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…52 | APRIL 6 • 2023 Behind Curtain the Iron PHOTOS COURTESY JOHN SCHEINFELD/WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS …
…APRIL 6 • 2023 | 53 ARTS&LIFE FILM B lood, Sweat & Tears’ controversial mid- 1970 concert tour behind the old Iron Curtain resonated differently for each of the nine members of the band. But the trip — the subject of the new documen- tary What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears — was certainly poignant for a group comprised primarily of young Jewish men. “Yeah, I was apprehensive,” says Steve Katz, the group’s founding guitarist...…
…ARTS&LIFE FILM 54 | APRIL 6 • 2023 was the rare band that straddled the generation gap, appealing to youth and to their parents, as comfortable at the first Woodstock festival in 1969 as it was in a Las Vegas showroom. A DEAL WAS MADE The so-called Iron Curtain Tour was pitched to the band with an insidious undertone. Its singer, David Clayton-Thomas — who’ d replaced Al Kooper in 1968 — was a Canadian citizen and about to lose ...…
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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...…
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…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...…
…APRIL 6 • 2023 | 67 48076; or American Heart Association, Memorial & Tribute Lockbox, 3816 Paysphere Circle, Chicago, IL 60674. A graveside service was held at Clover Hill Park in Birmingham. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. SUZANNE SUGAR, 80, of West Bloomfield, died March 26, 2023. She was born in Portland, Ore., and grew up in Detroit. Sue graduated from Mumford High School (1960) and the University of Michigan (1964)...…
…68 | APRIL 6 • 2023 Elisha Cooper, Joshua Cooper, Spencer Waldshan, Lily Waldshan, Ezra Ashkenazi; many nieces, nephews, cousins and many lifelong friends. Mr. Waldshan was the loving son of the late Benjamin and the late Teybel Waldshan; cherished brother of the late Hinda Waldshan, the late Mindel Waldshan; dear brother-in-law of the late Minnie and the late Sam Berman; dear son-in-law of the late Ethel and the late Simon Be...…
…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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…8 | APRIL 6 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY continued on page 10 statement from Serling Institute Serling Institute Supports Israeli Democracy T he Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel at Michigan State University supports Israel’s democracy and stands with those who were peacefully protesting Prime Minister Netanyahu’s efforts to pass legislation that will eliminate the ability of the High Court to act as a check ...…
…APRIL 6 • 2023 | 9 her pithy aphorisms, such as, “Peace will come when the Arabs love their children more than they hate us. ” It’s a privilege to be a woman in Israel today. Women have succeeded at all levels of Israeli society. Two stunning recent examples are Ada Yonath, a scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009, and Dorit Beinisch, who served as the ninth president of Israel’s Supreme Court from 2006-2012. PURS...…
