…MARCH 4 • 2021 | 33 “I PLAN ON USING MY EXPERIENCES TO STRENGTHEN THE SYNAGOGUE’S MUSICAL TRADITIONS.” — GAVRI YARES. and teaching positions at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Maryland. He also has performed in secular venues, touring North America, Europe and the Middle East while work- ing with his brother, Ami. The Brothers Yares present Americana and Middle Eastern repertoire. Yares was a musician, prayer leader a...…
…R ochel Burstyn is at it again. The Southfield mother-of-eight, occasional Jewish News humor col- umnist and author of children’s books published two new picture books last fall and two more in late February. Almost all of her books have focused on Orthodox charac- ters, reflecting Burstyn’s own family and communal life. One new offering, a picture book called Benny the Bus Gets the Job Done (Israel Book Shop publications) is “what ...…
…MARCH 4 • 2021 | 35 H istorian Nancy Sinkoff read From That Place and Time: A Memoir, 1938-1947 by Lucy S. Dawidowicz and decided there was much more to tell about this 20th-century author, a Jewish and political pub- lic intellectual. Approval of Sinkoff’s subse- quent manuscript came from the Wayne State University Press, which last year pub- lished From Left to Right, Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals, and the P...…
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…MARCH 4 • 2021 | 37 GOVERNMENT INSIGHT MARCH 4 (8:15 AM), 12 (NOON) & 18 (8:15 AM). JCRC/AJC highlights legislators from different levels of government on Zoom to discuss their 2021 priorities. Each session is 45-minutes long, open to the community and includes a Q&A period. Free. This week will feature Rep. Andy Levin and Rep. Elissa Slotkin. Info: Lauren Garfield-Herrin, 248-642- 2641 or jcrcajc.org/events. TOUR ISRAEL NOON-1PM...…
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…MARCH 4 • 2021 | 39 continued on page 40 DANA LAUREN BERMAN, 55, of Birmingham, died Feb. 22, 2021. She is survived by her sons, Michael Hords, Kyle Hords and Andrew Hords; many other loving family members and friends. Interment took place at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the Michigan Humane Society or the American Cancer Society. Arrangement by Dorfman Chapel. DR. MARK BIEDERMAN (Melech ...…
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…MARCH 4 • 2021 | 41 continued on page 42 ROWENA HEATHER KRAKAUER, 65, of Austin, Texas, formerly of Detroit, died Feb. 17, 2021. She is sur- vived by her son, Gabriel Tabashnik of Tuscon, Ariz.; brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Yehoshua and Dr. Sarah Krakauer; sisters and broth- ers-in-law, Sabrina Lynn and Dr. William Streusand of Austin, Melissa Beth Krakauer and Herb Ganz of Austin; other loving family members and friends. C...…
…42 | MARCH 4 • 2021 48076, diabetes.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. EARL KRENTZIN, sil- ver sculptor, 91, passed away Feb. 2, 2021, at his home in Grosse Pointe Farms. A 1947 graduate of Cass Technical High School, he earned a B.F.A. from Wayne State University and an M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art. A recipient of a Fulbright Grant, he did post-degree work at the Royal College of Art, London, 1957-58. A Tiffan...…
…MARCH 4 • 2021 | 43 medicine and was in the top 6% of his medical school class. He also did medical research. An avid reader, a Jeopardy wiz, he was also an avid sports fan, including the Detroit Tigers; he also loved tennis; Tom Brady was his favorite football player. He played hockey with the Southfield Hockey program. A proud Jew, he received his bar mitzvah at Congregation Shaarey Zedek and then went to Israel with his famil...…
…44 | MARCH 4 • 2021 Madonna College. She was a proud feminist and Democrat, was always fascinated by all things Jewish, and was a devoted member of Congregation B’nai Moshe for 65 years Mrs. Weberman is survived by her three adoring children, Bernie (the late Rachelle Levitt) of Washington, D.C.; David of Vienna, Austria, and Freya of Huntington Woods; brother, Leo Hollander (Harriett) of Farmington Hills; five cherished grandc...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 46 | MARCH 4 • 2021 A Hero of World War II S eventy-six years ago, on Feb. 23, 1945, Joe Rosenthal, a photographer with the Associated Press, took one of the most iconic images in American history. The photo, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography, showed six United States Marines raising the American flag on M...…
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… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 5-9 OUR COMMUNITY 10 Mitzvah Makers 11 Sheltering in One Place Multi-generational families move in together during the pandemic. 16 Unsolicited Proselytizing Local Jews are mailed unwanted book about Christianity. 17 Focus on Unity and Inclusion JCRC/AJC names diversity associate. 18 Taking Time to Enjoy Family After 16 years, Rabbi Rachel Shere leaves Adat S...…
