…BY KIM KISNER I enjoyed the office visits so much I was a little disappointed when they came to an end” is not at all something you would expect to hear about an ortho- dontist practice. That’s exactly what makes Spillane & Reyn- olds Orthodontics drastically different. From the remarkable and friendly customer service to the most advanced proce- dures and treatment avail- able, to the flexible financing options and the people who...…
…BY KIM KISNER I enjoyed the office visits so much I was a little disappointed when they came to an end” is not at all something you would expect to hear about an ortho- dontist practice. That’s exactly what makes Spillane & Reyn- olds Orthodontics drastically different. From the remarkable and friendly customer service to the most advanced proce- dures and treatment avail- able, to the flexible financing options and the people who...…
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… DECEMBER 17 • 2020 | 33 MOMENTS BIRTHS HERE’S TO MILESTONES Farber-Snider W ith much love and joy, Miriam Neuman Farber, Stuart and Donna Farber, and Beth (Batya) and Dan (Yaakov) Snider announce the marriage of their children, Alaina Farber and Avi Snider. Alaina and Avi were joined under the chuppah in an intimate ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Along with their parents was Alaina’s zaydie, Sidney Neuman, and Avi’s gr...…
…34 | DECEMBER 17 • 2020 SPIRIT Blessing of Brothers F riday evening Shabbat dinners overflow with blessings. It’s a wonderful once-a-week opportunity to step back from our busy lives, express gratitude and count our blessings. We bless candles, our chil- dren, spouses, wine and challah. When we bless our children, we ask that our girls grow up to be like the matriarchs, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, and that our boys grow ...…
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…36 | DECEMBER 17 • 2020 W hen local artist Gail Rosenbloom Kaplan’s community and person-to-person professional immersion came to a halt because of COVID-19 restric- tions, her talent and innovation aimed her in a new direction. She turned her focus to the creation and sales of multi-colored, multi-de- sign, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) sand art sets. “The kits came to life as a result of the pandemic and not being able to continue m...…
… DECEMBER 17 • 2020 | 37 “I incorporate art as both an avenue for self-expression and a way to cope with their hospital experience, ” Kaplan said. Her face-to-face work ended when she was furloughed in March. Kaplan found a way to continue providing pediatric patients access to art, even when she couldn’t be with them. “I approached the hospital with the newly released kits, and they realigned the grant guidelines. ” In addition ...…
…38 | DECEMBER 17 • 2020 PUPPY LOVE. STEWART IS KOSHER? A FICTIONAL PANDEMIC (OY!) As I’ve noted before, actor/ writer Daveed Diggs, 38, is the son of an African American father and a (white) Jewish mother. He was raised Jewish. On Dec. 5, a video he created, Puppy for Hanukkah was released on the Disney Channel and YouTube. It is great in so many ways. It features sev- eral children, all of whom appear to be biracial and Jewish,...…
… DECEMBER 17 • 2020 | 39 ON THE GO PEOPLE | PLACES | EVENTS COME PLAY, DETROIT DEC. 17-18 The Well presents “A Bananagrams Holiday Tournament.” Whether you’re receiving Well-A- Grams in your Chanukah box or using your own Bananagrams from home, we’re partnering up with Come Play Detroit for a two-day virtual tourna- ment. Brush up on those Chanukah vocab words and you’re in for a treat. Solo player and team registration available...…
…40 | DECEMBER 17 • 2020 J im Berk and Jeff Ellis have won mul- tiple medals at the Michigan Senior Olympics, but they didn’t add to their totals this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In-person swimming and powerlifting events weren’t held, and Berk and Ellis didn’t want to compete in the virtual ver- sions. “The virtual swimming competition didn’t appeal to me,” Berk said. “I mean no disrespect to those who did it.” With no co...…
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…42 | DECEMBER 17 • 2020 S eger Hoff’s promising soccer career came to an untimely end, but not his love for the sport or the Berkley High School boys soccer team. Hoff suffered a torn ACL in each knee during a six-month stretch while playing for club soccer teams before his junior year at Berkley and needed sur- gery twice. He could have felt sorry for himself, but the outgoing teen took another path and it led him to the fulfill...…
… DECEMBER 17 • 2020 | 43 NORTH FARMINGTON’S HISTORIC FOOTBALL SEASON STOPPED BY PANDEMIC It’s been a memorable season for the North Farmington High School football team. The memories are both good and bad. The Raiders won their first playoff game and first district championship since 1978 and have advanced to the Division 2 quarterfinals. But their already-shortened season has come to a screeching halt because of the ...…
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… DECEMBER 17 • 2020 | 45 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY FAYE BENENSON, 96, of West Bloomfield, died Dec. 5, 2020. She is survived by sons, Alan Benenson, Howard (Robert Beiser) Benenson; daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Howard Ball, Hedda and William Panzer; grandchil- dren, Jessica (Robert) Fink, Larry (Sarah Lamoree) Benenson, Alyse Benenson, Lauren (Nick SanFilippo) Ball, and Ashley Ball; great-grand- children, Leo, Sam, Sop...…
