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… University Hillel sponsored a vigil on campus. A vigil was held for the victims by Michigan State Hillel. Students at Hillels at universities around the state held vigils last week for the victims of the Tree…

… Moudgil addresses those attending the vigil organized by the dean of students. Students show solidarity at a vigil orga- nized by Hillel of Metro Detroit at Wayne State University. Grand Valley State…

… BETH EL SITE), AT THE BETH EL VIGIL A vigil sponsored by Hillel of Metro Detroit at U-M Dearborn The vigil at Capitol Park in Downtown Detroit, sponsored by a host of organizations and synagogues, drew…

…jews in the d Pittsburgh aftermath Vigils on Michigan Campuses and in Detroit JONATHAN DESCHAINE/WSU SOUTH END CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Lawrence Technological University President Virinder…

… of Life synagogue shooting, as well as a vigil sponsored by several synagogues and organizations held at Capitol Park in Downtown Detroit. These photos capture the feelings of solidarity, sorrow and…

… hope expressed at those vigils. “Th e tenets of Christianity are love, care, forgiveness and sacrifi ce. Love always conquers all.” BREAKERS COVENANT CHURCH INTERNATIONAL (LOCATED IN A FORMER TEMPLE…

… Hillel Governing Board. Michigan is a university that welcomes and encourages diversity of opinion and productive discourse and, as a result, many perspectives exist on campus. Recently, there have been…

… is a senior at the University of Michigan and chair of Michigan Hillel. STRONG ROOTS Although it is nearly impossible to connect the dots looking forward, it is important to occasionally look back on…

…-par- ty assessment valued SKOOP Inc. at more than $4 million. If growth con- tinues as it should, that valuation will be north of $10 million by the end of the second quarter of 2019. Michigan Hillel chair…

… needs support. Being at Michigan and part of the Hillel community has provided me with learning opportunities and skills far superseding those learned in the classroom. I have gained a more nuanced…

…jews in the d SCAN PAGE AND SEE VIDEO OF THE VIGIL. Nearly 400 people participated in a vigil held by University of Michigan Hillel Sunday evening in memory of the 11 people killed Saturday at Tree…

… of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. Kendall Coden, Michigan Hillel board chair, said, “Tonight, we will resist hatred in all its forms with our love and support for one another. We are here tonight…

… proven that anti-Semitism is alive and real.” The vigil ended with the Mi Shebeirach prayer for healing, a psalm and the singing of “Oseh Shalom.” ■ PHOTOS BY SAMII STOLOFF Michigan Hillel Hosts Campus…

… Vigil Nearly 400 people attended the vigil on the Diag at the University of Michigan. Students Jonathan Schermer and Eva Rosen, both of Pittsburgh, share their feelings about the shooting in their…

…, and across the world, in the spirit of unity, community and love to mourn, to hold each other, to share our sadness and outrage.” Other speakers included Kevin Lieberman, chair of JUnion, and two…

… students from Pittsburgh. Senior Jonathan Schermer’s family attends Tree of Life Congregation. “Every Jew here and every Jew around the world stands together and, symbol- ically, we are all members of the…

… Tree of Life synagogue,” he said. Senior Eva Rosen said, “While this incident has changed our communi- ty forever; it is so much bigger than Squirrel Hill, or even Pittsburgh, because it has tragically…

… vigil. Team Effort This package of stories was coordinat- ed and edited by JN Story Development Editor Keri Guten Cohen, with reporting by Contributing Writers Stacy Gittleman, Shelli Liebman Dorfman…

… Student Life at Wayne State University, Oakland University, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Oakland Community College, University of Detroit Mercy and Lawrence Technological University. Seats are limited…

…We are waiting in the wings for you! Hillel of Metro Detroit Presents A Spectacular Evening with HAMILTON Thursday, April 4, 2019 Fisher Theatre 6 PM Pre-Glow Cocktails and Small Plates 8 PM…

