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… Remembrance 20 A monument now marks a mass grave of Ukrainian Jews murdered during the Holocaust. Handwriting Analysis 24 Local expert with longtime graphology experience shares his knowledge. A Promise To…
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… program he thought were Jewish. He wanted to prove other Jews had survived. Otto died before I was born. When I began studying at the University of Michigan in 2017, I knew only a few other facts about…
… his life. I knew that he and his wife, Yvonne, managed to obtain two of the few emergency visas granted by the United States to Jews in 1941. I knew that she gave birth to my great-uncle Bob on the…
… [who] had spoken out against the Nazi government. ” As an investigative report- er for U-M’s student newspaper, The Michigan Daily, I felt a connection in that moment that extended beyond my genes. I…
… announced a SAMMY SUSSMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER IN THE JEWS D ON THE COVER Mightier than the Sword Thicker than Water, U-M student’s research reveals his ancestor’s courageous journalistic legacy in…
… Nazi- dominated Europe. obtain two of the few emergency visas granted by the United States to Jews in 1941. I knew that she gave birth to my great-uncle Bob on the boat ride to the United States…
… unaffiliated Jews who have homes in northern Michigan. TBI is a Kulano (all of us) synagogue, with the Anti-Defamation League pro- viding its programming. TBI partici- pates in community outreach, includ…
…- ing visiting seventh-graders in the local middle school every year — talking about Judaism and the culture of Judaism to let kids and families know there are Jews in that part of the state. “I…
… enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. 18 14 34 VIEWS 6-13 IN THED JEWS 14 Chanukah, Safely Some Detroit traditions move forward, but others are shelved. CAMP GUIDE…
… state down the line. ARTS 34 The ‘Beyoncé of Israel’ Shiri Maimon to guest at Temple Israel’s Lake Concert. 35 Celebrity Jews ONLINE EVENTS 36 ETC. The Exchange 37 Soul 38 Raskin 45 Looking…
… enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. Views 6-12 14 Last Aliyah at Iron Mountain As tiny Jewish community dwindles, historic U.P. shul finally shuts its doors…
… authors. 32 Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival 34 Celebrity Jews ON THE GO 36 Online Events ETC. The Exchange 37 Soul 39 Raskin 45 Looking Back 46 Shabbat Lights Shabbat Starts: Friday, Nov. 27, 4…
…, ISSUE 17 IN THED JEWS 20 26 45 We have amazing young talent in Metro Detroit’s Jewish Community - it’s time to recognize and celebrate it! To see winners from the past four years (so as to avoid…
… enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. VIEWS 6-15 IN THED JEWS 16 Jewish Detroit Election Reactions Biden’s supporters optimistic; opponents holding steadfast. 18…
… revival of the Black- Jewish partnership for civil rights. 44 Celebrity Jews ON THE GO 46 ETC. The Exchange 47 Soul 49 Raskin 53 Looking Back 54 27 34 20 46 Shabbat Lights Shabbat starts…
… enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. VIEWS 6-14 IN THED JEWS 16 State Hillel Groups Promoting Voting on Campus 17 Leadership Changes at Tamarack 18 Berman…
… Ariel Fisher put a Jewish lens on horror films. 29 Presidential Art Local collection of political cartoons goes on display virtually. 31 Celebrity Jews ON THE GO 32 HEALTH 33 Jewish…
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… Discussion Meet singer Alexandra Silber in upcoming SOAR program. 33 Sex & Judaism Dr. Ruth tackles how the Jewish tradition approaches sexuality. 35 Celebrity Jews 22 20 33 28 Shabbat…
… quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. Views 5-10 Jews in the D Quarantine’ s Best Friends 12 Detroit Dog Rescue responds to needs of furry friends during COVID. Will There Be Camp…
… popularity the last few years and provide an escape to another setting for those stuck at home. Celebrity Jews 30 Nosh Dietary-Inclusive Delights 31 Gluten-free and vegan dessert requests for celebrations…
… refused. With refusal came a series of discriminato- ry and even legal threats, leav- ing Jews who stepped forward wishing to leave marked as traitors or worse. Because in 1979 there had been a…
… relatively large number of Jews given permission to leave (yes, they couldn’t just buy a ticket and go, they actually needed permission from the state), a larger number of Jews applied to leave, hopeful…
