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…$200 Dec. 19-25, 2024 / 18-24 Kislev 5785 JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT thejewishnews.com See page 20 Chanukah! Happy …

…10 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 attacked in this way, and it is because I am Jewish. ” REACTION TO THE VANDALISM Public officials from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, State Senate President Jeremy Moss to U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar released statements decrying the vandalism. On Monday, the University of Michigan Department of Public Affairs described it as a “clear act of antisemit- ic intimidation. ” The ...…

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…A fter two-and-a-half decades at its current location in Hunter’s Square in Farmington Hills, Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum is finally saying goodbye — but not for good. It isn’t game over just yet for the iconic vintage arcade, attraction and family hangout that’s served Metro Detroit’s Jewish community since its initial founding in 1980, when it was originally located at Tally Hall. After Tally Hall closed, the museum move...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 13 J N WED, JAN 1 | 7 PM PISTONS.COM/JEWISHHERIT AGE JEWISH HERIT AGE NIGHT PUZZLE ANSWERS Solution to puzzle in 12/12/24 issue. 1. Window background changed 2. Rectangle on Ada’s pants changed color 3. Wheel missing on walker 4. Santa Hat addded 5. Scarf added …

…14 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N O n Sunday, Nov. 24, Hillel Day School hosted an art installation and dedication ceremony of a beautiful mosaic made in loving memory of Samantha Woll, created by artists Gail Kaplan and Dani Katsir, along with direct input from her family and friends. The artwork honors Woll’s incredible legacy, which includes a deep dedication to mitzvot and an unwavering passion for fostering unity and community. It wa...…

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…16 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 garments and ancient coins, representing prosperity and beauty. There are three pomegranates, which amounts to more than 1,800 mitzvot, reflective of Woll’s many mitzvot as well as those of her friends and family. There’s the image of the etrog, which refers to the heart, the place of understanding and wisdom. The dove represents peace and unity, holding the olive branch. The grapes signify harmony and the f...…

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…18 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N O n Christmas Day, hundreds of volunteers from the Detroit Jewish community will par- ticipate in Mitzvah Day, a long-stand- ing tradition where the Jewish commu- nity spends the day giving back by vol- unteering with local nonprofits across the Metro area. Volunteers will spread out across 17 service sites, including food pan- tries, shelters and community centers. Projects range from preparing and serving...…

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…I t’s our favorite day of the year at the Detroit Jewish News when we get to judge the winners of our annual Chanukah Art Contest. We celebrate with a holiday lunch and marvel at all the talented young artists we have in our community. This year, one submission stood out: Our first-place winner in the older age group and grand-prize winner Emily Rosenberg’s depiction of a hand lighting the chanukiah on a winter’s evening. Emily is ...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 21 J N AGES 11 AND OLDER First Place Emily Kelman, age 10, Beverly Hills 2 Second Place: Sappho Dieve, age 11, Ann Arbor 3 Third Place: Leah Gottfried, age 11, Southfield Second Place Emma Grant, age 10, West Bloomfield Third Place Tamar Gottfried, age 9, Southfield 1 AGES 8-10 2 3 continued on page 23 …

…22 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N C hanukah Wonderland is back and ready to dazzle. Opening to the public at select times from Dec. 25 through Jan. 1 (Wednesday to Wednesday), this magical event promises a spec- tacular mix of fun-filled crafts, excit- ing activities, mouthwatering holiday foods and endless Chanukah joy for all ages. This year’s Wonderland will take place in the heart of Hunter’s Square in Farmington Hills, in the space ...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 23 First Place Olive Kelman, age 7, Beverly Hills Second Place Talia Margolis, age 6, West Bloomfield 1 AGES 7 AND UNDER 2 3 Third Place Mirial Midler, age 3, Goodrich continued from page 21 COVER STORY As featured on: Need Help with an IRS or State Tax Problem? Call the experts at 1-800-TAX-LEVY (829-5389) • Tax Liens • Collection Notices • Penalties • Unfi led Tax Returns • Audits Call us today to answer yo...…

