…soul of blessed memory Gone Too Soon Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion president dies in plane crash. R abbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D., president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute (HUC- JIR), died tragically in a plane crash on May 5, 2018, at the age of 53. He served as the 12th president in HUC-JIR’s 143- year history. Panken led the four-campus inter- national institution of higher learning and seminary for Reform J...…
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…views for openers Time Travel Our Story T March 27, 1942. In keeping with the his week’s edition of the Jewish tradition of a loyal Jewish News reader, News publishes on the same I went immediately to the back of day (May 3) that a sold-out the paper to read the obituaries audience will gather at Congregation first. But there wasn’t a single death Shaarey Zedek for the paper’s 75th notice to be found! Instead, Diamond Anniversary I found ...…
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…arts&life exhibits / on the cover Chaos | Control LYNNE KONSTANTIN ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Local Holocaust survivor, speaker and activist Rene Lichtman is ready to show another dimension — artist. R BRETT MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHER ene Lichtman is a Holocaust survivor, a hidden child outside of Paris with a non-Jewish family. He was baptized and didn’t know he was Jewish until his mother came for him after the war. He’s the founder of a loc...…
…After France was liberated, his Yiddish-speaking mother came for him and Lichtman learned he was Jewish — but continued to visit his beloved adoptive parents during summer breaks from school in Paris. In 1950, Lichtman’s mother remarried and they moved to the United States, settling in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. There, entering sixth grade as Ronnie — his class- mates and teachers had trouble pronouncing Rene — 13-year-old Lichtman earned two awa...…
…arts&life theater Jenn Jacobs at work Getting To Know You A West Bloomfi eld native returns home as stage manager of a touring production of The King and I. RONELLE GRIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER INSET PHOTO: Laura Michelle Kelly as Anna with the Royal Children in The King and I. details Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I will play at Detroit’s Fox Theatre May 8-13. $35-$75. (800) 745-3000; 311presents.com. 38 May 3 • 2018 A s a...…
…An early 1960s oil painting, titled Gorky’s Garden. continued from page 37 When Lichtman won his Fullbright scholarship, he decided to go to Brussels — because he was born in Paris, he wasn’t allowed to go there. “I became involved in the Living Theatre, which was touring through Europe in the mid-’60s, like nomads,” he says. “I traveled with them and took photos of their performances. It was an insane time. I met Timothy Leary then, when he...…
…arts&life collecting Great Glass SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER BRETT MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHER I n addition to being brother and sister, Jim Danto and Gail Danto share another strong bond — they are passionate about and collectors of glass art. In distant and separate travels, the siblings and their respective spouses find works of glass art that captivate them. Close to home, they also have been able to connect with international gl...…
…FACING PAGE TOP: Sandy and Jim Danto sit with a prized piece by Harvey Littleton, a pioneer in the Glass Art Movement. INSET: Glass by Martin Rosol lives in the kitchen. CLOCKWISE: A circa- 1900 Pauly & C Judaica plate and a piece by Ginny Ruffner sit below a Chagall drawing. A bird’s nest by Janis Miltenberger sits in a glass chair (not shown). A trio of vessels by Keith Clayton in the master bath. jn May 3 • 2018 41 …