… supporters of Israel and shares experiences of living as an Orthodox Jew in Israel, writing for many Christian websites, and as the host of the Inspiration from Zion pod- cast. He can be reached at…
… were incorrect. Rep. Steckloff attended Purdue University, not Michigan State University. She worked at Hillel at the University of Kansas and the Hillel at the University of Michigan. Her mother…
… accepted, ” he said. According to Deborah Dash Moore, a Judaic Studies professor at the University of Michigan and a member of Ann Arbor’ s Jewish community, anti-Semitism at its core assumes Jews are…
… front yards that say, ‘ No Place For Hate. ’ And then once I moved here, I immediately saw that, you know, Ann Arbor is no place for hate — unless you’ re a Jew. And that seems to be widely…
… in positions of power, even when they aren’ t. “To see that Jews can be vul- nerable despite holding positions of power is a kind of oxymoron” to some people, she said. Much of the conversation…
…, one for Palestinians and one for Israelis? You can. ” During Michigan’ s shelter-in- place ruling, Caine has moved Beth Israel services online. But the protests continue, their already small…
… commonly used as code for Jews on alt-right and neo-Nazi forums. HOW MUCH LONGER? That cold day in February, Mark says he’ s not sure how much lon- ger the protests will go on. “I’ m the young gun, right…
… Susselman and the plain- tiffs, though, the suit is about standing up for themselves. “It is unacceptable for Jews to tolerate being harassed and insulted with respect to their religion and their support…
… for the State of Israel as they approach their place of worship, ” he said. “No religious segment of our society would tolerate such dis- paragement in proximity to their place of worship, and Jews…
… himself, and it’ s difficult to get new people to join. When asked why, Mark says, “Jewish power, absolutely. ” Jews in the D “We love our country, and we love the Palestinians. We hate what Jews…
… are doing in the Jewish state … but we don’t hate [Jews].” — HENRY HERSKOVITZ continued from page 13 …
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… Purim, Passover and Chanukah to plan our response. Thankfully, unlike most other eras of antisemitism, Jew-hatred in America is not state-sponsored. There are brave leaders in our federal, state…
… American dream are taking to social media and synagogue parking lots to spew their Jew- hatred. Indeed, in a milieu of meritocracy (even an imperfect one like ours), a small tribe that holds the values…
…-sum game, reacts to Jewish achievement by naively claiming Jews possess “too much” power and, mistakenly, that a Jewish cabal works actively to prevent others from similarly succeeding in America. In…
… this way, today’s antisemitism most resembles the Jew-hatred experienced by our ancestors in the days of Passover and Purim, when Egyptians and Persians felt threatened by Jewish success. Taking…
… our cue, then, from Queen Esther who approached King Achashverosh, Jews immersed in American culture must ask support from our non-Jewish friends and family members, as well as gentile faith…
… leaders, business colleagues and government leaders, to condemn publicly and forcefully antisemitism in all its forms. Similarly, by the way, we Jews are obligated to condemn publicly and loudly…
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… statements and acts around the globe, the rise in these statements and acts in recent years has been alarming. And as Evelyn Markus, a Dutch Jew and the daughter of Holocaust survi- vors, discusses in…
… interviewing both Jews and non-Jews about the antisemitism they or oth- ers currently face, their antise- mitic experiences in the past, and the first time they learned about the Holocaust. That show has…
… non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism that many organizations are adopting: “ Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews…
… reason our podcast is important is the same as the reason this definition is important: To make people aware of what antisemitism is. For example, when someone says in front of you that Jews only…
… concern. Starr: I’ll shift gears a little bit. You are on the board now of the University of Michigan Hillel. What is the experience like today for Jewish college kids? And how do you see that…
… impacting the Jewish future? Cosgrove: Not only am I a graduate of the University of Michigan, I have a daughter at U-M and another daughter on her way. So, I can look from both vantage points. I…
… tell every Jew in America one thing, what would it be? Cosgrove: Do a mitzvah. When I say mitzvah, I mean an act of positive Jewish iden- tification. It might be lighting Shabbat candles. It might…
