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…34 | APRIL 4 • 2024 J N A lthough not necessary for Passover, many people choose to do their spring cleaning at the same time. Here are some tips for cleaning out those closets. START FROM SCRATCH Empty your closet completely and sort through your items. Say goodbye to anything outdated, damaged or no longer loved. Donation is a wonderful next step for items that no longer serve you. An empty closet presents a great opportuni...…

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…T he idea of giving your home a thor- ough cleaning each spring is very appealing, but can also be over- whelming. It may even seem impossible, given today’s busy lifestyles, active children — and especially pets. You may love your pets, but the fur and stains they leave behind make it even more challenging to keep your home as clean as you’ d like. To get you started, the experts at Libman Company, manufacturer of household clean- ing...…

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…A s Israel’s war in Gaza grinds into its seventh month, the toll of battle is measured in funerals, hostages held captive and injuries — injuries of all types and severity suffered by Israel Defense Force (IDF) soldiers. Among the injuries suffered fre- quently by front-line IDF fighters are those to the eyes, caused by shrapnel and explosions, as well as bullet rico- chets in the form of shards of stone, sand, glass, metal and concr...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 39 J N charity already has sent more than 1,200 pairs of glasses to units in Gaza, northern Israel and to special police and Shin Bet teams. Fundraising efforts by Sosne and others are help- ing to buy glasses made of ImpactX polyurethane, a pat- ented family of optical poly- mers developed originally for military and space applica- tions. They have been com- mercialized for bicycle racers, skiers and other athletes b...…

…4 | APRIL 4 • 2024 J N PURELY COMMENTARY opinion Every Jew Around the World is Fighting Hamas This article is a reprint. It was originally published in The Jerusalem Post and on JPost. com. I feel like I’m living through history. Like many Jewish kids, I grew up in the tra- ditional Jewish day school and camp system. I learned all about Israel, Jewish histo- ry and the Holocaust. I have always understood that there was this hist...…

…40 | APRIL 4 • 2024 J N I n last week’s issue, we cov- ered Passover appetizers and sides. This week, we’ll be focusing on main dishes. I surveyed friends to learn more about the main dishes they would eat on Passover. What surprised me (but maybe shouldn’t have) was that no one responded with very much enthusiasm — I gener- ally didn’t hear about dishes I needed to try or particularly memorable flavors. I did hear about some fun...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 41 bubbling, cook, stirring occasionally, until potatoes and onions are meltingly tender, about 25 minutes. Set a fine-mesh strainer over a heatproof bowl and drain potatoes and onions of excess oil. Reserve oil. Transfer potatoes and onions to a medium heat- proof bowl and season generously with salt, stirring well to combine. Beat eggs vigorously to re-froth, then scrape potato and onion in and stir until tho...…

…DOG OF THE WEEK H i! My name’s Wolfie, and I’m here to tell you why I’m the perfect addition to your home. First off, let me tell you a bit about myself. I’m a 13-pound bundle of love, and I’m 6 years old. I made my journey all the way from Texas to find my forever family, and I’m so excited to meet you. Now, when I first arrived, I was pretty scared and unsure about a lot of things. Walking on a leash? Forget about it! I was too scar...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 43 J N Avoiding Intoxication I n Shemini, Aaron’s elder sons Nadav and Avihu offer “strange fire” during the first sacrificial offerings and are suddenly incinerated. Why did Nadav and Avihu die? While the rabbis offer varied interpre- tations, many seize on God’s words following their deaths: “ And Adonai spoke to Aharon, saying: Drink no wine or other intoxicant, you or your sons, when you enter the Tent of ...…

…44 | APRIL 4 • 2024 E xcavating the history of words can sometimes be as revealing as excavating the ruins of an ancient city. Take the English word “enthusiasm.” Today we see this as something positive. One dictionary defines it as “a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and an eagerness to be involved in it.” People with enthusiasm have passion, zest and excitement, and this can be contag...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 45 RATIONALE FOR THEIR PUNISHMENT Putting together clues in the biblical text, some speculated that they were guilty of entering the Holy of Holies; that they had given a ruling of their own accord without consulting Moses or Aaron; that they had become intoxicated; that they were not properly robed; that they had not purified themselves with water from the laver; that they were so self- important that they had n...…

…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 Bloomfield (248) 78...…

…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 for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit Farmington Hills (248) 477-1410 ...…

