…APRIL 15 • 2021 | 31 “Time is not a series of moments traced on the face of a watch, always moving yet always the same. Instead, it is a jour- ney with a starting point and a destination, or a story with a beginning, middle and end. Each moment has a mean- ing, which can only be grasped if we understand where we have come from and where we are going to. This is time not as it is in nature but as it is in history.” The Rabbi Sac...…
…32 | APRIL 15 • 2021 Synagogue Directory CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Ahavas Israel Grand Rapids (616) 949-2840 ahavasisraelgr.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Beth Israel Flint (810) 732-6310 cbiflint.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com B’nai...…
…APRIL 15 • 2021 | 33 Shomrey Emunah Southfield (248) 559-1533 congregation-shomrey- emunah-105705.square.site The Shul-Chabad Lubavitch West Bloomfield (248) 788-4000 theshul.net Woodward Avenue Shul Royal Oak (248) 414-7485 thewas.net Yagdil Torah Southfield (248) 559-5905 Young Israel of Oak Park (248) 967-3655 yiop.org Young Israel of Southfield (248) 358-0154 yisouthfield.org RECONSTRUCTIONIST Congregation Kehillat Isr...…
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…APRIL 15 • 2021 | 35 ARTS&LIFE ON THE COVER A s the lights are being turned up again at the Fisher Theatre for the 2021-22 season — launching its 60th anniversary — The Nederlander Company turns over its storied produc- tion space to International Entertainment Holdings Limited, parent company of Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), a live theater and tick- eting organization out of the United Kingdom. Stories surround the fam- ily th...…
…36 | APRIL 15 • 2021 ARTS&LIFE ON THE COVER TOP: View from the Balcony, 1970. BOTTOM: Fiddler on the Roof touring cast from the production that was here in March 2020, Pretty Woman comes to the Fisher Theatre in November. ThIs photo is from the Hamburg production. Jeffrey Seller accepts the 2019 Apple Award. continued from page 35 also announcing its sale of programming opera- tions at the Detroit Opera House and Music Hall ...…
…APRIL 15 • 2021 | 37 1995. “We thought of it as something that was aiming for the universal values we had found in the Sholem Aleichem story ‘Tevye’s Daughters. ’ “Nevertheless, we knew in many ways it was a Jewish show. We knew that it was a serious show, and we knew that it was a long show. With all those things, we were worried that it might not be accepted, and we were very nervous about the show’s Detroit premiere. “By the fourth w...…
…38 | APRIL 15 • 2021 M ay and June are marked by modern Jewish holidays. Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day. Next, there’s Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, followed by Yom HaAztmaut, Israel’s Independence Day and, of course Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day. As with other modern holidays, this is a time for rejoicing in Israel. The weather is fine, and it is the height of the growing season. Not surprisingly, durin...…
…APRIL 15 • 2021 | 39 ing and pour over the cau- liflower. Toss well. Makes 6 servings. EGGPLANT AND BULGUR PILAF Ingredients 1 cup medium or coarse bulgur Boiling water ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 cup chopped red or Bermuda onion 1 cup chopped red or yellow bell pepper 1 cup ¼-inch diced carrots 2 tsp. chopped garlic 1 medium (about a pound) egg- plant, peeled or unpeeled 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved (any color) 1 cup chopped scallio...…
…40 | APRIL 15 • 2021 NEW DISNEY SERIES, GAL GADOT ON COURAGEOUS WOMEN, EDITOR TO RETIRE Big Shot begins streaming on the Disney+ channel on April 16. Created by Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond), the series stars John Stamos, 57, as Marvyn Korn, a hothead- ed men’s college basketball coach who gets ousted by the NCAA and takes a job at a pri- vate, all-girls high school. This is Disney — so the previously stoic Korn quickly ...…
…APRIL 15 • 2021 | 41 PIRKEI AVOT 11 AM, APRIL 16 Adat Shalom Synagogue invites adults of all ages to join Rabbi Aaron Bergman for this weekly discussion of one of the most beloved and wise books of our people, which was written long ago but is even more relevant today. Free and open to the community. To RSVP and receive a Zoom link, contact Jodi Gross, jgross@ adatshlaom.org. END OF LIFE CARE 2 PM, APRIL 16 Jewish Family Servic...…
…42 | APRIL 15 • 2021 CHALLAH BAKING 10 AM, APRIL 23 The Adat Shalom Sisterhood invites you to join them on Zoom to bake and braid challah with talented baker Ruth Zerin. Zoom begins at 10 am, noon to braid the dough, and 1:15 pm to learn the final steps before baking. There is no fee to attend. Advanced registra- tion required by April 21 at adatshalom/sisterhoodchal- lah. Easy Challah recipe and Zoom link provided after registr...…
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…APRIL 15 • 2021 | 45 DR. JEFFREY L BRUDNEY , of Wilmington, N.C., passed away sur- rounded by family on April 4, 2021, after a brief and sudden illness. He was born May 2, 1950, in Oakland, Calif., to Lillian and Alfred Miller. After Alfred’s passing, Jeff was raised by Ernest Alexander, his uncle who lived next door, and later by stepfather David Brudney. Jeff’s undergraduate degree was from the University of California Berkele...…
