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…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 3 contents contents contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 OUR COMMUNITY 13 Battle-Tested, Board-Approved New Federation CEO Steve Ingber earned the job. 16 Under Attack Anti-Israel activists target local restaurateur. 18 Divisiveness on Campus MSU Student Government passes bill to condemn Israel’s role in conflict. 20 Better Together Adat Shalom teens pair up with older adults for intergenerational le...…
…4 | JUNE 3 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY editorial Thank You for Your “Community” Service A s is highlighted in our cover story (page 14), Steve Ingber is the newly appointed CEO of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. Now, that may seem like the often-reported “People on the Move” that we see in various publications regarding a job change or a promotion. However, this is no ordinary announcement. Having spent 12 years ...…
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…8 | JUNE 3 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY guest column Israel and the United Arab Emirates L ast this month, the newly appointed Emirati Ambassador to Israel, Mohamed al Khaja, met with leaders in Israel to create a task force aiming to collaborate on innovation, technology, entre- preneurship and driving economic growth between Israel and the UAE. The Emirati ambassador said there is “an ave- nue of opportuni- ties between the UAE ...…
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…12 | JUNE 3 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY IRON DOME from page 10 defense contractors to propose innovative systems to protect against aerial bombardment. Hamas in Gaza and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon had been launching crude, short-range rockets against Israel since the 1990s. Israel so far had been fortunate; they caused little damage and few casualties. More sophisticated and deadlier rockets, however, were su...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 13 OUR COMMUNITY F rom fall of 2019 to last month, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit was with- out an “official” CEO as Federation leaders conducted a national search. However, there was an “unofficial” captain at the helm, COO Steve Ingber, who navigated through the rough waters of the COVID pandemic to unify the response of Federation and other agencies to the needs of the Jewish community. Former Fe...…
…I love my new role as CEO. I think that’s what makes people successful. Enjoy what you’re doing. Are you excited when you get up and go to work? I am.” JOINING FEDERATION When Ingber applied for the job as COO at Federation five years ago, he didn’t have a lot of experience in the Jewish communal world. “I think that’s why it took them so long to hire me. I inter- viewed probably the better part of three months because I didn’t h...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 15 to combat COVID, Ingber went to federal, state and local funding sources and got funding from Oakland County, Michigan and United Way matching fund programs, resulting in an additional $3 million. “Steve also got all five of the day schools to get together and talk about their needs,” Bernard said. “We looked at needs for Jewish day schools all together, and no one got left behind. That was Steve’s idea.” Ing...…
…OUR COMMUNITY A fter several days of watching his social media newsfeeds fill up with antisemitic and anti-Israel posts after the lat- est round of conflict between Israel and Hamas, Detroit-area restaurateur Jeremy Sasson took a pro-Israel stand on Facebook. On Friday, May 14, he com- mented that Israel had the right to exist in peace. He also created a post with an Israeli flag captioned with the words “ Am Yisrael Chai — the ...…
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…A bill by Michigan State University’s student govern- ment, Associated Students of Michigan State University (ASMSU), has been brought forward to “condemn human rights violations inflicted upon citizens of Palestine.” The bill, introduced May 20 to ASMSU’s General Assembly legislative body, passed with a majority vote (17 for the bill, nine abstentions and four against). A Jewish MSU student who took issue with the bill after ...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 19 “WE RESPECT EVERY STUDENT’S RIGHT TO STAND UP FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND STAND UP FOR THEIR BELIEFS AND VALUES.” — JORDAN ROBINSON the Office of Cultural and Academic Transition (OCAT) to host quarterly events addressing human rights abuses in the respec- tive timeframe and truly stand with the voices of the oppressed.” JEWISH STUDENT RESPONSE The student who reached out to the JN and provided the text of the...…
…OUR COMMUNITY 20 | JUNE 3 • 2021 W hat do you get when you bring a class of students who have never known life without computers together with a group of older congregants who remember when color television was brand new? Two years into a four-year grant from the Better Together program, the Adat Shalom-Beth Achim Learning Community, under the direction of edu- cator Dr. Melissa Ser, is discovering the power of intergenerational l...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 21 L ike anything of importance to the care and development of toddlers, preplanning is not to be taken light- ly. Preplanning a preschool even more. So, with many requests, along with Mushky Glitsenstein’s strong desire to open a full- time early childhood education center, the Lamplighters preschool at the Royal Oak Chabad Center was born. Glitsenstein, the preschool’s executive director, envisioned a place that wou...…
