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… Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing…

… about 50,000 Jews living in Salonica (or Thessaloniki), the largest Jewish community in Greece. Between March and August 1943, the Germans deport- ed more than 45,000 Jews to the Auschwitz…

… Jewish history. But a few Jews managed to survive the massacre. Two of those survivors gave birth to a man, Albert Bourla, who is now at the center of the biggest public health crisis of modern times…

… Holocaust survivors has helped provide the vaccine that will save countless lives, not just around the world but also in the country of Jewish refuge, Israel. There was no ref- uge for the 6 million Jews…

… who perished in the Holocaust, nor for Bourla’s fellow Greek Jews who were gassed at Auschwitz. Today there is. Consider the speed with which Israel is getting its people vaccinated. We know that…

… Jews survived. I hope you’ll agree there’s something remarkable about all of this. ” There is, indeed. The very sequence of the Holocaust followed by the birth of Israel is haunting. Within a few…

… years, Jews went from the lowest to the highest, the dark- est to the brightest, the pits of despair to the heights of hope. They went from the verdict of death to the promise of life. A vaccine is…

… the antidote to death. A Greek Jew who hails from a community of death is now spreading the hope of life. Eight decades after the massa- cre of Salonica, Albert Bourla stands as an enduring…

… testament to the power of resiliency — for Jews and for humanity. David Suissa is editor-in-chief and pub- lisher of Tribe Media Corp and Jewish Journal. He can be reached at davids@ jewishjournal…

… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 27 SPIRIT A Forced Judaism? T he newly liberated band of Jews just left Egypt and are now marching toward Mt. Sinai. They would finally meet their God and enter into a…

… relationship with Him by accepting the Torah and the historic Jewish mission. As the Jews camped, they proclaimed their com- mitment to the Torah, pledging “We will do and we will hear.” But the Talmud…

… Friends be your Michigan-Florida Connection Keyes Real Estate Estate Property Sales from Listing to Clean-Out! Buy • Sell • InveSt Throughout South Florida, Including Boca, Boynton, Delray, Broward…

… asked her son, Stephen. “Write another book, ” he suggested, and she did just that, dedicating it to him and his wife, Ruth. The Many Ways Jews Loved: A History from Printed Words and Images (Mc…

…Farland) came out this year and follows her two other books also published by McFarland — The Way Jews Lived: Five Hundred Years of Printed Words and Images (2009) and Portraiture in Prints (1987). The new…

… artifacts, amassing a large collection with her late husband, Theodore. It was given to the Special Collections Library at the University of Michigan, and that artistic interest made its way across the…

… people. Her Lifelong Love Affair with Judaism Howard Lupovitch SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER DETAILS The Many Ways Jews Have Loved is available on Amazon. Constance Harris …

… FEBRUARY 11 • 2021 | 15 NICOLE FEINBERG Nicole Feinberg graduated from Michigan State University in 2015 and is the current program coordina- tor at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, the…

… serves on the Board of Governors for the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, where he sits on the scholarship subcommit- tee. He’s the second vice-chair of the…

… bread recipe during the pandemic. CHRIS HARRISON Chris Harrison (he/him) is a writ- er/editor at the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) and an alumnus of the URJ’s 2018 JewV’Nation Fellowship’s Jews…

… Northwestern University. A Black and bisexual Jew-by- Choice, Chris is passionate about Jewish mysticism, all things related to cinema, and making diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices a central…

… reason, HFL can help Michigan Jews attain a goal or a better situation, and I’m proud to be a link in that chain of possibility,” Eli said. Community donations help Hebrew Free Loan give interest…

… FEBRUARY 11 • 2021 | 5 Click. Call. Give Now. www.hfldetroit.org • 248.723.8184 Hebrew Free Loan Detroit 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 300 • Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301 @HFLDetroit Eli…

… Golshteyn was six years old when his parents brought him to the United States from the Soviet Union. The Golshteyns arrived in Michigan and began the enormous task of settling into new jobs, schools and a new…

…-free loans to local Jews for a variety of personal, health, educational and small business needs. STORY My STORY My PHOTO CREDIT JERRY ZOLYNSKY The JN and the Jewish Community Center’s JFamily will once…

… April 29, 2021, issue of the Jewish News and recognized on the JN and JCC’s JFamily social media pages. Nominees must live in Michigan, identify as Jewish and be students in grades 9-12; they can…

…FEBRUARY 2021 Michigan State University researchers have received $2.1 million in grant funding to test for the novel coronavirus in wastewater, including from the Detroit area, which has the…

… potential to be an early warning system for the presence of COVID-19. The funding was provided by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, and the Michigan Department of Health and…

… Human Services from Michigan’s allocation of federal money under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES. Existing COVID-19 wastewater surveillance programs were funded to…

… train and assist labs with analytical methods. Irene Xagoraraki, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at MSU, was Continued on page 2 MICHIGAN STATE U N I V E R S I T Y MSU…

