DECEMBER 28 • 2023 | 17
Jewish Western
Michigan
University
hockey star,
Max Sasson,
signs with
the NHL’s
Vancouver
Canucks.
International
social media
phenomenon,
“#EndJewHatred,”
opens Michigan
chapter with
Adar Rubin as its
director.
The movie Barbie is a box office
blockbuster. The famous Barbie doll
was invented in 1959 by Jewish
co-owner of Mattel Toys, Ruth
Handler.
09-10
SEPTEMBER
60-Year
Reunion of
Mumford
High School
is held.
15
SEPTEMBER
The United Automobile Workers of
America headquartered in Detroit
begins a national strike against
Ford, General Motors and Stellantis
companies. The strike ends on Oct. 30.
Israel is officially
admitted as the 41st
nation in the U.S. Visa
Waiver Program. On
Nov. 30, Israelis will be
able to visit the U.S. for
up to 90 days without
a visa.
27
SEPTEMBER
The movie Golda is released. It focuses
on Golda Meir’s actions as prime
minister of Israel during the Yom Kippur
War in 1973.
B’nai Israel Synagogue
celebrates its 90th
anniversary.
06
SEPTEMBER
09
OCTOBER
More than 2,000 Israel
supporters attend an
evening of solidarity for
Israel at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield. Speakers
include Michigan Gov.
Gretchen Whitmer,
Michigan Sen. Gary Peters
and Jewish Federation of
Detroit CEO Steve Ingber.
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The Gilbert Family Foundation announces
that, in honor of Nick Gilbert, who died of
complications from Neurofibromatosis, it
will contribute $375 million for the creation
of the Nick Gilbert Neurofibromatosis
Research Institute in partnership with Henry
Ford Health and Michigan State University
Health Sciences.
ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS
Barbie is a box office blockbuster. The
ionic doll has Jewish roots.
SEPTEMBER
The Nick Gilbert
Neurofibromatosis
Research Institute
will be housed in the
Henry Ford Health
+ Michigan State
University’s new
research building to
be built on Henry
Ford Health’s east
campus.
Helen Mirren in Bleecker Street/ShivHans
Pictures’ Golda
SEAN GLEASON, COURTESY OF BLEECKER
STREET/SHIVHANS PICTURES
People show
their love for
Israel by making
heart signs with
their hands at
the Oct. 9 rally
at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek.
JOHN HARDWICK