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…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 61 PRAY & PLAY 5-6 PM, AUG. 12 At Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. A free, hilarious and fun magic show for the family, followed by a delicious picnic and Teen T’fillah services. Register at jlive.app/events/2465. If you would like to also register for the picnic dinner, go to temple- israel.org/form/picnic- dinner-8/12/22. Dinner includes taco bar, chips and guacamole, chicken tenders and...…

…62 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 Gesher Human Services (formerly JVS + Kadima) will offer a free series of six Zoom workshops called the Work Intervention Network (WIN) program to provide emotional support to unem- ployed or underemployed Metro Detroiters as they search for work. Participants will be encouraged to network during the class and continue to con- nect after the program ends. The course will be held on Zoom from Aug. 15-31 on Mo...…

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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY J udith Levin Cantor was a noted Jewish historian, cura- tor and author, an inspirational community leader and the devoted matriarch of a large and loving family with branches across the world. A fourth-generation Detroiter, Judy passed away on July 26, 2022, in Issaquah, Wash., where she resided for the past four years. She was 93. Judy was a leader in the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan (JHSM), servi...…

…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 65 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY continued on page 67 ANDREA CHANESS, 58, of Farmington Hills, died Aug. 2, 2022. She is survived by her wife, Kerry Chaness; parents, Fred and Enid Chaness; brothers and sister- in-law, Brian Chaness, Neil and Shelley Chaness, and Steven and Ruth Chaness; sister-in-law, Nicole Chaness; many loving nieces, nephews and friends. Mrs. Chaness was the dear sister of the late Scott ...…

…66 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 B ruce Keil Wayne died Aug. 2, 2022, at 91 in Cary, N.C., where he lived with his wife, Denise, since 2011. He was born in Detroit in 1931 and lived in the Metro Detroit area for most of his life. He and his family always considered Bruce to be the original Batman, since he was born before the first Batman comic book was printed (Bruce Wayne was the civil- ian name of Batman). He took this role very ser...…

…continued from page 65 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY continued on page 68 AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 67 was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. LINDA DENISE GINSBURG (nee Braun), a resident of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly of Southfield, died on July 31, 2022, at the age of 67. She is survived by her husband, Ted Ginsburg; father, Harold Kusnetz; sib- lings, Lisa (Bob) Solway, Ada (Howard) Y...…

…continued from page 67 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 68 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund, Temple Kol Ami or Temple Beth El. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel DR. SHELDON LEVINE, 80, of Tinley Park, Ill., died July 28, 2022. He was the lov- ing son of the late Sarah and Louis Levine. He is survived by sons, Fred and Michael (Laura); grandchildren, Mallory, Peyt...…

…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 69 OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $125 for up to 100 words; $1 per word thereafter. A photo counts as 15 words. There is no charge for a Holocaust survivor icon. The JN reserves the right to edit wording to conform to its style considerations. For information, have your funeral director call the JN or you may call Sy Manello, editorial assistant, at (248) 351-5147 or email him at smanel...…

…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org It was a MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD World! I recently read an enlightening article by Jim Sullivan. Its title and theme are “Everything I Learned about Jewish Humor I Learned from MAD magazine.” Sullivan grew up in Maine as a “Catholic kid from a white-bread town.” In short, an area that had little racial or religious divers...…

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…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-11 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 From Frankel to Fatigues Determined high school grad forgoes her prom for basic training. 18 A Tale of Two Museums JCRC/AJC brings Jewish and African American students together to understand each other’s history. 20 A Unique Partnership Ann Arbor’s Temple Beth Emeth co-owns its building with a Christian church. 2...…

…4 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY for openers A Whole Lot of Back and Forth column Riding the Bus while Jewish H ere’s the wind-up and the pitch … and it’s a home run! For those of you who are sports fanatics, those words are familiar. For others of us, the concept of the throw and catch is also familiar as revealed by the many expressions using those terms that we employ daily. Hearing some unexpected news may throw ...…

