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… 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…

…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…

… connect Jews during the High Holidays. Meaningful Feasts 38 Jewish websites offer guides for High Holiday and Shabbat dinners. Jews in the D Michigan Gyms Reopen, But JCC Pumps the Brakes 40 Other…

… to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. Sept. 17-23, 2020/28 Elul 5780-5 Tishri 5781| VOLUME CLVIII, ISSUE 7 Views 5-13 Rosh Hashanah 5781 L’ Shanah Tovah 14…

… 20 Cantorial soloist prepares for the High Holidays. Safe Worship 22 Surgeon General advises shuls during COVID. Virtual High Holidays Come to Campus 24 College Hillels across Michigan plan online…

… health centers opened their doors Sept. 9 following Whitmer’ s orders. Nessel Compares Trump to Hitler 42 Michigan’ s first Jewish attorney general made the comments at the state’ s Democratic…

… Nominating Convention. Finding Unity 44 Amid tensions, Black and Jewish groups mark “Unity Week.” Faces & Places 48 Eretz Hope Emerges 52 Ethiopia’ s “Hidden Jews” begin to receive aid from Israel and…

… trickle turned into a wave and thou- sands of Soviet Jewish refugees left the Iron Curtain for good. It’s estimated that by the time the mass emigration finally slowed down, some 2 million Jews escaped…

… cause of Soviet Jewry eventually entering her life. “It was an issue that had really developed after the 1967 Six-Day War,” she said, “when Soviet Jews wanted to get out of the Soviet Union and get…

… MICHIGAN COURTESY OF JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN OUR COMMUNITY Photos taken at the JCC during the Freedom Run for Soviet Jewry on September 25, 1983. A screenshot, from the 2007 documentary…

… Refusenik by Laura Bialis, which chronicles the 30-year international movement to free Soviet Jews. …

… mentor,” Sharfman said. “Then we formed a group in the Michigan area.” Armed with a telephone and a list of Soviet Jews who had been arrested, harassed or refused exit, Sharfman made calls. “There was…

… Soviet Jewry shortly after the first Leningrad Trial, which happened on Dec. 15, 1970. In it, a group of Soviet Jews was charged with attempting to hijack a small Soviet commercial plane. Their aim was…

… Richter at the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, which had been founded by Jacob Birnbaum in 1964 and was among the first grassroots movements for the liberation of Jews from the USSR. “He became my…

…’re in touch all the time, whether we’re in Israel or not,” said Sharfman, who moved back to Michigan from Israel two years ago but hopes to return soon. One of those friends was Pam Cohen, whose…

… we were there,” she said. “People came from all over the Soviet Union to speak. It was amazing.” Once the Soviet Union began to break up in the late 1980s, Soviet Jews were finally free to go…

… history of the Soviet Jews and what a “miracle it was that we won.” Sharfman is uncomfortable getting acco- lades for her volunteer work that helped make that miracle happen. “It’s not me. It was a…

… whole group of us doing the same thing,” she said. Sharfman said a majority of the Jews who fled the Soviet Union came to Israel, where more than a million of them live now. “They have made an amazing…

… left out extra matzah on the table in honor of fellow Soviet Jews unable to celebrate the holiday. As more Soviet Jewish families resettled in Metro Detroit and the rest of the country, knowledge…

… about the wide- spread issues they faced in getting approval to emi- grate continued to grow. “There was a lot of red tape,” Yost recalls. Some Soviet Jews waited upwards of years for approval, often…

… Highway, #110, Southfield, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Hwy., #110…

… M. Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us Partner: F. Kevin Browett kbrowett@renmedia.us Partner: Michael H. Steinhardt How to reach us see page 12 essay A Mystery: Why Do So Many Haredi Jews Disregard…

… the Pandemic? A s fervently observant Jews, the haredi Jewish community holds fidelity to Halachah (Jewish Law) as its central tenet. This attitude has often inspired me and other Jews across…

… so overrides nearly all other demands of Jewish law. An observant Jew must telephone the doctor on Shabbat, ride to the hospital on Yom Tov, eat on Yom Kippur to protect someone who is in danger…

