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… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 1 $200 Nov. 19-25, 2020 / 3-9 Kislev 5781 See page 36 From the to the Mort Meisner battled childhood poverty, addiction and loss of faith to become a TV news kingmaker. …

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…4 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 contents OUR JN MISSION: We aspire to communicate news and opinion that’s trusted, valued, engaging and distinctive. We strive to reflect diverse community viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. As an independent, responsible, responsive community member, we actively engage with individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life,...…

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…6 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 1942 - 2020 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week jn To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewis...…

…THE MOST TIMELY BOOK ABOUT THE MEDIA THIS YEAR “I thought I knew Mort Meisner, former boss, and long- Wow, what an eye-opener! Mort bares all in a gripping tale of child abuse, sex, drugs, booze and rock and roll. Plus, amazing inside stories about the underbelly of TV news. ” “I have known Mort Meisner for 35 years. He is one of the most positive individuals who possesses a broader picture of the world and of the common man. Mort’...…

…8 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 Jewfro Glass All Over the Floor H ear that? The cathar- tic sound of the pro- verbial glass ceiling shattering on the presidential ticket. Drowning out the anti-demo- cratic chanting Downtown and the foghorn of bullying, vitriolic disinformation we’ ve been sub- jected to for the past four years. If you didn’ t hear those shards hitting the floor right away, it’ s because we are ever closer to gender equi...…

…10 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 S ince the election, I have been reflecting on how the Jewish News covered this year’ s campaign, and if we lived up to our mission of meet- ing the information needs of our community. One story was especially conten- tious among hun- dreds of our read- ers. It concerned Michigan State Rep. Ryan Berman, a Republican who just won reelection. During the campaign, the Oakland County Democratic Party and othe...…

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…12 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 VIEWS essay A Psalm for Sheep I seldom go to temple. But when I do, I always remain silent as the congregation reads, for words recited in uni- son can be all too easily uttered by the tongue alone and not by the mindful heart. On those occasions, I instead stare at the printed page, hoping that the mean- ing of words long-shackled by habit will rise up to meet me as though for the first time, their ...…

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…14 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 VIEWS Such words of comfort together with their seem- ing promise of eternal life explain why Psalm 23 is recited whenever we mourn or memorialize a loved one we have lost. They also explain why the image of God as “the good shepherd” went on to become one of the most popular symbols of early Christian art. Indeed, the psalm itself continues to occupy a prominent place in Christian liturgy to this very ...…

… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 15 would argue for the concept of a limited God. An omnip- otent and omniscient God, after all, would deserve to be blamed for all the nat- ural and manmade evils that have ever befallen His creatures, including the Holocaust. The simple rea- son is that, having foreseen such evils, He could have easily prevented or at least mitigated them. By histo- ry’ s reckoning, then, a God whose powers are limitless woul...…

…M ore than a week after Election Day, after Joe Biden won a bit- terly fought contest for the state of Michigan, members of the Metro Detroit Jewish commu- nity from both sides of the aisle are as outspoken as ever about what they feel is best for the country and the Jewish people as a whole. “I’ m obviously very pleased with the outcome, ” said Hannan Lis, former president of the JCC of Metro Detroit and former board member of th...…

… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 17 OWN YOUR JOURNEY. DISCOVER YOUR TOMORROW. FJA WILL PREPARE YOU. FOR COLLEGE? YES. FJA GRADUATES ATTEND THEIR COLLEGE OF CHOICE. BUT THIS SCHOOL IS ABOUT MORE. ARIELLE ENDELMAN Director of Admissions aendelman@frankelja.org 248.671.3248 Apply by February 21, 2021 to be considered for the FRANKEL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP a four year merit and leadership based award that covers a IDENTIFY, ESTABLISH & CELEBRA T...…

…18 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 T he state of Michigan has entered a new three-week period of restrictions intended to curb the spread of COVID-19, which is seeing record case numbers in the state. The orders were announced by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in a press conference on Sunday, Nov. 15, and went into effect Wednesday, Nov. 18. Major new restrictions include suspending in-perso...…

… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 19 We are also grateful for our Campers, Staff, Families, Alumni, Supporters and Philanthropic Partners: GUARDIAN CHAMPION DOUBLE CHAI BENEFACTOR CHAI BENEFACTOR Gold Star Products Gayle Infeld, CPA, P.C. Child & Family Solutions Center Seyburn, Kahn, Ginn, Bess & Sirlin, P.C. • Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Family Foundation • William Davidson Foundation • Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation • Foundation fo...…

