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…Michigan Israel Business Accelerator launches The Elevator — first landing zone for Israeli startups in the U.S. See page 10 ISRAELI- MICHIGAN ISRAELI- MICHIGAN PARTNERSHIPS UPLIFTING JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT thejewishnews.com $200 June 29-July 5, 2023 / 10-16 Tammuz 5783 …

…10 | JUNE 29 • 2023 ISRAELI- MICHIGAN ISRAELI- MICHIGAN PARTNERSHIPS UPLIFTING The Globe Building in Bricktown, home to The Elevator …

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 11 OUR COMMUNITY M ichigan Israel Business Accelerator (MIBA), an economic development organization, recently unveiled “The Elevator” as the first land- ing zone exclusively for Israeli startups in the U.S. This Israeli coworking community, located in Detroit’s Bricktown neighborhood in the Globe Building, is focused on forging connections between Israeli startups and companies and Michigan enterprises. The laun...…

…12 | JUNE 29 • 2023 Mark Davidoff, Matt Elliott and Quentin Messer Jr. unveil the chosen name “The Elevator.” According to Davidoff, The Elevator’s roots reach back to 2014, when, after returning from leading a mission to Israel, he wrote an essay for Crain’s com- paring Detroit to the Jordan River. “The Jordan River was going through a reclamation process, and my essay compared Detroit post-bankruptcy and the Jordan River in its ...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 13 Metro Detroit. Membership at The Elevator grants complimentary access to an array of amenities, including dedicated and flexible office space, conference rooms, 360° video conferencing capabilities with an 86-inch display screen, high-speed internet connec- tivity, high-capacity printing, a convenient kitchenette and a U.S. mailing address with mail delivery service to an assigned locker. Moreover, The Elevator...…

…14 | JUNE 29 • 2023 be for the city of Detroit. ” Itai Biran, Consul for Political & Commercial Affairs at the Israel Consulate General to the Midwest, was there for The Elevator’s launch. “This space will undoubt- edly serve as a catalyst for Israeli companies, enabling them to rapidly accelerate their growth models in in the United States, ” he said. “The opening of this space represents a milestone in our efforts to strengthen tie...…

…DOROTHY & EDDY BARAK LEAH & SHAYA BAUM DORIS & FRED BLECHMAN ROBYN & BOB CANVASSER AVIVA, NOAH, & RENA CIVAN MINDY & JESSE CIVAN JENNY & ELIEZER (Z”L) DORFMAN JOHN ELLIOTT LINDA & BOB FINKEL SHARI & STANLEY FINSILVER SHARON & MARTY GENE ILANA GLAZIER & LOWELL SCHMELTZ SANDRA & MANNY GLAZIER KAREN & KEN GOSS NANCY & JAMES GROSFELD BARBARA & MICHAEL HOROWITZ SHERI & DAVID JAFFA SUE & ALAN J. KAUFMAN KAUFMAN INSURANCE GROUP , LLC, SABRINA & B...…

…16 | JUNE 29 • 2023 O n Friday, June 16, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a 19-year-old Upper Peninsula man with East Lansing ties and charged him with trans- mitting a communication containing a threat to injure another. He is charged with making plans to kill people at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing on the chosen date of March 15, 2024, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Federal officials arrest...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 17 going through a relation- ship breakup, and others sympathizing with him about his breakup as well as the number of “kikes” who lived near them or attended their schools. To his online associates, the man, said: “I’m sure we’ll meet again in the next life. The world sucks. I won’t be taken alive and I will make sure of that. Remember: Heil Hitler.” He also ruminated about getting a camera to live- stream the ...…

…18 | JUNE 29 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY the many phone calls I had with Totten, and on my TV in the background, the news headlines from Pittsburgh were scrolling on the bot- tom of the screen,” recalled Bigman. “It was all so sur- real. But the congregation and I are very grateful to law enforcement, federal and state and local, for making sure that the gentleman who threatened us was arrested and will be charged.” Like the Tree of Li...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 19 Tuesday, July 11 7:00 PM Looking beyond well-intentioned statements and monuments, acclaimed scholar Andrew I. Port will discuss how the Holocaust shaped German responses to modern-day genocides in other countries after 1945. Through this discussion, he will also highlight how these foreign atrocities recast Germany’s understanding of its own horrific history. Register at HolocaustCenter.org/July I N - P E R...…

