…$200 June 6-12, 2024 / 29 Iyar-6 Sivan, 5784 JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT thejewishnews.com Thousands of Jewish Thousands of Jewish Detroiters converge Detroiters converge at the zoo to at the zoo to celebrate Israel. celebrate Israel. See page 10 Blue and White Alight in …
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…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 11 J N M ore than 2,000 Jewish Detroiters had a roaring good time at the Detroit Zoo Tuesday evening, May 28, for the Federation’s Walk the Zoo in White and Blue in honor of Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel’s 76th Independence Day. Attendees came dressed in their favorite white and blue. The evening began with an opening ceremony and then attendees walked the zoo for Israel at their own self-guided pace. There was plenty t...…
…continued from page 11 OUR COMMUNITY ON THE COVER 12 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N event was the best expression of unity, solidarity and resilience, and above all — our hope that things will be OK. In Israel, and here.” Stacy Carroll of Brighton, staff lead for Magen David Adom in Michigan, said, “Hats off to all JFD staff and our incom- parable Jewish community. The walk at the zoo was energizing, uplifting and a beautiful sight to see wit...…
…More than 2,300 people came to show their support for Israel. Lily Veenstra, 5, of Redford, takes a ride on a turtle. Lezlie Mostyn of Wixom This young person was decked out in an Israeli flag. The youngest generation had a great time at the event. Pam Lippitt of Southfield, Marlene Zeitlin of Commerce Township, Rochelle Upfal of West Bloomfield This couple showed their love for the U.S. and Israel. Tony Levin, Jennifer Teper...…
…Many in the crowd responded “Am Israel Chai” to Lior Zisser-Yogev, community shlichah, after her speech. continued from page 13 14 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N Israel Fire Service shortly after Oct. 7, said, “Thank you to everybody who participat- ed in the zoo event and to Federation for organizing it, as I know it was a major boost for the morale of those serving in Israel. “I sent several photos from the event to my friends in the Fire ...…
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…16 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N R aising her fist in the air to a cheering crowd of hundreds of anti- Israel activists at the People’s Conference for Palestine on May 24-26 at Detroit’s Huntington Place, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) accused President Joe Biden of being “complicit with the genocidal maniac Benjamin Netanyahu” and blamed the societal ills facing her constituents — from low Social Security payouts, homelessness, lack o...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 17 J N President Biden.” Tlaib delivered her 15-minute speech from a podium embellished with a logo depicting the entire map of Israel covered with the green of the Palestinian flag. Other speakers at the three-day conference included Mohammed Nabulsi, Roua Daas, Monadel Herzallah, and Lara Kiswani, people who praised Iran’s attack on Israel, categorized the brutality of the Oct. 7 attacks as justified resistance...…
…18 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N S unny Shanker’s goal was to publish their first book while still a kid. They (Sunny uses this pronoun) were 9 years old when the idea sparked, back when 12-year-olds seemed so big. They got to work, taking time out each day to pursue creative writing. Whether in their room on a beanbag, at school during creative writing time or even in the car, they crafted, and eventually the story of Julia Nickson,...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 19 J N T his Father’s Day, two days after Flag Day, think about doing something patriotic. Hebrew Memorial Chapel, Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery and Superior Casket Co. are providing that oppor- tunity — sponsoring a flag retirement ceremony on Sunday, June 16, at 2 p.m. at the Veterans Section of Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery in Roseville. Retired funeral director Otto Dube says all are welcome as they retire, ...…
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…20 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N A round 150 high school students at Ann Arbor’s Skyline High School participated in a “Walk Out for Palestine” on May 20. A smaller group of students at Pioneer High School also par- ticipated on their campus. The protest appears to have been organized through an Instagram account called @ eagles_against_g3n0c1d3_ that was created in early May. The account posted various social media messages to garner sup-...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 21 J N T he 2024 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Detroit’s Excellence in Journalism Awards took place on May 15 and, once again, the Detroit Jewish News brought home a host of awards. In the Community/Local News reporting category, Stacy Gittleman and Keri Guten Cohen won the third-place award for their “Diversity Day Fallout” story, a follow- up story gaining insight from students, parents and officials ...…
