…APRIL 7 • 2022 | 49 BEN FOSTER IN TWO NEW FILMS, ZELENSKYY IS BACK ON NETFLIX, CNN+ PREMIERES Ben Foster, 41, is an excellent actor who you might know from X-Men: The Last Stand (2006); 3:10 to Yuma (2007); and Hell and High Water (2016). By coincidence, Foster has lead roles in two new movies opening this month: The Contractor (opened last week) and The Survivor, an original HBO Max film (premieres April 27). Foster was rais...…
…50 | APRIL 7 • 2022 CAREGIVER SUPPORT 2 PM, APRIL 7 Taking care of a loved one can be difficult. So can ensur- ing that your own needs are being met during this chal- lenging time. It’s easy to feel isolated but Jewish Family Service and Jewish Senior Life are here to offer family caregivers support, comfort and a sense of community. “It’s Okay Not to Be Okay” with Dr. Micky Golden Moore will be a virtual presentation. Info: jfs...…
…APRIL 7 • 2022 | 51 A s the war in Ukraine rages on, some Michiganders face growing anxiety and concern. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, just weeks after a recent Omicron surge saw COVID-19 numbers jump dramatically, the double whammy leaves many feeling like the world is experiencing one major crisis after another. Dr. Melanie Schwartz, licensed psychol- ogist and owner of West Bloomfield- and Commerce-based V...…
…NOSH DINING IN THE D I woke up today with a craving for fava beans. Now that’s a sentence I never thought I’d write. It’s just that the seasoned beans (Fooul) I had the day before at KAL’S Lunch Bowl in Royal Oak were uncommonly tasty. The large beans were sautéed with strips of caramelized red onion and topped with a lemon juice and olive oil driz- zle. Contented sigh. KAL’S describes its deli- cious cuisine as “Fresh Mediterra...…
…APRIL 7 • 2022 | 53 who “learned cooking with my Bubbie Shirley.” He helps the Al-Amaras and employ- ee Eli Vail with cooking duties on Saturday morn- ings, saying: “I’ve always wanted to have a kitchen.” KAL ’S is situated in the northeast corner of the Royal Oak Farmers Market. Weekends are hectic when vendors are in residence. After closing Mondayss, the casual eatery operates weekdays in a voluminous space. Repeat customers an...…
…54 | APRIL 7 • 2022 T alya Drissman Woolf, 44, made aliyah in 2015, from Farmington Hills with her husband, Ariel, and their baby, Elchanan, who is now 8 and the older brother of Yehonatan, 6, Lilach, 4, and Liora, 21 months. JN: Where did you make aliyah to? Talya: We made aliyah to Giv’at Shmuel. We heard it would be a soft landing because there’s a big English- speaking community. We lived there for about two years and then move...…
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…SHIFRA DOTHAN of Kfar Saba, Israel: Ima of Bosmat Dovas (Eric), and Safta of Noam and Talya, passed away on March 18, 2022, with the comfort of her fam- ily near. May her beautiful soul, blessed softness and kind- ness be of fond memories to the family members here and in Israel for generations. SHERELL EDWARD GORDON, of Farmington Hills, passed away after a short illness on March 11, 2022. Born in Detroit on May 27, 1924, S...…
…continued from page 57 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 58 | APRIL 7 • 2022 JUNE GURWIN, 94, of Franklin, died March 29, 2022. She is survived by her daugh- ter and son-in-law, Fran and Gary Grossman; loving grandchildren, Adam and Samantha Bell, Robbie Bell; great-grandchildren, Adrienne, Casey, Brooke and Jason Bell; many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephew. She is also survived by devoted caregivers, Bianca, Verl...…
…continued on page 60 APRIL 7 • 2022 | 59 ater and had impeccable style. She had a severe allergy to nuts, seeds, injustice and big- otry. She was a proud daugh- ter of Detroit. She was the wife of the late Saul Kessler; daughter of the late Lou and Anne Kaufman; sister of the late Arnold Kaufman; niece of the late Harry, the late Ira, the late J. Kelly, the late Norman Kaufman, the late Lillian Mayer and the late Minnie Rosenthal....…
…continued from page 59 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 60 | APRIL 7 • 2022 Bodzy; great-grandchildren, Alexander and Haley Bodzy, and Ellie Firsht; sisters, Ceil Cicurel and June Rubenstein; brother and sister-in-law, Bryan Levy and Diana Trivax; brother-in-law and sister-in- law, Norman and Carolyn Shy. Mrs. Shy was the beloved wife for 54 years of the late Leon Shy; the dear sister-in- law of the late Sol Cicurel and the late Sey...…
