…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 3 PURELY COMMENTARY 4-11 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 The Justice Seekers Meet four crusaders helping those who have been wrongfully convicted of a crime. 18 A Special Event for Special Families JCC will host a symposium for parents of kids with special needs. 20 FBI Makes Arrest Feds arrest Michigan man who plotted to kill Jewish elected officials in the state. 22 Sharing t...…
…30 | MARCH 9 • 2023 M arch is a wonder- ful time of year for celebrations! As you enjoy Purim and Reading Month with your family and friends, please consider joining in on one of the following vol- unteer opportunities as well. Keep an eye out for litera- cy-centered events this month. United Way states: “Research shows that reading aloud to children is the single most important activity for eventual success in reading, a key fa...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 31 students who attend Durfee Middle School and Central High School and advise Life Remodeled regarding Durfee Innovation Society program- ming. They implement the LRYA plan and execute all aspects of a monthly event including logistics, market- ing, budgeting, decor, public speaking, etc. Examples of these events include a Thanksgiving Dinner + Movie Night, Holiday Pajama Jam, Vision Board Party, Black History ...…
…32 | MARCH 9 • 2023 Many people served by JARC were among the more than 110 million who tuned into the 57th Super Bowl in February. JARC, a local non- profit organization serving adults with developmental disabilities in 45 locations in Metro Detroit, decorated the homes of the people they serve for the big game and provided chips, salsa and pizza. The people JARC serves enjoyed the evening watching the game in the company of ...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 33 R on Rycus has turned a sad ending into a happy beginning. All it took was a 15-year-old bowling ball and a perfect 300 game. The sad ending involved the 75-year-old B’nai B’rith bowling league in Lansing. It shut down in December, the victim of dwindling interest and participation. It was down to four three-man teams, and some of those bowlers weren’t showing up to bowl. “One of the guys on my team had been...…
…34 | MARCH 9 • 2023 W atching Rihanna rock the Super Bowl Halftime show, I noted to a living room full of fellow millennials how validating it is to see the NFL catering to our generation’s musical tastes rather than those of our parents. “That’s because now we are the parents, ” someone quipped. It’s true. Millennials — those kids who would never settle down — are now adults who are, by and large, settling down. And as Rihanna’...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 35 continued on page 36 personal values,” she said. “Now, it’s our generation’s turn to plant seeds for those to come. “That’s really what motivates me to do what I’m doing — it’s acting as the next generation for the generation that is going to come after,” DePriest said. I met DePriest at Chroma — a fittingly hip coworking and event space in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction where her board had recently met — to learn...…
…36 | MARCH 9 • 2023 21-year-old end of the spectrum. Then for the people on the older range of our spectrum, we’re providing more significant opportunities … that would meet our “babysitter-worthy” criteria. In any given week, NEXTGen Detroit can be hosting a bar night, we can be hosting a conversation about Israel or we can be hosting a Ninjew Warrior program where people are doing something physical. Through these programs, peop...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 37 THE PROGRAM FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & FAMILIES PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: • Support Groups • Individual Counseling • Café Europa • Individual Wellness Calls • Special Holiday Events • Portraits of Honor Oral History Exhibit and Photo Gallery at the Holocaust Center. Please visit: portraitsof honor.org TO REGISTER AND DONATE visit jslmi.org/phsf- fundraiser There is no cost to Holocaust Surviv...…
…business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M 38 | MARCH 9 • 2023 here’s to Gina Horwitz, associate director of philanthropy and alumni relations at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), has retired after 12 years as a leading fundraiser for Wayne State University. Raising millions during her time at the college, Horwitz will be remembered fondly by a long list of colleagues, faculty and don...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 39 to study the winery business by Baron Rothschild. When Israel became a state, Yehuda Kaufman changed his last name to Israeli. After graduating from Pardes Hanna, Coby enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces. This mandatory military service “changed my direction, ” he said. The military responsibilities of the unit to which Coby was assigned specialized in the relationship between Israel and Lebanon, primarily ...…
