… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 5 Views T wo of my favorite things are food and words. To that end, I should like to present exam- ples of how we include edible items into our daily talk. If you are in a career, it is your bread and butter. When you get a promotion, milk it for all it’ s worth. Pay raises may ensue if your boss, the big cheese, recognizes your value and is brimming with the milk of human kindness. You both know you won’...…
…6 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 essay A New Year’s Resolution Views This year let’ s rededicate ourselves to political engagement. T here is a story in the Talmud about a young man who had fallen into a coma. When suddenly he awakened, his father was sitting by his side. Startled and grateful, the man asked his son what he experienced during that brief journey to the next world and back. The son answered, “I saw an upside-down world....…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 7 FedRadi oDetroi t i s Li ve! FedRadi oDetroi t i s Federati on’s podcast seri es hosted by Sam Dubi n and Beverly Li ss and featuri ng bi g personali ti es from Jewi sh Detroi t’s di verse cast of characters. FedRadi oDetroi t recently welcomed Professor Howard Lupovi tch to di scuss the alarmi ng ri se of anti -Semi ti sm as well as the hi story of hatred toward Je...…
…Views essay Turning 65 and Still Searching for Wisdom A ge is just a state of mind, at least that’ s what Hallmark likes to tell us. I’ ve always hated that expres- sion but have been willing to go along with it for the past 20 years or so. At 40, it kind of worked. At 50, it was clearly a fiction, but I clung to it, nonetheless. At 65, however, it’ s a mythical pep talk, a silly saying that resembles reality about as much as the too...…
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…10 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Views but they don’ t bother me. The truth is I’ m starting to find them relevant and even oddly interesting. I’ m even starting to develop a bit of camaraderie toward those graying, happy AARP folks in the photos. They’ re no longer abstract strangers to me, and they’ re far more relatable than the silly young celebrities I see on TV or on the Grammy’ s. Those AARP folks are becoming my new peeps. We wan...…
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…Jews in the D W hen an attacker burst into a rabbi’ s home Dec. 29, 2019, and began stabbing people at a Chanukah celebration in Monsey, N.Y., there was no misidentifying this as a Jewish house. Monsey, a small town about 30 miles northwest of New York City, is known for its large ultra-Orthodox community, easily identifiable by their dress — yarmulkes or black hats and black suits or coats for men; wigs, scarves or hats and modes...…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 13 ANTHONY LANZILOTE “The idea of anti-Semitism is to instill fear, but we respond with more Jewish pride and wanting to increase our Jewish identity even more.” — RABBI MENDEL STEIN …
…14 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 continued from page 12 GETTY IMAGE say something like, ‘ He Jewed me, ’ I stop them and explain in a kind manner why that comment is anti-Semitic. “Often in my experience people haven’ t been called out or educated on anti-Semi- tism and my hope is that by having a discussion in a calm manner it opens people’ s eyes and changes some of their stereotypes.” RABBI MENDEL STEIN “In recent years, we have in...…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 15 ly wears a beret when trav- eling in public rather than a kippah. He’ s been doing that for decades. “I guess I would have to psychoanalyze myself, but it’ s probably a bit of camouflage.” He does wears a kippah when teaching at LTU or working out in the gym but has never felt uncomfortable. He’ ll get an occasional ques- tion from a curious bystand- er, but nothing offensive. The only time he has considered c...…
…16 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 False Report? Temple Kol Ami cantorial soloist allegedly stages stabbing to get out of his contract. W hen police officers arrived at Temple Kol Ami to investi- gate a reported anti-Semitic stabbing, it did not take long for them to believe the story had been fabricated by the supposed victim. Sean Sammit, the synagogue’ s cantorial soloist and music teacher, initially told police he had been stabbed ...…
