…JANAURY 6 • 2022 | 27 D uring the fall and winter months, Young Israel of Southfield (YIOS) hosts a weekly Saturday night Torah learning program for the entire family. The program is called Veshinatam Levanecha, which is a phrase borrowed from the Shema, which means that you should thoroughly teach your children (words of Torah.) Approximately 30 minutes after Shabbat concludes, parents and children, both boys and girls, as well a...…
…28 | DECEMBER 23 • 2021 BUSINESS Gil Gur Arie Ford, with a renewed focus on innovation, recruits globally. ADAM FINKEL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS From Israel Glass House to the …
…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 29 PHOTO COURTESY OF FORD n the biography of Steve Jobs on Gil Gur Arie’s bookshelf, author Walter Isaacson shares a story about the day Jobs unveiled the Macintosh computer. A reporter from Popular Science asked Jobs what type of market research he had done. Jobs responded by scoffing, “Did Alexander Graham Bell do any mar- ket research before he invented the telephone?” Ford’s CEO Jim Farley, with decades of experie...…
…30 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 ously served as the director of information sys- tems at the company after having impressed the U.S. executives with his work around computer systems in the European office of Ford. The South Africa native, who made aliyah to Israel and completed a Ph.D. at Hebrew University, continues to reside in Metro Detroit. Gur Arie’s role is focused on transforming Ford into a data-led business, which includes modernizing ...…
…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 31 R yan Berke helped make history in 2016. He was a member of the Detroit team that played in the first ice hockey com- petition at the JCC Maccabi Games. Fast forward six years. Berke is 19, in his third year playing junior hockey. And loving it. “Playing junior hockey has been great for me not only for my hockey career, but also for my personal growth,” he said. The North Farmington High School graduate is a ...…
…32 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 California from 2016-18, helping Detroit win a bronze medal in Miami. Berke’s hockey career began not too many years after he was born. After playing for several years in the Novi Youth Hockey Association, then in the Compuware and Victory Honda travel programs, he began his junior hockey days with a two-season stay with the Atlanta Capitals in the NA3HL, scoring 13 goals and dishing out 16 assists during ...…
…MAZEL TOV! JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 33 Canvasser 100th N atalie Canvasser turned 100 on Dec. 20, 2021. Due to COVID and her age, she celebrated quietly with her family, Sandi and Thom Millman; their daugh- ters, Jodi and Shelley; Marci and Charles Canvasser; their daughters and son-in-law, Alana and Evan Wolf and Kayla Canvasser; and great-grand- children, London Drew Wolf and Pierce Aspen Wolf. OCT. 6, 2021 Dana and Dale Sobel of At...…
…34 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 mother who lives down the street from us, my cousins who live two blocks away, my parents, of course. I talk to them every day, but it’s not the same. I also miss snow. People from Michigan think I’m crazy, but snow is my favorite season. My dad called me recently to see the snow. JN: What do you love about living in Israel? GK: Waking up every day, there’s a purpose to my life because I live where my nation...…
…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 35 I n the depths of slavery, a message comes to the people. A message from God about the future. A precursor to our freedom. The message takes the form of two key mitzvot given to the Jewish people long before we receive the Torah at Mount Sinai. These mitzvot relate to the Jewish cal- endar. The first is the mitzvah of Rosh Chodesh. God says to Moses and Aaron: “This renewal of the moon shall be the beginning of...…
…36 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 SPIRIT continued from page 35 panied our liberation from that exile. In his commentary, Oznaim LaTorah, the great Lithuanian commentator, Rav Zalman Sorotzkin offers another interpretation for the significance of Nisan becoming the first month. We know that Nisan isn’t the only “first month” of the Jewish calendar. Tishrei, the month we celebrate Rosh Hashanah, also marks the beginning of the year. Put differe...…
