… APRIL 2 • 2020 | 53 the best of everything S he was a legend … One of a kind … Someone whose shoes cannot be filled … I’ m talking about Shirlee Bloom (Feroni), who recently passed away. She was a dreamer who eventually saw her vision come true with her own places where she could make the original kosher dishes of her late mother and father, Lil and Harry Bloom, whose Mayfair Kosher Catering in Detroit and then Lil’ s Koshe...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 54 | APRIL 2 • 2020 A lthough Joe Cornell was not Jewish, generations of people in Detroit’ s Jewish community have interacted with him. When news that Cornell died in California on March 18 reached Detroit, Facebook exploded with people sharing memories of him and his popular dance classes for preteen Jewish Det...…
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… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-10 Jews in the D An Electric Experience 12 Jewish student helps lead LTU Formula SAE Electric Team’ s push for innovation. Biking Across Israel 15 Michigan FIDF supporters cycle with wounded Israeli combat veterans. The Shattered Dreams 16 Author shares lessons learned from her childhood. Essay: What We Bring to the Table 17 Online Chanukah Art Contest Winners 18 Helping Others 19 OCC gra...…
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… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 5 Views for starters Looking Ahead in 2020 W ow, it’ s 2020. Say it out loud. Doesn’ t it sound like a year that is still decades away? 2020 has a nice ring to it as a year. A year, I think, for literary purposes, George Orwell would have considered as the title for a sequel to his legendary dark novel 1984. I skipped reading 1984 when I found out it wasn’ t about the Tigers’ World Series Championship...…
…Views 6 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 guest column Why the Jews? W hy the Jews?” The week after Thanksgiving, speaking at the annual con- ference of American Muslims for Palestine, a political activ- ist and former co-chair of the Women’ s March took yet another shot at Israel and the Jews when she declared that the State of Israel is “built on the idea that Jews are supreme to everyone else.” Why the Jews? For those on the radical le...…
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…10 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 Views slur for good measure. The AJC, which just inaugurated a social media campaign to “Translate Hate,” should have been especially attuned to what was happening here. Trump has repeatedly hit on all these anti- Semitic themes before. He’ s complained that Jews won’ t back him because he doesn’ t “want your money.” He’ s told American Jews that Israel is “your country.” In many ways, Trump’ s IAC speech p...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 11 OUR JN MISSION: We aspire to communicate news and opinion that’ s trusted, valued, engaging and distinctive. We strive to refl ect 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 So...…
…12 | JANUARY 02 • 2020 An Electric Experience Jewish student helps lead LTU Formula SAE Electric Team’ s push for innovation. CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER Jews in the D A t Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, the Formula SAE Electric Team is pushing the bounds of inno- vation regarding electric cars. The team is designing and creating their own electric car to compete at two national events this coming year. Consistin...…
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…14 | JANUARY 02 • 2020 TOP: Team members use computer simulations as they develop their electric car. ABOVE: Wexler tests a battery pack. is pushing innovation. The vehicle dynamics side is also developing fea- tures unique to their electric car. “Because of the electric motor design we developed, we now have to design and fabricate our own cus- tom brake caliber because there is no off-the-shelf component to fit the environment ...…
… JANUARY 02 • 2019 | 15 Biking Across Israel Michigan FIDF supporters cycle with wounded Israeli combat veterans. T hree Michigan res- idents participated in the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) fifth annual Israel Bike Mission, an intense six-day bicycle ride through Israel, from Nov. 2-8. Local riders were Sandy Rosen of Bloomfield, Sam Rozenberg of West Bloomfield and Rabbi Alon Tolwin of Southfield. The Michig...…
