…26 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 MOMENTS BIRTHS MAZEL TOV! OCT. 5, 2020 Megan and Matt Swain of Washington, D.C., are over- joyed to announce the birth of their first daughter, Stella Radin (Zahava Yael Aviv). Big brother Oliver was thrilled to welcome her home. Ecstatic grandpar- ents are Elyse and Richard Jacobs of Bloomfield Hills and Lisa Swain and Fred Swirka of Peabody, Mass. Excited great-grand-bubbie is Arlene Rosen of Revere, Mass...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 27 W hen we have conversations about climate change, it often feels like doom and gloom. Scary facts, worst-case scenarios and ticking clocks. Even our language: “fighting” climate change places us in an adversarial relationship. But it doesn’t need to be this way. In this week’s portion, Jacob wrestles an adver- sary. We don’t get many details of the match, but com- mentators typically see this man as a ho...…
…28 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 Arab nations are lining up to normalize relations with Israel. Here’s what awaits the Jewish state down the road. DANA D. REGEV CONTRIBUTING WRITER ERETZ ON THE COVER What’s Next for Israel after the Abraham Accords? T his fall, the Abraham Accords broke years of Arab consensus that there should be no relations with Israel until it makes peace with the Palestinians. Brokered by outgoing President Donald...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 29 Jewish Bahraini politician Nancy Khedouri, second from left, and other Bahraini officials meet with foreign representatives, including U.S. Ambassador Justin Siberell, far left. Southfield-based Yeshiva Beth Yehudah day school, Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE’s ambassador to the U.S., said that, soon, “students in your school are going to be able to go talk to Israelis and Emiratis either in Israel or the UAE. ” T...…
…30 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has become persona non grata among Americans — who were already critical of Saudi Arabia due to its notorious human rights record. Congress imposed a ban on arms sales to the kingdom in light of Khashoggi’s assassination — a decision later circumvented by Trump. POLITICAL CONCERNS Additionally, both bin Zayed and Netanyahu were trying to hand Trump one final achieve- ment ah...…
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…32 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 with Israel, it would jeopardize its security interests and leave itself exposed to the Iranian threat. The normalization deals deliv- er a message all-too-familiar to Palestinians: You’re on your own. At present, it doesn’t seem like Israeli-Palestinian nego- tiations will resume, Yaari predicts, “due to both Israeli and Palestinian leadership.” It is not inconceivable, how- ever, that “when Abu Mazen [Palest...…
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…34 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 S hiri Maimon, applauded as both the “Beyoncé of Israel” and a Broadway star, is this year’s guest enter- tainer appearing in the Laker Concert. A digital program because of the worldwide pandemic, the concert will feature her live vocals joined by a key- board accompanist. It runs 4-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, and is hosted by Temple Israel. “Performing for Jewish communities around the world is always an hon...…
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…38 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY DR. JERRY ARONOFF, 79, of Walled Lake, died Nov. 20, 2020. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Alicia Karen Aronoff; daughters and sons-in-law, Mardi and Darin Edelheit, Randi and Joel Freeman, Cari and Craig Stoller, and Dani and Don Klacking; son and daughter-in-law, Craig and Lauren Aronoff; grandchildren, Luke, Justin and Reed Edelheit, Rikki and Jessi Aronoff, Rayna...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 39 continued on page 41 family during the Holocaust. Leo was liberated on May 6, 1945, by the U.S. Army from the Ebensee concentration camp in Austria. After reuniting with his one surviving brother, he immigrated to the United States in December 1949. Leo married his American- born wife, Arlene Spear, in May 1953. He founded Imperial Draperies, a custom window treatment business in Metropolitan Detroit. He w...…
…40 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY An Independent ‘Voice of Justice’ STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER L eading with a streak of indepen- dence and justice for all people, former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Charles L. Levin died peacefully, surrounded by his fam- ily on Nov. 19, 2020, in his Detroit home at age 94. At a private graveside funeral on Nov. 20, Rabbi Joseph Krakoff said that Justice Levin was blessed...…
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… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 45 W hen he goes into a Greek restau- rant, much of the time he is greeted in Greek or with “Yassoo" or “Yassas” ... And most of the owners know what Dino Mitropoulos likes best ... Sure it is the lamb chops at Uptown Parthenon or Big Tommy’s or wherever his favorite Greek dishes are served. But Dino loves to eat ... even though it may not be his first love ... to go along with so many dishes he enjoys. ...…
…46 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 R abbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks of Aldgate, died Nov. 7, 2020, at age 72. Sacks was chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, 1990-2013, the tenth rabbi to hold that position. He was also a lord of the realm, knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2009. The passing of Rabbi Sacks was noteworthy. Condolences were offered by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. News medi...…
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…14 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 JENNIFER LOVY CONTRIBUTING WRITER Last Aliyah at Iron Mountain F or more than a cen- tury, the Jews of Iron Mountain gathered and worshiped at a small but pre- viously vibrant congregation in the western portion of the Upper Peninsula. The remark- able history of this shul, called Anshe Knesseth Israel, came to an end earlier this year when board members made the diffi- cult decision to close the syna- gogu...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 15 “WE WERE RAISED TO LEAVE IRON MOUNTAIN. THERE’S NO WAY IT COULD SURVIVE.” — JEFFREY KUSHNER …
…16 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 town to attend college at the University of Michigan. Like so many Iron Mountain teens, he did not move back. His mother was the last family member there, and she left in 1990 fol- lowing Kushner’ s father’ s death. The last time Kushner saw the inside of his former syn- agogue was seven years ago when he attended a family reunion with about 40 rela- tives. Many of those in atten- dance were descendants of S...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 17 One of the Torahs was sold to a scribe who then sold it to a small synagogue in Joliet, Ill. The money from the sale was used to repay a debt owed to a former congregant. The scribe estimated the Torah age to be approximately 150 years old, from Eastern Europe. There is no evidence in the shul’ s records how the Torah got to Iron Mountain. Anshe Knesseth Israel board members later asked the Joliet congrega...…
…18 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 gregation to a building where they added a balcony to allow for separate woman’ s seating. They moved the bimah to the center of the congregation, as was customary in many Eastern European synagogues. A large mikvah was built in the base- ment. Some of the construction workers referred to it as the swimming pool at the Jewish Church. ONE OF THE LAST RESIDENTS Rachel Solom is 66 years old. She left Iron M...…
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…26 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 IN THE JEWS D Everything but theHugs T he upcoming Thanksgiving weekend marks one full year since I last hugged my kids and grandkids as they ended a visit with us and left for home in New Jersey. Though each of our three children and their families live in different states, we visit one another a few times a year and gather in Michigan for short, hectic, extended-family Passover and Sukkot holi- days ...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 27 wishes from friends and family, viewed over and over and over again. We held a group fami- ly-game night and were able to hear our 6-year-old grandson read to us through FaceTime, while we followed along with an online version of the same book. Trivially, I am grateful that the closing of area gyms allowed me to shop for shoes — albeit walking shoes — for the first time in six months so I could take my exe...…
