…JERRY ZOLYNSKY CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Veronica Leijdesdorff (second from left) with her siblings. Veronica’s father’s store in Haarlem, the Netherlands, was successful prior to World War II. Veronica’s Dutch cookbook. Abraham Hildesheim’s ID card. Esther Posner with her mother’s embroidered tablecloth at the exhibit. Photographs of the Franks as well as the additional occupants of the secret annex represent ways in which millions of Jews, ...…
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…on the go people | places | events arts editor's picks 2.9 ARTISTIC ISRAEL AT LUNCH & LEARN 11:45 am, Thursdays, Feb. 9, 16 & 23. Rabbi Aaron Bergman’s new lunch- time learning series is “Modern Israeli Art, Music & Film.” At Adat Shalom Synagogue, Farmington Hills. Free; bring optional dairy/parve lunch; beverages and dessert provided. RSVP due now for Feb. 9; also by Feb. 9 to attend Feb. 16: slederman@adatshalom.org or Sheila, 248-851-5...…
…on the go continued from page 33 2.11 DETROIT SHABBASANA YOGA 10:30-11:30 am, Saturday, Feb. 11. Deepen the Shabbat experience while taking part in an all-levels, egalitarian yoga class. Emilie Kahn is the instructor. Bring a yoga mat and water bottle. At Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, Detroit. Free; includes vegetarian lunch. RSVP: Vicki, 313-962-4047 or vistron@downtown- synagogue.org. FEBRUARY 9 Chagall Art Talk 11 am, Thursday, Feb. ...…
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…2 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION for only 118 $ on the go continued from page 34 FEBRUARY 7 Power Player Series 6 pm, Tuesday, Feb. 7. Learn behind-the-scenes stories of successful local leaders in this NEXTGen series for young professionals. Next speaker is Crain’s Detroit Business Editor Mary Kramer. At Crain’s, 1155 Gratiot, Detroit. Open to donors of $365 or higher to the Federation’s Annual Campaign. RSVP: Lauren, lkepes@jvsdet.org. Call to Sub...…
…jews d nosh in the on the cover eats | drinks | sweets A New Way To Wine Old Woodward Cellar opens in downtown Birmingham. ALLISON JACOBS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS C alling all wine collectors and wine lovers out there — a new specialty wine shop has opened its doors in downtown Birmingham. Since late November, Old Woodward Cellar (O.W.C.) has made a name for itself as a business that focuses solely on wine. Owner and experienced somm...…
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…nosh G H UA N O H news HEATHER FRACASSI F INE C HINESE D INING “A wonderful adventure in fine dining” ~ Danny Raskin Discounted Delicacies During Birmingham Restaurant Week Event Foodies from all over Metro Detroit will head to Birmingham for the 12th annual Birmingham Restaurant Week, which began Jan. 30, ends Feb. 3 and starts up again Feb. 6-10. Menu prices have remained the same since the event’s inception: three-course lunches for ...…
…here's to Steven Malach, founder and direc- tor of the Center for Estate Planning (CEP), a subsidiary of the Bloomfield Hills- based Lipson Neilson law firm, is excited to Malach announce the expan- sion of the CEP west to Arizona. Licensed to practice in Arizona and Michigan, Malach is spending time working in the firm’s Phoenix office to develop this practice in Arizona. Founded in Michigan in 1996, CEP attorneys have provided counsel for t...…
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…soul Y OU ’ VE ALWAYS ANTICIPATED EACH OTHER ’ S NEEDS . of blessed memory MANNY BORDELOVE, 88, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 22, 2017 He is survived by his cherished companion, Bordelove Ronnie Sinai; daughters and sons-in-law, Shelley Bordelove and Jeremy Brand, Terri and David Friedman; son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Jenny Bordelove; grandchil- dren, Nicole (Jamie) Ryke, Adam Goldstone, Jared Friedman, Austin Friedman, Jordan Friedman...…
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…of the late Milton Korotkin. Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, Israeli Camper Program, 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, www. jewishdetroit.org; or to the American Diabetes Association, 30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 105, Bingham Farms, MI 48025, www.diabetes.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. Mandel MORRIS “JOHN” MANDEL, 89, of Chesterfield, Mo.,...…
…soul of blessed memory continued from page 47 TERESA SCHWARTZ, 59, of Livonia, died Jan. 25, 2017. She was the vice pres- ident of human resourc- es at Jewish Vocational Services. Teresa was loved by her colleagues Schwartz and friends at JVS, where she worked for the last two decades. Mrs. Schwartz is survived by her hus- band of 32 years, Mark Schwartz; children, Isaac Schwartz, Benjamin Schwartz and Naomi Schwartz; father, Ernest Sable; ...…
…raskin the best of everything Golden Phoenix Flies High Danny Raskin Senior Columnist Asian dining delights abound at West Bloomfi eld eatery. ABOVE: Art and Ava Fung Good neighborhood Chinese dining has always been a local stronghold even before the presence of House of Chung’s, Detroit, which used to make its own casings for egg rolls … and Henry Yee, who reigned from Midtown Detroit as mayor of Chinatown before following his clients ...…
…looking back Bendetson Netzorg (1888-1953) was born in Mecosta, Mich. By age 7, he was studying the piano. As a young man, he studied for four years in Berlin. Returning to Detroit is 1915, he later established the Netzorg School of Piano in the city. A frequent soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Bendetson Nertzog also served as the director of music for the Works Progress Administration in Wayne County during 1935. • Pictured are ...…
