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…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 19 New York and Florida. They spent many happy summers at their condo in Glen Arbor, exploring scenic Leelanau County with their children and grandchildren. Eugene and Elaine took up bicycling together and enjoyed numerous bike rides with friends and family. As recently as August, Eugene completed a 15-mile ride up north, which he commemorated with a photo of his odometer to authenticate his accomplishment. I...…

…20 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 B en Rosenthal will be presented with the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award for Distinguished Community Service at the Jewish Federation/United Jewish Foundation’s 2022-23 annual meeting on Oct. 13. The award, Federation’s highest volunteer honor, is named for the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s first president and is presented every fall to a com- munity member for his or her leadership and devotion....…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 21 heading up Federation’s Israel and Overseas Allocations Committee, have been mean- ingful. “In everything he did, he always got into the details of each task, and he always kept a certain big-picture perspective of what this meant to the entire community, ” Neistein says. “He has an ability to not only attend to the details and the pieces that go into that, but he understands how the pieces fit together. ” ...…

…22 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 W orld War II Jewish War Veteran (JWV) Art Fishman, 95, never tires in the giving of his time and energy in support of his fellow veterans, both in and out of the Jewish community. And I never tire of writing about my dear friend — at least a dozen times in the JN, if you’re keeping track, two times as a cover boy. Art is a member of JWV Shapiro-Rose Post 510. He’s their past commander and is the J...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 23 SUPPORT FROM ALL OVER Numerous letters of endorsements were received by the CGM in the lead-up to their voting for the award, including from Kate Melcher, executive director of Fisher House of Michigan. The Fisher House Foundation builds comfort homes where military and veteran families can stay free of charge while loved ones are hospitalized in nearby VA medical centers. One residence is currently open ...…

…24 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 of July holiday weekend, you’re guaranteed to find Art facilitating the participation of the JWV in community parades throughout the Metro Detroit area — this year marching in Oak Park. And what can only be a fitting conclusion to a busy year for our veteran community’s biggest cheerleader, the Metro Detroit Veterans Coalition, sponsors of Detroit’s annual Veterans Day Parade, has named Art Fishman, one ...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 25 As the new year begins, we invite you to join us in our advocacy work, community service projects, and programming. NCJW | MI is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideals into action, is inspired by Jewish values, and strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms. WISHES OUR ...…

…26 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY A bored teen? Not the best expe- rience for anyone (yes, parents, I’m talking to you, too.) A Teen Board? Well, that’s a different story and, by all accounts, a great experience in learning to help others. Teen Board is an initiative of The Jewish Fund that aims to develop teens as “philanthropists” and engage them in hands-on grant-making. Established in 1997 from the sale pro- ceeds of Sinai...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 27 WHAT LESSONS FROM TEEN BOARD WILL SHAPE YOUR FUTURE? Madison Charnas: I will con- tinue to be involved with nonprofits in the future and, through Teen Board, I was able to find many different nonprofits in the Metro Detroit area that I am inter- ested in volunteering with. Ella Fried: Knowledge about philanthropy has greatly bol- stered my ability to act upon my passion for social justice. It will continue t...…

…28 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY S tandWithUs, an international nonpartisan education organization that supports Israel and fights antisemitism, recently announced the 2022-23 students participating in its high school and campus programs. The StandWithUs 2022- 23 Emerson Fellows from Detroit are seniors Hope Winslow, Michigan State University; Jeremy Soper, Wayne State University; and sophomore Aidan Harris, University o...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 29 OUR COMMUNITY conference, “Israel in Focus” from March 2-5, 2023. Held in Los Angeles, the conference is open to both student leaders and community members. Students have their own track, there are breakout sessions, and everyone joins the plenaries to hear from renowned experts from all over the world. NEW FACES AT STANDWITHUS Hailey Stern is the new StandWithUs Midwest High School Regional Manager. ...…

