…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 51 recovery community that offers friendship, support and a variety of programs that facilitate lasting success. JARC 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 100 Bloomfield Hills MI 48301 (248) 940-2617 jarc@jarc.org jarc.org JARC is a nonprofit non- sectarian organization founded in 1969 by a group of parents concerned about the future of their children with developmental disabilities. Today JARC is known as a prototype...…
…52 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 KOSHER MEALS ON WHEELS (248) 592-2313 ncjwmi.org National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan (NCJW|MI), in conjunction with Jewish Family Service, can deliver meals to your home daily, Monday-Friday. Meals are for those homebound, 60 and older, who are unable to provide for themselves or who have no one to assist them with meal preparation on a temporary or ongoing basis. Meals are packaged and delivered f...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 53 RESALE COUNCIL RE|SALE 3297 W. 12 Mile Road Berkley, MI 48072 (248) 548-6664 councilresale.net Fashion resale at its best. Women’s and men’s clothing: casual, career attire, eveningwear, vintage and designer; accessories, jewelry and home décor. All the best you can find at your neighborhood resale shop with great prices! Donors and shoppers always welcome. Proceeds benefit National Council of Jewish Women,...…
…54 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 DOROTHY AND PETER BROWN JEWISH COMMUNITY ADULT DAY PROGRAM A joint operation between JVS Human Services and Jewish Senior Life 29699 Southfield Road Southfield MI 48076 (248)233-4000 6720 W. Maple Road West Bloomfield MI 48322 (248) 661-6390 jvshumanservices.org/ brown jslmi.org/the-dorothy- peter-brown-jewish- community-day-program The Brown Adult Day Program, operated in partnership between Jewish Senior...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 55 SYNAGOGUES/ TEMPLES ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE 29901 Middlebelt Road Farmington Hills, MI 48334 (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Rabbis: Aaron Bergman, Dan Horwitz, Herbert Yoskowitz, Emeritus; Hazzan Daniel Gross; Rabbi Blair Nosanwisch, Director of Spiritual Care; Michael Wolf, Director of Spirituality & Outreach. A Conservative synagogue steeped in tradition, with a vibrant adult learning community, a religiou...…
…56 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 CONGREGATION SHIR TIKVAH 3900 Northf eld Parkway Troy MI 48084 (248) 649-4418 shirtikvah.org info@shirtikvah.org Congregation Shir Tikvah is an innovative yet traditional, friendly and inclusive congregation valuing diversity where all can seek God and strengthen spiritual, social, educational and cultural aspects of Jewish life. We are af liated with both the Reform and Renewal movements. As a bridge betw...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 57 ERETZ S itting down with Rabbi Lee Buckman, 60, founding head of school at the Frankel Jewish Academy, was the highlight of my week. He spoke passionate- ly about his early introduction to Zionism, his work as an edu- cator, and how much he enjoys meeting Israelis and hearing their stories. Q: What are your early mem- ories of visits to Israel? LB: My first visit to Israel was 1978 with Ramah Seminars. It w...…
…58 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 SPIRIT Pause and Reflect I n the Torah portion this week known as Ki Tavo, we read one of the more famous and well-known passages in our tradition. The passage opens by telling the Israelites that when they enter the Land of Israel, they should perform the First Fruits ceremony. They are to bring a basket with some of every first fruit of the soil and then bring the basket to the kohen in charge at tha...…
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…60 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 H appiness, said Aristotle, is the ultimate goal at which all humans aim. But in Judaism, it is not necessarily so. Happiness is a high value. Ashrei, the closest Hebrew word to happiness, is the first word of the Book of Psalms. We say the prayer known as Ashrei three times each day. We can surely endorse the phrase in the American Declaration of Independence that among the inalienable rights of humanki...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 61 The festivals as described in Deuteronomy are days of joy, precisely because they are occasions of collective celebration: “you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the strangers, the fatherless and the widows living among you” (16:11). Simchah is joy shared. It is not something we experience in solitude. Happiness is an attitude to life as a whole, while joy l...…
…62 | AUGUST 26 • 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 bethtephilathmo...…
…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...…
…64 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 ARTS&LIFE FASHION A n old pair of boots that she didn’t want to waste helped artist and fashion designer Sigal Levine, 52, of Waterford, find her passion and launch a growing business. Levine, the owner of Badass Bags, makes one-of-a-kind purses of all shapes and sizes. Her wristlets, crossbody bags, clutches, satchels and totes are made of high-end leather or fur and embel- lished with tassels, rivets, fringes, ...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 65 ROBIN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER Sigal always had an interest in it. As she created more and more bags, the wife and mother of three children in their 20s had to teach herself how to sew. “I watched a lot of videos to learn how to do it — I was so deter- mined, ” she says. “I turned a hobby into a business. It just took off. I love it. ” Today, her basement studio is filled with sheets of leather in a wide variety...…
