…Detroit Jewish News n contents Online exclusive: • The Untold Story Of The Jewish Effort To Pass The G.I. Bill • Skinny Cooking Secrets For Summer June 22-28, 2017 / 28 Sivan-4 Tamuz 5777| VOLUME CLI, ISSUE 21 eretz 22 to serve or not? Despite no policy change, haredi protests bring IDF conscription issue up again. spirit 28 29 32 36 yiddish hero ON THE COVER: SHABBAT LIGHTS* Shabbat: Friday, June 23, 8:56 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Sat...…
…Detroit Jewish News n 75 Anniversary th 1942-2017 commemorative issue | july 18, 2017 contents 6 Looking Back, Looking Forward A welcome from Publisher and Executive Editor Arthur Horwitz. 8 Congrats From A Reader And A Writer Humorist Alan Muskovitz looks back on his relationship with the JN. 12 18 Congratulatory Letters From Government Offi cials 126 40 They still love the D … and the JN. 82 52 64 90 Forever Mentshen Fo...…
…views for openers On Joining Th e Gym I ing world to understand all its inner recently joined a gym. Anyone who secrets and foibles, but why is it that knows what it’s like to battle their people who jog for an hour on an arti- weight can probably guess that it ficial sidewalk park as close as possible wasn’t my first time joining a gym; but to the entrance? I want to tell these this time, like any chronic yoyo dieter people, calories get ...…
…views essay A Despicable Name Palestinians tarnish women’s center by naming it after a terrorist. A t the same time the beleaguered leader of the Palestinian Authority is seemingly tempering his hard- line toward making peace with Israel, youth in P.A.-controlled areas of the West Bank continue to be indoctrinated to honor the memory of a homegrown ter- rorist. Such indoctrination, inculcated by the Fatah political faction heading the P.A...…
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…jews d in the Yiddish As Yiddish Book Center chair, Eugene Driker helped preserve the language. ROCHEL BURSTYN CONTRIBUTING WRITER I t’s been four years since Eugene Driker became board chair at one of the country’s l largest Jewish cultural organiza- t tions, the Yiddish Book Center ( (YBC). Although he stepped d down in November 2016, the J JN caught up with him to hear a about the organization’s accom- p plishments under his direction...…
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…jews d in the Her Senior Moment Holocaust survivor Erna Gorman earns honorary diploma from FJA. ARI SAMUEL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS O As the crowd rose to its feet, Gorman, n stage at the Berman Center for 83, a Holocaust survivor and “hidden the Performing Arts this month, child,” accepted a diploma fate cruelly 58 newly minted alumnae from denied her from earning decades earlier. Frankel Jewish Academy’s Class of 2017 “I was very you...…
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…jews d in the 100 Years Ago O Irwin Cohen Special to the Jewish News TOP: Looking toward City Hall on Woodward and Michigan from Cadillac Square. The big building left of center is the posh Ponchartrain Hotel. RIGHT: Looking up Woodward and Detroit’s skyline from Canada. 16 ne hundred years ago, in 1917, Detroit’s Jews wondered and argued about the number of Jews residing in the city. Community leaders estimated the figure at 35,000. M...…
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…jews d in the Where’s The Ring? S dear debra end your questions to deardebra@renmedia.us or look for an anonymous question submission form on Debra’s online column at www.thejewishnews.com. marriage is your goal. Should potential love interests “shift the conversation,” you’ll know where you stand and can walk in the other direction. DEAR DEBRA, DEAR DEBRA, Debra Darvick 18 My boyfriend and I have been living together for three years...…
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…jews d in the Soul Studio Gallery Exhibition Friendship Circle presents “Compass: A Soul Studio Gallery Exhibition & Reception” from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, June 29, at the Dresner Foundation Soul Studio inside the Farber Center, 5586 Drake Road, West Bloomfield. “Compass” will showcase ways that Soul Studio artists set their creative courses, define their own destinations and dis- cover new possibilities along the way. Finished artwork will be ...…
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…eretz IDFblog.com To Serve Or Not? LOUIS FINKELMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Despite no policy change, haredi protests bring IDF conscription issue up again. ABOVE: Despite recent protests by anti-Zionist Satmar adherents, nationalist-religious men do serve in the IDF. In this 2014 photo, an ultra- Orthodox Jewish soldier, part of the Defenders of the Negev battalion, prays. In February 2017, the IDF swore in its first all-haredi paratrooper un...…
…Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit Combined Annual Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit will take place on will take place on Monday, October 2, 2017 7:30 p.m. The Berman Center for the Performing Arts West Bloomfi...…
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…FRANKLIN ATHLETIC CLUB SUMMER Cohen-Veenstra FAMILY SWIM CLUB K eri and Don Cohen of West Bloomfield are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Hannah Leah to Dereck Michael Veenstra, son of Kim Havner and the late Guy Veenstra. Hannah graduated in 2012 from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in social work. This May, she earned her master’s degree in social work from Wayne State University. She has been work...…