… Jewish community. As a Jew at MSU, I think there are a lot of opportunities to get involved. The Jewish Student Union holds events that allow people from all over to make strong connections with…

… and culture that make MSU feel like home. Cooper Myers (’21, College of Natural Science): “Michigan State is a great place to be Jewish because of the diversity of its student body and the…

… Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing…

…- diate past Michigan managing partner for Deloitte LLP and previously served for 12 years with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, eventually as its Chief Operating Officer and Executive…

… and Jews worldwide, ” Davidoff said. Although this change means a lot to the sustainability of the paper’s future, readers and adver- tisers should still expect the same independent journalism they…

…, who wrote, in part, in the first issue of the Detroit Jewish News on March 27, 1942: “The Jewish News pledges itself to a program whose concern it becomes to keep Jews and non-Jews fully informed…

… Hannibal Lector detests, played by Anthony Heald, now 76. A New York native, he graduated from Michigan State in 1971 and began his acting career at the Boarshead Theater in Lansing. Chilton was by far…

… looking for “more,” and guided by an Oregon rabbi, they became and remain seri- ous practicing Jews. Heald co-stars in Alone, a small budget thriller/horror movie released to a few the- aters last…

… because his father, filmmak- er Ken Jacobs, 87, was my col- lege cinema studies professor. Sports Short: Congrats to Strauss Mann, 21, a University of Michigan junior, who got very good “press” in the…

… Year. Also, last year, the cam- pus magazine, The Wolverine, named him its male athlete of the year. ARTS&LIFE CELEBRITY JEWS NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST IMDB Anthony Heald T he late Rabbi Leo…

… Ford. After Ford began publishing antisemitic booklets titled “The International Jew, ” Rabbi Franklin tried to convince him to stop; when that did not happen, the rabbi gave up ownership of his…

… Jewish Detroiters who identify as “just Jewish,” not part of any particular denomination, and not necessarily interested in Judaism as a religion. At the same time, Detroit is replete with Jews…

… survey to every- one who participates. As Jews, we are enjoined to teach our children always, “when we sit in our homes and when we walk the paths of life, when we lie down and when we rise. ” It is…

… selected and featured in the April 29, 2021, issue of the Jewish News and recognized on the JN and JCC’s JFamily social media pages. Nominees must live in Michigan, identify as Jewish and be students…

… autumn. @ Trivia Night at Hillel of Metro Detroit MLK Day Service: Seed Sorting Benji Rosenberg } jewish@edu writer for college students by college students INTEREST-FREE LOANS FOR MICHIGAN JEWISH…

… School from U.S. News & World Report in 2020. • BHS first in Michigan to adopt Sources of Strength mental wellness program • BHS graduates are accepted to top colleges across the nation • BHS offers…

…, taste “kosher soul” food, dance to klezmer music, laugh at “Old Jews Telling Jokes,” and sing with Israeli singer-songwriters. …

… February 28 through March 14. Events include live conversations with directors, a cooking demonstration and a live musical performance. Ma’abarot details Mizrahi Jews confined to resettlement camps…

… told in Tel Aviv on Fire. The WWII rescue of Jews in the Muslim majority country of Albania is documented in The Albanian Code. The showing of In Search of Israeli Cuisine will be followed by a…

… Advancement, 535 Chestnut Road, Room 300, East Lansing, MI 48824; (517) 884-1000. Michigan-based Chef Hunny Khordorkovsky will demonstrate cooking a Moroccan Israeli dish prior to a screening of In Search of…

… when you were half asleep; this was intentionally sent to you. In a wave of mass mailing, thousands of copies of Changed by Tom Cantor were sent to Jews to persuade them to become Jewish Christians…

… immediately recognized it as propaganda and plans to put his in the trash. Carolyn Normandin, region- al director of ADL Michigan, said these mailings are prosely- tizing, which is usual for some religious…

…. Unsolicited Proselytizing Local Jews are mailed unwanted book about Christianity. CHERYL WEISS CONTRIBUTING WRITER book. Many unsuspecting Jews were mailed this book by Tom Cantor. “THERE ARE A LOT…

… Southfield. According to the Lone Soldier Center, more than 7,000 Lone Soldiers serve in the IDF. Some are young Jews taking gap years abroad before entering college, others are immigrants or youth from low…

… months of service in the IDF. While visiting in Michigan, Selesny spent time Up North with his family and hung out with high school friends who in ordinary times would be away at col- lege but instead…

…FEBRUARY 25 • 2021 | 11 Click. Call. Give Now. www.hfldetroit.org • 248.723.8184 Hebrew Free Loan Detroit 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 300 • Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301 @HFLDetroit…

…-term loan that would not add additional costs to the Temple. Fortunately, one of our Board members knew of HFL, and suggested we explore that as an option.” Hebrew Free Loan’s Michigan Jewish Organization…

