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…4 February 14 • 2019 jn Join us for a wonderful evening featuring Annabel Cohen as she demonstrates springtime dishes with her special flair! Don’ t miss this fun night including nosh, wine and Annabel. $22/Members $30/Non-members To RSVP online, go to temple-israel.org/sisterhood Questions? Contact Sari Roland at sarirsisterhood@gmail.com or 248-701-0298 Tuesday, February 26 7 - 9 pm at Temple Israel JOIN US FOR ONE OR ALL CL...…
…Febraury 14 • 2019 5 jn A fter a recent visit to my dentist (Hi, Dr. Krawitz!), I was struck by the number of idi- oms I found in our language that employ the reference to teeth or dental items. So, chew on this. A common weed, the dandelion, gets its name from the French dent de lion (tooth of the lion) for the shape of the “petals.” Dent in French is tooth; hence: dental, den- tist, etc. Now you do not have to give your eye teeth to ...…
…6 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn T he past few months, since the end of working through the Michigan midterm election cycle, I’ ve had a lot of time for self-re- flection. I have evaluated my role as the sole Republican Jewish voice and political orga- nizer in the Michigan Republican Party aside from our chairman, Ronald Weiser. I built relationships with key stakeholders in Wayne County by incorporat- ing my own identity and talking abo...…
…Febraury 14 • 2019 7 jn NEXTGen Detroit welcomes stand-up comedian, actress, producer and TV and radio host Nikki has created and starred in shows and specials on and XM Radio. *In addition to the cost of a ticket, each EPIC guest is required to make a minimum donation of $100 to the Jewish Federation’s 2019 Annual Campaign. Tickets available at jewishdetroit.org/EPIC $60/person* through February 24 $75/person* beginning...…
…8 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn GREENVILLE, S.C. (JTA) — W hen my father was 7 years old, he was placed in an orphanage. His own father had died, and his mother’ s mental illness prevented her from caring for him. Growing up, I heard his stories of “kid prison, ” as he called it, and I dreamed of someday becoming a foster parent able to take children out of an insti- tution and offer them a family. In the spring of 2010, my husband and I ...…
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…10 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn views continued from page 6 Hitler, immigration detention centers and child separations at the border to the separation of families upon arriving to the camps, ICE agents to the Gestapo, the manipulation of the Jewish community into believing that the high Palestinian death toll should serve as a shameful self-reflection of our own casualties in the Holocaust, and so much more. Contextual and situational a...…
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…L ove is not just for Valentine’ s Day. Love can happen when you least expect it, as in the case of these two couples who share their stories with us. Nancy and Manny Kalef are part of a love tri- angle. They love each other without reservation — and they love the Meer Apartments, a senior community in West Bloomfield managed by Jewish Senior Life, where they’ ve lived for almost three years. Both Nancy and Manny married young. His ...…
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…14 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn dressed as a doctor and, at first, Carrie thought he was a real physician. “I said some silly stuff, ” Steve said. “That’ s how I got her. ” Carrie and Steve, both 50, dated for a few years before they decided to marry in 2012. They didn’ t take out a license or register their status with the state, explained Steve’ s JARC care worker, Bernie Tague, because that could have complicated the benefits they rece...…
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…16 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn A ttorney Henry Meyers, a dis- tinguished leader in the Detroit Jewish community, walked his daughter Joan down the aisle when she married her husband, Dr. Robert Jampel, on Oct. 2, 1952. Two months later, when her father died at age 57, city dignitaries attended his funeral service at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Joan’ s mother, Delia Imerman Meyers, missed the wedding entirely. She was 46 and the former p...…
…Febraury 14 • 2019 17 jn JOAN MEYERS JAMPEL Hometown: Bloomfield Hills Education: Highland Park High School and University of Michigan (economics major) Personal achievements: Library chair and coordinator of volunteer services at the JCC’ s Henry and Delia Meyers Library & Media Center since 2000; Temple Beth El board member; a 2013 “Eight over 80” honoree for Jewish Senior Life. Immediate family: Husband, Dr. Robert Jampel, ophtha...…
…18 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn N EXTGen Detroit, the young adult division of the Jewish Federation, returns to The Fillmore in Detroit on March 9 for its premiere annual fundrais- er, EPIC. The event, brought to the community by Sue and Alan J. Kaufman and Family, is a true celebration of the community’ s time-honored tradition of taking care of our fellow Jews and the com- mitment of EPIC guests to carry on that tradition as the young p...…
…Febraury 14 • 2019 19 jn mission of the Federation, which is to take care of the needs of the Jewish people and build a vibrant Jewish future here in Detroit, in Israel and around the world. ” Over the last seven years, EPIC has con- tributed more than $1.5 million to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan’ s Detroit Annual Campaign, last year raising nearly $300,000. “Every year, the EPIC crowd is a mix of young people who have ...…
