… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 39 continued on page 41 family during the Holocaust. Leo was liberated on May 6, 1945, by the U.S. Army from the Ebensee concentration camp in Austria. After reuniting with his one surviving brother, he immigrated to the United States in December 1949. Leo married his American- born wife, Arlene Spear, in May 1953. He founded Imperial Draperies, a custom window treatment business in Metropolitan Detroit. He w...…
…40 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY An Independent ‘Voice of Justice’ STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER L eading with a streak of indepen- dence and justice for all people, former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Charles L. Levin died peacefully, surrounded by his fam- ily on Nov. 19, 2020, in his Detroit home at age 94. At a private graveside funeral on Nov. 20, Rabbi Joseph Krakoff said that Justice Levin was blessed...…
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…46 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 R abbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks of Aldgate, died Nov. 7, 2020, at age 72. Sacks was chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, 1990-2013, the tenth rabbi to hold that position. He was also a lord of the realm, knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2009. The passing of Rabbi Sacks was noteworthy. Condolences were offered by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. News medi...…
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… SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-11 Jews in the D Never Again Action: Inside the Movement 12 Founded with Michigan ties, the activist group unites young Jews and undocumented workers … but its messaging horrifies many. Farber Delays Start of School 18 Most classes will now be converted to virtual learning. EMU Lecture Series 20 Eastern Michigan University Center for Jewish Studies initiates 2020-2021 lecture series with i...…
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… SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 | 5 Views for openers Passing Time … letters T his pandemic has had a strange, paradoxical effect on my concept of time. Being confined mostly to my home, life in general seems to be mov- ing more at a snail’ s pace, yet the month of August went by lightning fast. And the longer the COVID crisis continues, the more I seem to lose track of time. “It’ s Monday? Huh, feels like Saturday.” Thank goodness, ...…
…guest columns Emerging Leaders Views T his summer I had the opportunity to par- ticipate in the Shalom Hartman Institute’ s Emerging Jewish Thought Leaders: Together At Home. I was sup- posed to be at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin for my final summer, but COVID-19 disrupted those plans. I had to readjust every- thing and decide the best way to spend my sum- mer. When I found out that I would have the chance to learn with several hu...…
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…12 | SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 S erena Adlerstein heard the phrase “Never Again” reg- ularly throughout her Jewish upbringing. As a mem- ber of the Reform community, her lessons in Sunday school stressed the importance of preventing another geno- cide after the Holocaust. Often, warnings against forgetting the past came from those that lived through it, like Adlerstein’ s grandfather Arno Goetz. His family fled Germany after Kristallnacht in ...…
… SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 | 13 We can spend our days arguing about what to call these detention centers, or we can say what’s happening now is enough to shut them down. — SERENA ADLERSTEIN continued on page 14 of the founding members of Never Again Action, a Jewish activist organization calling for the release and protection of detained undocumented immi- grants in the United States. According to the Migration Policy Institute, approx...…
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…18 | SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 Jews in the D Farber Delays Start of School Two teachers have tested positive for COVID-19. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER T he scheduled Aug. 24 start of school at Farber Hebrew Day School – Yeshivat Akiva came and went after parents were notified that the first day of class- es would be both postponed and include major modifications. In a duo of emails, sent Aug. 20 and 21, a new plan wa...…
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…20 | SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 EMU Lecture Series Eastern Michigan University’ s Center for Jewish Studies initiates 2020-2021 lecture series with investigations of cross-cultural exchange. D edicated to providing a gathering place for all of Southeast Michigan’ s numerous ethnic communities to learn more about Jews and Judaism, a space to build bridges, to foster cooperation and inclusiveness, Eastern Michigan University’ s Center fo...…
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… SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 | 23 continued on page 24 Jews in the D A s an epidemiologist, Dr. Adva Gadoth has been thinking about COVID-19 since long before most Americans. She and her colleagues were hopeful back in February that the United States would keep the virus at bay. But the U.S. couldn’ t control the virus in those crucial mid-February weeks, and that’ s when Gadoth and her col- leagues knew this would spread like wildfire. “I...…
