…1 11 12 13 15 16 19 20 21 22 1 20 23 1 1 25 1 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 1 34 1 35 36 1 37 2 3 4 5 4 6 7 8 9 10 14 21 18 24 32 Crossword Who to call for senior housing Where to go for job search support Find domestic abuse help here If you need home-delivered kosher meals A place to fi nd mental health services Grief counseling? A place that helps Holocaust survivors Escorted transportation can be arranged here Career De...…
…July 18 • 2019 3 jn inside July 18-24, 2019 15-21 Tammuz 5779 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 24 thejewishnews.com • Schmoozing with Jacob Zuppke Detroit Jewish News n For all the breaking news and ONLINE EXCLUSIVES 14101 Balfour, Oak Park 4-bedroom, brick ranch 2-bathrooms, 2-half baths Stairlift to basement 2 furnaces, 2 A/C Move in condition $280,000 CALL 248-548-4741 VIEWS 5-10 JEWS IN THE D 12 Ties that Bind Jewish Detroiter...…
…4 July 18 • 2019 jn Laurie Akers with Kenneth Lyonswright Laker Guest Artists Friday, July 26 7:30pm at Temple Israel Join us in our Outdoor Sanctuary for a wonderful Shabbat experience with Laurie Akers with Kenneth Lyonswright. Registration not necessary, contact Maya at maya@temple-israel.org or call 248-661-5700 for questions. Sponsored in loving memory of Beverly & Irving Laker. Saturday, July 27 5 PM • Marshbank Park ...…
…July 18 • 2019 5 jn views M axine Berman was an open book. And she wrote more than one, apparently. Twenty-five years ago this month, Momentum Books published The Only Boobs in the House Are Men: A Veteran Woman Legislator Lifts the Lid on Politics Macho Style by the sitting State Representative from the 36th District (Southfield). Last year, two months after Berman’ s death, her niece and nephew published her novel If You Se...…
…6 July 18 • 2019 jn The Jewish News aspires to communicate news and opinion that’ s useful, engaging, enjoyable and unique. It strives to refl ect the full range of diverse viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. We desire to create and maintain a challenging, caring, enjoyable work environment that encourages creativity and innovation. We acknowledge our role as a responsible, responsive m...…
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…8 July 18 • 2019 jn views W hen I packed my suitcase for this year, I didn’ t know where I would end up, whom I would meet or what I would learn. I knew that I came from a strong, mid-size Jewish community in Detroit. I also knew, or thought I knew, that I had a strong Jewish identity, and that exploring identity and community were two things I was interested in on a global scale. In reality, however, I didn’ t really know wha...…
…10 July 18 • 2019 jn views Readers on Facebook added their comments to the story “Interlochen Legacy,” (July 4, page 30). Dina B-Berd: As a camper, I saw Marcel Marceau perform there. An incredible privilege to have attended. Ben Blau: I’ m an Interlochen alum and still live in SE Michigan. My life still revolves around music. Melissa Steinberg Brodsky: I had the most amazing time the summer I went to Interlochen. The JN welcomes ...…
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…12 July 18 • 2019 jn JACKIE HEADAPOHL ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ties that Bind Jewish Detroiters share a special relationship with the Technion. A s one pillar of the Detroit Jewish community leaves his post as chairman of the Board of Governors (BOG) at Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, another will take his place. Larry Jackier completed his 12th and final year as chairman of the BOG, and Scott Leemaster has stepped into the positi...…
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…14 July 18 • 2019 jn continued from page 12 jews d in the Traveling the World with the Technion M y husband, Larry, and I joined last fall’ s Technion World Tour China, follow- ing my participation in American Technion Society (ATS) missions in 2017 to New York and in 2016 to Israel. The 2017 and 2018 trips included tours of two of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’ s most ambi- tious institutional collaborations. One i...…
…July 18 • 2019 15 jn Technion President Peretz Lavie and Linda Kovan Detroiter Honored with Technion Fellowship Linda Kovan of Novi was awarded a Technion Honorary Fellowship last month for her inspiring lead- ership and vision. She chaired ATS’ first-ever women’ s mission to Israel and served as the first female president of the Detroit Chapter. During her tenure, Kovan revitalized the chapter by part- nering with professional ...…
…16 July 18 • 2019 jn jews d in the STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER N ot many recent college graduates get to launch astronauts to the moon for their first job. But that’ s just what Michael Liebowitz did in the summer of 1969. On the 50th anniversary of the famed Apollo 11 mission, Liebowitz, who enjoyed a career afterward in the automotive industry and is a dedicated member of Congregation B’ nai Moshe in West Bloomfield, loo...…
