… OCTOBER 31 • 2019 | 51 R esearchers know muta- tions to the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, increasing a woman’ s chanc- es of getting breast cancer, are more common among Ashkenazic women than women in the general popu- lation. “Today, researchers are investigating another gene mutation, this time related to Parkinson’ s disease (PD), which may also be linked to the Ashkenazic population,” says Peter A. LeWitt, director of Parkinson’ ...…
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… OCTOBER 31 • 2019 | 55 Soul of blessed memory BERNICE “BUNNY” BEHRMANN, 88, of Huntington Woods, died Oct. 21, 2019. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Sherwin “Mickey” Behrmann; sons and daughters-in-law, Ivan Behrmann and Pamela Jackson, Steven and Sara Behrmann, Scott and Lisa Behrmann, and Michael and Naomi Behrmann; grandchildren, Brendan and Mariam Behrmann, Bridget Behrmann and Sylvain Petit, Sydney Behrman...…
…56 | OCTOBER 31 • 2019 Soul of blessed memory October of 2016. In March of 2017, Chuck and his wife relocated to Boynton Beach, Fla. Mr. Davis is survived by his wife of 40 years, Laura Davis; son and daughter- in-law, Benjamin Eric Davis and Christine Rivera-Davis; daughter, Sarah Corinne Davis; granddaughter, Selah Elizabeth Davis; mother-in- law, Muriel Weinberg; sister and brother-in-law, Gail and Barry Perlowe; brother and ...…
… OCTOBER 31 • 2019 | 57 Soul of blessed memory member of Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield. He is survived by his wife, Mary Sue Schottenfels; daughters and son-in-law, Brianna Knoppow, Alana Knoppow and Darin Garrison; stepchildren, Maggie Lanzilote and Dan Seaton, Anthony Lanzilote and Jennifer Lindemer; brother-in-law, Bob Warshawsky; sister-in- law, Bettie Young; nieces and nephews, Naomi and Sam Harwin, Brian Warshawsky, ...…
…Soul of blessed memory 58 | OCTOBER 31 • 2019 Clementine Kurjan; brothers and sisters-in-law, Donn and Judie Kurjan, Richard Kurjan, and Eric and Lisa Kurjan; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Michael and Stacey Grossfeld; mother-in- law, Beatrice Grossfeld. Dr. Kurjan was the beloved husband of the late Dr. Marni Kurjan; the dear brother-in-law of the late Patricia Kurjan; loving son-in-law of the late Myer Grossfeld. Interme...…
… OCTOBER 31 • 2019 | 59 Soul of blessed memory ELAINE BLAU RABIN, 82, passed away Oct. 13, 2019, in Metairie, La. Elaine and her identical twin sister were semi-celebrities in their hometown of Detroit as they were the first-born New Year’ s babies of 1937. The Detroit News featured annual updates of the twins until their 18th birthday. Elaine was active in many civic organizations, including B’ nai B’ rith and National Coun...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org One ‘Radical’ to Another W hen one travels about Michigan, it seems that every other restaurant one passes advertises a “world-famous” something. You can have a famous Lehto’ s pasty on the way to Escanaba from St. Ignace, or you can have a famous Potato Burger in Elmira. While I will personally vouch for the ...…
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…inside Detroit Jewish News n 61 Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 2019 25 Shevat-1 Adar 5779 VOLUME CLIV, ISSUE 26 VIEWS 5-10 JEWS IN THE D 12 Learning & Growing Wexner program returns to Detroit after 31 year to enhance young leaders. 18 Civil Discourse New center aims to help people manage diffi cult conversations. 22 Shabbat Together Area’ s youngest rabbis collaborate on innovative Shabbat experience. 23 Faces & Plac...…
…4 January 31 • 2019 jn Thursdays 1 pm - 4 pm February 7 & March 7, 2019 Bring your friends and your favorite game! Canasta, Bridge, Mahjong, Pinochle, Euchre & Rummikub. will be served. There is no charge to attend but RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY THE MONDAY PRIOR TO GAME DAY. Register online at temple-israel.org/GameDay or RSVP to Miriam Baxter at miriam@temple-israel.org or 248-661-5700. Professor Howard Lupovitch is associ...…
…January 31 • 2019 5 jn E ven Barbra Streisand slept alone!” This is the phrase my best friend, Tim, and I would say to each other when holidays like Valentine’ s Day were fast approach- ing. Why did we say this? Because Barbra Streisand is America’ s Queen, at least to Jews. In a career span- ning six decades, she has won Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Tony Awards and the freaking Presidential ...…
…6 January 31 • 2019 jn T he 116th Congress has barely gotten settled, and already BDS and efforts to combat it are wreaking havoc across the Democratic Party and between Democrats and Republicans. Earlier this month, there were accusations of dual loyalty, allegations of secret support for BDS, and thinly veiled efforts to use Israel and BDS, specifically, as a wedge issue for political gain. This is almost cer- tainly a previ...…