… Sakwa Joni and Neil Satovsky Jennifer and Paul Silverman Beth and Robert Sklar Jeannie Weiner Esther and Neal Zalenko Linda Zlotoff A fundraising event benefiting Hillel of Metro Detroit and Jewish…

… HAMILTON – the Broadway Musical complimentary parking and coat check Thank you to our sponsors and Honorary Host Committee members (as of November 13, 2018) Campus Level Jewish Student Engagement Level…

….THEBIRMINGHAMTAILOR.COM 24 November 8 • 2018 jn O n Oct. 29, the University of Michigan’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS) hosted a public teach-in about the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions…

… Pessah, who, the Michigan Daily reported, explored the difference between anti-Semitism and what he calls ‘anti-Semitizing,’ a way of equating criticism of Israel with the hatred against Jews. Another…

… does so by policy.” Michigan Hillel Executive Director Tilly Shames said Hillel’s role is to equip students with the tools to ask questions and bring up additional information Tilly Shames and to put…

… efforts into its Israel programming to educate the campus on the full diversity of Israel. She said Hillel’s Israel Fellow, Orr Viznitzer, attended the program with about 10 students who asked critical…

… this kind of “blatantly one-sided presentation” supported through uni- versity departments, but were glad they could attend to ask challenging ques- tions and bring another perspective. A Michigan Daily…

… introduction of Zionism and that Israel has stolen Palestine’s home, lands, dignity, history and heritage.” In an email to the JN, U-M spokes- person Rick Fitzgerald maintains the university is steadfast in its…

… policy of not enacting any boycott of academic institutions in Israel. “That does not mean, however, the university Rick Fitzgerald can suppress the speech or academic freedom of members of our faculty who…

… may organize events like the one focused on the BDS move- ment,” he wrote. “They are free to dis- cuss this issue or any other issue. The university does not require balance in the consideration of…

… ideas in events organized by groups of faculty, staff or students on campus, even when some of the funding for those events comes from university departments. We are not aware of a great university that…

… study at Israeli universities, written public apol- ogies from Schlissel for his Sept. 20 statement opposing a boycott of Israeli academic institutions and more. In the Oct. 31 University Record, Provost…

…. ■ Hillel of Metro Detroit’s Hidden Jewel Tour Hillel of Metro Detroit’s Hidden Jewel Tour on Oct. 10 showcased the new and exciting growth in Midtown Detroit, at Wayne State University and at Hillel of…

… been blessed to be led by Steve Freedman as our head of school. He has shared and implemented a transformative vision that has brought Hillel to a place of amazing strength and clear direction.” Folbe…

… stated the school is enlisting professional advisers in a search for a new head of school, and Freedman said he would help ensure a seamless transition. And he can’t leave out wife Joan’s role at Hillel…

… Metro Detroit. Eugene Driker led the bus and walking tour, which was followed by a program highlighting new Jewish student life on campus at Hillel of Metro Detroit. ■ Eugene Driker of Detroit leads the…

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… also lauds a generous anonymous philanthropist, other donors and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit with supporting the school. “The fact the school is in Detroit, with its culture of…

… over the years and working with the professionals, teachers and leadership team, all willing to push themselves and change their educa- tion assumptions for the sake of the children. They are willing to…

… take risks. They are great people, and I am honored and blessed to have worked with them. “And,” he continued, “I can’t do anything without the relentless sup- port of the board of trustees — part- ners…

… all the way, including every presi- dent. And I’m serious about that.” Hillel President Ellen Folbe issued this statement to the Hillel commu- nity, “For the past 16 years, we at Hillel Day School have…

…jews in the d Online Chanukah Shopping to Benefi t Hillel Winter is coming! So, let the Chanukah shopping begin! On Nov. 9, the MSU Hillel-HCAM Online Auction goes live. With a catalogue of more…

… than 200 items and unique experiences, gift giving is just a click away. Support of the auction impacts more than 5,000 Jewish students at MSU and on the 10 HCAM cam- puses (Central Michigan, Eastern…

