…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-10 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 Veterans Honored Two esteemed centenarians celebrated special days in January. 16 Garrett’s Space Receives $4 Million in Funding Suicide prevention nonprofit will use funds to open residential center. 18 Calling for a New Intifada Pro-Palestinian protest at U-M raises concern among Jewish students. 21 How We Met...…
…30 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 NEXT DOR N EXTGen Detroit held an event Sunday, Jan. 15, called Romp-N-Roll — a new fan favorite by NEXTGen Detroit dog owners and their furry friends. More than 35 people attended the event with their dogs at Canine to Five in Commerce, and everyone had an incredible time. Dogs of all shapes and sizes joined in and played. While the dogs played, their owners got to know one another or caught up with old fri...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 31 T his won’t be Yevgeniya Gazman’s first trip to Israel; it will actually be her fourth. She visited rela- tives in Israel with her family as a child, went on a Birthright trip in the early 2000s and last visited about 10 years ago with family for a friend’s wedding. “At that time, I was very, very sick with bipolar disorder and definitely not in the right place in my life to truly experience Israel,” she said....…
…32 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 O ne of the core values that has guided Tamarack Camps since its inception over a century ago is the idea of Kehillah Mekabelet — to build a welcoming, inclusive community, to value and celebrate each person, that everyone is important. That value isn’t just a catchy tagline, it’s a year-round way of life, but most deeply evi- dent during a classic Tamarack summer. Inclusivity can be seen all across Tamarack...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 33 as “DahBucks. ” Participants make and serve coffee and baked goods. “It goes back to those life skills like mea- suring, baking, packaging the baked goods and then preparing their coffee shop and really practicing those reciprocal interac- tions, ” Tagai said. “It’s something not only the participants look forward to, but all of us as staff really look forward to as well. ” PROGRAM’S EVOLUTION Avodah has evolved o...…
…34 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 Avodah, Jason Luckoff is a prime example of the program’s importance. Weinstock remembers when Luckoff was an “amazing” camper and as part of Tamarack’s camp- aged inclusion program, he had his bar mitzvah at camp. Luckoff has gone through the Avodah program and was part of the group of Avodah Pros who won the Tikkun Olam Award. That’s not the only award for Luckoff. He is being honored at the Send a Kid to T...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 35 gram for young adults, ” Sacks said. “So he found Tamarack and it was a great experience for them. To be able to share camp throughout other states is really nice. ” Tamarack is continuing to expand its inclusion efforts across the board, and Avodah is a vital part of that. “We believe camp is for everyone. We want every- one to experience and have the opportunity to enjoy the magic that camp has, ” Tagai sa...…
…36 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY W e first heard about Camp Tamarack’s Avodah program through an email from Sasha’s ninth-grade teacher last year. We were excit- ed to learn that not only would Sasha get to be a camper, but she would also be a part of the staff in the mornings — with the Avodah (work) program. Sasha loves to do “jobs, ” and we knew this would be right up her alley. The afternoons at camp she would be ...…
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…38 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 T his summer, Chabad Jewish Center Troy will launch a new summer camp for families located east of Woodward, but it is generating interest from kids in other areas as well. The two-week camp, which will announce its run dates and registration fees soon, is the first time that the center will offer summer camp programming to the local community. FILLING A VOID The new summer camp will offer a unique ...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 39 addition, while the summer camp is geared for kids ages 3-12 (with programming broken down by age group), they’ll hire local Jewish teenagers as camp counselors to help Jewish youth of all ages experience the benefits of summer camp. “This is also an opportunity for teens to be immersed into Jewish environments,” Caytak explains. “It’s impacting not only the campers, but the counselors as well.” BUILDING ...…
…4 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY for opener Over the Top W hen you hear the word exaggerate, you may think of someone telling you about the “one that got away.” However, tall fishing tales are not the only area for exaggeration. Many of us employ over-the-top expressions in conversations because they are more “colorful” and seem to get the point across better. If you are telling someone not to make more of what the...…
