…On The Go people | places | events JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 41 DSO AT CSZ Join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as they perform at Congregation Shaarey Zedek at 7:30 p.m., featuring conductor Mei-Ann Chen (music director of the Chicago Sinfonietta) and cellist Sterling Elliot (National Sphinx Competition winner). Music to include “Bizet Suite No. 1” from Carmen, “Lalo Cello Concerto” and “Franck Symphony in D Minor.” For tickets ($25), go to...…
…42 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M T he JN sat down with Elliot Darvick to learn about his new position as Lyft’ s regional director for the Midwest. Darvick is a native of Metro Detroit, where he attended Hillel Day School and graduated from Cranbrook- Kingswood. He has spent the past 15 years of his career at the intersection of technology, auto- motive and media — w...…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 43 Daryl Ziegelman, chief technology officer (CTO) at Central Data in Farmington Hills, has worked in the field of software development and distribution since its infancy. Ziegelman grew up in Farmington Hills and harbored an interest in computers since child- hood. He recalls receiving an Apple II computer for his bar mitzvah, one of the first on the market, which helped ignite his passion for computers and so...…
…44 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 here’s to business SPOTlight The Community House, a nonprofit resource and destination in Birmingham for personal, professional, recreational and philanthropic pursuits, will hold its annual Bates Street Society dinner in February. Individuals are inducted into the society based on their significant charitable contributions that align with the work and mission of the Community House. Among this year’ s inductees a...…
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… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 47 David Stern, Longtime NBA Commissioner, Dies at 77 (JTA) — David Stern, who in three decades as NBA commissioner guided the league from financial dis- tress to become a multibil- lion-dollar global enterprise, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 77. Stern had undergone emergency surgery for a brain hemorrhage in mid-December after collapsing at a New York City restaurant. He served as commissioner of th...…
…48 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory continued from page 47 and Little Caesars arenas. He began his career as a teacher and swim coach in Detroit, and he swam com- petitively in high school. He was a ham radio enthusiast and had friends around the world. He inspired everyone who crossed his path. During his career, Norman served as chapter and nation- al president for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and the De...…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 49 continued on page 50 be made to JARC, the Komisar/Feldman Fund, 6735 Telegraph, Suite 100, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 jarc.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ESTHER HAMMER, 87, of Oak Park, died Dec. 28, 2019. She is sur- vived by her husband, Bernard Hammer; sons, Ronald Hammer and Richard Hammer, both of Oak Park; brother and sis- ter-in-law, Dr. Irving and Ruth Foon of Birmingham; grandchildre...…
…Soul of blessed memory continued from page 49 50 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Pershin, they were blessed with three children, Rona, Michael and Lisa. Helyn graduated from Wayne State University in 1968 with a master’ s in edu- cation and history. She went on to have a long career as a high school English teacher. She was an avid life master bridge player and director and even conducted classes on cruises. Mrs. Kohlman was loved by so ma...…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 51 continued on page 52 cousins and friends. Contributions may be made to Doctors without Borders, ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, or a charity of one’ s choice LORETHA “LOU” NELKIN, 95, of Bloomfield Hills, died Dec. 21, 2019. She is sur- vived by her son and daughter-in-law, Allan and Melanie Nelkin; daughters and sons-in-law, Marla and Murray Feldman, and Judy and Nick Dunwoodie; grandchildren, Matthe...…
…52 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory continued from page 52 OBITUARY CHARGES Beginning Jan. 16, the processing fee for obituaries is $125 for the first 100 words and $1 for each additional word. A photo counts as 15 words. There is no charge for a Holocaust survivor icon. The JN reserves the right to edit wording to conform to its style considerations. For information, have your funeral director call the JN or you may ...…
…Big Tommy’ s Parthenon celebrates eight years. the best of everything Raskin A Greek Treasure A local dining legend many people remember and continue to enjoy not only has the restaurant named for him but also helps carry on his highly respected name. This is the years-ago owner of the Parthenon and New Parthenon Greek eateries in Greektown, Detroit, and co-owner of former Big Daddy’ s Parthenon, West Bloomfield, that cl...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 54 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Mitzvah Day Prompts Jewish Volunteerism on Christmas Day F or Christians of all varieties, Dec. 25 was Christmas, the holy day that celebrates the birth of Jesus. For a large number of Jews in Detroit, along with some Muslims, Hindus and participants from other non-Christian faiths, this wa...…
