… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 5-9 OUR COMMUNITY 10 Mitzvah Makers 11 Sheltering in One Place Multi-generational families move in together during the pandemic. 16 Unsolicited Proselytizing Local Jews are mailed unwanted book about Christianity. 17 Focus on Unity and Inclusion JCRC/AJC names diversity associate. 18 Taking Time to Enjoy Family After 16 years, Rabbi Rachel Shere leaves Adat S...…
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…6 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 4:30 A.M. THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 2021 W aking up at 4:30 this morning was standard procedure for me. It was an expected daily awakening usually reserved for a quick bathroom run and then back to sleep. It was exactly like the bathroom run I had at 2:30 this morning. (At 66 years old you chart these things.) But on this morning my iPhone had more than the time illuminated on the screen — there was an email...…
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…8 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 I solation. Fear. Grief. It is an unfortunate truth that Jewish history gives us a deep understanding of the same dif- ficulties we are all experiencing during this time of COVID. But our tradition was forged as a pow- erful response to the very hard- ships that can plague us. Huddled together at the edge of the Promised Land, the Torah envi- sions a people who easily could have been resigned to their fate,...…
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…10 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 T he Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s monthly podcast series FedRadioDetroit is launching a new segment called “Mitzvah Makers, ” looking to shine a spot- light on some of the communi- ty’s unsung heroes. The podcast is asking lis- teners to nominate Mitzvah Makers in their lives or commu- nity — everyday people doing extraordinary things, whether it be a committed volunteer doing great work in the...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 11 Multi-generational families move in together during the pandemic. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER T wenty years after Frank and Lisa Ellias’ eldest son, Jared, left for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and then to California for work, they never, ever imagined he would be living in their home again. But not only did he return for an extend- ed COVID-19 pandemic stay, his parents’ Farmington ...…
…12 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 continued from page 11 ON THE COVER OUR COMMUNITY until she was 2 or 3 otherwise.” In addition, Jared said their home in Berkeley, Calif., where they plan to return in April, was under renovation and they needed to live some- where else anyway. So, with a work-from-home requirement from both of their employers, instead of staying in the area, they packed up their car and set out for Michigan. “We drove here...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 13 But he added, “It’s also great to have other people around, and my parents are endlessly generous. We take turns cook- ing, which is also interesting because we all eat different things. Valerie and I both work California hours, so we are often still working when my parents have already eaten dinner, but we are all together on weekends, especially for Shabbat meals. And Ariella loves going to Zoom shul with...…
…14 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 and rules of the house but, overall, there is a meaningful upside to not being alone, said Ronald E. Hormel, a psy- chotherapist at Birmingham Maple Clinic in Troy. “We’re seeing now that a social connection to fami- ly and/or friends can be as important to overall health as a healthy diet and exercise,” he said. “The mental and physical results of loneliness play out in real time. This can begin with sympto...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 15 CREATING MEMORIES Jodi Fox McDonald’s family did not have to move in with her parents, Leah and Jeff Fox, when the pandemic hit. They were already there. They came for a planned, short stay after their home sold quickly and they were searching for a new one. “We moved in with them in December 2019 — with our daughters, Kemper, who was not quite 2, and 3-month-old Talia; and a very large German Shepherd, all...…
…16 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 H ave you received a purple envelope con- taining an unsolicited book in the mail recently? If so, you are not alone. And no, it is not one of those things you ordered when you were half asleep; this was intentionally sent to you. In a wave of mass mailing, thousands of copies of Changed by Tom Cantor were sent to Jews to persuade them to become Jewish Christians. Joel Amster of Roseville and Cheryl Glase...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 17 JCRC/AJC names diversity associate. DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER Focus on Inclusion T he Jewish Community Relations Council/ American Jewish Committee (JCRC/AJC) has cre- ated a new role in the organiza- tion — community associate — which has been filled by Detroit native Ashira Solomon. Solomon will be working to build and enhance JCRC/AJC’s initiatives in unity, diversity, equity and inclusion. “We wanted ...…
