…OCTOBER 31 • 2024 | 55 “I like to dress dancers individually. I like to respond to their bodies and make clothes that are beautiful on their bodies. That’s hard because sometimes you have substitutes. Sometimes it’s like a puzzle, but I love puzzles. “You work on a project like this for years. The request came in about 2018. You’re considering and thinking and going back and forth and talking. There’s a week when you are just doi...…
…56 | OCTOBER 31 • 2024 J N A uthors of three nonfiction books about famous people are among the many presenters appearing Nov. 6-17 at this year’s Detroit Jewish Book Fair at The J. It is the 73rd season of the event. Eddie Shapiro, with a love for theater, chronicles conversa- tions with top women stars on Broadway in Here’s to the Ladies. His discussion, at 7 p.m. Nov. 6, will be followed by a live musical program recalling the...…
…OCTOBER 31 • 2024 | 57 her activities made her seem like Robin Hood. She did not condone violence as her group of men and women stole from the rich and in ways benefitted the poor by resell- ing property at a deep discount. “Here we have a big, zaftig, immigrant Jewish mother of four who came here in steerage in 1850 with little more than the clothes on her back,” Fox said. “By the end of the 1860s, she had risen to become the head...…
…58 | OCTOBER 31 • 2024 J N T hese refrigerator roll cookies are a breeze to make and irresistibly delicious. The rich, dense shortbread serves as the perfect base for any mix-ins you can dream up. Whether you get creative with your favorite flavors or follow this classic recipe for crispy chocolate chip cookies, you’ll love the result. The best part? They’re always ready to go — just grab, slice, bake and enjoy! My family loves having ...…
…OCTOBER 31 • 2024 | 59 J N TOP JEWISH DRAMA AND A TOP JEWISH DOCUMENTARY A Real Pain, a very Jewish film, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last January and almost all reviews were stellar. It opens wide in theaters on Nov. 1. Owen Gliberman, 65, Variety’s top critic, loved the film and you can easily find and read the review online (free). Jesse Eisenberg, 41, wrote the film and direct- ed it. He has written plays, and he direc...…
…6 | OCTOBER 31 • 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: ...…
…60 | OCTOBER 31 • 2024 J N FIREHOUSE MUSEUM ONGOING Firehouse Museum, 110 Cross St. Ypsilanti; 734-547-0663. Walking through the restored firehouse, visitors can view fire engine steamers replete with horses ready to go on their way to a fire. The large, modern addition offers 25 changing exhibits of antique fire trucks and early fire rigs, mul- tiple displays of historic artifacts including tools, equipment, mem- orabilia and the l...…
…OCTOBER 31 • 2024 | 61 61 | OCTOBER 31 • 2024 T he ram is an adult male sheep. Adult female sheep are called ewes, and baby sheep are called lambs. The ram is mostly noted for its huge, curled horns. The larger the horns, the more prestigious it is for the ram, since the horns serve as a symbol of status and are used as dangerous weapons when the ram battles rivals. While female sheep are generally timid and peaceful, rams usually ex...…
…62 | OCTOBER 31 • 2024 JUST FOR FUN Find The Differences Find the five differences between this photo of attendees enjoying a drum circle at a men’s retreat in Israel. JAMIE GORDON PHOTOGRAPHY See next week’s issue for answers. For last week’s puzzle answers, see page 55. Jewish of theweek Joke The following sign was seen in a window The following sign was seen in a window of a business In Philadelphia: of a business In Ph...…
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…OCTOBER 31 • 2024 | 65 J N OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY NORMAN I. BROCK, 94, died suddenly Oct. 17, 2024. He was born in Cleveland to Sol and Leona Brock. An only child, Norman grew up in Detroit and lived much of his adult life there. He was a graduate of the University of Michigan and its law school. He spent his entire professional career as a trust officer — the first who was Jewish — at the National Bank of Detroit, where...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 66 | OCTOBER 31 • 2024 J N JUDY “BUNGA” HOCHER, 84, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 19, 2024. She is survived by her children, Steven and Jennifer Gottlieb, Burton and Julie Gottlieb, Wendy and Danford Bickmore, Hyla Gottlieb Williams and Marc Bagley, Stephen and Linda Eichenhorn, Elysa and Michael Weil, and Joshua and Emily Eichenhorn; Robert Hocher’s children, Cynthia Godlewski, Catherine Clark, Ch...…
