…Ashleigh Adelson Frankel Jewish Academy Michigan State University, Lyman Briggs College Asher Aisner West Bloomfield High School Michigan State University Adina Alterman Cranbrook The New School Adriana Azariah Frankel Jewish Academy Michigan State University Yossef Ben-Yair Hart High School Enterpreneur Ori Berger Brenner High School Kol Ami Gap Year IDF Becky Bernard Berkley High School Michigan Technologic...…
…72 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 70 continued on page 74 RAYNA GOLNICK Frankel Jewish Academy National Honor Society, ORT Teen Board, Varsity Girls Tennis. Dale Carnegie gradu- ate, Owner of Loaded Sprinkles — Profits to Feeding America. University of Michigan BELLA GOTTLIEB Farber Hebrew Day School Jewish Fund Teen Board, Varsity Volleyball, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Girls Basketball, Rosh Eidah...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 73 Mazel Tov! Cami Jordan Brode Krugal Dearest Cami, Our memories of you growing up have been filled with warm, loving, musical moments. You are unfailingly kind, empathetic and welcoming. We marvel at your brilliance, strength and creativity. We look forward to your future and enjoying more bonding “adventures.” We wish you a lifetime of health, happiness and laughter. 243 Grammy & Papa We love your spirit ...…
…74 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 72 CHARLIE HERMANN Groves High School National Honor Society, Varsity Swim, Varsity Water Polo, Varsity Scholar-Athlete, Student Congress, Shaarey Zedek grad- uate and madrich, Federation/ Tamarack Manhigim Youth Council, Shapiro AZA. Michigan State University ELANA HOCHBAUM Farber Hebrew Day School National Honor Society, Bnei Akiva Rosh Eidah, Leaders for Tomorro...…
…76 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 74 continued on page 78 LEORA KAYE North Farmington High School Summa cum laude, Farmington United Varsity Pompon Captain, Most Valuable Pommer 2020 & 2022, Most Dedicated Pommer 2022, Mid- American Pompon All-Star Team, Annette and Company School of Dance, Adat Shalom Synagogue Madricha, Traveling Tutus volunteer. Michigan State University YONA KELMAN Farber Hebrew...…
…78 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 76 CAMI KRUGEL Bloomfield Hills High School Summa cum laude, National Merit Scholar, Michigan Student Leadership Unsung Hero Award, Bloomfield Youth Assistance Award, Vanderbilt University Crescere Aude Merit Scholarship, AP Scholar, Student Body Secretary, National Honor Society, Scholar-Athlete, Studio A Company, Varsity Dance, JCC Teen Impact Fellow, Jewish Fund Tee...…
…TOV MAZAL FJA's CLASS OF 2022! Students from the FJA Class of 2022 have been accepted to the following colleges, universities and gap year programs: Arizona State University-Tempe Binghamton University Boston University Bowling Green State University Central Michigan University Clark University DePaul University Drexel University Eastern Michigan University Eckerd College Elon University Emory University Florida Atlantic Univ...…
…80 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 78 NOAH LOVY West Bloomfield High School Varsity Tennis, National Honor Society, Friendship Circle and Yad Ezra volunteer. Michigan State University NAOMI LUPOVITCH West Bloomfield High School Summa cum laude, National Honor Society, USYer of the Year, Varsity Softball. University of Michigan JORDAN MANELA North Farmington High School National Merit Final...…
…The Administration, Faculty, Staff and Alumni The Administration, Faculty, Staff and Alumni of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah extend a heartfelt of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah extend a heartfelt MAZEL TOV MAZEL TOV to our to our GRADUATING CLASSES GRADUATING CLASSES OF 2022/5782 OF 2022/5782 Congratulations on your wonderful academic achievements, Congratulations on your wonderful academic achievements, including high school students who won Phi Bet...…
…82 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 80 JOSHUA MILLER North Farmington High School Varsity Tennis Captain, Tennis District Champion, Varsity Baseball, BBYO Regional Board, Shapiro AZA Vice President, JCC Maccabi Baseball, National Honor Society, Academic Letter, Raider Rage, Franklin Athletic Club Junior Tennis Camp counselor. Michigan State University SHAYLA MOSTYN Frankel Jewish Academy Editor in ...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 83 continued on page XX LINDA HILLER NOVAK 248.408.7811 LINDA@NOVAKRETEAM.COM FRANK NOVAK 248.563.7217 FRANK@NOVAKRETEAM.COM Congratulations, 20 22 Graduates! “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” - Golda Meir Linda Hiller Novak, University of Michigan 1974 F...…