…18 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 R achel Lawson Shere has resigned as rabbi at Adat Shalom Synagogue after serving more than 16 years. She said the COVID experience made her appreciate her time with her family and she wanted to concentrate on that aspect of her life. Her decision was announced to congregants at the 970-family Farmington Hills congregation in a Jan. 22 letter from President Joan M. Chernoff-Epstein, who noted it was effec...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 19 A fter 28 years, Lea Luger has decided to retire from Yad Ezra as executive director. Yad Ezra has convened a search committee for a replacement with no defin- itive date for her departure, although she plans to leave some time this calendar year. “It has been an amazing, wonderful and humbling expe- rience, ” Luger said. “I’m so thrilled to have been a part of this incredible orga- nization that not ju...…
…20 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 A fter camping in the summer of 2020 was canceled, JCC Day Camps will be returning this year under new COVID restrictions. Camp will be divided into pods of 8-12 campers with at least two staff members in each pod, socially distanced from other pods for the entire camp day. Masks will be worn by campers and staff except during meals and swimming, and phys- ical distancing within the pods will take place a...…
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…26 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 MAZEL TOV! DEC. 8, 2020 Marni (Weinstein) and Meghan Schroeder of Canton are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Mason Henry Schroeder. Mason’s grandparents are Dr. Lee and Debi Weinstein of Farmington Hills, and Marian and Jim Lima of Naperville, Ill. Mason is also the grandson of the late James Schroeder. Great-grandparents are Barbara and Seymore Weinstein of West Bloomfield. Mason is named in lovi...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 27 SPIRIT A Forced Judaism? T he newly liberated band of Jews just left Egypt and are now marching toward Mt. Sinai. They would finally meet their God and enter into a relationship with Him by accepting the Torah and the historic Jewish mission. As the Jews camped, they proclaimed their com- mitment to the Torah, pledging “We will do and we will hear.” But the Talmud reports of something quite mystifying....…
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… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 29 I n a mostly futile effort to infuse novelty into a year in which almost every day has looked the same, I’ve taken to exploring Detroit as if it is a city I am visiting. And since this has escalated into an increasingly elaborate “staycation,” I thought I’d share a bit about how you might get your travel fix in — all while operating within CDC and state health guidelines, and all within the city of Detroit....…
…30 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 months and can, therefore, vouch for some of the best plating and portioning in the city. Flowers of Vietnam’s fried tofu comes with a pile of tomatoes and crispy onions that you cannot make at home, on a bed of soft black rice. Ima’s Forest Udon and rice bowls travel surprisingly well, as do Poke Poke’s super fresh, mix and match-able bowls. Yum Village will deliver abundant portions of all their vegan offer...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 31 JACK MUMFORD SPORTS QUICK HITS STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER There won’t be any B’nai B’rith basketball league games this season. League spokesman Gary Klinger said the closure of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield because of the COVID- 19 pandemic left the weekly league, which normally starts in January, without a home. “We didn’t want to go through the process of ...…
…32 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 M ost of us have been happy to say “so long” to 2020. Close to a year of a global pandemic has had an effect on almost everyone — and almost everything — including the world of design. Pantone is best-known in the fashion, beauty, graphic design and home design industries for its color- matching system — and the Pantone Color Institute has provided color reports and forecasts since 1962 (the year of Cerulea...…
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…34 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 T wo personal tragedies moved Fred Guttenberg into becoming a full- time issues activist, and he describes the transition in his book, Find the Helpers: What 9/11 and Parkland Taught Me About Recovery, Purpose, and Hope (Mango Publishing). The first tragedy happened in 2017, when his brother Michael succumbed to long-term ill- ness resulting from service as a 9/11 emergency doctor. The second tragedy happene...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 35 A KING; A QUEEN; YOUNG LEVINSON & LEVY SHINE Of course, you’ve heard that Larry King died last week at age 87. I saw King in the ’80s before he became really famous. I chanced to learn that he was doing a free, live radio show in San Francisco, a block away from where I then lived. So I sauntered over. He looked worse then, at about 53, than he looked at 73. During every ad break, he’d creep up the wide ra...…
