…JUNE 30 • 2022 | 53 SPIRIT Happy in a World Tailored for Me T his week’s Torah por- tion is named for a man who was known to be the wealthiest Jew of his time. Being a Levite, he also occupied a position of spiritual prominence within the Jewish community. Yet he was not satisfied with that. We read of how he convinced many of his Jewish brethren to challenge the leader- ship of Moses and the priesthood of Aaron. “The entire ...…
…S elf-destructive behavior has manifested itself throughout history, and the temptation to fall into its trap is part of the human condition. The Gemara (Sotah 9a and b) documents various examples of this self- destructive behavior. The Gemara begins with a general discussion on adultery, and it’s a fitting place to start. A person who commits adultery destroys everything that they have; their marriage, their children, thei...…
…JUNE 30 • 2022 | 55 Avot (Avot 4:1) which seeks to define the things which everybody wants: wisdom, power, wealth and honor. The Mishnah outlines how best to attain them in a way that satisfies us socially and emotionally, as well as morally and spiritually. The Mishnah states: “Who is wise? One who learns from all people … Who is powerful? One who is able to conquer his own inclination … Who is wealthy? One who is satisfied wit...…
…56 | JUNE 30 • 2022 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 We...…
…JUNE 30 • 2022 | 57 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 H...…
…58 | JUNE 30 • 2022 C omposer-conductor Yaniv Segal is about to bring Michigan- strengthened creativity to Kansas as he takes on the responsibilities of music director and conductor for the Salina Symphony. Segal, formally beginning his five-year term in July and dividing his home base between Ann Arbor and Salina, already has begun meeting with members of the orchestra, administrative staff and community supporters. His 2022...…
…JUNE 30 • 2022 | 59 is planning a program relevant to the immigration experiences of his parents. “One of the upcoming concerts I’m really excited about is in January,” he said. “It has a piece called Ellis Island: The Dream of America, which is a work for seven narrators reading text of immigrants who came to America to escape pogroms, look for work, pursue artistic freedom or join family who came here earlier. The stories are ...…
…60 | JUNE 30 • 2022 KING SOARS, A TWO- SERIES CANADIAN, JIM AND A.J. CROCE Joey King, 22, has made the difficult transition from a star child actor to a suc- cessful young adult actor. This was obvious when she was Emmy-nominated (2019) as best actress in a limited series (The Act on Hulu). King has the title role in Princess, a comedy fan- tasy action film that will start streaming on Hulu on July 1. Here’s the capsule plot: When...…
…JUNE 30 • 2022 | 61 FAMILY BBQ 5-8 PM, JULY 1 An awesome Friday evening filled with friends, food and Adat Shalom’s Shabbat Rocks band will take place at the synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. Doors open at 5 pm for dinner/kiddo activities, followed by a rockin’ Kabbalat Shabbat service at 6. $18/family includes hot dogs (vegetarian option available), salad, side and a special treat. Bring a blanket for you and you...…
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…64 | JUNE 30 • 2022 M y grandfather Mark Nisnevich, 86, of West Bloomfield, died June 18, 2022, 80 years after he got his first job at age 6. It was 1942 and World War II had thrown Europe into shambles. Born in Bobruisk, Belorussia, a small Jewish city on the Berezina River just southeast of Minsk, my grandfather was the oldest of three children. Like many other residents of Belorussia, he and his family were evacuated deep ...…
…JUNE 30 • 2022 | 65 grate to the Detroit area — 40 lives, 40 worlds, 40 opportuni- ties. Many of those people went on to have children and even grandchildren. Our rabbi, when sharing my grandfather’s story at his funeral, called him a “modern-day Moses. ” In a way, he was. And he was our hero. Mark Nisnevich is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Asya. He was the devoted father of Alla (Gregory) Zlatopolsky and Stella (Howar...…
…66 | JUNE 30 • 2022 BEVERLY M. DESON, 87, of Las Vegas, Nev., died June 23, 2022. She is sur- vived by her son, Sean Deson; daughter, Sarah Deson; grandchildren, Leah and Craig, Stephanie and Michael, Rebecca and Jordan, Julie and Michael, Katie and Ryan; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Deson was the beloved wife of the late Harvey Deson. Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions ma...…
