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…12 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 T he rise of white nationalism is behind the rising number of anti-Semitic incidents in America today, according to Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League’ s Center on Extremism. Segal was in Detroit last week to speak to the media during an annual event of the JCRC/ AJC. “White supremacy is resurgent. It poses a clear and present danger and could be considered a pub- lic health crisis,” said...…
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…14 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 Jews in the D Connecting Past and Future JHSM Traveling Trunk show introduces students to Detroit’ s Jewish roots. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER T he Jewish Historical Society of Michigan invited congregational educators to take a walk back in time just as their students will as about 25 attended a Traveling Trunk tour of Jewish historical Detroit. The hands-on trip, which has been enhanced and imp...…
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…28 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | faces&places Jews in the D The board of Heart 2 Hart Mark Jacobs, Willie Horton and board member Lisa Zeldes Alan Muskovitz, Mark Jacobs and Heart 2 Hart founder Larry Oleinick Mark Jacobs, center, with Tigers greats Mickey Lolich and Willie Horton Heart 2 Hart-Detroit held its seventh annual fundraiser this month at the historic site of the old Tiger Stadium. The theme was “Hometown Heroes” and, in keep...…
… NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 29 | faces&places Jews in the D More than 450 people recently attended United Hatzalah of Israel’ s event featuring cast members of the Netflix hit Shtisel. Moderators Dr. Joel Kahn and Mimi Markofsky led the audience through an insightful and fun dialogue with Dov Glikman (Shulem), Neta Riskin (Giti), Ayelet Zurer (Elisheva) and writer/producer Ori Elon. Cari Margulis Immerman, United Hatzalah of Israel M...…
…30 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 Edward Minskoff’ s $30 million gift to the Edward J. Minskoff Pavilion at the Eli Broad College of Business was the largest single gift from an individual to Michigan State University in its history. But many other gifts helped make this $62 million building, funded 100% through philanthropy, a reality. Eighty-five named spaces within the Minskoff Pavilion reflect support from more than 1,700 alumni, corpo...…
… NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 31 NOV. 21, 2019 BUILDING FOR TOMORROW New MSU facilities empower research discoveries and student success Many of the cranes and construction barriers on Michigan State University’ s campus are giving way to shiny new buildings and renovated spaces that point toward the MSU of the future. These facilities not only accommodate a growing student and faculty population, but they also provide spaces that put ...…
…32 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 Supply chain program dominates national rankings Michigan State University earned prominent recognition in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, America’ s Best Colleges 2020. For the ninth consecutive year, MSU’ s supply chain management undergraduate program ranked No. 1 in the nation. Housed in the Eli Broad College of Business, supply chain management also ranks No. 1 in U.S. News & World Report...…
… NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 33 Professionals at MSU Hillel are working to build a diverse and welcoming community for thousands of Jewish students, helping them develop leadership skills that will enable them to make an impact on Jewish communities after they graduate. With support from several private family foundations in southeast Michigan, MSU Hillel is deepening its commitment to Jewish leadership and learning by increasing training...…
…34 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 quick hits BY STEVE STEIN sports HIGHlights brought to you in partnership with NMLS#2289 S outhfield native Justin Prinstein has been enamored with baseball since a young age. He was a scholarship player at George Washington University, made his professional debut overseas, graduated from University of Detroit-Mercy’ s law school and was a major league scout for the Baltimore Orioles organi- zation. N...…
… NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 35 Benji Jacobson’ s first collegiate men’ s tennis championship has an unusual name connect- ed to it. Jacobson, a Tulane University redshirt fresh- man from Bloomfield Hills and 2018 Jewish News High School Athlete of the Year, won the Houndstooth singles flight at the CCB Invitational at the Country Club of Birmingham in Birmingham, Ala., hosted by the University of Alabama. Houndstooth is a reference to th...…
…36 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 sports HIGHlights brought to you in partnership with quick hits BY STEVE STEIN A Tale Of Kosher Ribs and, Thankfully, No Broken Ribs STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER T he line drive was hit so hard that Dave Raminick never had a chance to move. Standing at third base, ready to score in the early innings of the Inter-Congregational Men’ s Club Fall Softball League’ s playoff championship game, Raminick w...…
… NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 37 STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Here’ s how Frankel Jewish Academy boys tennis players fared in the Division 4 state championships Oct. 18-19 at Hope College in Holland. No. 1 singles Eric Adelson (FJA) def. Les Agnew (Chesaning) 6-0, 6-0. No. 6 seed Ben Clay (Grand Rapids Catholic Central) def. Adelson 6-1, 6-4. No. 2 singles Alex Bean (FJA) def. Connor Smith (Flint Powers) 6-1, 6-0. No. 4 seed Jack Ford (Kalam...…
