…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 19 star. We stand here today as proud Jews. “Hate against any one of us is hate against all of us,” Gould said. “The Jewish people know what it means to be silent to crimes against us. Today we say, we will not be silent. We will not bow to ter- ror. Never again!” Carolyn Normandin, regional director of ADL Michigan said, “My office is get- ting incident after incident after incident reported. “Incidents of hate must b...…
…20 | JUNE 10 • 2021 H e’s a kippah-wear- ing Jew from Oak Park and she’s a hijab-wearing Muslim from Dearborn — and the friend- ship they have forged in the U.S. Air Force has a lot to do with religion. Yosef (Yossie/Joe) Hochheiser and Maysaa Ouza are both captains in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) corps of the U.S. Air Force. For Hochheiser, 38, it’s a part-time gig as a member of the Air Force Reserves. But most of his wor...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 21 be the woman whose case he had researched. He emailed Ouza, who quickly responded. They email chatted about their experiences and their families and realized both had grown up in reli- gious families in Detroit. They became Facebook friends. About a year ago, Ouza was reassigned to Wright- Patterson; she and Hochheiser were excited to meet at last. But with Hochheiser on base only for short periods totaling abou...…
…22 | JUNE 10 • 2021 A s of JN press time, it has been over two weeks since the mili- tary junta in Myanmar detained journalist and Detroit native Danny Fenster, 37, at the Yangon International Airport May 24 as he was about to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur on the first leg of a journey back to see his family after being abroad for three years. Two weeks passed since Danny last texted his wife, Julianna, that she should call th...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 23 return to the United States. #BringDannyHome. ” Fenster is managing editor of online magazine Frontier Myanmar and has worked to cover life in that country before and during the coup. On May 24, the publication released a statement that it believes Fenster is being detained at Insein Prison. According to reports from the New York Times, Insein (pronounced “insane”) is a 134-year-old prison notorious for harsh...…
…T he North Farmington High School junior var- sity baseball team didn’t win a lot of games this season. Neither did the West Bloomfield High School freshman baseball team. But at least there was a season, after spring sports were canceled last year by the Michigan High School Athletic Association because of the rag- ing COVID-19 pandemic. And the young men on the North Farmington and West Bloomfield teams were able to begin their...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 25 “ Ari [Klinger] threw strikes. That’s the single most import- ant thing for a pitcher in freshman baseball, ” Rys said. “He was very efficient with his pitches, and he was a bull- dog. He finished every game he pitched, whether he started or relieved. I can remember only one ball hit hard off him all season. ” Klinger was 2-2, but with an 0.99 ERA. He allowed only 12 hits and three earned runs, struck out 25 and ...…
…26 | JUNE 10 • 2021 Bradley Evan Bellinger will chant from the Torah on the occasion of his bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. He will be joined in celebration by his proud parents, Amy and Craig Bellinger, and sister Sydney. Bradley is the lov- ing grandchild of Diane Linick, the late David Linick, and Sharon and Bill Bellinger. He is a student at Clifford Smart Middle School in Co...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 27 Hechler 95th M ark Hechler will cele- brate his 95th birth- day on June 20, 2021, with family and friends. He is a World War II veteran and is still involved in many activities with friends. He and his wife, Rose, have been married for 73 won- derful years and are still going strong. He has two daughters, Ellen and Andi, a son-in-law, Mark, and five grandchildren. He especially enjoys playing cards with his gran...…
…W hen I spoke with Aviv Ezra, Israel’s consul general to the Midwest, it was Day 2 of what would become the 11-Day “Operation Guardian of the Walls, ” which began in response to Hamas rockets flying toward Jerusalem. During the past 48 hours, a thou- sand rockets had been fired at Israel and Ezra’s 80-year-old parents were in a bomb shelter as were a million other Israelis. Though he described the present as “extremely tense, ” he wa...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 29 “Say it with a clear voice, a proud voice, ” he urges. “Stand up and say, ‘We support Israel. ’” He finds the same problem on college campuses. “The major, major challenge I find is that the pro-Israel side does not respond, ” he says of his experiences on campuses throughout the Midwest. “We do not promote our narrative enough. “We need to zoom out to provide context and under- standing. For example, they say ...…
…30 | JUNE 10 • 2021 ERETZ Editor’s Note: As of press time, no announce- ment of a new Israeli prime minister has been made official, although a vote to elect Naftali Bennett must be taken by June 14. B enjamin Netanyahu may likely no longer be prime minister of Israel. So who will be the next person to lead the Jewish state? The answer will likely be Naftali Bennett, a former Netanyahu ally who supports many of his right-wing polic...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 31 Netanyahu. Since then, Bennett has served in various cabinet positions under Netanyahu alongside his longtime political partner, Ayelet Shaked — as diaspora affairs minister, education minister and defense minister. He later split from Jewish Home and now heads a right-wing party called Yamina. Last year, after an uneasy alli- ance with Netanyahu, Bennett broke with the prime minister and last week announced t...…