…46 | DECEMBER 17 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY Hospital. Dr. Berkower held many professional memberships and participated in numerous lectureships. In addition to his distinguished medical career, Dr. Berkower served in the U.S. Air Force as a captain at Selfridge Air Force Base in Michigan from Sept. 1963 to Sept. 1965. He will be remembered for his devotion to his family and the outstanding psychiatric care he gave to his pa...…
… DECEMBER 17 • 2020 | 47 Jordyn and Olivia Singer, and Cady and Charlie Tobias; brother and sister-in-law, Peter and Marge Fein; sisters and brothers-in-law, Susan and Bruce Sitron, and Penny and Vernon McGarity; nieces and nephews, Hayley and Pat Greenleaf, and Jessica McGarity and Keith Nichols. Mrs. Goldberg was the beloved wife of the late Howard Goldberg; the devoted daughter of the late Mildred Wise; and the loving aunt o...…
…E velyn Orbach, who was at the helm of founding and developing the pro- fessional theater company that has staged more productions of The Diary of Anne Frank than any other theater in the world, died Dec. 4, 2020, from COVID-19. She was 88. Orbach, longtime artistic director of the 31-year-old Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET), spent decades spotlighting sea- soned and new dramatizations exploring ethnic aspects of issues, joys, histo...…
… DECEMBER 17 • 2020 | 49 plays I wrote, including Change of Life and The Day We Met. “Evie had enormous faith in me as a playwright when I was just starting out. Her faith in me made me believe in myself, and I will be forever grateful to her for that. She was a dyna- mo who could make things happen, a can-do person who, in spite of what the obstacles were, always plowed ahead. ” Henrietta Hermelin Weinberg and Mary Lou Zieve (a c...…
…50 | DECEMBER 17 • 2020 continued on page 52 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY Weiner, Lior Weiner and Layla Weiner. Mr. Mendelson was the beloved husband for 57 years of the late Judith Carole Mendelson; the cherished father of the late Lisa Sue Weiner. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be to Wounded Warriors, P .O. Box 758516, Topeka KS, 66675, woundedwarriorproj- ect.org; or Jewish Community Center of Metr...…
… DECEMBER 17 • 2020 | 51 E thel R. (Kimmel) Ellis, 100, of Ann Arbor, died Dec. 6, 2020, of non- COVID natural causes, two weeks after her 100th birthday. Born in Detroit, she grew up in Royal Oak and attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Hillsdale College. She lived in Hillsdale, Mich., from 1941 to 1990. Ethel and her husband, Sheldon Ellis, who practiced law in Hillsdale, were widely known in the Hillsdale area...…
…52 | DECEMBER 17 • 2020 Kenneth (Laura) Clubok, and Mark Cohen; great-nieces and great-nephew, Rebecca Starkman, Danielle Starkman, Nathan Starkman, Rose Clubok and Sarah Clubok. She was the sister of the late Mayda Cohen; sister-in-law of the late Henry Starkman, the late Arthur Clubok and the late Aaron Cohen. Services and shivah were private. Contributions may be made to Hillel of Metro Detroit, hillel-detroit.org; or to th...…
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…54 | DECEMBER 17 • 2020 Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org The Camp David Accords T he historic “ Abraham Accords” were announced on Aug. 13, 2020. Israel signed “normaliza- tion agreements” with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Later, Sudan and Morocco joined the process. This event was significant and a source of reports and essays for media in...…
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…4 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 contents OUR JN MISSION: We aspire to communicate news and opinion that’s trusted, valued, engaging and distinctive. We strive to reflect diverse community viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. As an independent, responsible, responsive community member, we actively engage with individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life,...…
… DECEMBER 10 • 2020 | 5 FOR 40 YEARS, we’ve helped our neighbors celebrate the Festival of Lights with ingredients for traditional Chanukah recipes. You’ll find the freshest items for your holiday kugels, flanken, matzo ball soup, rugelach and more. Join us at Nino’s and let the miracle of Chanukah start here! NINO’S. HAPPY CHANUKAH 578 ! OFF Take $ 1 0 off any $50 purchase* CODE: PLU 827 VALID ONLY WITH COUPON. EXPIRES 12/31/2020 $1...…
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…8 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 for openers Now You’re Cooking W e have come a long way from open hearth cooking. Stirring a large cauldron over the roaring fire or in a huge fireplace is now a thing of peri- od-piece movies. Before you start to suggest your favorite cooking utensil manufac- turer, let me ask you to consider the frequency of certain terms in our everyday speech: pot (and kettle) and pan. Our country’s leaders like to ...…
… DECEMBER 10 • 2020 | 9 A new cancer therapy gives us all hope. This latest breakthrough combines photo-dynamic therapy using laser light with a novel drug to treat early-stage prostate cancer. The combination makes it possible to safely treat cancerous tissue using a minimally invasive procedure, with none of the side effects of surgery or radiation. The therapy was invented at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, where nearly...…
