…24 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N L ongtime Jewish musician Michael Krieger never anticipated playing music for older adults with memory loss, but the opportunity came his way and he never looked back. Krieger, 62, of Southfield, has played music professionally since 1992. While he always intended to become a professional musician, the lifelong singer, songwriter, guitar player and piano player says his career “really found” him on it...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 25 another long-running gig that’s now 23 years in. He wasn’t a music therapist, per se, but Krieger’s experience playing music for older adults made him an instant favorite at the Metro Detroit Jewish organization. Today, at Brown Adult Day Program, Krieger hosts music sessions two times per week at each site in Southfield and West Bloomfield. He sings and plays music for groups of individuals with memory loss ...…
…26 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N faces&places J ARC hosted Passover seders at five of its loca- tions on the first night of Pesach for all people they serve interested in attending. Sixty-four people served by JARC and support staff attended the seders from 14 JARC group homes and inde- pendent living situations. The seders were led by a combination of volunteers and those within JARC’s com- munity. Volunteers included David Konop, Caroly...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 27 J N Repair the World Detroit teamed up with Congregation Shir Tikvah for an Empty Bowls event highlighting food insecurity. Repair the World Fellow Courtney Harrison Geese gave an interactive presentation about food insecurity, food deserts and food justice in Detroit. Highlighted was the incredible work of service partners, Keep Growing Detroit. Participants sorted and packed hundreds of seed packs for Keep Gro...…
…28 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N faces&places C habad Jewish Center of Troy celebrated Passover this year in the American Legion Hall in downtown Rochester with over 100 local Jews coming together to share a delicious gourmet four-course meal catered by Chef Cari Catering and an inspirational seder led by Rabbi Menachem Caytak. For many Jews, this was their first time celebrating Passover in many years and, for some, it was their first ...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 29 J N Chad Techner “rescues” some soda from the NFL Draft weekend in Deroit. Techner loads the Metro Food Rescue truck. Rescued food was delivered to local food pantres. PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRAD ZEIGLER C had Techner and his Metro Food Rescue staff and volunteers rescued at least 66,000 pounds of food and beverages between April 14-May 2 from catered venues feeding staff and fans before and during the NFL Draft. Re...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 3 J N contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-9 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 10 Alight in Blue and White Thousands of Jewish Detroiters converge at the zoo to celebrate Israel. 16 Railing Against Israel Rep. Tlaib unleashes diatribe at ‘People’s Conference for Palestine.’ 18 A Young Author Roeper seventh-grader publishes YA spy novel. 19 Flag Retirement Ceremony The Jewish War Veteran...…
…30 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N M ove over, wine and cheese — a new perfect food and beverage pairing is making its way to Troy this spring. Stumblebum Beer Co. is set to open its doors at Maple and Crooks with a variety of unique beer and charcuterie pairings. As the brainchild of Jewish proprietor and brewer Eli Green, a Metro Detroit native who was involved with Jewish Ensemble Theatre, the new brewery is set to add Troy to a very sh...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 31 J N A bout seven hours into a 12-hour ultra- endurance run, and in first place in the men’s 18-24 age group, Merrick Chernett’s world came to a complete stop. As he was swinging through monkey bars in a chilly rain at about 3 a.m. on a course obsta- cle, he slipped and fell hard to the ground. His entire body cramped. It took about 10 minutes for him to get back on his feet. He declined medical help because it ...…
…32 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N A nnie Klinger has been working with kids in the Metro Detroit Jewish community since she was a kid herself. Originally from Farming- ton Hills, she started her professional involvement at Temple Israel and JCC Day Camps at age 13, all the way through high school (and some of college), where she gained personal and professional connections. Klinger is currently the full-time youth adviser at Congregat...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 33 PREPARING FOR THE MACCABI GAMES As an adviser, Klinger prides herself in not necessarily being someone to “tell the kids what to do” — but instead serve as their greatest possible support system. She is excited to also be co-coaching the Detroit Maccabi Dance Team this summer. Klinger started dancing at around age 3 and was a member of the pom team in high school. Upon graduating, she ended up coaching that p...…
