…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 31 continued on page 32 ERETZ I f you know what animal Arthur Read is, then you have heard the name of a gap year program that might change your life. Maddie Katz, 19, of Farmington Hills had already known she wanted to take a gap year when she heard about Aardvark Israel in 2019. Having visited Israel the year before, she was excited to live in it for nine months, which became slightly longer due to the pande...…
…32 | APRIL 1 • 2021 T he Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has recorded 283 incidents of antisemitic language or targeted Jewish institutions in the U.S. in 2020 — a 68% increase from 2019. A new ADL report also showed nearly double the white supremacist propagan- da efforts last year compared to 2019. According to the ADL, white supremacist pro- paganda efforts consist of the distribution of racist, antise- mitic and/or anti-LGBTQ f...…
…MAZEL TOV! APRIL 1 • 2021 | 33 HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th. For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@ thejewishnews.com or (248) 35...…
…34 | APRIL 1 • 2021 SPIRIT S cholars have long wondered why Jews who number less than one-quarter of 1% of the world have had such a profound influ- ence on almost every field of human endeavor. In the 20th century, Jews, more than any other minority, have been recipi- ents of the Nobel Prize, with almost one-fifth of all Nobel laureates being Jewish. Perhaps, it all goes back to the very beginning of the birth of our people...…
…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 35 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 I...…
…36 | APRIL 1 • 2021 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...…
…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 37 S he brightens the world and lights up room after room with her abstract, geometric paintings. Artist Jennifer Kroll of Birmingham is about as bold as you can get when it comes to color — she’ll put purple next to bright orange or align yellow, hot pink and blue without batting an eye. And somehow, every color combination works, from pops of neon green to navy to aqua blue. “I’m fascinated by colors and shapes, an...…
…38 | APRIL 1 • 2021 continued from page 37 take 30-60 hours to complete a painting. ” PERFECT PRECISION It takes patience, precision and painstaking work to create each painting. Kroll uses a process called tape blocking to achieve the crisp, clean lines that are part of her signature style. She applies a special tape over parts of each canvas and carefully peels away long strips when the timing is right. It’s a mesmerizing tech...…
…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 39 H arvey Ovshinsky has devoted 50-plus years to telling stories — through newspaper, radio, television and screenwriting. He is an award-winning journalist, director and producer — serving as the catalyst for others to open up and share their life experiences. Now, at age 72, he decided it was time to “flip this, and connect my dots, ” Ovshinsky says. “I’m a little bit of a puzzle — a mystery. ” Scratching the Surf...…
…40 | APRIL 1 • 2021 — “rediscovering his voice during the 1960s and ’70s. ” His love of monster movies led him to create Transylvanian Newsletter with a friend while they were in eighth grade. At Mumford, he started a magazine. LOVE OF WRITING While Ovshinsky was caught in the middle of his parents’ disputes, they each in their own way supported his love of writ- ing. His mother, Norma, gave him a diary to encourage his writing,...…
…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 41 BOOK TALK 1 PM, APRIL 5 The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic studies at Wayne State University will present, on Zoom, Dr. Bernice Lerner discussing The Horrors of War. Visit judaicstudies. wayne.edu/events. EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION NOON-1 PM, APRIL 6 Hadassah Midwest and the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest presents “How Israel is Helping Tackle the World’s Challenges with COVID-19. Register by Sunday, ...…
…42 | APRIL 1 • 2021 A riana Carps, man- ager and buyer of Bloomfield Hills- based clothing store Rear Ends, has joined a new tech- nology platform that offers customers throughout the U.S. virtual shopping expe- riences. Selected to be featured in a beta version of Amazon Explore, a new program from e-commerce giant Amazon that offers virtual experiences encompassing travel, cooking, learning and everything in between, Rear Ends...…
…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 43 SPOTLIGHT W hen 13-year-old Sydney Michaelson returns to Camp Tanuga for her sixth summer (after a year hiatus because of the pandemic) she’ll go with the satisfaction of knowing she’ll be making a profound difference in the health and well-being of kids at another camp more than 1,645 miles away. That’s how far it is from Kalkaska, Mich., to Gold Creek, Mont., home to Camp Mak-A-Dream. Sydney launched a fu...…
