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…MICHIGAN JEWS FOUR YEARS AGO MANY OF US VOTED FOR BARACK OBAMA. TODAY WE ARE VOTING FOR MITT ROMNEY Four years of failed economic and anti-Israel policies demand we choose a new direction for our…

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…looking back Temple Beth El, Michigan’s first Jewish congregation, dates to 1850. In 1856, the congregation adopted a new constitution that contained ideas of Reform Judaism, thus becoming Detroit…

… Temple Beth El. Historic photos are curated by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive I t would be hard to ignore the bombastic headline for the Feb. 12, 1943…

…, issue of the JN: “500,000 Jews Fall Prey to Nazis in Warsaw Area.” By this point in history, the world was becoming increasingly aware that Jews were suffering in Poland like nowhere else. In Nazi death…

… camps, like Auschwitz and Treblinka (to name just two), Jews were being exterminated with cold efficiency. There was also ample evidence by 1943 of Jews being rounded up in Poland and forced into “ghettos…

…” like Warsaw and Lodz. How many Poles put their own lives in jeop- ardy to save Jews or how many turned in their Jewish neighbors — there were plenty of both — is still a controversial subject for…

… historians and, indeed, for Poland today. However, the report from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that generated the headline Mike Smith is flawed. It stated that, of the 500,000 Jews con- Detroit Jewish News…

… Foundation Archivist centrated in the Warsaw Ghetto, “not a single Jew 50 February 15 • 2018 jn remains …” First, historians now estimate that 300,000-400,000 Jews were in the ghetto. These are, of course…

…, still incredible numbers even if the article exaggerated by 25 percent, but the statement that there were no Jews left in the ghetto was what really caught my historian’s eye. This is hard to reconcile…

… with another fact, the famous “Warsaw Uprising.” From April 19-May 16, 1943, the approximately 13,000 Jews still living in the ghetto, with nothing left to lose, rose up and fought against the full might…

… wins in several categories at the MPA Awards. 18 Traveling Trunk Historical Society’ s hands-on sessions teach kids about Michigan Jewish history. 22 Jews and Human Rights James Loeffl er…

…inside Detroit Jewish News n 34 Feb. 28-March 6, 2019 23-29 Adar I 5779 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 4 February 28 • 2019 3 jn VIEWS 5-8 JEWS IN THE D 10 Their ‘Promised Land’ Large family of…

… Karaite Jews tries homesteading in the Lower Peninsula. 14 Intuitive and Special Therapy dog Bruno dies at age 14, leaving behind a comforting legacy. 16 Award-Winning Journalism The JN…

…! Meet the Jews in “the room where it happens.” 34 Hamilton: The Exhibition 35 Hamilton and the Jews 36 Mecca for Mid-Century Modern 38 Celebrity Jews ON THE GO 39 Events/Editor’s Picks HEALTH…

…Our annual tribute to the Michigan Jewish community's graduating high school seniors. Sponsored by: • • - - • --- Editor: Alan Hitsky Page design: Deborah Schultz - Advertising: Jan Haskell…

…, Dharlene Norris Production: Scott Drzewiecki, Jeff Meyer, Pam Sherevan, Michelle Sheridan Cap & Gown is archived on theJEW1SHNEWS.corn 80 May 20 • 2010 MS1.1 Jewish Studies Program …

… Michigan and a Cuban Jew whose family fled to the U.S., “the dissolution of the community was swift like a lit candle snuffed by the wind” (An Island Called Home, 2007). Castro’s policies were never anti…

…jews d in the travel Havana street scene than 10,000 Jewish refugees managed to slip into the country between 1933 and 1944. After the war, less than 15 percent of them remained in Cuba…

… for the most part — with tolerance and acceptance. The actions of various Cuban dictators, like the infamous Batista, did not affect Jewish com- munities: Most Cuban Jews stayed away from the dangerous…

…. For the Jews of Cuba these events fueled a true exodus, and by the early 1960s, the Jewish community of Cuba ceased to exist. In the words of Ruth Behar, a renowned anthropologist from the University of…

…- Semitic; rather it was his socialistic destruction of the middle class that prompted many Jews to flee. Out of nearly 15,000 Jews, fewer than 1,000 stayed. The new Constitution stated that any religion was…

… illegal as a manifestation of counter-revolu- tionary attitudes and actions. Most synagogues and Jewish schools were closed or abandoned. The totalitar- ian state came into being, and the Jews had to — once…

… again — assimi- late and adapt. They were not Jews anymore but Cuban citizens and comrades. Like other Cubans, they had to get used to poverty and rations, revolutionary atheism and fear of political…

… fact that the remain- ing Jews were singled out to be the “chosen people” for a rare luxury? For it was during our conversation with the vice president of the Beth Shalom Synagogue in Havana that we…

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… Havana — Adath Israel. We learned that the shop never stopped supplying kosher beef to the Jews of Havana. Our guide told us that beef is a precious rarity and is allotted to schoolchildren only as part of…

… sure you register at www.standwithus.com . Barbara Moretsky, Margot Gardner, co-chairs StandWith Us-Michigan West Bloomfield Jews Fought For Civil Rights As an African American who is proud to be…

…- rian who elsewhere penned an essay on the topic of "Jews and Negro Slavery in the Old South',' demonstrated that Jews were in no way exceptional when it came to the peculiar institution. "Any Jew who…

… could afford to own slaves and had need for their services," he wrote, "would do so." In the North, meanwhile, Jews divid- ed over the question of slavery. Some advocated abolition; others sought peace…

… above all else, even if that meant acquiescing to Southern slavery. Many Jews simply remained silent. To be sure, Jews formed far less than 1 percent of the national population, and their contribution to…

… the overall institution of slavery was negligible. Still, notwithstanding their ancestors' slavery in Egypt and their own cel- ebration of freedom on Passover, Jews basically followed in the ways of…

… contemporary Jews, the anni- versary provides a welcome opportunity to learn from our past, to recall the evolving relationship of Jews to America and to remember that following in the ways of our neighbors can…

…. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and chief historian of the National Museum N of American Jewish History. He is the co- editor, with Adam Mendelsohn, of 'Jews and…

… the Civil War: A Reader" (NYU Press, 2010). The Role Of Jews In The Civil War In 2012, the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) and the Yeshiva University Museum will mount a major New York…