…30 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 An Oasis of Judaism J ackson’s Temple Beth Israel (TBI) is a Reform synagogue formed in 1862 by Jews of German background. The temple developed out of the Hebrew Benevolent Society, which had been organized in 1858. The congregation includes fifth- generation members. “This is either the oldest or second-oldest Reform congregation in the state of Michigan that is still active,” said president Cathy Glick. ...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 31 “We have seven deep freezers in various places in the synagogue, and we make matzah ball soup, chicken, brisket, stuffed cabbage, noodle kugel, all kinds of soups and desserts,” Glick said. “And we have big community outreach for that, and people wait all year to get really good Jewish food. “We don’t have a deli in Jackson. This is really not deli food, but this is traditional stuff you would have at home....…

…32 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY S amantha Foon, 34, of Bloomfield Hills was nominated as Volunteer of the Week for her active role as a volunteer in countless organizations throughout the Metro Detroit Jewish community. “Samantha is a superstar,” said Nicole Miller, director of ORT America Michigan Region. “She is a true leader, and ORT is so lucky to have her involved in two of its four annual fundraisers. As co-chair of ...…

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…36 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 faces&places Jewish Family Service employees attended a staff appreciation event with America’s greatest pastime at Comerica Park on Wednesday, Sept. 14. The event was preceded by a staff lunch at both the Oak Park and West Bloomfield offices and was an opportunity for people to connect with colleagues they don’t interact with on a regular basis. “People enjoyed hanging out, laughing, learning more abou...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 37 S ara Kirsch wanted to make aliyah to Israel for career purposes. At the time, she was teaching high school in China and taught high school in Korea as well. Still, something was missing for the Birmingham- born teacher, who attended Temple Israel and Tamarack Camps growing up. “I wanted to work in Israeli high-tech,” Kirsch, 32, explains. Israel is a world leader in the high-tech indus- try. She had also ...…

…38 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 High-Tech, which aims to educate global readers about cutting-edge Israeli technol- ogy and how to navigate the industry. Her most popular post, she says, is about how to get legally fired in Israel, since getting fired from a job requires a “Shimua” or a hearing. “The goal is to provide information that’s not really accessible in English online,” Kirsch explains. “Some legal information about employ- ment...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 39 NEXT DOR M oishe House is a global leader in creating peer-led programming and opportunities for meaning- ful engagement in Jewish life for young adults who find themselves in between campus life and starting families of their own. Moishe House now offers more than 150 homes and pods in over 30 countries. One of the thriving Moishe House homes is right here in Royal Oak (MoHoRo). The residents describe the...…

… Monday, November 7 @ 6 PM The Matchmaker’s Gift Lynda Cohen Loigman Friday, November 11 @ 11 AM Modern Jewish Comfort Food Shannon Sarna Celebrating the Art of Jewish Storytelling Celebrating the Art of Jewish Storytelling PATRON NIGHT! Saturday, November 5 @ 7:30 PM I Was Better Last Night | Harvey Fierstein A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Award-winning actor and playw...…

…For the full lineup, visit: jccdet.org/bf-lineup Celebrating the Art of Jewish Storytelling Celebrating the Art of Jewish Storytelling PATRON NIGHT! Saturday, November 5 @ 7:30 PM I Was Better Last Night | Harvey Fierstein A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Award-winning actor and playwright. To become a Book Fair patron, please call (248) 609-3303 or visit www.jccdet.org/...…

…42 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 SPORTS A fter a two-year absence caused by the COVID- 19 pandemic, the annual Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction dinner has returned. It will be held Oct. 24 with a familiar look at a familiar place. The dinner will be at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, its original venue. The first dinner was held at Shaarey Zedek on Dec. 4, 1985. The dinner moved from Shaarey Zedek to the Jewish C...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 43 Maccabi Games and Maccabi USA, which oversees the U.S. team that competes in the Maccabiah Games. He was the chairman when Detroit hosted the Maccabi Games in 2008. Gurwin was a high school and college football official and officiating clinician, continuing a football career highlighted by two state championships at Farmington Hills Harrison High School. He was a 1995 Jewish News High School Athlete of th...…

