…MAY 19 • 2022 | 91 SHOSHANA GEM SPRECHER West Bloomfield High School National Honor Society, Varsity Equestrian Team, Laker Express Acapella Group, Numerous plays and musicals perform- er, Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association, Committee Chairperson Choir Board, Treasurer International Thespian Society. Michigan State University ADAM STATE Frankel Jewish Academy National Honor Society, All- School Vice Pre...…
…92 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 91 JORDYN TEPPER Bloomfield Hills High School National Honor Society, National Society of High School Scholars, Youth Federation of Temple Israel Executive Board, Softball, Blackhawk Award. Michigan State University CHARLIE TOBIAS Frankel Jewish Academy Varsity Baseball and senior cap- tain, Varsity Basketball and senior captain, URJ Camp George counselor, Kever...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 93 Mazel T ov! Bella Muchnick We couldn't be any prouder of you and all of your accomplishments! Continue to be the shining star that you are, and never stop dancing, dreaming, and believing in yourself because you can do anything you set your mind to do. We know you are destined for amazing things, and we cannot wait to see what your future holds. Wishing you much happiness and success always. Go blue! With mu...…
…94 | MAY 19 • 2022 continued on page 96 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 92 AIDAN WARREN Bloomfield Hills High School National Honor Society, Dale Carnegie graduate, Varsity Wrestling. Michigan State University BRITNEY WASSERMAN Bloomfield Hills High School Summa cum laude, National Honor Society, Temple Israel Youth Group Board. Michigan State University DANIELLA WEIL Farber Hebrew Day School Student Counc...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 95 Mazel T ov! Ariel Golnick You continually make us proud! Congratulations on graduating from The University of Alabama! Good luck at University of Michigan SEAS graduate school. Love, Mom, Dad, and Rayna Jacob Handler We are so proud of you and excited to see what your future holds. Enjoy everything about this next chapter of your life — you deserve it! We Love You! GO BLUE!!! Love, Mom, Dad, Nicolette...…
…96 | MAY 19 • 2022 cap&gown 2022 continued from page 94 MAYA WEISBERGER North Farmington High School Varsity Soccer senior captain, Volleyball, National Honor Society, LINK Crew leader, Class Board, Academic Honors Award, BBYO, First place Regional Design competition and sec- ond place in Engineering. Michigan State University REBEKAH WEISKOPF Northville High School National Honor Society, Summa cum laude, Academ...…
…Noah Yaker Congratulations Noah! You have always marched to the beat of your own drum. You are a-MAIZE-ing AND true BLUE! Good Luck at Ross. Love you and am so proud of you, N9NNIE Mazel Tov! Congratulations! AVA ROSE USHER Congratulations to our 2022 graduate! We are so proud of you and can’t wait to see what your future holds! Go Badgers! We love you! xoxo, Mom, Mike and Dad Matthew Weinstein Congratulations Ma...…
…BRANDON YAKER Bloomfield Hills High School Varsity Hockey (Oakland Activities Association White Division Dream Team and First Team), Varsity Golf, Varsity B Tennis, Varsity Lacrosse, OAA Scholar-Athlete, School newspaper Sports Editor and Managing Editor, National Honor Society, Summa cum laude, USA Eagles Travel Hockey. University of Michigan NOAH YAKER Bloomfield Hills High School National Honor Society, Drum Li...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 99 WEST BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT WEST BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT Rayna Golnick We are very proud of your accomplishments at Frankel Jewish Academy. We wish you all the happiness in the world and much success at the University of Michigan! Love, Mom, Dad, and Ariel Congratulations! Aidan Warren Aidan, Always remember that you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and...…
…I was scrolling through social media and noticed that a few classmates of mine posted insensitive and hateful things about Israel and Zionism. Speaking with a few of my Jewish classmates, I learned of similar experiences and even of some insensitive comments made to them directly. I felt uncomfortable knowing that some students could be so open to hate as future medical professionals that will be taking care of a diverse patient populat...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 101 W alking through the halls of my inclusive and diverse college campus, it is easy to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance no matter where you go. Students proudly express their own identities and individualism freely, knowing they are protected and safe to do so in a generation that is continuously pushing for tolerance. However, I began to realize that a part of my identity that I so confidently displayed ...…
…102 | MAY 19 • 2022 A fter a year of creative pro- gramming during lockdown, the opportunity to engage with Jewish students on campus was a thrill. This academic year, I served as president of Students for Israel at Wayne State. With the help of my vice president, Tania Miller, and Hillel of Metro Detroit’s Arad Kauf, we pulled off a year filled with amaz- ing programs. Our goal was to have an all-encompassing line of pro- grams,...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 103 ARTS&LIFE POETRY J anet Ruth Heller likes to joke that her first publisher was her first-grade teacher. It happened after the woman gave a poetry writing assignment to Heller’s entire Milwaukee class and learned of the many poems the youngster had written. The teacher especially liked a verse about the emerging poet’s flying a kite with her dad, mimeographed it and gave a copy to each of the other students. “...…
