…42 | NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 T he name of our parshah seems to embody a paradox. It is called Chaye Sarah, “the life of Sarah,” but it begins with the death of Sarah. What is more, toward the end, it records the death of Abraham. Why is a parshah about death called “life”? The answer, it seems to me, is that — not always, but often — death and how we face it is a commentary on life and how we live it. Which brings us to a deep...…
…NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 | 43 of the strong heart; even more, I find a people.” So despite his skepticism about religion in general and the Judeo-Christian heritage in particular, he had a genuine respect for Tanach.) HAVING A WHY Abraham and Sarah were among the supreme examples in all history of what it is to have a Why in life. The entire course of their lives came as a response to a call, a Divine voice, that told them to leave the...…
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…46 | NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 J N P robing Judaism and history enter into the expressed interests of writer and Ohio bookstore owner Linda Kass, who worked in Detroit from 1978-80. During her Michigan years, she represented Time magazine and taught at Wayne State University. Kass made her interests known to Michigan readers when she returned to Metro Detroit Tuesday, Oct. 17, to introduce her third book, Bessie (She Writes Press), a...…
…NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 | 47 J N and earned a master’s degree in journalism from Ohio State University. Her career goes beyond magazine writing and into cable television and nonprofit work before opening Gramercy Books, a local, independent bookstore in Bexley, Ohio. The author’s personal life includes marriage for 36 years to Frank Kass, an urban real estate redeveloper who currently has a project around Lansing. They have a combin...…
…48 | NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 J N ISRAELI COMEDY SERIES, SILVERMAN HOSTS, TWO DOCUMENTARIES Bros is an eight-episode, comedic Israeli series that premieres on Netflix on Nov. 9. This Hebrew language series was co-created by Guy Amir, 46, and Hanan Savyon, 47, and they are Bros co-stars. The Jerusalem Post recently called the duo the “kings of Israeli comedy.” They co-wrote and co-starred-in the hit TV series Asfur and the hit movies,...…
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…50 | NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 J N Anniversary Benefit Dinner, at Huntington Place (1 Washington Blvd.) in Detroit. The organization will honor Cynthia and Marvin Zucker, who have made Holocaust education central to their philanthropy. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 pm; seated dinner and program at 6:30 pm. Keynote speaker: Dana Bash, CNN anchor and chief political correspondent. Registration is required. To purchase tickets o...…
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…56 | NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 MAURICE N. BLAKE, 90, died Oct. 21, 2023. He was the devoted husband of Gloria Remer Blake; brother of the late Marvin Blake, the late Eileen (Blake) Racklin, the late Florence (Blake) Pais and the late Estelle (Blake) Koloff. He was the loving son of the late Minnie and Norman Blake. He’s survived by many loving nieces and nephews. RONALD P . COLBERT, 57, of Livonia, died Oct. 23, 2023. He was an avid ...…
…NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 | 57 J N continued on page 58 edu/find/#!/give/basket/ fund/799911; Alzhimer’s Association-Greater Michigan Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, alz.org/gmc; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. c. 1960 CELIA KAYE FINE, 81, of Southfield, devoted daughter, mother, sister and nurse, passed away peace- fully on Oct. 24, 2023. She is survived by her dau...…
…58 | NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 J N Emma Mientkiewicz, Sarah, Morgan and Riley Stantus. Mr. Friedman was the devoted son of the late Adele and the late Earl Friedman; the dear uncle of the late Kevin Donohue. Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, 2650 E. Imperial Hwy., Suite 208, Brea, CA 82821, sweetrelief. org; American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic Center Drive, Southfield, MI ...…
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…60 | NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 J N and Amit Solway, Jodi and Daniel Ehrmann, Zachary and Stephanie Friedman, Jacob and Abby Friedman, David Friedman, Sarah and Shlomo Muller, Yitzy Solway, Yaakov Solway, Yehuda Solway, Kayla and Ahron Maslin, Moriyah Solway, Tehila Solway, Hadassah Solway, Akiva Solway; six great-grandchil- dren; sisters-in-law, Rita Kroll, Merle Solway; many loving cousins and dear friends. Mrs. Solway was the beloved ...…
…NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 | 61 J N ‘Golden Book’ of the Fallen N ov. 11, as it is every year, is Veterans Day. This is the day when we honor all the women and men who have served in America’s armed forces. This is distinct from Memorial Day, a time to commemorate those who died for our nation. Veterans Day began as Armistice Day. It was designated as such to honor the soldiers, sailors, Coast Guard and Marines who fought in World War I, wh...…
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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 | 7 J N continued from page 6 ears. It’s a warning we would all be wise to heed. Clausewitz’s metaphor of fog aptly fits the challenge of seeing straight in an information war. The current conflict is being waged not only between Israel and Hamas but also by a host of foreign actors, all of whom take to cy...…
…8 | NOVEMBER 9 • 2023 J N continued on page 9 guest column Surrounded by Chesed in Israel W hen we arrived in Bet Shemesh after making aliyah from Oak Park, I constantly asked my four kids, now aged 9 to 14, “What would we do if we heard a siren now?” I pointed out the bomb shelters, explained how we’ d drop what we were doing and run. Sometimes we’ d practice. Now it’s the real thing. We’ve had four sirens since Simchat Torah ...…
