…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 41 BOOK TALK 1 PM, APRIL 5 The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic studies at Wayne State University will present, on Zoom, Dr. Bernice Lerner discussing The Horrors of War. Visit judaicstudies. wayne.edu/events. EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION NOON-1 PM, APRIL 6 Hadassah Midwest and the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest presents “How Israel is Helping Tackle the World’s Challenges with COVID-19. Register by Sunday, ...…
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…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 43 SPOTLIGHT W hen 13-year-old Sydney Michaelson returns to Camp Tanuga for her sixth summer (after a year hiatus because of the pandemic) she’ll go with the satisfaction of knowing she’ll be making a profound difference in the health and well-being of kids at another camp more than 1,645 miles away. That’s how far it is from Kalkaska, Mich., to Gold Creek, Mont., home to Camp Mak-A-Dream. Sydney launched a fu...…
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…46 | APRIL 1 • 2021 OF BLESSED MEMORY OBITUARIES c. 1972 JOSEPH W . BLUMENTHAL, 93, of Southfield, died peacefully surround- ed by family on March 21, 2021. Born in Pittsburgh, Joe moved to Cleveland, where he grew up and later attended Western Reserve University and graduated from University of Toledo Pharmacy School. After practicing pharmacy for 10 years, Joe changed careers, moving his family to Detroit and opening his ...…
…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 47 Melvin Rosenstein. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. c. 1980 VITALY GROSSMAN, 60, of West Bloomfield, died March 9, 2021. He is survived by his wife of 24 years, Alisa Grossman; father, Mikhail Nem; sons and daughter-in-law, Max and Anya Khutoryan, Joshua Grossman; daughter and son- in-law, Alexandra and Ye...…
…48 | APRIL 1 • 2021 c. 1966 EDWARD KARABENICK, of Long beach, Calif., died Jan. 3, 2021. He was born in 1931 in Detroit, the youngest of five, to warm Jewish immigrant parents. Edward attended Central High, earned a Ph.D. in geogra- phy from University of Michigan and was a professor at CSU, Long Beach for more than 40 years. Mr. Karabenick was an ador- ing husband for 66 years, an outstanding father and always generous, thought...…
…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 49 continued on page 52 daughter of the late Esther and the late Thomas Nessel. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W . Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jewishhospice.org; or Hospice of Michigan, 43097 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.org/dona- tions. Arrangements were by Ira Kaufman Chapel. MARILYN ROWENS, 91, of Sou...…
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…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 53 A ccording to the Italian American Historical Society, the pizza is of Jewish origin and its true ancestor is the matzah ... unleavened bread eaten at Passover, this year March 27-April 4 ... Roman soldiers in about 200 B.C. decided to chop up the matzah with a dab of olive oil and some cheese ... Lo the pizza was born. The pizza went into decline when Rome fell, but the custom of having public ovens in the t...…
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… OCTOBER 1 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-10 Jews in the D Rocket Man 12 Butzel Award winner Dan Gilbert reflects on family, faith and philanthropy. Faces & Places 18 Boxes for Ballots 20 Group works to add ballot drop boxes to more locales to accommodate absentee voters. Festival of Huts 22 Metro Detroit families adjust to celebrating Sukkot during the pandemic. Seeking Justice 26 New bills would improve legal pathways for U-M assa...…
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…Jews in the D I t has been a year of recoveries and beyond for Dan Gilbert, the founder of Quicken Loans and one of the most visible figures in the economic revitaliza- tion of Detroit. And in recognition, today, Oct. 1, Gilbert, 58, will be the recipient of this year’ s Fred M. Butzel Award, the highest honor bestowed on a Detroit Jewish citizen by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. “Without a doubt, Dan Gilbert st...…
…continued on page 14 Gilbert Family: Nick, in foreground; Gracie, Jennifer, Nash, AJ, Dan, Grant. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROCKET COMPANIES Gilbert have teamed up on The Detroit Center for Innovation. The U-M- anchored undertaking is expected to be a $300 million development. In a 1992 article in the Jewish News, Gilbert, then age 30, remarked that fulfilling the goal of being a self-made man takes more than good ideas and hard work....…
…14 | OCTOBER 1 • 2020 “Dan has always been a visionary, can-do, optimistic person, ” his younger brother Gary said. Gary Gilbert recalled many early entrepreneurial pursuits with his older brother. There were times in their teen years the brothers would buy pots and pans from the late Isadore “Bison” Goldstein on Seven Mile Road and then sell them door to door. They would walk into office buildings, suite by suite, and try to s...…
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…| faces&places Jews in the D Despite many annual celebra- tions and programs canceled this year due to COVID-19, the Sherrill Berman Shofar Factory Festival managed to provide fun, education and holiday treats to families in the Metro Detroit community. Some 200 Shofar Factory packages were provided, each one including a raw Shofar to be worked on, ingredients for a honey cake along with other Rosh Hashanah crafts and treats. The...…
