… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 25 36 Under 36 Nominations Now Open T he Well — an organi- zation building inclu- sive Jewish communi- ty in Detroit for the under-40 crowd — and the Jewish News are once again partnering on “36 Under 36” to recog- nize doers, activists, entre- preneurs, philanthropists, community organizers and other awesome young Jewish professionals reshaping and broadening Metro Detroit’ s Jewish community. “This is an oppo...…
…26 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 I f JARC CEO Shaindle Braunstein were a baked good, she’ d be a French macaron: delicate, yet complicated. This is the answer the mother of four and grandmother of two gave during a 2018 interview with the casting producers for the Great American Baking Show as she was also going for rounds of interviews for JARC’ s top position. Braunstein made it through the final rounds of a rigorous casting proces...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 27 not for the monetary gain of it but for the competition itself. I love the precise nature of baking. Follow a recipe exactly, and things turn out great. ” Months later, after applying and starting to interview, she realized the increasing chance she’ d need to take a month off from her previous job as chief operating officer at Jewish Family Service. Everyone there who had been on the receiving end of Brau...…
…28 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 S udan will become the third Arab country in the past two months to normalize relations with Israel, continuing the trend of Arab states’ willingness to advance ties even without a peace agreement with the Palestinians. President Donald Trump announced the agreement on Oct. 23. According to a joint statement by Israel, Sudan and the U.S., the two countries will “end the state of belligerence between thei...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 29 MOMENTS MAZEL TOV! Lola Rose Abrams will chant from the Torah as she becomes a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. She will be joined in celebration by her proud parents, Jennifer and Daniel Abrams, and brother Jonah. Lola is the loving grandchild of the late Julia Abrams, Leonard Abrams, the late John Kachalla, Lynn Kachalla and Jerry Frabutt. She is a studen...…
…30 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 W hich of the two major protagonists of the akedah (bind- ing of Isaac) suffered the greater test: the father who had to sac- rifice of his son or the son who had to undergo the anguish of being laid out upon the altar? Abraham received the command directly from God, but Isaac is even more praiseworthy because he only heard the com- mand from his father yet was willing to submit to the sacrificial act. In...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 31 M any people dream about making a movie or working in the movie business, but few fulfill their hopes in such a competitive field. One young Detroit native, David Devries, 31, has achieved a successful, expanding career in the rapidly evolving film industry. Los Angeles residents Devries and his wife, Nina Devries, also a Detroiter, spent much of the past summer vis- iting their parents in Oakland County wh...…
…32 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 ‘Never Normal’ SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER ARTS&LIFE ART Miasma Mirror, 2020 J acob Saphier and Ian Klipa reacted to the pandemic in the way they usually react to a known environment. They designed and fabricated a related three-di- mensional piece for an interior space. The Wasserman Projects in Detroit reacted to the piece in the way gallery administrators usually react to admired works, even ...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 33 MAYBE ANOTHER LORRE CLASSIC; ROCK & ROLL HEBREWS; KID STUFF The comedy/drama series B Positive premieres on CBS Nov. 5 (8:30 p.m.). Drew (Thomas Middleditch) is a therapist and the newly divorced father of a 12-year- old daughter. He needs a kidney transplant, and he finds a match in Gina, a past acquaintance. Sara Rue, 41, co-stars as Julia, Drew’s ex-wife. You might remember Rue as the star of the sit- c...…
…34 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 HOLY LAND TOUR NOON-1 PM, NOV. 5 See the sights and meet the people in a virtual tour brought to you by Temple Shir Shalom. On this day, visit a Druz community. Register at shirshalom/org/ form/live-from-the-holy- land. Info: 248-737-8700. INSURANCE HELP ONGOING TO DEC. 15 Jewish Family Service will aid community members needing assistance with health insurance: signing up for first time, updating info or ge...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 35 BELIN LECTURE 7 P.M., NOV. 10 U-M Frankel Center’s 30th David W. Belin Lecture in American Jewish Affairs: “It Can Happen Here: Antisemitism, Gender and the American Past” by Pamela Nadell. With antisemitism rising today at home and abroad, American University Professor Pamela Nadell, author of the award-winning America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today, discusses American Jewish ...…
