…66 | JULY 14 • 2022 E xecutive Director of The Well, Rabbi Jeff Stombaugh, is excited to announce a brand-new pro- gram with the goal of connect- ing both Jewish and professional identities. It’s called “The Well Inc. ” “The people who I’ve been working with spend way more time thinking about their pro- fessional identity rather than their Jewish identity, and that got me thinking,” he said. “What is the overlap between these...…
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…JULY 14 • 2022 | 81 HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th. For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@thejewishnews.com or (248) 351-5147 for ...…
…SPIRIT TORAH PORTION 82 | JULY 14 • 2022 Achieving Healing Through Blessing O ver the last few weeks, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, expanded gun rights and stripped the EPA of its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. During that same time, Detroit set all- time heat records twice in the same week; Robb Elementary School in Uvalde was slated for demolition and parents continue to grieve in every corner of...…
…JULY 14 • 2022 | 83 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 ...…
…84 | JULY 14 • 2022 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 ...…
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…86 | JULY 14 • 2022 M any questions have rightly been asked about the story of Balak and Bilaam and the would-be curses that turned into blessings. Was Bilaam a true man of God, or was he a fraud, a magician, a sorcerer, a practitioner of dark arts? Did he have gen- uine powers? Was he really — as some of the Sages said — the equal of Moses? Was he driven by the prospect of reward and honor from the Moabites and Midianites, or wa...…
…JULY 14 • 2022 | 87 Supported through the generosity of The Jewish Fund and the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Family Foundation. Need Housing Support? ☐ Call jhelp at 1-833-445-4357 ☐ Visit jhelp.org ☐ Chat online with a staff member or schedule a call at jhelp.org ☐ Do all of the above X Q We Have Answers. As featured on: Need Help with an IRS or State Tax Problem? Call the experts at 1-800-TAX-LEVY (829-5389) • Tax Liens • Co...…
…88 | JULY 14 • 2022 and enticed the Israelites to be unfaith- ful to the Lord in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the Lord’s people” (Num. 31:16). In other words, having gone through what should surely have been a trans- formative experience of finding curses turned to blessings in his mouth, Bilaam remained implacably opposed to the people he had blessed, and seemingly to the God who put the words into his mouth, and was s...…
…JULY 14 • 2022 | 89 Congratulations to the Detroit Jewish News on 80 Y ears as an essential voice in our community. Thank you for your partnership and all you have done for Jewish Detroit. years years and still going strong Congratulations! Congratulations! THE ROEPER SCHOOL …
…90 | JULY 14 • 2022 R eturning to Michigan as the general manager of Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady is going to be quite ‘loverly’ for Karen Berry. As a little girl growing up in Huntington Woods, Berry’s parents had only two records — the original cast recordings of Kiss Me Kate and My Fair Lady. “I played the records over and over on our Victrola, ” says Berry, who accompanies the production team of My Fair Lady during its ...…
…JULY 14 • 2022 | 91 Church on Time, ” “The Rain in Spain” and “I Could Have Danced All Night. ” Settling in Detroit in the early 1900s, Berry’s grand- fathers were Judge Harry B. Keidan from Poland and Joseph G. Berry from Ukraine. By the time Karen graduated from Janet Pont’s consecra- tion class at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Berry’s family had moved to Birmingham. Now living in Elmhurst, Ill., Berry attends Oak Par...…
…A recording of 13 songs, videos of three performances and a book — all for youngsters ages 3-6 and developed over a year with the coordination of Temple Israel staff members and outside pros — are available for just the asking. All that’s needed to obtain the package is a visit to temple-israel.org/eretz- israel-sheli.html# and/or a call to Maya Grinboim (248-661- 5700, ext. 110) at the temple. A visit to the temple website bef...…
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…94 | JULY 14 • 2022 Kum Lei Lei” is an African folk song with just a few words repeated to the sounds of pro- fessional musicians. The book, Eretz Yisrael Sheli, (or in English, The Land of Israel Is Mine) teaches Hebrew words and shows Israeli sites. It was written by Israeli writer Datia Ben-Dor, translated into English by Smolash and illus- trated by Casey Wright, the wife of Jacob Spike Kraus. “One of the three videos is a the...…
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…96 | JULY 14 • 2022 E very month, the NY Times describes a handful of series that are about to premiere as “notable.” The Rehearsal, which begins on HBO on July 15, made the July premiere list. Nathan Fielder, 39, writes, directs and stars in this “sort of” reality series. Here’s the Times description of Rehearsal: “Fielder helps ordinary people with their ordinary problems by going to absurd lengths. In this case, he prepares his ...…
…JULY 14 • 2022 | 97 AT THE ARK 8 PM, JULY 15 Tommy Malone of the Subdudes will appear at The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. He is a triple threat: beautiful singer, fine song- writer and killer guitarist. Tickets: $25. Info: theark. org. TIE-DYE WORKSHOP 1-3 PM, JULY 17 NEXTGen Detroit Volunteers will host a very special visit to one of our community’s amazing JARC homes to spend an after- noon creating some tie-dye challah covers...…