…APRIL 7 • 2022 | 61 T he Senate in a voice vote on March 30 unanimously con- firmed Deborah Lipstadt, the Holocaust scholar who endured delays and a con- tentious hearing in her nom- ination to be antisemitism monitor. The vote took mere seconds. “The ayes appear to have it,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin, the Wisconsin Democrat who was presiding over the session, said after calling for a vote. “The ayes do have it. The nomination is confir...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 50 Years of Fiddler I think it was at the old Americana Theater in Southfield, but I cannot recall why I was there. Maybe I was on a date? But I sure do remember the film. It was Fiddler on the Roof, a block- buster, one of the most notable films in the history of American cinema. The script of Fiddler on the Roof is...…
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…MARCH 31 • 2022 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-11 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 War Through the Rearview Mirror On the ground with Ukrainian refugees fleeing into Poland. 18 JCC in Krakow Aids Refugees 20 Sensational Soiree in the Sunshine State Friendship Circle hosted an elegant evening in Palm Beach County, showcasing the talent from the Soul Studio Art Program. 22 Feeling the Impact ...…
…4 | MARCH 31 • 2022 essay The Surprising Power of Diplomacy S everal years ago, I joined the board of the Jewish Community Relations Council/American Jewish Committee (JCRC/AJC). Much of the organi- zation’s mission spoke to me then and continues to do so, maybe even more, now as I have joined the executive committee. Part of the mission of the nonprofit is to represent the Metropolitan Detroit Jewish community, Israel and ...…
…Join Us for the Journey of a Lifetime! March 12 – 21, 2023 It’s on! We’re going back to Israel as a community for the fi rst time in over a decade and want you to join us. Here’s your chance to experience the heart and soul of Israel and the Detroit Jewish community at the same time. With exciting adventures, unique historic visits, fi rst-class accommodations and VIP encounters, whether it’s your fi rst time or next time to Israel, ...…
…6 | MARCH 31 • 2022 essay Europe’s ‘Bloodlands’ W illiam Brawer, my maternal great-grandfather, was born in a village just outside the Galician town of Rohatyn. An acquaintance has devoted herself to pre- serving the history of that shtetl — erect- ing a memorial, creating a vast digital archive, retrieving matzevot (sacred pillars) unearthed during construction projects. She and her husband, both from California, even rel...…
…MARCH 31 • 2022 | 7 Ukrainian capital. I had read a great deal about what was perpetrated at BabynYar, the ravine in Kyiv where in September 1941 more than 30,000 Jews were murdered in two days, but never expected to stand there. As soon as we arrived in Kyiv, however, I noted the complex and conflicted relationships faced by those seeking traces of Jewish life. Concerned mostly with the past, we were faced with a city scarred ...…
…8 | MARCH 31 • 2022 opinion What Zelensky Gets Wrong About the Holocaust in Ukraine I n his March 20 speech to Israeli lawmakers, Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky invoked the Holocaust as analogous to what his country is currently experiencing. “I have the right to this par- allel and to this comparison,” he said in his video address. But as a his- torian of the Holocaust in Ukraine, I know how problematic this compar- ...…
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…10 | MARCH 31 • 2022 student corner Just Call Me 42 W hen I was 6 years old, a random act of strangeness changed my life. It all started when my dad picked me up from gymnastics practice. I got in his car and randomly said to him, “From now on, call me 42. ” My dad was beyond confused and still, to this day, we’re perplexed as to where it came from. Nevertheless, ever since that car ride, the number 42 has become my number...…
…MARCH 31 • 2022 | 11 ence. “The ones that did the shooting, and the ones that did the arresting, and the ones that carried out these atrocities were not Germans; this was the local Ukrainian police,” recalled Simon Feldman of Boremel. As the Germans moved further east into Ukraine, they intensified their massa- cres. In hundreds of locales with the assistance of local Ukrainian collaborators, they gathered Jewish men, women and ...…
…12 | MARCH 31 • 2022 WAR Rearview Mirror Through the CAROLE ROSENBLAT …
