… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 3 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, in...…
…4 | APRIL 2 • 2020 Q: Why i s thi s ni ght di ffer ent fr om al l other ni ghts? A: Toni ght we di ne vi rtual l y. Joi n us for a vi rtual Passover Seder! Vi deos and mat eri al s wi l l be avai l abl e on our websi t e, YouTube channel and Facebook page. Wi shi ng you and your fami l y a Happy Passover! Your Templ e Isr ael Fami l y Q: Why i s thi s ni ght di ffer ent fr om al l other ni ghts? A: T...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 5 W hen Passover arrives next week, we’ ll have to edit our Hagaddahs to read, “Why is this night, day, next several weeks and months different than from all other nights, days, next several weeks and…” — you get the point. Coronavirus, please, just pass over already. As I’ m writing this, Michigan Gov. Whitmer is officially announcing our state’ s “Stay at Home” order. Had she announced this prior to Feb...…
…6 | APRIL 2 • 2020 W e are living in unprecedented times. A global pan- demic with a colorful graphic attached to it has caused the president to declare a national emergency, and reports are the reach of COVID- 19 will surpass the concern and financial implications of anything we have imagined in modern times. But while our community struggles to respond to the novel coronavirus, we are facing another outbreak: fin- ger-poi...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 7 The name Adat Shalom means The Congregation of peace. We ar e a commu nit y w ho believ es t hat ev en in t he mos t difficu lt and u nlikely cir cu ms t ances w e can find w ays t o br ing w holenes s , hope, healing and peace int o ou r liv es and int o t he w or ld. Ou r s hu l began in 1943, du r ing t he w or s t moment s in t he his t or y of ou r people and of t he w or ld. Ant is emit is m w as i...…
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…12 | APRIL 2 • 2020 continued on page 14 S ince residents have been ordered to “stay at home” for at least three weeks, workers across Michigan are adapting to a new daily work life, with video confer- ence calls and interruptions from kids and dogs. But for many Jewish business owners with shops, fitness studios and restaurants, “work from home” is not an option. And they’ re struggling to wrap their head around the fact that one ...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 13 While our school building is closed, we are still available for you! Reach out to Director of Admissions, Arielle Endelman, with any questions about admission for next year. aendelman@frankelja.org | 248.671.3248 FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY 6600 West Maple Road www.frankelja.org DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, THE FJA FAMIL Y IS STILL CONNECTED AND STILL LEARNING! 000_DJN040220_JD Unemployment Apr 2.indd 13 000_DJN040...…
…14 | APRIL 2 • 2020 SUDDENLY UNEMPLOYED For many workers in the service industry, like Detroit Axe axe- master Brad Bobkin, they’ re just “riding out the storm. ” Bobkin, 31, was among a cou- ple dozen people laid off at the axe-throwing venue in Ferndale. “There’ s the assumption that when things get better, we’ ll be back to business as usual, ” Bobkin says. He owns a house in Ferndale and lives with two housemates who ...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 15 D uring this time of social distancing and with many house- hold items in scarce supply, Temple Shir Shalom spearheaded a GoFundMe campaign to deliver food and pre-packaged bags to those in need. The temple part- nered with the volunteer-run Oakland County Poverty and Homelessness Task Force and other nonprofit organizations. In three days, the campaign raised more than $4,000, enough to surpass its origina...…
…16 | APRIL 2 • 2020 W ith the coronavi- rus keeping people housebound, the JCC of Metro Detroit has geared up to offer online programs across its many departments, from toddlers to senior citizens. “We have a responsibility to continue to engage our commu- nity — mind, body and soul, ” Brian D. Siegel, CEO of the JCC, said, citing Jewish teachings about feeling responsible for one another. Mikki Frank, the JCC’ s JFamily direc...…
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…18 | APRIL 2 • 2020 J oe Cornell was the stuff of legends. With a broad smile, a big laugh and a ton of personality, he brought social dancing — and etiquette — to generations of Jewish kids in Metro Detroit and beyond. Now his community, which includes decades of students, teachers, friends and family, is mourning his March 18death of natural causes. He was 90 years old. “He was everybody’ s uncle, ” said Steve Jasgur of West Bloom...…
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…20 | APRIL 2 • 2020 Jews in the D continued from page 18 Along the way, Coronella was told to Americanize his name for broader appeal, so he became Joe Cornell. And Joe Cornell became such a household name and built such a community that phone calls and messages haven’ t stopped flooding in for days from those who want to contrib- ute to the story of his life and what he meant to people. Cornell found a niche teaching kids in th...…