…EVANN OLESHANSKY Groves High School National Honor Society, President of Interact, Links Board, President Youth Action Board, Founder National Math Honor Society, Mensa Honor Society, Presidential Service Award, Coca-Cola Scholarship finalist, Varsity Golf and Tennis. University of Michigan NOA SYLVIA SUNSHINE OSTROFF Walled Lake Northern High School Varsity Tennis Capitan, JFS Teen Board, National Honor Society, ...…
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…86 | MAY 19 • 2022 DANIELLA PRESS Farber Hebrew Day School Bnei Akiva head of vol- unteering, Jewish Fund Teen Board, National Honor Society, National Council of Synagogue Youth, Basketball. Yeshiva University LINDSAY RANDEL Frankel Jewish Academy Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Youth Ambassador, Jewish News Rising Star, JDRF Children’s Congress, Michigan Region’s Sh’licha, Aliyah BBG’s Chapter President, Ex...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 87 5725 WALNUT LAKE ROAD, WEST BLOOMFIELD MI 48323 | WWW.TEMPLE-ISRAEL.ORG Rikki Ann Aronoff Carson Garrett Brodsky Madison Hope Butler Christopher Dean Caballero II Alison Paige Chapnick Abby Lauren Chayet Skylar Brooke Elbinger Ashley Nicole Fogel Shayna Paige Foreman Alexis Erin Forman Jared Hayden Fox Mia Claire Frank Zachary Evan Frank Evrett Cole Gechter Zoe Eliza Goldman Sydney Kate Harker Shelby Erin Ka...…
…88 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 86 TALI RUBENSTEIN Groves High School Groves Varsity Tennis, Teens Making a Difference Rising Star Recipient, Jewish Fund Teen Board, Shalom Hartman Emerging Jewish Thought Leaders Fellowship, National Ramah Camper Inclusion and Differentiation Weinstein Cohort participant. Indiana University SARAH RUDMAN Walled Lake Northern High School National Honor Society, A...…
…BENJAMIN SCHMELTZ Frankel Jewish Academy National Honor Society, Varsity Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, All- Catholic League-Soccer, JARC Teen Action Council, Technion Robotraffic Competition. University of Michigan EMILY SCHNEIDER Walled Lake Northern High School National Honor Society, High academic honors, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Tennis, Varsity Bowling, JV Basketball, Aliyah BBG board member and leader- ship cl...…
…90 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 89 ALEXA SHEPHERD Bloomfield Hills High School Ambassador for American Diabetes Association, Student Advisory Committee, National Honor Society. Michigan State University SAMANTHA SHERMAN Bloomfield Hills High School Varsity Tennis, Friendship Circle Girls Presidential Board, Women’s Empowerment Club, Technical Crew, Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club. Michiga...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 91 SHOSHANA GEM SPRECHER West Bloomfield High School National Honor Society, Varsity Equestrian Team, Laker Express Acapella Group, Numerous plays and musicals perform- er, Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association, Committee Chairperson Choir Board, Treasurer International Thespian Society. Michigan State University ADAM STATE Frankel Jewish Academy National Honor Society, All- School Vice Pre...…
…92 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 91 JORDYN TEPPER Bloomfield Hills High School National Honor Society, National Society of High School Scholars, Youth Federation of Temple Israel Executive Board, Softball, Blackhawk Award. Michigan State University CHARLIE TOBIAS Frankel Jewish Academy Varsity Baseball and senior cap- tain, Varsity Basketball and senior captain, URJ Camp George counselor, Kever...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 93 Mazel T ov! Bella Muchnick We couldn't be any prouder of you and all of your accomplishments! Continue to be the shining star that you are, and never stop dancing, dreaming, and believing in yourself because you can do anything you set your mind to do. We know you are destined for amazing things, and we cannot wait to see what your future holds. Wishing you much happiness and success always. Go blue! With mu...…
…94 | MAY 19 • 2022 continued on page 96 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 92 AIDAN WARREN Bloomfield Hills High School National Honor Society, Dale Carnegie graduate, Varsity Wrestling. Michigan State University BRITNEY WASSERMAN Bloomfield Hills High School Summa cum laude, National Honor Society, Temple Israel Youth Group Board. Michigan State University DANIELLA WEIL Farber Hebrew Day School Student Counc...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 95 Mazel T ov! Ariel Golnick You continually make us proud! Congratulations on graduating from The University of Alabama! Good luck at University of Michigan SEAS graduate school. Love, Mom, Dad, and Rayna Jacob Handler We are so proud of you and excited to see what your future holds. Enjoy everything about this next chapter of your life — you deserve it! We Love You! GO BLUE!!! Love, Mom, Dad, Nicolette...…
