…April 11 • 2019 33 jn D r. Kenneth and Sheryl Stoller of Farmington Hills are thrilled to announce the upcoming marriage of their son Daniel Bradley to Rachel Eve, daughter of Dr. Abraham and Robin Furman of Portland, Ore. Daniel graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor of arts in busi- ness management. He is Nike’ s director of supply chain innovation for Asia-Pacific and Latin America, located in Beaverton, Ore. Rac...…
…34 April 11 • 2019 jn T he Torah goes into significant depth when exploring the categories of ritually pure (tahor) and ritually impure (tamei), partic- ularly regarding the priests and the state one must be in when offering sacrifices. In this week’ s portion, we find the ritual cleansing pro- cess for those who have come into contact with various skin (and other) afflictions, for those who have nocturnal emissions, for those who...…
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…36 April 11 • 2019 jn F amed Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich read the “Babi Yar” poem of famed Russian writer Yevgeni Yevtushenko and made a deci- sion. The words should be joined with music to memorialize more fully peo- ple killed in the Nazi mass atrocities at the Babi Yar ravine near Kiev. James Forger, dean of the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Music, heard a Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concert that brought wor...…
…April 11 • 2019 37 jn 4 FEATURING Jonathan Medved Founder & CEO, OurCrowd Tuesday, May 21, 2019 8:00 – 9:00 am Program ∙ Registration begins at 7:30 am Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Bell Rd, Southfield, MI RSVP by May 10 at jnf.org/detroit BREAKFAST FOR ISRAEL CHAIR Dr. Leora Bar-Levav BREAKFAST FOR ISRAEL VICE CHAIRS Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg ∙ Shimon G. Levy MORE INFORMATION Kim R. Levy, Executive Director, Midwest, klevy@jn...…
…38 April 11 • 2019 jn continued from page 36 Students from MSU’ s University Chorale and State Singers will perform at the concert. arts&life during the time he lived, still could see beyond his own ideas, and he happened to like Jewish folk music,” she says. “The melodies were so jolly yet a story being told may not be happy. He studied this, came across the Babi Yar tragedy and worked with the poet.” Michael Serling explains there...…
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…42 April 11 • 2019 jn KERI GUTEN COHEN STORY DEVELOPMENT EDITOR Telling The Story Every year, Haggadahs fi nd new ways to convey the Jews’ exodus from slavery. O nce again, there are many new Haggadot out there to try this year. Here’ s a round-up of some, including one by Ann Arbor resident Carol Bloom Levin. Levin was on a mission to create a child-friendly Haggadah that would appeal to her young grandchildren Aaron and Julia....…
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…44 April 11 • 2019 jn GAME OF THRONES MANIA This month’ s top TV event will be the April 14 return of HBO’ s Game of Thrones (GOT) for its six-episode eighth (and fi nal) season. GOT creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, both 48, wrote many past season GOT episodes and they are the credited writers for all but the fi rst episode of the fi nal sea- son. They also co-directed the sixth and fi nal episode. Miguel Sapochnik, 44,...…
…April 11 • 2019 45 jn FRIDAY, APRIL 12 BOOK CLUB MEETS 10 am-112 pm, April 12. At Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield. Discussion of The Price of Silence: A Mom’ s Perspective of Mental Illness by Liza Long. Moderator: Tara Hayes, Ph.D. Cost: $18. Register at jfsdetroit.org/priceof- silence or contact Wendy Eisenshtadt, 248-592-2339. SHABBAT ROCKS 6 pm, April 12. Adat Shalom cele- brates Shabbat with this partic...…
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…48 April 11 • 2019 jn W ith her sunny smile and cheerful disposition, Rebecca “Becca” Lauren Fogel touched the hearts of every- one who knew her. This special young woman, who grew up in West Bloomfield, died tragically on March 26, 2019, in Florida, where she lived with her family. Becca attended Clifford H. Smart Middle School and Walled Lake Central High School, where she worked hard and displayed an impressive aptitude for l...…
…April 11 • 2019 49 jn continued on page 50 Jaime and Eric Grodsky and Dr. Jessica Garelik; great-grandchildren, Gracie and Jake Raznick, Megan and Talia Hodes, Riley, Josh and Aria Raznick, Cameron and Brandon Grodsky; her loving caregiver and companion, Charlanne Thaxton. Mrs. Garelik was the beloved wife of the late Morton Garelik; the devot- ed daughter of the late Samuel and the late Tillie Mautner; the loving sister of the lat...…
