…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 51 BABIES & NOSH 10:30-11:30 AM, SEPT 2 Hosted by JFamily Detroit. Come grab a snack and meet some new friends at Poppleton Park in Birmingham. This free event is geared toward families with babies ages 0-9 months. LABOR DAY PICNIC 10:30 AM-2 PM, SEPT. 5 Sponsored by Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Train rides, pizza, magicians, pony rides, Kona Ice Truck, moon walks, DJ, face pain...…
…52 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 this new edition of our toddler class. Miss Elissa of Elissa’s Learners brings a new twist to a fun- filled morning. Siblings are welcome; just let us know ahead of time. For children 12-36 months old and an adult. Course costs $140 per child. Adat Shalom members can register for $126. Drop- in rates are available as well. Contact Sammi Shapiro, sshapiro@ adatshalom.org with any questions. SECOND CITY 8 ...…
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…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 55 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY S urvivors of the Shoah in Metro Detroit are estimated at approx- imately 450, according to Dr. Charles Silow, director of Jewish Senior Life’s Program for Holocaust Survivors and Families. Among his dwindling cohort, Michael Weiss was a standout, noted for his dedication to Holocaust education and fellow survivors. The strong faith in God he carried since boyhood was not shaken ...…
…56 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 M ichele Schurgin Lachman, 77, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, died on Aug. 14, 2022. Michele passed away from pneumonia. She was born May 2, 1945, in Opa Laca, Florida, to Ruth and Ben Schurgin. Her older brother is Leon Schurgin; her younger sister, Miriam Silverstein; and her younger brother, Arthur Schurgin. The family grew up in suburban Detroit, and her parents supported it with a furniture store they ow...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 57 Samuel Young and Stephanie Bellissimo, and Rachel, Bridget and Penelope Dick; great-grandchildren, Toby and Phoebe Krakauer; sister- in-law, Helen Glick. He is also survived by his special friend, Pam Opperer; his devoted caregivers, Pam Brown and Dominique Peters; many other loving relatives, colleagues and a world of friends. Dr. Finkelstein was the beloved husband for 70 years of the late Florence Sach...…
…58 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 Dr. Bradley (Dr. Shannon) Kay, Dr. Daniel (Hannah) Vahaba, Rachelle (Aaron) Rosenfield, Rebecca Neshkes, Dr. Elana (Rabbi Jeremy Markiz) Neshkes, Dr. Lisa (Dr. Andrew Schreibman) Firestone, Ryan (Wendy Morales) Firestone; great- grandchildren, Charlie, Elijah, Aubrielle, Eliana, Addison, Ryleigh, Raegan, Ruth, Ira and Nolan; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mrs. Firestone wa...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 59 service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. ELLIOT KRAMER, 72, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 5, 2022. He is survived by his beloved wife, Nancy Kramer; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Starr Kramer; son and daughter-in-law, William and Kelley Cantrell; daughter, Chari Rzepecki; grandchildren, Robbie (Brooke) Cantrell, Emily Rzepecki, Kristin Rzepecki...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 60 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $125 for up to 100 words; $1 per word thereafter. A photo counts as 15 words. There is no charge for a Holocaust survivor icon. The JN reserves the right to edit wording to conform to its style considerations. For information, have your funeral director call the JN or you may call Sy Manello, editorial assistant, at (248)...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 61 H arlene Appelman, a nationally known innovator in Jewish education, died at the age of 75 on Aug. 18, 2022, in Ann Arbor. Funeral services were held at Beth Israel Congregation of Ann Arbor. Appelman realized early in her career that congrega- tional schools would be suc- cessful only if parents were engaged in their children’s education. She created inter- active educational programs such as “Shabbat in a...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 62 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 An Important Anniversary T his past week marked an important 125th anniversary. In Basel, Switzerland, on Aug. 29, 1897, Theodor Herzl called together about 200 delegates to discuss and debate the creation of a Jewish state. This was the first Zionist Congress, now known as the World Zionist ...…
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…contents Tom Munsteiner SHABBAT LIGHTS Shabbat: Friday, Sept. 2, 7:46 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Sept. 3, 8:46 p.m. Shabbat: Friday, Sept. 9, 7:34 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Sept. 10, 8:33 p.m. Colored Stones, YG Diamonds, 14KT, 18KT Sept. 1-7, 2016 | 28 Av- 4 Elul 5776 | Vol. CL, No. 5 Times accoding to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. T he next Cover design: Michelle Sheridan Around Town ............... 26 Arts & Life .............…
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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Making A Difference National Council of Jewish Women Greater Detroit Section for openers Fall? No! I’m Just Not Ready! I ’m in the throes of the angst because Halloween merchandise I experience every year when will start hitting store shelves far I try to come to terms with too early for my liking. There the fact that it’s already (cue oughta be a law. theme music to Jaws) Septembe...…
