…NOVEMBER 14 • 2024 | 69 Around half of job applicants are now using artificial intelligence (AI) to help them search for employment according to Forbes and Money, so job seekers not using such tools may be hampering their chances of landing that perfect job. Gesher Human Services career and computer experts, seeing a need for learning the basics of AI for job searching in the Metro Detroit community, are offering a series of 1.5-...…
…NOVEMBER 14 • 2024 | 7 J N These attacks on individuals and communities, coupled with an increasingly hostile environment on social media and college campuses, are creating a new reality for Jewish Americans. Today, Jewish students face not just isolation but also open hostility on campuses where antise- mitic slogans and imagery have become commonplace. The once- occasional antisemitic comment or act has grown into a dark cloud ov...…
…70 | NOVEMBER 14 • 2024 J N I t was Halloween two weeks ago, as it is every Oct. 31. It is a largely nonreligious holiday, but as most children will tell you — it’s the trick- or-treating that matters most. In other words, it’s all about the candy! This made me think about what I might find in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History about Jews and candy. Can you guess which popular candies are Jewish-invented? Con...…
…JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT Nominations for The Detroit Jewish News’ annual 36 under 36 are now open to recognize doers, activists, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, community organizers and other young Jewish professionals reshaping and broadening Metro Detroit’s Jewish community. Do you know someone making an impact in the community for this special honor? 36 UNDER 36 Nominations Now Open! A special group of volunteer judges will be rev...…
…Make sure your favorites get the spotlight they deserve. The ‘Best Of’ Jewish Detroit is here! 25 categories—from delis to day camps—are waiting for YOUR vote! After weeks of nominations, the finalists have been chosen, and now it s time for you to have your say. Voting is simple, but time is limited so cast your vote today! Share the link, spread the word, and help us celebrate the places that help make our community what it is. Make s...…
…8 | NOVEMBER 14 • 2024 J N DETAILS The Nova Musical Festival Exhibition will be hosted at The J-Detroit, 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, from Nov. 17-24, 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. The exhibit content is appropriate for visitors ages 16+. The exhibit is free. To register, visit jlive. app/organizations/602. For more information, contact nova@jewishdetroit.org. OUR COMMUNITY ON THE COVER Music Stood Still The Moment A compelling mem...…
…NOVEMBER 14 • 2024 | 9 housands of music and arts fans gathered to celebrate life and music in Re’im Israel at the Nova Music Festival. At sunrise on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, 6:29 a.m., the peaceful music festival was brutally and abruptly disrupted as thousands of Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and murdered 1,200 innocent civil- ians and abducted more than 250 people. The dream of the Nova Festival did not die at the Oct. 7 m...…
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…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 11 After 25 years at Star Lincoln in Southfield and then Lincoln of Troy serving the Jewish community, I am now at Gene Butman Ford of Ypsilanti. My clients can expect the same level of service and attention to detail they have become accustomed to. Gene Butman Ford of Ypsilanti is family-owned and operated and has been proudly serving southeast Michigan since 1957. Why is Gene Butman Ford your Best Choice? Full-service...…
…T he 16th annual Trade Secrets event, a fund- raiser for Gesher Human Services’ many workforce initiatives for Metro Detroit women, such as the flagship Women to Work pro- gram and financial education and computer train- ing classes, will be held at the Detroit Marriott Troy on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. The event includes a reception, dinner and silent auction. It is hoped Trade Secrets 2024 will raise $275,000; more than $2 million d...…
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…G iven that Ann Arbor’s Main Event will take place two weeks after the Nov. 5 presidential election, the event promises to be an exciting and relevant discussion about the future of the country. “David Brooks brings a wealth of insight that will help us interpret the results and understand their broader implications for our nation’s future,” says Josh Pasek, professor of political science and communication studies at the University...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 15 Make sure your favorites get the spotlight they deserve. The ‘Best Of’ Jewish Detroit is here! 25 categories—from delis to day camps—are waiting for YOUR vote! After weeks of nominations, the finalists have been chosen, and now it’s time for you to have your say. Voting is simple, but time is limited so cast your vote today! Share the link, spread the word, and help us celebrate the places that help make our commu...…
…16 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N A fter 20 years of making yoga accessible for people with multiple sclerosis, Yoga Moves MS founder Mindy Eisenberg is gearing up to expand services to even more people in need. Now, the free accessible yoga pro- gram is in the midst of developing pro- gramming for people with Parkinson’s disease, strokes and other conditions that affect the nervous system. Through evidence-based yoga programming, Eisenberg...…
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…18 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N O n Sept. 22, 2022, Max McColl’s life changed forever. The 25-year- old Farmington Hills native was riding his dirt bike to the store and not wearing a helmet, which was reflective of his self-admitted “fast” lifestyle at the time. During that ride, he was the victim of a hit- and-run crash. McColl was in a coma for 10 days, and doctors weren’t sure if he was going to survive. The incident left him with a...…