…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 37 because it was a call to the entire nation that now was the time for spiritual renewal. One of the key teachings of the Torah is our capacity for renewal. We are not subju- gated to the laws of nature. We can rise above our own instincts, our own nature. We can make ourselves into the people we were meant to be and live lives of greatness, and it’s in our hands to do that. Like God, Himself, who created the ...…
…Synagogue Directory CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Ahavas Israel Grand Rapids (616) 949-2840 ahavasisraelgr.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Israel Flint (810) 732-6310 cbiflint.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com...…
…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 39 Shomrey Emunah Southfield (248) 559-1533 congregation-shomrey- emunah-105705.square.site The Shul-Chabad Lubavitch West Bloomfield (248) 788-4000 theshul.net Yagdil Torah Southfield (248) 559-5905 Young Israel of Oak Park (248) 967-3655 yiop.org Young Israel of Southfield (248) 358-0154 yisouthfield.org RECONSTRUCTIONIST Congregation Kehillat Israel Lansing (517) 882-0049 kehillatisrael.net Congregat...…
…ARTS&LIFE POP CULTURE A new reality-TV sensation, a raunchy indie-film spin on shivahs and a rare glimpse into Turkey’s Jewish com- munity made a big splash in 2021, while else- where, old favorites (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jeopardy!, West Side Story) made big impacts in the Jewish world. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency covered every twist and turn that kept us entertained and enlightened during this difficult year. Here are the greatest...…
…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 41 and is played by Harvey Keitel — in Lansky. The top prizewinner at this year’s Berlin Film Festival was an angry satire about sex tapes, COVID, history education and antisemitism. Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn depicts Romanian citizens angry over a teacher’s private transgressions, but blind to their own ignorance about how their coun- try has historically treated Jews. Israeli film imports to the U.S. shone bri...…
…42 | JANAURY 6 • 2022 ARTS&LIFE BOOK REVIEW O nce upon a time, a star, a superstar, perhaps the leading television performer in all of America, lived right here in Jewish Detroit, seemingly next door to everyone. In the 1950s, when school children had a lunch break long enough to allow them to walk home, enjoy lunch with their stay-at-home mom and get back in time for afternoon class, Lunch with Soupy filled a need. It gave ho...…
…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 43 1926, firstborn son of the only Jews in Franklinton, North Carolina. His parents — like Jews all over the rural South — ran the general store. Milton’s father, Irving, died in 1931. In 1934, Milton’s mother, Sadie Berman Supman, married Felix Goldstein, and moved with her three sons to Huntington, West Virginia. Milton graduated from Marshall College (now University) in his hometown, where he began his career ...…
…44 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 A THRILLER, FATHER/ DAUGHTER SURGEONS, PIVOTING WOMEN AND MORE The 355, an action spy thrill- er, opens in theaters Jan. 7. Jessica Chastain stars as a CIA secret agent who teams up with other inter- national agents to recover a secret weapon. Simon Kinberg, 49, directed the film and he co-wrote it. He has co-written several X-Men films and he’s also a top film produc- er. Check out Good Sam, a CBS series ...…
…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 45 WOMEN & TALMUD 11 AM, JAN. 7-FEB. 25 Adat Shalom Synagogue invites you to join Rabbi Aaron Bergman on Zoom to read together the writ- ings of great contemporary Talmud scholars such as Rabbi Dr. Judith Hauptman and Dr. Ruth Calderon to gain insight into how these texts can still create meaning for all of us today. All texts available free of charge at sefaria.org. Free. To RSVP and receive the Zoom ...…
…46 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 Russian army during World War I. Register: jtsa.edu. WINTER WARM UP 11 AM-12:30 PM, JAN. 16 Warm up with NEXTGen Detroit, JFamily and Hillel Day School for a cozy morning of crafts, cocoa and connecting with other young Jewish families in Metro Detroit at Hillel Day School, 322300 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. Cost: $15 per family. Gym time fun, Tu b’Shevat planting, snow sensory stations, MLK Jr...…
