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at home

sculptor Michael Kalish that has been 
placed in the lower garden. 
Frequent trips to Israel over the 
past 40 years have inspired the 
Shermans’
 keen interest in both 
Judaica and antiquities. For example, 
on the wall in the library, 17 wooden 
and glass shelves hold, among other 
things, a grouping of Canaanite 
bronze weapons presented to Jane’
s 
father by Moishe Dayan as well as a 
collection of ancient mezuzahs, sho-
fars and menorahs. And a spectacular 
Haggadah that includes serigraphs 
designed by Yaacov Agam, the Israeli 
sculptor and experimental artist best 
known for his contributions to opti-
cal and kinetic art, rests on a table 
nearby. Created in 1985, it is No. 3 of 
a limited edition of 180. 
Another fascinating object is the 
bronze “hidden clock” that sits on a 

glass ledge in the dining area. It is a 
replica of a type of clock made long 
ago to hold, yet hide within, every-
thing a family might need to cele-
brate Jewish holidays at a time when 
their observance was forbidden. It 
includes a Kiddush cup, candlesticks 
and Chanukah candles. “These types 
of clocks date back to the time that 
Jews were living in Spain,” Jane says. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ACTIVISM AND ISRAEL
Twenty years after listening to that 
U.N. vote for Israeli statehood with 
her father, after moving back to 
the Detroit area following a stint in 
Florida and at the end of the Six-Day 
War in Israel, Jane says she chose to 
become very involved locally, even-
tually serving as president of the 
Detroit Women’
s Department of the 
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan 

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: David Hockney’
s Amaryllis shares a 
wall with a signed Jasper Johns lithograph. A bedroom with a 
view. This bathroom features fun, powerful wallpaper. Antiquities 
from Israel line the shelves and are a passionate treasure for the 
Shermans. ABOVE: A mammoth, yet graceful bouquet of 
powder-coated sculptural flowers by Michael Kalish.

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