…January 24 • 2019 49 jn “Jeffrey and I were business part- ners for 20 years,” McCollum says. “We have had companies together but have worked on shows inde- pendently.” McCollum, currently immersed in various projects through his own company Alchemation, is giving considerable time to the develop- ment of a musical stage version of the film Mrs. Doubtfire. “In my ethic of being Jewish, I want to contribute,” says McCollum, who starte...…
…50 January 24 • 2019 jn SORKIN ON BROADWAY I’ m not an unreserved fan of screen- writer/playwright Aaron Sorkin, 57. He certainly has had his hits (A Few Good Men, The Social Network, Moneyball and Molly’ s Game). But I didn’ t like his movie Steve Jobs or his TV shows Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Newsroom. I thought the always-reliable Jeff Daniels, a famous Michigander, was not well served by Newsroom scripts that often ...…
…January 24 • 2019 51 jn THURSDAY, JAN. 24 POTTERY CLASS 11 am-1 pm, Jan. 24. At JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. The class for adults is taught by Allison Berlin. Cost: $15. Info: 248-432-5467. PARENTING DANGERS 7-9 pm, Jan. 24. At Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township. The Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit and Sarah Strasberger will present Julie Lythcott- Haims discussing the dangers of over-par- enting. This event is open to th...…
…52 January 24 • 2019 jn MUSIC’ S MESSAGES 1 pm, Jan. 30. At the JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Jaemi Loeb, new senior director of Cultural Arts. Topic: “Law & Order Soundtracks: What Are the Messages?” INTERFAITH EDUCATION 7-8:30 pm, Jan. 30. At Beth Shalom, 14601 Lincoln, Oak Park. Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit will present “Ask a Latter-Day Saint.” Discussed will be misconcep- tions about this fourth-l...…
…January 24 • 2019 53 jn THURSDAY, JANUARY 31ST AT 10:00 A.M. ALL SEASONS OF WEST BLOOMFIELD 5600 Drake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 Seating is limited. Please RSVP by January 28th to (248) 237-6948 or ASWBDirectorOfSales@Beztak.com. Complimentary valet parking provided. AllSeasonsWestBloomfield.com LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL SEASONS SENIOR LIVING, TAKE A TOUR OF THE COMMUNITY AND SEE WHAT’S NEW, AND ENJOY A DELICIOUS BRUNCH! JOIN A...…
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…56 January 24 • 2019 jn 56 January 24 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory IRENE ROSALIND AL-AZEM, 66, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 14, 2019. She was a dedicated teacher in Detroit for 35 years and at Temple Israel Religious School for 20. She loved volunteering her time, helping those in need, doing handicrafts and reading. Mrs. Al-Azem was a free spirit, always speaking up for the rights of others. She was fiercely devoted to h...…
…January 24 • 2019 57 jn continued on page 58 c. 1956 JOAN “NANCY” FOX, 83, of Scottsdale, Ariz., peacefully passed away Jan. 13, 2019. She was born and raised in Detroit. Nancy was the devoted wife for 63 years of Donald Fox; She is also survived by their children, Kenneth (Rosalyn) Fox of Buffalo Grove, Ill., Rick (Ilana) Fox of Tzoran, Israel, and Erika (Steven) Freeman of Phoenix; beloved grandchildren, Liat (Shai) Drach, Na...…
…58 January 24 • 2019 jn continued from page 57 soul of blessed memory c. 2004 MYRA GORNBEIN, 90, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 18, 2019. She is survived by her beloved hus- band, Carl Gornbein; daughter, Faye Fries, sons and daughter- in-law, Mark Gornbein, Norman and Suzzette Gornbein; grand- children, Michael Fries (fiancee, Melanie Lovelace), Lauren (Jason) Costello, Jennifer (Nick) Brown, Jaclyn Gornbein, Ali Gornbein, Jil...…
…January 24 • 2019 59 jn continued on page 60 DORIS COOPER SHELDEN, 85, of Commerce, died Jan. 19, 2019. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in- law, Marc and Karen Cooper, Scott and Donna Cooper, and Neil Cooper; grandchildren, Danielle, Melissa, Caitlin and Max; three great-granddaughters. Mrs. Shelden is also survived by Don’ s children, Debra Shelden and Bill Setten, and Lori Shelden and Bob Bliss; Don’ s grandchildren, ...…