…Roz Rebeck has had a long career of helping other people. She worked with abused and neglected children in Toledo, Ohio for many years. Then, she and husband Ray, a self- employed accountant for over 50 years who also worked full time as a pricing specialist for Great Lakes Gas Transmission, moved to Michigan. Roz then operated a fully staffed licensed daycare, where she cared for infants and toddlers for almost 30 years. Once Roz reti...…

…6 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY 1942 - 2022 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send...…

…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT For those without computer access, please mail the following to 32255 NORTHWESTERN HWY, SUITE 205 FARMINGTON HILLS, MI 48334: • Who is Turning 80? [first/last] • What Day is their Birthday? • Personalized Message and Signature • A picture of the birthday person (if you would like the picture retu...…

…8 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY opinion Is Russian Threat to the Jewish Agency a Return to Soviet Oppression? I f you’re old enough to remember the darkest days of the movement to free Soviet Jewry, the news a few weeks ago that the Russian Justice Ministry has asked a court to close down the operations of the Jewish Agency in Israel in that country seems ominously familiar. In the Soviet era, the Communist regime w...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 9 continued on page 11 stepping up the pressure on the Kyiv government with military actions that are killing more civilians. Just as troubling, the economic sanctions slapped on Moscow have done more damage to the West with rising gas prices in the United States, as well as worries about the supply of food and the flow of natural gas in Europe, than they have on the Russians. Still, in a war where the stakes a...…

…10 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY guest column Shalom Hartman Institute Again Welcomes Michigan Participants to Jerusalem W hy Israel? This is the question that the Shalom Hartman Institute campus in Jerusalem asked this summer as it excitedly opened its doors to North Americans after a two- year hiatus forced by the pandemic. The campus was filled with diverse learners and leaders from the end of June throughout July, incl...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 11 and studying with Hartman colleagues, immersed with Israelis and celebrating with Shaarey Zedek friends visiting Israel, I return home wiser, impassioned and ready to grow in my leadership of the Jewish people. ” The Institute in Jerusalem also gathered heads of day schools, journalists, campus professionals and Muslim leaders all from North America for specialized cohort learning opportunities throughout th...…

…12 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 ON THE COVER T he Jewish War Veterans-Department of Michigan (JWV) held its annual meeting at Temple Shir Shalom on Sunday, June 26. The event featured the official installation of newly elected leadership, as well as remarks from office holders who collectively provided what could be called a “State of the Department address. ” As the department’s adjutant and a patron of JWV Shapiro- Rose Post 510, I had th...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 13 continued on page 14 among her fellow JWV comrades, many of whom are 50, 60, even 75-plus years her senior. Only one year out from having graduated from the Frankel Jewish Academy (FJA), I was immediately struck by Rachel’s confi- dent yet humble demeanor. Describing her as older beyond her years is a vast under- statement. Hers was a story deserving to share with our community. Rachel was surprised by my invitatio...…

…14 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 ON THE COVER shows. At 10 years old, I decided I wanted to become a detec- tive. This desire later evolved to become a K-9 handler and then developed into wanting to become a police officer, ” Rachel said. She did become a dog handler of sorts. “I didn’t do a party for my bat mitzvah because I’m not a party girl. I got a dog instead. I was like, I’ d much rather have a dog that lasts, you know 13-15 years, th...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 15 day when she received a text from her MIARNG recruiter, Sgt. 1st Class Shane DeRoso. “I remember exactly what part I was at on the sidewalk of the JCC, ” Rachel said. The message included a screen shot of an email he had been in receipt of from the liaison at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Troy that simply stat- ed: “Baker is a go. ” That text remains on her phone as a constant reminder of what s...…

…16 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 said. “I don’t want to put my life on pause.” She will always have that option. For now laser-focused, she says: “I want to live my life. I want to start progressing my life.” It was a decision that had the blessing of her longtime, now retired, FJA counselor Ella Dunajsky, who met Rachel in her freshman year. “She has a genuine heart for her country,” says Ella, “who never saw her enlistment in the Army Nationa...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 17 “I thought it would be so nice and appropriate to invite her to join the Jewish War Veterans because she’s not the typical veteran,” Wagner said. “I found her service in the Michigan Army National Guard at her young age very, very impressive.” The operative word being “age.” The JWV, like so many military organizations, is dealing with age-related attrition. It’s no secret that they are in desperate need of ...…