… exhibition on "Jews in the Civil War" to mark the 150th anniversary of General Grant's Order No. 11 expelling Jews from the battlefield territories, AJHS Executive Director Jonathan Karp told the Forward. AND…

… Louis Farrakhan continues to spew. His words are deeply offensive and hurtful and, most of all, false. What he speaks of is not black empowerment. His "reality" of relations between Jews and blacks is…

… presenting an overview of American Jews Americans. Jews complicated American history, for scholars, I focused on urban history. It is FOR INFORMATION ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN'S " LIKE" US ON FACEBOOK…

…EIGO GA WAICARIMA.SU KA? (DO YOU UNDERSTAND ENGLISH?) Deborah Dash Moore, Director, The Frankel Center, and Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of History University of Michigan adding shades of…

… gray between black and white. Prejudice against Jews and Jewish difference from Deborah Dash Moore lecturing to a group of English teachers in Jap an. other Americans suggested The usual reply indicated…

…. under the rubric of international relations, a Given my inability to speak Japanese, I lectured focus on politics makes sense. about American Jews in English. While I can't know how much was understood…

… directly, I Given the location of American Jews within remain impressed with the attentiveness of the Jewish world and its history, this American- my varied audiences: beginning and advanced centered…

… minority What did I understand as a foreigner in Japan, discourses, which have helped them to outsider to Japanese culture, as an American, understand and negotiate their own minority historian, and Jew? The…

… enough to forge an independent history and past May-June. People were surprised and produce changes in American society, American pleased that we had come to Japan at this difficult Jews offered a kind of…

… expanded my own understanding of developed, I wondered why Japanese scholars American Jews, seeing them through Japanese were interested in Jewish American history. scholars' eyes. What engaged my host…

… studying American Jews in Kyoto? Most political history. When speaking about Jewish importantly: politics. American Jewish political immigrants to the United States, I stressed ways activities, from their…

…, intrigued these discussing the postwar period, I examined the scholars. Professor Kita saw American Jews as impact of the Holocaust and suburbanization. situated between African Americans and white In…

…Southeastern Michigan: A Great Place To Live. A Great Place To Live Jewishly. Sponsored by: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY "We lived on the East Coast and moved back to Southeastern Michigan and Detroit…

… so David could finish his medical residency. We returned because this was, and still is, a great place to raise a family and live Jewishly, with a multitude of opportunities. Any kind of Jew can feel…

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… Blue Shield of Michigan. I have also become actively involved in several community organizations, including the ADL and Federation. The lifestyle in Detroit and Southeastern Michigan is amazing for…

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…jews d in the 18 June 20 • 2019 jn Zioness Movement Amanda Berman asks progressive Jews to challenge anti-Semitism of the left. T he vast majority of American Jews have their home on the…

… political left, according to Amanda Berman, executive director and co-founder of the New York City-based Zioness Movement. She says American Jews generally believe in human rights, want to see wide…

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… enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. Views 5-12 Jews in the D Making Her Mark 14 Susan Adelman’ s many passions drive her goal of making the world better. State Budget…

… Woes 22 Jewish community stands to lose funding if Gov. Whitmer and Republicans don’ t negotiate. Michigan State Hillel’ s Sukkah Destroyed 24 Two males seen on camera vandalizing the sukkah during…

… the holiday. Haunted Michigan 26 New book provides spooky legends and Michigan history, too. Highlighting our Hidden Gems 27 A guide to the archival collections in the Detroit Jewish community…

… anti-Semitism led to labeling, job denial and more, leading many Jews to change their names. Celebrity Jews 44 On the Go Events/Editor’ s Picks 45 Health ‘ Next Phase of Life’ 47 Melanoma patient…

… Miller, founder of Kosher Michigan and interim rabbi with Congregation B'nai Israel in Toledo, Ohio, told the Jewish News. "Clearly, he was not briefed on how dangerous a group Jews for Jesus is to the…

… furor among Jewish organizations worldwide by serving as keynote speaker at a Nov. 14 gala for a Texas group that trains people to convert Jews to Christianity. Bush headlined the annual fun- draiser for…

… Jewish community in our country through their proselytizing efforts aimed at young, naive Jews, especially on col- lege campuses. "I hope that had he understood the gravity of the situation, he would have…

… opted to decline their invitation. I don't think Bush left office with a very favorable rating among American Jews, but this clearly seals the deal." The Messianic Jewish Bible Institute's chairman…

…, Jonathan Berris, also released a statement regarding the controversy. "The idea seems to be that it is somehow 'intolerant' for Jewish believers in Jesus to share their convictions with other Jews. The real…

… intolerance is coming from those who apparently think that no Jewish person should ever be exposed to the claims of the most famous Jew who ever lived." The Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations estimates…

… there are about 20,000 Jews affiliated with Messianic congregations in the United States. Sharon Lipton, president of the Bloomfield Township-based Jewish Community Relations Council, shared some harsh…

… criticism for these organizations and the president's actions. "Messianic Jews are Christians who proselytize Jews to leave Judaism and join the Christian faith," she said. "Their actions are insensitive and…

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… intermarrying, too few were affiliating with synagogues, and the birth rate among non-Orthodox Jews was almost nil because more women put off childbearing until their 30s and 40s. A dozen years later, the picture…

… isn't all that different - the inter- marriage rate is high, synagogue affiliation is stagnant and our num- bers are just slightly higher. Jews comprise just more than 2 percent of the total population…

… recent survey show that younger Jews are inter- marrying at a high rate, they aren't raising their children Jewishly, and they are far less connected than their grandparents to Jewish institutions and…

… Israel. On the other hand, this demo- graphic study by the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Research Center - the first in a decade - suggests that American Jews are quite comfortable staking their identity as…

… Jews, and at the same time, are as American as apple kugel. Pew's "A Portrait of Jewish Americans:' released Oct. 1, found that Jews are much like non-Jews in their identification with religion - 22…

… percent say they are Jewish by ancestry, ethnicity or culture but have no religion. Even among those who identify as Jews by their religion - about 4.1 million - more than half say being Jewish is mainly a…

… matter of ancestry and culture, and 60 percent say it isn't necessary to believe in God to be Jewish. Clearly, American Jews aren't shedding their roots - but they can live without religion. Unfortunately…

