…40 January 24 • 2019 jn continued from page 38 Siegel’ s old girlfriend. Carlos called me up and said something about making a record. I knew nothing about the business, but I went ahead and started a record company with my friend Al Marks. Our record labels were “Seville” and “Lorelei. ” Carlos cut his tune and I had him sing a Duke Ellington song on the reverse side. Th e local disc jockeys were playing it left and right. An ...…
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…42 January 24 • 2019 jn continued from page 40 I knew in the evening I’ d be going to a lot of restaurants. Some- times, I’ d go to three restaurants in one night. I didn’ t eat at all of the restaurants. At the beginning, I thought being a restaurant critic would be great. But, I remember one critic started out at 190 pounds and wound up more than 300. I made sure not to eat a lot. I learned to push away. People think I get all t...…
…44 January 24 • 2019 jn Danny Raskin Senior Columnist raskin the best of everything Big Difference at Village Palace! I t originally opened back in 1974 as another restaurant that served a purpose for fast breakfasts and lunches. Then restauranteur George Lukaj bought the little eatery about 10 years ago, changed the name from Village Place to Village Palace, added more breakfast and lunch items plus some dinners … and son Robert t...…
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…46 January 24 • 2019 jn JACKIE HEADAPOHL MANAGING EDITOR D etroit is known as Motown, but there’ s more to the city’ s musical histo- ry than the funky sounds coming out of Hitsville U.S.A. from the Supremes and Jackson Five. From the 1940s-1960s, there was a huge variety of ethnic music-making across Detroit’ s 139 square miles, writes ethnomusicol- ogist Mark Slobin in his new book, Motor City Music: A Detroiter Looks Back (Oxfor...…
…January 24 • 2019 47 jn Press, Slobin writes about the Jewish love affair (including his own) with the violin: “For the Jews, the violin lit- erally had a special resonance. It was the lead instrument in the traditional klezmer dance bands for weddings … It was not just an instrument, but a voice, a tool for meditation in the slow pieces played around the tables at a celebration. Then the fiddles kicked in and got people up and danc...…
…48 January 24 • 2019 jn B roadway producer Kevin McCollum believes everyone needs to indulge in captivating laughter as a distraction from stress, and he is confident about currently offering that opportunity to audiences around the country. The source of the diversion is the touring production of The Play That Goes Wrong, which has cheered New York playgoers for nearly two years. McCollum, whose late mother (nee Susan Goldberg)...…
…January 24 • 2019 49 jn “Jeffrey and I were business part- ners for 20 years,” McCollum says. “We have had companies together but have worked on shows inde- pendently.” McCollum, currently immersed in various projects through his own company Alchemation, is giving considerable time to the develop- ment of a musical stage version of the film Mrs. Doubtfire. “In my ethic of being Jewish, I want to contribute,” says McCollum, who starte...…
…50 January 24 • 2019 jn SORKIN ON BROADWAY I’ m not an unreserved fan of screen- writer/playwright Aaron Sorkin, 57. He certainly has had his hits (A Few Good Men, The Social Network, Moneyball and Molly’ s Game). But I didn’ t like his movie Steve Jobs or his TV shows Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Newsroom. I thought the always-reliable Jeff Daniels, a famous Michigander, was not well served by Newsroom scripts that often ...…
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…52 January 24 • 2019 jn MUSIC’ S MESSAGES 1 pm, Jan. 30. At the JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Jaemi Loeb, new senior director of Cultural Arts. Topic: “Law & Order Soundtracks: What Are the Messages?” INTERFAITH EDUCATION 7-8:30 pm, Jan. 30. At Beth Shalom, 14601 Lincoln, Oak Park. Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit will present “Ask a Latter-Day Saint.” Discussed will be misconcep- tions about this fourth-l...…
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…56 January 24 • 2019 jn 56 January 24 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory IRENE ROSALIND AL-AZEM, 66, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 14, 2019. She was a dedicated teacher in Detroit for 35 years and at Temple Israel Religious School for 20. She loved volunteering her time, helping those in need, doing handicrafts and reading. Mrs. Al-Azem was a free spirit, always speaking up for the rights of others. She was fiercely devoted to h...…
…January 24 • 2019 57 jn continued on page 58 c. 1956 JOAN “NANCY” FOX, 83, of Scottsdale, Ariz., peacefully passed away Jan. 13, 2019. She was born and raised in Detroit. Nancy was the devoted wife for 63 years of Donald Fox; She is also survived by their children, Kenneth (Rosalyn) Fox of Buffalo Grove, Ill., Rick (Ilana) Fox of Tzoran, Israel, and Erika (Steven) Freeman of Phoenix; beloved grandchildren, Liat (Shai) Drach, Na...…
…58 January 24 • 2019 jn continued from page 57 soul of blessed memory c. 2004 MYRA GORNBEIN, 90, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 18, 2019. She is survived by her beloved hus- band, Carl Gornbein; daughter, Faye Fries, sons and daughter- in-law, Mark Gornbein, Norman and Suzzette Gornbein; grand- children, Michael Fries (fiancee, Melanie Lovelace), Lauren (Jason) Costello, Jennifer (Nick) Brown, Jaclyn Gornbein, Ali Gornbein, Jil...…
…January 24 • 2019 59 jn continued on page 60 DORIS COOPER SHELDEN, 85, of Commerce, died Jan. 19, 2019. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in- law, Marc and Karen Cooper, Scott and Donna Cooper, and Neil Cooper; grandchildren, Danielle, Melissa, Caitlin and Max; three great-granddaughters. Mrs. Shelden is also survived by Don’ s children, Debra Shelden and Bill Setten, and Lori Shelden and Bob Bliss; Don’ s grandchildren, ...…
…60 January 24 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory continued from page 59 CYNTHIA WAGNER, 67, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 18, 2019. She is survived by her husband, Lewis Wagner; children, Stuart and Maggie Wagner, Hilary Wagner and her boy- friend, Michael Goldeen, and Justin Wagner; parents, Donald and Esther Simon; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Debbie Simon; sisters- in-law and brothers-in-law, Judy and Steve Rapp, Renee...…
…January 24 • 2019 61 jn The Detroit Hikers group, including a generation of younger hikers PHOTOS AND TEXT BY STEVEN TAPPER For 17 years, Dr. Ricky Stoler has organized and led the Detroit Hikers to experi- ence the beauty of our national parks. In 2018, we went to central Oregon, where we traversed the trails and climbed to the top of vistas like Watchmen’ s Peak. We share in an adventure, bringing friends, family and photography enthusia...…
…62 January 24 • 2019 jn Looking Back “The Holocaust Unfolds” — An Exhibit from the Pages of the Jewish Chronicle/JN. Mike Smith Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist W e are going to try something new on the “Looking Back” page. Instead of my usual column that focuses on an interesting bit of Detroit or Michigan Jewish history I find in the pages of William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, for the next 12 is...…
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