…22 | JUNE 3 • 2021 A few weeks ago, we cel- ebrated Mother’s Day with flowers, family and fun. But one son is giving his mother the greatest gift: searching for a kidney donor to help save her life. Jonathan Mafrice, 45, of Los Angeles, grew up in Bloomfield Hills, where he and his family attended Temple Israel. He graduated from Michigan State University and, after working in advertising, started a com- pany that invented the fi...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 23 W hen Sandy Silver, a long- time store volunteer at Council Re|Sale (3297 W. 12 Mile Road, Berkley), saw the abundance of merchandise that needed organiz- ing in the Home Accessories room last November, she was up for the challenge. The store had been closed for several months earlier in the pandemic, and staff and volunteers were coping with new COVID-19 safety rules and a back- log of items to be sorted. “Before...…
…24 | JUNE 3 • 2021 H illel Day School and JARC are wrapping up another successful year of their outreach program, where Hillel seventh-grade students meet and connect with people JARC serves once a month. The program has been going strong for more than 30 years now, with the pandemic only serving as a slight detour from the norm. The program begins in December and runs through May every year, with Hillel students partnering wi...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 25 T he Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit is offering a new, cost-free way to sup- port an individual’s mental and emotional well-being. Thanks to the Ravitz Foundation, Federation is part- nering with the University of Michigan Depression Center to bring the Mood Lifters program to the Jewish community. Mood Lifters is composed of 15 one-hour weekly meetings, currently over Zoom, where peer leaders teach strategi...…
…26 | JUNE 3 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY J ews at home and abroad face an increased level of antisemitism online and in person in wake of the recent violence between Hamas and Israel. With the deluge of mis- information and vitriol being shared, it has been more com- mon for people to not share an opinion or fact about the situation for fear they will be verbally or physically attacked. A group of 20 Metro Detroit high schoolers have bee...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 27 SPORTS B eloved barnstorming Black basket- ball promoter Bobby Grund died in 1980 at age 76. Forty-one years later, his daughter, Patty Grund Ceresnie of Commerce Township, has written a book, Bobby Had Game, about her father’s life and times. Why write the book now? “My father’s story couldn’t be more timely with the calls for racial equality happening in our country, ” Grund Ceresnie said. “The book describes what...…
…28 | JUNE 3 • 2021 B eing involved with Hillel in college is an experi- ence that I have tremen- dous gratitude and pride in. It was crucial for me to be able to cultivate a space where I could reflect on what it means to be Jewish in the diaspora and how my Jewishness impacts other intersec- tions of my identity. Small-town Hillel engagement is import- ant because it offers a needed sense of community. Through Hillel, I have dis...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 29 W hat does lead- ership mean in a Jewish way? How is lead- ership affected by Jewish values? I had the opportunity to help answer these questions and more with the planning of Hillel of Metro Detroit’s newest ini- tiative, Leadership Lab. This four-part series was a virtual, interactive program to further train student lead- ers at Hillel of Metro Detroit. Along with Leah Berman, I helped plan this opportu...…
…30 | JUNE 3 • 2021 MAZEL TOV! Olivia Mira Goldstein (Mira Shayna) of Huntington Woods became a bat mitzvah May 22, 2021, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Participating in the ceremo- ny were her parents, Robin and Jonathan Goldstein, and proud grandparents Arna and Dr. Michael Goldstein of West Bloomfield, and Linda and Steven Friedlander of Pittsburgh, Pa. Her late grandfather David Schwartz was lovingly rememb...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 31 HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th. For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@thejewishnews.com or (248) 351-5147 for i...…
…SPIRIT W hether your background is Reform, Conservative or Orthodox, the term tikkun olam occupies a special place in Jewish practice. It is the teaching that we are here to try to fix, even per- fect, this imperfect world through a variety of posi- tive actions. But there seems to be quite a disparity as to what kinds of actions this refers to. Many Jews view tik- kun olam as having a very specific role, with social action being ...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 33 What’s In A Name? I magine the scene at the beginning of this week’s por- tion: 12 leaders in Israel are preparing for their 40-day trip to spy out the Holy Land. As they complete prepara- tions, Moses approaches the group and pulls aside the leader from the tribe of Ephraim. They have a brief, but important conver- sation; during those few moments, Moses changes this man’s name. Though the Ephraimite was given...…
