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…KELLY ARDITO moments Matchmaker, Matchmaker AVERY DRONGOWSKI SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS NJP (Nice Jewish Person) Gary Kanner Each month, The Well highlights an amazing (and eligible!) individual. The Well has agreed to share its Q & As with these amazing singles with the JN. This month, The Well has a conversation with NJP Gary Kanner. 26 August 16 • 2018 jn Q : What brought you to Metro Detroit? GK: I came here for work! After I ...…

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…PAUL L BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALL YEARS REUNION 50's 60's 70's SUNDAY, AUGUST 18TH 12-4 PM FARINA’S BANQUET HALL 2485 COOLIDGE HWY. BERKLEY, MI (East Side of Coolidge, South of Catalpa) HOR D’ OEUVRES AND SOFT DRINKS PROVIDED CASH RAFFLE, SCHOOL SHIRTS FOR SALE, MEMORY TABLES IF YOU WENT TO PAUL L BEST SCHOOL AS A STUDENT OR TEACHER, THAT MAKES YOU A “BESTIE” FOR LIFE SO YOU SHOULD COME AND SHARE MEMORIES, GET SOME FOOD/DRINKS AND REM...…

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…moments Bloom’s ROSH HASHANAH 2018 JULY 19, 2018 Sarah and Alex Haimann of St. Louis, Mo., are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Winston Haimann Ezra. Sharing in their joy are big sister Karinne, grandparents Amy and Mark Haimann of Bloomfield Hills, and Cindy and Gordie Krainen of West Bloomfield. Winston is also blessed to be welcomed by great- grandparents Dorothy Shepard and Fred Krainen. He is named in memory of his great-g...…

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…PHOTOS BY ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES eretz allowed to humiliate a female soldier, only because she is a woman, and the response of the IDF spokesperson is that they held a clarifying conversation about the incident,” the group said in a state- ment. The organization said it scheduled a meeting with the head of the IDF’s Manpower Division in which it would present “dozens of testimonies from female soldiers” who were similarly insulted. “[The repr...…

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…JET’s 30th ANNIVERSARY GALA YOU’RE LOOKING FOR PEACE OF MIND. WE CAN HELP WITH THAT. At TEMPLE ISRAEL 8BMOVU-BLF3PBEt8FTU#MPPNmFME .* on September 6, 2018 featuring Wait’ll you see their ALL NEW SHOW! (an equal-opportunity mash-up of our Washington leaders) Having a safe, comfortable place with highly trained medical staff nearby and activities to keep you engaged can go a long way in reducing the amount of time you spend worrying. That’...…

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…spirit torah portion Th e Body Is Sacred T Parshat Shoftim: Deuteronomy 16:18- 21:9; Isaiah 51:12- 52:12 his week’s Torah portion introduces the prohibition against mutilating or harming one’s body as a sign of mourning. Our rabbis explain that we may not mutilate our bodies because they are, in fact, not ours. They are God’s body and God’s soul, which He placed within specially designed physical vessels, together to fulfill a special and...…

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…arts&life fairs & festivals / on the cover Food, Glorious Food The third annual Michigan Jewish Food Festival gears up to be the best yet. ROB STREIT JN INTERN details The Michigan Jewish Food Festival takes place 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, at the Eastern Market in Sheds 5 and 6. For more about the festival, and for those looking to volunteer at the festival, visit Hazon’s website at hazon.org. 34 August 16 • 2018 E verybody eat...…

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…sy al THIS PHOTO: Cheese gets drained. RIGHT: Sue Salinger, direc- tor of Hazon in Detroit, with Judith Belasco, Hazon executive vice president. PazMan SuperSession Long-time Detroit bluesman Mark Pasman leads this super group of area musicians. Pasman is an award-winning musician and had a long career as a radio broadcaster, hosting the Motor City Blues Project on WCSX-FM for more than 25 years. This iteration of the SuperSession includes ...…

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…arts&life exhibit THIS IMAGE: Abby in Moscow, 2005. LEFT: Aronson in the studio. R A Diary In Art Federation adviser Bob Aronson reveals a soul-feeding passion in a new exhibit. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER 36 August 16 • 2018 jn obert Aronson regularly travels to Israel and other faraway destinations with distinctive Jewish cultural and histori- cal significance. But when it comes to pictures for remembrance and personal e...…

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…arts&life G H UA N O H F INE C HINESE D INING “A wonderful adventure in fine dining” ~ Danny Raskin Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner Catering and carryout available Gift certificates ABOVE: Grave, Kiev, 2005 RIGHT: Babi Yar, Kiev, 2005. defaced Jewish graves, and the third shows a village street with paving stones made of Jewish gravestones. “All three speak to my sense of Judaism and art,” Aronson says. Aronson’s sense of art cry...…

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…arts&life eat right now W Stacy Goldberg Columnist Protein Powder Pros And Cons hen walking down the aisles of a local Whole Foods or GNC, one cannot help but notice the plethora of protein powders available on the market. The choices are endless. The protein powder industry gener- ates $20 billion per year. Plant-based, grass-fed whey-based, hemp powders, bone broth powders, collagen powders. How do you even begin to select one and do y...…