…A loving mother feels grateful her children and grandchildren grow up in comfort, but, at some point, she wants them to know what she learned in her own childhood. So, Gita Zikherman- Greisdorf wrote The Shattered Dreams, a slim memoir telling her story simply and directly. She wrote this book to con- vey the values that sustained her parents as they managed to save their children from the Nazis, remaining always just a step ahead...…
… JANUARY 02 • 2020 | 17 Jews in the D What We Bring To The Table A group of die-hard ping pong players at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield have persevered for more than 12 years. We play every day from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Initially Big Boris, age 67, and Little Boris occupied the right table, keeping score in Russian, leaving the left table to the Americans: Sy Borsen, 92, Fred Kendell and Bob Salamon, both 86. Whe...…
…18 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 Jews in the D Votes Are In! Mazel tov to the online Chanukah art winners. In the Dec. 19 issue of the JN, we published winners chosen by the JN staff. Then we opened the voting to you online at our website. Here are the winners you chose from among the more than 150 entries this year in our annual Chanukah art contest, sponsored by Hillel Day School. Online winners are Sadie Katz, 4, ages 6 and younger; Noah Blo...…
… JANUARY 02 • 2020 | 19 A trip to Israel to attend a cousin’ s wedding set the stage for a recent Oakland Community College graduate to ignite her own passions. Leia Serlin of West Bloomfield loved her expe- rience in Israel so much that she vowed to go back and “do something good.” Upon her return, she began researching multiple volunteer opportunities and landed on Save a Child’ s Heart in Holon, Israel, about 20 minutes fr...…
…20 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 | faces&places Jews in the D PHOTOS BY JERRY ZOLYNSKY Menorah in the D, Dec. 22, 2019, Campus Martius Park, Detroit Moshe Weiss of Charlotte, N.C., and Matti Weingarten of Flint do a dreidel dance for participants. Keara Scannell from Detroit Circus entertains the crowd with flaming antics. Families have fun roasting marshmallows. Rabbi Yisrael Pinson of Chabad in the D The annual lighting of the menorah in D...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 21 | faces&places Jews in the D To celebrate the 2019 Chanukah season, the Lubavitch Yeshiva, International School for Chabad Leadership, held its annual Car-Top Menorah Parade departing from the Zekelman campus in Oak Park, traveling to Southfield City Hall and culminating in a grand menorah lighting and festivities. Refreshments and music entertained participants while students mounted menorahs on more tha...…
…22 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 On a cold night in December, 170 members of the Metropolitan Detroit Black and Jewish commu- nities joined to celebrate the spirit of the season at the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity’ s annual holi- day party. The Coalition is an initiative of the Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC and Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity. Taking place at The Madison in Detroit, a high- light of the...…
…Thank You for your support of the Holocaust Memorial Center’s November 17, 2019 Dinner Honorees Nina & Bernie Kent Dinner Chairs Elaine & Michael Serling Dinner Advisors Susan & Nelson Hersh VIP Reception Sponsor Dessert Afterglow Sponsor Trudy & Arthur Weiss Dinner Chairs Elaine & Michael Serling, Honorees Nina & Bernie Kent, and Keynote Speaker Dr. Ruth Westheimer Photo Credit: Brett Mountain Photography HONORARY CO-CHAIRS B...…
…24 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 Thank You for your support of the Holocaust Memorial Center’s 35th Anniversary Dinner HONORARY CHAIR COMMITTEE Mary & Jonathan Aaron Debbie & Eric Abramson Kari & Edward Alterman Dawn & Paul Arslanian Ascension Michigan Kathy & Bruce Ballard The Baum Family Beaumont Health Hadas & Dennis Bernard Helen Charlupski & Joseph Biederman Jeffrey H. Bigelman Roz & Stanford Blanck Doris & Frederick Blechman Jean & Howard Ble...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 25 Nina & Bernie Kent | Dinner Honorees | November 17, 2019 HONORARY HOST COMMITTEE Vicki & Edward Adler Allied Printing Company Barbra & Peter Alter Marcia Applebaum, Pamela Applebaum & Gaal Karp Carrie & David Aronow Lisa & Robert Aronson Julie & Larry August Henry Baskin Jackie & Jeff Bean Ruth & Norman Beitner Carolyn & James Bellinson Florine Mark & Donald Benyas Susan & Sam Bernstein Sandy Feldman & Larry Bin...…
