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…58 | JULY 13 • 2023 MAZEL TOV! HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th. For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@thejewishnews.com or (248) 3...…
…JULY 13 • 2023 | 59 Mazel tov to our honorees! We appreciate the impact you’ve made in our community Mazel tov to our honorees! We appreciate the impact you’ve made in our community and your efforts in helping us further our mission. and your efforts in helping us further our mission. Lifetime Achievement Award Norman R. Keane Diana Mukh Lifetime Achievement Award Norman R. Keane Elaine Polevoy Employee of the Year Patti Nemer Leon...…
…6 | JULY 13 • 2023 1942 - 2023 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week 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 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detro...…
…60 | JULY 13 • 2023 O ne of the hardest tasks of any leader — from prime ministers to parents — is conflict resolution. Yet it is also the most vital. Where there is leadership, there is long- term cohesiveness within the group, whatever the short-term problems. Where there is a lack of leadership — where leaders lack authority, grace, generosity of spirit and the ability to respect positions other than their own — then there is...…
…JULY 13 • 2023 | 61 understood the proposal and they are ready to stand by it. He extracts from them agreement to a tenai kaful, a double condition, both positive and negative: If we do this, these will be the consequences, but if we fail to do this, those will be the consequences. He asks that they affirm their commitment. The two tribes agree. Conflict has been averted. The Reubenites and Gadites achieve what they want but the int...…
…Synagogue Directory METRO DETROIT CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com B’nai Israel Synagogue West Bloomfield (248) 432-2729 bnaiisraelwb.org Congregation B’nai Moshe West Blo...…
…JULY 13 • 2023 | 63 Temple Emanu-El Oak Park (248) 967-4020 emanuel-mich.org Temple Israel West Bloomfield (248) 661-5700 temple-israel.org Temple Kol Ami West Bloomfield (248) 661-0040 tkolami.org Temple Shir Shalom West Bloomfield (248) 737-8700 shirshalom.org REFORM/RENEWAL Congregation Shir Tikvah Troy (248) 649-4418 shirtikvah.org SECULAR/HUMANISTIC Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit Farmington H...…
…64 | JULY 13 • 2023 ARTS&LIFE MUSIC B eloved Metro Detroit summer music festival Concert of Colors is back for its 31st annual event. Taking place July 19-23 in and around Detroit’s cultural district and at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the free global music diversity festival will feature food vendors, films, poetry, lectures and, of course, more than four dozen music performers, including local and national Jewish names. Headlin...…
…JULY 13 • 2023 | 65 “ As Concert of Colors celebrates its 31st year as Detroit’s largest, free inclusivity festival, we have made the decision to go back to the festival’s roots — hosting it primarily outdoors, ” festival founder Ismael Ahmed said. “The festival once again brings the most talented musicians from their respective countries into Detroit to offer the region a chance to hear music from around the world. Historically, the...…
…66 | JULY 13 • 2023 T wenty-seven years before he converted to Judaism, Detroit native Curtis Armstrong was already acquainted with how small a shtiebel is. That is because when he made his off-Broadway debut in 1980, the 1975 graduate of the Academy of Dramatic Art (ADA) at Oakland University in Rochester was cast as a young Irish revo- lutionary who was hiding in an old Jewish merchant’s room upstairs (If you didn’t know, sh...…
…JULY 13 • 2023 | 67 Business launch the careers of Armstrong, Bronson Pinchot, Rebecca DeMornay and Joe Pantoliano, it made its largely unknown 19-year- old leading man Tom Cruise a star. The 40th anniversary of the movie’s release is on Aug. 5. “I never thought I’d have a movie career,” Armstrong recalls. “I was a New York stage actor. I thought the movie would just be a fluke.” Armstrong was so sure that he would never make ...…
…68 | JULY 13 • 2023 ARTS&LIFE FILM it,” he adds. “I wanted to be up on the bimah and take part in the ceremony.” Retired Rabbi John Rosove, who is the former spiritual leader at Temple Israel of Hollywood — before recently moving to New York, the Armstrong clan resided in Los Feliz, California — remembers the family very well. Lily even went to the temple’s Briskin Elementary Day School. “He took his conversion seriously,” sa...…
…JULY 13 • 2023 | 69 THEATER CAMP, A VERY KOSHER MOVIE; BARBIE AND THE HARDY BOYS Theater Camp opens in theaters on July 14 and it is really a “tribe fest.” Here’s the capsule plot: The director and founder (Amy Sedaris) of a scrappy arts camp in upstate New York falls into a coma. Her “out-to-lunch” son takes over as camp director. He joins forces with a band of eccentric camp teachers to put on their big summer show. The most...…
…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com JULY 13 • 2023 | 7 Another exciting development for Israeli transportation is self- driving buses, where the Transportation Ministry, the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) and Ayalon Highways are collaborating to promote an autonomous bus pilot, another milestone to the revolutionary vision of fully automated public tra...…
