…62 | JUNE 15 • 2023 O ne of the most powerful addresses I ever heard was given by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, on this week’s parshah: the story of the spies. For me, it was nothing less than life- changing. He asked the obvious questions. How could 10 of the spies have come back with a demoralizing, defeatist report? How could they say, we cannot win, the people are stronger than us, their cit...…
…JUNE 15 • 2023 | 63 one more nation in a world of nations, with the same kind of economic, social and political problems that every nation has to deal with. FEAR OF SUCCESS The spies were not afraid of failure. They were afraid of success. Their mistake was the mistake of very holy men. They wanted to spend their lives in the closest possible proximity to God. What they did not understand was that God seeks, in the Hasidic phras...…
…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 Blo...…
…JUNE 15 • 2023 | 65 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 H...…
…ARTS&LIFE MUSIC P eter Cummings, who established a long career as a real estate developer starting in 1975, has brought his professional skills to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) during some 30 years of volun- teer commitment. Cummings, currently execu- tive chairman and CEO of The Platform, which brings commer- cial and residential innovation to Detroit, became a member of the symphony board in 1992, spent six years as chairm...…
…music enables a person to convert what oth- erwise would be a world in black and white to a world in color. I get enormous pleasure out of music, and I find classical music, at the very least, calming and soothing. ” Cummings’ interest in classical music firmed up when he was in his 40s and trav- eling to Europe in the early 1990s, a time before mass access to iPhones and iPads. “I bought a bunch of cassettes while I was in Europe, and ...…
…68 | JUNE 15 • 2023 ASTEROID CITY AND THE FLASH, THE “JEWISH INDIAN” Asteroid City, a sci-fi romance-comedy, has a limited opening on June 16 and opens “wide” on the 23rd. This Wes Anderson film follows the transformative events that occur at an annual Junior Stargazer convention in 1955. The stars include Scarlett Johansson, 38, Jason Schwartzman, 42, Liev Schreiber, 55, and Adrien Brody, 50. The cast is so large that some...…
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…70 | JUNE 15 • 2023 ISRAELI AUTHOR 1-2 PM, JUNE 15 (Thurs.) An online presentation from the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Dana Shem-Ur’s book is a piercing novel about life abroad in a cultural setting not one’s own: Reut is an Israeli translator living in Paris with a French husband and their child. This is a novel about big life choices that examines a woman’s attitudes toward belonging to a man, to a culture, t...…
…JUNE 15 • 2023 | 71 Said, executive director of the New England Cognitive Center, will cover everything from the concept of neuroplasticity to practical ways to strengthen or maintain our cognitive abilities as we age. Register in advance for this Zoom event at: https:// tinyurl.com/yavmta3x. You will receive a link via email to join the meeting. To enroll, contact MindU@ jfsdetroit.org or 248-788- MIND. MEN’S SUPPORT GROUP 10-...…
…72 | JUNE 15 • 2023 ROGER M. BLAU of Marco Island, Fla., passed away May 31, 2023. He was the lov- ing husband of Joanne Blau; father of Tammy, Ben and Jeff; grandfather of Drake, Griffin, Tessa, Annalicia and Sofia; brother of Dr. Larry (Diane) Blau of Santa Barbara, Calif. Mr. Blau was born Sept. 12, 1945, in Detroit to Rose and Ben Blau. He was the brother of the late Elaine Yanitz and the late Eleanor Rabin. Interment was ...…
…JUNE 15 • 2023 | 73 continued on page 74 Abelson, Brandon Schneider, Jeremy and Anna Abelson, and Adam Abelson and his fiancee, Ariane Carmona; great-grandson, Oliver Bowman. Mrs. Greenfield was the beloved wife of the late Haskell Greenfield; the dear sister of the late Tzvi Festenstein; and the devoted daughter of the late Samuel and the late Sophie Festenstein. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be...…
…74 | JUNE 15 • 2023 Kaufman Chapel. JOEL RUSKIN HEARSHEN, 78, beloved husband, father, grand- father, brother, uncle and friend, passed away on May 25, 2023. He was born on Dec. 14, 1944, in Detroit to Beatrice and Berl Hearshen. Joel spent his career as a social science teacher in the Detroit Public School system as well as working as an adjunct professor at Madonna University in Livonia. During the summers, he enjoyed working a...…