… Michigan, Grand Valley, Northern Michigan, Saginaw Valley State and Western Michigan Universities and Albion, Alma College and Kalamazoo Colleges). Proceeds benefit dynamic programming, including engagement…

…-Jewish riots — against the Jewish communities of Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland. These events came to be known as Kristallnacht (com- monly translated as “Night of Broken Glass”), a reference to the broken…

… win- dows of synagogues, Jewish-owned stores, community centers, and homes plundered and destroyed that night. To commemorate the anniver- sary, Dr. Eric Biles, a Holocaust survivor from Austria, will…

…Abraham Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Center at Michigan State University or the Marilyn & Stefan Tucker Scholarship Fund at the University…

… of Michigan Law School. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. ANITA RUBIN, 87, of Southfield, died Nov. 4, 2018. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Yaffa Rubin; daughters, Marilyn…

… devoted son of the late Max and the late Ida Spiegel; the dear brother-in-law of the late Carol Ettinger. Interment was at B’nai Israel Memorial Gardens. Contributions may be made to BBYO-Michigan Region…

…. Staller taught English to Russian immigrants and helped them gain their citizenship. She was also a Detroit Public School teacher for 39 years. Honored by the State of Michigan, she was active with Cancer…

… loving cousins, nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Anita was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Rubin; the mother of the late Harold Rubin; the mother-in-law of the late Howard Rabotnick…

…; daughter of the late Abraham and the late Eva Feldman. Interment took place at the Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman…

… Chapel. ALFRED SPIEGEL, 89, of Farmington Hills, died Nov. 7, 2018. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Joyce Spiegel; daughters and son-in-law, Nancy Finegood, Robin and Rob Nosan, and Wendy Smith…

… of the late Bobby Spiegel; the dear father-in-law of the late Richard Smith; the proud grandfather of the late Gregg Finegood; the loving brother of the late Ruth and the late Gary Schlesinger; the…

…, Gregory Finegood Scholarship Fund, 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, bbyo.org/region/michigan; or Second Step Housing-Gregg’s Place, 8105 NE Fourth Plain Road, Vancouver, WA 98662…

…, secondstephousing.org/donate-2. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ADELE W. STALLER, 84, of Southfield, died Nov. 5, 2018. Active with Adat Shalom Synagogue and its sisterhood, Adele was also a past president of…

… Download the Blippar app and scan the following pages for related digital content: Page 22: See a video of the vigil on the Diag at University of Michigan. Page 30: See a video of highlights from the…

…-Pittsburgh ON THE GO Connections 59 Events/Editor’s Picks 22 Michigan Hillel Hosts Campus Vigil NOSH 24 Mental Health Help 62 Ima Noodle Bar Coming to 100 Michigan Schools 64 Nara Hibachi & Hot Rocks…

…Detroit Jewish News n inside Nov, 1-7, 2018 23-29 Cheshvan 5779 VOLUME CLIV, ISSUE 14 VIEWS 5-10 JEWS IN THE D 12 As News Spread Detroiters react to shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life…

… ETC. 26 A Will To Succeed Judy Eder overcomes childhood hardship and celebrates a century of life. 65 the exchange 68 soul 30 Dispatches from 73 raskin the Great War 34 No Place Like Home for…

… the Windsor Reunion 36 Still Giving JFS to benefi t from the sale of bequeathed Demant home. 38 Here’s To 46 Sports 48 Moments SPIRIT 50 Torah portion 26 74 looking back 54 BLIPPAR INDEX…

… scoop with National Radio Hall of Fame inductee Fred Jacobs — as told by his daughter. ON THE COVER: Cover design: Michelle Sheridan 58 celebrity jews jn November 1 • 2018 3 …

… University of Michigan Hillel Foundation. I encountered Prof. Kinzer at a meeting for campus religious leaders. It was there that he explained he was a Messianic “rabbi.” I felt duped and confused at that…

