…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 33 Twenty Twenty -Two Marriott Marriott JERRY NORCIA JERRY NORCIA EVENT CHAIR NANCY GROSFELD HONORARY CHAIR PENNY BLUMENSTEIN HONOREE TRIBUTE CHAIR NORMAN PAPPAS SCHOLARSHIP CHALLENGE CHAIR ARTHUR WEISS CAMPAIGN CHAIR DAN GILBERT HONORARY CHAIR STEVE STEINOUR CORPORATE COMMIT TEE CHAIR VINNIE JOHNSON HONORARY CHAIR SANDY PIERCE GENERAL CHAIR MARK DAVIDOFF GENERAL CHAIR Be a part of Be a p...…
…34 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 sports HIGHlights T here were 14 teams in the hockey competition at the JCC Maccabi Games in San Diego. Only two — Philadelphia and Toronto — had players from one delegation. The other teams were made up of a potpourri of teen athletes from several delegations. After being canceled in 2020 and 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maccabi Games returned in August with many delegations unable to field their...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 35 was followed by a 7-1 win over Orange County, earning Detroit a berth in the bronze medal game. The four Detroit players piled up goals and assists during the tournament and were team leaders on the ice and bench. Ben-Ezra (nine goals, six assists), Gesund (five goals, six assists), Hutten (three goals, eight assists) and Juszak (five goals, five assists) each reached double digits in points. All four play...…
…36 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 G old, silver and bronze medals were won by the Michigan Maccabiah Men at last month’s 21st Maccabiah in Jerusalem, where 10,000 athletes from 60 countries competed in 47 different sports. The Masters Basketball Team, which took the bronze against Brazil, included Michael Friedman, who competed in his 12th Maccabiah for Team USA at the world’s largest Jewish athletic competition in the tra- dition and values...…
…Another dozen Michiganders joined Gerdov, Wooten and Fishman on the 1,300-member Maccabi USA delegation. • Jeremy Modell of Bloomfield Hills, an attorney in Birming- ham, was part of Team USA’s Gold Medal in Masters Golf. • Mikaela Schulz of West Bloomfield, a University of Michigan senior, was part of Team USA’s Gold Medal in Open Golf (female). • Ryan Berke of Farmington Hills was part of Team USA’s Ice Hockey (Men’s) ...…
…38 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 SPORTS possible levels of sports com- petitions, and strengthening their connection to the State of Israel and the Jewish peo- ple,” she said. “While the competition lasted only one day,” Gerdov said, “the three-week expe- rience included touring sig- nificant sites, learning about Jewish culture and history, and connecting with Jews from around the world, and learn- ing about Israel.” Their three weeks in Isr...…
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…40 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 A t a dinner to celebrate the work of a communal leader, the guest speaker paid tribute to his many qualities: his dedication, hard work and foresight. As he sat down, the leader leaned over and said, “You forgot to mention one thing. ” “What was that?” asked the speaker. The leader replied, “My humility. ” Quite so. Great leaders have many qualities, but humility is usually not one of them. With rare exce...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 41 of Narcissism, subtitled, American life in an age of diminished expectations. It was a prophetic work. In it, he argued that the breakdown of family, community and faith had left us fundamentally insecure, deprived of the tra- ditional supports of identity and worth. He did not live to see the age of the selfie, the Facebook profile, designer labels worn on the outside and the many other forms of “advertis...…
…42 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 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 Congrega...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 43 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 Farmingt...…
…ARTS&LIFE DESIGN 44 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 Laura Earle is bringing women artists to the forefront of September’s Detroit Month of Design. JULIE SMITH YOLLES CONTRIBUTING WRITER A “I understand the world better if I make artwork out of it, ” says Earle, a Farmington Hills resident who has degrees in furniture, interior, industrial and visual commu- nication design. “When I work with a large group, I love to see artists pushing their bo...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 45 “Men Control the Narrative,” a piece in The FET!SH Project by Laura Earle. Photo by Laura Earle ed two conceptual pieces for the project. Earle’s artistic process always begins with the source material, which was having the 15 FET!SH artists, including herself, read Brandsplaining. In a group set- ting, each artist would then share her experience from her findings. Earle’s inspiration for combining art with soc...…
…ARTS&LIFE DESIGN 46 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 us,” she said. “To achieve this, I am artistically exploring three major issues: gender equality, racial equality and healing the environment. At the nexus of these three issues, we find women. “It’s time for balance,” added Earle. “Men need to share the mic. Women need to be able to speak for themselves, be heard and respected as equals.” ART WITH A PURPOSE January kicked off Earle’s y...…