…20 February 14 • 2019 jn T he Grosse Pointe Jewish Council (GPJC) celebrated its 30th anniversary around Chanukah with an extravaganza complete with music, food and entertainment. The GPJC has grown to 150 families and is an invaluable resource for the small but dedicated members of the Grosse Pointe Jewish community. Over the years, the GPJC has expanded to include a local Sunday school and adult education pro- gramming. It also...…
…February 14 • 2019 21 jn With compassion, expertise and technology, Karmanos offers an A-team of cancer specialists, giving each patient access to the newest and most advanced cancer treatments. Because everybody deserves their best chance to beat cancer. 10 0 % F OC US E D ON HE L PI NG OUR PAT I E NT S AND OUR C OMMUNI T Y . Celebrating the 2019 Honorees SUNDAY , MAY 19 Luncheon 11:30am visit www.jslmi.org or contact Beth Tryon at...…
…22 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn The Well and JN partnered to honor young people impacting the community. O nce again, the community came through with more than 100 nominations for The Well and JN’s 36 Under 36. The nominees were sent to a panel of impartial volunteer judges who had the difficult task of choosing only 36 names from the list of impressive nominees for this year’ s cohort. Here they are, in no particular order. M...…
…Febraury 14 • 2019 23 jn 2019 Class ABBY RUBIN Abby Rubin, 27, of Detroit is a children’ s librarian for the Detroit Public Library at the Campbell Branch. She serves on the NEXTGen Detroit Board of Directors as the chair of the Volunteers Committee and is working on building the Social Justice Committee. She co-chaired NEXTGen’ s Pitch for Detroit kickball tournament for the past two years as well. She is also highly involved w...…
…24 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn AVI SNIDER Avi Snider, 30, of Oak Park, is chair of Oak Park’ s Arts and Cultural Diversity Commission. He leads the city’ s efforts to develop and implement city-wide pro- grams and events that pro- vide access to the performing and creative arts and celebrate cultural diversity. Avi was appointed as chair in 2017 after serv- ing as chair of Oak Park’ s Ethnic Advisory Commission in 2016. This fall, Avi also ...…
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…26 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn continued from page 24 Brought to you by When she is not working, Claudia spends her free time with family and friends, traveling and exploring the city of Detroit. DANIEL WARSH Daniel Warsh, 32, of West Bloomfield, is an in-house corporate attorney at Robert Bosch LLC, where he advises several North American busi- ness units of the company on commercial legal topics. He is a graduate of the Univers...…
…Febraury 14 • 2019 27 jn continued on page 28 role, George led the creation and rede- velopment of award-winning public spaces across the country including Klyde Warren Park (Dallas, Texas), LeBauer Park (Greensboro, N.C.) and Occidental Square (Seattle, Wash.). George is an executive board mem- ber of NEXTGen Detroit, where he founded and chairs the Israel Engagement Committee, chaired Entrée and co-chairs the “ Attract” focus area....…
…28 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn Brought to you by JOSH SKLAR Josh Sklar, 27, is a Detroit native who is passionate about the city’ s revitalization move- ment and has played a key role in both its Jewish community and startup ecosystem. Josh currently leads a team of engineers at StockX, a startup in Detroit he joined as the 20th team member and that now employs more than 500 people. Before StockX, Josh worked at many different startup...…
…Febraury 14 • 2019 29 jn Hope has a home: The University of Michigan Prechter Bipolar Research Program What causes bipolar disorder — the dangerous manic highs and devastating lows? Our scientists and research participants are committed to finding answers and effective personalized treatments. Be a source of hope for bipolar disorder. Join us: Right now, gifts are being matched up to $5 million. PrechterProgram.org 734-763-4895 ...…
…30 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn continued from page 28 Brought to you by on special projects supporting the growth of Detroit’ s startup scene. Lauren serves on the board of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue and as a co-chair of Chabad Young Professionals for Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit, working with them to spin up a series of dinner parties in unique locations around the city. She is a Moishe House Without Walls host, a mem- ...…
…Febraury 14 • 2019 31 jn continued on page 32 Rachel lives with her husband, Greg Glickfeld, and their son in Huntington Woods. She looks for- ward to expanding her repertoire of events and continuing to serve the Jewish community. RICKI FRIEDMAN Ricki Friedman, 30, is a life coach, moti- vational speaker and founder of BREAK the Weight, where she coaches people to BREAK the Weight in their lives — physically, mentally and emoti...…
…32 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn Brought to you by annual Give Green Day to recent Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit cam- paigns. Flow Video’ s portfolio also includes Wayne State University, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss P.C., Bloomfield Hills Schools, Level One Bank and other businesses, schools and nonprofits. He especially loves working with local Jewish organizations such as Friendship Circle, Hillel Day School and Jewish Commun...…