…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 47 Fishbane, who will discuss his book, Embers of Pilgrimage, a collection of original poems incor- porating imagery from the Zohar and other Jewish mystical works. Register: jtsa.edu. GLOBAL CONNECTIONS 4-5 PM, JAN. 12 “Iran: What to Do Next” will be a Zoom program brought by the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center. Robert Siegel (former senior host of NPR’s “All Things Considered”) conducts th...…
…48 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 Aaron Mendelson Heating and Cooling 248-855-0437 Cell: 248-912-2292 License # 7118488 Maintenance, Installation, Repair & Hot Water Heaters Ajmendelson1@gmail.com FAMILY OWNED SINCE 1973 $65 SERVICE FEE 24/7 Emergency Service Apple a Day Take a bite out of learning! Call Debbie! (248) 514-8349 On Site Apple Training and Support Call today for your free in-home consultation 248.855.8747 Caren Bass C...…
…AMY ABEL, 34, of West Palm Beach, Fla., for- merly of Waterford, passed away on Dec. 17, 2021. Amy was the beloved daughter of Lori and Bruce Abel; dear sister of Brian Abel; loving aunt of Maddox Wilson; beloved by her aunts, uncles and many cousins. She was predeceased by her grandparents, Judy and Norman Sommers and Phyllis and Martin Abel. Interment was at I. J. Morris at the Star of David Cemetery of the Palm Beaches. Co...…
…continued from page 49 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 50 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 JOYCE BLUMER, 95, of West Bloomfield, died Dec. 27, 2021. She is survived by her husband of 75 years, Dr. Abraham Blumer; sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Susan Blumer, Gary and Terre Blumer, and Dr. Robin and Dr. Kathleen Blumer; grand- children, Justin and Amanda Blumer, Melissa Blumer, Erin and Sean Amirkhiz, Evynne Blumer, Paul Blumer, David and ...…
…continued on page 52 JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 51 LUBA BETH GRUNDY, 89, of Farmington Hills, died Dec. 24, 2021. She is survived by her devoted husband of 70 years, Allan Grundy; sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Gurusahay (Mukta) Khalsa, Leon (Cris), Jeffry, and Dr. Bruce Grundy; seven grand- children; four great-grandchil- dren; many other loving fami- ly members and friends. Mrs. Grundy was sister of the late Dr. Ramon Jacobs and the l...…
…52 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 Eric Guerin, Jessica (Andy) Beach, Howard Siegelbaum, Steven Siegelbaum; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Pevos was the beloved wife of the late Ray Pevos; daughter of the late Harold Mahler, the late Betty Mahler and the late Adelle Mahler; sister-in-law of the late Sue (the late Dan) Pevos; aunt of the late Julie Sias. Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Co...…
…W hen Harry Reid was 19, he wanted to marry Landra Gould. Her Jewish parents had other ideas. Reid, a middleweight boxer who con- verted to the Church of Latter-day Saints as a college student, got into a fistfight with Gould’s father in her front yard. And then he and Landra eloped. Reid’s pugilistic sensibility served him well in politics, lifting him up from abject poverty in Nevada on to Congress, where he became the Democratic ...…
…54 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org A Design Icon N ew York City’s School of Visual Arts is currently displaying an exhibition in tribute to Milton Glaser (1929- 2020). Glaser was an internationally acclaimed Jewish graphic designer and illustrator and, with partner Seymour Chwast, a co-founder of the Push Pin Design Studios in 19...…
…1425-1221DT Mon-Fri 7am-8pm Sat 8am-8pm I Sun 9am-5pm AFTER HOURS: BY APPOINTMENT Call with any question s 586.422.1283 I TownAndCountryDoor.net I GARAGE DOORS I OPENERS I SERVICE I EMERGENCY SAME DAY SERVICE NO EXTRA CHARGE - OPEN 7 DAYS With coupon. Not Valid with any other offers. Expires 1/31/22. With coupon. Not Valid with any other offers. Expires 1/31/22. With coupon. Not Valid with any other offers. Expires 1/31/22. With coupon. ...…
…See Our Improved Features to Help Manage Your Account! • Online Account Access for Immediate Updates • Submit Address Changes, Starts and Stops • Easy Renewal Payments • Manage Gift Subscriptions • More ways to get in touch Email Us: subscriptions@thejewishnews.com Reach Out Through Our Website: https://thejewishnews.com/contact/ Or Call 248.351.5108 Subscribe Today! $200 Feb. 11-17, 2021 / 29 Shevat-5 Adar 5781 JEWISH NEWS ...…