… be ordering from one side of the menu, as opposed to the other side. It might be putting on tefillin in the morning. It might be any number of acts that differentiate you as a Jew. It’s Jewish…
… mitzvahs we need to do. I think this goes to the heart of it. We actually have a toolbox bequeathed to us through the generations by which Jews form community. And we come together at Shabbat tables…
… enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. VIEWS 6-14 16 2020 Election Results 16 Ex-Detroiter Wins U.S. House Seat Kathy Manning, former national Federation chair, will…
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… enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. Views 5-13 Jews in the D Fundraising During a Pandemic 14 Nonprofit organizations scramble to raise emergency funds, replace canceled…
…&Life The Art of a Handwritten Note 34 Artistic notecards keep people connected and fight COVID-19. Virtual Kaddish 35 San Francisco opera musicians join forces to offer online music. Celebrity Jews 36…
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… — the only pre-war synagogue in the city to survive the war — which was used as a stable by the Nazis. “ As we toured this synagogue and touched the very bricks where Jews lived and prayed for hun…
… looked down at my feet and there were sewer grates, where Jews hid below from the Nazis. Now people just walk past them without giving it much thought. There were no signs or any markers explaining…
…, ” and 48 percent could not name a concentration camp. Beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year, Michigan mandated that public school students beginning in the eighth grade in their social studies…
… the Jews. “Most of my kids have heard of the Holocaust, ” Sepetys said. “What surprises them most is the history of antisemitism in Europe, the amount of propaganda and how much effort went into…
… scapegoating the Jews to a point that genocide was committed against them. It’s important for them to have that backstory. ” West Bloomfield High teacher tours Poland as an Auschwitz Legacy Fellow…
… worth of a Black family. WHAT CAN WE DO? As compassionate human beings and as Jews who are obligated to care for our own people (which includes Jews of color), we must try to remedy the causes of…
… there is so much on which most of us agree, there appears to be a border that we Jews choose not to cross in terms of ending racial inequality. While Jews have long supported affirmative action in…
…, one might support more people of color attending the University of Michigan. However, one might object if allowing more people of color to attend the University means that his or her own child…
… our own day the German government gave reparations to Holocaust survi- vors. On the other hand, today’s African American community is generations removed from slavery and, for many Jews, our…
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… youngest of 11 children of an Iraqi- Jewish merchant importing goods from India, Japan and Manchester. Iraqi Jews were not generally Zionist, but until the rise of pro-Nazi feeling in the 1930s, there…
… Christians, what will they do to Jews?” He moved the rest of his family to Israel. A founder of kibbutz Ma’agan Michael, Shlomo Hillel married Temima, who came as a refugee from Europe on the Patria. He…
… Israel Prize in 1988. But he was always modest about his achievements. AIDING ETHIOPIAN JEWS Later Shlomo Hillel was involved in the mass emigra- tion of Jews from Ethiopia. The wheel came full circle…
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…22 | OCTOBER 20 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY J eannie Weiner, as pres- ident of the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan (JHSM), oversees the organization that keeps track of individual and group…
… achievements in the commu- nity and lets the public know about what has been discov- ered. Weiner, who has been active in other Jewish organizations and endeavors, including helping Soviet Jews become…
… established in Michigan, has spoken many times about the achievements of Jewish women and will do so again in a Zoom presentation for the Eleanor Roosevelt Chapter of Hadassah. The session begins at 7 p…
….m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. “Michigan Jewish Women Who Made a Difference,” the title of her talk and the title of a JHSM website with relevant information, will include the history of women who are known…