…, they can also live without synagogues and other Jewish institutions. The Pew study shows that two- thirds of "Jews of no religion" or sec- ular Jews, are not affiliated, they are far more likely to marry…

… Michigan between incumbent Democrat a majority of Russian Jews also Debbie Stabenow and Republican favored the Republican candidates. challenger Pete Hoekstra. It's an Barring any October surprise, important…

…Commentary Once Again, The Jewish Vote W ith the presidential elec- tion campaign in full swing, that quadrennial question arises once more — how will the Jews vote? The majority of American Jews…

… survey of a national sample of American Jews, it also polled representative sam- ples of Jews in two crucial swing states, Florida and Ohio, where the Jewish vote could make a difference in a close…

… available at www.ajc.org . The AJC data suggest that nationally, Jews con- tinue to favor the Democrats by a wide margin; 63 percent reporting that they will vote for President Obama, 27 percent for Gov…

…. Romney and the rest undecided. The support for Obama is consistent among all age groups, and Jewish women tend to be more pro-Obama than men. Ohio Jews split roughly along the same lines as the national…

… state surveys, more Jews approve than disapprove of the president's handling of the SO economy, health care, national security, U.S.- Israel relations and other issues, and believe that the Democrats are…

… that appear to diverge from the majority-Democratic consensus — Orthodox Jews and Russian Jews. three surveys are concerned over of New York City — portend a far the prospect of Iran acquiring nucle…

…- greater voice for Orthodoxy in the ar weapons. And, reflecting deep Jewish community, and together pessimism over the situation in the with the steady integration of Middle East, the percentage of Jews…

… Russian Jews into American Jewish who think that prospects for Arab- life, may eventually change the polit- Israeli peace have risen in the past ical profile of American Jewry. year languished in the single…

… majority-Democratic consensus — Orthodox Jews and Russian Jews. While the Ohio and Florida samples do not contain enough Orthodox respondents to draw any conclusions, the national survey shows Romney beating…

…Ambassadors from page 46 wasn't just the tug of the dream. It also was a question of survival — the security of a Jewish homeland. Take, for example, Ethiopian Jews. They dreamed of coming home in a…

… spiritual sense, but they also were flee- ing an untenable situation. The story of Jews in Ethiopia isn't pleasant. As the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) recounts: Since the 17th century, Ethiopian Jews…

… immigration patterns on French Jews and anti-Semitism. Cole's talk was one of four recent presentations by visiting scholars of the University of Michigan's Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, each…

…obituaries 11111J41 The scene of the terrorist attack on the kosher market in Paris Troubling .iistory U-M historian traces French attitudes toward Jews. Shari S. Cohen Special to the Jewish…

… News T he recent killings at a kosher supermarket in Paris, as well as other violent attacks against French Jews, have caused many to be fearful for their physical safety and uncertain about their…

… future in France. On Feb. 26, University of Michigan history professor Joshua Cole spoke at the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center about the impact of France's political history, colonial past and…

… with the theme of "Jews & Empires!' The lecture series, which attracted capacity audiences, was co-presented by Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment (SAJE). Cole framed the history of French Jews within…

… a society in which religion was con- sidered a private matter with the belief that "the public realm should be free of religion!' explained Cole. In 1791, 14,000 French Jews among a total population…

… of 28 million, were given full citizenship. However, many 66 April 9 • 2015 Catholics opposed the revolution and their enmity toward French Jews increased because they gained citizen- ship under the…

… new republic. In the next century, the extension of French citizenship to Algerian Jews also generated some anti-Semitic backlash. Jews had lived in Algeria for centuries — some the descendants of Jews…

… who fled Spain as well as Berber Jews from North Africa. In 1870, Adolphe Cremieux, the French minister of justice who was Jewish, was responsible for giving French citizenship to Algerian Jews. "This…

… was controversial in the Jewish community because some Jewish individuals were polygamous and French law prohibited polygamy. Most Jews embraced French citizenship," Cole said. However, he added that…

…world » e s s ay Freedom Sunday Rewind National Mall march helped spur freedom for Soviet Jews. “If Soviet Jews are not free, then all Jews are not free.” — Natan Sharansky, on the National Mall…

… JN Photo Archives O n a cold, sunny day in December 1987, the eve of the Reagan- Gorbachev summit in Washington and four years before the breakup of the Soviet Union, American Jews, 250,000 strong…

… painter’s hats with “Freedom Sunday, Detroit, Michigan” block lettered in red. She was chair of the Soviet Jewry Committee of the Jewish Community Council (now Jewish Community Relations Council of…

… Detroit marchers. Federation allocated $45,000 toward delegation costs. Four years earlier in Leningrad, Weiner had met Evgeny Dragunsky, a former refusenik — a Soviet Jew denied an exit visa to emigrate…

…. At the time of the rally, Dragunsky was living in Washington. Weiner called to tell her about the rally and to watch for the “Michigan” sign. The mass of humanity on the Mall dimmed Weiner’s hope of…

… \- % ,, \ 1 t 7 . . * i Its,- 1 111111; I Is Lincoln And The Jews A new book details the profound and positive effect the 16th president had on American Jews. 'LC • INCOLN and the J EWS / •- -52…

… the many asso- ciations shared by President Abraham Lincoln and Jewish citizens from various walks of life. The chart appears at the beginning of the book Lincoln and the Jews: A History (Thomas Dunne…

… havoc on man's nature, there is not one as irrational as anti-Sem- itism." Yet those who examine these atrocities in our history may begin to wonder if perhaps there is something wrong with the Jews. How…

… else can we explain how one nation could be so hated throughout history by so many people? Historians suggest various paradox- ical theories to explain anti-Semitic sentiments: Jews are an inferior race…

… important eth- ical document, warrant such hatred from others? The Rev. Edward H. Flannery stated, "It was Judaism that brought the concept of a God-given universal moral law into the world ... The Jew…

… now suffer. We can never become just Netherlanders, or just English, or representatives of any other country for that matter. We will always remain Jews." Greenberg's View THE MAN WHO( STILL) ISN…

… time, anti-Sem- itism took on different forms that sometimes intertwined: The ancient and false anti-Semitic belief that the Jews killed Jesus, modern anti-Semitism (Jewish economic control and racial…

… impurity), and now the newest form of anti-Semitism, hatred that is disguised in anti-Israel/ anti-Zionist sentiment and acts. Today, Muslim clerics publicly extol the murder of Jews, and Palestinian…