…10 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 O ur story begins back in March, when COVID- 19 first reared its ten- tacles of terror throughout the world. Most countries, includ- ing Canada, established lockdowns to flatten the curve of rising rates of COVID-19 cases. But as long as there is even one case anywhere on the globe, the virus is bound to return. Sure enough, the virus came back once the lockdown was lifted. What didn’t come back were t...…
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…12 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 VIEWS Each month, the JN will let you know the stories that were read most often online. If you missed any, you can go to thejewishnews.com and search for them by title. Here’s what was most popular in November. TOP 10 ON THE WEB 1. Young Detroiter Gains Success in Hollywood 2. Exclusive: Detroit Pastor Addresses Controversy Over His Move to Israel 3. Jewish Cemetery in Grand Rapids Vandalized with Pro- Trump G...…
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…14 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 IN THE JEWS D ON THE COVER JACKIE HEADAPOHL ASSOCIATE EDITOR I f there ever was a year where we were in need of some extra Chanukah cheer, it’s this one. At the JN, our cup of cheer was overflowing as we judged this year’s Chanukah art contest. The creativity of this year’s batch of young artists was nothing short of amazing. We chose the unique multimedia creation of Lenny Lakritz, 7, of West Bloomfield...…
… DECEMBER 10 • 2020 | 15 AGES 7-9 FIRST: LIHI MAINE, 9, OF WEST BLOOMFIELD SECOND: JOSHUA RADNER, 8, OF BLOOMFIELD HILLS THIRD: JACK FRIEDMAN, 9, OF SOUTHFIELD HONORABLE MENTIONS: LEAH GOTTFRIED, 7, OF SOUTHFIELD, HANNAH GRAHAM, 7, OF DENVER, COLO. (GRANDPARENTS ARE FARMINGTON HILLS RESIDENTS) AGE 10-12 FIRST: ASHER SINGER, 11, OF FARMINGTON HILLS SECOND: ZEEV MAINE, 12, OF WEST BLOOMFIELD THIRD: VERONICA WOLFE, 10, OF BIRMINGHAM HONORABL...…
…16 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 H oliday sweaters usu- ally leave me feeling left out as the only one wearing blue instead of the colors most other co-workers and students are wearing for Xmas. I do own a store-bought sweater, but a teacher friend of mine was telling the story of how her aunt made her a hid- eous sweater complete with golden gelt sewn in. It gave me an inspirational spark. How could I make a cool Chanukah shirt? I ord...…
… DECEMBER 10 • 2020 | 17 Leave a Legacy of Saving Jewish Lives Around the World. JDC (The Joint) is the world’s Jewish 9-1-1, and whether we’re building resilience in an increasingly anti-Semitic Europe; assisting poor, elderly Jews, many of whom are Holocaust survivors, in the former Soviet Union, Latin America, and Europe; or expanding opportunities for at- risk populations in Israel; JDC acts upon the Jewish principle that all...…
…18 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 Lots o’ Latkes ARTS&LIFE DINING IN T onight begins the more than 2,000-year-old celebration of Chanukah. There are many stories that help make up the explanations for the existence of Chanukah and its customs. Here are a couple that help explain two of the most popular obser- vance and food customs of this festival of light. We recall the miracle of the oil each Chanukah sun- set when we light the Chanukiah with...…
… DECEMBER 10 • 2020 | 19 In a large skillet, heat one- eighth inch of oil until very hot but not smoking. Make a test pancake by dropping a heaping tablespoon of the potato mixture into the skillet. Using a spoon or spatula, form the mixture into a circle shape. Don’t worry if your pancake is not a perfect circle. Cook 3 minutes or so on each side until the pancakes are golden and cooked through. NOTE: As latke batter sits, it bec...…
…20 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 A version of the song “Chanukah, Oh Chanukah” offers a unique sound this year — reggae and soul. It is heard on a recording made in the California music studio of David Garfield, producer, arranger and keyboardist. The number retains the familiar words sung in Hebrew and English by Sam Glaser, a performer who specializes in Jewish songs and has appeared many times at religious celebrations in Michigan. L...…
… DECEMBER 10 • 2020 | 21 J ewish Family Service of Metro Detroit (JFS), JVS Human Services and Kadima Mental Health Services have formally voted to begin analyzing a potential merger into one single agency. The evaluation, to take place in spring 2021, will explore the operational, legal and financial due diligence of a merger. If the merger is approved, the agen- cies expect it will happen on July 1, 2021. Key details of the pot...…
…22 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020 H e had a human name. And for Jill and Mitchell Solomon of Farmington Hills, losing their dog, Danny, to cancer was like losing a family member. The 12-year-old Dalmatian was a rescue dog, a loyal com- panion who was part of their daily lives for more than a decade. He underwent radia- tion treatments, but the cancer was aggressive. Danny’s loss was so devastating, Jill says, “we needed help.” “When we los...…
… DECEMBER 10 • 2020 | 23 found her true calling in her work as a hospital chaplain and by leading the pet loss support group. The book, published in May, is her first. “This book is a love letter for anyone who might grieve the death of their animal com- panion in isolation — to learn that they are not alone, ” Golden Moore says. “I want people to know that healing is possible. ” MONTHLY ZOOM MEETINGS Moore says she has heard from...…