…22 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N D etroit’s Hastings Street neighborhood was home to many members of the city’s Jewish community from the 1880s through the 1920s. Jewish institutions, stores and schools served a Jewish community that numbered 10,000 in 1910 and increased to 75,000 by 1927, according to Catherine Cangany, Ph.D., executive director of the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan (JHSM), which developed the current Hastings S...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 23 J N In the Neighborhood: Everyday Life on Hastings Street The exhibit is open through July 14 at the Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 Woodward, Detroit. The museum’s admission fee, which starts at $6 for children, includes the Hastings Street exhibit fee. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday- Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (313) 833- 1805, detroithistorical.org. SPECIAL EVENTS Thursday, June 20: Yiddish Film Uncle Moses,...…
…24 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N L ongtime Jewish musician Michael Krieger never anticipated playing music for older adults with memory loss, but the opportunity came his way and he never looked back. Krieger, 62, of Southfield, has played music professionally since 1992. While he always intended to become a professional musician, the lifelong singer, songwriter, guitar player and piano player says his career “really found” him on it...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 25 another long-running gig that’s now 23 years in. He wasn’t a music therapist, per se, but Krieger’s experience playing music for older adults made him an instant favorite at the Metro Detroit Jewish organization. Today, at Brown Adult Day Program, Krieger hosts music sessions two times per week at each site in Southfield and West Bloomfield. He sings and plays music for groups of individuals with memory loss ...…
…26 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N faces&places J ARC hosted Passover seders at five of its loca- tions on the first night of Pesach for all people they serve interested in attending. Sixty-four people served by JARC and support staff attended the seders from 14 JARC group homes and inde- pendent living situations. The seders were led by a combination of volunteers and those within JARC’s com- munity. Volunteers included David Konop, Caroly...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 27 J N Repair the World Detroit teamed up with Congregation Shir Tikvah for an Empty Bowls event highlighting food insecurity. Repair the World Fellow Courtney Harrison Geese gave an interactive presentation about food insecurity, food deserts and food justice in Detroit. Highlighted was the incredible work of service partners, Keep Growing Detroit. Participants sorted and packed hundreds of seed packs for Keep Gro...…
…28 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N faces&places C habad Jewish Center of Troy celebrated Passover this year in the American Legion Hall in downtown Rochester with over 100 local Jews coming together to share a delicious gourmet four-course meal catered by Chef Cari Catering and an inspirational seder led by Rabbi Menachem Caytak. For many Jews, this was their first time celebrating Passover in many years and, for some, it was their first ...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 29 J N Chad Techner “rescues” some soda from the NFL Draft weekend in Deroit. Techner loads the Metro Food Rescue truck. Rescued food was delivered to local food pantres. PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRAD ZEIGLER C had Techner and his Metro Food Rescue staff and volunteers rescued at least 66,000 pounds of food and beverages between April 14-May 2 from catered venues feeding staff and fans before and during the NFL Draft. Re...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 3 J N contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-9 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 10 Alight in Blue and White Thousands of Jewish Detroiters converge at the zoo to celebrate Israel. 16 Railing Against Israel Rep. Tlaib unleashes diatribe at ‘People’s Conference for Palestine.’ 18 A Young Author Roeper seventh-grader publishes YA spy novel. 19 Flag Retirement Ceremony The Jewish War Veteran...…
…30 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N M ove over, wine and cheese — a new perfect food and beverage pairing is making its way to Troy this spring. Stumblebum Beer Co. is set to open its doors at Maple and Crooks with a variety of unique beer and charcuterie pairings. As the brainchild of Jewish proprietor and brewer Eli Green, a Metro Detroit native who was involved with Jewish Ensemble Theatre, the new brewery is set to add Troy to a very sh...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 31 J N A bout seven hours into a 12-hour ultra- endurance run, and in first place in the men’s 18-24 age group, Merrick Chernett’s world came to a complete stop. As he was swinging through monkey bars in a chilly rain at about 3 a.m. on a course obsta- cle, he slipped and fell hard to the ground. His entire body cramped. It took about 10 minutes for him to get back on his feet. He declined medical help because it ...…