… so everything is in perspective,” said Weiner, who was asked to include members of Hadassah. “The first Jewish woman is Sarah Cozens, a German Jew who first came with her family to New York and…
…. Historically, she’s important to mention if you’re talking about Jewish women who made a difference in Michigan.” Weiner will have pictures to show as she provides enhance- ments for the information she…
… discusses. “From there, I will talk about Dora Erhlich, an early graduate of the University of Michigan in 1902,” Weiner said about the woman who became a regional director of Hadassah and had national…
… Michigan Women Who Made a Difference and was organized by Aimee Ergas. She put together women in many aspects of society, cul- ture, art and various other fields of attainment with dif- ferent kinds of…
…. It takes a tremendous amount of time,” she said. Before press time, Weiner said she had nine women to discuss and is planning on Jeannie Weiner of the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan to…
… present Zoom program for Hadassah. Impactful Michigan Jewish Women SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER ELAYNE GROSS Jeannie Weiner Sarah Cozens Judy Cantor …
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… government and Jews in general. Liss is a member of Temple Israel and belonged to BBYO Michigan Region. In the fall, he will attend the University of Michigan where he plans to continue his work in the…
…26 | SEPTEMBER 16 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY A cross Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, antisemitism is no stranger to American Jews. Jonah Liss, 18, a recent grad- uate of International…
… Academy in Bloomfield Township, while scrolling through Twitter, unfortu- nately saw messages such as “I wish Hitler was still alive, ” “Kill the Jews” and other hate directed at Jews. He then felt…
… language on Twitter. ” Liss pulled 100,000 tweets containing the words Israel, Israeli government, IDF, Jew, Jewish people and Judaism to see the relationship in rhetoric between the two groups. “What…
… very negative tweets about Israel outnumbered positive and very positive ones by about 23,000 to 21,000, and negative tweets about Jews out- numbered the positive by about 26,000 to 17,000. Liss…
… hatred? With all respect to Chief Judge Sutton’s legal acumen, there are solid reasons in fed- eral and Michigan law to sus- tain the Jewish worshippers’ claim that gatherings and placards designed to…
… law gave the con- gregants only until Sept. 29, when Jews around the world will be celebrating Simchat Torah, to file a request with the Sixth Circuit to have the appeal considered anew by the…
… that he took the weekend off, and he reported, “The hotel mainly filled with Jews, and we are a little surprised to see so many of them still prospering and apparently unafraid. I think they are…
… unduly optimistic.” How right he was. Less than five months later, the Nazis formally codified Jew- hatred with the Nuremberg Laws, which deprived Germany’s Jews of citizenship and all basic human…
… his wife, Estie, directs the Chabad Jewish Center of Commerce, Michigan, has two siblings running Chabad centers in the Shanghai region of China — about 500 miles from Wuhan, the epicenter of the…
… rabbi in mainland China. Today, together with Avraham’ s Pudong cen- ter and a third Chabad outpost in Shanghai, they serve the 2,000 Jews who live scattered throughout the metropolis of nearly 28 mil…
… classes, kosher meals and holiday programming. In recent weeks, the rabbis helped their community members obtain subsidies for plane tickets home, and now 95% of the Jews in Shanghai have left. “Only…
… about 35 or 40 of them remain, so when Shabbat comes and 10 Jewish people come to Shalom’ s for dinner, these people find other Jews, ” Avraham told the JN. “For them to know Chabad is still here and…
… fund to aid the coun- try’ s Jewish communities. Four rabbis remain in China; the others continue fundraising efforts from other countries. 12 | FEBRUARY 13 • 2020 Jews in the D Local Chabad rabbi…
…42 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 Arts&Life celebrity jews NEW TV/STREAMING Outmatched, a Fox sit-com, starts on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 8:30 p.m. It’ s about a blue-collar couple (Jason Biggs and Maggie…
… Lawson) who live in Atlantic City, N.J. They are trying to raise four kids — three of whom are certi- fied geniuses. Biggs, a real Jersey native, often proudly calls himself the “Jewiest-looking non-Jew…
