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…inside Detroit Jewish News n 34 Feb. 28-March 6, 2019 23-29 Adar I 5779 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 4 February 28 • 2019 3 jn VIEWS 5-8 JEWS IN THE D 10 Their ‘Promised Land’ Large family of Karaite Jews tries homesteading in the Lower Peninsula. 14 Intuitive and Special Therapy dog Bruno dies at age 14, leaving behind a comforting legacy. 16 Award-Winning Journalism The JN wins in several categories at the MPA ...…
…4 February 28 • 2019 jn Thursdays 1 pm - 4 pm March 7 & April 4, 2019 Bring your friends and your favorite game! Canasta, Bridge, Mahjong, Pinochle, Euchre & Rummikub. will be served. There is no charge to attend but RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY THE MONDAY PRIOR TO GAME DAY. Register online at temple-israel.org/GameDay or RSVP to Miriam Baxter at miriam@temple-israel.org or 248-661-5700. Rabbi Alana Alpert will address the to...…
…February 28 • 2019 5 jn M ost people tell someone who’ s waiting for them, “Look out for the red car, ” “I’ m driving a green Honda” or “I’ m in the Toyota Sienna” — things like that. I just say, “Look for the vehicle that’ s held together with fluorescent orange duct tape. ” You can’ t miss me if you try! Sadly, I’ m not kid- ding. If the duct tape comes off, the entire rear window will fall out and we’ ve already paid for it onc...…
…6 February 28 • 2019 jn A ll winter, Detroit Jews for Justice leaders have been busily planning the DJJ’ s 4th Annual Purim Extravaganza. While doing so, people have asked, “What’ s jus- tice-y about Purim?” Purim celebrates the story of how a Jewish woman named Esther saves the Jews of Persia from a genocidal plot proposed by the wicked vizier Haman (boo!) and approved by the bumbling King Achashverosh. The leader of the Jews ...…
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…8 February 28 • 2019 jn T he apology was going so well. Rep. Ilhan Omar was tweet- ing an apology for saying that pro-Israel lawmakers are only that way because they are bought off, and her words were, at least at first, checking off every necessary box: “ Anti-Semitic is real.” (Check!) “I am grateful for Jewish allies who are educating me.” (Check!) “My intention is to never offend Jewish Americans. ” (Check!) And then, the micr...…
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…10 February 28 • 2019 jn BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER L ike the ancient Israelites, they’ ve come “out of Goshen” and found their promised land. For the Wormsley family, paradise is a 10-acre wooded site near Farwell, pretty much smack in the middle of Michigan’ s Lower Peninsula. David and Ashley Wormsley and their six children, age 2-18, sold their house in Florida and spent many months looking for their ideal homestead. The...…
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…12 February 28 • 2019 jn continued from page 10 jews d in the Ashley keeps detailed lists and every week — she’ s trying to get it to two weeks — the family drives a half-hour to Mt. Pleasant to shop. They frequent- ly order food and supplies via Amazon. Even to run out for milk at the nearest grocery involves a trip of several miles along an unpaved road. Once a month, they travel to the Detroit area to buy kosher meat, cheese and...…
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…14 February 28 • 2019 jn Intuitive and Special Therapy dog Bruno dies at age 14, leaving behind a comforting legacy. F or 12 years, Bruno, a hypo- allergenic Portuguese Water Dog, made the rounds with his master Dr. Leo Eisenberg at the DNS Oncology Hematology Clinic at Huron Valley Hospital in Novi. In fact, many of his patients said they would only undergo tests or chemo- therapy if Bruno was there, too. Sadly, Bruno, who Leo ga...…
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…16 February 28 • 2019 jn Award-Winning Journalism The JN wins in several categories at the MPA Awards. I n addition to being a finalist for “Newspaper of the Year” in its circulation class, the Detroit Jewish News took home several honors from the Michigan Press Association Awards, held in Grand Rapids on Jan. 31. Contributing Editor Robert Sklar won first place for Best Columnist for his col- umn “Be Bold.” “Robert Sklar offers...…
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…18 February 28 • 2019 jn Traveling Trunk T o acquaint young students with the stories of the first Jewish settlers in Michigan, Tova Schreiber, an educator with the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, unpacks props: a cardboard model canoe, wooden paddles, false fur hats and more. The sixth-graders at Temple Beth El enact parts of the trip Ezekiel Solomon and Chapman Abraham made around 1760. Those young men, immigrants from ...…
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…20 February 28 • 2019 jn continued from page 18 jews d in the ing enslaved individuals escape across the river into Canada. A Jewish clothing manufacturer, Emil Heineman of Detroit donated new suits of clothing to help these people make a new life. His wife, Fannie Heineman, initiated many social projects, including helping to found Children’ s Hospital. When the war began, the 151 Jewish families in Michigan in the 1860s (half ...…
