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…$200 May 16-22, 2024 / 8-14 Iyar, 5784 JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT thejewishnews.com How to distinguish fact from fiction. See page 8 …

…10 | MAY 16 • 2024 better job at reading between the bias algorithm lines,” Bean says. “Haste makes waste. Even in our personal lives, we should take time to ana- lyze information before we repeat it. Who created it, what was their purpose, were they motivated by profit or special interest?” FAKE NEWS “Fake news” is a phrase used frequently by those who want to foster mistrust of the media. However, the term took on a literal me...…

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…12 | MAY 16 • 2024 citing examples from the Middle Ages, when Jews were blamed for the Black Plague, to the destructive Nazi propa- ganda of the 1930s and ’40s. “People have gone to great lengths to call out Jews as ‘the others’ and foment hatred about everything from what we wear, what we eat and how we pray to how we live or whom we support.” Normandin cites a fabricat- ed and long-discredited 1800s text called The Protocols of ...…

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…14 | MAY 16 • 2024 Academy, says her high school teachers reinforce the digital literacy skills taught at Hillel and provide guidance on finding trustworthy sources for projects where internet research is required. The West Bloomfield School District also weaves media literacy into many aspects of its curriculum. “Our youngest learners explore digital citizenship and how what they see online may or may not be true. As students m...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 15 governmental regulations for technology companies and social media platforms and verifying information before passing it on can help truth triumph over lies. “People are going to have to be even more savvy in this election year to make sure what they’re reading is true,” said Diem. “There are people who are intending to do harm and we need to outsmart them by knowing what to look for and how to validate inform...…

…16 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N D etroit’s Jewish community can rest assured that the next generation of leaders is waiting in the wings. This year, the Jewish News is once again recognizing remarkable teens in our community who excel in academics, sports, activism and tikkun olam — among many other areas. They all have one thing in common — they are making a difference in their communities. Enjoy reading the following snapshots of this y...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 17 J N role while ensuring her fellow teens receive due recognition. Sydney’s commitment to the well-being of her peers and the advancement of the group’s goals makes her a rising star. NAOMI DOPPELT Naomi Doppelt, 16, lives in Huntington Woods and is a rising star at Farber Hebrew Day School, where she is in the 11th grade. Naomi takes the highest level courses offered. As an extremely conscientious student...…

…18 | MAY 16 • 2024 classes at Berkley High School. She is a member of the National Honor Society, the president of the Science Honor Society and is an active participant in the Jewish Student Union at BHS. Shira is a wonderful musician who plays the violin, receiving honors for her musicianship from the MSBOA. Her athletic abilities include sailing and volleyball. She is also involved in theater as a pit musician and auditorium te...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 19 Mazel Tov, Caleb! You are a shining star for our family and we are proud of your accomplishments. You are a bright light in a very difficult world and you honor your Savta Line’s name and memory every day with your beautiful neshama. We love you Eema, Abba, Ayal, Saba and Savta Starr, Saba Line, and Gram Line Jadyn & Sydney We are so incredibly proud of you both and cant wait to see what great things lie...…

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…20 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N C ongregation Beth Shalom members and residents who live nearby were recently shaken by an antisemitic incident in front of their building on Lincoln Drive in Oak Park. At around 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 2, Alicia Nelson drove into the parking lot at the synagogue, where she and her husband, Rabbi Emeritus David Nelson, were planning to drop something off at his office. They parked near the school entran...…

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…22 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N O verall, University of Michigan graduates and family members of the class of 2024 were joyful that their com- mencement ceremonies actually hap- pened. After all, graduation ceremo- nies were canceled at Columbia and USC because of anti-Israel protests. This was the class who had their senior year of high school abruptly halted, their prom and graduation ceremonies a casualty to the COVID pandemic. Still, ...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 23 J N Auditorium to a grinding halt, graduating Wolverines, Jewish or not, were hoping that the university administration would have had a better handle on making sure that this long-an- ticipated commencement day would go off without a hitch. Weeks before graduation, a pro-Palestinian encampment grew on the Diag, making it dif- ficult to traverse, especially for those with mobility issues. There have been reports ...…

…24 | MAY 16 • 2024 “These are supposed to be the happiest, greatest weeks and days of our lives,” Goldstein said. “But anti-Israel protesters have completely taken over the Diag. They shout and spit on Jewish stu- dents when you walk by. The university demonstrated in these weeks that they have prioritized anti-Israel and anti-American terrorists over everyone else.” Goldstein said that on the days leading to graduation, univer...…

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…26 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N WILLIAM DAVIDSON LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: MICHAEL HOROWITZ AND SUSIE PAPPAS Several years ago, Federation established the Lifetime Achievement Award to pay tribute to those who have made a deep and lasting commitment to Federation’s 2024 Awards Night Putting those who give back front and center. JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT OUR COMMUNITY F or over 100 years, the Jewish Federation of Detroit has...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 27 continued on page 28 our local and global Jewish community over a lifetime of service. This award recognizes the longevity of their work, the range of their service and the significant leadership roles they have assumed. These extraordinary individuals have earned a place among the many great leaders of our Detroit community. In 2016, Federation changed the name of the Award to the William Davidson Lifetime...…

