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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com commentary Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us Principles vs. Reality W e are in for a vigorous and heated debate between diaspora Jews in the U.S. — particularly those who identify as liberals — and Israelis given a March poll that revealed that almost half (48 percent) of Israelis would favor the expulsion or ...…
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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com guest column Seeking Harmony In The Home Jewish Family Service J ewish Family Service (JFS) has launched a new initiative aimed at tackling a difficult and uncomfort- able issue — domestic abuse within the Jewish community. This new 100 Mensches program is a group of Jewish men committed to edu- cating the community, particularly men, about the various ways in which domestic abuse c...…
…JOHN LEOPOLD AND MARTHA DELLHEIM CONCERT VOICE OF A PEOPLE: THEN, NOW, AND ALWAYS Sunday, April 10, 2016 • INCLUDING CANTORS FROM THE MICHIGAN BOARD OF CANTORS 7:00 p.m. CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK 27375 BELL ROAD, SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48034 Featuring talented cantorial students from the H.L. Miller Cantorial School of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and their mentors: Cantor Nancy Abramson (Director of the Cantorial School),...…
…HealthRise metro » o n the cover HealthRise Solutions employees show company spirit. Journey Of Commitment Adam Finkel | Contributing Writer D avid Farbman is a Renaissance man — a hunter, a philanthropist, a serial entrepreneur, a committed Jew. He’s certainly not your typical young Detroit businessman. Take his penchant for hunting, for instance. Several deer heads are mounted on his office wall. He could tell you about the three years...…
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…metro » continued from page 10 “A key to being more plugged into my Jewish identity is Lauren Kerwin, who has been my true ace for many years,” Farbman says. “She rubbed off on me and helped me plug into the community by providing me guidance in my thought process around the community.” Kerwin is nearing her David Farbman fourth year of working with Farbman — first at his Carbon Media Group, a successful online media firm based in Bingham Fa...…
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…metro » an a l ysis David Horovitz | Times of Israel W hen Donald Trump made his entrance to the packed Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., the night of March 21, the applause from the more than 18,000 AIPAC conference partici- pants was polite, even warm, but certainly not overwhelming. But then, Trump delivered a river of emphatically pro-Israel sound bites to a crowd that applauded with increasing enthu- siasm as he progressed. Soon he w...…
…ALI M AC GR AW LOVE LETTERS Clinton Blasts Trump S ome of the loudest cheers for Hillary Clinton’s speech at AIPAC Monday came toward the end, when she rounded on her Republican rivals for the presidency and specifically Donald Trump. Political differences are nothing new, Clinton allowed, but what America was seeing this year “is something else entire- ly: [a candidate] encouraging violence, playing coy with white supremacists, calling fo...…
…metro » Small Shul Big Seder To Stay Or Go? 1 st Night Seder Local rabbis explain their decisions to hear Trump at AIPAC or not. Friday, April 22 at 6:30 pm Keri Guten Cohen | Story Development Editor Experience the freedom of Passover and enjoy a delicious meal without the cooking and cleanup. Dietary laws observed. Seder led by Rabbi Rubenstein. Special activities for the kids. Advanced registration to 248-851-6880 by April 15 is r...…
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…metro » Sharing Perspectives Teens open up at Building Community event. Photos by David Reed Msgr. Zuhair Kejbou, Rabbi Jen Lader and Rev. D. Alexander Bullock Students react to comments from their peers. Lena Lewis and Alexis Smith Joyce Wiswell | Chaldean News D oes your dad own a liquor store? Do you go to a wedding every weekend? These, said Walled Lake Western High School student Lena Lewis, are among the tiresome questions she g...…
…2016 Cap & Gown YEARBOOK Open To ALL Grads!! AD DEADLINE IS MONDAY MAY 9, 2016, NOON SUBMIT YOUR AD ONLINE AT: www.thejewishnews.com/contact/cap-and-gown/ Below are the colors and borders available. These designs can be done in all 4 sizes. For information please call Keith Farber 248-351-5107 or email kfarber@renmedia.us Below are the colors and borders available. These designs can be done in all 4 sizes. Mazel Tov! Congratulations! ...…
…metro » EXERCISE * YOUR BRAIN Students from Marquette High School in St. Louis help Motor City Blight Busters remove trash from the streets of Metro Detroit. *No workout clothes required. Put Your Best Brain Forward Mind University is a new cognitive wellness initiative offering health and wellness workshops, family support, and Mind Aerobics, an innovative, evidence-based program to help adults maintain or strengthen their brain function...…
