…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 69 CAREGIVER SUPPORT 1:30-2:30 PM, OCT. 13 Virtual caregiver support group for individuals who are care partners for those living with cognitive chang- es including various types of dementia. Contact Dorothy Moon, Brown Adult Day Program social worker, for Zoom link and more infor- mation. 248-233-4392, dmoon@geshermi.org. BRASS BAND 3 PM, OCT. 16 Motor City Brass Band will begin its 27th season with its an...…
…JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT For those without computer access, please mail the following to 32255 NORTHWESTERN HWY, SUITE 205 FARMINGTON HILLS, MI 48334: • Who is Turning 80? [first/last] • What Day is their Birthday? • Personalized Message and Signature • A picture of the birthday person (if you would like the picture returned, please include a stamped return envelope.) • A check Continue to celebrate our octogenarian mile stone f...…
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…the exchange community bulletin board | professional services For information regarding advertising please call 248-351-5116 or 248-234-9057 or email salessupport@ thejewishnews.comDeadline for ad insertion is 9 a.m. on Friday prior to publication. 72 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 thejewishnews.com/newsletter Weekly Headlines Delivered to Your Inbox. Junk-B-Gone We Haul It All! Still the Lowest Prices in Town! SAME DAY SERVICE! Proudly Servi...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 73 PAUL ALEKMAN, 79, of Southfield, died Sept. 29, 2022. He is survived by his daughters and sons- in-law, Fawn and Adam Chayet, and Hayley and Mark Snyder; sons and daughters-in-law, Jeffrey and Joy Alekman, and David and Marni Alekman; grandchildren, Matthew and Abby Chayet, Mitchell, Dean, Sadie and Isabella Alekman, and Leila and Sophia Snyder. Interment was at Beth El Me...…
…OBITUARIES 74 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 Rhoda Goldman, and her companion, Jerry Nix. He was the dear brother of the late Donald Bigelman, and the devoted son of the late Leo and the late Celia Bigelman. Contributions may be made to Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, 230 E. Ohio Street, Suite 304, Chicago, IL 60611-3201, pulmonaryfibrosis.org/ ways-to-give/donate-now; JDRF, 11 S. Lasalle St., Suite 1800, Chicago, IL 60603, jdrf.org; or J...…
…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 75 and Iris Bresler; many loving nephews and cousins; and her loving caregivers, Mila, Lina, Joanne and Marla. Mrs. Freed was the beloved wife of the late Jack Freed; the loving sister of the late Louise Bresler; the devoted daughter of the late Rose and the late Raymond Bresler. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Temple Israel, the David & Stacy Gordon Family Do Good Fu...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 76 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 funeral service was held at Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Interment took place at Oakview Cemetery in Royal Oak. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. HARVEY LEON KATZ, 82, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 4, 2022. He is survived by his sisters and brothers-in-law, Anita and Robert H. Naftaly, and Janice Owen Alexander and Dr. Neil Alexander; nephews and nieces, Dr. Bruce Millman,...…
…OCTOBER 13 • 2022 | 77 OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $125 for up to 100 words; $1 per word thereafter. 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 call Sy Manello, editorial assistant, at (248) 351-5147 or email him at smane...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 78 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 A Joyful Holiday S imchat Torah is Oct. 18. This is the day to celebrate the completion of the annual Torah-reading cycle. It is a joyful holiday that, along with other tradi- tions, includes a dance, or a hakafot, around the sanctuary of a temple or synagogue, or perhaps, a parade with the Tor...…
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…$200 Oct. 6-12, 2022 / 11-17 Tishrei 5783 JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT thejewishnews.com Etrog Art Transforming ancient, biblical fruit into custom tallit clips and pendants for Sukkot. See page 30 …
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…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 13 Putting Dollars to Work Meet Ida Benson, American Friends of Bar-Ilan University’s new Midwest regional director. 14 Climate Leadership Coalition 20 major Jewish organizations join new coalition addressing climate change. 16 Antisemitic Incident Near U-M Campus Students wake up to antisemitic fliers. 17 Greater ...…
