6 | JULY 14 • 2022 1942 - 2022 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News, 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334 MISSION STATEMENT The Detroit Jewish News will be of service to the Jewish community. The Detroit Jewish News will inform and educate the Jewish and general community to preserve, protect and sustain the Jewish people of greater Detroit and beyond, and the State of Israel. VISION STATEMENT The Detroit Jewish News will operate to appeal to the broadest segments of the greater Detroit Jewish community, reflecting the diverse views and interests of the Jewish community while advancing the morale and spirit of the community and advocating Jewish unity, identity and continuity. DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com Publisher The Detroit Jewish News Foundation | Board of Directors: Chair: Gary Torgow Vice President: David Kramer Secretary: Robin Axelrod Treasurer: Max Berlin Board members: Larry Jackier, Jeffrey Schlussel, Mark Zausmer Senior Advisor to the Board: Mark Davidoff Alene and Graham Landau Archivist Chair: Mike Smith Founding President & Publisher Emeritus: Arthur Horwitz Founding Publisher Philip Slomovitz, of blessed memory | Editorial DIrector of Editorial: Jackie Headapohl jheadapohl@thejewishnews.com Associate Editor: Rachel Sweet rsweet@thejewishnews.com Associate Editor: David Sachs dsachs@thejewishnews.com Social Media and Digital Producer: Nathan Vicar nvicar@thejewishnews.com Staff Reporter: Danny Schwartz dschwartz@thejewishnews.com Editorial Assistant: Sy Manello smanello@thejewishnews.com Contributing Writers: Nate Bloom, Rochel Burstyn, Suzanne Chessler, Annabel Cohen, Keri Guten Cohen, Shari S. Cohen, Shelli Liebman Dorfman, Louis Finkelman, Stacy Gittleman, Esther Allweiss Ingber, Barbara Lewis, Jennifer Lovy, Rabbi Jason Miller, Alan Muskovitz, Robin Schwartz, Mike Smith, Steve Stein, Julie Smith Yolles, Ashley Zlatopolsky | Advertising Sales Director of Advertising: Keith Farber kfarber@thejewishnews.com Senior Account Executive: Kathy Harvey-Mitton kmitton@thejewishnews.com | Business Office Director of Operations: Amy Gill agill@thejewishnews.com Operations Manager: Andrea Gusho agusho@thejewishnews.com Operations Assistant: Ashlee Szabo Circulation: Danielle Smith Billing Coordinator: Pamela Turner | Production By Farago & Associates Manager: Scott Drzewiecki Designers: Kaitlyn Iezzi, Kelly Kosek, Deborah Schultz, Michelle Sheridan PURELY COMMENTARY STRANGER from page 4 80 YEARS from page 4 publications like the Jewish News have a special responsibility. First, they chronicle that dance, celebrating and memorializing the community’s comings and goings along the way. But they also stand up for the lasting values that preserve, protect and sustain a people, while serving as forums where new ideas and diverse perspectives can be explored and debated for all to understand. Dive into the William Davidson Digital Archive of the Detroit Jewish News Foundation and one can see the enduring pride and resilience. And one can also read how once important, but peripheral ideas go mainstream — including founding publisher Philip Slomovitz’s early devotion to Zionism, Detroit’s support for Soviet refuseniks and the spread of pluralistic Jewish education. Often, communal challenges stem from discomfort with the unfamiliar and grow from an unwillingness to engage different views with curiosity and empathy. But take it from this once-outsider: that is not the story of Detroit or its Jewish community at its best. We don’t shy away from strangers; we welcome them. And for that and for you, I am grateful. Darin McKeever is president and CEO of the William Davidson Foundation. On page 11, readers find these words: “Forward together. Toward the Promised Land.” In foreshadowing of what was to come, with the real- ization of the unthinkable tragedy of the Holocaust, and then the dream of the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, these lines echo the words of Winston Churchill: There was a long and difficult journey ahead. Each week, a dedicated team produces your Detroit Jewish News with passion to fulfill the founding words of Mr. Slomovitz and the refreshed mission of today. We are grateful to our team for their dedication and commitment. Although much has changed in 80 years, so much still seems the same: a war-torn world searching for a spirit of brotherhood and an air of civility among all peoples. You have our commit- ment that the Detroit Jewish News will continue do its part to further this aspira- tion. Gary Torgow Chairman, Detroit Jewish News Foundation Mark Davidoff Senior Advisor to the Board