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…$200 Oct. 19-25, 2023 / 4-10 Cheshvan 5784 JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT thejewishnews.com See page 12 …

…10 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N essays From the Front Lines Editor’s Note: The following essays are from former Metro Detroiters now living in Israel. O n the morning of Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah: I heard sirens. Unexpected, but that happens sometimes. But then more sirens, and Iron Dome explosions, which can be heard from tens of kilometers away. When the sirens went off, people in shul moved to the mamad (bomb shelter room), a...…

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…12 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N More than 2,000 people came to Shaarey Zedek to show their support for Israel. …

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 13 J N OUR COMMUNITY COVER STORY continued on page 14 T he Metro Detroit Jewish community came together for an evening of hope, prayer and solidarity in the face of tragedy on Oct. 9 at Southfield’s Congregation Shaarey Zedek. State leaders, Jewish community leaders and thousands of community members were bonded by a collective stance, repeated loudly and proudly throughout the night: Detroit stands with Israel!...…

…14 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N continued from page 13 Jewish community raised more than $1.5 million in just 24 hours for JFMD’s Israel Emergency Campaign. Donations can be made at https://jewishdetroit.org/ swords-of-iron-2023/. “This money has already begun to be deployed. We are already helping victims, families and friends. We’re helping get people out of the south, we’re paying for residences in the north, and we will continue t...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 15 J N Photo courtesy of Robert Bruce Photography CYNTHIA AND MARVIN ZUCKER Honorees DANA BASH Keynote Speaker CNN Anchor and Chief Political Correspondent Unprecedented events in Israel remind us that antisemitism remains a scourge that must be uprooted. Your support of The Zekelman Holocaust Center is essential. Together, we will teach people throughout Michigan to confront the evils of hatred and racism. P...…

…16 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N continued on page 18 Erela Sabag, a current Detroit Shinshiniot (an Israeli teen program), delivered heartbreaking testimony from a friend who managed to escape from the desert music festival near the Gaza-Israel border, where Hamas attacked and left an estimated 260 dead. Liraz Baksis, a former Israeli emissary to Jewish Detroit, expressed in her testimonial video that the previous 48 hours were ...…

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…18 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N praying for us. By gathering tonight, miles and miles away from Israel and showing your support, you are helping. It means the world to us,” Baksis said. One of the most heartbreaking moments of the evening came in the opening statements by Lior Zisser- Yogev, who recently began her role as the new community shlicha to Israel after moving to Bloomfield Hills in August. Zisser-Yogev revealed that her ...…

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…20 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N OUR COMMUNITY D rivers in rush hour traffic along Orchard Lake Road passing Northwestern Highway on Monday, Oct. 9, passed dozens of supporters of Israel waving American and Israeli flags and holding signs proclaiming unwavering solidarity with Israel. The rally was organized by #EndJewHatred. “What we saw this weekend was the worst onslaught of terror in Israel’s history since the Yom Kippur War,” s...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 21 J N Adar Rubin, director of mobilization at #EndJewHatred Congresswoman Haley Stevens addresses rally-goers Ben Rashty and Daniel Ylaguev Jamie Feldman and Yakov Silberberg JAMIE FELDMAN JAMIE FELDMAN JAMIE FELDMAN YEVGENIYA GAZMAN …

…22 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N to be among other Jewish people and those who support Israel to reignite our shared love for each other and the country that means the world to us.” Mendel added, “Having visited Israel for the first time in March 2023 during the Motor City Mission, it seems surreal to see what is now going on in Israel. The Metro Detroit community is so supportive, strong and giving. I’m proud to be a part of the Metro De...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 23 J N A special group of volunteer judges will be reviewing submissions and choosing the 36 winners. Honorees will receive a free subscription to the JN and be featured in a February 2024 issue. GO ONLINE TO THEJEWISHNEWS.COM AND SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION BY DECEMBER 29, 2023 JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT Do you know someone who gives of themselves to the community in robust — and often thankless — ways? Someone you admire ...…

…24 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N OUR COMMUNITY W hen the Hamas terror began in Israel on Oct. 7, Shomer Shabbat Jews who weren’t answering their phones or checking the news were among the last to know. Still, the news made its way around the community and put a damper on what is supposed to be the happiest of all the Jewish holidays. It was especially devas- tating for those who have family mem- bers in the IDF. Margery Klausner of South...…

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…26 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N COMMUNITY SUPPORT Rabbi Michele Faudem, a West Bloomfield rabbi and educator, is another local mom who has had a child serve in the IDF. Her Lone Soldier son finished his service in April 2023. He’s been living in Jerusalem ever since and is poised to start studying business at Machon Lev next week. Like Margery, Michele did not know that war had broken out until her aunt and uncle knocked on her back pat...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 27 J N A bout 300 community members gathered together on Sunday, Oct. 8, at Ann Arbor’s Beth Israel Congregation to express their solidarity with Israel. An additional 194 watched the program on livestream. The community gathering in support of Israel was a true communal event coordinated by leaders from the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, Beth Israel Congregation, Temple Beth Emeth and the Ann Arbor R...…

