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…26 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 IN THE JEWS D Everything but theHugs T he upcoming Thanksgiving weekend marks one full year since I last hugged my kids and grandkids as they ended a visit with us and left for home in New Jersey. Though each of our three children and their families live in different states, we visit one another a few times a year and gather in Michigan for short, hectic, extended-family Passover and Sukkot holi- days ...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 27 wishes from friends and family, viewed over and over and over again. We held a group fami- ly-game night and were able to hear our 6-year-old grandson read to us through FaceTime, while we followed along with an online version of the same book. Trivially, I am grateful that the closing of area gyms allowed me to shop for shoes — albeit walking shoes — for the first time in six months so I could take my exe...…
…28 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 IN THED JEWS THE WELL In partnership with PJ Library Detroit, The Well is offering a new subscription Tot Shabbat Box. These boxes will allow you and your kids to continue enjoy- ing the fun and celebration of Tot Shabbat, even while you can’ t join with the The Well in person throughout the winter. Each box includes some- thing for the adults, two kid-friendly projects related to the theme of the month,...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 29 Thanks to the support of our donors, we’ re responding to meet the needs of all who are counting on us during the COVID-19 Pandemic— making sure our community stays healthy and well, and our Jewish spirit continues burning bright. #GivingTuesday is your chance to make a difference— especially in a year like this one. Our goal is to raise $250,000 from 500 donors for the 2021 Annual Campaign. All donations will ...…
…30 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 MOMENTS MAZEL TOV! David Evan Bares, son of Laura and David Bares, will become a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. He will be joined in celebration by his siblings Charlie and Sarah and proud grandparents Cynthia and John “Jack” McGuire, Susan and Charles Bares, and Deborah Foldbaum and Thomas Fanslow. Evan is a student at Hillside Middle School in Northvill...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 31 SPIRIT Go in Peace W hen I started my rabbinic school year in Israel in 2010, my first trip to Jerusalem was spellbinding. My adopted Israeli family had kindly offered to pick me up at the air- port and then hosted me for a few days at their home in Rehovot. They then (again, very kindly) drove me and my two giant suitcases into my new home city. As we approached Jerusalem, there was a final highway a...…
…32 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 I f Michael Ian Black had not fin- ished his latest book before the pandemic, he would have added a section on facemasks. “I might use [not wearing them] as an example of what I think is destructive behavior among men, ” said the actor-comedi- an-writer, 49, who will be among the guest speakers at this year’ s digital Detroit Jewish Book Fair. “Thinking that masks are a pro- jection of weakness is as if c...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 33 oppressed or persecuted. “It doesn’ t mean he has to go out and fight every battle under the sun, but I think he has to help fight some. It’ s up to him to pick what those are, but I do think that is intrin- sically tied to the part of him that’ s Jewish. ” When he has not been writing, Black has been fea- tured through different media. His TV credits include The Jim Gaffigan Show, Another Period and Wet Ho...…
…34 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 MORRIS ON LEARY; SCHIFF BATTLES COVID-19 ON TV AND IN REAL LIFE The documentary My Psychedelic Love Story begins streaming on Showtime on Sunday, Nov. 29 (9 p.m.). In the mid-’60s, Dr. Timothy Leary became what many called “the high priest of LSD.” He was a clin- ical psychologist at Harvard when he began doing LSD experiments. Fired by Harvard in 1962, he con- tinued his fervent pro-LSD advocacy and beca...…
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…36 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 FAMILY ROOM SERIES 8 PM, NOV. 27 The Ark in Ann Arbor will present a free concert with Matt Watroba, the voice of folk music. View on Ark Facebook page. Donations to a “virtual tip jar” go to support the Ark and the performers. LIVE AT THE ARK 7:30 PM, NOV. 28 The Ark in Ann Arbor will feature Mr. B., Mark Lincoln Braun, blues and boo- gie-woogie pianist. View on Ark Facebook page. Donations to a “virtual...…
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…SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY E laine Stein Richman passed away on Nov. 7, 2020, just shy of her 84th birthday. She was the youngest of three daughters. Born on Nov. 27, 1936, to Miriam and Morris Stein in Detroit, she was a descendant of the Ukrainian Horodok com- munity. In 1954, she attended Wayne State University in Detroit and earned her certificate as a registered dental hygienist from the University of Detroit. Elaine married t...…
…40 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 PHYLLIS KATZ, 83, of Novi, died Nov. 15, 2020. She is survived by her daughter, Lori Tuchklaper; son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Jackie Katz; grandchildren, Allie (Joe) Asmann, Zachary Tuchklaper, Rachel, Dani, Kevin and Garrett Katz; great-grand- children, Liana and Logan Asmann; sister and brother-in- law, Marilyn and Barry Charlip; many other loving family mem- bers and friends. Mrs. Katz was the be...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 41 continued on page 42 To her grandchildren, “Nanna” was a glamorous figure, always wearing chic clothes and surrounded by beautiful things. After Marshall’ s passing in 1998, Lucille wrote children’ s books and assembled a meticulous col- lection of photo memories for her family. Lucille was born in Baltimore, Md., on Nov. 13, 1919, to Ethel Rothstein Bearman and Joseph Bearman. The family settled in Detroi...…
