…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 29 serving as its first woman president. About 10 years ago, she started a Detroit-area Women of American Society of Technion stock group to “try and build ambassadors” for Technion. Most of the stocks purchased have a Technion connection and profits are donated to the university. Wolfe, who joined Kovan’s Technion stock group, was already familiar with Technion. Her late father — D. Dan Kahn — became involved ...…
…30 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY W ith their largest group of riders to date, Chai Lifeline’s Tour de Simcha fundraising bike ride took place on the country roads of upstate New York on July 19. The annual all-wom- en’s ride raises funds for Chai Lifeline, the international children’s health organization providing social, emotional and financial assistance to children with life-threatening and lifelong illnesses and their familie...…
…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 31 R elay for Life in West Bloomfield, which has had an annual outdoor event to raise funds for the American Cancer Society, is joining with other groups for the first time this year in the hopes of drawing more interest and funding, Now, Relay for Life of South Oakland County includes residents of Bloomfield Hills, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Birmingham and Royal Oak and will open at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 14...…
…32 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 entertainment, and each participant gets a goodie bag from the American Cancer Society. Sylvia Wolf, a survivor for 11 years, wanted to give back so she began volunteering with the Relay. “I’m a member of the main board and help with all the events,” Wolf said. “I help raise money and set up the Relays. I get things for the silent auctions. I think the consolidation is a great idea and is working out very...…
…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 33 faces&places T the community has been eagerly awaiting the return of Tamarack Camps’ Bubbie Zaydie Family Camp. Grandparents, such as Diane and Howard Morof, look forward to and enjoy this special time with their grandkids. “The entire weekend was perfect in every way. The staff were fun, warm, interesting, helpful, sweet, and my granddaughter loved all of them,” said Diane. “We look forward to participat...…
…34 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 J osh Lowenthal always knew he was going to be a lawyer. The owner and founder of Law Office of Joshua A. Lowenthal PLC, a Michigan-based virtual law firm, grew up with an entrepreneurial spirit. “Both of my parents were very entre- preneurial,” he explains. “For me, law school always made sense.” Specializing in business, estate planning and tax concerns, Lowenthal, 30, is a graduate of Hillel Day School and...…
…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 35 N EXTGen Detroit is having an eventful summer with multiple successful and sold-out events this year. The programs have ranged from rooftop yoga to a ’70s-themed night with bowling, a darty (a daytime party) with bubbles and foam, a Pickleball event and more. NEXTGen Board and Social Committee member Zack Slabotsky has attended multiple events. He chaired and orga- nized the sold out Pickleball event at the...…
…36 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 continued from page 35 Rachael Gordon and Nicole MacWilliams grab a bite to eat during the NEXTGen Detroit’s Balance Slow Burn in the Sky on the rooftop of Citizen Yoga. NEXTGen Detroiters having a moment of Zen. Daniel Levine knocks some pins down. Michael Penfil, Natalie Ciner and Avi Knopf schmooze at the bar. PHOTOS COURTESY OF NEXTGEN DETROIT NEXTGen Detroiters learn the game of Pickleball Josh Sternberg i...…
…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 37 Emily Slabotsky, Zack Slabotsky and Abbie Jankelovitz stop to pose for a photo during NEXTGen Detroit’s Back in the Bubble Darty. NEXTGen Detroiters having food and drinks at the Back in the Bubble Darty event. Jayme Ruby and Jordan Ettinger jump right into the foam during the Darty. Ian and Shane Jacobson slide down the slip-n-slide. Let Old Friends be your Michigan-Florida Connection Keyes Real Estate Estate ...…
…38 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 D ebra Meyerson, a Metro Detroit native, was a Stanford University professor and a healthy, athletic mother of three when her life was turned upside down in 2010 by a severe stroke that nearly killed her. The stroke left Meyerson paralyzed on her right side and with no speech at all. Suddenly, her roles as a professor, mother and wife were seemingly impossible to fulfill. Instead of giving up, Meyerson, now 65, ...…
…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 39 nize events and achieve our mis- sion goals, ” Zuckerman says. “If we get behind, we’ll just have to ride in the RV a bit. Fortunately, so far, we’ve had no forced car travel. ” The group starts each day at 6 a.m. and begins riding around 8 a.m. Then, they take three to four breaks throughout the day and finish at 3-4 p.m. Each week includes rest days where the team sleeps in, catches up on laundry and works on...…
…40 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 SPORTS A fter a two-year hia- tus caused by the COVID-19 pandem- ic, the JCC Maccabi Games are back. They’re being held this week (Aug. 1-4) in San Diego, California. Eighteen Detroit athletes, two chaperones and delegation head Karen Gordon are participating in the revival. That’s a small group of ath- letes by Detroit standards. But even though this is the 40th Maccabi Games, in many respects the sports, soc...…
…— 16U 3-on-3 boys basket- ball: Gideon Lopatin, Shmuel Shottenstein. — Golf: Alex Lustig. Gordon said Detroit’s flag-bearers in the Maccabi Games opening ceremony normally are four-year ath- letes who are in their final year of competition. There aren’t any this year, so four Detroit athletes who competed in the 2019 Maccabi Games in Detroit — Ben-Ezra, Gesund, Hutton and Kleinfeldt — were expected to be Detroit’s flag-bearers...…
