…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 25 “I give so much credit to OCC. I couldn’t be more grateful.” Discover how OCC helped Kalie Fishman discover a better path and a promising career. OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE STAFF K alie Fishman always thought she knew what she wanted to do with her life. As she started her freshman year in 2018 at a college in Detroit, she was convinced she’d get a degree in journalism and become a news anchor. “I alw...…
…OUR COMMUNITY T he pandemic has presented significant challenges to everyone — seniors, children, adults and for us, young families. Being transplants into a city with no family members or relatives, but surrounded by a community of friends, we embraced our first child amid everything being shut down: Eli Levy, born October 2020. There certainly were benefits for two-career, first-time parents being able to work remotely during t...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 27 awkwardness amid all the other parents and their darling munchkins. DAY 1 On the first day of camp, Eli, not yet 2 years old, walked in happy as could be, not understanding that we are about to part ways. Shortly thereafter, as the children congregated in a large auditorium, the amazing teachers came to us and, with little warning, slapped a sticker on his back with his name and carried him away to his class...…
…asked friends to keep us in their prayers for a successful week of Tiger Camp. Now, reflecting on almost two months, this was truly the best thing that could have happened to the boy. He made friends, learned new skills, was surrounded by teachers who absolutely loved him and began socializing (and picking up a few habits I’d rather he hadn’t) so much so that he looked forward to coming to camp and being embraced by Ms. Tracey or...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 29 faces&places A small group of congregants from Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield recently returned from a trip for to visit a kosher winery at Niagara on the Lake in Ontario. “We took a lovely tour of the winery and sampled a variety of the Tzafona wines before each choosing one to enjoy with dinner,” said Renee Fein, program and engagement coordinator at the synagogue. “The kosher dinner was cate...…
…30 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 faces&places On Sept. 11, the Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Jewish Studies Program at Michigan State University. The event was held on the MSU campus at the Cowles House, which is a beautiful reception center. It is the oldest building on campus (1857) and, since 1941, has served as the official home of the MSU president. The event was...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT For those without computer access, please mail the following to 32255 NORTHWESTERN HWY, SUITE 205 FARMINGTON HILLS, MI 48334: • Who is Turning 80? [first/last] • What Day is their Birthday? • Personalized Message and Signature • A picture of the birthday person (if you would like the picture returned, please include a stamped return envelope.) • A check Continue to celebrate our o...…
…I t seems simple. If you have hurt another person, you ought to apologize. You also ought to try to fix what you broke. If another person hurt you, the other person ought to apologize and to offer to make things better; you have a right to ask for both the apology and the help. To say that in Jewish terms, to repent for injuring another person, you need to express regret, to make amends and then you can ask for for- giveness. Ra...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 33 The Art of Apologizing First of all, you don’t have to apologize to everyone you know, so no need to run up your cell phone bill. You’re only required to ask for forgiveness from those you know you have hurt. Some halakhic authorities recommend that you apologize to all your friends before Yom Kippur, just in case you hurt some- one unknowingly (Rema 606:2; Arukh Hashulhan, 4). Doing this via a mass email or ...…
…34 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 “So, what did I learn?” Glogower said. “Forgiveness and change are elusive and, like grief, take a very long time to pro- cess and incorporate into our life. I have learned to think just a little more before I speak and consider the effect I have on other people. The world is messy and hard and hurtful. Teshuvah (repentance) is a brave and hopeful task and, even when incomplete, it is worth something....…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 35 OUR COMMUNITY M ove over, tashlich: Twitter is the new place to atone, thanks to a bot programmed by Jewish coders who want users to apol- ogize better. While the tradition of sym- bolically throwing bread, rep- resenting sins, into a body of water may be a more familiar High Holiday custom, a new Twitter bot aims to address “fauxpologies” on social media. “Repentance Bot” allows users to tag the account wh...…