…34 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N MAZEL TOV! Lila Ashmann (Lila Chana) of Bloomfield Hills will become a bat mitzvah at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills on Saturday, June 8, 2024. She is the daughter of Lori Kaplan and Taal Ashmann and sister of Ava Ashmann. Lila’s grandparents are Lynn Feuerman, Alan Kaplan, Dina and Sandford Ashmann; her great-grandmother is Rosita Feuerman. Lila is a student at South Hills Middle School ...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 35 J N 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 or (248) 351-5147 fo...…
…36 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N B amidbar is usually read on the Shabbat before Shavuot. So the Sages connected the two. Shavuot is the time of the giving of the Torah. Bamibar means, “in the desert. ” What then is the con- nection between the desert and the Torah, the wilderness and God’s word? The Sages gave several interpreta- tions. According to the Mechilta, the Torah was given publicly, openly and in a place no one owns because ...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 37 J N and her son away, the Torah tells us that when their water ran out and the young Ishmael was at the point of dying, Hagar cried, yet God heard “the voice of the child” (Gen. 21:16-17). Earlier when the angels came to visit Abraham and told him that Sarah would have a child, Sarah laughed inwardly, that is, silently, yet she was heard by God (Gen. 18:12-13). God hears our thoughts even when they are not expr...…
…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 ...…
…4 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N A complaint, (or maybe frustration is a better word), I often hear from our very dedicated and extremely passionate lay leaders is that the general pub- lic is not aware of the good work that Federation dollars do in Israel. People don’t know that the $9 million Federation allocates to Israel & Overseas (I & O) supports dozens of programs and thou- sands of people all around the world but, especially, ...…
…40 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N W hile more than 100 decorative and functional glass pieces fill the main floor of the Janice Charach Gallery until June 26, 57 mixed media works are displayed on the floor above them. Both displays have themes. The Fifth Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition, on the main floor, showcases the work of 56 glass artists as 22 mixed media artists present Rockets, Robots and Rayguns on the floor above. Artist...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 41 else that would be presented and would have a better chance of being juried in. The majority of the work I do is of faces. I’m not a traditional mosaic artist so I don’t do portraiture. This piece is one of a group that’s different. I’ve developed my style by doing this kind of work.” Schwartz uses found pieces to enhance her projects. She sees things that catch her eye and keeps a stash of materials to enhanc...…
…42 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N FASHION TALES, PRESUMED INNOCENT REMAKE, EISENBERG LIKES POLAND Lagerfeld, an original, six-ep- isode Hulu series, begins streaming on June 7. The title refers to the series’ central character — Karl Lagerfeld (1935-2015), the famous fashion designer best known as the chief designer for Chanel from 1983 until his death. Lagerfeld’s first big break came when he was hired (1966) to design for Chloe, a top ...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 43 JUST FOR FUN Shauvot Word Search FRUIT MILK LOAVES PENTECOST KUGEL CHALLAH NAOMI RUTH COVENANT BOAZ MATAN TORAH H ave you ever found yourself in a situation where you are merely going through the motions? Has one of those movements been literally to step aside? You might think that is so if you consider the commonplace use of turn in our speech. When planning an extensive project, we are often concerned ...…
…44 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N ICE AGES NOW At Cranbrook Institute of Science, 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills. This exhibit presents climatic variations that have buried Michigan under ice repeatedly. Hands-on interactives and visual diagrams help visitors explore issues like seasons, heat distribution and how heat travels across the globe. Discover how Michigan’s landscape was carved by the comings and goings of glaciers. L...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 45 AUTHOR SPEAKS 7 PM, JUNE 10 (MON.) Adat Shalom Synagogue invites the community for an evening with Gila Fine, editor-in-chief of Maggid Books and teacher at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. She brings the women of the Talmud to life through the lens of philosophy, literary criticism, psychoanalysis and pop-culture. Her book, The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic, Rereading the Women of the Talmud...…