…42 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 STUART MITTENTHAL, 88, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., died Nov. 12, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Diane Mittenthal; sons and daughters-in-law, James and Elyse Mittenthal, and Robert Mittenthal and Hilarie Sheets; daughter and son-in-law, Jan and David Rosen; stepchildren, Drew and Andrea Saperstein, and Dana Zatman and Jon Shafner; grandchildren, Paige, Sam, Owen and Charlotte Mittenthal, Matthew an...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 43 continued on page 44 and mother-in-law and father- in-law, Jane and Sam Freed. A private family memorial took place at Temple Beth El in Windsor. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Windsor, 6038 Empress St., Windsor, Ontario N8T1B5 519-974-7100; or to a charity of your choice. ELLIOTT C. SCHUBINER, 93, of Bloomfield Hills, died Nov. 16, 2020. He is survived by his daughters, Julie Bennett, Jodi Schu...…
…44 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 NORMA SHAPIRO, 84, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 12, 2020. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Kerry and Jan Kaplan; daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Randy Winters; grandchil- dren, Kelsey Kaplan, Michael Kaplan, Ryan Harband; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Shapiro was the beloved wife of the late Norman Shapiro. Interment took place at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery ...…
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… MARCH 26 • 2020 | 3 contents 42 Views 5-10 Jews in the D One Day at a Time 12 Local families’ simchahs, Pesach plans are in flux during the pandemic. Coping with Coronavirus 18 From virtual dance classes to online prayer, families get creative amid crisis. History Repeats Itself 24 A look back at the Spanish Flu of 1918. Doing Virtually Anything 30 Our Jewish community may be distanced, but we’ re never apart. New Leadership a...…
…VIRTUAL Maintain your spiritual connection with us! Whether from the bimah or from our living room, we are here to guide and support you through this challenging moment. Our community is so special – and that doesn’ t change, despite our building being closed. We have created a virtual community to keep you engaged and connected to your Temple family. From Mi Shebeirach Mondays to our virtual musical Kabbalat Shabbat service, we ha...…
… MARCH 26 • 2020 | 5 Views for starters Marooned with Tons of TP guest column Snowbirds Count in Michigan W hen someone asks you, “What three items would you want with you if you were stranded on a desert island?” what do you usually answer? Typical answers are a Kindle (all that time to read), a phone (so you can call for help), chocolate (essen- tial survival food). But did toilet paper ever make it high on your list? Pres...…
…Views 6 | MARCH 26 • 2020 for starters Rethinking ‘Normal’ B ’ nai mitzvahs live- streamed. Weddings canceled. Seders shrunk. Funerals and shivahs restricted. There is no denying that Jewish life, and every other facet of modern life, has had to change drastically since the outbreak of COVID-19. Social distancing has become an imperative, which means that for the time being, we can no longer gather in public as we once did. ...…
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…10 | MARCH 26 • 2020 continued from page 8 Woody Allen in Annie Hall tells us that life is sep- arated between the “hor- rible” and the “miserable.” The horrible are the blind and deaf people and those with terrible diseases. The miserable are the rest of us, so we should be thankful if we’ re only miserable. It’ s a crazy and outrageous com- mentary about human life, yet it’ s become a popular half-funny/half-serious way some Je...…
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…14 | MARCH 26 • 2020 continued from page 12 continued on page 16 family turned their phones back on, they were flooded with messages of support and congratulations from friends and family who had watched the livestream. “It was a very happy, proud, emotional moment when it was all over with, ” she said. “I said, ‘ Brooke, this will go down in history. ’ ” The family plans to throw a party for Brooke on either June 12 or Sept. 25, d...…
… MARCH 26 • 2020 | 15 JEFF BUDAJ The name Adat Shalom means The Congregation of peace. We ar e a commu nit y w ho believ es t hat ev en in t he mos t difficu lt and u nlikely cir cu ms t ances w e can find w ay s t o br ing w holenes s , hope, healing and peace int o ou r liv es and int o t he w or ld. Ou r s hu l began in 1943, du r ing t he w or s t moment s in t he his t or y of ou r people and of t he w or ld. Ant is em...…
…16 | MARCH 26 • 2020 continued from page 14 for 11 canceled events were instead delivered to people in the community. “Paul Wertz [caterer at Dish Kosher Cuisine] had a kitch- en full of food, ” said David Goodman, Beth Ahm’ s execu- tive director. “What we decid- ed to do as a congregation was to purchase that and distribute it throughout the community as a way to help him, and as a way to help those folks who are either food-ins...…
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…18 | MARCH 26 • 2020 From virtual dance classes to online prayer, families get creative amid crisis. ROBIN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER I t has been said that a crisis can bring out the best in people, and that certainly seems to be happening among local Jewish families trying to find a “new normal” in the midst of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. But it hasn’ t been easy. The hustle and bustle of work, school, sports and a...…
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