…96 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 94 MAYA WEISBERGER North Farmington High School Varsity Soccer senior captain, Volleyball, National Honor Society, LINK Crew leader, Class Board, Academic Honors Award, BBYO, First place Regional Design competition and sec- ond place in Engineering. Michigan State University REBEKAH WEISKOPF Northville High School National Honor Society, Summa cum laude, Academ...…
…Noah Yaker Congratulations Noah! You have always marched to the beat of your own drum. You are a-MAIZE-ing AND true BLUE! Good Luck at Ross. Love you and am so proud of you, N9NNIE Mazel Tov! Congratulations! AVA ROSE USHER Congratulations to our 2022 graduate! We are so proud of you and can’t wait to see what your future holds! Go Badgers! We love you! xoxo, Mom, Mike and Dad Matthew Weinstein Congratulations Ma...…
…BRANDON YAKER Bloomfield Hills High School Varsity Hockey (Oakland Activities Association White Division Dream Team and First Team), Varsity Golf, Varsity B Tennis, Varsity Lacrosse, OAA Scholar-Athlete, School newspaper Sports Editor and Managing Editor, National Honor Society, Summa cum laude, USA Eagles Travel Hockey. University of Michigan NOAH YAKER Bloomfield Hills High School National Honor Society, Drum Li...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 99 WEST BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT WEST BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT Rayna Golnick We are very proud of your accomplishments at Frankel Jewish Academy. We wish you all the happiness in the world and much success at the University of Michigan! Love, Mom, Dad, and Ariel Congratulations! Aidan Warren Aidan, Always remember that you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and...…
…I was scrolling through social media and noticed that a few classmates of mine posted insensitive and hateful things about Israel and Zionism. Speaking with a few of my Jewish classmates, I learned of similar experiences and even of some insensitive comments made to them directly. I felt uncomfortable knowing that some students could be so open to hate as future medical professionals that will be taking care of a diverse patient populat...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 101 W alking through the halls of my inclusive and diverse college campus, it is easy to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance no matter where you go. Students proudly express their own identities and individualism freely, knowing they are protected and safe to do so in a generation that is continuously pushing for tolerance. However, I began to realize that a part of my identity that I so confidently displayed ...…
…102 | MAY 19 • 2022 A fter a year of creative pro- gramming during lockdown, the opportunity to engage with Jewish students on campus was a thrill. This academic year, I served as president of Students for Israel at Wayne State. With the help of my vice president, Tania Miller, and Hillel of Metro Detroit’s Arad Kauf, we pulled off a year filled with amaz- ing programs. Our goal was to have an all-encompassing line of pro- grams,...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 103 ARTS&LIFE POETRY J anet Ruth Heller likes to joke that her first publisher was her first-grade teacher. It happened after the woman gave a poetry writing assignment to Heller’s entire Milwaukee class and learned of the many poems the youngster had written. The teacher especially liked a verse about the emerging poet’s flying a kite with her dad, mimeographed it and gave a copy to each of the other students. “...…
…ARTS&LIFE BOOK REVIEW C hana Blankshteyn had amassed a world of experience in the 1920s, when, in her 60s, she took up writing fiction in Yiddish. Born in Vilna around 1860, she had traveled to France and Germany as a young girl to further her education, had married and divorced and then married again, moved to Kiev with her second husband, and, after her second divorce, lived with a married daughter in St. Petersburg. Blanksht...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 105 in a laboratory. She is prepar- ing her first article for publi- cation in a scholarly journal. Her quiet life seems in order, until an intriguing stranger, an American engineer, takes a romantic interest in her. CONNECTION TO HISTORY The troubled political histo- ry of Eastern Europe figures in several of these stories, most sharply in the story that begins: “This morning, once again, control of the city again ...…