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…20 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N A lmost 40 years ago, Al Lubel took a bus from a small town in Texas, where he was work- ing the comedy circuit, to Oklahoma City for a prime gig. Lubel was going to be the opening act for fellow Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld. And the rest, as they say, is comic history. “We played racquetball every day at the gym that week. I still remember that he was ahead six games to five against me,” said Lubel with...…
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…22 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N W hat does a meaningful life look like without children? It’s a question Jewish therapist Madison Marcus-Paddison found herself unexpectedly facing. After trying to conceive with her husband for five years, including several rounds of unsuccessful IVF (in vitro fertilization), the pair decided to stop their pursuit of building a family. It had taken a major toll on Marcus-Paddison and her husband. “We, li...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 23 “It’s a safe space to connect with others who truly get it,” she says. “People who’ve walked this same path. Sharing, listening and knowing you’re not alone can be so powerful.” Last is the workbook, which has served as Marcus-Paddison’s personal toolkit for navigating what she calls a “new reality.” The workbook includes exercises that provide ongoing support. OTHER PATHS TO FULFILLMENT Yet Making Meaning Af...…
…24 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N faces&places R ain was no deterrent for the hundreds of participants in the 2024 ADL Michigan Walk Against Hate. In addition to the program in Southfield, dedicated ADL community members also organized and led walks in Grand Rapids and Petoskey. “Michigan has always been a stronghold of diversity and inclusion, but recent statistics highlight very worrisome spikes of increased antisemitism,” said Caroly...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 25 J N F or the first time on this scale, the Metro Detroit area hosted a grand outdoor Simchas Beis Hashoeva concert, uniting the Jewish community to celebrate Sukkot with music, dance and joy. Families gathered for the festivities organized by Chabad Lubavitch of Michigan, enjoying arts and crafts, where children decorated flags to dance with, plus free cotton candy and tours of Sukkah Mobiles, and of Oak Par...…
…26 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N T he remarkable story of the Frankel Jewish Academy boys tennis team continues to be written every year. For the 11th time in the 13 years that Larry Stark has coached the team, the Jaguars made it to the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 4 state tournament this season. And they won a regional championship for the second time. They won their first regional title in 2022. This year’s Fran...…
…singles player the next two years and a team captain,” Larry Stark said. “He’s a leader.” Witt is typical of many Frankel boys tennis players. He didn’t start playing tennis competitively until he got to Frankel as a freshman (he attended Hillel Day School from grades 1-8 and played basketball there) and now has developed a love for tennis and the team. “That’s the great thing about our team,” Witt said. “Most of us weren’t tennis pla...…
…28 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N R achel Fine of Oak Park has been part of the Metro Detroit Jewish community for as long as she can remember. She grew up in Southfield and attended Temple Beth El until graduation, where she served as youth group president. One of Fine’s most formative Jewish experiences is her Tamarack Camps journey, starting as a camper when she was 8 years old. In 2006, she spent her first summer at Charles N. Agre...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 29 J N MAZEL TOV! Wyatt Ziggy Levin, son of Emily and Peter Levin, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. Wyatt is the brother of Parker and Mina, grandson of Martin and Marilyn Levin, and Sid and Ingrid Grossberg. He is an eighth-grader at Detroit Country Day in Beverly Hills. Zachary Finn Millman (Efrayim Yitzchak) of West Bloom...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 3 J N PURELY COMMENTARY 4-7 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 8 Finding Balance Parents grapple with kids’ secular and religious obligations. 12 Gesher’s Annual Trade Secrets Event This year’s honoree and keynote speaker will be Amy Nederlander. 14 Event to Discuss Election Results Politics expert David Brooks slated to share insights on election results at Ann Arbor Jewish Federa...…
…30 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 T he most influential man who ever lived does not appear on any list I have seen of the hundred most influential men who ever lived. He ruled no empire, commanded no army, engaged in no spectacular acts of heroism on the battlefield, performed no miracles, proclaimed no prophecy, led no vast throng of followers and had no disciples other than his own child. Yet today more than half of the billions of pe...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 31 Spinoza, Marx and Freud. Thorstein Veblen said in an essay on “The intellectual preeminence of Jews,” that the Jew becomes “a disturber of the intellectual peace … a wanderer in the intellectuals’ no-man’s-land, seeking another place to rest, farther along the road, somewhere over the horizon.” The second sees Jewish identity in terms of tzedek umishpat, a commitment to the just society. Albert Einstein spoke ...…
…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...…
…REFORM Temple Beth El Bloomfield Township (248) 851-1100 tbeonline.org 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...…