… or even possibly in danger. The COVID-19 pandemic certainly poses as great a danger to haredi Jews as to others. Yet when epidemiologists warn that we need to practice distancing, to wear masks…

… fidelity to its own mores, more-or-less unchanged through the centuries. In each country where it has flourished, haredi Jews have followed the traditions of their ancestors and the rulings of the…

… rabbinic leaders, while scarcely paying attention to whatever government rules. In principle, haredi Jews say, governments come and go, but haredi society continues unchanged. Haredi society carries…

…, we stoically disregard their demands. The governor of Michigan or the health minister of Israel, like the czar of Russia, cannot get us to change where we recite our prayers. Another factor…

… story, “Charlevoix the Beautiful,” by Jennifer Lovy. Lovy made the point that Charlevoix, in the northwest part of the state on the shores of Lake Michigan, has been a summer destination for…

… generations of Detroit Jews. A search in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History certainly supports this conclusion. A search for “Charlevoix” in the Archive showed 3,577 pages that…

…- lums that attacked Jews … Wait a min- ute? What’ s this? Gangs attacking Jews in Charlevoix, such a vacation paradise? This is a story I had never heard before, but as I was conducting research for a…

… recent “Looking Back” on VJ day, I saw a headline on the front page on the Aug. 31, 1945, issue of the Chronicle: “Charlevoix Acts to Curb Attacks Against Jews.” The report was about tensions between…

…. Hoodlums no longer attack Jews in “Charlevoix the Beautiful” today. Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org. Mike Smith Alene and Graham…

… Landau Archivist Chair 46 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 26 July 18 • 2019 jn on the cover/travel arts&life A sk Michiganders what they most frequently associate with a Michigan summer and likely the…

… government and Jews in general. Liss is a member of Temple Israel and belonged to BBYO Michigan Region. In the fall, he will attend the University of Michigan where he plans to continue his work in the…

…26 | SEPTEMBER 16 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY A cross Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, antisemitism is no stranger to American Jews. Jonah Liss, 18, a recent grad- uate of International…

… Academy in Bloomfield Township, while scrolling through Twitter, unfortu- nately saw messages such as “I wish Hitler was still alive, ” “Kill the Jews” and other hate directed at Jews. He then felt…

… language on Twitter. ” Liss pulled 100,000 tweets containing the words Israel, Israeli government, IDF, Jew, Jewish people and Judaism to see the relationship in rhetoric between the two groups. “What…

… very negative tweets about Israel outnumbered positive and very positive ones by about 23,000 to 21,000, and negative tweets about Jews out- numbered the positive by about 26,000 to 17,000. Liss…

… hatred? With all respect to Chief Judge Sutton’s legal acumen, there are solid reasons in fed- eral and Michigan law to sus- tain the Jewish worshippers’ claim that gatherings and placards designed to…

… law gave the con- gregants only until Sept. 29, when Jews around the world will be celebrating Simchat Torah, to file a request with the Sixth Circuit to have the appeal considered anew by the…

… that he took the weekend off, and he reported, “The hotel mainly filled with Jews, and we are a little surprised to see so many of them still prospering and apparently unafraid. I think they are…

… unduly optimistic.” How right he was. Less than five months later, the Nazis formally codified Jew- hatred with the Nuremberg Laws, which deprived Germany’s Jews of citizenship and all basic human…

… 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…

…Nessel Compares Trump to Hitler DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER Jews in the D A t Michigan’ s virtual Democratic Nominating Convention Aug. 29, the state’ s Attorney General, Dana Nessel…

… reported by Gongwer Michigan. The Michigan Democratic Party did not make a transcript of Nessel’ s remarks available to press and did not return the JN’ s request for comment. Gongwer reporter Jordyn…

… and accu- rate historical comparison that resulted in a very long list of similarities. ” Michigan Republican Party Chair Laura Cox criticized Nessel’ s comments in a state- ment to the JN. “Not…

…, calling her “wacky” and “do-nothing” after Nessel criticized Ford Motor Company for not mandating that Trump wear a mask during a recent plant visit. Noah Arbit, chair of the Michigan Democratic…

