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…June 27 • 2019 3 jn inside June 27-July 3, 2019 24-30 Sivan 5779 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 21 thejewishnews.com • Check out revamped, redesigned JN website! • Catching Up with Henry the Hatter • Young Jews Making Moves: Artist Lili Tarnopol Detroit Jewish News n VIEWS 5-10 JEWS IN THE D 12 Securing our Synagogues Legislation to boost funds for security at houses of worship works its way through Congress. 14 Supporting Sibling...…
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… To our Friend and Colleague Larry Jackier on completing 12 years as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Technion. Your leadership in the international, national and local Jewish Community will make an indelible mark for many generations to come. Larry Jackier …
…10 June 27 • 2019 jn views S omething needed to be done. With tensions rising between African Americans and Jews, it was time to reaffirm the need for both a greater emphasis on mutual understanding and recognition that hate poses a threat to both groups. Kudos to the American Jewish Committee for its work in help- ing to create a new Black-Jewish Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. The AJC’ s initiative brought toge...…
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…14 June 27 • 2019 jn Supporting Siblings Teen receives award to provide support for siblings of people struggling with mental health issues. F or almost 15 years, Jessica Goldberg has been along for the ride at weekly therapy appointments as dozens of medication combinations were prescribed. She was there for the meltdowns in Target and in restaurants as bread was thrown across the room by her brother, who struggles with mental i...…
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…June 27 • 2019 23 jn moments FEB. 25, 2019 Emily and Stephanie Kimmel-Kurtz of Portage, Mich., are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Ezra Lee. Ezra was named in loving memory of Emily’ s maternal grandmother Ethel Berman and Stephanie’ s paternal grandfather Norman Lee Kurtz. Proud grandparents are Robert and Laurie Kimmel of West Bloomfield, Patricia Kurtz of Portage, and Keith and Julee Kurtz of Kalamazoo. Cameron Elle ...…
…24 June 27 • 2019 jn The Power Of Relationships O ne thing is for certain: Relationships are never easy. They are hard work, challenging and fragile. They must be cultivated, nurtured and cherished. In a relationship that endures, there is honesty, trust, openness, constant communication and the rec- ognition that we accept one another for who we are and not try to change others into who we want them to be. In this week’ s Torah ...…
…June 27 • 2019 25 jn grilling out Recipes and tips to make your July 4th barbecue easy and delicious. ANNABEL COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY DERRICK MARTINEZ G rilling is one of summer’ s greatest cooking pleasures — and it doesn’ t mess up the kitch- en. Even though it seems colder in Michigan more than it’ s warm, you can grill year-round, as I do. And foods are truly more appetizing when they’ re charred a bit, don’ t ...…
…26 June 27 • 2019 jn LAMB BURGERS WITH TAHINI SAUCE AND ARUGULA I love these with tahini sauce. If you’ d like, serve with a dollop of Greek yogurt as well. 2 pounds lean ground lamb (10 percent fat content, if possible) ½ cup freshly chopped mint 2 Tbsp. lemon juice 1 tsp. granulated garlic Kosher salt to taste Fresh ground pepper to taste 6-8 good-quality hamburger buns or soft pita pockets Sauce: 3 Tbsp. tahini 3 Tbsp. hot wa...…
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…30 June 27 • 2019 jn AT THE MOVIES The documentary Echo Canyon opens at the Landmark Theater in Royal Oak on June 28. It celebrates the 50th anniversary of the explo- sion of new rock music creat- ed by musicians living in Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon. Rock musician Jakob Dylan, 48, (son of Bob Dylan, 78) inter- views many of the still-living Laurel Canyon musicians. One of his first is with Roger McGuinn, leader of the Byrds, one o...…
…June 27 • 2019 31 jn people | places | events on the go JUNE 29 MUSIC FESTIVAL Saturday, June 29, at 8 p.m., Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings musicians will return to the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and Artistic Director Paul Watkins. Philip Setzer, Lawrence Power, Paul Watkins and more will be perform- ing the best of Strauss, Bach, Snider, Walker and Turnage. Also, the award-winning dramatic soprano Christine Goerke whose fathe...…
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…34 June 27 • 2019 jn Screen Time Tug-of-War Studies show young people use screens to excess — do benefi ts outweigh the concerns? H ow much is too much? For more than a decade, since just about everyone started using cell phones, parents have struggled to get their kids to lift their eyes from the screen. Now social and medical scientists have data to sup- port what parents have long known — that too much screen time can be harmful. ...…
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…June 27 • 2019 41 jn soul of blessed memory c. 1960 THERESA FELDMAN, 72, of Romeo, died June 18, 2019. She was an active participant at the Washington Romeo Senior Center. Mrs. Feldman is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Steven and Patricia Feldman of Warren, Keith and Ginny Feldman, David and Jennifer Hunter; daughters and sons-in-law, Rebecca and David Harrison of Troy, Michelle and Ian Harkins; grandchildren, ...…
…42 June 27 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory Interment was at Great Lakes National Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Michigan Humane Society, 30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 220, Bingham Farms, MI 48025, michiganhumane.org/ tributes; Alzheimer’ s Association National Chapter, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C., 20090-6011, alz. org; or to a charity of one’ s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. DOROTHY C. NATCHEZ, 90, of Gr...…
…June 27 • 2019 43 jn Bloomfield; many dear friends; her granddog, Louie. Mrs. Spitzer was the beloved wife for 48 years of the late Kurt Spitzer. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’ s choice. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. SALLY TUCHKLAPER, 100, of Southfield and Aventura, Fla., died June 16, 2019. She was born in Radom, Poland, and survived the Holocaust with her ...…
…44 June 27 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory J udith Krantz, one of the best-selling female novelists of all time, has died. Krantz died on Saturday, June 22, 2019, at her home in Bel Air, Calif., at age 91. According to the Jewish Women’ s Archives, Krantz is the third-largest selling female novelist in history. “ Although her goal is for her books to provide escape and enter- tainment, she does try to make some serious points and...…
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…46 June 27 • 2019 jn From the DJN Foundation Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History Mike Smith Alene and Graham Landau Archivist Chair PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN ARCHIVES OF TEMPLE BETH EL, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI. Abraham “Aid” Kushner was known for his remarkable synagogue models. Here, in the 1970s, he is pictured in the Anna S. and Meyer L. Prentis Memorial Library at Temple Beth El with many of his m...…
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