…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 31 J N Statement from Windsor Jewish Federation Since Oct. 7, when Hamas terrorists started a war by violently attacking Israeli civilians, Jewish life on campus at the University of Windsor has become unbearable. Former University of Windsor Jewish Law Students Association president Sydney Greenspoon characterized the experience on campus after Oct. 7 as “an unsafe place to be an openly proud Jew. It is a c...…
…32 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 J N faces&places A special springtime tradition for gardeners and volunteers alike is the annual JARC Flower-a-thon event that beautifies the homes of people served by JARC. This year, with help from 44 volunteers, weeds were pulled, new mulch was placed and beautiful flowers were planted at six homes. The 2024 JARC Flower-a-thon was a four- day effort taking place from May 31 to June 3, and included volunteer...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 33 J N O n May 22, at the Flagstar Strand Theatre in Pontiac, Jewish Family Service of Metro Detroit (JFS) hosted its annual Spotlight Event, raising awareness and critical funds. The night was generously sponsored by the Reva Stocker Lecture Series. The event shone a light on mental health and suicide prevention and awareness, one of the many services provided by JFS in the areas of mental health and wellness. ...…
…34 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 J N faces&places O n July 29, members of the Jewish Bar Association of Michigan (JBAM) and guests gathered at Platform 18 in Royal Oak to explore the subject of whether and when a Jew should give preference to doing business with a fel- low Jew — from a Torah perspective. Rabbi Leiby Burnham, educator at Partners Detroit, introduced and analyzed the 16th centu- ry case of Maharam of Padua v. Giustiniani, a case ...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 35 J N CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Particpants learn about the wall that separated the Black and white communities; Jeannie Weiner; Dwan Dandridge and David Contorer; Jacob Smith; Brandon Colvin and Jacob Smith, co-organizers of the Coalition Series. A rguably, no one knows the history of Black people in Detroit better than Jamon Jordan, the official and first City Historian of Detroit and founder of the Black Scro...…
…36 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 J N T he six boys on the Detroit golf team at the JCC Maccabi Games hosted by Detroit this summer attend three different high schools. But they knew each other, were friends and had played golf together before they became Maccabi teammates. Still, they didn’t decide together to play golf at the Detroit games. “We signed up separately,” said Ethan Tigay. “I signed up after my grandfather (Barry Bean) signed up...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 37 J N 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) 351-5147 ...…
…38 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 J N W hat is the real challenge of maintaining a free society? In parshat Ekev, Moses springs his great surprise. Here are his words: “Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God … Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will bec...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 39 would be disastrous. As Moses makes clear toward the end of the book, in the long account of the curses that would overcome the people if they lost their spiritual bearings, Israel would find itself defeated and devastated. RULES FOR CREATING CIVILIZATIONS Only against this background can we understand the momentous project the book of Devarim is proposing: the creation of a society capable of defeating the ...…
…4 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 J N Federation Update Detroit Stands with Israel M ore than 10 months have passed since Oct. 7, the most devastating and tragic date in Israel’s 75-year history. Since then, Jewish communities worldwide have responded with a historic outpouring of solidarity and support. As always, when needs arise in the Jewish world, our Detroit community has also answered with outsized generosity and commitment. Throughout ...…
…40 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 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...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 41 REFORM Temple Beth El Bloomfield Township (248) 851-1100 tbeonline.org Temple Emanu-El Oak Park (248) 967-4020 emanuel-mich.org Temple Israel West Bloomfield (248) 661-5700 temple-israel.org Temple Kol Ami West Bloomfield (248) 661-0040, tkolami.org Temple Shir Shalom West Bloomfield (248) 737-8700 shirshalom.org REFORM/RENEWAL Congregation Shir Tikvah Troy (248) 649-4418 shirtikvah.org SECULAR/HU...…