…40 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 C ome celebrate Tu b’Shevat with the JCC of Greater Ann Arbor while checking out summer camp opportunities at the 2023 JCC Camp Fair. This event is taking place at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive, on Sunday, Feb. 5, from 2-4 p.m. From Jewish day camps to overnight camp experiences throughout Michigan, the Midwest and Canada, there is something fun for your child ...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 41 CAMP TANUGA Winter Address: 139 W. Maple Road, Suite E Birmingham, MI 48009 (248) 258-9150 camptanuga.com Summer Address: 6874 Camp Tanuga Road N.E. Kalkaska, MI 49646 (231) 258-9150 Camp Tanuga is uniquely suited to provide children with an enriching experience they’ll never forget. Friendships formed, confidence gained and the skills learned keep campers returning year after year. An electronics-free enviro...…
…42 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 CAMP WALDEN 5607 South River Cheboygan, MI 49721 summer@campwaldenmi.com (248) 225-1256 (817) 253-0722 Celebrating our 64th summer, Walden provides an inspiring environment that challenges campers to step outside their comfort zones. Our program combines elements of individual choice and group dynamics, building confidence, character and resilience. At Walden, college-age counselors raise the bar when it c...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 43 ROEPER SUMMER CAMPS 41190 Woodward Ave. Bloomfield, MI 48304 (248) 203-7370 roeper.org From lacrosse to coding to theater, Roeper Summer Programs offers a variety of enriching and rewarding camp experiences to children throughout Metro Detroit. Diversity and respect for everyone’s potential are central characteristics of the community. TAMARACK CAMPS 4361 Perryville Road Ortonville, MI 48462 (248) 647-1100...…
…44 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 T he Novi High School hockey team returned from its annual trip to the Upper Peninsula with more than just memories of long bus rides, snow piled high, practicing in a college ice arena and eating pasties. For the first time since 2014, the Wildcats won a game in the U.P. They beat Hancock Central 5-3 on Jan. 6 at Houghton County Arena in Hancock. “I knew it had been a while since we won up there. I didn’t kn...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 45 Hutten’s leadership skills were needed Jan. 24 in the Wildcats’ 4-2 victory over Berkley/Royal Oak. The win was the Wildcats’ third straight. It pushed them above the .500 mark to 9-8 for the season. “We weren’t getting any calls from the officials and the guys were getting frustrated, so I tried to calm the guys down and tell them we had to play through it,” Hutten said. “We tuned out the noise in the thir...…
…46 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 FOOD T his year, Tu b’Shevat, the 15th of Shevat, begins at sundown on Feb. 5 until the evening of Feb. 6. It is known as the New Year of Trees. I remember our religious schoolteachers arranging for us to purchase and plant a tree in Israel on Tu b’Shevat. Customarily, it’s done in someone’s honor and, in third grade, almost 50 years ago, I chose my father’s mother, Edith. Once I dropped my coins into ...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 47 PHOTOS BY MICHELLE KOPERNICK that people depend on. Fruit of the vine, or grapes, makes wine for special celebrations and signify happiness. Figs embody persistence because they ripen two or three times a year, instead of only once during a picking season. The tiny seeds of a pomegranate resemble performing multiple good deeds. Wisdom and experience are qualities of the olive tree, because they can live ...…
…48 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 FOOD ANCIENT GRAIN GRANOLA BARS Ingredients 2½ cups toasted old-fashioned rolled oats ½ cup of chopped toasted nuts ¼ tsp. cinnamon 5 Tbsp. honey ¼ cup coconut oil or butter ¼ cup brown sugar ¼ tsp. salt 5 tsp. vanilla ¼ cup of chopped figs ¼ cup chopped dates ¼ cup raisins or currants Directions Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Spread the oats on a parchment-lined sheet tray. Chop the nuts and pl...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 49 MAZEL TOV! HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th. For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@thejewishnews.com or (248) 35...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 5 continued from page 4 documents from his Mar- a-Lago residence were “the Gestopo” (as he spelled it). Before the news cycle was done, a former Israeli attorney general called proposed judicial reforms in that country “a pogrom” and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman described them as a “putsch,” the term commonly associated with Adolf Hitler’s failed coup attempt in 1923, known as the Beer Hall Putsch....…