…JUNE 15 • 2023 | 75 for his immense generosity and loving heart, his expansive endeavors, and his larger-than-life personality and impact. Mr. Levy is survived by his wife of 47 years, Nancy Levy; daugh- ters and son-in-law, Jody Levy, and Melissa Levy and Ryan Lien; grandchildren, Raven and Roen Levy-Lien; mother, Marise Levy; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Neil and Debra Klein, Julie and Mark Teicher, and Joel Metler; dear ...…
…76 | JUNE 15 • 2023 Dr. Rhonna and Dr. Mark Shatz, Noreen Sachs, and Lori and Bruce Koploy; grandchildren, Benjamin and Qiaoyan Rosenberg, and Dr. Allison and Dr. Scott Snyder; great-grandchildren, Leib Shomer Rosenberg, Sophia Lily Snyder and Maya Lior Snyder; sister-in- law, Beverly Salter; other loving relatives and friends. Mrs. Sachs was the beloved wife of the late Robert Sachs; the loving mother-in-law of the late Jeffrey ...…
…JUNE 15 • 2023 | 77 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY F lora Winton loved to read and, more importantly, she loved to learn. The Jewish community trailblaz- er, who passed away on May 28, 2023, at the age of 106, always had a book in hand — typically nonfiction — and was eager to learn anything and everything she could about the world. Yet what stood out most about Winton wasn’t just her passion for learning — it was her passion for shari...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org Here’s to Dads! I wrote about Mother’s Day last month. So, I thought that, for the sake of equality and good will, it would be good to devote a few words to Father’s Day. It’s actually a very interesting story. Like Mother’s Day, histo- rians believe that the roots of Father’s Day are ancient; these early days are...…
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…$200 June 8-14, 2023 / 19-25 Sivan 5783 JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT thejewishnews.com Midtown Mural Israeli Artist Rotem Reshef’s time- and nature-inspired art is now on permanent display in Detroit. See page 46 …
…10 | JUNE 8 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY F or six Metro Detroiters, June 21 will be a night to remember. That’s when the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit will host its annual awards night, which honors exceptional individuals for their dedication to and impact on the Jewish communi- ty. Think of the ceremony — held at the Berman Center for the Performing Arts in West Bloomfield — as the Academy Awards for mensches. The honorees ...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 11 YOUNG LEADERSHIP AWARDS The Sylvia Simon Greenberg Young Leadership Award has been recognizing rising female leaders since 1965, when Greenberg’s family established it as a memorial to their beloved wife and mother. This year’s honoree, Amye Goldhaber of Franklin, has focused her efforts on Women’s Philanthropy, sitting on the board of directors and becoming co-chair of Young Women’s Philanthropy. In November, she’...…
…12 | JUNE 8 • 2023 I n partnership with NEXTGen Detroit Volunteers, Repair the World Detroit, Reboot and Moishe House Royal Oak, I recently spent a very meaningful Sunday morning Packing Lunches with Love at Jewish Senior Life. Along with my peers, I worked with seniors to make over 100 sand- wiches for the Detroit Community Fridge, an organization that keeps refrigerators around Detroit stocked with meals for those in need. When ...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 13 W hen crafting the set- list for their upcom- ing concert, “ An Afternoon of Ahavah: Featuring the Temple Trio, ” at Temple Israel on Thursday, June 15, at 2 p.m., Emma Trivax, along with fellow performers Dan Iwrey and John Bogdan, made it their priority to encompass a wide range of love. The trio aimed to incorporate various types of love songs, from romantic and friendship to the love between a parent and ch...…
…14 | JUNE 8 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY O n May 25, the Biden-Harris Administration released the first-ever U.S National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. This strategy advances a whole-of-society approach to countering antisemitism, resting on four pillars: increase awareness and understanding of antisemitism, including its threat to America, and broaden appreciation of Jewish American heritage; improve safety and security for Je...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 15 “the venom and violence of antisemitism will not be the story of our time.” The plan embraces a “working definition” of antisemitism advanced in recent years by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, which is widely accepted by municipalities, state and federal governments around the world. It says it also “welcomes and appreciates” one prominent alternative, the Nexus Document, and “notes other su...…