…Congr at ul at i ons t o t he 2019 Hazon Seal of Sust ai nabi l i t y Reci pi ent s! Adat Shal om Synagogue Congr egat i on Bet h Ahm Congr egat i on B’nai Moshe Congr egat i on Shaar ey Zedek Congr egat i on Shi r Ti kvah Det r oi t J ews f or J ust i ce Far ber Hebr ew Day School – Yeshi vat Aki va Hi l l el Day School Isaac Agr ee Downt own Synagogue J ewi sh Communi t y Cent...…
…18 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Jews in the D continued from page 16 arrested and charged with one count of falsely reporting a fel- ony. He was arraigned the same day at 48th District Court in Bloomfield Hills and appeared in court Jan. 2 for a probable cause hearing. Kol Ami is located on Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield, a virtual “synagogue row” that includes three other synagogues on the same road and the Jewish Community Center no...…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 19 Celebrating the 2020 Honorees SAVE THE DATE SUNDAY, MAY 17 TH Luncheon 11:30am at Adat Shalom Synagogue David Broner Charles Domstein, PhD Ruthe Goldstein Doreen Hermelin Drs. Phoebe & Harris Mainster Irene Miller Joyce Sherman Warren Tessler, DDS visit www.jslmi.org or contact Beth Tryon at 248-592-5026 TTY #711 or btryon@jslmi.org For Sponsorships, Journal Ads or Event Information Proceeds Benefit Quality of...…
…20 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Jacob Blumenstein, center, with the help of his siblings, Reuben and Alana, started KidsRead2Kids. Young Jews Making Moves: Jacob Blumenstein J acob Blumenstein’ s educational path hasn’ t always been the easiest. “Growing up, I struggled heavily in school because I couldn’ t read,” Blumenstein says. “My teachers didn’ t understand dyslexia and I didn’ t even know I had dyslexia until I was diagnosed in...…
…Jews in the D English Translation of Davidson Talmud Available on Sefaria T he William Davidson Talmud on Sefaria now includes the complete English and modern Hebrew translations from Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. To date, more than 800,000 people around the globe have spent 26 million minutes (or more than 49 years) learning Talmud on Sefaria — the world’ s largest free and open source digital library of Jewish texts. With the start ...…
…22 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 A n exhibit of photo- graphs presenting the cafeterias that fed New Yorkers in the early to mid- 20th century will be featured in the Institute for Research on Women and Gender’ s Gallery in Lane Hall during the 2020 winter semester at the University of Michigan. Marcia Bricker Halperin will kick off the exhibit of her photographs with a lecture titled “Kibitz & Nosh: NYC’ s Vanished Cafeterias” at the Un...…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 23 COURTESY OF FRANKEL CENTER Join Us For An Inspirational Evening of Celebration and Recognition FEBRUARY 8, 2020 at 6:30 pm At The Community House in Birmingham 380 South Bates Street, Birmingham, Michigan 48009 DINNER 2020 PILLAR SOCIETY INDUCTEES INCLUDE: FIFTH ANNUAL For information and tickets call 248.644.5832 or visit communityhousefoundation.org Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D. E D U C A T I O N B U S I...…
…24 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Jews in the D STATE OF MICHIGAN Jocelyn Benson on Her Recent Trip To Israel S ecretary of State Jocelyn Benson spoke with the JN about the recent trip she took to Israel Dec. 15-20 as a part of a bipartisan delegation of Secretary of State participants. The Israel trip was orga- nized by Project Interchange, a program of the American Jewish Committee, in partnership with the local JCRC/AJC. She said Pro...…
…Moments JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 25 JUNE 12, 2019 Laura and Joshua Bobrow of Franklin are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Sophia Gloria (Lavi Deborah). Proud grandparents are Eileen and Richard Polk of Huntington Woods, and Patricia and Kenneth Bobrow of New Hartford, N.Y. Excited great- grandmothers are Marcia Klain of West Bloomfield and Shirley Bobrow of Hollywood, Fla. Sophia is named in loving memory of her great-grea...…
…26 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 I n the 49th of Genesis’ 50 chapters, our patriarch Jacob assembles his 12 sons and declares: “Agidah lakhem et asher yikra etchem b’ acha- rit hayamim” — “I will tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days. ” What Jacob proceeds to tell them, though, includ- ing a few generalizations about the future, is mostly a series of strange poems and animal imagery. Anyone anticipating a vivid descrip...…
