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…56 | APRIL 6 • 2023 R ecording gear is kind of an unusual item on the wish list of an average adolescent. But the Webcor reel-to-reel machine Gary Rubin received as gift when he was 12 years old set him on the path for a history-making career. “I just started recording people I knew and went from there, ” the Detroit-born Rubin, now 76, says from Los Angeles, his home since 1996. And as chronicled in his new, self-published memoi...…
…APRIL 6 • 2023 | 57 — at the time or future — musicians and other clients, but being a part of Frey’s early music career is among the best of his recurring stories. “Glenn was friends with a lot of my friends, and a lot of these guys were in bands, ” Rubin recalls. “Glenn and I just became good friends. He’ d come over and go in the laundry room with my sister and make out. ” Others who crossed paths with Rubin and Pioneer included...…
…58 | APRIL 6 • 2023 TERRORISTS OR HEROES? GREASE, THE PREQUEL, NEWMAN’S NATURAL PRESERVATIVE The indie film How to Blow Up a Pipeline opens in theaters on Thursday, April 7. OK, I know most of you are not going to rush out to a theater to see a smallish budget film. You should, however, put it on your “should stream in the future” list. How To got good advance reviews by respected critics following film festival showings. How...…
…APRIL 6 • 2023 | 59 SINGER PERFORMS 8 PM, APRIL 7 Susan Werner will be at The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. Over the course of her 25-year touring career, Werner has built a reputation as one of the country’s most compelling live performers. Tickets: $25, $33, $50. Info: theark.org. WHO KNOWS ONE? 10-11:30 AM, APRIL 8 Come explore Passover by the Number with Adat Shalom clergy and educators to find out what’s beyond the Ten ...…
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…62 | APRIL 6 • 2023 continued on page 64 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY DR. FREDDIE AVERBUCH, 84, of Naples, Fla., died March 22, 2023. Dr. Averbuch was born and schooled in Detroit. He graduated from Mumford High School (1956), Wayne State University (1959) and with a medical degree from Wayne State University College of Medicine (1963). He completed an internship at Sinai Hospital in Detroit (1964) and a four-year resi- denc...…
…APRIL 6 • 2023 | 63 S andy Schwartz, 79, of Franklin, a positive force who devoted her life to family, friends and philanthropy, died Sunday, March 26, 2023, after living with and above cancer for 45 years. Born Dec. 23, 1943, to Herbert and Jeanette Goldberg, Sandy grew up in Norfolk, Va., in an intimate, vibrant Jewish community, where her parents owned hardware and women’s clothing businesses. In nursery school, Sandy and...…
…64 | APRIL 6 • 2023 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY of the late Gertie Grossman; the treasured brother of his late sib- lings, Evelyn and Harold Cantor, Rose and Louis Rosenfeld, Sam and Charlotte Grossman, Zella and Paul Daughterty, and Daniel and Sandy Grossman; the dear brother-in-law of the late Moe Betman and the late Larry Nedelman; and the devoted son of the late Harry and the late Laura Grossman. Interment was at Adat Shalom ...…
…APRIL 6 • 2023 | 65 Glatter, Fishman, Rottenberg and Weston families. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Nature Conservancy, 101 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing, MI 48906, nature. org/?redirect=https-301; Humane Society of the United States, 1255 23rd St. NW , Suite 450, Washington, DC 20037, humanesoci- ety.org; or Chabad, 32000 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334, chabad. org. Arrangeme...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 66 | APRIL 6 • 2023 RICHARD ROSENBAUM, 70, of Bloomfield Hills, died March 25, 2023. He is sur- vived by his wife of 39 years, Lisa Rosenbaum; sons and daughters-in-law, Jared and Stephanie Rosenbaum, Dr. Eric and Julie Rosenbaum; brothers and sisters-in- law, Robert and Ingrid Rosenbaum, Edward and Sandy Rosenbaum; sister, Carol Pollack; grandchil- dren, Alexis Rosenbaum, Emily Rosenbaum, Simon R...…
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…APRIL 6 • 2023 | 69 J erry Green, a legendary sportswriter in Michigan, first at the Associated Press and later at The Detroit News, who was the only reporter to cover each of the first 56 Super Bowls, died on March 23, 2023. He was 94. In February 2020, Green officially became the last reporter to see all of the Super Bowls, having outlasted Jerry Izenberg, a retired sports columnist for the Newark Star-Ledger. Green announc...…
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…WILLIAM FARBER z''l Our hearts are heavy with the passing of Bill Farber. Bill and his wife Audrey have been dear friends to Temple Israel for 36 years. Their leadership has been significant and impactful. Bill’s fondness for knowledge and the support of education was repeatedly demonstrated through the Farber’s many partnerships within the community. A lasting tribute to Bill’s legacy is the establishment of an endowment for the Susan and Ra...…
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