…22 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N A fter a joyous night of dancing and partying with friends at the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel, Amit Ganish decided to take a brief rest before the long drive back to her home in the north. She had barely dozed off when she was jolted awake by the sounds of gunshots, anguished screams and shouts of “Terrorists … run, run!” Ganish, 24, told her story to a group of local elected officials at the Jew...…
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…24 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N G raffiti artist Elyasaf Miara is painting roadside bomb shelters, turning them into calming oases. Vered Glass is helping families coping with crisis to create networks of communal support. Adi Rozen is putting together pampering gift packages with offerings of Israeli products from communities bordering the Gaza strip. Yarin Sultan has created a forum to help Israelis influence policy makers and implement ...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 25 JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT Nominations for The Detroit Jewish News’ annual 36 under 36 are now open to recognize doers, activists, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, community organizers and other young Jewish professionals reshaping and broadening Metro Detroit’s Jewish community. Do you know someone making an impact in the community for this special honor? 36 UNDER 36 Nominations Now Open! A special group of volun...…
…26 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N O n Sept. 14, The Well had the honor of hosting a delegation of Israeli social entrepre- neurs from the Gaza envelope who survived the attacks of Oct. 7. These individuals, ages 35-55, are seasoned activists working on rebuilding their communities following the tragic events of Oct. 7. For many of them, this work is deeply personal, hav- ing lost close relatives and friends to the violence. Their resilienc...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 27 J N and Americans volunteered to hold up a tallis to make a chuppah, while others prepared to welcome them back into the room with traditional songs. All language barriers fell away as we sang and danced together for this completely joyous capstone to the evening, marking our transition from grief to celebration in a deeply Jewish way! Reflecting on the event, I’m struck by the urgency to create more spac- es w...…
…28 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N W hile stationed in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1969, the late Allan Blustein made a surprising discovery. It would set in motion a chain of events to forever change Nuremberg Jewish history. The army chaplain and rabbi, who eventually settled in Michigan and worked at the now-defunct Sinai Hospital in Detroit, saw something he would have never imagined embedded in the stone steps of the St. Lorenz Church, a ...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 29 J N incredible discovery. The city’s mayor held a reception in their honor. Even pastors came to greet them and said it was a collective responsibility to ensure Israel continues to thrive, Levine, 63, of Farmington Hills, explains. Of course, the sisters also paid a visit to the 600-plus-year-old gravestones. “I get chills thinking about it,” Levine says. “These stones are what you look at as somebody is sp...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 3 J N contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-7 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 8 We Remember We mark the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks and remember those lost to the violence. 16 The Aftermath of Oct. 7 Local Jews share how the world has changed for them since that fateful day. 19 Oct. 7 One-Year Commemoration Event The event will be at a central location, to be sh...…
…30 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N T he University of Michigan and Ann Arbor Police report- ed two incidents of assault involving Jewish students and Jewish residences over the weekend of Sept. 21-22. However, both stated that at this time, it is inconclusive that the incidents were biased or antisemitic in nature. Earlier in September, a 19-year-old male student was attacked late one evening when he was approached by a group of individual...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 31 J N support and resources from Jewish students on campus following this string of attacks. Eisenberger said the incident that occurred most recently is being down- played by law authorities. He has been in contact with the student who was punched as well as other witnesses living at the fraternity house who said the group of individuals seemed to be of Arab descent. “If a guy goes up to a very well- known Jewis...…
…32 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N I n the midst of the High Holidays, Jews around the world are focused on three key elements of this period of reflection and renewal: tefillah, prayer; teshuvah, repentance to return to the truest and most holy version of ourselves; and tzedakah, righteousness. Together, it is hoped that achieving these will help achieve a favorable decree when the Book of Life is closed on Yom Kippur. According to Rabb...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 33 J N YIDDISH LIMERICK BY RACHEL KAPEN Eyb mir shtayn oder eyb mir zitzn On Yom Kippur, mir dertzayln nisht vitzn. Oh, ich bin hungerik, ich vil shayn essn, Ober dos is Yom Kippur, hob ich fargessn? Un ich bin zayer hays, davenen un shvitzn. Eyb mir shtayn oder eyb mir zitzn - If we stand or if we sit mir dertzayln nisht vitzn - we don’t tell jokes ich bin hungerik, ich vil shayn essn - I am hungry, I already wa...…
…34 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N T o err is human, to forgive Divine …” Alexander Pope, “An Essay on Criticism,” 1711. Pope, a Catholic poet and satirist who was banned from attending public schools by preju- dicial English laws, had more in common with Judaism than one might expect, especially regard- ing the concept of forgiveness. The 10 Days of Repentance, which fall between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are tradition- ally a time to engag...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 35 J N addiction, this is accomplished by pledging to never repeat the hurtful action or behavior and making the changes necessary to keep the com- mitment and become a positive force in the world. “We have to start living differently,” Rabbi Greenwald said, “and we have to look forward, not back.” HOW TO FORGIVE The Twelve Step program involves making amends to people the individual has harmed. Often, after recogniz...…
