…JUNE 16 • 2022 | 51 GOING LARGE AND WINNING; JULIE ANDREWS’ “JEWISH” HITS Jerry and Marge Go Large, an original Paramount+ film, begins streaming on June 17. It is based on the true story of Jerry Selbee (Bryan Cranston) and his wife, Marge (Annette Bening). The couple, who are now in their 80s, was the subject of many articles and a 60 Minutes story. The Selbees have long lived in Evart, Mich., a small town (about 2,000 people...…
…52 | JUNE 16 • 2022 MUSICAL EVENING 7 PM, JUNE 16 The Well invites adults of all ages (21+) to join for a special evening with musical guest Deborah Sacks Mintz at Berkley Coffee, 14661 W. 11 Mile Road, Suite 500, Oak Park. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required upon arrival. Masks heavily encouraged when not actively eating or drinking. Tickets are available for $18 per person at jlive. app/events/2375. Berkley Coffee’s ful...…
…JUNE 16 • 2022 | 53 session for guests. MEMORIAL LECTURE 7 PM, JUNE 23 At Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove will speak on “Not Your Mother’s Judaism.” Rabbi Cosgrove is the senior rabbi of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City, a leading voice in the Conservative movement and the challenges faced by American Jewry. He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary and earned a Ph.D. at the...…
…54 | JUNE 16 • 2022 SPOTLIGHT J Screen, a national non- profit public health initia- tive based out of Emory University School of Medicine, supports Men’s Health Month this June. JScreen, which is dedicated to preventing genetic diseases and hereditary cancer, urges men everywhere to use this time of increased awareness to take control of their health. With Father’s Day and Men’s Health Month both falling in June, JScreen cannot...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 56 | JUNE 16 • 2022 SALLY BECKER, 92, of Farmington Hills, died June 8, 2022. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Darlene and Judge Edward Sosnick; sons and daugh- ter-in-law, Dennis and Lori Becker, and Kenneth Becker; grandchildren, Karen and Ryan, Meredith and Alan, Kate, and Samantha and Steve; great-grandchildren, Josephine Block, Jane, Esther and Abraham Rosette. Mrs. Becker was ...…
…JUNE 16 • 2022 | 57 dren. The more the merrier because she believed a full house was the best home. She enjoyed cooking, playing bridge, and shop- ping with her girls and Phil, and the quiet focus of nee- dlepoint and knitting. She had wonderful girlfriends and relished the time she spent with them. She was as dependable with them as she was to her family. Mrs. Fischer was the beloved wife for 64 years of the late Philip B. Fischer...…
…58 | JUNE 16 • 2022 FREDRIC FISHER, 79, of Waterford, died June 3, 2022. Former Grosse Ile resident Fred Fisher and his golden retriever, Bridgette, may have been new to hospice visits, but they have nearly a decade of experience supporting those in need. The pair spent nine years visiting nursing homes, hospitals, schools and other organizations across the state and country. Fred and Bridgette assisted in disaster recovery effo...…
…JUNE 16 • 2022 | 59 continued on page 60 by many loving nieces and nephews in South Africa and Israel. Interment was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park in Livonia. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. JUDY GOLDFADEN, 87, of West Bloomfield, died June 5, 2022. She is survived by her sons and daughter- in-law, Howard and Nancy Goldfaden, and David Goldfaden; daughter, Susan Go...…
…continued from page 59 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 60 | JUNE 16 • 2022 MARVIN PALMER, 91, of Royal Oak, died June 6, 2022. He lived a long, graceful life filled with wit, integrity and generosity. He died one day short of his 67th wed- ding anniversary, surrounded by people who loved him. We will always smile as we remember him in a leather jacket, a glass of Jack Daniel’s at hand, a golden retriever by his side or a cat in his...…
…JUNE 16 • 2022 | 61 KEN SCHIFF, 65, passed away peacefully on May 25, 2022, surrounded by his loving family in his home in Tucson, Ariz. Ken grew up in Southfield, where he built friendships in his neighborhood, school and work that stayed with him through his entire life. After graduating from Wayne State University, he spent the first half of his career in sales, accumulating stories and friends, criss- crossing the state sel...…
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…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 14 Armed with Knowledge JScreen Detroit offers affordable genetic screening for cancer, diseases and more. 18 Hands-On Learning JOIN summer internship program gets new leadership. 20 New Teen Hangout BBYO Michigan opens new office in West Bloomfield with space for Jewish teens. 22 Parental Advice Loving your kids, even...…
…4 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 for openers Laughing Through Tears T his column was supposed to appear last week. But I only got one sentence into my usual monthly “attempt” at humor and abruptly stopped. Actually, I had begun with a question: “Have you heard about former Detroit Tiger Max Scherzer’s newest contract?” That question still existed a week later, by itself, with a blank page below it. I saved the document file on Nov....…
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…8 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 J ust as we’re exiting COVID lockdown into a touch-starved world, I’ve had the uncomfortable realization that my family’s tradition of hugging needs to be re-examined. Hugs have always been complicated for me. I grew up in a family where hugging was very important. And not just hugs, but long, intimate embraces. These hugs became famous and infamous, meaningful and memorable. On the surface, my family’...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 9 mostly the room was filled with people who simply knew who I was. Assumptions were made about my comfort embracing others, which was understandable, given my hugging history. There were people present whom I would have wished to hug, but I felt compromised and watched, unable to make decisions freely. When I informed people that I was uncomfortable with hugs, some ignored me and hugged me anyway. Some b...…
