…$200 Aug.12-18, 2021 / 4-10 Elul 5781 $200 Aug.12-18, 2021 / 4-10 Elul 5781 JEWISH NEWS JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT thejewishnews.com From Detroit to D.C., The People’s Advocate (1934-2021) Sen. Carl Levin See pages 12-19 …
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-10 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 11 Cookies and More Yocheved Perlman-Magier loves to bake with her bubbie. 12-19 From Detroit to D.C.: A Lifetime of Service Sen. Carl Levin (1934-2021) 20 JVS Human Services and Kadima Announce Merger Expected to be operational in early 2022, new name being explored. 20 Ride for the Living Metro Detroit bike ride mirro...…
…4 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 for openers The Century Club L ost in all the hype over Detroit Tiger Miguel Cabrera’s chasing milestone home run and RBI records is the fact that quietly, and dare I say modestly, I am only 70 years shy of tying Danny Raskin’s breathtaking record for years consecutively writing for the Detroit Jewish News. Spoiler alert — I actual- ly will never tie or surpass Danny Raskin’s nearly 80-year JN journalistic re...…
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…6 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 The West Must Counter Iran’s Maritime Terrorism C ommercial shipping activity in the Gulf of Oman near the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates was disrupted Aug. 3 after several ships in the area reported diffi- culties operating their GPS-based navigational sys- tems. Meanwhile, another report came in that a ship named Asphalt Princess had been hijacked by armed assailants. The entire story can ...…
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…8 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 MARITIME TERRORISM continued from page 6 Editor’s Note: The JN thanks our readers for your thoughts on the July 26 passing of Danny Raskin, of blessed memory. Danny’s ‘Florida Guy’ “The Best of Everything” kind of says it all about my friend, Danny Raskin. In fact, most everyone who came in contact with Danny had the feeling that they were his friend. Several years ago, maybe 20 or so, and upon our moving fro...…
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…10 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 analysis The Coming Earthquake G iant fissures are emerging from just beneath the earth’s surface throughout the Middle East, and Israel is bracing for the inevitable eruption. The United States had better wake up, too, because the aftershocks will be felt here, and they will not be mild. In a briefing to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies’ Professor Man...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 11 B aking with one’s bubbie is a fun and memorable activity, and something that Yocheved Perlman-Magier “wouldn’t change for the world. It’s priceless. ” Yocheved, of “Cookies and More by Shelly and Yocheved, ” loves blending her passion for baking with spending weekly quality time together with her bubbie and zaydie. Together, they bake everything from chal- lah to cookies, cornbread, choc- olate cinnamon bab...…
…12 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 C arl Levin was more than Michigan’s longest-serving senator in Washington — and the longest-serv- ing Jewish U.S. senator in American history. He was truly a “Giant of the Senate. ” Ironically, another senator who was also Jewish, Minnesota’s Al Franken, once wrote a book with the satirical title, Al Franken, Giant of the Senate. Like Franken, Levin was a man who could laugh at himself. But that phrase would be...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 13 continued on page 14 tor went to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and then Harvard Law School. But to help pay for college, he worked summers in three auto plants, dirty and sometimes grueling work, which he later said gave him insight into both the difficulties the workers faced — and the weaknesses and inflexibility of the industry. Following graduation from law school in 1959, Levin worked for several sma...…
…14 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 Council president. He fought redlining, and tangled with HUD, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development over its reluc- tance to demolish dilapidated homes. Most importantly, he later said, his battles with Mayors Roman Gribbs and mainly Coleman Young “would prove to be a valuable training ground for later tussles — and sometimes battles” with pres- idents when he got to the U.S. Senate. The year ...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 15 G rowing up in the 1930s and ’40s in Detroit, Carl Levin and his older brother and sis- ter, Sander and Hannah, were close with their parents, Bess and Saul, who were part of an iconic political and Jewish family. But the inquisitive sib- lings awaited Sundays with relatives in the family’s westside home, first on LaSalle Boulevard and later on Boston Boulevard. It was during Sunday dinner the siblings g...…