… Death of Hannah Senesh, Hava Nagila: The Movie and Above and Beyond (about Jewish American volunteer pilots who flew in the Israeli War of Independence). JEWS ON ICE You may be surprised to learn…
… 11 Jews are now playing in the National Hockey League (accord- ing to Jewish Sports Review magazine). Quinn Hughes, 20, has been named a 2020 All-Star and will play in this year’ s NHL all…
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… that 83% of Orthodox Ameicans, and fully 95% of the Haredi, support Trump. The overwhelming majority of Israel’ s Jews fled there escaping persecution elsewhere, primarily in the Arab world. They…
… legal advocate, described the present-day court as the best for religious liberties seen in his lifetime, even before the nomination of Judge Amy Barrett. Observant Jews endorse policies that build…
… of this essay was first published in Newsweek and is endorsed by the Michigan Jewish Action Council. Rabbi Yaakov Menken LEFT BEHIND from page 12 proudly wishes, and promises, to elimi- nate…
… price of discrimination and bigotry; the same discrimination and bigotry still heard in the Charlottesville chants of “Jews will not replace us” just over three years ago. Thus, I know I cannot turn…
…. The Torah teaches us, “kol yisrael arevim zeh la’ zeh” — all of Israel are responsible for one another. Or, perhaps put another way, no Jew is ever alone. Annie Jacobson is an intersectional…
… scandals that have hurt their reputations. From sexual assault and blatant racism at Michigan State University to cheating scandals at Georgetown and Stanford, universi- ties are under the…
…- sons for this, the major one being ignorance or a lack of knowledge of the history of anti-Semitism. Hatred toward Jews on campuses is often expressed in a non-obvi- ous way, such as a political con…
… one or more classic anti-Semitic canards, such as that Jews control the media; Jews are more loyal to Israel than the U.S.; and Jews talk about the Holocaust too much. In Europe, the situation is…
… dire as well. In a 2018 CNN poll of Europeans, over a third said that Jews use the Holocaust to advance their own positions or goals. The rapid rise of anti-Semitism in the last several years has…
… neg- atively impacted Jewish students on college campuses and should not be a political issue. The threats Jews face from far-right and far-left forces are significant, and both must be actively…
… American politics and that Jews stole all the land in the Middle East from Arabs to create the state of Israel. The recent rise of anti-Semi- tism has led to Jewish students feeling attacked and alone…
… on U.S. college campuses. Students, faculty and staff have not received adequate training for addressing anti-Semitism, resulting in Jews being forced to stand up for themselves. To make Jewish…
… guiding Jewish children in and out of ghetto gates, taking food into hiding spaces, removing waste so that the Nazis would not notice additional waste for a fam- ily that was hiding Jews, exchang- ing…
… first Jew in Michigan, Ezekiel Solomon, another fur trader, arrived at Fort Michilimackinac, now Mackinaw City, Michigan. Beginning in 1916, “Windsor” is men- tioned on 14,100 pages of the Archive…
…, are mentioned on more than 2,000 pages in the Archive. Jewish communities in both Windsor and Detroit have long histories. The first Jew to settle in Sandwich was Moses David in 1790 (Sandwich was…
… one of several villag- es incorporated into the city of Windsor in 1935). Chapman Abraham, a fur trad- er from Montreal, was the first recorded Jew in Detroit in 1762. This was one year after the…
…). The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan has sponsored tours of Jewish sites in Windsor (Aug. 1, 2013). Jewish Detroit has a historic, intimate relationship with Windsor. It’s been a love affair…
… enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. Views 6-10 12 The Right to Read Seven Detroit students and a Jewish attorney with Michigan roots sued the state for…
…’ mobilizes Michigan voters. 18 Alumni Step Up The Friends of Pasteur School help needy families during the pandemic. 20 A Bar Mitzvah Like No Other A very socially distant bar mitzvah…
… Community Directory 26 Listings Technology 31 Jews in the Digital Age: New App Enhances Prayer During Pandemic ARTS&LIFE 32 Andrew’s Top Movie Picks of 2020 34 Suicide Hotline Inspires…
… Play Ann Arbor native wins national writing competition. 35 Danny Raskin’s 2020 Recap 36 Celebrity Jews Online Events 37 Etc. The Exchange 38 Soul 40 Looking Back 46 18 32 20…