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…20 | JUNE 29 • 2023 HER ES OUR COMMUNITY I n “Taking Time to Remember,” my cover story in the May 25 edition of the JN, I offered a reminder to try to set aside some time over the long Memorial Day weekend to honor the sacrifice made by our Jewish men and women veterans of blessed memory. More specifically, I invited our readers to join the Jewish War Veterans (JWV), Department of Michigan, at one of two ceremonies com- memorati...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 21 Next generation steps up to honor our veterans. CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Herman “Abe” Lash stands by his Army truck. Abe on leave in 1944, sur- rounded by his young nephew Harvey and his brother in-law Herman Streit, father Irving, and grandfather Louis. Abe’s letter from the warfront. Abe training for the war. ABE’S LEGACY LIVES ON I phoned Steve’s siblings, Harvey Lash of Scottsdale, Arizona, Myles Lash of Beth...…

…22 | JUNE 29 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY L. Stimson and Chief of Staff General George Marshall, who on behalf of the president extended their condolences and gratitude to the Lash family. Another display of Uncle Abe memora- bilia includes a Christmas greeting from Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, vintage war- time-themed post cards from the era, as well as a priceless collection of beautifully handwritten letters written by his uncle from the w...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 23 Memorial Day Parade The Jewish War Veterans (JWV), Department of Michigan, were front and center, literally, at this year’s Royal Oak Memorial Day Parade. Members of the JWV, Ladies Auxiliary and JWV Color Guard were the first group to march down Main Street at 9 a.m. Just ahead of them was the incomparable Art Fishman, 96, JWV Post 510, and JWV Senior Vice Commander Emeritus, this year’s Grand Marshal, his sec...…

…24 | JUNE 29 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY Commander of JWV Post 474, helped carry the organization’s banner and was proudly followed by his wife, Vicki, the Adlers’ two sons, Mark and David, and David’s 6-year- old son Oliver. Adler served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. Adler’s sons attended to honor both their father and their veteran grandfa- ther Louis, who was one of three brothers who served simultaneously durin...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 25 A ccording to a survey by the Pew Research Center, only half of American Jews (52%) can read Hebrew. To fill this gap in Jewish education, the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) has developed Read It in Hebrew, an innovative Hebrew reading course. With interactive flashcards and its own app for remote learning, Read It in Hebrew uses the latest technology to combine timeless learning methods with contempo...…

…26 | JUNE 29 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY M ore than 400 people enjoyed an evening of live entertainment, a silent auction and raffle, and a strolling dinner at Hillel’s beautiful campus at Hillel Day School’s Annual Gala on May 21. The highlights of the evening included Paula and Louis Glazier receiving the 2023 Dream Maker Award, Todd Fink receiving the Rabbi Jacob E. Segal (z’’l) Award, and Greg Kaplan, a 2000 Hillel graduate, receiv-...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 27 $13 million capital campaign that added 28,000 square feet to the school and created the middle school wing, media center, chapel, science wing and renovated administrative offices. He was also instru- mental in arranging for the installation of the traffic light in front of the school. Now, he and Paula are the lead gifters for the renovation of Hillel’s historic Little Red School House. Paula, recipient of ...…

…28 | JUNE 29 • 2023 J ewish children’s author Andy Gutman is back with a new book co-authored by a special group of budding writ- ers. Released this June, My First Day of Kindergarten sees 12 Beechview Elementary fifth-graders sharing their personal stories of their kindergarten experience. Through their storytelling, the Farmington Public School District cohort of students pro- vide invaluable guidance and support to upcoming gener...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 29 S tar Bakery (26031 Coolidge Highway, Oak Park) will be closing on July 2, the bakery’s owners Daniel Buckfire, David Schechter and Stacy Fox announced. Due to the rising costs of both labor and ingredients, and contin- ued difficulties left over from the pandemic, the business could no longer remain viable. Buckfire, Schechter and Fox purchased Star Bakery in July 2021, and then Diamond Bakery (6722 Orchard ...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 3 PURELY COMMENTARY 4-9 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 10 Uplifting Israeli-Michigan Partnerships Michigan Israel Business Accelerator launches The Elevator — first landing zone for Israeli startups in the U.S. 16 Terror Threat Thwarted FBI arrests Michigan man who threatened mass shooting at East Lansing’s Congregation Shaarey Zedek. 20 Remembering Heroes Next generation steps up...…