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…10 January 31 • 2019 jn views the big BDS bang Democrats are itching for anti- BDS bills on which to vote. The fact is that much of the anti-BDS legislation puts Democrats in an uncomfortable position, where they are forced into a bad choice of either being on the side of absolute support for Israel or absolute sup- port for free speech, but not both. While none of the senators support BDS, many of them would rather see the issue g...…
…12 January 31 • 2019 jn ADAM FINKEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER Wexner program returns to Detroit after 31 years to enhance young leaders. I srael facing the “Who is a Jew” issue, one of several religious dilem- mas to confront the state. Clergy “challenged” by intermarriage, assimi- lation and Hebrew school inattention. American Jewry confronting a night- mare of anti-Semitism and hate. A Supreme Court justice hearing rocked with inten...…
…January 31 • 2019 13 jn Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Yoel Levi, conductor Saturday, February 9 // 8 pm Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium PROGRAM Pártos Concertino for String Orchestra Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in b minor, Op. 74 (“Pathétique”) Presenting Sponsors: Matt and Nicole Lester Family, Peter and Elaine Schweitzer, Max Wicha and Sheila Crowley Supporting Sponsors: Gil Omenn and M...…
…14 January 31 • 2019 jn continued from page 12 jews d in the ters, synagogues, startups and more. As Detroit continues to ride the wave of creativity and renewed energy, these leaders will be at the forefront of exciting new initiatives that will strengthen the community and put Jewish values into action. ” To bring the Wexner program back to Detroit, Larry Wolfe, immediate past Federation president, offered local phil- anthropic su...…
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…16 January 31 • 2019 jn continued from page 14 Levine said, “It also speaks to the resurgence in all areas of the com- munity experienced over the past few years. Wexner recognized all of the wonderful initiatives taking place in Detroit with its Jewish leadership and wanted to cultivate and be part of the great resurgence seen over the past 10 years. ” Gold said, “The Wexner Heritage Program is an incredibly rich resource for the ...…
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…18 January 31 • 2019 jn continued on page 20 New center aims to help people manage diffi cult conversations. T he newly established Detroit Center for Civil Discourse is holding a panel discussion Feb. 4 at the Wayne State University Student Center on the past, present and future of Yemen. “Yemen is so emblematic of the importance of different groups coming [together]; it shouldn’ t just be Muslims or Arabs or Yemenis talking ab...…
…20 January 31 • 2019 jn continued from page 18 jews d in the tacted Howard Lupovitch, director of the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies and associate professor of history at WSU. Lupovitch connected him with Khan, who has worked for some time on interfaith engagement initiatives. Ariana Mentzel, a mem- ber of the local JCRC/AJC and a reli- gious school teacher at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, serves as the center’ s ...…
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…22 January 31 • 2019 jn Shabbat Together Area’ s youngest rabbis collaborate on innovative Shabbat experience. I n ongoing efforts to bring sparks of connection to a post-affiliation generation, Detroit’ s youngest rabbis will hold “Shabbat Together,” an innovative Shabbat experience with guitars, singing and a farm-to-table dinner, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at Jam Handy, 2900 E. Grand Blvd. in Detroit. More a collaboration of love...…
…January 31 • 2019 23 jn continued from page XX continued on page XX PHOTO CREDIT Area religious leaders lead the Havdalah blessings at Havdalapalooza at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills. More than 400 people celebrated together with community partmer organiza- tions, including Adat Shalom, Aish HaTorah, B’ nai Moshe, Shaarey Zedek, Beth Shalom, Temple Beth El, Temple Israel, Frankel Jewish Academy, JFamily, PJ Libary and Tamarack Ca...…
…24 January 31 • 2019 jn Ex-Tigers Star Headlines Bagels & Bragging Rights T he Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation’ s Bagels & Bragging Rights event is open to the public for the first time, and the foundation has lined up an inter- esting speaker. Former Detroit Tigers pitching star and Detroit radio and televi- sion personality Denny McLain will speak Sunday, Feb. 3, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The free even...…
…moments DEC. 10, 2018 Dr. Ashley and A.J. Rich of Berkley proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Sloane Rich. She joins her brother Hudson. She is the granddaughter of Cyndi and Joe Randall of Clarkston, and Elise and Norman Rich of St. Louis, Mo.; great-grandparents include Ida and Paul Landsberg of Oakland Township, Carole Levin of St. Louis, and Miriam and Jerome Rich, also of St. Louis. Sarah Madison Karp, surrounded by fam...…