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…18 July 18 • 2019 jn T he Palace of Auburn Hills has served Metro Detroit for 31 years. This fall, however, will mark the end of an era — the Palace will be torn down and redeveloped by the Schostak Brothers & Company. Despite this news, there is no shortage of history surrounding the Palace. After the collapse of the Pontiac Silverdome’ s roof in 1984, Detroit Pistons owner Bill Davidson decided it was time to search for a new hom...…
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…quick hits Detroit Country Day School senior girls soccer star Elle Hartje was named to the Division 2 All-State first team. An honorable mention All-State choice when she was a sophomore, Hartje was a three-sport star at Country Day. She also played hockey and tennis for the Yellowjackets. Hartje will move on this fall to Yale University, where she’ ll play hockey and soccer. BY STEVE STEIN sports Two umpires who work in Int...…
…July 18 • 2019 21 jn T he coach who revived the Frankel Jewish Academy boys basketball program almost overnight has left the West Bloomfield school to take another coaching job. Mike Marek is the new coach at Canton Preparatory High School. He was one of 31 candidates for the posi- tion. Marek went 24-18 in two seasons at FJA including 14-8 this past season, a far cry from the 4-16 record the team post- ed in the season before he arr...…
…22 July 18 • 2019 jn moments MAY 10, 2019 Jennifer and Cary Rosen of Phoenix, Ariz., are excited to announce the birth of their son, Callum Jeffrey Rosen. Proud grandparents are Nettie and Stuart Rosen of West Bloomfield, and Dyane and Glenn Thomas of Phoenix. Callum is named in loving memory of Cary’ s cousin Calvin Lefton and Jenn’ s uncle Jeffrey (Ricky) Serafini. R eesa and Morris Potash of Birmingham, John Connor of Plymouth, a...…
…July 18 • 2019 23 jn spirit torah portion A talking donkey? Middle school metal shop class? What do they have in common? Read on. In this week’ s Torah por- tion, we read a most strange and amusing story. Bil’ am, the prophet, has been hired by Balak, the Moabite king, to curse the Israelite nation. En route to carry out his mission, Bil’ am is frustrated that the donkey, on which he is riding, suddenly stops. Bil’ am, unaware ...…
…24 July 18 • 2019 jn Long White Beard D riving through Ferndale, it’ s easy to miss Long White Beard’ s white, unassuming building. It’ s almost easiest to figure out where it is by the symphony of saw noises rather than through your phone’ s navigation system. First opened in 2014, this uniquely named shop is co-owned by Shelby Holtzman and Dan Erickson, who dabble in designing and crafting heirloom-qual- ity furniture and other...…
…July 18 • 2019 25 jn B eing unemployed can be demoralizing, a fact that JVS Human Services is keeping top of mind while planning its new office for the Oakland County Michigan Works! Agency, which will open later this summer or early fall. JVS topped six competing bidders for a workforce development system in Northern Oakland County to replace the office run for nearly 40 years by the Waterford School District. The center, which will b...…
…26 July 18 • 2019 jn on the cover/travel arts&life A sk Michiganders what they most frequently associate with a Michigan summer and likely the answer will be an Up North vacation. Ask a Jewish Detroiter and the answer could very well be time spent in Charlevoix. The number of Jewish visitors, especially those who own property in Charlevoix, is so significant that it’ s nearly impossible to spend a summer weekend in this pictur- esq...…
…July 18 • 2019 27 jn FAMILIAR AMENITIES Today, returning tourists are accustomed to things unique to this particular north- ern Michigan town. A longtime favorite includes watching the drawbridge on the north end of the downtown open every half hour so that larger boats can travel between Lake Charlevoix on the east side and Lake Michigan on the west side. Visitors also looked forward to seeing the Dexter Bus, a 43-foot boat consis- t...…
…28 July 18 • 2019 jn in Charlevoix. I walk my dog every morning around Round Lake and often watch the sunrise. It’ s always so gorgeous. It never gets old. ” In 2015, Freund and his wife, Emily, opened That French Place, a café on Bridge Street specializing in crepes, pastries and coffee. Two years later, they opened Brian’ s Ice Cream Experience. Seventy-five percent of their income is generated between Memorial Day weekend and th...…
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…30 July 18 • 2019 jn theater/music arts&life SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Festival of Plays Two Jewish playwrights take the stage with their short theater pieces. Coming Home Singer/songwriter Jesse Palter launches new album in Detroit. S tephen Sussman has been seen in many community theater roles over recent years, and one had him in the cast of Swashbucklers, a play written by Myr...…
…July 18 • 2019 31 jn B’ rith Youth Organization. Adding to his excitement and exhilaration involved with the stage is knowing that his two daughters devel- oped community theater interests deep enough to move them into professional stage careers. Rachel, who holds a bachelor’ s degree in fine arts from New York University, was a 2019 Tony Award nominee for her work in producing What the Constitution Means to Me. Hillary, who earned ...…