…continued on page XX 46 | APRIL 15 • 2021 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY M att Prentice, a renowned local chef and restaurant entrepre- neur, died April 8, 2021, after a short illness not related to COVID. He was 62. Although not Jewish, Matt “catered” extensively to the Jewish community. At various times, he was the in-house caterer at several synagogues, including Temple Israel, Temple Shir Shalom, Temple Emanu-El and Adat Shalom ...…
…APRIL 15 • 2021 | 47 continued on page 48 exuded the self-discipline and ambition of a man who is not afraid of hard work. Among his many awards and successes, his biggest accom- plishment was his family. He was a proud father and grand- father, and his happiest times were spent with his wife, chil- dren and grandchildren. He was a kind, loving man and will be greatly missed. He is survived by his wife, Halina Bykat; his children, Er...…
…48 | APRIL 15 • 2021 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY SUSAN FISHMAN, 84, of West Bloomfield, died April 4, 2021. She is survived by her hus- band, Stephen N. Fishman; daughters and son-in-law, Debbi Fishman, and Lyn and David Kaufman; grandchil- dren, Aaron and Danielle Kaufman; brother and sister- in-law, Dr. Arthur and Rhoda Friedman; nephews and nieces, Dr. David and Ellen Friedman, and Lauri and David Carey. Interment was at ...…
…APRIL 15 • 2021 | 49 continued on page 50 Manluo Huang; daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Dr. Paul Lipson; grandchildren, Brian Lipson and Sianna Misheva, Rachel Lipson and Kamali Robinson, and Dr. Stacey and Dr. Tabish Shamsi; great-grandchildren, Stella Lipson, Marielle Lipson, Maxwell Robinson, Henry Robinson and Zara Shamsi. He is also survived by his former wife and Judy’s moth- er, Nancy (Manny) Kalef; Manluo’s daughter, C...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 50 | APRIL 15 • 2021 continued from page 49 Wildern, Daniel and Zahava Ungar, Shoshana and Daniel Kohn, Adina and Eli Noff, Tzvi and Rachelli Ungar, Sara Ungar; great-grandchildren, Nili, Ruby, Alex, Luka, Tamar, Gavriel, Binyoman, Mayer, Eitan, Leora, Yael, Pauly, Yisroel Reuven, Ariella, Miki. Mrs. Herman was the beloved wife of the late Rubin Herman. Contributions may be made to Young Israel of O...…
…APRIL 15 • 2021 | 51 continued on page 52 Jean Kaufman, and Sam LeVine and Bluma LeVine Kramer; his uncles, Bob Kaufman and Seymour LeVine. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Paws With A Cause, 4646 S. Division, Wayland, MI 49348, pawswithacause. org; Rainbow Connection, 621 W . University Drive, Rochester, MI 48307, rainbowconnection. org; or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. J...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 52 | APRIL 15 • 2021 Jack Marvel and his brothers and sisters who perished in the Holocaust. Interment was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the Holocaust Memorial Center or to Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. MARCIA LEE SINKOFF, 86, of Bloomfield Hills, died April 5, 2021. She is survived by her daugh- ter and...…
…RASKIN THE BEST OF EVERYTHING APRIL 15 • 2021 | 53 T here once was a restaurant on Connor, Detroit, umpteen years ago, where you may have had or witnessed very strange food for con- sumption … It was named A-Z Safari Land and featured wild game dinners … like broiled boa constrictor, African lion steaks and alligator tails, etc. Its storeroom shelves were filled with “goodies” from the African veldt, but even though the prep...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 54 | APRIL 15 • 2021 The British Bulldog S eventy-five years ago, on March 3, 1946, Winston Churchill gave a famous speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. It became widely known as his “Iron Curtain” speech. In the aftermath of World War II, as a shattered Western Europe faced massive rebuilding, Stalin ...…
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…APRIL 8 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 14 Inner Power! Rabbi G.’s program brings power, peace and purpose to young Oak Parkers. 18 Archaeological Discoveries Oakland U. study abroad team anxiously anticipating a return to Israel. 20 A Cure within Reach Student, 22, seeks funds for bone marrow transplant. 21 Flour Power! Online baking class celebrates the mitzvah...…
…4 | APRIL 8 • 2021 for starters Not-So-Smooth Sailing “L et my container ship go!” What are the chances that during Passover another act of freedom would be celebrated? In a brilliant public relations move last week, God paid homage to Passover by letting that giant ship go forth from Egypt. The grounded vessel sat idle for six days in the Suez Canal like a beached whale, holding up hundreds of ships and billions of dol- lars’ w...…
…6 | APRIL 8 • 2021 guest column 3 Lessons to Strengthen Israel Education N ewsworthy stories unfold in Israel at breathtaking rates. Repeated elections, COVID- 19 responses, pathbreaking Supreme Court decisions, the Abraham Accords — all are worthy of community discussion and age-appropriate student explora- tion. Yet few Jewish students and their parents possess suf- ficient understanding or dis- cussion skills to explain them...…
