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… it off together while staffing the "Hillel" table together during student orientation in the summer of 2008. Robyn had only briefly met Eric before the program began. "He seemed quiet and reserved, a…

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… a huge gap:' Ayelet says. "I was 18, just a kid out of high school; he was 23, an adult with a job from America!" After that summer, they would meet from time to time in "the kind of easy friendship…

… that picks up out of nowhere:' But when they found each other once again staffing another Birthright trip, their dynamics changed. "Suddenly we were a couple Ayelet recalls. "Our first thought was, 'Oh…

…, no! This is a huge problem. How are we going to make this happen when we live on two dif- ferent sides of the world?' "For the first year, we just kept trying to break up. We would spend time together…

… in New York or Israel and then we would have that tearful 'airport talk', where we would decide to 'end it But each time we parted, one of us would break down and call the other. So we decided to stay…

… in the airport! Detroit is our home now, and we'll see where life takes us:' Hillel Day School Alumni Jennifer (Morse) and Bob Mattler have been married 19 years. Although both frequently attended…

… Federation's Young Adult programs, their paths had never crossed until Florine Mark's daughter, Lisa Lis, recruited Jennifer for a newly launched Hillel Day School (HDS) alum- ni committee. At the first alum…

… Congregation Shaarey Zedek (yes, we had our synagogue in common, too), Bob asked me to dinner before one of our HDS alumni meetings. Bob still says it was a 'business meeting' (I think that our 11-year age…

… difference MSU Hillel-Oriented Robyn (Berkowitz) and Eric Hughey were just married in July. Perhaps MSU Hillel Executive Director Cindy Hughey knew that her son Eric and new program associate Robyn would hit…

…metro A Changing Tide? Federal judge to decide constitutionality of Michigan's same-sex marriage ban. Ronelle Grier Contributing Writer F ederal District Judge Bernard Friedman will decide the…

… fate of the Michigan amendment ban- ning same-sex marriage following a two- week trial that ended Friday, March 7. The case, DeBoer v. Snyder, began as an adoption dispute wherein two Hazel Park nurses…

…, which means Generation ing with Hillel students to talk about to Generation, is a program con- the aging process. necting sixth-graders at Hillel Day "This experience of interacting one- School in…

… strong after all these years, that partnered residents keeping the doors of com- of the apartments with munication open between Hillel students. young and old:' Since then, the pro- Each year finds the Dor…

… them [same-sex couples] marry puts the cart before the horse:' One of the state's witnesses, University of Texas sociologist Mark Regnerus, cited an oft-disputed study claiming that children from same…

… two of the children, and DeBoer has adopted the third. They sued after becoming concerned about what might happen to the parental rights of the non-legal parent if one of them should die or become…

… ordered a bench trial, which began Feb. 25. Plaintiff attorneys Dana Nessel, Carole Stanyar and Ken Mogill present- ed expert witnesses from the fields of social science, law, economics and psy- chology…

… an academic medical center grows to appreciate and love the institu- tion for the care that they get. University of Michigan hospital is amongst the best in the nation and attracts people not just in…

… replicate at Michigan." LL-YOU-CAN-SEE BUFF PP Black History Month at the DIA Friday Night Live! The Motown Legends Choir presents a special Valentine's Dag performance of love songs. Rivera Court, 7 & 8…

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… Michigan? "No one close, but as a lifelong aca- demician, you can't help but run into people that were trained at Michigan and are now leading faculty members across the country. I have gotten hundreds of…

… Ann Arbor, but in the Detroit area and all over the country" Q. Your children are grown, what do they do and will any of them be mov- ing to Ann Arbor with you? Q. Michigan has very enthusiastic…

… awareness of the positive roles that religion can play in people's lives. That has stayed with me. There is a Hillel on the Brown campus and I have been invit- ed and attended dinners there and given talks. I…

… have a warm place in my heart for Hillel and the Jewish community, and I look forward to being considered a part of that community as well as a part of the broader community in Ann Arbor" "Sports are…

… wonderful for the culture and energy of the campus. They provide excitement for the current students and keep the alumni connected to the uni- versity. Michigan should be enormously proud of a very long…