…Moments 26 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 Fishman 65th L ois and Nat Fishman of West Bloomfield were married Dec. 11, 1954, at Congregation Beth Abraham in Detroit. They celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary at a special dinner with their children, Graham and Sue, Jill, Jodee and Roy, and Jayme; and grandchildren, Jarrett, Brandon, Amanda and fiancé, Ben, Justin, Hailey, Merrick, Jasmine, Ayla and Zoe. This picture is from an earlier an...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 27 Rivalry And Discord S adly, many people expe- rience discord in their family. Relatives are estranged; holiday meals turn into grand debates; and family members refuse to attend each other’ s simchahs. In some cases, war- ring factions don’ t even remember the reason for the initial strife. Often, it begins with sibling rivalry, a main theme in this first book of the Torah. The first two brothers were Ca...…
…28 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 B efore Marshall Mandell built a career in real estate brokerage, he established himself as a musi- cian. Between being raised in Southfield and raising his own children in Farmington Hills, Mandell played drums and other instruments profession- ally in California. He appeared with headlining groups such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Los Lobos, joined studio musi- cians for projects produced by Motown Records...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 29 recorded songs was divided between Mandell and Will, a Seattle business- man and performer who had worked in California bands with Mandell. They also are producing a limited number of videos to accompany the music. As the two planned out the rock opera, Will had one completed number to offer. “The Sum of It All, ” originally written to honor the memory of his mother, would apply to the loss of people at the stad...…
…30 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST T he 2020 Golden Globe awards will air on NBC on Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. This is a very good year for Jewish nominees. The very funny and very acerbic Ricky Gervais hosts. ACTING: Lead actor, drama film: Joaquin Phoenix, 45, Joker; lead actress, drama film: Scarlett Johansson, 35, Marriage Story; lead actress, comedy film: Beanie Feldstein, 26, Booksmart; lead actor...…
…So much fun you’ll forget you’re earning service hours. Volunteer opportunities for b’nai mitzvah students Because We Care MONTHLY MITZVOT January 19 The Great Challah Bake Ready to get your hands dirty? And sticky? Join in on the fun as we make homemade loaves of challah and “Shabbat in a Box” kits to be given to homebound older adults and families served by JFS. Temple Israel February 9 Chicken Soup for the Soul ...…
…32 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 JAN 2-5 Editor’s Picks WEDNESDAY, JAN 8 DROP IN & LEARN 1 pm, Jan. 8. “The Many in the Hands of the Few — On Power, Morality, and Nature” at Congregation Beth Ahm. Watch and discuss a Chanukah webinar led by Elana Stein Hain, director of faculty for the Shalom Hartman Institute; examine how one of the core themes of Chanukah reveals a divergence between rabbinic and Greco-Roman thought about powe...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 33 continued on page 34 Memories Culinary Combo continues as mother-daughter duo open bakery in Southfi eld. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER M other-and-daughter duo Jodie Polk, 56, of Commerce Township and Jessica Barris, 26, of Berkeley hope you’ ll stop into their new bakery for something sweet as the family that founded the online baking company Culinary Combo is set to open their first brick-and- mo...…
…34 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 This venture is the result of my whole family and good friends coming together. — JODIE POLK know Jim’ s story. His chef’ s hat is the bakery’ s logo. “Our cousins (in commercial real estate) said they wanted to see our dream of opening a bakery come true, ” Polk said. “This venture is the result of my whole family and good friends coming together. I do believe Jim has a hand in this from above. He is our ...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 35 J ack’ s Roadside BBQ in Clarkston catered a much-talked-about lunch for guests this fall at Durfee Innovation Society, formerly a Detroit public school. On Nov. 7, the first Metro Youth Club in Wayne County was dedicated at Durfee. The club was named in honor of U.S. Sen. Carl Levin and U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, both retired, and Detroit philanthropist James Comer. They joined fel- low Durfee alumni, st...…
