…14 | MAY 18 • 2023 T he audience was startled to hear the voice of a pastor bragging about helping even “witches find Christ” as part of his invocation (prayer) to the Michigan State Legislature in Lansing. State Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-District 7), president pro tempore of the Senate, played the tape “to bring a sense of how it feels to belong to a minority religion” during his participation on a panel discussing “Religion- G...…
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…MAY 18 • 2023 | 19 of ages, is essential as younger generations are less connected to the land, people, culture and political realities of Israel. “Our aspiration is to ensure young learners have a connection to Israel even if it is a challenging and frustrating one at times,” she said. “We must validate that feeling of discomfort while at the same time encouraging them to ask questions and engage in the conversation. Our comm...…
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…20 | MAY 18 • 2023 T here has been much fallout in the two months that have followed a contentious diversity, equity and inclusion assembly on March 14 at Bloomfield Hills High School. Outspoken Palestinian-American Huwaida Arraf, who was given audience to the entire student body, went off the topic about personally facing discrimination in high school and instead used the platform to spread what Jewish students felt were distort...…
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…22 | MAY 18 • 2023 In the weeks that immediately followed the March 14 assembly, the high school utilized the presence of therapy dogs, brought in extra counselors and social workers and also on-site campus officers. Faculty are taking part in meetings to learn “restorative measures” and how to properly report student concerns. Phase One of the plan stated that the district is conducting an independent review of events leading up to...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 23 Starobinsky, 18, said he would be interested in participating because it would be a supportive environment to address a topic as heated and complex as the Israel-Palestinian conflict. “If you really want to progress and understand this issue, you have to understand who is credible and who is not credible and where you are getting your information, ” said Starobinsky, who attended Aronoff’s lecture. “It’s import...…
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…26 | MAY 18 • 2023 A big yellow bus rolled into the Hillel Day School parking lot to the awe and delight of young stu- dents. This bus was no ordinary yellow bus; it was the Topsy- Turvy Bus, designed to look like an upside-down bus plopped on top of a rightside-up bus. The trip to the school on Friday, April 21, marked the bus’ 2023 debut and served as the star of the school’s Earth Day program. Hundreds of students visited th...…
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…28 | MAY 18 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY D aniel B. Syme, rabbi emeritus of Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township, one of the most revered voices in the American Jewish community, has been named one of the recipients of The PuLSE Institute’s inaugural Arun Gandhi Award for Global Justice. Syme, a transcending voice for racial justice, was inducted in 2010 into the Martin Luther King Jr. International Board of Preachers at Morehouse Col...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 29 W hen booking acts for Temple Israel’s Schmier Concert Series, Cantor Neil Michaels approaches it with the ethos that Regene Schmier would have used. “When I’m looking for music to bring in, I’m looking for something that our community wouldn’t be able to hear otherwise, or to shine a light on an artist that we know locally who is really doing wonderful things at a high level, ” Michaels said. “ And this is re...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 14 Keeping Religion and State Separate Panel discussion examines religion’s role in state government. 18 Israel Education Revisited Local community day schools explore new ways to teach about the Jewish state. 20 Assembly Aftermath Fallout continues at Bloomfield Hills High School in wake of anti-Israel speaker. 24 ...…
…30 | MAY 18 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY A family of dolls taking up residence in a Metro Detroit mailbox has taken the internet by storm. It was an ordinary summer day last August when Don Powell and his wife, Nancy, went to retrieve their mail at their Orchard Lake Village home. Along with the pizza coupons, circulars and bills was a peculiar surprise. Powell found a couple of small wooden dolls — a man and a woman — sitting on a minia...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 31 more contemporary single-story home with their advancing age. Their cousin Shirley, a third figurine that often entered the mail- box, who was disabled with a broken leg and accompanied by her service dog, also needed better accommodations. Having seen the Powells’ mailbox, they found a new, perfect home. It didn’t end there. For Halloween, Mary and Shelley “left town” and were replaced by two doll-looking skeletons...…
…32 | MAY 18 • 2023 HOME A ll I knew was that I want- ed a house on a lake, with Birmingham schools and didn’t want a subdivision, ” Mindy Roberts says of her house hunt in the early 1980s. So she found a street on a map that fit that criteria and prowled it for two years until she found something affordable. “I saw a man sweeping out his garage, ” she says. “Someone told me he was going to sell so we went up and said we’ll write a ...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 33 part sand. Although Roberts and her husband, Gary Roberts — founder and landscape architect at Great Oaks Landscape in Novi — had originally planned to add-on to the home, their engineers advised starting from scratch. The cottage was knocked down and the couple built a new home in its place, as frugally as possible, in 1989. Thirty-plus years and two renovations later, what started as a redo of the kitchen and stairca...…