…20 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 I f statistics were predictive, Harve Disner would not be here to tell his tale of recov- ery from COVID-19. Harve (pronounced “Harvey”) had more than one or two pre-existing conditions that could have made him like- ly to succumb to the dreaded disease. He was 77 years old and overweight. He’ s diabetic. He’ d had a triple heart bypass surgery in 2016. But Harve is back at his Commerce Township home after...…

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…22 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 sometimes more. ” This was not Harve’ s first brush with adversity. His first wife, Susie, was killed by her brother, who had mental health problems, in 2000. Harve and Judy married in 2006. The Disners had hoped to celebrate their anniversary Sept. 4 by enjoying dinner together, but the rehab facility would not permit it. So, Judy brought flowers and set up a folding table outside Harve’ s window, where ...…

… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 23 NOVEMBER 2020 ENGINEERING POSSIBILITIES Underwater creatures may be key to medical innovations There is extraordinary work being done at MSU’ s Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering (IQ), thanks to a team headed up by neuroscientist and neuroengineer Galit Pelled and funded by a recent $2.35 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Brain Initiative Award. Pelled’ s d...…

…24 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 Engineering Possibilities continued Born and raised in Israel, I have been teaching Hebrew in American universities for over 15 years. For the Hebrew language program at Michigan State University, I teach regular courses at the elementary and second-year levels. In these classes, students begin Hebrew from scratch, and engage in many communicative activities in class and online. Beginning with Hebrew 101, s...…

… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 25 MSU Hillel adapts to a very different fall semester As long as there are Jewish students—on campus, on Zoom—there will be resources, activities and fellowship to be found at the Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center in East Lansing. It all looks a little different this year, but that is a testament to the hard work and ingenuity of the MSU Hillel staff, who spent their summer reimagining ev...…

…26 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 When future MSU College of Law students receive the Elaine Fieldman Endowed Scholarship, the benefactor hopes it sets an example. “While Jewish people do not have a monopoly on giving back or engaging in charity, it has been my experience that Jews of all movements value and practice repairing the world,” Elaine Fieldman says. “I’ m a Secular Humanist Jew and a member of the Birmingham Temple. I feel so at...…

… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 27 for college students by college students Getting Out the Vote A lthough I had attend- ed a few Hillel of Metro Detroit events, I had not really been involved my freshman and sophomore years on campus. But with the pandemic, and the continuing unrest in our country, I began to look for ways to make a difference in my community. This summer I told myself that if I wanted to see change, I couldn’ t sit ba...…

…28 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 A s University of Michigan students, we have experienced many stressors driven by the pandemic including the adjust- ment to online school, cancel- lations of milestones and loss of various experiences. We are Sarah Wish — a University of Michigan senior from New Jersey who was abruptly sent home from her study abroad program in Denmark — and Marissa Levey — a recent University of Michigan graduate who ...…

… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 29 NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 29 The world has changed, but your drive to succeed has not. As you prepare for the next step in your academic journey, Wayne State University is committed to helping you excel. We’ve created a number of resources designed to support your degree goals. From online events that connect you with faculty and staff to a virtual tour that allows you to experience campus from anywhere, we’re ...…

…30 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 MOMENTS BIRTHS MAZEL TOV! OCT. 10, 2020 Marc and Mia Goldman of Boca Raton, Fla., are overjoyed to announce the birth of their daughter, Stella Jade. Big sister Alana is over the moon with her adorable sister. Delighted grandparents are Edie Goldman (the late Alan Goldman) of Farmington Hills and Armindo and Miriam Ventura of Springfield, N.J. Stella is named in lov- ing memory of her paternal great-grandmoth...…

…Ashlee Rose Frankford will chant from the Torah as she leads the con- gregation on the occasion of her bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. She will be joined in cele- bration by her proud par- ents, Richelle and Warren Frankford, and brother Mason. Ashlee is the lov- ing grandchild of Francine and Marc Wise, Jack Frankford, Gail Rose and the late Michael Goodman. Ashlee attends West Bloom...…

…32 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 SPIRIT First Families S ince I spend part of each day working as a child psychologist, I find the Book of Bereshit, with its emphasis on family interac- tions, particularly interesting. I often look at this first book of the Torah as a compilation of case studies on par- ent-child relationships. Often, the interactions between the fami- ly members in this volume appear to be examples of dysfunc- tional r...…

…Your donation is the foundation of all we do. . Help open doors of hope for the community. This is Jodi’s house. But it could be your neighbor’s. To support our Friends of the Family campaign and to see how JFS is helping inside Jodi’s home, visit jfsdetroit.org/friends or call 248.592.2339. 2020 has posed unique challenges for all of us. And Jewish Family Service has been here, helping Jodi, and others in our community, through ...…

