…On The Go people | places | events NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 49 continued on page 50 FRIDAY, NOV. 8 BIM BOM BABY ART 10-11 am, Nov. 8. At Temple Shir Shalom. For babies through 4 years old with a special adult. Moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents and nannies can celebrate Shabbat: braid challah with the rabbis, sing songs with the cantor and make new friends. Free. SATURDAY, NOV. 9 SOULFUL YOGA 10 am, Nov. 9. Join Rabbi ...…
…On The Go people | places | events 50 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 continued from page 49 NOV. 12 TUESDAY, NOV. 12 RUMMAGE SALE 9 am-4 pm, Nov. 12. Hadassah Greater Detroit 2019 annual rummage sale at 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. For info: 248-683-5030 or email greaterdetroit@hadassah.org. Additional sale dates and times: Nov. 14, 9 am-7 pm; Nov. 15, 9 am-2 pm; Nov. 17 9 am-1 pm is Bag Day: fill a provided bag for ...…
… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 51 Pay and register at ncjwmi.org or call 248-355-3300, ext. 0. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13 DROP IN & LEARN 1 pm, Nov. 13. “The Jewish People in the Family of Nations.” Beth Ahm invites lifelong learn- ers to watch and discuss a video lecture by Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, presented as part of the Shalom Hartman Institute’ s 2019 Community Leadership Summer Retreat, the theme of which was “Between Loyalty and Imagin...…
…52 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 I f you’ ve lived in Metro Detroit as long as I have, you’ re probably a fan of Middle Eastern cuisine. Whether this is because of your Israeli family who lives in town, your favorite local restaurant or a taste for for- eign fare, you need to take your taste buds on a journey to La Marsa. While the West Bloomfield location of this local eatery has been my family’ s go-to takeout place for years now, I w...…
… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 53 B etty Shuell is as warm and approachable as the food made from scratch at her restaurant. Culantro, the Peruvian eatery, is in a Ferndale storefront north of Nine Mile Road. Spanish for cilantro, “it’ s a spice that gives a fresh sensation, ” Shuell said. Lively Latin music adds to the ambience Shuell intended when she opened her doors in May 2018. She and a friend painted two Inca-inspired murals ...…
…54 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 Nosh eats | drinks | sweets Cocktail Camp Detroit Cocktail Camp is back for the fall with a curated series of themed mixology classes brought to you in partnership with some of Metro Detroit’ s best bars and brands. Detroiters can learn how to create craft cocktails at home and have fun doing so. The enterprise is run by Detroiter Staci Lichterman, who just moved back to Metro Detroit after having lived i...…
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… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 57 Soul of blessed memory MYRNA BRADLEY, 79, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 24, 2019. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Scott and Diana Bradley, and Dr. David and Debra Bradley; daughter, Sheri Bradley; grandchildren, Rachael, Hannah, Isabel, Dylan and Brendan Bradley. Mrs. Bradley was the beloved wife for 54 years of the late Joseph Bradley; the loving sister of the late Elaine Weintrau...…
…Soul of blessed memory 58 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 in-law, Yale and Elisa Falick; numerous nieces and nephews. Services were at Hartman-Jones Funeral Home of McComb. Dr. David Millican officiated; interment was at Hollywood Cemetery in McComb, Miss. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. MILDRED “MILLI” FOX, 92, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 29, 2019. She is survived by her daughter, Cheryl Fox; many other ...…
… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 59 Soul of blessed memory JOEL KRAUS, 65, of Beachwood, Ohio, formerly of Michigan, died Oct. 27, 2019. He is survived by his sisters and brothers-in-law, Myra and Richard Stone of Solon, Ohio, Sandra and Hyman Spekman of Plymouth, Mass., Harriet Gersten of West Bloomfield; many loving nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Mr. Kraus was the loving son of the late Seymour and the late Rosalyn Kra...…
…60 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 Soul of blessed memory Michigan Humane Society, Development Dept., 30300 Telegraph Road Suite 220, Bingham Farms, MI 48025- 4507, michiganhumane.org/ tributes. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. continued from page 59 OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $100 for up to 150 words; $200 for 151-300 words, etc. A photo counts as 15 words. There is no charge for a Holocaust survivor icon. T...…
… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 61 the best of everything Raskin T hey had known each other for almost 20 years, when one moved to Michigan to open a presti- gious restaurant and the other had one of this region’ s finest Italian dining eateries … They became close friends, raising their children at the same time … and, for about 10 years, talked about possibly doing a restaurant jointly. When the former Café Via closed and became avail...…