…34 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N ARTS&LIFE THEATER A s Stephen Sondheim once wrote in the musical Follies, “She’s a Broadway baby. Learning how to sing and dance. Waiting for that one big chance. To be in a show.” On Sept. 8 at Franklin Hills Country Club, Broadway star Julie Benko treated Cabaret 313 donors to a musical history of her career. A career that ultimately led to Benko being named by the New York Times as the 2022 Breako...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 35 UPCOMING CONCERTS Nov. 9, 2024: Matt Doyle at The Cube at the DSO, sponsored by Nancy Bechek Bluth and Lawrence Bluth Jan. 25, 2025: University of Michigan Musical Theatre Seniors at the Detroit Opera Black Box, sponsored by Marcie and Rob Orley March 22, 2025: Catherine Russell at The Cube at the DSO, sponsored by Gary L. Wasserman and Charles A. Kashner April 26, 202: Michael Maliakel and Sonya Balsara at The Cub...…
…M emories of family incidents and interests occupy the artistic space of Recollection, the exhibit scheduled through Dec. 11 at the Janice Charach Gallery in The J in West Bloomfield. Four of the artists are Peggy Stulberg, showing part of a family series around cars and home; Marci Bykat, spotlighting a message from her late mom; Judi Mindell, focusing on religious men sitting shivah for her brother-in-law; and Nancy Wanchik, calli...…
…and painted “Still Talking” about the need to remember the Holocaust. Married to a software architect and artist, Daniel Bykat, she is bringing art into the temple by securing a grant. Mindell of Franklin has an Orthodox-observant sister living in Israel and, when Mindell’s brother-in- law died, she painted a picture repre- senting the man’s brothers in prayer. “I used strictly watercolors,” said Mindell, who works in her Franklin hom...…
…38 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N L ike many kids growing up in the ’70s, Jewish director and producer Alan Bernstein was hooked on MAD magazine. The wildly popular magazine made a splash with its crude humor, cynicism and irreverence that transformed it into one of pop culture’s biggest phenomena of all time. Yet no matter how long he waited, Bernstein noticed no mainstream filmmaker was making a documentary on MAD magazine. Finally, ...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 39 J N to Gilbert Gottfried, “Weird Al” Yankovic and Bryan Cranston. He also launched a Kickstarter in 2013 that raised $50,000 for the film. This crucial funding helped push When We Went MAD! into new territories, including partnering with a production company, Chassy Media (co-founded by comedian Adam Carolla), to help finish the film. Bernstein initially assembled an impressive 40 hours of footage, which has ...…
…4 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N opinion No, We Shouldn’t Retire the Word ‘Zionism.’ We Should Take It Back. I n the face of campus attacks on “Zionists” and a global backlash against the very ideology of “Zionism,” there have been calls to retire the word Zionism. The latest came from Case Western Reserve University professors Alanna Cooper and Sharona Hoffman, who argue that because Israel’s enemies use the word to avoid saying “Isra...…
…40 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N ARTS&LIFE BOOKS A mir Tibon, an award- winning Israeli journalist, has documented the amaz- ing story of his family’s survival in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on Oct. 7. In his book The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival and Hope, Tibon recounts how his parents helped res- cue his family, driving from Tel Aviv, when they received a text from their son early on Oct. 7 after Hamas terrorists attacked the k...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 41 J N T his brisket recipe will be a star on your holiday table or any time of year. My good friend has a special brisket recipe that everyone who tastes it declares it as the best! I know everyone says their brisket is the best, but my friend Julie Unatin’s, who was given the recipe by our friend Heidi Rosenbaum, really is that good. It is full of carrots and potatoes and cranberry goodness. Try it for yourself ...…
…42 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N XMAS WITH SAWYER, OFFERINGS FROM OUR MEXICAN AND FRENCH ‘LANDSMEN’ Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point is a comedy/drama film that will have a limited premiere on Nov. 8 and will open wide on Nov. 15. The film focuses on a Christmas celebration, and rarely do I find something about a Christmas- time film to write about. But this film is a bit different. Here’s the film’s premise: On Christmas Eve, an Italia...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 43 J N VETERANS SHABBAT 9:30 AM, NOV. 9 (SAT.) At Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Feel free to parade in our sanctuary with your favorite veteran or do so with a photo of them in their memory. Enjoy a Shabbat lunch after the service. Keynote speaker: Brig. Gen. Scott Hiipakka. FUN FOR KIDS NOON-2 PM, NOV. 10 (SUN.) At Adat Shalom Synagogue, those in kindergarten to fifth grade will enjoy a fun afte...…
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…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 47 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY HENRY BALBES, 98, of Bloomfield Hills, died Oct. 26, 2024. He was the beloved husband of Peggy Balbes and the late Selma Balbes. He is survived by his chil- dren, Craig and Tina, Xorin and Truman, and Barry and Pamela; grandchildren, Jenny and Eric Sweiden, Amy and Roman Morrow, Jordan and Emily Balbes, Alan and Eric Dritz, and Jake and Ali Balbes; great-grandchildren, Blake, Mad...…
…48 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY D r. Harris Mainster dedi- cated his life to medical service both at home and across the world. He died Oct. 10, 2024, at the age of 87. Known for his extraordinary commitment to helping others, Harris spent 50 summers volun- teering his surgical skills in remote parts of the world — and never once sent a bill. He and his wife, Phoebe, shouldered the costs of each mission trip, d...…