…66 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 T he Meyersons are an average Jewish family living in New York City. They face the typical (and sometimes petty) ups and downs of everyday life, from issues as minor as picking out a bakery item from a food truck to tackling existential crises and whether God really exists. In The Magnificent Meyersons, an 88-minute drama film that’s entirely dia- logue-based, we follow the family through a seemingly ordin...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 67 WICKED, FUNNY GIRL, AN EX BECOMES A MENSCH The PBS special Wicked in Concert premieres on Sunday, Aug. 29, at 9 p.m. There are encore showings the same evening and the following day. The title refers to the mega-hit musical that opened on Broadway in 2003. It tells the back-story of the Wicked Witch of the West. The music and lyrics were written by Stephen Schwartz, now 73. The “book” (story/dia- logue) was ...…
…68 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 GLOBAL VOICES SHABBAT AT TBE 7-8: 30 PM, AUG. 27 Temple Beth El’s clergy and Galeet Dardashti will participate in an informal outdoor service. Join in person or online at tbelive. org. Galeet Dardashti is the first woman in her family to continue her family tradition of distinguished Persian and Jewish musicianship. WILD, WILD EAST 7-8 PM, AUG. 27 Join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for an outdoor, socially...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 69 G ood and sweet are charming words echoed from one to the next in greetings, prayers to the foods we eat. Though each word is simple, the expec- tations are manifold: a new job, good health, new love, becoming a better Jew, a safer world. When we recite the Musaf prayers at Rosh Hashanah, with its messages of kingliness, remembrances and the blowing of the shofar when we received the Torah, we believe them...…
…70 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 Chill the brisket several hours to over- night. Uncover and remove most (not all) of the fat that has solidified on top. Remove the beef from the pan to a cutting board (reserve all juices). Slice the brisket against the grain into thin slices. Return the beef to the roasting pan and overlap the slices, fan- ning them slightly. Pour the reserved juices over the beef, add the apples and cover with foil and reheat ...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 71 FOOD FROM THE HOME GARDEN OF CHEF AARON EGAN W hile my plants appreciated the rain this summer, we could have done without the flooding throughout the city. The herbs I started this season are springing up to their mature heights. I’ve got a couple varieties of basil, mint, parsley and even tender marjoram. With any amount of basil growing in your garden, let alone any other fresh herbs, you’re always pr...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 73 TOBY SAKAT BASKIN, 84, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 14, 2021. Mrs. Baskin was the wife of Bernard Baskin and the late Marvin Sakat. She is survived by her sons and daughters, Robert Sakat, Suzanne Chesney, Eric and Rebecca Baskin, Cheryl and Scott Berman, and Michael and Judy Baskin; grandchildren, Alexus and Bryan Rouhan, Chris and Amy Chesney, James and Jenny Chesney, Aly...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 74 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 daughters-in-law, Jeffrey and Marsha Sobel, and Barry and Eileen Sobel; grandchildren, Aaron Fausto Sobel and Giordana Genevieve Sobel; great-grandchildren, Emma Brooke Sobel, Mason Blake Sobel and Leo Aiden Sobel; brother, Steven Morris; niec- es, Alexa Danielle Morris and Arielle Rachel Morris. She is also survived by Fritha Mansueto and other loving relatives and friends. Int...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 75 continued from page 76 Brasch, Dena Engel, Brian and Rivah Jacobs, Carrie Jacobs, Rebecca and Shlomie Weiss, Avi and Riva Eisenberg, David and Cortney Glass, Jason and Mychal Glass, and Elisa Glass. Gladys was blessed with 14 great-grandchildren. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. RONALD GOLDSTONE, 94, of ...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 76 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 thousands of babies and was adored by the mothers-to- be and women he cared for. After graduating Central High School, where he was presi- dent of his 1958 graduating class, David attended Wayne State University and then the University of Michigan Medical School (class of 1962). Dr. Lipschutz completed his internship and residency at Sinai Hospital in Detroit and then served in ...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 78 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 The Bold Vision of Dr. Sidney Bolkosky I n August 1981, Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, profes- sor of history at the University of Michigan- Dearborn (UM-D), conducted an interview with Salvatore and Lily Katan, Detroit-area survi- vors of the Holocaust. This was just the beginning of a wonderful project. Ove...…
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…AUGUST 19 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 14 Hey, Teens! There’s a new way to connect to Jewish life. 24 Suicide Prevention Group Plans Star-Studded Event 26 FIDF Luncheon Raises $250,000 More than 300 women attend event in West Bloomfield. EDUCATION 30 Special Ed’s Ardent Advocate Marcie Lipsitt fights for the rights of impaired students. 32 Special Ed Proponent Chaya ...…