…36 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 NOSH DINING AROUND THE D W hat a joy to dine again at Prime29 Steakhouse, a con- temporary restaurant that ages its beef an optimal 29 days. “Jet-fresh” seafood and handcrafted cocktails are other claims to fame since Prime29 brought fine dining with wine to West Bloomfield in 2012. The restaurant’ s reopening during the pandemic was on June 28. On a recent visit, my dining companion and I relaxed at a black le...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 37 NOSH EATS | DRINKS | SWEETS T he recently opened Culinary Combo Bakery in Southfield not only puts the talents of a Metro area mother and daughter on display, but the business venture is also bringing healing to their family. Bakery partner Jodie Polk, 56, of Commerce Township formerly operated a catering company, Culinary Combo, with her late husband, Jim Polk. They met at the Oakland Community College Cu...…
…38 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 NOSH EATS | DRINKS | SWEETS A steady stream of cars — 189 in the first hour alone — passed through the Boardwalk shopping center parking lot for a drive-through open house in celebration of Friendship Circle’ s recent purchase of Dakota Bread Company. The organization recently pur- chased the bakery to train young adults with special needs by teaching life and job skills. By the time the three-hour eve...…
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… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 41 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY SANDRA SULLAWAY GIBBINGS, 70, of Livonia, died Oct. 26, 2020. She is sur- vived by her husband, James Robert Gibbings; sons and daughter-in-law, Jesse Gibbings and Fang Qi, and Colin Gibbings; sister and brother-in-law, Ellie and Thomas Hayes; brother and sister-in-law, Robert Sullaway and Gail Schulman. She is also lovingly remem- bered by Jim’ s family. Mrs. Gibbings was the d...…
…42 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY Gaspas; loving mother of the late Jared Goldenberg. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’ s choice. A family graveside service was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. JUDITH FINE HERMAN, 90, of Detroit, died Oct. 23, 2020. She is survived by her husband, Martin Herman; daughters, Ellen and Rebecca; grand- children, Hannah, Sarah ...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 43 Interment took place at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. SHIRLEY RENNER (nee Salamon), 94, passed away peacefully on Oct. 24, 2020. She was born in Detroit on Nov. 10, 1925, and lived in Detroit, Oak Park, Birmingham and finally Arlington, Va. Shirley retired from Providence Hospital in Southfield as a medical t...…
…44 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY KENNETH SHULAK, 87, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 25, 2020. He is survived by his beloved wife, Eve Shulak; daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Dan Shulak Rome; sons, Dr. Jeffrey Shulak, Dr. Barry Shulak and Alan Shulak; grandchildren, Elana (David) Rome Cutler, Ben Rome, Sam (Chelsey) Shulak and Will Shulak; great-grandchild, Gabriel; brothers, Fred Shulak, Carl Shulak; many lovi...…
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…46 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 T wenty-five years ago, on Nov. 4, 1995, Jews in Detroit experienced a huge shock. The prime minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, had been assassinat- ed. The death of Rabin at the hands of a deranged Israeli university student rever- berated around the world. Locally, the Jewish commu- nity had not witnessed such an outpouring of grief since the beloved Rabbi Morris Adler was gunned down on the bimah of Shaare...…
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… MARCH 5 • 2020 | 5 Views for starters A Good Month I reached a major milestone last month. I turned 65 and entered the world of … Medicare! And boy, did I celebrate. Within days of my Feb. 11 birthday I had my annual prostate exam, a colonoscopy and a compli- mentary car wash. Thanks to two doctors, my new healthcare plan and the attendants at Jax Car Wash, I’ m clean inside and out, and all three procedures were free! My early s...…
