…MAY 18 • 2023 | 89 seeking a role model who will show the world what it is to live in faithful response to the word of God. He finds it in Abraham and Sarah. Act 2 is told in Genesis 12-50. The new order is based on family and fidelity, love and trust. But this, too, begins to unravel. There is tension between Esau and Jacob, between Jacob’s wives Leah and Rachel, and between their children. Ten of Jacob’s children sell the 11th,...…
…The Teen Board is a project of The Jewish Fund. The Jewish Fund was established in 1997 from the sale proceeds of Sinai Hospital to the Detroit Medical Center. Sinai Hospital was a Jewish community funded facility that grew into one of metropolitan Detroit’s top health care institutions. As a legacy of Sinai Hospital, The Jewish Fund continues the tradition of assuring quality and compassionate care for those in need in Metropolitan Detro...…
…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...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 91 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 Hi...…
…92 | MAY 18 • 2023 I t’s been 25 years since photojournalist Linda Solomon experienced concert preparation with Aretha Franklin as the noted singer rehearsed for a one-time performance with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Now Solomon shares those experiences by exhibiting some 50 images in the atrium and display area of the concert hall as the symphony dedicates a program — “Respect: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin” — with presentati...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 93 continued on page XX “She knew I respected her family as much as I respected her, ” Solomon explained. “She enjoyed opening up the paper and seeing a photo of her sister, niece or brother, and I was never intrusive. ” Because people did not have cell phones in the early years of Franklin’s success, Solomon was able to have some very singular pictures and presented them in a 2019 book, The Queen Next Door: Aretha...…
…94 | MAY 18 • 2023 O n opening day of her painting exhibit at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Terry Matlen was thrilled that about a third of her 21 paintings sold and will be distributed when the exhibit ends on June 1. In the meantime, she hopes there will be more interested buyers because she established the autobiographical exhibit to relate to viewers and help them recognize their own ways of life and how they reached...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 95 THEATER Divorced, Beheaded, Died: History is about to get overthrown. I f you’re expecting to actually see Henry VIII in the 23-time award-winning musical romp known as SIX, think again. “We don’t need Henry in this show,” SIX cast member Taylor Pearlstein boldly exclaims about the “Historemix” of Henry VIII’s six ex-wives. The global Queendom comes to Detroit’s Fisher Theatre May 23-June 11. Penned by Toby Marlo...…
…96 | MAY 18 • 2023 learning how to see and how artists would see,” Matlen said. “The next assignment was to paint what we saw. I started taking more and more classes from her, and she believed in me and encouraged me to continue.” Matlen thought she would become an art teacher and studied for that at Wayne State University. At one point, she realized artistic teaching would not be for her and moved on to working in her stepfather’s jew...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 97 THE FOCUS THIS WEEK IS THREE TALENTED JEWISH WOMEN The week of May 18-24 is a rare week: It doesn’t have a movie or series premiere with a strong Jewish connection. This gives me the chance to focus on three women who, coincidentally, have similar Jewish family backgrounds. All three have recent projects that I haven’t mentioned before. If you use Roku to stream channels, as I do, you know that Roku is offer...…
…98 | MAY 18 • 2023 JFS SPOTLIGHT 7 PM, MAY 18 Fr. Patrick Desbois, a Roman Catholic priest, Holocaust researcher and human rights activist, will share his story at Jewish Family Service’s Spotlight Event at Temple Israel. Dollars raised enable Jewish Family Service to address the greatest needs of the community and continue serving the most vulnerable. Ticket info: 248- 592-2339 or givingjfsdetroit. org. BIM BOM BABY 10-11 AM,...…
…Subsidized tickets are available for $20 per person and include art materials, instruction from the artists and snacks. Register: jlive. app/events/4596. We never want cost to be a barrier to participation; reach out to Erica (erica@ meetyouatthewell.org) for financial assistance. SUMMER KICKOFF 2-3:30 PM, MAY 21 At Drake Sports Park in West Bloomfield. Organized by Camp Young Judaea Midwest. Open to the Jewish community in Det...…