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…arts&life celebrity jews NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST CHABON AND ROOTS Com munit y DIRECTORY Ad deadline is August 16, 2018 Issue date August 30, 2018 Call Keith for advertising 248-351-5107 GET THE JN DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR EVERY WEEK! Follow us online Detroit Jewish News @JewishNewsDet Go to thejewishnews.com and click “Subscribe” @detroitjewishnews 000000 40 August 16 • 2018 jn I noted last week that Pulitzer Prize- winning autho...…

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…on the go people | places | events thursday, aug. 16 CAPTURE OF EICHMANN FILM 7-10 pm, Aug. 16. The JCC hosts a free showing of Operation Finale, a new film starring Ben Kingsley and Oscar Isaac. The true story follows the 1960 covert mission of Mossad agent Peter Malkin to infiltrate Argentina and capture Adolf Eichmann. The notorious Nazi officer masterminded the transportation that brought Jews to the German labor camps and killing cente...…

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…on the go continued from page 41 wednesday, aug. 22 ‘PLURALISM & PRAYER’ 1-2:30 pm, Aug. 22. The next “Drop In and Learn” video program, recorded at the 2018 American Jewish Committee Global Forum in Jerusalem, features AJC Committee Board of Governors Chair Harriet Schleifer and former Knesset Member Rachel Azaria, a candidate for mayor of Jerusalem. They will address Jewish pluralism in Israel and the power of the Orthodox rabbinate. At C...…

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…soul of blessed memory MICHAEL ABELS, 76, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 9, 2018. He is survived by his son and daughter- in-law, Anthony and Jennifer Abels; brother and sisters-in-law, Abels Sidney and Bobi Abels, Donna Rosenberg; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mr. Abels was the beloved husband of the late Dennice Abels; father of the late Todd Abels; brother of the late Allen Abels. Interment was held at Beth...…

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…soul Y OU ’ VE ALWAYS ANTICIPATED EACH OTHER ’ S NEEDS . of blessed memory continued from page 47 ISRAEL HOCHBERG, 84, of Oak Park, died Aug. 12, 2018. His family moved to Israel when he was 2. He eventually Hochberg became a mem- c. 1950 ber of the Israeli Army. He was a past executive director of New Horizons. Mr. Hochberg is survived by his daughters, Deborah Hochberg of Oak Park, Ruth Rothenberg of Royal Oak; son, Dave Hochberg of Oak ...…

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…soul of blessed memory VALERIE EPSTEIN SCHANES, 59, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 6, 2018. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Britney and Adam Longarzo, Schanes and Jaclyn and Brian Gach; grandchildren, Claire, Wyatt and Madeline Longarzo and Leni Gach; mother, Sherry Olken; loving, com- mitted partner, Billy Berris; sisters, Rachael Epstein Berger and Hope Kroll. Mrs. Schanes was the loving sister of the late Gregory Epstein ...…

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…soul of blessed memory Big Cat Conservationist Alan Rabinowitz Dies TIMES OF ISRAEL A WIKIPEDIA lan Rabinowitz, a prominent conservationist who dedicated his life to protecting jaguars and other wild cats, died Aug. 5, 2018, after a long battle with cancer. A co-founder of Panthera, an orga- nization dedicated to helping the big cats, Rabinowitz was at the forefront of global efforts to protect various spe- cies. Rabinowitz grew up in Ne...…

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…raskin the best of everything A Prime Choice S Danny Raskin Senior Columnist Troy’s Ocean Prime celebrates 10 years. Cameron Mitchell ome call it a seafood res- taurant … Others say steak restaurant … Both win … plus a smattering of Japanese delicious favorites tossed in three years ago … This is the Ocean Prime eatery … built in all its splendor from the ground up … at Coolidge Hwy. and Big Beaver, Troy … and celebrating its 10th anni...…

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…looking back In 1951, Mrs. J. Shurly Horowitz, Mrs. William Fogel, Mrs. Samuel Wexler and Mrs. Lewis Jackel review a street map in preparation for G-Day. Each year, the Women’s Division of Federation hit the streets and went door to door to solicit for the Allied Jewish Campaign. The collected money was then brought to the Michigan State Fairgrounds, where a headquarters was set up to count the donations. • Courtesy Leonard N. Simons Jewish ...…

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August 09, 2018 • Page Image 1

…JEFF & MATT BARKER Live = 9.6 x1.09 Trim is 10.63 x 1.34 OVER 45 HOMES Bleed is 11.13 x1.61. No bleed SOLD on bottom IN just 2018 left, right and top 248.425.6000 2 00 Aug. 9-16, 2018 / 28 Av-5 Elul 5778 $ Native son Elliot Darvick returns to head regional offi ce involved in uplifting Detroit transportation. Need A Lyft? See page 10. thejewishnews.com …