…4 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 E arlier in the summer, the talk around Southeastern Michigan was about Bo Schembechler and when did he know that Dr. Robert Anderson allegedly sexually assaulted numerous male student athletes and some women during his tenure at University of Michigan (1966-2003). As the legendary baseball manager of the Yankees and Mets Casey Stengel used to say about the deceased, “they’re [Anderson and Schembechler, in ...…
…AUGUST 19 • 2021 | 5 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi Featuring a performance by Michael Feinstein Stand up to hatred, antisemitism and genocide. For tickets, sponsorships or more information, visit us at holocaustcenter.org/benefit or call us at (248) 536-9601. The names of all supporters of $750 and over will be listed on the invitation (deadline August 25). Thank you. Please support the Holocaust Memo...…
…6 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 guest column Remembering the JCC Locker Room F or the past year or so, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 a.m., I get in my car and take a ride to a nearby commu- nity pool for the 11 a.m. Senior Swim Hour. In the locker room, after my workout, I quickly shower and get dressed. If there are one or two other guys around, we say “hello” and maintain social distance. It’s cordial, but I can’t help ...…
…AUGUST 19 • 2021 | 7 Shofchella at Shaarey Zedek Shofchella at Shaarey Zedek Strength to Strength. Since 1861. 27375 Bell Road Southfield, MI 48034 Family Shofar & Holiday Festival Sunday, August 29 at 10:00 AM Open to the community – no membership needed, no tickets, no charge Come celebrate with Rabbi Dahlen, Rabbi Starr and Hazzan Propis! Outdoors with COVID safety precautions Child-friendly service with Shofar blas...…
…8 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 guest column Investing in the Future I n early August, the Biden administration announced a goal to make half of all new cars sold in the U.S. electric by 2030. In June, the congregation I serve, Temple B’nai Israel in Kalamazoo, installed an elec- tric car charger with the assis- tance of Hope for Creation. Through the congregation’s relationship with Michigan Interfaith Power & Light, as well as other g...…
…10 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY destruction during times of war as well as peace. The expanded rulings include not feeding livestock pol- luted water, not diverting or destroying water and not throwing away food or wan- tonly breaking usable items. These interpretations have shaped how we, as a Jewish congregation, engage with the world we live in. Another value guiding the Congregation’s decision to invest in an EV char...…
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…12 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 JCC LOCKER ROOM continued from page 6 I rode my favorite exercise bike next to Alan, who lived around the block from me in my early years, and we talked about our legendary days (in our own minds) as kids, playing baseball together at MacDowell Elementary in Detroit. But the real highlights of my visits (as I look back on those many years) were the conver- sations I had with my locker mates after our workouts...…
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…AUGUST 19 • 2021 | 15 OUR COMMUNITY W hen the Detroit Jewish com- munity leaders discovered an alarming number through research — that 70% of Jewish teens in Metro Detroit aren’t engaging in Jewish life — the Jewish Community Center and youth professionals took notice and began to promote positive change. Despite having more than 35 local Jewish youth-serving organizations offer- ing a variety of excellent programs, teen engagement ...…
…OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 15 continued on page 18 Even though 35-plus local Jewish youth-serving organiza- tions in the area offer more than 90 programs, the JCC discovered that most families only knew of one or two opportunities their teens could engage with. Often, they would try one of the pro- grams and if it wasn’t a fit, they stopped looking for alternatives. Families also might not have realized that the programs the...…
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…18 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 continued on page 20 teens to be communal connec- tors and provide more touch- points for connection. “Through their friendships and relationships, teens can find their place in the local Jewish community,” Vieder says. The selected fellows, along with Federation’s shinshin- im (Israeli emissaries), will receive extensive training from Michigan State Hillel during the yearlong fellowship. SUPPORT FOR PARENTS ...…
…AUGUST 19 • 2021 | 19 Dinner’s On Us! MONDAY, AUGUST 23 4 – 6 PM Stop by our Welcome Center Open House to check out our brand-new Virtual Tour and Vision Boards! As a thank you for taking the time to get a sneak peek, you’ll leave with dinner for two - delicious lasagna, salad and tiramisu. 32825 NORTHWESTERN HIGHWAY, SUITE A, FARMINGTON HILLS, MI WELCOME CENTER: Assisted Living / Memory Care 30637 W. 14 Mile Rd. / Farmington...…
…20 | AUGUST 19 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 18 Youth will provide funding for youth-serving organizations, including BBYO, Friendship Circle and Repair the World, to hire youth directors to work specifically with underserved demographics including male-identifying teens, middle schooler and diverse teens, such as those from interfaith families, Jews of color and LGBTQ+ identifying youth. “With more individuals wakin...…