…From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org An Honored Governor M ichigan’ s longest serving gov- ernor (1969-1983), William Milliken, passed away on Oct. 18, 2019. He was 97. Because there are now term limits for Michigan governors, it is unlikely that his record will ever be surpassed. Beyond longevity in office, which is a pretty fine feat of popularity, Milliken represe...…
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…inside Detroit Jewish News n 34 March 7-13, 2019 1-6 Adar II 5779 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 5 34 March 7 • 2019 3 jn VIEWS 5-8 JEWS IN THE D 10 Being Me Parental support is essential to teens within gender and sexual minorities. 16 Rising Stars! Seeking terrifi c teens. 18 New Digs! JARC relocates to Federation building in Bloomfi eld Township. 20 Day of Learning Limmud 2019 brings Jewish learners together. 26 Sports 28 ...…
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…March 7 • 2019 5 jn A young rabbi, her father and 90-year-old great-aunt walk into a Coney Island. Sounds like the opening line to an old joke, but it’ s actually the beginning of a very humorous experience I had the plea- sure of witnessing last week during a visit to Detroit’ s one and only Lafayette Coney Island (LCI). A scene that could have been written for Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm. I had the privilege of being invi...…
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…8 March 7 • 2019 jn views ADL.ORG M any American Jewish organizations generally refrain from commenting on Israeli electoral issues. The fact that so many felt they had no choice but to condemn the agreement to include Otzma Yehudit Party (Jewish Power) on a mainstream party list in advance of the April 9, 2019, national elections demon- strates the level of concern with which American Jews and pro-Israel groups view this develop...…
…March 7 • 2019 9 jn We are honored to welcome to Adat Shalom Synagogue Ra bbi J os e ph T e l us hk i n An Ame r i c a n r a bbi , l e c t ur e r , a nd be s t -s e l l i ng a ut hor SHABBAT MORNING, MARCH 1 6 9:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service 9:45 a.m. Shabbat Torah Study with Ruth Bergman 10:00 a.m. Soulful Yoga with Rabbi Shere 10:00 a.m. Mini Minyan with Hazz’n Dan 12:30 p.m. Rabbi Telushkin Will Lead a Post-Kiddu...…
…10 March 7 • 2019 jn RONELLE GRIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Parental support is essential to teens within gender and sexual minorities. T oday’ s teens are under pressure like never before. Along with the age-old challenges of figuring out their identities, fitting in with peers and getting into college, social media has wreaked new havoc on their emo- tional well-being. Experts agree teens with strong family support have a better ch...…
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…12 March 7 • 2019 jn continued from page 10 jews d in the “ Akiva was trying to think of ways to make it work, but it wasn’ t going to — it was totally uncharted territory to them … davening and Jewish learning were gender-segregated, ” he says. “We all realized it wasn’ t going to work. ” His mother, Deb Kovsky, agreed. “We were told he could come back if he wore a skirt, took the girls’ classes, used the girls’ restroom and sat ...…
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…14 March 7 • 2019 jn continued from page 12 “I told my mom, ‘ I don’ t think I’ m a girl or a boy, and I think I want to change my name’ ,” Lee says. “She was very supportive but, at my middle school, they weren’ t as supportive.” Lee started a group at school to promote equality for those in the LGBTQ+ community but eventually changed high schools because they felt unsafe. “I realized I don’ t really fit in public schools,” says Lee...…
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…16 March 7 • 2019 jn Seeking Terrific Teens! Y oung people can be an underestimated bunch. But we think many of them are doing great things and making a difference in our community and in the lives of others. We bet you know some, too, and have already sung their praises to those you know. Now is the time to shine the public spotlight on young people in our community. The JN, the Jewish Community Center and the Youth Profession...…
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…18 March 7 • 2019 jn New Digs! JARC relocates to Federation building in Bloomfi eld Township. L ast Friday, March 1, JARC moved its office into the Max M. Fisher Federation Building on Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township. Although not a Federation agency, the move allows the agency to downsize and be in closer proximity to other Jewish organizations in the building. JARC’ s Paul and Lois Katzman Administration Building on Nort...…
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…20 March 7 • 2019 jn F or Sue Birnholtz, Limmud Michigan is the biggest bargain in the metro area. “Once a year, we have the oppor- tunity to listen, learn, discuss, sing and socialize with our fellow Jews of all stripes from all over Southeast Michigan, from Torah scholars to atheists, from surburban retirees to young Detroit activists, from right- brain thinkers to left-brain artists, from dabblers to experts,” said Birnholtz of S...…
