…August 15 • 2019 3 jn inside Aug. 15-21, 2019 14-20 Av 5779 VOLUME CLVI, ISSUE 2 thejewishnews.com Detroit Jewish News For all the breaking news and ONLINE EXCLUSIVES SPIRIT 31 Torah portion ARTS&LIFE 32 Behind the Women’ s Vote Author brings grassroots activists alive for a centennial nod to the 19th Amendment. 34 All That Jazz Diverse Jewish musicians share love of teaching and performing at Detroit festival...…
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…August 15 • 2019 5 jn I will always free associate Sam Marvin with wood pallets and wood pallets with Sam Marvin. In the days leading up to the opening of Repair the World’ s Workshop space in 2014, one of Sam’ s many tasks, as he tripled and quadru- pled his part-time hours, was finding and arranging pallets to serve as the Workshop’ s couches. Sam has long since moved on from Repair the World. But the pallet couches — which ...…
…6 August 15 • 2019 jn RAMAN SINGH, STANCY ADAMS & ROBERT BRUTELL INTERFAITH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT P osters expressing anti-Semi- tism found recently in Royal Oak and Birmingham reflect the growing expression of religious and cultural hatred in our society. The posters are attributed to the Atomwaffen Division, labeled as a terrorist hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of 148 hate groups in the Unit...…
…August 15 • 2019 7 jn www.holocaustcenter.org SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 • 5 PM PLEASE SUPPORT OUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER HONOREES Nina & Bernie Kent KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Ruth Westheimer AT SUBURBAN COLLECTION SHOWPLACE CATERED BY QUALITY KOSHER CATERING HONORING NINA & BERNIE KENT for their significant work to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust empower people today FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER Orph...…
…8 August 15 • 2019 jn I t’ s not often one gets to read his own obituary. But that’ s kind of how it felt after The New York Jewish Week reported on my plan to step down as editor and publisher on Sept. 30. I’ ve received a number of notes from colleagues in the Jewish community that have touched me deeply. Many of them used the word “bitter- sweet, ” saying they were happy for me that I could relax a bit more after almost a ha...…
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…10 August 15 • 2019 jn I n the wake of the latest mass shoot- ings to afflict America, some Jewish organizations and their leaders joined in the effort to place at least some of the blame for these atrocities on President Donald Trump. Rabbi Rick Jacobs of the Union of Reform Judaism reacted to the slaughter in El Paso, which was reportedly the work of a white-na- tionalist racist who claimed to be reacting to the “invasion” of th...…
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…12 August 15 • 2019 jn views commentary continued from page 10 ereignty over any part of their ancient homeland. That brings us back to what the president and his supporters are or are not guilty of doing. Unlike the Palestinian leadership, Trump has condemned acts of terror- ism. Yes, he should be more careful about his words and avoid anything that might be construed as a green light to extremists. In those instances where he has ...…
…August 15 • 2019 13 jn jews d in the Training Workers JVS Human Services has two new facilities to help individuals with dis- abilities become fluent in skills need- ed in a growing industry. A new simulated supermarket set- ting in the organization’ s Southfield headquarters (29699 Southfield Road) is training potential employees to shop for online grocery pick-up. In the agency’ s Detroit location (4250 Woodward Ave.), a new simu-...…
…14 August 15 • 2019 jn continued on page 16 BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER J ewish Renewal is probably the small- est and least-well-known branch of Judaism, but Southeast Michigan has become an important center for the move- ment. SooJi Min-Maranda of Ann Arbor is executive director of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, the movement’ s governing body. Rabbi Aura Ahuvia of Congregation Shir Tikvah in Troy chairs the board. Linda ...…
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…16 August 15 • 2019 jn prayer without necessarily knowing all the words.” In fact, she said, the musi- cal structure of many niggunim, A-B- C-B, mirrors the written structure of the unpronounceable name of God, Y-H-V-H in Hebrew. “The niggunim are meditations on the Divine name.” Song & Spirit Institute for Peace, jointly founded by Hazzan Steve Klaper, his Catholic wife Mary Gilhouly and Brother Al Mascia, a Franciscan monk, reflects...…
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…18 August 15 • 2019 jn W oodstock — the name alone conjures something groovy, gigantic and groundbreak- ing. In American culture, Woodstock was monumentally historical for the music and so much more. Fifty years ago, on Aug.15, 1969, about half a million people — 10 times the anticipated number — descended upon the town of Bethel in upstate New York to be part of the peaceful, life-altering three-day music fest forever known as Wo...…