…MARCH 31 • 2022 | 13 Editor’s Note: Carole Rosenblat is an American journalist living in Budapest. She headed to the Polish border with Ukraine on a humanitarian mission and found herself wit- ness to a mass exodus from a brutal war. Here is her witness testimony and stories of the people who fled. A nna Yemchenko sits next to 4-year-old Yeva at a picnic table under the perpetu- ally gray, early March skies of Hrebenne, Poland. Smoke fr...…
…ON THE COVER TOP/MIDDLE: individuals hold signs at a main refugee center offering rides to cities across Europe. RIGHT: Helen, a Ukrainian English teacher, fled with her dog. They wait for their ride on the Polish side of the border. FACING PAGE: Volunteers help in a refugee center near the Ukrainian border. continued from page 13 may or may not personally know. The connection is made, and we hug goodbye. HOW DID I GET HERE...…
…MARCH 31 • 2022 | 15 the room, I invite a photog- rapher to sleep on the floor. These are not normal times. The following day I hear about a refugee center set up in what had been a shopping center about 80 minutes away. On my arrival, I find a parking lot filled with buses, cars, peo- ple, outdoor cooking tents, first aid stations and news crews from around the world. Inside are thousands of people, some walking around and some pl...…
…LEFT: Unidentified woman holds a flag signed by 14 members of a Ukrainian army battalion. At the time this photo was taken, the woman said three had survived. RIGHT: Irina and her daughter, Anastasia, head into the Warsaw train station to an uncertain future. continued from page 15 16 | MARCH 31 • 2022 A smaller refugee center was opened in a school across the street from my hotel. I pick up Yaroslava and her 13-year-old daughter alon...…
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…J onathan Ornstein, executive director of Krakow’s Jewish Community Center, has spent years working to rebuild Jewish life in a city that was an important Jewish center before the Holocaust. Now he finds himself working tirelessly to assist the wave of Ukrainian refugees. As of mid-March, Poland has welcomed nearly 1.8 million refugees, about 140,000 in Krakow. Neither the U.S.-born Ornstein nor his JCC mem- bers expected a full...…
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…OUR COMMUNITY “T his was a crazy idea we had a year ago, but our friends helped us” said Rabbi Levi Shemtov of Friendship Circle. The rabbi is referencing “Soiree in the Sunshine State, ” an event filled with extraordinary art, food and libations. More than 160 patrons and friends attended the event and auction. The evening began with schmoozing and viewing the exhibition at the Arts Warehouse in Delray Beach, Florida. A variety ...…
…MARCH 31 • 2022 | 21 Township, who has autism, had three artworks on display. One was a ceramic clam with a pearl inside and the others were multimedia paintings. “I just love animals, and I’m very passionate, ” Somberg said. One animal painting had a three-dimensional look with turtles, fishes and birds sus- pended. His fascination with nature and geometric shapes combines many processes and techniques. Dylan’s mom, Jeannine S...…
…22 | MARCH 31 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY A s the war in Ukraine rages on, Holocaust survivors are feeling the impact. “There is a highly emo- tional response,” says Yuliya Gaydayenko, chief program officer of older adult services at Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit. This sector of JFS, which works with older populations that include Holocaust survivors, is active- ly providing support to those who are being emotional...…
…MARCH 31 • 2022 | 23 knew somebody in Detroit,” Gaydayenko says. Now, JFS and other human services agencies are hope- ful that the U.S. will reopen and expand the Lautenberg Amendment, first enacted in 1990 to facilitate resettle- ment of Jews from the former Soviet Union, to include the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. The amendment allows certain individuals legally residing in the United States to bring their family members to t...…
…I t was a warm, spiritual and total- ly welcoming Shabbat service as Congregation Shir Tikvah honored Rabbi Alicia Harris on her installation at Shir Tikvah on March 11. The rabbi’s family, special guests from Jewish, Muslim and interfaith groups, along with Mayor Ethan Baker of Troy, Mayor Roslyn Grafstein of Madison Heights, and Sooji Min-Maranda, the executive Director of ALEPH, joined the congregation to celebrate the new rabbi ...…