…JUNE 30 • 2022 | 67 children; five great-grandchil- dren. Mr. Kurtis was preceded in death by his parents, Isadore and Blanche Kutinsky; and his wife of 69 years, Reva Doris Nyman Kurtis, who passed away May 3, 2021. c. 1977 FRED ROSEN, 104, of West Bloomfield, died June 18, 2022. Born in Detroit, Fred was the beloved husband of the late Evelyn (Eisman) Rosen for 70 years. He spent years in sales, but his favorite job was te...…
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…JUNE 30 • 2022 | 69 OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $125 for up to 100 words; $1 per word thereafter. A photo counts as 15 words. There is no charge for a Holocaust survivor icon. The JN reserves the right to edit wording to conform to its style considerations. For information, have your funeral director call the JN or you may call Sy Manello, editorial assistant, at (248) 351-5147 or email him at smanello...…
…70 | JUNE 30 • 2022 Looking Back A Stalwart on Broadway Street T he Jewish Historical Society’s Annual Meeting was on June 12. Once it con- cluded, I sat down at a table with another Smith, Levi Smith. This happenstance would lead to today’s “Looking Back. ” Also seated at the table were Stacey and Megan Simmons, the wife and daughter of Michael Simmons, the third-generation owner of the Simmons & Clark jewelry store in Downtown ...…
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…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-9 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 10 Jewish Detroit: Year in Review — 2021 24 In Memoria 31 Help for Caregivers JFS/JSL offers joint caregiver series beginning in January. 32 House Hunters Local twin sisters are featured on HGTV. FACES & PLACES 33 Eighth Crazy Night of Chanukah 34 Wine and Cheese in Windsor 35 JCRC/AJC Hosts Media BUSINESS 36 West Bloom...…
…4 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY column When Will We Become an Exemplary Society? E very year at the beginning of December comes “International Day of Persons with Disabilities” (Dec. 3), an awareness day created by the United Nations to promote the rights and enhance the well-being of people with disabilities. While I applaud this important initiative, I am troubled by the implication that just one day a year s...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 5 essay Praying in a Holy Place A round two weeks ago, the Heavens blessed us with our first grandchild. Our grandson surprised his parents by coming seven weeks early. Thank God, he is strong and getting stronger by the day. He remains in the NICU at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, until such time that the medical staff deems him healthy enough to go to his new home. I spent this Shabbat in my yesh...…
…6 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 1942 - 2021 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org 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: D...…
…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 7 eration that it was through school (and the “good debt” of student loans) that we would reach financial sta- bility. Yet the White House announced that a pandem- ic-induced moratorium on loan repayment will end in February. While it’s never a good idea to claim that Jewish text has a single opinion o...…
…8 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 L ooking back at 2021 in the hope of having something sensible to say about the past year, I found myself musing on a perennial question: Is history a story of progress, in which greater numbers of human beings become healthier, happier, more affluent, more tolerant and more educated with each year? Is it a story in which we learn from our past errors and those of our predecessors in order to not repe...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 9 In his new documentary The Will to See, the French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy observes that the pandemic has made the human race more insular and parochial. That is sobering news for those, like Lévy himself, who treasure the idea of solidarity across borders in the service of opening up closed societies and securing freedom for those weighed down by tyrants. It is also sobering for those who believe ...…
…10 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW A s the clock ticks toward 2022, we look back at the year that was. 2021 might be remembered for an attempted coup on our government, the continuing COVID pandemic and the challenges it presents, or the year one of Jewish Detroit’s own was taken prisoner halfway across the world. It might also be remembered for the way the community came together to meet every challenge and support each othe...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 11 FEB. 4. YAD EZRA’S LEA LUGER ANNOUNCES HER RETIREMENT Lea Luger announced her retire- ment from Yad Ezra after 28 years as executive director. Her last day was in September. FEB. 13 – NEW JEWISH LIBRARY OPENS IN OAK PARK The 900-square-foot Detroit Jewish Library, begun by Rabbi Ari Kostelitz of Congregation Dovid ben Nuchim, opens in Oak Park. FEBRUARY Lea Luger The Detroit Jewish Library COURTESY O...…