…42 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 Local artist helps Israelis heal through sand art. Art Healing as ABOVE: Kaplan relayed directions via Zoom on how to use sand and adhesives to create art. RIGHT: Israeli directors manning the art tables in a family park. Gail Rosenbloom Kaplan ARTS&LIFE ART SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER G ail Rosenbloom Kaplan of Farmington Hills is a multi- media artist who gives time and professional leaders...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 43 J N BOOK REVIEW T hough Nehama Stampfer grew up in Portland, Oregon, her family spent a year in Israel three times, whenever her father had a sabbatical from his service as a synagogue rabbi. Especially during those years, she got to know her parents’ wide circle of relatives, including her great-uncle Avraham Frank (Dod Avram). At family celebrations, Dod Avram was a center of attention — he led songs, told j...…
…44 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 different directions. The guard could not follow them all. So, Gitah-Malkah escaped. When the authorities came to look for her at home, she was not there. RIOTS AND MORE After the war, Palestine became a British Protectorate. British policy toward Jews and Arabs fluctuated. When Arab leaders fomented a riot, on Friday, Aug. 23, 1929, the British did not intervene. In Jerusalem, young men from the Haganah (a Jew...…
…H aving family and friends over is easy when the meal being served is brunch. Schmoozing, eating and just being together is so enjoyable during the lazy days of a summer weekend. Throw in Champagne or a cocktail, some quick recipes and you can have an easy get-together assembled in no time. TOMATO SALAD (VEGAN) Ingredients Salad: 3 pounds assorted tomatoes (different colors), remove the tomato core, cut into large chunks 2 ...…
…46 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 J N THREE GOOD FILMS — ONE MAY BE A JEWISH CLASSIC Three good films open in theaters this week. If you can’t make the theater showing, do make a note to watch them when they begin streaming. Last January, I wrote the following three paragraphs about Between the Temples, a comedy- drama: “[It] made its worldwide premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 18. Every review was a rave — Hollywood Reporter, Va...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 47 J N INDIE ROCK 8 PM, AUG. 24 (SAT.) The Go Rounds will perform at The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. See this collection of talented musicians that have forged a reputation as innovators over the course of five studio albums and countless live performances. Tickets, $25. FAMILY FUN DAY 10 AM, AUG. 25 (SUN.) At Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Brunch, bounce castles, a boun- cy obstacle course, lawn games, arts and...…
…48 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 Back UP JUST FOR FUN For answers, see next week’s issue. For last week’s puzzle answers, see page 49. Find The Differences Can you find five differences in this photo of volunteers at JARC’s Flower-a Thon? H ave you ever had to learn something and, after studying, you could recite it backward and for- ward? How about you lovers of words that have discovered palindromes (those words that are the same backwa...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 49 PUZZLE ANSWERS Solution to puzzle in 8/8/24 issue. DOG OF THE WEEK H i! I am June Bug, a 4-year-old, female (spayed) Chihuahua mix weighing about 8 pounds. I came from a situation where there were too many dogs. I am so happy Almost Home rescued me. They understand me and promise to find me the perfect forever home. I am shy, but with my wonderful foster’s help, I am improv- ing every day. I love other dogs, so i...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 5 J N WOMEN OF VISION WOMEN OF VISION 2 0 2 4 Rebekah Gregory Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor THURSDAY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 SEPTEMBER 26 WOMAN OF VISION AWARD RECIPIENT Linda Schlesinger-Wagner owner and founder of skinnytees and advocate for women’s and children’s charities FEATURED SPEAKER JOSEPHINE S. WEINER COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT Bookstock used book and media sale supporting the need to read ho...…
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…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 53 J N MARLENE BASS, 89, of Lake Worth, Fla., formerly of Detroit, died Aug. 1, 2024. Mrs. Bass is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Dean Jansen, and Lisa Feldman and John Lynch; son and daughter-in-law, Marty and Donna Feldman; grandchildren, Ashley Gruda, Tenaya Tuteur, Jordan Feldman and Lyndsey Belk; stepchildren, Susan and Larry Oleinick, Jeff Bass, and Mark and Marcy Bass; stepgrandc...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 54 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 J N by his parents, Ruth and Irving Fenchel. Contributions may be made to Team 23: The Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. BARRY A. FISH, Ph.D., 79, of Ann Arbor, died Aug. 9, 2024. Dr. Fish is survived by his wife, Thea Fish; sons, Robert Fish and fiancee Rabbi Alison Abrams, and Joshua Fish; grandchildren, Chloe, Olivia and Seth Fi...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 55 J N P.O. Box 772395, Detroit, MI 48277-2395; Kidney Foundation of Michigan, 1169 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, nkfm.org; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. AVON NATALIE MUROFF, 86, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 11, 2024. She is survived by her children, Jason Blitz, Stephanie and Mark Abramson; grandchildren, Daniel Abramson, Sydney Blitz, Matthew Abramson, Maya ...