…70 | JULY 13 • 2023 ‘SPONGE BOB’ STAGED NOW-JULY 23 Stagecrafters Youth Theatre Presents The SpongeBob Musical at the Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak. Sponge Bob and his fellow citizens of Bikini Bottom are facing the destruction of their under- sea world. Autographs after the show. Tickets: youth $10, adults $15, plus $3 fee per ticket. Tickets can be purchased online at stage- crafters.org or by phone at 248-541-6...…
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…the exchange community bulletin board | professional services For information regarding advertising please call 248-351-5116 or 248-234-9057 or email salessupport@thejewishnews.com Deadline for ad insertion is 9 a.m. on Friday prior to publication. 72 | JULY 13 • 2023 Aaron Mendelson Heating and Cooling, LLC. 248-855-0437 Cell: 248-912-2292 License # 7118488 Maintenance, Installation, Repair & Hot Water Heaters Ajmendelson1@gmail.c...…
…JULY 13 • 2023 | 73 c. 1990 BEVERLY AVADENKA, 89, of Southfield, died June 30, 2023. She is survived by her children, Lynne Avadenka and Marc Sussman, Beth Avadenka, Eve Avadenka and Hardy Segall, and LiPing Cai and Zhengyu Tang; grand- children, Max Sussman and Kate McCabe, Eli and Maya Sussman, Mitchell Segall and Lexie Piet, Nathan Segall and Jennifer Schoenbart, Roxanne Segall and Steven Reinholm, Drew Siebarth, and Edwa...…
…74 | JULY 13 • 2023 our world that won’t let get overlooked. She had a brilliant mind and was cognizant till the very end. Ms. Cohen is survived by her father, George Cohen; sister and brother-in-law, Michelle and Jeff Gilbert; niec- es, Ashley and Gabby Gilbert; many loving aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends. She was the devoted daugh- ter of the late Joanie Cohen. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contribution...…
…JULY 13 • 2023 | 75 Erlich, and Jacob and Noah Ziff; sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Murray Goldenberg; broth- ers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Fred and Pat Erlich, and Stewart and Beverly Erlich; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mrs. Erlich was the devoted daughter of the late Sarah and the late Martin Switzer. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Heart to Heart Hospice Foundation...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 76 | JULY 13 • 2023 Gartner and Parker Gartner. She was the beloved wife of the late Albert Gaines; proud grandmother of the late Michael Gartner. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. BENJAMIN “BENJIE” GORBACK, 71, of Franklin, died June 30, 2023. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Faye Gorba...…
…JULY 13 • 2023 | 77 stepbrothers-in-law, Neil and Laurie Kleid, Esther and Rabbi Jose Gomez, Dovid Kleid; step-father, Jay Barry; loving nieces, nephews and friends. Mrs. Kleid was the loving daughter and daughter-in-law of the late Sidney Barack, the late Adell Kleid. Contributions may be made to Young Israel of Oak Park, 15140 W . 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237; Farber Hebrew Day School, 21100 W . 12 Mile Road, Southfield, MI...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 78 | JULY 13 • 2023 The Man Who Gave Us the Pentagon Papers T he subject of classified documents has received a lot of press over the past few months. First and foremost, there is President Donald Trump’s handling, or rather mishandling, of top-secret documents at his Mar- a-Lago retreat. Along the way, a few class...…
…8 | JULY 13 • 2023 analysis Supreme Court Ruling in Sabbath Job Accommodation Case Has Far-Reaching Significance for Jews I n a case that drew support from a broad array of Jewish groups, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that employers had to show a “substantial” burden to deny workers religious accommodation. In a decision released on June 29, the Court sided with Gerald Groff, an evangelical Christian mail carrier who asked ...…
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…$200 April 20-26, 2023 / 29 Nisan – 5 Iyar 5783 JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT thejewishnews.com Preserving Our History Two Jewish archives join forces as the new Jampel Center for Michigan Jewish Heritage. See page 14 …
…10 | APRIL 20 • 2023 guest column Senseless S enseless. The cold-blooded murder of three peaceful women, Lucy Dee, 48, and two of her four daughters, Maya, age 20, and Rina, age 16, was a senseless act of … lunacy. These women were my neighbors; we lived in the apartment upstairs from them. Their sister Tali babysits for my young children, and their father and I are friends, and we spent much time in shul together. The attack o...…
…APRIL 20 • 2023 | 11 You’re Invited to the Israel Party 75 Years in the Making Don’t miss our Yom Ha’Atzmaut party for the entire community of all affiliations. $10 per person. Children 5 and under free. Register today: jewishdetroit.org/75 Thursday, April 27, 5:00 pm | Congregation Shaarey Zedek 5 PM Activities and booths for all ages and kosher Israeli food 6 PM Official Israel@75 Celebration 6:30 PM A special show by world-renowned ...…