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…6 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 4:30 A.M. THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 2021 W aking up at 4:30 this morning was standard procedure for me. It was an expected daily awakening usually reserved for a quick bathroom run and then back to sleep. It was exactly like the bathroom run I had at 2:30 this morning. (At 66 years old you chart these things.) But on this morning my iPhone had more than the time illuminated on the screen — there was an email...…
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…8 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 I solation. Fear. Grief. It is an unfortunate truth that Jewish history gives us a deep understanding of the same dif- ficulties we are all experiencing during this time of COVID. But our tradition was forged as a pow- erful response to the very hard- ships that can plague us. Huddled together at the edge of the Promised Land, the Torah envi- sions a people who easily could have been resigned to their fate,...…
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… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 11 Multi-generational families move in together during the pandemic. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER T wenty years after Frank and Lisa Ellias’ eldest son, Jared, left for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and then to California for work, they never, ever imagined he would be living in their home again. But not only did he return for an extend- ed COVID-19 pandemic stay, his parents’ Farmington ...…
…12 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 continued from page 11 ON THE COVER OUR COMMUNITY until she was 2 or 3 otherwise.” In addition, Jared said their home in Berkeley, Calif., where they plan to return in April, was under renovation and they needed to live some- where else anyway. So, with a work-from-home requirement from both of their employers, instead of staying in the area, they packed up their car and set out for Michigan. “We drove here...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 13 But he added, “It’s also great to have other people around, and my parents are endlessly generous. We take turns cook- ing, which is also interesting because we all eat different things. Valerie and I both work California hours, so we are often still working when my parents have already eaten dinner, but we are all together on weekends, especially for Shabbat meals. And Ariella loves going to Zoom shul with...…
…14 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 and rules of the house but, overall, there is a meaningful upside to not being alone, said Ronald E. Hormel, a psy- chotherapist at Birmingham Maple Clinic in Troy. “We’re seeing now that a social connection to fami- ly and/or friends can be as important to overall health as a healthy diet and exercise,” he said. “The mental and physical results of loneliness play out in real time. This can begin with sympto...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 15 CREATING MEMORIES Jodi Fox McDonald’s family did not have to move in with her parents, Leah and Jeff Fox, when the pandemic hit. They were already there. They came for a planned, short stay after their home sold quickly and they were searching for a new one. “We moved in with them in December 2019 — with our daughters, Kemper, who was not quite 2, and 3-month-old Talia; and a very large German Shepherd, all...…
…16 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 H ave you received a purple envelope con- taining an unsolicited book in the mail recently? If so, you are not alone. And no, it is not one of those things you ordered when you were half asleep; this was intentionally sent to you. In a wave of mass mailing, thousands of copies of Changed by Tom Cantor were sent to Jews to persuade them to become Jewish Christians. Joel Amster of Roseville and Cheryl Glase...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 17 JCRC/AJC names diversity associate. DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER Focus on Inclusion T he Jewish Community Relations Council/ American Jewish Committee (JCRC/AJC) has cre- ated a new role in the organiza- tion — community associate — which has been filled by Detroit native Ashira Solomon. Solomon will be working to build and enhance JCRC/AJC’s initiatives in unity, diversity, equity and inclusion. “We wanted ...…