…44 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 WOMEN’S HEALTH I t was a tough moment when Lauren Willens, 34, of Bloomfield Hills discovered she had a BRCA1 (Breast Cancer gene 1) gene mutation in 2018. “Both of my parents died at young ages from cancer. When my husband, David, and I were married and trying to conceive, as an Ashkenazi Jewish couple, before getting pregnant, we underwent routine genetic screening. “We were planning on only undergoing a ...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 45 by the age of 40. “And approximately around that age range, we want patients to complete their childbearing,” she said. In 2021, Willens was diagnosed and courageously defeated triple-negative breast cancer. As a part of her journey, she underwent 20 rounds of chemotherapy, 20 rounds of an additional immunotherapy and a double mastectomy. “When I was in remission from my breast cancer and two months afte...…

…46 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 WOMEN’S HEALTH F or more than 30 years, licensed psy- chologist Linda Sircus has been serv- ing the Metro Detroit area and the greater United States. “I was always inter- ested in people’s stories, ” she says. “I’m still fascinated by human beings and behavior. ” Based in Franklin, Sircus Psychological Services, PLLC, is the result of many years of hard work. Throughout her three-decade career, Sircus has work...…

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…WOMEN’S HEALTH WOMEN’S HEALTH DIRECTORY FOR 2022 BARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE 4100 John R Detroit, MI 48201 (800) 527-6266 www.karmanos.org Headquartered in Detroit, Karmanos is the largest cancer care and research network in the state with 15 locations. It is among the nation’s best cancer centers as one of the National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers and the only one located in Metro Detroit...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 49 WOMEN’S HEALTH T he Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, in partnership with the Karmanos Cancer Advocacy Program (KCAP), Karmanos Cancer Network and McLaren Health Care, will host the 12th Annual All Cancer Symposium on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This year’s conference is free and available virtually and in per- son at three locations through- out Michigan: • Hospitality House at ...…

…business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M 50 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 T albert Stein is not a physician. He doesn’t even play one on TV. But the former physics professor is a scientist, so while it’s unusual, it’s not totally surprising that he has had two pieces published in peer-reviewed medical journals. Both are based on his experience developing treatments for his own medical problems. “Th...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 51 improvement within a month. After six weeks, the open sores were healing, and the nailbeds were no longer black. Before three months had passed, the only signs of a problem were very small, healing wounds, which were gone entirely by the end of August 2021, 18 months after he started his study. His right ankle blood pressure, which he monitored at home with a Doppler device, steadily improved throughout th...…

…52 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 B uck Showalter, manager of the New York Mets, went off on a weird tan- gent during a press conference in May. Instead of talking about baseball, he informed the press that he had changed the voice that gives him driving instruc- tions on Waze. He felt judged by the English-accented voice that he’ d been using because it seemed smug, criticizing him for his errors in driving. He felt better about using the ...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 53 here’s to Stranger is the new album from acclaimed Detroit-based singer/ songwriter/ multi- instrumentalist Ethan Daniel Davidson. The album was released on Sept. 30, 2022, from Blue Arrow Records. His songs are vivid memories of experiences: rooms that smell of old books, smoke from oil lamps and bohemian escapades. The Historical Society of Michigan announced its 2022 State History Award winners. The ...…

…54 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 W hen the Ira Kaufman Chapel was established in 1941, it was Detroit’s second Jewish funeral home. The first was the Detroit Jewish Free Burial Association, now the Hebrew Memorial Chapel, a nonprofit established in 1916 that continues to serve the com- munity. The Jewish community was expanding, and founder Ira Kaufman “saw a need” and turned a house at Dexter and Edison in Detroit into a funer- al home,...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 55 ERETZ L isa Sambol made aliyah from Passaic, New Jersey, in 2002. She was born and raised in Southfield and fol- lowed her parents Lawrence and Shirley Loewenthal to Israel. She currently resides in Tel Mond with her husband and chil- dren. JN: Did your parents raise you with a Zionist education? Lisa: My parents were always very Zionistic — they have always been strong supporters of Israel. It was a major part...…