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…10 | MARCH 9 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY guest column Black and Jewish Synergy I had the honor of traveling to South Africa in December 2022 as an ambassador with the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel’s P .E.A.C.E. initiative, in partnership with the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. This IBSI pilot program has been designed to take ascendant Black American and African men and women ages 18+ on an unparalleled jour...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 11 between the continent of Africa, with its rich natural resources, and Israel, with its technological innovations. I appreciated the cultural tribal preservation aspects of their church. In the coastal city of Cape Town, we started with a tour of Robben Island, where African National Congress member Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life and labor. After serving 18 of his 27-year sentence, he was released in 1...…
…12 | MARCH 9 • 2023 M aybe it’s because the Torah com- mands us to pursue justice. Or maybe it’s because Jews have historically been the victims of injustice. For whatever reason, Jews have long been active in the fight to help individuals who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit and incarcerated, sometimes for decades. This article will introduce you to four such crusaders in southeast Michigan, including a...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 13 continued on page 14 hundreds of cases, that people who have few resources and who are scared after being arrested will confess if enough pressure is put on them, even if they are innocent. As an example, he cited Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston, where 45 defendants were exonerated months or years after their convictions on drug charges when lab tests showed nothing illegal in the materials seized f...…
…14 | MARCH 9 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 13 ON THE COVER died of COVID in Italy before his family could bring him home. Newman, who lives in Huntington Woods, meets monthly with a group of exonerees to provide support and help them with problems they might be having reintegrating into society. Mental health and substance abuse problems are com- mon, but most exonerees avoid further legal trouble. Newman’s office has ...…
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…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 19 Linda Rosberg, who has run special needs groups for over 30 years and today works at Rehab Pathways Group in Troy, will be one of the staff members representing the agency at the upcoming event. She says there’s a need for more education about the services available. “I think people need to share the information they have,” she says, adding that people usually find out about services through word of mouth. “...…
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…20 | MARCH 9 • 2023 T he FBI coordinated with local authorities in mid-February to arrest a heavily armed man who had threatened on social media to kill all Jewish elected officials in Michigan, according to a recently unsealed criminal case. The man appears to have been a former employee of the University of Michigan. Jack Eugene Carpenter III, a resident of Tipton, Michigan, had tweeted on Feb. 17 that he was “heading back to ...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 21 was charged with ethnic intimidation after screaming antisemitic profanities at a local synagogue preschool. The state has also been home to a growth in vio- lent extremist movements, including a group recently put on trial for plotting to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer; one of the leaders of that effort was sentenced to 19 years in prison. The University of Michigan had employed Carpenter for 10 yea...…
…22 | MARCH 9 • 2023 O n Tuesday, Feb. 7, a team of Jewish high school students pre- sented at a history class taught by Mark Catani at Pershing High School in Detroit to explain what Jewishness means to them. This was the first presenta- tion by Metro Detroit Student to Student, a program coordi- nated by Sam Dubin (assistant director/director of media relations of the JCRC/AJC in Detroit), along with Sam Kole (AJC Young Leaders...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 23 ABOVE: As part of the presentation, one of the students blew the shofar. BELOW: The Metro Detroit Student to Student group presents to a class at Pershing High School in Detroit. Yom Kippur break the fast. The presenters passed around a Chanukah menorah. “ As much as we did work to engage the group, I think it was definitely the hands-on aspects that were most engaging, ” Shapiro said. The Metro Detroit team of ...…
…24 | MARCH 9 • 2023 R achel Devries of Berkley, a JN 36 Under 36 2023 win- ner, is this week’s Volunteer of the Week. As a graduate of Hillel Day School and Frankel Jewish Academy, a lifelong member of Adat Shalom Synagogue and an alumna of Tamarack Camps, Devries’ upbringing in Jewish Metro Detroit was instrumental in cultivating her passion for giving back to the community. Devries has volunteered her time and expertise to ...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 25 FACING PAGE, CLOCKWISE: Volunteer Rachel Devries is a regular blood donor. Rachel, in background, volunteers with children at SandCastles grief support program through Henry Ford. Rachel helps MSU Hillel students learn how to get a job through Gesher Human Services and later as a passion project. She continues to ele- vate her community as the membership engage- ment manager for the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber ...…
…26 | MARCH 9 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY C ongregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield has a new program for kids of all ages and the whole family: Drama & Davening. Drama & Davening blends the traditional prayers of Shabbat in Hebrew with fun, dramatized versions of the weekly Torah portion, as well as icebreaker games and an opportunity to lead the congregation in the final prayer of Adon Olam on the bimah in the main sanctuary. The...…
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…28 | MARCH 9 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY M any of us know that PJ Library sends free, award- winning books that celebrate Jewish values and culture to families with children from birth through age 12. What you may not know is that PJ Library offers “Get Together” grants to help families host Jewish-themed gatherings with friends. Get togethers can be anything from hosting a traditional Shabbat dinner to a Jewish book club to a playd...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 29 J ohn Hardwick of Royal Oak, direc- tor of marketing operations for the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, is traveling to Israel for the first time on Federation’s Motor City Mission trip this month. Hardwick, 55, has worked at Federation for nearly 16 years. Though he’s not Jewish and was raised Catholic, Hardwick has felt a connection to the Jewish community here in that time. “ As a non-Jew, I’ve been...…