…36 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N I will never forget the moment my neighbor’s 13-year-old son informed me that he makes homemade seven-layer cake. “Wait, wh, wh, what did you just say, Blake?” I said to him on that momentous day a couple of years ago, as I strug- gled to find the right words to express my excite- ment. I could barely contain myself. I was trying to process the fact, that while for many years I have frequented our c...…
…Jewish bakery historian. It was he, in fact, who asked me to include the name of some of those beloved bakery owners from the past out of respect to their contributions. Blake’s a baker, but he’s also a mensch. Among those Blake paid an hom- age to were David and Leo Mertz of Mertz Bakery, Martin “Marty” Weiss of Modern Bakery, Charles “Charlie” Nicles of Miami Bakery and Hyman “Hy” Nerenberg of Jewel Bakery, all of blessed memory. T...…
…38 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N S usan Shapiro grew up in Michigan, moved to New York after graduating from the University of Michigan and married TV and film writer Charlie Rubin. In the midst of all that, she has written articles for widely read periodicals and text for some 20 books while also teaching adult writing classes. Throughout her varied experiences, Shapiro has kept Judaism as a signifi- cant part of her thinking and practices ...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 39 J N A s the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre approached, Israel assassinated Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, in an airstrike in Beirut on Friday, Sept. 27. Since joining the war in support of Hamas a day after the Oct. 7 massacre, Hezbollah has fired more than 9,500 rockets, missiles and drones at Israel causing the evacuation of upwards of 70,000 of Israeli residents. IDF International Spokespe...…
…4 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N PURELY COMMENTARY commentary Finding Our Way from Grief to Light J ewish tradition has a series of guidelines and steps that helps mourners through the initial, overwhelming and surreal pain of first losing a loved one to the period at the end of a year, when they can once again begin to live meaningfully and joyfully. They still carry the feeling of loss, but hopefully it is a little lighter because t...…
…40 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N W hile much of the world’s attention is focused on Israel’s response to the thousands of missiles fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon, some 67,500 of Israel’s 100,000-plus internally displaced citizens are evacuees from 28 communities along the Lebanese border, according to news reports. Some have defied orders to evacuate, yet other communities just a few miles south are fully populated and function- ing mos...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 41 J N lots of explosions in the background from both sides. When one shoots, the other shoots back, but Iron Dome knocks down the vast majority of mis- siles, ” he added. Yishuv Bar Yochai, where Schochet lives, is located in the Meron Galil, which is between Tzfat and Nahariya on the Mediterranean coast. “The eastern and western areas have more military bases, but not here, which are mostly farms. My personal gue...…
…42 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N P itching and defense usually aren’t written in the same sentence as championship softball team. But Temple Beth El No. 1 used those skills once again this summer to win its third straight Greenberg Division championship in the Inter- Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League. “It’s always defense for us,” said Temple Beth El No. 1 manager Billy Wiseman. “And then there’s our ace pitcher, Seth Gor...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 43 Storm Kirschenbaum are utility players. Seth and Jared Gorback are a brother pitcher-catcher battery. Jared was new to Temple Beth El No. 1 this season, but he has played with several Temple Beth El No. 1 players in other softball leagues. Sean and Brad Seid also are brothers. They patrol the middle of the diamond for Temple Beth El No. 1. Wiseman said it’s a blessing to have Prince, who is in his 80s, on th...…
…C ommenting on a key verse from this week’s parshah, a Midrash tells a pointed story: Once Rabbi Yannai was walking along the way when he met a man who was elegantly dressed. He said to him, “Will the master be my guest?” He replied, “As you please.” Rabbi Yannai then took him home and questioned him on the Bible, but he knew nothing; on Talmud, but he knew nothing; on Aggadah, but he knew nothing. Finally, he asked him to say g...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 45 literate elites who controlled the administration of government. To this day, many professions use a technical vocabulary intelligible only to insiders, so that their knowledge is impenetrable to outsiders. Judaism was different, profoundly so. I have speculated that this is connected with the fact that the birth of Judaism happened at roughly the same time as the birth of the alphabet — proto- Semitic, appear...…
…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 Blo...…
…REFORM Temple Beth El Bloomfield Township (248) 851-1100 tbeonline.org 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...…
…Growing up Jewish in Philadelphia, Shari Albert and her family would go out every year on Christmas for Chinese food. “It was the one cool thing we got to do on Christmas while all the other kids were unwrap- ping what felt like endless presents under their trees. I feel most American-born Jews have a connection to this ritual,” says Albert, who is the co-writer and director of Double Happiness, a short indie film spotlighting this very...…