… tradition of really excellent teams that represent the univer- sity well. Michigan gets it right in terms of the balance between big-time athletics "My youngest is a junior in college; I have a son who is a…

…, if someone recognizes me along the way, I am happy to say hi." and being a major academic university. All the athletic programs operate at a level of integrity, sportsmanship that I am proud of; we…

… here's a buzz on the University of Michigan campus these days. Dr. Mark Schlissel, currently the provost at Brown University, was named the school's new president. He will take office July 1. "This is an…

… exciting time for the University of Michigan:' says U-M regent Andrea Fischer Newman. "Mark Schlissel brings an exceptional portfolio of scholarship and leadership and, just as importantly, a tremendous…

…, Detroit mission to Israel, Shabbat dinner at Hillel, NEXTGen Epic event, "graduating" class of interns at a Jewish agency ... there's a budding romance. We invited couples known to have met through their…

… commitment to Michigan's public ethos:' Regent Laurence Deitch says, "We were privi- leged to have a pool of extraordinary candidates, and Dr. Schlissel was simply the best of the best. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12…

… than 50 years. See page 18. » Fabric Of Steel Bloomfield Hills couple takes Crypton from institutional into homes. See page 53. , r' Owners of Kroll Construction: Todd, Brian and Ron, with father, Al…

…, founder of the company. » cover stor c) Federation's aweetheart4 'Beshert' ... meant for each other. Vivian Henoch I Special to the Jewish News B etter than JDate? Maybe. For every summer at Tamarack…

…'s memory of their first encounter is far more vivid than his, they met in the seventh grade in the villages of Levison and Sheruth at Tamarack's Camp Maas in Ortonville. Three years later, Tamarack's Western…

… Schlissel talks with the press during the announcement of his appointment. Bluish and Jewish Mark Schlissel talks about role as U-M's new president. Alice Burdick Schweiger I Special to the Jewish News T…

… CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Printed In Michigan 1942 - 2013 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Eve y Week 1 1 1 8 08805 The Aronoff family: Alden, Cooper, Tracy and Jeff. 93363 5 …

…, Michigan has an obligation to be accessible to the most talented and hard-working students regardless of their financial circum- 8 February 13 • 2014 "I have a warm place in my heart for Hillel and the…

… worrying about their families being adversely affected. "The second is academic excellence. What makes Michigan special is its enormously wide array of truly spectacular academic programs. "The third is I…

…, who is warm and approachable, has a long list of impressive accomplish- ments. He earned a bachelor's degree in bio- chemical sciences from Princeton University and a M.D. Ph.D. in physiological…

… chemistry from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he also did a residency in internal medicine and went on to become a faculty member. He moved to University of California-Berkeley, where he…

… advanced from associate professor to full professor and was dean of biological sciences in the College of Letters & Science. In 2011, he became pro- vost at Brown University About to be U-M's 14th president…

…, suc- ceeding Mary Sue Coleman, Schlissel is the second Jewish president of the university (The first was Harold T. Shapiro, from 1980- 1987.) Born and raised in Brooklyn, Schlissel, who had a bar…

…'s trajectory of extraordinary leadership. This bodes well for the future of the university and our Health System:" Schlissel recently talked to the Jewish News about his upcoming presidency, goals for the…

… university and his Jewish roots. Q: What is your vision for the university? "I want to focus immediately on three types of interests: First is access and affordability. I think as a public university…

… you imagine will be your big- gest challenge transitioning from a small private Ivy League school to a large public university? "Brown is five times smaller, but, like Michigan, it strives for academic…

… bring to the presidency an important depth of understanding about academic medicine and biomedical science says Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D., and executive vice president for medical affairs and Health…

… is spon- sored by the Jewish Bar Association of Michigan (JBAM), Federation's FedEd and WSU. The cost of the talk is $10. JBAM members will be admitted at no charge. Cohn-Haddow Presents Talk On…

… the website www.djnfoundation.org 6 frontlines November 13 • 2014 When Jewish Law Conflicts With Civil Law, Who Wins? Professor Howard Lupovitch of Wayne State University will speak on "The Law of…