…42 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 T he first verse of Devarim, the fifth and culminating book of the Torah, sounds prosaic. “These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan — in the wilderness, on the plain opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Di-zahav.” There is no hint of drama in these words. But the Sages of the Talmud found one, and it is life-changing. What is odd in the verse is the last pla...…
…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 43 until you arrived here, you have been rebellious against the Lord … You have been rebellious against the Lord ever since I have known you. ” (Deut. 9:7, Deut. 9:24). His critique extends to the future: “If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die!” (Deut. 31:27). Even the curses in Deuteronomy, delivered by Moses himself, are bleak...…
…44 | AUGUST 4 • 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 Congregatio...…
…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 45 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 ...…
…46 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 E rika Boyd “grew up cooking with my mother and grandmother,” skills she puts to good use as the executive chef and co-owner of Detroit Vegan Soul (DVS) in the thriving North Rosedale Park neighborhood. Her business partner is former public relations executive Kirsten Ussery, the restaurant’s general manager. Detroit Vegan Soul’s niche is offering vegan versions of Southern soul food entrees and sides. It’s...…
…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 47 winner with organic kale, black olives, sun-dried tomatoes, sesame seeds and house-made sesame dressing. My Curried Potato Salad, dotted with fresh red pepper, had a strong curry taste, but wasn’t spicy hot. Miller said his vinegary coleslaw was “comparable to some of the best I’ve had.” The DVS beverage menu includes several smoothie choices. We both enjoyed one called Paradise, which was blended mango, strawbe...…
…48 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 T wo years after the Holocaust film My Name Is Sara was ready for general distribution, it is being shown Aug. 5 at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Township, where a talkback segment will be conducted by Sara’s son, Michigan resident Mickey Shapiro, and the film direc- tor, Steven Oritt (American Native, Accidental Climber). COVID got in the way of the docudrama’s theater dis- tribution, but it has been a priz...…
…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 49 the Jewish community, and it shows art- house cinema,” Oritt said. “In each of the communities where we’re launching the film, we’re depending on a lot of word of mouth and connecting with temples and other Jewish organizations to help spread the word. “ A lot of people wanted to know what Sara’s impressions were of the making of the film. Unfortunately, Sara passed away in 2018, but she was not aware of the pro- ...…
…50 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 I t’s been 25 years since Mitch Albom’s book Tuesdays With Morrie has been published and almost that long since the adapt- ed play has been produced around the world — except in Michigan. That omission is being cor- rected this year as the play, written by Albom and Jeffrey Hatcher, appears in six the- aters around the state with Michael Russotto as Morrie Schwartz and Cody Nickell as Mitch Albom. The boo...…
…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 51 ALS and started a company to find a cure. There’s been a slow progression. I won’t be happy until they have something that says this gets rid of it. JN: What were the most important lessons you learned from Morrie? MA: There were two. One has to do with dying and one has to do with living. The one that has to do with dying says that death ends a life but not a relationship. What it means is that if you put...…
…52 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 KILLERS ON A TRAIN, A GREAT BAR MITZVAH MOVIE?, THE SANDMAN Joey King, 22, co-stars in Bullet Train, a thriller that opens in theaters on Aug. 5. All the main characters have “coded” names, like “Ladybug.” Here’s the capsule plot: Trained killer Ladybug (Brad Pitt) wants to give up “the life” but is pulled back in by his handler in order to collect a briefcase on a Japanese bullet train. Once onboard, he an...…
…FOLK MUSIC 8 PM, AUG. 5 At The Ark, 316 Main St., Ann Arbor. The Young Novelists create contemporary folk songs that marry their effortless harmonies with darkly poetic lyrics and exquisitely crafted hooks. Their signature show features confessional storytelling about their songs and travels, singalongs, and the unique sound of bowed glockenspiel. Tickets: $20. Info: theark.org. CARS & COFFEE 8 AM-5 PM, AUG. 6 Visit M1 Conc...…
…changes including various types of dementia. Contact Dorothy Moon, Brown Adult Day program social worker, for Zoom link and more information: 248-233-4392, dmoon@jvshumanservices. org. THE TEMPTATIONS AUG. 9-28 At the Detroit Opera House. Ain’t Too Proud is the electrifying, new smash- hit Broadway musical that follows the Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. With the...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY P erel (Paula) Schulkind could be the heroine of a novel — a coura- geous and resourceful woman who survived the Holocaust and became the matriarch of a large and loving family. Her indomitable optimism and generous spirit touched the lives of all who knew her. Perel, the mother of Rebbetzin Chaya Sarah Silberberg of Bais Chabad Torah Center in West Bloomfield, passed away on July 13, 2022, at her daughte...…
…continued on page 58 AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 57 her life on a dark day in Auschwitz. Although the Nazis took everything she valued in her life, she found the strength to rise up and create a better life, and she never lost faith in God, despite the horrors she and millions of others endured. Yaakov Kopel Schulkind passed away in 1986. Perel later married Moshe Goldstein, who died in 1995. “I’m thankful to my beloved Bobby for teaching...…