…28 | MAY 16 • 2024 She’ll be joining the board of Women’s Philanthropy this year. Julie stays busy juggling her volunteer work, family and career as a senior attorney at Honigman. THE FRANK A. WETSMAN YOUNG LEADERSHIP AWARD: ANDREW SHERMAN In 1961, Lillian Wetsman and her son, William M. Wetsman, established the Frank A. Wetsman Award as a memorial to their beloved husband and father. The award annually recognizes a yo...…

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…MAY 16 • 2024 | 3 J N PURELY COMMENTARY 4-7 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 8 The Disinformation Epidemic How to distinguish fact from fiction. 16 2024 Rising Stars Meet these teens making an impact in their communities. 20 Antisemitic Incident at Beth Shalom Verbal abuse hurled out a car window at synagogue visitors. 22 U-M Graduation Disrupted Pro-Palestinian protesters drown out speakers for m...…

…30 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N J ewish community members looking to expand their passion for sailing or boating can learn more about one of Metro Detroit’s most storied yacht clubs at an upcoming open house. On May 19, Great Lakes Yacht Club will open its doors from 2-4 p.m. for interested individuals to explore the grounds and meet current members. Located on the Nautical Mile, the St. Clair Shores private sail and power boat club has an ...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 31 J N N ow more than ever, we as the Jewish communi- ty need to dig deep and exercise the concept of tikun olam. As we are seeing in the daily news coverage, antisemi- tism has reached a disturbing new level, yet we as a Jewish people continue to stand strong. In this month’s column, you will find many ways to repair the world. It is our responsibility to make the world a better place for this generation and...…

…32 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N T his month’s episode of FedRadioDetroit, brought to you by the Jewish Federation of Detroit and the Detroit Jewish News, is filled with guests who have gone through difficult circumstances yet continue to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives. This impactful episode, co-hosted by Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss, also has a guest interviewer, 15-year-old Lily Liss, granddaughter of Beverly, who interviews her Hol...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 33 J N they’re coming to ask ques- tions, they’re curious, they’re intrigued. Those are the people that we need to interact with and to tell the story for what it is and provide the narrative that’s not necessarily told on the news, ” she added. Zisser-Yogev said Detroit Jewish community members can do three things to advocate for Israel: educate, connect and support. “If you sign up for a program, come with a budd...…

…34 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N S ince Oct. 7, it’s been one thing after the other. Right now, anti-Israel protests on college campuses are the No. 1 story in the country. It’s a toxic envi- ronment on these campuses and in many other sectors of society. In many cases, the Jewish community is bearing the brunt of the toxicity. In these times, it’s important to talk it out. On the evening of May 23, Congregation Shaarey Zedek (CSZ) is hostin...…

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…36 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N W hen the JN featured Royal Oak’s Cole Levine in late 2022, he was gearing up to spend his next eight months in Israel. A year and a half later, Levine, 24, has accomplished that and then some. Levine first headed to Israel in December 2022 and completed his two-week Birthright trip. After that ended, he stayed in Israel and started on the MASA Career Israel internship program, which helps young Jewish ...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 37 A major lesson from Levine’s time in Israel came from the challenge of doing business with people in a foreign country in another language. Levine would often need help with translation while working out final negotiations. “I think the biggest thing I realized, especially as someone who comes from a more business background, is that when you want to get something done and you want to make a deal, there’s...…

…38 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N Three short items: • The awards continue to pile up for former Yale University women’s hockey star Elle Hartje from Bloomfield Hills, a 2019 Jewish News High School Athlete of the Year. Last month, Hartje was named the 2023-24 winner of the Sarah Devens Award, presented annually by ECAC Hockey and Hockey East to a women’s hockey player who “demonstrates leadership and commitment both on and off the ice...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 39 and a popular person in the office and throughout the building. “He’s just a great young man. I’m proud that he plays for us, and proud that I con- sider him a lifelong friend.” Gach is finishing this school year on the Groves boys track and field team after playing baseball in the spring for the Falcons as a freshman and sophomore. He’s running the 100-meter dash and throwing the shot put and doing well in those...…

…4 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N A few days ago, one of my closest friends called to talk about a scene that is unfolding in many families around the country. She noticed that her niece, a col- lege student, had posted an image on Instagram that included Palestinian flags and asked people to donate money to a new “bail fund” that had been set up to pay for students who might get arrested protest- ing against Israel on her campus. My fr...…

