…76 | MAY 20 • 2021 cap&gown 2021 continued from page 74 SARAH SOLOMON Walled Lake Western High School National Honor Society, Summa Cum Laude, Varsity Tennis, Senior Varsity Team Captain, State Deca finalist, Student Council, Theater, Honors Choir. Indiana University LIANA TARNOPOL Frankel Jewish Academy Performing Arts, Farmington Hills Youth Theatre, Nicely Theatre Group, Student Government, National Honor Soci...…
…MAY 20 • 2021 | 77 Mazel Tov! Fallan Sherman Our Dearest Fallan, Born on the 4th of July, you have always been the brightest star in the sky!! You have made us so proud!! Summa Cum Laude, National Honors Society, Newspaper and more. University of Michigan here she comes!!! Love infi nity times infi nity plus one, Mom, Brian, Danielle, Joshua, Jordan, Kaylie, Ashtyn and Taitym Arlo and Sammie Jared Jonah Niskar We couldn’t be p...…
…78 | MAY 20 • 2021 cap&gown 2021 continued from page 76 HENRY TUKEL Frankel Jewish Academy Varsity Cross Country Captain, National Honor Society, JARC Teen Board and volunteer, Technion International Robotics Competition First Place, Co-Founder Chess Club, Excellence in Math Awards, Excellence in Science Awards. University of Michigan ROBERT VICTOR Cranbrook Kingswood Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit’s Teen Boar...…
…MAY 20 • 2021 | 79 Alexandra Yaker Wishing you a bright and joyous future as awesome, a-MAIZE-ing, and true BLUE as you! I’m so proud of my #1! Love you to inf nity plus one, Nonnie Mazel T ov! Zoe and Isabel Zaltz From the moment you were born you've filled our lives with tremendous joy and pride. We know you'll find success in all that you do and can't wait to see what your future holds. May all your dreams come true!...…
…80 | MAY 20 • 2021 cap&gown 2021 continued from page 78 ILAN WEISS Frankel Jewish Academy National Honor Society, Theater, Quiz Bowl, Moot Beit Din, Jewish Fund Teen Board. Dual Degree Program: Columbia University & Tel Aviv University RACHEL WEISS Walled Lake Western High School Summa Cum Laude, National Honor Society, President of Student Leadership, Student Council Treasurer, Competitive danc- er at Studio A. ...…
…MAY 20 • 2021 | 81 Andrew Kales You continually bring so much joy to our family. We are so proud of who you are, and can’t wait to see what your future holds. Keep dreaming big!! We love you — Mom, Dad and Kara Cara Lopatin So proud of your strength, leadership and sensitivity as a passionate advocate for the important things you believe in and because of your love for Torah, the Jewish community and of your friends and family. ...…
…82 | MAY 20 • 2021 cap&gown 2021 continued from page 80 ALEXANDRA YAKER Bloomfield Hills High School Vice President Student Leadership, National Honor Society, Youth Federation of Temple Israel Board, Jewish Student Alliance, Yearbook Sports Editor, Poms, Tennis. University of Michigan DANIEL YELLEN Walled Lake Northern High School Honor Roll (4 years), AP Scholar Award, National Honor Society. Michigan State Univ...…
…MAY 20 • 2021 | 83 Mazel Tov! Micole, From the day you were born, you have surpassed any and all expectations; above and beyond! We are so amazed by all that you have accomplished, but we are even prouder of the person you have become. We wish you the best at Michigan State University. We love and adore you! All our love, Mom, Dad, Ari, Lola, Bubbie and Poppy Abigail Larky-Savin We are so very proud of all you have accomplish...…
…84 | MAY 20 • 2021 continued on page 86 T his academic year has been one full of challenges for me, as well as for many other students. Attending “Zoom University” sounds cuter than it is — even as someone who had the privilege of living in East Lansing these past two semesters, I still felt defeated and lonely at times. Sitting for hours a day staring at a computer screen can take a physical and emo- tional toll; never did I ...…
…MAY 20 • 2021 | 85 No one expected this last year to be what it was. But, true to form, you accepted the challenges and ended up one of the 4,100 new graduates of Wayne State, a premier urban research university. The only one that can call Detroit home. Where a Warrior isn’t just a mascot. It’s how you handle what life throws at you. And it’s how you’ll handle the next challenge that comes your way. Just like before, you’ll be sma...…
…86 | MAY 20 • 2021 continued from page 84 for college students by college students on campus started to take a turn for the worse. It’s safe to say that it was an emotional year for everyone, especially within the MSU Jewish com- munity, so Spartans for Israel really wanted to go out with a bang. We wanted to cele- brate our wonderful students and to celebrate Israel in a completely unadulterated fashion. What better way to do t...…
