…18 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 ister early because space will likely be limited. Fees paid for last summer can be rolled over to 2021. Several camps tried to make up for canceling their sessions last year by imple- menting virtual programs. Roeper Schools in Bloomfield Hills normally serves 400 children, ages 3-12, in its day camp and another 100, ages 4-14, in a theater camp. Last summer, they ran one-hour online programs offered in f...…
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…26 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 MOMENTS BIRTHS MAZEL TOV! OCT. 5, 2020 Megan and Matt Swain of Washington, D.C., are over- joyed to announce the birth of their first daughter, Stella Radin (Zahava Yael Aviv). Big brother Oliver was thrilled to welcome her home. Ecstatic grandpar- ents are Elyse and Richard Jacobs of Bloomfield Hills and Lisa Swain and Fred Swirka of Peabody, Mass. Excited great-grand-bubbie is Arlene Rosen of Revere, Mass...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 27 W hen we have conversations about climate change, it often feels like doom and gloom. Scary facts, worst-case scenarios and ticking clocks. Even our language: “fighting” climate change places us in an adversarial relationship. But it doesn’t need to be this way. In this week’s portion, Jacob wrestles an adver- sary. We don’t get many details of the match, but com- mentators typically see this man as a ho...…
…28 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 Arab nations are lining up to normalize relations with Israel. Here’s what awaits the Jewish state down the road. DANA D. REGEV CONTRIBUTING WRITER ERETZ ON THE COVER What’s Next for Israel after the Abraham Accords? T his fall, the Abraham Accords broke years of Arab consensus that there should be no relations with Israel until it makes peace with the Palestinians. Brokered by outgoing President Donald...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 29 Jewish Bahraini politician Nancy Khedouri, second from left, and other Bahraini officials meet with foreign representatives, including U.S. Ambassador Justin Siberell, far left. Southfield-based Yeshiva Beth Yehudah day school, Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE’s ambassador to the U.S., said that, soon, “students in your school are going to be able to go talk to Israelis and Emiratis either in Israel or the UAE. ” T...…
…30 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has become persona non grata among Americans — who were already critical of Saudi Arabia due to its notorious human rights record. Congress imposed a ban on arms sales to the kingdom in light of Khashoggi’s assassination — a decision later circumvented by Trump. POLITICAL CONCERNS Additionally, both bin Zayed and Netanyahu were trying to hand Trump one final achieve- ment ah...…
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…32 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 with Israel, it would jeopardize its security interests and leave itself exposed to the Iranian threat. The normalization deals deliv- er a message all-too-familiar to Palestinians: You’re on your own. At present, it doesn’t seem like Israeli-Palestinian nego- tiations will resume, Yaari predicts, “due to both Israeli and Palestinian leadership.” It is not inconceivable, how- ever, that “when Abu Mazen [Palest...…
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…34 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 S hiri Maimon, applauded as both the “Beyoncé of Israel” and a Broadway star, is this year’s guest enter- tainer appearing in the Laker Concert. A digital program because of the worldwide pandemic, the concert will feature her live vocals joined by a key- board accompanist. It runs 4-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, and is hosted by Temple Israel. “Performing for Jewish communities around the world is always an hon...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 35 Helicon Records, a licensee of Universal and EMI Records. While she was a presenter on a daily TV show, her second sin- gle, “Time to Say Goodbye, ” was chosen to represent Israel in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. Her namesake first album launched her first concert tour. Credits since then include roles in a musical version of the movie HaLehaka (The Band) and in the Habima National Theatre produc- tion of ...…
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…38 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY DR. JERRY ARONOFF, 79, of Walled Lake, died Nov. 20, 2020. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Alicia Karen Aronoff; daughters and sons-in-law, Mardi and Darin Edelheit, Randi and Joel Freeman, Cari and Craig Stoller, and Dani and Don Klacking; son and daughter-in-law, Craig and Lauren Aronoff; grandchildren, Luke, Justin and Reed Edelheit, Rikki and Jessi Aronoff, Rayna...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 39 continued on page 41 family during the Holocaust. Leo was liberated on May 6, 1945, by the U.S. Army from the Ebensee concentration camp in Austria. After reuniting with his one surviving brother, he immigrated to the United States in December 1949. Leo married his American- born wife, Arlene Spear, in May 1953. He founded Imperial Draperies, a custom window treatment business in Metropolitan Detroit. He w...…
