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…6 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 guest column Coming Home to Something New Views Kendra I knew I would return to Michigan at some point after college, though I did not expect it to happen so soon. During my junior year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I participated in an alternative spring break trip with Repair the World in Brooklyn. As soon as I learned that Repair had a program in Detroit, I knew that this could be a ...…
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…10 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 editorial Addressing Wayne State’s Board Dysfunction Views W ayne State University and the Detroit Jewish community have had a long and mutual- ly beneficial relationship. For Jewish immigrants, their chil- dren and grandchildren, Wayne was the affordable, high-qual- ity pathway to achieving the American Dream. Virtually every Detroit-area Jewish family included at least one member who earned a Wayne degre...…
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…12 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 Views Netanyahu’ s legal troubles and his unwillingness to step aside rather than a democracy deficit. Israel is also fortunate in that the national security com- munity remains a reliable and staunch bulwark of democratic life. It’ s no surprise that securi- ty figures make up a dispropor- tionate number of Netanyahu’ s rivals outside of Likud or that so many national security fig- ures have opposed proposals...…
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…14 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 Views Editor’ s note: Michigan Congressman Andy Levin com- posed a letter Nov. 19 to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing the disagreement regarding the U.S. stance that West Bank Jewish settlements are no longer illegal. More than 100 Democrats signed the letter, including Michigan representatives Rashida Tlaib, Debbie Dingell, Brenda Lawrence and Dan Kildee. W e write to express our strong disagree-...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 15 CAIR relate to uniting to combat hate for and stereo- types of Jews and blacks. — Kerry Greenhut West Bloomfield Recognition Past Due Donald Trump’ s administra- tion’ s recognition, finally, as the impeachment hearings unfold, that international law does not require most of the Land of Israel to be kept judenrein, “rid of Jews, ” is long overdue. It’ s almost laughable. The provisions of the United Nations ...…
…JARC celebrates 50 years of ensuring quality of life for those with developmental disabilities. SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER W hen a group of Jewish parents of devel- opmentally disabled children met in 1969 to discuss their children’ s future, they didn’ t anticipate starting one of the Jewish com- munity’ s most cherished agencies. “None of us could have imagined what the orga- nization would become, ” says Sharon Alterman, who...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 17 council re|sale is in need of men’ s, women’ s, and children’ s clothing, holiday and designer apparel, career attire, jewelry, shoes, handbags, and home accessories. Making End of Year Donations? Think of council re|sale! Drop off during store hours or call for a pickup. 3297 West 12 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072 (248) 548-6664 Proceeds support National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan services benefi ...…
…18 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 Jews in the D continued from page 16 their adult children when they were unable to do so. She was assigned to help a group of parents who formed the Parents Association for Jewish Residential Care in 1969. A few years later, the first JARC group home opened with six men and women residents, Alterman says. JVS and JFS were both involved with the home’ s residents and the program was a “col- laborative community...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 19 funding — the social and recreational outings, holiday celebrations and other features that make JARC residences true homes. NEW INITIATIVES Leadership is actively seeking ways to enhance services and operations especially through partnerships and collaborations. Earlier this year, JARC down- sized, moving into the Max M. Fisher Federation Building after selling its Farmington Hills headquarters. As a Feder...…
…20 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 I t’ s been a Christmas Day tradition for more than two decades. Mitzvah Day, the largest single day of vol- unteering in the Metropolitan Detroit Jewish community, is an initiative of the Jewish Community Relations Council/ AJC (JCRC/AJC) in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. “This will be our twenty- third Mitzvah Day and it gets bigger and better every year, ” said Illana Ste...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 21 Last year on the truck, both experienced eye-opening moments, including driving through Jerry’ s childhood neighborhood, which he found unrecognizable, and meeting young children who had not eaten since the day before. “Our experience on that food truck was so profound and heartbreaking, but we love doing it. We truly believe in tikkun olam, making the world a better place, ” Jerry said. This sentiment is ...…
…22 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 H illel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit students joined day school peers nationwide to celebrate the 100th birthday of Morris Lebow, a member of Pittsburgh’ s Tree of Life Synagogue, where one year ago a gunman killed 11 peo- ple during Shabbat services in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. The students helped Lebow turn his centenary into a joy- ous celebration for him and the city of Pittsb...…
