…AUGUST 25 • 2022 | 29 and seemed to hide from her out of embarrassment. “So, I went over to him and asked him if he would like to be my assis- tant. Suddenly, everything changed, and he said, ‘Oh, yeah, I do!’ And I found something he could be proud of,” she said. Schulist saw him grow in maturity. On the very last day the boy was her assis- tant, he noticed his teacher goofing off. Schulist says the teacher is a fun guy who does...…
…30 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY W e have some good news from the Detroit Jewish News Foundation that we’d like to share with you. The Foundation is the owner and publisher of the Detroit Jewish News and home to the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History. First, in our efforts to continually improve the Jewish News Foundation website, it has been upgraded to be more visually appealing and for easier n...…
…simple search features that include the ability to download single pages as well as entire issues. In October 2013, the online Detroit Jewish News digital archive was launched. Two years later, the Detroit Jewish Chronicle was digitized and added to the Archive. It was then renamed the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History in honor of a major grant from the William Davidson Foundation. In 2017, the William ...…
…32 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY O n Sunday, Aug. 14, the Detroit Jewish community and allies gathered for the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue (IADS) Groundbreaking and Centennial Block Party. There is much to celebrate. IADS is the only free-stand- ing synagogue in Detroit. Not only that, IADS, founded in December 1921 by Charles and Nathan Agree in memory of their father Isaac Agree, never left Detroit. IADS is celebrati...…
…AUGUST 25 • 2022 | 33 rooftop. Every part of the building will be modernized and brought back to life with intention and love. Samantha Woll, IADS board president, instilled that “in coming together to build our spiritual space, we also build a stronger, more dedi- cated community.” She added, “The process of raising material funds for a physical construction has also been an incredible reminder that in the coming together to bui...…
…34 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 O n Aug. 3, the Tikkun Olam grou at Congregation Beth Ahm’ in West Bloomfield packed backpacks for young students through the Brilliant Detroit organ- ization. Volunteers of all ages came to prepare needed supplies for students starting the 2022-2023 school year. Program chairpersons Debra Darvick and Carol Kent recruited volunteers and donations to make sure that about 50 young people have the supplies the...…
…AUGUST 25 • 2022 | 35 Young Israel of Southfield (YIS) kicked off its series of Shacharis, Shmear and Sweets events in July. The event encourages par- ents to bring their kids to shul for davening and a breakfast sponsored by members of the community. YIS member Marganit Weinberg says the series of events began after Rabbi Yechiel Morris asked the congregation for new ways to encourage families to come to shul. “Shacharis, Shmear and S...…
…36 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 faces&places Everyone was feeling back- to-school vibes at Young Israel of Oak Park on July 27 and 28 when the National Council of Jewish Women and Jewish Family Service came together to distribute 475 backpacks to students served by JFS. Each backpack was filled with essential school supplies, ensuring that everyone would get the school year started off on the right foot. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JFS JFS Giv...…
…AUGUST 25 • 2022 | 37 RUTHI WARBURG SPORTS T here were a couple of surprises for the Detroit delegation at the JCC Maccabi Games earlier this month in San Diego. One bad surprise and one good surprise. Here are the details. TRAVEL BALLET Karen Gordon was at the Maccabi Games closing party at the Lawrence Family JCC on Aug. 4 when she got some unsettling news. The Delta Airlines flight that was sup- posed to take the Detroit delegat...…
…38 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY ring roles in the travel ballet, and Gordon also thanked the Detroit parents “who entrusted me with their kids and were supportive all week, especially (the night of the closing party. ”) IT’S RUTHI A familiar face — at least to Gordon — led the Detroit delegation into the Maccabi Games opening ceremo- ny Aug. 1 at the Del Mar Racetrack. Ruthi Warburg did the honors. “I had no idea Ruthi was ...…
…AUGUST 25 • 2022 | 39 continued on page 40 NEXT DOR A fter leaving a clinical psychology gradu- ate program at the University of Michigan in 2017, podcast studio engineer and meditation coach Brandon Klein decided to embark on his own path that stepped outside the one he originally pursued. He launched a meditation business where he taught med- itative programs to schools, universities and various temples and synagogues throughou...…
…40 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 back home to Michigan and built a podcast studio in his home in Royal Oak. As a pod- cast producer and live sound engineer, he began doing live streams for concerts and events. “I would reach out to artists on Instagram and try to film their concerts, ” Klein explains of building a business. “This is what I did literally every sec- ond of my life. ” Klein continued to teach meditation for the High Holidays, b...…