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…MAY 18 • 2023 | 37 ALLIE ABRAMS Walled Lake Northern High School BBG Regional and Chapter President, Highest Honors, AP Capstone, National Honor Society, Scholar Athlete, Marching Band Drumline Section Leader, Varsity Ski Team Captain, Temple Israel grad- uate and Madricha, Friendship Circle Presidents’ Board and volunteer, Teen Board, Teen Impact Fellowship. University of Michigan NOAH ADAMCZYK Bloomfield Hills High ...…
…38 | MAY 18 • 2023 ELLA BLANK Groves High School National Honor Society, National Math Honor Society (co-president). National Merit Commended Scholar, Varsity Softball Captain, Basketball & Golf Captain, Academic All-State, Michigan High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete, Symphony, Jazz & Marching Band, Big Brother/Big Sister (co-president), Hidden Opponent Campus Captain, Temple Shir Shalom Temple Youth Relig...…
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…4 | MAY 18 • 2023 essay Revelation that Changed the Jewish People W ith the conclusion of Passover last month, we now find ourselves in the period of the Jewish calendar known as the Omer, the 49-day span between the Exodus from Egypt marked on Passover and the giving of the Torah celebrated on Shavuot, which begins this year on Thursday evening, May 25. Jewish tradition considers these two holidays inextricably linked, the...…
…40 | MAY 18 • 2023 cap&gown 2023 HAYDEN BUCKFIRE Bloomfield Hills High School National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar, Golf, Tennis, School Newspaper Editor, President/Founder of Chess Club, Investment Club, Political Awareness Club, National Honor Society. University of Michigan CARLI CAMENS Bloomfield Hills High School Summa cum laude, National Honor Society, International Thespian Society Co-President, Theater Pro...…
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…42 | MAY 18 • 2023 cap&gown 2023 HARRISON DEMBS Groves High School National Honor Society, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Big Brother Big Sister mentor, Be Up Be Down, UMatter member, Teen Board of Directors Families Fighting Against Multiple Sclerosis. College Undecided JONAH FARABI Walled Lake Northern High School Academic excellence and highest honors, National Honor Society, Varsity Diving, Varsity Baseball, Macc...…
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…46 | MAY 18 • 2023 cap&gown 2023 continued from page 42 RACHEL FREEDLAND Bloomfield Hills High School Summa cum laude, National Honor Society, Student Leadership Executive Board, Yearbook Editor-in-Chief, Community Service Club Vice President, Varsity Dance Team, BBYO Michigan Region Executive Board, Ahavah BBG Chapter Executive Board, Jewish Federation Teen Impact Fellow. University of Michigan ELIANNA FRIDMAN West ...…
…48 | MAY 18 • 2023 JACK GOODMAN Seaholm High School University of Michigan JACK GORMAN Walled Lake Western High School Summa cum laude, National Honor Society, Musical Theater, Varsity Hockey, Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble, Vice President of Organized Charity Association, Certified as bilingual/biliterate in Spanish. Brandeis University MAX GORMAN West Bloomfield High School AP Scholar with distinc- tion, BBYO ...…
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…50 | MAY 18 • 2023 cap&gown 2023 continued from page 48 continued on page 52 ETHAN GREY Frankel Jewish Academy Boys’ Tennis Captain, Boys’ Baseball Captain, Academic All-District Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association, National Honor Society, All- School Student Body Vice- President, Shalom Hartman Institute Detroit, Jewish Community Day School Israel Education Initiative, Jewish Fund Teen Board. University of...…
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…52 | MAY 18 • 2023 cap&gown 2023 continued from page 50 continued on page 54 MAX HORTICK Bloomfield Hills High School National Honor Society, Varsity Golf. Michigan State University EDEN KELLMAN Bloomfield Hills High School National Honor Society, Varsity Field Hockey, Varsity Lacrosse, Oakland Activities Association-Scholar, Yearbook Photography Editor, Lasagna Love volunteer. Michigan State University GARRETT...…
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…54 | MAY 18 • 2023 cap&gown 2023 continued from page 52 continued on page 56 IAN KRAFT North Farmington High School Varsity Tennis Captain, Varsity Lacrosse, Co-President Student Senate, Organized Mental Health Awareness Day, Regional Vice President of BBYO, Farmington Public Schools Award of Excellence 2023, 4.0 GPA. University of Michigan MAX KRAMER Groves High School Varsity and JV basketball, Freshman Tennis, B...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 55 continued on page 56 Mazel T ov! Jayden Roth We couldn’t be more proud of you Jayden! Congratulations on all your hard work! We look forward to watching your success grow in the next chapter of your life. Your future is bright and we look forward to seeing you continue to shine. Love, Dad and Renee Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations ROYAL OAK HIGH SCHOOL We wish you the BEST OF LUCK on what...…
…56 | MAY 18 • 2023 cap&gown 2023 continued on page 60 continued from page 54 Carli Camens Proud of the accomplished, thoughtful, kind, caring young woman you are. Cherish your memories, embrace the present, invent your future. Love , Wagee, Poppi, Grandma, Grandpa Mazel T ov! Congratulations! Libby Neuvirth Libby, You are kind, intelligent, motivated and funny and your sparkle brightens the world. Keep dazzling us and savo...…
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