…36 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 Chanukah people will innovate menorahs or on Pesach peo- ple will innovate seder plates; on Yom Kippur, they want to innovate liturgies, ” Kalman said. “What else are you going to innovate? You literally can’t eat anything. So it’s this. ” Reboot, the Jewish arts non- profit, offers 10Q, an annual online questionnaire that stores responses securely for a year, then returns them by email the followin...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 37 A fter two years of virtual programming due to the pandemic, the dementia- friendly Kol Nidre/Yom Kippur service organized by the Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish Community Adult Day Program will now be offered in a hybrid format on the Sunday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The program is open to the community. On Oct 2 at 11 a.m., participants will either be able to attend an in-person service led by...…
…38 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 E ach year before the sun sets and Kol Nidre services are chanted to mark the beginning of Yom Kippur, Jews arrive at their places of worship, some wear- ing white, many carrying items of food to donate. Giving the equivalent of food that would have been eaten in lieu of fasting heralds back to the ancient Jewish custom of kap- parot. Generations ago, Jews before the fast would take a live chicken, w...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 39 W ater, water, water, a lot of water,” said Shirah Fish of the Lunch Box. Shirah expresses the importance of hydration during the Yom Kippur fast day. “I think most of us are walking around dehydrated and we don’t even realize it. Then, when you add fasting you know it’s going to take out a lot from you.” JN contributing writer Rochel Burstyn wrote about Shirah back in August where she explained how she ...…
…L iving in a large metropolitan Jewish community where it is easy to find kosher food, Judaic items or even a synagogue, it’s easy to forget that small Jewish communities scattered around the state continue to function and offer a center for those living in more isolated areas. Hancock, Traverse City, South Haven, Charlevoix and Benton Harbor-St. Joseph come to mind as examples of these small but strong centers of Jewish life. B...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 41 I t’s tradition! After Neilah services at my synagogue on Yom Kippur, there’s a surge to tables of light fare typically set out by the sisterhood. Tired and hungry worshippers gather round to gulp down a glass of orange juice or sweet wine, along with a bit of sponge or honey cake. Then it’s back home for platters of fish, cheese, kugel and dairy dishes. That’s a custom for American Jews in the United States...…
…42 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 COOL PEACH SOUP (DAIRY) Serves 4-6 Cook’s Tips: *May use 4 small mangoes instead. *Kefir is fermented milk similar to a thin type of yogurt. Ingredients: 4 large peaches, pits removed and sliced 1 cup orange juice 1 Tbsp. fresh-squeezed lemon juice 1 cup peach kefir 1 rib celery, sliced 2 Tbsp. finely shredded mint or 2 tsp. dried Directions: Place all ingredients, except the mint, into a ...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | *Substitute for espresso, strong coffee with ¼ tsp. vanilla extract. *For a dairy showstopper: When chilled, chop mold coarsely, spoon into demitasse cups or wine glasses. Top with a dollop of vanilla yogurt or whipped cream and a sprinkling of shaved chocolate. Ingredients: 2 (3 oz.) packages kosher peach gelatin 1½ cups boiling water 1½ cups cold espresso coffee ¾ cup white wine ½ cup pareve chocolate...…
…R ealtor Avi Knopf has been working with homes for nearly his entire life. At the age of 15, he began apprenticing as an elec- trician. “Growing up, my dad was a custom-finish carpenter,” he explains of his childhood in Oak Park, where he learned the ins and outs of home renovation. “I’ve always been hands-on and building things since I was a child.” Involved in the local Orthodox Jewish community, Knopf’s father was often buil...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 45 Although he’s busy with work, Knopf makes time every morning for his second passion: fitness. Each day, his alarm goes off at 4:45 a.m. Then, he goes straight to the gym. “Growing up super- religious, I understood the value and responsibility of taking care of my body,” he explains. “I’ve always been active. I’ve played sports growing up.” Knopf is regularly involved with Come Play Detroit, a local sports...…
…T he 10th season of the weekly B’nai B’rith Golf League is in the books. So is the 27th season of the weekly Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League. Champions have been crowned. The race for the golf league team title among the dozen two-man teams in the nine-hole league at the Links of Novi was decided by a single point. Kerry Chaben and Mike Klinger scored 182 points. They went wire-to-wire on top of the lead- er board...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 47 HEALTH O n Oct. 1, the Michigan chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation will host its 45th Annual Evening of Hope “There’s No Place Like Hope” gala at the MotorCity Casino Hotel. The Wizard of Oz-themed night will raise critical funds and drive awareness to help find cures for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, which currently have no cure. It will also raise funding to ensure that research and p...…
