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…52 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 F rom a furry friend to a fashion icon to a few bestsellers, here’ s a list of new books for everyone in the family. After you light the candles and spin the dreidel, the entire family can curl up with a good book. For children, Chanukah books reinforce the holiday while a book on self-esteem is always a boost. For busy parents, best-sellers are fast reads. For grandparents, a fashion icon coffee-table book,...…

… DECEMBER 12 • 2019 | 53 anything less from Michelle Obama’ s former head speech- writer. Hurwitz provides footnotes and an amazing appendix of books for explor- ing Judaism. GRANDPARENTS Ralph Lauren: In His Own Fashion By Alan Flusser, Abrams Books, $50 This stunning coffee-table book chroni- cles the rise of fashion icon Ralph Lauren with beautiful photographs of his collections for men and women. He was born Ralph Lifshitz ...…

…54 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 Arts&Life celebrity jews STREAMING AND BROADCAST CHOICES, MOSTLY CATCH-UP Scarlett Johansson, 35, will be the host of Saturday Night Live on Dec. 14. I suspect she’ s hosting in order to get a plug in about Marriage Story, a Netflix film which began streaming last week and is a real Oscar con- tender. Last October, I reported that Tiffany Haddish, whose late father was an Eritrean Jew, had decided to emb...…

…On The Go people | places | events DECEMBER 12 • 2019 | 55 continued on page XX HOLIDAY STROLL Get into the holiday spirit at Zingerman’ s Cornman Farms (8540 Island Lake Road, Dexter) for the Holiday Stroll from 4-6 p.m. The property will be set aglow in holiday lights for a casual, family-friendly evening featuring holiday carols by University of Michigan’ s Dicks and Janes a cappella group, signature Cornman Farms’ sweet and sav...…

…On The Go people | places | events 56 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 continued from page 55 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18 MOVIE MATINEE 1 pm, Dec. 18. Sponsored by The Active Life at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Return To Me (1 hr. 56 min.). Free. DROP IN & LEARN 1 pm, Dec. 18. “Jewish Cinematheque: Back to the Fatherland and Fiddler — A Miracle of Miracles” at Congregation Beth Ahm. The group will videostream two episo...…

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…58 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M Metro Detroit wealth management firm Bloom Asset Management recently celebrated its 35th anniversary with more than 400 clients at an event at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills. Clients enjoyed special planetarium showings and private tours led by museum docents while having direct access to the firm’ s advise...…

… DECEMBER 12 • 2019 | 59 reuse in unconventional ways. 3. When and how did you begin work- ing for NAI Farbman? Graduating with a finance degree, I immediately thought of moving to New York and working on Wall Street or moving to Chicago to work in banking or wealth management. I decided to get my real estate license during my last year at Michigan State University, just to have the license under my belt. After weighing out my optio...…

…60 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 M ichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a six- month pilot program between the state and Israeli company Mobilieye on Nov. 21 during her trade mission to Israel. Mobileye, a leader in the development of vision technology for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving, owned by Intel, signed an agreement with the state of Michigan to pilot its retrofit technology on the state’ s...…

… DECEMBER 12 • 2019 | 61 here’s to Rachel Siporin, Walled Lake Northern junior, received an invitation to visit the House and Senate in Lansing by State Sen. Jim Runstad and State Rep. Kathy Crawford for being awarded a Michigan State Fair urban agriculture initiative scholarship. Siporin is affiliated with and volunteers at the MSU Tollgate Farm and Education Center in Novi. She was a 2019 sheep showman at the Oakland County Fa...…

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…64 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 Milton Ring: An Unassuming Hero RONELLE GRIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER M Milton “Milt” H. Ring was a brave yet humble war hero, a savvy entrepreneur, an imag- inative inventor, a generous philanthropist, a nature lover and, above all, a devot- ed family man. This exceptional 94-year- old died Dec. 3, 2019, in his Franklin home, with his loving family by his side. The youngest of four children, Milt grew up in ...…