…48 | APRIL 4 • 2024 J N E lla Blank doesn’t sit on the sidelines. A three-sport athlete who played golf, basketball and softball at Birmingham Groves High School and the recipient of a Michigan High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Award, she was named a 2023 Jewish News High School Athlete of the Year. An accomplished musician who played in the Groves marching band for four years, the 18-year-old University of Michigan fresh...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 49 J N are struggling with mental health issues because of sports, raises awareness about those issues, and works to eliminate the stigma attached to them in the sports culture. The group’s causes appealed to Blank’s kindheartedness. “A student-athlete’s lifestyle of a daily commitment to their sport can be overwhelming,” Blank said. “It can lead to things like eating disorders, performance anxiety and confidence is...…

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…50 | APRIL 4 • 2024 J N E ven after her untimely death on Christmas Eve 2019, Allee Willis continues to be larger than life. Growing up in Detroit, “ Alta” Willis was a Jewish self-pro- fessed “outrageous tomboy” whose father only wanted her to be a teacher, like her moth- er, get married and “be more feminine, like all the other girls.” Bold, brassy and bois- terous, Willis struggled with not conforming to traditional sexual an...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 51 continued on page 52 “It was uncanny. She said it in many places — in her diary, on tapes — she said it a lot. When I first met Allee in 1992, when she was 45, she said that she wanted her house to be a museum. ‘I want to leave a big legacy for people to see how it’s possible to live a happy life.’ She was always saying that.” The legacy continues today through the Willis Wonderland Foundation that Fenton esta...…

…52 | APRIL 4 • 2024 State University shirts. The documentary spotlights all the iconic scenes of Detroit, including Motown, classic cars, the Riverfront and the Joe Louis fist statue. The “I Love Allee Willis” mural right near Willis’ favorite restaurant, Soul-N- The Wall on Curtis off of Wyoming and near Mumford, is also prominently featured. To honor his late friend, Chef Greg Beard renamed his most popular sandwich the “Boog...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 53 J N A nger over Brexit — the United Kingdom’s decision to pull out of the European Union in 2020 — led one of rock ’n’ roll’s most accomplished guitarists to discover his Jewish ancestry. And that includes a genuine pirate of the Caribbean, no less. The musician in question is Phil Manzanera, best known as guitarist in Roxy Music from 1972 until its recent farewell tour in 2022, and still working on arch...…

…54 | APRIL 4 • 2024 the colonial Dutch Indies. That part of the family presumably went further back to Spain and the Alhambra Decree of 1492 that forced any Jews living in Spain to convert to Catholicism or leave. His maternal great-grandmother, whose maiden name was Henriquez Cohen, hailed from Barranquilla in Columbia, and looking back even further, Manzanera discovered ancestors who had fled to Holland, including “great, great,...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 55 J N ARTS&LIFE THEATER C hildren of Eden, a musical production that goes over stories of biblical families, has two members of a modern family in the cast. The production, presented now through April 21 by Stagecrafters in Royal Oak, spotlights a brother and sister from the Bigelman family of Bloomfield Hills. Both attend Hillel Day School, are members of Temple Israel and have a special interest in supporting...…

…56 | APRIL 4 • 2024 FRANKLIN, AMERICAN HORROR, STAR TREK DISCOVERY (LAST SEASON), MORE As noted in my last column, Franklin, an eight-episode Apple TV+ series about Benjamin Franklin begins on April 12. Michael Douglas, 79, plays Franklin. The series focuses on Franklin’s role in getting the French to aid Americans during the Revolutionary War. Franklin was 71 when he was dispatched to Paris (Oct. 1776) as the “commission- er”...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 57 play because it made me fall in love with theater and being on stage telling stories to an audience,” said Valimont, who dates that first experience back 20 years. “We have eight kids in the show, and they are part of a youth ensemble. They’re basically helping to tell the stories, and they play animals in Noah’s ark. We had open auditions in January, and each person auditioning sang and danced for us. We ch...…

…1. Orange and black butterfl ies _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8 letters) 2. Backyard songbird _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7 letters) 3. Gardening chore _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7 letters) 4. The season of ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ (6 letters) 5. Tiny nectar-sipping bird _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (11 letters) 6. Yellow fl owering weed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (9 letters) Word Games Each word ends with the fi rst letter of the next word. All the words relate to spring. Can you ...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 59 J N CAFÉ DILEMMA 7 PM, APRIL 4 (THURS.) Join the Detroit Shinshinim for coffee, snacks and to discuss dilemmas relat- ed to Israel. At Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park. Shinshinim are Israeli young adults who under- take a year of service in Detroit and who, during that year, operate educa- tional and other program- ming in the community. The goal is to have a dis- cussion and learn different sides of the issues with a...…

