…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 47 HEALTH O n Oct. 1, the Michigan chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation will host its 45th Annual Evening of Hope “There’s No Place Like Hope” gala at the MotorCity Casino Hotel. The Wizard of Oz-themed night will raise critical funds and drive awareness to help find cures for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, which currently have no cure. It will also raise funding to ensure that research and p...…
…48 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 HEATH Arbor as well and attends NEXTGen and The Well events. To manage the disease, Wettenstein stays active and makes exercising a priority. This helps her relieve stress, an important lifestyle habit for people with IBD (since stress is a major trigger for flares). “I just want people to be more aware that this is a physical illness,” she says. “We may look healthy on the outside, but we’re feeling a...…
…MAZEL TOV! SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 49 SEPT. 22, 2021 Jenna and Aric Klar of Bloomfield Hills announce the birth of Charly Mae Klar. Proud big brothers are Ezra and Ryder Klar. Also welcoming Charly Mae are grandparents, Mark and Nori Klar, Joey and Kim Krinsky, and Deb and Ric Monkaba. Charly Mae is named in loving memory of her great-grandparents Charles and Barbara May Deschamps, and Maxine Krinsky. Charly Mae was given her Hebrew na...…
…T he Torah is like life, full of contradictions. Moses begins by stepping out to make his big announcement. It is his birthday; he is 120, and he makes himself sound very old and decrepit but that seems impossible. As Rashi points out, we are told that Moses was full of vigor until his death. Still, there is a lingering sense that this hale and hearty old fellow is announcing his infirmity. The next contra- diction is more tr...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 51 continued on page 52 The Second Mountain SPIRIT A WORD OF TORAH W hat do you do when you have achieved it all, when you have risen to whatever career heights fate or providence has in store for you? What do you do as age lengthens its shadow, the sun sinks, and the body is no longer as resilient or the mind as sharp as it once was? That has become a major problem as life expectancy has increased in mos...…
…52 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 their journey. He would not set foot in the Promised Land. Unlike Aaron, whose children inherited his priesthood to eternity, Moses had to live with the fact that neither of his sons, Gershom and Eliezer, would become his successor. That role would go to his assistant and faithful servant Joshua. These were, surely, huge disappointments to set alongside the momentous achievements. So, as Moses faced his ...…
…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 Bloomfield (248) 78...…
…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 Farmington Hills (248) 477-1410 ...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 55 P atricia Hall, professor of music the- ory at the University of Michigan (U-M), has researched music pre- pared and performed by political prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp to be heard in programs for Nazi administrators. Her work represents visits into the archives of what has become a museum to recall the conditions surrounding World War II. Her research was done in a building that ha...…
…56 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 T he 18th performance of the Emerson String Quartet for the University Musical Society in Ann Arbor will be counted Saturday evening, Oct.1, at Rackham Auditorium. What stands out this time is that it will be the group’s last appearance together in the city and will be among some 100 farewell performances around the world in the quartet’s final year of working together. The four musicians — Eugene Druc...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 57 to tolerate our differences but to appreciate differences. I always say to younger groups that if you stay together long enough and if you become successful, success is a lubricant for the frictions that occasionally occur. ” With many appearances in Michigan, including time at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Drucker appreciates time the quartet has spent with younger groups including the Calidore...…
…58 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 I n the Milford home of Dan Yessian, there is a Steinway baby grand piano that once was an important element in the home of composer and performer Burt Bacharach. Yessian has long been a fan of the vast array of Bacharach music and is glad to work at the same instrument he bought in 2005. When sitting at that piano and trying out melody ideas, Yessian feels inspired to compose music for an international ar...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 59 tempos, assembling a palette of sounds that evoke emotions and moods and creating something special for a unique and special talent that is shown by Maurissa. ” Wilner also appreciates the opportunity to work directly with Yessian. He believes their compatibility comes from shared experiences between their two cultures. “When I got into the business, during the 1960s and 1970s, Burt Bacharach was so popula...…