… obscene dema- goguery and the persecution of minority groups and political opponents, which characterized Nazi Germany, ” Arbit said. 42 | SEPTEMBER 17 • 2020 Dana Nessel MICHIGAN.GOV …

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…12 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY making something happen at Michigan State that was edu- cational, not just for Jews but for non-Jews as well, about the Jewish people, heritage, about…

… Israel, ” says Serling, who was also involved in efforts to rein- vigorate the Hillel at MSU. “In those days, if a kid didn’t get into University of Michigan, they often would shun Michigan State and…

… head for a more friendly Jewish cam- pus like Indiana or Wisconsin, and we wanted to reverse that trend, ” he says. “We’ve done that in a big way because Jewish kids really thrive at Michigan State…

… of Jewish history. “For me, as a Jewish person, it is very rewarding for me to teach people who maybe never even thought about Jews, maybe never even met Jews, ON THE COVER continued from page…

… SEPTEMBER 24 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-12 Jews in the D A New Era for the JN 14 Paper achieves nonprofit status to ensure its legacy. Good-bye to an Icon 18 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, first…

…-30. Break-the-Fast 32 These recipes can easily be added to your buffet. Celebrity Jews 34 Online Events 35 Health Walking Strong 36 Eli and Sue Cooper will once again participate in this year’ s…

… dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. Yehudah calendar. 36 …

… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-8 Jews in the D Former Oak Park Rabbi to Head Up FIDF 10 On a (Food) Rescue Mission 12 Local funeral director’ s organization works with Hazon to…

… artist transforms wood into usable Jewish art. Techno Torchbearer 32 Rebecca Goldberg talks techno and about the release of her latest album. Celeb Jews 34 Online Events 35 Business A Jewish…

… individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. …

…T emple Jacob is a small Reform synagogue in the city of Hancock in the Keweenaw Peninsula, the northernmost part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The area, like the temple, has a rich history…

… many of them were Jews. Over the course of the 19th century and into the early 20th century, those Jews formed a few different congregations in the area; the one that remains is Temple Jacob…

… believe it’s the second-oldest continuously run synagogue in Michigan, ” Holden said. The synagogue, created for the much-larger Jewish population during the boom, was made to seat almost 250 people…

… congregation for five years and originally from Detroit, describes the congregants as wide-ranging, including many affiliated with Michigan Technological University — the largest employer in the area. “We…

… 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…

… Jews who perished in the Holocaust was vastly overblown. Over the years, he has repeatedly made the case that “only” a few hundred thousand Jews were killed and that the six million figure was…

… concocted for public relations purposes. Just four years ago, Abbas claimed that Jews in Europe were massacred for centuries because of their “social role related to usury and banks.” Such is the state…

…’ insults. While the most “reasonable” of Palestinian leaders was blaspheming the memories of six million dead Jews, Iranian negotiators were withdrawing a key demand from the negotiations over that…

… the streets showing their own placards declaring that Zionism was not Judaism and the like, shar- ing the demonstrations with real Jew-haters. The atmosphere in the huge and impressive media center…

… way to public Jew-hatred after more than 50 years of such hatred skulking largely under- ground in the West: Open antisemitism was just not polite, as opposed to the usual camouflage of anti…

…-Zionism. Clear examples of this change can be seen in the Jews target- ed physically last May during the Gaza war and, more dis- turbingly, the tolerance of the blatant antisemitism of the “Squad” in U…

….S. Congress. It resulted in wide accep- tance of the old antisemitic view that the Jews (sorry, Zionists) were the source of all evil in the world. It became almost conventional wisdom in all too many…

… overt racism against the Jews and Israel. Q: What are your expecta- tions for the upcoming 20th anniversary celebration of Durban I? MB: Same old, with possi- bly some new wrinkles, if the bearers…

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…SEPTEMBER 23 • 2021 | 45 GLOBAL CONNECTIONS 4-5 PM, SEPT. 23 The American Friends of Rabin Medical Center will present “Who Is an American Jew in 2021: Insights from the Pew Study.” Robert…

…@jfmd.org. YAPPY HOUR 6:30-9 PM, SEPT. 29 At Meadow Brook Hall. The Michigan Animal Rescue League will hold only cocktail party in Metro Detroit where your dog is invited. Enjoy an evening of cocktails, tasty…

