…42 | AUGUST 1 • 2024 J N A FUNNY CRIME FILM, ELIZABETH TAYLOR SPEAKS CANDIDLY, NEWHART AND THE JEWS The Instigators opens in a few theaters on Aug. 2 and then begins streaming on Apple TV+ on Aug. 9. It’s a comedy crime heist flick. Premise: A botched rob- bery causes two thieves (Matt Damon and Casey Affleck) to go on the run, dragging along one of their therapists in the process. Michael Stuhlbarg, 55, and Ron Perlman, 74, ha...…
…AUGUST 1 • 2024 | 43 KABBALAT SHABBAT 7-8 PM, AUG. 2 (FRI.) At Temple Israel. An out- door service featuring the talents of Rick Recht, who will join our service with a full band to share his mel- odies, along with plenty of Temple Israel favorites. Info: jlive.app/events/8266. BASEBALL GAME AUG. 4 (SUN.) The Adat Shalom Men’s Club invites everyone to a day at the ballpark, an afternoon of fun, enter- tainment and baseball at Jimm...…
…JUST FOR FUN Find the five differences in these two photos of a participant enjoying a ride at JARC’s second annual sensory-friendly carnival (original is on the left.) JEFF AISEN Jewis of the Week Joke One Shabbat morning, the rabbi notices little 6-year-old David staring up at the large plaque hanging in the shul foyer. It was covered with names and small American flags. The rabbi said, “Good Shabbos, David.” David replies, “...…
…AUGUST 1 • 2024 | 45 The Nissan Foundation awarded a $25,000 grant to the The Zekelman Holocaust Center (The HC) to help fund Voices of the Holocaust: Exploring History, Literature and Social Justice in the Classroom, a program to enhance the teaching of Holocaust history through personal memoirs and his- torical context, emphasizing social justice. “Receiving the Nissan Foundation grant is an incredible honor for our center,” ...…
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…AUGUST 1 • 2024 | 49 J N RITA ROSLYN ABRAMSON, 79, of North Las Vegas, Nev., passed away on July 17, 2024. She had just celebrated her 59th wedding anniversary. Rita was born in Detroit on Nov. 14, 1944, to Arthur and Murial Sofferin. She went to Mumford High School and Wayne State University. She married Kenneth Abramson on July 11, 1965. Rita worked in early childhood education for many years, first with Temple Israel in We...…
…AUGUST 1 • 2024 | 5 J N Please Support The Zekelman Holocaust Center and honor Marcie & Rob Orley Sunday, November 10, 2024 Huntington Place, Detroit The Zekelman Holocaust Center’s 40th Anniversary Benefit With your support, this year The Zekelman Holocaust Center will teach over 100,000 people about the Holocaust and the critical need to stand up to hatred and antisemitism. For tickets, sponsorships, or more information, visit Ho...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 50 | AUGUST 1 • 2024 J N sister of the late Gertrude, Edythe, Leah, Sara and Seymour; mother of Alan (Leslie) and Craig (Jacki); grandmother of Adam (Cheris), Jason (Laura), Eric, Kelsey, Elyse, Kayla and Jenna; great-grandmother of Jora, Micah, Jack; and many great-granddogs. Contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society or Denver Jewish Family Services. ROBERT “BOB” BUDMAN, 78, of ...…
…AUGUST 1 • 2024 | 51 J N 48302; or Parkinson’s Movement Center, 1889 Rosemont Road, Berkley, MI 48072. A graveside service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. DOUGLAS HOFFMAN, 81, of West Bloomfield, died July 21, 2024. He is survived by his wife, Wendy Fischel; sons and daughters-in- law, Joshua and Jennifer Hoffman, Matthew Hoffman and Tetyana Kralka, and Seth Hoffman; grandchild, Kn...…
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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com AUGUST 1 • 2024 | 7 J N Big Experiences Small Shul 248-851-6880 | www.cbahm.org 5075 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 SPORTS AND JEWS IN THE MODERN WORLD Wednesdays at 7:30pm August 14, 21, and 28 with Professor Howard Lupovitch at Congregation Beth Ahm August 14 “MUSCULAR JEWS” AND THE BIRTH OF THE MACCABIA GAMES...…
…8 | AUGUST 1 • 2024 J N OUR COMMUNITY ON THE COVER H orses have always been a big part of David Silver’s life. The Detroit resident, who moved to Detroit from New York in 2012 for Teach for America and has taught fourth and fifth grades at Detroit’s Burns Elementary school, is now sharing his equine passion with others through Detroit Horse Power, a nonprofit he started to connect Detroit youth ages 11-18 with horses to build soc...…
…AUGUST 1 • 2024 | 9 J N right piece of vacant land in the city of Detroit, in a community that wants horses to be part of the neighborhood’s future, ” he explains. “To build an urban equestrian center so we can scale up this unique youth program, and that this new facility will be part of stronger Detroit neighborhoods. ” On Tuesday, June 11, the Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education unanimously approved Detroi...…
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…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 11 C ommunity leader Allan Nachman, a retired real estate attorney for 50 years, formerly devel- oped industrial build- ings in the Detroit area and lived with his wife, Joy, in Downtown’s Lafayette Park neighborhood. Like other longtime Detroit boosters, he was bothered to see the Motor City file for bankruptcy in July 2013 and urban decay set in with the loss of investment and re- investment dollars. “I ...…
…OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 11 12 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 ON THE COVER The renaissance of Detroit is an exciting story to Nachman, and one that he and Joy want- ed members and friends of their Congregation Shaarey Zedek (CSZ) in Southfield to see for themselves. Already the underwriters of Coffee House, a CSZ program open to older adults (see page XX), the Nachmans sponsored a bus trip in July. A group of 57, including tour le...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 13 “WE ARE BLESSED THAT DEVELOPERS IN OUR AREA ARE NOT JUST RIPPING DOWN THE OLD BUILDINGS BUT RESTORING THEM TO THEIR PRIOR GLORY” — ALLAN NACHMAN oped and sold more than five years ago. Today, in partnership with Invest Detroit — an orga- nization supporting regional business and real estate projects to ignite economic growth — Mosey’s group is working on a series of big-ticket developments along Selden Stre...…
…OUR COMMUNITY 14 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 ON THE COVER GEORGE ROBERTS Home: Downtown Detroit Family: Wife, Sarah; daughter, Eden, and dog, Shakshuka Education: Graduate certificate in real estate development, University of Michigan Jewish community affiliations: NEXTGen Detroit immediate past president and board of governors’ member, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit; Downtown Synagogue member and activist (see article); JARC b...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 15 invested $214 million in the Corktown neighborhood,” said Herkowitz, telling the group first about Perennial Corktown, a multi-fami- ly project. Hunter Pasteur, Oxford Capital Group and the Forbes Company are partners. The seven-story, 188-unit apartment building is sched- uled to open in November 2023. Other components of the project are seven luxury three-bedroom townhomes and a three-story parking garage...…
…OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 15 16 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 ON THE COVER Herkowitz said, offers “best-in-class design, which takes inspiration from the traditional brick industrial buildings of Corktown and merges with a contemporary esthetic.” Residents will enjoy a full range of onsite amenities and year-round activities, and they and visitors will have access to more than 12,000 square feet of retail space. Perennial Corktown is...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 17 OUR COMMUNITY community members to solve the world’s most pressing issues surrounding mobility,” said Sean White, Michigan Central’s director of strategy. Josh Sirefman is the CEO. Open since 2022, the Book Depository is host to more than 40 companies and 150 members “creating and scaling new technologies and solutions,” White said. Among the tenants is a satellite office of Electeon, headquartered in Tel Aviv...…
…“W e’ve had enough hurt in our lives already, so the next time you see a kid with cancer or even someone who looks a little different, try a smile — we could use it.” Those were the words of Alexandra Graham — spoken in a public service announcement as part of her wish granted by Make-A-Wish Michigan — shortly before she died of bone cancer in 1999 at the age of 17 following a courageous battle. At Alex’s funeral, her family requ...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 19 Beth Brandvain. The WAM Bicycle Tour as a whole saw 320 people ride this year. Eighty of those riders were on Team Alex. “Alex inspired so many people. There are people who knew Alex who are on the ride and people who didn’t know her but just want to be a part of this,” said Susie Graham, Alex’s mother. “I person- ally cannot believe it’s still going on for 25 years. There’s just so many won- derful people o...…
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…OUR COMMUNITY I n the latest episode of the podcast FedRadio Detroit, co-hosts Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss sit down with the Honorable Bernard A. Friedman to talk about his journey as a judge, some of his most memorable cases and the impact his Judaism has had on his career. Friedman, who was appoint- ed by President Ronald Reagan as a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan in June 1988, might have seemed unlike...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 21 T here’s a right time for everything, or so the saying goes — and some- times that time can be sooner than you’d expect! Lisa Kaplan, for instance, was certainly not expecting to meet her bashert just hours after she’d ended a two-year relationship. It was April 1985 when the West Bloomfield native, then 24, signed up for the B’nai Brith singles softball league in Berkley, looking to grow her circle of frie...…
