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… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-12 Jews in the D Out in the Open 13 NEXTGen Detroit Balance seeks to destigmatize mental illness in young adults. Behind the Spotlight 14 Howard Handler returns to Detroit to lead events company 313 Presents. Prudence, Not Panic 18 Synagogues and temples factor the coronavirus into congregational life. Metro Detroit Jewish Schools Actively Prepare for Coronavirus 18 Q&A with Yossi Klein H...…

…4 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Passover 1ST NIGHT SEDER 2ND NIGHT SEDER LET US HANDLE YOUR SEDERS! Spend a delightful second night of Passover with your Temple family and friends. Bring the whole family! Led by our clergy, this is a fun-filled evening of song and the retelling of the ancient story of Exodus. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The price of the Seder includes a 3% contribution to MAZON in ke...…

… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 5 Views for openers If It Ain’t Broke … letters Y ou are watching TV and there it appears on the screen: “Breaking news …” You are on vacation at the seaside and you get up early to enjoy the dawn breaking. Just how often are we employing the break con- cept in our conversations? Let’ s see. Going to Las Vegas? Why not play all the machines? Go for broke in the hope that you will break the bank! Of cours...…

…6 | MARCH 12 • 2020 publisher’ s notebook WE Are Partners In the Future of OUR Jewish News Views O ver the years, I’ ve learned that as pub- lisher of the Jewish News I have lots of partners. You are the ones who call to scold me about a story or advertise- ment you find offensive: “Mr. Horwitz, WE cannot have that kind of story in OUR Jewish News.” Have a handy- man you found through a Jewish News ad who didn’ t per- form a...…

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…Views M y first clinical position as a young physician in the 1970s was working for the clinic’ s Jewish owner, a doctor in his late 50s. Knowing I was Jewish, he often spoke to me in hushed Yiddish. For 13 years I nodded and smiled knowingly whenever he took me aside to tell me something he didn’ t want any- one else to hear. I can now con- fess that, alav hashalom (peace be upon him), I understood maybe one word in 20. In ...…

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…10 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Views YIDDISH continued from page 6 OUR JN MISSION: We aspire to communicate news and opinion that’ s trusted, valued, engaging and distinctive. We strive to refl ect diverse community viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. As an independent, responsible, responsive community member, we actively engage with individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing the qu...…

… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 11 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Get involved, go to friendshipcircle.org/foreverfriendship W est Bloomfield is home to a fine dining experience that is transforming the lives of adults with special needs. Opened in 2016, Soul Café is dedicated to empowering adults through on-the- job training in this state-of-the-art kosher restaurant. “ The inspiration for Soul Café began between 2011 and 2013 when we started hearing from o...…

…Views 12 | MARCH 12 • 2020 we have to imagine the bad guys based on the writer’ s description. Photos of the settlers who allegedly harassed her group and tore down their banner might have made her drama more believable. Israelis are regularly accused of denying Palestinians access to water. When these charges are examined honestly, there is always more to the story than the Palestinians and their apologists let on. And if the...…

… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 13 Jews in the D Out in the Open NEXTGen Detroit Balance seeks to destigmatize mental illness in young adults. T he stigma surrounding mental health makes it difficult to talk about openly. To help counter that stigma, NEXTGen Detroit has created Balance, a program intended to bring awareness to (as well as provide education and resources about) men- tal health in the young adult Jewish community. Balance i...…

…14 | MARCH 12 • 2020 A fter 35 years, Howard Handler has returned to Detroit. His family has made an impact here for generations. Now it’ s his turn to make his mark as the first official president of 313 Presents, which man- ages entertainment operations for a range of Detroit-area venues, including Little Caesars Arena, the Fox Theatre and DTE Energy Music Theatre. Raised in suburban Detroit, Handler is no newcomer to many of the...…

… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 15 MARCH 12 • 2020 | 15 senior vice president of marketing at Viacom, where he headed mar- keting for MTV , and was later a senior vice president of the National Football League and chief market- ing officer for Major League Soccer. One of his pinnacle career achievements was as chief market- ing officer for Virgin Mobile. “We built a billion-dollar company and we took it public on the New York Stock Exchange, ” he ...…

…16 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Jews in the D continued from page 15 sure venues have the right per- formers and events. He will focus on finding ways to grow the busi- ness, including attracting highly competitive national events to the city. He also has oversight on marketing campaigns, integration of the latest technology trends and front-end and back-end operations. Recently, he launched the redesign of 313presents.com. Handler has inh...…

