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…, Auburn Hills. The event will feature a ribbon cutting, building dedi- cation, live music and a talk by Justice Richard Bernstein, who sits on the Supreme Court of Michigan. Born blind, Bernstein…

… students and general communi- ty members. Programming will include educational, social and com- munal activities. All programs are open to every type of Jew, regardless of affiliation or observance. The…

… every Jew in the area,” said Rabbi Menachem Caytak. “The Jewish Community Center is following the vision of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, accepting every Jew, regardless of…

… one Jews in the D Never Again Action: Founded with Michigan ties, the activist group unites young Jews and undocumented workers … but its messaging has drawn ire. MATT HARMON CONTRIBUTING WRITER…

…. His family fled Germany after Kristallnacht in November 1938, when Nazis set fire to Jewish homes, syna- gogues and businesses and killed scores of Jews. “I thought a lot about if I were alive during…

… SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-11 Jews in the D Never Again Action: Inside the Movement 12 Founded with Michigan ties, the activist group unites young Jews and undocumented workers…

… … but its messaging horrifies many. Farber Delays Start of School 18 Most classes will now be converted to virtual learning. EMU Lecture Series 20 Eastern Michigan University Center for Jewish Studies…

… better COVID precautions in Tennessee. #MichiganStrong 27 Suit Depot gives away free masks to help support local businesses. Driving Through with Power, Peace and Purpose 28 Kids Kicking Cancer’ s…

… beautiful but impersonal. One-Stop-Shop for Jewish Entertainment 37 ChaiFlicks streaming service has arrived. How Can You Laugh at That? 38 New book takes a look at Holocaust humor. Celeb Jews 39 Online…

… an 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…

… Michigan who may need assistance. Also, if you are in a postition to donate to help Michigan Jews thrive during these stressful times, please go to hfldetroit.org/donate/. Community donations help Hebrew…

…, Suite 300 • Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301 @HFLDetroit Has your business or personal financial situation been impacted by the Coronavirus outbreak? Have you been concerned about meeting your expenses…

… during the shutdown? Thanks to remote technologies, Hebrew Free Loan (HFL) is here and available to help Michigan’s Jewish residents with a no fee and interest- free loan of a maximum of $10,000 to cover…

… process will be expedited remotely to help Michigan Jewish community members who need help – safely and socially distant. • Co-signer rules will be reviewed on a case by case basis - (HFL typically…

… Free Loan give interest-free loans to local Jews for a variety of personal, health, educational and small business needs. STORY Our STORY Our …

… incredible Detroit-area event in which I had the priv- ilege to participate virtually, the 16th annual “Thank God for Israel” event co-sponsored by the Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry and the Michigan…

… of the Genesis 123 Foundation of which I have the privilege to be president. Together with a diverse board, we’ve pioneered a variety of programs that bring Jews and Christians together…

… decades, as I have spent my time building bridges anchored in meaningful personal rela- tionships, I realize that despite how far we have come, there’s much more to be done. Too many Jews believe…

… Christian support for Israel has a nefarious agenda. This was highlighted in the Israeli documentary, and in allegations about Bishop Plummer (see JN, Nov. 12, pg. 28). Indeed, Jews and Christians have…

… element of repentance involved with their relationship with the Jewish people today. For most, Jews and Christians, there’s a centu- ries-long breach that takes time to bridge. While I and many others…

… are actively engaged in doing so, and we want everyone to see and understand things as we do, undoing this rift takes time. I explain to Christians that Jews carry millennia of baggage, including…

… horrific persecution in the name of “the Church” and Jesus. Please give us time. Conversely, while aware of the phenomena of Christian support, most Jews don’t under- stand, don’t trust or simply don…

… many, Christians and Jews, whose nonprofits make claims and take advan- tage. Tourism professionals sometimes miss the boat by emphasizing the significance of tourism for the Israeli economy, but…

… all around the world. The third point that I answered the journalist as to the significance of Christian sup- port for Israel is prayer. Most Jews and Christians believe in God and, in our…

… respective ways, the value and importance Jonathan Feldstein essay Why Do Christians Support Israel? VIEWS A Jew and a Christian pass on an Israeli street. KAREN AXELRAD/FLICKR VIA CREATIVE…

… enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. 18 14 34 VIEWS 6-13 IN THED JEWS 14 Chanukah, Safely Some Detroit traditions move forward, but others are shelved. CAMP GUIDE…

… state down the line. ARTS 34 The ‘Beyoncé of Israel’ Shiri Maimon to guest at Temple Israel’s Lake Concert. 35 Celebrity Jews ONLINE EVENTS 36 ETC. The Exchange 37 Soul 38 Raskin 45 Looking…