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…C OVID-19 has led to creativity and innovation in Jewish observance, and the trend continues with Sukkot. Normally, Sukkot, the Festival of Huts, where temporary structures are built in yards to commemorate the temporary dwellings of Israelites during their 40 years in the desert, is a very social holiday. Celebrants welcome ushpizin — honored guests — into their suk- kot and children enjoy “sukkah hopping” from one home to another, c...…
… OCTOBER 1 • 2020 | 21 Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield is planning a masked, physically distanced Lulav and Etrog Open House for those who want to experi- ence the mitzvah and don’ t have their own set. Registration is required. The congregation is also planning two virtual Sukkot seders at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, and Thursday, Oct. 8. “We’ re going to honor the Feast of Booths with a special Sukkot Haggadah recalling some...…
…Boxes for Ballots Group works to add ballot drop boxes to more locales to accommodate absentee voters. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jews in the D W ith increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases and increas- ing complaints of mail delivery delays, a nonpartisan organization is work- ing to make voting more convenient and comfortably accessible. The Michigan Election Reform Alliance (MERA) is advocating for an increase in the nu...…
… OCTOBER 1 • 2020 | 23 to represent 65 percent of reg- istered voters. They found that most city or township halls did have some sort of a drop box, although not necessarily exclusively for voting and not accessible 24/7. Drop boxes also could be used for matters involving other municipal services, such as paying water bills. “MERA didn’ t have an [intentionally] persuasive campaign, ” Steinberg said. “We learned, as we were doing...…
…Seeking Justice New bills would improve legal pathways for U-M assault survivors. DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER T wo bills were intro- duced on the steps of the state capitol Sept. 22 that would make it easier for former University of Michigan students who have accused the school’ s former phy- sician Robert Anderson of sexual assault to sue the univer- sity. The bills are sponsored by Rep. Ryan Berman, R-Commerce Township, who ...…
… OCTOBER 1 • 2020 | 27 assaults were taking place and didn’ t do anything to prevent them, then they don’ t get immunity and they’ re liable,” he said. Victims of Larry Nassar had pushed for legislation that would’ ve ended any governmental immunity as it relates to sexual abuse, immunity of which MSU has used as a legal shield for many years, but dropped as part of a $500 million set- tlement. A companion statute of limitations ...…
…Hankie Couture Oak Park native transforms hankies into doll clothes. ROCHEL BURSTYN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jews in the D I t might look like an old hanky to some, but to Marsha Greenberg of Oak Park, it’ s a doll outfit waiting to happen. Greenberg, 66, is the creator of Hankie Couture, which revamps vintage items such as handkerchiefs, tea towels, tablecloths, napkins and doi- lies into one-of-a-kind doll clothing. At age 10, Gree...…
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…30 | OCTOBER 1 • 2020 Moments Elliot Blake Foreman, son of Lezlie and Dr. Eric Foreman, will lead the congregation in prayer on the occasion of his bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. He will be joined in celebration by his sister Shayna and proud grandparents Marilyn and Paul Meyer, and Anita and Arnold Foreman. Elliot is a student at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. For hi...…
… OCTOBER 1 • 2020 | 31 Jerusalem – G rowing up in Southfield, Ruth Ebenstein always felt energized by the ethnic and religious diversity that characterizes Metro Detroit life. So when Ebenstein, who moved to Israel in 1990, was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago, it felt natural for her to join a Jerusalem breast cancer support group for Jewish and Palestinian women. “When I found out about this breast cancer support grou...…
…I n the Torah on the first day of Sukkot, on Shabbat morning, we read about sacred times and sacred actions. In most communities, we have heard our last shofar blast at Neilah, the conclud- ing service of Yom Kippur. A final t’ kiah g’ dolah — a blast pushed until one is out of breath — making the space for some- thing new. And we said l’ shanah habah bi-rushalayim, similar to the Passover seder — we are looking forward to the...…
… OCTOBER 1 • 2020 | 33 Arts&Life music A Jewish Jazz Guy See Israeli pianist Guy Mintus as part of the Jewish Film Festival. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER I sraeli pianist Guy Mintus knows the Motor City jazz scene. He has performed at local clubs, including Cliff Bell’ s, and his trio has appeared with Lady Champagne, a Detroit blues singer. Mintus had been planning a return trip to the metro area last May, when he would...…
…34 | OCTOBER 1 • 2020 continued from page 33 Arts&Life by Thelonious Monk, and that kind of shifted me because I learned that I can improvise and express myself. Music can be this [way] of expressing myself at a whole other level.” As Mintus explored jazz, he also studied classical music and went to an arts high school in Israel. After serving as a musi- cian in the military, he earned a scholarship to the Manhattan School of Musi...…