…S en. Carl Levin’s Jewish roots developed during his Detroit childhood, growing up in a home with par- ents who were strong Zionists; his mother was very active in Hadassah. The family attended Congregation Shaarey Zedek and Carl went to Central High School, which had a great number of Jewish students. “His most Jewish connection was that he lived tikkun olam every day of his life with every bone of his body, ” says Eugene Driker...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 17 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Carl Levin conferring with Rep. John Dingell; speaking with President Barack Obama at the White House; seated with brother Sander Levin while visiting Durfee School in Detroit in 2019; at President George W. Bush’s 2003 signing ceremony of the Defense Authorization Act with Sen. John Warner, Sen. Levin, Rep. Tom Davis, Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Duncan Hunter. hit their targets,” he wrote. H...…
…S en. Carl Levin was memorialized at a heartfelt, privately attended service at Ira Kaufman Chapel on July 30. Rabbi Ariana Silverman of the Downtown Synagogue and Rabbi Joseph Krakoff of the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network offi- ciated. Burial was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. A public celebration of Sen. Levin’s life will likely be planned for the next month or two. At the funeral, Carl Levin’s daughter Kate Levin Markel sp...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 19 Senator Carl Levin June 28, 1934 - July 29, 2021 Senator Levin's legacy of dedicated public service, integrity, and unwavering commitment to good government will be an eternal inspiration and will guide our Center's work in the years to come. As our founder, chairman, mentor, and most importantly as our friend, he will be greatly missed. The Levin Center at Wayne Law celebrates the life and legacy of Meet Daniel...…
…20 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 J VS Human Services and Kadima, both nonprofits who serve vulnerable communities in Metro Detroit, announced they will move forward with a merger expected to be operational in 2022. The boards of directors of JVS Human Services and Kadima voted Aug. 2 to unite the organizations. JVS is a part- ner agency of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, the central fund- raising and planning organi- zation...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 21 that directly benefit and sup- port underserved community members, such as those with development disabilities, autism or mental illness. Deeper investments in areas of clinical services and com- pliance will allow for more data-based decision making and impact measurement, all exponentially enhancing out- comes for people served and the community at large. The merger will ensure long-term sustainability of v...…
…W hen a New York- based model and talent management agency asked Sammy Pandolfi if he was interested in mod- eling after seeing the videos he posted on the social media platform TikTok, his first thought was, “this is a scam. ” Pandolfi, an 18-year-old Berkley resident, researched the agency and then called the New York phone number. It turned out that the message from Soul Artist Management was legitimate. Due to COVID- imposed...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 23 video games. In 2018, at the age of 15, he was gaming at a professional level and making money in Fortnite tournaments and on Twitch, a video game livestreaming service. Because of a chronic inflammatory disease called eosinophilic esophagitis, Pandolfi attended school online. The condition made it hard for him to sit in class on some days. The condition causes an array of stomach issues, including severe ...…
…24 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 K eith Schonberger has developed an impressive resume: From teaching a computer to solve a Rubik’s Cube on his way to a bachelor of science degree in computer science at Michigan State University, including a brief software engineering internship with the Boeing Company, on to MSU College of Law, where he earned his J.D. and found his calling in patent law. With almost nine years in practice — including a...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 25 two generations ago with my mother’s parents who met at Tamarack Camps. We still like to tell the story about the baseball game at Tamarack (the Fresh Air Society at the time), and the boy who threw a wild pitch into the stands and hit a girl in the head. The pitcher was my grandfather, the girl was my grandmother. No injuries were reported, as I understand, but it was the pitch that started our family. My g...…