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… of Greater Ann Arbor • Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus • National Council of Jewish Women — Michigan Some Jews have disavowed the Black Lives Matter movement for ties between its leaders…
… currently over $10,000 a month. As an arcade, Marvelous Marvin’ s cannot reopen until Michigan moves into Phase 5 of coronavirus containment. In an interview with the Jewish News last month, Yagoda…
….gofundme.com/f/ marvins-marvelous-mechani- cal-museum?utm_source=face- book. Jeremy Yagoda (left) and his father Marvin stand in the arcade. JEREMY YAGODA Michigan Jewish Groups Sign Ad in Support of Black Lives…
… Matter MAYA GOLDMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER The New York Times ad calls the BLM movement “our best chance at equity and justice.” M ore than 600 Jewish organizations — including at least 12 Michigan…
… from the govern- ment and law enforcement. We know that freedom and safety for any of us depends on the freedom and safety of all of us, ” the mes- sage reads. The Michigan groups that signed onto…
… the ad include: • Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Greater Ann Arbor • Beth Israel Congregation (Ann Arbor, MI) • Detroit Jews for Justice • Habonim Dror Camp Tavor • Hebrew Day School of Ann…
… Arbor • Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue • JCRC/AJC of Detroit • Jewish Communal Leadership Program, University of Michigan • Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor • Jewish Federation…
… against American Jews since ADL started tracking the data in 1979. Other incidents of hate are also on the rise in the state of Michigan, with the ADL receiving more than 170 reports of hateful…
…MAY 6 • 2021 | 25 T he 2020 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents issued April 27 by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) shows cases of antisemitism in the state of Michigan rose by 21% in 2020, which…
… total. The 51 incidents place Michigan at eighth-most in the country. Michigan Regional Director Carolyn Normandin said the rise in antisemitism in Michigan is discouraging. “This is the second year…
…, harassment and vandalism. Of the total incidents reported in 2020, there were 44 harassment incidents and seven vandalism incidents. There were no antisemitic assaults reported to the Michigan office in…
… incidents during 2020, an increase of more than 40% from the previous year. Last year was dramatically impacted by the COVID- 19 pandemic, which led in some cases to Jews and other marginalized…
… videoconferences. In 2020, ADL recorded 12 incidents of antisemitic videoconferencing attacks in Michigan. Normandin says it’s important for people to report these incidents because the data helps them know…
… Memorializes Beloved Coach and Gym Teacher 18. Downtown Synagogue Leader Among Those Beaten and Arrested During Peaceful Detroit Protests 19. Michigan’s Cannabis Industry, Propelled by Jews and ex…
… Tlaib? Detroit’s Jewish Aren’t Sure 15. Michigan’s First Jewish COVID-19 Death 16. Local Photographer’s Social Media Posts Lead to Removal of Shelby Township Police Chief 17. Hillel Day School…
…-Year- Old Wife Survive COVID-19 22. Michigan Rabbi Hilariously Runs Through Ann Arbor Blowing the Shofar [VIDEO] 23. Exclusive: Detroit Pastor Addresses Controversy Over His Move to Israel 24…
…. New Bagel on the Block: Tov Bagel Opens Downtown Location 25. Out of Hiding: Group of Ethiopia’s Hidden Jews Find Aid and Support to Improve Their Lives and Practice Judaism Most Read on the…
… Web: Year in Review 7. HoMedics overhauled its production process in China to produce protective gear for those on the front lines. 2. Dawn Perreca protests on the front steps of the Michigan State…
… Capitol building in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Flag-waving, honking protesters drove past the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday to show their displeasure with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s orders to…
…Jews in the D FEBRUARY 13 • 2020 | 17 DERRICK MARTINEZ Jews in the D New Jewish Millennial Hub Partners Detroit launches Platform 18 in Royal Oak. P latform 18, a new com- munity space for…
… on page 18 Michigan’s Jewish Prisoners Win Right to Eat Kosher Meat Judge rules that denying prisoners meat and dairy kosher meals violates their religious rights. J ewish prisoners in Michigan…
… in Detroit. The case dates to 2013, when the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) trans- ferred Jewish and Muslim inmates to a vegan diet as a “one-size-fits-all” religious meal solution. A…
