… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 41 Moments Jordan and Ryan Fishman of Birmingham are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Moishe Chaim. Excited brother is Ariel Emanuel. Proud grandparents are Ann and Marc Fishman of Bloomfield Hills, and Stewart Shifman of Waterford. He is named for, and is also, the grandson of the late Cindy Shifman. Sophie Paige Cohen will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Tem...…
…42 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Moments Farber-Klein M anette and Marshall Klein of West Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the engagement of their daughter Devin Nicole Klein to Cody Daniel Farber, son of Mark and Lori Farber of West Bloomfield. Devin earned her bachelor of arts in elementary education from Michigan State University. She works as an elementary school teacher for South Lyon Community Schools and is a real estate agent for...…
… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 43 Spirit torah portion I n the hierarchy of mistakes we commit as human beings, our tradition is quite clear that idolatry is the most egregious. The fundamental objective of Torah is to help us to understand the nature of the relationship between God and humanity. And even though idola- try is the direct opposite of faith in God, this week’ s Torah portion demonstrates how precarious the line is between th...…
…44 | MARCH 12 • 2020 J on Lovitz is having a ban- ner first few months of 2020. He returned to his home turf of Saturday Night Live to play Alan Dershowitz Jan. 25. He’ s the wise-crack- ing voice behind a new game, Little Diablo, and he returns to Mark Ridley’ s Comedy Castle in Royal Oak to perform his stand-up act on Sunday, March 22. JN: A few weeks ago, the world was introduced to Little Diablo, a built-in sequence memory ...…
… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 45 A haron Appelfeld’ s new novel, To the End of Sorrow, was written in Hebrew in 2012 and published in January by Schocken Books in an English translation by Stuart Schoffman. It takes place during World War II, in a part of Romania that is now Ukraine. Our narrator is a 17-year-old Jewish boy named Edmund, who has escaped the camps and is now a Jewish soldier in the resistance effort. Appelfeld himself...…
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…50 | MARCH 12 • 2020 MELTON CLASS 1-2:30 pm, March 17. At Max M. Fisher Federation Building. Melton presents “And (Social) Justice for All” with Rabbi Steven Rubenstein. (Also March 24, 31; Apr. 21, 28; May 5, 12, 19, 26; Jun. 2) This new course will draw from text and history to explore how social justice work goes beyond addressing short-term needs and looks at structural causes of injustice today. Tuition: $225 (Includes Melton ...…
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…54 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Her Trailblazing Spirit, Positive Energy Impacted the Community D oris E. “Dorie” Shwedel, age 76, of Bloomfield Hills, died on Feb. 29, 2020. She is survived by her beloved children, son Ari Shwedel of New York City, and daughter Merritt Shwedel of Hong Kong; sister of Betty Lowenthal of West Bloomfield; sister-in-law of Carol (Barry) Kline, Del Ray Beach, Florida. Also sur- vived by many nieces and ...…
… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 55 An Interviewer Both Sympathetic and Probing — with Detroit Roots SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER W hen I turned the tables on famed show business interviewer James Lipton, he revealed his Detroit con- nections. Lipton, who died of blad- der cancer March 2, 2020, at age 93, freely answered questions about hosting the Emmy-winning program Inside the Actors Studio, other profession- al experiences and...…
…56 | MARCH 12 • 2020 continued from page 55 ‘An Icon in Dermatology’ ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER K nown for his intellect and insatiable curiosity, Dr. Peter Jerome Aronson applied his prodigious gifts to the practice of dermatology. Highlighting his 43-year career, he was assistant professor in the dermatology department at Wayne State University (WSU) School of Medicine and a supervisor in der- matology for more ...…
… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 57 continued on page 58 Contributions may be directed to Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, 130 W. 30th St., New York, New York 10001, cbst.org/ content/chaicards; or Wayne State University School of Medicine, Office of Development, 4201 St. Antoine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, cardinal.wayne.edu/ wsugiving/give.cfm?dep- tid=13. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. DR. HOWARD GLAZER, 82, of Hartland, Michigan, died...…
…58 | MARCH 12 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory continued from page 57 MELVYN S. GOLDSTEIN, 78, of West Bloomfield, died Feb. 28, 2020. Mr. Goldstein is survived by his wife, Robbie Segel Goldstein; children, Amy D. Goldstein, Ari D. Goldstein and Kris Seymour, Jodi Goldstein- DiVito and Marvin DiVito, and Mindy Goldstein; step- children, Niki and Todd Fink, and Amanda Segel; grandchildren, Molly E. Goldstein, Luca DiVito, and M...…
… MARCH 12 • 2020 | 59 continued on page 60 Morgan Anastasio. She is also survived by her canine buddy, Mishka; other loving fami- ly members; and a world of friends. Ms. Greenapple was the lov- ing daughter of the late Emily Greenapple. Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra, 2850 W . 11 Mile, Berkley, MI 48072; Good People Fund, 384 Wyoming Ave., Milburn, NJ 07041; Habonim Dror Camp Tavor, 4444 Second Ave., Detroit, MI 48201; or...…
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… DECEMBER 12 • 2019 | 5 Views Jewfro What’s Newf? Me ... Rushmore! G reetings, Michiganders and Michigeese! Ben has been pretty sleep deprived lately — can’ t imagine why — so I am here in shed, lending a paw to share some good newf. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rushmore and I am a dog. Now I know what you’ re think- ing: Dogs are unreliable narrators, least of all 10-week-old puppies. Well, I have Disney+ and it ...…