…28 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N OUR COMMUNITY W hat was supposed to be a joyful trip with loved ones quickly turned into a tense and stressful situation for Jill and Joseph Greenbaum of Southfield. They arrived in Israel for a 60th birthday celebration and cruise with family members that was scheduled to leave Oct. 9. Instead of marking a happy milestone, they were hunkered down in Netanya closely monitoring news reports of the surpris...…

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…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 3 J N contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-10 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 We Are Stronger Together The Metro Detroit Jewish community — more than 2,000 strong —came together for an evening of solidarity for our Jewish state. 20 Rally to Support Israel #EndJewHatred organizes rally in support of Israel in West Bloomfield. 24 Moms of Lone Soldiers Community supports parents of those ...…

…30 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N I t is time to grab your family and friends, lace up your favorite kicks, and head over to Southfield City Center for the 2023 ADL Michigan Walk Against Hate on Oct. 22. Everyone is invited to participate to move toward a future without antisemitism, racism or bigotry. Planned speakers at this year’s ADL Michigan Walk Against Hate include Southfield Mayor Kenson Siver, ADL Senior Vice President for Public...…

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…32 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N BOOK CLUB NIGHT Monday, November 6 @ 6 PM The Majority Elizabeth L. Silver Spotlight Events For the whole brochure, please visit: jccdet.org/bookfair | 248-609-3303 PATRON NIGHT Oscar Wars | Michael Schulman Thursday, November 2 @ 7:30 PM A captivating history of the Academy Awards featuring a star-studded cast of Hollywood players and a live concert of Oscar favorites! To become a Book Fair patron, plea...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 33 J N DATE TIME BOOK TITLE/PROGRAM AUTHOR/GUEST SUN. OCT. 22 1:00 pm (P) BEFORE THE FAIR – LIVE at the DIA! Brushed Aside: The Untold Story of Women in Art (NF) Noah Charney 4 WED. NOV. 1 1:00 pm (P) She’s Up to No Good (F) Sarah Goodman Confino 7:00 pm (P) We Need to Talk About Antisemitism (NF) Rabbi Diana Fersko 4 ...…

…JAMAL AWAD/FLASH90/JTA Israeli security forces search from Hamas Militants in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Oct. 7, 2023. OUR COMMUNITY Initial reaction from Metro Detroiters who made aliyah. The Shemini Atzeret/ Simchat Torah War: Operation Iron Swords NATHANIEL WARSHAY EFRAT, ISRAEL I n the western Midwest states of Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and others, where it is so flat you can see from one state line across to th...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 35 J N YOSSI ZAMIR/FLASH90/JTA Israeli security seen next to burnt cars at the entrance to Kibbutz Be’eri, near the Israeli-Gaza Border, in southern Israel, Oct. 9, 2023. mass murder, kidnapping. Stories abound in the Israeli press of terrorists entering unlocked homes and safe rooms during air raid sirens, killing, raping and stealing children and adults of all ages. The Times of Israel told of one man who r...…

…36 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N DETROITERS IN ISRAEL Moshe “Mark” and Badonna Berkman lived in Flint for 10 years and Oak Park for 15 years before making aliyah and settling in Ranana. “Badonna and I have some fear for personal safety, but a strong sense of anger for what has happened,” Moshe said. “Think of it, Hamas launched literally thousands of missiles into areas where people live, trying to kill them on a holiday (Simchat Tor...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 37 J N to serve. “Both of my sisters’ husbands were called, and the son of my family’s next- door neighbors is missing.” Meirav, who is the Eim Bayit or House Mother at Lindenbaum Seminary in Jerusalem’s southeastern Arnona neighborhood, said, “Our group trip to Poland that was supposed to leave tonight (Oct. 8) was canceled because of the situation.” Lindenbaum, which is affiliated with Ohr Torah Stone, found...…

…38 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N A s the horrifying reality of war between Israel and Hamas became known, over 360,000 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservists, both inside the country and abroad, were summoned to join the battle in a matter of hours. Those living abroad quickly scrambled to find ways into the homeland amid endless canceled and delayed flights. Many are leaving their families for an indefinite amount of time and a sto...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 39 J N M.I.A, I don’t know if he’s dead or kidnapped. My family is sheltering in place. My sister, with her year-old baby, moved in with my parents because her husband got called in to serve. The angst is very high.” Leaving a wife and two kids under the age of 3 to go halfway around the world to war as Levy has is something no one would do lightly. Levy has had people tell him he’s courageous for dropping e...…

…4 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N from the Executive Director Our Duty to Our Community F irst, I would like to send blessings and strength to all of you, your friends and family as we go through these horrendous, unprecedented times. I’m sending prayers to all of our people who are in harm’s way. May God keep them safe. Like you, I have been both devastated and speechless by the events in Israel. But at the same time, I have been truly...…

