…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 25 of sharing, volunteering and giving back. Talia Ossipove, a Grosberg Ruach/Robinson Pioneer camper, has taken this les- son one step further. After another incredible summer, Talia wanted to give back to Tamarack Camps for her mitzvah project, saying, “I chose to raise money for CAMPaign for Change because Tamarack is my home away from home, and I want other kids to have the same great experience. ” Her moth...…
…26 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 Food Fest Fun faces&places The Hazon Michigan Jewish Food Festival, Hazon’s largest event and Michigan’s largest Jewish event annually, did a pivot for the second year in a row. Last year, they reinvented the Food Festival during a challenging time and created something new called Food Festival in a Box, which was highly successful. This year, Wren Hack, director of Hazon, and Marla Schloss, director o...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 27 Chabad Family Festival Comes to Macomb County Cider Mill Chabad Jewish Center of Troy is arranging an afternoon of family fun for Jewish families living in the Troy/Rochester Hills and Macomb County areas. The Jewish Family Festival will take place Sunday, Aug. 29, from 3-5 p.m. “The event’s primary focus is to create a space where Jewish families can gather together and have fun,” said Rabbi Menachem Cayta...…
…28 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 T his past year, I took the time to “Marie Kondo” various parts of our home — drawers, closets, our entire basement. Utilizing Kondo’s renowned practice, we put it all on the floor and decided what we truly needed, what brought us joy, what could bring more joy to someone else and what was ready to be tossed for good. For those of you who have done this before, you know how challenging it can be to have t...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 29 to offering in-person Shabbat dinners in tents outside of Hillel, we will continue to support meals in students’ homes and smaller gatherings around campus, catered by Hillel or cooked by our students themselves. This is a particularly perfect fit for our upperclassmen students who are in their own homes and benefit long term from gaining experience and confidence hosting Shabbat for their peers. While th...…
…30 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 O n Friday, Aug. 6, the Wayne State University Jewish Medical Student Association (WSU JMSA) got together for Shabbat dinner with Hillel of Metro Detroit. After a long year of vir- tual learning, I, alongside my co-president Daniel Lenchner, felt that it was especially important to con- nect the Jewish medical stu- dents when the new class of first-year medical students arrived on campus. We all felt that ...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 31 This is the story of an illustrious Romanian-born, Hungarian- speaking, Vienna-schooled, Columbia-educated and Harvard- formed middle-class Jewish professor of politics and other subjects. Markovits revels in a rootlessness that offers him comfort, succor, and the inspiration for his life’s work. As we follow his quest to find a home, we encounter his engagement with the important political, social and cultural devel...…
…32 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 I f you’re a student on campus at Michigan State in East Lansing or at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, you can still attend religious services and get a holiday meal. At Michigan State, Hillel offers in-person meals for both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as well as vir- tual service options through Congregation Shaarey Zedek (Conservative) and Temple Israel (Reform). Both services and meals are free of ...…
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…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 35 E vents from the past year have all of us reconsid- ering what we want and need out of our homes. From work and play to wellness, our homes have become the epicen- ter of, well, everything — lead- ing to an emergence of design trends focused on adapting to a new normal. The design experts at Wilsonart, a leading provider of engineered surfaces, have identified three new lifestyle trends that are affecting last...…
…36 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 W hether you want to boost the value of your home to put it on the market or you want to enhance its beauty, it’s important to keep curb appeal top of mind. That’s because first impres- sions count. Indeed, curb appeal accounts for up to 7% of home value, and it’s the first thing people see. During National Curb Appeal Month this August, let this checklist be your guide to beautifying your home’s exterior: ...…
…38 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 Timber & Toil Cabinetry™, like all fine furniture, will get noticed, and talked about. But, when guests are gone and it’s just you, and family, you’ll appreciate them for the way they work. (248) 793-8201 • www.TimberToil.com …
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…40 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 N ick Chudler didn’t live his dream, but he came mighty close. Chudler wanted to be the long-snapper for the Michigan State University football team. He made the team as a pre- ferred walk-on in 2018 and was on the roster that season and in 2019. He didn’t get into any games during those two seasons, but he went with the Spartans to the 2018 Redbox Bowl in Santa Clara, Calif., where MSU lost 7-6 to Oregon. ...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 41 MAZEL TOV! JULY 28, 2021 Peter and Chelsea (Landau) Anthony of South Lyon are overwhelmed with joy to announce the birth of their beautiful son, Lucas James Anthony. Lucas was welcomed home by big sister Ava Alexandra, proud Grumpy and Bubbie Marc and Denise Landau, equally proud Grandpa and Grandma Tim and Beth Anthony, and kvelling Great- Bubbie Beverly Hellmer. Lucas was named Yesha’ya Tzvi after maternal gre...…
…42 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 MAZEL TOV! 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...…
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…44 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 ANTIQUES SCHMIDT’S ANTIQUES INC. Since 1911 (734) 434-2660 SchmidtsAntiques.com Auctioneers, fine antiques and appraisers since 1911, Schmidt’s has been instrumental in uniting buyers and sellers of art and antiques through the process known as auctions. We strive to make the entire process simple, honest and productive for both parties. For individual sellers and estates, we can provide appraisal, pick-u...…
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…46 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 HILLEL DAY SCHOOL 32200 Middlebelt Road Farmington Hills MI 48334 (248) 851-3220 hillelday.org Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit delivers an outstanding general and Jewish education to Jewish children from preschool through eighth grade. We inspire a passion for learning, responsibility to self and community, and devotion to Jewish living in a warm innovative and engaging environment. At Hillel, stud...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 47 SIMONE VITALE BAND 505 S. Lafayette Royal Oak, MI 48067 (248) 765-7336 info@simonevitale.com simonevitale.com Simone Vitale Band is your assurance of a great evening … personal attention … we become part of the family … the variety of music is extensive … high energy … every song is a performance to rival the original. ESTATE SALES ABBOTT’S 33700 Woodward Ave. Birmingham, MI 48009 Raymond Jenkins (248) 644-8565...…
…48 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 HEBREW MEMORIAL CHAPEL 26640 Greenfield Road Oak Park MI 48237 (248) 543-1622 (800) 736-5033 hebrewmemorial.org Entering our second century as your community-owned funeral chapel. We are here for you 24 hours a day. Anyone can acknowledge that your loved one died. We understand that your loved one lived. IRA KAUFMAN CHAPEL 18325 W. Nine Mile Road Southfield MI 48075 (248) 569-0020 irakaufman.com Bringing togeth...…
…AUGUST 26 • 2021 | 49 effectively, enhance cognition, and address sensory, feeding, swallowing and coordination issues. Specialized groups, summer day camps, free monthly workshops, webinars. Try our free Online Interactive Developmental Screener at: KidsInMotionMI.com. MONICA K. GOODWIN, L.M.S.W. Adult & Adolescent Psychotherapist 5777 W. Maple Road, Suite 175 West Bloomfield, MI. 48322 MKGoodwin24@gmail.com (248) 932-4325...…
…50 | AUGUST 26 • 2021 C O M M U N I T Y JEWISH NEWS' MICHIGAN BUSINESS DIRECTORY VIEWPOINT PSYCHOLOGY AND WELLNESS 2045 E. W. Maple Road, Suite D405 Commerce Township, MI 48390 7035 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 800 West Bloomfield, MI 48390 Text: (248) 274-4334 Phone: (248) 669-9500 viewpointpw.com help@viewpointpw.com Viewpoint is an outpatient mental health practice that provides psychological and psychiatric services. Whether you...…
…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...…
