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…14 | DECEMBER 15 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY C ongregation Chabad House- Lubavitch of Eastern Michigan, will light a 22-foot public Chanukah menorah at Shea Automotive (2100 Linden Road, Flint) at 5…

… Swanson and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein. The event will also feature delicious holiday foods and hot soup. Complimentary Chanukah menorahs and candles will be distributed as well…

… to join Chabad of Eastern Michigan’s menorah lighting this year. Thirty-seven years ago, Rabbi Yisroel Weingarten and his wife, Shainie, moved from Brooklyn to meet the needs of the Flint Jewish…

… community. One of Weingarten’s first and largest functions was erecting Eastern Michigan’s largest menorah 36 years ago. “Everyone is especially excited about Chanukah this year,” said Mrs. Shainie…

… Weingarten, co-director of Chabad of Eastern Michigan. “People are prepar- ing to celebrate with family and friends, to fill their homes with the light of Chanukah, and there’s a palpable joy. The public…

… campaign in 1973, of which Flint’s public Chanukah activities are a part of. Chabad-Lubavitch’s annual Chanukah campaign has distributed millions of menorahs to Jews around the world, and erected…

… million Jews in more than 100 countries. This year’s Chanukah campaign comes amid a growing awareness of Chabad- Lubavitch’s indelible impact on Jewish life. Pew Research Center’s 2020 survey of Jewish…

… Americans showed that 38% of all American Jews have participated in Chabad activities and services, of whom more than 75% do not identify as Orthodox. Indeed, during the pandemic, demand for Chabad of…

… statements about Jews.” Is this a tall order to learn to say such calm replies? Yes! And we all must learn to do it — to educate one person at a time. I attended Michigan State University in the late…

… farm in Michigan. She had never before met a Jew. Third quarter — I shared with a young woman from Oak Park, who I heard tell someone on the dorm hall phone that she now had a Jewish friend. Then…

… comments calmly and in a way that educates the other person. In the case of the statement about Jews only caring about money, perhaps an appropriate answer could be: “You may not realize that what you…

… said is an antisemitic statement said for hundreds of years to harm Jews. I know you wouldn’t say such a statement about Blacks or Asian Americans. I hope in the future you won’t say such…

… 1960s. In my hometown of Elgin, Ill., I had been the only Jewish stu- dent in my classes, and I had so looked forward to being among Jews at college. Fall 1966 — I am assigned to be roommates in…

… when you heard about the deadly synagogue attacks on Jews in Pittsburgh? In Poway, Calif.? Remember the emo- tions you went through? Did you feel outrage? Were you sick watching the news…

… fired toward Israel from Hamas- controlled Gaza in a terrorist effort to murder Jews. Not all of them landed in empty fields; that miraculous Iron Dome that saves so many lives isn’t infallible…

…. I’m a Jewish mom of two teenagers living in a Philadelphia suburb. I grew up in a Connecticut town with very few Jews, and I was raised in a secular Jewish home with no connection to Judaism…

…; however, Israel and Zionism were an integral part of my upbringing. L’dor v’dor: I am raising my children to be unapolo- getic Zionists and Jews. I’m proud that my daughter, who just graduated high…

…M ica Gelb is starting his fourth season on the University of Michigan football team. He didn’t play much in his first three years and probably won’t play much this year, but the 6-foot-5, 288…

… talked with several teammates who had never met a Jew, answered tons of questions about Jewish practices and culture, and corrected stereotypes. This practicing Jewish player on the U-M football team…

… Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional…

… mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News, 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334 MISSION STATEMENT The Detroit Jewish News will be of service to…

… Purim, Passover and Chanukah to plan our response. Thankfully, unlike most other eras of antisemitism, Jew-hatred in America is not state-sponsored. There are brave leaders in our federal, state…

… American dream are taking to social media and synagogue parking lots to spew their Jew- hatred. Indeed, in a milieu of meritocracy (even an imperfect one like ours), a small tribe that holds the values…

