…views for openers Coming Full Circle O rected their lives in n Saturday, Aug. 18, Canada, which came to I traveled by train include children Sylvia out of Windsor to and Henry, six grandchil- Toronto for the funeral of my dren, their spouses and 99-year-old cousin Harry Chil 12 great-grandchildren. Zborowski. Grandson Marc Kestenberg at his May 17 wedding in Each new addition to I settled into my seat for Toronto with his grandfather Harry...…
…views Staying Mission-Focused In Turbulent Times A nated the duties on Wednesday, s we enter the new year Aug. 29, after an industry-wide 5779 and the accom- outcry. However, the uncer- panying Days of Awe, tainty the tariff raised has led we are compelled to reflect on the Jewish News to reconfigure our shortcomings, seek recon- the dimensions of our weekly ciliation with those we have publication to ensure we can wronged and commit to a p...…
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…views high holiday greeting publisher’s notebook Federation: Coming Together To Strengthen Community continued from page 5 T Beverly B. Liss President, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Scott Kaufman, CEO, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Alan Jay Kaufman President, United Jewish Foundation hroughout our history, the Jewish people have proven to be extraordi- narily resilient, often in the face of extraordinary challe...…
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…views essay guest column Remember The 6 Million Rosh Hashanah Greetings W T e are in the holy month of Tishrei. It includes Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. On Rosh Hashanah, HaShem (God) writes in the Book of Life for the coming year: Who should live? Who should die? Who by fire? Who by water? Who by hunger? Yom Kippur is the holiest holiday on the Jewish calendar. We go to shul to pray. We stay there a whole day dressed in a whit...…
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…Rosh Hashanah a reflection by Dr. Stephen Goldman SCAN PAGE TO READ A SHORT STORY BY GOLDMAN FROM A 1989 JN. With A Terminal Illness, What Do You Pray For This Yontef? L’shanah haba’ah b’Yerushalyim! T hese words end the final clos- ing s service every Yom Kippur. Our fasting (maybe) and pray- ing are fini finished. We have just com- pleted 10 of o the most important days on our cale calendar. We do this, hope- fully, every year. Each ye...…
…! petite essays The following five essays are companions to Stephen Goldman’s eloquent piece on facing the new year with a terminal diagnosis. All five writers have a connection to the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network. Their topic: Mortality. Al Chet. Listed alphabetically in Hebrew, it contains a litany of major and minor transgressions between people and between people and God. They cover every topic imaginable, from lewdness to disr...…
…Rosh Hashanah continued from page 13 petite essays In other words, what do we really want forgiveness from? For the sin of pushing You away when I need you the most. And for the sin of thinking that you have abandoned me. For the sin of not looking in my partner’s eyes and telling that person how much I love him or her. And for the sin of not reaching out for my partner’s hand. For the sin of missing the beauty of the world and the unive...…
… PHYLLIS SCHWARTZ DAVID M. TECHNER Facing Mortality With Love Aiding Families At Death I am 13 years old, excluded from the details of my beloved father’s death, burial and shivah. Early on, I learned the certainty of mortality. As a social worker at Jewish Family Service for more than 20 years and now as I volunteer at Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network, I learn from our patients as they move from independence to depen- dence, with re...…
…Rosh Hashanah L’Shanah Tovah The JN invited local rabbis to share a holiday message with the community. Turning & Returning T Rabbi Aura Ahuvia 16 his summer, for the first time in my life, I was arrested. I participated in the Poor People’s Campaign, six weeks of marches in Lansing and across America to bring attention to social and political issues. Thanks to the efforts of Rabbi Alana Alpert, among oth- ers, several clergy and activi...…
…Jewish Contributions to Humanity # in a series The Holiday Of Belonging M y rebbe, Rav Ahron Soloveichik, of blessed memory, used to call Rosh Hashanah the holiday of belonging. It is the holiday when all Jews can feel they are an important part of a people chosen by God to carry out the holy, ethical and moral mission of the Torah. So, we go into Yom Kippur, with its awe- some questions of “who will live, who will die, who will prosper, w...…
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…Rosh Hashanah SCAN PAGE TO SEE VIDEO FOR BRAIDING CHALLAH Marc Sussman makes these round, braided raisin challahs and puts ramekins in the middle for honey for Rosh Hashanah. Nothing Better! LOUIS FINKELMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Home-baked challah for Rosh Hashanah — and year-round. A Gene Schramm measures flour for his challah. 20 September 6 • 2018 sk Gene Schramm when he start- ed making challah and he replies, unhelpfully, “At leas...…
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…SCAN PAGE FOR MORE RECIPES “For Yom Tov or for a secular holiday, I sometimes make the challah in a special shape. For Shavuot, the tablets; for Chanukah, a chanukiah; for Tu b’Shevat, a tree. “For Thanksgiving, I make the challah in the shape of a turkey; it comes out terrible, awful, scary, looking like a kindergartner’s art project. ‘What is it, dear? Is it a dinosaur?’ ‘It’s a turkey.’ “For Rosh Hashanah, I follow a tradition of making th...…
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…jews d in the sponsored by our community partners In Their Own Words Essays from local teens dealing with mental health challenges. Teens involved in UMatter at the Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield periodically submit essays to the organization’s website that deal with their own personal struggles with mental health. Friendship Circle is sharing these anonymous essays with the JN. D uring my sophomore year of high school, my friend ...…
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