…40 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY An Independent ‘Voice of Justice’ STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER L eading with a streak of indepen- dence and justice for all people, former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Charles L. Levin died peacefully, surrounded by his fam- ily on Nov. 19, 2020, in his Detroit home at age 94. At a private graveside funeral on Nov. 20, Rabbi Joseph Krakoff said that Justice Levin was blessed...…
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…44 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY continued from page 43 Scharff III, Mark Warshaw, and Derek (Eileen) Warshaw; her grandchildren, Courtney (Shawn) Silverman, C. Robert (Jessica) Scharff lV , Dallas Warshaw, Sam Warshaw; her great grandson, Charlie Silverman. She adored all her nieces and nephews, whom she loved beyond measure. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Charles Warshaw; her parents, Lafa...…
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…46 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 R abbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks of Aldgate, died Nov. 7, 2020, at age 72. Sacks was chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, 1990-2013, the tenth rabbi to hold that position. He was also a lord of the realm, knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2009. The passing of Rabbi Sacks was noteworthy. Condolences were offered by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. News medi...…
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… DECEMBER 26 • 2019 | 3 contents Views 5-10 Jews in the D Inside Israel 12 JDC Entwine and The Well offer local group a deeper look at Israel. Tax-Smart Charitable Giving 17 Michigan Hillel and Telemus team up for educational webinar. ‘ Know Yourself’ 18 Prepare U gives Hillel Day School students tools for maintaining mental health. Love, Laughter & Latkes 22 Kids cook up a storm at Young Israel of Oak Park. Faces & Places 24 ...…
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… DECEMBER 26 • 2019 | 5 letters ‘ Jewish Radio Hour’ This fan of radio loved your articles about Dovid Nissan Roetter’ s King David Network and Mike Smiths “Jewish Radio in Detroit History. ” The evolution of broadcast media is fascinating. I was a bit mystified that Smith did not mention Rabbi Herschel Finman’ s “Jewish Radio Hour, ” running here for 24 years, now also available in podcast format. I think your readers should k...…
…6 | DECEMBER 26 • 2019 commentary Trump’s Anti-Semitism Order Views D emographers have spent a great deal of time in recent decades trying to learn more about the changing demographics of American Jewry. But whatev- er else he has accomplished, President Donald Trump has, albe- it unwittingly, gone above and beyond those efforts. In sign- ing an executive order extending protections to Jewish students against anti-Se- mitic h...…
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…10 | DECEMBER 26 • 2019 Views their family’ s mixed heritage. Perhaps Mr. Finkelman was only speaking to the 7 percent of homes where there are two Jewish spous- es that choose to put up a Christmas tree. While I cannot say why these homes choose to put up a tree, many of them also may have a mixed heritage and chose to put up trees to honor a non-Jewish parent or grandparent. In 2019, identities can be very complex, and the C...…
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…Jews in the D continued from page 12 continued on page 16 14 | DECEMBER 26 • 2019 but had little knowledge of its mission and impact. We first heard from Eliot Goldstein, JDC’ s executive director of resource develop- ment. He collaborates with local Jewish Federations, donors and businesses to help JDC meet its financial goals. Shachar followed with a crash- course on JDC, saying the orga- nization’ s mission in Israel is to help...…
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…ALLISON JACOBS continued from page 14 16 | DECEMBER 26 • 2019 JDC’ s “Friends for Healthy Living” program geared toward people with disabil- ities. It felt great to break a sweat as we learned how to play Goalball, a game for those with visual impair- ments (and yes, we were blindfolded)! We then ended the day with a fun competition with the Hapoel Be’ er Sheva Unified Soccer Team. The team is all-inclusive, allow- ing men with a...…
… DECEMBER 26 • 2019 | 17 Tax-Smart Charitable Giving Michigan Hillel and Telemus team up for educational webinar. T here’ s a reason they call this the “giving season. ” According to the experts, more than 30 percent of all charitable giving takes place during the month of December with 10 percent happening in the last three days of the year. With that in mind, Michigan Hillel, the largest Jewish student organization at the Uni...…
…18 | DECEMBER 26 • 2019 ‘Know Yourself ’ Prepare U gives Hillel Day School students tools to maintain mental health. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER O n a recent chilly Tuesday morn- ing, eighth graders at Hillel Community Day School sat in a circle, journals in hand and pondered a text from Rabbi Abraham Kook (1865- 1935): “But know the reality in which you live. Know yourself and your world. Know the thoughts of your heart, a...…
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