…18 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 R achel Lawson Shere has resigned as rabbi at Adat Shalom Synagogue after serving more than 16 years. She said the COVID experience made her appreciate her time with her family and she wanted to concentrate on that aspect of her life. Her decision was announced to congregants at the 970-family Farmington Hills congregation in a Jan. 22 letter from President Joan M. Chernoff-Epstein, who noted it was effec...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 19 A fter 28 years, Lea Luger has decided to retire from Yad Ezra as executive director. Yad Ezra has convened a search committee for a replacement with no defin- itive date for her departure, although she plans to leave some time this calendar year. “It has been an amazing, wonderful and humbling expe- rience, ” Luger said. “I’m so thrilled to have been a part of this incredible orga- nization that not ju...…
…20 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 A fter camping in the summer of 2020 was canceled, JCC Day Camps will be returning this year under new COVID restrictions. Camp will be divided into pods of 8-12 campers with at least two staff members in each pod, socially distanced from other pods for the entire camp day. Masks will be worn by campers and staff except during meals and swimming, and phys- ical distancing within the pods will take place a...…
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…26 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 MAZEL TOV! DEC. 8, 2020 Marni (Weinstein) and Meghan Schroeder of Canton are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Mason Henry Schroeder. Mason’s grandparents are Dr. Lee and Debi Weinstein of Farmington Hills, and Marian and Jim Lima of Naperville, Ill. Mason is also the grandson of the late James Schroeder. Great-grandparents are Barbara and Seymore Weinstein of West Bloomfield. Mason is named in lovi...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 27 SPIRIT A Forced Judaism? T he newly liberated band of Jews just left Egypt and are now marching toward Mt. Sinai. They would finally meet their God and enter into a relationship with Him by accepting the Torah and the historic Jewish mission. As the Jews camped, they proclaimed their com- mitment to the Torah, pledging “We will do and we will hear.” But the Talmud reports of something quite mystifying....…
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… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 29 I n a mostly futile effort to infuse novelty into a year in which almost every day has looked the same, I’ve taken to exploring Detroit as if it is a city I am visiting. And since this has escalated into an increasingly elaborate “staycation,” I thought I’d share a bit about how you might get your travel fix in — all while operating within CDC and state health guidelines, and all within the city of Detroit....…
…30 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 months and can, therefore, vouch for some of the best plating and portioning in the city. Flowers of Vietnam’s fried tofu comes with a pile of tomatoes and crispy onions that you cannot make at home, on a bed of soft black rice. Ima’s Forest Udon and rice bowls travel surprisingly well, as do Poke Poke’s super fresh, mix and match-able bowls. Yum Village will deliver abundant portions of all their vegan offer...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 31 JACK MUMFORD SPORTS QUICK HITS STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER There won’t be any B’nai B’rith basketball league games this season. League spokesman Gary Klinger said the closure of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield because of the COVID- 19 pandemic left the weekly league, which normally starts in January, without a home. “We didn’t want to go through the process of ...…
…32 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 M ost of us have been happy to say “so long” to 2020. Close to a year of a global pandemic has had an effect on almost everyone — and almost everything — including the world of design. Pantone is best-known in the fashion, beauty, graphic design and home design industries for its color- matching system — and the Pantone Color Institute has provided color reports and forecasts since 1962 (the year of Cerulea...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 33 in soft sectional. “These colors intermingle well and lend themselves to bold graphic statements. The energy of the yellow is given additional power because it is juxtaposed to the quiet strength of the gray, and in this case, also the black and white. ” Jill Schumacher, founding partner of Rariden Schumacher Mio, in Birmingham, agrees with Weinstein that the dual palette has a vintage vibe. “This year’s co...…
…34 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 T wo personal tragedies moved Fred Guttenberg into becoming a full- time issues activist, and he describes the transition in his book, Find the Helpers: What 9/11 and Parkland Taught Me About Recovery, Purpose, and Hope (Mango Publishing). The first tragedy happened in 2017, when his brother Michael succumbed to long-term ill- ness resulting from service as a 9/11 emergency doctor. The second tragedy happene...…
