… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-8 Jews in the D Former Oak Park Rabbi to Head Up FIDF 10 On a (Food) Rescue Mission 12 Local funeral director’ s organization works with Hazon to rescue food around Metro Detroit. Hillel Opens Its Doors After COVID Scare 16 One staffer tested positive last week and is quarantining at home. Creative Ways to Celebrate 18 Families innovate to make the holidays meaningful during COVID 19. ...…
…TOGETHER EVEN WHEN WE’RE NOT CELEBRATE WITH US! The High Holy Days at Congregation Shaarey Zedek are like none other. Our services will be here for you as always - this year with a twist. We are infusing the same spirituality, renewal and sense of awe in new and differently-inspired ways. Don’t miss this year’s unforgettable holidays at CSZ. Go to www.shaareyzedek.org and join the CSZ family. WHERE TRADITION MEETS INNOVATION WISHING YOU ...…
… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 5 Views for openers Watch Out! letters D ear Readers, if you saw the title and immediately thought that I was requesting you to check your timepieces then I have you too conditioned for puns; I am sorry. Rather, I would like to draw your attention to precarious situations that have led to colorful expres- sions in our daily talk. If you have ever just gotten by in a situation, then you have done so by...…
…Views 6 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 ings of Black people, I chose my own comfort and said nothing at all. But no more. I am empowered by the huge uprising happening around the country. As a new mother, I am more invested in the future of humanity than ever before. I am happy to finally be here. I wish I had gotten here sooner. Now, I prefer to piss someone off by saying the wrong thing than to stay silent in the face of what is happ...…
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…Jews in the D Former Oak Park Rabbi to Head Up FIDF Steven Weil will assume the role of national director and CEO of Friends of the IDF in September. F riends of the Israeli Defense Forces has appointed Steven Weil, a former Oak Park rabbi, as the organization’ s new national director and CEO. Weil will assume leader- ship of FIDF, a charitable organization dedicated to supporting IDF soldiers across the United States and P...…
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…Jews in the D I n early June, City Covenant Church’ s food pantry in Detroit found themselves with 20 pounds of excess Italian sausage crumbles. So Chad Techner, a funeral director at the Ira Kaufman Chapel, picked up the sausage, paired it with another donation of ground beef and made pasta sauce in a 15-gallon pot. Together with the help of his 3-year-old son, Eli, they packaged the pasta and sauce into quart containers, an...…
… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 13 TOP: Rabbi Josh Bennett, Rabbi Nate DeGroot of Detroit, Wren Hack of Milford and Chad Techner of West Bloomfield with donated food. FAR LEFT: Wren Hack stacks food in front of the synagogue. LEFT: Chad Techner unloads the truck. There’s all of this excess food and also all of these people who need it. — CHAD TECHNER …
…14 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 Jews in the D continued from page 12 COMMUNITY SUPPORT Techner and Hack said the community has been instru- mental in assisting Hazon in its redistribution mission. “Every time we’ ve needed help with something, someone in the community has stepped up, ” he said. In July, Hazon received 17,000 pounds of chicken to distribute to pantries, with no place to store it. So Techner called Temple Shir Shalom i...…
…5725 WALNUT LAKE ROAD, WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI 48323 248-661-5700 TEMPLE-ISRAEL.ORG Our doors might be closed, but our hearts remain open and ready to welcome everyone to worship virtually with us for the High Holy Days. Visit our website www.temple-israel.org/HHD for more information. NEW YEAR. NEW CHALLENGES. SAME INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY. EREV ROSH HASHANAH: Friday, September 18 5:30 pm | Service for Adults and Families 7:30 pm | Service...…
…16 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 Jews in the D DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER Hillel Opens Its Doors After COVID Scare One staffer tested positive last week and is quarantining at home. H illel Day School wel- comed students back for in-person classes on Wednesday, Sept. 2, three days after sending a letter notifying parents that one of its staff had tested positive for COVID-19. In a pair of letters to fam- ilies last week, Dr. Darin S. ...…
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…Creative Ways to Celebrate Families innovate to make the holidays meaningful during COVID 19. JENNIFER LOVY CONTRIBUTING WRITER T eshuvah (repentance), tefil- lah (prayer) and tzedakah (charity) constitute the three central themes of the High Holidays. This year, families especially may need to add a new theme — creativity — into their New Year observances. Temples and conservative syna- gogues will mostly hold Zoom ser- vices beca...…
… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 19 ents need to be OK with whatever they decided to do because these holidays are about being joyful and celebra- tory, not about missing some- thing or feeling stressed out. ” CREATIVITY REIGNS Erika Bocknek, a Farmington Hills mom of three young kids and a Temple Israel member, agrees. “We will need to be cre- ative about creating a sense of community and connec- tion to our temple since that’ s what will be ...…
…20 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 Lawyers fi le motion for reconsideration in case involving Ann Arbor anti-Israel group. A fter a judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging anti-Israel protesters out- side of Ann Arbor’ s Beth Israel Congregation, lawyers for the plaintiffs look to keep the case alive. U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts dismissed the lawsuit brought by a congregant against the protesters on Aug. 19, on the grounds that the...…
… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 21 Defendants from engaging in their anti-Israel and anti-Semitic speech in every possible public area. This is not true ... Plaintiffs were only seeking reasonable time, place and manner restric- tions on the Defendants use of their anti-Israel and anti-Semitic speech in proximity to their house of worship. ” Regarding a timeline to hear back from the court on the motion for reconsideration, Marc Susselman, ...…
…22 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 Kid Entrepreneurs Pandemic propels kids to start businesses that help others. BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jews in the D A lthough the pandemic has present- ed many challenges to the commu- nity, it has inspired young people to create businesses that also help the commu- nity. Here are some of these young people making a difference. “TWIN TREASURES” RAISES FUNDS FOR CAMP COVID-19 dashed Brendyn and Em...…
… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 23 ing the Jewish Community Center’ s day camp; it was a way to demonstrate the Jewish value of caring for animals. Even though Alex has no pets of his own, he loves animals, especially dogs. Before Rosh Hashanah that year, he started his own company, Dandy Dog Biscuits, with the idea of raising funds for animal welfare. He found a recipe online with only three ingredients — baby food, whole wheat flour and...…
…26 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 Moments Benjamin Bak of West Bloomfield (Binyamin Zohar) became a bar mitzvah at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills on Sept. 7, 2020. Parents Erica Bak and Phil Bak; siblings Nathan (11) and Ella (7); grand- parents Janice and Loren Young, Mike and Mary Ellen Davis, and Hertzie and Lolly Bak celebrated the simchah. Benjy attends West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. He chose Yad Ezra in...…
… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 27 Statfield-Gilliatt L eslee and Terry Statfield are delight- ed to announce the marriage of their daughter Ashley Elizabeth Statfield to Bradley Lawrence Gilliatt, son of Audrey Gilliatt and the late R. Gordon Gilliatt. The beautiful wedding took place with immediate family at the Rattlesnake Club in Detroit off the scenic Detroit River. Rabbi Jen Lader of Temple Israel officiat- ed. Ashley is the granddaught...…
…28 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 W e are but a week away from the Jewish new year of 5781, simultaneously observ- ing Shabbat and the 19th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. Since we are in the midst of a pandemic and at the height of the presidential campaign, we have so many thoughts and feelings colliding. I think we need this Shabbat to reflect on where we are going and where we have been these past few months. Our Torah portion ...…
… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 29 We’ re celebrating our 72nd birthday but we don’ t look a day over 60! So we’ re celebrating with our birthday menu! ANNIVERSARY ROLLBACK — WE ARE 72 YEARS OLD All Roll Back Specials require the purchase of one beverage per person Available September 1st to the 30th TUESDAY WHOLE MAIN LOBSTER $15.99 Served with Red Skin Potato and Corn on the Cob TUESDAY & THURSDAY Served with Antipasti, Salad, Soup, Side of Pas...…
…Arts&Life woodworking 30 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 Wooden Judaica Rochester Hills artist transforms wood into usable Jewish art. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER D aniel Bucksbaum did not know much about his late great-grandfather until he started transforming wood into art objects. Then, he remembered learning about the artistry of Louis Sher, a tool and die artisan whose woodworking hobby brought about the ark still displayed...…
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…32 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 Arts&Life music Techno Torchbearer Rebecca Goldberg talks techno and about the release of her latest album. REISA SHANAMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER A touring DJ and active music pro- ducer who has worked at Detroit Threads record store and was featured in the 2016 French documentary Music on the Road, it’ s easy to see Rebecca Goldberg as a torchbearer of Detroit techno. “I have devoted myself to it. It’ s not ...…