… class-action lawsuit, han- dled by the Civil Rights Clinic at Michigan State University led by Professor Daniel Manville, was filed at that time on behalf of Jewish inmates Gerald Ackerman and Mark…
… and prep areas. A proposed settlement of the class-action suit was reached Oct. 12, 2019, that granted Michigan’ s Jewish prisoners the ability to have kosher meals. But the question about wheth…
…- er inmates could receive meat and dairy kosher meals wasn’ t argued until Dec. 11, 2019, at a fairness hearing held in front of Judge Parker. There are 600 Jewish pris- oners among Michigan’ s…
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… BDS were “an affront and very offensive to Jews. ” Despite their differences on Israel, though, Hannan Lis said he thinks Tlaib is a “hard-working, smart” legislator. “She really worked hard to get…
… represent the Palestinian people or to advocate for Israel, ” he said. “She’ s there to represent the people she’ s rep- resenting. ” The Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus has also decided not to get…
… involved in the 13th district’ s Democratic primary. “While MDJC has endorsed and sup- ported five of Michigan’ s seven incumbent Democratic members of Congress for the 2020 cycle, no plans exist for an…
… endorse- ment in the 13th District, ” a statement from MDJC Chair Noah Arbit reads. From the right, the Michigan Jewish Action Council is not getting involved in this election, either. In a statement…
… Farrakhan, who has a history of anti-Semitism. “While we at MJAC think that Rashida Tlaib is a poor choice for Jews and for our country, Brenda Jones needs to clarify some of her positions, ” reads the…
… community, and in the Jewish community especially, talking to our friends and our neighbors and our parents and telling them why Rashida is the choice if you are a progressive Jew, ” he said. Other…
… progressive Jews living in the city support Tlaib as well. Rabbi Alana Alpert, who leads Congregation T’ chiyah and is a community organizer with Detroit Jews for Justice, has been an outspoken defender…
… moment to strengthen our Judaism by devoting time to learning from our synagogue clergy. Each of us must also ensure the security of Jews and the success of America by engaging with and listening…
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… kvelling over an unlike- ly leader in an unlikely place. It is no secret among Jews that Ukraine is tra- ditional hostile territory. It is a place our great-grandparents fled. It is a place where…
… have been difficult for Jews the world over. Our people have been harassed and beaten on the streets. They have been shot in synagogues. They have been punched, stabbed, hit over the head with…
… hammers, and hacked with machetes for the crime of walking the Earth a Jew. Seeing swastikas on the streets of America is starting to become old hat. The stress of it all has taken its toll. Many…
… have felt the escalation of antisemitism harkened the next attempt at genocide in a history littered with attempts to wipe Jews from the world. The collective cortisol levels of Jews the world…
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… career at the JN, Wayne State University and the University of Michigan, I’ve met a lot of archivists from around the globe. In Michigan, I’ve worked closely with great Jewish archivists such as Sharon…
…-M’s Bentley Historical Library. All of them are smart, dedicated archivists who work extremely hard to preserve the history of Michigan and of its Jewish community. Sadly, we recently lost another colleague…
…. And maybe this. Could you find this as well. ” My head was spinning. To be sure, she wasn’t really asking for herself. She was asking on behalf of her lifelong historical client, the Jews of Detroit…
… Federation building? (Sept. 1, 2016, JN). Or need a historical marker for Michigan’s oldest Jewish cemetery, Beth El, located within the grounds of historic Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit? (Oct. 29, 1999). Or…
… need a speaker for your Hadassah meeting? (Aug. 31, 2001), or maybe one for Detroit’s Tricentennial at Temple Emanu-El? (“Jews in the Automobile Industry, ” Feb. 9, 2001). Or maybe an article, say a…
… to see it. We all returned committed to the project. Not only did Judy succeed in bringing the exhibit to Detroit, she also developed and curated a segment about Michigan Jewish women. It was a…
… July 21, 2016, issue, Cohodas was “The UP’s Jewish Soul. ” For more than 100 years, Jews have lived in the UP . Indeed, the first known Jew in Michigan, Ezekiel Solomon, was a fur trader who moved…
