…JANUARY 27 • 2022 | 47 Details: Performance times for An Officer and a Gentleman appearing Feb. 1-13, 2022, at the Fisher Theatre, located at 3011 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit are Tuesday through Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m., Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2 p.m., Sunday evening performance at 7:30 p.m. and an open captioned performance on Sunday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $39 and include facility and park...…
…48 | JANUARY 27 • 2022 T he three members of the Corn Potato String Band began playing fun country music together in 2012, but it’s been almost three years since they’ve been able to appear in person as a trio. With entertainment venues opening again, they’re glad to resume taking their song styl- ings around Michigan with an appearance Thursday, Feb. 10, at The Ark in Ann Arbor. Sensing their energy geared up, the three dubbed...…
…JANUARY 27 • 2022 | 49 by the late famed fiddler Kenny Baker. McCaw does “Washington and Lee Swing,” a jazz version early on per- formed by Louis Armstrong. “We love to revel in the history and connection to the past, but we’re also very much about entertainment and humor,” explained Lewis, whose group has appeared in and out of the U.S. “It’s funny how we’ll find a song that’s been played by some kind of hillbilly string ...…
…50 | JANUARY 27 • 2022 ARTS&LIFE BOOK REVIEW Y udi Levine, a native Detroiter who now lives in Texas, has written a lively, funny, read- able, informative book about what could be a forbidding topic — legal thinking in the Talmud. This book is not for everyone, though. However, if you fit into the target audi- ence, you will certainly want to read his book, Are You Sure? (Volume 1) How Chazakahs Guide Us Through the Unknown (...…
…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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…MAY 27 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 OUR COMMUNITY 14 Our Zoo’s Guardian to Retire Ron Kagan followed his moral compass … and helped redefine how we run our zoos. 18 Vaccines for Teens Farber vaccination program expands into the community, with 12-to-15-year-olds up next. 19 Protecting the Young Federation, JARC hold vaccine clinic for teens. 20 Solidarity with Israel ZOA-led rally on Orchard La...…
…4 | MAY 27 • 2021 Pro-Israel Rally Shows the Flag Israel won and Hamas lost on May 15 in West Bloomfield where 200 supporters of Israel gathered waving flags and cheering a triumphant Israel. Hundreds of cars passed the rally participants blowing their horns in support of the participants waiving American and Israeli flags. Many thanks to rally creator Eugene Greenstein and his team of Kobi Erez, Shel Freilich (both ZOA-MI), Re...…
…MAY 27 • 2021 | 5 Federation’s 2021 Annual Campaign ends on May 31, which is when we begin distributing resources to our partner agencies. Please consider joining with nearly 10,000 other Jewish Detroiters who are supporting our community. DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT: Until the end of this month—thanks to a generous supporter—any donor who did not donate last year will have their gift matched, dollar for dollar, up to $180. YOUR IMPACT Helping J...…
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…8 | MAY 27 • 2021 essay Israel Under Attack: A Community Briefing T his has been a tragic and terrifying time for the people of Israel. It has also been an extraor- dinarily difficult time for Jewish people across the world, as well as for anyone who hopes for peace. My perspec- tive is somewhat unique. As an Israeli citizen currently living in Detroit, thou- sands of miles away from my home, my friends and loved ones, I have w...…
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…10 | MAY 27 • 2021 essay The Four Absurd Criticisms of Israel’s War Conduct M uch of the media and many experts and observers have succumbed to what can be described as a complete loss of rational think- ing when it came to evalu- ating the Israel- Hamas war. Israel’s critics invented an entirely new set of illogical rules of war for Israel that one can only con- clude is aimed at leaving the Jewish state defenseless and all...…
…MAY 27 • 2021 | 11 In an editorial discussing civilian casualties caused by U.S. drone strikes in the Middle East, which number by estimates at over 1,000, the New York Times conceded, “no matter how precise the weap- ons, how careful the planners and how skilled the fighters, mistakes, faulty intelligence, even calculated decisions often led to civilians being killed” and that “There is no such thing as combat without risk.” In ...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY ANTI-ISRAEL MEDIA Also, the complexities of attempting to thwart a terror-state’s rocket fire, cynically launched from the midst of a civilian pop- ulation, have undermined Israel’s international stand- ing, with numerous world leaders and opinion-shapers maliciously or lazily compar- ing death tolls and conclud- ing that because Israel’s is lower, it must be the aggres- sor. The likes of HBO talk show host John Oli...…
