… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 37 NOT T I N G H I L L o f W E S T B L O O M F I E L D AQUATICS THERAPY POOL Notting Hill of West Bloomfield is focused on short-term in-patient rehabilitation, with the goal of transitioning back home. We are happy to announce the opening of our Aquatics Therapy pool. Aquatic Therapy uses water’s naturally therapeutic properties of buoyancy, resistance and warmth to enhance the therapy experience. Since not all...…
…38 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 Moments JULY 12, 2019 Jaimie and Jeremy Lerner of Southfield joyfully announce the birth of their daughter, Ella Shayna. Proud big brother is Ori Zvi. Thrilled grandparents are Gayle and Barton Lowen of Farmington Hills, and Lisa and Nelson Lerner of Scottsdale, Ariz. Ella is named in loving memory of her cherished great-grandmother Eleanor “Jeannie” Lerner and aunt Sandra Ellenstein. Sophie Madeline Frank wi...…
…Moments NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 39 S andy and Michael Robbins of Farmington Hills are thrilled to announce the engagement of their daughter Lauren Michelle to Andrew Brott Bronstein, son of Jody Brott and Phil Bronstein of Chicago, Ill. Lauren is the granddaugh- ter of Marge Robbins, the late Jerry Robbins, the late Sheila Forman and the late Leon Forman. Andrew is the grandson of Roz and Sam Brott, and the late Betty Bronstein an...…
…40 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 MDA workers at the blood bank in Ramat Gan COURTESY OF FRIENDS OF MDA The new underground blood bank construction site Banking on the Future Magen David Adom continues work on underground blood bank. JACKIE HEADAPOHL ASSOCIATE EDITOR M agen David Adom (MDA) is a non-governmental organization established by the Knesset in 1950 and responsible for providing emergency medical services and educating and tra...…
… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 41 Spirit torah portion N ow God said to Avram: ‘ Go out from your country, from your family and from your father’ s house, and go to a land that I will show you.’ ” Genesis 12:1 Avram. Go! Lech! One word, two letters is all that it takes to get your journey started. For some, it may seem sudden that at such an advanced age you are willing to leave your comfortable surroundings, your friends and family ...…
…42 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 JONATHAN MARK NEW YORK JEWISH WEEK | AND STACY GITTLEMAN JN CONTRIBUTING WRITER A s Churchill would later say, it was not the beginning of the end, but it was the end of the beginning. The first five years of Hitler were horrific enough, yet, in 1938, the screw turned all the tighter. Germany’ s 1938 annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland almost dou- bled the Jews under the Nazi flag, to more than 400,000. B...…
… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 43 continued on page 44 advocates for the children would assume all costs and responsibility, and the chil- dren would each have enough money for a return ticket to Germany; after all, this would be a temporary solution, if that. The children were expected to go back where they came from. (In the United States, a Senate bill to accept 20,000 Jewish children failed in 1939 and 1940, with wartime European countries...…
…continued from page 43 44 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 May God watch over you on this journey as well. Your Father: Asher Berlinger.” Roselind was 11. “That was the last mem- ory I had with my parents; my mother pressing this book into my hands as I boarded the train,” she said. Her parents’ attempts to leave Germany were not successful and they were among the last Jews from Schweinfurt to be deport- ed to the Theresienstadt concentration ca...…
… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 45 ELLEN KAHN’ S STORY Ellen Herz Kahn of Franklin and her sister Margaret were born in Krefeld, Germany; later their family moved to Berlin. Their father, Walter, imported fine fabrics. The girls went to syna- gogue with their mother, Erna, on Saturdays. Both blonde, they were once stopped by a newspa- per photographer who wanted to snap their picture as an example of “beautiful Aryan children. ” After Kristalln...…
…A ugust Wilson’ s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Jitney, which won a Tony Award in 2017 for Best Revival of a Play, can be seen at the Music Hall in Detroit Nov. 12-16 in a partnership between Broadway in Detroit and Detroit Public Theatre. Set in the late 1970s in Pittsburgh (where Wilson grew up), it’ s the story of African American men trying to make a living by driving a jitney, an unlicensed cab. They provide this gypsy cab s...…
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…48 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 SHOWBIZ NOTES The original Amazon Prime series Modern Love is now streaming. The eight-episode series is “inspired by” true love stories originally published in the New York Times column by the same name. Julia Garner, 25, stars in episode 5. Directed by actress Emmy Rossum, 33, the episode is about a “sort of” May-December romance. Garner won a 2019 Emmy for best supporting actress in a TV drama (Ozark). ...…
…On The Go people | places | events NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 49 continued on page 50 FRIDAY, NOV. 8 BIM BOM BABY ART 10-11 am, Nov. 8. At Temple Shir Shalom. For babies through 4 years old with a special adult. Moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents and nannies can celebrate Shabbat: braid challah with the rabbis, sing songs with the cantor and make new friends. Free. SATURDAY, NOV. 9 SOULFUL YOGA 10 am, Nov. 9. Join Rabbi ...…
