is presented by Adat Shalom Synagogue annu-
ally. Allison shared that while in Israel, she will 
participate in various workshops and tiyulim (trips) 
with the Nachshon Project and take courses at the 
Hebrew University in Jerusalem. 
Shayna Lopatin of Huntington Woods is the 2019 Adat Shalom Synagogue 
recipient of the Harry (z”l) & Sarah (z”l) Laker Memorial Scholarship. Shayna 
will use this gift toward a year of study in Israel.

Allison

Bloomberg

Shayna

Lopatin

Survey Finds Nearly 20% of Americans OK 
With Small Businesses Refusing to Serve Jews

 (JTA) — Nineteen percent of Americans 
think small business owners should be 
allowed to refuse service to Jews if doing 
so would violate their religious beliefs, a 
new poll shows.
That is an increase from 2014, when 
12 percent of respondents agreed with 
the statement, according to survey 
results published last week by the Public 
Religion Research Institute.
The survey found increased support 
for business owners to refuse service to 
other groups as well, including gays and 
lesbians, transgender people, atheists, 
Muslims and African Americans.
The proportion of Americans who 
think small businesses should be able 

to refuse service to gays and lesbians 
was the highest among all the minority 
groups, at 30 percent. The other groups 
ranged from 15 percent for African 
Americans to 29 percent for transgender 
people.
A significantly higher proportion of 
Republicans approved of service refusals 
in all categories than Democrats did. 
Twenty-four percent of Republicans 
thought small business owners should be 
allowed to refuse service to Jews based 
on religious grounds. That number was 
17 percent for Democrats.
PRRI surveyed 1,100 adults via phone 
with a margin of error of plus or minus 
3.5 percent.