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…14 | MAY 27 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY After 28 years, Detroit Zoo’s Ron Kagan to retire. A Friend to the Animals … and Other Inspiring ‘Tales’ ALAN MUSKOVITZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER BY JERRY ZOLYNSKY Ron Kagan at the Arctic Ring of Life …
…MAY 27 • 2021 | 15 continued on page 16 I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t in love with nature and critters, ” said Ron Kagan, executive director/ CEO of the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS), when I asked how far back his passion for animals went. It was the first question I posed to Kagan, 69, during our recent phone con- versation to discuss the major change coming in his life. Kagan officially announced his retirement earlie...…
…16 | MAY 27 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 15 certainly an interesting con- versation starter. I just wasn’t prepared to learn the incident included a surprising second biter. Four-year old Ron Kagan was nestled in the backseat of his parent’s car. The suburban Boston family had just picked up their new puppy — a boxer. “We were bringing him home, and I couldn’t have been more excited. His name was Bobby. I was pullin...…
…MAY 27 • 2021 | 17 something to help, ” Kagan recalled. “During those first 10 days, it looked like Israel was about to be pushed into the Mediterranean. So, the idea of waiting until next summer seemed ridiculous to me. ” Kagan remembers the image of the darkened runway upon his arrival in Tel Aviv, a black- out to prevent the airstrip from being a nighttime bombing tar- get. A long way from a college campus, Kagan said, “I didn’t ...…
…T o ensure Farber Hebrew Day School students who were eligible for, and wanted, COVID-19 vaccines received them, Dr. Howard Korman put on two hats — along with his regularly-worn kippah. A member of the Southfield school’s medical advisory board for the COVID program, as well as a self-described “vac- cine-activist, ” he created an avenue for high schoolers 16 years and older to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. And ...…
…MAY 27 • 2021 | 19 T he Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and JARC held a vaccine clinic at the Federation building on Thursday, May 13. The clinic took place the day after federal regulators expanded authorization for the use of Pfizer- BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine in children ages 12-15. The clinic was open to anybody but was aimed at 12-to-15-year-olds. JARC has been holding clinics, especially for the people ...…
…20 | MAY 27 • 2021 M ore than 100 people attended a pro-Israel rally on the west side of Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield on Friday, May 14, to show support for Israel in its ongoing clash with Hamas. The event was helmed by the Zionist Organization of America’s Michigan Region. In attendance was Eugene Greenstein, former ZOA-MI president, who hoped the rally expressed the local support for Israel. “We felt we needed to come o...…
…MAY 27 • 2021 | 21 T he Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) has launched the Virtual Museum Experience (VME), a new online program for students learning about the Holocaust. When the pandemic hit and HMC had to shut down, HMC’s Education Department knew they didn’t want to stop teaching the lessons of the Holocaust. The team began strategizing how to take the museum experience to students virtually, customizing the content for each...…
…22 | MAY 27 • 2021 A $100,000 academic award funding the study of catalysts in the human body became a cat- alyst for developing unrelated science videos that include one explaining how COVID-19 vac- cines prevent infections. Leah Witus, assistant profes- sor of chemistry at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., was among 25 educators chosen for this year’s Cottrell Scholar Awards given by the Research Corporation for Science Ad...…
…MAY 27 • 2021 | 23 JEWS IN THE DIGITAL AGE T he year 2020 was so full of changes and disappointments that it is no wonder we began 2021 eager for things to return to normal. That certainly was not the case for my CES experience in January. The annual international Consumers Electronics Show has become a regular activity on my calendar at the start of each year, and I was especially looking forward to this year’s convention fo...…
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…MAY 27 • 2021 | 29 W hen it comes to winning state championships in hockey, the Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood High School team has no peers. The Cranes have played in 20 state title games and won 18 of them, losing only to Calumet in 1996 and 1998. Their latest triumph was a 4-1 win over previously undefeated Calumet at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth for the Division 3 title, their first state championship since 2015. Five ...…
…30 | MAY 27 • 2021 MAZEL TOV! Robert Nathan Feldman (Natanel Dov) of West Bloomfield will become a bar mitzvah at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills on May 29, 2021. Robbie is the son of Julie and Mike Gold, and Melissa and Brad Feldman. He is the adored grandson of Ellen and Paul Chute, Cheryl and Dennis Yashinsky, Millie and the late Morton Feldman, Simone Vitale, Jeannie Vitale and Jeffrey Parsons. Robbie is the br...…
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