… of Greater Ann Arbor • Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus • National Council of Jewish Women — Michigan Some Jews have disavowed the Black Lives Matter movement for ties between its leaders…

… currently over $10,000 a month. As an arcade, Marvelous Marvin’ s cannot reopen until Michigan moves into Phase 5 of coronavirus containment. In an interview with the Jewish News last month, Yagoda…

….gofundme.com/f/ marvins-marvelous-mechani- cal-museum?utm_source=face- book. Jeremy Yagoda (left) and his father Marvin stand in the arcade. JEREMY YAGODA Michigan Jewish Groups Sign Ad in Support of Black Lives…

… Matter MAYA GOLDMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER The New York Times ad calls the BLM movement “our best chance at equity and justice.” M ore than 600 Jewish organizations — including at least 12 Michigan…

… from the govern- ment and law enforcement. We know that freedom and safety for any of us depends on the freedom and safety of all of us, ” the mes- sage reads. The Michigan groups that signed onto…

… the ad include: • Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Greater Ann Arbor • Beth Israel Congregation (Ann Arbor, MI) • Detroit Jews for Justice • Habonim Dror Camp Tavor • Hebrew Day School of Ann…

… Arbor • Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue • JCRC/AJC of Detroit • Jewish Communal Leadership Program, University of Michigan • Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor • Jewish Federation…

… kvelling over an unlike- ly leader in an unlikely place. It is no secret among Jews that Ukraine is tra- ditional hostile territory. It is a place our great-grandparents fled. It is a place where…

… have been difficult for Jews the world over. Our people have been harassed and beaten on the streets. They have been shot in synagogues. They have been punched, stabbed, hit over the head with…

… hammers, and hacked with machetes for the crime of walking the Earth a Jew. Seeing swastikas on the streets of America is starting to become old hat. The stress of it all has taken its toll. Many…

… have felt the escalation of antisemitism harkened the next attempt at genocide in a history littered with attempts to wipe Jews from the world. The collective cortisol levels of Jews the world…

… 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 Jewish community. The Detroit Jewish News…

…NOVEMBER 3 • 2022 | 21 W hen the Sigma Delta Tau sorority dedicates its new house near the Michigan State campus Nov. 4, Sari Cicurel will be front and center, beaming like a proud parent…

… campuses nationwide. SDT also has a large chapter at the University of Michigan and a small one at Eastern Michigan University. Nothing in SDT’s charter defines it as a Jewish group, but its heritage…

… as an alternative to older sororities that would not accept Jews has always been attractive to Jewish women, said Amy Rodnick, 42, of Bloomfield Hills, an MSU alumna who is a national vice…

… on some of the same antisemitic foundations that led to the rise of Nazism. As the grandchild of Eastern European Jews who fled antisemitism (and gratefully escaped tragic death at the hands of…

… thousands of Jewish immigration requests, leaving countless European Jews, like Anne Frank’s family, to suffer tragic, unspeakable terrors. What stunned me during my viewing was, that while few popular…

… inclusion of immigrants as a strategy to strengthen Southeast Michigan’s economy, the “public charge” issue is important and one that very much threatens to reenact the immigration barriers that…

…, according to the Ken Burns’ documentary, kept hundreds of thousands of Jews from escaping tragedy in Europe. U.S. immigration laws have long included provisions allowing immigration officials the…

… during which European and German Jews sought to flee the Nazis. It fell into disuse after the Second World War until President Donald Trump sought to greatly expand its meaning and utilization to…

… have good information about Jews in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. For example, David Heineman wrote a series of articles about Jewish immi- gration to Michigan for the Chronicle in 1918. In the Dec. 6…

… Disaster, like Mt. Meron, was a tragedy reported around the world. Although not a Jewish event, it did have an impact on Jews and many other citizens in Michigan’s UP . Want to learn more? Go to the…

…, Israel experienced the worst civil disaster in its history. On April 30, tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews attended a celebration of Lag b’Omer on Mt. Meron in northern Israel. As celebrants began to…

… leave the event, they used narrow, slippery stairs. Without warning, a human stampede developed, with 45 people crushed to death and at least 150 wound- ed. Did you know that Michigan was the scene…

… 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…

… only does the Jewish community constitute a community of interest under redistricting guidelines, but, since 2010, West Bloomfield Township, the municipality with the greatest number of Jews in…

… continuously by Republicans in the Michigan legislature. West Bloomfield also bears the distinction as one of the only municipalities in the entire state that has been divided between two districts on…