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…8 | APRIL 8 • 2021 analysis Israel Still Can’t Make Up its Mind About Netanyahu W hen the first exit polls were pub- lished, it seemed as if the long stalemate had been ended. Within a couple of hours, howev- er, the polls had been revised, and by the end of a long night and morning of counting, it turned out that the deadlock between those who wish to keep Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister and those who want to get rid o...…
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…12 | APRIL 8 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY Talk of defectors from other parties is, as was the case last year, mooted by his supporters, but that seems even less likely this time around. Another possibility of a solution is both a laudable development as well as a potential case of staggering hypocrisy. When the four disparate Arab factions ran together as a single party last year, they won 15 seats as the Joint Arab List. When Blue ...…
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…14 | APRIL 8 • 2021 A merciful endeavor begun two decades ago by a Southfield rabbi to bring relief to young cancer patients has enlarged to offer encouragement and support to physically healthy, but under- privileged schoolkids in Oak Park. It’s been five years since 10-year-old cancer survivor Leah Vincenzetti became involved with Kids Kicking Cancer, the organization founded by Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg in 1999 that teaches self-...…
…APRIL 8 • 2021 | 15 PHOTOS COURTESY OF KEITH VARTANIAN AND THE HEROES CIRCLE What is a ‘Breath Brake?’ Keith Vartanian, a martial arts therapist with Kids Kicking Cancer’s Boston and New York chapters, takes us step-by-step on how to perform a Breath Brake, a core component of the Childhood Resilience Initiative curriculum. Vartanian hosts a weekly Facebook Live broadcast at 5 p.m. (EDT) every Wednesday on KKC’s Facebook page (facebook...…
…16 | APRIL 8 • 2021 School of Medicine. The program launched during the 2018-19 school year at Pepper Elementary School, and included both its second-, third- and fourth- grade classes. In order to prove its effectiveness, Pepper was randomly selected and another primary school in the district, Einstein Elementary School, served as a control group. Goldberg and KKC assembled an A-list roster of professionals across multiple disciplines...…
…APRIL 8 • 2021 | 17 stress triggers and how to pos- itively deal with them, was put through a significant stress-test as districts nationwide were shuttering in March 2020. “With regard to COVID-19, if you're looking for a silver lin- ing, one of the things that made the transition a little smoother was having to flip a switch and learn how to educate kids in a different way overnight, espe- cially kids with so many of the challenges...…
…18 | APRIL 8 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY continued on page 20 O akland University’s Israel Study Abroad program had completed 11 consecutive trips to Israel since 2009 — until the pandemic put an end to that annual streak in 2020. Since its incep- tion, I, along with co-faculty members Dr. Richard Stamps and Dr. Jon Carroll, have planned these visits, and the program has been successful due in large part to the gen- erous support from the...…
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…20 | APRIL 8 • 2021 Herodium, Gamla, Akko, Tel Aviv, Megiddo and, of course, Jerusalem. Over the years, students experienced an in-depth visit to a Druze village for lunch and lecture, visited the home and orange groves of an Israeli farm- er, and enjoyed an overnight stay at a Bedouin tent. The exca- vation at Sha’arayim made world news when it was associated to the early kingdom of David, c. 1000 B.C.E. From 2014 to 2017, Oakla...…
…APRIL 8 • 2021 | 21 S everal times a month, Jewish women can tune into a new broad- cast that celebrates the art of making delicious challah bread. The traditional braided bread of Eastern European origin is at the center of Flour Power, a virtual challah baking class taught by master baker Pam Turkin. In these 90-min- ute Zoom sessions, partici- pants are shown how to create their own dough, how to braid it and learn about th...…
…22 | APRIL 8 • 2021 the Sunday class to make their dough alongside Turkin. An educator from Partners Detroit will also join the class to share details on the many positive influ- ences that challah can instill in a woman’s life. “Pam is an experienced baking teacher,” Fink says. “She has a successful busi- ness of teaching people to bake all kinds of things over Zoom, but challah is really her passion.” Fink and Turkin, who are ...…
…APRIL 8 • 2021 | 23 F lorine Mark, pio- neering Michigan businesswoman, civic volunteer and philanthropist, has sold the WW Group, her Weight Watchers franchise in Michigan and Ontario, to parent company WW International. Financial terms were not disclosed. Mark was the franchise founder and served as its president and chief executive officer at its Farmington Hills headquar- ters. “It was time,” she says of her decision, made w...…
…24 | APRIL 8 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY O ur beloved “Mr. Tiger, ” Al Kaline, died during the first week of the 2020 baseball season. In the year since, more than 100 former major leaguers, including Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Whitey Ford, Tommy Lasorda and Tom Seaver, also died. None of the aforemen- tioned, though, impacted me as much as someone who joined Detroit in 1955, Kaline’s best sea- son with the Tigers. Those of us who were ...…