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…22 February 28 • 2019 jn Jews & Human Rights James Loeffl er is the 2019 Belin Lecturer. O n March 12, the Frankel Center will welcome Professor James Loeffler to the University of Michigan to deliv- er the 2019 David W. Belin Lecture in American Jewish Affairs. Loeffler’ s lecture, “Prisoners of Zion: American Jews, Human Rights, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” based on his recently pub- lished Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews ...…
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…24 February 28 • 2019 jn Emanu-El’s Spring Festival Brings Five Events in March Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park will host its Spring Festival “Looking to the Future” March 14-24 with five events. Popular speaker and former Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14, about her new book The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery. An afterglow and book signing follows. The sig...…
…February 28 • 2019 25 jn February 28 • 2019 25 jn jews d in the | faces&places Assembling soup in a jar gifts for Crossroads Social Services during an afternoon of volunteering Jan. 20 at Adat Shalom are Isaiah Madrid of Walled Lake, Alex Gross of Novi, Spencer Columbus of Commerce, Sam Nathan of Farmington Hills and Logan Bowers of Bloomfield Hills. The annual event was sponsored by Adat Shalom-Beth Achim Learning Community, Men’ s...…
…26 February 28 • 2019 jn New Age Group, Same Success for Weightlifter W eightlifter Jeff Ellis moved into a new age group for competitions this year. but he’ s still collecting medals and breaking records. Ellis, who will turn 60 on May 1, won his 16th Michigan Senior Olympics gold medal in 18 years — to go along with one silver medal and one bronze medal — earlier this month when he took first place in the age 60-64 198-pound di...…
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…28 February 28 • 2019 jn moments Lindsey Camdyn Dorfman, daughter of Wendy and Michael Dorfman, will lead the congregation in prayer as she becomes a bat mitzvah on Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. She will be joined in celebration by her broth- er Hayden and sister Kendall and proud grandparents Lenore and Stan Dorfman, and Marlene Cohen. She is the granddaughter of the late Edward Cohen and Mr...…
…February 28 • 2019 29 jn moments M aurice Reizen of Novi, for- mer director of the Michigan Department of Public Health, celebrated his 100th birthday on Feb. 24, 2019. Wishing him a happy birthday at this noteworthy event were his children, Mark and Jen Reizen, and Nancy and Howard Serlin; his grandchildren, Jason Reizen, Jennifer Matley, Daniel and Miry Serlin, David and Dana Serlin; and his great-grandchildren, Andrew and Leia ...…
…30 February 28 • 2019 jn Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Relating To The Almighty W hy repeat all the details of the construction of the Mishkan here after we have already heard them when they were initially commanded? Would it not have been simpler to deal with the entire execution of exter- nal building, furnishings and priestly garb with the single verse: “ And the People of Israel built the Mishkan exact- ly as God commanded”? In order...…
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…32 February 28 • 2019 jn Here Comes Hamilton Meet the Jews in “the room where it happens.” H amilton fans in the Motor City are celebrating as the Tony Award-winning juggernaut about America’ s newly hip Founding Father heads to the Fisher Theatre for performances March 12-April 21. This groundbreaking hip-hop/jazz/ rap/R&B musical, with a nod to more traditional Broadway tunes, captures the spirit of Alexander Hamilton and the R...…
…February 28 • 2019 33 jn raphy, Alexander Hamilton, while on vacation and approached Chernow about turning his book into a hip-hop musical. Chernow agreed. Miranda wrote the lyrics and music, and the rest is history. In addition to Seller, who had previ- ously produced Miranda’ s Tony Award- winning In the Heights, Jewish members of Hamilton’ s creative team include director Thomas Kail, set designer David Korins, associate cho- re...…
…34 February 28 • 2019 jn David Korins exhibit arts&life Hamilton: The Exhibition T he people behind the Broadway musical Hamilton will satisfy the curiosity of its multi- tude of fans with a sprawling, high-tech, inter- active, 360-degree immersive attraction that tells the Founding Father’ s story and answers questions that go above and beyond the musical. Hamilton: The Exhibition premiers April 6 in Chicago. Upon entering a 27,000-...…
…February 28 • 2019 35 jn A preponderance of research indicates that Hamilton was a Jew, ” says Andrew Porwancher, a legal historian and associate professor at the University of Oklahoma who is writing The Jewish Life of Alexander Hamilton, a working title under con- tract with the Harvard University Press to be published as early as January 2020. Porwancher, who earned a Ph.D. at Cambridge and a fellowship at Yeshiva University in...…