…AUGUST 25 • 2022 | 41 HEALTH R esearchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Illana Gozes from the Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Sagol School of Neuroscience, have unraveled a mecha- nism shared by mutations in the genes that cause autism, schizophrenia and other con- ditions. The researchers also found that an experimental drug previously developed in Prof....…
…42 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a method that employs musical tests and a portable instrument for measur- ing brain activity to detect cognitive decline in old age. According to the researchers, the meth- od, which is based on the measurement of 15 minutes of electrical activity in the brain while performing simple musical tasks, can be easily implemented by any staff mem- ber in any clinic, wit...…
…W hen my great-grandpar- ents, steeped in the European tradition of using public spaces to their fullest, took my mother to “Kaspenten Park” as a child, she never con- nected that it had any other name, like, say, “Cass Benton Park.” Unbeknownst to her, my mother began participating in a larger continuum of sum- mer activities that, the world over, are somewhat alike. We search for places with a good breeze and a nice shady ...…
…44 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 taste.) Mix to combine. Season with salt and pep- per. Check on your pota- toes; they’re still roasting, probably. 4. Once the potatoes have cooled, add the mustard mix to the mayonnaise mix, and stir until they two are evenly mixed. Add some onion juice as needed to thin the dressing out slight- ly. Add the potatoes to the bowl and stir well to com- bine everything and coat them evenly. If you find that the...…
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…Back to School! I t’s time to fi ll your backpack, grab your lunch box and set your alarm for a new year of learning, friends and fun. Kids in the U.S. have been going to school since about the 17th century, with some 49.4 million students estimated in attendance at public schools across the country as of fall 2021, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Still, school hasn’t always looked the way it does today...…
…S ome kids go to schools where they learn both secular and Jewish subjects throughout the day. There are a handful of these schools, called Jewish day schools, around Metro Detroit. Students at these schools learn Hebrew, Jewish studies and more about the Jewish holidays as part of their curriculums. Farber Hebrew Day School in Southfi eld is one of these schools. Naava Shanbaum, 8, of West Bloomfi eld, is eagerly anticipating see...…
…Take a look at your backpack. It’s probably got some zippers, a few pouches for storing books and notebooks, and maybe even mesh for carrying your water bottle on the side. It’s pretty convenient compared to how students used to carry their books to class. Students in the early 1900s wrapped a strap around their books to hold them together, and then carried them over their shoulders. Lunch boxes have evolved, too, from kids carrying ...…
…J ewish Family Service gave out 475 backpacks to client families during a two-day event at the Young Israel of Oak Park at the end of July. “It’s important to know that people get backpacks from all dif erent places,” says Natalie DuBois, director of Family Support Services at Jewish Family Service. “Sometimes it’s the store, sometimes it’s a hand-me-down, and sometimes it’s from someone you don’t know. Any of those ways of getti...…
…L ots of kids take part in Hebrew School enrichment programs after school, where they learn about Jewish tradition and make even more new friends. It’s a chance to explore Jewish heritage and culture, explains Rabbi Menachem Caytak of Chabad Jewish Center of Troy. “We have a fresh start to learn in a fun and engaging way what it means to be Jewish!” he says. He’s starting a new Hebrew school program that will meet Sunda...…
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…MAZEL TOV! 66 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 Ogel 80th E d Ogel celebrated his 80th birthday on Aug. 22, 2022. His advice is to stay active, focused and try to be productive. He is involved in his business every day. He is also involved in the Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club, which meets every Monday at the Marygrove College campus. He finds this a wonderful opportunity to meet talented artists of the Detroit area. JAN. 7, 2022 Drs. ...…
…AUGUST 25 • 2022 | 67 SPIRIT Uniting by Sharing Torah Thoughts E merging from what feels like a lifetime of isola- tion and fragmentation, it seems to me that there is something delightful about get- ting together with friends. Let’s look at the greatest gath- ering of all: the moment that our nation all stood at the foot of Mount Sinai as God spoke to us, communicating His wishes for us. In this week’s Torah portion, we read inst...…
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…AUGUST 25 • 2022 | 69 universal law that has governed the fate of nations from the dawn of civilization to today. Nations are born, they grow, they flour- ish; they become complacent, then corrupt, then divided, then defeated, then they die, to be remembered only in history books and museums. In the case of Israel, small and intensely vulnerable, that fate will hap- pen sooner rather than later. That is what Moses calls “the curse. ” ...…
…70 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 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 Congregati...…