…24 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N D anielle DePriest and her husband, Matt Newman, are looking forward to taking their son Max Newman, 2, and daughter Shira Newman, 6 months, to celebrate Chanukah Downtown this year. They’ll light the menorah at home as well and have a family Chanukah party; but the public menorah lighting event, Menorah in the D, is a chance to gather as a community and open dialogue with the broader community about t...…

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…26 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N I n addition to being about food and fun, Chanukah for the Rosenbaum family of Novi is about sustainability. Julie Rosenbaum, her hus- band, Eric, and kids Simon, 9, Pearl, 7 and Adele, 2, try to be mindful during the holiday season, like they are year-round, about how they’re impacting the environment. For Chanukah, which begins Dec. 25 at sun- down, they will pull out the bag of decorations they’ve made o...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 27 1. Buy fair trade Chanukah gelt from companies like Divine and Equal Exchange (and talk about what fair trade and other food labels mean). 2. Use locally grown potatoes and onions in your latke recipe. Shop the farmers market (Detroit’s Eastern Market, Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown, for example). 3. Switch up your latke recipes to incorporate more veggies, like carrots, kale and sweet potato. 4. Fry your Chanuka...…

…28 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N C antor Rachel Gottlieb Kalmowitz of Birmingham made a special plan with her daughter, Ilana Kalmowitz, 13. After seeing a notice on the Jewish Moms Of Metro Detroit Facebook group, she signed them up for a Chanukah cookie-decorating class at Diamond Bakery. The event, which took place Dec. 17, was a chance to connect with the community to celebrate, especially when Chanukah comes late in the month a...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 29 L to R: Treasurer Alan Zekelman, Chairman of the Board Steven Grant, Honorees Marcie and Rob Orley, CEO Eli Mayerfeld, and President Gary Karp A N N I V E R S A R Y B E N E F I T Jennifer & Brian Hermelin C H A I R S H O N O R A R Y C H A I R S Cynthia & Marvin Zucker H O N O R A R Y V I C E C H A I R S Applebaum Family Philanthropy Pamela Applebaum & Lisa Applebaum Barbara & Harold Beznos Julie & Sam Beznos D...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 3 J N PURELY COMMENTARY 4-6 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 8 A Night of Broken Glass U-M Regent Jordan Acker once again hit with antisemitic vandalism. 12 Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum Set to Move to West Bloomfield The long-running attraction and family hangout will soon be housed in Orchard Mall. 14 A Meaningful Mosaic Members of Samantha Woll’s 1997 Hi...…

…30 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 Joan & David Hoese Honigman Mark S. Kahn Barbara & Irvin Kappy Judy & David Karp Gabriella Karp Brenda Wayne & Gary Karp Rhoda Katzman Nina & Bernie Kent Shoshana & Daniel Kohn Leah Kohn Jackie & Larry Kraft Melissa & Larry Lax Karolyn & Arie Leibovitz Robert Lehman Nicole & Matt Lester Francine Hermelin & Mark Levite Linda Dresner & Edward C. Levy, Jr. Susan & A. Bart Lewis Michael Liebowitz Lainie & Kenny Lipschutz...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 31 For Supporting The Zekelman Holocaust Center’s 40 th Anniversary Benefit on November 10, 2024 Rhonda & Gary Ran Jody & Matthew Ran Judith & Steven Rapp Andrea & Steve Riga Eunice Ring Eva Rival Gail Danto & Arthur Roffey Lucinda & Sanford Rosen Deborah & Steve Rosenthal Leslie & Thomas Rosin Susan & Richard Roth Karen Meyers & Morris Rottman Melvyn Rubenfire Joyce & William Ruskin Linda & Jerome Sabbota Karen & Todd ...…