…Nosh eats | drinks | sweets continued from page 35 36 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 Jack created in his kitchen drew them into manufacturing. Trevor grew up in Waterford, graduating from Waterford Kettering High School. He worked with his four siblings at both family businesses. After 16 years, Trevor quit Garden Fresh in October 2018 to “follow my passion for bar- becue. ” Why barbecue? Because every year, the Aronsons went to “visit our...…
… JANUARY 02 • 2019 | 37 Nosh news Burgerim Opens in Oak Park B urgerim opened its newest location at 24740 Greenfield Road in Oak Park. The restaurant features slightly-larger-than-slider burgers with a build-your- own concept. It joins locations in Bingham Farms, Livonia and Royal Oak. The Oak Park location will be the only site with grain- free, keto-friendly buns as an option. The buns are a low-carb option with 5 grams of net car...…
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…A llee Willis, award-win- ning songwriter and Detroit native, died Dec. 24, 2019, in Los Angeles at age 72 of cardiac arrest. Willis, who gained inspi- ration from Motown for her own work, wrote such well- known songs as “September” and “Boogie Wonderland” in collaboration with Earth, Wind & Fire; she won two Grammy Awards for her work on Beverly Hills Cop and the Tony- nominated Broadway musical The Color Purple, which she co-wr...…
…40 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory celebrate with pride, things of her own doing. ” Willis never studied music. “I’ m untrained, ” she said in the 2018 JN cover story. “The only music lessons I had was that on Saturdays I’ d have my parents drop me off at the Motown house [on West Grand Boulevard]. I’ d sit on the grass and listen to what they were doing inside. If I didn’ t grow up in Detroit, I probably wouldn’ t be ...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 41 LORETHA “LOU” NELKIN, 95, of Bloomfield Hills, died Dec. 21, 2019. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Allan and Melanie Nelkin; daughters and sons-in-law, Marla and Murray Feldman, and Judy and Nick Dunwoodie; grandchildren, Matthew and Heather Nelkin, David Nelkin, Katie and Andrew Feldman, Rob Feldman and his fiancee, Mallory Sofastall, Evan Dunwoodie, Rachel Dunwoodie, Erin and Megan Mazu...…
…42 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 son of the late Harold and the late Leah Orloff. Interment took place at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the Michigan Humane Society or to a charity of one’ s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. SYLVIA ROSEN, 87, of Southfield, died Dec. 22, 2019. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Michele Rosen of Oak Park, David and Amy Rosen of...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 43 continued on page 44 whom he cared deeply. No services are planned at this time. A private celebra- tion of life will be held in the future. Contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Michigan. DONALD SCHARG, 66, of West Bloomfield, died Dec. 22, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Janice Scharg; son and daughter-in- law, Ari and Sara Scharg of Chicago, Ill.; daughter and son- in-law, Sally and Sandy...…
…44 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 55th Street, Suite 6H, New York, NY 10022, lungcancerresearchfoun- dation.org; or Temple Shir Shalom, Dana Wartell Fund, 3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, shirshalom. org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ELAINE ZAHS, 92, of West Bloomfield, died Dec. 18, 2019. She is survived by her children, Stephen and Colleen Zahs of West Bloomfield, Barbara and Jeffrey Rothstein of Arizona, Brian...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 45 GreenS pace Café’ s plant-based menu offers heart-healthy choices. the best of everything Raskin Eating for Health G ood health … one of our greatest life assets, leads off everyone’ s wish for the New Year … is also emphasized by prominent local heart doctor and author Dr. Joel Kahn and his GreenSpace Café … that goes into its fifth year on West Nine Mile Road, Ferndale. The impor- tance of having an...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 46 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 Chanukah 1949 Brought Concerns as Well as Joy W hile doing the research in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History for my last column about Chanukah, I ran across an interesting issue of the JN from Dec. 15, 1949, that not only had content about Chanukah cele- bratio...…