… treats, a silent auction, red carpet photography more. All proceeds benefit the animals of the Michigan Animal Rescue League. Info: marleague.org. CULINARY HISTORY 7 PM, SEPT. 30 Join a Zoom event of…

… Jewish food of Black Jews and Southerners who converted to Judaism. Register: jewishfood. eventbrite.com. JAZZ GREATS MUSICAL 8-11 PM, SEPT. 30 Unlimited Sky Production presents the Satin Doll Revue…

… health information. Pomegranates also have a long Judaic history — from Jewish ritual objects to ancient Jewish coins, to Jewish cuisine, and Jewish art, architecture and jew- elry. Pomegranates, said…

… the pomegranate is full of seeds. ” On the second night of Rosh Hashanah, some Jews say the blessing of the new fruit over a pomegranate, a fruit that is not often eaten, thus making it “new…

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… Media Content at KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi, Texas. Jews Choose Trump announced that Ronna H. Ross of Bloomfield Township is the Michigan Director of JCT, which supports the re-election of President…

… guidelines and leaders of Muslim sects have released their own Sharia- based rules, but there is nothing directly on point in Judaism. Nevertheless, Jews who want to invest, make financial plans and give to…

… multi-disciplined consulting firm, and serves as the co-chief executive officer of Schostak Brothers & Company, a leading commercial real estate business in Michigan, where they operate properties in…

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… Community donations help Hebrew Free Loan give interest-free loans to local Jews for a variety of personal, health, educational and small business needs. STORY My STORY My “Hebrew Free Loan cares for our…

… 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…

… that the Palestinian leaders do not seek a state co-existing, peacefully, with the nation-state of the Jews. Rather, the Palestinian leaders want an Israel that has been converted to a Muslim…

…-majority state in which Jews will be reduced to dhimmi status if they are toler- ated at all. Israel should take the stance that the disputed land is of reli- gious and historic importance to Jews and of…

… Jews live in the vicinity of Traverse City. The shul, built in 1885, has monthly services, a religious school and adult education. I am honored letters …

…- pleted in 2015. And in the future, each year of the JN will be added to the database, which will be main- tained in perpetuity by the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, which now…

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… installations. ” Goldmann point- ed out that fact to Allied offi- cials, to no avail. They were, as Ben-Gurion put it, not willing to even “lift a finger” to rescue Jews. In a recent JTA interview, Burns…

… asserted that President Roosevelt “could not wave a magic wand” but did his best to help the Jews during the Holocaust. Ben-Gurion, who actually lived through those days and was an eyewitness to…

… Roosevelt’s abandonment of the Jews, understood the reality far more clearly. Rafael Medoff is founding director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20…

… Michigan, but haredi spokespeople have ready explanations. The price for flouting regulations does not figure into these explanations for Republicans or for their haredi acolytes. After further…

… come to conclusions about the age of the Earth or the age of the stars or about the evolution of the species, or even about the position of the Earth in the solar system, and some haredi Jews…

… dismiss expert examinations of the evidence with a wave of the hand. Some haredi Jews rely on sophistic works of apology to defend their literalist beliefs, but I think most simply reject experts…

… forcefully. ORGANIZING IN THE NEW YEAR And organizing works: The Michigan Court of Appeals took up the case of Grace, the detained student from my district in Oakland County, and released her to her…

… the goals or the slogan weren’ t quite “right.” When we white Jews assumed people of color meant “not us,” overlooking the beautiful diversity within our own Jewish community. When we said we’ d…

… sight of a few things as we look ahead to 5781. Jews have seen our share of dark years before, and yet we always manage to find reasons for hope and inspiration. For a people who have miraculously…

…. Golda Meir once said, “Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow themselves. ” We can choose to take Golda’ s advice, reject the urge to wallow in gloom and doom, and instead feel optimistic…

… Israel and Jews and “growing coexistence and cooperation. ” • The FDA approved an Israeli company’ s early warning testing procedure for treating COVID- 19 patients. Many Israeli start-up companies…