…ARTS&LIFE BOOK REVIEW C hana Blankshteyn had amassed a world of experience in the 1920s, when, in her 60s, she took up writing fiction in Yiddish. Born in Vilna around 1860, she had traveled to France and Germany as a young girl to further her education, had married and divorced and then married again, moved to Kiev with her second husband, and, after her second divorce, lived with a married daughter in St. Petersburg. Blanksht...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 105 in a laboratory. She is prepar- ing her first article for publi- cation in a scholarly journal. Her quiet life seems in order, until an intriguing stranger, an American engineer, takes a romantic interest in her. CONNECTION TO HISTORY The troubled political histo- ry of Eastern Europe figures in several of these stories, most sharply in the story that begins: “This morning, once again, control of the city again ...…
…106 | MAY 19 • 2022 DID HE DO IT? TWO SEPHARDI SERIES ON NETFLIX, THAT ’70S RE-BOOT The Staircase, an original eight-episode HBO Max series, premiered on May 5. Three episodes were released then; remaining episodes premiere on fol- lowing Thursdays. It’s based on a real case. In 2001, novelist Michael Peterson (played by Colin Firth) was accused of killing his wife. She was found dead at the bottom of a staircase. Peterson sa...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 107 THRILLING THURSDAY 10-11 AM, MAY 19 Children ages 0-4 and their favorite adults are invited to come play in person at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Join Lindsay Mall for a Rhythm and Ruach class, with songs, gross motor activity and more. $5 donation per family per session suggested donation. For information, contact Ari Reis at areis@shaareyzedek. org. FAMILY FARM DAY 10 AM-NOON, MAY 22 At Oakland Avenue Urba...…
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…110 | MAY 19 • 2022 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY D r. Maurice Reizen, former director of the Michigan Department of Public Health, passed away at the age of 103. He left with a long list of degrees, honors, awards and achieve- ments that are his legacy. Maurie was born in Detroit in 1919 to Max and Minna Reizen. He attended Durfee intermediate school and graduated from Central High School. He spent his summers as a camp counselor a...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 111 continued on page 112 and faculty. She earned her undergraduate degree at University of Wisconsin in Madison and graduate stud- ies at UCLA and Harvard University. She and her husband, Allan David, lived abroad for many years and traveled the world extensively. Sandy was sent by the University of Wisconsin to establish language education and training programs on all four continents, including major projects ...…
…112 | MAY 19 • 2022 continued from page 111 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY grandchildren, Maxwell and Gavin Barry, and Cameron and Jeremy Kay; brothers and sisters-in-law, Michael and Cathy Barry, and Gordon Barry. Mr. Barry was the devoted son of the late Julius and the late Lillian Barry. Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Variety the Children’s Charity, 600 S. Adams, Suite 230, Birmingham, MI 4...…
…continued on page 114 MAY 19 • 2022 | 113 be made to Parkinson’s Foundation of Michigan, 30400 Telegraph Road, Suite 150, Bingham Farms, MI 48025, parkinsonsmi.org; Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, temple-israel.org/ tributes; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ROSE G. FREEDMAN, 101, of West Bloomfield, died May 10, 2022. She is survived by her son and daughter...…
…continued from page 113 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 114 | MAY 19 • 2022 Audrey Greenberg and Amiel Gross, and Marnie Greenberg; grandchildren, Sasha and Tyler Cambron, Shauna Ferguson, and Lauren, Jocelyn, and Jacob Gross; sister, Ruth Kadish; brother-in-law and sister-in- law, Mark and Jan Hauser. Dr. Greenberg was the devoted son of the late Joseph Greenberg and the late Goldie Greenberg Kramer; the dear brother-in- law of t...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 115 continued on page 116 Elliot’s early travels followed his pursuit of his Ph.D., lead- ing eventually to Atlanta, Ga., where he had a faculty position at Emory University and finally to Ann Arbor, where she supported him in his faculty and research position at the University of Michigan Medical School. In addition to her con- tinuing interest in science, which she discussed avidly with Elliot, she actively did m...…
…116 | MAY 19 • 2022 continued from page 115 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY in-law, William Nelkin, Eric and Sandy Nelkin. Mr. Kaminsky was the treasured son of the late Marion and the late Harry Kaminsky; dear son-in-law of the late Edna and the late Marvin Nelkin. Contributions may be made to Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 or MORC, morcinc. org. A funeral service was held at Hebrew Memorial ...…
…MAY 19 • 2022 | 117 C omic artist Neal Adams, who died at age 80 in New York City on April 28, is best known for having revolutionized Batman and other iconic comic book characters for both the DC and Marvel brands. But Adams himself was also a fearless crusader: He battled comics publishers for the rights of artists and writers, rescued Superman’s Jewish cre- ators from abject poverty and campaigned for a Holocaust survivor to...…