… textbooks teach that Jews are "apes and pigs." And Egyptian television programs claim that Jews use the blood of Arab children to bake matzah for Passover. Unfortunately, we truly are our own worst enemies…

…. How else can we explain Jews who feel so negatively about Israel that they publicly com- pare it to Nazi Germany? How do we comprehend Jews who not only incite hatred against Israel and the Jewish…

…). • Courtesy Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives (JCC.49) Historic photos are curated by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive T he front page of the Nov…

…. 13, 1942, issue of the JN, which still had a headline about the War Chest, featured pho- tos of a unique World War II unit, an all-Jewish “Buffs” Regiment. The story claims that 47,000 Palestinian Jews…

… were enlisted this regiment. While there is no doubt a lot of Jews from Palestine served in the war, since regiments generally only had 4,000 soldiers, I wonder about the number reported in this article…

…. Nevertheless, the excellent photo display on Page 1 showed the tough training that the Jews were undergoing, and noted that they were eager to strike the Nazis. Their time was com- ing soon, as another story on…

… Page 3 had the headline: “Nazis Blame Jews for U.S. African Invasion.” To say the least, the Nazis blamed Mike Smith Jews for everything and this was no exception. Detroit Jewish News Unfortunately, the…

… Nazis began reprisals Foundation Archivist against Jews in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. 54 November 9 • 2017 jn But, the Americans had landed in North Africa on Nov. 8. It would take some time, but…

…32 | OCTOBER 31 • 2019 T he Jewish new year began sweetly for Rabbi Menachem and Chana Caytak and their baby daughter, Chaya Mushka. They launched the opening of Michigan’ s new Chabad…

… center in Troy with a festive Rosh Hashanah dinner with 35 local guests who had long believed they were the only Jews in the neighborhood. The Caytaks’ dedication to building a Jewish com- munity in…

… Chabad rabbi in Ottawa. His parents supervise Jewish adult and children’ s libraries and a preschool. They have been raised to instill a love of Judaism in all Jews no matter where they live or…

…. “We are finding there are numbers of Jews who are not affiliated but are interested in being part of a commu- nity, to participate in Jewish holiday celebrations for their kids,” he said. “Many…

… feel they live too far [from synagogues in other parts of Metro Detroit]. Chabad centers create a local place for those to celebrate their Jewish heritage. Our goal is to bring Jews togeth- er, to…

… reach out until we have a connection to every Jew. The Rebbe [Menachem Schneerson] taught us, there is no such thing as an insig- nificant Jew.” Chana said, “Our goal is not to make every Jew reli…

…, the Caytaks hosted Shabbat dinners and greeted more local Jews. They planned to build a sukkah and have some events with Congregation Shir Tikvah of Troy. For details about the Chabad Jewish…

… Center and upcoming events, email rabbi@jewishtroy.com. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Chabad Center of Troy Couple used population study to fi nd best location for their outreach. Jews in the…

…jews d in the 100 Years Ago O Irwin Cohen Special to the Jewish News TOP: Looking toward City Hall on Woodward and Michigan from Cadillac Square. The big building left of center is the posh…

… Ponchartrain Hotel. RIGHT: Looking up Woodward and Detroit’s skyline from Canada. 16 ne hundred years ago, in 1917, Detroit’s Jews wondered and argued about the number of Jews residing in the city. Community…

… • 2017 jn forces. Jews constituted only 3 percent of America’s population in 1917. However, almost 5 percent of those serving in the armed forces were Jews. Eighteen percent of the serv- ing Jews were…

… volunteers, which also was above the national average. By the time the war ended almost 18 months later, more than 60 Detroit Jews would die while in uniform. In August 1917, the Jewish Legion was organized by…

… Palestine from the Turkish yoke. Cottler became a corporal and served in the same bat- talion with David Ben-Gurion, who Detroit Jews enlist, Balfour Declaration issued, cars more popular and Jewish…

… businesses flourish. would become Israel’s first prime minister. British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and his Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour were sympathetic to the right of Jews to return to their…

… Simon; daughter of the late Solly and the late Polly Solomons; the sister of the late David Solomons. Contributions may be made to Hadassah Medical Center, the Michigan Humane Society or to a charity of…

… that she is survived by her mother, Betty Becker Bresoff. Jews Most Popular Group In America? New York/JTA ews are the most warmly regarded religious group in America, accord- ing to a new survey by…

… and 50 meaning they have neither positive nor negative feelings. Jews rated 63, slightly ahead of Catholics (62) and evangelicals (61). Buddhists, Hindus and Mormons prompted neutral ratings, from 48 to…

… • 248.569.0020 • IraKaufman.com 90 July 24 • 2014 JN Obituaries il& CP4, . ' VM.r ..-- Jews gave themselves an 89 rating. For other faith groups, Jews gave Catholics a 58 rating, Buddhists 61…

…, Hindus 57, atheists 55, Mormons 48, Muslims 35 and evangelicals 34. Evangelicals in the survey rated Jews posi- tively with a rating of 69. Sixty-one percent of respondents said they know someone who is…

… Jewish; Jews constitute approximately 2 percent of the U.S. popula- tion. The survey showed a divide between older and younger Americans. Older Americans view Jews, evangelicals and Catholics most…

… favorably. Younger Americans gave higher ratings to atheists and Muslims than older Americans did — ratings of 49 each by Americans aged 18-29. Jews were viewed most favorably by whites, at 66. Blacks and…

… Hispanics each gave Jews a 58. Blacks gave evangelicals and Muslims more favorable ratings than whites. The survey had a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points. ❑ …

…@thejewishnews.corn Publisher's Notebook Editorial Jews Have Served Nobly Revitalizing Metro Detroit One 'Immigrant' At A Time A For the sake of our own future and our children, let's start by changing the narrative for…

… our region. Editor's note: The following is an abridged version of the keynote address delivered May 20 at the Greater West Bloomfield Michigan Week celebration and community service awards event. F…

… or our time together this morning, I plan on challeng- ing you to help change the Greater West Bloomfield area, Detroit and Southeastern Michigan one "immi- grant" at a time. And in the coming moments…

… vision and chops to do this, what about us in the Greater West Bloomfield area, Detroit and Southeastern Michigan? Well, first we have to overcome our own negativity. Need an example? Listen to this…