…48 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 HEATH Arbor as well and attends NEXTGen and The Well events. To manage the disease, Wettenstein stays active and makes exercising a priority. This helps her relieve stress, an important lifestyle habit for people with IBD (since stress is a major trigger for flares). “I just want people to be more aware that this is a physical illness,” she says. “We may look healthy on the outside, but we’re feeling a...…
…MAZEL TOV! SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 49 SEPT. 22, 2021 Jenna and Aric Klar of Bloomfield Hills announce the birth of Charly Mae Klar. Proud big brothers are Ezra and Ryder Klar. Also welcoming Charly Mae are grandparents, Mark and Nori Klar, Joey and Kim Krinsky, and Deb and Ric Monkaba. Charly Mae is named in loving memory of her great-grandparents Charles and Barbara May Deschamps, and Maxine Krinsky. Charly Mae was given her Hebrew na...…
…T he Torah is like life, full of contradictions. Moses begins by stepping out to make his big announcement. It is his birthday; he is 120, and he makes himself sound very old and decrepit but that seems impossible. As Rashi points out, we are told that Moses was full of vigor until his death. Still, there is a lingering sense that this hale and hearty old fellow is announcing his infirmity. The next contra- diction is more tr...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 51 continued on page 52 The Second Mountain SPIRIT A WORD OF TORAH W hat do you do when you have achieved it all, when you have risen to whatever career heights fate or providence has in store for you? What do you do as age lengthens its shadow, the sun sinks, and the body is no longer as resilient or the mind as sharp as it once was? That has become a major problem as life expectancy has increased in mos...…
…52 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 their journey. He would not set foot in the Promised Land. Unlike Aaron, whose children inherited his priesthood to eternity, Moses had to live with the fact that neither of his sons, Gershom and Eliezer, would become his successor. That role would go to his assistant and faithful servant Joshua. These were, surely, huge disappointments to set alongside the momentous achievements. So, as Moses faced his ...…
…Synagogue Directory METRO DETROIT CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com B’nai Israel Synagogue West Bloomfield (248) 432-2729 bnaiisraelwb.org Congregation B’nai Moshe West Bloomfield (248) 78...…
…Temple Emanu-El Oak Park (248) 967-4020 emanuel-mich.org Temple Israel West Bloomfield (248) 661-5700 temple-israel.org Temple Kol Ami West Bloomfield (248) 661-0040 tkolami.org Temple Shir Shalom West Bloomfield (248) 737-8700 shirshalom.org REFORM/RENEWAL Congregation Shir Tikvah Troy (248) 649-4418 shirtikvah.org SECULAR/HUMANISTIC Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit Farmington Hills (248) 477-1410 ...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 55 P atricia Hall, professor of music the- ory at the University of Michigan (U-M), has researched music pre- pared and performed by political prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp to be heard in programs for Nazi administrators. Her work represents visits into the archives of what has become a museum to recall the conditions surrounding World War II. Her research was done in a building that ha...…
…56 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 T he 18th performance of the Emerson String Quartet for the University Musical Society in Ann Arbor will be counted Saturday evening, Oct.1, at Rackham Auditorium. What stands out this time is that it will be the group’s last appearance together in the city and will be among some 100 farewell performances around the world in the quartet’s final year of working together. The four musicians — Eugene Druc...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 57 to tolerate our differences but to appreciate differences. I always say to younger groups that if you stay together long enough and if you become successful, success is a lubricant for the frictions that occasionally occur. ” With many appearances in Michigan, including time at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Drucker appreciates time the quartet has spent with younger groups including the Calidore...…
…58 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 I n the Milford home of Dan Yessian, there is a Steinway baby grand piano that once was an important element in the home of composer and performer Burt Bacharach. Yessian has long been a fan of the vast array of Bacharach music and is glad to work at the same instrument he bought in 2005. When sitting at that piano and trying out melody ideas, Yessian feels inspired to compose music for an international ar...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 59 tempos, assembling a palette of sounds that evoke emotions and moods and creating something special for a unique and special talent that is shown by Maurissa. ” Wilner also appreciates the opportunity to work directly with Yessian. He believes their compatibility comes from shared experiences between their two cultures. “When I got into the business, during the 1960s and 1970s, Burt Bacharach was so popula...…