…$200 Dec. 30, 2021- Jan. 5, 2022 / 26 Tevet - 3 Shevat 5782 $200 Dec. 30, 2021- Jan. 5, 2022 / 26 Tevet - 3 Shevat 5782 Dec. 30, 2021- Jan. 5, 2022 / 26 Tevet - 3 Shevat 5782 Dec. 30, 2021- Jan. 5, 2022 / 26 Tevet - 3 Shevat 5782 Dec. 30, 2021- Jan. 5, 2022 / 26 Tevet - 3 Shevat 5782 JEWISH NEWS JEWISH NEWS JEWISH NEWS JEWISH NEWS JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT Dec. 30, 2021- Jan. 5, 2022 / 26 Tevet - 3 Shevat 5782 Dec. 30, 2021- Jan. 5, 2022 ...…
…1425-1221DT Mon-Fri 7am-8pm Sat 8am-8pm I Sun 9am-5pm AFTER HOURS: BY APPOINTMENT Call with any question s 586.422.1283 I TownAndCountryDoor.net I GARAGE DOORS I OPENERS I SERVICE I EMERGENCY SAME DAY SERVICE NO EXTRA CHARGE - OPEN 7 DAYS With coupon. Not Valid with any other offers. Expires 1/31/22. With coupon. Not Valid with any other offers. Expires 1/31/22. With coupon. Not Valid with any other offers. Expires 1/31/22. With coupon. ...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-9 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 10 Jewish Detroit: Year in Review — 2021 24 In Memoria 31 Help for Caregivers JFS/JSL offers joint caregiver series beginning in January. 32 House Hunters Local twin sisters are featured on HGTV. FACES & PLACES 33 Eighth Crazy Night of Chanukah 34 Wine and Cheese in Windsor 35 JCRC/AJC Hosts Media BUSINESS 36 West Bloom...…
…4 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY column When Will We Become an Exemplary Society? E very year at the beginning of December comes “International Day of Persons with Disabilities” (Dec. 3), an awareness day created by the United Nations to promote the rights and enhance the well-being of people with disabilities. While I applaud this important initiative, I am troubled by the implication that just one day a year s...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 5 essay Praying in a Holy Place A round two weeks ago, the Heavens blessed us with our first grandchild. Our grandson surprised his parents by coming seven weeks early. Thank God, he is strong and getting stronger by the day. He remains in the NICU at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, until such time that the medical staff deems him healthy enough to go to his new home. I spent this Shabbat in my yesh...…
…6 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 1942 - 2021 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: D...…
…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 7 eration that it was through school (and the “good debt” of student loans) that we would reach financial sta- bility. Yet the White House announced that a pandem- ic-induced moratorium on loan repayment will end in February. While it’s never a good idea to claim that Jewish text has a single opinion o...…
…8 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 L ooking back at 2021 in the hope of having something sensible to say about the past year, I found myself musing on a perennial question: Is history a story of progress, in which greater numbers of human beings become healthier, happier, more affluent, more tolerant and more educated with each year? Is it a story in which we learn from our past errors and those of our predecessors in order to not repe...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 9 In his new documentary The Will to See, the French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy observes that the pandemic has made the human race more insular and parochial. That is sobering news for those, like Lévy himself, who treasure the idea of solidarity across borders in the service of opening up closed societies and securing freedom for those weighed down by tyrants. It is also sobering for those who believe ...…
…10 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW A s the clock ticks toward 2022, we look back at the year that was. 2021 might be remembered for an attempted coup on our government, the continuing COVID pandemic and the challenges it presents, or the year one of Jewish Detroit’s own was taken prisoner halfway across the world. It might also be remembered for the way the community came together to meet every challenge and support each othe...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 11 FEB. 4. YAD EZRA’S LEA LUGER ANNOUNCES HER RETIREMENT Lea Luger announced her retire- ment from Yad Ezra after 28 years as executive director. Her last day was in September. FEB. 13 – NEW JEWISH LIBRARY OPENS IN OAK PARK The 900-square-foot Detroit Jewish Library, begun by Rabbi Ari Kostelitz of Congregation Dovid ben Nuchim, opens in Oak Park. FEBRUARY Lea Luger The Detroit Jewish Library COURTESY O...…