… Holocaust education in Michigan. While researching this topic in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, I ran across the name of a Holocaust educator that you may not know…
…: William L. Cohodas, known to all as “Bill, ” did not have a degree in Holocaust studies, but he left his mark on this field of study in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or the “UP . ” As the JN stated in its…
… supporter of such UP institutions as Northern Michigan University (NMU), the Bay Cliff Health Camp for children with chal- lenges and the Ishpeming-Marquette Cancer Society. Along the way, Cohodas married…
… created for a Holocaust Memorial Day at the Ishpeming Middle School. Cohodas passed away in San Antonio, Texas, at the age of 101 in 2016 (July 21, 2016). Shortly after, Michigan enacted the Governor…
… DECEMBER 31 • 2020 | 17 C oncerns about climate change and its impact on our world “loom like big clouds” over everything for Josh Bender of Ann Arbor. The Michigan State University graduate…
… of American Jews confronting the climate crisis “with spiritual audacity and bold political action. ” The group was formed in April and in the months and weeks leading up to the presidential…
… election, Josh helped facilitate volunteer events. Participants made phone calls and sent text messages to more than 270,000 Jewish climate-concerned voters in Michigan urging them to go to the polls…
…. “When I think how small the margins were, especially in places like Michigan, I know we had an impact, ” he says. The group’s nonpartisan campaign called “Chutzpah 2020” targeted Jewish voters in…
… Michigan and five other key states: Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The idea was to pilot an innovative get-out-the-vote effort centered on faith. “Studies show 80% of…
… American Jews are concerned about climate change, but most don’t really know what to do about it, ” says Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Founder and CEO of Dayenu. “Religious voices play an import- ant role in…
… largest supply of freshwater on Earth. “There are a lot of big and small ways climate change affects Michigan, ” he says. “I’ve never worked in any political capacity before, and it was meaningful to…
… feel like I had more of a stake and the chance to make an impact. ” For more information, visit: dayenu.org. New Jewish climate justice group “Dayenu” mobilizes Michigan voters. ROBIN SCHWARTZ…
… faculty members. A few weeks ago, during Judaism’s most holy of days, three antisemitic incidents happened at the University of Michigan, Rutgers University and American University. Antisemitism is…
… “political alignments.” As a Jew who explicitly defined Zionism as support for Jews to self-determination in their native homeland, but who holds a lot of sentiments critical of Israel, I thought I was…
… in the clear. After several heated conversations with this person trying to prove to them that I was a “good Jew” and not some evil person, they finally called me what other Jews are being…
… Zionism, which many argue is inextricably tied to Judaism, and according to many estimates, a significant majority of Jews in the U.S. believe, many are discrimi- nating by default. When campuses…
… Jews, but a tenet of common human decency. @ Joseph Shumunov is a second- year student at Kalamazoo College. for college students by college students How one student was accused of being a…
… English-language Jewish newspaper in the city. The latter honor belongs to the Detroit Jewish Chronicle, 1916-1951. The JN, however, developed a reputation that extended well beyond the Michigan border…
… Butzel, Federal Judge Theodore Levin and Maurice Schwartz (co-publisher), he launched the Detroit Jewish News. At that time, American Jews faced several massive ideological questions, with divided…
… Charles Coughlin and G.L.K. Smith, should Jews aggressively call out their antisemitic speeches and behaviors? Or would such protests increase hatred toward Jews? Also important were these questions…
…: Should American Jews support the Zionist vision of a homeland in Middle East? Or would it be better to just concentrate on promoting themselves as good citizens of the United States? What communal…
… groups should the local Jewish community support? WWII was raging in 1942 — what should America do about the atrocities occurring to Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe? And, how should America deal with…
… Jews. In 1942, Slomovitz decided the JN would take firm positions on the leading issues of the day. While attempting to listen to all voices, the JN, nevertheless, staked out principles that were…
