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…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 51 school, which felt it exposed students to too much risk. Wedding receptions are being resched- uled as many as five times, and usually to smaller events. But parties for bar/bat mitz- vahs and special birthdays or anniversaries are more often just canceled. Hoffman was able to pull off three events in 2020, including an outdoor family event and an outdoor bar mitzvah party. She has coordinated one outdoor wedding so ...…
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…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 53 Their rabbi, Arianna Silverman of Detroit’s Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, convinced them to do some of the Jewish ceremony now as well, including the sign- ing of the ketubah (marriage contract) and the exchange of rings. Van’t Hof is wearing a simple gold diamond engage- ment ring and wedding band that belonged to her maternal grandmother, Myra Zwiep, who died a few months ago. One of Ms. Zwiep’s scarves wa...…
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…56 | JUNE 24 • 2021 F or Beth Rosenfeld, quilting is therapy. “It’s something I can do where I don’t have to think of anything else or everything else,” she says. “It’s a place where all my tension is released.” Now, that artistic “therapy” has grown into a business — Beth Anne Quilting. She sells her intricate, beautiful quilts at local art fairs. Next up is the Franklin’s Art in the Village on Labor Day, Sept. 6, and Arts & Apple...…
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…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 69 SPORTS S asha Hartje loved playing tennis at Emory University. “It was amazing, ” the Detroit Country Day School graduate and 2017 Jewish News Female High School Athlete of the Year said about her four years at Emory, a private school in Atlanta. Hartje even has fond memories of the women’s tennis season this spring, when she played only one match for Emory because of COVID-19 quarantines and a positive test f...…
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…74 | JUNE 24 • 2021 family members and friends. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, ATTN: Scott Chaness Memorial Fund, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33428, jewishboca.org/scottchaness. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. EMIL THOMAS “TOMMY” CITRON, 74, of Southfield, died June 13, 2021. He is survived by his beloved wife of 44 years,...…
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…JUNE 17 • 2021 | 3 PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 Essays and viewpoints WORLD 14 Bennett is New Prime Minister Netanyahu out; Lapid to take over in 2023. 15 Speaking Up for Danny Fenster Rep. Levin confronts Secretary of State Blinken on efforts to free jailed journalist. OUR COMMUNITY 16 Helping Youth Face Antisemitism ‘Take them seriously,’ according to Temple Israel program. 18 Rock Wars Student paints over anti-I...…
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…14 | JUNE 17 • 2021 B enjamin Netanyahu’s record-breaking term as prime minister ended on Sunday night, June 13, when the Knesset voted to approve the new government formed by Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid. The new government passed at 8:55 p.m. with the support of 60 Members of Knesset, while 59 opposed it. Ra’am (United Arab List) MK Saeed Alharomi abstained. The MKs in the new coali- tion an...…
…JUNE 17 • 2021 | 15 O n June 7, two weeks after Metro Detroiter Danny Fenster was taken prisoner in Myanmar, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hear- ing with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Rep. Andy Levin (MI-09) bought up the plight of the imprisoned jour- nalist. “Journalists like Danny put their lives on the line because they believe in truth-tell- ing,” Levin said. “His case hits home because it’s about our fundame...…
…16 | JUNE 17 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY W hen Jewish children tell trusted caregiv- ers they’ve been the targets of antisemitism, either in person or on social media, they should be taken seriously so hatred will not become a societal norm. That was the main message from a June 2 Zoom webinar “Talking to your Children about Antisemitism” offered by Temple Israel of West Bloomfield in coordination with the Michigan chapter of the Ant...…
