…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 51 school, which felt it exposed students to too much risk. Wedding receptions are being resched- uled as many as five times, and usually to smaller events. But parties for bar/bat mitz- vahs and special birthdays or anniversaries are more often just canceled. Hoffman was able to pull off three events in 2020, including an outdoor family event and an outdoor bar mitzvah party. She has coordinated one outdoor wedding so ...…
…52 | JUNE 24 • 2021 G race Van’t Hof and Aaron Jonah Lewis wanted a big, but casual wedding, ideally in an outdoor camp-like setting where all their friends and family members could celebrate with lots of old-time music and dance. Both American- roots musicians, they wanted participants to be able to jam away on their banjos, fiddles, guitars and mandolins. Van’t Hof, 35, and Lewis, 39, caught each other’s eyes at the Knoxville Sto...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 53 Their rabbi, Arianna Silverman of Detroit’s Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, convinced them to do some of the Jewish ceremony now as well, including the sign- ing of the ketubah (marriage contract) and the exchange of rings. Van’t Hof is wearing a simple gold diamond engage- ment ring and wedding band that belonged to her maternal grandmother, Myra Zwiep, who died a few months ago. One of Ms. Zwiep’s scarves wa...…
…54 | JUNE 24 • 2021 W hile many of us spent the past year decluttering our homes, some things were just too precious to part with. If you can’t bear to give away your late father’s tie collection, your mother’s colorful array of scarves or your daughter’s childhood dance costumes, Kiwykeepsakes will turn those cherished memories into col- orful throw pillows, striking wall hangings and other unique works of art. Kiwykeepsakes —...…
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…56 | JUNE 24 • 2021 F or Beth Rosenfeld, quilting is therapy. “It’s something I can do where I don’t have to think of anything else or everything else,” she says. “It’s a place where all my tension is released.” Now, that artistic “therapy” has grown into a business — Beth Anne Quilting. She sells her intricate, beautiful quilts at local art fairs. Next up is the Franklin’s Art in the Village on Labor Day, Sept. 6, and Arts & Apple...…
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…58 | JUNE 24 • 2021 H opefully, Zoom birthday celebrations, virtual seders and drive-thru sukkahs will soon be only memories. After a frightening spring COVID surge in Michigan, weekly average COVID cases have declined to 301 and the COVID positive test rate is now less than 2%, compared to dou- ble digits not long ago. Vaccinations are probably responsible for much of this progress, but not everyone has been vaccinated. COVID i...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 59 plans to have one server wear- ing gloves and a mask place individual servings on guests’ plates. Some items will be packaged separately in mason jars or as wrapped sandwiches. Guests will be able to choose a packaged ice cream from a cart. “I want to make sure that people are super comfortable, ” Shapiro says. During the pandemic she hosted several socially distanced parties and gatherings around fire pits o...…
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…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 69 SPORTS S asha Hartje loved playing tennis at Emory University. “It was amazing, ” the Detroit Country Day School graduate and 2017 Jewish News Female High School Athlete of the Year said about her four years at Emory, a private school in Atlanta. Hartje even has fond memories of the women’s tennis season this spring, when she played only one match for Emory because of COVID-19 quarantines and a positive test f...…
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…72 | JUNE 24 • 2021 D r. Stan Alfred, 85, died peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 14, 2021. Dr. Alfred was born in Flint on Nov. 18, 1935. He lived with his parents, Fay and Clem Alfred, and his younger sister, Marlene. He loved his childhood in Flint, surrounded by his extended family, playing golf and basketball and visiting his family’s resort in South Haven in the summers. Above all else, Stan would pro...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 73 with her dad. Wife and mom Ruth is a retired Channel 4 news anchor (Ruth to the Rescue). The three of them were a grateful family, praying Jerry would win his war with CLL and Richter Transformation. It was waged during the pandemic at their winter home in Florida he had built on Longboat Key and at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa during an immunotherapy clinical trial. Jerry had genuine friends who miss him...…
…74 | JUNE 24 • 2021 family members and friends. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, ATTN: Scott Chaness Memorial Fund, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33428, jewishboca.org/scottchaness. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. EMIL THOMAS “TOMMY” CITRON, 74, of Southfield, died June 13, 2021. He is survived by his beloved wife of 44 years,...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 75 puzzles and movies were among his favorite things. He was a topnotch bridge and backgammon player with a slew of friends who enjoyed his sense of humor and ability to have a good time. Moved by the beauty of life, it was unequivocally clear that Gary loved his family deeply and put them before all else. He would often say, “It doesn’t matter what you do every day as long as you get up and do something that you...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 76 | JUNE 24 • 2021 Mark Noah, Lisa and Bruce Gooel; grandchildren, Gabriel, Blake, Julia, Marlee, Benjamin, Lauren (Matthew), Stephanie (partner, Frankie), Jenna (fiancé, Jake) and Michelle; great-grandchildren, Michael, Joshua, Ella and Giovanni; brother-in-law, Jerry Lesson; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Simon was the beloved wife of the late Edward A. Simon; sister of the...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 78 | JUNE 24 • 2021 For KIDS Only T his week, the JN is launching a new section: “Apple Tree.” Although the name of this section has been previously used, it’s a good title and the new Apple Tree will be the first feature in the history of the JN to be exclusively for children. Now, to be sure, a search into the Wil...…
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