…26 January 31 • 2019 jn moments L arry and Robin Kaufman of West Bloomfield are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter DoRi to Louis Erlich, son of Ben and Anna Erlich of Royal Oak. DoRi is studying medical billing at Dorsey Schools. Louis is a graduate of Henry Ford Community College and is employed as a certified nursing assistant. Louis and DoRi will be married on Sept. 1, 2019, in Downtown Detroit. Kaufman-Erlich...…
…January 31 • 2019 27 jn Where are you aging in place? In your house, apartment, condo, your children’s home, within a senior community? How do you know the time is right for a move? What are the financial considerations? What support will you need and who offers them? A Community Conversation on Part #1: Where Will I Live? 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5 Handleman Hall JCC West Bloomfield The JN and Jewish Senior Life present Participating ...…
…W hat’ s the point of prison? America is suffering from a broken prison system. We house 22 percent of the world’ s prisoners while repre- senting only 4.4 percent of the world’ s population. Statistics show that almost seven out of 10 released prisoners will be rearrested within three years. Are we doing it all wrong? Let us turn to the civil laws presented by God to Moses in this week’ s Torah portion. Included are the appropri- ...…
…January 31 • 2019 29 jn retail arts&life Proud as a Peacock Rachel Lutz helps return retail elegance to the city of Detroit. LAUREN HOFFMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER T he story of the Peacock Room is the story of drop ceilings. Or rather, the story of finding what’ s underneath them. “You don’ t get the real richness of Detroit without really peeling back the layers, ” says Rachel Lutz, founder and proprietor. The first drop ceiling was ...…
…30 January 31 • 2019 jn continued from page 29 Benji Rosenzweig might only recognize from our grandmothers’ anecdotes and the scenes of B. Altman in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Over time, the space in the Park Shelton doubled and moved into prized, Woodward-facing storefronts. Frida was born, another shop featuring colorful, bohemian clothing and copious references to artist Frida Kahlo, who famously lived in the Park Shelton w...…
…January 31 • 2019 31 jn NEW CENTER IS BACK Was it, therefore, a gamble to open a clothing store in New Center? Lutz responds with a vehement no. What she realized, sitting in the Fisher Building lobby with Rosenzweig, is that a huge population of office work- ers and diverse residential neighbors have been dramatically underserved for years. “The building and the neigh- borhood were bustling, but the busi- ness community missed the mem...…
…32 January 31 • 2019 jn Put Your Stamp on Casual Fare for the Super Bowl dining in arts&life T he big day is nearly here. Next Sunday, Feb. 3, Americans (and the world) will indulge in watching Super Bowl LIII. When the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams kick- off, hundreds of millions will tune in to the battle that determines which team is best. Of course, we can’ t watch the game on empty stomachs. The Super Bowl...…
…January 31 • 2019 33 jn jews d in the section Toppings of choice: Fresh chopped or grilled vegetables (bell peppers, zucchini, spinach, mushrooms, kale, tomatoes, etc.) Fresh chopped or caramelized onions Fresh chopped or roasted garlic Sliced or pitted olives Fresh herbs: basil and dill are good choices Pesto Your favorite cheese or cooked proteins: ground beef, sausage, chopped chicken, etc. Preheat oven to 425°F. Have ready a larg...…
…34 January 31 • 2019 jn OSCARS PREVIEW The Oscar nominations were announced on Jan. 22. The awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, Feb. 24, on ABC. My full coverage of the Jewish nominees will appear in the JN Feb. 21. Here are some of the Jewish nominees and a few related points of interest. Rachel Weisz, 48, is the only Jewish actor nominated for an acting award. She played Sarah Churchill in The Favourite, a British fi lm ...…
…January 31 • 2019 35 jn January 31 • 2019 35 jn January 31 • 2019 35 jn THURSDAY, JAN. 31 POTTERY CLASS 11 am-1 pm, Jan. 31. At JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. The class for adults is taught by Allison Berlin. Cost: $15. Info: 248-432-5467. BERMAN NIGHT OF LEARNING 7 pm, Jan. 31. “An Ironman’ s Journey: From Fat to Fit, One Step at a Time” with Ira Goldberg. At Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Info: 248-654-5477. ‘ MUSIC MAN’ 7:30-10...…
…36 January 31 • 2019 jn THURSDAY, FEB. 7 LIFE ENHANCEMENT 10 am, Feb. 7. At Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Cancer Thrivers Network presents Dr. Sheba Roy on “How to Fight Cancer, Heart Disease and Diabetes with Your Fork.” $12 includes kosher lunch. RSVP by Feb. 5 to Tracy Agranove, 248- 592-2267 or tagranove@jfsdetroit.org. BERMAN NIGHT OF LEARNING 7 pm, Feb. 7. “Judaism and the Afterlife” with Rabbi David Fai...…