…On The Go people | places | events 50 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 continued from page 49 NOV. 12 TUESDAY, NOV. 12 RUMMAGE SALE 9 am-4 pm, Nov. 12. Hadassah Greater Detroit 2019 annual rummage sale at 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. For info: 248-683-5030 or email greaterdetroit@hadassah.org. Additional sale dates and times: Nov. 14, 9 am-7 pm; Nov. 15, 9 am-2 pm; Nov. 17 9 am-1 pm is Bag Day: fill a provided bag for ...…
… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 51 Pay and register at ncjwmi.org or call 248-355-3300, ext. 0. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13 DROP IN & LEARN 1 pm, Nov. 13. “The Jewish People in the Family of Nations.” Beth Ahm invites lifelong learn- ers to watch and discuss a video lecture by Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, presented as part of the Shalom Hartman Institute’ s 2019 Community Leadership Summer Retreat, the theme of which was “Between Loyalty and Imagin...…
…52 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 I f you’ ve lived in Metro Detroit as long as I have, you’ re probably a fan of Middle Eastern cuisine. Whether this is because of your Israeli family who lives in town, your favorite local restaurant or a taste for for- eign fare, you need to take your taste buds on a journey to La Marsa. While the West Bloomfield location of this local eatery has been my family’ s go-to takeout place for years now, I w...…
… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 53 B etty Shuell is as warm and approachable as the food made from scratch at her restaurant. Culantro, the Peruvian eatery, is in a Ferndale storefront north of Nine Mile Road. Spanish for cilantro, “it’ s a spice that gives a fresh sensation, ” Shuell said. Lively Latin music adds to the ambience Shuell intended when she opened her doors in May 2018. She and a friend painted two Inca-inspired murals ...…
…54 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 Nosh eats | drinks | sweets Cocktail Camp Detroit Cocktail Camp is back for the fall with a curated series of themed mixology classes brought to you in partnership with some of Metro Detroit’ s best bars and brands. Detroiters can learn how to create craft cocktails at home and have fun doing so. The enterprise is run by Detroiter Staci Lichterman, who just moved back to Metro Detroit after having lived i...…
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… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 57 Soul of blessed memory MYRNA BRADLEY, 79, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 24, 2019. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Scott and Diana Bradley, and Dr. David and Debra Bradley; daughter, Sheri Bradley; grandchildren, Rachael, Hannah, Isabel, Dylan and Brendan Bradley. Mrs. Bradley was the beloved wife for 54 years of the late Joseph Bradley; the loving sister of the late Elaine Weintrau...…
…Soul of blessed memory 58 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 in-law, Yale and Elisa Falick; numerous nieces and nephews. Services were at Hartman-Jones Funeral Home of McComb. Dr. David Millican officiated; interment was at Hollywood Cemetery in McComb, Miss. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. MILDRED “MILLI” FOX, 92, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 29, 2019. She is survived by her daughter, Cheryl Fox; many other ...…
… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 59 Soul of blessed memory JOEL KRAUS, 65, of Beachwood, Ohio, formerly of Michigan, died Oct. 27, 2019. He is survived by his sisters and brothers-in-law, Myra and Richard Stone of Solon, Ohio, Sandra and Hyman Spekman of Plymouth, Mass., Harriet Gersten of West Bloomfield; many loving nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Mr. Kraus was the loving son of the late Seymour and the late Rosalyn Kra...…
…60 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 Soul of blessed memory Michigan Humane Society, Development Dept., 30300 Telegraph Road Suite 220, Bingham Farms, MI 48025- 4507, michiganhumane.org/ tributes. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. continued from page 59 OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $100 for up to 150 words; $200 for 151-300 words, etc. A photo counts as 15 words. There is no charge for a Holocaust survivor icon. T...…
… NOVEMBER 7 • 2019 | 61 the best of everything Raskin T hey had known each other for almost 20 years, when one moved to Michigan to open a presti- gious restaurant and the other had one of this region’ s finest Italian dining eateries … They became close friends, raising their children at the same time … and, for about 10 years, talked about possibly doing a restaurant jointly. When the former Café Via closed and became avail...…
…From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org An Honored Governor M ichigan’ s longest serving gov- ernor (1969-1983), William Milliken, passed away on Oct. 18, 2019. He was 97. Because there are now term limits for Michigan governors, it is unlikely that his record will ever be surpassed. Beyond longevity in office, which is a pretty fine feat of popularity, Milliken represe...…
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