… years at Michigan State University, I did have an unusual experience in a course called the “Foundations of Judaism.” The course was part of the Religious Studies Department and the teacher, Mark Kinzer…

… years at Hillel Day School were good for a foundational understanding, but Prof. Kinzer went much deeper into the history of Judaism. I pre- sumed the instructor was Jewish, but I was not certain. On the…

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… was such an uproar over a Messianic “rabbi” delivering a prayer at a political rally last week. W ith the controversy last week of Loren Jacobs, a leader of a Bloomfield Hills church who calls himself…

… a “rabbi,” delivering a politically charged invocation at a Republican party rally featuring Vice President Mike Pence, there have been a lot of ques- Rabbi Jason Miller tions regarding the…

… Contributing Writer messianic “Judaism” movement. The first time I had ever heard of messianic Jews or the group called “Jews for Jesus” was as a high school student. Preparing us for the college campus…

…, teachers at my synagogue’s Hebrew high school informed us that there are prosely- tizing Christians who claim to be Jewish and seek to convert Jewish students to Christianity. Some of these “Jews for Jesus…

….com or 928-444-0151. U-M FRANKEL CENTER FILM 5:30-7 pm, Nov. 6. University of Michigan’s Frankel Center for Judaic Studies presents a screening and discussion of GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II…

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… to Sisterhood Beth Shalom. RSVP to Phyllis: pweeks202@gmail.com or 248-470-4157. MUSSAR MONDAYS 7 pm, Nov. 5. Adults of all ages are invited to join Rabbi Aaron Bergman at Adat Shalom Synagogue in…

…’S SUPPORT 1:30-3 pm, Nov. 6. The Alzheimer’s Association-Greater Michigan Chapter, in collaboration with Jewish Senior Life, holds a monthly support group on the first Tuesday. Caregivers, families and…

… friends of individuals with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease may attend. The group’s facilitator is Diane Schwartz, MA, LPC. At Prentis JSL Apartments, NOV. 3 SOULFUL YOGA 10 am, Nov. 3. At Adat Shalom…

… Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Rabbi Rachel Shere and yoga instructor Mindy Eisenberg will connect body and soul as they apply the wisdom of Torah to the gentle practice of yoga. No yoga experi- ence is…

… is rabbi of the Orthodox community at University of Michigan Hillel. her own way” (Proverbs 22:6). Isaac …

… and Operated 40 November 8 • 2018 jn t is difficult to imagine two and Rebecca failed to appreciate the brothers who are as different distinct dispositions and skill sets of from each other as Jacob…

… and their two sons. While their model of Esau. education was successful for Jacob, Unlike the presentation of it came at a cost to Esau, earlier individuals, the Torah ultimately alienating him…

…. describes the adolescent In the end, Jacob carried on personalities and hobbies the legacy of his grandfather, of Jacob and Esau. We learn Abraham, while Esau seemed that Jacob spends his time to abandon it…

… the Torah tion of our children: We must Parshat feel a need to provide these realize that each child has Toldot: details when it does not do his or her own unique way of Genesis the same for the others…

…? learning and experiencing the 25:19-28:9; world. As parents and educa- Rav Samson Raphael Malachi Hirsch, a 19th-century tors, we must be mindful of 1:1-2:7. German biblical commentator, the fact that no two…

… siblings suggests the Torah’s detailed or students are identical. characterization of Jacob and Not only does Rav Hirsch’s Esau conveys a particular educational message ring true for the education message…

…. In the great debate between of our children, but also for each of “nature” and “nurture,” Rav Hirsch us as individuals as well. Each of us suggests both are at play. Jacob and has a particular set of…

… interests and Esau ended up on vastly different strengths. In our individual ways, paths later in life as not only the we each find aspects of Judaism that result of different inborn personali- speak…

… powerfully to us, while we also ties, but also because of the way their experience elements with which we parents raised them as children. struggle to fully relate. Before we While we hold the matriarchs judge…