…4 | MARCH 9 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY guest column A Lifetime of Shabbos Dinners M any perspectives are incorporated into the ways the Sabbath is celebrated. Some people cele- brate it as the most important holiday in the Jewish calendar. Some say, since it is the most frequent holiday, it is the most important. Others say because it is the only holiday mentioned in the Ten Commandments, it is therefore the most important. S...…
…40 | MARCH 9 • 2023 business SPOTlight here’s to Williams, Williams, Rattner & Plunkett, P.C. is pleased to announce that Jeremy Manson has been elected shareholder. Jeremy focuses his litigation practice on business, real estate, employment, and probate matters on behalf of individuals, small businesses and large corporations. Jeremy is an active member of the legal community, serves on the board of directors of the Michigan ...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 41 Basic Computer Skills Training for Job Seekers Gesher Human Services will be holding a new program called Computer Basics for Job Seekers from March 13-29, offering 12 hours of classroom time at its headquarters in Southfield (29699 Southfield Road)). The program is being offered by the nonprofit agency as a new report shows that digitization of work across the U.S. is expanding, with more than three-qu...…
…MAZEL TOV! 42 | MARCH 9 • 2023 William Maxwell Goodman became a bar mitzvah at Congregation Beth Ahm on March 4, 2023. Will is the son of Gene and Sherri Goodman and big brother to Max, Tate and Izzy. Proud grand- parents are Bob and Bylaina Lavine, and the late William and Sandra Goodman. Will is a student at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills. He enjoys base- ball, basketball, football and hanging out with his friends...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 43 T he poet Yehuda Amichai writes: “I don’t want an invisible god. I want a god who is seen but doesn’t see, so I can lead him around and tell him what he doesn’t see… ” (“God Changes, Prayers are Here to Stay” in The Poetry of Yehuda Amichai, ed. Robert Alter, pp. 409- 10) Back in Parashat Mishpatim, the Torah tells us that Moses was called up to the mountain to work on the stone tablets and remained there for 40 ...…
…44 | MARCH 9 • 2023 T his week’s Torah por- tion serves as a pivotal point for Moshe and the Bnei Yisrael’s relationship with God — but in two very opposite and distinct ways. By the end of our parshah, the Bnei Yisrael have betrayed God while Moshe has had the most intimate encounter with God of anyone before or since. As a result of the nation’s betrayal, God withdraws from direct association with them. The nation mourns, g...…
…Synagogue Directory METRO DETROIT CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com B’nai Israel Synagogue West Bloomfield (248) 432-2729 bnaiisraelwb.org Congregation B’nai Moshe West Blo...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 46 Temple Emanu-El Oak Park (248) 967-4020 emanuel-mich.org Temple Israel West Bloomfield (248) 661-5700 temple-israel.org Temple Kol Ami West Bloomfield (248) 661-0040 tkolami.org Temple Shir Shalom West Bloomfield (248) 737-8700 shirshalom.org REFORM/RENEWAL Congregation Shir Tikvah Troy (248) 649-4418 shirtikvah.org SECULAR/HUMANISTIC Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit Farmington H...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 47 ARTS&LIFE FILM T he Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 12, at 8 p.m. (ABC). Jimmy Kimmel will host. The ceremony is produced by Glenn Weiss, 61, and his professional partner, Ricky Kirshner, 60. Rihanna will sing at the ceremony, as will Dianne Warren, 66. Warren and Sofia Carson will perform “Applause,” a song Warren wrote. It’s up for the best song Oscar this year. Warren has previously be...…