… contract with any business that supports BDS. • The Michigan Legislature created its very first Black and Jewish Unity Caucus, which will be working with the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity, of…

… Thursday at 29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News…

…14 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 12 ON THE COVER that there is this long, rich history of Jews in Europe, in the United States, and also that there’s been terrible…

… Muslims and Jews have in the United States. “We have this special relationship with Muslim Studies that’s really unusual, ” she says. “I hope it signals to students that there’s a place and a way to…

… should come to Michigan State, ” he says. By 2000, the number of Jewish students from the state of Michigan had jumped, and the school was offering even more innovative Jewish programming. “We were…

… very pleased and proud of the Jewish Studies program at Michigan State, ” he says. “It was part of and parallel to our commitment to recruiting a much larger number of Jewish students to Michigan…

… to Michigan State. ” Dr. Sherman Garnett, former dean and current professor at MSU’s James Madison College, says he was very interested in the program, which gave the university access to Jewish…

…’s two daughters, now in their 40s, attended Michigan State, Elaine says they, as par- ents, saw the world was chang- ing. The Serlings felt a need to help give students an avenue for Jewish…

…, ” she says. “Michigan State was going to be a place to The Serling Institute sponsors an Israeli Film Festival each year. The Serling Institute features frequent events, like this upcoming one on…

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…-niece, Elyse Rosen. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish National Fund, 42 E. 69th St., New York, NY 10021, jnf.org; Friends of the IDF, Michigan Chapter, P…

… father’s store. Though his brother remained in the family business, Richard was intent on building a career in medicine. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of arts in…

… War. Other than his residen- cy and time in the service, Richard lived his entire life continued on page 52 We believe that every Jew has a portion in the world to come. Trust us to prepare your…

… Chronicle, a competing publication. Jews in the D A fter 78 years as a for-profit entity, the Jewish News will be owned by a nonprofit community foundation. Effective Oct. 1, the independent…

… Workgroup to approve and accept the transfer of certain assets and liabilities from the Detroit Jewish News LLC to a new Michigan limited liability company to be wholly owned by the Foundation. Formed as…

… a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity in 2011, the mission of the Foundation is to educate and strengthen the Jewish community of Detroit and Southeast Michigan by capturing, telling and learning from the…

… WWII most in the military smoked and greatly appreciated extra cigarettes). This tradition of Michigan Jews sup- porting Marines continues today. For example, see the story about the friends of Lance…

… Jews serving with honor in the Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard — and the Israel Defense Forces. One of the earliest stories was about Jewish Detroiter and Marine Leonard Koch returning from…

… closely followed Jews in the Marines during WWII and after. You may have known some of them. Monte Korn, well known postwar for his financial advice on radio and TV . He was a Marine (Feb. 28, 2013 JN…

… first Michigan woman to enlist in the Marines during WWII (obitu- ary in Dec. 21, 2006 JN). Dorothy Florence joined the USMC in 1944 (Oct. 13, 1944 Chronicle). In 1945, Dr. and Mrs. Morris Schiff…

… 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…

… 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…

… project of the Michigan letters continued on page 6 …

… surprise — that a pleasant chill had lifted the air. Fall is here. Fall, in Michigan! What a blessing! My primary association with Rosh Hashanah, and my favorite thing about it, is that it comes in…

… the fall. You see, I’ m a big fan of Michigan’ s brisk, light-jacket weather, the kind that invites you to huddle with loved ones as you stroll outside in long pants and close-toed shoes, per- haps…

… year, for how we carry our- selves. And don’ t take it for granite. community, Israel and Jews throughout the world to the general community and beyond, and to establish collaborative rela…

…, Republicans, Ashkenazim, Sephardim and Jews of color. We are young and old, and religious and secular, but we happen to agree on many things, like the safety and well-being of Jewish Detroiters and other…

… 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…

… corner of our community, every orga- nization and stream of Judaism. We have seen an outpouring of concern and generosity, not just for local Jews but for our broader community as well. The Jewish…

… here! Approximately 2,600 years after the destruction of the First Temple, when our small band of ancestors were either killed, captured or sent scattering to the winds, Jews are surviving and…