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…46 | APRIL 1 • 2021 OF BLESSED MEMORY OBITUARIES c. 1972 JOSEPH W . BLUMENTHAL, 93, of Southfield, died peacefully surround- ed by family on March 21, 2021. Born in Pittsburgh, Joe moved to Cleveland, where he grew up and later attended Western Reserve University and graduated from University of Toledo Pharmacy School. After practicing pharmacy for 10 years, Joe changed careers, moving his family to Detroit and opening his ...…
…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 47 Melvin Rosenstein. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. c. 1980 VITALY GROSSMAN, 60, of West Bloomfield, died March 9, 2021. He is survived by his wife of 24 years, Alisa Grossman; father, Mikhail Nem; sons and daughter-in-law, Max and Anya Khutoryan, Joshua Grossman; daughter and son- in-law, Alexandra and Ye...…
…48 | APRIL 1 • 2021 c. 1966 EDWARD KARABENICK, of Long beach, Calif., died Jan. 3, 2021. He was born in 1931 in Detroit, the youngest of five, to warm Jewish immigrant parents. Edward attended Central High, earned a Ph.D. in geogra- phy from University of Michigan and was a professor at CSU, Long Beach for more than 40 years. Mr. Karabenick was an ador- ing husband for 66 years, an outstanding father and always generous, thought...…
…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 49 continued on page 52 daughter of the late Esther and the late Thomas Nessel. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W . Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jewishhospice.org; or Hospice of Michigan, 43097 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.org/dona- tions. Arrangements were by Ira Kaufman Chapel. MARILYN ROWENS, 91, of Sou...…
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…APRIL 1 • 2021 | 53 A ccording to the Italian American Historical Society, the pizza is of Jewish origin and its true ancestor is the matzah ... unleavened bread eaten at Passover, this year March 27-April 4 ... Roman soldiers in about 200 B.C. decided to chop up the matzah with a dab of olive oil and some cheese ... Lo the pizza was born. The pizza went into decline when Rome fell, but the custom of having public ovens in the t...…
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… APRIL 30 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-8 Jews in the D Bringing People Together 12 The Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity shares how their communities are facing the COVID-19 crisis. Yad Ezra Moves to Deliveries-Only 13 Thanks to army of volunteers, all clients will still be served. ‘ More than a Statistic:’ Losing a Loved One During COVID-19 14 Funeral homes and family members move through unfamiliar territories after losing a ...…
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… APRIL 30 • 2020 | 5 Views Editor’ s note Cap & Gown Flashbacks A gainst my better judg- ment, I’ m going to share with all of you what I looked like in high school. Look at that handsome young 2007 shayne punim and his crooked haircut. Online right now, lots of folks are reposting pic- tures from their younger days, hanging out with cool clothes and cool haircuts, as a sign of solidarity for all the housebound students this...…
…6 | APRIL 30 • 2020 Views continued from page 5 continued on page 10 No Time to Be Cautious Jill Gutmann deserves credit for taking on a lot in one article (“Jewish Ethics in Medicine, ” April 9, page 6), but I fear that her cautious — even dismissive — tone about chloroquine fol- lowed by a general discussion of Jewish ethics and experimental treatments do not adequately consider patients who want access to chlo...…
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…12 | APRIL 30 • 2020 Bringing People Together The Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity shares how their communities are facing the COVID-19 crisis. Jews in the D T here is not one person whose life hasn’ t been affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic. Whether directly or indirectly, the virus has touched the old and young, black and white, and male and female. It has been blind to boundaries. While many have lived with fear, anxiety a...…
… APRIL 30 • 2020 | 13 Yad Ezra Moves to Deliveries Only Thanks to army of volunteers, all clients will still be served. W e had just suc- cessfully com- pleted our Passover grocery dis- tribution to more than 1,000 families via curb- side and home deliveries when I received a letter sent to my home from an anonymous client who expressed deep concern about Yad Ezra moving to a “deliv- eries-only” process during the pandemic. The a...…
…Jews in the D 14 | APRIL 30 • 2020 ‘More Than Just Statistics’: Losing a Loved One During COVID-19 Funeral homes and family members move through unfamiliar territories after losing a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic. CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER continued on page 16 D uring this unprecedented time, funeral homes and families of those who have lost loved ones to the coronavirus are searching for ways to nav- igate unfamiliar ways ...…
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