…60 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 BRITISH BRETHREN MOURN, BLAIR KNOCKS THEM OUT, AND A VERY GAY (AND QUITE JEWISH) MOVIE I have long admired the Jewish Chronicle (UK). It’s more commonly known as the JC. Its website, thejc. com, posts the whole news- paper and its entirely free (including back issues). I’ve cited the JC as a source many times. I recommend that you click over and read their “wall-to-wall” cover- age of the death of Queen ...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 61 PLAY OPENS NOW-OCT. 30 Mud Row, by Dominique Morisseau, is being staged at Detroit Public Theatre’s new permanent home, 3960 Third Ave., in the heart of Detroit’s cultural district. Two sisters are forced to reckon with their shared heritage when one of them inherits their grandmother’s house. Tickets: detroitpublictheatre. secure.force.com. FARM WORK 10 AM-NOON, OCT. 2 Join NEXTGen Detroit Volunteers for ...…
…62 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 present the weekly Torah portion from his or her own perspective. Cost: $130. To register: 248-205-2557 or JLearn.online. Complete Catalog at: JCCDET.org/ JLearn. IN CONCERT 8-9:30 PM, Oct. 7 The Chamber Music Society of Detroit will present Evren Ozel, pianist. At the Schaver Music Hall, 480 W. Hancock, Detroit. Ticket info: chambermusicdetroit. org/2022-23. MAK-A-DREAM NOON-3 PM, OCT. 8 The Friends of C...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 63 Darkness to Light.” Jaffe attended the opening and delivered heartfelt remarks about the meaning of the exhibit, which includes her mosaic, “Skyline of Pittsburgh.” Her husband, Steve, a native of Pittsburgh and former Tree of Life congregant, gave a few personal, emotional thoughts about the tragedy. Mayor Mark A. Behnke and Michigan State Rep. Jim Haadsma attended the event and delivered brief remarks,...…
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…OF BLESSED MEMORY OBITUARIES SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 65 DR. MARCEL HALBERSTADT, 85, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 14, 2022. He was born in France and moved to Washington Heights, N.Y., with his family when he was 11 years old. He is a proud alumnus of Yale University, where he got his Ph.D. in physical chemistry. He, Lucille and their children were proud and active members of Young Israel of Oak Park for many years. Mr. Halb...…
…66 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY by her son and daughter- in-law, Barry Horovitz Batia and Karen Batia; son-in-law, David Zuppke; grandchildren, Jacob and Angelica Zuppke, Michael and Andra Zuppke, Zachary Batia and Ezra Batia; great- grandchildren, Ava and Noa Zuppke; sister-in-law, Rita Dictor; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mrs. Horovitz was the beloved wife of the late Harry Horovitz;...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 67 We understand that grief is a part of love. Let us assist your family during this difficult period. HELEN OCHS, Ph.D., 92, of Birmingham, died Sept. 19, 2022. Dr. Ochs is survived by her son, Dr. Richard Ochs; grandchildren, Ryan Ochs and Rachel Ochs; brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Samuel and Judy Weiner; nieces and nephews, Ronald and Amy Weiner, Julianne and Howard Berlin, Wendy and Scott Pittman, Eli...…
…68 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY B arbara Winton was the biographer for her famous father, who rescued hundreds of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia before the war in 1939, and was heralded as a “fearless cam- paigner in her own right” by the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR). Nicholas Winton was a young investment banker when, over Christmas 1938, he went to see what help he could offer in Prague. Ove...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 69 L eon “Lee” Warshay was a beloved college profes- sor, a published author, a self-proclaimed feminist and, above all, a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Lee, who lived in Royal Oak, died peacefully at home on Sept. 18, 2022. He was 94. Lee was born in 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of two Hebrew school teachers. When Lee was five, his father, a fervent Zionist, moved the fam...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 70 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 A Tribute to the Queen Q ueen Elizabeth II passed away on Sept. 8, 2022. The news brought forth a global outpouring of praise and mourning for a woman of considerable grace, skill and dedication to England and the British Commonwealth. The outpouring of love for Queen Elizabeth was near univ...…
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