…46 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N FOOD S havuot is fast-approach- ing, and as I discussed in last week’s recipe column, it has become tradi- tional to indulge in dairy-based foods on the holiday. But what about those of us with lactose intolerance or milk allergies, which are dis- proportionately prevalent among Ashkenazi Jews? With tech- nological developments in dairy-alter- native products, I invited 11 tasters to join me in an adven-...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY JUNE 6 • 2024 | 49 J N DR. AUDREY J. BRUELL, 66, of West Bloomfield, died May 19, 2024. Dr. Bruell is survived by her partner, Alex Rodriguez; cousins, Marilyn, Paul, Gail, Sandy, Attila, Marsha, Sheldon, Neal, Mark and Dana; other loving family members and many adoring friends and patients. Dr. Bruell was the cherished daughter of the late Rachel and the late Nathan Greenberg; the dear sister of...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 50 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N Lebow; great-grandchildren, Sloane Robertelli, Harper Robertelli, Jacob Mellin, Miles Mellin, Ella Fried, Ari Fried, Brody Fried, Hayley Weiss, Mitchell Weiss, Isaac Brumbelow and Amy Brumbelow; brother, Alan Grundy; nephew, Rick Reizen. He was the beloved husband of the late Helen Grundy, the loving brother of the late Sylvia Reizen and the late Carol Reizen, and the devote...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 51 J N son-in-law, Rick Owen of Boca Raton, Fla., Elyse Jacob and son-in-law, Scott Bass of Maryland, son, Joel Jacob; grandchildren, Max Owen, Stephen and Sarah Bass, Brian Bass, Coleman and Lily Bass, Merrick Jacob, Andrew and Shayna Jacob, Autumn Jacob, Michael Jacob, Micayla Jacob; great-grandchildren, Julia, John and Sy Bass, Chananya and Leora Jacob; many nieces and nephews, including a lifelong bond with S...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 52 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N ALAN STEVEN MOSER, 73, of St. Clair Shores, passed away peacefully May 10, 2024. He was born in Highland Park, Mich., to Gisela and Ludwig Moser. Alan graduated from Oak Park High School in 1969, continued his education at Oakland University and Wayne State University then graduated from Cooley Law School. Always ambitious, Alan taught school during the day and attended la...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 53 org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. BARRY PEARL, 90, of Boynton Beach, Fla., died May 22, 2024. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Esther Vera Pearl; daughters and sons-in-law, Shelly and Bobby Stoler, Rene and Jeffrey Taub, and Julie Pearl; grandchildren, Rebecca Stoler, Kayla Stoler and Alex Hansen, Carly Taub, Ella Taub and Sara Taub; great-grandchild, Ori Stoler-Hansen; sister-in-law, Lee Ann...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com 54 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N Queen of the Ring I can think of a couple of titles to sum up this Looking Back. “It’s About Time!” or “Trailblazer Gets Her Due” work well. Or perhaps a simple “Detroit Jewish Girl Makes Good”? Regardless of catchphrase, Detroiter Jackie Kallen richly deserves her induction into the International ...…
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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com JUNE 6 • 2024 | 7 J N For more information, contact the synagogue office at (248) 357-5544. AN EVENING WITH Micael HarPaz SONGS AND STORIES FROM TEL AVIV Tuesday, June 18, 2024 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Shaarey Zedek Join us for an intimate evening with former Detroiter and renowned Israeli entertainer Michael HarPaz, as he...…
…8 | JUNE 6 • 2024 J N opinion Peace Now? T he unbearable imag- es of the war in Gaza have shaken the world, prompting urgent calls for an end to the suffering. However, neither calls for an imme- diate unilateral ceasefire, nor incantations, nor grand speeches, nor votes at the United Nations will be enough to bring about peace or stop the violence. Yet somehow, this approach seems to prevail in much of the inter- national co...…
…JUNE 6 • 2024 | 9 J N bated by a deep suspicion of Palestinians. On Oct. 7, it wasn’t just Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad oper- atives who entered kibbutzim to rob and take hostages, but also Gazan civilians. Israelis recall images of jubilant crowds manhandling the bodies of hostages in vans or the testimonies of freed hostages recounting how they were held and tortured in the homes of Gaza residents. Moreover, a survey by t...…
…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...…
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…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...…