…18 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Jews in the D T he coronavirus was part of this year’ s planning as local synagogues and temples prepared for Purim cele- brations and congregational life. Hand sanitizer was plentiful, and congregants were urged to take precautions but not overreact. To date, no events had been cancelled. “We are focused on community and gathering in the face of fear with an eye to health and responsibility, ” says Rabbi A...…

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…Y ossi Klein Halevi is an Israeli author, senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and co-director of the institute’ s Muslim Leadership Initiative, where he discusses the Israeli- Palestinian conflict with young Muslim Americans. He will speak at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, about his spiritual jour- ney into interfaith relations, espe- cially Jewish-Muslim relations. YOUR...…

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…24 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Jews in the D continued from page 22 years ago into Palestinian Islam and Christianity. WHAT LESSONS HAVE YOU LEARNED BY BRANCHING OUT INTO DIFFERENT FAITHS? The first lesson I learned is that we have an opportunity in this generation to take interfaith encounters to a deeper level. Much of interfaith remains on a superficial level — let’ s all be nice to each other, let’ s not hate each other, let’ s not k...…

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…Jews in the D A Conservative rabbi cannot certify Michigan prisoners’ meals as kosher, according to an attorney representing incarcerated Jews who sued the state corrections depart- ment. Two weeks after obser- vant Jewish prisoners in Michigan won the right to eat meat and dairy kosher meals in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Michigan, the plaintiff’ s counsel, Daniel Manville, claims the Michigan Department of Corrections...…

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…28 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Jews in the D continued from page 26 Attorney General’ s office had learned about Kosher Michigan during the legal proceedings and suggested MDOC contract with it. “ After receiving notice, plaintiffs have an opportunity to inspect the kitchens with their own expert. Instead of coming out to inspect the kitchens, plaintiffs’ counsel filed a motion to enforce the settlement agreement,” Gautz said. But Manv...…

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…30 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Jews in the D A Deep Dive Federation, others to host LGBTQ+ ally and advocacy training for Jewish educators. J ewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, Stand with Trans, JFamily and the Youth Professionals Network are partnering to present an LGBTQ+ Ally and Advocacy training series for Jewish educa- tors and youth professionals. The trainings, which began March 11 at the JCC, start with a basic course on LG...…

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…32 | MARCH 12 • 2020 O akland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard brought his senior com- mand staff from the Oakland County Sheriff’ s Office to visit the Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) in Farmington Hills March 2. Bouchard and his senior staff members have visited the HMC in the past but decided to coor- dinate a tour for new staff mem- bers with HMC CEO Rabbi Eli Mayerfeld. “I personally have been to the HMC numerous times an...…

… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 33 thejewishnews.com $200 Feb. 20-26, 2020 / 25 Shevat-1 Adar 5780 Hues of Jews Jews of color discuss their pathways, joys and obstacles. See page 14 PLEASE JOIN US! ASSIST THE JEWISH NEWS TRANSITION TO NON-PROFIT, COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT, CREDIBLE JOURNALISM FOR JEWISH DETROIT ASSURE THE NEWEST CHAPTERS IN THE ONGOING STORY OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE CAPTURED AND SHARED NOW THROUGH MAY 1ST, YOUR TA...…

…34 | MARCH 12 • 2020 TRUSTEE William Davidson Foundation Penny & Harold Blumenstein Hon. Avern & Lois Cohn Max M. & Majorie S. Fisher Foundation Gilbert Family Foundation Nancy Grosfeld Matt & Nicole Lester CHAIR’S CIRCLE Doreen Hermelin Jonathan Holtzman Richard & Pam Nodel Norman & Susan Pappas Elaine & Michael Serling PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Irwin & Judy Elson Barbara Nusbaum Jane & Larry Sherman LEGA...…

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…Reporter’s Notebook: AIPAC’s 2020 Conference Tilts into Partisanship BENJAMIN FREED CONTRIBUTING WRITER Eretz WASHINGTON — One of the most famil- iar refrains heard while walking around the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’ s annual policy conference is that the group is bipartisan; that the relationship between the United States and Israel is something that bridges political factions. But whether because the conference, held...…

… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 37 AIPAC PARTISANSHIP continued Later in his speech, defend- ing the Trump administration’ s recent proposal to give Israel unilateral control of the West Bank, Friedman said that “the Biblical heartland of Israel, Judea and Samaria, will never be judenrein. ” It was far from the only defense of the White House’ s peace proposal at AIPAC, but it was the only one to invoke Nazi slang, as Friedman had previously d...…