…18 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 O n May 25, JBLU was launched. The Jewish Black Unity project was inspired by Israeli Consul Yinam Cohen in a meeting with Black and Jewish leaders of the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity when he called for building bridges between Jewish and African American students — and hopefully lead- ing to partnerships with Israeli students as well. JBLU was the offshoot of that meeting, created by JCRC/AJC’s Isr...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 19 1. Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Rev. Sterling Brewer and a Pershing student engage in important conversation. 2. Jewish and Black students at the Anne Frank exhibit at the Holocaust Center. 3. Students learn of Jewish communities destroyed in Europe due to hatred and racism. 4. Rev. Brewer connects with Jewish and Black students and with JCRC/AJC staff. 5. Guide meets with students to start their tour of the Charles H. Wright ...…

…OUR COMMUNITY F or many years, the Conservative Beth Israel Congregation was the only Jewish synagogue in the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti area. In 1966, Professor Ronald Tikofsky initiated a meeting in the hopes of establishing a Reform temple. Beginning with a small gath- ering in his home, with help from the regional director of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, a preliminary steering committee was formed. Several communi...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 21 ples of synagogues renting space from churches or church- es from synagogues, there are very few examples, if any, of co-ownership the way we have co-ownership of this facility, ” says Rabbi Josh Whinston, head rabbi of Beth Emeth. “Besides our office spaces and small cha- pels, every other space is shared. “I think the Genesis partner- ship is a unique aspect of who we are and an amazing invest- ment that’s bee...…

…22 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 J ulia Cunnien, 23, of Detroit was nominated as Volunteer of the Week for turning her volunteer efforts into not only her career but also her lifestyle. Nominated by Repair the World Detroit, the organization says she actively gives her time and knowledge to local organizations like Yad Ezra, Voice for Earth Justice, Detroit Community Fridges and more. Growing up in Canton, Cunnien says she was first in...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 23 with AmeriCorps VISTA Life Remodeled as a youth coordinator. “It was clear to me how different resources were spread amongst current populations,” she said. “For example, I helped a lot of the kids with their homework and helped them get enrolled in a free golf program. Being able to be next door to the school, we could show students opportunities they wouldn’t have even heard of.” Cunnien says she was grate...…

…24 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY D r. Lawrence Brown, a podiatrist based in Center Line and board president of Young Israel of Southfield, was attending a lec- ture at the synagogue when the guest speaker commented on the embarrassing condition of the seating. This hap- pened just before COVID, and he looked around. It didn’t take long for Brown to agree, and he began thinking that a renovation plan would be a good idea for...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 25 who has led the congregation since 2002 and gave his input for the renovation. “The community is full of children and young families, and that reflects the growth, vibrancy and excitement we have in look- ing forward.” A NEW LOOK Brown volunteered to be the central con- tractor based on his experience with his own two buildings designed for specialized professional use. With the agreement of the synagogue board, ...…

…26 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY F or the previous two sea- sons, Yad Ezra’s Giving Gardens program has thrived in its partnership with the nearby property owned by Our Lady of La Salette Church in Berkley by planting crops in their side lot, land referred to by them as the “Genesis Garden. ” Due to the success of the partnership, the church has granted Yad Ezra permission to expand to the farming property around their old p...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 27 ically increases the size of Giving Gardens. “We had about 5,000 square feet on the south side that were in production, and we added even more land this year, another 2,000 square feet on that side as well,” Gordon said. “Then the North Side that the playground is on is probably at least two to three times that size. We’re just add- ing in another 2,000 square feet of growing space on that side. So, we almost...…