…OUR COMMUNITY I t was a cold, rain-soaked Monday evening when I visited the Meer Indepenent Living Apartments on the JCC Campus, yet the per- son I’m here to see, Tracey Proghovnick Edelstein, exuded sunny warmth, greeting me at the door and pausing to kibitz with residents and pet a dog. In her office — after insisting on giving me a gift bag — she gave me the bad news — we’re aging. “If you’re lucky, you’re going to get old,” ...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 31 for a Jewish communal profes- sional. I sat down with Proghovnick Edelstein to learn how she dis- covered — and maintains — her zeal for helping older adults, as well as how we can all better our chances of aging in comfort and dignity. “It’s very possible that you will need some type of support in your life, and prior to that, you’re most likely going to be some type of caregiver. We want peo- ple to know, ‘Yo...…

…32 | JUNE 29 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 31 the conversation started. You’re also talking to a stranger about very private things in many cases. ‘WE USUALLY FIND A SOLUTION.’ I currently am director of res- idential marketing and com- munity relations, working with all the communities at Jewish Senior Life. I still often am the first touch when someone calls or inquires about services. I talk through their situation...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 33 E mily Levine has valued Jewish service and social change since she was young. “I feel like ever since I was little, being Jewish to me was way more than reading Torah and text. It was really based in com- munity and values, ” she said. Emily was engaged in Jewish life through Camp Tel Yehudah as a camper and staff member, and also served as a youth advis- er with Young Judaea. After high school, Emily stud- ied...…

…34 | JUNE 29 • 2023 T he weather could not have been more perfect for Hadassah Greater Detroit’s “Garden of Healing” party on May 31. The event celebrated Hadassah’s 111 years of hope and healing. More than 100 guests mingled and dined in Joan and Bob Epstein’s picturesque gar- dens. The evening was generously under- written by the event co-chairs Joan and Bob Epstein, and Nancy and Larry Bluth. Both Joan Epstein and Nancy Bluth are...…

…Hadassah Greater Detroit President Mandy Garver, Event Co-Chairs Nancy Bluth and Joan Epstein LEFT: Featured speaker Dr. Alex Gileles-Hillel of Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem and Hadassah Speakers Bureau Chair Carol Ann Schwartz. BELOW: Stefany and Gary Freeman and Richard and Shauna Elias of Bloomfield Hills, and Ilene and Steve Bez of Farmington Hills. Past Hadassah Greater Detroit President Nancy Bluth, Hadas...…

…36 | JUNE 29 • 2023 Jewish Senior Life hosted its 30th annual 8 Over 80 fundraising event on Sunday, May 21, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Each year, the nonprofit honors eight individuals in the Metro Detroit community who are over 80 and have demonstrated dedication throughout their lifetimes to the Jewish value of tikkun olam — repairing the world. The celebration was emceed by Alan Muskovitz and spotlighted this...…

…Honoree Ellie Slovis and FJA student Cami Katzen Honoree Janet Pont and FJA student Maddie Charnas Honoree Roslyn Garber and FJA student Ryan Schmeltz Honoree Jim August and FJA student Rebecca Rabin JUNE 29 • 2023 | 37 The Alzheimer’s Association Michigan chapter hosted a free event in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month in Southfield on Wednesday, May 31, where they featured a challah bread braiding demonstration and a prese...…

…T he 41st annual Stephen B. Zorn Memorial Golf Classic put on by the B’nai B’rith Great Lakes Region includ- ed a special anniversary celebra- tion this year. It was the 10th year for a college scholarship program, also run by the Great Lakes Region, that began modestly in 2013 and has gained momentum through the years. That year’s scholarship recipi- ents are honored each year at the Golf Classic, which is the major annual fundraise...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 39 HEALTH A new form of mental health therapy is making waves in Michigan. While somatic experiencing is common in states like Illinois and Arizona, it’s just now expanding in Metro Detroit. Oak Park-based mental health therapist Sarah Rollins, 33, owner of Embodied Wellness, PLLC, believes this unique therapy is poised to grow. She’s also one of the few somatic experiencing practitioners in Michigan. “Somatic ex...…

…4 | JUNE 29 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY essay The Jewish Future Is All About Choice There was a young lady of title Who insisted on wearing a sheitel. She didn’t care much For kashrut and such, “But the sheitel, ” said she, “now that’s vital!” A s the old limerick suggests, there has long been a tradition of picking and choosing Jewish observance in America, whether it involved keeping kosher or observing Shabbat, or, in this case,...…