…12 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 MARCH 25 – DAN GILBERT ANNOUNCE $500 MILLION COMMITMENT TO DETROIT The Gilbert Family Foundation will con- tribute $350 million, and the Rocket Community Fund will invest $150 million over the next 10 years to aid Detroit citizens, including low-in- come homeowners who have property tax debt. MARCH YEAR IN REVIEW MARCH 1 – JN MOVES TO NEW OFFICES The JN moved from Southfield to its new offices at 32255 ...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 13 Huntington Woods journalist Danny Fenster was — without a doubt — this year’s Newsmaker of the Year. From the time he was detained on May 24 at Yangon International Airport in Myanmar until his return home on Nov. 16, Detroit’s Jewish community was galvanized to do all they could to support his family and see that he came home safely. Fenster, 37, managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, was one of many journali...…
…14 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW APRIL APRIL 1 – JN PARTNERS WITH JSL TO PROVIDE JEWISH NEWS TO SENIORS The staff of the Jewish News began dropping off issues each week at the JSL residences for JSL staff to distribute. Residents can enjoy the JN and keep up with the latest news about the Jewish community at no cost to them. APRIL 8 – FLORINE MARK SELLS WEIGHT WATCHERS GROUP Florine Mark, pioneering Michigan businesswom...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 15 MAY MAY – JN PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARTHUR HORWITZ ENTERS JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME Arthur Horwitz, publisher emeritus and former executive editor of the Detroit Jewish News, has officially been induct- ed into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. Horwitz was supposed to be inducted in 2020, but the ceremony was canceled due to COVID. This year, the ceremony was virtual. MAY — HEBREW FREE LOAN CELEBRATES 125 YEA...…
…16 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW JUNE JUNE – NCJW CELEBRATES 130TH ANNIVERSARY Beginning in 1891, Rabbi Louis Grossman of Temple Beth El called on the women of the com- munity to form a Jewish Women’s Club to “better the conditions of girls, and women, to promote friendly fellowship and mutu- al helpfulness among Jewish Women of Detroit, to elevate their mental, moral and social status, and to foster cultivating influences ...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 17 PHOTO BY YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90 VIA JNS.ORG At a June community-wide rally against antisemitism: ZOA-MI President Sheldon Freilich expresses his Jewish pride. JCRC/ AJC President Seth Gould joins in singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Amy Cutler, president of NCJW|MI, thanks the attendees. JUNE 2 — ISAAC “BOUGIE” HERZOG BECOMES ISRAEL’S 11TH PRESIDENT Benjamin Netanyahu con- gratulated Herzog, saying he’s con...…
…18 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW AUGUST AUG. 2 – JVS HUMAN SERVICES AND KADIMA ANNOUNCE MERGER JVS Human Services and Kadima, both nonprofits that serve vulnerable communities in Metro Detroit, announced they will move forward with a merger expected to be opera- tional in 2022. AUG. 12 – BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE CHANGES ITS NAME After nearly 60 years, the Birmingham Temple becomes the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Me...…
…DECEMBER 30 • 2021 | 19 LEFT: Jared Kushner, fourth from right, poses for a group photo with the ambassadors from Israel and the UAE and others at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, Sept. 14, 2021. BELOW: The Israeli staff at Tamrack were welcomed with a buffet. SEPT. 14 – ANNIVERSARY OF ABRAHAM ACCORDS One year has passed since the United States, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the historic Abraham Accords, late...…
…20 | DECEMBER 30 • 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW OCTOBER OCT. 1 — USS CARL LEVIN IS CHRISTENED The naval destroyer named for the late Sen. Carl Levin was christened Oct. 2 in Maine. OCT. 7 – FORMER TEMPLE BETH EL BUILDING GETS A MAKEOVER Midtown Detroit’s Bonstelle Theatre — a performing arts center that was originally the Temple Beth El synagogue — will be restored to its original glory as a home for arts that continues to celebrate ...…