…40 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N MAZEL TOV! Grayson Ari Agrest, son of Sandra and Kevin Agrest, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, May 17, 2024. He will be joined in celebration by his brothers, Gabe and Riley. Grayson is the loving grandchild of Irene and Marty Agrest, Maria and Michael Kallen, and the late Gary Greenfield. A student at Clifford Smart Middle School in Commer...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 41 Available from Austin Macauley Publishers, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble, this book is about growing up in Detroit enduring family violence, poverty, and antisemitism. Despite these sad themes, the book is strongly positive. Its goal is to show, through lived experience, how a child can survive a very difficult childhood to become a productive and happy adult. DEFIANCE RESCUING THE SELF AFTER SOUL MURDER Publish...…

…42 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N T ime management is more than management and larger than time. It is about life itself. God gives us one thing above all: life itself. And He gives it to us all on equal terms. However rich we are, there are still only 24 hours in a day, seven days in a week, and a span of years that, however long, is still all too short. Whoever we are, whatever we do, whatever gifts we have, the single most importan...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 43 J N accused me of insincerity and I made you cry, an incident that neither of us can quite forget but that we can’t quite mention either and which has been slowly corroding the trust and love we once had for one another. It is the day that has given us the opportunity, indeed the responsibility, to stop talking of our usual busi- ness and to reopen a case we pretended to have put out of our minds. We are not sat...…

…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...…

…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 Hills (248) 477-1410 ...…

…46 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N ARTS&LIFE OPERA C lassic bass singer Alex Rosen is learning a bit of the Czech language as he takes on two roles in the next production of Detroit Opera — The Cunning Little Vixen, Leoš Janáček’s comedy for audiences of all ages. The opera is presented in the composer’s Czech language accompanied by English super- titles. Consequently, Czech pro- nunciation and interpretation details had to be perfected by ...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 47 know that The Cunning Little Vixen is a show for everybody, ” Rosen said. “It’s about animals, but it’s not really a kids’ show. It’s a show that’s acceptable for kids, but it’s really deep and interesting for any adults that are going to come to see it. “It’s not very long as far as opera goes, but it has so much beautiful musical information and dramatic depth in a seem- ingly simple story. The music sounds li...…

…48 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N W hen Shlomo Brody told a learned colleague that he, Brody, was working on writing a book on Jewish military ethics, the colleague responded, “That’s going to be a very short book.” The colleague had reasons for skepticism. Biblical sources instruct soldiers of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel in response to the norms of war in antiquity; it seems plausible that modern warfare has different norms. For the...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 49 evaluations presented by political leaders, military commanders, academic ethicists and rabbinic scholars, all in clear, direct, readable, compelling prose. Remarkably, as Brody retells the military dilemmas in chronological order, he also presents the issues in conceptual order. He moves from considering which circumstances justify the use of military force and who should make that decision, to whether a preemp...…

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…50 | MAY 16 • 2024 J N BACK TO BLACK, GREEDY PEOPLE, HACKS UPDATE, MORE Back to Black, a big-budget biopic about the famous British jazz/rock singer Amy Winehouse (1983-2011) opens in theaters on May 17. I have written about this film before — noting that Winehouse fans didn’t like the trailers. They expressed doubts about the content and the singing ability of Marisa Abela, 27, who plays Winehouse. I previously noted that A...…

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 51 J N FIBER ART NOW-AUG. 18 At Stamelos Gallery Center, 4901 Evergreen, Dearborn. Free exhibit. Info about hours: 313-593-5087. ‘FIRE & ICE’ 7 PM, MAY 18 (SAT.) At Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township. A culinary adventure with live sushi making, sizzling hibachi dishes, smoked BB and more; fire performers and the “Fiesty Birds;” an open bar. Register: jlive.app/ events/7508. NIGHT OF SONG 8 PM, MAY 18 (SAT...…

…JUST FOR FUN Find the Differences Can you find the five differences in this photo from Repair the World Detroit and Congregation Shir Tikvah’s Empty Bowls event? How did the Jewish onion greet his cousin on Saturday? “Shallot Shalom!” What do you call a fake kugel? An im-pasta. For answers, see next week’s issue. For last week’s puzzle answers, see page 60. Jewish Jokes of the Week 52 | MAY 16 • 2024 …

…MAY 16 • 2024 | 53 Efraim Harari Check out our site: www.thejewishworldofwonderskidsmagazine.com Exploring thE Wild World of AnimAls is prEsEntEd By: What Is That Bubble Under a Frog’s Mouth? the second of the ten makkos that hashem brought upon mitzrayim was Makkas Tzefardei’a, the plague of frogs. All of the makkos were intended to teach the Jews, as well as the Egyptians, that there is a Creator Who is directly concerned and...…

…DOGS OF THE WEEK Isla! Meet I am a female (spayed), 1-year-old, black-and- tan wired-haired terrier mix, weighing about 15 pounds. I have 3 long legs and a long neck, not necessarily characteristic for my breed. Did you notice, my one eye is blue? I went through a lot before coming to Michigan. I was found as a stray, sick and with a fractured front leg. The Texas shelter took care of me and thought it best that they amp...…