…August 15 • 2019 19 jn two miles to the entrance. Before he left Oak Park, he told his friends, “I’ ll meet you at the Hog Farm,” Keller recalls. “We had no idea there would be half a million people.” The first night it had started pour- ing and Keller slept under a truck. The next day, he started walking around and saw a van with Michigan license plates. So, he knocked on the door and found Dennis Miller and his brother, Danny, who w...…
…20 August 15 • 2019 jn jews d in the JN STAFF O akland County’ s longstand- ing executive, L. Brooks Patterson, died. Aug. 3 from pancreatic cancer. He was 80. After spending 16 years as Oakland County prosecutor, Patterson served as Oakland County exec- utive from 1992 until his death. Sometimes controversial, especially when it came to the inflammatory language he used when speaking about Detroit, Patterson helped to boost Oakl...…
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…22 August 15 • 2019 jn Persistence Pays Off Southfi eld teen helps save an elderly Israeli man’ s life. P erhaps Jaden Jubas, 16, of Southfield should skip studying for his college entrance exams and just apply to medical school. On July 16, while attending a camp- ing program in Israel sponsored by NCSY Hatzalah Rescue, he and another camper, with the guidance of the ambu- lance team they were shadowing, saved the life of an 80-y...…
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…24 August 15 • 2019 jn 1,700 Participants 46 Delegations 1,200 lbs. Donated food to organizations 312 Host Families 1,346 lbs. Composted 700 Volunteers 1,945 lbs. Recycled materials 1,457 Medals Awarded 14,000 Meals Served COMMITTEE & STAFF Honorary Chairs Stephen Eisenberg | Matt Lester Co-Chairs Steve Fisher | Karen Gordon | Franci Silver ArtsFest Co-Chairs Shellie Achtman | Allison Berlin | Beth Stone Director Jeremy F...…
…August 15 • 2019 25 jn PM Thanks for the Memories! Thank you to Major Donors whose support brought the Games and ArtsFest back to Detroit Continental Sponsor Coca Cola Champion Sponsors Gilbert Family Foundation William Davidson Foundation MVP Sponsors Frankel Family Foundation Andi and Larry Wolfe Platinum Sponsors Belfor Property Restoration Nicole & Stephen Eisenberg The Epicurean Group Henry Ford Health Syste...…
…26 August 15 • 2019 jn A nthony Ianni doesn’ t get lost in a crowd. Not at 6-foot-9. But there was another reason why all eyes were focused on him Aug. 6 when he spoke to about 500 teens at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township during the JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest. The 30-year-old former Michigan State University basketball player was a keynote speaker for JCC Cares, a pro- gram that gets Maccabi participants involved in comm...…
…August 15 • 2019 27 jn Karen Gordon and Matthew Bassin were the recipients of awards presented annually in the Inter-Congregational Men’ s Club Summer Softball League. Gordon, who plays for the B’ nai Israel/ Temple Kol Ami team, was presented the Jeff Fox Sportsmanship Award. Bassin, who plays for the Congregation Shir Tikvah team, received the Michael Yendick Pure Heart Award. Each team selects a nominee for the Jeff Fox Award, and ...…
…28 August 15 • 2019 jn moments APRIL 15, 2019 Sarah (Schwartz) and Micah Herman of Deerfield, Ill., are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Laila Maarit (Laila Miriam). Laila is the treasured sister of Maya Jordyn, Avery Phae and the late Aviva Pearl. Overjoyed grandparents are Merle and Ron Schwartz of Farmington Hills, and Chicago and Joyce Herman of Orchard Lake. Laila Maarit is named in memory of her beloved e...…
…August 15 • 2019 29 jn moments J ane Smitt of Birmingham and Harvey Hollander of Las Vegas, Nev., together with Robert and Jacqueline Hoffman of West Bloomfield, are elated to announce the engagement of their children Julia Beth Hollander and Jared Daniel Hoffman. Julia graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor of science degree and went on to pursue a nursing degree at Wayne State University. She is employed as a labor a...…
…30 August 15 • 2019 jn Hearing The Inner Music M usic is a fascinating thing. Everyone loves it, but what is music? What takes ordinary sound and converts it into something transforma- tive, something that can make you smile, something that can make you cry? Read the lyrics of your favorite song. On paper, they seem dry, one-dimensional and flat. Set them to music and they become alive, the portal through which you can soar to ...…
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…32 August 15 • 2019 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Behind the Women’s Vote Author brings grassroots activists alive for a centennial nod to the 19th Amendment. A s women’ s issues — from pay equity to sexual harassment — influence the 2020 political season, so does the centennial com- memoration of the Constitutional Amendment giving women voting powers to influence those issues. Elaine Weiss, an award-winning journal- ist w...…