…32 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N A nnie Klinger has been working with kids in the Metro Detroit Jewish community since she was a kid herself. Originally from Farming- ton Hills, she started her professional involvement at Temple Israel and JCC Day Camps at age 13, all the way through high school (and some of college), where she gained personal and professional connections. Klinger is currently the full-time youth adviser at Congregat...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 33 PREPARING FOR THE MACCABI GAMES As an adviser, Klinger prides herself in not necessarily being someone to “tell the kids what to do” — but instead serve as their greatest possible support system. She is excited to also be co-coaching the Detroit Maccabi Dance Team this summer. Klinger started dancing at around age 3 and was a member of the pom team in high school. Upon graduating, she ended up coaching that p...…
…34 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N MAZEL TOV! Lila Ashmann (Lila Chana) of Bloomfield Hills will become a bat mitzvah at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills on Saturday, June 8, 2024. She is the daughter of Lori Kaplan and Taal Ashmann and sister of Ava Ashmann. Lila’s grandparents are Lynn Feuerman, Alan Kaplan, Dina and Sandford Ashmann; her great-grandmother is Rosita Feuerman. Lila is a student at South Hills Middle School ...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 35 J N HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th. For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@thejewishnews.com or (248) 351-5147 fo...…
…36 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N B amidbar is usually read on the Shabbat before Shavuot. So the Sages connected the two. Shavuot is the time of the giving of the Torah. Bamibar means, “in the desert. ” What then is the con- nection between the desert and the Torah, the wilderness and God’s word? The Sages gave several interpreta- tions. According to the Mechilta, the Torah was given publicly, openly and in a place no one owns because ...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 37 J N and her son away, the Torah tells us that when their water ran out and the young Ishmael was at the point of dying, Hagar cried, yet God heard “the voice of the child” (Gen. 21:16-17). Earlier when the angels came to visit Abraham and told him that Sarah would have a child, Sarah laughed inwardly, that is, silently, yet she was heard by God (Gen. 18:12-13). God hears our thoughts even when they are not expr...…
…Synagogue Directory METRO DETROIT CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com B’nai Israel Synagogue West Bloomfield (248) 432-2729 bnaiisraelwb.org Congregation B’nai Moshe West Blo...…
…Temple Emanu-El Oak Park (248) 967-4020 emanuel-mich.org Temple Israel West Bloomfield (248) 661-5700 temple-israel.org Temple Kol Ami West Bloomfield (248) 661-0040, tkolami.org Temple Shir Shalom West Bloomfield (248) 737-8700 shirshalom.org REFORM/RENEWAL Congregation Shir Tikvah Troy (248) 649-4418 shirtikvah.org SECULAR/HUMANISTIC Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit Farmington Hills (248) 477-1410 ...…
…4 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N A complaint, (or maybe frustration is a better word), I often hear from our very dedicated and extremely passionate lay leaders is that the general pub- lic is not aware of the good work that Federation dollars do in Israel. People don’t know that the $9 million Federation allocates to Israel & Overseas (I & O) supports dozens of programs and thou- sands of people all around the world but, especially, ...…
…40 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N W hile more than 100 decorative and functional glass pieces fill the main floor of the Janice Charach Gallery until June 26, 57 mixed media works are displayed on the floor above them. Both displays have themes. The Fifth Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition, on the main floor, showcases the work of 56 glass artists as 22 mixed media artists present Rockets, Robots and Rayguns on the floor above. Artist...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 41 else that would be presented and would have a better chance of being juried in. The majority of the work I do is of faces. I’m not a traditional mosaic artist so I don’t do portraiture. This piece is one of a group that’s different. I’ve developed my style by doing this kind of work.” Schwartz uses found pieces to enhance her projects. She sees things that catch her eye and keeps a stash of materials to enhanc...…
