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…48 | FEBRUARY 22 • 2024 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY D ina Brodsky, 95, of Franklin, died Feb. 10, 2024. She was born and grew up in Chicago. She met the love of her life, Herman, at Mendelson’s Resort in South Haven on July 4, 1949. After dancing to “Some Enchanted Evening” they dated long distance, got engaged New Year’s Eve 1949 and were married March 19, 1950. They were married for 54 years. Dina’s husband and child...…
…FEBRUARY 22 • 2024 | 49 J N BARBARA SUE GUTMAN, 79, of Scottsdale, Ariz., formerly of Farmington Hills, died Feb. 11, 2024. She is survived by her beloved husband of 57 years, Stephen Gutman; sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Debra Gutman, and Michael and Robyn Gutman; brother and sister-in-law, Fred and Millie Minkow; brother-in- law and sister-in-law, Mark and Lorene Gutman; sister- in-law, Mary Minkow; many loving niece...…
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…FEBRUARY 22 • 2024 | 51 J N MIKE “MISCHA ” NEM, 88, of Southfield, a chemical engineer, died Jan. 29, 2024. He is survived by his grandchil- dren, Max and Anya Khutoryan, Joshua Grossman, Alexandra and Yehezkel Aharonov; daughter-in-law, Alisa Grossman; brother-in- law and sister-in-law, Genadi and Inna Bilvon. Mike was the beloved hus- band of the late Maya Nem; loving father of the late Vitaly Grossman. Contributions may be...…
…52 | FEBRUARY 22 • 2024 J N OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY Interment was at Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Contributions may be made to American Technion Society, 30 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1515, Chicago, Illinois 60602; U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, D.C. 20024; or to a charity of one’s choice. STEPHEN DENNIS ROGERS, 85, of Birmingham, died Feb. 7, 2024. ...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com 54 | FEBRUARY 22 • 2024 J N The Fab Four A long with the football game, this year’s Super Bowl LVIII featured the hugely popular singer/dancer Usher. Supported by a cast of hundreds, he centered a massive spectacle. As indicated by his performance, watched by more than 100 million Americans, Usher has reached a level of ...…
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…8 | FEBRUARY 22 • 2024 J N PURELY COMMENTARY essay Celebrating My Son’s Birthday in Israel — Just Before the Gaza War Began M om, I decided I want to celebrate my 40th birthday in Israel, at the Hatzar,” our second child, Oren, informed us. The Hatzar is the courtyard of my husband, Mickey’s, family home. It’s been the Goldenberg family home in Ramat Gan, Israel, since 1934. Mickey’s family immigrated to Palestine from Egy...…
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…OUR COMMUNITY T his is a story of heartbreak and beauty set in Oak Park, Michigan, population 29,322, where everyone mentioned is a resident or has another connection to the city. Grieving parents, a noted artist, caring officials and volunteers, and even this writer, were brought together to see a tragedy transformed into something uplifting. Mark and Aviva Phillips, their two rescue dogs and a few select humans, including Oak Park ...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 11 was completely devoted to dogs. His parents now care for Idan’s Reilly, in addition to their own dog, Zippy. “You have no idea how full my heart is,” said Mark, a member of the Dog Park Committee for his city’s Parks and Recreation Commission. He was jubilant about seeing the mural, following months of anticipating Salamon’s sketch painted on a 50-foot-long space. Mark said he and Aviva appreciate getting the ...…
…12 | JUNE 22 • 2023 continued from page 11 child, when “all the ducks and geese would come to him” at the Greenfield Village pond in Dearborn. “They’ d fly away when other people came, ” she said. “Pretty much all his life, not only did he love animals, they loved him. ” After the “celebration of life” held in Idan’s honor at Beth Shalom in late December 2021, Mark and Aviva decided to do “some- thing” in Idan’s honor at the city’s ...…
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…OUR COMMUNITY I t took seven days to ride from Detroit to Mackinaw City, but the third-annual “Ride for Equity, ” a charitable bike ride raising funding for Black Leaders Detroit, was a success. It raised just over $150,000 since the most recent update and held conversations across the state about equity and inclusion, many of which took place in rural communities. Black Leaders Detroit, a social impact organization that provides ...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 15 Black communities, ” he adds. Douglas Bitonti Stewart, exec- utive director of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, echoes the same sentiment. “Our founder Max Fisher knew the power of combined strength, ” he explains. “He, along with other leaders such as Judge Damon Keith and Arthur Johnson, in 1967 formed New Detroit — a coalition of leaders and organi- zations from the communities to achieve racial eq...…
…OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 15 16 | JUNE 22 • 2023 to apply for a loan, ” Stewart recalls. The Black and female busi- ness owner restores power lines after disasters and weather events and has had hundreds of thousands in revenue. Still, she needed access to more capital to continue serving the com- munity. Instead of being taken seriously as a business owner, she was forced to meet with the bank’s social responsibility off...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 17 J udaism teaches that it is important to pursue knowledge throughout our lives, not just in our early years. Learning strengthens our understanding of our- selves and the world around us. It grounds us in our his- tory, expands our perspective and equips us to adapt in the face of change. The 2023 graduates of Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership’s acclaimed master’s and doc- toral programs emb...…
…18 | JUNE 22 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY I s there anything cuter than childhood sweethearts?! For Lindsay and Zak Mall, their moment began when they were in elementary school at Hillel Day School. Then second-grader Lindsay Gordon was in the principal’s office — “probably in trouble for talking in class” — when in walked a third-grade boy who was after a kippah. The second-grader, anything but shy, immediately recognized him and ann...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 19 J oin the Ann Arbor JCC for its eighth annual golf outing “Fore the Kids” on Monday, Aug. 14, at Polo Fields Ann Arbor, honoring Sue and Larry Adler, as it raises scholarship funds for the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor’s camp, youth and early childhood programs. Sue and Larry have resided in Ann Arbor for more than 30 years, after growing up in the Detroit area. They met when they were 15 years ...…
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…20 | JUNE 22 • 2023 T he Girl Scouts of Southeast Michigan Religious Relationship Committee joined with Temple Israel in West Bloomfield to create a “My Promise, My Faith” program for Girl Scouts to learn more about the Jewish faith. It was exciting for me to share my religious home, Temple Israel, with the Girl Scouts and their mothers. Registration began at 10:30, where every Girl Scout and their mother and temple vol- ...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 21 bread home to bake for their families. I wanted to add a very special surprise, so in each carry-home bag were the baking instructions and a container of kosher, edible gold hearts to sprinkle on top. At 2 p.m., Emma Beech presented her Girl Scout Silver Award project: Stop Hate lessons we can learn from the Holocaust. Girl Scouts learned about the Holocaust, received the Stop Hate patch, painted rocks to take...…
…22 | JUNE 22 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY T he ride to honor our shared Jewish heritage is back! The 2023 Ride for the Living (RFTL) takes place Sunday, July 9, at 8 a.m. The community event, hosted by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s Israel & Overseas Department, is a satellite ride done in conjunction with the ride that happens every year in Krakow, Poland. The JCC Krakow’s Annual RFTL is a 34.5-mile bike ride from the ...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 23 J ewish Family Service will continue to support Michigan and regional Holocaust survivors thanks to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference). The organization announced on June 15 the results of its negoti- ations with the German Federal Ministry of Finance on behalf of Holocaust survivors living globally, which resulted in approximately $1.4 billion in direct compensation a...…
…24 | JUNE 22 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY G et your golf clubs out, start practicing your swing and get ready to give back. The annual Lois Zussman Golf Classic, which raises money for Gesher Human Service’s Lois and Milton Y. Zussman Activity Center/ Clubhouse, returns on Monday, July 17, at Franklin Hills Country Club. Last year’s event raised $200,000 for the Clubhouse, which provides enrichment, educational and employment opport...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 25 E ach year since 1990, the North American Jewish Choral Festival (NAJCF) has attracted hundreds of singers who sing their hearts out and connect to Jewish culture during a five-day immersion in Jewish music. From around the country, hundreds of voices come together to form one harmonious choral community led by a renowned staff of conductors and other music experts who inspire and create a truly unique mu...…
…26 | JUNE 22 • 2023 faces&places PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE JCC On Monday, May 22, the JCC hosted the 29th Dr. Larry D. Sills Memorial Golf Classic and Dinner at Knollwood Country Club. This year, the JCC was proud to honor Hannah and Adam Kessler in recognition of their extraordinary dedication to family programming at the JCC. Hannah and Adam’s involvement at the JCC began in 2017 when they enrolled in JBaby. This led to man...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 27 Gesher Human Services’ fourth Annual Frame of Mind Benefit and Arts Showcase, held on May 21 at The Eastern in Detroit, was both enjoyable and suc- cessful, raising approximately $85,000 for the nonprofit’s Creative Expressions program. The event featured the talents of 70 par- ticipants in the program, which provides art and music enrichment activities for people with intellectual disabilities and serious mental...…
