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…May 2 • 2019 5 jn views Antidote to Hate: Keep Showing Up editorial J ew hatred in America strikes again. This time at a Poway, Calif., syna- gogue. Six months after the Tree of Life syn- agogue massacre in Pittsburgh, Jewish communal institutions have been fur- ther “hardened” with bullet-proof glass, steel-reinforced self-locking doors and sophisticated surveillance equipment. Evacuation procedures have been estab- lished, escap...…
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…16 May 2 • 2019 jn continued from page 14 jews d in the HATRED STRIKES AGAIN consciousness of the Israeli people,” Gross says. “Once you get used to that, this almost feels like an exten- sion of that in a way.” Gross further adds that looking at the bigger picture, this is a contin- ued page in the book of a 3,000-year history of anti-Semitism and, as response, communities should band together in solidarity. “This is unfortunately an...…
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…18 May 2 • 2019 jn KERI GUTEN COHEN STORY DEVELOPMENT EDITOR O ak Park native Phil Raimi and his son Aaron, 22, stayed up late last Friday night and slept in Saturday morning. Raimi chose not to wake his son to go to shul for Shabbat services and Yizkor on the last day of Passover — that decision may have saved them from harm. “I feel like it was almost Divine intervention,” said Phil, 62, who moved to the San Diego area in 1982. “M...…
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…22 May 2 • 2019 jn JUDY GREENWALD CONTRIBUTING WRITER An Unlikely Hero Stark family owes its survival to Detroit businessman Herman Osnos. I magine this: It’ s 1936. You’ re a 16-year-old boy living in Munich with your parents and your younger brother and sister. With the ever-in- creasing danger of being Jewish in Nazi Germany, subject to the horrifically harsh Nuremburg Laws, terrifying bands of Hitler Youth vandalizing homes an...…
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…26 May 2 • 2019 jn Ethnic Intimidation MSU Hillel intern received anti-Semitic death threats. A Jewish student intern at the Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center at Michigan State University in East Lansing was urged by Hillel staff to report anti-Semitic death threats he’ d been receiving via Facebook messages last October, according to Robyn Hughey, Hillel associate director. Hughey said staff learned about ...…
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…28 May 2 • 2019 jn moments Naomi Bernard will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at B’ nai Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield. She is the daughter of Mechelle and David Bernard, the sister of Becky, and the granddaughter of David and Margaret Leduc, and Etta Bernard and the late Helmut Bernard. Naomi is in the seventh grade at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. For her mitzvah project, ...…
…May 2 • 2019 29 jn moments R obin Willner and Arthur Slabosky of East Lansing are thrilled to announce the engagement of their son Gabriel Zakai Willner Slabosky to Allison Marie Zeff, daughter of Patricia Sullivan of Evanston, Ill., and the late Robert Zeff. Gabriel holds a degree in economics and works for GreenPath Financial Wellness as a financial counselor. Allison holds a degree in music and teaches music at Star Internatio...…
…30 May 2 • 2019 jn moments D r. Steven and Mrs. Diane Klein of West Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the engagement of their daughter Leslee to Abe Markose, son of Mrs. Beena Markose of Des Moines, Iowa, and the late Mr. Dilip Markose. Leslee graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of arts in edu- cation and received her master’ s degree in linguistics from Oakland University. She is a teacher with Oxford Commun...…
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…SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER L yricist Michael Korie believes that every new work of art should speak to the issues of the day but not in an obvious way. Composer Ricky Ian Gordon agrees. Together, they worked that goal into the development of an opera, The Grapes of Wrath, based on John Steinbeck’ s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, carried into John Ford’ s movie adaptation, about the plight of migrant workers. While the storyl...…
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…34 May 2 • 2019 jn theater arts&life write opera, ” says Gordon, whose earlier attention had been given to art songs and musical theater. “I sent 16 of my songs to opera com- panies and said I really want to write an opera. It was very fruitful because Houston Grand Opera commissioned my first opera, the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Next was Minnesota Opera and Grapes of Wrath. ” In choosing a lyricist, Gordon approached Korie based on ...…
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…36 May 2 • 2019 jn R ichard Kline, best known as the neighbor Larry in the 1970s and ’ 80s sitcom Three’ s Company, is starring as the owner of Joe’ s Diner in the musical Waitress, playing at the Fisher Theater from May 7-19. “I had to learn a slight Southern accent for the role, and I am from Queens, New York, ” says Kline, who joined the road company last December. “The show is set in a small town in the American South. ” W...…
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…38 May 2 • 2019 jn AT THE MOVIES Opening on May 3 is Long Shot, a romantic comedy/drama starring Seth Rogen, 36, and Charlize Theron. Rogen plays Fred Falarsky, a brash reporter for a liberal alt-weekly. He loses his job and, short- ly thereafter, runs into Charlotte (Theron), his old babysitter, who is now the Secretary of State. Fred charms her with his self-deprecating humor and his memories of her youthful idealism. She deci...…
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…STAND WITH TRANS 7-9 pm, May 7. At Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township. Learn from others who have walked this path with speakers and panelists. Coffee and dessert. Sponsored by the Jewish Women’ s Foundation. Register: standwithtrans.org/upcoming- event/be-the-light. Info: Roz Gould Smith, 248-739-9254 or roz@ standwithtrans.org. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 CABARET TIME 1 pm, May 8. Shaarey Zedek Seniors will host a one-woman cabaret featuri...…
…42 May 2 • 2019 jn news nosh Como’ s Returns to Ferndale Como’ s is scheduled to re-emerge at the corner of Nine Mile and Woodward in Ferndale with a completely renovated space. The fresh Woodward Avenue façade sets the tone with subtle brick signage alongside the original neon sign soon to be accented with natural wood trim. The patio will be rejuvenated with colorful highlights and murals created by local artists. Chef owner Zac...…
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…48 May 2 • 2019 jn IRENE BURG, 89, of Southfield, died April 22, 2019. She is survived by her daughters, Andrea Burg- Kushim, Susan Burg; son and daughter-in-law, Steven Eric and Iphigenia Burg; grand- children, Michael (Juliana) Kushim, Jonathan, Simone, Josiah and Shayna Burg; many other loving family mem- bers and friends; her devoted pet, Chico. Mrs. Burg was the beloved wife of the late Seymour Burg; sister of the late Helen T...…
…May 2 • 2019 49 jn daughter, Lillian Weddle; loving nieces, nephews and a world of friends. Mrs. Hubert Goldberg was the beloved wife of the late Milton Hubert and the late Jack Goldberg; the cherished mother of the late Richard Hubert; the dear moth- er-in-law of the late David Segel; the loving sister of the late Rose and the late Lewis Manning, the late Ethel Kantor Kort and the late Nathan Kantor. Interment was at Machpelah C...…
…50 May 2 • 2019 jn continued from page 49 soul of blessed memory ESTHER S. KALISH, 97, of Coral Springs, Fla., formerly of Oak Park, died April 10, 2019. She is survived by her children, Richard (Esther) Kalish of Coral Springs, Keith (Karen) Kalish of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, Staci (Marc) Faber, Kacey (Marc) Weiss, Nicole (Chad) Hubbell, Randi (Don) Wilenius, David (Melissa) Kalish, Shawn (Miriam) Laing, Chad (Lauren) Lai...…