…42 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N FASHION TALES, PRESUMED INNOCENT REMAKE, EISENBERG LIKES POLAND Lagerfeld, an original, six-ep- isode Hulu series, begins streaming on June 7. The title refers to the series’ central character — Karl Lagerfeld (1935-2015), the famous fashion designer best known as the chief designer for Chanel from 1983 until his death. Lagerfeld’s first big break came when he was hired (1966) to design for Chloe, a top ...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 43 JUST FOR FUN Shauvot Word Search FRUIT MILK LOAVES PENTECOST KUGEL CHALLAH NAOMI RUTH COVENANT BOAZ MATAN TORAH H ave you ever found yourself in a situation where you are merely going through the motions? Has one of those movements been literally to step aside? You might think that is so if you consider the commonplace use of turn in our speech. When planning an extensive project, we are often concerned ...…
…44 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N ICE AGES NOW At Cranbrook Institute of Science, 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills. This exhibit presents climatic variations that have buried Michigan under ice repeatedly. Hands-on interactives and visual diagrams help visitors explore issues like seasons, heat distribution and how heat travels across the globe. Discover how Michigan’s landscape was carved by the comings and goings of glaciers. L...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 45 AUTHOR SPEAKS 7 PM, JUNE 10 (MON.) Adat Shalom Synagogue invites the community for an evening with Gila Fine, editor-in-chief of Maggid Books and teacher at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. She brings the women of the Talmud to life through the lens of philosophy, literary criticism, psychoanalysis and pop-culture. Her book, The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic, Rereading the Women of the Talmud...…
…46 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N FOOD S havuot is fast-approach- ing, and as I discussed in last week’s recipe column, it has become tradi- tional to indulge in dairy-based foods on the holiday. But what about those of us with lactose intolerance or milk allergies, which are dis- proportionately prevalent among Ashkenazi Jews? With tech- nological developments in dairy-alter- native products, I invited 11 tasters to join me in an adven-...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY JUNE 6 • 2024 | 49 J N DR. AUDREY J. BRUELL, 66, of West Bloomfield, died May 19, 2024. Dr. Bruell is survived by her partner, Alex Rodriguez; cousins, Marilyn, Paul, Gail, Sandy, Attila, Marsha, Sheldon, Neal, Mark and Dana; other loving family members and many adoring friends and patients. Dr. Bruell was the cherished daughter of the late Rachel and the late Nathan Greenberg; the dear sister of...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 50 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N Lebow; great-grandchildren, Sloane Robertelli, Harper Robertelli, Jacob Mellin, Miles Mellin, Ella Fried, Ari Fried, Brody Fried, Hayley Weiss, Mitchell Weiss, Isaac Brumbelow and Amy Brumbelow; brother, Alan Grundy; nephew, Rick Reizen. He was the beloved husband of the late Helen Grundy, the loving brother of the late Sylvia Reizen and the late Carol Reizen, and the devote...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 51 J N son-in-law, Rick Owen of Boca Raton, Fla., Elyse Jacob and son-in-law, Scott Bass of Maryland, son, Joel Jacob; grandchildren, Max Owen, Stephen and Sarah Bass, Brian Bass, Coleman and Lily Bass, Merrick Jacob, Andrew and Shayna Jacob, Autumn Jacob, Michael Jacob, Micayla Jacob; great-grandchildren, Julia, John and Sy Bass, Chananya and Leora Jacob; many nieces and nephews, including a lifelong bond with S...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 52 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N ALAN STEVEN MOSER, 73, of St. Clair Shores, passed away peacefully May 10, 2024. He was born in Highland Park, Mich., to Gisela and Ludwig Moser. Alan graduated from Oak Park High School in 1969, continued his education at Oakland University and Wayne State University then graduated from Cooley Law School. Always ambitious, Alan taught school during the day and attended la...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 53 org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. BARRY PEARL, 90, of Boynton Beach, Fla., died May 22, 2024. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Esther Vera Pearl; daughters and sons-in-law, Shelly and Bobby Stoler, Rene and Jeffrey Taub, and Julie Pearl; grandchildren, Rebecca Stoler, Kayla Stoler and Alex Hansen, Carly Taub, Ella Taub and Sara Taub; great-grandchild, Ori Stoler-Hansen; sister-in-law, Lee Ann...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com 54 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N Queen of the Ring I can think of a couple of titles to sum up this Looking Back. “It’s About Time!” or “Trailblazer Gets Her Due” work well. Or perhaps a simple “Detroit Jewish Girl Makes Good”? Regardless of catchphrase, Detroiter Jackie Kallen richly deserves her induction into the International ...…