…12 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 MARCH 25 – DAN GILBERT ANNOUNCE $500 MILLION COMMITMENT TO DETROIT The Gilbert Family Foundation will con- tribute $350 million, and the Rocket Community Fund will invest $150 million over the next 10 years to aid Detroit citizens, including low-in- come homeowners who have property tax debt. MARCH YEAR IN REVIEW MARCH 1 – JN MOVES TO NEW OFFICES The JN moved from Southfield to its new offices at 32255 ...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 13 Huntington Woods journalist Danny Fenster was — without a doubt — this year’s Newsmaker of the Year. From the time he was detained on May 24 at Yangon International Airport in Myanmar until his return home on Nov. 16, Detroit’s Jewish community was galvanized to do all they could to support his family and see that he came home safely. Fenster, 37, managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, was one of many journali...…
…14 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW APRIL APRIL 1 – JN PARTNERS WITH JSL TO PROVIDE JEWISH NEWS TO SENIORS The staff of the Jewish News began dropping off issues each week at the JSL residences for JSL staff to distribute. Residents can enjoy the JN and keep up with the latest news about the Jewish community at no cost to them. APRIL 8 – FLORINE MARK SELLS WEIGHT WATCHERS GROUP Florine Mark, pioneering Michigan businesswom...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 15 MAY MAY – JN PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARTHUR HORWITZ ENTERS JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME Arthur Horwitz, publisher emeritus and former executive editor of the Detroit Jewish News, has officially been induct- ed into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. Horwitz was supposed to be inducted in 2020, but the ceremony was canceled due to COVID. This year, the ceremony was virtual. MAY — HEBREW FREE LOAN CELEBRATES 125 YEA...…
…16 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW JUNE JUNE – NCJW CELEBRATES 130TH ANNIVERSARY Beginning in 1891, Rabbi Louis Grossman of Temple Beth El called on the women of the com- munity to form a Jewish Women’s Club to “better the conditions of girls, and women, to promote friendly fellowship and mutu- al helpfulness among Jewish Women of Detroit, to elevate their mental, moral and social status, and to foster cultivating influences ...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 17 PHOTO BY YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90 VIA JNS.ORG At a June community-wide rally against antisemitism: ZOA-MI President Sheldon Freilich expresses his Jewish pride. JCRC/ AJC President Seth Gould joins in singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Amy Cutler, president of NCJW|MI, thanks the attendees. JUNE 2 — ISAAC “BOUGIE” HERZOG BECOMES ISRAEL’S 11TH PRESIDENT Benjamin Netanyahu con- gratulated Herzog, saying he’s con...…
…18 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW AUGUST AUG. 2 – JVS HUMAN SERVICES AND KADIMA ANNOUNCE MERGER JVS Human Services and Kadima, both nonprofits that serve vulnerable communities in Metro Detroit, announced they will move forward with a merger expected to be opera- tional in 2022. AUG. 12 – BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE CHANGES ITS NAME After nearly 60 years, the Birmingham Temple becomes the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Me...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 19 LEFT: Jared Kushner, fourth from right, poses for a group photo with the ambassadors from Israel and the UAE and others at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, Sept. 14, 2021. BELOW: The Israeli staff at Tamrack were welcomed with a buffet. SEPT. 14 – ANNIVERSARY OF ABRAHAM ACCORDS One year has passed since the United States, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the historic Abraham Accords, late...…