…48 | MARCH 9 • 2023 ARTS&LIFE FILM continued from page 47 Some good sources say Curtis has a good shot at winning. Others say the opposite. She now has some momentum, having just won the SAG award for supporting actress. Jamie is the secular daughter of the late actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Tony was an absent father and a hard guy to be around, period. But Jamie managed to maintain ties to him. Together, they helped r...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 49 home movies of his (real) daughter every year on her birthday. We follow her as she grows into adulthood. BEST PICTURE There are 10 nominated films. The Oscar goes to the film’s principal producers. Here are six best picture nominees with a “verified” Jewish producer(s). Avatar: The Way of the Water, was co-produced by Jon Landau, 62. Landau is either freakishly lucky or a kind of genius. He’s only produced n...…
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…50 | MARCH 9 • 2023 T hey were two talented New Yorkers from Brooklyn and Roosevelt Island who met as freshmen at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, also known as the “Fame” school. They went to Ithaca College together. And, in a bold move, they even auditioned as a duo for the coveted leads on the national tour of The Simon & Garfunkel Story. For two shows on Saturday, March 18, at Detroit’s...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 51 Ithaca College with a voice major and theater minor while Bobo graduated with a degree in composition. Since then, Bobo and Smith have performed with differ- ent bands, and Bobo opened a recording studio where he has been very busy as a music producer. Smith and his broth- er, Damon, a pianist, recently released a record under the name “The Brightmares, ” which is streaming on Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes. C...…
…52 | MARCH 9 • 2023 WARNER GRANDSON VS. KILLER, POP-POP POPS- UP AGAIN, TODD DOING WELL The Ritual Killer is an action thriller that opens in theaters on Friday, March 10. Here’s the capsule plot: Detective Boyd (Cole Hauser) is haunted by his daughter’s death. He goes on a fevered hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual known as Muti. He seeks help from Professor Mackies, an anthropologist (M...…
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…54 | MARCH 9 • 2023 NOSH & MOVIE NOON-2 PM, MARCH 12 At Adat Shalom Synagogue. Pre-K to fourth-graders will enjoy a nosh and watching the movie The Lorax during this special kids’ event that is part of Shomrei Adamah Guardians of the Earth series. Cost: from $10. Info: jlive.app/events/3840; 248- 851-5100. SUPPORT GROUP 12:30-1:30 PM, MARCH 12 Dr. Jay Inwald, a psychologist and Congregation Shaarey Zedek officer, has volunt...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY HELEN FEDER, 99, of Nashua, New Hampshire, died Feb. 23, 2023. Helen was a lifelong mem- ber of Congregation Shaarey Zedek and the first female member of the drafting divi- sions of General Motors and Vickers Corp. Helen also served as a BBYO coordinator, volunteered at the Southfield Public Library and Sinai Hospital and was a member of the Tau Epsilon Rho Auxiliary. Mrs. Feder is survived by her so...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 57 DR. ALFRED “ ALFIE” MICHAEL KREINDLER, 86, of Boca Raton, Florida, and Bloomfield Hills, died Feb. 27, 2023. Alfie was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was proud of his upbringing. He was a graduate of the elite Walnut Hills High School, Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Cincinnati and Alpha Omega Alpha at the University of Cincinnati Medical School. Upon grad- uation, he served as a captain in the U.S. Ar...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 58 | MARCH 9 • 2023 They explored Russia, China, Europe and other places near and far. At home, Alfie was staunchly competitive with family at Scrabble, Euchre and gin rummy. He achieved Ruby Life Master status at bridge, winning a National Pairs Tournament with Sharron. He is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Sharron; he was the cherished father of Greg, Marla, Jay and daughter-in-law, Heidi...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 59 MARNEY SCHOENFELD, 46, of Scottsdale, Arizona, died Feb. 18, 2023. She is survived by her beautiful daughter, Sydney Rose Schoenfeld; husband, Randy Schoenfeld; mother, Susan Smith; sisters and brother-in-law, Jodi Smith, Dr. Ronna Smith-Craig (Dr. Steven Craig); brother, Randy Smith. She is also survived by other loving family members and a world of friends. Marney was the beloved daughter of the late Rona...…
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…60 | MARCH 9 • 2023 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, www.alz.org/gmc; Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W . Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jew- ishhospice.org/donate/trib- utes; or Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Development Office, 1 Ford Place #5A, Detroit, MI 48202-3450, www.henryford. com/development/make-a-gift. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ALLEN SOLOMON, 75, of Beverly Hills...…