…Jews in the D “Wrapped in Love,” the volunteer blanket-making group from National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan just sent 32 sick children to Walt Disney World in Orlando with their own Disney-themed blankets. Popular Fox 2 and WNIC radio host Jay Towers has a program called Jay’ s Juniors, which give kids with chronic and terminal illnesses, along with their families, a five-day, all-expens- es-paid vacation during the holiday season...…
…24 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 W hat happens when you are walking down the street in Tel Aviv and someone asks you how you are feeling, and you are feeling great? You answer, “Sababa!” Sababa — הבבס — Hebrew slang for terrific, wonderful, great, amazing, cool! What happens when a col- laboration of Jewish organiza- tions put their heads together to create a new innovative Jewish education initiative? The answer, “Camp Sababa, of course!...…
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…26 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 (Really, do you think that a horse can actually pray?) POWER OF COLLABORATION Congregations, the JCC and Camp Tamarack each possess unique strengths, abilities and resources that, when combined, have the power to create a stronger, richer learning experi- ence than any of the entities can provide on their own. In describing Camp Sababa, JCC CEO Brian Siegel says, “Our reimagined JCC places a high value on in...…
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…28 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 continued from page 26 the learning our students engaged in during the school year, combining the best of education with the best of camp. “With Temple Kol Ami’ s school theme this year being ‘ Wherever You Go, There’ s Always Someone Jewish,’ the thought was that it would be helpful for our students to explore their Jewish identity in partnership with others they would otherwise not have known outside...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 29 Thank you, Harvey! Harvey Rubenstein spent 47 years at Camp Walden, nearly all of those as the assistant director. His warmth, creativity, wisdom and generosity of spirit enriched the experiences of thousands of campers and staff, including the family of Walden administrators who have worked alongside him for decades. His retirement, at the end of this past summer, leaves us grateful for the joy he brought to ...…
…30 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 continued on page 32 CAMP RAMAH IN CANADA 3845 Bathurst St., Suite 310 Toronto, ON M3H 3N2 Canada Located in the beautiful Muskoka region of southern Ontario, Camp Ramah in Canada features out- standing programs on the water- front, in sports and outdoor adven- ture, and in the arts — all within the context of a vibrant, fun and caring Jewish community. We offer a number of different sessions and specialty trac...…
…32 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 continued from page 30 continued on page 34 listings HABONIM DROR CAMP TAVOR SUMMER OFFICE: 59884 Arthur L. Jones Road Three Rivers, MI 49093 (269) 244-8563 WINTER OFFICE: 2755 Wingate Lane E. West Bend, WI 53090 (262) 334-0399 registrar@camptavor.org www.camptavor.org Experience a one-of-a-kind Jewish youth community. Habonim Dror Camp Tavor pro- gramming allows boys and girls ages 9-16 to build strong relation...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 33 (5 minutes from Farmington Hills, Bloomfield Hills and Commerce) 2, 3, 4 or 5 days a week June 15 – September 3, 2020 (11 to 14) (between Lone Pine and Long Lake Roads) Join us in in 2020! Family-owned since 1959 Since 1959, Walden has been providing campers with extraordinary summers. Kids learn, grow and thrive in a supportive camp atmosphere, where the directors account f...…
…34 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 continued from page 32 SUMMER IMPRESSIONS DAY CAMP 4150 Middlebelt Road West Bloomfield, MI 48323 (248) 661-3630 www.summerimpressions.com Looking for an active, non-compet- itive, fun-filled and safe environ- ment with beautiful playgrounds, miniature golf, Ga-Ga courts, tennis and basketball courts, table tennis, two in-ground heated swimming pools, an arcade games room plus more? Come join the fun at Summer ...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 35 Moments OCT. 22, 2019 Brian Indianer and Riki Yonack of Portland, Ore., are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Izzie Simone Indianer. Grandparents are Helene and Art Indianer of West Bloomfield, and Judy and Robert Yonack of Dallas, Texas. Great-grandparents are Helen (the late Simon) Indianer of Novi, Gladys (the late Charles) Brasch of West Bloomfield, Shirley (the late Joel) Jones of Dallas, and...…
…36 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 Moments Matthew Aaron Devaney, son of Caryn and Dennis Devaney, will lead the congregation in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. He will be joined in celebration by his siblings Lauren and David. Matthew is the loving grandchild of Marshall and the late Karen Weingarden, the late Helen and William Bush III, and the late Dorothy and Peter D...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 37 A nd he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the Earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. ” Dreams have a unique capacity to inspire us to aim higher, to remain focused on a distant goal even when the present circumstances give us little reason for optimism. But what happens when the gap between dream and reality seems insur- mountable? ...…