…10 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY opinion Larry David has Never Been More Jewish than in this Season’s ‘Curb’ C urb Your Enthusiasm has always been a Jewy show, but this season it is downright Jewish. On the HBO sitcom, now in its 11th season, Larry David has never been shy about surfacing, and lampooning, Judaism and Jewishness. He has contemplated the dilemmas of Holocaust survival, waded into the Israeli-Palestin...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 11 Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association and a member of Temple Israel, received the Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honor) award, the highest French order of merit, on Oct. 20. Conferred by President of France Emmanuel Macron, the award rec- ognizes Gary’s service in spearheading France’s tran- sition to a technology-for- ward society and organizing CES, the world’s foremost te...…
…12 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY opinion Abraham Accords Represent a Groundbreaking Model for Mideast Peace L ast year’s normalization agreements with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco featured all the pomp and circumstance you might expect — handshakes, verbal affirmations of mutual support and photo ops reminiscent of past “groundbreaking signings” between Israel and its neighbors. Naysayers will ...…
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…14 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 J Family, a program of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield, is lowering the financial barrier to those who want to learn if they are genetically predis- posed to certain hereditary cancers or diseases through its new JScreen Detroit program that launched Nov. 6. Without health insurance, costs of reproductive genetic and cancer screening can run as high as $600. But tha...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 15 PHOTOS COURTESY OF JFAMILY BRCA2 mutation. When such mutations are detected, the next steps are to meet with a team of genetic counselors to learn the next steps of preventative intervention. That can mean more frequent and earlier-in-life cancer screenings, preventative surgeries and even emerging medical treatments, such as a new class of drugs called PARP inhibitors, that have dramati- cally progressed o...…
…OUR COMMUNITY 16 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 would go to and what to do in the worst-case scenario. It was powerful to have a plan within less than a week of my diagno- sis, whereas for others it may take weeks to even be seen by a specialist to receive a diagnosis. ” Foon had a double mastec- tomy in December 2020 and began chemotherapy later that month. Now, like her mother, she is cancer-free. She emphasized that the pub- lic should not...…
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…18 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY W hen Elana Weinstein moved back to Metro Detroit early in 2021 for a job at JVS Human Services, after previous career moves to Chicago and Denver, she felt her life had gone full circle. Not only was she working at the agency where, in 2009, she had her first experience of working in the Jewish nonprofit world, but she was also heading the same program that had given her that first start. Wei...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 19 JOIN program in 1987, retired from JVS Human Services in August 2021 after a long and successful career. Weinstein is, however, happy to be building on Silver’s legacy, helping to expand the JOIN Network for alumni of the program, pro- viding mentoring and career advice, and increasing social media for the program with a new Instagram channel. Weinsten also introduced “Fireside Chats” for student participa...…
…20 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 F or more than 97 years, BBYO (former- ly B’nai B’rith Youth Organization) has given teenagers a place to build friendships, leadership skills and their Jewish identity. Now, the Michigan Region, which serves 13 local chapters and more than 1,000 Metro Detroit teens annually, has a brand- new space to call home. They recently opened a new office and teen hangout at 7115 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 220, in ...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 21 action everyone needs,” Ellis says. “What we’re seeing now is that teens are showing up, they’re really excited, they miss each other, and they want to be in person. So, this is a perfect time to be in BBYO and be a part of this new space.” NEW SPACE, NEW STAFF The office isn’t the only thing that’s new, three new staff members joined BBYO Michigan in August and September. They are Regional Director Audre...…
…22 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 A lmost all parents have been there: Your child acts up and you realize that, although you love her at that moment, you can’t stand her! West Bloomfield educational consultant Franki Bagdade provides constructive ways to face this in her new book, I Love My Kids But I Don’t Always Like Them, published earlier this year by MSI Press LLC. Bagdade, a West Bloomfield mother of three — girls 14 and 12 (turni...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 23 SHE REALIZED CHILDREN IN SHE REALIZED CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE OF A TANTRUM THE MIDDLE OF A TANTRUM WEREN’T SO MUCH WEREN’T SO MUCH GIVING GIVING HER A HARD TIME, THEY WERE HER A HARD TIME, THEY WERE HAVING HAVING A HARD TIME. A HARD TIME. That doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be consequences, she says. But consequences should be decided logically and be directly related to the behavior — for example, ta...…