…60 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 BRITISH BRETHREN MOURN, BLAIR KNOCKS THEM OUT, AND A VERY GAY (AND QUITE JEWISH) MOVIE I have long admired the Jewish Chronicle (UK). It’s more commonly known as the JC. Its website, thejc. com, posts the whole news- paper and its entirely free (including back issues). I’ve cited the JC as a source many times. I recommend that you click over and read their “wall-to-wall” cover- age of the death of Queen ...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 61 PLAY OPENS NOW-OCT. 30 Mud Row, by Dominique Morisseau, is being staged at Detroit Public Theatre’s new permanent home, 3960 Third Ave., in the heart of Detroit’s cultural district. Two sisters are forced to reckon with their shared heritage when one of them inherits their grandmother’s house. Tickets: detroitpublictheatre. secure.force.com. FARM WORK 10 AM-NOON, OCT. 2 Join NEXTGen Detroit Volunteers for ...…
…62 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 present the weekly Torah portion from his or her own perspective. Cost: $130. To register: 248-205-2557 or JLearn.online. Complete Catalog at: JCCDET.org/ JLearn. IN CONCERT 8-9:30 PM, Oct. 7 The Chamber Music Society of Detroit will present Evren Ozel, pianist. At the Schaver Music Hall, 480 W. Hancock, Detroit. Ticket info: chambermusicdetroit. org/2022-23. MAK-A-DREAM NOON-3 PM, OCT. 8 The Friends of C...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 63 Darkness to Light.” Jaffe attended the opening and delivered heartfelt remarks about the meaning of the exhibit, which includes her mosaic, “Skyline of Pittsburgh.” Her husband, Steve, a native of Pittsburgh and former Tree of Life congregant, gave a few personal, emotional thoughts about the tragedy. Mayor Mark A. Behnke and Michigan State Rep. Jim Haadsma attended the event and delivered brief remarks,...…
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…OF BLESSED MEMORY OBITUARIES SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 65 DR. MARCEL HALBERSTADT, 85, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 14, 2022. He was born in France and moved to Washington Heights, N.Y., with his family when he was 11 years old. He is a proud alumnus of Yale University, where he got his Ph.D. in physical chemistry. He, Lucille and their children were proud and active members of Young Israel of Oak Park for many years. Mr. Halb...…
…66 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY by her son and daughter- in-law, Barry Horovitz Batia and Karen Batia; son-in-law, David Zuppke; grandchildren, Jacob and Angelica Zuppke, Michael and Andra Zuppke, Zachary Batia and Ezra Batia; great- grandchildren, Ava and Noa Zuppke; sister-in-law, Rita Dictor; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mrs. Horovitz was the beloved wife of the late Harry Horovitz;...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 67 We understand that grief is a part of love. Let us assist your family during this difficult period. HELEN OCHS, Ph.D., 92, of Birmingham, died Sept. 19, 2022. Dr. Ochs is survived by her son, Dr. Richard Ochs; grandchildren, Ryan Ochs and Rachel Ochs; brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Samuel and Judy Weiner; nieces and nephews, Ronald and Amy Weiner, Julianne and Howard Berlin, Wendy and Scott Pittman, Eli...…
…68 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY B arbara Winton was the biographer for her famous father, who rescued hundreds of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia before the war in 1939, and was heralded as a “fearless cam- paigner in her own right” by the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR). Nicholas Winton was a young investment banker when, over Christmas 1938, he went to see what help he could offer in Prague. Ove...…
…SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 69 L eon “Lee” Warshay was a beloved college profes- sor, a published author, a self-proclaimed feminist and, above all, a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Lee, who lived in Royal Oak, died peacefully at home on Sept. 18, 2022. He was 94. Lee was born in 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of two Hebrew school teachers. When Lee was five, his father, a fervent Zionist, moved the fam...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 70 | SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 A Tribute to the Queen Q ueen Elizabeth II passed away on Sept. 8, 2022. The news brought forth a global outpouring of praise and mourning for a woman of considerable grace, skill and dedication to England and the British Commonwealth. The outpouring of love for Queen Elizabeth was near univ...…
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…contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-10 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 Building Future Leaders Federation’s Inspire Campaign Leadership Program is building women leaders in our community. 16 Tragedy in Walled Lake Community rushes to support surviving daughters in recent shooting. 18 A New Jewish Center in Wayne County Chabad Jewish Center of Livonia fills a gap in the Jewish community. 20 Connecting ...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY 4 | SEPTEMBER 22 • 2022 community greetings Remembering Our Blessings I magine living in a community where no individual ever goes hungry, where no one is without a place to call home or any other necessity for a safe, healthy life. Imagine a place where families are offered the means to prosper, in both good and difficult times, and where children are taught the values of kindness, compassion and charity. Im...…