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 56 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 J N Bayer and the late Arthur Peterman. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Margi Bayer; son-in-law, Jay (Mary) Peterman; grandchildren, Daniel Bayer, Michelle Bayer, Nicole Stone, Lindsay and Jimi Foxley, Amy and Steve Leasure, and Gina Krouse; great-grandchildren, Jacob Bayer, Jaden Bayer, Reese Stone, Braelyn Stone, Elaine Krouse, Josiah Krouse, William K...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 57 KARL R. SCHAEFER, 94, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 11, 2024. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Rhea Schaefer; sons and daughter-in-law, Neil Schaefer, Lyle Schaefer, Paul and Jodi Schaefer, and Todd Schaefer; grandchildren, Dana and Zach Heaton, Randi Schaefer and Eric Schultz, Dylan Schaefer and Tiffany Keane Schaefer, Bebe Schaefer, Matt and Caiti Hughes, Evan Hughes, Samantha and Greg Finn, Natali...…
…58 | AUGUST 22 • 2024 J N Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com Historic Jewish-Owned Movie Theaters A llan Gale posed this question. Have I written about Jewish-owned or -managed movie theaters in Metro Detroit? What? Jews in the movie industry? You’re kidding me! Well, this did seem like an excellent idea for a cruise into the William Davidson Digita...…
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…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 7 J N Family members and released hos- tages speak, videos are shown and musical performances take place. When we were there, Eden Golan sang a heart-wrenching rendition of “October Rain” (the original version of the song “Hurricane” that she performed at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest). Hostage Square is filled with symbols that families and artists have created to represent the agony of the hostages still bein...…
…OUR COMMUNITY ON THE COVER Comes to Life at The J Nine young adults from Israel help campers and seniors connect with their heritage. ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE J S hlichim have long been a part of The J Detroit’s summer camp program, but in the decade past, the young Israeli emissaries typically arrived in small groups of just two-to-four. This year, however, nine Israeli Shlichim — who serve...…
…AUGUST 22 • 2024 | 9 J N FACING PAGE: Tomer Shalom El, Tal Raviv, Eden Nahmias, Bar Cohen, Maayan Cohen, Achinoam Man, Eden Yehezkel, Bar Ashkenazi and Maor Levy. ABOVE: On Blue Shirts Israel Day. Only a select group are chosen, who go on to train at the Shlichut Institute before traveling to their respective sta- tions, like The J. “We decided to increase the Shlichim program for two reasons,” says Mikki Frank, The J’s associate executi...…
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…Mo., in 2015. He works as an office-based internist with Ascension Michigan in Farmington Hills. His father, Gary, works in the same office. D’ Ascenzo earned a bachelor’s degree in human biology, health and society from Cornell in 2017 and a doctorate of physical therapy from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in Boston in 2020. She lives in Boston and is a physical thera- pist. Yashinsky pitched seven...…
…continued on page 12 Alexandra D’Ascenzo graduated from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in Boston in 2020 with a doctorate of physical therapy. SUBMITTED PHOTO Ryan Schmeltz passes the ball during a Frankel boys bas- ketball game last winter. FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY MEDIA ARTS CLASS Grace Kleinfeldt heads up the court during a Frankel girls basketball game last winter. FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY MEDIA AR...…
…continued from page 11 12 | AUGUST 15 • 2024 J N Rebecca Rabin Varsity sports played at Frankel: Girls tennis and volleyball. Future plans: Attend the University of Michigan. Playing sports at Frankel: “Prepared me for my next steps because learning how to balance schoolwork and extracurriculars taught me about time management. ” Rebekah Schwartz Varsity sports played at Frankel: Girls tennis. Future plans: Study chemical phys- ics ...…
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…14 | AUGUST 15 • 2024 J N H illel Day School’s 2024-25 school year is expected to be another year of growth and continued commitment to academic excellence. Head of School Dr. Darin Katz says there’s specifically a few high- level things the school is excited about. The first thing Hillel is looking forward to, Katz says, is a “strong, robust enrollment for this year.” Enrollment is up this year by about 30 students from kinderga...…
…AUGUST 15 • 2024 | 15 J N F or Farber Hebrew Day School, the 2024-25 school year will celebrate the institution’s 60th anniversary, while also being a transi- tion year. Dr. Seth Korelitz has joined the school as its Dean of Academics. Korelitz has been working in Jewish day schools in Metro Detroit for about 25 years. Most of that time has been spent as a classroom teacher at Hillel Day School along with a few years as an administ...…
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