… opportunities. What do we mean by here? Are we talking about West Bloomfield? Metro Detroit? The most dynamic work-creating market in Michigan is in and around Ann Arbor. Aside from an array of startup busi…

… Southeastern Michigan." Embracing Opportunity For anyone taking notes, research Ann Arbor SPARK. It is the job creating and matching juggernaut created by Rick Snyder before he became governor. SPARK recently…

… hosted its second job fair in Chicago to bring talent to Southeastern Michigan with the lure of hundreds of immediate job openings in desirable fields. It has created job fairs in other cities, too. SPARK…

…'S research affirms that candidates most likely to pursue its positions have personal or school ties to Michigan. Remember the "immigrants" I referred to earlier? Well the ones I have in mind are our children…

…. For the sake of our own future and our children, let's start by Publisher's Notebook on page 29 s so many other brave Americans have done, Jews have given their lives in defending this great land of…

… of the AIPAC con- do young Jews have left to identify ference in Washington, D.C., with? This is why American Jewry is where demonstrators called for an diminishing in larger numbers year end to what…

… they referred to as “the after year, and it’s why many young Israeli occupation.” Jews are now turning against Israel. What shouldn’t come as It is clear by now that the a surprise by now is that social…

… They decide what is moral, and the Jews over the Green Line (including modern Jew follows suit. parts of Jerusalem) and even draws a Because most American Jewish moral equivalency between murder…

…- education is so centered around ous Hamas (the Palestinian terror social justice, traditional Jewish beliefs are put aside and, if they are group) and Israel. taught, it is only within the context Young Jews…

… on what is moral and just. This is the Jewish people or why He gave why Sunday’s demonstration found them the Torah; it’s only about anti- so many young Jews willing to pro- slavery and human rights…

… around test against Israel. the world. And that is about social If the trend doesn’t change, we will justice — not Judaism. find more and more Jews at the fore- This is why many young American front of the…

… Christian ritual as a youngster, she became horrified by peer accusations about Jews being responsible for the death of Jesus; and she built a career addressing relevant issues. THE JEWISH Levine will discuss…

… The Jewish ANNOTATED Annotated New Testament: Why Jews (and Christians) Should Read This Book at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the Berman Center for the Performing Arts in West Bloomfield. The talk is…

… presented by Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment (SAJE). The book demonstrates Rembrandt: Young Jew as Christ, c. 1656, oil on wood: The Levine's late rabbi, during youthful the very Jewish nature sitter of…

… the painting is a young Jew evicted from Spain and times in Massachusetts, encouraged of the New Testament. settled in Amsterdam in the neighborhood of Rembrandt. her early explorations of Jewish…

…- Christian relations. She went on to double-major in religion and English A-JL: I shall be at Smith College in Massachusetts as well A-JL: The volume provides an informed, talking about why Jews should read…

… the as earning both a master's and a doctoral New Testament and why both Jews and respectful treatment of books held sacred degree in religion from Duke University in Christians should become familiar…

… with by Christians and thus models a type of North Carolina. civil conversation I find often lacking its Jewish context. We'll explore how Jews "I read voraciously and visited churches and Christians can…

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… Jews to stay within word count is a miracle. JN: How does learning about the New Testament affect Jews confronted by anyone trying to persuade them to join Christian congregations, like Jews for Jesus…

… Digital Archive I t seems, while looking for stories 75 years ago from the JN for my columns, I often write about the war and the crisis for Jews in Europe. This week, the June 19, 1942, issue of the JN…

… had this headline: “60,000 Vilna Jews Massacred by Nazis.” There was also a sub-headline on the front page that read: “Nazis Renew Mass Murder of Jews in Germany.” The enormity of the atrocities against…

… and age? He must have been living right. There were two other small items of good news. After 15 years of service to the University of Michigan, it was announced that Hillel would have its own house on…

… curated by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. …

… Building Community Initiative between Chaldeans and Jews. All of the 40 women in attendance measured the event a resounding success. Lois Shulman of West Bloomfield listens to the speaker. Betsy…

… they face in both Michigan and Iraq. As a Christian minority in Iraq, many Chaldeans are leaving their homeland and coming to Michigan for a safe and secure environment. When the Social Action Workgroup…

… met at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield on Sept. 7, Chaldeans and Jews shared con- versation and dinner and heard a fascinating presentation from Ellen Betsy Winkelman of West Bloomfield…

… community, their values and differences as well as the role that women have played in the his- tory of Detroit Jewry. Many in attendance expressed surprise that almost one quarter of the Jews in the…

… metropolitan area are older than 65 as compared to 18 per- cent of Jews nationally. Valued EXCildngt Linda Finkel, a Jewish member of the Workgroup from Bloomfield Hills, said: "At the end of the evening, I…

… Chaldeans have come to Metro Detroit to find a safe living environ- ment, Jews established themselves here more than 160 years ago, living together in the same neighborhoods or moving to new neighborhoods as…

…, Ellene, joined him in the business this past June. During the years Kebede was in college, small groups of Jews were beginning to flee to refugee villages in Sudan, which borders Ethiopia. Government…

…, including Israel, who allowed the immigration of Ethiopian Jews — also referred to as Beta Israel — if they could get there. Israeli operatives arranged to smuggle out Jews who could make their way to Sudan…

… includes those who migrated and those who were born there said Dr. Teshome Wagaw, professor emeritus of education and AfroAmerican and African Studies at University of Michigan. Although not Jewish, Wagaw…

… came from an area of the country populated by many Jews. "Most Ethiopian Jews are in Israel," said Wagaw, author of For Our Soul: Ethiopian Jews in Israel. Those who live in Israel reside under the…

… country's Law of Return, giving Jews and those with Jewish parents or grandparents and all of their spouses the right to settle there and obtain citizenship. Merely 1,000 Ethiopian Jews are thought 12 to…

… live in America. "There is a very small community of Ethiopian Jews living in the United States, and a very, very small one in Metro Detroit:' Wagaw said. In fact, Kebede knows of none, other than his…

… own brother, Wondwossen, who lives in Farmington Hills. "Outside of Israel, the group tends to not identify as Ethiopian Jews, just as Ethiopian:' said Wagaw of Ann Arbor. "So the exact numbers are…

… their families. Falash Mura who have converted to Christianity but want to return to following Jewish law are permitted to immigrate to Israel, although not as Jews. This enables the Israeli government to…