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…8 | SEPTEMBER 22 • 2022 opinion Israel Among the World’s Strongest, Most Successful Democracies I srael’s enemies need little excuse to criticize — and more often condemn — the world’s only Jewish state. Their baseless accusations of apartheid, genocide, slaughter and European colonialism seemingly respect no requirement of proof or rules of evidence. Thus, despite Israel’s superb record of civil liberties, elections, rule...…
…SEPTEMBER 22 • 2022 | 9 Will King Charles III Change Course on Israel? continued from page 6 individual Israelis, including its 2 million Arab citizens. Like many other nation states, it merely formalizes symbols of its people — in this case the Jewish people — such as the flag, national anthem and holidays. Note, too, that while the nation-state law declares Hebrew to be the national language, this is not different than in the U...…
…10 | SEPTEMBER 22 • 2022 essay The Fast I Have Chosen E lliott Shevin wrote up an incident that occurred at our synagogue a few years ago, when he was shul president. His account was never published. It occurs to me that, as we prepare for the Days of Awe this year, we should know this story: The Fast I Desire Apparently, Dennis under- stood one thing about Judaism: on a Saturday morning, a building with Hebrew writing on ...…
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…OUR COMMUNITY M ost couples celebrate their 50th anniversaries by taking a buck- et-list trip or throwing a party or exchanging presents. But when Susie and Norm Pappas of Bloomfield Hills reached their half-century milestone last summer, the couple — both longtime community leaders and bene- factors — decided to mark the occasion in an entirely different way: by giving a gift to their community. “Norm wanted to do something special...…
…SEPTEMBER 22 • 2022 | 13 Building Future Leaders said Women’s Philanthropy President Sherrie Singer of Keego Harbor, who helped select the cohort. In fact, Inspire was born from Singer’s recent experience with another Federation leadership ini- tiative focused on building solicitation skills, which are critical to sustaining the organization. Singer found the program so valuable that she decided to create something similar — but ...…
…14 | SEPTEMBER 22 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 13 that discomfort behind me. ” Added participant Ilana Block of Huntington Woods, “When we call and ask someone to con- tribute it can feel uncomfortable, but it’s also a privilege because you’re enabling someone to do a mitzvah. I thought that was a beautiful takeaway. ” WOMEN CHANGE-MAKERS Inspire culminated in a three- day trip to New York this past May, where particip...…
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…16 | SEPTEMBER 22 • 2022 T he Metro Detroit Jewish community reacted with grief, shock and horror as well as an outpouring of generosity as it learned about the Sept. 11 murder of longtime Jewish Senior Life employee Tina Lanis, 56, by her husband, Igor Lanis, 53, who was fatally shot by police when he fired at them outside of the family’s Walled Lake home. Igor also killed the family dog and shot his daughter, Rachel Lanis, 2...…
…SEPTEMBER 22 • 2022 | 17 This event helps to raise the vital funds necessary to support our efforts in addressing the humanitarian crises around the world. Watch our website as more details are shared jfsannarbor.org Join Jewish Family Services For The Second Annual WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES Sunday October 9th, 2022 REGISTER NOW …
…W ith the last Jewish temple in Livonia closed in 2011, the Wayne County community went more than 10 years without a central gathering point for Jewish residents. When Beit Kodesh closed its doors after more than 50 years in operation, Livonia faced a void. “There was no real com- munity center in Livonia, ” says Rabbi Tzemach Shemtov, 27. Shemtov, who grew up in Toledo and attended school in Oak Park, began searching for a home ...…
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…20 | SEPTEMBER 22 • 2022 C onnecting Jews to Judaism. ” That’s the mission of Aish HaTorah Detroit, according to executive director Rabbi Simcha Tolwin. Aish HaTorah Detroit was founded in 1980 by his parents and has been in its current building in Oak Park since 2009. “So often, there are obstacles — whether it’s membership, big box or services — and our mission at Aish is to make Judaism relevant, exciting and easily a...…
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…22 | SEPTEMBER 22 • 2022 having affiliation or labels is that’s where the trend is going. If you look at the coasts, L.A. and New York, nobody cares. It’s the middle of America still hanging on to these boxes. So, there’s a strength in being ‘what’s coming. ’” Tolwin says another strength in not being a synagogue is the difference between the current generation and prior generations of Jews. “For our parents’ generation, to be a go...…
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…24 | SEPTEMBER 22 • 2022 J illian Vondell, 16, of Bloomfield Hills and Naveen Jackson, 16, of Commerce Township have both been nominated by the Repair the World for their active par- ticipation in PeerCorps High Detroit, the nonprofit’s teen ser- vice-learning program. “Jillian and Naveen have been a wonderful addition to our PeerCorps cohort last year, ” said Brittany Feldman, Youth and Family senior program associate fo...…