…32 July 18 • 2019 jn celebrity jews arts&life AT THE MOVIES The Art of Self-Defense opens July 19 at several Metro Detroit theaters. I’ ve never seen a better advance Variety review. The following review excerpt encapsulates how good Variety thinks it is: “Casey Davis [Jesse Eisenberg, 35] may be the least macho man you’ ve ever met … mugged by thugs … Casey hardly puts up a fight. … Dark, sinister and disarm- ingly hilarious, [t...…
…July 18 • 2019 33 jn FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOME Tour the first Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house to be built in the Detroit metro- politan area, the Gregor S. & Elizabeth B. Affleck House, 925 Bloomfield Woods, Bloomfield Hills. Frank Lloyd Wright teamed up with Jewish builder Harold Turner, who built the iconic home in 1941, along with two other Frank Lloyd Wright homes in Michigan. Turner eventually settled in Oakland County where he woul...…
…34 July 18 • 2019 jn on the go KARAOKE NIGHT 7:30-9:30 pm, July 25. At the Downtown Synagogue. Program Coordinator Nicole Feinberg will bring her karaoke-hosting talents to the syna- gogue for a very special evening. Come on down for drinks, songs and tons of fun. Must be 21+ to drink. RSVP to hello@downtownsynagogue.org. Sy Manello/Editorial Assistant Send items at least 14 days in advance to calendar@thejewishnews.com. continued f...…
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…July 18 • 2019 37 jn continued on page 38 soul of blessed memory MARGARETE E. (ZIMMER) BULMASH, 82, died July 8, 2019, in Marietta, Ga. She was born Nov. 19, 1936, to Jacob Zimmer and Elizabeth (Stambach) Zimmer in Strasbourg, France. She was a Holocaust survivor along with her brother, Fritz Zimmer (Inge Wexler). Margarete immigrated to the U.S. in 1958, where she met Jerome M. Bulmash whom she married on July 23,1959. Sh...…
…38 July 18 • 2019 jn continued from page 37 soul of blessed memory FRED GARFINKEL, 85, of West Bloomfield, died July 9, 2019. He is survived by his beloved wife, Barbara Garfinkel; daughter, Alisa Bailog; son and daughter-in- law, David and Tracy Garfinkel; grandchildren, Jennifer Economy, Noah, Landon and Hayden Garfinkel; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mr. Garfinkel was the father of the late Ro...…
…July 18 • 2019 39 jn OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $100 for up to 150 words; $200 for 151-300 words, etc. A photo counts as 30 words. There is no charge for a Holocaust survivor icon. The JN reserves the right to edit wording to conform to its style considerations. For information, have your funeral director call the JN or you may call Sy Manello, editorial assistant, at (248) 351-5147 or email him at sma...…
…40 July 18 • 2019 jn PHOTO CREDIT Mug Cutline continued from page XX continued on page XX OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $100 for up to 150 words; $200 for 151-300 words, etc. A photo counts as 30 words. There is no charge for a Holocaust survivor icon. The JN reserves the right to edit wording to conform to its style considerations. For information, have your funeral director call the JN or you may call S...…
…July 18 • 2019 41 jn Danny Raskin Senior Columnist raskin the best of everything Ann Arbor Welcomes Jim Brady’s T he highly awaited two-year construc- tion of a Jim Brady’ s restaurant in Ann Arbor finally comes to fruition. After numerous years of the property standing vacant, the reconstruction was completed this past December by part- ners Tom Brady and Darin Dingman … It has been a piece of history in Downtown Ann Arbor that dates...…
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…GAM ZU L’TOVA . THIS TOO IS FOR THE GOOD . -Nachum Ish Gamzu, Talmud Taanit, 21a CONGRATULATIONS ON 75 YEARS OF HEALTHY PERSPECTIVE For the last 75 years, the Detroit Jewish News has celebrated, chronicled, educated and remembered the beautiful tapestry that is our community. Although times have changed, the Detroit Jewish News has stayed true to their mission and remains committed to a healthy, vibrant community. The men and women of Hen...…
…Detroit Jewish News n 75 Anniversary th 1942-2017 commemorative issue | july 18, 2017 contents 6 Looking Back, Looking Forward A welcome from Publisher and Executive Editor Arthur Horwitz. 8 Congrats From A Reader And A Writer Humorist Alan Muskovitz looks back on his relationship with the JN. 12 18 Congratulatory Letters From Government Offi cials 126 40 82 52 90 94 104 The Detroit Jewish Community Through The Decades 10...…
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…jews d in the 75th Anniversary Looking Back, Looking Forward Celebrating Mentorship And An Ongoing Community Partnership T Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher 6 he 75th anniversary commemorative edi- tion of the Jewish News at your fingertips is part tribute to the vision and tenacity of our founder, Philip Slomovitz, and part recogni- tion of the durability and discerning taste buds of 98-year-old Danny Raskin, who has been writing a weekly ...…
