…JANUARY 27 • 2022 | 51 thinking do not often con- sider what Kanye West did when presenting an award to Taylor Swift at the 2009 Video Music Awards — interrupting her presenta- tion to imply that Beyonce deserved the award. Levine judges Kanye West’s opinion correct — Beyonce deserved the award — but the action inappropriate. Levine uses this incident to illuminate the complex Talmudic discussion of a Kohen who seizes the agri- c...…
…52 | JANUARY 27 • 2022 MYSTERY IN 8 ACTS; BETTY CELEBRATED; GAME-CHANGING VACCINE? AT&T STAR UPDATE The Afterparty is an Apple+ series that premieres on Friday, Jan. 28. It centers on a murder mystery at a high school reunion. Each one of the series’ eight episodes features a retelling of the same night from a different character’s perspective. Each episode has its own unique visual style and film genre to match the teller’s ...…
…JANUARY 27 • 2022 | 53 SOULFUL YOGA 10 AM, JAN. 29 Adat Shalom Synagogue invites you to join Rabbi Aaron Bergman and yoga instructor Mindy Eisenberg. Connect body and soul as they apply the wisdom of Torah to the gentle practice of yoga. No yoga experience is necessary. There is no fee to participate. For questions, contact 248- 851-5100. SHALOM SHABBAT 10:30 AM, JAN. 29 Adat Shalom Synagogue invites you to join Hazzan Dan Gross...…
…54 | JANUARY 27 • 2022 A s we have found ourselves at home more and more, many of us have turned to cooking things for ourselves that we’ d usually buy without a second thought. For me, such an item has been yogurt; after making a batch, you suddenly realize that the process is so easy and so straightforward that you won’t need to shop for yogurt again. (You still will, but … you know.) The most important note is to keep...…
…JANUARY 27 • 2022 | 55 N early two full years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of Detroit-area Jewish families requiring food assistance is still near the highest it’s ever been — and, for the second year in a row, there’s a way you can help. Now through Jan. 31, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s Women’s Philanthropy Tikkun Olam Volunteers (TOV) are holding their “Winter Soup Drive” to benefit Yad Ezra. The volun...…
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…JANUARY 27 • 2022 | 57 LENORE. N. BERON, 82, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 13, 2022. She is sur- vived by her daughter, Rochelle Wetstein; son, Eric Wetstein; grandchildren, Angelo Colella, Hannah Colella, Isabelle Colella and Amanda Wetstein. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. LOUIS BROWN, 79, of Royal Oak, died Jan. 12, 20...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 58 | JANUARY 27 • 2022 continued on page 60 c. 1985 SUSAN QUINLAN FELDSTEIN, 77, of Bloomfield Hills, died Jan. 15, 2022. Susan was born in Chicago, Ill. She graduated from Shrine High School in 1962, Wayne State University in 1966 and Wayne State Law School (cum laude) in 1973. She was a brilliant attor- ney, a lifelong Detroiter, a feminist pioneer, a passion- ate lover of dogs and, most impo...…
…JANUARY 27 • 2022 | 59 Judaism embraces all facets of life . . . including death. Trust us to assist you with dignity and grace. Yeshiva Beth Yehudah eshiva Beth Yehudah expresses its heartfelt and deepest condolences to the family of expresses its heartfelt and deepest condolences to the family of Lois Shiffman Lois Shiffman a”h a”h The Yeshiva has dedicated the learning for this month by our students The Yeshiva has dedicated the lear...…
…60 | JANUARY 27 • 2022 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY continued from page 58 Dr. Michael Samson; sons and daughters-in-law, Rob and Julie Samson, and Danny and Tami Samson; grandchildren, Jordan, Charlie, Olivia, Abby, Josie, Leo and Henry Samson; sister and brother-in-law, Ruth and Lawrence Daniels; brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Mark Selitsky and Dr. Orit Szwarcman; sis- ter-in-law and brother-in-law, Barbara and Dr. Michael Sitr...…
…JANUARY 27 • 2022 | 61 D avid Kahan, 93, of Bloomfield Township and Highland Beach, Fla., beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grand- father, passed away on Jan. 8, 2022. He was born in Gheorgheni, Transylvania, one of six chil- dren born to Moshe Chaim and Raizel Toba. In the spring of 1944, he was deported to Auschwitz with his parents, younger brother, Hersch Leib, and sister, Chaya Sara. Only he survived the ...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 62 | JANUARY 27 • 2022 An Odious UN Resolution L ast month, Dec. 16, 2021, marked the 30th anniversary of the revoking of the odious United Nations resolution 3379. Adopted by the UN’s general assem- bly on Nov. 10, 1975, the resolution “deter- mined” that “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.” Think...…
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…Roundup Washington Adviser President Obama named Ann Arbor native Gene Sperling to lead the White House National Economic Council. Sperling, 52, Gene Sperling held the same post dur- ing President Clinton's second term. He is the highest-ranking Michigan native in the Obama administration. The appointment took effect Jan. 7. Older brother Rick Sperling founded and runs Mosaic Youth Theatre in Detroit. "He's going to stand up for Michigan," Ri...…
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…Pennies From Heave C Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News I Ian and Yael Elrom were eager to raise money for Israel, and they knew that toothbrushes were the answer. Twins Ilan and Yael, 10,1ive in West Bloomfield and are students at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills. When they heard about a penny drive to help Israel in the aftermath of terrible Carmel forest fires, they immediately set to work. "Me and my sister sold tooth...…
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…Opinion A 1\11 I X F IDEAS Dry Bones r oymn Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Editorial SPURN-ing Harassment p icketing an Ann Arbor synagogue on Shabbat may be a legal expres- sion of free speech, but it hardly upholds the American ideal of free reli- gious expression. Last Rosh Hashanah marked the eighth year of picketing orchestrated by the so-called "Jewish Witnesses for Peace" (JWP). Whatever cause this group of ...…
…Gabby Giffords from page 22 Continuing Debate The Jerusalem Post was the first publication to state emphatically that Giffords' Jewishness should not be questioned. In fact, in its editorial "Learning Judaism From Giffords," the Post wrote, "With all our desire for a universally accept- ed definition of 'Who is a Jew?' that would unify the Jewish people, we cannot ignore the complicated real- ity that many 'non-Jews' are much more Jewish than...…
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…Health & S S Evan Born at DMC Huron Valley- Sinai Hospital 3 months Healing Cancer survivors embrace yoga. T he Cancer Thrivers Network for Jewish Women will gather for yoga at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, for a gentle healing yoga practice with Susie Rosenfeld. Rosenfeld is a breast cancer survivor who has taught yoga for 41 years and is a founding mem- ber of the Yoga Association of Susie Greater D...…
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