…MARCH 9 • 2023 | 61 and Suzi Weiner of Oak Park; daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and Sanford Greenberg of Oak Park; grandchildren, Stefani and Dr. Shalom Ruben, Michele and David Plafchan, Hilary and Dr. Phillip Wolf, Jason and Iris Greenberg, Kimberly and Matthew Maheu; great- grandchildren, Orli, Tali, Noa, Julian, Camille, Yeshaya; she is also survived by many other loving family and special caregivers, Sheryl, Tiffany and Jamies....…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 62 | MARCH 9 • 2023 Judy Goldwasser was kind enough to write to me and tell me that she sent my Looking Back about the Three Stooges to her friend and former Detroiter Judith Groudine Finkel. The Horwitz members of the Three Stooges were Finkel’s cousins. She even wrote a memoir about her family ties: The Stooge Gen...…
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…8 | MARCH 9 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY opinion Beyond the ‘Day of Hate’ M y synagogue sent out a cautiously anxious email about an event on Shabbat, Feb. 25, a neo-Nazi “Day of Hate. ” The email triggered fuzzy memories of one of the strangest episodes that I can remember from my childhood. Sometime around 1990, in response to local neo-Nazi activity, some Jews from my community decided to “fight back. ” I don’t know whethe...…
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…10 | FEBRUARY 9 • 2023 I srael is currently in the midst of an intense public debate as to whether judi- cial reforms proposed by the new government will violate the separation of powers. Let us take a basic look at the proposals, as they currently stand: 1. Judicial Appointments Committee. Israel’s Judicial Appointments Committee, which chooses Supreme Court justices, has nine mem- bers: Three Supreme Court justices, four po...…
…FEBRUARY 9 • 2023 | 11 would be if all 15 justices agree on it. 3. Legal Unreasonableness. The third part of the govern- ment’s current plan is to cancel the “legal unreason- ableness” determination, which the Israeli Supreme Court can use to cancel decisions made by the government if the Court determines that they are “extremely” unreasonable. In fact, the Court just did this, blocking the appoint- ment of a minister who was pre...…
…12 | FEBRUARY 9 • 2023 opinion Palestinian Refugee: ‘We Must Confront the Violence in Our Culture.’ E ven more shocking than the Jan. 27 Friday night massacre outside an East Jerusalem synagogue is that this assault on civilians peacefully praying in a sacred space has been not condemned but celebrated by Palestinians and their purported admirers as far away as Yemen. There is something deeply broken in a Palestinian street...…
…FEBRUARY 9 • 2023 | 13 UNRWA, which runs schools in the refugee camps, including much of the Gaza Strip, has contributed to the sick street culture with antisemitic education materials that include descriptions of Jews as “impure” and “inherently treacherous and hostile to Islam and Muslims.” The materials accuse Jews of attempting to murder the Prophet Mohammad and “defiling” the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Another factor is the lack o...…
…14 | FEBRUARY 9 • 2023 E veryone has a “rock bot- tom.” For Steve (only first names will be used in the story to maintain the anonymity of members), that was when he was called into a hospital room with a social worker and police officer after his wife had her second injury in a month. They asked Steve if he was abusing her. “It was the lowest moment of my life, ” Steve said. “I couldn’t believe that someone could think that of ...…
…FEBRUARY 9 • 2023 | 15 agendas … The meetings are self-governed, meaning they’re run by their own group mem- bers, people who are or who have been in a similar situation who share their experiences, strength and hope with each other, ” Rabbi Benny said. Members do not offer each other advice. The first of the 12 Steps is “we admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. ” The second is “We ...…
…16 | FEBRUARY 9 • 2023 and peace. Dan and Andrea found some of what they were missing in each other; they married in 2005. “We understood each other in a deeper way, ” Andrea said. “We both understood and had been affected by alcoholism. At that point, we’d both been in the program for a number of years and spoke a common language.” They’ d learned from their mistakes and have each other by their side as they face the future. “Peopl...…