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…66 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 HARRIET BERLIN, 88, of Huntington Woods, died Dec. 3, 2019. She was a great supporter of Public TV , the Stratford Festival in Canada and the Shaw Festival in Niagara on the Lake. Mrs. Berlin is survived by her daughter, Andrea Berlin of Medford, Mass.; son and daugh- ter-in-law, Howard and Julie Berlin of Huntington Woods; brother and sister-in-law, Lanny and Marlene Lahr of Arizona; grandchildren, Nat...…

… DECEMBER 12 • 2019 | 67 Steven Goldman and Lisa Freeman, Jeffrey Goldman, Sherri Goldman-Kim and John Kim, and Daniel and Susan Goldman; grandchildren, Nate Goldman, Zander Goldman, Lexi Goldman, Micah Kim and Jonathan Kim. Mrs. Goldman was the beloved wife of the late Robert B. Goldman; the devoted daughter of the late Louis and the late Jennie Madorsky; the dear sister of the late Melvin Madorsky. Interment was at Nusach Har...…

…68 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 Pernick; many loving nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews. Mrs. Riley was the beloved wife of the late Ray Riley; the loving sister of the late Larry Pernick; the devoted daughter of the late Nathaniel Pernick and the late Jeanette Pernick. Interment was at Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens. Contributions may be made to Jewish Senior Life-Hechtman Apts., 6700 W . Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 483...…

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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 70 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 The Sinai Legacy A s this calendar year nears its close, there is one more anniver- sary, out of many, that might be important to recognize. It has been 30 years since Sinai Hospital merged with Grace Hospital in Detroit. Sinai Hospital was a major achievement for Detroit’ s Jewish commun...…

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… SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 | 5 letters Disappointed in HMC What a disappointment the Holocaust Memorial Center has become (“Unexpected Visitors,” Aug. 29, page 16). I was led to believe that the purpose of the HMC was to preserve and protect the memory of the more than 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust by the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazis). Yet, the HMC did not condemn the use of its building as a backdrop f...…

…Views 6 | SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 most read on the web guest column A week ago, I led a prayer at a rally against hate organized by Rep. Debbie Dingell and co-spon- sored by many anti-hate, civil rights organizations, includ- ing the ADL, ACLU and ACCESS. That evening, my remarks were made as a board member of JCRC/AJC, whose mission is to represent the voice of the Jewish com- munity to the broader Detroit community. As we w...…

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…To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Hwy., #110, Southfield, MI 48034. Arthur M. Horwitz Executive Edi...…

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…10 | SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 Views A Soviet Jew Refl ects on Immigration Deportations essay A s an immigrant to the U.S. myself, the recent rise in deportation of immigrants, whatever their legal status, is personal for me. My family came here in 1990, when I was only 9 years old. However, the U.S. did not welcome us in easily, naturally, just out of the goodness of its heart, no matter what is writ- ten on the Statue of Lib...…

… SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 | 11 online comments Readers reacted to the story “Anti-Israel Resolution Rejected in Ann Arbor,” published online at thejewishnews.com. Marvin Sonne: Well, common sense prevails. AM ISRAEL CHAI: LONG LIVE ISRAEL Daniel Kerin: WAKE UP , AMERICAN JEWRY! #walkaway #neveragain Alex Bensky: And why should a city council be spending its time on this? Irwin William Davis: It should never have been brought up....…

…Special Delivery Expats Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant’ s new children’ s book focuses on the gift of giving. ADAM FINKEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jews in the D PHOTOS BY ABBE FOREMAN 12 | SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 on the cover …

…B oth powerhouses in their own rights, West Bloomfield natives Adam and Allison Sweet Grant have collaborated once again, this time to write a children’ s book focused on the importance of generosity. The Gift Inside the Box (Dial Books) will be available in e-book and hardcover format Oct. 1. Ever since Adam’ s first book, Give and T ake, came out in 2013, people have been encouraging him to write a children’ s book about generosity...…