…20 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW OCTOBER OCT. 1 — USS CARL LEVIN IS CHRISTENED The naval destroyer named for the late Sen. Carl Levin was christened Oct. 2 in Maine. OCT. 7 – FORMER TEMPLE BETH EL BUILDING GETS A MAKEOVER Midtown Detroit’s Bonstelle Theatre — a performing arts center that was originally the Temple Beth El synagogue — will be restored to its original glory as a home for arts that continues to celebrate ...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 21 SOME WAYNE STATE STUDENTS HAVE A HARD TIME GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. Not because they’re not tired. It’s because they don’t have a place to sleep. When President M. Roy Wilson and his wife, Jacqueline, arrived at Wayne State University, the first lady had a chance encounter with a medical student who was living out of her car. It was then that she decided something had to be done. Mrs. Wilson founded the Helpi...…
…22 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW NOVEMBER NOV. 5 – JUDGE COHN RELEASES NEW BOOK Retired U.S. Judge Avern Cohn releases his book, Thinking About ‘the Other Fella, ’ part biography and part anthology, co-writ- ten by Jack Lessenberry and Elizabeth Zerwekh. NOV. 11 — RABBI MICHAEL MOSKOWITZ CELEBRATES SILVER ANNIVERSARY Rabbi Michael Moskowitz cel- ebrated 25 years at Temple Shir Shalom, which he helped grow from 500 familie...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 23 DECEMBER DECEMBER – GILDA JACOBS RETIRES FROM THE MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY The Michigan League for Public Policy President and CEO Gilda Z. Jacobs retired after 11 years with the organization and four decades of public service DECEMBER – ISAAC AGREE DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL An anticipated grand reopening of the renovated building by Chanukah 2022 will conclude the year-long cent...…
…OUR COMMUNITY 24 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 W e said good-bye to so many wonderful people in 2021. Here are some of the noteworthy names who left the Earth this past year. May their memories be for a blessing. In Memoria JANUARY Quintessential volunteer MICKI GROSSMAN died while packing boxes of food at Temple Shir Shalom at age 86. FEBRUARY DR. ROBERT E. “BOB” MATTHEWS, of Farmington Hills, famous for his sports memorabilia col...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 25 MATT PRENTICE, renowned local chef and restaurant entre- preneur who catered extensively to the Jewish community, died at age 62. APRIL Ruth Miller Marcus Matt Prentice Walter Mondale, circa 1982 Eli Broad in 2008 JEREMIAH GARCIA VIA WIKIMEDIA Dorothy Gerson Former Vice President WALTER MONDALE died at age 93. Art aficionado and Michigan State University supporter ELI BROAD died at age 87. Longtime e...…
…26 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY MAY Educator and former- JCC director ALLAN “GELI” GELFOND died at age 85. Joseph Nederlander Dr. Dan Guyer Allan “Geli” Gelfond Michigan theater pioneer JOSEPH Z. NEDERLANDER died at age 93. Beloved doc- tor and Jewish Federation William Davidson Lifetime Achievement Award winner DR. DAN G. GUYER passed away at age 74. DANIEL SHERBERT, M.D. F.A.C.S. Certifi ed by The American B...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 27 JUNE A. Robert Zeff Aby Har-Even Alene Landau and her late husband, Graham (left), greet the late author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Local community lead- er and philanthropist ALENE LANDAU passed away at age 92. Prominent lawyer A. ROBERT ZEFF died at age 87. Israeli space pioneer and hero ABY HAR-EVEN passed at age 84. Philanthropist MARCIA APPLEBAUM died at ...…
…28 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY JULY Longtime Michigan SEN. CARL LEVIN passed away at age 87. Carl Levin speaking with President Barack Obama at the White House Danny Raskin Beloved JN columnist DANNY RASKIN died at age 103. Locally renowned auto dealership owner MARVIN TAMAROFF died at age 95. Community leader GRAHAM ORLEY died at age 96. Community leader DOUGLAS BLOOM passed away at age 82. Comedian JACKIE...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 29 SEPTEMBER Supreme Court Justice RUTH BADER GINSBURG died at age 87. MARTIN L. FRIED, musician who toured with the Beatles as well as a Detroit bankruptcy law- yer, died at age 77. Martin L. Fried Phil Horowitz, Howard Waxer and Mark Voight at a 2017 event Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame bowler PHIL HOROWITZ died at age 82. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg OCTOBER Prominent University of Michigan p...…
…30 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY NOVEMBER Local businessman and Jewish community supporter MYRON L. “MYNIE” MILGROM died at age 94. Theater legend STEVEN SONDHEIM died at age 91. Stephen Sondheim, songwriter/lyricist, listening to music in the recording control room during the orig- inal cast recording of the Broadway musical Into The Woods, New York, 1987 PHOTO BY OLIVER MORRIS/GETTY IMAGES MICHAEL GREENSPAN, who p...…