…OCTOBER 31 • 2024 | 67 J N Pauline’s elegance, gracious hos- pitality, commitment to community, and unending devotion to friends and family is an enduring inspira- tion to all. Pauline survived her husbands, Leopold J. Snyder and Martin J. Kabcenell. She is survived by her children, Jeffrey (Rochelle), Janis, and Wendy Snyder; her Kabcenell stepchildren, Derry (Charlene), Andrea (the late John Kuder), and James (Rhonda); Kabcenell g...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 68 | OCTOBER 31 • 2024 J N West Bloomfield, MI 48322, friend- shipcircle.org/soul. (Soul Center is a loving and inclusive environment that encourages artistic self-ex- pression, vocational training and employment opportunities to adults with special needs.); or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ROBERTA MADORSKY, 83, of Bloomfield Hills, died Oct. 23, 2024. She is survive...…
…OCTOBER 31 • 2024 | 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@thej...…
…OCTOBER 31 • 2024 | 7 J N feels like a minority. Freedom of speech and expression guaranteed for all but the Jews. Social justice for all but the Jews. Condemning rape and war crimes for everyone but the Jews. You matter, they say, unless you are a Jew. So here is my “call to action.” For anyone who made it this far down, to anyone who can still see my humanity, to anyone who can conceptualize that more than one thing can be true ...…
…70 | OCTOBER 31 • 2024 J N Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com An Annual Dinner to Remember Y eshiva Beth Yehudah will hold its annual dinner on Nov. 3 this year. The featured speaker will be former United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Prominent Jewish Detroiter Matt Lester, founder and CEO of Princeton Enterprises, will receive the Outstanding Lea...…
…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 volunteer judges will be rev...…
…8 | OCTOBER 31 • 2024 J N A ntisemitism, Israel and Jewish candidates are front and center in many of the seven swing states where either candidate could prevail in the 2024 presidential election. Those states are Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. And while the percentage of Jewish voters is small compared to the overall electorate, the number of Jewish voters in many of these states ...…
…OCTOBER 31 • 2024 | 9 J N continued on page 10 MICHIGAN Michigan is home to about 100,000 Jews, comprising a little over 1% of the electorate, according to the American Jewish Population Project at Brandeis. More than 60% of Jews in Michigan are Democrats. But Michigan also has 200,000 Muslim voters, according to EmgageUSA, an organization dedicated to mobilizing Muslim American voters, as well as more than 160,000 residents of Ar...…
…Shaarey Zedek bus tour visits projects expected to energize and change the face of Motown. See page 10 $200 Aug. 31-Sept. 6, 2023 / 14-20 Elul 5783 JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT thejewishnews.com Jewish Developers Join Detroit Detroit Rebirth …
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…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 11 C ommunity leader Allan Nachman, a retired real estate attorney for 50 years, formerly devel- oped industrial build- ings in the Detroit area and lived with his wife, Joy, in Downtown’s Lafayette Park neighborhood. Like other longtime Detroit boosters, he was bothered to see the Motor City file for bankruptcy in July 2013 and urban decay set in with the loss of investment and re- investment dollars. “I ...…
…OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 11 12 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 ON THE COVER The renaissance of Detroit is an exciting story to Nachman, and one that he and Joy want- ed members and friends of their Congregation Shaarey Zedek (CSZ) in Southfield to see for themselves. Already the underwriters of Coffee House, a CSZ program open to older adults (see page XX), the Nachmans sponsored a bus trip in July. A group of 57, including tour le...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 13 “WE ARE BLESSED THAT DEVELOPERS IN OUR AREA ARE NOT JUST RIPPING DOWN THE OLD BUILDINGS BUT RESTORING THEM TO THEIR PRIOR GLORY” — ALLAN NACHMAN oped and sold more than five years ago. Today, in partnership with Invest Detroit — an orga- nization supporting regional business and real estate projects to ignite economic growth — Mosey’s group is working on a series of big-ticket developments along Selden Stre...…
…OUR COMMUNITY 14 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 ON THE COVER GEORGE ROBERTS Home: Downtown Detroit Family: Wife, Sarah; daughter, Eden, and dog, Shakshuka Education: Graduate certificate in real estate development, University of Michigan Jewish community affiliations: NEXTGen Detroit immediate past president and board of governors’ member, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit; Downtown Synagogue member and activist (see article); JARC b...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 15 invested $214 million in the Corktown neighborhood,” said Herkowitz, telling the group first about Perennial Corktown, a multi-fami- ly project. Hunter Pasteur, Oxford Capital Group and the Forbes Company are partners. The seven-story, 188-unit apartment building is sched- uled to open in November 2023. Other components of the project are seven luxury three-bedroom townhomes and a three-story parking garage...…
…OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 15 16 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 ON THE COVER Herkowitz said, offers “best-in-class design, which takes inspiration from the traditional brick industrial buildings of Corktown and merges with a contemporary esthetic.” Residents will enjoy a full range of onsite amenities and year-round activities, and they and visitors will have access to more than 12,000 square feet of retail space. Perennial Corktown is...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 17 OUR COMMUNITY community members to solve the world’s most pressing issues surrounding mobility,” said Sean White, Michigan Central’s director of strategy. Josh Sirefman is the CEO. Open since 2022, the Book Depository is host to more than 40 companies and 150 members “creating and scaling new technologies and solutions,” White said. Among the tenants is a satellite office of Electeon, headquartered in Tel Aviv...…
…“W e’ve had enough hurt in our lives already, so the next time you see a kid with cancer or even someone who looks a little different, try a smile — we could use it.” Those were the words of Alexandra Graham — spoken in a public service announcement as part of her wish granted by Make-A-Wish Michigan — shortly before she died of bone cancer in 1999 at the age of 17 following a courageous battle. At Alex’s funeral, her family requ...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 19 Beth Brandvain. The WAM Bicycle Tour as a whole saw 320 people ride this year. Eighty of those riders were on Team Alex. “Alex inspired so many people. There are people who knew Alex who are on the ride and people who didn’t know her but just want to be a part of this,” said Susie Graham, Alex’s mother. “I person- ally cannot believe it’s still going on for 25 years. There’s just so many won- derful people o...…
…Ad Deadline: September 8th, 2023 Continue an 80-year tradition! Wish your family and friends and the entire Jewish community a Happy New Year with an ad in The Detroit Jewish News. For information, call 248-351-5116 or email salessupport@thejewishnews.com To Reserve Today, Email Salessupport@thejewishnews.com or Call 248-351-5116 STEP 1: SELECT YOUR STYLE STYLE #1 Rosh Hashanah 2021/5782 May the New Year bring to all our friends a...…
…OUR COMMUNITY I n the latest episode of the podcast FedRadio Detroit, co-hosts Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss sit down with the Honorable Bernard A. Friedman to talk about his journey as a judge, some of his most memorable cases and the impact his Judaism has had on his career. Friedman, who was appoint- ed by President Ronald Reagan as a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan in June 1988, might have seemed unlike...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 21 T here’s a right time for everything, or so the saying goes — and some- times that time can be sooner than you’d expect! Lisa Kaplan, for instance, was certainly not expecting to meet her bashert just hours after she’d ended a two-year relationship. It was April 1985 when the West Bloomfield native, then 24, signed up for the B’nai Brith singles softball league in Berkley, looking to grow her circle of frie...…
…22 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY S ince 1948, the Levin family has made it a mission to gather regu- larly. Just after World War II, original found- ers Jacob and Anna Rebecca Levin, and Jacob’s eight siblings, chaired the very first meeting of the now long-running Levin Family Club. With a large — and increasingly grow- ing — family, the Levins decided to host a formal gathering each month that would be called “The Levin Family C...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 23 and the rest of us would do the acting,” she says. Every five years, the Levin Family Club would also host a major anniversary cele- bration, paying tribute to the family’s mon- umental effort in keeping the tradition going strong. Nodler’s late husband, Alvin Nodler, also created an extensive genealogy book with more than 550 entries, including pictures and history of the Levin family. This book tracks births, de...…