…MAY 20 • 2021 | 87 MAZEL TOV! DEC. 12, 2020 Allison (Gold) and Benjie Klein of West Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Alexis Izzy Klein. Alexis is the granddaughter of Esther and Ken Gold of Royal Oak, and Noreen and Al Klein of Farmington Hills. Alexis Izzy is named in memory of Allison’s aunt Alexis (Gold) Chassin and Benjie’s bubbie Isadora “Izzy” Helfman. Samson Green will chant from the Torah on ...…
…MAZEL TOV! 88 | MAY 20 • 2021 Blanck 100th L orraine Blanck, owner of Wallside Windows, cele- brated her 100th birthday on May 13, 2021. Her family consists of sons and daugh- ters-in-law, Stuart Blanck, Stanford and Roz Blanck, Fred Blanck and Andree Joyaux; grandchildren, Lisa and Peter Ehrlich, Mia Eherlich, Lexi Ehrlich, Adam and Lauren Blanck, Jenna Blanck and fian- cé, Jake Gutner; great-grand- son, Jesse Blanck. CAP & GOWN...…
…MAY 20 • 2021 | 89 SPIRIT TORAH PORTION Recognizing The Individual I n Parshat Naso, the longest parshah in the entire Torah, we read about the dedication of the altar and the gifts and sac- rifices that each Nasi (prince of the tribe) brought. It goes on to detail the sacrifices of all 12 Nesiim, making it clear that they all brought precisely the same things. When reading this, we have the question of why does the Torah repea...…
…90 | MAY 20 • 2021 Synagogue Directory CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Ahavas Israel Grand Rapids (616) 949-2840 ahavasisraelgr.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Beth Israel Flint (810) 732-6310 cbiflint.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com B’nai I...…
…MAY 20 • 2021 | 91 The Shul-Chabad Lubavitch West Bloomfield (248) 788-4000 theshul.net Woodward Avenue Shul Royal Oak (248) 414-7485 thewas.net Yagdil Torah Southfield (248) 559-5905 Young Israel of Oak Park (248) 967-3655 yiop.org Young Israel of Southfield (248) 358-0154 yisouthfield.org RECONSTRUCTIONIST Congregation Kehillat Israel Lansing (517) 882-0049 kehillatisrael.net Congregation T’chiyah Oak Park (248) 823-711...…
…92 | MAY 20 • 2021 ERETZ M ost people know about the tragic accident that caused the deaths of 45 Orthodox individuals during the recent mass celebration of Lag b’Omer on Mount Meron in Israel. But do they know of the swift and effective response offered by so many? Unfortunately, Israelis have experienced many trage- dies and people really know what to do. By the next morning, countless individuals, companies and organizations had j...…
…MAY 20 • 2021 | 93 O ver five weeks, the Michigan-Central Galilee Partnership Region participated in an inspiring pilot program “Café Hafooch” (“Cappuccino”) — an intergenerational program that aims to create meaningful connections between Jewish community adults and Israeli high school students. In addi- tion to the connections, the Israelis work on advancing their English skills. The Detroit pilot (adopted from the Toronto pro...…
…94 | MAY 20 • 2021 ARTS&LIFE EVENTS W hen I was a child, one of the peak experiences of every summer was going to the home of Flory and Harry Jagoda to experience a musical festival of folk ballads from Bosnia. During WWII, Flory became a translator for the American Army in Bari, Italy. There, she fell in love with Sgt. Harry Jagoda and immigrated to America with him in 1946. In America, they married, settled in Virginia and...…
…MAY 20 • 2021 | 95 R etired attorney Mark Bello of West Bloomfield spent his career try- ing cases for social justice. Now in retirement, he has culled knowledge from those cases and from other social justice issues plucked from the headlines to pen and self-publish Betrayal, a series of legal thriller novels. His sixth book in the series, Supreme Betrayal is loosely based on the hearing and appointment of Brent Kavanaugh to the U.S...…
…96 | MAY 20 • 2021 T he 20th annual Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival (AAJFF) begins this month with 22 films, including two short film programs. The festival starts May 22 and runs through Aug. 24. Noemi Herzig, director of Jewish Cultural Arts and Adult Education for the Ann Arbor JCC, believes the spread-out schedule allows time for moviegoers to take the movies in. “It’s such an eclectic festi- val this year, we have a littl...…
…MAY 20 • 2021 | 97 GENOCIDE TODAY? 7 pm May 20 The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus presents via Zoom “Preventing Cambodia’s Genocidal Past from Becoming Afghanistan’s Future,” featuring John D. Ciorciari, associate professor of public policy and direc- tor of the Gerald R. Ford School’s International Policy Center at the University of Michigan. To register, visit holocaustcenter.org/May. To submit a question in a...…
