…42 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019 SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Author, Author! M ultimedia presentations — including the actual taping of a podcast episode, a Broadway-style concert featuring a Tony Award nominee and a slideshow of places associated with a murder — enhance this year’ s Detroit Jewish Book Fair filled with a variety of notable authors. The 68th annual event, scheduled Nov. 2-10 at the Jewish Community Center in Wes...…
… OCTOBER 24 • 2019 | 43 little of everything,” he said. “The three of us, with some guest contributors, wrote the book.” Among some 1,000 entries, Michigan is represented by the founding of Humanistic Judaism as worked on by the late Rabbi Sherwin Wine and, in contrast, the popularity of Zingerman’ s Deli in Ann Arbor. The three came up with topics asking the help of Tablet co-workers, divided the subjects three ways and wrote entr...…
…44 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019 Arts&Life Many special events, beyond author presentations, add to this year’ s Detroit Jewish Book Fair, scheduled Nov. 2-10, at and outside the Jewish Community Center. There also are programs preceding and spanning the fair timeline. The Porch, a new café in the JCC, offers pizza, sandwiches, salads and more during Book Fair hours. Visiting authors will discuss novels and nonfiction works that cover a v...…
… OCTOBER 24 • 2019 | 45 publisher when she read a biography of Arthur Conan Doyle and learned he was a crusader for social justice. Fox was impressed that Doyle, who grew up very poor in a fatherless family, never forgot his beginnings and agitated for all kinds of causes — exposing Belgian atrocities in the Congo, liberalizing divorce laws for women who were in abusive marriages and investigating wrongful convictions, including ...…
…46 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019 Arts&Life exhibit After the Holocaust New exhibit from DJN Foundation explores how Detroit Jews aided survivors. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER I f you visit the Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) in Farmington Hills Oct. 24-Jan. 5, you are likely to view familiar family names as they appear in a new exhibit, “ Aftermath: Detroit Jews in the Wake of the Holocaust. ” Either the impact of the people r...…
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…continued from page 46 48 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019 political influence it had to try and rescue as many Jews as possible from the Nazis and their collaborators. Through the new exhibit, we are able to share the story of how our community continued to respond to the needs of refu- gees — many who ultimately settled in the Detroit area. ” This exhibit follows last year’ s presentation of “The Holocaust Unfolds, ” which covered the event...…
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…50 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019 Arts&Life celebrity jews AT THE MOVIES Opening Friday, The Current War: Director’ s Cut is about the cor- porate battle that pitted Thomas Edison (1847-1931) against George Westinghouse (1846- 1914) and Westinghouse associ- ate Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult). After inventing (1879) the first commercially viable light bulb, Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) went straight into the electric utili- ty business. His p...…
…On The Go people | places | events OCTOBER 24 • 2019 | 51 continued on page 52 FRIDAY, OCT. 25 MOCK TRIAL 1-3 pm, Oct. 25. At Adat Shalom. Society of Active Retirees will explore the issue of free speech vs. hate speech. Participants will be professionals from the legal community. Free event. SUNDAY, OCT. 27 MEMBERSHIP BRUNCH 10 am, Oct. 27. The Men’ s Club of Congregation B’ nai Moshe is holding its annual paid-up membership bru...…
…On The Go people | places | events 52 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019 YIDDISH LIVES! 1-5 pm, Oct. 29. U-M Frankel Center will present “Yiddish In and Out of Context.” At the Rackham Bldg. West Conference Room, Ann Arbor. By considering Yiddish in and out context, panelists hope to reach new understandings of how the role of Yiddish has changed and what these changes tell us about contemporary culture. Free event. INTERFAITH DINNER 6-9 pm, O...…
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…56 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019 Soul of blessed memory Congressman Elijah Cummings Dies at 68 JOSEFIN DOLSTEN JTA R ep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Baltimore congressman who worked to build ties between the African-American and Jewish communities in his district, died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in his home city. He was 68. A spokeswom- an, Trudy Perkins, said in a statement that he died of “complications concerning long- standing healt...…
… OCTOBER 24 • 2019 | 57 Gurion Award from the State of Israel Bonds and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Federation. He was a lifelong member of Congregation Beth Abraham, where he was also an officer. He served as trea- surer of the Tamarack Hills Authority. Leonard Farber was the beloved husband for 74 years of the late Dolores Farber; son-in-law of the late Lottie and the late Samson Salzman; loving brother of the late Floren...…
…Soul of blessed memory 58 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019 continued from page 57 and Cary and Pam Statfield; grandchildren, Courtney and Tim Scott, Brandon and Heather Statfield, Stefanee and Ellery Hirsch, Melanee and Justin Johnson, Ashley Statfield, and Tyler, Austin, Kevin and Kyle Statfield; great-grandchil- dren, Elaina and Griffin Scott, Brielle and Hayden Statfield, Harper Hirsch, and Liam and Stella Johnson; brother and sister-in-l...…
… OCTOBER 24 • 2019 | 59 Soul of blessed memory continued on page 60 or Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, P .O. Box 2044, Southfield, MI 48037. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. ALFRED SCHWARZ, 94, of Huntington Woods, died Oct. 15, 2019. He is survived by his companion, Claire Levine; son and daughter-in-law, Philip and Susan Schwarz; daughter and son-in-law, Miriam Schwarz and Edward Katz...…
…60 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019 Soul of blessed memory ESTHER SIMON, 93, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 16, 2019. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Donald Simon; son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Debbie Simon; sons-in- law, Lewis Wagner and Bruce (Sue) Luria; grandchildren, Brent and Dana Luria, Elyssa and Eyal Dimant, Catie Luria Gray and Jeff Gray, Stuart and Maggie Wagner, Hilary Wagner and her boyfriend, Michael Goldeen...…
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…62 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019 Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org Adat Shalom’s Legacy In 75 years, Adat Shalom has built quite a collection of entries in the Davidson Archive. I saw an advertisement in the JN from Adat Shalom Synagogue that noted the congregation was celebrating its 75th anniversary. I decided I should explore the history of Adat Shalom in ...…
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