… AIPAC Michigan chair for African American Outreach, a co-director of the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity, a board member of the Jewish Community Relations Council/ AJC and the director of Jewish…

… 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 …

… oversight, others see it as insensitive in an age when soci- ety continues to stress representation and inclusion. Count Day, part of the Michigan School Aid Act of 1979, is when all public schools in…

… Michigan tally the number of students attending their schools. This information translates into state funding. The state’s K-12 budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 is the largest education budget in…

…. ” GOVERNMENT VOICES This memo acknowledging the religious conflicts that Count Day may be causing for Michigan’s Jewish community is in part due to efforts of State Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) and his…

… colleague State Rep. Samantha Steckloff (D-Farmington Hills), two of only three Jewish members of the Michigan State Legislature. While Moss commended the Michigan DOE’s statement, he said there is a…

… say that if Count Day occurred on Yom Kippur, that the day could be moved up two days on the school calendar to allow for Jews to observe their holiest holiday and allow travel time for those going…

… out of town to be with family, ” Arbit said. “Our district has a diverse population where all should be respected Michigan’s “Count Day” falls on Yom Kippur this year. A Point of Contention…

… 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…

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…SEPTEMBER 23 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-9 Essays and Viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 10 Big Tent Event Ten distinct young adult groups unite to show Jews share more in common…

…. 26 Exploring Close to Home Michigan man has taken 38,000 photos of nearly every town in the state. 28 Keeping Memories Alive New website will share Grand Rapids Holocaust survivor…

…48 | SEPTEMBER 17 • 2020 | faces&places Jews in the D JARC’s Shabbat in the Lot With all-day storms mov- ing through Metro Detroit on Friday, Aug. 28, JARC’ s staff made the quick change from…

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… has obvious implications in today’ s social climate and how we, as Jews, are sup- posed to respond. Tzedek establishes that we should understand the social impact of companies in which we invest, and…

… many other business- es in Michigan, Joe Dumars Fieldhouse closed in March to comply with state regulations counter- acting the spread of COVID-19. The large sports and entertainment facility in…

… look strange to see all the Jews happily parading with palm fronds. I’m sure people wonder what we are doing with those sticks. Well, what are we doing with those sticks? Waving the lulav is per…

… aloft while marching around the bimah. It’s really weird and a lot of fun. Some say we are unifying four types of Jews with vary- ing degrees of knowledge and merits. Another theory: the species…

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… “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…

… pursue.” “He used his incredible gifts for justice, compassion, truth and faith and put his family above all else,” Rabbi Starr said. Chief Judge Christopher Murray of the Michigan Court of Appeals…

…, said, “Judge Tukel’s devotion to the rule of law and the Constitution was surpassed only by his love and dedication to his family, friends and the University of Michigan, where he was an adjunct…

…, but also his jokes and warmth that brought happi- ness to family occasions. Judge Tukel was described as a proud Jew who treasured his Jewish culture and sup- ported Israel, and as a defend- er of…

… grew up in Oak Park and earned a bachelor’s degree and later a law degree magna cum laude from the University of Michigan. He began his legal career with the Detroit-based Honigman law firm…

… concealing a terrorist past. In 2017, he achieved a lifelong dream by being appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder to the Michigan Court of Appeals, 2nd District. In 2012, Judge Tukel was honored for his…

… accomplish- ments, including the pros- ecution of the Underwear Bomber. He received a “Leader in the Law” award from the Michigan Lawyers Weekly as well as the Attorney General Award from the Department…

… as an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Law School. In addition, he lectured at the National Counterterrorism Center, the FBI Academy and at the Public Prosecution Service of…

… Canada while serving at the Department of Justice. He also chaired the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board Hearing Panel. Rabbi Starr said, “We will always remember Judge Jon Tukel as a man who used…

…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…

… National Convention 7. A New Jewish Leader: Michigan Native is Changing Millennial Jewish Life in Brooklyn 8. Meet Gabi Grossbard, an Orthodox Jew Running for Congress (from July) 9. New Heads of…

… than to stay silent in the face of what is happening to our brothers and sisters at the hands of systems we all implicitly uphold. As Jews, we know all too well what it is like to be victimized by…

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…, 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…