…JANUARY 19 • 2023 | 35 Supported through the generosity of The Jewish Fund and the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Family Foundation. Need help taking care of a parent? ☐ Call jhelp at 1-833-445-4357 ☐ Visit jhelp.org ☐ Chat online with a staff member or schedule a call at jhelp.org ☐ Do all of the above X Q We Have Answers. We could use a hand. If you have a passion for caring for others and are looking If you have a passion ...…
…36 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 quick hits Eight Were Great on the Tennis Court Eight Jewish boys tennis players from Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham Groves and Birmingham Seaholm high schools were named to all-state teams selected by the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association. Here’s the list: • Division 1 singles: Jonah Chernett, Bloomfield Hills freshman. • Division 1 doubles: Ryan Rose, Bloomfield Hills junior. • Division 1 dou...…
…JANUARY 19 • 2023 | 37 There were three Jewish players on the ice Dec. 28 in Pittsburgh when the Detroit Red Wings fell behind 4-0 in the first period and came from behind to beat the Penguins 5-4 in overtime for a historic victory. It was the first time in the Red Wings’ 96-year history that they rallied from at least a four-goal deficit to win on the road. One of the three Jewish players in the Dec. 28 game — Red Wings defenseman...…
…38 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 I t’s 3 a.m. and you’re hungry, but all the restaurants are closed, and you don’t want to cook. No, you’re not out of luck. A new local option can give you a fresh, hot pizza and treats within 3-4 minutes — surely, the definition of quick and easy. ZaBot Pizza Robot is avail- able 24/7 in the parking lot of Southfield-based Capri Pizza. While the machine may strike some as odd, most users seem to agree with...…
…JANUARY 19 • 2023 | 39 my credit (could be a debit) card, also displayed pictures of two types of warm cookies from vending partner Gold Mountain Cookies (“one of our top-selling items”), as well as garlic cheese bread and soft pretzels. Once an order is placed, the ZaBot goes to work. A label on the delivery box has a QR code matched to the customer’s desired item. The item is then pulled from its refrigerated holding slot. Th...…
…4 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY from the executive director Coming Home – Again I ’m what you might call a double boomerang. Twice in my adult life, I have moved away from Metro Detroit, only to be drawn back. More than just a geographic location, Detroit — and more specifically, its Jewish com- munity — has been home to me. I grew up here. It’s where I stud- ied for my bat mitzvah, went to summer camp and excelled as ...…
…MAZEL TOV! 40 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 Merzin-Weinstein D r. Lee and Debi Weinstein are thrilled to announce the engagement of their daughter Elana Danielle to Maxwell Loren Merzin, son of Mitchell and Cathy Merzin. Elana and Max are to be married Aug. 5, 2023, at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield, where they met as teenagers. Lieberman-Robinson R ochelle and Joel Lieberman of Farmington Hills and Davida (DeDe) and Warren R...…
…JANUARY 19 • 2023 | 41 SPIRIT Inheritance v. Heritage I t is only natural for parents to want to leave a legacy for their children and grandchildren. For those fortunate enough to be able to do so, this wish expresses itself in the form of an inheritance. For most people, this is simply not realistic. How might they transmit a legacy to the next generation? The answer can be found in the distinction the Torah makes between t...…
…G od appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. He lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men were standing over against him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent entrance, and bowed down to the earth… Genesis 18:1–2 Thus, Parshat Vayera opens with one of the most famous scenes in the Bible: Abraham’s meeting with the three enig- matic stra...…
…JANUARY 19 • 2023 | 43 them and bowing low, he said, “I pray you now, Adonai, turn aside to your servant’s house and tarry all night and bathe your feet and you shall rise up early and go on your way.” Gen. 19:1–2 As there is no contextual ele- ment to suggest that Lot might be speaking to God, it seems clear, in this case, that adonai refers to the visitors. The simplest reading then of both texts — the one concern- ing Abraham, th...…
…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...…
…JANUARY 19 • 2023 | 45 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 Farmingto...…
…46 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 ARTS&LIFE THEATER I t’s no secret in the theater world that plum roles for women of a more mature age are very scarce. “There are either parts for the ingenue or some really old granny, ” says Cantor Rachel Gottlieb Kalmowitz of Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township. When she saw an audition notice for the David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr. musical Baby at Ridgedale Players in Troy, Kalmowitz was all in. “...…
…JANUARY 19 • 2023 | 47 alone when going through things like infer- tility, miscarriage or marital stagnancy, and it’s helpful to see those experiences actual- ized on the stage, ” she adds. “ Apparently, we are the first theater in the country to stage Baby post-COVID, and it’s not done often, so it’s important to see it while you can. ” JEWISH ROOTS IN GRAND RAPIDS After living in Detroit and Ann Arbor, Kalmowitz’s family moved to Gran...…
…48 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 A lisa Weilerstein has appeared around Michigan over her many years as a cel- list — either as a soloist or with orchestras — but this month she is performing alone for the Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Her selections on the program are all by Bach and are his Cello Suites 1, 3 and 5. They will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at Cobb Great Hall in East Lansing. “I chose the Bach suites because t...…
