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…August 8 • 2019 3 jn inside Aug. 8-14, 2019 7-13 Av 5779 VOLUME CLVI, ISSUE 1 thejewishnews.com Detroit Jewish News n For all the breaking news and ONLINE EXCLUSIVES SPIRIT 24 Torah portion ARTS&LIFE 26 Beauty from Nothing A local gardener created a peaceful haven surrounding his Bloomfi eld Hills home. 28 A Capital Time in Capitol Park Food tours let you eat your way through a revitalized Downtown. 31 Ho...…
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…6 August 8 • 2019 jn The Jewish News aspires to communicate news and opinion that’ s useful, engaging, enjoyable and unique. It strives to refl ect the full range of diverse viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. We desire to create and maintain a challenging, caring, enjoyable work environment that encourages creativity and innovation. We acknowledge our role as a responsible, responsive ...…
…8 August 8 • 2019 jn views Jewish community in the world outside of Israel. More than 1 million Jews call this place home, and while there are millions of others from multiple religions, the city has a distinctly Jewish flavor. There are lots of beautiful and historic synagogues scattered throughout the city. A few months ago, I attended my buddy’ s son’ s bar mitzvah at the Park East Synagogue, an 1888 jewel that looks like it’ s s...…
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…12 August 8 • 2019 jn views wrong. We watch Trump, Graham and other white “Christian” men fail to decry clear racist comments and policies using Jews as their excuse. It is important that we Jews do not let them scapegoat us. It is their respon- sibility as elected officials to stand up to racism. They are spreading anti-Semitism when they use us to justify racist comments and actions, which could divide Jews and people of color....…
…August 8 • 2019 13 jn Join us for a great day of fashion, friendship and fun with the designer, pop culture icon, actor and Project Runway: All Stars Judge, Isaac Mizrahi. Isaac will share insights from his recent memoir, I.M.: A Memoir, and engaging nuggets from his storied life and career. You won’t want to miss this fabulous day—all while we raise critical funds for the life-saving research, treatment and technology at Hadassah M...…
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…August 8 • 2019 15 jn Night of Learning Diverse group of rabbis reinforces obligation to treat all strangers humanely. Speakers at the recent ADL and JCRC/ADL event on immigration M any Americans are sad- dened and angered by the videos, photos and firsthand accounts of immigrant families sepa- rated at the southern U.S. border and often sent to over-crowded, inadequate detention facilities. As the flow of refugees fleeing violenc...…
…16 August 8 • 2019 jn Hazon’ s annual Jewish Food Festival brings new pathways to learn about sustainability. I f you think you know what to expect from Hazon’ s Michigan Jewish Food Festival, think again. For the festival’ s fourth year, Hazon, a Jewish organization dedicated to sustainability and education, decided to go big. With approximately 47 vendors, 15 food trucks and caterers, and 64 Jewish organizations participating, di...…
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…August 8 • 2019 19 jn Love at Last At 70, high school friends tie the knot. W hen Stuart Lester and Marilyn Siskind-Meyer double dated at Mumford High School’ s senior prom in 1965, they never expected they would be married to each other more than 50 years later. Stuart and Marilyn were good friends in high school, but parted ways after grad- uation. She attended the University of Michigan and eventually relocated to Seattle, ...…
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…22 August 8 • 2019 jn L ori and Samuel Gray of Bloomfield Hills, and Stacy and Jeffrey Brodsky of West Bloomfield are excited to announce the upcoming marriage of their children Natalie Gray and Brian Brodsky. Natalie graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in advertising and public relations and works as a marketing manager at the Forbes Company. Brian graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.B.A. in accoun...…
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…26 August 8 • 2019 jn A round 2001, Bruce Hoffman decided he was sick and tired of seeing messy grounds surrounding his lovely Bloomfield Hills home, where he and his wife, Shelly, had lived since 1996. “It just hit me one day,” Hoffman says. “This is ugly, and I don’ t want to look at this anymore. It was schmutz everywhere.” His experience was somewhat limited. His grandparents had a little strawberry patch in their yard in Detr...…
…August 8 • 2019 27 jn — with hybrid tea roses, Asiatic and Oriental lilies, hostas, gladiolas, astilbes, 75 different kinds of calla lilies and more, bursting in joyous colors around meandering walking paths. “It took maybe five years from start to finish,” Hoffman says. “But I was always making improvements. After 10 years, I’ m finally done. I was limited because it’ s more of a shade garden — no areas of my property receive the mi...…
…28 August 8 • 2019 jn ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER A Capital Time in Capitol Park Food tours let you eat your way through a revitalized Downtown. A Downtown Detroit tour with eating or eating with a Downtown Detroit tour? The first was more my impression when Linda Yellin, founder of Feet on the Street Tours, took a group of 18 to see everything happening in and around Capitol Park. Her strolling brunch, “ Come Hun...…
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…30 August 8 • 2019 jn continued from page 28 arts&life Lunch was at La Lanterna, founded in 1956. It left Detroit decades ago but returned in 2017 to the Albert Building. We shared delightful antipasto plates of cured meats, olives, tomatoes, arugu- la, sundried tomatoes, Parmesan and Provolone cheeses with toasted French bread. Then came tasty thin-crust Margarita pizza from their brick oven. Passing by two eateries on Grand Rive...…