…6 | MARCH 5 • 2020 guest column The U.S Census: Views A great American tradition and a great Jewish value. I t is 2020 and time for another U.S. Census, as proscribed in Article I of the Constitution. As Jews with a long tradition of valuing every soul, we share the national interest of our country in making sure that everyone living in America gets counted. This includes those who do not have the right to vote— non-citiz...…
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… MARCH 5 • 2020 | 13 MIKE BLOOMBERG 2020 continued on page 14 Mark tells a living room of Bloomberg pros- pects, as they snack on crudité and white wine. Bloomberg is the candidate “ to represent our values and our issues, and the con- nection and the friendship between Israel and America, ” Hannan Lis, Mark’ s Israeli- American son-in-law, chimes in. “Mike Bloomberg is the only candidate we can ever consider. ” Bloomberg, the former ...…
…continued from page 13 Jews in the D 14 | MARCH 5 • 2020 olam, and it’ s about revering the miracle that is the state of Israel, which — for their generation — was a dream fulfilled before their very eyes. ” In Michigan, seen by most pundits as a bellwether state for the election at large, Bloomberg is courting voters like Sandi Reitelman, one of the estimated 70,000 Jews who live in Metro Detroit, and buying ads in the Jewish N...…
… MARCH 5 • 2020 | 15 continued on page 16 discuss Sanders’ potential presidency over coffee at Avalon Café and Biscuit Bar. Reuben Telushkin, 31, of Detroit, is a coordinator with JVP Action, an arm of the activist group Jewish Voice for Peace, which supports Palestinian self-determina- tion and is highly critical of Israel. He says Sanders’ position on Israel/Palestine reflects his values. “Those of us who want more progressi...…
…16 | MARCH 5 • 2020 Jews in the D continued from page 15 about members of the Jewish community who would be affected by his responses.” WHAT DO JEWISH VOTERS WANT? For many Jews, fear of anti-Semitism runs as a cur- rent through this election. Bloomberg and Sanders have both found themselves portrayed as conduits for enabling such behavior, and each could fit into longtime contrasting anti-Semitic stereotypes: the wealthy plu- ...…
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…20 | MARCH 5 • 2020 Jews in the D press release. “Everyone can do basic things like washing their hands frequently, cover- ing their coughs appropriately and staying home if they feel unwell to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses. ” In Oakland County, County Executive David Coulter said he will task former Congressman Sander Levin to assist in the county’ s prepared- ness efforts against COVID- 19. Oakland County Health Div...…
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…22 | MARCH 5 • 2020 O ver the course of almost a year, Jewish Family Service of Metro Detroit (JFS), JVS Human Services and Kadima Mental Health Services have been in conversation about the possibility of a merger or collaboration. The three organizations were brought together by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit (JFMD) to talk about the possibility of collaboration. Both JVS and JFS are partner organiza- tions of ...…
… MARCH 5 • 2020 | 23 Man Suing American Airlines Arraigned on Embezzlement Charges In the midst of his discrimination lawsuit, Yehudah Adler now faces four counts of embezzlement charges. Y ehudah Adler, an Orthodox man from Southfield, has recently been in the spotlight for suing American Airlines for escorting him and his family off a 2019 flight from Miami to Detroit because of what the airline deemed their “extremely offens...…
…24 | MARCH 5 • 2020 Aiden Leo Binder (Anchil Leib) of Farmington Hills, will become a bar mitzvah at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield on Saturday, March 7, 2020. He is the son of Amy and Jonathan Binder, grandson of Susan and Dr. Barry Winker, Patricia Binder and the late Albert Binder. Aiden attends Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills. His mitzvah project was to work as a teacher’ s aide at Shir Shalom’ s Sunday sc...…
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…Moments 26 | MARCH 5 • 2020 R ose Geraldine Fink Freedman of West Bloomfield celebrated her 99th birthday on Feb. 18, 2020. A dinner party was held by her loving and caring children, Michael and Nanci Freedman, and Wendy Freedman at Eddie Merlot’ s Restaurant. Many relatives from California came in for this special occasion. Her loving sister, Sylvia Smaller, many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great- nephews and great-great-rel...…
