…54 | JULY 29 • 2021 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY IRENE ALPINER, 91, West Bloomfield, died July 19, 2021. She is survived by her daughters and sons- in-law, Tobie and Tom Hartman, Pamela and Donald Cohen; son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Neal and Karen Alpiner; grandchildren, Brian Hartman, Steven (Caitlin) Hartman, Marcie (Eugene) Weissberger, Emily Cohen, Brett (Chandler) Alpiner, Sean (Patience) Alpiner, Kallie (Mitch) Kaufman, Br...…
…JULY 29 • 2021 | 55 CLAIRE (GREENSPAN) FINN, of Southfield, died July 19, 2021. She is survived by her sons, daughter and daughters-in-law, Risa and Mark Finn, Anne Finn, and Jo and Brad Finn; grandchildren, Nicole Finn, Courtney and Brian Meisel, Joshua and Philip Dodge, Samantha and Christopher Holt, Samuel Finn, Sydney Finn and Isabelle Finn; great-grand- children, Parker and Zoe Meisel. Mrs. Finn was preceded in death by...…
…56 | JULY 29 • 2021 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY M arvin M. Tamaroff passed away on July 16, 2021, at age 95. He battled various medical condi- tions over the last couple years, but true to his tenacious nature, he fought valiantly until the end and left this world peacefully, in his bed, surrounded by his loving family. In the hours following his passing, all the texts, emails and calls coming in to his family shared the same messa...…
…JULY 29 • 2021 | 57 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY Wabeek Country Club, Great Lakes Yacht Club, Phi Delta Epsilon, the American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America and the American Medical Association. He was also involved with the Boy Scouts and was a Cub Scout Master. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Shirley; son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Steven and Jane (Gordon) Klegman; grandchildren, Rachel (Br...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 58 | JULY 29 • 2021 CAROL JOY LAPPIN LUNSTED, 75, passed away on July 15, 2021. She was born on Sept. 7, 1945, in Battle Creek to Samuel E. Lappin and Helen Roden Lappin. Carol graduated from Dondero High School in Royal Oak in 1963 and Michigan State University in 1967, with a degree in communication arts. She earned three mas- ter’s degrees from Michigan State University as well. Carol worked as...…
…JULY 29 • 2021 | 59 loving nieces, nephews, and his devoted caregivers, Joyce, Cheryl and Ricci. Mr. Orley was the devoted son of the late Celia and the late George Orley; son-in-law of the late Lillian and the late Samuel Hechtman; brother of the late Joseph (the late Suzanne) Orley and Rhea (the late Robert) Brody; grandfather of the late George Orley. The funeral was held at the Davidson/Hermelin Chapel at Clover Hill Park; int...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 60 | JULY 29 • 2021 Maxwell (Max) and Samuel (Sam) Powers, and Noah Hamilton; cousin, Gerry (Hoffman) Baron; close friends and other family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ruth and Sam Powers. Contributions in Ed’s memory may be made to Congregation Beth Israel of Flint, Chabad of Eastern Michigan, the Flint Jewish Federation or a charitable organization of one’s choice. A private graves...…
…JULY 29 • 2021 | 61 While the JN’s premier columnist, Danny Raskin, has been convalescing, we’ve been offering highlights from Danny’s prior columns. Danny has appreciated the greetings sent to him by readers. Here is Part 2 of Danny’s column from Aug. 31, 2001, where he celebrated the 90th birthday of longtime deli man Hy Horenstein. Sadly, less than three months later, Hy passed away on Nov. 23, 2001. Part 1 of the column appeare...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 62 | JULY 29 • 2021 Israel’s Long Fight Against Nuclear Threats I recently wrote about Israel’s spectacular rescue mission at the Entebbe airport in 1976. It was a memorable, historic operation that inspired movies, books and massive worldwide recognition. Five years later, on June 7, 1981, Israel conducted anothe...…
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…JULY 22 • 2021 | 3 PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 16 Learning to Lead Antisemitism rally in Washington gave this father and daughter lessons in how to combat hatred. 20 Jewish Unity Video Temple Israel cantors team up with Israeli a cappella group. 22 A New Voice B’nai Moshe hires hometown woman as cantor. 23 Teens and Business Course offers Jewish guide to issues in the commercial world. 24...…
…4 | JULY 22 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY for openers No Israeli Child Left Behind ... E veryone knows how Israelis take care of one another as if everyone is one big family. Here is a story about exactly that. The invitation culture in Israel is such that parents invite friends to their son’s bar mitzvah or daughter’s bat mitzvah, and no one is expected to respond. There are no seating cards, so when they arrive, everyone just sits a...…
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…8 | JULY 22 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY continued from page 6 Jews themselves. The first Jewish weeklies published by German Jews (who pioneered so much of modern Jewish thought and politics) were, like most German Jews, liberal, enlightened, Reform, pro- gressive. The Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums, which published its first issue in Leipzig in 1837, became the model for liberal Jewish weeklies in London, Vienna, Paris, Budap...…