…60 January 24 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory continued from page 59 CYNTHIA WAGNER, 67, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 18, 2019. She is survived by her husband, Lewis Wagner; children, Stuart and Maggie Wagner, Hilary Wagner and her boy- friend, Michael Goldeen, and Justin Wagner; parents, Donald and Esther Simon; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Debbie Simon; sisters- in-law and brothers-in-law, Judy and Steve Rapp, Renee...…
…January 24 • 2019 61 jn The Detroit Hikers group, including a generation of younger hikers PHOTOS AND TEXT BY STEVEN TAPPER For 17 years, Dr. Ricky Stoler has organized and led the Detroit Hikers to experi- ence the beauty of our national parks. In 2018, we went to central Oregon, where we traversed the trails and climbed to the top of vistas like Watchmen’ s Peak. We share in an adventure, bringing friends, family and photography enthusia...…
…62 January 24 • 2019 jn Looking Back “The Holocaust Unfolds” — An Exhibit from the Pages of the Jewish Chronicle/JN. Mike Smith Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist W e are going to try something new on the “Looking Back” page. Instead of my usual column that focuses on an interesting bit of Detroit or Michigan Jewish history I find in the pages of William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, for the next 12 is...…
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…inside Detroit Jewish News n January 17 • 2019 3 jn 26 Jan. 17-23, 2019 11-14 Shevat 5779 VOLUME CLIV, ISSUE 24 GOING TO ISRAEL? WE CAN HELP YOU Do you know someone ages 13-28 who is looking to travel to Israel on an educational program? Help us spread the word about the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Get There! scholarship program. Get There! provides funding to help defray costs on trips to Israel...…
…4 January 17 • 2019 jn Families with elementary school age children are invited to an astronomical event: Join Temple Israel for an evening under the stars! Come explore the museum, enjoy dinner in the Cosmic Cafe, and create a special project before making our way into the planetarium for a stellar Havdalah and star show through a Jewish lens! Michigan Science Center Saturday, February 9, 2019 5:30 - 7:30 pm Cost is $20/adult, $...…
…January 17 • 2019 5 jn T his week, it’ s Tu b’ Shevat, the New Year of the Trees, and I’ m gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that they don’ t exactly celebrate the way we do. Or maybe they do. Maybe — while we’ re sleeping, of course, because it would be awfully spooky otherwise — all the trees head over to their local syn- agogue, listen to the shofar and take a mass field trip where they throw their twigs in a frozen la...…
…6 January 17 • 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, responsiv...…
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…8 January 17 • 2019 jn views Trump and Anti-Semitism Like Eugene Greenstein, I am uncon- vinced that President Trump is an anti-Semite (Jan. 3, page 6). Unlike him, I question what good that does us given his mind-boggling reluctance to repu- diate David Duke’ s endorsement, his silence in the face of Richard Spencer’ s “Hail, Trump” and his assertion that “very fine people” describes marchers chanting “Jews will not replace us. ” Tr...…
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…10 January 17 • 2019 jn views attended our Detroit community’ s vigil to mourn the 11 victims. She also vis- ited the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills with her son and spoke about her meeting with survivor Mania Salinger and her family. For those in the activist community and beyond, Rashida is known as a woman with a big heart and an unwavering sense of justice. Rashida is also Palestinian American. Like many Jews, Rash...…
…HONORARY HOST COMMITTEE (in formation) Carolyn and Jim Bellinson Linda and Michael Berke Michele and Mitchell Bleznak Penny and Harold Blumenstein Rhonda and Jerry Byer Lois and Hon. Avern Cohn Debbie and Andrew Colman Lynda and Ron Charfoos Joanne Danto and Arnold Weingarden Linda Deutsch and Dennis Deutsch Anita and Clifford Devine Elaine C. and Eugene Driker Jacqui and Lawrence Elkus Terri Farber and Yossie Fleischmann Amye and Lou Gol...…
…12 January 17 • 2019 jn views the trade-offs in our personal and professional lives when it comes to changes in our habits, thoughts and relationships. He opines that we have many institutions of trust that need rebuilding, ranging from journalism and entertainment to politics and public service. We also need to live locally, volunteering in our schools, serving at a soup kitchen and visiting a nursing home. What’ s the solution? ...…
