…business & professional » Spencer’s On Steroids Find something for anyone at the Road Show in Roseville. Reisa Shanaman | Special to the Jewish News Jacob, Josh, Bruce, Shelly and Jarett Hoffman P eople say we have something for everybody, and we do,” Bruce Hoffman says while taking me around the Road Show, the 9,000-square-foot Roseville store he owns and operates with his wife, Shelly, and their three sons — Jacob, 39, Josh, 34, and Ja...…
…Mandell “Bill” Berman » 1 9 17-2016 Mandell “Bill” Berman: An Unforgettable Presence Mandell “Bill” Berman died Dec. 21 in Florida at age 99. His funeral service was Dec. 27 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, in the majestic building he helped orchestrate as building committee chairman. A beloved philanthropist, businessman and Jewish communal architect, Bill was eulogized by Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen, Anne Parsons of the Detroit Symp...…
…C O N G R E G AT I O N SHAAREYZEDEK MANDELL “BILL” BERMAN (Z’L) 1917-2016 WE WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO CREATE OUR PAST AND SECURE OUR FUTURE. WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE WISDOM OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE WARMTH OF YOUR FRIENDSHIP. THE PRIDE WE FEEL WHEN WE SAY “THIS IS MY SHUL” WILL FOREVER BE ENHANCED BY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS YOUR SHUL TOO. January 5 • 2017 29 …
…Mandell “Bill” Berman » 1917-2016 Detroit Public TV is grateful we were able to honor Bill for his WWII service in the US Navy on our December 7th Remembrance Night in this 75th year. Thanks to the Mandell & Madeleine Berman &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͘ continued from page 28 amidst the bustling crowd, nowhere to be seen. I had several moments of con- cern and panic. Then I saw him, again emerging from The Max. This time with a small bundle in his hand. “I w...…
…In Memory of Mandell “Bill” Berman The Board of Directors, Musicians, and Staff of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra fondly remember Mandell “Bill” Berman, 1917-2016, a pillar of our community and lifelong supporter of our DSO. Bill first heard the DSO through Detroit Public School field trips to Orchestra Hall as a young student. Decades later, he and his beloved wife Madge returned the gift of music, enabling tens of thousands of Detroit scho...…
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…continued from page 30 Bill Berman and Harlene Appelman, Covenant Awards Dinner, November 2011, Denver A Visionary And A Risk Taker Harlene Appelman Special to the Jewish News B ill hired me to work at Shaarey Zedek in 1980 to create a family education program, then called the Rainbow Connection. He then went on and funded Jewish Experiences for Families (JEFF), a partnership among United Hebrew Schools, the Jewish Community Center and Ta...…
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…» to rah por tion The Need For Brotherly Love T he poignant moment when brothers Joseph and Benjamin are reunited after a separation of 22 years is one of the most tender scenes in the Torah. After a long chronicle of difficult brotherly relationships, we finally come across two brothers who truly love each other. The only children of Jacob’s beloved of brotherly hatred, the love between Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin shared the same womb; an...…
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…viewpoints » S end letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Ask Attorney Ken Gross about… for openers Fingers, Feet & Treats To Eat A fellow fifth-grader once told me that he hated going to his grandmother’s house because it smelled like mothballs. I loved going to visit both of my grand- mothers because their houses always smelled like something wonderful was happening in the kitchen. What’s more, at my mother’s mother’s house, I didn’t hav...…
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