…MAY 25 • 2023 | 39 A Concert of Musical A Concert of Musical Theatre Duets Theatre Duets CANTOR RACHEL GOTTLIEB KALMOWITZ and CANTOR LAURIE AKERS WHAT ABOUT LOVE Spend a lovely summer evening at Temple Beth El, where two talented cantors will bring their voices together in a concert of beloved and less well-known duets from the musical theatre canon. Followed by a dessert reception. 7PM PM THURSDAY, JUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 1 SPONSOR...…
…4 | MAY 25 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY essay The Jerusalem Embassy, Five Years Later O n May 14, 2018, something incredible happened. The United States finally opened our embassy in Jerusalem, 23 years after we first promised to do so. This was an important moment for Israel. But it was just as important for America. It showed that we keep our word, stand with our allies and put our own interests and principles ahead of the worl...…
…40 | MAY 25 • 2023 SPORTS T he International B’nai B’rith Bowling Association was founded in 1939 to coordinate B’nai B’rith bowling activities throughout the United States and Canada. During the 1960s and 1970s, there were as many as 20,000 B’nai B’rith bowlers in IBBBA leagues in the two countries. Last season, there were 414 bowlers in IBBBA leagues. Howard Waxer of Farmington Hills, the IBBBA ’s new president, wants to see the...…
…MAY 25 • 2023 | 41 MAZEL TOV! MARCH 4, 2023 Hilary Gorosh and Eli Wald of Chicago, Ill., are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Ezra Ori Wald. Ezra is welcomed by his older brother Judah, and grandparents Tammy and Bruce Gorosh of West Bloomfield, and Jack and Laura Wald of Chicago. Ezra is named in loving memory of his maternal great-grandmother Edith Rosen Erdberg and paternal great-uncle Oscar Wald. MARCH 30, 2023 Hann...…
…42 | MAY 25 • 2023 SPIRIT Personal Growth O ne of my favorite and first questions I use when learning or teaching is: What is the Jewish wisdom tradition asking us to pay attention to right now? The first and natural place to look for an answer is in the Torah portion of the week. However, this week is a little different from all other weeks. The Torah portion breaks from the weekly narrative to invite us to home in on wh...…
…MAY 25 • 2023 | 43 T he festival of Shavuot is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Here is how Shavuot is described and defined in parshat Emor: “From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. Count off 50 days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord … On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly and do ...…
…44 | MAY 25 • 2023 voice of God and made a covenant with Him. But that connection is not made in the Torah itself. To be sure, the Torah says that “In the third month after the Israelites had gone forth from the land of Egypt, on that very day, they entered the wilderness of Sinai” (Ex. 19:1), and Shavuot is the only festival in the third month. So, the connection is implicit; but it is not explicit. For this, as for the festival’s...…
…Synagogue Directory METRO DETROIT CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com B’nai Israel Synagogue West Bloomfield (248) 432-2729 bnaiisraelwb.org Congregation B’nai Moshe West Blo...…
…Temple Emanu-El Oak Park (248) 967-4020 emanuel-mich.org Temple Israel West Bloomfield (248) 661-5700 temple-israel.org Temple Kol Ami West Bloomfield (248) 661-0040 tkolami.org Temple Shir Shalom West Bloomfield (248) 737-8700 shirshalom.org REFORM/RENEWAL Congregation Shir Tikvah Troy (248) 649-4418 shirtikvah.org SECULAR/HUMANISTIC Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit Farmington Hills (248) 477-1410 ...…
…MAY 25 • 2023 | 47 Seating is limited, call now to reserve your space! RSVP to Tracey Proghovnick at: (248) 592-5048 TTY# 711 or info@jslmi.org Tuesday, June 6 at 11:30 am Jewish Senior Life | Meer Apartments 6760 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township, MI 48322 Explore our community online at jslmi.org JUNE 11:30 AM 6 Dine + Discover People of all faiths and beliefs are welcome. Join us for a Chef prepared Kosher lunch and a ...…