…32 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 2 812 3 O R C H A R D L A K E R O A D F A R M I N G T O N H I L L S , M I 4 8 3 3 4 ( 2 4 8 ) 5 5 3 - 2 4 0 0 H O L O C A U S T C E N T E R . O R G ® T H E Z E K E L M A N H O L O C A U S T C E N T E R GARY KARP P r e s i d e n t STEVEN GRANT C h a i r m a n o f t h e B o a r d ELI MAYERFELD C h i e f E x e c u t i v e O f f i c e r Thank You for Your Support of The Zekelman Holocaust Center Thank You for Your ...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 33 J N C hanukah is coming. Beginning on Dec. 25 and running through Jan. 2, the Jewish Festival of Lights is a celebration of miracles, resilience, religious freedom and oil. Jewish families worldwide recount the story of the Maccabees, ancient Jews who fought against the Greeks for their religious freedom. This small Jewish army encountered miracle after miracle: first, when they defeated the bigger, strong...…

…34 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N T he holiday of Chanukah begins this year on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 25. The holiday celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrian-Greeks and the miracle that one cruse of olive oil was found in the decimated Holy Temple, enough to fuel its menorah for one day, but instead burned for eight days. This miracle sustained the menorah until more ritually pure olive oil could be obtaine...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 35 Everything looks new when seen from a child’s perspective, including menorahs, dreidels and latkes. But family togetherness is something everyone understands. Even if children are too young to understand the history and details of Chanukah, they are never too young to share in the joy of family, special foods, symbols and singing — all featured in this delightful book. ($12.99, available on the PJ Library ...…

…36 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 Ingredients 1 cup good-quality extra-virgin olive oil 3 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed 2 sprigs fresh thyme 2 sprigs fresh oregano 1 sprig fresh rosemary ½ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes 2 strips lemon zest (about 3 inches long) 1 bay leaf 8 ounces feta, drained well from brine and cut into ½-inch pieces Preparation Place all ingredients except the feta in a small saucepan and gently heat over me...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 37 Birmingham Design Firm Collects Three Hundred Pounds of Food for Nonprofits DesignTeam Plus, the Birmingham-based architecture and interior design firm, held a food drive on Nov. 21, collecting 300 pounds of nonperish- able food for local nonprofit organizations Yad Ezra and St. Joseph Family Food Bank. This is the second annual food drive for DesignTeam Plus. “We are so grateful to DesignTeam Plus for the food dri...…

…38 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N faces&places T he 15th Annual Ryan Rosman Memorial MSU Hillel Golf Outing recently took place to raise funds to benefit the Ryan (z”l) Rosman Leadership Fund. The Leadership Fund, which honors the memory of Ryan Rosman, an active member of MSU Hillel, supports several initiatives at Michigan State University Hillel. Approximately 200 people attended the golf outing and dinner at Tam-O-Shanter Count...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 39 J N PHOTOS COURTESY OF JEFF AISEN L TO R from top: Bill Birndorf joins Mentalist Oz Pearlman on stage. Danny Aronovitz, chosen from the audience, responds to Oz during his interactive performance. JARC Board of Directors President Adam Jahnke addresses and thanks guests for their support of JARC. Ari Witkin and Joanne Aronovitz, who is a member of JARC’s Board of Directors. Samantha Kerwin smiles with Michelle Bass,...…

…4 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N essay ‘We Are Changing the Face of the Middle East’ C itizens of Israel, At the beginning of my remarks, I would like to express condolences to the families of our seven heroic fighters who have fallen Dec. 8 in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip: Maj. (res.) Evgeny Zinershain, Capt. (res.) Sagi Ya’akov Rubinshtein, Master Sgt. (res.) Binyamin Destaw Negose, Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Erez Ben-Efraim, Staff Sgt. Id...…

