…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 63 From all of us at the Jewish Federation, we wish you a year filled with sweetness and joy. SUPPORT JEWISH JOURNALISM The Detroit Jewish News has been telling and preserving our stories since 1942. Subscribe today so that we can continue telling them tomorrow. JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT SCAN TO DONATE OR SUBSCRIBE TODAY! …
…64 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 SPORTS J ason Brown got some advice from an expert before his fantasy football league draft. That expert was none other than Adam Schefter, ESPN’s senior NFL insider. The connection between the two men was made at the 32nd annual Hank Greenberg Memorial Golf, Tennis and Pickleball Invitational, held in June at Franklin Hills Country Club in Farmington Hills. Schefter, a 1989 University of Michigan gra...…
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…66 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 done with the calls by Aug. 15.” Besides receiving the Dick Schaap Memorial Award from fellow ESPN journalist Jeremy Schaap, Dick Schaap’s son, at the Greenberg Invitational, Schefter participated in a sports panel with seven- time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens and Jeremy Schaap, an 11-time Emmy Awards winner. Detroit radio and television personality Mike Stone was the sports panel moderator. Cle...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 67 SPOTLIGHT L’Shana Tova Find your Jewish center in the new year. With people across generations searching for more meaningful connections, we invite you to re-discover The J. Here, you’ll find countless opportunities to nurture your Jewish soul, build friendships, try new things, challenge yourself, share stories and learn how to be an even better human being. See how we can enrich your life. TheJ...…
…68 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 J ill Kasle, founder of sweets pop-up Bombshell Treat Bar, always had big dreams for her gourmet ice cream business that she runs alongside her husband, Matt Kasle. Dipped in a variety of flavors of Belgian chocolate and rolled in toppings like pretzels and Pop-Rocks, the over- the-top ice cream bars are now getting a permanent home. Construction has started on Bombshell Treat Bar’s first brick-and- mortar s...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 69 menu, which will rotate with the seasons. A fall opening has also inspired Kasle to offer “outrageous hot chocolate,” where customers can turn any of the premium- ingredient Belgian chocolate flavors into a steaming hot drink. “They’re really decadent and rich, and they’re going to be beautiful to the eye and delicious to the palette,” Kasle says of the hot chocolate creations. Kasle always likes to have...…
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…business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M 70 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 F rom Gil Golan’s drive- way to GM’s Warren Technical Center, he has approximately 33 minutes in his Cadillac CT4 Blackwing as a man-on-a-mission to obsess about his company’s audacious agenda: zero crash- es, zero emissions and zero congestion. And by the time the sun began to glare beside GM’s headquarters on its iconic skysc...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 71 constantly reassessed. The new age of innovation has a strong focus on being the “first to know” when it comes to exter- nal innovations. “This is the pillar of looking outside to invest in companies. And we have partnered with our corporate development and M&A” , Golan noted. “We develop in-house, we invest in startup companies and entre- preneurs, we acquire whenever we find it appropriate for us to do s...…
…72 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 Much of this was implemented back in 2007 when Golan proved what some leaders in the industry have just picked up in recent years. The Herzliya-based team has focused on a range of technical needs for the automaker ranging from autonomous driving/ADAS solutions to cybersecurity innovations. “We saw that (need) and we took it into action,” Golan said. Golan earned his bachelor’s and master’s of science ...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 73 May you be inscribed in the Book of Life for a healthy, happy and sweet New Year. 5784 248.661.1836 TTY #711 jslmi.org People of all faiths are welcome $975 per person + airfare Single Supplement Cost: $2,800 + airfare (if you prefer to have your own hotel room) Note: Airfare will be booked on your own, but specific flight itineraries will be suggested. jewishdetroit.org/wolfemission Tracie Fienman, Billy ...…