…32 | JUNE 10 • 2021 SPIRIT Arguing for Heaven’s Sake A mong the many gifts Judaism offers us are two seemingly contra- dictory notions. The first gift is future-oriented: When the mes- sianic era arrives, all humanity will unite behind shared truths and peace among peoples will prevail. In those times even “the wolf shall dwell with the lamb; the leopard (will) lay down with the kid ... And the lion, like the ox, shall eat str...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 33 mourns the loss of our friend May her memory be a blessing to her children, Julee Landau Shahon and Dr. Robert Shahon, Irving Marc Landau and Denise Landau, her grandchildren, great grandchildren, extended family, and to our entire community. Alene Landau of blessed memory 6555 W. Maple Road • West Bloomfield, MI 48322 • 248.592.2687 • www.jewishhospice.org NO JEW IS EVER ALONE Alene Landauz’l MARCH 30, 19...…
…34 | JUNE 10 • 2021 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 bethtephilathmose...…
…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 Israel Lansing (517) 882-0049 kehillatisrael.net Congregation T’chiyah Oak Park (248) 823-7115 tchiyah.org Reco...…
…36 | JUNE 10 • 2021 business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M A ri Tolwin always wanted to be an entrepreneur. When the now 39-year-old based in Brooklyn, N.Y., was growing up in a Southfield yeshi- vah family, he spent his days coming up with creative business ventures. At age 12, Tolwin was selling CDs to his classmates in school. “I bought $400 of CD inventory using bar mitzvah money, ” recall...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 37 L awrence Technological University (LTU) became the new home of the Specs Howard School of Media Arts on June 1. Specs Howard has offered courses in radio and television broadcasting, graphic design and digital media arts since 1970, and has graduated more than 15,000 alumni in these fields. LTU has had a relationship with the Specs Howard School since 2004, when an agreement allowed Specs Howard students to t...…
…38 | JUNE 10 • 2021 COURTESY OF ARI TOLWIN dynamics of the industry were too difficult, ” he says. “So, at a certain point, with a friend of mine, we had the idea for Numilk. ” BUILDING A BRAND As an adult, Ari Tolwin followed a primarily plant-based diet. “When it comes to dairy-like products, we’ve always sort of bemoaned the fact that plant- based milks just aren’t that great, ” he explains. “They’re filled with gums; they don...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 39 “It was the right size at the right price with the right func- tion, ” Tolwin says of Numilk. But the pandemic saw the machine being turned off, along with anything else inside Whole Foods that customers could touch. “We knew we had a real problem. ” At the same time, Tolwin says customers turned to Amazon Prime, which offers home delivery from Whole Foods for its members. “We didn’t just have a short-term COV...…
…40 | JUNE 10 • 2021 ARTS&LIFE THEATER J ason Briggs has main- tained a theater career during the constraints of the pandemic. As the development officer of the Flint Repertory Theatre, Briggs continued his admin- istrative responsibilities. As an independent actor, he was able to secure a role in A New Brain, a play produced in film format by Theatre Nova in Ann Arbor, working with the Ringwald Theatre in Ferndale. The productio...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 41 but it’s not about that,” Briggs said. “It’s more about him struggling about his job and who he is. It’s like this brain surgery is giving him this second chance at life, doing the things he’s always wanted to do and not so much the things he has to do.” Briggs’ religious insights come from being raised with Jewish culture and some observance because of the religious heritage of his mother’s side of the family...…
…42 | JUNE 10 • 2021 ARTS&LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY R andall Kaplan, raised in Michigan and based in California, is making a public splash with a project that mixes pleasure, business and artistry. Holding a longtime love of beaches and a background of billion-dollar business successes, Kaplan launched Sandee, a firm providing worldwide beach tour- ism information, and put togeth- er Bliss: Beaches (Cameron), an aesthetic coffee table book...…
…“FROM A PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW, I DON’T HAVE A FAVORITE BEACH.” — RANDALL KAPLAN “The needs of families and the needs of couples will almost always differ. Most families will want food, bath- rooms and showers, and they also want to know if you can swim at that beach. A couple may want to know if a beach has surfing, snorkeling or vol- leyball. ” Kaplan, 52, a University of Michigan (U-M) psychol- ogy graduate who earned an adva...…
…BACK TO THE MOVIES 6:30 PM, JUNE 11 (ALSO 7:30, 8:30) LIBRARY OPENS 11 AM, JUNE 10 The Southfield Public Library will open its doors to the public for Grab- and-Go Service. Visits should be limited to 30 minutes. The library will follow Southfield COVID 19 rules, including always wearing masks over nose and mouth regardless of vaccination status and keeping 6 feet from non-family members. Expanded hours will begin Monday, Ju...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 45 for young adults and their pets will take place at Red Oaks Dog Park, 31353 Dequindre, Madison Hts. Info: jlife.app/events/525. BROADWAY ENTERTAINMENT 4 PM, JUNE 13 Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah presents “An Afternoon of Broadway Entertainment.” This virtual event is open to everyone. Please register by June 10, hadassahmidwest.org/ RooseveltBroadway. There is a $36 general admis- sion, $54 mezzanine, $72 orches...…