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…spirit Small Shul torah portion Big Horizons Debunking Jewish Stereotypes with Professor Howard Lupovitch Bettering Ourselves T here is a joke of the U.S. Navy a child of God, he was incorrect in once challenging Canada as taking on the lighthouse, namely follows: U.S. Ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. CND reply: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. ...…
…arts&life music / cover story New Sensation SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Social-media star Daniel Skye talks music, his fans and tefi llin. Skye gets a selfie with Adam Sandler at the Radio Disney Music Awards 30 June 22 • 2017 D aniel Skye is the real deal. The 17-year-old social- media star plays guitar and piano, writes music and lyrics, and, of course, sings in a voice that sounds like liquid gold to his legions of fans...…
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…arts&life fashion Cool SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER A local entrepreneur fi nds the true meaning of “no sweat.” details The Lawrence Hunt Charity Trunk Show runs 7:30-10:30 p.m. Thurs- day, June 29, at Detroit is the New Black. $30 includes appetizers, desserts and drinks. Reservations are required and can be made at facebook.com/ lawrencehuntfashion or at twitter. com/lawrencehunt_co. Information on the shirts is available at...…
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…arts&life fashion Street Style This month: Ronna Levine Jodi Feld Columnist Name: Ronna Levine Where: Spotted working at Perfect Trading in Bloomfield Hills City of residence: Bloomfield Hills What are you wearing? I’m always wearing 7 jeans. These I got at Rear Ends in West Bloomfield, and they are my absolute favorite brand of jeans. They fit me well and I feel comfortable in them. I think because e I am little and they fit smaller pe...…
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…on the go people | places | events friday, june 23 OAK PARK WALKERS 10 am, June 23-July 21. Jewish Family Service sponsors weekly walk. Gather at site of former JCC building; walk will take place in park behind it. At Charlotte Rothstein Park, behind Jewish Community Campus, off 10 Mile, between Greenfield and Coolidge, Oak Park. Free. Info: Debbie, 248-592-2674. saturday, june 24 COMEDY NIGHT FUNDRAISER 6:30 pm, June 24. Comedians includ...…
…ANNIVERSARY on the go continued from page 37 wednesday, june 28 thursday, june 29 JCC MOVIE MATINEE 1:15 pm, June 28. The Active Life Program will show Race, the story of Olympic runner Jesse Owens. At the JCC, West Bloomfield. Info: Rosa, rchessler@jccdet.org or 248-432-5467. DASH ‘N DINE 4-6:30 pm, June 29. Tour and meet staff at the American House apartment com- munity for older adults. Visitors will take home a meal of chicken kabobs...…
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…ISRAEL POLICE soul Monument Center Inc. “Same Location Over 80 Years” Monuments and Markers Bronze Markers Memorial Duplicating Cemetery Lettering & Cleaning of blessed memory BBC Apologizes For Misleading Terror Attack Headline Israeli Border Police Staff Sgt. Major Hadas Malka, 23, was fatally stabbed while on duty at Damascus Gate by a Palestinian terrorist June 16. Nibbles comes to attacks on Israeli citizens.” Following the compla...…
…soul of blessed memory Invincible Spirit RONELLE GRIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER A sa Shapiro was an inspiration to everyone who knew him. He was a loving and devoted hus- band, father and grandfather, a beloved employer and a successful businessman whose life was a testament to the power of love, hard work and his own indomita- ble spirit. Asa Shapiro died June 14, 2017, in his West Bloomfield home, surrounded by those who loved him most. He w...…
…Herman Y OU ’ VE ALWAYS ANTICIPATED EACH OTHER ’ S NEEDS . JUDEE HERMAN, 71, of Bloomfield Hills and Fountain Hills, Ariz., died June 14, 2017, after a four-year battle with cancer. She was an occupational ther- apist by profession and in business with her husband, Sal Herman. Mrs. Herman is survived by her beloved husband, Sal; sons, Jay Imerman (Lisa), Bruce Imerman (Colleen); daughter, Marla Venyige (Adar); nine grandchildren; brother, M...…
…During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will study in memory of the following departed friends. In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily minyan. soul of blessed memory 6COOW\,WPG Dwoira Bigman Leonard Brode Samuel Graj Fannie Karol Leonard H. Kendler Rebecca Lefton Neimark Rose Schwartz John David Smith Samuel Alfred Starr 6COOW\,WPG Gerald Benaderet Harris Buch Lena Goldsmith Helene Hollender Gloria Matthews...…
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…soul of blessed memory 2171540 we remember & mourn A SA S HAPIRO Father of Mickey Shapiro, one of our founding board members. Asa survived the Holocaust having lost everything except his fervor for life and eternal 68 years years ago, ago, he and his young wife, wife, Sarah, set set out out to these shores to start optimism. Seventy he and his young Sarah, to these shores to start over and build their new world. His remarkable resilience ...…
