…August 15 • 2019 29 jn moments J ane Smitt of Birmingham and Harvey Hollander of Las Vegas, Nev., together with Robert and Jacqueline Hoffman of West Bloomfield, are elated to announce the engagement of their children Julia Beth Hollander and Jared Daniel Hoffman. Julia graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor of science degree and went on to pursue a nursing degree at Wayne State University. She is employed as a labor a...…
…30 August 15 • 2019 jn Hearing The Inner Music M usic is a fascinating thing. Everyone loves it, but what is music? What takes ordinary sound and converts it into something transforma- tive, something that can make you smile, something that can make you cry? Read the lyrics of your favorite song. On paper, they seem dry, one-dimensional and flat. Set them to music and they become alive, the portal through which you can soar to ...…
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…32 August 15 • 2019 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Behind the Women’s Vote Author brings grassroots activists alive for a centennial nod to the 19th Amendment. A s women’ s issues — from pay equity to sexual harassment — influence the 2020 political season, so does the centennial com- memoration of the Constitutional Amendment giving women voting powers to influence those issues. Elaine Weiss, an award-winning journal- ist w...…
…August 15 • 2019 33 jn benefiting Orchards Children’ s Services. In the book, supplemented with pictures of the times, the main lead- ers include Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader of the National American Woman Suffrage Association; Alice Paul, a leader of the National Woman’ s Party; and Sue Shelton White, a lieutenant of Alice Paul. ANTI-SUFFRAGE LEADERS Weiss explains why some women, including Josephine Pearson of Tennessee, were w...…
…34 August 15 • 2019 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER T he Yellowjackets and the Sencalar/ Glassman Quintet share a love for jazz performance and teaching about their favorite style, but they bring a range of differences to music stages and classrooms. While the Yellowjackets ensemble has built a 35-year career with 24 albums (two win- ners out of 17 Grammy nominations) and its members work with college students, the quintet is i...…
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…36 August 15 • 2019 jn celebrity jews arts&life WOODSTOCK 50TH Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation is a new offering in the PBS American Experience series. It premieres Saturday, Aug. 17, at 8 p.m. (KQED). The film is directed by and co-written by Barak Goodman, 56, who helmed several very good documentaries and has been Emmy- and Oscar-nominated. Goodman uses interviews with concertgoers, musicians, festival produce...…
…August 15 • 2019 37 jn people | places | events on the go continued on page 38 BEE FEST Head to the Belle Isle Nature Center, which will be buzzing from excitement from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. while it celebrates National Honey Bee Day. The event features beekeeper talks, arts and crafts, local honey tasting, demonstrations on planting and maintaining a bee-friendly garden, and a children’ s bee costume parade. Musical performances by singer, s...…
…on the go 38 August 15 • 2019 jn TRAVEL INFO SESSION 7 pm, Aug. 20. At the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center, room 205. Two tour guides, Rabbi Mitch Parker and Dr. Jaemi Loeb, will discuss the seven-day Caribbean cruise set for Feb. 2-9, 2020. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP: Marilyn Wolf, 248- 432-5471 or mwolfe@jccdet.org. Free event. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21 MOVIE MATINEE 1 pm, Aug. 21. At the Jewish Community Center in W...…
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…40 August 15 • 2019 jn J osh Gershonowicz looks out at the world through sky blue eyes and sees the vast opportunities in Detroit, the city he is proud to call home. At 34, he sits at the helm of a nimble young com- pany he founded seven years ago now poised to envision, create, launch and rebuild business in the digital age. “We’ re well prepared for rapid growth, ” he says. “ And I look for col- leagues and employees who are ready, ...…
…August 15 • 2019 41 jn Recipe for Success Desire for gluten-free baked goods led to business. W hen Jessica Mindell started Jessica’ s Natural Foods in 2009, she never expected it to be something she would still be doing 10 years later. The company has grown from its roots in Mindell’ s home in Birmingham to sales in more than 30 states and is featured in major gro- cery store chains such as Whole Foods and Wegman’ s. All the compa...…
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…44 August 15 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory KATHY BARTOS, 67, of Royal Oak, died Aug. 11, 2019. She is survived by her sons, Zachary Rovinsky and Elliot Rovinsky; her for- mer husband, Robert Rovinsky. She was the devoted daughter of the late Eva and the late Miklos Bartos. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center, 4100 John R, Detroit, MI 48201, giving@karmanos....…
…August 15 • 2019 45 jn soul of blessed memory and Melissa Munson, Justin and Lauren Grant, and Jordan Grant; great-grandchildren, Kate Grant, Alexa Munson, Ethan Munson, Emelia Grant and Lukas Grant; sister and brother-in-law, Nancy and Max Spector. Mr. Grant was the cherished father of the late Ronald Grant; the loving brother of the late Al and the late Bertha Grant, and the late Ernie Grant. Interment was at Hebrew Memorial ...…
…46 August 15 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory continued from page 45 beloved Noreen Kasle; daughter of the late William and the late Rebecca Lewis; sister of the late Albert and the late Melvin Lewis. A celebration of her wonderful life was held at Sharp Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 6063 Fenton Road, Flint, with Rabbi Yisroel Weingarten and Mr. Leonard Meizlish officiating. Interment followed at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributio...…
…August 15 • 2019 47 jn Kranig and Brad Kranig; grandchildren, Mitchell and Connor Kranig; brother and sister-in-law, Victor Norris and Ronda Barak; nephew and niece, Max Norris and Jessica Norris. Mrs. Shawn was the beloved wife of the late Roland M. Philipp; the devoted daughter of the late Harold and the late Frances Norris. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Com...…
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…August 15 • 2019 49 jn Danny Raskin Senior Columnist raskin the best of everything Japanese-Inspired Deliciousness A new restaurant, only open a year, is already creating waves of interest because of its innovation and tech- nique … This is the new Adachi Restaurant that opened on South Old Woodward, cor- ner of Brown, Birmingham. Imagine a Japanese-inspired eatery where you can, if wanted, also enjoy shared plates of prime ribeye st...…
…L . Brooks Patterson passed away last week on Aug. 3. For the last 26 years, he was the Oakland County Executive, the chief official for one of the richest counties in America as well as the county in which most Metro Detroit Jews live. Suffice it to say, whether one liked Patterson or not, his passing is certainly the end of an era. Like many longtime, successful leaders, Patterson was controversial … to say the least. Writer Ben F...…
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…frontlines Young Musical Prodigy Lands A Record Deal Leslie Spector JN Intern M usical prodigy Henry Plotnick, 12, started play- ing piano when he was 4 years old. He fell in love with the instrument and realized music was his calling. "Even before I started playing piano I was obsessed with turntables and stereos:' said Plotnick of San Francisco, who has ties to Metro Detroit. Over the past year, he discovered musical composers, such as...…
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…metro >> on the cover On The Airwaves Shelley Dube reprises her DJ job at Israel's revived Voice of Peace radio, now an Internet station. Don Cohen I Contributing Writer CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 A 1983 Israeli newspaper profiles the Voice of Peace radio station and its staff, including Shelley Sherman (now Dube), center, the only woman then broadcasting from the Peace Ship in the Mediterranean Sea. Now, instead of being the only woman on th...…
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…metro Bike Fest Birmingham event promises races, family fun and a fundraiser. D owntown Birmingham will once as the cycling representative for the Multi- again be the hub of an exhilarat- Modal Plan. ing day of amateur and profes- "Even the most experienced riders are sional road racing, a bike fair and bike injured when there is not a proper under- safety clinics during the Birmingham Bike standing between bikers and cars about Festival f...…
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