…MARCH 31 • 2022 | 25 Shir Tikvah during the pan- demic summer of 2020. She held dozens of meetings with the staff and committees, “meet-and-greets” with fam- ilies and made new friends with the Sunday school stu- dents, all virtually. By the time the High Holidays came around, Shir Tikvah was ready to wel- come its congregation. Using Zoom, YouTube and the out- door sanctuary, Rabbi Alicia conducted beautiful and inspiring services....…
…OUR COMMUNITY W hen Jerusalem Post Political Analyst and Chief Political Correspondent Gil Hoffman crossed through four countries in early March to cover Russia’s war on Ukraine from Moldova, he saw throngs of women and children passing through the border. Many of the little girls car- ried pink backpacks stuffed with as much of their pre- cious belongings as they could carry. “I really felt like I was traveling back through tim...…
…R E S C H E D U L E D F O R A 10, 2 22 0 p i r l A 10, 2 22 0 p i r l Please note our new Super Sunday date and time! On Sunday, April 10 between 9:30 AM and 1 PM, our community volunteers will be making calls to secure donations to Federation’s 2022 Annual Campaign. Every day, Federation’s partner agencies are taking care of older adults, children and other vulnerable individuals. Providing emergency financial assistance for fa...…
…28 | MARCH 31 • 2022 U nless you’ve been hibernating for the past couple of years, you’ve probably heard of TikTok. It’s a social networking app that features short videos and has taken the world by storm. Today, you can watch the latest dance craze or see teens doing pranks and stunts. You can also watch actual video footage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine shot on cell phones along with stay-at-home dads tell- ing their favorit...…
…MARCH 31 • 2022 | 29 by setting the record straight. Many of their videos just put a Jewish spin on viral TikTok dances and memes. For example, they remade the famous Island Boys video substituting the lyrics with “I’m a Menorah Boy. ” Like other popular Jewish TikTok users, @JewCrazy has had Jewish- and Israel-related videos censored on the app and has even been banned for several weeks. The pair does not do anything more obscene ...…
…OUR COMMUNITY M ichigan U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, chair- man of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas visited the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills on March 18 to discuss threats against houses of worship and funding increases for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). Peters helped secure nearly $250 million for t...…
…MARCH 31 • 2022 | 31 I f you have a loved one who’s aging and wonder how to deal with the many chal- lenges that stage of life brings, a new support group series is now available to anyone in the community. Novi senior living communi- ty Waltonwood Twelve Oaks is presenting the series with insights into common issues associ- ated with aging, presented by Independent Living Manager Alyssa Tobias, LLMSW . The events take place f...…
…32 | MARCH 31 • 2022 T he family-friendly, community-wide Purim celebration at Adat Shalom Synagogue, from the Megillah & Shpiel to the Purim Carnival, and on through the service and Megillah reading brought together people of all of ages. The car- nival featured games, inflatables, music and activity booths led by summer camps and Motor City USY (MCUSY). The enthu- siasm was high, the costumes were spectacular, and participants helped...…
…MARCH 31 • 2022 | 33 Experiential Judaism is one of Temple Kol Ami’s core religious school missions, and its annual Purim Carnival was another huge success. As much fun as it for the younger kids to attend, it’s just as much fun for the West Bloomfield syna- gogue’s teenagers to organize and work the event. It was yet another great day at Temple for both age groups, with many wonderful memories created. PHOTOS COURTESY OF TEMPLE KOL AMI...…
…SPORTS T he David Tanzman Memorial Tournament returned to Farber Hebrew Day School in Southfield this year after a one-year absence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the unexpected layoff, the tour- nament was a slam dunk. Players on six basket- ball teams from small Jewish high schools of less than 100 students competed, socialized with new and old friends, and ate meals and spent Shabbos together over four busy days duri...…