…38 | MARCH 12 • 2020 business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M T en years ago, the lives of brothers Alex and John Ketty, and Jeremy Eckhous converged onto a shared path — and it happened to be fluorescent. “ Alex came to my home to quote a replacement price for our deck, ” explains Eckhous, who formerly worked in the corporate world before becoming a serial entrepreneur. “My wife showed him severa...…

… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 39 Ron Weiser Gifts $10M for U-M’ s New Real Estate Center Ron Weiser, chair of the University of Michigan Board of Regents, gifted $10 million to the U-M Stephen M. Ross School of Business last month to help expand student courses with the launch of a new real estate center. The new Weiser Center for Real Estate will give students the opportunity to learn from real estate professionals and apply their knowledge ...…

…40 | MARCH 12 • 2020 GLOW PATH continued from page 39 Gilbert Is Back in Action Q uicken Loans Inc. founder Dan Gilbert spoke late last month at Crain’ s Annual Newsmaker of the Year luncheon. It was his first time addressing the public since suffering from an isch- emic stroke nine months ago. The 58-year-old Detroit entrepreneur was inaugurated as the first member of Crain’ s Newsmaker Hall of Fame. “A leader’ s job is not to cr...…

… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 41 Moments Jordan and Ryan Fishman of Birmingham are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Moishe Chaim. Excited brother is Ariel Emanuel. Proud grandparents are Ann and Marc Fishman of Bloomfield Hills, and Stewart Shifman of Waterford. He is named for, and is also, the grandson of the late Cindy Shifman. Sophie Paige Cohen will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Tem...…

…42 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Moments Farber-Klein M anette and Marshall Klein of West Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the engagement of their daughter Devin Nicole Klein to Cody Daniel Farber, son of Mark and Lori Farber of West Bloomfield. Devin earned her bachelor of arts in elementary education from Michigan State University. She works as an elementary school teacher for South Lyon Community Schools and is a real estate agent for...…

… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 43 Spirit torah portion I n the hierarchy of mistakes we commit as human beings, our tradition is quite clear that idolatry is the most egregious. The fundamental objective of Torah is to help us to understand the nature of the relationship between God and humanity. And even though idola- try is the direct opposite of faith in God, this week’ s Torah portion demonstrates how precarious the line is between th...…

…44 | MARCH 12 • 2020 J on Lovitz is having a ban- ner first few months of 2020. He returned to his home turf of Saturday Night Live to play Alan Dershowitz Jan. 25. He’ s the wise-crack- ing voice behind a new game, Little Diablo, and he returns to Mark Ridley’ s Comedy Castle in Royal Oak to perform his stand-up act on Sunday, March 22. JN: A few weeks ago, the world was introduced to Little Diablo, a built-in sequence memory ...…

… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 45 A haron Appelfeld’ s new novel, To the End of Sorrow, was written in Hebrew in 2012 and published in January by Schocken Books in an English translation by Stuart Schoffman. It takes place during World War II, in a part of Romania that is now Ukraine. Our narrator is a 17-year-old Jewish boy named Edmund, who has escaped the camps and is now a Jewish soldier in the resistance effort. Appelfeld himself...…

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…48 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Arts&Life celebrity jews AT THE MOVIES In 2012, the low-budget indie film Beasts of the Southern Wild was the surprise hit of the year. This magical realist story about how a young girl survived a major flood won many major awards and scored four Oscar nominations. Benh Zeitlin, now 37, received nominations for best director and best adapted screenplay. His second film, Wendy, is a wildly reimagined telling o...…

…SATURDAY, MARCH 14 SOULFUL YOGA 10 am, March 14. Join Rabbi Rachel Shere and yoga instructor Mindy Eisenberg for Soulful Yoga at Adat Shalom Synagogue. Connect body and soul as they apply the wisdom of Torah to the gentle practice of yoga. No yoga experience necessary. Free and open to the community. Dress comfortably and bring a mat if you have one. Info: 248-851-5100. SUNDAY, MARCH 15 PARENTING SERIES 9:30-10:45 a.m., March 15. Nav...…

…50 | MARCH 12 • 2020 MELTON CLASS 1-2:30 pm, March 17. At Max M. Fisher Federation Building. Melton presents “And (Social) Justice for All” with Rabbi Steven Rubenstein. (Also March 24, 31; Apr. 21, 28; May 5, 12, 19, 26; Jun. 2) This new course will draw from text and history to explore how social justice work goes beyond addressing short-term needs and looks at structural causes of injustice today. Tuition: $225 (Includes Melton ...…