…74 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 W ith new ownership and a new name, the Marvin & Betty Danto Family Health Care Center in West Bloomfield is expanding its services and enhancing the West Bloomfield facility to create a warm and welcoming environment that better serves residents and their families. The facility is now managed by Preferred Care Michigan, a local company owned by Yoni Klein, new owner of the Danto center. “ As a local ...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 75 This new year as we dip apples in honey, we reflect with hope for sweetness in the year to come. Your generosity sweetens the experience of Jewish students at MSU Hillel and the Hillel Campus Alliance of Michigan We wish our donors and friends a year of good health, happiness and peace. President Sandy Soifer, The Board of Directors, Staff and Students of MSU Hillel and the Hillel Campus Alliance of Michig...…
…76 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 L ike many 30-somethings, West Bloomfield native and current Tel Aviv resident Stephanie Horwitz was faced with a common, yet sel- dom talked about dilemma. What exactly was she doing with her life? The host of the podcast “What Should I Do With My Life?” — which explores this widespread issue — had majored in organization- al behavior studies at the University of Michigan. Initially, she wanted to com- pl...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 77 she go into sales like her good friend Ron Elkus, owner of the popular Shirt Box men’s clothing store? Should she talk to her father Arthur Horwitz, publisher emeritus of the Detroit Jewish News, a paper boy-turned-pub- lisher who built a vibrant career in journalism? Stephanie Horwitz was stumped. Finally, after speak- ing with her father, she decided to do what many did during COVID-19: Start a passion...…
…78 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 SPIRIT No Man Is an Island T he reading for Rosh Hashanah is puzzling. We could logically read the opening chapter of the Torah, the Creation Story, since Rosh Hashanah celebrates the birthday of the world; and the letters of the Torah’s first Hebrew word, Bereshit, can be rearranged to read aleph b’tishre, or “the first of Tishre, ” which is indeed the date of our Jewish new year. So, why do we read...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 79 Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Honors the Memory of Honors the Memory of Ronald Charfoos 1935–2023 On Behalf of a Grateful Community On Behalf of a Grateful Community 23_EXE_JNAd_DeathNotice_Charfoos.indd 1 …
…8 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 exercise.) And this summer, ABC News reported an Oregon radio station became the first in the country to artificially generate a human host’s voice, with her consent, for an entire air shift. Remember the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz? He didn’t need the “brain” (AI) given to him by the Almighty Wizard, after all. In the end, he finally realized he had the ability to think all along. My hope for the New...…
…80 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 T he year 2014 was the year when it became dangerous to be a Jew. Israel, subject to sustained missile attack, discovered how hard it is to fight an asymmetric war against a terrorist group ruthless enough to place rocket launchers beside schools, hospitals and mosques. It found itself condemned by large sections of the world for performing the first duty of any state, namely to protect its citize...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 81 So in parts of the world are Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs and, for that matter, atheists. No historian looking back on our time will be tempted to call it the age of tolerance. HUMAN SOLIDARITY Which brings us back to the Yamim Noraim. There is a note of universality to the prayers on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur that we do not find on other festivals. On other festivals, the key section of the Amidah begins,...…
…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 Congregation B’nai Moshe West Blo...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 83 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/HUMANISTIC Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit Farming...…
…84 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 A fter a distinguished 30-year journalism career as “Martin F. Kohn,” the former Detroit Free Press feature writer, editor and film critic has embraced a satisfying new identity. Just call him Marty the Musician. Playing acoustic guitar and singing, Marty performs around town as a solo act or duo with his wife, Laura Kohn. After releasing four solo CDs and one with Laura, a highlight for Marty in his second...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 85 to music. “Maggie, our older daughter, played violin, and Anna, our younger daughter, played cello,” Marty said. For work today, he said Maggie and her husband, Derrick George, practice law in Royal Oak. Anna works for the State Appellate Defender Office, helping indigent, formerly incarcerated people. Marty spent his last nine years at the Free Press as its theater critic. He and several other veteran jou...…