…4 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 H adassah is The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold, of which I am proudly a Life Member. As stated on the Hadassah website: “Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, was founded before Israel was a state and before women could vote. “We didn’t sit on the side- lines then. And we certainly don’t now. Today, we’re 300,000 strong, across the country ...…
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…6 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 1942 - 2022 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Det...…
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…8 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 opinion Ukraine’s Jews Still Need Our Help W hen I traveled to Poland shortly after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, I met a young mother who, with her baby, fled Kyiv without her hus- band. More than baby food and a roof over her head, she needed a support system and community to navigate all that would come next. With the outpouring of assistance from individuals and our partner insti- tutions...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 9 An elderly Jew in Lviv, Ukraine, examines the contents of a food package delivered by a JDC aid worker. folks now facing poverty. Those who were poor before the crisis are in even worse shape. With prices for food and medicine increasing more than 20% in the last year, pensioners like Boris living on $3-$4 a day have seen scarce resources stretched even further. Add to this the wide- spread reality of post-tra...…
…10 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 essay Israel’s Fifth Election in Four Years ... Why? N ew elections are called for in Israel for Nov. 1. After a record five national elections in four years, let’s delve into how the Israeli electoral system (over) works. The system of governance in Israel is a parliamentary democracy, where the prime minister is the head of a multi- party government. The Knesset (parliament) is Israel’s house of represent...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 11 Sapphie Sponsors Hadas and Dennis Bernard Faye and Paul Blatt CKC Agency Carol Craine Julie and Peter Cummings Edw. C. Levy Co. Emily and Josh Eichenhorn Gallagher Linda Hayman Henry Ford Health Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss (joining Taft effective 12.31.22) Bea and Paul Schwarzbaum Ruby Sponsors Michael Bernstein Jane Brumer-Cullen Mark Burnstein Butzel Long Cassi Cohen Dickenson Wright Suzy and Burton D. Farbman Fr...…
…12 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 poem Our New Tower Of Babel? By Jeremy Friedman A vertical construct making a line upward to the sky — the Tower of Babel — it was meant to unite all humanity But before completion the plan was struck down from above as different languages emerged causing people to scatter — disunity ensued due to barriers to communication among diverse nations That is the Torah story of the Tower of Babel Fast forward...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 13 W hen Ida Benson attended college at Michigan State University in the 1980s, working in a nonprofit field was virtually unheard of. In fact, it wasn’t even available as an option for a major. Now, nonprofit management is readily available as a major. Yet 40 years ago, college graduates chose to work on “special events” instead, which were today’s equivalent of fundraising for a nonprofit. They often took on dif...…
…14 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 A new international ini- tiative amongst Jewish community leaders is addressing climate change. As the first-of-its-kind mobi- lization, 20 major Jewish orga- nizations have joined forces as the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition, which will face the urgency of climate change head on. Together, they’ve signed the Coalition Founding Statement, which publicly shares a joint consensus that climate action is ne...…
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…16 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 Over the last five years, Hazon Detroit has already part- nered with more than 40 Jewish organizations on sustainability programs. It’s a foundation, Weitzer says, the organization can continue to build from in this new effort. The coalition also plans to put heavy focus on engaging teens and younger adults, who are the future of the community (and addressing the climate cri- sis for generations to come). “We’...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 17 F armington Hills-based nonprofit organization KickstART Farmington announces the film lineup and schedule for the 2022 Greater Farmington Film Festival. The Greater Farmington Film Festival takes place Oct. 6-9, at the Riviera Cinema, Farmington Community Library and the Zekelman Holocaust Center, with a selection of recently released feature films and docu- mentaries that engage the heart and mind, explor...…