…50 April 11 • 2019 jn c. 1950 continued from page 49 soul of blessed memory DEBORAH PATRICE GOLD, 56, of Windsor, Ontario, died April 4, 2019. She is survived by her siblings, Marlene (Tal Levy) Gold of Windsor and Michael (Sheryl) Gold of Walled Lake; nieces and nephew, Rachel Levy, Noah Levy, Gillian Gold and Madelyn Gold; many dear forev- er friends, including Baila Dietrich. Ms. Gold was the beloved daughter of the late Lilli...…
…April 11 • 2019 51 jn continued on page 52 ews and friends. She was the beloved wife of the late Armand Kain and the late Norman Feig. Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to American Friends of Magen David Adom, 3175 Commercial Ave., #101, Northbrook, IL 60062, afmda. org; or Jewish National Fund, 24100 Chagrin Blvd., Suite. 430, Cleveland, OH 44122, jnf.org; Friends of Israel Defense Forces, ...…
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…April 4 • 2019 3 jn inside Detroit Jewish News n April 4-10, 2019 21-27 Adar II 5779 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 9 thejewishnews.com 38 16 VIEWS 5-10 JEWS IN THE D 12 Bookstock: Big, Bold & Bountiful Neal Rubin discusses the many wonders of the event. 14 JET Season Delayed Construction is taking longer than anticipated. 14 Humans of Metro Detroit Photoblog highlights stand- out teens in the community. 16 A Stunning Su...…
…4 April 4 • 2019 jn Hebrew manuscript artist and author, Debra Band, will share thoughts about her interpretation of the Friday night traditions in her book Kabbalat Shabbat: the Grand , a sample of whose illuminations are currently being displayed in Temple Israel’s Goodman Family Judaic & Archival Museum. Books available for purchase, book signing to follow. COST: $7 MEMBERS WITH RESERVATION $10 NONMEMBERS AND WALK-INS (INCLUDES...…
…April 4 • 2019 5 jn T he month of March is over, but March Madness, the NCAA basketball tournament, is not. The championship game is this Monday night and while I’ m writing this column days in advance of that, I’ m praying one of the teams is sporting green. If you’ re not a bas- ketball fan, it turns out there were plenty of other March Madnesses to go around. The much-anticipated Mueller Report was delivered to the attorney ...…
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…18 April 4 • 2019 jn W hen Robert Folberg, M.D., was named dean of the new Oakland University William Beaumont (OUWB) School of Medicine in 2008, his background included 20 years as a National Institutes of Health- funded researcher and as a pathologist and ophthalmologist. Folberg also was influenced by Judaism and credits his Jewish values for helping to create what has been called the medical school’ s “kindness curriculum. ” “...…
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…20 April 4 • 2019 jn continued on page 22 JACK LESSENBERRY SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Metro Detroit sent two Jewish representatives to Congress in 2018. T here’ s nothing new about Michigan having two Jewish members in Congress at the same time. As a mat- ter of fact, that was always the case for almost a third of a century, from 1983 to 2015. Except, as most people know, those were the brothers Levin, Carl in the U.S. Senate and h...…
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…22 April 4 • 2019 jn effort from Martin Brook, a Birmingham attorney who is the nephew of former Gov. James Blanchard. In an odd twist, all the Democratic candidates live in Oakland County, though two-thirds of the voters are in Macomb. Levin made a misstep or two, as when he said that Lipton had been “in a safe seat in the legislature for a few terms or whatever, ” which was angrily criticized by some women. “ Andy is going to be a su...…
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…April 4 • 2019 25 jn JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE Spot l i ght Ev ent Chairs – Diane and Randy Orley AN EVENING WITH LIZA LONG, MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE AND AUTHOR The Price of Silence Li Long A Mom’ s Perspective on Mental Illness The Price of Silence Liza Long Foreword by Harold S. Koplewicz, MD A Mom’ s Perspective on Mental Illness “A courageous, determined, radical book.” —ANDREW SOLOMON, PhD, author of The Noonday Demon an...…
…26 April 4 • 2019 jn Marnie Fienberg, daughter-in- law of Joyce Fienberg, one of 11 people murdered at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh last October, is launching a concept called “2 for Seder.” Aimed at tackling anti-Semitism at the grassroots level, 2 for Seder is an effort to encourage Jewish families to open their doors this Passover and build greater understanding with non-Jews. The 2 for Seder event encourages Jew...…