…26 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY aren’t engaging this growing segment of our population and including them, welcoming them in and making them feel wanted, it’s a disservice to our community. I am very glad Federation began this outreach and engagement and have loved being a part of it. Q: Who do you consider to be your mentors along your path to community-building? KS: Wow, too many to list! A mentor is anyone who has taught...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 27 continued on page 28 N oah Arbit was a self-described “political nerd” two years ago when he founded the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus (MDJC). Arbit, 25, director of communications for Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald, said he was “restless for a new project” after working to elect Democrat Gretchen Whitmer as Michigan’s governor in 2018. He saw the need for an organi- zation, not then existent, th...…
…28 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 rise in hate crimes and rise in antisemitism, ” she said. “I cre- ated a Hate Crimes Division to target actions that were biased-related, motivated by hate against certain groups. “Little did I know that soon we would have to expand the division to Hate Crimes and Domestic Terrorism. I’m proud that our department is charging cases against these extremist groups that traffic in hate. ” McDonald said, “We are ...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 29 faces&places A slight breeze and mild tem- peratures complemented the late July sunset, providing the perfect atmosphere at Knollwood Country Club for Kicks Kicking Cancer’s annual Golf Outing fundraiser on July 27. The heavy and consis- tent rain Detroiters endured through much of the summer made the golfing portion of the event impossible — with saturated greens and soaked fairways forcing the resched- ulin...…
…30 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 SPORTS A lex Lustig’s dream of participating in the JCC Maccabi Games this summer as Detroit’s lone represen- tative was dashed at the 11th hour. The quickly organized JCC Maccabi Texas Regional Games in San Antonio were can- celed July 28, less than two weeks before the Aug. 8 opening ceremony, because of a surge in COVID-19 infections in Texas. The JCC Association of North America, along with Barshop JCC of Sa...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 31 S itting down with Meir Goldberg, 39, was a leap back in time for me. I remember him when he was a teenager, and it was fun to catch up with him after all these years. Meir has been living in Israel for 18 years and says he would never live anywhere else. He lives with his young family in Ra’anana and enjoys going back to Michigan regularly for business and to visit family and friends. Q: Where did you go ...…
…32 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 MAZEL TOV! MAY 18, 2021 Alex and Lilly (Epstein) Stotland of Birmingham are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Donald Ezra Stotland. Proud big siblings are Nathan and Elise Stotland. Donald is the grand- son of Marjory Winkleman Epstein of Bloomfield Hills, and Mark and Ida Stotland of Brooklyn, N.Y. He is named in loving memory of his beloved late grandfather Donald Epstein and is the great-grandson of...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 33 SPIRIT A Dedicated Purpose in Life W hat is the essence of the month of Elul, the 30-day period prior to the Days of Awe in which, according to Chasidic philosophy, “The King is in the Field, ” when God is, as it were, more accessible to us than throughout the year? I believe that the story of Velvel, a Soviet refusenik I met in Riga, Latvia, in the month of Elul 5730 (1970), offers an answer to this que...…
…34 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 I n the course of setting out the laws of war, the Torah adds a seemingly minor detail that became the basis of a much wider field of human responsibility and is of major consequence today. The passage concerns a military campaign that involves laying siege to a city: “When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because y...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 35 leshomrah, is the term used in later biblical legislation to specify the responsibilities of one who undertakes to guard something that is not their own. How are we to understand this tension between the two opening chapters? Quite simply: Genesis 1 tells us about creation and nature, the reality mapped by the natural sciences. It speaks about humanity as the biological species, homo sapiens. What is distinctive...…
…36 | AUGUST 12 • 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 bethtephilathmo...…
…Shomrey Emunah Southfield (248) 559-1533 congregation-shomrey- emunah-105705.square.site 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) 88...…
…38 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 A lmost 70 years after Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl was first published, The Diary of Rywka Lipszyc appeared on bookshelves to reveal the tragic experiences of yet another teen- ager descending into conditions forced by the Holocaust. While Anne Frank writes about an Amsterdam family in hiding together, Rywka (pro- nounced Rivka) Lipszyc writes about the separation of her Polish family as she grapple...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 39 space where we are allowed so we can focus on survivors who ended up in Michigan, ” said Mark Mulder, HMC manager of cura- torial affairs who partnered with the Special Events Department to choose the exhibit. “I am a great admirer of the Galicia Jewish Museum, so I was familiar with this exhibit. I saw it on the web from there and also from Milwaukee. It’s a perspective that we don’t see as often, specif- ica...…