…-sum game, reacts to Jewish achievement by naively claiming Jews possess “too much” power and, mistakenly, that a Jewish cabal works actively to prevent others from similarly succeeding in America. In…

… this way, today’s antisemitism most resembles the Jew-hatred experienced by our ancestors in the days of Passover and Purim, when Egyptians and Persians felt threatened by Jewish success. Taking…

… our cue, then, from Queen Esther who approached King Achashverosh, Jews immersed in American culture must ask support from our non-Jewish friends and family members, as well as gentile faith…

… leaders, business colleagues and government leaders, to condemn publicly and forcefully antisemitism in all its forms. Similarly, by the way, we Jews are obligated to condemn publicly and loudly…

… Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing…

… offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News, 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334 MISSION STATEMENT The Detroit Jewish News will be of service to the…

… statements and acts around the globe, the rise in these statements and acts in recent years has been alarming. And as Evelyn Markus, a Dutch Jew and the daughter of Holocaust survi- vors, discusses in…

… interviewing both Jews and non-Jews about the antisemitism they or oth- ers currently face, their antise- mitic experiences in the past, and the first time they learned about the Holocaust. That show has…

… non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism that many organizations are adopting: “ Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews…

… reason our podcast is important is the same as the reason this definition is important: To make people aware of what antisemitism is. For example, when someone says in front of you that Jews only…

… Slotkin; challengers in the Oakland County Treasurer race; as well as interviews with those vying for seats on the state legislature. Moments Moments 26 Spirit Torah portion 27 Sports Michigan Jewish…

… online concert. Celebrity Jews 32 Online Events 33 Nosh A Challah Tradition to Continue 34 Friendship Circle buys Dakota Bread. Etc. The Exchange 36 Soul 38 Danny Raskin 45 Looking Back 46…

… Let Old Friends be your Michigan-Florida Connection Keyes Real Estate Estate Property Sales from Listing to Clean-Out! BUY • SELL • I NVEST Throughout South Florida, Including Boca, Boynton…

… independent, responsible, responsive community member, we actively engage with individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. …

… through 12th graders in Michigan, through March 24, 2023. “Art has the power to open hearts and minds. This competition invites our youth to give expression to their thoughts and feel- ings about the…

… destruction of the Jews of Europe by the Nazi regime in Germany from 1933-1945. As they engage with the material, they become educated and empowered to make good choices that have a positive effect in…

… majority of the Jewish com- munity votes overwhelmingly Democratic in Michigan and the country. This year, 66% of Jews identified as Democrats, according to the Jewish Electorate Institute. While Jewish…

…D uring their junior year of high school in the summer of 1998 at the Michigan Chapter of Boys State, a model government leadership pro- gram for teens, John James, who is Black, and Jeffrey…

…. James believes his message of unity for all races, creeds and religions will speak to Michiganders. And though the Jewish population doesn’ t typically comprise much of the Republican vote in Michigan…

…, a West Point graduate raised by Democratic parents in Detroit, returned to Michigan after serving eight years in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War. There, he flew the Apache helicopters that now…

… Republicans in Michigan are smaller in number, Stu Sandler, a gener- al political consultant who works with the James campaign, and the former deputy executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition…

…, believes a sizeable sect of the Jewish community is open to voting for James. Some of James’ s prominent supporters are Jewish, including former Michigan Republican Party Chairs Robert Schostak and Ron…

… Weiser, and Michigan business- man Sheldon Yellen. James also has the potential to connect with Jewish voters through his pro-Israel stances, according to Sandler. James says he supports the current…

… MADELINE HALPERT CONTRIBUTING WRITER 14 | OCTOBER 15 • 2020 The Senate candidate shares some links with the Jewish community. Th S did h John James Jews and the Republican U.S. Senate candidate John…

… prodded by the likes of Jews for Justice in Palestine, American Muslims for Palestine, Nazi National Socialists, etc. It is imperative we encourage our high school and college students to listen…