…ARTS&LIFE ART K atie Shulman, who grew up in Maryland, developed her interest in art as a student at the University of Michigan (U-M), where she earned a bachelor’s of fine arts degree. Although Shulman’s first interest was in printmaking, she moved into creating abstract designs through fiber while achieving her master’s degree 10 years later at Syracuse University. Last year, after moving to Detroit during the pandemic, Shulman w...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 87 Community Digitization Day Make History With Us. Thursday, October 12 3 – 7 PM Joan Meyers Jampel Center for Michigan Jewish Heritage (within Temple Beth El) Have family photos and documents you want to digitize but don’t know where to start? During a free one hour session, our archivists will help you scan your most important heritage items. You keep the original and the digital file, we just ask...…
…88 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 fiber-based work,” she said. “My color palette is an abstract articulation of a physical experience. I use color and form to ground me back in the body. Color helps me connect back to the thing that I’m exploring.” Although pieces were not juried into the show, they were curated by Melissa Webb, a Cranbrook alum, and Kip Parks, an artist in Hamtramck and Fibers Studio coordinator at the U-M Stamps School of Ar...…
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…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 9 Today Unpacked, an OpenDor Media YouTube channel, reaches above the noise of misleading and even false “news.” Offering context on the breaking news cycle of Israel and Jewish current events, the channel defies the one-sided narratives that are too often found on social media. The media is the problem. Could it also be the solution? Giving young Jews a fresh perspective on Israel and Judaism. opendormedia.o...…
…90 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 NOT A NICE DAY IN THE PARK AND THE MAMA’S DAUGHTER Wilderness is an original Amazon Prime mystery-thrill- er series that will premiere Sept. 15. Oddly, the number of episodes isn’t stated anywhere. Amazon never “drops” a whole season when a show premieres. So, be ready to follow it for “about” 10 successive weeks. Here’s the basic plot: Wilderness revolves around a British couple Liv (Jenna Coleman) an...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 91 ART EXHIBIT NOW-SEPT. 24 The Stamelos Gallery Center, 4901 Evergreen, is proud to share the inaugural Michigan Watercolor Society Signature Exhibition, guest curated by Rocco Pisto. Forty-two artists qualified for their Signature status. There are 13 Great Lakes Fellows exhibiting. Info: umdearborn.edu/stamelos; 313-593-5007. DFT FILM 7 PM, SEPT. 14 (THURS) Simple As Water, Megan Mylan’s new document...…
…92 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 Bernie Jonas celebrated his 100th birthday on Aug. 7 at Soul Café with 170 family members and friends who traveled from across the United States and Canada to honor this humble centenari- an. Jonas, who lives at Jewish Senior Life’s Meer Apartments in West Bloomfield, is the patriarch of his family, which includes more than 100 children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. ...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 93 The annual Detroit White Summer Soiree took place at Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit on Friday evening, July 28. More than 175 people celebrated Shabbat together in a lively and fun atmosphere. The pre-Shabbat festivities included live music and entertainment, with the men laying tefillin and the women lighting Shabbat candles. The menu was designed by the executive chef at The Morrie and cooked on p...…
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…96 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY I n the final days of her life, Barbara Nusbaum asked her grandson Zachary to grab a notebook so he could write down all the things she wanted him to know before she could no longer say them. “What she revealed to me is something that is obvious to all of us. She truly had a heart of gold, ” Zachary said at his grandmother’s funeral service. “She told me how sorry she feels ...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 97 Arranging a funeral is an emotional process. But choosing the right funeral home can help alleviate the stress. That’s why people turn to us. We understand the wants and needs of families from all walks of Judaism. Our fresh look and feel make everyone feel welcome. We’re centrally located, and our pricing is fair. Our care—and our caring—help ease the burden of a loss. Making a Dorfman difference everyone will...