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…PASSOVER 46 | APRIL 14 • 2022 V icki Back, raised on a Missouri farm, did not get to know Jewish community members until moving to Bloomfield Hills. One friendly neighbor continues to be Elaine Sturman, whose commitments have includ- ed membership in Temple Israel and Temple Beth El while serving in leader- ship roles for Hadassah of Greater Detroit and the Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET). Raising children in the same age ranges, ...…
…APRIL 14 • 2022 | 47 relatives dispersed to distant places, the Alvins became hosts to different kinds of guests. “I found myself wanting to have a big seder because I enjoyed the company and the feel of it,” said Alvin, a retired school social worker and member of Temple Shir Shalom. “Without having a natural group to do that, I put together my own family of friends. “I have a lot of friends who are not Jewish, and I started invit...…
…“I LIKE INTRODUCING GUESTS TO A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT, AND OUR OTHER GUESTS ARE WELCOMING.” — CAROL MEYERS continued from page 47 48 | APRIL 14 • 2022 guests to what she defines as a “low-key” observance. “I like introducing guests to a different viewpoint, and our other guests are welcoming. My cousin has the seder a lot of times and will have outside people as well. The door is always open. ” Gavron, who prepared by reading about t...…
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…50 | APRIL 14 • 2022 P assover for most members of the Detroit Jewish community typically includes a recitation of the Haggadah, sometimes a contemporary or family version, a meal that includes ceremonial foods such as charoset and matzah, along with Ashkenazi fare — chicken soup with matzah balls, chopped liver, roast chicken, tzimmes and brisket. Pesach songs may be sung, and children enjoy looking for the hidden Afikomen matza...…
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…PASSOVER A pril 14, 1987, the first night of Passover, was the date freedom came to my mother, Remy Sweet, who was enslaved as a domestic servant far from her native land. For her, it was truly the most zissen “sweet” Pesach. “The day I finally had legal immigration status in this country is something I will never forget, ” said my mom, who adds that all the experiences she over- came on her own personal journey to freedom culminated on ...…
…APRIL 14 • 2022 | 55 Then, at 16 years old, sup- posed “friends” of their family (the traffickers) promised my mother’s parents that my mom would get an education and earn enough money to send back home if she went with them to the U.S. to be their housekeeper and take care of their elderly mother. I asked my mom if she was excited to leave the Philippines. “ At first, yes, I was happy, ” she replied. “Then when you real- ize as a ...…
…PASSOVER continued from page 54 56 | APRIL 14 • 2022 p.m. and the baby wouldn’t eat. [Nervous that I would be late to meet up with Stan], I finally figured out why the baby didn’t want to eat. He was running a fever. So, I told the parents and they got mad at me, scream- ing, ‘Get out! Go take out the trash!’” She continued with her plan to meet Stan. Thankfully, he waited. When she finally got to his car, she apologized for bei...…
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…58 | APRIL 14 • 2022 continued from page 56 PASSOVER back to Metro Detroit, a customs officer asked my mom for her travel papers. She did not have any. My mom said two big officers escorted her in front of everyone else on the boat, “I could hear [the Yocheveds’] kids asking, ‘Where are they going to take her?’ I tried to compose myself not to cry because there were so many people there, ” she said. “I was so embarrassed. My emotion...…
…APRIL 14 • 2022 | 59 older siblings. They were young children, and my mom was several months pregnant with me. While it’s hard for her to think back to those days in cap- tivity, she is so proud of how far she has come and now holds Passover so close to her heart. “Passover for me … I love having all of my family here because it’s an accomplishment for me. When I see everyone together, that is what Passover is about. Because that...…
…60 | APRIL 14 • 2022 PASSOVER F or those in recovery from alcoholism or drug addic- tion, certain traditions can be challenging. On Purim, Jews are expected to drink until they cannot distinguish between wicked Haman and righteous Mordechai. On Passover, we are instructed to drink four cups of wine during the seder. A new Haggadah helps recovering addicts meet these challenges and find new meaning in the tra- ditional seder. Th...…
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…62 | APRIL 14 • 2022 PASSOVER C onsider adding this prayer to your seder this year for the people of Ukraine. Shield of Abraham, Protector of Sarah, rise up in protection of our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, so that they may travel on eagles’ wings safely to the Promised Land. There may they know the loving embrace of family and kinsmen and, together with all Jews, may their futures hold blessing and success, prosper...…