…OUR COMMUNITY 28 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 F ifteen Michigan women recently enjoyed a unique multi-facet- ed educational trip to Israel. Along with 14 other women from the U.S. and one from the United Kingdom, they participated in the Women of the American Technion Society (WATS) Mission in early June. This was only the second Technion women’s mission — the first was held in 2014. That mission included Detroiters Cathy Deutchman and L...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 29 serving as its first woman president. About 10 years ago, she started a Detroit-area Women of American Society of Technion stock group to “try and build ambassadors” for Technion. Most of the stocks purchased have a Technion connection and profits are donated to the university. Wolfe, who joined Kovan’s Technion stock group, was already familiar with Technion. Her late father — D. Dan Kahn — became involved ...…

…30 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY W ith their largest group of riders to date, Chai Lifeline’s Tour de Simcha fundraising bike ride took place on the country roads of upstate New York on July 19. The annual all-wom- en’s ride raises funds for Chai Lifeline, the international children’s health organization providing social, emotional and financial assistance to children with life-threatening and lifelong illnesses and their familie...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 31 R elay for Life in West Bloomfield, which has had an annual outdoor event to raise funds for the American Cancer Society, is joining with other groups for the first time this year in the hopes of drawing more interest and funding, Now, Relay for Life of South Oakland County includes residents of Bloomfield Hills, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Birmingham and Royal Oak and will open at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 14...…

…32 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 entertainment, and each participant gets a goodie bag from the American Cancer Society. Sylvia Wolf, a survivor for 11 years, wanted to give back so she began volunteering with the Relay. “I’m a member of the main board and help with all the events,” Wolf said. “I help raise money and set up the Relays. I get things for the silent auctions. I think the consolidation is a great idea and is working out very...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 33 faces&places T the community has been eagerly awaiting the return of Tamarack Camps’ Bubbie Zaydie Family Camp. Grandparents, such as Diane and Howard Morof, look forward to and enjoy this special time with their grandkids. “The entire weekend was perfect in every way. The staff were fun, warm, interesting, helpful, sweet, and my granddaughter loved all of them,” said Diane. “We look forward to participat...…

…34 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 J osh Lowenthal always knew he was going to be a lawyer. The owner and founder of Law Office of Joshua A. Lowenthal PLC, a Michigan-based virtual law firm, grew up with an entrepreneurial spirit. “Both of my parents were very entre- preneurial,” he explains. “For me, law school always made sense.” Specializing in business, estate planning and tax concerns, Lowenthal, 30, is a graduate of Hillel Day School and...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 35 N EXTGen Detroit is having an eventful summer with multiple successful and sold-out events this year. The programs have ranged from rooftop yoga to a ’70s-themed night with bowling, a darty (a daytime party) with bubbles and foam, a Pickleball event and more. NEXTGen Board and Social Committee member Zack Slabotsky has attended multiple events. He chaired and orga- nized the sold out Pickleball event at the...…

…36 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 continued from page 35 Rachael Gordon and Nicole MacWilliams grab a bite to eat during the NEXTGen Detroit’s Balance Slow Burn in the Sky on the rooftop of Citizen Yoga. NEXTGen Detroiters having a moment of Zen. Daniel Levine knocks some pins down. Michael Penfil, Natalie Ciner and Avi Knopf schmooze at the bar. PHOTOS COURTESY OF NEXTGEN DETROIT NEXTGen Detroiters learn the game of Pickleball Josh Sternberg i...…

…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 37 Emily Slabotsky, Zack Slabotsky and Abbie Jankelovitz stop to pose for a photo during NEXTGen Detroit’s Back in the Bubble Darty. NEXTGen Detroiters having food and drinks at the Back in the Bubble Darty event. Jayme Ruby and Jordan Ettinger jump right into the foam during the Darty. Ian and Shane Jacobson slide down the slip-n-slide. Let Old Friends be your Michigan-Florida Connection Keyes Real Estate Estate ...…

…38 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 D ebra Meyerson, a Metro Detroit native, was a Stanford University professor and a healthy, athletic mother of three when her life was turned upside down in 2010 by a severe stroke that nearly killed her. The stroke left Meyerson paralyzed on her right side and with no speech at all. Suddenly, her roles as a professor, mother and wife were seemingly impossible to fulfill. Instead of giving up, Meyerson, now 65, ...…