…34 | JUNE 3 • 2021 Synagogue Directory CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Ahavas Israel Grand Rapids (616) 949-2840 ahavasisraelgr.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Beth Israel Flint (810) 732-6310 cbiflint.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com B’nai I...…
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…M ax Kresch, 25, an Oak Park native, is both an Akiva Hebrew Day School (Farber) and a Frankel Jewish Academy alumnus who was active in Bnei Akiva and NCSY in Michigan and now lives in Jerusalem. Q: What motivated you to make aliyah? MK: At Farber and FJA, it is the status quo to go to Israel for your gap year after high school, and many Farber and FJA graduates make ali- yah after that year and some after college. I came to y...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 37 WORLD O n his way home for a surprise visit to see family and friends, native Detroiter Danny Fenster, 37, managing editor for Frontier Myanmar, was detained May 24 at Yangon International Airport shortly before boarding a flight to Kuala Lumpur and is being held in prison. He is one of many journalists who has been detained, imprisoned or expelled from the country since a military coup took over the governm...…
…38 | JUNE 3 • 2021 COURTESY OF JESSICA HAUSER ARTS&LIFE ART B y day, Jessica Hauser is a dynamic nonprofit leader doing everything in her power to ensure Detroit students have the tools they need to succeed. As executive direc- tor of the Downtown Boxing Gym, her days are filled with nonstop Zoom meetings and tackling significant concerns like funding, staffing and getting emergency food to families as well as overseeing the fr...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 39 her dad, Hauser started painting doodles again as a way to relax and de-stress during the height of the pandemic. Today, her home art studio is filled with col- orful canvases including dozens of finished paintings and many works in progress. Her process always begins by painting the background first and drawing free-form swirls and designs on top of it. As she decorates the designs and fills them in, each pai...…
…A late grandfather’s Holocaust memo- ries inspired choices for an upcom- ing digital concert featuring violinist Arnaud Sussmann accompanied by pianist Michael Brown. The two will perform endur- ing music of five composers who also experi- enced Holocaust atrocities. “ A Violin Tribute to the Holocaust” features pieces by Erwin Schulhoff, Robert Dauber, Pavel Haas, Samuel Adler and Mieczyslaw Weinberg starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 8....…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 41 B ased on the award-win- ning and bestselling Israeli novel The Jewish Dog by Asher Kravitz, Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog recounts the history of the grad- ual eradication of Jewish life in Nazi Germany in the 1930s, as told through the bond between a boy and his German shepherd. The 94-minute film, which opened May 28 at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Township, has a slow build, introducing viewers to t...…
…42 | JUNE 3 • 2021 ANIMATED CHOICES; KENNEDY CENTER HONORS Housebroken is a charming animated series about a varied group of neighborhood pets who meet frequently to discuss their problems. Lisa Kudrow, 57, voices Honey, a standard poodle who was forced into a “marriage” by humans to Chief, a sloppy St. Bernard (voiced by Nat Faxon, 45. His mother is Jewish). Fun note: There is an animal character named Tchotchke. (Began on May...…
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…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 45 BUSINESS S outhfield resident Moshe Newman began his entrepreneurial life when he was less than 10 years old. Newman had his first business then, selling flowers door-to-door in honor of the weekend’s upcoming Shabbat. Not too long afterward, his great-grandfather passed away and left him and his siblings an inheritance. Newman invested his inheritance into a family member’s business. As a kid, he was told...…
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…LEONARD ABRAMS, 77, of Novi, died May 26, 2021. He is survived by his daughter, Diane “Dee Dee” Charette; sons and daughters-in-law, Daniel “Danny” and Jennifer Abrams, and David and Adrianne Abrams; grandchildren, Lola Abrams, Jonah Abrams, Talia Abrams, Noah Abrams, Haley Charette and Jeremy Charette. Mr. Abrams was the beloved husband for 53 years of the late Julia Ellen Abrams. Interment was at B’nai Israel Memorial Garden...…
…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 49 continued on page 50 She was preceded in death by her father, Charles Factor. Interment was at Paradise Memorial Park in Scottsdale. Memorial contributions may be made in Lori’s name to the Arizona Humane Society. azhumane.org LOIS LEDGER, 83, of West Bloomfield, died May 25, 2021. In her earlier years, Lois worked with children as a nanny and school monitor. When she eventually moved into Hechtman, she was ...…
…50 | JUNE 3 • 2021 continued from page 49 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY continued on page 52 SARAH “SALLY” MANDEL of Southfield, died peaceful- ly on April 23, 2021, at the home of her son, Harleigh Mandel, in California, where she had been living for the past 11 years. She and her late hus- band, Dr. Leslie Mandel, a rheumatologist, gave of themselves to their family, community and provided their children with a loving warm home...…