…48 | MAY 25 • 2023 HEALTH S id Moss was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2009 and immediately began induction therapy. Approximately 25,000 Americans are diagnosed with multiple myeloma annually. This blood cancer affects plasma cells that accumulate in bone mar- row, crowding out the normal cells that fight infection and creating an abnormal antibody that can cause life-threatening problems. While not curable, it is conside...…
…MAY 25 • 2023 | 49 T aking tiny steps can be the pathway to making major lifestyle changes. That was the message of a presentation on “Tiny Habits and Behavior Modification” April 20, a Zoom program for the Health Professionals Council of Hadassah Greater Detroit by Ilana Wolfson, a registered dietitian and nutritionist and certified Tiny Habits coach. The Tiny Habits method was developed by BJ Fogg, Ph.D., director of the Behavi...…
…MAY 25 • 2023 | 5 DIAMOND Manat Foundation The Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation* Andi & Larry Wolfe* PLATINUM Judy & Jeff Aisen Pamela & Walter Feuereisen* The Irving & Ethel Palman Foundation Linda & Mark Jacobs Melissa & Larry Lax* Martin S. & Violet Jacob and Family Tzedakah Fund Mark Milgrom Joy & Allan Nachman* AnaPaola & Geoffrey Orley* Diane & Randy Orley* Patrice M. Phillips & Robert P. Morris Fund for Family Emergenci...…
…50 | MAY 25 • 2023 ARTS&LIFE BOOKS P eople expect Jews to tell subversive jokes that only seem innocent, that imply disrespect for authority and that might leave a bitter aftertaste. For generations, scholars have tried to explain what Jewishness has to do with producing snarky comedy. Sigmund Freud wrote about it, and Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, professors Jeffrey Dauber and Ruth Wisse, and many more. Now, Professor Jennifer Caplan...…
…MAY 25 • 2023 | 51 baby … and a beautiful car!” The sketch presents the rabbi as, in Caplan’s words, “a sellout. ” He should care only about the baby, but he works at selling the car. Caplan observes, “In an earlier time, a nationally televised sketch turning a rabbi into a car shill of questionable ethics would have been seen as poor taste at best. ” In a 1977 sketch, SNL writer (and later U.S. Senator) Al Franken presents a fake gam...…
…52 | MAY 25 • 2023 LITTLE MERMAID: A STAR IS BORN? A GOOD FILMMAKER’S LATEST; MEMORIAL DAY NOTE A “live-action” version of the musical The Little Mermaid, a Disney movie, opens in theaters on May 26. African American actress Halle Bailey, 23, co-stars as Ariel, a mermaid princess who is fascinated with the human world. Jonah Hauer- King, 27, co-stars as Eric, a human prince whom Ariel falls in love with after saving him from dr...…
…MAY 25 • 2023 | 53 MUSEUM OFFER NOW-SEPT. 4 The Grand Rapids Public Museum will join museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. Find the list of participating museums at arts.gov/bluestarmuseums. Blue Star Museums include children’s museums, art, sci- ence and history museums, zoos, gardens, lighthouse...…
…54 | MAY 25 • 2023 less well-known duets from the musical theater canon. No cost. Followed by a dessert reception. Register at tbeonline.org. BBQ DINNER 5 PM, JUNE 2 (FRI.) Friday evening filled with friends, food and Adat Shalom’s Shabbat Rocks band. Doors open at 5 pm for dinner/kiddo activities, followed by a Kabbalat Shabbat service at 6 pm. Cost: $12/child, $20/adult. Bring a blanket for your family to sit on. (Weather ...…
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…56 | MAY 25 • 2023 ERETZ I was certainly aware of the National Library of Israel (NLI) prior to my trip to Jerusalem with the Jewish Federation of Detroit’s “Motor City Mission” this past March. I had read about it in the JN, as well as other articles about it, so I knew the NLI held a spectacular collection of Jewish books and archives, or just about anything Jewish printed, recorded and/or digital from around the worl...…
…MAY 25 • 2023 | 57 Ben-Ari, editor of English- language Digital Content stopped by to introduce himself, and I met Dr. Zvi Leshem, who is the director of the Gershom Scholem Collection of Kabbalah and Hasidism, and I had a quick look at his fantastic collec- tion. Rachel Misrati, archivist and the Archives Department’s External Exhibitions coordinator, was most welcoming as well. She pulled a few unique documents from the colle...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 58 | MAY 25 • 2023 You can honor the memory of a loved one in a most meaningful way by sponsoring a day of Torah learning at Yeshiva Beth Yehudah. During the coming week, Kaddish will be said for these departed souls during the daily minyan at Yeshiva Beth Yehudah. Your support of the Torah learning of our children and our Kollel’s Torah Scholars brings immeasurable heavenly merit. Please call us at 248-557-...…