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…Hillel Day School past presidents David Feber, Bob Canvasser, Steve Margolin and Jim Berger, Head of School Steve Freedman, past president Nancy Adler and Ellen Folbe, current board president at the groundbreaking Jan. 16 for a 6,000-square-foot expansion to the school’ s Early Childhood Center. Lead gifts are from the Samuel and Jean Frankel Jewish Heritage Foundtaion and the William Davidson Foundation. Ilana Liss and Emily Hunegs ...…
…Febraury 14 • 2019 35 jn moments C athy and Mark Segel of West Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the engagement of their son Joshua Baron Segel to Bora Kim, daughter of Weekyung Hwang and Shinsop Kim of Seoul, Korea. Bora graduated from Columbia University, majoring in financial engi- neering and is an investment associate at Perella Weinberg Partners. Joshua graduated from University of Michigan with a business degree and is a v...…
…36 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn Hockey Event Benefits Jamie Daniels Foundation K en Daniels has been the voice of the Detroit Red Wings for 22 seasons, calling games as the team’ s play-by-play announcer. In the past few years, Daniels has become a voice for something that isn’ t a game. He’ s fighting the scourge of opioid addiction in the country that has claimed thousands of lives includ- ing his son Jamie Daniels, who died in 2016 at...…
…Febraury 14 • 2019 37 jn I often find people come to me to express their belief that much of Torah is irrel- evant in their life, that it is out- dated. That Jews in the modern world, without a Mishkan or Temple, have little to learn from much of the Torah. This week’ s portion appears, at first glance, to be one of these sections. Tetzaveh dis- cusses four main things: the eternal light, the priestly gar- ments, ordination of the ...…
…38 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn Anti-Semitism Envoy Finally Appointed Trump’ s new anti-Semitism monitor comes with diverse skills. E lan Carr’ s career, until now, has been equal parts prosecutor, policy wonk, politico and per- formance artist. That makes him perfect for his new job as the State Department’ s special envoy to monitor anti-Semitism. He was appointed last week. Ira Forman, Carr’ s predecessor, who has been leading call...…
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…S o many tickets, so few left. If you didn’ t purchase the Broadway in Detroit subscription by the time Something Rotten opened at the Fisher Theatre in September, you were basically SOL (Severely Out of Luck) at being guaranteed a Hamilton ticket. “When we announced last year that Hamilton was going to be in our season, our subscription orders spiked. In fact, having Hamilton as part of our seven-show series helped us double ...…
…Rabbi Emeritus Arnie Sleutelberg. “We became friends over the years. I had the privilege of officiating the baby namings of their two children in New York and was invited to the Tony Awards the year Jeffrey’ s show Avenue Q won Best Musical. “Twenty years ago, Jeffrey arranged for Shir Tikvah to purchase the premier night of Rent when it came to the Fisher Theatre as a fundraiser. He was pleased Shir Tikvah was open and inclusiv...…
…42 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER tv arts&life S ome Michigan men with grown children could very well be reminded of the kind of friendship group they shared in their younger years as they watch an upcoming epi- sode of The Goldbergs. Bruce Kaczander will definitely be one of them. His grown son, Aaron Kaczander, a writer and co-producer for the ABC sit- com, has taken elements from his dad’ s stories of...…
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…44 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn NOTEWORTHY TV AND STREAMING PROGRAMS Starting on Feb. 15 on Fox (9 p.m.) is the legal drama Proven Inno- cent. It stars Rachel Lefevre, 39, as Madeline Scott, a fi erce attorney who leads a team to exonerate the wrongly convicted. The back story is that Scott was the defendant in a high-pro- fi le case, was wrongly con- victed, spent 10 years in jail, and eventually was proved innocent. In court, she frequ...…
…Febraury 14 • 2019 45 jn THURSDAY, FEB. 14 LEARN WITH A RABBI 7 pm, Feb. 14. At Temple Emanu-El, 14450 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park. Four-session opportunity to learn with the rabbi. Through Feb. 28, Rabbi Matt Zerwekh will lead Pirkei Avot classes. RSVP to TempleFamily@emanuel-mich. org. FRIDAY, FEB. 15 KIDZONE VACATION 9 am-4 pm, Feb. 15, Feb. 18 and Feb. 19. At the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor. Fun and adventure for c...…
…CAREGIVER SUPPORT 5:30-7 pm, Feb. 18. The Dorothy & Peter Brown Adult Day Program holds free monthly family caregiver support group meetings. At JVS, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield. For information or to RSVP, contact Dorothy Moon, 248-233-4392, dmoon@jvsdet.org. TUESDAY, FEB. 19 SIMPLY DANCE 11 am, Feb. 19. At JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Led by Christine Stewart; no partner necessary. Cost: $7. Info: 248-432- 5467. HIS...…
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…48 Febraury 14 • 2019 jn on the go DROP IN & LEARN 1 pm, Feb. 20. Lectures on DVD at Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. Free and open to the community; no reservations needed. Now through March 6: “My Jewish Mt. Rushmore: Four Figures Who Changed the Course of Jewish History,” featuring Prof. Howard N. Lupovitch (DVDs of lecture series originally presented in July 2018). Feb. 20: “Part 2: Nachmanides and the Importance of Compromise.” 50...…
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