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…First First Amendment Amendment Champion Herschel Fink honored for his lifetime’ s work protecting free speech. JACKIE HEADAPOHL ASSOCIATE EDITOR 28 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 …
…continued on page 30 Jews in the D L awyer Herschel Fink has built his career as a crusader for the First Amendment. His client list is a virtual Who’ s Who: Rapper Dr. Dre, filmmaker Michael Moore, author Stephen King, Jay Leno and the Temptations, in addition to longtime clients the Detroit Free Press and Fox 2 Detroit. Throughout his career, Fink has specialized in representing news- papers, TV stations, networks, motion pict...…
…PHOTOS BY ANTHONY LANZILOTE continued from page 29 30 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Fink, a native of Metro Detroit, always aspired to be a journalist. During college, his first paying journalism job was with the Jewish News. “Part of its attraction was talking history with Jewish News founder and publisher Philip Slomovitz. His stories were better than history class. He actually knew Israel’ s founders as well as America’ s leaders. He deli...…
…Times correspondent, now with two Pulitzer Prizes to her credit, as well as a best-selling nonfiction book, Five Days at Memorial. His son, Marc Fink, a lawyer and the chief editor of the Middle East Policy Forum, lives in Cherry Hill, N.J., with his children Levi and Leah. Adriennne’ s son, Erick Ruby, is a property manager in Chicago. His entire family was on hand to see him honored. Fink said he has no plans on retiring soon. “Cho...…
…COURTESY OF HERSCHEL FINK Detroit Police Department, led by then- Chief Police Commander (and later City Council President) Gary Brown, who told Dre’ s concert promoters backstage that power to the show would be cut if the explicit video was shown. The tour, not wanting to disappoint the thousands in the audience, agreed to pull the video. The exchanges were openly recorded by a tour film crew. “The video didn’ t show anything you wo...…
…Arts&Life at home JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 35 True Blue Pantone’ s 2020 Color of the Year takes a step back to move forward. LYNNE KONSTANTIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER W hat’ s lighter than navy and more muted than cobalt? Classic Blue — aka Pantone’ s new Color of the Year 2020. The Pantone Color Institute has provid- ed color reports and forecasts since 1962 (that year was painted Cerulean Blue). From its palate curation, interior designers,...…
…Arts&Life at home 36 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 continued from page 35 Architectural Digest. From blue-and- white china to lustrous taffeta and vel- vet to shimmering pool tiles, Pantone predicts we’ ll be seeing traditional Classic Blue in new twists. Meaning, it’ s all in the details. In a local client’ s den, Amy Miller Weinstein, owner of AMW Design Studio in Birmingham, uses a Classic Blue sofa as an emotional anchor opposite a pair of...…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 37 “I like to combine compatible mixes from a variety of styles to create homes that are tailored, unique and timeless.” — AMY MILLER WEINSTEIN ABOVE: A mix of custom- colored tiles line the indoor pool of Elizabeth Fields’ client. FAR LEFT: Marimekko geometric pillows. LEFT: A fabric sample by Pollack Fabrics in Venetian Canal from Tennant & Associates in Troy. PHOTO BY ALEX EISENBERG PHOTO BY ELIZABETH FIELD...…
…38 | JANUARY 9 • 2019 Arts&Life SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER A aron Jonah Lewis has rotated his recording and stage atten- tion among different string instruments, including fiddle, man- dolin and guitar. As 2020 begins, the instrumentalist is filling considerable work time in tribute to the banjo and a long-revered banjo player. With the release of a new album, Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project, Lewis is celebrati...…
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…40 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 AT THE MOVIES Opening everywhere on Friday, Jan. 10, are Just Mercy, Like a Boss and 1917. Mercy tells the true story of Walter McMillian (1941-2001), a black man who lived in a small Alabama town. He was accused of the 1986 murder of a white store clerk during a robbery. He was con- victed though he had no criminal record and many alibi witness- es, including a police officer. McMillian (Jamie Foxx) was sent...…
…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...…