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…62 | APRIL 4 • 2024 J oseph Lieberman, a longtime senator from Connecticut who as Al Gore’s running mate in 2000 became the first Jewish member of a major presidential ticket, died March 27, 2024. He was 82. A statement sent to former staffers and reported widely said Lieberman had suffered compli- cations from a fall. A moderate — some would say conservative — Democrat turned independent, Lieberman was known for his attempts t...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 63 JOSEPHINE BRISKIN, 96, of Haverford, Pa., formerly of West Bloomfield, died March 27, 2024. Mrs. Briskin is survived by her sons and daughters- in-law, Robert and Laurie Briskin, Gary and Nancy Briskin, and Kenneth and Jill Briskin; grandchildren, Perrie, Jamie, Lauren, Dana, Greg, Noah and Andrew; great-grandchildren, Gavin, Bennett and Mason. She was the beloved wife of the late Ben Briskin. Interment wa...…

…64 | APRIL 4 • 2024 J N made to National Council of Jewish Women, 26400 Lahser Road, Suite 306, Southfield, MI 48033, ncjwmi.org; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. LOIS FORMAN, 87, of Sun City West, Ariz., formerly of Walled Lake, died March 22, 2024. She is survived by her children, Perri (Irwin) Goodman, Jodi (Andy) Grodman and David (Jody) Forman; grandchildren, Shayna (Brad) Millman, ...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 65 J N mother and grandmother and instilled in her children the importance of family over everything. Her children are extremely close with one another. She had many hobbies and interests: antiques, knitting, gardening, exercise, travel, visiting family and friends, including her very close friends Samra Robbins and Sheila Shulman. She is survived by her loving husband of 55 years, Robert; her three sons, Geoff...…

…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 66 | APRIL 4 • 2024 J N M ichael Kelmenson, 36, of West Bloomfield, died Feb. 6, 2024. Michael was a proud alumnus of the University of Michigan for both his undergraduate degree and his master’s in social work. He worked in the Michigan school systems, coordinated the youth mentorship program at Jewish Family Service and worked as an independent consultant. He made friends extremely easily an...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 67 J N EVELYN ROSS, 99, of Southfield, died March 21, 2024. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Robin and Robert Gershman; daughter and daughter-in-law, Melissa Ross and Michelle Shartran; son, Jonathan Ross; grandchildren, Lauren Gershman, Julie Gershman and Azriel Gilmore, and Juliet Flam-Ross and Tristan Marquise. She is also survived by her loving caregivers, Tauheedah Harris and Lisa Young. ...…

…68 | APRIL 4 • 2024 J N OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY J oel Alan Hershman, A native Detroiter, died peacefully in his San Diego home on Feb. 12, 2024, at the age of 72; his wife of 48 years and his three children were by his side. Joel was born on May 21, 1951, in Detroit to Edith Hershman Levin and David Hershman. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1973 and from U-M Medical School in1977. He married Debra Hershman...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 69 She was a great mother and cook, famous for her lemon meringue pie and other delicious specialties. Rita was a devoted mother, sister, sister- in-law, aunt, daughter, cousin, grandmother who was loved by all. Rita was known for her big smile, great sense of humor and charismatic laugh. She will be deeply missed by her family, friends and neighbors. Mrs. Sklar was preceded in death by her mother, Martha Abrah...…

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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com 70 | APRIL 4 • 2024 J N R ecently, Harvey Bronstein contacted the JN. He suggested that we might want to revisit and acknowledge a great Jewish Detroiter, one with a legacy that we should always remember to honor: David Hermelin. Bronstein is spot-on. Simply stated, David Hermelin (1936-2000) was one of the giants of Je...…

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…8 | APRIL 4 • 2024 J N T he presence of over a million Gazan civil- ians in the Rafah area serves as a kind of “armor” for Hamas’ remaining battalions in southern Gaza, which is why any Israel Defense Forces operation aimed at taking control of this last bastion of the terror group must begin with the evacuation of civilians. In order for the Israel Defense Forces to be able oper- ate freely in Rafah, the civilians there wil...…

…APRIL 4 • 2024 | 9 J N JOIN US! LUNCH & LEARN EVENT WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND 12:00 - 2:00PM LONGACRE HOUSE 24705 FARMINGTON ROAD, FARMINGTON HILLS, MI 48336 Join us for a special lunch and learn event with Rose Senior Living Farmington Hills, a brand-new senior living community in your neighborhood. Learn about Rose Senior Living and the benefits of joining our Founders Club! RSVP by Thursday, May 16th by calling (248) 850-1351 Con...…