…Where to See The FET!SH Project FET!SH Project performance at 8 p.m. during the 6- 1 p.m. event on Sept. 1: Month of Design’s Opening Party at Spot Lite, 2905 Beaufait St., Detroit. Free admis- sion. https://designcore.org/event/ detroit-month-of-design-kick-off- party-20220901/. FET!SH Project performance at 8 p.m. during the 6-11 p.m. event on Sept. 15: Month of Design’s Eastern Market After Dark, Shed 2 at Eastern Market, Detroit...…
…48 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 Larry Grenadier JUAN HITTERS/ECM RECORDS ARTS&LIFE MUSIC L arry Grenadier travels the world playing bass with many jazz groups and, over Labor Day weekend, he returns to Michigan for the free Detroit Jazz Festival. He joins with pianist Ethan Iverson and drummer Nasheet Waits for the program. The trio performs 2-3:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5, at the Carhartt Amphitheater Stage in Hart Plaza on the closing ...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 49 I think about the people playing those instruments. It’s about the personalities combining my personality and trying to have these con- versations to make music out of them.” Grenadier, 56, is married to singer-songwriter-guitarist Rebecca Martin, and they have a young son. The couple have performed together and made recordings of her work. A recording made in 2019, The Gleaners, features him on solo bass ...…
…50 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 AN OFFICE COMEDY FOR LABOR DAY; SANDBERG RE-MARRIES; BUSEY, VICTIM OF KARMA? Out-of-Office is an original Comedy Central film that premieres on Sept. 5 (Labor Day) at 8 p.m. The film has a somewhat vague official syn- opsis. I gathered this much — it focuses on how the pri- vate lives of at-home workers often gets mixed-up with their work lives. It focuses on a young woman who finds out that keeping her jo...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 51 BABIES & NOSH 10:30-11:30 AM, SEPT 2 Hosted by JFamily Detroit. Come grab a snack and meet some new friends at Poppleton Park in Birmingham. This free event is geared toward families with babies ages 0-9 months. LABOR DAY PICNIC 10:30 AM-2 PM, SEPT. 5 Sponsored by Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Train rides, pizza, magicians, pony rides, Kona Ice Truck, moon walks, DJ, face pain...…
…52 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 this new edition of our toddler class. Miss Elissa of Elissa’s Learners brings a new twist to a fun- filled morning. Siblings are welcome; just let us know ahead of time. For children 12-36 months old and an adult. Course costs $140 per child. Adat Shalom members can register for $126. Drop- in rates are available as well. Contact Sammi Shapiro, sshapiro@ adatshalom.org with any questions. SECOND CITY 8 ...…
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…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 55 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY S urvivors of the Shoah in Metro Detroit are estimated at approx- imately 450, according to Dr. Charles Silow, director of Jewish Senior Life’s Program for Holocaust Survivors and Families. Among his dwindling cohort, Michael Weiss was a standout, noted for his dedication to Holocaust education and fellow survivors. The strong faith in God he carried since boyhood was not shaken ...…
…56 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 M ichele Schurgin Lachman, 77, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, died on Aug. 14, 2022. Michele passed away from pneumonia. She was born May 2, 1945, in Opa Laca, Florida, to Ruth and Ben Schurgin. Her older brother is Leon Schurgin; her younger sister, Miriam Silverstein; and her younger brother, Arthur Schurgin. The family grew up in suburban Detroit, and her parents supported it with a furniture store they ow...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 57 Samuel Young and Stephanie Bellissimo, and Rachel, Bridget and Penelope Dick; great-grandchildren, Toby and Phoebe Krakauer; sister- in-law, Helen Glick. He is also survived by his special friend, Pam Opperer; his devoted caregivers, Pam Brown and Dominique Peters; many other loving relatives, colleagues and a world of friends. Dr. Finkelstein was the beloved husband for 70 years of the late Florence Sach...…
…58 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 Dr. Bradley (Dr. Shannon) Kay, Dr. Daniel (Hannah) Vahaba, Rachelle (Aaron) Rosenfield, Rebecca Neshkes, Dr. Elana (Rabbi Jeremy Markiz) Neshkes, Dr. Lisa (Dr. Andrew Schreibman) Firestone, Ryan (Wendy Morales) Firestone; great- grandchildren, Charlie, Elijah, Aubrielle, Eliana, Addison, Ryleigh, Raegan, Ruth, Ira and Nolan; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mrs. Firestone wa...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 59 service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. ELLIOT KRAMER, 72, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 5, 2022. He is survived by his beloved wife, Nancy Kramer; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Starr Kramer; son and daughter-in-law, William and Kelley Cantrell; daughter, Chari Rzepecki; grandchildren, Robbie (Brooke) Cantrell, Emily Rzepecki, Kristin Rzepecki...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 60 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $125 for up to 100 words; $1 per word thereafter. A photo counts as 15 words. There is no charge for a Holocaust survivor icon. The JN reserves the right to edit wording to conform to its style considerations. For information, have your funeral director call the JN or you may call Sy Manello, editorial assistant, at (248)...…
…SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 | 61 H arlene Appelman, a nationally known innovator in Jewish education, died at the age of 75 on Aug. 18, 2022, in Ann Arbor. Funeral services were held at Beth Israel Congregation of Ann Arbor. Appelman realized early in her career that congrega- tional schools would be suc- cessful only if parents were engaged in their children’s education. She created inter- active educational programs such as “Shabbat in a...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 62 | SEPTEMBER 1 • 2022 An Important Anniversary T his past week marked an important 125th anniversary. In Basel, Switzerland, on Aug. 29, 1897, Theodor Herzl called together about 200 delegates to discuss and debate the creation of a Jewish state. This was the first Zionist Congress, now known as the World Zionist ...…
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…AUGUST 25 • 2022 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-10 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 An Astonishing Search for Roots Long-lost brother’s descendants discover their U.S. family eight decades after the Shoah. 20 A Teacher’s Journey West Bloomfield High teacher tours Poland as an Auschwitz Legacy Fellow. 22 Fashion Flair for a Cause Suitember shopping event will give 10% of proceeds to Friendship Circle. ...…
…4 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY continued on page 7 opinion When Judaism Considers The Long Term, It Looks to the Past M any years ago, I was asked to speak, on short notice, at a symposium in Geneva about the future of the global climate refugee crises. It was an important opportunity but attending meant I was going to miss my 11-year- old daughter Eliana’s choir concert, the one for which she had been rehearsing ...…
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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com AUGUST 25 • 2022 | 7 What makes you a futurist — someone who cares and wants to shape society toward a better tomorrow — is putting your device down when your child enters the room and thinking about how your every action will play out over generations. This is the mindset of a true futurist. This is longpath thinking. ...…
…8 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY continued on page 10 essay The Day My Great-Grandparents Died T he reality is that my great-grand- parents didn’t just die, they were murdered. They were two of six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their willing accomplices throughout Europe. And it wasn’t just the two of them, but their children and grandchil- dren, and scores of cousins, nieces and nephews, and neighbors. They were l...…
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…OUR COMMUNITY f the nine children born to Esther and Jacob Allweiss in Jaslany, Poland, only my dad Zyga “Zygie” and Uncle Salek “Sol” survived the Holocaust. This was a given, a fact our family knew to be true — until the miracle happened. Now 77 years since the end of World War II, we descendants of the late Zygie and the late Sol found out this spring that another Allweiss brother, Fishel, made it through! He and his wife, Klara, thei...…
…Road sign in Poland for the Allweiss shtetl of Jaslany and two nearby towns In 2006, Zygie Allweiss and daugh- ter Esther Ingber stand at the only headstone they found in an aban- doned Jewish cemetery in Baranow, Poland. They stayed for several days in Mielec as the honored guests of Zygie’s rescuers’ son, Janek Dudzik, and his wife, Janina. Esther Ingber Zygie and brother Sol Allweiss on vacation together. Zygie and Irma Allweiss...…
…“The first time we wrote the family name in English was here, in Israel, ” Ira said. A relative suggested that Ira access the online Shoah Victims’ Names Database of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem. The database includes scanned Pages of Testimony from the museum’s Hall of Names. (See sidebar.) In 2011, Zygie took the time to complete a Page of Testimony for his nine lost immediate family mem- bers. Zygie’s name an...…
…16 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 From my longtime family research, I know the Allweisses I’m more closely related to came from the shtetl (village) of Jaslany (pro- nounced “yawsh-LAH-nee”) in southeastern Poland. The area was part of Galicia in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. Jaslany, in Mielec County, is located near the Wistula River, between Krakow and Rzesow. Before my first visit to Jaslany in 1985, I counted 57 relatives on my family...…
…Klara and Fishel Alvais FISHEL ’S FATE By contrast, Fishel’s whereabouts during the same period are shrouded in mystery. “Unfortunately, I have no one to ask, ” Ira said. “Probably Grandma Klara knew, but she didn’t share” details with young Ira. “The only few things we knew about Grandpa Fishel is that he was in Poland and all his family died, ” said Ira’s cousin Alexander, a musician and a salesman at Cars2u. “I tried to find info...…
…18 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 Oxana Korol of the Hall of Names replied to me: “We are always pleased to hear of cases where peo- ple who are listed in the documentation at Yad Vashem as having per- ished in the Holocaust, were actually able to survive.” She explained the process required to update Fishel’s record, something I will leave for Ira to do. The families of Fishel, Sol and Zygie are participating in month- ly Zoom chats, most re...…