…STEVEN BARKIN, 67, of West Bloomfield, died June 2, 2021. To be loved by Steve was to have a lifelong champion, a fiercely loyal ally who seemed to know exactly how to make things better. He was a man of few words; he said he left the talking to his wife, Teri. Steve kept his beloved family blanketed in support and surrounded by his own quiet strength. He was a doting dad who took pride in standing out in a sea of moms at element...…
…continued on page 49 JUNE 10 • 2021 | 47 DIVERA BUEGELEISEN of West Bloomfield passed away May 26, 2021. She was nearly 94. Div taught elementary school in Detroit for 26 years, followed by a 10-year career in coun- seling and therapy. Retirement was all about tennis, skiing, painting, photography and travel with David Buegeleisen, her husband of 60 years. Div’s family and friends will miss her greatly. Contributions in her me...…
…48 | JUNE 10 • 2021 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY G eli knew everyone, and everyone knew Geli. Or so it seemed to anyone who crossed paths with the friendly, outgoing Jewish communal worker — a born connector. Some might know Geli from his long association with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit (JFMD) in Bloomfield Township. He also was an executive for 15 years at the West Bloomfield-based Jewish Community Center ...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 49 continued from page 47 continued on page 50 Smith, Rebecca Landau, and Gregory Landau; dear cousin of Mary Brieger. She is also survived by many loving great-nieces and great-nephews. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. JEAN MARIAN LEVY, 87, of West Bloomfield, died May 27, 2021. She is survived by her sister, Carol Branston; long-cherished friend, Do...…
…50 | JUNE 10 • 2021 continued from page 49 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY continued on page 52 Lasser, Olivia Appelman, Stella, Lucy and Henry Barnett, and Hailey and Brayden Hesano; much loved sister-in-law of Sally and the late Nathan Soberman, the late Lillian and the late Jack Perlman, the late Thelma and the late Louis Milgrom. She is also survived by nieces, nephews and many loving family and friends. Heartfelt gratitude g...…
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…52 | JUNE 10 • 2021 continued from page 51 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY Leonard Shebses; the daughter of the late Helen and Alfred Berkowitz. Interment took place at Oakview Cemetery in Royal Oak. Contributions may be made to Temple Kol Ami Religious School Fund or the American Red Cross. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. EARL I. SHERMAN died May 23, 2021, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Born March 26, 1926, he was a Detroit resident f...…
…JUNE 10 • 2021 | 53 I t was a mouth-water- ing, scrumptious and delicious member of the hamburger family … as pre- pared at Hamburg Time in Birmingham. One could use any kind of hamburger meat, but if you did it just right, the way they did it, the Wine Burger had something special … There was a special ingredient, but they wouldn’t tell anybody what it was … a good reason many would flock to Hamburg Time … I did know that o...…
…54 | JUNE 10 • 2021 I t is hard to believe, but Bob Dylan celebrat- ed his 80th birthday on May 24. It is not an overstatement to say that Dylan — aka Robert Allen Zimmerman — is an enigmatic sort of musical genius. Dylan is universally lauded as one of the best, some say the best, songwriter in American histo- ry. His career has lasted nearly 60 years, and along the way, Dylan has received 10 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Pre...…
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…4 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 contents OUR JN MISSION: We aspire to communicate news and opinion that’s trusted, valued, engaging and distinctive. We strive to reflect diverse community viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. As an independent, responsible, responsive community member, we actively engage with individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life,...…
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…8 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 for openers Now You’re Cooking W e have come a long way from open hearth cooking. Stirring a large cauldron over the roaring fire or in a huge fireplace is now a thing of peri- od-piece movies. Before you start to suggest your favorite cooking utensil manufac- turer, let me ask you to consider the frequency of certain terms in our everyday speech: pot (and kettle) and pan. Our country’s leaders like to ...…
… DECEMBER 10 • 2020 | 9 A new cancer therapy gives us all hope. This latest breakthrough combines photo-dynamic therapy using laser light with a novel drug to treat early-stage prostate cancer. The combination makes it possible to safely treat cancerous tissue using a minimally invasive procedure, with none of the side effects of surgery or radiation. The therapy was invented at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, where nearly...…
…10 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 O ur story begins back in March, when COVID- 19 first reared its ten- tacles of terror throughout the world. Most countries, includ- ing Canada, established lockdowns to flatten the curve of rising rates of COVID-19 cases. But as long as there is even one case anywhere on the globe, the virus is bound to return. Sure enough, the virus came back once the lockdown was lifted. What didn’t come back were t...…
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…12 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 VIEWS Each month, the JN will let you know the stories that were read most often online. If you missed any, you can go to thejewishnews.com and search for them by title. Here’s what was most popular in November. TOP 10 ON THE WEB 1. Young Detroiter Gains Success in Hollywood 2. Exclusive: Detroit Pastor Addresses Controversy Over His Move to Israel 3. Jewish Cemetery in Grand Rapids Vandalized with Pro- Trump G...…