…APRIL 14 • 2022 | 63 PASSOVER T welve Mitzvah mobile centers known as “Mitzvah Tanks” made their way through Metro Detroit April 6. The parade, which was held in Metro Detroit for the first time, is a long-running popular sight in New York City. Beginning in Oak Park and traveling down Woodward Avenue to Downtown Detroit, the Mitzvah Tanks aimed to engage the Jewish community ahead of the Passover holiday and to inspire the ac...…
…64 | APRIL 14 • 2022 PASSOVER continued from page 63 especially as it pertains to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Held every year around the Rebbe’s birthday, Mitzvah Tanks also aim to introduce the Passover spirit to the Jewish community by handing out authentic and handmade Passover matzah known as “shmurah matzah” to use at the Passover seder. “When these boys go out with the music and the spirit just before Pesach, the Jews ...…
…Warmest wishes for a happy and healthy Passover from Temple Beth El! April 15 @ 5:00 PM Entering into Holiness: Shabbat and Pesach (virtual: Livestream & Facebook) Join us as our clergy lead us in a series of “Seder moments” that you can use at your own table, or enjoy as a prelude to Pesach. April 16 @ 9:30 AM Passover Tot Shabbat (in-person) Join us for Passover fun in the TBE tent as we sing, snack on matzah, and more! Geared ...…
…A lana Lieberman, 27, says she has always had a true passion for cooking, “ever since I was tall enough to stand on a stool and peek over the kitchen counter.” The Berkley-based food blogger turned her love for cooking into a small business. It started as a side hustle in college, she says. “I called it Home, Made Healthy at the time and I did small catering jobs, some in-home personal cooking for working families, and made baked goo...…
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…68 | APRIL 14 • 2022 continued from page 66 Almost two years later, Lieberman’s website has more than 100 recipes, and more are added each week. “I am able to make a full-time income from multiple streams of revenue, including freelance recipe development, food photog- raphy, website maintenance and meal prep services,” she says. In honor of her Jewish roots, she has a whole cat- egory dedicated to Jewish recipes. “Easy haman- t...…
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…I n an evening dedicated to bringing the Jewish com- munity and sports togeth- er, the Detroit Pistons game on March 27, against the New York Knicks at Little Caesars Arena, was one of the first of many Jewish Heritage Game nights. Nikki Wald, group sales executive with the Pistons, says they often host heritage nights that have included “Celebrate Faith for Christian and Catholic communities, French Heritage Day and German etc....…
…APRIL 14 • 2022 | 71 JVS + Kadima announced it will hire approximately 30 summer job coaches to provide training and support to high school students with disabilities in their summer internship jobs. The students will be working at restaurants, retail stores, golf courses and parks in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties. The summer job coach will be responsible for supervising interns on the job to ensure that good quality and pr...…
…TRAVEL D ig a hole in Kurdistan, ” our local guide said, “and you will find a mass grave, oil or antiquities. ” My previous associations with Iraq were Saddam Hussein and war, but I landed in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, with an open mind. The Kurds are a nation of 30 million without a state, straddling the mod- ern-day borders of Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. They are also the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East,...…
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…76 | APRIL 14 • 2022 …“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert … And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. …” From Ozymanidas by Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1818 D avid Schey was amazed rather than in despair. He and his wife, Doris, were in Luxor during a trip billed as “the first ever kosher tour of Egypt through t...…
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…FOOD P assover is a long holiday. Eight days of celebrating. Eight days of a special (or restricted if you’re a half-empty thinker) eating regime. One way to add pizzazz is to add multi- hued side dishes to the menu. The following recipes are nothing if not colorful. They remain bright and add Ashkenazi-flavor to the meal. Roasted vegeta- bles are a healthy alterna- tive to the baked variety. Since cold vegetables are so often not...…
…APRIL 14 • 2022 | 79 Ingredients 2 pounds ground lamb (preferably ground twice) 2 cup ground onions (you can do this in a food processor) ¼ cup fresh chopped parsley 2 Tbsp. fresh minced mint leaves ¼ cup chopped cilantro ¼ tsp. dried oregano ¼ tsp. ground cumin ¼ tsp. dried basil ¼ tsp. ground coriander ¼ tsp. ground ginger ¼ tsp. cinnamon 1/8 tsp. ground cayenne pepper 2 Tbsp. water 2 Tbsp. fine ground matzah meal (or more as needed) Sal...…
…80 | APRIL 14 • 2022 BAKED FLOURLESS BANANA PAN Ingredients 3 large eggs 3 Tbsp. vegetable oil 3 or 4 medium ripe bananas, no peels, mashed ½ cup white sugar 2 cups ground almond flour (made in a shopping store) ½ tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda (if permissible by many) Directions Preheat your oven to 350°F. Line a loaf pan — about 8-inches — with parchment over all ends of the pan. Combine together the eggs, oil and whisk well. Add in ...…