… represents them. To rectify gerrymanders like those in West Bloomfield, as well as ensure the MICRC considers Jews as a community of interest in other municipalities we live in, such as Huntington Woods…

… conservation and other critical issues, the Jewish community must actively engage with the 2022 redistricting process and advocate for our community before the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting…

… Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus. A native of West Bloomfield Township, he also serves as director of communications for the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office. …

… Midrash session was “Israel as Home for All its Citizens, ” with Mohammad Dawarshe and Masua Sagiv. Dawarshe, an Israeli Arab, and Sagiv, an Israeli Jew, discussed and debated the ongoing issues in…

…. Ultimately, being able to learn and grow as a Jew during such an unprecedented time was beyond enlightening. Exploring the contemporary challenges that North American Jews face evidently challenged and…

… junior at Bloomfield Hills High School, and is passionate about social justice, journalism and politics. She is NFTY Michigan’ s communications vice president and loves to spend her summers at…

… the fol- lowers are hard-core antisemites and neo-Nazi sympathizers. The following information, readily available from public sources, I have compiled as part of my University of Michigan research…

… that human empathy that makes people understand it’s time to take action. ” Liana Rothman, director of JYCM, said, “We’re so excited for Naomi to be representing Michigan and Michigan Jews as part…

…A group of young Jewish leaders from across the country, including a Michigan native, are traveling to the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt from Nov. 6-18. The…

… Israel meeting with Israeli peers involved in environmental stew- ardship and activism — then traveling together to Egypt. Detroit native, University of Michigan student and JYCM College Fellow Naomi…

… edicated to providing a gathering place for all of Southeast Michigan’ s numerous ethnic communities to learn more about Jews and Judaism, a space to build bridges, to foster cooperation and…

…20 | SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 EMU Lecture Series Eastern Michigan University’ s Center for Jewish Studies initiates 2020-2021 lecture series with investigations of cross-cultural exchange. D…

… inclusiveness, Eastern Michigan University’ s Center for Jewish Studies opens its 2020-2021 Lecture Series — available on Zoom — with two discussions about cultural difference and cooperation. Professor…

… at tinyurl.com/emulecture. For further information about these presentations or about the Eastern Michigan University Center for Jewish Studies, contact Professor Martin B. Shichtman, director…

…M ax Kresch, 25, an Oak Park native, is both an Akiva Hebrew Day School (Farber) and a Frankel Jewish Academy alumnus who was active in Bnei Akiva and NCSY in Michigan and now lives in…

… media during the hostilities between Israel and Hamas that ended with a ceasefire early Friday. A feature of the attacks was to link Jews and Israel to the coronavirus pandemic — in some cases, by…

… blaming Jews for the virus; in others, by likening Israel to the virus. A hashtag, #COVID1948, using Israel’s founding to identify Israel as a deadly virus, seems to have had its ori- gins in Iran…

… on May 12, the third day of the war. It also tracked spikes in uses of phrases like “Hitler was right, ” “Zionazi” and “Kill all Jews. ” Masters said other foreign actors, including states, also…

… outside of Michigan tuning in digitally. One viewer will be Aviv Ezra, Israel’s consul general to the Midwest. “Let me congratulate Temple Israel on presenting one of the Jewish state’s brightest stars…

… Josh and Ben; and former National Public Radio presi- dent Frank), were/are closely related to Herman. By the way, the next time you see a lot of Jews playing non- Jews, think of this film: 13…

….) ARTS&LIFE CELEBRITY JEWS NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST HBO MAX Kaley Cuoco with Zosia Mamet …

… Farmington Hills wrote that the term should not be used in a partisan discus- sion. “The Nazi regime targeted Europe’ s Jews for murder. It cre- ated a vast forced labor and camp system to exploit Jewish…

… current U.S. immigration policy with the systematic murder of 6 million Jews and the persecution of millions of others, ” the center’ s release read. The center declined the JN’ s requests for an…

… doesn’ t use “that terminology. ” Judaic Studies scholars such as Hannah Pollin-Galay and David Caron from the University of Michigan see the debate as a matter of cultural memory and how words…

… change over time. While Pollin-Galay said she Members of the group Never Again Action have been arrested in protests against immigrant detention policies. GILI GETZ/JTA Jews in the D …

… clear majority of Americans. But in listening to the debates of immigration in the 2020s, American Jews should pay close attention to American history from a century ago. Ken Burns’ documentary…

… The U.S. and the Holocaust provides a foundational guide from which to begin that journey. Steve Tobocman is a former Michigan state representative and the executive director of Global Detroit…