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… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 39 Arts&Life theater JET Update Theater’ s move to Walled Lake and new season dates have improved its attendance and reach. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER A s the Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET) worked its way through the first season at its new Walled Lake venue, the people at the center of the stage company had strong reasons to celebrate. The last two weeks of the company’ s final main play of 2019...…
…40 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 continued from page 39 Arts&Life section The Diary of Anne Frank, produced by JET in Michigan every spring for some 20 years and supported with the help of the Phoenix-area Jewish com- munity. “We’ re going to be in Arizona for a week with the cast that performs at the Detroit Institute of Arts, ” Bremer says. “We had 4,500 seats available, and we’ ve booked 4,300. ” The Seymore J. & Ethel S. Frank Festi...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 41 D etroit attorney Robert Kass has published his first novel, To Save the Nation (Carob Tree Press), a labor of love that took nearly 20 years from conception to print. The book’ s protagonist, ide- alistic Detroit attorney David Winkler, is on a Caribbean vacation when he stumbles onto a situation that seems difficult to believe. A young woman who grew up in Uruguay has learned her birth parents were Arge...…
…Arts&Life celebrity jews 42 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 STREAMING CHOICES Last month, the new Disney Plus cable channel premiered the first season of High School Musical: The Musical. New episodes air on Friday. The premise is that a high school teacher decides to put on a stage version of the TV show. A very handsome actor (Joshua Bassett) plays Ricky, one of the male leads. Ricky’ s best friend, “Big Red,” is played by Long Island n...…
…FRIDAY, DEC. 6 BIM BOM BABY ART 10-11 am, Dec. 6. At Temple Shir Shalom. For babies through 4 years old with a special adult. Moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grand- parents and nannies can celebrate Shabbat: braid challah with the rabbis, sing songs with the cantor and make new friends. Free. CHANUKAH COOKIE EXTRAVAGANZA 5:30 pm, Dec. 6. At Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. Decorate Chanukah-themed cookies to be distributed at the Palmer P...…
…44 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 On The Go people | places | events continued from page 43 VIRTUAL TOUR OF DETROIT RSVP for Dec. 11. Journey back in time, 11:45 am, Dec. 11, to Northwest Detroit. The program will be conducted by Marjorie Jablin through the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan at Adat Shalom Synagogue. The community is wel- come: $5 donation. Bring a pareve or dairy lunch. RSVP: Marjorie, mjablin@yahoo.com, or Jodi Gross, ...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 45 PAO Detroit A n elegant décor that preserves Detroit architectural history awaits visitors to PAO Detroit. Open in July after three years of construction- remodeling, the restaurant- lounge overlooks the north side of Downtown’ s Grand Circus Park. The restaurant group Prime Concepts Detroit created PAO, offering Asian fusion cuisine in the adjoining lobby of the for- mer Oriental Theater. The fabulous movi...…
…46 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 eats | drinks | sweets Nosh A Snack that Gives Back Mitch Albom’ s Brown Bag Popcorn gives 100 percent of profi ts to disadvantaged Detroiters. STEFANI CHUDNOW CONTRIBUTING WRITER T o many, popcorn is as simple as a snack you get at the movie theater. To Jewish Detroiter Mitch Albom, it means so much more. Before we talk popcorn, it’ s crucial to learn about Albom’ s charity, SAY Detroit. The author ...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 47 COURTESY OF BROWN BAG POPCORN learn about sports, music, dance, art, science, robotics and more. BROWN BAG POPCORN As with any charity, SAY Detroit needed a steady source of funds to keep these programs alive. “I had the idea that we could start selling some- thing, a product that people wanted, and they didn’ t even have to know we would just dedicate all the profits to charity,” Albom said. “We started...…
…48 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 T al Sasson, 33, was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and moved to America almost 10 years ago. Sasson is the proud owner of the Pita Post food trucks but still held onto his dream of owning his own brick-and-mortar restaurant. Sasson started his first Pita Post food truck in 2013, beginning his journey to restaurant ownership. Sasson took the Pita Post food truck around the state of Michigan, attending festiva...…
… DECEMBER 5 • 2019 | 49 for college students by college students December 5, 2019/7 Kislev 5780 L ast summer, as part of the Jeanette and Oscar Cook JOIN program, I interned at JARC. The first day I walked into the JARC office, I immediately felt wel- comed and knew I would have a great summer. JARC gave me the chance to grow and build meaningful relationships in and out of the office. The JOIN program, run through JVS Human Ser...…
…for college students by college students 50 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 HCAMP Retreat in South Haven Students from across the state gathered for the sec- ond annual Applebaum HCAMP Retreat. From Jewish learning and team-building initiatives to Israeli dancing and cook- ing demonstrations, the weekend in South Haven was an amazing fall get- away for Jewish students from Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, Grand Val...…
