…THIS IS my Shaarey Zedek has been my religious home since birth. To me, Shaarey Zedek means family, friendships, simchas, lifecycle events, and milestones. It means being Jewish. I have made, and continue to make, lifelong connections with members of our Congregation. Now, I love to watch my daughter develop her own sense of belonging at Shaarey Zedek as she grows, forms friendships, and learns about her own Jewish identity. y – BROOKE WEIN...…
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…metro » Izak Gracy 14 October 13 • 2016 ety of Mic Jewish Hist orical Soci Mumford’s June 1968 commencement included both a minister and rabbi, who each gave an invocation and a benediction. The late Bertrand Sandweiss was the school principal, and Detroit Public Schools (DPS) Superintendent Dr. Norman Drachler, appointed in 1966, was also Jewish. (See sidebar on Drachler.) Parent organizations had been trying for some years to keep Mumfo...…
…cal education and a flag raising every morning.” In 1969, he was promoted to staff coordinator at Williams Elementary, assigned to encourage black teachers to consider administrative positions. By 1975, he was an assistant principal at Burns School, where there were other Jewish staff members and, in 1985, he moved to Harding Elementary-Middle School as assistant principal. “I had a good relationship with students at all times,” he says, but r...…
…metro » The Opportunity Gap Two young Jewish teachers are making a difference in Detroit. Emily Phillips: “Education is key to success.” Jackie Headapohl | Managing Editor Rachael Malerman: “I am emotionally invested.” RACHAEL MALERMAN Rachael Malerman, 25, began her third year as earth sci- ence and zoology teacher at the Detroit School of Arts, where she teaches ninth graders. Malerman grew up in West Bloomfield but now lives in Detroi...…
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…metro » Teacher Lydia Paterni and author Jackie Urbanovic with Paterni’s Coleman A. Young Elementary School kindergarten class from last year Legacy Of Teaching From mother to daughter, the dedication to Detroit children continues. Keri Guten Cohen | Story Development Editor F lo Paterni of West Bloomfield may have retired from teaching violin in the Detroit Public Schools in 2012, but that doesn’t mean she lost touch with some of her pr...…
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…metro » commentar y Jewish Commitment Bold sermon denouncing “tikkun olam” gets people talking — and thinking. Rabbi Aaron Starr Special to the Jewish News I am extremely humbled and honored there has been so much conversation surrounding my Rosh Hashanah sermon, “Time To Say Kaddish for Tikkun Olam.” I delivered it to my spiritual home, Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, on Monday, the first day of Rosh Hashanah. I then posted it ...…
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…metro » aro u nd tow n Annual Tradition Photos by Rudy Thomas Kever avot program brings l oved ones to cemeteries. Stones are traditionally left after a visit to a gravesite. Jane Jacobs remembers her parents as volunteer Ellie Provizer provides support. Volunteer Shoshana Rubenstein assists Marvin Keif by placing a flower on his mother’s grave. T emple Israel held its annual kever avot program Sept. 25. Kever avot is the tradition of ...…
…Event co-chairs Mandy Garver of Bloomfield Hills and Bobbie Lewis of Oak Park, speaker Nancy Spielberg, Hadassah Greater Detroit President Carol Ogusky and past president Sue Curtis Hadassah Opening Meeting Film producer Nancy Spielberg talks about her documentary projects. F Warsaw Ghetto Jews who wrote and buried their history in Polish soil before they were killed by the Nazis. President Carol Ogusky showed a film about the great progre...…
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