…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com guest column Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us The Iran-U.S. Nuclear Deal: One Year Later F. Kevin Browett Chief Operating Officer kbrowett@renmedia.us I n the pre-nuclear era, a coun- ample stocks of deliverable try’s size — as measured by nuclear weapons but are not area, population, resources considered nu...…
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…viewpoints » Nuclear Deal continued from page 6 routes for Iran, for an extended period of time, was the goal of the Iran-U.S. Treaty concluded a year ago. All present indications are that the goal has been achieved. There are two proven routes to nuclear explosives: U-235 and plutonium. U-235 is an isotope of uranium whose nucleus contains 92 protons (characteristic of all uranium) and 147 neutrons. It is fissile, meaning that it can absorb...…
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…David Sachs metro » Federation still finessing sustainable solution; building to be demolished this fall. Keri Guten Cohen | Story Development Editor J ust a week before the one-year anniversary of the closing of the Jimmy Prentis Morris (JPM) Jewish Community Center building in Oak Park came word that demolition of the building will happen this fall, after the High Holidays. “It’s obviously taken a lot longer than anyone thought to move ...…
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…metro » continued from page 10 12 September 1 • 2016 “... it’s critical we do this right so the new facility will be viable far into the future.” A closed sign on the JPM building in Oak Park. — Federation CEO Scott Kaufman David Sachs JPM was closed to help the JCC recover from longtime financial woes — revealed in a 2014 audit after an accounting crisis the year before — that amounted to a $6 million deficit. JPM itself had an annual...…
…metro » The JCC in West Bloomfield Still In The Red One year after JPM closure, JCC’s finances remain precarious. Jackie Headapohl | Managing Editor An overhead view of the JCC swimming pool O ne year after the Oak Park branch of the Jewish Community Center was shuttered to save money, the JCC is still operating at a loss and its bal- ance sheet is still in trouble. Brian Siegel took over the helm of the JCC in March from CEO Jim Issner...…
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…metro » continued from page 14 • borrowings against endowments • critical capital improvements to upgrade • legacy debt (shortfalls of prior fundrais- ing campaigns) • obligations to donors to fulfill programs where the money has not been set aside The balance sheet needs to be corrected before the JCC can truly move forward in reinventing itself, Siegel said. “When you’re operating a bankrupt com- pany, you don’t make the investments to gro...…
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…metro » Strategic Matchmakers Meet Hope and Jason Brown of PublicCity PR. Vivian Henoch | Special to the Jewish News John Hardwick I n 2008, Jason Brown took a leap of faith and left a steady job to start his own Metro Detroit-based PR firm. It was a bold move at a time of economic uncertainty where every move in business signaled caution if not crisis. But, at 37, Jason was confident he had the expertise gained through more than a decad...…
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…metro » continued from page 18 “It was Hope — being Hope — who gave me the motivation and the go-ahead to start PublicCity PR.” the Birmingham/Bloomfield Arts Center, Community Care Services, Michigan Women’s Foundation, Shades of Pink Foundation, Scleroderma Foundation Michigan Chapter and the area Agency for Aging 1-B. Another aspect of giving — and something we routinely practice — is volunteering our time and resources. Besides my day-t...…
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…metro » Digging Israel Oakland University students experience many firsts this summer. Erin Ben-Moche | Special to the Jewish News I f we are lucky, we have the opportu- nity to travel the world, broaden our horizons and learn a little about our- selves on the way. Oakland University’s Archaeology of Israel program grants those experiences to its students. Each summer, OU students go on an archaeological excavation from June through July....…
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…Please join us as we celebrate the 26th anniversary of Yad Ezra, the kosher food pantry feeding vulnerable families in our community. WELCOME MSU’S NEW HOLOCAUST PROFESSOR There will be a welcoming cer- emony for the new Farber Holocaust chair at Michigan State University at the Holocaust Memorial Center Amy Simon in Farmington Hills at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. Professor Amy Simon, the new chair, will speak on the subject of teaching the Hol...…
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…Join our Diamond, Pearl, Silver & Bronze Partners WALK FOR ALZHEIMER’S AT COMERICA PARK In memory of The Alzheimer’s Association-Greater Michigan Chapter will host its annual “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” Saturday, Oct. 1, at Comerica Park in Detroit. Registration for the 2-mile walk will begin at 9 a.m., followed by a 10 a.m. ceremony and 10:30 a.m. start. More than 600 communities in the nation take part in the “Walk to End Alzheimer’s,” whic...…
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