…12 | APRIL 20 • 2023 opinion When Is Enough, Enough? O ver 30 years ago I completed my presidency of the community relations agency of the Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit, an organization now known as JCRC/ AJC. Thinking about the future and reflecting that I had just spent three years building bridges with the leadership in both political parties and the leaders of the community’s religious and ethnic groups, I contact...…
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…APRIL 20 • 2023 | 15 PHOTOS BY JAMIE FELDMAN M ichigan’s Jewish history began during the late 1700s when Jewish traders arrived in the state. By 1850, a small group of German Jews organized Detroit’s first Jewish congregation — Temple Beth El. With a history dating back more than 200 years, it’s not surprising that Detroit’s two major Jewish archives hold a vast array of historic records. Jewish Federation’s Leonard N. Simons Je...…
…Currently, Laura Gottlieb, the temple’s director of cultural resources, serves that role. According to Gottlieb, college students, professors doing research for books, architectural researchers interested in Albert Kahn (a Temple Beth El board member) and Minoru Yamasaki, the famous architect who designed the current temple, use the Archives, as well as those with genealogy questions or an interest in Michigan Jewish history. The Le...…
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…that preserve the heritage of Jewish Michigan, ” Terman adds. Additional collections besides those of Federation and Temple Beth El are maintained there as well. Organizations that want to join the Center can retain ownership of their collections and allow the Center for Michigan Jewish Heritage to maintain them or deed ownership to the Center. Terman adds that Federation and Temple Beth El thought that combining the collections into...…
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…20 | APRIL 20 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY F rankel Jewish Academy (FJA) is holding its Annual Gala on Thursday, May 11, spotlighting two honorees — David Kurzmann as the distinguished alumni honoree and Pat Anderson as the distinguished staff honoree. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a strolling dinner in the lobby of the JCC. The event will then move to the Berman Center. As in years past, attendees will hear from school le...…
…APRIL 20 • 2023 | 21 J HSM (Jewish Historical Society of Michigan) announces Howard Lupovitch will receive the 2023 Leonard N. Simons History- Maker Award. A fourth-genera- tion Detroiter, Lupovitch is pro- fessor of history and director of the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University. The annual award recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to the enrich- ment, conservation, knowledge and...…
…22 | APRIL 20 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY A merican Jews can no longer afford to harbor illusions about how insulated or protected they might be from antisemitism — the pernicious, historic and often deadly hatred, acknowledged as the world’s oldest. Even close to home, in Detroit’s affluent suburbs, anti-Jewish thought, speech and actions are on the rise. Which is why Temple Israel of West Bloomfield will be sponsoring an evening M...…
…APRIL 20 • 2023 | 23 Temple Israel is thrilled to welcome keynote speaker, Bari Weiss, and featured guest, Mitch Albom, for a fascinating evening as a part of our TI4Israel program series. Join us for riveting conversation with these two renowned authors and journalists as it relates to the growing dangers of antisemitism and antizionism. Wednesday, May 3, 2023 TI4Israel is generously supported by The Miriam z”l and Dr. Isaac Barr Is...…
…24 | APRIL 20 • 2023 S ome educators leave a legacy to their students. History teacher Gennadiy Grigorievich Bosovets of David-Horodok in Belarus takes it one inspirational step further. He initiated the creation of a monument in remembrance of the Jewish descendants of David-Horodok in the town square. Many of the descendants today, fondly known as David-Horodokers, live in Metro Detroit. The Detroit David-Horodok Org...…
…APRIL 20 • 2023 | 25 The Facebook page of the Descendants of David-Horodok connects landsmen and friends worldwide. When former Detroiter Cheri Eisenberg, currently living in Atlanta, visited David-Horodok in 2010 with more than 100 David-Horodokers, she was enthralled by the history. “The trip greatly impacted me, and in 2013, I was motivated to start a Facebook page to connect other landsmen.” Many of her relatives perished in David...…
…26 | APRIL 20 • 2023 T he Michigan Department of Trans- portation has long planned to replace the Victoria Park Overpass Bridge of I-696 in Oak Park. Project manager Abdul Siddiqui, a senior project and contracts management engineer at MDOT, expects the demolition and reconstruction, to begin in the spring of 2025, and to conclude by the fall or winter of 2026. Motorists on I-696 notice huge icicles hanging from the bridge. Th...…
…APRIL 20 • 2023 | 27 also want to congregate under some pavilions, to have pic- nics there in the shade. ” Another item on the wish list is access to restrooms, “which obviously we cannot put on the bridge itself, but we are looking into the possibility of locating them just off the bridge” in adjacent areas, he says. Before those plans get finalized, Siddiqui anticipates at least one additional public meeting this month, probabl...…