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… SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 | 27 I t might be easy to shop with just a single click on Amazon, but why not help Michigan’ s economy as much as possible by shopping locally instead? When that’ s the united call of many customers, then the impact can be huge. That’ s what’ s behind the #MichiganStrong masks you might be seeing on people around town. The Suit Depot in Oak Park is behind the masks. But according to owner Mordy Babayov, it’ ...…
…T his summer, just like in years past, celebrants of the Kids Kicking Cancer’ s (KKC) belting cere- mony were treated to dinner, laughter and special gifts. Unlike in year’ s past, the July 22 honorees enjoyed the revamped aspects of the annual event from inside their vehicles at a stop-and-go pace, pausing at various outdoor stations. More than 100 children and their parents were greeted by waves, cheers, horn blasts and the pr...…
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… SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 | 31 Iconic Museum Asks for Public Help Marvin’ s Marvelous Mechanical Museum opens GoFundMe page to help with expenses. MAYA GOLDMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER M arvin’ s Marvelous Mechanical Museum has opened a GoFundMe page to help cover expenses incurred while the arcade has remained closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The GoFundMe was start- ed by Jeremy Yagoda, current “Ringmaster, Grand Poobah & Self-Designa...…
…T he founder of an interna- tional babysitting busi- ness began her love of watching children during her Junior Congregation days at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. “I’ m a part of a big intergen- erational (CSZ) family,” said Rachel Charlupski, founder of The Babysitting Company. “I remem- ber when my big cousins would watch me and my friends at Junior Congregation. When I was older, I did the same for other little chil- dren. Then I s...…
… SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 | 33 Moments AUG. 17, 2020 Erica and Yaron Jacobovits of Boca Raton, Fla., are thrilled to share the arrival of their baby girl, Lillian Rosa (Tziporah Chaya). Lilian Rosa was welcomed home by her excited big broth- er Abraham. Delighted grandparents are Eva and Sheldon Hamburger of Raleigh, N.C., Eli and Sherry Jacobovits of Coral Springs, Fla., Stuart and Terry Jankelovitz of West Bloomfield; beaming great-grandmo...…
…34 | SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 O ne of my favorite tales centers around Rabbi Chaim of Brisk who was traveling on a train, sharing a compartment with a group of stylishly dressed people. The rabbi was dressed modestly. Throughout the trip the passengers made disparaging comments to one another about the rabbi, never attempting to talk to him. They only talked about him, rudely whispering back and forth. Once the train arrived, the...…
… SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 | 35 continued on page 36 Arts&Life festivals Israeli artist to participate in this year’ s Arts, Beats & Eats festival. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER I sraeli artist Yoram Gal is among some 20 artists participating onsite in this year’ s Arts, Beats & Eats, the annual festival currently diverging from its usual format because of COVID-19. The Labor Day Weekend — and extended — schedule has only limited in-...…
…36 | SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 I n Václav Marhoul’ s new fairly literal and so “faithful” adaptation of Jerzy Kosinski’ s influential, contro- versial novel The Painted Bird, things are mostly what they seem. An unnamed, orphaned refugee boy (Kosinski described him as a “ gypsy or Jewish stray ... olive- skinned, dark-haired and black- eyed”) trudges between brief, fragile harbors amid the remote villages and elder forests of Eastern ...…
… SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 | 37 C haiFlicks, a new stream- ing service dedicated to Jewish and Israeli enter- tainment, has just launched and the timing is perfect. Created as a Jewish Netflix, ChaiFlicks has over 150 acclaimed movies, TV series, documentaries, short films and theater selections, including multiple award-winning and classic films, and it is available on every major streaming device. It’ s founded by Neil Friedman and He...…
…38 | SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 N o topic seems as uninviting as Holocaust humor. How can you laugh at that? How dare you? And yet, before and during the Holocaust, people did tell jokes about Jews, Nazis and mass murder. Even now, decades afterwards, people still tell jokes. Who tells these jokes, about whom, to whom? Exactly who finds the jokes funny, and who finds them intolerable? Scholars examine who does Holocaust humor and why in...…
… SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 | 39 that “delusionary.” “Ridicule didn’ t work when Hitler was alive and dangerous . . . Nor are gales of laughter likely to neutral- ize the enduring vestiges of neo-Nazism,” he writes. In Woody Allen’ s film Manhattan, a character sug- gests going to a neo-Nazi demonstration “with bricks and baseball bats and really … explain things to them.” Works crafted not to offend: The television series Hogan’ s Heroes ...…
…40 | SEPTEMBER 3 • 2020 MAGICAL TRAIL SEPT. 1-30 Winding through a half-mile of dark forest in Commerce Township, Glenlore Trails, put on by Bluewater Technologies Group, is a multi-sen- sory, interactive experience perfect for all ages. This family-friendly installation includes the use of lights, sensor-activated shows and more to create an otherworldly environment that makes for great photos. Tickets are available online and can...…