…A lpena’s Temple Beth-El is Michigan’s only synagogue east of I-75 from Bay City to Sault Ste. Marie. “We are an oasis of Judaism along Lake Huron, ” said Ken Diamond, who’s been president of the congregation for almost three years. Temple Beth-El’s rich history dates to the late 19th century when Julius Myers, a merchant who was among the first Jewish residents of Alpena, settled in the area sometime before 1867. Myers would serve as...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 19 synagogue remains largely as it was when first established. In the past few years, the leadership of Temple Beth-El has undertaken a restoration initiative. The synagogue is alive and thriving on Michigan’s beautiful coastline thanks to sweat equity and community donations. The temple is not affiliated but identifies between Reform and Conservative, holding mixed services for both denominations. The temple d...…
…20 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 D avid and Donna Abraham and their son Mark were nominated as volunteers of the week by the Windsor Jewish Federation for their years of passionate and active dedication to the Jewish community. David is a past president, past funeral director and a current member of the board of directors of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Windsor, Ontario. He also sits on the board of directors of the Windsor Jewish Commu...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 21 OUR COMMUNITY T he Zionist Organization of America- Michigan Region will be acknowledging distinguished community members at this year’s ZOA annual celebration on Nov. 13. The Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award will be presented to Dr. Barry Tigay, longtime passionate Zionist. ZOA- Michigan Region will also recognize Eric Y. Lutz for his dedicated commitment to the Jewish community and to ZOA’s imp...…
…22 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 T he High Holidays bring the reflection and assessment of our lives. Starting the Fall Lifelong Learning program, Congregation Shir Tikvah welcomed author Ellen Blum Barish. Blum Barish is the award-winning author of Seven Springs, an essay collection, and Views from the Home Office Window, a memoir. Blum Barish a teaches writing workshops and coaches authors in their writing. She continues to write and edit...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 23 Silverman and participants whipped up holiday favorites and new taste sensations. Two Sundays in October are flipped and offered as evenings of multi- generational programming. A beautiful Sukkot Service and Pizza in the Hut dinner will take place on Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m. and a lively Simchat Torah-Fest celebration, featuring the Klezmer band Klezundheit, will bring in the holiday at 5 p.m. on Oct. 16. Mahj-O-Rama ...…
…24 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 G rowing up in the Oak Park area, Aliza Bracha Klein was surrounded by a thriving Jewish communi- ty. “I loved growing up in Oak Park, ” the Jewish social worker recalls. “The community was very close-knit, and everyone was warm and friendly. ” To this day, Klein, 36, of Oak Park, where she continues to live, keeps in touch with many of her classmates. That’s because from an early age, she strengthened her ...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 25 her field placement at New Oakland Child Adolescent Services and the John D. Dingell VA Hospital. After graduation, Klein worked for ALS of Michigan as a patient services coordinator and St. John Providence-Ascension Eastwood Clinics as an outpa- tient therapist. “I worked with various mental health disorders, pro- viding therapy and substance abuse treatment to patients who were on federal pretri- al, probati...…
…26 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 faces&places A fantastic Shabbat morning was had by families at Temple Israel’s second annual Challah Roll event, supported by the Dr. Joel Forman Family Fund. On a perfectly overcast summer day in August, guests departed from Temple Israel bright and early on a family- friendly bike ride along the West Bloomfield Trail. Following their cruise, bikers returned to Temple where more families joined in and to...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 27 Detroit Homecoming attendees and representatives of the Detroit Jewish community gathered on Thursday, Sept. 18, for the ninth annual Detroit Jewish Expat Reception. Hosted by Adam Finkel and Rabbi Yisrael Pinson of ChabaD at the recently remodeled BasBlue, this year’s event honored Danny Fenster, currently attending a prestigious journalism fellowship at Harvard University, as the 2022 Detroit Jewish Expat...…