…50 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 O ne of the secrets of human great- ness is knowing where to direct our limited energy and time in order to make an imprint on the world and transform ourselves. Because our resources are finite, we need to think stra- tegically; we need to focus our attention on the things that have maximum impact. The question is: What kind of actions have maximum impact? The Torah, God’s own handbook on living the best l...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 51 ongoing concern. And, as God’s partners, we are part of this process, we help drive it. Through simple acts of kindness, we change the lives of others, and by fulfill- ing our God-given mandate to do so, we create cosmic change in ourselves. We become Godly. We see this on a practical level. Time and again, even a small act of kindness, a greeting, a gesture, a smile, a telephone call, a visit, will transform a ...…
…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...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 53 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...…
…54 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 E ighteen abstract artists are express- ing associations with the often-mys- tical number 18 as they participate in an exhibit running through March 1 at the Janice Charach Gallery in the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center. The one-word title,“18, ” opens up to a variety of thoughts as artists present more than one work to express the vast number of reactions linked to the number signifi- cant in the Jewish...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 55 Guterson, whose artistic interests have been strong and taken in part from her father’s Jewish family, defines herself as multicultural. She remembers a lifelong interest in art and draw- ing early images of her brother and sister. She earned business cred- its instead of artistic ones at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, as the route to supporting herself. She moved to Ann Arbor after growing u...…
…56 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 ARTS&LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY W hat is your Facebook newsfeed full of these days? More importantly, how does scrolling through it make you feel? How often does a post make you pause in awe at the beauty of the world and wholeheartedly praise God in gratitude for being alive? Well, if you are friends with local photographer Evan Deutsch, this is a daily occurrence. Neatly and strikingly tucked between photos of...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 57 YEVGENIYA GAZMAN the 1980s, he took two years off to regroup and explore his interests. That was the first time he took an interest in nature photography. But more than anything, he wanted to work in advertising. Deutsch recalls how he came across a hiring post for a small advertising agency looking for a mail clerk. He decided to apply. However, instead of submitting the standard cover letter and resume, ...…
…58 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 CELEBRITY NEWS ARTS&LIFE NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST BRADY’S FANS, THE ARK, DAILY SHOW GUEST HOSTS, GRAMMYS 80 for Brady opens in the- aters on Feb. 3. It’s based on a real story. Four Boston- area senior women bonded over the fact that they were all fans of Tom Brady, then the New England Patriots star quarterback. Long story short: Brady became aware of the “Brady Club” and he befriended them. A few years ago,...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 59 VARIOUS TU B’SHEVAT CELEBRATIONS FEB. 4-5 Temple Beth El’s Tu b’Shevat Tot Shabbat, Feb. 4, 9:30 am; Congregation Shaarey Zedek’s Family Tu b’Shevat Celebration, Feb. 5, 9:30 am-noon; JEMS at The Shul’s Tu b’Shevat in Israel, Feb. 5, 11 am-noon; Adat Shalom, Hazon and Yad Ezra’s Intergenerational Climate Journey, Feb. 5, 11 am-12:30 pm; The Shul’s Fruity Fun at Busch’s, Feb. 5, 1:30 pm; Temple Israel & H...…
…6 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 1942 - 2023 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: De...…
…60 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 CAREGIVER SUPPORT 1:30-2:30 PM, FEB. 7 Virtual caregiver support groups for individuals who are care partners for those living with cognitive changes, including various types of dementia. Contact Dorothy Moon, Brown Adult Day Program social work- er, for Zoom link and more information: 248-233-4392, dmoon@geshermi.org. STORIES & MUSIC 7-10 PM, FEB. 7 Temple Israel is hosting a special evening of sto- ry...…