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…contents Aug. 9-15, 2018 / 27 Av-4 Elul 5778 | VOLUME CLIV, ISSUE 2 35 views Online exclusives: • Weekly Movie Review • Charlotte Rae photo gallery arts&life 37 5-8 jews in the d 10 need a lyft? Native son Elliot Darvick returns to head regional office involved in uplifting Detroit transportation. 14 16 Local designer Olivia Rita Oram is following her dreams. 40 Colorful design ideas to refresh your home. getting to work on ...…

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…Eastern Market , Sheds and 6 Over 130 local food and produce vendors, Jewish organizations, justice groups, family & hands-on activities. Shed 5, Community Kitchen Speakers , Music Tents Outside Shed 5, All Day Family Activities Family Tent with Nursing Space & Workshops for Young Children | Farm Animals Noon and 2pm for more info and to volunteer: Go to hazon.org/michiganjewishfoodfestival or contact us at mifoodfest@hazon.org +0* &...…

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…views for openers Beyond Bubbie & Zayde W hen my oldest was about 2, I took out my wedding album and carefully, care- fully (“Don’t touch it; don’t breathe on it; just look!”) looked through the pictures with him. When we came to a picture of me sit- ting with my mother, mother-in-law, two grandmothers and my husband’s grandmoth- er, my little one point- ed in turn, pleased he knew who everyone was and said, “There’s Rochel Burstyn Mommy… ...…

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…views essay letters Iran’s Bad Year I ran is deter- mined to be the leader of the Middle East and it’s working hard to earn this title. The Shi’ite regime has been attempting to Kobi Erez create a territorial continuity expanding from Tehran to the Mediterranean Sea, and it’s getting closer to realizing that goal. This is espe- cially true after the nuclear deal Iran made with the U.S. and the billions of dollars that came with it. This m...…

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…In times of uncertainty or change, help is just a call or click away. J help Jewish Detroit’s New Resource for Connecting You to the Help You Need If you or someone you know could use some assistance, the Jewish community is here to help. One call or visit to our website is all it takes to connect you to the resources that can make a difference. 1-833-44J-HELP jhelp.org Made possible by The Jewish Fund, the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Found...…

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…views guest column Cramming Kabbalah? I t was a late Tuesday after- noon, and my wife and I were get- ting ready for our first Kabbalah class. “Did you read the book?” she asked Mark Jacobs me. “There’s a book?!” I answered, and suddenly that old panicked feeling I experienced from seventh grade to law school came right back. My immediate instinct was to go with the old tried-and-true strategy that worked for me years ago: cram. But this w...…

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…jews d in the on the cover Need A Lyft? continued on page 12 10 August 9 • 2018 jn MARTIN DARVICK T o understand the success of Elliot Automotive technology rolled in Darvick — as Michigan and Ohio and out of his driveway with each con- general manager for Lyft; as a secutive company car, and Elliot found son, sibling, friend, husband and father something to love in all of them, even — you just have to look. I can the Cadillac Cater...…

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…ADAT SHALOM SY NAGOGU E Founded with a vision of community, celebrated for our values, people and programs, excited for our next 75 years. Rabbi Aaron Bergman Rabbi Rachel Shere Rabbi Emeritus, Herbert Yoskowitz Hazzan Daniel Gross Dr. Sanford Vieder, President Join our Adat Shalom family! Consider yourself home. Join now and receive...Two High Holiday Seasons and Membership through October 31, 2019 Pre-K through 7th grade Religious S...…

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…jews d in the continued from page 10 “Lyft is a company with tikkun olam at its core. Our mission is very simple: to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.” — ELLIOT DARVICK TOP: Elliot Darvick, Lyft general manager for Michigan and Ohio, shares the front seat with Lyft driver Mellisa Nelson of Detroit. mother does prior to lighting the Shabbat candles.” UP-LYFT-ING OTHERS At Lyft, Elliot’s appetite for mobility, ...…

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…jews d in the Pitch Under The Lights Playing for kicks and a cause Aug. 15 at the old Tiger Stadium. VIVIAN HENOCH SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHOTOS BY JOHN HARDWICK TOP: Getting ready with a fast pitch for the event: Here’s Blair Schwartz, avid kickball player and Pitch co-chair. RIGHT: Preview of the “Field of Dreams” at the Corner Stadium: Justin Jacobs (ComePlayDetroit) Lauren Rubin (NEXTGen Detroit), Abby Rubin and Zack Slabotsky (c...…

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…jews d in the BY JOHN HARDWICK Getting To Work NEXTGen Connect welcomes Rachel Devries. BECKY HURVITZ SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ABOVE: Rachel Devries provides advice to a job seeker. 16 August 9 • 2018 N ecessity is indeed the mother of invention. Such was the case with the inception of NEXTGen Connect, a partnership program between Federation’s NEXTGen Detroit and JVS, which helps young adult job seekers in Metro Detroit. From a gr...…

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…Jewish Contributions to Humanity #31 series #38 in in a series a paid job. Her counselor guided her on how to talk to Tamarack about the possibility of joining their professional team and, ultimately, Tamarack created a job that hadn’t existed before, just for Devries. “I wouldn’t have had the courage or known how to do that if not for my career counselor at JVS,” Devries said. “I worked at Tamarack for sev- eral years. I loved it so much, b...…

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