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…10 June 20 • 2019 jn jews d in the Equal Protection Governor joins the call to expand Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. Pilot Program New students to Frankel Jewish Academy can apply for merit-based scholarships. O n June 4, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, along with Sen. Jeremy Moss, D– Southfield, and other members of the Michigan Legislature’ s LGBTQ Caucus, renewed the call to expand the Elliott- Larsen Civil Rights Act by adding...…
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…16 June 20 • 2019 jn Neo-Nazi Disruption Police keep groups separate at Motor City Pride Festival. D uring June 8-9, Detroit hosted its Motor City Pride Festival, the largest pride event in the state of Michigan. The festival is a place for the community to come together and celebrate gay pride, but members of the National Socialist Movement (NSM) had other plans. Media sources reported the neo-Na- zis were seen walking through the ...…
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…jews d in the 18 June 20 • 2019 jn Zioness Movement Amanda Berman asks progressive Jews to challenge anti-Semitism of the left. T he vast majority of American Jews have their home on the political left, according to Amanda Berman, executive director and co-founder of the New York City-based Zioness Movement. She says American Jews generally believe in human rights, want to see wide- spread health insurance and laws to protect wor...…
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…24 June 20 • 2019 jn N ate Emery is a rock star. Or, more accurately, a rock-climbing star. At age 10. The Farmington Hills resident has competed indoors in six states and climbed recreationally outdoors in two states. He’ s one of the best in the country in his age group in two USA Climbing competitive disciplines — bouldering and sport climbing. Nate works hard so he can stay ahead of his competition. He spends 12-15 hours a we...…
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…26 June 20 • 2019 jn moments Ethan Jonah Endelman (Shalom Yonah) will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah during morning services at the Kotel in Jerusalem on Thursday, June 20, 2019. He is the son of Eric and Alyssa Endelman of West Bloomfield, brother of Jordan and grandson of Linda Settler, Dr. Leonard and Deborah Dunn, and Earle and Sandra Endelman. Ethan is a student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington ...…
…June 20 • 2019 27 jn T ammy and Bruce Gorosh of West Bloomfield are kvelling over the engagement of their daughter Hilary Lynne to Eli Saul Wald, son of Laura and Jack Wald of Chicago, Ill. Hilary graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor of arts in special education/learning disabilities and received a reading specialist mas- ter’ s degree from DePaul University. She works with middle school students as a learning s...…
…W hen we teach of Moses, we generally teach of a great leader: the man who led the Israelites from slavery to freedom and then guided them in the wilderness for 40 years. What we talk about less frequently is how challenging Moses often found his lead- ership role. How the Israelites constantly complained to him about everything. We also do not talk all that much about Moses as a brother. And yet, in this week’ s Torah portion w...…
…June 20 • 2019 29 jn eretz Ford Opens Innovation Center in Tel Aviv B ill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, was in Tel Aviv June 12 to open the doors of its new Ford Research Center in the heart of the city’ s burgeoning technology community. The new center will serve as a research hub augmenting Ford’ s global Research and Advanced Engineering team. It will also support Ford’ s automotive and mobility busi- nesses b...…
…30 June 20 • 2019 jn SANDEE BRAWARSKY SUMMER READING books arts&life Our annual compilation of new books offers everything from page-turners to politics — all with a Jewish connection. THE GOSPEL ACCORDI NG TO LAZARUS RI CHARD ZI MLER G RI CHARD ZI MLER ‘ ‘ A brave and engaging novel . . . a page-turner’ Observer The Gospel According to Lazarus by Richard Zimler (Peter Owen Publishing/IPG) is an imaginative retelling of ho...…
…June 20 • 2019 31 jn lings — she is studying to be a surgeon and he is a physicist racing Einstein to prove relativity — face the tough decision as to whether to stay or leave, and how to protect each other and all they have learned. When he goes missing, his sister risks all to fight for him in this story of love, adventure and science. The Rabbi Finds Her Way by Robert Schoen with Catherine deCuir (Stone Bridge Press) is a career...…
…32 June 20 • 2019 jn books arts&life continued from page 31 A s a Pulitzer-Prize winning jour- nalist, biographer and observer of social history, David Maraniss says he has spent his career “trying to understand the forces that shape America and to measure individuals by the whole pattern of their lives.” He has usually focused his sharp reporting and research- ing skills on strangers. Now, he turns to his late father, trying to ...…
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…34 June 20 • 2019 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER A dam Ben Ezra could be called a one-man jazz band. Although his main instru- ment is the double bass, he also reverts to piano, clarinet, flute, harmonica and synth. And he commissioned a five- string bass with a removable neck. Going beyond improvising with others’ music, he improvises with his original numbers. “My show is a solo act, ” says the Israeli-based entertainer, m...…
…June 20 • 2019 35 jn arts&life JESSIE COHEN JN INTERN One-of-a-Kind O ver the past 27 years, Judaica artist Orna Amrani has become a staple of Michigan summer art fairs. Amrani is originally from Haifa, Israel, and attended University of Haifa before serving in the Israeli Air Force. After having lived all over the world with her husband, Ami, the couple and their three chil- dren settled in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where Amrani ...…
…36 June 20 • 2019 jn celebrity jews arts&life AT THE MOVIES The animated film Toy Story 4 opens June 21. Tom Hanks again voices Woody, the cowboy toy who is the star and hero of the whole series. Woody has many new adventures. They include going with the whole toy gang on a long family road trip. There’ s also a sweet side- story about Woody meeting up with his long-lost friend Bo Peep (a porcelain figurine). Rashida Jones, 43, ...…
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…soul of blessed memory 40 June 20 • 2019 jn c. 1980 ELAINE GLORIA BERNSTEIN, 79, of Huntington Woods, died June 8, 2019. She was the dear mother of Donna (Jeffrey) Cantor and Vicki McGaw; loving grandmother of Lauren, Haylee, Adam and Alexander; devoted sister of Norman Cohen and Ronald (the late Linda) Cohen; she is also survived by many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Bernstein was the dearest sister of the la...…
…June 20 • 2019 41 jn soul of blessed memory MILFORD “MICKEY” NEMER, 90, of Franklin, died June 13, 2019. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and David Maiseloff; son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Rosalind Nemer; grandchildren, Jennifer Maiseloff, Alyssa and Sam Yashinsky, Stephen Maiseloff and girlfriend Julie Tschirhart, Drew Nemer, Danny Nemer, Michael and Traci Baum, and Stuart Baum; great-grandchildren, ...…
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…June 20 • 2019 43 jn soul of blessed memory Corrections The notice for Beverly Keller (June 6) should have indicated that she is survived by daughter and son-in- law, Gayle (Josh Jackson) Keller of Jacksonville, Ore. Also, she was the loving daughter of the late Sophie and the late Al Moore. OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $100 for up to 150 words; $200 for 151-300 words, etc. A photo counts as 30 words. The...…
…44 June 20 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi Dies According to State TV in Egypt, ousted president Mohamed Morsi died during a court hearing June 17, 2019. He was 67. Morsi, a member of the now-out- lawed Muslim Brotherhood, was elected president of Egypt in 2012 in the country’ s first free elections following the ouster the year before of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. He served as pre...…
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…46 June 20 • 2019 jn Looking Back From the DJN Foundation Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History COURTESY OF THE RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN ARCHIVES OF TEMPLE BETH EL, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI. Temple Beth El Sisterhood members (1964): Maxine Spiegel, Catherine Rodecker, Dorothy Willis and Eleanor Ettlinger. I work with Tessa Goldberg at the Detroit Jewish News Foundation and she has an interesting accent. When I first met her, I ...…
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