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…14 January 17 • 2019 jn C limate change is arguably THE issue of our time. The looming sense of urgency is inescapable. In trying to “do the right thing, ” it’ s easy to get over- whelmed and confused on issues like recycling, composting, label reading and food choice. Hazon, the Jewish Lab for Sustainability, founded in 1999, is a nonprofit organization that promotes creating sustainable com- munities in the Jewish world and beyo...…
…January 17 • 2019 15 jn Earn $2,960 This Summer! Openings are limited. Applications and initial interviews must be completed by January 31, 2019. Open to Jewish full-time undergraduate or graduate students who are metro Detroit residents. For more information, visit jvshumanservices.org/join or call Natalie DuBois at 248-233-4231 Apply now for the Jeanette & Oscar Cook Jewish Occupational Intern (JOIN) program and you could l...…
…16 January 17 • 2019 jn continued from page 14 roadmap for them to become healthier and more sustainable through edu- cation, action and advocacy. Metro Detroit has 16 participating sites; five have committed to purchase higher welfare meat and eggs. The past three years, these Hazon sites have been assisted by Brittany Feldman, Hazon Detroit’ s manager of sustainability and outdoor engagement. In that time, the sites have improve...…
…January 17 • 2019 17 jn move cattle and livestock around to allow the soil to regenerate and regrow the perennial grasses and greenery the animals need to flourish, ” Kimelman- Bloch said. It’ s an exciting time to be doing this, she notes. “Regenerative agriculture techniques yield a higher grade of beef, meaning it’ s more tender, not as dry. And you don’ t have to add Worchestershire! Chefs love it. ” ETHICAL TREATMENT So, how do...…
…A nxiety is invisible, yet it can ravage the lives of those who suffer from it. Anxiety can make a seemingly simple task, such as phoning a doctor’ s office to request a prescription refill, seem daunting. Raising a hand in class to answer a question or being invited to a party or social function may cause paralyzing fear. According to statistics from the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI), anxiety affects approximately 4...…
…January 17 • 2019 19 jn Events To Mark Remembrance Day At HMC The Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) will host programs to comemmorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday, Jan. 27, including a presen- tation by a Holocaust survivor, a docent-led tour of the museum and the screening of new documentary film about the Warsaw Ghetto, Who Will Write Our History. “We are proud to be part of the global screening of Who Will Wr...…
…A ri Katz of West Bloomfield, nominated as a “36 under 36” candidate for his charitable work in fighting ALS, is a true a car nut. He has attended the Detroit Grand Prix every year since 1992. He marvels over the cutting-edge technology her- alded each year at the Detroit auto show while still babying a rare 1970’ s muscle car in his garage. Katz, a financial planner, knows there are other car enthusiasts out there in the Jewish ...…
…January 17 • 2019 21 jn A winter tradition returns Sunday, Jan. 20, to the JCC in West Bloomfield. The 43rd season of B’ nai B’ rith basketball will tip off that day. Six teams are in the league, the same as last year. A Great Lakes Region team bowed out, but a new Brotherhood team is taking its place. Joining three-time defending cham- pion Pisgah-Zeiger in the league this year are three Brotherhood teams along with Great Lakes Re...…
…22 January 17 • 2019 jn JAN. 3, 2019 Matthew and Deborah Schiering of Perrysburg, Ohio, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Zander Schiering. Zoey is excited to be a big sister to Zander. Grandparents Steven Lepsetz of West Bloomfield, and Mark and Joanne Schiering of Cleveland, Ohio, welcome their grandchild with immense joy and love. NOV. 25, 2018 Amit Weitzer and Evan Major of Hamtramck joyfully announce the birth of thei...…
…January 17 • 2019 23 jn H olocaust survivors Marvin and Edith Kozlowski of West Bloomfield celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary on Jan. 15, 2019, with their children Jay (the late Linda) (Renee), Ruthie, Joe (Jill); their grandchildren, Rachel, Anna (Bryan), David, Julia, Max and Ben. This past year, they welcomed their first great-grandchild, Elliot. The love they have for each other is as strong today as it was the day they ...…