…MAY 25 • 2023 | 59 Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. c. 1952 FRANCES GOLDMAN, 90, of West Bloomfield, died May 17, 2023. She is survived by her son, Howard Goldman of West Bloomfield; daughters, Michele Morton of West Bloomfield, Jacqueline Burton of Livonia; grandchildren, Jaymie and Ryan Eden, Arielle and Brandon Burton, Shaun and Joyce...…
…6 | MAY 25 • 2023 1942 - 2023 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...…
…60 | MAY 25 • 2023 Lucy and Mason Cabell; brothers-in-law and sister- in-law, Alan “Buzzy” and Paula Miller, and Sheldon Weiner; cousin, Shirley Lane; other loving relatives and friends. Mrs. Miller was the beloved wife of the late Frederick “Marty” Miller; the devoted daughter of the late Leon and the late Gertrude Komisa; the loving sister- in-law of the late Betty Lou Weiner; the dear daughter- in-law of the late Pearl and th...…
…MAY 25 • 2023 | 61 Eric Cheng, and Bina and Zack Colman; grandnieces and grandnephews, Logan Doyle, Charyle Bello, Talia Cheng, Aiken Colman and Jae Colman. Marilyn is also survived by cherished cousins all over the world. Through her second marriage to the late Edward Goodman, she is also survived by Marci Goodman Brill, Steve and Asmina Goodman, and grandson, Hesham Goodman. It is suggested that those who wish to further ho...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 62 | MAY 25 • 2023 Choosey Moms Choose … Velvet Peanut Butter F or many, many years, those three boys stared at me when I was having lunch. “Pure” and “Delicious” looked friendly enough, but I never quite trusted that “Fresh” kid. He did look mischievous. I am referring to the three kids on the label of the Velvet Pea...…
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…8 | MAY 25 • 2023 guest column An Alternative Pathway: Can We Be Partners with People Who Hold Anti-Israel Views? W hat do we do when people we wish to partner with to create a better Detroit or a better America harbor anti-Is- rael views? One approach to dealing with folks who are anti-Israel might be to cut off ties with them after failing to convince them of our own view- point. Yet, there is an alternative path. This i...…
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…10 | MAY 18 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY A s a constituent who resides in Southfield and on behalf of a synagogue located in your district, I am disappointed in and troubled by your Tweet from May 1, 2023, in which you declared “… the apartheid state of Israel was born out of violence and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. ” First, your Tweet is rife with egregious factual errors in A) labeling Israel an apartheid state, B) im...…
…100 | MAY 18 • 2023 FOOD T here are three festivals from the biblical era — Sukkot, Passover and Shavuot — when the first fruits of the season were offered as gifts to God. This year, Shavuot begins at sundown Thursday, May 25, and concludes at nightfall May 27. Shavuot falls 49 days — or seven weeks — after Passover and historically marks the time of the first wheat harvest, when the grain is full size, but not yet dried. Wheat w...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 101 to crops from the beginning of agriculture. According to Mayzlish-Gati, the seeds are kept in optimal conditions and temperatures, and are available either for immediate use or for decades from now. The Land of Wheat project focuses on strains that possess commercial and culi- nary potential, reports the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. The project staff partners with small artisanal bakeries, flour mills and chefs. They...…
…102 | MAY 18 • 2023 ingredients and beat until just moistened. Beat in the eggs. Stir in the whole wheat flour and enough remaining bread flour to form a soft dough. Put the dough onto a floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, around 10 minutes. Cover and let rest 15 minutes. Divide the dough into thirds. Roll each portion into a 20-inch rope. Cut into 20 pieces and shape into balls. Grease three 9-inch round baking p...…