… 'Hillel's Rise To Greatness' The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University announces an upcoming lecture by Professor Jeffrey Rubenstein. The talk, titled "Hillel's Rise to Greatness…

…: Rabbinic Stories as History and Literature is co-spon- sored by Congregation Beth Ahm, as part of Professor Rubenstein's Scholar in Residence weekend at the West Jeffrey Bloomfield congrega- Rubenstein tion…

…- ticular challenges and issues ..." Through this discussion, some of these complexities will be addressed and explained. Rubenstein's lecture will be 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, at Beth Ahm. The talk is free…

…, formerly Chef Boy-Ar-Dee, has been a fam- ily favorite dinner option since 1928. Ettore "Hector" Boiardi's creations of canned pasta products and sauces have been gracing Jewish American tables for decades…

… dumplings with various fillings that are usually boiled or fired. In 1961, a can of Chef Boy-Ar-Dee cost roughly 30 cents! Today a can of Chef Boyardee is around $1. However, even with the price increase over…

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…, also of Hermiston. Allison received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Michigan State University and is employed as an associate sales rep- resentative in gynecology for Smith and Nephew. i i Alex…

… Nana and Papa, Jeanie and Jack Simon of Boca Raton, Fla.; and many other close fam- ily and friends. Rachel is also the grand- child of Shelly and Marlin Berg. Rachel is an eighth-grader at Hillel Day…

… been minimized with the elimination of heavy forces. More efficient and lighter forces with archwires made of new materials have brought many smiles to orthodontic patients. Some wires that cause…

… movement are temperature sensitive, so patients have more control as to the level of comfort and speed at which the teeth move. Warm foods and mouth temperatures activate some of these wires, while if a…

… patient feels uncomfortable, a cold Dr. Nelson Hersh Dr. Marsha Beattie Dr. Amy Isenberg drink brings a smile. Headgears are virtually a technique of the past as alternative techniques now exist. The…

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… 1160, 248-926-4100 and our newest state of the art location in Waterford at 5133 Highland Road, 248-673-4100. *Arc/ -4E:r4,s Rachel Jordan Berg will read from the Torah as she celebrates her bat…

… mitzvah Saturday, Feb. 15, during Havdalah services aboard Royal Caribbean's Liberty of Berg the Seas cruise ship. Sharing in the celebra- tion will be her proud parents, Carol and Dr. Fred Berg; cherished…

… School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. Her most meaning- ful mitzvah experience was conducting a sale in which she raised more than $1,000; the funds were donated to the Camp Nicolet…

… Foundation of Eagle River, Wis., for their Campership Fund. Sierra Ruth Safian, daughter of Robert and Maureen Safian and sister of Ryan, Luke and Noah, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Friday…

… Reconstructionist Congregation and Robert Levy of Temple Beth Emeth. On Wednesday, Nov. 19, Ascherman will meet with University of Michigan Hillel, Jewish Community Leadership Program participants and other students…

… aligned with any specific political party. Earlier on Friday, Nov. 22, Ascherman will meet with the Michigan Board of Rabbis. In addition, Ascherman will speak at 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Jewish…

… of diverse viewpoints. On Thursday, Nov. 20, at 11 a.m. he will speak at Congregation Kehillat Israel in Lansing, hosted by Rabbi Michael Zimmerman. For details about the rabbi's Michigan visit…

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… will be subject to trimming. Letter writers are limited in frequency of publication. Letters must be original and contain the name, address and title of the writer and a day phone number. Non…

… Efforts At Its Balfour Dinner The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is the oldest pro-Israel group in the United States. It has been educating the public, elected officials and college students about…

… and dis- crimination and fights anti-Semitism in general. On Nov. 23, the Michigan chapter will hold its 80th Annual Balfour Celebration at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. All Detroit area…

… Jews are urged to attend to help support this venerable organization and to show that they, too, stand with Israel. Sy Freilich White Lak Stop Using U.N. As A Scapegoat Again, as criticisms of Israel…