…36 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 YIDDISH POETRY IN TRANSLATION 4-5:15 PM, FEB. 4 U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies will present an Zoom a performance by Detroit-born Mikhl Yashinsky, followed by Q&A with Mikhail Krutikov. At this event, Yashinsky will perform the Yiddish poetry of Ezra Korman in his own translation. Yashinsky has taught Yiddish at the University of Michigan, YIVO and the Workers Circle, and is known to Yiddish theatr...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 37 Creative Writers Wanted by Historical Society The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan is calling all creative writers. The group is soliciting poetry and personal essays (up to 1,500 words), for the “Creative Expressions” sections of the 2021 issue of its journal, Michigan Jewish History — related to the theme of Jewish participation in public life. Public life is defined broadly: philanthropy, activism, po...…
…38 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER Farber High School Principal to Depart Farber Hebrew Day School high school principal Rabbi Noam Stein will be leaving the Southfield-based school after accepting a position at a day school on the East Coast starting next school year. In a statement by Farber Head of School Dr. Joshua Levisohn, it was revealed that Stein accepted the position just recently and his new school wi...…
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…40 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY BERNICE ACKERMAN, 88, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 26, 2021. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in- law, Isaac and Miriam Sandler of Laurel, Md., David and Daniella Sandler of Oak Park, Fredric and Brook Sandler of Novi; daughters and sons-in- law, Beryl and Steve Brown of Virginia Beach, Va., Mindy Sandler and Steve McConnell of Spokane, Wash.; 21 grand- children. Mr...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 41 member of Congregation Beth Shalom and was active in its sisterhood. She was also part of four-generations of lifetime members in Hadassah along with her mother, daughter-in- law and granddaughter. Edythe is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Elliott and Linda, Glenn and Mayumi, and Jeffrey and Leslie (Cherney); grand- children, Michael, Jonathan, Jessica, Cynthea and Ken; great-grandchildren, Emilie...…
…42 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 NATHAN ROSEN, 86, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 22, 2021. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Michele and Henry Scharg of Farmington Hills; sons and daughters-in- law, Keith and Erin Rosen of Greenboro, N.C., Peter and Michelle Rosen of White Lake; grandchildren, Samantha Scharg Ketchel and Daniel Ketchel, Brad Scharg, Andy Rosen, Hannah Rosen, Zoe Rosen, Kayla Rosen, Jacob Rosen, Emma Weintr...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 43 Broadwaycares.org; bcrf.org; Crohnscolitisfoundation.org; aspca.org. c. 1967 SHIRLEY SIEFMAN, 94, of Bloomfield Hills, died Jan. 25, 2021. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in- law, Jay Siefman and Marlene Rosenberg, Robert and Marilyn Siefman; daughter, Cynthia Beth Siefman; grand- children, Jeffrey Siefman and Rachel Luck, Rebecca Siefman, Alana Siefman, Joshua Siefman and Jasmin Siefman; gr...…
…44 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 Contributions may be made to JVS Human Services, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield, MI 48076, jvshumanservices.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. LINDA KAPLAN STONE, 79, of Farmington Hills, died Jan. 25, 2021. She is survived by her beloved husband, Raymond Stone; sons and daughters-in-law, Jeff and Stephanie Kaplan, Glenn and Robyn Kaplan, and Eric Kaplan; grandchildren, Jordyn, Ashley, Jared, ...…
… FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 45 N umerous people enjoyed going to authentic Greek restaurants, but most of them at one time bemoaned the fact that so many were located in Downtown Detroit and too many were also serving other dishes as well … To them, this is not considered authentic Greek operations. So, when it was made known that because of this, Uptown Parthenon would open in the northwest suburbs, people were thrilled to hear ...…
…46 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org Dead Sea Scrolls T his week’s Looking Back is going way back, over 2,000 years ago or so. Well, OK, only 70 years or so in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, but the topic is an ancient one. I recently read a story about the pass- ing of Dr. Norman Golb, the Universi...…
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… FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-10 Jews in the D Mom to Mom 24/7 12 Facebook group connects Metro Detroit Jewish mothers online. ‘ This Problem Is Here’ 20 Following MSU swastika, Rep. Slotkin hosts East Lansing forum on anti-Semitism. Playdates with a Purpose 22 Partnership melds Jewish themes with service for little ones. WSU Press Changes Come Full Circle 24 Interim director resigns; a former director returns; top dism...…
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