…38 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 sports HIGHlights brought to you in partnership with NMLS#2289 A burpee sounds like something fun to do. It’ s not. It’ s a pushup and then some, a full-body exercise that begins and ends in a standing position and involves squatting. Fighting through painful cramps, Mike Berean did 5,010 chest-to-ground burpees in a 12-hour period Oct. 27 and added his name to the list of Guinness World Records, beat...…
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…40 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 Coming Full Circle The Friendship Circle celebrates 25 years of making the world a better place by launching an endowment fund. B assie and Rabbi Levi Shemtov knew from the start of their marriage that their lives would be dedicated to making the world a better place. That commitment to each other, and their faith, led them to cre- ating a circle of friendship that now encompasses thousands of indivi...…
… NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 41 was time to find it a home of its own. In 2005, Friendship Circle moved into a new 5,000-square- foot building. This would later become the 23,000-square-foot Ferber Kaufman Lifetown on the campus of the Meer Family Friendship Center. Five years later, a generous gift created the Florene and Edward Elkus Memorial Gym. Friendship Circle now has afterschool programs, respite services, weekend Sunday Circle,...…
…42 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 for college students by college students November 21, 2019/23 Cheshvan 5780 A s we approach a growing population, upwards of 7.7 billion people worldwide, our supply of natural resources decreases, posing the greatest challenge our planet has ever faced. We must prevent a tem- perature increase of 3 degrees (Celsius) to avoid setting off an irreversible chain of eco- logical degradation. How can we shift ...…
… NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 43 W A R R IO R STR O N G TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PHOENI X, VI SI T MED. WAYNE. EDU/DATA- MAPPI NG An emer gency r oom i s desi gned to tr eat i mmedi ate, of ten l i f e- thr eateni ng condi ti ons. Among al l thi s chaos, Dr . Phi l l i p Levy, assi stant vi ce pr esi dent of Tr ansl ati onal Sci ence and Cl i ni cal Resear ch I nnovati on at Wayne State Uni ver si ty, saw ...…
…44 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 I n October 2017, the Xi Colony of the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) Fraternity at Wayne State University was refounded and initiated its first brothers in more than 20 years. Elections for the executive board of the new fraternity were held promptly thereafter, and each of the nine new initiates sought a leadership position, setting the tone for a colony that will be rechartered and become an official chapter ...…
… NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 45 Campus is calling Geared toward your academic interests, these visits allow you to explore CMU’ s majors, discover hands-on opportunities, and learn about career options and outlooks for your field. CMU spring Discovery Days Visits held February-April. Choose a date and register at admissions.cmich.edu/discoverydays By es ta blis hing a s ecur e Amer ica n Fr iends of the Hebr ew Univer s ity Gi...…
…46 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 for college students by college students MSU Hillel Roundup Destination Lansing is a student-based group that brings together Spartans from all backgrounds to learn about and help the Lansing area. The trip consists of volunteer service, touring Lansing area hotspots and tasting delicious local cuisine. This past October, students volunteered at Brookdale Meridian Assisted Living Home, received a private tour o...…
…for college students by college students NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 47 HMD Activist Hillel leader organizes show to promote sustainability. G reen is the New Black, ” a fashion show of environmentally conscious clothes by local designers, was held Nov. 7 at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit, with more than 200 students attending. We have been told to “Reduce, re-use, recycle” in our routines. However, in our actual day-to-day life, how ...…
…Moments 48 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 SEPT. 17, 2019 Laura and Anson Smuts joyfully announce the birth of their daughter, Micah Hazel (Michal Chaya). Proud big sister is Elia Ivy. Thrilled grandparents are Lois and Mark Langberg of West Bloomfield, and Evon Smuts-Rogers and Jerry Rogers of Cape Town. She is also the granddaughter of the late Michael Smuts. Micah is the great-granddaughter of the late Helen and the late Harold Langberg, and...…
…Moments NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 49 Schlessel-Young D r. Joel and Mindy Young of Bloomfield Hills are thrilled to announce the upcoming mar- riage of their daughter Katie Layne to Marc Noah Schlessel, son of Dr. David and Karen Schlessel of Cherry Hill, N.J. Katie graduated from the University of Michigan School of Nursing and received her mas- ter’ s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked as nurse at Northwestern ...…
…50 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 Spirit torah portion T his week’ s portion begins with the death of Sarah. It teaches us about death and also about life. We are told at the very beginning that “ Abraham proceeded to mourn for Sarah and to bewail her. Then Abraham rose from beside his dead and spoke to the Hittites saying, ‘ ... sell me a burial site among you that I may remove my dead for burial. ’ ” [Genesis 23:2-4] We learn from...…
