…MAY 2 • 2024 | 55 joins her with Warren Defever on bass, Joey Mazzola on guitar and Steve Nistor on drums. Other bands with which she has worked include Universal Indians and Slumber Party. “Tabula Rasa is the first time we recorded songs,” Davidson said about her current group’s efforts. “Our approach before was all improvised. Joey, the other guitar player, has brought in songs every time we would get together, but this is the...…
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…MAY 2 • 2024 | 61 J N FAMILY PICNIC NOON-2 PM, MAY 5 (SUN.) At Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Celebrate spring with friends, food and fun. A variety of kids’ activities, including a bounce slide and face painting on our playground. A BBQ lunch will be provided. Free of charge. Open to the community. Register: jlive. app/events/7863. Inside if it is raining. FAMILY FUN 1-3 PM, MAY 5 (SUN.) At the Detroit Historical ...…
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… MAY 2 • 2024 | 65 J N JOAN BEHRMANN, 77, of Deerfield, Ill., died April 23, 2024. Ms. Behrmann is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Marcy and Jonathan Farrell, and Rebecca Behrmann and Joshua Rubin; son and daughter-in-law, Simon and Rachel Behrmann; grandchildren, Sammy Frank, Avi Frank, Amelie Rubin and Bailey Rubin; brother and sister-in-law, Larry Newman and Kristine Johnson. She was the devoted daughter of the...…
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…MAY 2 • 2024 | 67 J N Eddie was born in Detroit on Oct. 6, 1955, and grew up in Livonia. He attended Clarenceville High School and graduated from Michigan State University in 1979. He remained an avid Spartan fan his entire life. Eddie was outgoing, and he made friends easily with his zest for life and comfortable sense of humor. He loved music as well as playing and watching sports. A gifted bowler, Eddie bowled a perfect game o...…
…68 | MAY 2 • 2024 J N DORALEE LEVINE, 86, of Farmington Hills, died April 21, 2024. Mrs. LeVine is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Elyse and Darrell Silber; grandchil- dren, Jaimee Silber and Alexis Silber; sisters-in-law, Mona Kaufman and Maxine LeVine; nephews and nieces, Ian LeVine, Monica LeVine, Robin Motisi, Peter LeVine and Kim Kaufman. She was the beloved wife for 56 years of the late Ronald LeVine; the cheri...…
…MAY 2 • 2024 | 69 FLORENCE LOVINGER OSTROW, 102, of Farmington Hills, died April 23, 2024. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Lindsay Lovinger and Bradley Williams, and Joanie and Robert Garvin; grandson, Joshua Garvin, and his fiancee, Jodi; many loving nieces, neph- ews, great-nieces, great-nephews and a world of friends. Mrs. Ostrow was the beloved wife of the late William Lovinger and the late Hyman Ostrow; the l...…
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…70 | MAY 2 • 2024 J N Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com A Four-Generation Baseball Tradition I t is springtime. How do we know? Well, I suppose, one can look at the calendar for the first day of spring or note that flowers are blooming and trees are budding. In Detroit, however, the official (unofficial) first day of the season is the home opener for the ...…
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…16 May 2 • 2019 jn continued from page 14 jews d in the HATRED STRIKES AGAIN consciousness of the Israeli people,” Gross says. “Once you get used to that, this almost feels like an exten- sion of that in a way.” Gross further adds that looking at the bigger picture, this is a contin- ued page in the book of a 3,000-year history of anti-Semitism and, as response, communities should band together in solidarity. “This is unfortunately an...…
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…26 May 2 • 2019 jn Ethnic Intimidation MSU Hillel intern received anti-Semitic death threats. A Jewish student intern at the Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center at Michigan State University in East Lansing was urged by Hillel staff to report anti-Semitic death threats he’ d been receiving via Facebook messages last October, according to Robyn Hughey, Hillel associate director. Hughey said staff learned about ...…
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…28 May 2 • 2019 jn moments Naomi Bernard will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at B’ nai Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield. She is the daughter of Mechelle and David Bernard, the sister of Becky, and the granddaughter of David and Margaret Leduc, and Etta Bernard and the late Helmut Bernard. Naomi is in the seventh grade at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. For her mitzvah project, ...…