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…104 | MAY 18 • 2023 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY B uilding a successful business in home decor brought Paul Katzman the ability to be generous to his communi- ty and family. He formerly owned Kay & Kay Tile, Mrs. Kay’s Wallpaper, Blinds & More, and American Blind & Wallpaper Factory. The entrepreneur taught his children and grandchil- dren lessons about business and life, but the greatest impact on them may have come from watc...…
…MAY 18 • 2023 | 105 HAROLD “HAL ” BAKER, 82, of Novi, died May 6, 2023. A tireless vol- unteer on behalf of the men’s clubs of Ahavas Achim, Beth Achim and Adat Shalom, as well as vice presi- dent of the Michigan Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, he was awarded the Ma’asim Tovim Award in 2013. He was also an active volunteer with the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon for more than three decades a...…
…continued from page 105 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 106 | MAY 18 • 2023 SADIE BIALOCK, 99, of West Bloomfield, died May 6, 2023. Sadie was born in Richmond, Mich., and grew up in Mt. Clemens. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1944 and was briefly enrolled there in the law school before discovering her true vocation in the education field. She then went on to complete an M.A. at Wayne State University, special...…
…continued on page 108 MAY 18 • 2023 | 107 c. 2015 NICOLAS “NICK” GILBERT, 26, of Bloomfield Hills, died May 6, 2023. After a life- long, courageous battle with Neurofibromatosis, Nick died peacefully at home surround- ed by family. He is survived by his par- ents, Daniel and Jennifer Gilbert; brothers and sister, Grant, Gracie, AJ and Nash Gilbert; grandparents, Shirley Gilbert, Murk Goddard, and Pamela and Robert Feldman; unc...…
…continued from page 107 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 108 | MAY 18 • 2023 Women International, 1129 20th St. NW, Suite 801, Washington, DC 20036, jwi. org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. DAVID MORAN, 91, of West Bloomfield, died May 9, 2023. He is survived by his companion, Sharon Balamut; children, Lauri (Robert) Levine, Julie (Allen) Zuppke and Cindy (Patrick) Donohue; grand- children, Matthew Donohue, Katie (Phillip) L...…
…J onathan Omer-Man, a rabbi and pioneer in Jewish medita- tion whose meeting with the Dalai Lama in 1990 was described in Rodger Kamenetz’s bestselling book The Jew in the Lotus, died May 2, 2023. He was 89. Omer-Man was part of a dele- gation of Jews, including rabbis of various denomina- tions, who went to Dharamshala, India, as part of an inter- faith dialogue with the exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Kamenetz’s 1994 book foc...…
…The Past Doesn’t Stay in the Past Join us at The Zekelman Holocaust Center from May 22 to 24 at 1:00 PM for the final public tours of our current exhibit. While we update our core exhibit, the Center will remain open to visitors for public programming, educational events, and a temporary exhibit. Learn more at holocaustcenter.org/renovation …
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 110 | MAY 18 • 2023 The Nuremberg Trials T he JN recently published an obituary for Ben Ferencz on April 20. After a memorable life, Ferencz passed away at 103. He was the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, 1945-1949. The Nuremberg Trials were conducted in the immediate aftermath of World War II by an a...…
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…12 | MAY 18 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY A Night of Contrasts What a night of contrasts. I am an elected member of Franklin Village council and a board member of Temple Israel. On May 4, Rep. Rashida Tlalb, who due to redistricting now represents my Village of Franklin, came to speak here. I had the second question using the backdrop of recent vile antisemitism in our neighboring area of Bloomfield Hills that received national coverag...…
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