…JULIE SMITH YOLLES SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Homegrown Play Zimmerman’ s touching comedy is inspired by his mom and a former housekeeper. arts&life S tan Zimmerman’ s mom used to joke, “Watch what you say around Stan because it might end up in one of his scripts. ” And, sure enough, in Zimmerman’ s latest play, Yes, Virginia, co-written with Christian McLaughlin, the two lead characters are inspired by his mother, Susanne, and h...…
…32 August 8 • 2019 jn celebrity jews arts&life AT THE MOVIES Once Upon a Time in Hollywood opened on July 26 and is still playing in theaters “everywhere.” This big-budget come- dy/drama was directed and written by Quentin Tarantino. I will avoid giving away the huge plot twists and “real history changes.” Suffice it to say, it takes place in Los Angeles in 1969 and Brad Pitt stars as a washed- up actor who improbably gets drawn ...…
…August 8 • 2019 33 jn people | places | events on the go SATURDAY, AUG. 10 SOULFUL YOGA 10 am, Aug. 10. Join Rabbi Rachel Shere and yoga instructor Nichole Ferguson for Soulful Yoga at Adat Shalom. No yoga expe- rience is necessary. Free and open to the. Dress comfortably, and bring a mat if you have one. Info: 248-851-5100. TUESDAY, AUG. 13 SENIOR DREAM CRUISE 9:45 am, Aug. 13. Hosted by Jewish Senior Life. Meet at Temple Israel and c...…
…34 August 8 • 2019 jn on the go POST PRIDE MONTH 7 pm, Aug. 14. NEXTGen Detroit Pride, The Well and Keshet Present: “Post Pride Month: Exploring Intersectionality” with Arya Marvazy. No cost. At Affirmations in Ferndale. Marvazy, managing director of JQ International, will share his story about growing up as a gay Jewish man in the Persian community in Los Angeles and then moderate a discussion on inter- sectionality and inclusion in...…
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…August 8 • 2019 37 jn soul of blessed memory REVA AXNER, 94, of Bloomfield Hills, died Aug. 2, 2019. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Dr. Michelle and Dr. Theodore Schreiber; grandchildren, Dr. Hilary Schreiber, and David and Helen Schreiber. She was the beloved wife of the late Harold Zivow and the late Abe Axner; the loving sister of the late Anne Mesnick and the late Al Auerbach. Interment was at Beth El Me...…
…38 August 8 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory loving sister of the late Lee Gass; the devoted daughter of the late Harry and the late Anna Guss. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Hadassah-Greater Detroit Chapter, 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, hadassah.org/detroit; or to a charity of one’ s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. STEVEN ROBERT LAZAR, 61, of Detroit, died J...…
…August 8 • 2019 39 jn soul of blessed memory MITCHELL SLOTKIN, 79, formerly of Detroit and a longtime resident of Palm Beach, Fla., passed away July 29, 2019, in West Palm Beach, Fla., after a short battle with Non- Hodgkins Lymphoma. Known as Mickey, he worked for Hygrade Food Products, then the fifth-largest U.S. meat packing company, founded by his grandfather, Samuel Slotkin. While at Hygrade, Mitchell was deeply involved wit...…
…40 August 8 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory Acclaimed Broadway director, producer Hal Prince dies at 91 (JTA) Legendary Broadway producer and director Harold “Hal” Prince, who brought Fiddler on the Roof to the stage, died July 31 at the age of 91. Prince, whose credits also include West Side Story, Damn Yankees, The Phantom of the Opera, Cabaret, Company and Sweeney Todd, died after what his publicist called a brief illness,...…
…August 8 • 2019 41 jn raskin the best of everything Danny Raskin Senior Columnist Lakeside Fun A nother unknown to many, the Joe Vicari Restaurant Group opera- tion is not only a restaurant … Celebrating its ninth season on Lake St. Clair, the site was the formerly owned Jack’ s Waterfront that took a time-hon- ored name in the leisure living world … Brownie’ s On The Lake, 24214 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores. It still has nightly...…
…42 August 8 • 2019 jn T wo weeks ago, I wrote about the Holtzman family and their 100-year-old business, City Club Apartments. This year is also an important anniversary for another well-known local Jewish business. While it is not in Metro Detroit or Michigan, in my mind, it is still “local.” Freeds of Windsor, Ontario, is just across the Detroit River, and it is celebrating its 90th anniversary. The story of Freeds is a wonder- fu...…
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…Detroit Jewish News n inside Nov. 8-14, 2018 30 Cheshvan – 6 Kislev 5779 VOLUME CLIV, ISSUE 15 VIEWS 5-12 JEWS IN THE D 14 Meeting the Challenge Ruth Bergman heads HMC’s educational efforts to reach more students and teachers. ON THE GO 20 Trying to Make Sense of Messianic “Judaism” 49 Events/Editor’s Picks 24 Help Higher Hopes! NOSH Bill Birndorf prepares for his fi fth year of bringing Thanksgiving meals to those in need. 52 ...…
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…views s Ask Attorney Ken Gross for openers Department of Redundancy Department W e don’t usually choose to waste words. However, some bad habits have crept into our conversations and we often repeat ourselves. Have you ever recounted to some- one what happened at 10 a.m. in the morning? (There is no other 10 a.m.) But you heard from a close personal friend (which a friend is expected to be; otherwise, he is an Sy Manello Editorial Assista...…
…views essay letters Our Lens Post-Oct. 27, 2018 Synagogue Security W ith fresh wounds in our hearts over the recent tragedy in Pittsburgh, how can American Jews ever see things the same from now on? How can we not view the future a bit differently or look to the past and not re-examine acts of anti-Semitism or the silence of those who tolerated it? Our lens was reset on Oct. 27, 2018, for better or worse, and it’ll never be the same agai...…