…Metro Detroiters looking to reinvent their working lives at the start of this year or look for a higher-paying job to combat inflation expenses, whether by a complete career change or a job promotion, can join a life-changing career coaching program which begins Feb. 14. The program “MyCoach” will be offered by Gesher Human Services and will be held in-person at the nonprofit agency’s headquarters (29699 Southfield Road, Southf...…
…62 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 Is Your Property Tax Assessment Worth Appealing? Michiganders balancing their mortgage bills with food and other increased inflation costs can join a free, virtual program on Tuesday Feb. 7 offered by Gesher Human Services. “Is Your Property Tax Assessment Worth Appealing?” will be held from 1-2 p.m. on Zoom and will explain why it is important not to ignore your property tax assessment or assume the as...…
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…64 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY J oseph I. Gadon, 91, a for- mer supermarket executive and retired certified finan- cial planner, died Jan. 15, 2023, in Minneapolis, Minn. He was a longtime resident of Detroit and more recently of The Cascades in St. Augustine, Fla. The cause of death was congestive heart failure. Born on March 13, 1931, in Worcester, Mass., he was the youngest of four children born to Morr...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 65 healed. In August 2022, Robert, Joe and Barbara moved to Minneapolis following Barbara’s retirement. Joe spent his final five months living at Walker Methodist Health Center in Minneapolis, two blocks from his son and daughter-in-law. Robert visited his father nearly every day. Anne made visits from Chicago once a month to see Joe and give Robert a break from caregiving. There were many kind and devoted car...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 66 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 IOLA S. CAPLAN of Highland Park, N. J., passed away at home in November 2022 surrounded by her fam- ily. Born in the Bronx, raised in Chatham, N.J., Iola pursued various career paths in times when it was uncommon for women to do so. After receiv- ing a master’s in music from NYU, she parlayed her talents as a concert-class violinist into a career as a music teach- er and choral d...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 67 and cousins. Mrs. Jacobson was the beloved wife for 59 years of the late Stanley Jacobson; the dear sister of the late Harry Moses and the late Ziggy Moses; the devoted daughter of the late Amelia and the late David Moses. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. LILLIAN EFROS KAUFMAN, 98, of West Bloomfield, died Ja...…
…68 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY held at the Oppenheim Chapel at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Interment took place at Machpelah Cemetery. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. RENEE PORVIN, 75, of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of West Bloomfield, died peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, surrounded by family. Renee was born in Detroit on Sept. 30, 1947, to her adoring parents, Dr. Samuel Kahn and Mrs. Sh...…
…FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 69 Craig and Andrea Rosenblum of Duluth, Ga.; brother, Leon Fertell; grandchildren Eve and Jason Camilleri, Jenna and Parker Bledsoe, Max and Melissa Rosenblum, Sydni Rosenblum; great- grandchildren Aden and Eve VanSaanen-Rosenblum, Landon Morris; sister-in-law, Jacqueline Fertell; numerous nieces and nephews. She was the beloved wife of the late Charles Rosenblum; loving sister and sister-in-law of the late ...…
…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 | 7 The Court found in favor of TWA. In so doing, it famously provided the following gloss on how far employers were required to extend themselves when it came to religious accommoda- tions: “To require TWA to bear more than a de minimis cost” — that is, a trivial or minor cost — “in order to give Hardiso...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 70 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 The ‘Other’ Jerome Horwitz T his Looking Back column began as a case of mistaken identity. I probably should not admit this, but after reading an article about the Yiddishkeit of the famous Jewish comedians of the 1930s-1940s, the Three Stooges — Moe (Moses Horwitz), Curly (Jerome Horwitz) and La...…
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…8 | FEBRUARY 2 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY insight How the U.S. Views the New Netanyahu Government W hen U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides sat down for an inter- view with the Times of Israel shortly after arriving in Jerusalem a year ago, he explained that his role would be to “keep things calm” in the face of “irritants” that risk upending the U.S.-Israel relation- ship. Throughout the course of 2022, Nides appeared to succeed in that effor...…
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