…16 | JUNE 8 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY The Jewish Fund Provides 142 AEDs to Jewish organizations. Life-Saving Help SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER C ardiac arrest can happen to anyone, regardless of age or health condition, at any time. It is usually caused by an arrhythmia — a malfunction of the heart’s electrical system that stops blood flow to the brain and other essential organs. When this occurs, immediate medical treatment ...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 17 H ow many people can trace the start of their professional dream life to fourth grade? Suzanne Jacobs Lipshaw of Waterford can. It was in fourth grade that she penned and submitted for publishing her first children’s book Boogie the Snail. The book was illustrated by Suzanne’s best friend and next-door neigh- bor Karen (Shore) Wisialowski. The girls earned the first badge of any professional in their chosen fields...…
…18 | JUNE 8 • 2023 A s the daughter of Soviet Jewish immi- grants and first in my family to be born in the United States, I’ve long been fascinated with the Soviet Jewish immi- gration story. How did an estimated nearly 2 million Jews and their rela- tives emigrate from the Soviet Union since 1970 — as a slow trickle and then en masse — and manage to start new lives in the U.S., Canada and Australia, among other coun- tries? The w...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 19 other, but came with essential information I would have never found elsewhere. This included family history, addresses in Vienna and Rome neighbor- hoods where my family stayed while awaiting permission to immigrate to the U.S. and, to my surprise, even extensive medical information. The Vienna and Rome addresses, in particular, were a joy for me, as I was able to look them up on Google Maps and place a visual a...…
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…20 | JUNE 8 • 2023 T his story is one for the books! In 1991, Paula then-Gottlieb went out with a bunch of friends and met Micki, who said, “Oh, you’re attending Michigan State? Do you know my brother Jeff?” Paula laughed. “There are 30,000 people who go there! No, I don’t know him!” Paula was a serious student and dived into her studies. One small problem: the library. “The library was kind of like a bar, lots of people talking...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 21 A lec Dorf of Bloomfield Hills was in ninth grade when his mother Lisa passed away from cancer. The challenges of helping with end-of-life care, on top of the isolation of the COVID lockdown, became the defining moments for him to create a new program to help his fellow high schoolers deal with the loss of a parent. The Lisa Project, named after his mother Lisa Dorf (z”l), helps grieving teens connect peer-to-pe...…
…22 | JUNE 8 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY L ots of jewelers cut and polish stones and set them into rings, pendants and earrings. But few dig the stones out of the earth themselves. Nick Liebowitz travels to Nevada every year to find gemstones in a mine controlled by a friend. His friend owns a “stake” — the state of Nevada owns the land — that allows him to excavate, and Liebowitz usually spends a day or two with him once or twice a ...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 23 Nick Liebowitz’s “Star on a Chain” He sells some of the stones he mines “as is” to other jewelers and hobbyists and buys some additional stones. He maps each stone’s flaws, color, clarity and other features and starts planning how to use them in jewelry. Liebowitz has turned the garage at his home, where he lives with his wife, Andrea, and his son, Izzy, 2, into an art studio. He says carving in stone has bec...…
…24 | JUNE 8 • 2023 A t the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020, teenagers everywhere only had so many new TV shows to binge, video games to play and FaceTime conversations to have. Ian Weinberg, 17, of Birmingham, now a junior at Seaholm High School, was one of those teens running out of distractions. From a young age, he had heard from his father, David, about getting into investing. David would buy his son books or tell him t...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 25 SPOTLIGHT “JUST KNOWING I HELPED ONE PERSON START INVESTING WAS A GOAL.” — IAN WEINBERG will get more young people interested in the space because I find it’s hard to get interested in something if you can’t find it relatable,” Weinberg said. Wanting to give back and help inspire young people, Weinberg is donating 100% of the book’s profits to YouthTank Detroit, a startup incubator that helps Detroit hig...…