…, be aware and document Jew- and Israel-hatred in their classrooms and school environments. — Ed Kohl West Bloomfield More to the Story: Eilu v’ Eilu I am grateful for the very warm and…

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…-year- old retired army veteran now working in telecommunications. He moved from Oak Park to Madison Heights in 1997. “It’s not a far-fetched idea. They just aren’t like ‘here I am. ’” The Jews who…

… call Madison Heights home say they love where they live for various reasons, including the city services, friendly neighbors and convenient location near I-75. Grafstein, 50, came to Michigan in 2004…

… hit. OUR COMMUNITY Mayor Roslyn Grafstein Madison Heights Jews are not so isolated as one might think. Living Jewishly in the Heights JENNIFER LOVY CONTRIBUTING WRITER Volunteers at the Madison…

… successfully recommend- ed council pass a resolution eliminating gender identity questions on city forms. They also asked the council to request that the state of Michigan remove gender designations from…

…. SEARCHING FOR JEWS Since 1982, many Jewish families liv- ing along both the I-75 and Woodward corridors have found a spiritual home at Congregation Shir Tikvah, a Reform/ Renewal synagogue in Troy — the…

… in Madison Heights. To identify Jews living in cities that don’t have a Jewish infrastructure, Caytak says he and a group of volunteers help make hundreds of cold calls. When the weather…

… documentary The U.S. And The Holocaust asks hard questions and looks at how Americans treated Jews and immigrants during wartime. 46 Two Art Fairs, Two Artists Catch these Jewish artists at…

…:21 p.m. * Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. ON THE COVER: Cover photo/credit: Photo courte- sy of University of Michigan Cover design: Michelle Sheridan thejewishnews.com Follow…

….723.8184 Hebrew Free Loan Detroit 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 300 • Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301 @HFLDetroit Roger Siegel became part of Hebrew Free Loan because he was a nice guy. “I was practicing law in my…

…’s remarkable how things can change with one simple phone call - just because Stan invited me to lunch.” Community donations help Hebrew Free Loan give interest-free loans to local Jews for a variety of personal…

…. Likewise, in the 1960s through 1980s, “Youth News” was a feature dedicated to, as the title states, news of young Jews. References to good works can be also found in bar and bat mitzvah announce- ments in…

… different programs in Israel.” Subsequently, as a student in the University of Michigan’s School of Art and Design, a T-shirt she created became a fundraising campaign for the Ofer School for Autistic…

… Michigan and the power behind JHSM’s endowment. She was the author of Jews in Michigan (2001), JHSM’s much-used reference book. She brought new life to the organization and was instrumental in…

… PROTECT US.” — RABBI SHNEUR SILBERBERG T he Jewish Historical Society of Michigan (JHSM) has announced the creation of the Judith Levin Cantor Legacy Fund, which furthers their commitment to…

… developing the award-winning youth bus tours of historic Jewish Detroit. Contributions to the fund will help underwrite the kinds of high-caliber programs about Michigan’s Jewish history (including…

… Takes His Show on the Road Former professional boxer turned box- ing promoter Dmitriy Salita is a busy man these days. Two Michigan boxers promoted by Salita, an Orthodox Jew, through his Detroit…

… lineman was offered schol- arships by eight major college football programs (more offers are on the way), he attended six college football games (includ- ing Michigan vs. Ohio State) as a guest of the…

… home team, and he played a big role in the resur- gence of the Groves football team. Five of Gach’s eight schol- arship offers are from Big Ten Conference schools. They are Michigan, Michigan State…

…, Ohio State, Penn State and Maryland. The other offers are from Central Michigan, Toledo and Boston College. While all that recruiting was going on, Gach’s main focus was on becoming a better…

… all the time he’s put in to get to this stage of his career. I know our Jewish community here is rooting for him, ” said Golding, a 2012 Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation Pillars of Excellence…