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 98 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 continued from page 97 Arnfeld. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Henry Ford Cancer Development Office, Dr. Shirish Gadgeel’s Lung Cancer Research at Henry Ford Health, (in memory of Joanne Barker), One Ford Place, 5A, Detroit, MI 48202, henryford. com/development/make-a- gift; please note: within the “Gift Information Section,” change ...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 99 Serving each family. Consoling each heart. For 105 years. 6555 W. Maple Road • West Bloomfield, MI 48322 • 248.592.2687 • www.jhcn.org NO JEW IS EVER ALONE Barbara Nusbaumz’l AUGUST 9, 1935 AUGUST 29, 2023 M A Y H E R M E M O R Y B E F O R A B L E S S I N G WE REMEMBER & MOURN OUR DEAR FRIEND BARBARA NUSBAUM Z’L Beloved matriarch of the Nusbaum family and cherished mother of JHCN Vice President Robert N...…
…The Jewish Community Center — now known as ‘The J’ — acts as a platform for Jewish life no matter where people are. THE DETROIT $200 Sept. 7-13, 2023 / 21-27 Elul 5783 thejewishnews.com See page 10 ‘Jewish Center’ A New JEWISH NEWS …
…10 | SEPTEMBER 7 • 2023 E llen Nussbaum Bouchard of West Bloomfield was thrilled when JLearn classes went online. A medical speech language pathologist who owns a rehab company, she was rarely able to attend classes in person because she was out working all day. The pandemic brought with it teletherapy, and her world opened up, she says. “I could take classes I could never do before, ” she says. “Now they were on Zoom. ” Today, she’s ...…
…SEPTEMBER 7 • 2023 | 11 continued on page 12 shift about not the, ‘why the JCC exists’ — the JCC has existed and continues to exist to strengthen Jewish community in Detroit — but how it fulfills its mission has changed. ” Instead of the idea being to provide a safe space or real estate as a vehicle for building Jewish community in a world that didn’t feel safe, they’re shifting to a more program- focused model, he says. “The ‘...…
…12 | SEPTEMBER 7 • 2023 programs can be found on the JLive platform, which is managed in partner- ship with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. A new website for The J is expected this winter, which Allyn says will be easy to navigate. “There’s a new logo, a new tagline, a new look, a new feel, ” she says. “I hope people are so excited to jump in with us, to find the programming that speaks to them. ” Stephanie Lucker of Detroi...…
…SEPTEMBER 7 • 2023 | 13 ever you need to help fuel your Jewish connection. ” The J is focused on helping people build personal connec- tions, he emphasizes, which means everything from grand- parents meeting others through The J’s grandparent initiative to individuals meeting at an event and deciding to start a running club or picking up a game of pickleball. “We’re building something remarkably relevant now that will be a resourc...…
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…SEPTEMBER 7 • 2023 | 15 T he pouring rain that fell on Royal Oak’s Memorial Park, the site for the dedication of Phase I of The Michigan WWII Legacy Memorial, did little to dampen the spirits of the memorial’s board of directors who were putting the finishing touches on their ceremony. They worked through the deluge an hour before the scheduled 4 p.m. start on Aug. 10, trusting in the improving weather forecasts they were recei...…
…16 | SEPTEMBER 7 • 2023 donated engraved brick pavers. Reading the inscriptions is like taking a walk back in time; you get an overwhelming sense of the history and awe that is our Greatest Generation. A bronze statue, affectionate- ly referred to as “Joe, ” depicts an Army soldier in a war zone far from home, reading a letter from his parents. Among sever- al other statues still to come will be that soldier’s parents intently list...…
…SEPTEMBER 7 • 2023 | 17 “THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR THIS HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO ALLOW ME TO REPRESENT THE WWII VETERANS. ON THEIR BEHALF, I ACCEPT THIS GROUND TODAY.” —ART FISHMAN With their numbers dwin- dling rapidly, this memorial must be the embodiment of those stories and a voice to educate and serve future gener- ations. THE OFFICIAL DEDICATION The highlight of the day was the official dedication of the memo- rial when Sr. Vic...…
…18 | SEPTEMBER 7 • 2023 JWV SUPPORT The Jewish War Veterans Department of Michigan have been longtime supporters of The Michigan WWII Legacy Memorial since Art Fishman introduced the project to them over a decade ago. They’ve been regular attendees at the memorial’s annual fundraising galas where Fishman and fel- low JWV Guy Stern have both been honored with the organi- zation’s Victory Award. The JWV was also out in full force ...…