…Bloom’s KOL AMI TO FETE RABBI ROMAN UPON RETIREMENT presents PASSOVER 2016 Call Shirlee Bloom to place your order! 248-914-1878 Rabbi Norman Roman Temple Kol Ami’s half century of achievements. The event will include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, a dinner and a musical performance by Peri Smilow, a singer, composer, educator and activist. To sign up or for more details, email igilbert@tkolami.org or call (248) 661-0040. The tribute book...…
…MOVING ON BETH SHALOM HOSTS ANNUAL WOMEN’S SEDER Women of all faiths are invited to a Women’s Seder at Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 13. The pro- gram includes a kosher Passover-style dinner. Vegetarian meals are available upon request. Beth Shalom President Marie Slotnick will lead the program with help from Cantor Pamela Schiffer of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing. Participants will sit on pillo...…
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…metro » P U RI M a ro u nd tow n Adat Shalom’s Mini- Megillah Experience Birmingham Jewish Connection Cooks Jane and Neil Anchill of West Bloomfield brought their grandchildren, Gideon, 2½, and Olivia Herskovic, 7, of Huntington Woods, to Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills for Purim. Annabel Cohen conducted a hamantashen- baking class before the holiday at the Birmingham Jewish Connection. Three generations have fun: Susan Shlom an...…
…Mitzvah Makeover Jews, Muslims join to fix up Nolan school in Detroit. V olunteers from the Jewish and Muslim communities joined together for an inter- faith Mitzvah Makeover School Fix-Up Day at Nolan Elementary and Middle School in Detroit. Sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and the Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC), the project was a follow-up to Mitzvah Day. Nolan is part of the Education Achievement Autho...…
…metro » From Hate To Hope T wenty students at Roseville High School have a new per- spective on local law enforce- ment thanks to the Tectonic Leadership Program. The pilot program was started by Brenda Rosenberg, author of Harnessing the Power of Tension, and organized by Assistant Principal Monica Gabriel. The word “tectonic” refers to the tension of Earth’s tectonic plates. The program aimed to diffuse the tension between law enforcement...…
…Jerusalem Quartet Friday, April 8 // 8 pm Rackham Auditorium Praised by BBC Music as an ensemble whose playing “has everything you could wish for — miraculously honed intonation and perfect ensemble matched by innate understanding,” the Jerusalem Quartet makes every concert a special event. Their confident energy and exquisite sensitivity have kept audiences on the edges of their seats since their UMS debut in 2005. PROGRAM Beethoven Bartó...…
…metro » c alend ar HOW TO SEND IN LISTINGS: Send listings by noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. Email listings and questions to calendar@thejewishnews.com. For telephone inquiries, call David Sachs at (248) 351-5140. The only type of blue we're feeling is... DENIM! Much To Do! T H U R S D A Y, M A R C H 3 1 HOLOCAUST CLAIMS ON DIA VEGGIE NUTRITION 7-8:30 pm, April 5. “The Detroit Institute of Arts and Holocaust Claims” is top...…
…T H U R S D A Y, A P R I L 7 MICHAMOCHA ROSH CHODESH 1-3 pm, April 10. Meet Pharaoh and Moses, cross the Red Sea, make matzah and explore Shalom Street. Also, till 4 pm, make and taste chocolate- covered matzahs and sip mochas. Barbara and Douglas Bloom Matzah Factory Fund provides funding. At West Bloomfield JCC. 248-432-5451. 9:30 am, April 7. Dr. Janet Snider leads program inaugurating the Hebrew month of Nisan, open to women only. At ...…
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…world » e s say Cuban Shabbat American visitors experience the spirituality. Photo by Josh Tapper/JTA Havana, Cuba W e arrived in style to greet Shabbat at Temple Beth Shalom in Cuba’s capital city — in a 1956 Chevy Bel Air. It served as our taxi from Hotel Parque Central near Old Havana, 25 minutes away. Vintage U.S. cars from the 1950s — from before the U.S. imposed a far- ranging embargo against Cuba in 1960 following the revolution l...…
…Passover Greetings Continue a 74-year tradition! Wish your family and friends and the entire Jewish community a Happy Passover! For information, call 248.351.5107 Please clip and send the coupon below with remittance. Greetings arriving after the deadline will run in the following edition. For private party advertising only. Businesses are not eligible. Happy Passover! Ad Deadline: April 1, 2016 Your greeting here! Published: April 14,...…
…An Evening of Comedy featuring MODI Thursday, April 14, 2016 Registration opens at 6:30 p.m. Program begins at 7:00 p.m. Modi, The Garden Theater talented Israeli stand-up comedian, actor ÎÓÊ7`Ü>À`ÊÛiÕiÊUÊÊ`ÌÜÊ iÌÀÌ Laugh the evening away with and cantor. He is one of the comedy circuit’s hottest entertainers and has been voted one of the “Top 10 Comedians” in New York City by the Hollywood Reporter. Modi has enjoyed a c...…
…Credit: Vivian Henoch health & wellness » Hospice Hero Nancy Schneider on a flight to life from Danto to Israel. Vivian Henoch | Special to the Jewish News T his is the story of an incredible journey, a loving family and a nurse on a mission far beyond the call of the most vigilant of hospice caregivers. Hospice. The very thought of working in hospice used to make Nancy Schneider uncomfortable. A nurse for nearly 35 years, Schneider bega...…