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…MAY 12 • 2022 | 3 contents 55 42 26 Shabbat Lights Shabbat starts: Friday, May 13, 8:27 p.m. Shabbat ends: Saturday, May 14, 9:36 p.m. * Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. ON THE COVER: Cover photos: Olivia Guterson; photo courtesy of Broder & Sachse Cover design: Michelle Sheridan thejewishnews.com Follow Us on Social Media: Facebook @DetroitJewishNews Twitter @JewishNewsDet Instagram @detroitjewishnews May 12-18, 2...…
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…MAY 12 • 2022 | 5 AWARDS NIGHT‘22 Honoring Our Awardees William Davidson Lifetime Achievement Award William Davidson Lifetime Achievement Award NEIL SATOVSKY MARTA ROSENTHAL Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Award for Outstanding Award for Outstanding Jewish Communal Service Jewish Communal Service Sylvia Simon Greenberg Sylvia Simon Greenberg Young Leadership Award Young Leadership Award JESSIC...…
…6 | MAY 12 • 2022 1942 - 2022 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroi...…
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…8 | MAY 12 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY opinion AIPAC Safeguards Israel’s Precious Security by Reaching Out to All Stripes of Politicians I n the summer of 1973, supporters of Israel felt invincible. After thousands of years in exile, and more than two decades defending and supporting their newly reestablished state, the Jewish people finally believed they might be safe. Israel, a scrappy, upstart nation, had recently defeated fiv...…
…MAY 12 • 2022 | 9 safeguards lives and advances prospects for peace. No other group in Washington is doing this crucial work. Put simply, in today’s broken Washington, AIPAC simply cannot do the work of strengthening the US-Israel relationship and saving lives without working with Republican members who are anathema to me. CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES In March, AIPAC worked with the leadership of both parties to help ensure ...…
…10 | MAY 12 • 2022 essay An Incredible Journey — and an Incredible Life A s a docent, I recent- ly led a tour at the Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center in Naples, Fla. It was an experi- ence I will remember for the remainder of my life. A survivor, Suzanne Cohn, a hidden child of the Holocaust, had requested a tour. It was also to include her husband, friends and other mem- bers of her family. To say I was nervous in...…
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…ON THE COVER A new program at three Detroit buildings offers residents a chance to own and collect digital art. Motor City NFT Drop ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER 12 | MAY 12 • 2022 Todd Sachse Rich Brooder Moody Mattan …
…new initiative is giving Detroiters a chance to own a “slice” of collectible art. Broder & Sachse Real Estate, a Detroit- based real estate development company behind residential buildings such as The Hamilton, The Albert and The Scott, is partnering with Ann Arbor-based augmented reality platform BrandXR and three Detroit artists to create NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, for building residents. Rolling out this month, the NFT initiative ...…
…ON THE COVER continued from page 13 14 | MAY 12 • 2022 Todd Sachse: Collins Dictionary named NFT its word of the year for 2021, so we’re already a year behind the trend. We’re hoping our NFT drop will bring our residents together not only in the physical buildings in which they live, but also in Web 3. HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT NFTS AND WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO PURSUE THEM? Rich Broder: Each of our Detroit properties has a strong a...…
…MAY 12 • 2022 | 15 Chris Turner Chris Turner’s Homefront will be at The Hamilton. …
…16 | MAY 12 • 2022 ON THE COVER each artist will be collectively sliced into over 800-plus unique NFTs, which will be gifted [transferred] to every current and new resident at our Detroit properties. We’re also providing technical support to help our residents create a crypto wallet so they can receive the NFT transfer. The NFT is theirs to keep or trade. Any subsequent sale will trigger a 10% artist royalty. We’re hoping these N...…
…MAY 12 • 2022 | 17 with a cool IRL [in-real-life] experience and reached out to the BrandXR team to help us make it happen. HOW CAN NFTS MUTUALLY BENEFIT DETROIT ARTISTS AND THOSE LOOKING TO LEASE IN DETROIT? Todd Sachse: NFTs can help build a community around a particular artist and, in this case, our properties in Detroit. The artist will have the ability to get their art in front of hundreds of our residents at The Albert,...…
…18 | MAY 12 • 2022 W indsor’s Congregation Beth El (CBE) was first conceived in the winter of 1959 when sever- al families met informally to consider estab- lishing a Reform congregation. After many meetings, the small group resolved to estab- lish CBE and first held religious services in Southwood School in the spring of 1960. A large house on Ouellette Avenue served as the first home for the congregation. As the membership grew, th...…
…20 | MAY 12 • 2022 B arbara Greenberg of White Lake has been nominated to be our Volunteer of the Week for giving her time to the Chicken Soup with Love Program at the Chabad Jewish Center of Commerce/Walled Lake. The program is part of the Chabad Jewish Center’s Smile on Seniors program with the goal to bring cheer and companion- ship into the lives of seniors. Co-director of the program Estie Greenberg (no relation to Barbara) sa...…