… grateful to HFL and the opportunity they allowed us to pursue.” Community donations help Hebrew Free Loan give interest-free loans to local Jews for a variety of personal, health, educational and small…

…. Gretchen Whitmer appointed me to the newly formed Protect Michigan Commission. Along with a wide range of faith, busi- ness, medical and civic leaders, our task is to help encourage our friends and…

… Miller PURELY COMMENTARY essay Rediscovering Judaism in a Michigan Jail I have never met Frank in person. Our relationship has been strictly virtual, as have so many over the past year. Through…

… through a lot. I began meeting with Frank as a spiritual adviser as part of my internship for rabbin- ical school with the Jewish Community Relations Council/ AJC. I was told that he was a Messianic Jew…

… — an individual that believes in both the Jewish faith and the divinity of Jesus — and wanted to meet with a rabbi. As an Orthodox Jew, I did not share his Messianic views, but I decided to meet…

…Meet the cohort of 2021 — young Jews making a dif erence in our community. E ach year, as the JN partners with The Well on the process of identifying 36 amazing young people to honor, we…

… humbled to have been selected as part of 36 Under 36 this year. Residing in Lansing, Nate is the director of Jewish student life at MSU Hillel, working to build Jewish community at Michigan State…

… University. Having learned the importance of Jewish community through his involvement in BBYO Michigan Region and Adat Shalom Synagogue, Nate feels incredibly lucky to get to do Jewish work, especially…

… Michigan Jewish Communal Leadership Program in 2018. Since his arrival, he’s been a member of Detroit Jews for Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace and other orgs, and has provid- ed spirited song to…

… clients, learn- ing how they accomplished their success and helping them achieve their goals. Kyle is an alumnus of Birmingham Groves High School, Michigan State University and Boston University…

… chaired the Michigan Glass Leadership Institute. Kyle lives in West Bloomfield with his wife, Jodie, three sons and dog. Kyle enjoys spending time with family and friends, running and reading. SOPHIE…

… LOEB A Michigan trans- plant from Southern California, Sophie Loeb dedicates her personal and pro- fessional life to tikkun olam and firmly believes: “The arc of the moral universe bends toward…

… Schools. A first- year University of Michigan MPH student, Loeb sees racial injustice as the preeminent social determinant of and gravest threat to public health, propelling her to address health…

… worker, a title that incorporates his work in music, activism, community-building and social work. Originally from Long Island, Jake came to Michigan in 2015 and graduat- ed from the University of…

… Emil Rose and Shirley Hibler Rose. The Rose family appeared now and again in the Jewish News. Margery is a graduate of Mumford High and the University of Michigan. In 1960, she married Everett…

… relations between the two communi- ties. AMAZON CELEBRITY JEWS NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST ARTS&LIFE Andy Jassy zolmanrestoration.com | 3285 Martin Road | Suite N-106 | Walled Lake, MI 48390 Commercial and…

… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 37 Creative Writers Wanted by Historical Society The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan is calling all creative writers. The group is soliciting poetry and personal…

… essays (up to 1,500 words), for the “Creative Expressions” sections of the 2021 issue of its journal, Michigan Jewish History — related to the theme of Jewish participation in public life. Public life…

… attending AA meetings in church basements, something many strictly observant Jews are loath to do. Within the Orthodox community, Rabbi Twerski founded Nefesh, an association for mental health work- ers…

…-grandfather. The title he carried the longest, however, was that of survivor. When Germany entered Poland in 1939, Wolf Gruca was among the many Jews forced into the ghetto. A tool maker by training, he then…

… School Cranbrook and attended Goucher College and the University of Michigan. Betty was married to Harry Goldberg Jr. for 60 wonderful years. She enjoyed a career as an interior designer and art dealer…

…. Yetzt hern di Megillah ich vil gayn. Mir vel hern di: We will hear the Af Esther: About Esther zi hot gevayn azay shayn: she was so beautiful Un Mordechai der Yid: And Mordechai the Jew Yetzt hern di…

… time. We had known each other at Mumford High School and at the University of Michigan, where we even lived on the same corridor in a dorm. We then lost track of each other. Capt. Rosenthal, now…

…, Lyman Briggs College): “There are many Jewish students who attend Michigan State, so you never feel alone. MSU Hillel has played a huge role in my student experience—as soon as I arrived, they…

… real world experience in my desired career path—Jewish nonprofit work—and exposed me to people and organizations that will strengthen me as both a person and a Jew.” LEARN MORE about MSU Hillel at…

… and funded by a grant from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, has taken the school’s commitment to equity in music education a step further. Under the leadership of Juliet Hess…

…): “There are many Jewish students who attend Michigan State, so you never feel alone. MSU Hillel has played a huge role in my student experience—as soon as I arrived, they delivered a welcome bag to my…

… in my desired career path—Jewish nonprofit work—and exposed me to people and organizations that will strengthen me as both a person and a Jew.” LEARN MORE about MSU Hillel at msuhillel.org Student…