…36 February 28 • 2019 jn STEFANI CHUDNOW SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHOTOS BY JERRY ZOLYNSKY Mecca for Mid-Century Modern Le Shoppe Too will launch online auction house in March. L ooking at its exterior, you’ d never know that an internationally recognized consignment shop sits right on the cusp of Keego Harbor. While modest on the outside, Le Shoppe Too is Metro Detroit’ s largest upscale mid-century modern store at 17,000 squ...…
…February 28 • 2019 37 jn “People come from all over the world to shop in Michigan because collectors know they will find the fin- est pieces here, ” Slobin said. “It’ s a hub. ” Stearn said, “This community really knew what they were doing. They have always been collecting art, collecting pieces they knew were important. ” AUCTION HOUSE ADDED As if running in-person businesses and their five online shops wasn’ t enough, the ladie...…
…38 February 28 • 2019 jn TRANSPARENT PLANS AHEAD A year ago, Jeffrey Tambor, now 74, the star of the Amazon series Transparent, was fired after accusations from other cast members that he sexually harassed them. Transparent creator Jill Soloway, 53, canceled the show’ s pending fifth season following the firing. After Tambor was let go, Soloway said she wasn’ t sure whether Transparent would continue in any form. Well, she’ s cha...…
…February 28 • 2019 39 jn THURSDAY, FEB. 28 POTTERY CLASS 11 am-1 pm, Feb. 28. At JCC 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. This class for adults is taught by Allison Berlin. Cost $15. Info: 248-432-5467. BERMAN NIGHT OF LEARNING 7 pm, Feb. 28. “Talmud for Everyone: A Crash Course in Studying Our Most Important Texts” with Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen. At Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Info: 248-354-5477. MEDIA MANIPULATION 7 pm, Feb. 28. At the Mapl...…
…40 February 28 • 2019 jn on the go MATCHES MADE IN HEAVEN 11:45 am-1:15 pm, March 5. At Max M. Fisher Federation Bldg., 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township. FedEd will host Rabbi Aaron Starr and Rebecca Starr discussing, for four sessions, “Jewish Insights into Love and Marriage.” Tuition: $70. LUNCHTIME LEARNING 11:45 am, March 5 & 12. Hazzan Daniel Gross will present “Kosher Classical” at Adat Shalom Synagogue. He will explore Je...…
…February 28 • 2019 41 jn BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 1:30-3 pm, March 6. At Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield. For indi- viduals who have experienced the death of a spouse or partner. Sponsored by National Council of Jewish Women. No charge; donations appreciated. RSVP: mail@ncjwmi.org or 248-355-3300. TO BETTER HEALTH 1-3:30 pm, March 6. At Jewish Family Service, 25900 Greenfield Road, Oak Park. Personal Action Toward Health is a p...…
…W hen Jewish teen Leah was diagnosed with atten- tion-deficit/hyperactivity dis- order (ADHD) last year, she finally had a name for the debilitating anxiety, mental distraction and stomach aches she expe- rienced daily. She said she missed a lot of school because of these emotional and physical symptoms. When her grades began to plummet, her mother asked school administrators what she should do to help her daughter. “Having ADHD was a...…
…February 28 • 2019 43 jn want to crave the drug, so they have to do it. It’ s like a legal form of addiction. ” Weingarden said children with ADHD become addicted to substances simply because they want to feel better and less stressed — and nicotine accomplishes this. “Kids and adults who have ADHD are more likely to become addicted to many dif- ferent things, including nicotine and vaping, for many reasons, ” she said. “One reaso...…
…44 February 28 • 2019 jn D o you have a mentor? It’ s important to be able to answer that question. I can’ t remember a time when I didn’ t have someone speaking influentially in my life. I look back and think of my mother, who always told me how important constructive feedback is. Or my Aunt Mooney, who caught me throwing a dirty penny away and taught me the value of money and how eventually over time it all compounds. My pare...…
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…48 February 28 • 2019 jn B eginning this month, late-mod- el cars in Israel have started to autonomously call for ambu- lances when the driver has been involved in an accident, reporting not only the exact location of the crash, but the specifics of the drivers’ and passengers’ injuries. This has not only dramatically reduced response times, according to Ido Rosenblat, chief information offi- cer for Magen David Adom, Israel’ s nat...…
…February 28 • 2019 49 jn continued on page 50 MITCHELL SANFORD CURTIS, 71, of Southfield, died Feb. 7, 2019. He was born in Detroit on March 7, 1947, to Anna and Theodore Curtis. Mitchell attend- ed Oak Park High School and the California College of Art. He was a talented artist and acquired a rep- utation and clientele for his photo- graphic family collages. He is survived by his loving sisters, Reggie (Dr. Robert) Fisher and Doreen...…
…50 February 28 • 2019 jn continued from page 49 soul of blessed memory DR. ARNOLD ECKHOUSE, an orthopedic surgeon of Palm Harbor, Fla., formerly of Oak Park, Saginaw and Grand Rapids, passed away Feb. 23, 2019. Dr. Eckhouse was the devot- ed husband to his wife, Beverly (Dymkowski) Eckhouse, for 56 years. He was the beloved father to his son, Jeffrey, and daughter-in-law, Leslie Eckhouse; daughter, Kimberly, and son-in-law, Brad ...…
