…MAY 19 • 2022 | 91 SHOSHANA GEM SPRECHER West Bloomfield High School National Honor Society, Varsity Equestrian Team, Laker Express Acapella Group, Numerous plays and musicals perform- er, Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association, Committee Chairperson Choir Board, Treasurer International Thespian Society. Michigan State University ADAM STATE Frankel Jewish Academy National Honor Society, All- School Vice Pre...…
…92 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 91 JORDYN TEPPER Bloomfield Hills High School National Honor Society, National Society of High School Scholars, Youth Federation of Temple Israel Executive Board, Softball, Blackhawk Award. Michigan State University CHARLIE TOBIAS Frankel Jewish Academy Varsity Baseball and senior cap- tain, Varsity Basketball and senior captain, URJ Camp George counselor, Kever...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 93 Mazel T ov! Bella Muchnick We couldn't be any prouder of you and all of your accomplishments! Continue to be the shining star that you are, and never stop dancing, dreaming, and believing in yourself because you can do anything you set your mind to do. We know you are destined for amazing things, and we cannot wait to see what your future holds. Wishing you much happiness and success always. Go blue! With mu...…
…94 | MAY 19 • 2022 continued on page 96 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 92 AIDAN WARREN Bloomfield Hills High School National Honor Society, Dale Carnegie graduate, Varsity Wrestling. Michigan State University BRITNEY WASSERMAN Bloomfield Hills High School Summa cum laude, National Honor Society, Temple Israel Youth Group Board. Michigan State University DANIELLA WEIL Farber Hebrew Day School Student Counc...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 95 Mazel T ov! Ariel Golnick You continually make us proud! Congratulations on graduating from The University of Alabama! Good luck at University of Michigan SEAS graduate school. Love, Mom, Dad, and Rayna Jacob Handler We are so proud of you and excited to see what your future holds. Enjoy everything about this next chapter of your life — you deserve it! We Love You! GO BLUE!!! Love, Mom, Dad, Nicolette...…
…96 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 94 MAYA WEISBERGER North Farmington High School Varsity Soccer senior captain, Volleyball, National Honor Society, LINK Crew leader, Class Board, Academic Honors Award, BBYO, First place Regional Design competition and sec- ond place in Engineering. Michigan State University REBEKAH WEISKOPF Northville High School National Honor Society, Summa cum laude, Academ...…
…Noah Yaker Congratulations Noah! You have always marched to the beat of your own drum. You are a-MAIZE-ing AND true BLUE! Good Luck at Ross. Love you and am so proud of you, N9NNIE Mazel Tov! Congratulations! AVA ROSE USHER Congratulations to our 2022 graduate! We are so proud of you and can’t wait to see what your future holds! Go Badgers! We love you! xoxo, Mom, Mike and Dad Matthew Weinstein Congratulations Ma...…
…BRANDON YAKER Bloomfield Hills High School Varsity Hockey (Oakland Activities Association White Division Dream Team and First Team), Varsity Golf, Varsity B Tennis, Varsity Lacrosse, OAA Scholar-Athlete, School newspaper Sports Editor and Managing Editor, National Honor Society, Summa cum laude, USA Eagles Travel Hockey. University of Michigan NOAH YAKER Bloomfield Hills High School National Honor Society, Drum Li...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 99 WEST BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT WEST BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT Rayna Golnick We are very proud of your accomplishments at Frankel Jewish Academy. We wish you all the happiness in the world and much success at the University of Michigan! Love, Mom, Dad, and Ariel Congratulations! Aidan Warren Aidan, Always remember that you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and...…
…I was scrolling through social media and noticed that a few classmates of mine posted insensitive and hateful things about Israel and Zionism. Speaking with a few of my Jewish classmates, I learned of similar experiences and even of some insensitive comments made to them directly. I felt uncomfortable knowing that some students could be so open to hate as future medical professionals that will be taking care of a diverse patient populat...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 101 W alking through the halls of my inclusive and diverse college campus, it is easy to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance no matter where you go. Students proudly express their own identities and individualism freely, knowing they are protected and safe to do so in a generation that is continuously pushing for tolerance. However, I began to realize that a part of my identity that I so confidently displayed ...…