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…10 | JULY 22 • 2021 PRO: CRT Helps Us Teach Jewish History A nyone teaching the past by skipping over the unpleasant parts isn’t teaching history. They are engaged in propaganda. Jewish tradition understands this: Refusing to sugarcoat their own people’s culpability, the sages themselves teach that the destruction of the Temple by the Romans is a consequence of baseless hatred — among Jews. Yet in nearly two dozen states, ...…
…JULY 22 • 2021 | 11 continued on page 12 ical race theory aims to do just that — put people into neat boxes. Because CRT revolves around race and racial cate- gories, by definition it must downplay the individual. We become defined by our skin color, a radical departure from Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous dictum that we ought to be judged by “the content of our character and not the color of our skin.” This stereotyping is especi...…
…12 | JULY 22 • 2021 continued from page 11 PURELY COMMENTARY of controversial aspects of history,” or even “the impartial instruction on the oppression of a particular group of people.” On the other hand, it bans teaching that “an individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, is inherently privileged” (forestalling, presumably, lessons in how the redlining in the 1930s led to white wealth accumulation today or how men e...…
…JULY 22 • 2021 | 13 Carole BenEzra Regional President Nicole Miller Regional Director on being named the 2021 FRED M. BUTZEL AWARD RECIPIENT, the highest honor bestowed on a member of the Detroit Jewish community by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit! It’s no surprise that you are joining the ranks of Federation’s legendary leaders and being recognized for your outstanding leadership and decades of service to the Jewish co...…
…14 | JULY 22 • 2021 Pop-Up Gallery & On-line Art Auction Taking place late fall/early winter - stay tuned for details presents This year’s ORT and the City fundraiser will feature 30+ original works of art created by Detroit artists, reflecting this year’s art challenge Elegant Chaos. The art will be displayed in our pop-up gallery for interested buyers to see the art in person (location and dates of the exhibit to come). All art will be a...…
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…16 | JULY 22 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY E arlier this month I received an email from Rabbi Asher Lopatin, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and the rabbi of Kehillat Etz Chayim, our synagogue in Huntington Woods, informing congregants of his plan to attend an upcom- ing rally in Washington D.C., representing the JCRC and Detroit’s Jewish community. The flyer he sent, billed “No Fear: A Rally in ...…
…JULY 22 • 2021 | 17 continued on page 18 is also critical as mechanisms to affect change. Like a Venn diagram, engagement and being well-informed each overlap with politics in helping shape public policy. Those precepts are what led me to choose a career in journalism. LEARNING OPPORTUNITY I also thought the rally would provide a perfect civics lesson for my 16-year-old daughter, Bella, a rising senior at Frankel Jewish Academy...…
…18 | JULY 22 • 2021 TOP: A diverse crowd was at the rally. BOTTOM: Oakland County Deputy Executive Sean Carlson, Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter, JCRC/ AJC Executive Director Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Bryan Gottlieb and Bella Gottlieb. continued from page 17 OUR COMMUNITY ON THE COVER place on college campuses is often dubious, where anti-Zion- ism is incubated and given quar- ter with a false patina of intel- lectualism. Bella...…
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…20 | JULY 22 • 2021 T emple Israel Cantors Michael Smolash and Neil Michaels joined forces with the Rabotai Jewish A Cappella group to create an inspiring paro- dy of “Mr. Red, White and Blue, ” a patriotic song by country singer Coffey Anderson, to try and bring some unity to Am Yisrael. Coming off the heels of a difficult period of unrest in Israel and the pandemic, the cantors said they wanted to emphasize that the Jewish peo...…
…JULY 22 • 2021 | 21 Rabotai chose the “Mr. Red, White and Blue” melody after sifting through a few song ideas, including both American and Israeli songs. “The patriotic emotional pull that song had … I fell in love with that tune, ” Brill said. “When this opportunity came around, it seemed to me that having that story being told with some of the Zionistic unity perspectives would make so much sense. ” Cantor Smolash said he do...…
…22 | JULY 22 • 2021 H istory has been made in Metro Detroit. Congregation B’nai Moshe of West Bloomfield has hired Cantor Deborah Bletstein, who becomes the first full-time female cantor of a Conservative synagogue in Metro Detroit’s history. Cantor Earl G. Berris retired from the pulpit after 24 years as cantor of CBM following the 2020 High Holidays. Then-President Mark Roth initiated a task force to explore hiring a cantor....…
…JULY 22 • 2021 | 23 OUR COMMUNITY L ocal high school students will have a chance to learn about business issues from a Jewish perspective while earn- ing college credits this fall. A new course created by Yeshiva University and Chabad will be offered in person at three local sites beginning in October. “This is a class for Jewish teen- agers to learn about Judaism and get college credits from Yeshiva University. There will be o...…
…24 | JULY 22 • 2021 T he Well’s annual social media campaign, #Reflect4Rosh, focusing on reflection and introspec- tion leading up to the High Holidays, has returned. It began July 19. #Reflect4Rosh is running for seven weeks, wrapping up just before Erev Rosh Hashanah on Monday, Sept. 6. Each week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, The Well will post on its Facebook and Instagram sites (@meetyouatthewell on Facebook and @thewell...…