… received her B.A. from Michigan State University in advertising. She is working in business development at Doner in Southfield. Jared received his B.S. from the University of Michigan in general biology and…

…. Brayden is a student at Bloomfield Hills Middle School. As part of his most meaningful mitzvah project, he volunteered at the Miracle League of Michigan, where he partnered with children who are mentally or…

… Joseph and Eli Gordon. Joining in the cele- bration were his proud grandparents Eric and Sarah Gordon, Sara Lanxner, and Cantor Ben-Zion and Susan Lanxner. Gabriel is a student at Hillel Day School of…

… history. He went on to graduate from the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Jared is finishing his residency at the DMC in Detroit. A November wedding is planned in West Bloomfield. Amy and Jared…

…moments JUNE 10, 2018 Lindsey Hoffman and Justin Memenga of Chicago are thrilled to announce the birth of their first child, Asher Greyson Memenga (Raz Matan). Ash Grey is welcomed with much joy by…

… his maternal grandparents Marilyn and Peter Jacobson of West Bloomfield, Nancy and Kevin Hale, and Maggie and Brad Memenga of Illinois. Asher is named in loving memory of his maternal great…

…-grandparents Rella and Max Fridman. Brayden J. Brodsky, son of Sue and Burton Brodsky, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. He will be joined…

… in cele- bration by his siblings Chase, Carson and Olivia. Brayden is the loving grandchild of Linda and the late Easton Brodsky, and Phyllis and John Hassey, and great-grandchild of Juanita Victor…

… congregation in prayer as he became a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at the Woodward Avenue Shul in Royal Oak. He is the beloved son of Jason Gordon and the late Jennifer Lanxner, and the brother of…

… Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. 38 November 8 • 2018 jn Max Aaron Kovinsky, son of Milton and Cheryl Kovinsky, will celebrate his bar mitz- vah when he is called to the Torah on Saturday, Nov. 10…

…jews in the d Detroit-Pittsburgh Connections The Mi Shebeirach prayer for healing was read at a vigil Sunday sponsored by Michigan Hillel. RABBI CHUCK DIAMOND “The 11 people killed were good…

… what he said felt like extended family and, for his father, the congregation’s rabbi emeritus, “the center of the Berkun family universe.” His family is safe, but, “I cannot stop shaking. I am sad, angry…

… people who just wanted to come to shul as they did each week to pray and study,” said Rabbi Chuck Diamond, former rabbi at Tree of Life. Diamond, who lives just around the corner from the synagogue…

…, arrived there Saturday morning in time to speak with some who had been inside the building. Having been a rabbi at the congre- gation until this past year, he said he knew most of those who were killed. The…

… Pittsburgh native spent much of this past Shabbat trying to be of comfort to fam- TOVA WEINBERG Former Detroiter Tova Weinberg was in ser- vices Saturday morning when she learned of the attack at Tree of…

… Life. “I was in shul at 10 a.m. I heard lots of sirens and it disturbed me,” she said. “Then at 10:10, the rabbi of our shul (Orthodox) Poale Zedeck told us there was an active shooter at the Tree of…

… ilies of victims. He now is leader of the spiritual community Kehillah La La in Pittsburgh. From 1988-1991, Diamond served as rabbi of education and youth at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield…

…, where, in 1966, Rabbi Morris Adler was shot and killed during Shabbat morning services by a congregant. “Working (there) with their history and the tragedy of what happened to Rabbi Adler, I have always…

… had a fear in the back of my mind of something happening like what happened (in Pittsburgh),” he said. “I am saddened by the events. I pray for a better tomorrow.” — Shelli Liebman Dorfman…

… beloved friend Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz had been SAMANTHA STOLOFF RABBI JONATHAN BERKUN Having grown up in Pittsburgh, Rabbi Jonathan Berkun describes Tree of Life as his second home, filled with friends and…