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…10 | MARCH 30 • 2023 student corner What Jewish Camp Has Done for Me A fter eight days of hurl- ing myself, gear, food and lots of special memories along the Coastal Trail of Lake Superior, my group finally made it to the last day and minutes of our hike. There were six of us on the trip, and to be honest, I had been lagging behind. My hip was throbbing after all my body had endured each day on this rocky, slippery and steep...…

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…MARCH 30 • 2023 | 13 B loomfield Hills Schools families and con- cerned community members packed the Doyle Center in Bloomfield Hills at an emergency Board of Education meeting on Monday, March 20, to get answers on how the school district plans to put healing measures in place as well as to voice their displeasure about the outcome of a man- datory diversity day assembly that left both Jewish and Muslim students at Bloomfield Hills Hi...…

…14 | MARCH 30 • 2023 continued from page 13 “This is the time to act since the high school administrators have shown poor leadership and judgment before this incident, during the incident, and after the fallout of the incident.” The petition continues: “Schultz, the Director of DEI, and Stroughter failed to conduct an effective vetting of the speak- er, who proceeded to speak about inflamma- tory Middle East politics for four differen...…

…16 | MARCH 30 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY “THIS IS THE VERY OPPOSITE OF DIVERSITY, THIS IS EXCLUSION.” — NEIL ROCKIND, PARENT continued from page 14 ues of free and open inquiry, critical thinking and a sound education. “We are horrified to learn of instances of peer- based bullying, intimidation and acts of violence targeting Muslim and Arab students at BHHS. We are also astounded to learn of incidents of school suspension and questioni...…

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…continued on page 20 continued from page 16 18 | MARCH 30 • 2023 was born Catholic. I defend people who are Jewish and Arabic. I am a liberal, but I find myself being excluded from pro- gressive causes because of my supportive views about Israel. I have my daughter here who is also stridently pro-Israel.” He continued addressing the board: “We are not going to solve the Israeli- Arab or Israeli-Palestinian conflict here, and I don’t...…

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…continued from page 18 20 | MARCH 30 • 2023 PARENTS EXPRESS CONCERN Longtime Holocaust Memorial Center Docent Andrea Benkoff said the district needs to take immediate steps to correct a situation that has stirred animosity in the student body. “We must deal right now with the sit- uation that was created by someone that unfortunately left the situation after she caused a great conflict. It was pointed out that the children were gett...…

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…22 | MARCH 30 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY A West Bloomfield physician and mountain climber is aiming to boost the health of communities in the city of Detroit by using a model he developed 13 years ago in Nepal. Richard Keidan, M.D., a surgical oncologist with Michigan Healthcare Professionals, is working with Brilliant Detroit to hire community health work- ers. They will be based at some of the centers the organization runs in neigh- b...…

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…24 | MARCH 30 • 2023 hopes to hire nurse practi- tioners to provide some direct care. “Traditionally, we are always trying to devise ways to drive individuals from their homes and neighborhoods to out- side resources,” Keidan said. “We will be changing this and driving the resources to the individuals’ homes and neigh- borhoods.” DETROIT2NEPAL Keidan’s work with Brilliant Detroit grew out of his love for Nepal. In 1982, he took a ...…

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…26 | MARCH 30 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY I t’s been a few years since the community was able to celebrate its oldest members in person, but this year, the dedicated crew who plan the Bessie Spector Oldest Jewish Americans Celebration are looking forward to gathering in real life. Like the honorees, co-chairs Jain Lauter, Joyce Berlin Weingarten and Julie Zussman, as well as sponsor Joan Chernoff Epstein, all have a lot of history. E...…

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…MARCH 30 • 2023 | 29 would attract someone who resonated with that descrip- tion.” Gerry and Karen’s first date involved a stroll around the Birmingham Sidewalk Sale and Quarton Lake, a visit to a coffee shop and ended with a long schmooze in the Townsend Hotel lobby. “Going on a date can feel like playing tennis,” said Gerry. “Sometimes you serve a ball and it’s not returned! But we connected, kept laughing together and had lo...…

…68 MARCH 30 • 2023 | 3 PURELY COMMENTARY 4-10 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 Diversity Day Divisiveness Continues Parents and students express outrage at heated Bloomfield Hills Board of Education meeting. 22 Healing Neighborhoods Detroit2Nepal community health model comes home. 26 Celebrating the Greatest Generation The Bessie Spector Oldest Jewish Americans Celebration is back in ...…

…30 | MARCH 30 • 2023 L osing his re-election battle for the U.S. House of Representatives was far from the end of the road for Andy Levin. The Bloomfield Township resident recently accepted a position as distin- guished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP), based in Washington, D.C. At CAP , Levin will focus on connections between eco- nomic growth and democratic accountability, both in the U.S. and around the...…

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…32 | MARCH 30 • 2023 A s the country marks National Caregivers Day, honoring individuals who provide personal care and physical and emotional support to those who need it most, Keneisha Hardrick, a JARC Direct Support Professional (DSP), is one of many caregivers dedicated to the well-being of the people she serves. Throughout the week, you will find Keneisha at her job assisting with personal care, feeding, cooking and cle...…

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…36 | MARCH 30 • 2023 faces&places Ladies from around Troy, Rochester Hills and throughout the eastside gathered at the Chabad Jewish Center of Troy for a challah bake. They learned how to make challah, the meaning behind this spiritual food and the power of Jewish women. There was a challah and dip buffet, where the women got an opportunity to taste different types of challah with a variety of dips. Chana Caytak and Mushky Dubov ...…