…, she and Long were “Jews two and three” in Woodbridge, accross the Lodge Freeway from Wayne State. Now, 20 Jewish residents live there. Silverman said she loves living in the neighborhood. “Many young…

… Jews rave about living in Detroit and I would, too!” she said. “Our daughter is hugged by neighbors on our block whose race, religion, family structure, politics, socioeconomic status and/or sexual…

… orientation are different from those of her parents. We have never had a problem with safety. And there was a welcome basket of Michigan foods from our neighbors when we moved in!” Silverman estimates about 300…

… Jews live in the city and, out of that number, there are “about 20” Jewish families. Her defini- tion of a Jewish family is “at least one Jew living with children in Detroit.” Despite the sizable…

… increase in the num- ber of Jews living within the city limits over the last five years, it is still a small percent- age of the total number of Jews living in Metro Detroit. A 2010 update to the Detroit…

… Area Jewish Population Study of 2005 determined there were 66,500 Jews living in the region. Vadim Avshalumov, program manager at the Downtown Detroit Partnership, said he knows of no data that confirms…

… the number of Jews and Jewish families living within the city limits. Avshalumov has a good understanding of the Jewish population trends in the city — he’s an urban planner; he lives in Midtown and he…

…" is asked not When the spies returned from spy- just on Passover eve — it's ing the land, they claimed that it was become a Jewish expres- impossible to conquer it. The Jews com- sion, a part of the…

… slang. When a Jew plained and, as a result, God decreed experiences something that the Jews would remain unusual, he asks, "Mah in the desert for 40 years, nishtanah?" with only the next genera- Our Torah…

… leader with an agenda — Maybe the desert heat got to him. to touch every Jew with love. The Rebbe As we know, every leader, in order to taught us that every Jew has a purpose be successful, has to have an…

… agenda. in this world, and we should do things Moses' agenda had three specific to make this world a better place. missions: taking the Jews from Egypt, For us as parents, we are the leaders of our…

… children. In order for our chil- the giving of the Torah and, most important of all, bringing the Jews into dren not to ask us what our purpose the Land of Israel, into the promised is, we need to be a…

… living example. It is land "flowing with milk and honey:' thus incumbent upon us to further our In the beginning, things went very self-improvement by learning Torah well. He led the Jews out of Egypt and…

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… before Adolf Hitler’s assump- tion of power in Germany during the 1930s? Jews everywhere must take heed. “People understand there is no future for Jews in Europe,” said Avraham Gigi, the chief rabbi of…

… credit, the European Jewish Association (EJA) quickly countered Gigi’s lament. It vowed to help ensure “that the 3 million Jews who live on our continent” could continue “to command a safe home” and…

… about the future image of Jews in that country. The topic matters to Frank Ravitch, a professor at Michigan State University Law School, who holds the Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law and Religion. Ravitch…

… Japan. Louis Finkelman Special to the Jewish News 24o-494-0225 www.tutoringcenter.com Japan And The Jews MSU law professor keeps an eye on Japanese views on Jews. k ci world S o few Jewish…

… people live in Japan that most Japanese probably have never met any Jews, so they generally have no opinions about them. However, the beginning of a disturbing trend has one experienced observer concerned…

…, believe they are descendants of one of the lost tribes or of later Jewish immigrants, but Ravitz says "DNA evidence doesn't bear it out.' Other Japanese feel real admiration for Jews, stemming from…

… encounters with Japanese self-help books advising readers how to succeed as well as Jews do. These books borrow a European image of all Jews as well-educated, creative in busi- ness and financially successful…

…. Ravitz recalls that a stranger in a Japanese bar, upon learning that Ravitch is Jewish, casually asked, "Tell me how you Jews get to be so successful?" After a moment's hesitation, he replied, "Not all…

… Jews are successful." The stranger said, "Really? I did not know:' However, another set of books presents ugly stereotypes about Jews. Ravitch says some mainstream Japanese publishers put out some…

… the guise of an anti-Israelist in mainstream Japanese academia." Fortunately, a few scholars of Middle East studies in Japan have responded to this academic attack on Israel and Jews with balanced and…

… fact, some students seem to develop a more positive view of Jews in response to one-sided professorial preaching against Israel. European anti-Israel canards remain worrisome, though. In Europe as well…

…; when it does, the author hopes it will have a positive effect on the image of Jews in the minds of the Japanese. Most of all, though, he feels pleased that it "is just a good story" ❑ …

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… the rest of the nations. Some liberal Jews, uneasy with that statement, have erased it from the blessing altogether. Is the official Jewish ide- ology regarding our relationship with non-Jews at odds…

… with our social and ethical beliefs? Do we maintain one viewpoint regarding non-Jews in our liturgy, laws and lore, but actually fol- low another viewpoint in reality? This week's Torah portion…

…, we can look at the reunion of these two brothers as an allegory for the relationship between Jews and non-Jews with Jacob serving as the archetypal Jew and Esau as the "other." The way we interact with…

… non-Jews on a daily basis is much different than the way our Jewish tradition understands that interaction. From the Torah's first introduction of these quarreling broth- ers in the womb, we are told…

…. Jews were instructed to keep specific foods, like wine, milk and bread, from ever being touched by "gentile hands" Because of intermarriage, some of the most dedicated leaders in our synagogues and…

… community organiza- tions are Jews by choice. The divide between Jew and gentile has abated. Some Jews will see this as problem- atic, while others will embrace the changing outlook. Let us all remember that…

…20 August 22 • 2019 jn jews d in the Detroit Jews for Justice Led #CloseTheCamps Rally On Aug. 13, Detroit Jews for Justice, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Michigan and Bend…

… the Arc: Ann Arbor hosted a demonstration at the Dearborn Police Department. Members of all communities, including Jews and Muslims, came out to support the demand to an end of Dearborn Police’ s…

… contract with ICE. The demonstration drew more than 200 people and included speakers rang- ing from rabbis to Muslim community leaders and immigrant rights activists. Michigan representatives Andy Levin…

…, Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell also addressed demonstrators. Detroit Jews for Justice was motivated by the national #CloseTheCamps movement to put an end to immigrant detention at the border. “The…

… experience of immigra- tion, of exodus, is a cornerstone of what it means to be Jewish,” Rabbi Alana Alpert, executive director of Detroit Jews for Justice and rabbi at Congregation T’ chiyah, said in a…