…14 | SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 DIANA SCHOENBRUN continued on page 16 DETROIT BEGINNINGS Three decades ago, Adam was a child growing up in Jewish Detroit. He’ d get immersed in “We Didn’ t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel, be featured in the April 17, 1989, issue of the Detroit Free Press about his pas- sion for Nintendo, and attend Camp Tamarack and Camp Tanuga, where he says he discov- ered a love of water skiing and tennis, which complem...…

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…16 | SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 and better bagels! They agree they have found it easy to assimilate into the Jewish community in Philadelphia. They have been members of a local synagogue since they moved to town, and their children attended Jewish preschool. They say it’ s just as easy for them to play “Jewish geography” in Philly as in Detroit and, when they moved there, many of the Jewish people they met had family back in Detroit. ...…

… SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 | 17 Parkinson’s Disease Research and the Jewish Community Though what causes Parkinson’s disease isn’t known, there have been several research devel- opments pointing to a role for heredity. Gene abnormalities (mutations) have been discovered relevance for persons with an Askenazi heritage, since in this population, up to 15% of those mutations (LRRK2 and GBA1 genes). Ongoing and future studies are investigating new ...…

…18 | SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 T alk to Norm Pappas.” For young people seeking career advice, for new- comers to the community seek- ing connections, for families on the path of wealth management for future generations, for chari- table organizations seeking com- munity support, talking to Norm Pappas is not just a suggestion: It’ s the thing to do. “What I do is connect people,” he said. “It’ s not just a matter of good business here in...…

… SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 | 19 MAGEN DAVID ADOM Det r oi t Event Thur sday, Oct ober 24, 2019 Keynote Speaker Br et St ephens Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the NY Ti mes Honor ing Sandy and Ji m Dant o Co-Chair s: Lor i and Steven Weisber g 27375 Bell Road • Southfield, MI 48034 5 p.m. VIP Reception with Br et St evens 6 p.m. Pr e-Glow Reception Cocktails & Hors D’oeuvr es with...…

…Jews in the D continued from page 18 20 | SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 make a real difference in people’ s lives, so I left what I was doing and began my career. How did you two get involved in Jewish Detroit? N: What triggered us — as a couple — was the decision to go to Israel on a national mission in 1977. S: Norm had a friend in the insurance business, Mark Solomon of Philadelphia. He was involved in UJA (United Jewish Appeal) and h...…

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…22 | SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 Robin Seymour brings his memoir and his memories back to Detroit. Jews in the D I f not for conversations between two residents of a senior living community in San Antonio, the story of one of the legendary careers in the Detroit music and radio scene in the early days of rock ’ n roll may have only been preserved in the memory of the man who lived it. Retired lawyer and journalist Carolyn Marie Ro...…

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…Jews in the D continued from page 22 name came from, but it’ s the moniker he took to the airwaves for the first time on July 1, 1947, at WKMH, the former call let- ters of WKNR. His parents, Clara and Herman Altman, immigrated to America in the early 1900s as youngsters. Clara’ s family came from Romania and Herman’ s left the Ukraine to escape the pogroms. His folks, who kept a kosher home, spent their entire lives in Detroit an...…

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…26 | SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 STEFANI CHUDNOW SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Jews in the D S ome people, you can tell, were put on this Earth for a specific rea- son. Farmington Hills native Benjamin Ryberg is one of these people. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Ryberg attended Cardozo Law School at Yeshiva University and was then invited to join the Lawfare Project. As an attorney and the chief operating officer at t...…

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…28 | SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 Jews in the D continued from page 26 based on who they are, in air travel or anywhere else,” Ryberg said. ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY The other lawsuit was against San Francisco State University (SFSU), an institution which has had problems with anti-Semitism for the past 30 years that hit an all-time high when anti-Israel student pro- testors disrupted a public event feat...…