…moments September 5 • 2019 37 jn continued on page 38 Sasha Claire Feller, daughter of Bob and Nessa Feller, will chant from the Torah as she becomes a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. She will be joined in celebra- tion by her brother Noah and proud grandparents Emilia and Emil Feller, and Diane and Amiram Vinokur. Sasha is a student at Derby Middle School in Birmingham. For her most...…
…moments 38 September 5 • 2019 jn Tori Hailey Zimmerman and Ari Benjamin Zimmerman will share the bimah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, as they lead the congrega- tion in prayer on the occasion of their b’ nai mitzvah. They will be joined in celebration by their proud parents, Aimee Zimmerman and Steven Zimmerman. Tori and Ari are the loving grandchildren of Mary and Edward Silberblatt, Tobie and St...…
…September 5 • 2019 39 jn Taking Responsibility H ave you ever heard the expression, “I wash my hands of this matter?” Where did this expression originate? This week we read about a seemingly strange com- mandment called Eglah Arufah. (Deuteronomy 21.1- 8). If someone is found slain in an open field near a city, then the elders and officials of the city need to go out to the field where the corpse had been found. There they bury th...…
…A Man with Flair on the cover/books arts&life Designer Isaac Mizrahi will dish about life, his Judaism, fashion and more at Hadassah’ s annual meeting. ALICE BURDICK SCHWEIGER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS A t just 5 years old, fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi would rather dress a Barbie doll then play with a G.I. Joe. Around his sixth birthday, while at a local Brooklyn variety store, his mom acquiesced and tossed a Barbie set, complete with...…
…September 5 • 2019 41 jn bullied by his peers and rabbis at the yeshivah he attended. He writes about growing up in a Syrian Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, his special rela- tionship with his mother, the challenge of being gay and rising to the top of the fashion world. Detroiters can learn more about Mizrahi’ s upbringing, career and the world of haute couture on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, when he wi...…
…42 September 5 • 2019 jn Song &Spirit Inspiring, musical rabbi will help Detroiters usher in the holidays. R abbi Josh Warshawsky has been described as a “break- through talent in the world of Jewish music” whose soulful singing and davening is inspiring people — from synagogues to sum- mer camps — across the country. Warshawsky is a singer, song leader, musician, composer and a graduate of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studie...…
…September 5 • 2019 43 jn CLASS OF 1922-1972 September 13-14, 2019 I Troy, Michigan Did you graduate, attend classes or teach at Walsh College between 1922 and 1972? We would love to have you with your family and friends attend the Walsh reunion for class years: 1922-1972 Please reach out to us to learn more! email alumni@walshcollege.edu, call 248-823-1298 or register online foundation.walshcollege.edu/alumnievents Parkinson’s...…
…44 September 5 • 2019 jn MOVIE NEWS THE SPY The Spy, a six-episode Netflix original series, premieres Friday, Sept. 6. It is about Eli Cohen (1924-1965), a real-life Israeli spy. If you are unfa- miliar with Cohen’ s life, you could, of course, read an online biography. However, you may want to discover most of his life history via the Netflix series, so I won’ t disclose his most important espionage assignment. Just a little bac...…
…September 5 • 2019 45 jn ARTS & APPLES Art & Apples Festival, produced by Paint Creek Center, returns to transform the 30-acre Rochester Municipal Park (400 Sixth St.) into one of the nation’ s top juried fine art fairs. This year, more than 250 exhibiting artists from across the country have been selected to display their works. Hands-on art activities such as ceramic wheel throwing demos and screen printing will be available for the pub...…
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…September 5 • 2019 47 jn D owntown Birmingham has witnessed its fair share of restau- rants that come and go. Yet, Aaron F. Belen is not giving up. In fact, he has invested nearly two years of hard work to bring The Morrie to the city of Birmingham. Belen owns AFB Hospitality Group, which opened The Morrie in Royal Oak in 2016. AFB is also behind the award-winning Bistro 82 and SCL Royal Oak ultra-lounge and nightclub. Now, the Bloo...…
…48 September 5 • 2019 jn continued from page 47 Concert, ” among other local favorites. The food menu features the popular Nashville Hot Chicken sandwich and Kung Pao cauliflower, yet the Birmingham edition boasts a cauliflower-based Greek flat- bread and build-your-own salads. The Morrie kicked off its soft open- ing with a live performance on Aug. 9 by Billy Joel saxophonist Mark Rivera and opened officially to the public Aug. 15...…
…COURTESY OF PUBLICCITY PR A new dining trio will open in November atop the Detroit RenCen, replacing Coach Insignia, which closed in 2017. James Beard Award-winning chef Shawn McClain and his part- ners, Sarah Camarota and Richard Camarota, are working on a multi-con- cept project called Highlands that will feature three concepts and epic private events space by McClain Camarota Hospitality and designed by Rockwell Group. Restaurant...…
…50 September 5 • 2019 jn Cobo Center Gets New Name Gary Torgow unveils new TCF Center signage. T he center formally known as Cobo got a new name on Tuesday, Aug. 27, revealed by TCF Executive Chairman Gary Torgow and TCF President and CEO Craig Dahl with the help of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow and other dignitaries. The name change breaks the center’ s ties to former Detroit mayor...…
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…September 5 • 2019 53 jn soul of blessed memory ARLEEN BLUMENSTEIN, 81, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 26, 2019. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Sam Blumenstein; chil- dren, Lori Blumenstein Bott and Dennis Bott, Karen Blumenstein and Lauren Engel, and Dr. Brian and Ann Blumenstein; grand- children, Danielle DePriest and Matthew Newman, Justin DePriest, Nicole Blumenstein, Alivia Blumenstein, and Raquel Blumenstein;...…