…26 | JUNE 8 • 2023 T he 2023 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Excellence in Journalism Awards took place on May 15 and, once again, the Detroit Jewish News brought home a host of awards. In the Community/Local News reporting category, Stacy Gittleman won first- and third- place awards. The first-place award was for her “ After Oxford” story, a one-year retrospect after the Oxford High School shooting and its impact on ...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 27 T he Joan Meyers Jampel Center for Michigan Jewish Heritage was formally launched on May 8, with a Kick-Off Gala attended by over 200 patrons and friends. Along with a fine nosh and tours of the cen- ter’s new facilities, the evening also included several presentations regarding archival work and the center. The center is a collaborative effort to promote Michigan’s Jewish heritage by the preservation of archival c...…
…28 | JUNE 8 • 2023 A fter a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19, Adat Shalom’s Sisterhood was excited to bring back their annual spring fundraiser. With its new name, “Women’s Day @ Adat Shalom, ” the event was a huge success. The day included a wonderful variety of boutique shopping, a performance by comedian Judy Gold, the presentation of Sisterhood’s Woman of Distinction award to Joyce Berlin Weingarten, and a delicious lunch c...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 29 B’nai Moshe volunteers spent Tuesday, May 23, doing various tasks to help the Oakland County Animal Shelter, and they loved spending the time with the fur babies. After learning about the facility and what would be helpful, they split up to walk dogs/interact with cats, fold laundry, prepare frozen treats for the dogs, sort dog toys and clothes, and change trash bags around the building. The majority of the dogs at...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 3 PURELY COMMENTARY 4-8 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 10 The Academy Awards for Mensches Meet six Metro Detroiters being honored at Federation’s 2023 Annual Awards Night. 12 Volunteers Wanted! Fun ways to get involved helping others this month. 13 Feel the Love at Temple Israel Concert Enjoy an ‘Afternoon of Ahavah’ with the Temple Trio. 14 A First-of-its-Kind National Strate...…
…30 | JUNE 8 • 2023 SPORTS F or a variety of reasons, it was a season to remember for the Frankel Jewish Academy baseball team. First and foremost, the Jaguars finished strong with eight wins in their last nine games. They ended up 9-4 overall, 4-0 in the Catholic League, and won their second straight Catholic League division championship after a 16-year division title drought. They should have played more than 13 games. “We l...…
…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 31 to Poland this year. The juniors went to Israel, the sophomores went to Portland, Oregon, and the freshmen went to Montana. “For the kids, going on those trips far exceeded what could have happened on the baseball diamond,” Bernstein said. “Those are once-in-a- lifetime experiences. One of the things I love about Frankel are the opportunities to build meaningful relationships and those trips are one of them.” N...…
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…JUNE 8 • 2023 | 33 Since 2017, Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network has honored exceptional caregivers of Jewish patients at its annual professional Weisberg Caring Coalition Conference, “The Best Care Possible”. Honorees represent hospices, hospital systems, senior caregiving facilities, and community agencies, as well as private duty caregivers and volunteers. JHCN’s Hospice Hero award was founded with a gift from the Judge M...…
…business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M 34 | JUNE 8 • 2023 here’s to J ust when the cult-classic film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was released in 1969, Rob Wolk got the nick- name “Sundance. ” He promised his mother, who was a big fan of the movie, that one day he’ d open a business and name it “Sundance. ” Rob, 73, of Birmingham, did exactly that. In 1973, he opened Sundance Shoes in...…