…40 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 I f you’ve never heard of Zentangle — the relatively new art movement of purposeful doodling until one reach- es a Zen-like state — you’re not alone. But Oak Park’s Samm Wunderlich is an expert on it. She discovered it by chance. Wunderlich grew up in Pleasant Ridge, attended Ferndale Public Schools and graduated from Central Michigan with an undergrad in psychology and recreation therapy, something, Wunderlic...…
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…42 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 RESPECT, AN ISRAELI THRILLER AND MORE Respect, a bio-pic about the late Aretha Franklin, opens in theaters Aug. 13. Aretha, of course, grew up in Detroit. After living in New York and Los Angeles, she returned to the Detroit- area in 1982 and lived in the area (Bloomfield Hills and Riverfront Towers in Detroit) until her death in 2018, age 76. Marc Maron, 57, has a large supporting role as Jerry Wexler (19...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 43 BACKYARD SHABBAT 4-7 PM, AUG. 13 Join Detroit City Moishe House and The Well for a backyard Shabbat service and dinner for young adults. Welcome Shabbat with a short service and Jewish learning led by Rabbi Jeff and then dive into a veg- etarian catered Shabbat dinner. Nosh, schmooze and celebrate together and then finish off the night with s’mores and songs by the fire — the best parts of a summer Shabbat e...…
…44 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 Dr. Joel M. Cohen, Ph.D., recently retired from Oakland Community College after 52 years of teaching Introduction to Psychology, Psychology of Organizational Behavior, Child Development, Abnormal Psychology and Marriage and Family in Modern Society. He graduated from Wayne State University in 1960 with a B.S. in psy- chology, M.A. in psychology in 1962 and was awarded his Ph.D. in 1965. Dr. Cohen has helpe...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 45 to take the company to the next level. “Not just out of con- venience, but we really believed in the talent pool, the resources the region provides in supply chain and other partnership opportunities,” Tom said. Nano Magic in fall 2020 moved its operations from Ohio to Madison Heights, taking space in a 30,000-square-foot facility. Tom said an important strategic initiative was to help support this region i...…
…46 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 HEALTH M illions of mental health sufferers struggle with the impression that no one else knows exactly how they feel. A new Israeli partnership with a Detroit connection seeks to change things. Ziv Yekutieli, Ph.D., studied both electrical engineering and medicine at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa and Tel Aviv University and worked at Intel, where he was hoping he could develop chips t...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 47 neurologist who could see a patient with disease A today and disease B tomorrow, we couldn’t develop a separate app for every test. Eventually we developed an app that’s like a media player for tests instead of songs.” Once a doctor anonymously registers the patient using one version of the app, the patient receives a link to a compact and custom version with reminders when to perform the tests. The app is a...…
…48 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY CHARLENE COLBERT, 96, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 2, 2021. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Alan Colbert, Jeffrey and Debbie Colbert, and Gregory and Nicole Colbert; grandchildren, Lauren and Nicolas Seaver, Andrew Colbert and his fiancee, Margaret Smith, Eliana Colbert, Noah Colbert and Max Colbert; great-grandchildren, Brooke and Clayton Seaver. Mrs. Colbert ...…
…AUGUST 12 • 2021 | 49 continued on page 50 Everyone experiences loss differently. And while there is a certain structure in Jewish funerals and rituals, it’s important that the event brings something meaningful to all. We understand that. And we treat your family’s wishes with all of the respect and compassion they deserve. From guiding the arrangements without pressure to the memorial service and the appearance of the chapel...…
…50 | AUGUST 12 • 2021 continued from page 49 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY on the Fort Riley, Kan., base. He enjoyed a lengthy career as a highly respected ortho- pedic surgeon, involved not only in patient care but also in the training of rising phy- sicians. It is no coincidence that the course he most enjoyed teaching was medi- cal ethics: His personal moral code served as a shining example to his colleagues, friends and family....…