…40 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N T he Bloomfield Hills High School boys tennis team won its third straight Division 1 state championship this fall with six Jewish players contributing to the title. Zev Spiegel won the No. 3 singles state championship. Brady Winston placed second at No. 4 singles. Asher Langwell was a member of the No. 1 doubles state champion team. Noah Kaplan made it to the semifinals at No. 2 doubles. Meyer Saperste...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 41 J N Other extracurricular activities? Vice president of marketing for DECA, member of the National Honor Society. NOAH KAPLAN Year in school: Senior Why do you enjoy playing tennis? “Tennis is great, especially at Bloomfield Hills because it’s an elite team and it forces each player to hold himself to a high standard.” What’s something people may not know about you? “I would never have had a tennis career witho...…

…42 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N MAZEL TOV! HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. From now until the end of the year, anniversaries, engagements, weddings and birth announcements with a photo can appear at no charge. 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@ thejew...…

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…44 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 W e live life looking for- ward but we understand it only looking back. As we live from day to day, our life can seem like a meaningless sequence of random events, a series of accidents and happenstances that have no shape or inner logic. A traffic jam makes us late for an import- ant meeting. A stray remark we make offends someone in a way we never intend- ed. By a hair’s-breadth we fail to get the job w...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 45 J N that He has been guiding our steps all along. Initially Joseph had flaws in his character. He was vain about his appearance; he brought his father evil reports about his broth- ers; his narcissism led directly to the advances of Potiphar’s wife. But the story of which he was a part was not a Greek tragedy. By its end — the death of Joseph in the final chapter of Genesis — he had become a different human ...…

…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...…

…REFORM Temple Beth El Bloomfield Township (248) 851-1100 tbeonline.org 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...…

…48 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N P eople of goodwill are com- pelled to ask themselves what they would have done in the face of the Holocaust. A young man on a panel told me several years ago that he felt like Wallenberg due to his support for Israel. But to meet the test of Wallenberg requires a lot more than support for Israel. My support for Israel certainly does not put me in such a category. Indeed, my support for Israel scarcely...…

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…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 5 J N the Syrian Mt. Hermon, which I remember very well from the time of my service in the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit. I was active on Mt. Hermon with my Shaldag sol- diers, in bone-chilling cold. Both of my brothers, Ido and Yoni of blessed memory, were active there. I visited the Golan Heights. I evaluated the characteristics of the sector. I was briefed on the deploy- ment of the IDF on the Syrian bor- d...…

…S ince her time as an elemen- tary school student in Newe Shalom, a multi-ethnic vil- lage on the Latrun hilltops in Israel, Sivan Arbel has tried to live in a world without parameters. And that’s particularly true of the now Brooklyn-based singer, pianist and composer’s music — including her new album, “Oneness.” “I’ve always been very interested in different sounds and rhythms from around the globe,” Arbel explains via Zoom. “I ju...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 51 J N listening to Ella Fitzgerald. Arbel studied jazz at the Rimon School of Music near Tel Aviv, then moved on to the Newpark Music School Center in Dublin, Ireland, and attended the 24th International Association of Schools of Jazz con- ference in South Africa as its repre- sentative. She earned her bachelor of arts degree in Jazz Performance at Newpark, with high honors. “I always defaulted into singing and...…

…52 | DECEMBER 19 • 2024 J N MARVEL & DISNEY FLICKS; AGAIN, THE “RED MUNCHKIN” AND MORE I start with a “catch-up” film. Kraven the Hunter opened in theaters on Dec. 13. It is based on a character in Marvel Comics. Here’s the official premise: Kraven has a complex relationship with his father that sets him on a path of vengeance and motivates him to become the greatest and most feared hunter. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 34, a (very hands...…

…DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 53 J N ART EXHIBIT NOW-FEB. 23 At Museum of Contemporary Art, 4454 Woodward, Detroit; 313-832-6622. The latest creations of Detroit-based artist and designer Chris Schanck, whose work reveals a collection of fantastic objects, sculptures and furnishings that explore the expansive nature of science fiction, myth and fantasy in crafting our reality. LIGHT EXERCISE 9:45-120:30 AM, DEC. 18 (WED.) At Adat Shalo...…

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