…JANUARY 19 • 2023 | 49 “Over the pandemic, I did countless livestreams and, after a while, that got very old, ” Weilerstein said. “I also did several recording projects and created a very large commis- sioned (work), which is going to be a multi-year project with thoughts about how we would come back together in the concert hall. “It’s very much live music and called ‘Fragments. ’ I commissioned 27 composers diverse in every way ...…
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…50 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 M y soon-to-be 9-year-old niece, Bobbi, recommended that I read a book about World War II. She “loved it,” and told me that I would, too. D-Day: Battle on the Beach, the seventh volume of 12 in the Ranger in Time series by award-winning children’s author Kate Messner, is an excellent work of historical fiction for grade-four readers. The main character, Ranger, is a golden retriever of immense talents. ...…
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…52 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 AUTO, MARKLE’S EX, LOVING LEAH American Auto, the hit NBC comedy series about a Detroit-based automobile company, begins its second season (Jan. 24; 8:30 p.m.) with two new episodes. The series was created by Justin Spitzer, 45, and co-stars Jon Barinholtz, 43, (the brother of actor Ike Barinholtz). Next week, I may add to what I just wrote. The Jewish director of the Auto third episode (airs Jan. 31) ju...…
…JANUARY 19 • 2023 | 53 ON THE GO PEOPLE | PLACES | EVENTS WISDOM & COFFEE 9:30-10:30 AM, JAN. 21 At Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Join us once a month on a Shabbat morning, when we will gather to wrestle with Judaism’s most important teachings about the meaning of life, proper conduct and the ethics and values that Judaism holds most dear. Coffee and a light breakfast will be served. For information, contact the synago...…
…54 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 partner of Star and Diamond bakeries, will be on hand to discuss this topic and present vintage recipes. Info: jhsmichi- gan.org. Register: form.jotform. com/223534564899168. CANTORIAL RECITAL 7 PM, JAN 26 In-person at JTS and online. Graduating Cantorial School seniors Josh Ehrlich, Marilyn Selby Okoshi and Noah Rachels will present an exciting evening of music and spirit as they share their talents and thei...…
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…56 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY O ur friend Shelley Golden was so full of wit, grit, dazzle and spunk, I can’t come close to describing the supernova she was. But I owe it to her to try. With apologies to A.E. Housman, I para- phrase a verse from his classic poem “To an Athlete Dying Young. ” For Shelley, we’ll call it: “To an Aesthete Dying Young. ” Smart lass, to slip betimes away/ From fields where glo...…
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…58 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 OSCAR J. BEHRENDT, 87, of Royal Oak, died Jan. 4, 2023. He was born July 17, 1935, in Detroit. He served during the Korean War in the U.S. Army and received an honorable discharge. He was the dear father of Debra and Jamie Gibbs, and David and Linda Behrendt; loving grandfather to Ricky Gibbs, Cole Gibbs and Olivia Gibbs. Meagan Behrendt and Amiya Behrendt. Mr. Behrendt was the devoted son of the late S...…
…JANUARY 19 • 2023 | 59 and daughters-in-law, Mark and Susan Blumer, Gary and Terre Blumer, and Dr. Robin and Dr. Kathleen Blumer; grandchildren, Justin and Amanda Blumer, Melissa Blumer, Erin and Sean Amirkhiz, Evynne Blumer, Paul Blumer, David and Aubree Blumer, and Daniel Blumer and Fleur Mak; great- grandchildren, Victoria Blumer, Henry Tiszenkel, Ryan and Mia Amirkhiz, and Theo and Amelia Blumer; sisters-in-law, Edith Blumer...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 60 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 to an animal welfare charity. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. SARAH “SALLY” GOLDBERG, 104, of North Hollywood, Calif., died Jan. 10, 2023. She is survived by her daughters and sons- in-law, Cheryl and Joel Dorf, Dianne and Joel Rosenfeld; grandchildren, Lori (Leeor) Peleg, Marla Gutov, Jeffrey (Devorah) Rosenfeld, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Josh Rosenfeld; great-grandchildren, ...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 62 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 A Nazi in Michigan T his week, I am writing about something much different — a Nazi in Michigan. It is an obscure, a bit disgusting, but interesting story that was a completely unexpected discovery as I cruised the pages of the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History. Have yo...…
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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com JANUARY 19• 2023 | 7 continued from page 6 Solidarity for a Healthy Community Like the late Martin Luther King Jr., I have a dream. I’s that my country, Canada, and the United States will each come together in unity of spirit. Nothing less is needed today. The forces of disunity, distrust, decay and destruction are ope...…
…8 | JANUARY 19 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY student’s corner Never Again: American Jews and the IDF M y grandfather was a prisoner in Auschwitz for three and a half years. Six million Jews, including more than half of his family and countless friends, were mur- dered by the Nazis in Germany just over 75 years ago. I grew up hearing about my grand- father’s survival stories, bravery and persistence. Jews have always been globally p...…
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