… award recipient because of his lengthy and distinguished career as an area basketball coach. Turell, 23, is an Orthodox Jew. The 6-foot-7, 190-pound forward from Yeshiva University plays for the Motor…

… City Cruise, the Detroit Pistons’ NBA G League affiliate. He wears a Pistons yarmulke during games. No Orthodox Jew has ever played in the NBA. Turell is one step away, albeit a huge step. Golding…

… Chicago, not so sure she fit in. Power pulled the synagogue’s rabbi aside, telling him she had many doubts, not even sure if she believed in God. She asked the rabbi, “ Am I still a good Jew if I don…

… good Jew, ” the rabbi told her. Taking care of one’s neigh- bors, asking good questions and the concept of tikkun olam are not only embedded in Judaism, but in Power’s life and career. Power will…

…. ” Power says she plans on spending a year listening and learning with people across Michigan, including the large Metro Detroit Jewish commu- nity she’s very interested in con- necting with. Power…

…8 | APRIL 15 • 2021 guest column Let’s Heal the Jewish- Arab Rift in Israel H ealing occurs only when we look at the other face-to-face. — The Zohar. Do we Jews in Israel truly wish for…

… an interfaith convention in Jordan, teaches that change can come about when we emphasize connection and communica- tion. REJECT CYNICISM That said, many Jews distrust conciliatory speeches given…

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…, discrimination and oppression. Profiled are women in Michigan, Louisiana, Tennessee, Brazil, California, Puerto Rico and Brazil. In other Gadot news: A cou- ple of weeks ago, the Israeli star announced she…

…-Semitic Europe; assisting poor, elderly Jews, many of whom are Holocaust survivors, in the former Soviet Union, Latin America, and Europe; or expanding opportunities for at- risk populations in Israel; JDC…

… acts upon the Jewish principle that all Jews are responsible for one another in times of crisis and calm. Your legacy with JDC will ensure that we continue to save Jewish lives and build Jewish…

… vehicle is the banana car,” Fine said, “and thus, on a sunny, driz- zly Monday, on a farm in Michigan, the Topsy Turvy bus was jumped by a banana car!” Kids Kicking Cancer founder Rabbi Elimelech…

… Goldberg, aka Rabbi G, received the Michigan Hometown Health Hero Award for 2021. “This award recognizes individuals and organiza- tions across the state work- ing tirelessly to maintain and improve the…

… gift from the Pestka family in memory of their father, Henry, and the millions of Jews who perished in the Holocaust, for Grand Rapids’ first Holocaust Memorial. Ways to Say Goodbye is a 20-foot…

… of life and new beginnings. The sculpture deals with the themes of profound loss and grief and will beautifully serve as a memorial to Holocaust victims in Western Michigan. Ways to Say…

… seems that there have been plenty of people with the surname “Churchill” living in Metro Detroit. The search also revealed the profound influence Churchill had on the Michigan landscape. There is a…

… wrote about “Churchill’s Bistro and Cigar Bar” in his JN “Best of Everything” column on Oct. 3, 2013. There is a Winston Churchill Society with a Michigan Chapter based in Ann Arbor. Churchill also…

… Detroit. He gave an interview to the University of Michigan’s student newspaper in 1901, and gave a speech, “The World Facing Disaster, ” on Feb. 5, 1932 (Jan. 29, 1932 Chronicle). Churchill did make…

…. ” There is a veritable treasure trove of information about Churchill in the Davidson Archive, more than I can address in one column. So, I’ll look into Churchill’s relationship with Jews and his…

… announcement leaves location of plaques in limbo. STEVEN STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER T he Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame is much more than just a col- lection of plaques on walls. And there are a lot of…

… in the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building. The JCC has been the Hall of Fame’ s only home. The Hall of Fame has been there since 1985. Stuart Raider, president of the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation…

…, posting an 8-0 record. The Jeters (5-3), Marble Rye (4-4), Kosher Ribs (3-4-1), The Sandlot (2-6) and Bad News Jews (1-6-1) followed the leader. Regular-season play in the league ended this past Sunday…