…24 January 17 • 2019 jn P haraoh changed his mind and, with his army, chased after the Israelites. The Israelites were petri- fied. There were soldiers behind them and a sea in front of them. It seemed hopeless. “Adonai said to Moses, ‘ Why do you cry out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.’ ” (Exodus 14:15) In the midst of fear and uncertainty, go for- ward. Despite an unclear future, put one foot in front of the other. B...…
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…26 January 17 • 2019 jn O ne day before the Michigan debut of his film about Jewish identity, Adam Zucker will be in the state to applaud the Michigan debut of his favorite jazz pianist and composer, son Gabriel Zucker. The two, whose professional travels frequently take them out of New York, had no idea they had scheduled overlap- ping Michigan appearances until they recently talked about upcoming book- ings. Adam will be presentin...…
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…S andburg had it mostly right, we gather from Rabbi Benjamin Blech’ s com- pelling new book, Hope, Not Fear: Changing the Way We View Death (Rowan & Littlefield Publishers). To Jewish mys- tics, death is a promise, not a mockery, writes the rabbi. What happens to our dead selves — to our souls, anyway — is poetic, romantic even. This life is only a prelude, says Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), the anteroom before the afterlife. B...…
…January 17 • 2019 29 jn continued from page 28 “then [looked] over their shoulders, past them; his final words being, ‘ Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Oh, wow!’ ” Blech surmised the dead, like Jobs, saw God when they would live no more. ADVICE FROM THE AFTERLIFE It is a Jewish tradition to go to the cem- etery and ask the dead for assistance or to invite dead relatives to a wedding. Blech explained souls not only have a consciousness, but they a...…
…30 January 17 • 2019 jn CNN PRESENTS GILDA Even CNN is getting into the business of showing fi lms. On Jan.1, they fi rst broadcast/streamed Love, Gilda, a very-well reviewed 2018 documentary about comedian Gilda Radner (1946-1989) that played in a limited number of movie theaters last year. As I write this, Love is regularly being re-shown on CNN during its regular schedule and is available to subscribers via CNN on-demand. Th...…
…January 17 • 2019 31 jn THURSDAY, JAN. 17 POTTERY CLASS 11 am-1 pm, Jan. 17. At JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. The class for adults is taught by Allison Berlin. Cost: $15. Info: 248-432-5467. LITERATURE SYMPOSIUM 1:30-6:30 pm, Jan. 17. At the Rackham Building in Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies will host Judaic Studies faculty, graduate students and authors Maya Arad, Dory Manor, Ruby Namd...…
…32 January 17 • 2019 jn MONDAY, JAN. 21 TU B’ SHEVAT SEDER 6:30-8:30 pm, Jan. 21. “Plowshares and Pruning Hooks” is the annual Tu b’ Shevat seder at Shaarey Zedek in Southfield for the entire community. An adult evening of text study, meditation and ritual, food and wine. Cost: $5 per person. RSVP to shaareyzedek.org or 248-357-5544. TUESDAY, JAN. 22 SIMPLY DANCE 11 am- Jan. 22. At JCC 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Class is led by C...…
…January 17 • 2019 33 jn on the go ILANA SHKONIK/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS person. No charge for chili makers. RSVP by Jan. 21 to attend and/or to cook to TempleFamily@emanu- el-mich.org. Bring a dessert to share. Questions: Mike Rich: mikesportsfan@ aol.com. CAFÉ SHALOM 8 pm, Jan. 26. At Beth Shalom in Oak Park. Singer/guitarist Sam Woolf will entertain. Cost: $20 in advance; $25 at the door. Refreshments will be served. RSVP by Jan. 22: 24...…
…34 January 17 • 2019 jn Max Feber, 19, of West Bloomfield appeared on ABC’ s Shark Tank Jan. 6 to pitch his cold brew coffee filter to the sharks. Well, Mark Cuban bit and offered Feber $50,000 for 30 percent of his company, BRUW. The two struck a deal. “I email with Mark at least a few times a week,” Feber, a business student at Babson College in Massachusetts, told the JN. “He’ s an amazing men- tor and a huge help to me. All h...…