… hostile social media attacks targeting pro-Israel pundits followed by her TPUSA-sponsored appear- ance last week at Michigan State University serves as her middle finger to every Jewish student on…

… hours of Trump telling American Jews to “get their act together … before it’s too late” as an aggressive show of animosity for not receiving the Jewish vote in 2020. These dangerous moves are a…

… Michigan from both sides of the political aisle who’ve both personally and publicly expressed their vehement disgust with Kanye’s pejorative rhetoric against the Jewish community. We should also…

… “Up North” locale’ s appeal with Metro Detroit Jews this year seems to have grown, as Michigan’ s COVID-19 travel guide- lines encourage intrastate tourism only. I wanted to create my own bagel…

… a bagel every morning for my entire life, ” said Penn, who was active in NFTY growing up. Though Penn is the group’ s only Jew, bagel cul- ture has bonded the trio to Jewish life; they even…

… inspiring him to make cooking his life’ s calling. Upon graduating from the University of Michigan in 2012, Sam enrolled at the nationally renowned Escoffier Culinary School in Boulder, Colorado. After…

… hav- ing little in the way of a Jewish community at all — although it is home to Congregation Beth Shalom (formerly Beth El), housed in the oldest continually operating synagogue in Michigan. But the…

… choose remains intact in Michigan. JCRC/AJC’s mission is to represent the Metropolitan Detroit Jewish commu- nity, Israel and Jews throughout the world to the general community, and to establish…

… consistent with Jewish values to make sure that everyone who is legally entitled to vote has the opportunity to do so, and that their vote is counted,” Neuman said. Proposal 3 would reverse Michigan’s…

…Jews in the D 26 | SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 W hen Dr. Aaron Milstone, origi- nally of Lathrup Village, started to see COVID-19 cases rise in his current home of Tennessee back in March, he knew the…

… mandate. “It’ s just a very difficult time for every- body. But [masks are] such a simple fix. It’ s such a juxtaposition to Gretchen Whitmer, ” he said, referencing Michigan’ s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer…

…, who issued an exec- utive order requiring masks in Michigan’ s enclosed public spaces at the end of April. Tennessee has seen nearly 125,000 cases of the virus this year, while over 98,000 have been…

… logged in Michigan. Milstone moved to Tennessee in 1994 for his medical residency, but he grew up in Lathrup Village and attended medical school at Wayne State University. His father used to be a…

… fundraiser for the Jewish Welfare Foundation and, though his parents now live in Florida, he still has family in the Metro Detroit area. During the pandemic, missing Michigan has taken on a new meaning for…

… Milstone. “I think one of the interesting juxtapo- sitions is just showing the demographic data difference in terms of where we [in Tennessee] are with the pandemic versus Michigan. I would love to be…

… Michigan, ” Milstone said. “Michigan, to me, represents what we should be. ” In addition to his advocacy work, Milstone has spent the pandemic working directly with COVID-19 patients. “In practicing…

… the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. Detroit Jewish News | 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110 | Southfi eld, MI 48034 DEPARTMENTS General Offi ces: 248…

…, stated his motivation in these exact words, which on his website he acknowledged uttering: “I hate Jews. Whatever happened to them in World War II they brought on themselves. They deserved…

… picketers. The picketers chose Brayboy to represent their views in a public debate in which he promised to prove that the Holocaust never hap- pened and that Jews caused 9/11. Brayboy has sent endless…

… will have great dif- ficulty removing. — Victor Lieberman Raoul Wallenberg Distinguished University Professor of History University of Michigan CORRECTION We regret that the incorrect photo was…

… Abraham Szlamkowicz. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan, 43097 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.org/donations. Arrangements by…

… charitable organizations throughout her retirement and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren in both Michigan and Florida. Bringing her family together for any occasion brought her so much joy…

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…. ” The class was a freshman sem- inar at University of Michigan called Emerging Infectious Diseases. “I loved everything about it, ” she said. Public health “combines my love of biology and also…

… foreign relations and government and politics and human behavior. I loved all of it. ” That inspired Gadoth to get her master’ s in public health from the University of Michigan, and then do a…

… they’ re both respiratory illnesses that could be really devastating to have a co-infection of those two things. ” COURTESY OF ADVA GADOTH Adva Gadoth Jews in the D 24725 West 12 Mile – Ste. 110…

…-8515100, ext. 246. ONLINE LEARNING 7:30-8:45 PM, FEB. 7+ The Jewish Theological Seminary of America will present this 8-week course: “Jews and the Left: A History’ with Dr. David Fishman, professor of…