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…22 | APRIL 2 • 2020 continued from page 22 sands of kids, he taught tens of thousands of kids, ” said Miller, whose children and grand- children also learned to dance, thanks to Cornell. Sharon Gould Eaton of West Bloomfield took lessons at age 12, became an assistant and then a teacher for Cornell. She remembers how he flew in to accompany her to her son’ s wedding. “He was kind, he was com- passionate, he was giving, ” she said. ...…
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…24 | APRIL 2 • 2020 O n March 11, 46 Metro Detroiters geared up for a trip to Morocco with Temple Israel. The tour was scheduled for nine days, with an optional extension to visit Marrakech and the Atlas Mountains. At the same time, the novel coronavirus outbreak was spreading quickly, wreaking havoc on travel plans. The Temple Israel group, led by Rabbi Paul Yedwab, Rabbi Marla Hornsten and Cantor Michael Smolash, boarded the...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 25 details. They continued to tour into Sunday, staying relatively close to the airport. Suddenly, the tour stopped short — the group was instruct- ed to board a bus headed straight for the Casablanca airport. They needed to leave immediately. According to AP News, Morocco placed a ban on international passenger flights and ships that same day. The country now is in full lockdown mode, shutting down hotels, resta...…
…26 | APRIL 2 • 2020 Next Year in Person; This Year on Zoom COVID-19 changes Passover plans for many families. JENNIFER LOVY CONTRIBUTING WRITER Passover F or sisters Elayne Moss and Terry Schwartz, Passover is a marathon event of cooking and entertaining. Together, they host an average of 35-40 people for each seder. Throughout the week, they pretty much have an open-door meal policy for family and friends. It’ s a tradition that...…
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…28 | APRIL 2 • 2020 Making Passover Personal Local families create their own Haggadot to celebrate the holiday. ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Passover T he Haggadah, read at the Passover seder table to tell the story of the Jewish people’ s liberation from slavery in Egypt, describes, in order, each symbolic food placed on a seder plate and when to participate in the rituals of the holiday. It also features tradition...…
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…30 | APRIL 2 • 2020 COURTESY OF COHEN FAMILY to adding more to this year’ s edition. “ After all, would it be so terrible if the Haggadah was 500 pages long? Not to me.” ADDING MEANING AND A MODERN FEEL After using the Maxwell House Haggadah growing up and then children’ s Haggadot when she and her husband, Howard, had their two children, Gail (Nachman) Greenberg of Oak Park was interested in searching for something more meani...…
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…34 | APRIL 2 • 2020 W e all know a matzah when we see one: a thin, flat, square cracker, punctuated with parallel rows of holes. We know how a matzah behaves, too. Stored properly, a matzah never gets stale, never gets moldy, never bends (but it does break). We know matzah; our tribe has eaten matzah since biblical times. So, it may seem odd to ask, “When did a matzah get that way?” Square: The matzah got square when Isaac ...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 35 simple recipe. It has two ingredients: flour and water. Flour: Regular flour might not do for kosher- for-Passover matzah because it might have too much water added at the mill, rendering it chametz (leavened) and unfit for Passover. Matzah bakers use special flour, ground on purpose for matzah, so check your labels. Water: According to Rabbi Yehudah in the Talmud, we draw the water for matzah the day bef...…
…36 | APRIL 2 • 2020 T here’ s an old Israeli platitude: We’ ll take your donations; but until you make the sacrifice to live here, you have no say in our affairs. After moving to Israel from Birmingham 10 years ago, I now under- stand this is out of time with the actual influence diaspora Jews have on the Jewish state. In fact, when it comes to the fight for religious pluralism, North Americans are the vital backbone behind Is...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 37 the answers will range from “ depends” to “ no. ” You will never find a definitive “yes” there. Yet the Video prevails. Its mere existence means queer people can feel safer. The Video is not completely alone: There are a few queer party lines that operate month- ly in several LGBT-friendly establishments, growing in number every year. There is the aforementioned café; and there is the Open House, Jerusalem’ s ...…
…38 | APRIL 2 • 2020 Kotel. But because women are still not allowed to use a Torah, they endure humiliating body searches by guards hired to pre- vent them from bringing in the spiritual contraband. THE INFLUENCE OF DIASPORA JEWS While WoW conducts its monthly Rosh Hodesh prayer service, ultra-Orthodox aggres- sors disturb their religious ser- vices and shove participants. At a recent talk, Anat Hoffman, a founding member of WoW an...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 39 Spirit torah portion C an archaic, seemingly mundane verses regard- ing cleaning the Temple be relevant to us today? Yes, and they teach us a most profound lesson for these trying times. This week’ s portion begins with the first service performed each morning in the Temple: the removal of the ashes from the altar. Every evening, the remains of the previous day’ s offerings were put on the altar to be con- ...…