… must always be deflected, the Detroit Jewish News decides to make the United Nations the demon for investigating the shelling of its own charitable facilities ("U.N.'s Israel Probe Seems Predestined…

…:' Editorial, Oct. 30, page 49). What is a "proportionality card?" Facts are facts and should be investi- gated and revealed. Apparently the JN's beliefs come out of thin air. You said: "Yet the United Nations…

…- dren are enrolled at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. The Kroll family — all three genera- tions — is proud of the company that Al Kroll started more than 50 years. "We aim…

… Cheryl and Kim Margolis Oakland University Plante Moran PLLC Liz Schubiner Dorie Shwedel and Fran Victor Denise and Michael Tobin Lori and Steven Weisberg Adele Weisler Sponsors as of 2/7/14 EVENT CO…

…. We care about them. We've been able to keep our employees working here in some of the toughest times." A Legacy Of Giving Back A family atmosphere permeates the business, and the Krolls seem to enjoy…

… one another's company and have a lot of fun together, but they are dead seri- ous when it comes to business. The company specializes in home repair, renovation and improvement services and is considered…

… one of the top-rated roofers in the Detroit area. The company is also popular for kitchen and bathroom remodeling and window, siding and replacement work. All estimates are free. "We're looking to…

… percent of home improve- ment work in Oakland County and is expanding into Macomb County. The family is also heavily invested in the Jewish community. Ron used to sit on the board for BBYO, and the family…

… helped build the BBYO facility in Metro Detroit; Todd Kroll is on the executive board of the Anti-Defamation League and sat on the Khadija board in the past, while Josh Kroll works with JARC. Ron and Josh…

… Julie and Lawrence Weisler AQUAMARINE SPONSORS CKC Agency, Carolyn Krieger-Cohen Crain's Detroit Business/Mary Kramer Detroit Manufacturing Systems Dickinson Wright PLLC Anne Doyle, Author of Powering Up…

… Honorary Chair & Keynote Speaker: Vice Chairman, FirstMerit Corporation Chairman & CEO, FirstMerit Michigan PEARL SPONSORS Beaumont Health System Elaine Beresh Celani Family Vineyards Beth Chappell Suzi…

… Brenda Lawrence Mayor of Southfield Vicki Celani Beth Chappell Florine Mark Sarah Deson-Fried Kathleen McCann Debbie Dingell Patricia Mooradian Anne Doyle Faye Nelson Marla Drutz Julie Nelson…

… Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 14, and available to the rest of the country with On Demand viewing on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The local theater premiere and only the- ater date for Michigan, with plans still in…

…, have been "In Chicago, I started working on commer- members of Congregation Shaarey Zedek. He cial movies and TV shows, starting out with also has been active with Yad Ezra, JARC and Hillel Day School…

… and studied building construction and management at Michigan State University. Michigan film incentives helped finance Beside Still Waters and Dial a Prayer. "I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to…

… acationers along the colorful beach- es of Charlevoix, Mich., may very well have found the setting pictur- esque, but Jason Potash has found the setting motion-picturesque. Potash, whose family summered around…

… Charlevoix, thought of the locale as he was reading the script for Beside Still Waters and produced the film in the Great Lakes State. It is being released this month, rolling out in theaters in New York and…

…, Daniel. Also in the cast are Beck Bennett (Saturday Night Live) as Tom, Will Brill (Muckland) as Martin, Brett Dalton (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) as James and Erin Darke (The Wolverine) as Abby. "Beside Still…

… Waters is about a young man who recently fell on hard times:' explains Potash in a phone conversation from his California office. "Daniel lost both of his parents in a car accident and invites his…

… looking to the future until I graduated and moved to California. Parts of the story were based on the experi- "I soon met with the writers' strike and ences of Chris Lowell, the writer and director looked…

… short film, home in Atlanta but was moved after Potash Some Boys Don't Leave (winner of a Student showed Lowell the area around Petoskey. Visionary Award at the Tribeca Film Festival). As the production…

… Andrea and Harry Potash, the screen:' says Potash, 28 and filmmaker's parents. single. "I come from the generation of the Four years ago, Finkel decided to change characters, and I see my friends and I…