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… Archivist “Palestine Liberation Day,” a celebration for 70 May 17 • 2018 jn Jews around the world. It seems that Detroit Jews heeded the call to assemble. The May 21 issues of both the JN and the…

… certainly non-Jewish friends in attendance, if almost all the crowd were indeed Jews, that would mean that about 25-30 percent of the Jewish population of Metro Detroit turned out for the celebra- tion. By…

… all reports, it was a joyous affair. The shofar was sounded and the blue-and-white flag of Israel with its star of David flew alongside the Stars and Stripes. After a 2,000-year sojourn for Jews around…

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… Coughlin, dream,” CEO Perry Ohren said. Detroit Jews had been feeling the Jeannie Weiner of West sting of bigotry for decades. It was Bloomfield, a past president of Slomovitz, a diminutive man with the…

… Jewish Community Relations Coke-bottle-thick eyeglasses and a Council (JCRC), who was very passion for Zionism, who pushed involved in the movement to free back against these demagogues via Soviet Jews…

…, 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DJN key community leaders backed The world was an exceedingly dan- Slomovitz as he launched the com- gerous place especially for Jews peting Jewish News. when Philip Slomovitz…

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… now, I could find nothing about the hero of my story. While the Archive is still the most comprehensive history of Jews in Metro Detroit and Michigan, it does not have everything. However, by writing…

… vacation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula this fall, I read a story in the Sept. 24, 2018, issue of The Mining Journal, which has been the Marquette, Michigan, daily newspaper since 1841. The article was about…

… a most remarkable Jew: Dr. Adam Brish, who had passed away at age 93 on Sept. 11, 2018. To say that Brish was a remarkable fellow is really an understatement. Adventurers like Jack London or Lowell…

…, Brish worked as a slave laborer, making steel toes for the boots of the Nazis. The Russian Army liberated the Brishes, along with 877 surviving Jews in the Lodz ghetto in January 1945. After the war…

… advance in the Polish Army because he was a Jew, he obtained a tourist visa and headed to Israel, never to return to Poland. Upon landing in Israel, Brish joined the Israeli Defense Forces. He worked at Tel…

…, New Jersey and Wisconsin before settling in Marquette, where Brish was offered a position as the first neurosurgeon at St. Luke’s Hospital. Indeed, he was the first neurosurgeon in Michigan’s Upper…

… in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the story of Dr. Adam Brish is amazing by any standards. Perhaps the real mark of excellence was the outpouring of praise for Brish upon his passing. Not many of us touch…

… neurosurgeon in Michigan’s UP; Pat and Adam Brish; Grandson Solomon and son Harry flank Brish at his 90th birthday. …

… appropriate to meet that threat. ❑ Carl Levin is a Democratic U.S. senator from Michigan and chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Dry Bones 42 May 3 2012 Commentary Anti-Semitism Bites 'Watchdog…

… journalistic offenses. Well, given CJR's performance in its January-February edition, it deserves two darts for just one story. At issue is a long article, "The Times and the Jews" by Neil A. Lewis, which…

… coverage of Israel. But that subject is best covered in a separate article. At issue is a full-page caricature, accompanying the article, of a Chasidic Jew who, with a scowl on his face, is reading the Times…

… on a park bench. The caricature is remi- niscent of the most vulgar depictions of Jews by the Nazis, anti-Jewish Arab propaganda and other anti-Semitic mate- rial distributed by Jew haters. Indeed, one…

… reading the Times and scowling at it." First, it is not quite accurate to main- tain that Lewis attributed much of the criticism of the Times to Orthodox Jews. It is part of the article, but not a major…

… something along those lines. MUBARAK Caricature in the Columbia Journalism Review that accompanied the story "The Times and the Jews" from its January-February 2012 issue As another reader said in a…

…. 3. The magazine argued: "The image was okayed along the way by multiple editors and art directors, a group that includes Jews and non-Jews, for what it's worth..." It ain't worth much because all that…

… suggests is that "Jews and non-Jews" at CJR lack the necessary sensitiv- ity. Moreover, including the fact that Jews were involved in approving the image is a lame attempt to escape responsi- bility. Hey, if…

… Jews approved it, it must be OK. That doesn't wash, and CJR would have been better served not to use this argument. Incidentally, it is important to point out that Lewis had no involvement in the choice…

… ing the “Final Solution” against connection to Jerusalem and the Jews. Poland is not alone in the Temple Mount. At the same time, its efforts to separate itself from Nazi they are accusing the Jewish…

… referred to as people is proceeding at full speed. “Soviet citizens,” obscuring the fact Poland’s latest law elicited an out- that Soviet Jews had been singled out rage that is highly emotional, backed for…

… "Learning Judaism From Giffords," the Post wrote, "With all our desire for a universally accept- ed definition of 'Who is a Jew?' that would unify the Jewish people, we cannot ignore the complicated real- ity…

… that many 'non-Jews' are much more Jewish than their 'Jewish' fel- lows. Congresswoman Giffords is one of them. In her In the Mix blog at the New York Jewish Week, Julie Wiener wrote of how Giffords…

…' Jewishness is shining a spotlight on the "Who is a Jew?" debate. In an article titled "Plight of the Patrilineals," Weiner cited blogger Kung Fu Jew, who posted his angry rant on the JewSchool blog about how…

… Giffords is "Jewish enough for the Jewish community to own a sideshow of the media circus. Jewish enough to be our martyr, it seems, but not Jewish enough to be treated equally in life." Kung Fu Jew has a…

… for this interest rate. Loan modification approval is completely dependent on the borrower's investor and specific situation. JHA makes no guarantee of results. the year-round rabbi of Michigan…

…-based Tamarack Camps. He is the founder and director of Kosher Michigan, a kosher certification agency, and the president of Access Computer Technology, an IT and social media consulting com- pany. This…

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…metro » How Jews Connect Expert to explore recent trends at Shaarey Zedek talk. Keri Guten Cohen | Contributing Editor I n today’s world, Jewish identities are more fluid, says Dr. Steven Cohen…

…, and how does our community fit in? Over the last two decades and more, we’ve seen changes and challenges to long- prevailing ideas of Jewish norms (what people should do) and boundaries (how Jews are…