…28 | JUNE 22 • 2023 faces&places JCRC/AJC’s Annual Bridge Builders Dinner SAM DUBIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS The Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC honored Andy Doctoroff last month at its annual Bridge Builders dinner. A crowd of nearly 300 gathered in Herman Hall at Temple Israel to support Doctoroff, a figurative and literal bridge builder. He is Michigan’s point-person for the Gordie Howe International Bridge project....…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 29 Participants engaged in a song session led by representatives from a variety of congregations, as well as a drash from guest speaker Rabbi Abby Stein. Repair the World joined The Well, Congregation T’chiyah, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, NEXTGen Detroit and Keshet, had the opportunity to welcome in Shabbat with Rabbi Abby Stein for a special Pride Shabbat on Friday, June 2. After a strolling dinner featuring ...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-9 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 10 A Mural for Idan New rainbow-inspired mural in Oak Park celebrates the life of a man devoted to dogs. 14 Bridging Black and Jewish Communities 377-mile bike ride with Jewish participants raises funding for Black Leaders Detroit. 17 New Spertus Grads Detroit-area residents among graduates of Spertus Institute’s pres...…
…30 | JUNE 22 • 2023 faces&places CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Jonathan Guyer, Micah Kurzmann, Vadim Avshalumov, Sari Kurzmann, David Kurzmann, Aaron Schaer and Nathan Lada. Noah and Illana Stern. Ross Partrich, Marc Weinbaum and Todd Fink. David and Kate Kurzmann with their children, Micah and Sari. Skylar Elbinger and Pat Anderson. Frankel Jewish Academy celebrated its Annual Gala on May 11. More than 200 people joined the event at th...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 31 1,170,121 Pins Fall in B’nai B’rith Bowling League League secretary Gary Klinger put together an amazingly detailed season recap for the 24-team Brotherhood- Eddie Jacobson B’nai B’ith bowling league. Among the facts gleaned from the recap: There were 105 men who bowled at least 12 games. Those men bowled 6,504 games and knocked down 1,170,121 pins. The league average was 179.90. A total of 78 bowlers increased t...…
…32 | JUNE 22 • 2023 Phillips-Kaplan M arissa Kaplan, daugh- ter of Helayne and Jeffrey Kaplan of Bloomfield Hills, married Aron Phillips, son of Cathy and Jeff Phillips of Shelburne, Vt., on June 10, 2023. The wedding was held at Callicoon Hills in the Catskills region of New York and was officiated by Rabbi Matt Green, originally from Okemos. The couple resides in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. Marissa and Aron wer...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 33 SPIRIT Meritocracy vs. Elitism K orach is not only a story about rebellion; for present-day readers in particular, the story is also about the complicated relationship between the Jewish ideal of cho- senness and an exaggerat- ed sense of entitlement. At the heart of Korach’s dissent is what he claims to be the unfair selection of Moses and Aaron to unique positions of prom- inence and authority. “You have go...…
…34 | JUNE 22 • 2023 T he story of Korach has much to teach us about one of the most disturbing phenomena of our time: the rise of populism in contemporary politics. Korach was a populist, one of the first in recorded history — and populism has re-emerged in the West, as it did in the 1930s, posing great danger to the future of freedom. Populism is the politics of anger. It makes its appearance when there is widespread dis...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 35 instead of sharing them out more widely. Second, Korach presents himself as the people’s champion. The whole community, he says, is holy. There is nothing special about you, Moses and Aaron. We have all seen God’s miracles and heard His voice. We all helped build His Sanctuary. Korach is posing as the democrat so that he can become the autocrat. Next, he and his fellow rebels mount an impressive campaign of f...…
…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...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 37 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 Farmington H...…
…I t was a no-brainer. A mutual acquaintance introduced Michigan artist Lynne Avadenka to a Cleveland-based artist who had come into possession of a beautiful collection of antique wood Hebrew type, saving it from being broken up and sold in pieces. But he didn’t need it. Did she want it? Avadenka, who lives in Huntington Woods and has a studio in nearby Berkley, didn’t hesitate. Now she’s looking forward to exploring what she can do ...…
…JUNE 22 • 2023 | 39 were published in the late 15th century, there was no Hebrew word for printing, she said. It was described as writing “by many pens with- out miracles.” As she studied the history of Hebrew type, Avadenka realized that some of the typesetters of old books were women and girls. Look at the back of many recently published books and you’ll see a “colophon” with facts about the printing itself, usually noting the ...…
…4 | JUNE 22 • 2023 from Federation Gratitude T hank you. Todah rabah. We are grateful. The concept of gratitude — of sincere thanks and appreciation for what is given — is an essential part of our Jewish tradition. In fact, the very first words of our morning prayer, modeh ani, provide an opportunity to start each day with a grateful heart by saying: “I thank you.” At Federation, we have reason to say, “Thank you.” Our 2023 Annual ...…