…98 | JULY 14 • 2022 ON THE GO PEOPLE | PLACES | EVENTS “BarHandler” will lead a pedaling adventure to take in some iconic Detroit sites with a few quick stops at favorite food and drink spots for the hour-and-a-half-long outing. After the tour, the Handlebar will drop us off at Comerica Park where we have a block of seats reserved to cheer on the Tigers as they take on the Minnesota Twins at 1:40 pm. Meet at Tin Roof, 47 E. ...…
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…JULY 7 • 2022 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-11 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 Building a Strong Detroit Hebrew Free Loan provides home-improve- ment loans to young Jewish Detroit residents. 14 Inflation 101 What Americans can expect from rising inflation rates. 16 The Saturday Luncheon Club 100 years of food, friendship and study. 18 Israeli Consulate Hands Out Social Impact Grants Three Detro...…
…4 | JULY 7 • 2022 for openers Thinking Makes It So H ypochondria! This is what you may be diag- nosed as suffering from if you are overly anxious about the state of your health but are not suffering any real symptoms. Anything might bring this on. Read enough about viruses plaguing sections of the globe or be among enough people who are coughing and sniffling, and you become susceptible to such thoughts. Have you ever consider...…
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…6 | JULY 7 • 2022 1942 - 2022 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroi...…
…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com JULY 7 • 2022 | 7 “National Council of Jewish Women advocates will not be deterred. We will continue to fight until everyone can make their own faith-informed decision about their bodies, lives and futures, regardless of who they are or where they live. Now is the time. Forced pregnancy is an explicit violation of our right...…
…8 | JULY 7 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY upon which our country was built.’ “I stand with Dr. Imershein, Rabbi Pass and all who will be profoundly impacted by this decision.” CONSERVATIVE RABBIS STRONGLY CONDEMN U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION “For over five decades, the Rabbinical Assembly has strongly and repeatedly affirmed the halachic necessity of access to abortion based on our members’ understanding of relevant biblical and rabbi...…
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…10 | JULY 7 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY will jeopardize the well-being of our students and professionals, particularly those of limited economic means and those in states where legal abortion will now be unavailable. As the largest global organization supporting Jewish students, today we are focused on doing just that: supporting students and creating a safe and caring environment both for them and for the Hillel professionals who se...…
…JULY 7 • 2022 | 11 STATEMENT BY THE UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS OF AMERICA The leadership of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (Orthodox Union) issued the following statement: “In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court issuing its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson, we reiterate the approach we articulated when a draft ruling in this case was leaked to the media last month. “The Orthodox Union is unable to...…
…12 | JULY 7 • 2022 A s she pursued a career in academia, Jaemi Loeb, 41, and her husband, Craig Payst, 49, spent decades or so renting and moving from city to city. But when the Connecticut and North Carolina natives decided to establish roots, the couple purchased a home in Detroit’s Bagley neighborhood in 2019. They loved the community feel and the blocks of red brick houses and the proximity to small businesses, shops and re...…
…JULY 7 • 2022 | 13 improvement loans available to them. ” A STRONG DETROIT MOVE-IN DETROIT was made possible through the generosity of philanthropist husband-and-wife team Peggy Daitch and Peter Remington of Berkley. Daitch’s Detroit roots began with her great-grandfather, Rabbi Judah Levin, who is the namesake of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah in Southfield. Remington is founder and CEO of The Remington Group, founded in 1995 as a f...…
…14 | JULY 7 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY Y ou have noticed that prices are going up. Gasoline at the pump, fruits and vegetable at the supermarket, and more or less all other products, suddenly cost more money. That is inflation. What impact does inflation have on producers? Melina Bronfin, a master gardener and herbalist, has a small business, Sunny Squirrel Farm LLC, selling garden plants, houseplants, syrups, salves and craft ...…
…JULY 7 • 2022 | 15 and efforts at restricting commerce to limit the spread of the disease, resulted in economic disruption around the world. Supply chains do not neatly recover from disruption. Sniderman points to another factor that drives prices up: A small number of giant corporations control the supply of one commodity after another, from baby formula to computer chips. In markets with many suppliers, free market competitio...…
…16 | JULY 7 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY I n 1922, the first insulin injection was given, the Lincoln Memorial was dedi- cated, the British Mandate for Palestine began — and the Saturday Luncheon Club was started. Now celebrating its centennial, the club is perhaps the best-kept secret in the Detroit Jewish community, with barely a mention in the Jewish News’ archives. Most of the 55 club members, along with a few guests, gathered at the Vi...…