… separated from others). As Arnold Eisen (now Jewish Theological Seminary chancellor) and I explored in The Jew Within: Self, Family and Community in America in 2000, Jews feel less compelled to abide by…

… inherited norms and feel more compelled to under- take Jewish engagement in ways that provide them with personal meaning in personal ways. As for boundaries, more Jews have non-Jewish social networks…

… Jewish; they feel that both Jews and non-Jews can and should participate in Jewish life in both the home and the community. How all this plays out in the Detroit area remains to be seen. What appears to be…

… working currently to strengthen Jewish identity in this and future generations? The overall answer is anything that builds Jewish social networks (brings Jews together) in a Jewishly meaningful con- text…

…, tradi- tional, Sephardi or any other “brand.” The challenging issue is not the SBNRs (spir- itual-but-not-religious). The issue is that so few Jews are raising Jewish children and, as I’ve said many…

… times, Jews join synagogues just as soon as they give birth to a 7-year-old Jewish child. We’re doing as well as ever — if not better — among in-married Jewish parents of school-age children. The…

… challenge is that so many Jews are found in other demographic categories, and our community needs to continue to educate and engage people in those alternative family situations. What impact has intermarriage…

… couples score fairly low on faith measures. As much or even more than Jews nationally, the Jewish member of such couples sees being Jewish as a matter of ancestry or culture and not as a religion or faith…

… international Jewish chorus commemorating the uprooting of Jews from Arab lands as well as from Iran and North Africa ("Jews From Arab Lands:' Jan. 1, page 16). Plaudits to StandWithUs Michigan, Greater Detroit…

… Chapter of Hadassah, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, the Zionist Organization of America Michigan Region and Keter Torah Synagogue of West Bloomfield for helping raise awareness. The…

… 800,000 Jews lived in Arab lands as well as in Iran and North Africa at the time Israel became a modern state in 1948. Most of those Jews fled or were forced to leave their homes after statehood; three…

…-quarters settled in the young state, a haven for oppressed Jews following the Holocaust. In contrast, most Arabs were told to leave Palestine by their leaders in advance of Arab armies invading the new Jewish state…

… for USY officers (see page 14). Here are two community views on that decision. Why I'm Now A Former Conservative Jew W y name is Jesse Arm. I am a grandson of a for- mer Conservative rabbi, a former…

… student of a Conservative Jewish day school, a former president of the Detroit chapter of USY (United Synagogue Youth, the Conservative movement's youth organization) and a former Conservative Jew. The last…

… upon at USY's international conven- tion, which voted to relax its rules barring teenage board members from dat- ing non-Jews. Formerly, to take on a leadership position in the USY youth movement, it was…

…'t it just say so? It is clear that this movement is on a path of setting aside its commit- ment to its original, cardinal principles Arm on page 30 iNhy I Am A Conservative Jew I recently read Jesse…

… veteanaMan es-s MEW Ram oa[the A JEWISH RENAISSANCE MEDIA PUBLICATION » Limmud: Exciting learning venture comes to Detroit. See page 22. » Lost Jews: Agency helps "hidden" Jews reclaim heritage. See…

…, inspirational butterflies aim to comfort patients at Children's Hospital in Troy. / See page 16. During the CEO Mission, Michigan execs talk with young entrepreneurs at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya…

…. `Land Of Inspiration Michigan CEO Mission to Israel brings "startup nation" ideas back home. See page 10. 1.11.1111 .421(InNeu s IMMININIMEZA97/6 4,a - Strdls 111 FAMILY FOCUS: Take A Vacation…

… DECEMBER 26 • 2019 | 3 contents Views 5-10 Jews in the D Inside Israel 12 JDC Entwine and The Well offer local group a deeper look at Israel. Tax-Smart Charitable Giving 17 Michigan…

… at Young Israel of Oak Park. Faces & Places 24 Moments 25 Spirit Torah portion 27 World A Difficult Year 28 In some instances, the woes of 2019 may follow Jews into 2020. Arts&Life Holiday…

… Danny Raskin looks back on what happened in the restaurant scene in 2019. Celebrity Jews 38 On the Go Events/Editor’ s Picks 39 Health Living with Chronic Cancer 40 Woman with ovarian cancer aces…

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… Detroit in 1918. • Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. Historic photos are curated by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive T he July 20…

…, 1942, issue of the JN had some very inter- esting articles and smaller items scattered through- out the paper. There was the third installment of a featured historical series, “The Story of Jews in the…

… stood out for me was a guest edito- rial by Leonard N. Simons: “Are You Willing To Face the Music I f America Loses the War?” It was an appeal to America’s Jews to support the war in any way possible, a…

… direct and hard- hitting appeal by one of the leaders of Detroit’s Jewish com- munity to other Jews to redouble their efforts to win the war. Indeed, Leonard Simons and many other Detroit Jews were doing…

… students. It's thus no surprise that more members of the Detroit Jewish community are graduates of Wayne State University than any other insti- tution of higher learning. At the University of Michigan, Jews…

… supporting higher education. This is not good for the state of Michigan, not good for young people and particularly not good for the Jews. While the organized Jewish community is active in so many significant…

… the Jews. Many in our community are the children, grandchildren or great-grand- children of immigrants who had virtually no access to college education in Eastern Europe. Among the rewards those immi…

… of the most prestigious pri- vate universities restricted the number of Jews, public colleges and universities, par- ticularly the great state universities across the country, generally welcomed Jewish…

… students, no matter how large their num- bers, offering them tuition so low that even those from the poorest homes could afford to attend. As a result, a flood of young Jews became the first in their…

… families to attend and graduate from college. Public higher education thus became the "portal to the American dream." Imbued with a love of learning that has characterized Jews since biblical times, these…

… college-educated Americans have excelled in remarkable ways. While Jews make up only about 2 percent of the popu- lation of the country, over the past 90 years they have accounted for more than 35 percent…

… of all U.S. Nobel Prize recipients. In fields like medicine, Jews make up almost 40 percent of all U.S. Nobel Laureates, about No Excuses from page 40 director of RAVSAK, the Jewish Community Day…

… effectual education for this century. Equally important is funding for Jewish camps and for meaningful infor- 20 times greater than their share of the pop- ulation. Similarly, Jews have accounted for a…

… account for more than 15 percent of the 43,000 students on campus. Jews now attend college at about twice the rate of the U.S. population in general. So, with all this good news of a community committed to…