…and Kathryn Grody” and is facilitated by their son Gideon, who produces all of the couple’s popular social media. Patinkin’s “Being Alive” concert is coming to East Lansing’s Wharton Center for Performing Arts on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Patinkin recently finished 52 concerts throughout the United States, Canada and London. For over 35 years, he has been entertaining audiences with his solo shows as well as performances with Tony Award-winner P...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 5 J N Join our toddler parenting series and learn strategies to help you navigate the joys and challenges of these formative years with confidence. Childcare provided by Hillel’s Early Childhood Center Staff. SPONSORED BY: 27 OCTOBER Sleep Training Sasha Croswell, Over the Moon Sleep Consulting Potty Training Dr. Kimberly Rubin, Ph. D. Licensed Psychologist 1 DECEMBER Nutrition for Toddlers Julie Feldman, MPH, ...…
…50 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N ARTS&LIFE These easy recipes make a gathering come together quickly. Brunch Time H aving family and friends over is easy when the meal being served is brunch. Schmoozing, eating and just being together is so enjoyable during the lazy days of an early fall week- end. Throw in Champagne or a cocktail, some quick recipes and you can have an easy get together put together in no time. Debra Walter BLUEBER...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 51 piano. Ben-David comes from a long line of gifted musicians. His mother was a principal singer with the Metropolitan Opera House and his father was Cantor Emeritus at Scarsdale Synagogue. His sister, Sheera Ben-David, is currently the cantor at Temple Sholom of Chicago. Adam is the third one in his family to graduate from Juilliard. He was the associate musical direc- tor for Book of Mormon on Broadway for ni...…
…52 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N THE JOKER SINGS! MOSS- BACHRACH, BOOGIE MAN? Joker: Folie a Deux is the latest entry in films inspired by the Batman comic books. It opens in theaters on Oct. 4. A “Folie a Deux” is a French expression that describes a delusion or mental illness shared by two people in close association. Folie is a sequel to The Joker (2019), a huge critical and box- office hit. Joaquin Phoenix, 49, starred as the Joker (rea...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 53 J N QUARTET PLAYS 7:30-9 PM, OCT. 5 (SAT.) Balourdet Quartet with Astrid Schween: Schubert Cello Quintet will perform at the Seligman Performing Arts Center, 22305 W. 13 Mile Road, Beverly Hills. Info: chambermusicdetroit.org/tickets. Cutline: Balourdet Quartet MUSIC OF STAR WARS 8 PM, OCT. 5 (SAT.) At Orchestra Hall, Detroit. Feel the force of the entire Star Wars saga as the DSO performs the best of John Wi...…
…54 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 A nyone who is aware of word structure (and you know that I am) should notice that there are some common endings that manifest themselves. Let me educate you by giving some examples. Never underestimate how far someone would go to participate in criminal activity. There are those who prevaricate so often that you begin to speculate as to their trustworthiness. Want to terminate someone? You may try to decapitate...…
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…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 57 J N OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY GUY BARRON, 90, of Bloomfield Hills, died Sept. 18, 2024. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Nora Barron; sons and daughter-in-law, Eric Barron and Wenise Wong, Judge Marc Barron and his fiancee, Taren Plackmann; grandchildren, Violet, Brooks, Lee and Quinn Barron; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Irving and Carol Smokler. He is also survived by Sharon LaFraniere and o...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 58 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N This was one of the largest pediatric clinics in Southeast Michigan, and Marshall provided care for thou- sands of families. He then worked for Southfield Pediatrics, where he continued to provide loving, com- petent pediatric care to many fami- lies for several years. In 2004, Marshall was honored by the Michigan chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics as the Pediatrician ...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 59 J N Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Temple Emanu-El, 14450 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park, MI 48237, emanuel-mich.org; or Zekelman Holocaust Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334, holocaustcenter.org/ tributes. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. RHODA GOLDMAN, 85, of Troy, died Sept. 22, 2024. She is survived by her companion, Jerry Nix; son, Steven Prenzlauer; daughter and son-in-la...…
…6 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N 1942 - 2024 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.thejewishnews.com The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: ...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 60 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N and Alyeen Krugel; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mrs. Krugel was the loving sister of the late Ben Sorscher and the late Alan Sorscher; the dear sister-in- law of the late Raymond Failer, the late Ed Landy, the late Dr. Lawrence Krugel, the late Charles Ellstein, the late Joe Wildberg and the late Carol Krugel. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributi...…
…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 61 Jewish Federation of Detroit Honors the Memory of Sally Krugel 1943-2024 On Behalf of a Grateful Community …
…62 | OCTOBER 3 • 2024 J N Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com Remembering Hammerin’ Hank C ongregation Shaarey Zedek held a special event last month. It was a program to honor and celebrate Major League Baseball’s Jewish superstar Hank Greenberg and his refusal to play in a critical game on Yom Kippur, Sept. 18, 1934. The event at Shaarey Zedek was held on Se...…
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…OCTOBER 3 • 2024 | 7 J N Levi Strauss invented a jean company in 1853 that Beyoncé just wrote a banger about. So, if Jewish people provide so much good and progress in the world, why are we eternally demonized and persecuted? In Mark Twain’s 1899 essay “Concerning the Jews,” he deduces that through centuries of economic exclusion “… the one tool which the law was not able to take from him [the Jew]— his brain — have made that tool...…
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