…August 15 • 2019 33 jn benefiting Orchards Children’ s Services. In the book, supplemented with pictures of the times, the main lead- ers include Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader of the National American Woman Suffrage Association; Alice Paul, a leader of the National Woman’ s Party; and Sue Shelton White, a lieutenant of Alice Paul. ANTI-SUFFRAGE LEADERS Weiss explains why some women, including Josephine Pearson of Tennessee, were w...…
…34 August 15 • 2019 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER T he Yellowjackets and the Sencalar/ Glassman Quintet share a love for jazz performance and teaching about their favorite style, but they bring a range of differences to music stages and classrooms. While the Yellowjackets ensemble has built a 35-year career with 24 albums (two win- ners out of 17 Grammy nominations) and its members work with college students, the quintet is i...…
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…36 August 15 • 2019 jn celebrity jews arts&life WOODSTOCK 50TH Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation is a new offering in the PBS American Experience series. It premieres Saturday, Aug. 17, at 8 p.m. (KQED). The film is directed by and co-written by Barak Goodman, 56, who helmed several very good documentaries and has been Emmy- and Oscar-nominated. Goodman uses interviews with concertgoers, musicians, festival produce...…
…August 15 • 2019 37 jn people | places | events on the go continued on page 38 BEE FEST Head to the Belle Isle Nature Center, which will be buzzing from excitement from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. while it celebrates National Honey Bee Day. The event features beekeeper talks, arts and crafts, local honey tasting, demonstrations on planting and maintaining a bee-friendly garden, and a children’ s bee costume parade. Musical performances by singer, s...…
…on the go 38 August 15 • 2019 jn TRAVEL INFO SESSION 7 pm, Aug. 20. At the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center, room 205. Two tour guides, Rabbi Mitch Parker and Dr. Jaemi Loeb, will discuss the seven-day Caribbean cruise set for Feb. 2-9, 2020. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP: Marilyn Wolf, 248- 432-5471 or mwolfe@jccdet.org. Free event. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21 MOVIE MATINEE 1 pm, Aug. 21. At the Jewish Community Center in W...…
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…40 August 15 • 2019 jn J osh Gershonowicz looks out at the world through sky blue eyes and sees the vast opportunities in Detroit, the city he is proud to call home. At 34, he sits at the helm of a nimble young com- pany he founded seven years ago now poised to envision, create, launch and rebuild business in the digital age. “We’ re well prepared for rapid growth, ” he says. “ And I look for col- leagues and employees who are ready, ...…
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…44 August 15 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory KATHY BARTOS, 67, of Royal Oak, died Aug. 11, 2019. She is survived by her sons, Zachary Rovinsky and Elliot Rovinsky; her for- mer husband, Robert Rovinsky. She was the devoted daughter of the late Eva and the late Miklos Bartos. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center, 4100 John R, Detroit, MI 48201, giving@karmanos....…
…August 15 • 2019 45 jn soul of blessed memory and Melissa Munson, Justin and Lauren Grant, and Jordan Grant; great-grandchildren, Kate Grant, Alexa Munson, Ethan Munson, Emelia Grant and Lukas Grant; sister and brother-in-law, Nancy and Max Spector. Mr. Grant was the cherished father of the late Ronald Grant; the loving brother of the late Al and the late Bertha Grant, and the late Ernie Grant. Interment was at Hebrew Memorial ...…
…46 August 15 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory continued from page 45 beloved Noreen Kasle; daughter of the late William and the late Rebecca Lewis; sister of the late Albert and the late Melvin Lewis. A celebration of her wonderful life was held at Sharp Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 6063 Fenton Road, Flint, with Rabbi Yisroel Weingarten and Mr. Leonard Meizlish officiating. Interment followed at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributio...…
…August 15 • 2019 47 jn Kranig and Brad Kranig; grandchildren, Mitchell and Connor Kranig; brother and sister-in-law, Victor Norris and Ronda Barak; nephew and niece, Max Norris and Jessica Norris. Mrs. Shawn was the beloved wife of the late Roland M. Philipp; the devoted daughter of the late Harold and the late Frances Norris. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Com...…
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…L . Brooks Patterson passed away last week on Aug. 3. For the last 26 years, he was the Oakland County Executive, the chief official for one of the richest counties in America as well as the county in which most Metro Detroit Jews live. Suffice it to say, whether one liked Patterson or not, his passing is certainly the end of an era. Like many longtime, successful leaders, Patterson was controversial … to say the least. Writer Ben F...…
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