…56 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 MAZEL TOV! HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th. For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@thejewishnews.com or (248...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 57 SPIRIT Spiritual Intensity T he choice of this Torah portion for this Shabbat appears straightforward at first glance: the passing men- tion of the festival of Sukkot toward the end of this part of Exodus. Upon further reflec- tion, there is no obvious connection with Sukkot. Unless, of course, one considers the parallel contexts of the narrative in the Torah reading and where it lands with- in the spiritua...…

…58 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 SPIRIT A WORD OF TORAH O f all the festivals, Sukkot is surely the one that speaks most powerfully to our time. Kohelet could almost have been written in the 21st century. Here is the picture of ultimate success, the man who has it all — the houses, the cars, the clothes, the adoring women, the envy of others — he has pursued everything this world can offer from pleasure to possessions to power to ...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 59 wealthy to buy yourself the same leaves and fruit that a billionaire uses in worshipping God. Living in the sukkah and inviting guests to your meal, you discover that the people who have come to visit you are none other than Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their wives (such is the premise of Ushpizin, the mystical guests). What makes a hut more beautiful than a home is that when it comes to Sukkot there is ...…

…Synagogue Directory METRO DETROIT CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com B’nai Israel Synagogue West Bloomfield (248) 432-2729 bnaiisraelwb.org Congregation B’nai Moshe West Blo...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 61 Temple Emanu-El Oak Park (248) 967-4020 emanuel-mich.org Temple Israel West Bloomfield (248) 661-5700 temple-israel.org Temple Kol Ami West Bloomfield (248) 661-0040 tkolami.org Temple Shir Shalom West Bloomfield (248) 737-8700 shirshalom.org REFORM/RENEWAL Congregation Shir Tikvah Troy (248) 649-4418 shirtikvah.org SECULAR/HUMANISTIC Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit Farmingto...…

…62 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 T he sign identifying the Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET) in Walled Lake has been placed in somebody’s garage. The properties that are nec- essary to JET stage productions — from lights to décor — are in a storage facility waiting to be sold or, if necessary, given away to other stage companies. Letters are being prepared for subscription holders unable to watch the shows originally scheduled for the end of...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 63 Bremer. Mainster, who worked with the late Evelyn Orbach as the theater productions grew, remains proud of the mainstage presentations, Anne Frank performances and the anti-bul- lying dramas brought to young students as a basis for thought and discussions of this pressing issue. Among the many mainstage dramas and comedies by inter- nationally known playwrights presented on the JET stages have been Ira Levin...…

…64 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 I n 1964, Fiddler on the Roof made its world premiere at the Fisher Theatre and starred Zero Mostel as Tevye, Maria Karnilova as Golde, Tevye’s wife; and Bea Arthur as Yente the matchmaker. The next year, the show won the Tony Award for Best Musical in addition to eight other Tony Awards. Now, almost 60 years later, Detroit’s Fisher Theatre is once again the official kick-off site for the Fiddler on the Roof ...…

…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 65 Melbourne, Australia. Needless to say, I was incredibly jet lagged! That morning, despite my setting two alarms, I did not wake up. When I did wake up, in the Upper West Side, it was 10 minutes to our meeting, which was around Broadway. I rushed like a mad man and decided to brave the sub- way. I was very lucky to get the quick one — and I was only 20 minutes late. It was a surreal experience — I am never late. ...…

…66 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 I saac Vineburg performed in nine high school plays while growing up in Green Bay, Wis., but he counted the next 10 years as being away from the dramatic stage. College and the career opportunities that followed brought lots of responsibilities that interrupted his acting commitments. Now moved to Michigan, Vineburg recently succumbed to a whim and audi- tioned for a part in an upcoming spooky comic production...…

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…68 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 ILIZA SOARS, ISIS “QUEEN” DOC, CREEPY ON NETFLIX AND FUNNY ON HULU, KID STUFF Stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger, 39, is on a roll. Last January, she and her husband, Noah Galuten, had their first child. On Oct. 2, she was the winning contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy and will advance to the “winner playoffs.” Her sixth Netflix stand-up spe- cial, entitled Hot Forever, began streaming on Oct. 11. On the sa...…