…24 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 R eading an issue of the Jewish News in the late 1970s led to the very start of Susan Gertner’s impressive career. Now celebrating her 20th anniver- sary as the executive director of National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan (NCJW|MI), a 132-year-old grassroots volunteer and advocacy organization with a mission to improve the lives of women, children and families, Gertner was still a student at Michigan Stat...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 25 that we really needed to move into the 21st century, with a professional overseeing the business aspects of the organization,” she explained. “We interviewed several candi- dates for director, but Susan really ‘got’ how we operated, and she was extremely mul- tifaceted. Hiring her made the biggest dif- ference in how we ran our two thrift stores [which later became one store Council Re|Sale, currently located in Be...…
…ROSH HASHANAH T here’s something nostalgic about the foods of the Jewish High Holidays. Perhaps you cherish memories sitting around the dining table enjoying your bubbie’s famous matzah ball soup recipe or assembling a beautiful apples and honey dish with your family. Whatever your High Holidays food tradi- tions might be, sometimes it’s much easier to opt for a catering service instead of cooking all of the dishes yourself, especial...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 27 “Sometimes when it comes to the real, traditional Jewish foods, people would rath- er get it from the caterer,” Bloom laughs. “I hear all the time, ‘That’s just like my grandmother’s soup,’ and it’s the biggest compliment that I can get.” Bloom’s is also known for their veggie chopper liver, beef liver and their brisket. “People go crazy over those items,” says Bloom, who serves clients across the entire Met...…
…ROSH HASHANAH A pples and honey: Some aspects of holiday eating simply must not be altered and, often, we serve the same dishes year after year. Don’t get me wrong, tradition and customs are excellent and comforting features of the Jewish way of life. They make us feel part of a family, a group, a culture. Still, each year I get questions regarding serving something else, something a bit different, new or modern. Each year I t...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 29 Directions Preheat oven to 475°F. Arrange a large baking dish, or use large or medium deep foil table pan. Combine the ground tur- key, breadcrumbs, oregano, garlic, parsley, eggs, salt, pepper. Use your hand to mix well. Shape the mixture into 20 large-sized meatballs that are somewhat flat instead of totally round. Arrange large baking dish or large or medi- um deep foil table pan. Bake the meatballs for 20...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 3 contents ORTHODONTISTS EDUCATION FAMILY FUN BUILDERS BEAUTY camps REAL ESTATE photography JEWELRY restaurants INTERIOR DESIGN JUDAICA JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT C O M M U N I T Y JEWISH NEWS' MICHIGAN BUSINESS DIRECTORY PURELY COMMENTARY 4-9 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 10 Jewish Developers Join Detroit Rebirth Shaarey Zedek bus tour visits projects expected to energize and change the face ...…
…30 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 Gesher Human Services’ annual Lois Zussman Golf Classic, which raises funds to support the Lois and Milton Y. Zussman Activity Center in Southfield for adults living with mental illness, raised a record- breaking amount this year. With 180 participants and attendees enjoying the golf activities and evening reception, dinner and auction, held at Franklin Hills Country Club, approximately $250,000 was raised. L...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 31 Magic is happening at The Shul-Chabad Lubavitch’s Camp Gan Israel. The camp’s adorable Kiddy Campers took a walk to Jewish Senior Life’s Meer Apartments where they were each paired with a res- ident “grandfriend.” They spent an hour getting to know one another, singing, shaping challah and more. It was hard to tell who enjoyed it more, said Itty Shemtov, The Shul - Chabad Lubavitch’s educational director. “Bot...…
…SPORTS R esplendent in their Detroit Red Wings- style uniforms, hockey players from Detroit and Grand Rapids gave it their best shot a long way from home. They didn’t win a medal at the JCC Maccabi Games last month in Israel. They won just two of five games. But the memories they made during their three-week stay, that included the week-long Maccabi Games and two weeks of immersive educational travel around Israel with other athl...…
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…34 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 Like many of the players on the Detroit/Grand Rapids/NYC team, Marcus and Werner, who live in Birmingham, play high school hockey. Marcus, 16, is a junior at Detroit Country Day. A forward on the Country Day hockey team, he was a defenseman on the Maccabi Games team because that’s where he was needed. Werner, 16, also was a defenseman for the Maccabi Games team. That’s where the Birmingham Seaholm junior p...…