…A champion was crowned last month in the Inter- Congregational Men’ s Club Summer Softball League’ s fall season. The Jeters, who tied for second place during the regular season, beat the sur- prising Kosher Ribs 12-8 in the playoff title game Oct. 18 at Keith Sports Park in West Bloomfield. As with everything else this year, the COVID-19 pandemic was lurking in the background each Sunday during the fall season. But the six tea...…

…gap year in Israel that included basic training with the Israel Defense Forces took prece- dence. FALLING IN LOVE They began dating again in summer 2017. “We came to the realization then that being close friends wasn’ t adequate. We loved each other, ” Milstein said. The two were living together by the following summer, and Schulman proposed to Milstein on May 3 on a beach on Long Island after having several elaborate plans to pop ...…

…36 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 I n his recently released memoir and Amazon bestseller Enough to Be Dangerous, Mort Meisner, president of a TV news talent agen- cy and PR agency in Royal Oak, dishes about his career as a concert promoter — promoting acts such as Kiss and Bruce Springsteen while attending Oak Park High School — and his TV news career, growing up in an abusive household and over- coming a cocaine addiction. The book has gar...…

… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 37 GLENN TRIEST Mort Meisner with a poster of his book cover in the background. …

…38 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 ARTS&LIFE ON THE COVER continued on page 40 A LOVE AFFAIR WITH COCAINE The first time Mort tried cocaine was with Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood in a bath- room when he was a concert promoter. He didn’ t like it. Five year later, in Chicago, he tried it again and fell in love with the white powder. For the next eight years, cocaine played a big part in Mort’ s life. He both loved it and hated it. “I would li...…

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…40 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 Hungarian Jews, which was founded by Mort’ s great-uncle Adolph Deutch, also founder of American Savings & Loan and a generous man who would go on to finance a lot of local Jews in business. While Mort has fond memo- ries of Uncle Adolph, his mem- ories of B’ nai Moshe’ s Rabbi Moses Lehrman aren’ t as pleas- ant. “ As I was preparing for my bar mitzvah, Rabbi Lehrman asked my father where my bar mitzvah par...…

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…N ow is the critical moment for Jewish and Black communi- ties to remember their nat- ural allyship, says Dr. Shari Rogers, Franklin filmmaker and founder of the Michigan social justice nonprofit Spill the Honey. While sys- tematic racism persists and acts of hatred and antisemitism rise in our polarized society, Rogers’ new documentary Shared Legacies: The African American-Jewish Civil Rights Alliance recounts a union that on...…

…communities and providing “a roadmap for courageous conversations.” Detroit’ s public premiere, planned for the Charles Wright H. Museum of African American History in April, was canceled due to the pandemic. But the documen- tary made its way into local educational platforms like the University of Michigan’ s Ross Business School — where the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force has worked with students to host webinars tha...…

…44 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 LOREN’S BACK; NEWS OF THE CHALAMETS; AND JEWISH COVID ADVISERS Now streaming on Netflix is The Life Ahead. Sophia Loren, 86, plays Madame Rosa, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who became a pros- titute after being liberated. In her old age, she provides daycare for children of active prostitutes. The film focuses on her relationship with a black, Muslim 12-year-old boy. The film is based on The Life Before U...…

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…46 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 HOLY LAND TOUR NOON-1 PM, NOV. 19 Experience cuisine of the world in Israel brought to you by Temple Shir Shalom. Register at shirshalom/org/ form/live-from-the-holy-land. html. Info: 248-737-8700. THE FUTURE OF WORKSPACE NOON, NOV. 20 Jewish Working Women’s Network will present this lunch & schmooze with Heather Greene. She has worked to create human-centered, innova- tive interior design solu- tions that...…

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… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 49 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY ANTJE “ ANNEKE” KOOISTRA BURKE, 82, of Mayville, Mich., died Nov. 4, 2020. More than 2,000 times she spoke publicly, telling the courageous story of her par- ents, members of the Dutch Resistance, who hid Jews in their Utrecht home during the Holocaust, while keeping this a complete secret from their young children. Anneke thus encouraged others to bravely stand up to injustice an...…

…50 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY Sandoval, and David Bussell; grandchildren, Anna Rose Terebelo, Adam Bussell, Jacob and Erika Bussell, Honor Shelef, Alek Bussell, Noah Bussell, Lauren Bussell, Arik Tieke and Eliana Tieke; daughters-in-law, Julie Geller Bussell and Kasey Meyers Bussell; sister and broth- er-in-law, Judith and Manfred Schmidt; brother-in-law, Hugh Beckman; many other loving relatives and a world of ...…