…24 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY A fter a year’s hiatus due to COVID, a group of 39 Detroiters were happy to reconvene for their annual hiking trip in September. The 2021 hik- ing adventure in the Bend, Oregon, area was the Detroit Hikers 19th hiking trip. The trips are organized by Richard Stoler, D.O., Bloomfield Hills, who says that there are now more than 140 alumni of the group. They enjoy the camaraderie, out- door b...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 25 V eterans Day is always an extremely busy time for WWII Jewish War Veteran (JWV) Arthur “ Art” Fishman. The 94-year old Oak Park resi- dent’s calendar is filled with nonstop events. His week in and around Veterans Day this year includ- ed participating in Detroit’s annual Veterans Day parade, attending the annual Veterans Shabbat service at Shaarey Zedek and representing the JWV at a ceremony at Great La...…
…26 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY M ichigan Jewish War Veterans (JWV) were once again well represented at Veterans Day events this year, both as par- ticipants and as honorees. Congregation Shaarey Zedek held its annual Veterans Shabbat on Saturday, Nov. 6. The program featured the Southfield Police Department Color Guard, which led a large processional of veterans down the center aisle of the sanctu- ary, with proud family ...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 27 ART FISHMAN was among the dignitaries in attendance. HONORED AT HMC A busy month for the JWV also included several post members being honored guests at the Holocaust Memorial Center’s (HMC) 37th annual anniversa- ry benefit held Nov. 14 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. The JWV were given a warm round of applause after being asked to stand and be recognized. The event marked the return of the...…
…28 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 W hen Miri Halpern was grow- ing up in Oak Park, she could not find modest clothing for herself locally. She usually shopped for clothing on visits to New York City or Lakewood, New Jersey. Halpern had held a variety of jobs, including bookkeeping, but she always dreamed of opening a business of her own, although she wasn’t sure what kind. She thought of selling maternity supplies or baby’s needs. And then,...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 29 T he Infrastructure Act, signed by President Joe Biden on Nov. 15, includes a section offering direct grants to nonprofit insti- tutions that upgrade their ener- gy efficiency. Section 40542 appropriates $50 million to pay for grants of up to $200,000 to nonprofits that increase their energy efficiency. Secular and religious orga- nizations, including the Jewish Federations of North America...…
…30 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 T he Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus announced a donation in the amount of $15 million from the Zekelman fami- ly and Zekelman Industries. The gift is the single largest charitable donation received in the Holocaust Memorial Center’s 37-year history. The donation represents the lead gift toward the Holocaust Memorial Center’s $100 million Comprehensive Campaign. The financial commitment i...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 31 faces&places The 13th annual JVS Human Services Trade Secrets Event was held Nov. 11 at the Detroit Marriott Troy. The event raised $273,803, through sponsorship and ticket sales, for Women to Work, a program that offers intensive assessment, testing and job search training for women needing immediate employment. This year’s honorary chair and keynote speaker at Trade Secrets was Shari Finsilver, who has ded...…
…32 | DECEMBER 16 • 2021 faces&places The community came out on Friday, Dec. 3, to celebrate Temple Beth El’s Hanukkah Extravaganza Shabbat! The Kid-ish Club started the night with a special meet-up before joining the Temple- wide party for dreidel competitions for all ages, a beautiful sand art project created by local artist Gail Kaplan, latkes and donuts from the Donut Bar food truck, and so much more. The celebration cont...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 33 MAZEL TOV! JAN. 1, 2021 Meryl (Meisner) and Hector Chen of Beaufort, S.C., announce the birth of their son, Irving Yiping Chen. Maternal grandparents are David, former Detroiter, and Pamela Meisner of Wyoming, Ohio. Paternal grandparents are Lin Chen and Sui Chen of Cincinnati, and Medea Meng of New York, N.Y. Great-grandparents are the late Lillian and the late Irving Meisner; Irving Yiping is named for this...…
…Synagogue Directory CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Ahavas Israel Grand Rapids (616) 949-2840 ahavasisraelgr.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Israel Flint (810) 732-6310 cbiflint.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com...…
…DECEMBER 16 • 2021 | 35 Shomrey Emunah Southfield (248) 559-1533 congregation-shomrey- emunah-105705.square.site The Shul-Chabad Lubavitch West Bloomfield (248) 788-4000 theshul.net Woodward Avenue Shul Royal Oak (248) 414-7485 thewas.net Yagdil Torah Southfield (248) 559-5905 Young Israel of Oak Park (248) 967-3655 yiop.org Young Israel of Southfield (248) 358-0154 yisouthfield.org RECONSTRUCTIONIST Congregation Kehillat ...…
…J acob was on his deathbed. He summoned his children. He wanted to bless them before he died. But the text begins with a strange semi-repetition: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come. Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.” (Gen. 49:1-2) This seems to be saying the same thing twice, with one difference. In the first sentence, there is a reference to “what will happen ...…