…102 | MAY 19 • 2022 A fter a year of creative pro- gramming during lockdown, the opportunity to engage with Jewish students on campus was a thrill. This academic year, I served as president of Students for Israel at Wayne State. With the help of my vice president, Tania Miller, and Hillel of Metro Detroit’s Arad Kauf, we pulled off a year filled with amaz- ing programs. Our goal was to have an all-encompassing line of pro- grams,...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 103 ARTS&LIFE POETRY J anet Ruth Heller likes to joke that her first publisher was her first-grade teacher. It happened after the woman gave a poetry writing assignment to Heller’s entire Milwaukee class and learned of the many poems the youngster had written. The teacher especially liked a verse about the emerging poet’s flying a kite with her dad, mimeographed it and gave a copy to each of the other students. “...…
…ARTS&LIFE BOOK REVIEW C hana Blankshteyn had amassed a world of experience in the 1920s, when, in her 60s, she took up writing fiction in Yiddish. Born in Vilna around 1860, she had traveled to France and Germany as a young girl to further her education, had married and divorced and then married again, moved to Kiev with her second husband, and, after her second divorce, lived with a married daughter in St. Petersburg. Blanksht...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 105 in a laboratory. She is prepar- ing her first article for publi- cation in a scholarly journal. Her quiet life seems in order, until an intriguing stranger, an American engineer, takes a romantic interest in her. CONNECTION TO HISTORY The troubled political histo- ry of Eastern Europe figures in several of these stories, most sharply in the story that begins: “This morning, once again, control of the city again ...…
…106 | MAY 19 • 2022 DID HE DO IT? TWO SEPHARDI SERIES ON NETFLIX, THAT ’70S RE-BOOT The Staircase, an original eight-episode HBO Max series, premiered on May 5. Three episodes were released then; remaining episodes premiere on fol- lowing Thursdays. It’s based on a real case. In 2001, novelist Michael Peterson (played by Colin Firth) was accused of killing his wife. She was found dead at the bottom of a staircase. Peterson sa...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 107 THRILLING THURSDAY 10-11 AM, MAY 19 Children ages 0-4 and their favorite adults are invited to come play in person at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Join Lindsay Mall for a Rhythm and Ruach class, with songs, gross motor activity and more. $5 donation per family per session suggested donation. For information, contact Ari Reis at areis@shaareyzedek. org. FAMILY FARM DAY 10 AM-NOON, MAY 22 At Oakland Avenue Urba...…
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…110 | MAY 19 • 2022 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY D r. Maurice Reizen, former director of the Michigan Department of Public Health, passed away at the age of 103. He left with a long list of degrees, honors, awards and achieve- ments that are his legacy. Maurie was born in Detroit in 1919 to Max and Minna Reizen. He attended Durfee intermediate school and graduated from Central High School. He spent his summers as a camp counselor a...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 111 continued on page 112 and faculty. She earned her undergraduate degree at University of Wisconsin in Madison and graduate stud- ies at UCLA and Harvard University. She and her husband, Allan David, lived abroad for many years and traveled the world extensively. Sandy was sent by the University of Wisconsin to establish language education and training programs on all four continents, including major projects ...…
…112 | MAY 19 • 2022 continued from page 111 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY grandchildren, Maxwell and Gavin Barry, and Cameron and Jeremy Kay; brothers and sisters-in-law, Michael and Cathy Barry, and Gordon Barry. Mr. Barry was the devoted son of the late Julius and the late Lillian Barry. Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Variety the Children’s Charity, 600 S. Adams, Suite 230, Birmingham, MI 4...…
…continued on page 114 MAY 19 • 2022 | 113 be made to Parkinson’s Foundation of Michigan, 30400 Telegraph Road, Suite 150, Bingham Farms, MI 48025, parkinsonsmi.org; Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, temple-israel.org/ tributes; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ROSE G. FREEDMAN, 101, of West Bloomfield, died May 10, 2022. She is survived by her son and daughter...…
…continued from page 113 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 114 | MAY 19 • 2022 Audrey Greenberg and Amiel Gross, and Marnie Greenberg; grandchildren, Sasha and Tyler Cambron, Shauna Ferguson, and Lauren, Jocelyn, and Jacob Gross; sister, Ruth Kadish; brother-in-law and sister-in- law, Mark and Jan Hauser. Dr. Greenberg was the devoted son of the late Joseph Greenberg and the late Goldie Greenberg Kramer; the dear brother-in- law of t...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 115 continued on page 116 Elliot’s early travels followed his pursuit of his Ph.D., lead- ing eventually to Atlanta, Ga., where he had a faculty position at Emory University and finally to Ann Arbor, where she supported him in his faculty and research position at the University of Michigan Medical School. In addition to her con- tinuing interest in science, which she discussed avidly with Elliot, she actively did m...…