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… AUGUST 20 • 2020 | 5 Views Jewfro All the World’s a Cafetorium M aybe you’ re like me and you’ ve got a short stack of tickets, whose perforated edges are perfectly intact, whose dates have passed and whose stages remain dark. Swan Lake at the Opera House. Wu-Tang Clan x DSO. Shakespeare in Love. Maybe you’ re like me and you’ ve got a child heading to a new school, whose principal is emailing, whose bike racks are beckonin...…
…Views 6 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 Editor’ s Note An Education B ack to school is nor- mally such an exciting time. New teachers, new books, new classmates to make friends with. This year, it’ s terri- fying. Everything seems to have danger attached to it. Parents and teachers alike are trapped in this mutual anxiety over the safest, healthiest, most intellectually stimulating way to educate people during a pan- demic. There doesn’ ...…
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…10 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 Views Thoughts On Henry Ford I found Rabbi Spolter’ s op-ed suggesting that Henry Ford’ s name be taken out of The Henry Ford museum complex’ s name (Aug. 6, pg. 9) very disturbing. I am well aware of Henry Ford’ s bigotry and its world- wide impact. As past president of the Zionist Organization of America Michigan Region, I am very sensitive to antisemitism and anti-Zionism. I have addressed the Universit...…
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…14 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 New Heads of Schools on the Block Hillel and Farber, under new leadership during a tumultuous year, plan to hold in-person instruction. CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER W ith COVID still jeopardizing the classroom for the upcoming school year, two local Jewish day schools have new leadership to help guide them through these unprecedented times. As of press time, both Hillel Day School and Farber Hebrew Day School are p...…
… AUGUST 20 • 2020 | 15 of remarkable, ” Katz said. “I knew it was happening but seeing it in person is a totally different experience. When I walked around the building, I saw what we had been plan- ning on doing for months. ” As for Hillel’ s reopening plan for this fall, it plans to welcome back all students for in-person instruction. In addition to the pre- cautions it has taken for the students’ return, Hillel has also revamped its...…
…16 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 Jews in the D Return to Learn Jewish day schools plan for in-person and remote learning. SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER I n developing back-to-school plans amid COVID-19 this fall, some Jewish day schools have certain organizational advan- tages over public schools — less bureaucracy to cope with and often a smaller student body with smaller class sizes. However, the pan- demic is an equalizer in some ways ...…
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…20 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 A s Jewish preschools in Metro Detroit prepare to open for in-person learn- ing, early childhood center directors are asking themselves a lot of questions: How will they communicate new safety protocol to parents? What happens if a stu- dent or teacher gets sick? What kind of per- sonal protective equipment is needed? Where will students put their coats and backpacks? Do they need school nurses? These are some c...…
… AUGUST 20 • 2020 | 21 A s a former student who began his academic career in the public schools outside of Boston but then transi- tioned to a private school environ- ment, Rich Dempsey knows the transformative power of a private school education. “There were doors that opened that I never knew existed, ” he said about his attendance at St. George’ s School in Newport, R.I. “The relationships and con- nections students had with each...…
…22 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 Campus Challenges Michigan colleges, and their Jewish student organizations, navigate an unusual fall semester. DANNY SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER W ith a new school year on the horizon, universities across the country are preparing for a fall semester the likes of which no one has ever seen. Michigan universities with notable Jewish presences, such as the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, ...…
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