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…38 | MARCH 30 • 2023 MELISSA GOULD SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS / PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF JCRC/AJC T he Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC held its annual Global Diplomatic Interfaith Seder at Adat Shalom Synagogue earlier this month. Jewish and non-Jewish attendees alike ushered into the sanctuary as Adat Shalom’s Rabbi Blair Nosanwisch removed the Torah from the ark and took questions about the Torah and Judaism. Back in the s...…

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…4 | MARCH 30 • 2023 from the Executive Director The Great Gefilte Fish Fiasco M y mom loved Passover. It was her holiday, and she spent weeks preparing every- thing from the menu to the ser- vice. Most important to Mom, however, was the guest list. Mine was the house where all the strays came for holidays, and everyone was greeted and treat- ed as family. This was true at gatherings throughout the year, but particularly during...…

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…MARCH 30 • 2023 | 41 PASSOVER P assover is a holiday for people of all ages, says Amy Seidman of Farmington Hills, who will have seder guests this year ranging from ages 0 to 95. Over the years, she’s welcomed a diversity of guests, Jewish and non-Jewish, for the retelling of the Passover story. She makes a point of having interactive seders, and in the past has had guests bring kitchen utensils or clothing to donate to various chari...…

…42 | MARCH 30 • 2023 And people who could read a little bit more would read a little bit longer.” This year will be Seidman’s first seder since her mother’s passing, and she’s going to find a way to incorporate her mem- ory as well, whether with can- dles or an empty chair. “I think I’m going to light a candle for my mom and for those people who aren’t here anymore,” she says. “We’ll all make things she used to make, but they proba...…

…MARCH 30 • 2023 | 43 to look inside themselves. “It’s a great opportunity to dig deeper into who we really are, and not just what we think consciously who we could become, but deep down to connect to who we can be,” Greenwald says. Meanwhile, students enrolled in Efshar Circle, a collabo- ration between Opening the Doors and Friendship Circle, have been busy learning about Passover, says Rabbi Levi Shemtov, co-director of Friend...…

…PASSOVER P assover was a big deal in the household where I grew up. By sundown on the first night, our entire Detroit-based fam- ily would arrive for a seder that my mother had been planning for weeks. The preparations began well before our doorbell rang, including remov- ing all leavened bread products, or hametz, from the house. With it went the lentils, peas, beans, rice and corn. After the purge, I remember seeing Mom in the ki...…

…MARCH 30 • 2023 | 45 continued on page 46 A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE In the British territory of Gibraltar off Spain, brick dust is mixed into the charoset, according to beliefnet.com. Chasidic Jews in Poland pour water on the floor to resemble crossing the Red Sea, raising a glass with each metaphoric town they reach. Afghani Jews use scallions or leeks to represent the Egyptian slavedrivers’ whips, and in Ethiopia, they destroy ear...…

…PASSOVER continued from page 45 46 | MARCH 30 • 2023 explore each other’s regional cultural foods and flavors, an option unavailable from my mother’s pantry nearly 50 years ago. The reasons for lifting the ban include an increase of food allergies, along with advancements in today’s food system. Better labeling and packing are eliminat- ing previous worries over cross contam- ination. Additionally, most Israeli Jews already approve ...…

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…48 | MARCH 30 • 2023 BRISKET WITH DRIED APRICOTS, PRUNES AND AROMATIC SPICES Adapted from Epicurious.com Serves 8 Ingredients: ²/3 cup dried apricots, quartered 9 large garlic cloves 3½ tsp. ground cumin Kosher salt Fresh ground pepper ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon 2 Tbsp. sugar 1 4½- to 5-pound flat-cut beef brisket 3 Tbsp. olive oil 4 cups onions, chopped 2 medium carrots, cut into medi- um dice 1 Tbsp. fresh ginger, peeled and minced 1 ...…

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…50 | MARCH 30 • 2023 Y achatz describes the portion of the seder in which the middle of three pieces of matzah is split in two. The smaller piece is returned to the table, tucked in between the two remain- ing whole matzot, and the larger of the broken pieces is wrapped up and secreted away, to be sought, found and eaten at the seder’s con- clusion. During Yachatz, we pretend not to see the act of hiding. Only later is it announ...…

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…52 | MARCH 30 • 2023 PASSOVER A great cookbook does not just give the reader narrow-focus, step-by-step instructions for how to prepare a food. A great cookbook expands its focus to show what that food means in a whole meal and then expands into a wide-angle view of what that meal means to the people who served and ate the meal. By the time it is done, a great cookbook portrays an entire culture arranged around each illuminated...…

…MARCH 30 • 2023 | 53 THE CLASSIC CUISINE OF THE ITALIAN JEWS matzah, produced hastily without any decoration. The Jews of Pitigliano made their matzah hastily, too, but in a distinctive and beautiful lacey pattern. Why was the bakery so far underground? Servi Machlin had long believed that refugees from the Spanish Inquisition wanted to keep their Jewish rituals as secret as possible and so located the special Passover bakery as fa...…

…54 | MARCH 30 • 2023 N ear the beginning of the seder at your house, if you have a child in attendance, the child asks questions. That makes sense. According to the Torah, you tell the story of the Exodus “when your children ask” (Exodus 12:26). According to the Mishnah, if the child does not know enough to ask, then the father prompts curiosity by observing “How dif- ferent is this night from all other nights” (Pesahim 10:4)....…