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…56 | APRIL 11 • 2024 J N ARTS&LIFE COMEDY Michael Rapaport: live and uncensored in the D. ‘The Inflamed Ashkenazi’ JULIE SMITH YOLLES CONTRIBUTING WRITER Michael Rapaport on stage in Chicago. JANET M. TAKAYAMA/FACEBOOK …
…APRIL 11 • 2024 | 57 I t’s just before Shabbat in Tel Aviv when Michael Rapaport calls from his hotel to talk all-things Jewish, Israel and comedy. And while the prolific actor, influencer and podcaster will tell you that there’s absolutely nothing funny about the war in Israel, he hopes that his brand of edgy humor will provide a little relief to Michigan audiences when he performs four standup comedy shows April 18-20 at the Ema...…
…58 | APRIL 11 • 2024 J N I n her acting career portraying many characters, Amanda Buchalter has taken on roles that have included a mouse and a human with wolfish tenden- cies. This season, she gets to be a squirrel in a play that tells a story as animals depict human issues through a cast numbering eight. The Michigan premiere of The Squirrels presents a dark comedy by Robert Askins, who wrote the Tony Award-nominated play Hand ...…
…APRIL 11 • 2024 | 59 PASSOVER SYL-LA-CROS-TIC Place the syllables in the box in the correct order to fill in the blanks. JUST FOR FUN 1. Have a happy holiday (Hebrew) ____ ____ ____ ____ 2. Happy Passover (Ladino) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 3. Piece of matzah that is ____ ____ ____ ____ hidden during the seder 4. Hebrew for “four cups” ____ ____ ____ ____ 5. Hebrew for “egg” ____ ____ 6. Hebrew for “enough for us” ____ ____ ...…
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…60 | APRIL 11 • 2024 J N BEING A JEW; ANOTHER “NASTY” HIP CLOTHIER; SUPERMAN PREVIEW? MORE This week, I am catching- up with two HBO programs that recently began streaming: Alex Edelman: Just for Us (April 6) and “Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion (April 9). Edelman, a stand-up comedian, was born and raised in a Modern Orthodox home in the Boston area. After high school, he spent a year in a Jerusalem yeshivah and, ...…
…APRIL 11 • 2024 | 61 J N CONCERT EVENT 7:30 PM, APRIL 11 (THURS.) At the Berman Center for Performing Arts. Tickets $25- $45. Host Benji Rosenzweig will navigate audiences through timeless tales and context as we share the Jewish narrative of the Beatles in this two-part con- cert event. Intermixed within the stories, Soulfarm will lend their music stylings and play some of your favorite Beatles tunes. Part two of the evening is c...…
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…APRIL 11 • 2024 | 63 HENRY BECHEK, 85, of Orchard Lake, died March 31, 2024. Mr. Bechek is survived by his wife of 62 years, Linda Bechek; daugh- ters and sons-in-law, Lorrie Bechek, Abby Bechek and Dave Tomaszewski, and Cathy and John Gifford; grand- children, Jasmine and Adam Kennedy, Shiloh Bechek, Jackson Gifford, James Bechek, and Cassidy Gifford; great-grandchildren, Henley Kennedy and Brier Kennedy; brother-in-law, Carl...…
…64 | APRIL 11 • 2024 D r. Michael Sherwin Parr, 82, of Sacramento, Calif., formerly of Detroit, died on March 25, 2024. Born in Detroit, Michael grew up surrounded by a lot of family as well as close friends who remain so to this day. He was quite an accomplished athlete, playing various sports. As a teenager, Michael went to work in his father’s dry-cleaning business, Parr French Cleaners, in Detroit. In 1958, Michael graduat...…
…APRIL 11 • 2024 | 65 J N Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072, yadezra.org/donate; American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic Center Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, cancer.org; or American Heart Association, 26555 Evergreen Road, Suite 570, Southfield, MI 48076, heart.org/en/affiliates/michi- gan/detroit. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. DEE DEE HO...…
…66 | APRIL 11 • 2024 J N MEGHAN KORCHAK, 46, of Oak Park, died April 1, 2024. Ms. Korchak is survived by her parents, Martin and Bonnie Korchak; brothers and sis- ter-in-law, Paul and Tamara Korchak, and Jeremy Korchak; aunts and uncles, Randie and Charlie Federman, and Susie and Garry Borin; many loving relatives and friends. She was the dear sister of the late Drew Korchak; the loving niece of the late Jerry Korchak. Interm...…
…APRIL 11 • 2024 | 67 J N a great-grandmother. Frances will be missed by all who knew her. She is survived by her sis- ter, Marilyn Hoskow; broth- er-in-law, Jerold Hoskow; children, Kenneth (Janisse Nagel), Steven (Julie) and Julie (Brian Weisberg); grandchil- dren, Melissa (Kevin Patrick), Lauren (Evan Tarshish), Haley, Kevin, Matthew (Allie Page), Kenna and David; great-grandchildren, Brooklyn and Noa; many loving nieces and neph...…
…68 | APRIL 11 • 2024 J N grandchildren, Samuel Myers and his fiancee, Hayley McNitt, Jacob Myers, Justin and Hien Myers, and Jonathan Myers and his fian- cee, Agustina Bonaventura; great-granddaughter, Nhien Myers; sister, Fayne Petok; sister-in-law, Marcia Tanzman; daughter-in-law, Denise (Kenneth) Brown. He is also survived by his devot- ed caregiver, David Rutledge; and many loving nieces and nephews. Mr. Meyers was the belo...…
…APRIL 11 • 2024 | 69 J ames C. Schmidt, 83, beloved husband, cherished father, treasured grandfather, adoring great-grandfather and esteemed psychologist, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on April 1, 2024. He leaves behind a legacy of warmth, wisdom and boundless love. Raised in Detroit with his devoted brother, Bob (MyLe) Schmidt, and loving sister, Gaye Tillman, Jim offered the ultimate example of a li...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com 70 | APRIL 11 • 2024 J N The Legacy of Gardner-White I f you have lived in Metro Detroit for a few years, unless you have never read a newspaper or received mail at your home or have never watched TV or listened to the radio or recently attended Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, then it might be possible that you’ve ne...…
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…8 | APRIL 11 • 2024 J N W ho is today’s wise child? Today’s wicked child? Some six months after Oct. 7, with Jewish children and adults still held hostage, with antisemitism on the rise around the world and with the Jewish State fighting a war of self- defense, seder nights will soon arrive to ask Jewish families once again to apply the paradigm of oppres- sion and redemption to our contemporary experience. To proceed with...…
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