…June 20 • 2019 29 jn eretz Ford Opens Innovation Center in Tel Aviv B ill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, was in Tel Aviv June 12 to open the doors of its new Ford Research Center in the heart of the city’ s burgeoning technology community. The new center will serve as a research hub augmenting Ford’ s global Research and Advanced Engineering team. It will also support Ford’ s automotive and mobility busi- nesses b...…
…30 June 20 • 2019 jn SANDEE BRAWARSKY SUMMER READING books arts&life Our annual compilation of new books offers everything from page-turners to politics — all with a Jewish connection. THE GOSPEL ACCORDI NG TO LAZARUS RI CHARD ZI MLER G RI CHARD ZI MLER ‘ ‘ A brave and engaging novel . . . a page-turner’ Observer The Gospel According to Lazarus by Richard Zimler (Peter Owen Publishing/IPG) is an imaginative retelling of ho...…
…June 20 • 2019 31 jn lings — she is studying to be a surgeon and he is a physicist racing Einstein to prove relativity — face the tough decision as to whether to stay or leave, and how to protect each other and all they have learned. When he goes missing, his sister risks all to fight for him in this story of love, adventure and science. The Rabbi Finds Her Way by Robert Schoen with Catherine deCuir (Stone Bridge Press) is a career...…
…32 June 20 • 2019 jn books arts&life continued from page 31 A s a Pulitzer-Prize winning jour- nalist, biographer and observer of social history, David Maraniss says he has spent his career “trying to understand the forces that shape America and to measure individuals by the whole pattern of their lives.” He has usually focused his sharp reporting and research- ing skills on strangers. Now, he turns to his late father, trying to ...…
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…34 June 20 • 2019 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER A dam Ben Ezra could be called a one-man jazz band. Although his main instru- ment is the double bass, he also reverts to piano, clarinet, flute, harmonica and synth. And he commissioned a five- string bass with a removable neck. Going beyond improvising with others’ music, he improvises with his original numbers. “My show is a solo act, ” says the Israeli-based entertainer, m...…
…June 20 • 2019 35 jn arts&life JESSIE COHEN JN INTERN One-of-a-Kind O ver the past 27 years, Judaica artist Orna Amrani has become a staple of Michigan summer art fairs. Amrani is originally from Haifa, Israel, and attended University of Haifa before serving in the Israeli Air Force. After having lived all over the world with her husband, Ami, the couple and their three chil- dren settled in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where Amrani ...…
…36 June 20 • 2019 jn celebrity jews arts&life AT THE MOVIES The animated film Toy Story 4 opens June 21. Tom Hanks again voices Woody, the cowboy toy who is the star and hero of the whole series. Woody has many new adventures. They include going with the whole toy gang on a long family road trip. There’ s also a sweet side- story about Woody meeting up with his long-lost friend Bo Peep (a porcelain figurine). Rashida Jones, 43, ...…
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…soul of blessed memory 40 June 20 • 2019 jn c. 1980 ELAINE GLORIA BERNSTEIN, 79, of Huntington Woods, died June 8, 2019. She was the dear mother of Donna (Jeffrey) Cantor and Vicki McGaw; loving grandmother of Lauren, Haylee, Adam and Alexander; devoted sister of Norman Cohen and Ronald (the late Linda) Cohen; she is also survived by many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Bernstein was the dearest sister of the la...…
…June 20 • 2019 41 jn soul of blessed memory MILFORD “MICKEY” NEMER, 90, of Franklin, died June 13, 2019. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and David Maiseloff; son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Rosalind Nemer; grandchildren, Jennifer Maiseloff, Alyssa and Sam Yashinsky, Stephen Maiseloff and girlfriend Julie Tschirhart, Drew Nemer, Danny Nemer, Michael and Traci Baum, and Stuart Baum; great-grandchildren, ...…
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…June 20 • 2019 43 jn soul of blessed memory Corrections The notice for Beverly Keller (June 6) should have indicated that she is survived by daughter and son-in- law, Gayle (Josh Jackson) Keller of Jacksonville, Ore. Also, she was the loving daughter of the late Sophie and the late Al Moore. OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $100 for up to 150 words; $200 for 151-300 words, etc. A photo counts as 30 words. The...…
…44 June 20 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi Dies According to State TV in Egypt, ousted president Mohamed Morsi died during a court hearing June 17, 2019. He was 67. Morsi, a member of the now-out- lawed Muslim Brotherhood, was elected president of Egypt in 2012 in the country’ s first free elections following the ouster the year before of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. He served as pre...…
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…metro >> on the cover Bridging The Gap Religious organization inspires Jewish unity in Israeli soldiers. Stephanie Persin I Special to the Jewish News CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 from their own army units home for Shabbat meals. Word spread and years went on, and more and more army bud- dies requested invitations to the Erez home. When the number of soldiers grew too large for their parents' house, the Erez brothers rented a large apartment in ...…
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…metro >> around town Eight Over Eighty JSL honors exemplary octogenarians at its annual event. M ore than 400 people gathered at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills May 19 for Jewish Senior Life's annual Eight Over Eighty event. Barbara Cantor, Martin Hollander, Joan Jampel, Ruben Kurnetz, Sara Manson, Samuel Pruchno, Estelle Seltzer and Ronald Trunsky were honored for their activism, dedi- cation, philanthropy and lifelong commitmen...…
…Let The Games Begin! JCC kicks off the 2014 Maccabi Games and ArtsFest with a gala featuring the Maccabeats. T he Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit recently hosted its annual gala, "Celebrating 30 Years of Champions:' which honored JCC Maccabi Games and ArtsFest participants and marked three decades since Detroit first hosted the games. Following a healthy dinner designed with athletes in mind, guests went to the Berman Center...…
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…metro >> calendar HOW TO SEND IN LISTINGS: Send listings by noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. Email listings and questions to calendar@thejewishnews.com . For telephone inquiries, call David Sachs at (248) 351-5140. Much To Do! SUNDAY, JUNE 23 RAT PACK SHOW TAMARACK FUN DAY 4 pm. Performers channeling Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. in a Vegas-style lounge act. Meet and greet the guys following. At Temple Israel i...…