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…September 5 • 2019 55 jn Times of Israel T housands attended the joint funeral on Aug. 29 of teen sisters from Ashkelon, Israel, who were killed in a car crash that police suspect was caused by the driver speed- ing while under the influence of alcohol. Tahel Maul, 16, and her older sister Yarin, 19, were buried at the southern port city’ s Giv’ at Zion cemetery where they were eulo- gized by Ashkelon’ s Mayor Tomer Glam. “We are...…
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…September 5 • 2019 57 jn Danny Raskin Senior Columnist raskin the best of everything Success Story from Out West T hey left the Detroit area for other regions of the country to pursue var- ied careers … and finally wound up in the restaurant-style business in the histor- ic Fourth Avenue District of Tucson, Ariz. Eric and Mark Erman are the sons of Beth and Earle Erman of Bloomfield Hills … Their late grandparents were Detroiters Jack...…
…58 September 5 • 2019 jn I must admit I find the old advertisements for food products of great interest. Or, maybe, I am always hungry when I cruise the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History. Nevertheless, during my peeks into the Archive, while searching for information on a par- ticular subject for a Looking Back column, I collected some food ads I found unique. It appears that, beginning in the 1930s and con...…
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…jews d on the cover in the New Detroit Leader Rachel Tronstein Stewart continues tradition of Jewish involvement. SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER R Rachel Tronstein Stewart at work in her Gardner- White corporate office 10 July 5 • 2018 jn CREDIT: JERRY ZOLYNSKY achel Tronstein Stewart, 37, says she likes to be involved in things. For Stewart, those are more than casual words. She is president of Gardner- White, her family’s fur...…
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…jews d in the Mosaic United Israeli initiative with Michigan connections promotes education and engagement for young Jews worldwide. SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER TOP: At a Mosaic United-funded Knead To Know cooking program: Joelle Abramowitz of Ann Arbor, Reva Berman of Farmington Hills and U-M students Kevin Lieberman of Potomac, Md., and Genna Miller of Langhorne, Pa. F or decades, Israel has relied on generous contributions fro...…
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…jews d in the NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FRESH AIR SOCIETY T he Annual Meeting of the Fresh Air Society of Detroit (“Tamarack Camps”) will be held on Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 10:00am at Camp Maas, in Ortonville, MI. Every Jewish contributor to the most recently completed annual campaign of both the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and Tamarack Camps shall be entitled to vote. The following business will be conducted at the ...…
…jews d in the Jewish Contributions to Humanity #26 #33 in a series Canceled PHOTO COURTESY OF LENA EPSTEIN Candidate says her fundraiser was nixed because of her political views. JACKIE HEADAPOHL MANAGING EDITOR L dent Charlie Rothstein were not ena Epstein, a Republican returned. candidate for Michigan’s Epstein is a fourth-generation open seat in the 11th District member of Franklin Hills. and co-chair of Trump’s Michigan “I grew up...…
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…jews d in the Smokin’ Fundraiser D Farber Hebrew Day School teams with Slows Bar-B-Q for a tasty event. ALLISON JACOBS CONTRIBUTING WRITER PHOTOS BY SHERYL KORELITZ TOP: Slows Bar-B-Q Chef Michael Metevia mans the new smoker in the Farber Hebrew Day School parking lot. The smoking process went from Sunday through Monday, with volunteers and kashrut supervisors on hand always. Event co-chairs Asher Goldberg, Lisa Winer and Rebecca Klausner...…
…Once the menu was finalized and the smoker was on its way, Goldberg and Winer emailed a flyer to FHDS families featuring the menu and the pick-up date on June 18. In about a week, as word spread, they were at capacity with food orders. Goldberg, Winer and third co-chair Rebecca Klausner were also surprised to reach people beyond the FHDS bub- ble. They received orders from Jewish families from all across Metro Detroit, reaching a wide spectrum...…
…jews d Alon Ben-Gurion speaks about his grandfather during a JNF meeting in West Bloomfield. in the been on the attack and survival was far from certain. “He had a war before he had a state. This is very uncommon among nations,” he said. There was heavy pressure to not declare a Jewish state, with many observers cautioning that the Arabs would destroy it in short order. U.S. Gen. George Marshall asked the Jewish community to hold off on the...…
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…jews d & in the faces places PHOTOS BY ELAYNE GROSS It was natural that Arnold “Arnie” Collens would join the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan and rise through its ranks to serve as a docent, board member, president and, most recently, recipient of the 2018 Leonard N. Simons History Award. Collens credits his father, Harry, with instilling an early appreciation for storytelling and history. The two would walk along Wyoming Avenue to ...…
…faces & places PHOTOS BY RUDY THOMAS MasterChef Junior contestant Sammy Vieder let an audience of 127 people pick the ingredients for a mystery dish he had 30 minutes to create during a recent fundraiser benefiting Friendship Circle. This 13-year-old Huntington Woods resident quickly turned 11 random ingredients such as cauliflower, basil, arugula and the spice za’atar into a delicious cauliflower steak. He also answered questions about wha...…
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