… Jewish history. His course will focus on the relationship between Jews and left-wing politics in Europe, the Land of Israel and the United States from the French Revolution until the fall of…

… will take place online with Zoom. Check: CHADD.org/events-cal- endar. Meeting ID: 830 7037 8907. Passcode: 580586. AUTHOR SPEAKS 7 PM, FEB. 10 The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan will present…

…JUNE 3 • 2021 | 15 to combat COVID, Ingber went to federal, state and local funding sources and got funding from Oakland County, Michigan and United Way matching fund programs, resulting in an…

… behind. That was Steve’s idea.” Ingber invited every Federation agency and non-Federation agency to the table. “The litmus test to get in is if you can serve Jews,” Ingber said. “We all checked our…

… that people had proper PPE; they helped agencies with getting federal loans; they ensured that no Jew in Metro Detroit would go hungry, bringing in food and expanding Meals on Wheels for seniors…

… out. “Then you see all the videos of violent acts transpiring in New York and Los Angeles by Palestinian activists going after Jews sitting outside in restaurants. You see who is the real…

… incident is being investigated by the Detroit and Michigan State Police depart- ments. Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Michigan Regional Director Carolyn Normandin said the orga- nization has had…

… conversations with the office of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to classify this as a possible hate crime, though formal complaints have yet to be filed to the AG office by the ADL on Sasson…

… hatred in their hearts.” Anti-Israel activists target local restaurateur. Under Attack “THERE ARE SERIOUS LEGAL CONCERNS I HAVE ABOUT THIS INCIDENT.” — ADL MICHIGAN DIRECTOR CAROLYN NORMANDIN STACY…

… Hanover, Pa. He was born in Pittsburgh, grew up in Michigan and spent his adult years in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Ricky was a jew- elry designer and worked as a jewelry salesman. Mr. Fishman is…

… attended Hebrew school twice a week, was confirmed and celebrated her bat mitzvah, all while being deeply embedded in Black culture. Today, she’s a member of Detroit Jews for Justice, and she and her…

… looks like is something she and her team are actively studying. “In Michigan and nationally, a big part of systems change for education is how it’s funded in perpetuity,” she explains. “The…

…’s what we want for ourselves.” To learn more about The Skillman Foundation, visit: skillman.org. SEAN POWER Recommended Reading: Caste Power, a graduate of the University of Michigan with a…

…. The Probate Law Firm of The Probate Law Firm of Click. Call. Give Now. www.hfldetroit.org • 248.723.8184 Hebrew Free Loan Detroit 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 300 • Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301…

… prevalent requests that came through the agency: personal debt. They established the Debt Consolidation Program at HFL, providing funding to help Jewish residents in the State of Michigan get out of debt…

… member of HFL is about more than the money, it’s about who we are, and what we want our community to be.” Community donations help Hebrew Free Loan give interest-free loans to local Jews for a variety of…

… 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-and-coming leaders in the Metro Detroit…

… 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 of Wayne County, specializing in…

… Jews in Iowa. ” Grund Ceresnie lived in Des Moines until she was 19. She said she loved growing up there, especially because of a vibrant Jewish community that had four synagogues, and her father…

… in 1971. During the 1970s, she was the singer and leader of the Patty Grant Orchestra, which performed across southeast Michigan at social func- tions. She’s been married to Steve Ceresnie, a…

…, 95. I don’t know why Dick Van Dyke didn’t win decades ago. Incidentally, his career was “made” by four Jews. The most important was Carl Reiner (1922- 2020), who produced, wrote and directed The…

… NCJW Michigan Fundraiser features comedian Corey Kahaney and emcee Alan Muskovitz. $36 per household; $75 for patrons. https://ncjwmi.org/ product/raisinglaughter. BOOKS FOR SENIORS JUNE 7…

… about, what it means to be a Jew without a constant reminder of Mideast conflict. I never wanted antisemitism, or the Middle East, to define the way I write about Judaism. Today, this is…

… War … gave Israel a window of opportunity to make peace with its neigh- bors.” By November 2000, I was back in Michigan, interviewing Arabs in Dearborn during the election. Surprisingly, they…

…, serves more than 7,000 children, some as young as 3, in seven countries. Here in Michigan, approximately 2,100 children are served by the organization. Worldwide, kids are involved at 93 hospi- tals…

… /ARJO PHOTOGRAPHY Jews in the D COURTESY OF LAUREN LESSON On Aug. 23, 170 Hazon baskets, created in lieu of the canceled Jewish Food Festival, were picked up by happy foodies, raising $22,000 for the…