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…22 March 7 • 2019 jn Jewish Feminism T he Jewish Communal Leadership Program and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, along with the Jewish Women’ s Archive, have planned a series of con- versations March 13-15 on the role of Jews in American feminism. From 7-9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, at U-M’ s Museum of Art, there will be a welcome reception and screening of Heather Booth: Changing the World...…
…March 7 • 2019 23 jn The S e cre t World of Og Performed entirely by the Michigan Opera Theatre Children’ s Chorus Saturday March 23, 201 9 at 2:30 p.m. at the Detroit Opera House Tickets: $35 adults / $1 5 children / Box seats $50 This children’ s opera is an adaptation of a children’ s book by Canadian icon Pierre Berton, whereby a group of siblings venture into the subterranean world of the Ogs to rescue their baby brother. ...…
…24 March 7 • 2019 jn jews d in the An estimated 16 million adults in the United States, nearly 7 percent, expe- rienced a major depressive episode in the past year. Despite the prevalence of depression, this chronic condition continues to be underdiagnosed and undertreated. Kadima — a comprehensive resi- dential, therapeutic and social services for mental health agency — and the University of Michigan Depression Center (UMDC) will ...…
…March 7 • 2019 25 jn CelebrateISRAEL Design Donated by: www.WalkForIsrael.org Sunday, May 5, 2019 Bouncies, Israeli Music, Games, Food, Entertainment, Fun for the Whole Family! Community-wide Event Hosted by Adat Shalom Synagogue 29901 Middlebelt Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 …
…26 March 7 • 2019 jn Greenberg Will Always Be No. 1 for Jewish Baseball Fans T he unthinkable will happen sometime this year. Ryan Braun will replace Hank Greenberg at the top of the list of career home runs hit by Jewish major league baseball players. Braun, 35, an outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers, needs just 10 hom- ers to surpass Greenberg’ s total of 331. Greenberg remains an icon among Jewish baseball fans, especially in ...…
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…28 March 7 • 2019 jn FEB. 2, 2019 Esther and Jeff Selik welcome their daughter, Ella Rose Selik (Rochel). She was welcomed home by big sister Elena Shalom, and grandparents Linda Klein, Suretta and Alan Must, and Terri and Bruce Selik. Ella Rose is named after her great-grandmothers Rhoda (Rochel) Schwartz, Ellanore Bronstein and Rose Selik. Aria Daisy Dwoskin (Ahava Chaya) will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, M...…
…March 7 • 2019 29 jn R ose Gertrude Fink Freedman marked her 98th birthday on Feb. 18 with family, friends and caregivers at many lunches and dinners in her honor. An espe- cially wonderful dinner party to celebrate was held by her loving children, Michael and Nanci Freedman and Wendy Freedman, one evening at Eddie Merlot’ s Restaurant. Brenda, Doreen, Rena and Danae, her special caregivers; her loving sister, Sylvia Smaller; many, ...…
…30 March 7 • 2019 jn Rabbi Asher Lopatin Creating a Better World T he last portion of Exodus is perhaps the most dramatic and significant of the Five Books of Moses. Here are the two most significant events in the story of the Jewish people: being freed from bondage in Egypt and receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai. So, we expect a big end- ing. Instead, on the surface, are many details about the sanctuary and a few sentences abou...…
…March 7 • 2019 31 jn eretz T he two Young Israel synagogues in Metro Detroit reacted swiftly when the National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) president defended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’ s invitation to have Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power), a party with roots to Rabbi Meir Kahane’ s Kach party, join a projected coalition after the upcoming April 9 election. Jewish organizations in Israel and around the world exp...…
…32 March 7 • 2019 jn SANDEE BRAWARSKY SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS The Family Dani Shapiro’ s memoir Inheritance raises big questions about identity, nature and nurture. D ani Shapiro’ s Connecticut home has sepia portraits of her late father as a child and members of his distinguished Orthodox family on the walls, photographs she has known all her life. These faces have, in silence, supported her, spoken to her, even comforted her. ...…
…March 7 • 2019 33 jn Editor’ s note: This story was written by a local community member who prefers to remain anonymous. M y world, like author Dani Shapiro’ s, was upended by a DNA test, but my story takes place in Detroit. Like Shapiro, I learned that my beloved dad was not my biological father. Unlike Shapiro, the sperm donor in my case was Jewish, and he wasn’ t a medical resident arranged for by my mother’ s doctor. The sperm d...…
…SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER For Love of Music Local musicians fi nd various outlets to make music and friends. J onathan Hirsch and Charles Chomet are attorneys who enjoy playing instrumental music. Hirsch, a cellist, and Chomet, a violin- ist, met after separate auditions, held years apart, brought them into the Royal Oak Symphony Orchestra. During rehearsal breaks, Hirsch of Huntington Woods and Chomet of Berkley got to ...…
