…Lena Epstein is running for Congress in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District. She is an independent political outsider who will bring bipartisan solutions to Washington DC and work across the aisle to find solutions to our country’s most pressing problems. Lena Epstein is staunchly pro-Israel and will work tirelessly to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship. Lena Epstein is committed to fixing healthcare in a way that ensures good qua...…
…jews in the d Dispatches from the Great War 100-year-old diary from Jewish GI sheds light on what it was like to be at the front. ALAN MUSKOVITZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER I never cease to be amazed by the incredible stories I’m fortu- nate to learn about and share in the Jewish News. This is one right up there in the incredible column because it’s a story that is 100 years old — and I have a handwritten jour- nal to back me up, courtesy of All...…
…A PROVEN LEADER Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher/Executive Editor Detroit Jewish News Please join us in reelecting 48th District Jessica Cooper Oakland County Prosecutor Chief Judge Diane D’Agostini Michael Bouchard Oakland County Sheriff Michael Patton Police Chief-West Bloomfi eld Scott McCanham Police Chief-Bloomfi eld Township Noel Clason Police Chief-Bloomfi eld Hills John Fitzgerald Police Chief-Keego Harbor Joe George Police Chief-Orc...…
…jews in the d continued from page 30 T HERE ’ S A B ETTER W AY T O T RAVEL . of innocence mixed with terror and written with an almost eerie sense of calm from a 24-year-old whose very life was on the line. Samuel’s journey during WWI last- ed approximately a year and half. There’s nearly a year’s worth of entries from 1918. Among other WWI artifacts from Samuel are a couple of post- cards (undated) from France. To his brothers and sisters,...…
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…PHOTOS BY RON STANG 1 jews in the d 2 No Place Like Home for Windsor Reunion RON STANG SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS 3 Windsor, Ontario T here really was no place like home for 325 people who traveled — some thou- sands of miles — to attend the first in memory Windsor Jewish Community Reunion Saturday, Oct. 20. Eight decades of people, from ages 19 to 93, attended to pay tribute to “Jewish life in our small but mighty hometown,” said eve...…
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…Lena Epsteinȅhas chosen a side. It's not ours. We grew up with Lena Epstein and have been shocked by the divergence between her extremist campaign for U.S. Congress and the Jewish values we were taught as young people raised in Detroit’s Jewish community. Lena has warmly embraced and exploited Donald Trump’s message of hate and xenophobia. In response to Trump’s cruel policies that tore children from their parents, Lena ran TV ads promising ...…
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…on your induction into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame! Super athlete. Super teammate. Super friend. Super family man. Super Car Wash Owner. Mazel Tov! Your super friends, Jason Brooks, Steve Gursten, Todd Kaluzny, Danny Rosenberg, Lyle Schaefer, Rick Sherline, and Steve Zeldes. Jewish National Fund COMMUNITY DESSERT RECEPTION FEATURING ETHAN ZOHN Inspirational Speaker and Winner of Survivor: Africa Wednesday, November 14, 2018...…
…jews in the d continued from page 40 Volunteers to be Honored Norma Dorman and Lawrence Lax will be recognized as Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s 2018 Distinguished Volunteers by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) on its National Philanthropy Day, Nov. 8, at a dinner held at The Henry in Dearborn. Dorman of West Bloomfield, a social worker, is a board member of JFNA Women’s Philanthropy and Detroit’s Women’s Phil...…
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…moments MAY 9, 2018 Ariana and Jay Mentzel of Beverly Hills are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Edison Faith. Sharing in their excitement are big sister Avy Joy; grandparents, Janis and Uri Segal of West Bloomfield, Anita and Alan Resnick of Farmington Hills; and great-grandmother, Dorothy Sonne of West Bloomfield, for whom Edison is named in Hebrew. Edison Faith is named for her paternal grandfather the late Edwin Mentzel, mat...…
…moments Southwest Detroit. Clark Park has the last outdoor ice rink in the city and is home to the only hockey programs left in the city of Detroit. Clark Park relies solely on donations and volunteers to run its programs. Rikki Ava Newman, surrounded by family and friends, will chant from the Torah as she becomes a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. She will be joined in cele- bration by her proud par...…
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…arts&life book fair Books! The JCC’s 2018 Book Fair Books! has something for everyone. Books! S arge, a biracial Jewish comedian who overcame addiction, tells how in Black Boychik. Joe Grimm, an editor and teacher whose love of soda pop led to the exploration of a business and the Jewish family that ran it in The Faygo Book. Mitch Albom, popular local sportswriter and philanthropist, returns to fiction with The Next Person You Meet in ...…
…arts&life book fair continued from page 53 SCAN THIS PAGE TO WATCH FAYGO VIDEO J oe Grimm enjoys lots of Faygo flavors, but Rock & Rye ranks as his favorite. Besides the taste, he enjoys the story behind it, one of many bubbly stories he has written into The Faygo Book (Wayne State University Press). “Rock & Rye started off as an alco- holic beverage, the first bottled cock- tail,” reveals Grimm, whose topic at this year’s Jewish Book Fair...…
…Sarge! CHANGE IN SCHEDULE The biracial Jewish comedian adds author to his resume. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER T he comedian known as Sarge takes to the stage playing piano in addition to telling jokes. His stage name isn’t one he picked; it’s a nickname he got in college. To this day, Steven Charles Pickman doesn’t know how he came to be called Sarge, but he doesn’t mind because that name, expressed good-naturedly, makes him feel...…
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…on the go CHINESE PEOPLE continued from page 59 EAT HERE NOV. 7 HILLEL OPEN HOUSE 9:15-11 am, Nov. 7. K-8 daytime open house. Tour learning communities; observe classes in action; meet teach- ers, parents and students; learn about the application process and tuition assistance. Contact Amy Schlussel with questions, aschlussel@hillelday.org. MONDAY, NOV. 5 MIDTOWN 4710 Cass Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48201 UPTOWN 6407 Orchard Lake Road (...…
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…soul of blessed memory NOREEN BOBKIN ABERLY, 82, of Birmingham, died Oct. 23, 2018. She is survived by her sons and daugh- ter-in-law, David and Rosemary Lewis, Scott Lewis; broth- er, Arnold Bobkin; sister, Rhonda Snaper; grandchildren, Marla, Jaymie, Blake and Devon; many other family members and friends. Mrs. Aberly was the beloved wife of the late Martin Lewis and the late Paul Aberly; the companion of the late Howard Geller. Interment t...…
…HOWARD EMMER, 82, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 23, 2018. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Rebecca Emmer; son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Tony and Julie Emmer; daughter and son-in-law, Erica and Dr. Matthew McManus; grandchildren, Jordan Emmer, Eriel Emmer, Noah Emmer, Ian McManus and Zoe McManus; sister and brother-in- law, Gloria and Ernest Solomon; sister-in-law, Beatrice Taines. Mr. Emmer was the dear broth- er-in-law of the late Geral...…
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…soul of blessed memory continued from page 71 GLORIA PORTNEY, 94, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 22, 2018. She is survived by her daughters and son-in- law, Marilynn Silberman, and Laurie and Robert Guenther; grandchildren, Scott (Laura) Silberman, Stacy Goodman, Megan (John) Male and Zachary Guenther; great-grandchildren, Allie, Jack, Ben, Annie, Eli, Hannah and Jami; brothers and sister-in-law, Al and Phyllis Glazer, and Barry Glazer; her ...…
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