…40 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N something like that,” he said. “I’m also 42. So at my age, I’d be dismissed from service anyway.” Lieberman still wants to find a way to return to Israel and help in any way he can. “If it means to push a gurney, I’ll do that. If it means to help bring people water, I’ll do that. Whatever it needs to be, I’m willing to do it. And I am trying to make it happen.” Leiberman is coordinating with the head o...…

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…OUR COMMUNITY E ven though she feels confi- dent in Hillel Day School’s security protocols and staff and is grateful her 5-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son are at school with supportive peers and professionals, school drop-off hasn’t been easy this week, says Danielle Gordon of Farmington Hills. Like so many other parents whose children attend Jewish day schools around Metro Detroit, she’s had a hard time saying “see you late...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 43 J N Sarah Schjoneman of Waterford says she feels secure and proud of her choice to send her 5-year-old daughter to a Jewish day school. “Even in the aftermath of everything that is happening and will continue to happen, I think the communal aspect of sur- rounding herself with Jewish peers is important, and I think safety is always my top con- cern as a parent,” she said. Sheina Kopstein, of Farmington Hills,...…

…OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 43 44 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N In terms of safety, there’s safety and perceived safety, he says, adding that the school is in constant contact with Jewish Community Security Inc., which is in constant contact with the FBI and police. The school has had security audits several times and is fairly secure, he says, add- ing that it has also ramped up security some to address parent concerns. “We have...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 45 J N Vigil at University of Michigan Jewish groups held an Israel solidarity event on Oct. 9. JN STAFF A long with you, our hearts are aching as we watch the events unfolding in Israel — there are truly no words, wrote Abbey Frank, chair of the Board of Trustees at the University of Michigan Hillel, in an email to students and friends of the university. Michigan Hillel, along with the Jewish Resource Center...…

…46 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N A s the Israeli death toll following the unprecedented attack from Hamas continues to rise, the Metro Detroit Jewish community is grappling with the effects of the crisis. On Oct. 7 alone, more than 1,300 soldiers and civilians were killed, a dark day that many say is the largest number of Jews killed in a single day since the Holocaust. For many, the trauma of what has now been declared an “all-out ...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 47 J N funds or volunteer for a program at a synagogue or organization supporting the emergency. You can also volunteer in another way, such as reading to children in a kindergarten classroom or visiting isolated older adults. “ Anything we do to help others makes us feel a little less helpless, ” she explains. STEP 8: STICK TO ROUTINE WHEN POSSIBLE A routine can help you feel in control, which Breuer says is i...…

…48 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N SPORTS quick hits BY STEVE STEIN R at” seems like a perfect nickname for a softball umpire. But Barry “Rat” Lepofsky doesn’t fit that narrative. He’s a good guy. “Rat is a consummate pro. He’s a student of the game,” said fellow softball umpire and longtime friend Rob Landaw, who hired Lepofsky to work in the Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League about a decade ago. “Rat knows ho...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 49 J N Associated Endocrinologists welcomes our newest physician Ewa Gniado, M.D. Karen K. Berris, M.D. • Howard S. Blank, M.D. • Gary W. Edelson, M.D. • Leedor Lieberman, M.D. Jacob Moe, D.O. • Lowell R. Schmeltz, M.D. • Samina Syed, M.D. • Carla Ferrise, FNP-BC Erica Forbes, FNP • Meryl Krochmal, RD, CDCES 32255 Northwestern Highway, Suite 214 | Farmington Hills, MI | Phone (248) 855-5620 | Fax: (248) 855-5628 ...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 5 J N essay We Cannot Be Silent I never post on social media. I have children and friends and business colleagues with whom I sometimes dis- agree on politics and have always chosen to keep those discussions pri- vate. Why add my voice to the cacophony of social media opinions? But today is different … we cannot be silent. I have always been grateful to live in a country where I feel relatively safe, alth...…

…50 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N SPORTS quick hits BY STEVE STEIN The 73-year-old Farmington Hills resident was one of the Pillars of Excellence recipients at the foundation’s Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet. Landaw, who has been umpiring softball for 45 years, was a Pillars of Excellence recipient in 2016. “Getting a Pillars of Excellence award came out of nowhere,” Lepofsky said. “I was humbled to say the least...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 51 J N The story of Dean Kremer caught the attention of Joey Yashinsky last week. Yashinsky is a knowledgeable baseball fan and shortstop on the championship-winning Congregation Shaarey Zedek team in the Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League. Kremer is an Israeli- American pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. He has dual citizenship in the two countries, with much of his extended family livi...…

…52 | OCTOBER 19 • 2023 J N MAZEL TOV! HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. 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@thejewishnews.com or (...…

…OCTOBER 19 • 2023 | 53 J N O ne question, asked in faith, has the power to change a life. I know because it changed mine. It happens when you ask: What is God calling on me to do in these circum- stances at this time? To believe in Divine Providence is to trust that God is interwoven in our lives. This does not make suffering less painful. But it opens a door that leads us to the light. It helps us live a life that is an ans...…

…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...…