…40 | APRIL 2 • 2020 A total of nearly 4,500 Arizona middle school- ers of diverse heritages watched a dramatization of a Jewish middle schooler con- fronting the Holocaust, and they wanted to know more about the terrifying times. These students became the first out-of-state audiences to see performances of The Diary of Anne Frank as staged by Michigan’ s Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET). In February, the Detroit troupe of 16 perfor...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 41 Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix, she also enlisted help from the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center. “I want young people to understand this history before [those who hate] can get to them, ” said Ginn, who created committees to handle produc- tion-associated responsibilities, which included 50 Jewish and non-Jewish volunteers. One committee found prop...…
…42 | APRIL 2 • 2020 Arts&Life review B ritish philanthropist Leonard Montefiore, a founder of World Jewish Relief, took a special interest in youngsters who survived concen- tration camp experiences of star- vation, deprivation, forced labor and separation from loved ones. With liberation, he joined caring volunteers to help hun- dreds of these youths regain their abilities, trust in others and the future. The transition unfolded ...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 43 STREAMING & NETWORKS Comedian Iliza Shlesinger, 37, has had four Netflix specials since 2013. They have all featured her doing a stand-up set. Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show, her fifth Netflix project, is something differ- ent. It is a six-episode, half-hour series with a supporting cast of comic actors. The official descrip- tion says: “From the mind of Iliza Shlesinger comes a secret world filled with absurd cha...…
…44 | APRIL 2 • 2020 “P roblems can be an opportunity, ” said Executive Chef Matt Prentice. He recently found an “ outrageous” way to maintain his Three Cats at Leon & Lulu during the coronavirus pan- demic. Three Cats in Clawson now offers upscale carryout dinners with optional delivery service. The noted veter- an chef is betting this is a niche he’ s uniquely suited to fill in Oakland County. On the day Michigan Gov. Gre...…
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… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 47 Soul of blessed memory A Pioneer In Healthcare Calvin J. Lippitt, 95, passed away March 21, 2020. He graduated from Central High School in Detroit in 1942. In 1949, he graduat- ed with a bachelor of science degree from University of Michigan. Mr. Lippitt was a corporal and weather specialist in the U.S. Airforce from 1943-1946. He then worked as a salesman for paper, coffee and finally health insurance, along wi...…
…48 | APRIL 2 • 2020 Jamie and Solomon Amster, Andrew Garon, Sarah and Bradley Garon, Harrison Brode and Rayanne Brode; great-grandchildren, Avery Trager, Scotland Trager, Paxton Amster, Ford Trager and Sloane Amster; many loving nieces and nephews, a world of friends; a treasured caregiver, Beba Mironovic. Mrs. Brode was the proud grandmother of the late Charles Brode; the loving sister of the late Gail Jacobs; the devoted dau...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 49 continued on page 50 Extraordinarily well loved by all who knew him, Manny was full of laughter and jokes and was a pillar of strength throughout his life. He was smart and loving, creative and playful, a great friend to all and exception- ally loving to his family. He loved being a grandfather and took enormous pride and joy in his five grand- daughters. Dr. Frisch is sur- vived by his sister, Joan Bromberg ...…
…50 | APRIL 2 • 2020 continued from page 49 Soul of blessed memory and their spouses, Morey (Ina), Leo, Evelyn and Jane (Nathan) Sahn. Memorial contributions may be made to Retired Race Horse Project or American Cancer Society. LES LEIDER, 65, passed away March 20, 2020, in Palm Springs, Calif., after a 10-year battle with Multiple Myeloma. Les grew up in Oak Park. He then graduated from Michigan State University and received ...…
… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 51 continued on page 52 entertaining and giving dinner parties at home. Lillian was a professional gourmet cook and baker known for her delecta- ble dishes. She loved to garden and was very knowledgeable about many plants and trees. It wasn’ t unusual for a friend of hers to come home to a beau- tiful arrangement of colorful flowers and trailing vines by her front door. Lillian and Larry were very philanthropic an...…
…52 | APRIL 2 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory Levitt, the late Ida and the late Donald Wexler, the late Julius Stofer; cousin of the late Sheila Mudryk, the late Cindy Mudryk. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’ s choice. Services and interment were held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Park. DR. DAVID ZEFF, 90, of West Bloomfield, died on March 21, 2020. A graduate of the University of Michig...…
