…sports » She’s A Force Emma Green, right, battles for the ball during a Berkley High game last spring. Steve Stein | Contributing Writer E Starring JOHN O’HURLEY from “Dancing with the Stars” & “Seinfeld” Fisher Theatre • February 9–14 ticketmaster.com, 800-982-2787 & box office. Info: BroadwayInDetroit.com, 313-872-1000. Groups (10+): Groups@BroadwayInDetroit.com or 313-871-1132. 000000 Overwhelmed by caring for an aging family mem...…
…arts & life cover story A Soul In Sculpture Julie Edgar | Special to the th Jewish News Jerry Zolynsky | Photographer Over th the course of five y years, a local Jew refugee Soviet Jewish poured his life, his memor memories, his faith — and his soul — into an in intricate and exquisit 7-foot-tall exquisite sculpture. A fte arriving in fter De Detroit in 1978 as a r refugee from his native Azer Azerbaijan, Lev Davidov cobbled tog togethe...…
…arts & life continued from page 75 a handsaw and other tools, and bins that hold bits and pieces of the materials he uses. A plastic table and chairs provides a place to rest and have a smoke. Remarkably, Davidov stood up for a good part of the 12 hours he put in every day to make Inner; Galina estimates he spent 250 days each year working on the sculpture. Davidov started out with a vision, but he let each phase of the sculpture guide the n...…
…He wanted to leave his children a piece that would remind them of his — and by extension, their — history as Jews. lives nearby, drops by to say hello. She sits at the kitchen table. Her father’s sculpture, she says, “is a beautiful piece of history. It all came from his mind.” Kristina Davidov, who runs a gallery in San Diego, watched the progression of the sculpture by Skype. She consid- ers it an incredible work of art. “I think it’s bea...…
…arts & life m us i c All About PHOTO BY CATIE LAFFOON, COURTESY OF ATLANTIC RECORDS The Grammys Diane Warren Charlie Puth A who’s Jew in the world of the Grammy nominees. Nate Bloom Special to the Jewish News details Watch the live presentation of the 58th annual Grammy Awards, to be aired on Monday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. on CBS. 78 January 28 • 2016 S ure, Taylor Swift nabbed seven Grammy Award nominations, including album of the ye...…
…January 28 2016 79 ON THE MIND As we settle in on the New Year, it s time to really think about the changes we want to make this year. I hear people talk inces- santly about weight loss and kicking bad habits, making more money, a new exercise regimen, making amends with those we have wronged, etc. I hear it all, all the things we want to do that we didn t accomplish in 2015. You know, kind of like a tally of all the wrongs and scr...…
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…January 28 2016 81 SHORTS The Detroit Film Theatre at the DIA is screening the 2015 Academy Award- Nominated Documentary Shorts 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6. Among the films being shown is Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah, in which French director Lanzmann dissects the making of his epic, 9-hour documentary Shoah, which was 11 years in the making and released in 1985. Also screening at the DFT are t...…
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…JACK PHILIP RAUTBORT, 60, of Garden City, passed away Jan. 15, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Kimberly Rautbort; daughters, Samantha and Rilee; sister, Norma Rautbort (Sandy) Lesnick; neph- ews, Daniel and Ryan. Mr. Rautbort was predeceased by his parents, Morris and Ruth Rautbort. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or a charity of one’s choice. ESTHER SANDERS, 66, of Royal Oak, died Jan. 21, 2016. A beauty adviser fo...…
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…contents Jan. 21-27, 2016 | 11-17 Shevat 5776 | Vol. CXLVIII, No. 25 SHABBAT LIGHTS Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 22, 5:15 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 23, 6:20 p.m.* Tu b'Shevat: Monday, Jan. 25 Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 29, 5:24 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 16, 6:28 p.m.* * Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. Cover design: Michelle Sheridan 34 The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 29200 No...…
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…metro » Seeds To Table Downtown Synagogue to unveil new community garden initiative on Tu b’Shevat. Barbara Lewis | Contributing Writer 14 January 21 • 2016 a harvest dinner. “How wonderful will it be when we invite those same folks to IADS to eat meals featuring the plants they nurtured from seeds?” said Purcell, an energy ana- lyst for EcoWorks, a Detroit nonprofit. “We think it will be pretty special.” EVERGROWING GARDEN A grant from...…
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…metro » ‘Seinfeld Music Guy’ Composer to bring stories and his TV theme songs to Beth Shalom. Barbara Lewis Contributing Writer He spent many Shabbat mornings at his grandparents’ Conservative and Orthodox synagogues and celebrated his bar mitzvah at his parents’ Reform temple. Wolff started playing at bar mitzvahs, house parties and weddings when he was 12. He won a National Merit Scholarship and moved to Los Angeles at 17, intend- ing to...…
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