…28 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 T he Greenberg Division is the top tier in the Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League. This is where the best teams play. The ones with the most talent. Until this season, teams from Temple Israel dominated the division, winning all five division playoff championships. For the first time, a team not named Temple Israel won the division playoff title. It was Temple Beth El No. 1, a new team. Seve...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 29 mornings. “It was great walking away as the Koufax Division champion,” he said. Also on the Temple Israel No. 1 team were Brandon Achtman, Ryan Columbus, Eric Horwitz, Dennis Horwitz, Corey Slutsky, Loren Blumberg, Evan Fisher, Chris Harb, Zach Cohen, Darryl Leff, Adam Eisenberg, Matt Friedman, Jared Kohlenberg, Adam Weiner and Tobey Berger. Beth Ahm was the regular- season and playoff champion in the four-t...…
…30 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 SUKKOT P inecones and walnut shells have long been used to craft natural pendants. Yet this ancient trend of transforming items from the Earth into beautiful, wearable jewelry and accessories is getting a brand- new look — and a Jewish twist from a local family. Father and son duo Eric and Mordechai Kornbleuth of Oak Park are repurposing etrogs, or Israeli yellow citrus fruits used during the week- long ho...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 31 NO TWO ETROGS ARE THE SAME Eric says each etrog is naturally different from the others. “When you cut them, each cut is its own shape,” he says. The end result is an ancient-looking “stone” made entirely from the etrog fruit, which Moredchai explains takes on a hardened appearance after it goes through a natural petrification process. Yet even the natural petrification process is unusual. “Etrogs never fa...…
…32 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 into a second bedroom, eventually needing to take over the basement space as a full-fledged etrog-making workshop. Finding a process that worked didn’t come without challenges, however. After spending more than 100 hours on a batch of etrogs, for example, the Kornbleuths realized that the fruits had developed mold. “It was very upsetting to see, and we had to learn why this batch was different than the bat...…
…JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT For those without computer access, please mail the following to 32255 NORTHWESTERN HWY, SUITE 205 FARMINGTON HILLS, MI 48334: • Who is Turning 80? [first/last] • What Day is their Birthday? • Personalized Message and Signature • A picture of the birthday person (if you would like the picture returned, please include a stamped return envelope.) • A check Continue to celebrate our octogenarian mile stone f...…
…34 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 S ukkot Sounds returns this October with a full festival lineup. Held at Jam Handy in Detroit on Oct. 16 from 3:30-9 p.m., Sukkot Sounds Festival, which began as a grassroots initiative in 2021 to pair local musical artists and educators with the Jewish community, is back in a bigger, more expanded format to celebrate the final day of Sukkot. The day-long festival will feature live musical performances, food ...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 35 of your musical taste, there will be something for you.” A NEW LOOK AND EXPERIENCE Meyerson calls Jam Handy the perfect venue, thanks to its refurbished warehouse vibe. It will include a central stage area where musical acts can rotate performances throughout the night. It’s a major leap from last year’s Sukkot Sounds experience, which took form as a spread-out series of events that included live backyard conce...…
…36 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 T he Chabad Jewish Center of Troy is holding an event for Sukkot this year that will see teens expressing themselves with graffiti in a sukkah. The event is the kickoff of the Chabad Jewish Teen Club, which formed after the Chabad Jewish Center of Troy received a grant from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s Stephen H. Schulman Millennium Fund for Jewish Youth to create a Jewish teen community ...…
…OCTOBER 6 • 2022 | 37 E very year in the days before Sukkot, Jews make an effort to obtain a nice etrog (Citrus medica), to fulfill the mitzvah of taking “the fruit of the beautiful tree” or “the beautiful fruit of the tree” along with a palm branch, and branches of myrtle and willow (Leviticus 23:40). Jews everywhere want the etrog, but the citron tree does not grow everywhere. “Etrogim now grow wher- ever other citrus trees gr...…
…38 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 transferred them to individual pots, gave them water and light, and waited. Some time later, I had a couple of dozen seedlings, and I gave many of them to friends,” he said. “Three of them grew pretty large, so I transferred them to bigger pots and kept them inside in winter and outside in summer. We used drip irrigation for our garden so watering the etrog plants was automatic and, thanks to the sun and th...…