…JULY 22 • 2021 | 25 OUR COMMUNITY A mid a COVID out- break that has sick- ened 40 prisoners in Myanmar’s Insein Prison since early July, Frontier Myanmar Managing Editor and Huntington Woods native Danny Fenster, 37, was granted permission to speak to his par- ents, Rose and Buddy Fenster of Huntington Woods, on July 8, 46 days after he was detained. Danny complained to his family he had fever and chest congestion, though the pris...…
…26 | JULY 22 • 2021 faces&places Everyone is thrilled to gath- er in person once again for special events, programming and services at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. More than 20 families with young children gathered under their outdoor pavilion for an All- American Shabbat for Tots during 4th of July weekend. Families enjoyed a full morning celebrating Jewish American pride with crafts, a parade, dancing and a festive Shabba...…
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…28 | JULY 22 • 2021 SPORTS D aniel Shamayev is the youngest player in the new Detroit Shul Basketball League. The 20-year-old from Keego Harbor also is the league’s founder and commis- sioner. The first league games were played on the night of July 14 at Farber Hebrew Day School in Southfield. That was less than two weeks after Shamayev began putting together the league and one week after opening night was canceled because of ...…
…JULY 22 • 2021 | 29 SPORTS media, and texts and phone calls to family and friends to get the word out about the league as he tried to orga- nize it. Old-fashioned word of mouth helped, too. The effort began over the July 4 holiday weekend. Plans to begin league play July 7 were squashed when players couldn’t get into Farber because of a power failure that followed strong storms that pelted southeast Michigan earlier in the day. Po...…
…MAZEL TOV! 30 | JULY 22 • 2021 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) 3...…
…JULY 22 • 2021 | 31 SPIRIT The Scholar Within B efore entering the promised land, the Jewish nation encoun- tered trouble. The mighty armies of Sichon and Og were not going to simply allow them safe passage. They would have to fight. Fought they did, and they miraculously con- quered their lands east of the Jordan. Then, Moses des- ignated three cities of refuge for the tribes that settled in those conquered lands to serve as a...…
…32 | JULY 22 • 2021 The Great Restoration S lowly but surely, the lives we enjoyed B.C. (Before COVID) are beginning to return. We’re beginning to have Shabbos guests again, and schools are planning on returning to (almost) nor- mal in the fall. Shuls are slowly returning to normal, planning full in-person High Holiday services and even bringing back their Kiddushes. As we return to these parts of our lives, we can now bett...…
…JULY 22 • 2021 | 33 distanced and masked outside. Rav Nachman’s and Shmuel’s answers also speak to a larger re-ability to connect after over a year of living apart. The third- and fourth-cen- tury rabbinic sage Ulla answers that the wicked king of Northern Israel, Yeravam ben Navat, stationed guards at the roads to prevent his subjects from traveling to the Temple in Jerusalem for the festivals. It was on a Tu b’ Av that a later k...…
…34 | JULY 22 • 2021 Synagogue Directory CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Ahavas Israel Grand Rapids (616) 949-2840 ahavasisraelgr.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Israel Flint (810) 732-6310 cbiflint.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmose...…
…Shomrey Emunah Southfield (248) 559-1533 congregation-shomrey- emunah-105705.square.site The Shul-Chabad Lubavitch West Bloomfield (248) 788-4000 theshul.net Woodward Avenue Shul Royal Oak (248) 414-7485 thewas.net Yagdil Torah Southfield (248) 559-5905 Young Israel of Oak Park (248) 967-3655 yiop.org Young Israel of Southfield (248) 358-0154 yisouthfield.org RECONSTRUCTIONIST Congregation Kehillat Israel Lansing (517) 88...…
…36 | JULY 22 • 2021 ARTS&LIFE ART T wo Judaic artists — one working with batik projects and the other using multi- media — will be part of the 18th annual Orchard Lake Fine Art Show, spread out Saturday-Sunday, July 24-25, in West Bloomfield. The two participants also display projects unrelated to Judaism as they join some 120 artists with a range of approaches — paintings, sculpture, glass, fiber, jewelry and much more.Among...…
…JULY 22 • 2021 | 37 ARTS&LIFE ART at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obisbo. “I saw batik artwork, felt connected to the warmth of the fabric and taught myself how to work with it. I kept doing art shows while I was studying, and art took over.” Amit uses white cloth as his sketching base for designs completed in pencil. On the designs, he moves from light to dark colors by separately dying the fabric in lay...…
…TOP TO BOTTOM: Kari Nidy’s Abraham Israel Stamp Art; art made from an Israeli stamp; an abstract from Amos Amit. ABOVE: Star of David by Kari Nidy. then carve it out. I incorporate other materials, including handmade papers, as focus points. People give me stuff, such as coins from Israel, and I give objects new life through my artwork.” Nidy studied techniques at the Maitland Art Center in central Florida before entering Valencia ...…
…JULY 22 • 2021 | 39 D uring the pandemic, Rebecca Feber used a biographical story from the past to inspire plans for favorite activities, and the Ridgedale Players Theater in Troy is showcasing her creative approach with the help of many others. Feber combined an intense science leaning as a senior at Berkley High School with a devotion to theater and decided to write and produce a teen musical comedy to be staged for post-pande...…