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…Detroit Jewish News n contents JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 1 | 28 TEVET-5 SHEVAT 5777 | VOL. CL ISSUE 26 views 5-10 ‘Obamacare’ angst Jewish Family Service is poised to help com- munity members no matter what happens to the Affordable Care Act. Online exclusives: • Video: Detroit’s Wailing Wall • An eyewitness account of the National Women’s March arts&life 49 fashion forward Introducing Jodi Feld, our new fashion columnist. 50 theater j...…
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…views My Story for openers Power Of A Hug I t was early in Sedona’s hiking sea- son. An hour into our hike, we’d not encountered another person. During a water break, another hiker came up to chat. We ran through the usual questions: Where are you from? How long are you stay- ing? What trails have you hiked? Standard fare for these brief exchanges before parting ways. The hiker, a big burly guy, maybe in his 40s, was alone for the day. Up...…
…views letters guest column JN Takes Consistent Stand I commend Robert Sklar’s essay “Resolved: U.N. Vote Undercuts Israel” (Jan. 12, page 6). From his essay, we learn the contents of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 and the views of the Detroit Jewish News, in general, and of Mr. Sklar, in particular. The JN, he writes, “ has never wavered in its belief that Jerusalem must stay united.” In an age where there is so much fear of not bei...…
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…jews d in the Jewish Detroiters On The Move Out-migration to suburbs started in the 1950s, but now some are returning to the urban core. BY SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER THE INTERSECTION PROJECT Nearly 50 years after a police raid at 12th and Clairmount streets ignited violence and carnage, the Detroit Journalism Cooperative, which includes the Detroit Jewish News, is exploring whether conditions that produced the civil unrest hav...…
…LEONARD N. SIMONS JEWISH COMMUNITY ARCHIVES GARY RYAN city neighborhoods. (Many Northwest Detroit houses, while still fairly new because they were built in the late 1940s through the 1950s, were relatively small.) Another reason for suburban migration was the lack of available land for expansion within the city. Detroit was designed as a city of single-family homes and small apartment buildings, rather than higher-density vertical developmen...…
…jews d in the WALTER P. REUTHER LIBRARY, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY continued from page 13 Detroit’s “Wailing Wall” Built to separate black and white neighborhoods, the concrete wall still stands today. ROBIN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER TOP: The Detroit Wall, 1951. INSET: Teresa Moon has lived around Detroit’s “Wailing Wall” since age 6. She learned its true meaning — to separate houses owned by blacks from new white subdivisions — when s...…
…Andrew Stein and his daughter, Mia, 6, in front of their Sherwood Forest home Rachel Klegon at Green Living Science, where she is executive director A Revitalized Detroit Attracts Young Jewish Residents SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER W hile many Jewish Detroiters left the city between 1950 and 1970, a growing number of young Jews are choosing Detroit as home. Jewish singles and couples, mainly in their 20s and 30s, have moved to neigh...…
…jews d in the continued from page 14 B NA I 2152590 000000 16 January 26 • 2017 jn The Jewish Community Council quently received some hate mail,” supported the Brickley ordinance, Kalichman says. which prohibited discriminatory The proposed Detroit fair housing real estate practices and passed in ordinance did not pass, but state 1962. During the 1960s, the Jewish and federal legislation was approved Community Council met with real so...…
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…jews d in the ‘Making Herstory’ MICHELE FREED SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS TOP RIGHT: Eileen Freed of Ann Arbor with her daughters Michele and Ariel. BOTTOM RIGHT: Michele Freed, center, with other march participants. BELOW: Signs, pink hats and people united. I ’ve seen what democracy looks like. I’ve been living in Washington, D.C., for about a year and a half. At times, I’ve felt inspired, but mostly overwhelmed by the focus placed on ...…
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…jews d in the Inauguration Whirlwind Michigan Trump co-chair witnesses the “transfer of power.” SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER F or Lena Epstein, co-chair of the Michigan Trump campaign, the Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20 “was one of the best 72 hours of my life. There was so much joy, so much patrio- tism.” Epstein, 35, a Bloomfield Hills resident, savored every moment of several busy days in Washington, D.C., attending the inaug...…
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…jews d in the Working Partners Grant aids JVS job program for people with disabilities. T he Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, through the Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charitable Foundation Endowment Fund, has awarded JVS a $36,400 grant for Pathways to Careers, which helps people with disabilities develop work skills and gain employment in the community. JVS is seeking employers to participate. JVS will use the grant to fu...…