…116 | MAY 19 • 2022 continued from page 115 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY in-law, William Nelkin, Eric and Sandy Nelkin. Mr. Kaminsky was the treasured son of the late Marion and the late Harry Kaminsky; dear son-in-law of the late Edna and the late Marvin Nelkin. Contributions may be made to Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 or MORC, morcinc. org. A funeral service was held at Hebrew Memorial ...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 117 C omic artist Neal Adams, who died at age 80 in New York City on April 28, is best known for having revolutionized Batman and other iconic comic book characters for both the DC and Marvel brands. But Adams himself was also a fearless crusader: He battled comics publishers for the rights of artists and writers, rescued Superman’s Jewish cre- ators from abject poverty and campaigned for a Holocaust survivor to...…
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…AUGUST 19 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 14 Hey, Teens! There’s a new way to connect to Jewish life. 24 Suicide Prevention Group Plans Star-Studded Event 26 FIDF Luncheon Raises $250,000 More than 300 women attend event in West Bloomfield. EDUCATION 30 Special Ed’s Ardent Advocate Marcie Lipsitt fights for the rights of impaired students. 32 Special Ed Proponent Chaya ...…
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…6 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 guest column Remembering the JCC Locker Room F or the past year or so, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 a.m., I get in my car and take a ride to a nearby commu- nity pool for the 11 a.m. Senior Swim Hour. In the locker room, after my workout, I quickly shower and get dressed. If there are one or two other guys around, we say “hello” and maintain social distance. It’s cordial, but I can’t help ...…
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…8 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 guest column Investing in the Future I n early August, the Biden administration announced a goal to make half of all new cars sold in the U.S. electric by 2030. In June, the congregation I serve, Temple B’nai Israel in Kalamazoo, installed an elec- tric car charger with the assis- tance of Hope for Creation. Through the congregation’s relationship with Michigan Interfaith Power & Light, as well as other g...…
…10 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY destruction during times of war as well as peace. The expanded rulings include not feeding livestock pol- luted water, not diverting or destroying water and not throwing away food or wan- tonly breaking usable items. These interpretations have shaped how we, as a Jewish congregation, engage with the world we live in. Another value guiding the Congregation’s decision to invest in an EV char...…
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…12 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 JCC LOCKER ROOM continued from page 6 I rode my favorite exercise bike next to Alan, who lived around the block from me in my early years, and we talked about our legendary days (in our own minds) as kids, playing baseball together at MacDowell Elementary in Detroit. But the real highlights of my visits (as I look back on those many years) were the conver- sations I had with my locker mates after our workouts...…
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…AUGUST 19 • 2021 | 15 OUR COMMUNITY W hen the Detroit Jewish com- munity leaders discovered an alarming number through research — that 70% of Jewish teens in Metro Detroit aren’t engaging in Jewish life — the Jewish Community Center and youth professionals took notice and began to promote positive change. Despite having more than 35 local Jewish youth-serving organizations offer- ing a variety of excellent programs, teen engagement ...…
…OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 15 continued on page 18 Even though 35-plus local Jewish youth-serving organiza- tions in the area offer more than 90 programs, the JCC discovered that most families only knew of one or two opportunities their teens could engage with. Often, they would try one of the pro- grams and if it wasn’t a fit, they stopped looking for alternatives. Families also might not have realized that the programs the...…
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…18 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 continued on page 20 teens to be communal connec- tors and provide more touch- points for connection. “Through their friendships and relationships, teens can find their place in the local Jewish community,” Vieder says. The selected fellows, along with Federation’s shinshin- im (Israeli emissaries), will receive extensive training from Michigan State Hillel during the yearlong fellowship. SUPPORT FOR PARENTS ...…
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…20 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 18 Youth will provide funding for youth-serving organizations, including BBYO, Friendship Circle and Repair the World, to hire youth directors to work specifically with underserved demographics including male-identifying teens, middle schooler and diverse teens, such as those from interfaith families, Jews of color and LGBTQ+ identifying youth. “With more individuals wakin...…