… Tigers star Hank Greenberg and plaques honoring Pillars of Excellence recipients are on display in the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit. …

… life, Lois Wertheimer, and began a successful derma- tology practice that spanned more than 70 years in both Michigan and S.W. Florida. He loved his calling to work in medicine and never wanted to…

…. Later known as Charlotte or “Char,” she lived a life that represented the best of middleclass Jews in pre- and post-World War II America. In 1948, she became Mrs. Rosenbaum, when she mar- ried the…

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… of Unity.” Festivities will still be high-profile, with special guests including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, U…

… was the brother of the late Jerry Bidlofsky. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’ s Association or Hospice of Michigan. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. RUTH CARNICK, 100, died on Sept…

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… Spears and Ariana Grande. Ben Jackson Walker plays Romeo and Lorna Courtney plays Juliet — both are University of Michigan grads. Book by David West Read (writer for Schitt’s Creek), music and lyrics…

…’s on the pages to a new level. Death of a Salesman debuted on Broadway in 1949, and Miller, who graduated from the University of Michigan, had won the Pulitzer Prize for the play. The show closes…

… (her father is a Sephardic Jew, and her mother is Catholic) and Tovah Feldshuh. Revised book by Harvey Fierstein and direction is by Michael Mayer. Masks are optional but encouraged. At the August…

… Mongers’ Provisions to grab your favorite products. Advance registration required: jlive. app/events/2744. FRANKEL CENTER LECTURE NOON-1:30 PM, SEPT. 22 The University of Michigan Frankel Center for…

… Judaic Studies will present “A Jewish Race Scientist in 20th-Century Britain” with Todd M. Endelman, professor emeritus of his- tory and Judaic studies, University of Michigan. This lecture will…

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… and laughter. It was like observing a conversation between lifelong friends. They spoke of their respective histories of challenges as a Jew in Nazi Germany and an African American in Detroit in…

… 28. Nick Israel of Farmington Hills, 36, addressed the fifth- and sixth- grade students. Israel is a University of Michigan grad and Army veteran who among his many roles served in the cavalry and…

… later in psychological operations. Today, he’s a member of the Michigan Air National Guard and is studying for his master’s of science at New York’s Columbia University. Israel’s affection for and…

… non- Jewish neighbors. From Passover, we remember that we Jews must stand up for each other and that this mission forms the heart of the State of Israel. And with Chanukah, we affirm that only…

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…12 | DECEMBER 15 • 2022 A ntisemitism seems to be in our faces daily, both on mainstream media and the local level. An incident on the campus of Michigan State University last month — where…

…,” Simi said. “It’s a really beautiful thing to show the world there’s a proud Jew living there.” Adina Peysakhov, a West Bloomfield native and MSU freshman majoring in human biology, was one of the…

… someone making an impact in the community for this special honor? 36 UNDER 36 Nominations Now Open! Jews in the D FEBRUARY 13 • 2020 | 27 The Well and the Jewish News spotlight 36 up…

… regionally and nationally for its rapid growth and emphasis on perform- ing mitzvot throughout the community. In Michigan, where she married her husband, Mike, Kim started working at the Children’s Center…

… left arm to con- tinue his work. Another story notes that, along with nine other artists, Fredenthal was commissioned by Hudson’s in 1946 to paint murals of life in Michigan (Feb. 20, 1948, JN). His…

… 12 panels followed a shipment of iron ore from a mine to a Ford factory. In the Sept. 23, 1955, issue of the JN, it was reported that Detroit Jews donated funds to purchase one of his paintings…

… was from the University of California Berkeley and he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. In 1979, Jeff married Nancy, the love of his life, and was fond of declaring that while he…

… the 1950s, Paolucci again did something few knew about, but was equally as important. Paolucci, who died April 7, 2021, in Florida at age 84, joined an otherwise all-Jew- ish fraternity at Wayne…