…Views 6 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 continued on page 10 Levin Gets it Wrong There he goes, again. Freshman Democrat Congressman Andy Levin displays his ignorance and anti-Israel bias by drafting a letter — co-signed by 100 Democrat members of Congress (including our own Brenda Lawrence and several other members of Michigan’ s delegation) — complaining about Secretary of State Pompeo’ s recent statement that Israel’ s settlements in t...…
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…10 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 Views with his hateful speech and growing number of followers, including rappers and the Women’ s March’ s Tamika Mallory. In May of this year, the Philadelphia branch of the Muslim American Society (MAS) had an event where young children from a MAS school sang and read poetry about killing Jews. Then, there is the BDS movement on college campuses, which speaks to anti-Zionism, which, in reality, is a...…
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…Jews in the D 12 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 JUDY GREENWALD CONTRIBUTING WRITER I n keeping with its dedication to pro- vide compassionate, personalized services to help thousands in the Jewish community and its vitally import- ant role in assisting Holocaust survivors, Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit (JFS) has been named Midwest Administrator for the Holocaust Claims Conference. Since 1951, the Conference on Jewish Material...…
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…14 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 A deal is drawing near between the legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Lansing to restore some of the nearly $500 million Whitmer line-item vetoed from the state’ s 2020 budget, including the $8 mil- lion appropriated to “multi- cultural integration funding.” For the Jewish community, the impact would be about $2 million that is usually allocat- ed to Jewish Family Service, JVS, Jewish Community Cent...…
… DECEMBER 12 • 2019 | 15 Jews in the D O n Nov. 22, Lansing Mayor Andy Schor was successfully able to light a 9-foot meno- rah alongside the 61-foot Christmas tree in front of the Michigan State Capitol during the Silver Bells in the City event. Later that night, the menorah was taken down and returned to City Hall, where it will stay in the lobby during the holiday season. This is not the first time the Capitol has been in the...…
…16 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 Jews in the D Shine Some Light Beaumont’ s Moonbeams program uplifts the spirits of kids in the hospital. ROCHEL BURSTYN CONTRIBUTING WRITER H aving a seriously sick child is a devastating, heart- wrenching experience. As Rachael Grushko of West Bloomfield said, “It was the worst day of my life. ” In late December 2017, Grushko’ s daughter Bella, then 19 months old, was rushed to the emergency room at Beaum...…
… DECEMBER 12 • 2019 | 17 participants showed up during the month; some nights alone had more than 1,000 people. It gets so crowded that Grobbel warned parking can be a challenge. If you’ re going, be sure to arrive early! They also prefer if people register in advance so they can organize volunteers accordingly. Last year, more than 800 children and their families enjoyed the lights from the inside, not including adults in the ...…
…Jews in the D T hree young speakers presented their stories of resilience at the third annual Teen Shabbat Dinner on Friday, Nov. 22, at Friendship Circle. About 200 teenagers heard from Emily Coon, Mandi Fealks and Brandon Klein. Coon, 16, spoke about developing depression after losing her sister to suicide. “Her laugh was contagious. It could make anyone happy even on their worst day,” Coon said of her sister who was 18 years...…
… DECEMBER 12 • 2019 | 19 Philanthropist Donates Millions to Windsor Federation Windsor philanthropist Alan Quesnel presented the Windsor Jewish Federation (WJF) with a more than $2 million donation to sup- port the work of the Jewish community in Windsor and to be distributed to humanitarian organizations in Israel. Quesnel has asked that the WJF reach out to Christians United for Israel (CUFI). “I would like to try in some smal...…
…Jews in the D 20 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 continued on page 22 T hree million Polish Jews died during the Holocaust — more than any other nationality. Many died in Auschwitz- Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp, but others were killed near the villages where they lived. Despite the Holocaust’ s devastating impact on Polish Jewry, Poland as a nation and many of its citizens have for decades waivered and backtracked on ...…
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…22 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 Jews in the D Jan Gross brought the attack to public attention in 2000. The president of Poland apologized to survivors. A public prosecutor re-opened the case, but the perpetrators had died. “The democratic transformation of Poland brought about an ability to talk about it publicly,” he added. But there was a growing backlash to such honesty. “Some Poles asked, ‘ Why do you speak about bad stuff? Why...…
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…24 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 A be Foxman, former national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), drew a large audience Nov. 20 to the Berman Theater to hear his talk on a timely topic: “How to Deal with Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century.” Foxman is a well-known and respected activist. Leaving the ADL in 2015 after nearly three decades of leadership, he helped create in 2016 the Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism, which he le...…
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…26 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019 continued on page 28 Jews in the D B efore it was in vogue for psychiatrists to prescribe brain- based medications for their patients, Alan Rosenbaum, M.D., was researching and incorporating psychotro- pic drugs for his patients in need. That was more than 50 years ago. Today, Rosenbaum, who practices in Farmington Hills, is consid- ered an expert and pioneer in the field. In addition to serving as a cl...…