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…A rtist opportunities are opening up at the Janice Charach Gallery in West Bloomfield with the appointment of Natalie Balazovich as director. The soonest opportunity invites any artist 18 and older to submit works to be con- sidered for the next exhibit, “Flight, ” as long as each work offered sug- gests the theme, has never been shown before, reaches a size no larger than 36” x 36” x 36” and is available for sale. Interested...…
…APRIL 14 • 2022 | 83 said. “I’ve had the opportunity to work with different types of artists and developed this extended interest and passion that I never would have had. “With the two current glass shows, glass became one of my favorite artistic materials to observe because it’s so interest- ing what can be done within the medium. For our viewers who also are fans of glass designs, we brought in some smaller pieces to be availabl...…
…84 | APRIL 14 • 2022 AN AMBULANCE AND A HEDGEHOG; MINI-SERIES HERO IS JEWISH; MIRIAM IN A TUB —WHAT? Two big-budget films with a “Jewish connection” opened “wide” last week and are still in theaters: Ambulance, an action-thriller, and Sonic: The Hedgehog 2, a combination animation and live-action film that is appropriate for “children of all ages.” Here’s the capsule plot of Ambulance: William Sharp, an African American war ve...…
…APRIL 14 • 2022 | 85 FARM FESTIVAL 4 PM, APRIL 15 At Andy T’s Farm, 3131 US-127 BUS, St. Johns, MI.; bus pickup will be at 3 pm. Tickets $70 with $1 being donated to savethechildren. org for Ukraine. Get your tickets: posh.vip/e/andy- ts-farm-festival. Concert sponsored by University of Michigan and West Bloomfield resident Jackson Partrich, founder Schlepper Boy Vision, 15 Mile Drive-In and the Schlepper. Available: Merch Colla...…
…86 | APRIL 14 • 2022 SPOTLIGHT T ali Rubenstein, a senior at Groves High School from West Bloomfield and the daughter of a Conservative rabbi and a Jewish educator, went on a journey with Jewish National Fund-USA’s (JNF-USA) flag- ship study abroad program, Alexander Muss High School in Israel (Muss). One of the most impact- ful programs for Jewish- American high school stu- dents, Muss blends a tradi- tional high school educatio...…
…APRIL 14 • 2022 | 87 household and attending Jewish day school, she dis- covered newfound knowledge while living in Israel for four months. In this time, she was able to take a deep dive into Israel’s immersive culture, with Muss using the Land of Israel as a living and breath- ing classroom. “What impacted me was talking about the political situation on the ground,” she says. “I feel like before, I was sheltered, and I was only ...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY continued on page 90 APRIL 14 • 2022 | 89 DAVID BERMAN, 95 of Atlanta, Ga., Florida and for- merly of Detroit, died on March 6, 2022. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Recovered Personnel Detachment Armed Forces Western Pacific. He gradu- ated Wayne State University in 1951 with a degree in pharmacy. While in school, he was president of both Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity and Rho Pi...…
…continued from page 89 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 90 | APRIL 14 • 2022 many loving caregivers. Interment took place at Adat Shalom Cemetery in Farmington Hills. Contributions may be made to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society or the Anti- Defamation League-MI. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. WALLACE BRATT, 91, of West Bloomfield, died April 1, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Marlene Bratt; son and daughter-in-law, Harry ...…
…continued on page 92 APRIL 14 • 2022 | 91 MD 20872; or University of Michigan, Sarcoma Research at Rogel Cancer Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. A funeral service was held at Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Interment took place at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. DR. IRVING M. LEFTON, 94, of Farmington Hills, died March 30, 2022. He is survived by his children, Charles and Hannah...…
…continued from page 91 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 92 | APRIL 14 • 2022 Mrs. Small is survived by her husband of 58 years, Dr. Richard Small; sons and daughters-in-law, Brian and Amy Small, and Scott and Jenny Small; grandchildren, Eliana Small, Jared Small, Jacob Small, Samantha Vine and Evan Vine; brother-in- law, Sheldon Alkon; other loving relatives and friends. Mrs. Small was the dear sister-in-law of the late Lorraine Alk...…
…JTA E stelle Harris, the Jewish actress who played George Costanza’s mother on the sitcom Seinfeld, died April 2, 2022, at the age of 93. Harris played the role of Estelle Costanza, the always shrill and frequently apo- plectic mother to George Costanza, on the sitcom from 1992 until the show’s finale in 1998. According to Deadline, the character of George’s mother was named Estelle before Harris landed the part — but her name w...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org assover begins this Friday. Have you finished your shopping for the holiday? I thought I might help and explore Passover shopping in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History for a few suggestions. I found plenty of Passover ideas. One of the early ads for Passover was in the March 13, 1931, issue o...…