…106 | MAY 19 • 2022 DID HE DO IT? TWO SEPHARDI SERIES ON NETFLIX, THAT ’70S RE-BOOT The Staircase, an original eight-episode HBO Max series, premiered on May 5. Three episodes were released then; remaining episodes premiere on fol- lowing Thursdays. It’s based on a real case. In 2001, novelist Michael Peterson (played by Colin Firth) was accused of killing his wife. She was found dead at the bottom of a staircase. Peterson sa...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 107 THRILLING THURSDAY 10-11 AM, MAY 19 Children ages 0-4 and their favorite adults are invited to come play in person at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Join Lindsay Mall for a Rhythm and Ruach class, with songs, gross motor activity and more. $5 donation per family per session suggested donation. For information, contact Ari Reis at areis@shaareyzedek. org. FAMILY FARM DAY 10 AM-NOON, MAY 22 At Oakland Avenue Urba...…
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…110 | MAY 19 • 2022 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY D r. Maurice Reizen, former director of the Michigan Department of Public Health, passed away at the age of 103. He left with a long list of degrees, honors, awards and achieve- ments that are his legacy. Maurie was born in Detroit in 1919 to Max and Minna Reizen. He attended Durfee intermediate school and graduated from Central High School. He spent his summers as a camp counselor a...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 111 continued on page 112 and faculty. She earned her undergraduate degree at University of Wisconsin in Madison and graduate stud- ies at UCLA and Harvard University. She and her husband, Allan David, lived abroad for many years and traveled the world extensively. Sandy was sent by the University of Wisconsin to establish language education and training programs on all four continents, including major projects ...…
…112 | MAY 19 • 2022 continued from page 111 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY grandchildren, Maxwell and Gavin Barry, and Cameron and Jeremy Kay; brothers and sisters-in-law, Michael and Cathy Barry, and Gordon Barry. Mr. Barry was the devoted son of the late Julius and the late Lillian Barry. Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Variety the Children’s Charity, 600 S. Adams, Suite 230, Birmingham, MI 4...…
…continued on page 114 MAY 19 • 2022 | 113 be made to Parkinson’s Foundation of Michigan, 30400 Telegraph Road, Suite 150, Bingham Farms, MI 48025, parkinsonsmi.org; Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, temple-israel.org/ tributes; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ROSE G. FREEDMAN, 101, of West Bloomfield, died May 10, 2022. She is survived by her son and daughter...…
…continued from page 113 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 114 | MAY 19 • 2022 Audrey Greenberg and Amiel Gross, and Marnie Greenberg; grandchildren, Sasha and Tyler Cambron, Shauna Ferguson, and Lauren, Jocelyn, and Jacob Gross; sister, Ruth Kadish; brother-in-law and sister-in- law, Mark and Jan Hauser. Dr. Greenberg was the devoted son of the late Joseph Greenberg and the late Goldie Greenberg Kramer; the dear brother-in- law of t...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 115 continued on page 116 Elliot’s early travels followed his pursuit of his Ph.D., lead- ing eventually to Atlanta, Ga., where he had a faculty position at Emory University and finally to Ann Arbor, where she supported him in his faculty and research position at the University of Michigan Medical School. In addition to her con- tinuing interest in science, which she discussed avidly with Elliot, she actively did m...…
…116 | MAY 19 • 2022 continued from page 115 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY in-law, William Nelkin, Eric and Sandy Nelkin. Mr. Kaminsky was the treasured son of the late Marion and the late Harry Kaminsky; dear son-in-law of the late Edna and the late Marvin Nelkin. Contributions may be made to Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 or MORC, morcinc. org. A funeral service was held at Hebrew Memorial ...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 117 C omic artist Neal Adams, who died at age 80 in New York City on April 28, is best known for having revolutionized Batman and other iconic comic book characters for both the DC and Marvel brands. But Adams himself was also a fearless crusader: He battled comics publishers for the rights of artists and writers, rescued Superman’s Jewish cre- ators from abject poverty and campaigned for a Holocaust survivor to...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 118 | MAY 19 • 2022 ‘The UP’s Jewish Soul’ I recently wrote about Holocaust education in Michigan. While researching this topic in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, I ran across the name of a Holocaust educator that you may not know: William L. Cohodas, known to all as “Bill, ” did not...…
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