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…34 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 It’s very much a culture, and I think I’m a good representative of that. — REBECCA GOLDBERG continued from page 32 the electronic music communi- ty “devastating. ” “Obviously, we want this [virus] to go away, and every- one needs to do their part to make sure that we’ re back safe, so it’ s OK that everything’ s on hold, ” she said. “But it’ s pretty devastating. ” Though many DJs have turned to live-...…
… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 35 SOAR PROGRAMS/CLASSES REGISTRATION NOW OPEN The Society of Active Retirees has announced its fall lineup of more than 50 classes and special events. Registration began Sept. 9 for new and existing members. Classes begin Oct. 12. All classes will be delivered virtually through Zoom and will be taped for on-demand viewing. A nonprofit, non-denominational, lifelong learning program, SOAR is offering classes in...…
…36 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with here’s to B I R M I N G H A M T raditional Judaism is a religion based on rules. There are 613 commandments in the Torah, which means there are a lot of ways Jewish people can make mistakes. But of all the 613 commandments, we are unaware of any Jewish-based phil- anthropic and investment guidelines. To be sure, rabbis and scholars have opined on the ...…
… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 37 SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER intention of giving. No act of charity is bad, but it is most meaningful when given willingly, proactively and anonymously. According to Maimonides, the highest level of charity is when the donor gives the recipient the wherewithal to become self-supporting. Tikkun olam is the Jewish directive to “repair the world.” Similar to tzedakah, tik- kun olam creates the duty to serv...…
…38 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 business SPOTlight favor those with diversity in race, age and gender. The fourth mitzvah is g’ milut cha- sadim, translated as lovingkindness. This is the Jewish call for caring and compassion. It encourages us to give our time and resources and to do it with genuineness. In par- ticular, we are to support the sick and elderly. The fifth and final of these mitzvot is tikya, translated as “hope. ” We are gui...…
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… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 41 Soul of blessed memory SUSAN BOLTON, 77, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 28, 2020. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Alan Bolton; children, David and Karen Bolton, Cary and Brittany Bolton, Robin and Pete Orman, and Dr. Brett and Dragana Bolton; grandchil- dren, Dylan, Dean, Carly, Aiden, Niko, Niki and Luca; sisters and brother-in-law, Linda Brodsky, and Leslie and Richard Kates; many loving nieces...…
…42 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory continued from page 41 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) 351-...…
… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 43 continued on page 44 Barrera and Victoria Barrera; sister-in-law, Eileen Cohen; niece and nephew, Kayla and Zachary Cohen. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery in Clinton Township. Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. JACK KEIL, 94, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 29, 2020. A World War II Navy veteran, he was a pharmacist, activ...…
…44 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 daughter and son-in-law, Cathy and Mark Segel; sons and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey Peterman, Michael and Lori Radner Peterman; grand- children, Daniel (Amanda) Peterman, Joshua (Bora) Segel, Rebecca Segel, Amanda Peterman (fiancé, Jonathan), Jack Peterman and Aaron Radner; great-grandchild, Elijah Peterman. Beverly’ s family is forever grateful for the loving care given to her over the years by Lynette and...…
… SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 45 Looking forward to the Statler Bistro, opening next year in Detroit. the best of everything Raskin Coming Soon! W hen the doors open in 2021 to another Joe Vicari restaurant … the Statler Bistro … in the new apartments of Jonathan Holtzman … Detroit City Club … at the same locale on Washington Boulevard, Detroit, at the former Statler Hotel site, it will bring many memories. Within the Statler Bis...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org A Summer Mainstay T he summer is winding down. It’ s been an unusual season for most of us, with fewer trips Up North and more staycations. It seems a long time ago — but it has only been a little over year — since the July 11, 2019, issue of JN had an excellent feature story, “Charlevoix the Beautiful,” by Jennifer...…
…We’ve got you. Right now, it may feel like our world is falling apart. Jewish Family Service is a soft place to land. We are privileged to be able to help even more members of our community with financial needs during these difficult times. Whatever expense you’re facing, you may be eligible for assistance. Contact us at 248.592.2313 or resourcecenter@jfsdetroit.org to learn more. jfsdetroit.org …