…22 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY S ince 1948, the Levin family has made it a mission to gather regu- larly. Just after World War II, original found- ers Jacob and Anna Rebecca Levin, and Jacob’s eight siblings, chaired the very first meeting of the now long-running Levin Family Club. With a large — and increasingly grow- ing — family, the Levins decided to host a formal gathering each month that would be called “The Levin Family C...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 23 and the rest of us would do the acting,” she says. Every five years, the Levin Family Club would also host a major anniversary cele- bration, paying tribute to the family’s mon- umental effort in keeping the tradition going strong. Nodler’s late husband, Alvin Nodler, also created an extensive genealogy book with more than 550 entries, including pictures and history of the Levin family. This book tracks births, de...…
…24 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 R eading an issue of the Jewish News in the late 1970s led to the very start of Susan Gertner’s impressive career. Now celebrating her 20th anniver- sary as the executive director of National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan (NCJW|MI), a 132-year-old grassroots volunteer and advocacy organization with a mission to improve the lives of women, children and families, Gertner was still a student at Michigan Stat...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 25 that we really needed to move into the 21st century, with a professional overseeing the business aspects of the organization,” she explained. “We interviewed several candi- dates for director, but Susan really ‘got’ how we operated, and she was extremely mul- tifaceted. Hiring her made the biggest dif- ference in how we ran our two thrift stores [which later became one store Council Re|Sale, currently located in Be...…
…ROSH HASHANAH T here’s something nostalgic about the foods of the Jewish High Holidays. Perhaps you cherish memories sitting around the dining table enjoying your bubbie’s famous matzah ball soup recipe or assembling a beautiful apples and honey dish with your family. Whatever your High Holidays food tradi- tions might be, sometimes it’s much easier to opt for a catering service instead of cooking all of the dishes yourself, especial...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 27 “Sometimes when it comes to the real, traditional Jewish foods, people would rath- er get it from the caterer,” Bloom laughs. “I hear all the time, ‘That’s just like my grandmother’s soup,’ and it’s the biggest compliment that I can get.” Bloom’s is also known for their veggie chopper liver, beef liver and their brisket. “People go crazy over those items,” says Bloom, who serves clients across the entire Met...…
…ROSH HASHANAH A pples and honey: Some aspects of holiday eating simply must not be altered and, often, we serve the same dishes year after year. Don’t get me wrong, tradition and customs are excellent and comforting features of the Jewish way of life. They make us feel part of a family, a group, a culture. Still, each year I get questions regarding serving something else, something a bit different, new or modern. Each year I t...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 29 Directions Preheat oven to 475°F. Arrange a large baking dish, or use large or medium deep foil table pan. Combine the ground tur- key, breadcrumbs, oregano, garlic, parsley, eggs, salt, pepper. Use your hand to mix well. Shape the mixture into 20 large-sized meatballs that are somewhat flat instead of totally round. Arrange large baking dish or large or medi- um deep foil table pan. Bake the meatballs for 20...…
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…30 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 Gesher Human Services’ annual Lois Zussman Golf Classic, which raises funds to support the Lois and Milton Y. Zussman Activity Center in Southfield for adults living with mental illness, raised a record- breaking amount this year. With 180 participants and attendees enjoying the golf activities and evening reception, dinner and auction, held at Franklin Hills Country Club, approximately $250,000 was raised. L...…
…AUGUST 31 • 2023 | 31 Magic is happening at The Shul-Chabad Lubavitch’s Camp Gan Israel. The camp’s adorable Kiddy Campers took a walk to Jewish Senior Life’s Meer Apartments where they were each paired with a res- ident “grandfriend.” They spent an hour getting to know one another, singing, shaping challah and more. It was hard to tell who enjoyed it more, said Itty Shemtov, The Shul - Chabad Lubavitch’s educational director. “Bot...…
…SPORTS R esplendent in their Detroit Red Wings- style uniforms, hockey players from Detroit and Grand Rapids gave it their best shot a long way from home. They didn’t win a medal at the JCC Maccabi Games last month in Israel. They won just two of five games. But the memories they made during their three-week stay, that included the week-long Maccabi Games and two weeks of immersive educational travel around Israel with other athl...…
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…34 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 Like many of the players on the Detroit/Grand Rapids/NYC team, Marcus and Werner, who live in Birmingham, play high school hockey. Marcus, 16, is a junior at Detroit Country Day. A forward on the Country Day hockey team, he was a defenseman on the Maccabi Games team because that’s where he was needed. Werner, 16, also was a defenseman for the Maccabi Games team. That’s where the Birmingham Seaholm junior p...…
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