…continued from page 57 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 58 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 NORMAN BENJAMIN, 86, of Farmington Hills, died July 26, 2022. Norman is survived by children, Lisa Gottlieb (Ronald Ettinger), Edward (Beatrice) Benjamin and Karen (Jordan Smith) Benjamin; grandchildren, Joshua (Francisco Samano) Gottlieb, Ryan (Breanna) Gottlieb, Lauren (Noah) Stone, Nathan Benjamin, Carter Smith, Graham Smith, Reid Smith and Piper Smi...…
…AUGUST 4 • 2022 | 59 Edwards, Colo. If you wish to honor his memory, you may donate to the Eagle Valley Community Foundation (eaglevalleycf.org; 970-341- 9179) or to your favorite charity. JUDITH LEVIN CANTOR, 93, died July 26, 2022. She was a fourth-generation Detroiter, grand- daughter of Rabbi Judah Leib Levin and daughter of Lillian Keidan Levin and Professor Samuel M. Levin. She was married 71 years to Bernard Cantor. She...…
…continued from page 59 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 60 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 ENID C. GRAUER (nee Lappin), of Huntington Woods and Novi, passed away July 27, 2022. She was born March 1, 1940, and raised in Detroit; she graduated from Mumford High School and the University of Michigan, where she majored in history and French. Following marriage to Rick, she taught French to fourth- and fifth-graders in subur- ban Washington, D.C., ...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 62 | AUGUST 4 • 2022 On the Home Front F rom its first issue in 1942, the JN has covered Jewish men and women serving in the military, from the massive enlistment in the U.S. armed forces during WWII to the modern era to “Lone Soldiers” in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The JN has continued to publish stories ab...…
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…JULY 28 • 2022 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-11 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 A Bridge So Near Windsor lures new Jewish residents — even from Detroit. 16 What’s New at SOAR A new logo, a new name and a new executive director. 18 The Soup Troupe Congregation Shir Tikvah Sisterhood partners with Hospitality House Food Bank. 20 Oak Park High Alumni Plan 60+2 Reunion Alumni will also be c...…
…4 | JULY 28 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY B ack in December, human beings, a weird variety of uniquely frail, lithe and hairless monkeys, launched into space a new, $10 billion telescope, 21 feet in diameter and, like many great temples, covered with golden mirrors. The James Webb Space Telescope is 100 times more powerful than the Hubble telescope. It traveled a million miles from Earth with a mission — the first fruits of wh...…
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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com JULY 28 • 2022 | 7 every Friday, which were not even allowed in my dorm. Or maybe it was the need to find what I stood for when everyone else seemed to already have it figured out. My freshman year of college I found myself wanting to become more religious. That year I started with the small commitment of not eating por...…
…8 | JULY 28 • 2022 opinion Ann Arbor Picketing Ruling is an Injustice I am writing this in honor of Dr. Miriam Brysk, who passed away on May 28, 2022, at the age of 87. Miriam was born in Warsaw in 1935. When the Nazis invaded Poland, she and her family escaped to the Lida ghetto in Belarus, where Miriam, at the age of 7, witnessed the execution of Lida’s Jews on May 8, 1942. Miriam’s family was spared because her father ...…
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…10 | JULY 28 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY ANN ARBOR RULING continued from page 8 addressing once she ruled that the plaintiffs did not have standing, because in the absence of standing she did not have jurisdiction to address the merits of the free speech issue. Notwithstanding, the Sixth Circuit held that the protesters’ right of free speech precluded granting the injunctive relief which the plaintiffs were seeking, stating that b...…
…JULY 28 • 2022 | 11 pages that the concurrence devotes to analyzing the constitutional issues belie the conclusion that they are frivolous.” Yet, in the face of the Supreme Court’s precedents discouraging the award of attorney fees to prevailing defendants, and in the face of the Sixth Circuit majority’s express statement that the lawsuit was not frivolous, on Jan. 25, 2022, Judge Roberts issued her decision, stating that the la...…
…12 | JULY 28 • 2022 ON THE COVER W elcome Home, an initiative seeking to grow three Ontario Jewish communities, will hold its kickoff event Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Windsor JCC as it seeks to let Jews in Metro Detroit, Toronto and beyond know about the opportunities waiting just a short drive away. Hamilton, London and Windsor are preparing to welcome Jewish immigrants interested in settling down in their communities, which offe...…
…JULY 28 • 2022 | 13 economic and political instability whose residents may be looking for a more stable living environment, Brotman says, adding that he’d also like to include South Africa, where he moved from 10 years ago. CROSSING THE RIVER Brotman, who has been living in Windsor about a year-and-a-half after stints in Boston, Israel and South Africa, says the program and its leadership are ready to help people interested in cros...…
…14 | JULY 28 • 2022 ON THE COVER counterparts. Rabbi Yisrael Pinson, executive director of Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit, recently brought a group across to Windsor for an event focused on food and wine from France. Pinson came with members of his Wednesday night Detroit book club. “We’re literally across the street from Windsor, so there’s a lot of back and forth between the young Jewish community of Windsor and the young ...…