…40 | JUNE 29 • 2023 I n 1997 Gary Burnstein, D.O, a cardi- ologist, received a letter from Grace Centers for Hope, a nonprofit serving homeless individuals in Pontiac. Grace was seeking physician volunteers to care for its clients and Dr. Burnstein agreed to help. According to Dana Burnstein, Dr. Burnstein’s wife, “He was always willing to go to bat for his patients — paying for tests if needed. It’s just who he was — a kind, cari...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 41 physicians. He welcomes this opportunity to give back to the community and is impressed with the clinic and its patients. In order to receive the clin- ic’s free care, patients must be Michigan residents who are uninsured and ineligible for Medicaid or Medicare, with an annual income no higher than 250% of the federal pov- erty level. While some clinic patients are unemployed, oth- ers have jobs — often multiple ...…

…42 | JUNE 29 • 2023 MAZEL TOV! HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/ bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th. For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@ thejewishnews.com...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 43 O n this upcoming Shabbat, we read two parshiyot — Chukat and Balak. These parshiyot are two of the 14 that may be paired together in any given year. In fact, when the second day of Shavuot in the dias- pora falls on Shabbat, as it did this year, Chukat and Balak are always read together on Shabbat. Parshah Chukat con- tains the laws of the red heifer, the most incom- prehensible laws in all the Torah. Foll...…

…I t is a scene that still has the power to shock and disturb. The people complain. There is no water. It is an old complaint and a predictable one. That is what happens in a desert. Moses should have been able to handle it with ease. He has been through far tougher challenges in his time. Yet sud- denly at Mei Meriva (“the waters of contention”), he exploded into vituperative anger: “‘Listen, you rebels, shall we bring you water out o...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 45 challenge without drama. He had been there before. The text gives us a clue, but in so understated a way that we can easily miss it. The chapter begins thus: “In the first month, the whole Israelite community arrived at the desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried. Now there was no water for the community …” (Num. 20:1–2). Many commentators see the connec- tion between this and wh...…

…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...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 47 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 H...…

…ARTS&LIFE FILM REVIEW A Holocaust survivor and a home- less teenager develop an unlikely friendship in Tiger Within. One walks with a cane, limping from his Los Angeles apartment to the synagogue and to the cemetery, where he cares for his deceased wife’s grave. The other is a swasti- ka-wearing runaway from a troubled home in Cleveland, where her mother is in an abusive relationship. The 99-minute film from director Rafal Zielinski, ...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 49 life and history. When they walk through a Jewish neighborhood and Jewish men wearing yar- mulkes call Casey a monster, for example, he yells back, telling them to mind their own business. In a very poignant moment in the film, Casey and Samuel are walking arm-in-arm down a Los Angeles street. On Casey’s back is the swastika, and on her arm is a Holocaust survivor. Tiger Within grapples with two important questio...…

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…50 | JUNE 29 • 2023 P laywright, compos- er and performer Andrew Lippa gets back to Michigan at least once a year. He visits with his niece, Gabrielle Kerbel, studying at the University of Michigan (U-M), and he connects with the university’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance about conducting mas- ter classes. This year, Lippa has learned that his musical john & jen is having a Michigan run devel- oped by a new professional thea...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 51 father and went off to fight in Vietnam.” The actors who requested a production never performed the play, which enlarged to a stand-alone production. As Lippa has worked on many projects, his mentor has been Broadway hit maker Stephen Schwartz, whose shows include Wicked and Pippin. Schwartz revealed that he has recognized a recurring theme in his own work and suggested that Lippa would find a theme as he look...…

…52 | JUNE 29 • 2023 FORD IS INDY ONE LAST TIME; CHALAMET IS DYLAN; SCHUMER’S SPECIAL Opening June 30 is Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny. It is the fifth and final Indiana Jones movie, and everybody associated with the series, like Steven Spielberg, swears there will be no more “Indy” films. You can find the plot of this almost-certain block- buster anywhere. So, I will omit it here. Of course, it wouldn’t be an Indiana ...…

…JUNE 29 • 2023 | 53 COUNTRY MUSIC 8 PM, JUNE 29 (THURS.) John Berry will perform at The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. This romantic tenor shows just how strong Nashville vocals have become. $35. YOGA & MUSIC 7:340-8:30 PMN, JULY 6 (THURS.) Practice yoga outdoors at DSO’s Sosnick Courtyard led by a Detroit Yoga Lab instructor and accessible to all skill levels. String quartet Six Mile Strings will perform a blissful live soundtra...…

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