…sleep and a shower,” she says. “It was like he was a whole new man, settling into a beautiful room with a beautiful view of the hills.” A TOWN OF LIGHTS They called it their adventure. A “Chanukah miracle.” While the family took a holiday trip to Eilat, Schneider stayed with a neighbor in the com- munity for a few days before tour- ing Israel. “I’m Reform; I don’t speak Hebrew,” she says. “I felt a little out of place at first, but they welco...…
…health & wellness » More Than Just A Broken Arm I was 12 years old the first time I has progressed and become a passion, broke my arm. The next school I am becoming more comfortable day, I walked into class and all of telling my story, asking others theirs, my friends ran over to sign my bright facilitating small group discussions orange cast, ask how I was doing and talking about internal pain. and reassure me that they were there But sadl...…
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…health & wellness » Beaumont Urology Seeks Women For Incontinence Study C ould a one-a-day pill be the answer for women with stress uri- nary incontinence — a condition resulting in leakage with coughing, sneez- ing and laughing? Urologists at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak are seeking postmenopausal women with stress urinary incontinence, or SUI, for a research study of a compound that may strengthen pelvic floor muscle and reduce the leak...…
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…spirituality » torah p por or tion The Power In Our Hands Parshat Shemini: Leviticus 9:1-11:47; II Samuel 6:1-7:17. O ne of the most moving ritu- On the seven days of creation, God cre- als of the Jewish week, at the ated a world for the human being to live advent of the eighth day, is in; on the eighth day Adam discovered the Havdalah (“separation”) ceremony, — through fire — how he could repair when we bid a sorrowful farewell to the and...…
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…spirituality » TEMPLE AND SY NAGO GUE LISTINGS SP ONS OR E D BY TEMPLE ISRAEL w w w.temple-israel.org CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue (248) 851-5100. Ahavas Israel (Grand Rapids) (616) 949-2840. B’nai Israel Synagogue (248) 432-2729. Congregation Beth Ahm (248) 851-6880. Beth Israel (Flint) (810) 732-6310. Congregation Beth Shalom (248) 547-7970. Beth Tephilath Moses (Mt. Clemens) (586) 468-2573. Congregation B’nai Moshe (248) 788-060...…
…arts & life theater Sarab Kamoo Michael Brian Ogden A JET Preview Ronelle Grier | Contributing Writer A pair of romantic comedies mark the theater’s 26th season. details Dancing Lesson runs March 24-April 17; Kalamazoo runs May 5-29. Subscriptions are available for the JET Spring 2016 season, including discounted ticket prices for Dancing Lessons, Kalamazoo and JET’s annual Festival of New Works, June 6-21. Tickets are also on sale f...…
…arts & life PHOTO BY ED LEDERMAN architec ture The Whitney Museum, a $422 million cantilevered building by Italian architect Renzo Piano Built From Scratch The director of New York’s Whitney Museum speaks about its architecture at the DIA. Julie Edgar | Special to the Jewish News T details PHOTO BY MARCO ANELLI The Coleman Mopper Memorial Lecture, co-sponsored by the European Paintings Council and the Visiting Committee for European ...…
…would be able to enjoy and learn.” DIA Director Salvador Salorts-Pons says the museum chose Weinberg to lec- ture because the Whitney is an impor- tant piece of architecture designed by a European — and it opened recently. “It was built from scratch. It’s very interactive and very interesting how all the collection works with the architec- ture and how the architecture works with the actual neighborhood,” Salorts- Pons says. “We’re very lucky ...…
…arts & life mu s i c Yale Strom performing at Seward Park, Brooklyn A Passion For Yiddishkeit Composer, filmmaker, photographer, scholar — and violinist — Yale Strom brings his love of klezmer to Metro Detroit. details "A Taste of Klezmer" begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills. The admission charge is membership in the center, which provides a household with a year of complimentary...…
…Strom began taking photographs when he embarked on his first trek to Eastern Europe in 1981 in search of remnant Jewish culture — he has since returned more than 60 times, with camera in hand. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: A circa-1932 synagogue in Birobidzhan, Russia (2000); a Hungarian-Romanian violinist on the train to Cluj (1993); the former Jewish quarters of Kazimiercz in Krakow, Poland (2000); Tisha B’Av in a synagogue in Miskolc, Hungary (1987)....…
…arts & life Editor’s Picks READY FOR SUMMER Check out the Novi Home & Garden Show April 1-3 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi for every- Lynne Konstantin thing you need Arts & Life Editor for your home and garden — all under one roof. Walk through 20,000 square feet of landscaped gardens, outdoor kitch- ens, water highlights and more, plus listen to expert speakers at the Plant Michigan Green Seminar Stage and live broadcasts with...…
