…28 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 IN THED JEWS THE WELL In partnership with PJ Library Detroit, The Well is offering a new subscription Tot Shabbat Box. These boxes will allow you and your kids to continue enjoy- ing the fun and celebration of Tot Shabbat, even while you can’ t join with the The Well in person throughout the winter. Each box includes some- thing for the adults, two kid-friendly projects related to the theme of the month,...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 29 Thanks to the support of our donors, we’ re responding to meet the needs of all who are counting on us during the COVID-19 Pandemic— making sure our community stays healthy and well, and our Jewish spirit continues burning bright. #GivingTuesday is your chance to make a difference— especially in a year like this one. Our goal is to raise $250,000 from 500 donors for the 2021 Annual Campaign. All donations will ...…
…30 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 MOMENTS MAZEL TOV! David Evan Bares, son of Laura and David Bares, will become a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. He will be joined in celebration by his siblings Charlie and Sarah and proud grandparents Cynthia and John “Jack” McGuire, Susan and Charles Bares, and Deborah Foldbaum and Thomas Fanslow. Evan is a student at Hillside Middle School in Northvill...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 31 SPIRIT Go in Peace W hen I started my rabbinic school year in Israel in 2010, my first trip to Jerusalem was spellbinding. My adopted Israeli family had kindly offered to pick me up at the air- port and then hosted me for a few days at their home in Rehovot. They then (again, very kindly) drove me and my two giant suitcases into my new home city. As we approached Jerusalem, there was a final highway a...…
…32 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 I f Michael Ian Black had not fin- ished his latest book before the pandemic, he would have added a section on facemasks. “I might use [not wearing them] as an example of what I think is destructive behavior among men, ” said the actor-comedi- an-writer, 49, who will be among the guest speakers at this year’ s digital Detroit Jewish Book Fair. “Thinking that masks are a pro- jection of weakness is as if c...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 33 oppressed or persecuted. “It doesn’ t mean he has to go out and fight every battle under the sun, but I think he has to help fight some. It’ s up to him to pick what those are, but I do think that is intrin- sically tied to the part of him that’ s Jewish. ” When he has not been writing, Black has been fea- tured through different media. His TV credits include The Jim Gaffigan Show, Another Period and Wet Ho...…
…34 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 MORRIS ON LEARY; SCHIFF BATTLES COVID-19 ON TV AND IN REAL LIFE The documentary My Psychedelic Love Story begins streaming on Showtime on Sunday, Nov. 29 (9 p.m.). In the mid-’60s, Dr. Timothy Leary became what many called “the high priest of LSD.” He was a clin- ical psychologist at Harvard when he began doing LSD experiments. Fired by Harvard in 1962, he con- tinued his fervent pro-LSD advocacy and beca...…
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…36 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 FAMILY ROOM SERIES 8 PM, NOV. 27 The Ark in Ann Arbor will present a free concert with Matt Watroba, the voice of folk music. View on Ark Facebook page. Donations to a “virtual tip jar” go to support the Ark and the performers. LIVE AT THE ARK 7:30 PM, NOV. 28 The Ark in Ann Arbor will feature Mr. B., Mark Lincoln Braun, blues and boo- gie-woogie pianist. View on Ark Facebook page. Donations to a “virtual...…
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…SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY E laine Stein Richman passed away on Nov. 7, 2020, just shy of her 84th birthday. She was the youngest of three daughters. Born on Nov. 27, 1936, to Miriam and Morris Stein in Detroit, she was a descendant of the Ukrainian Horodok com- munity. In 1954, she attended Wayne State University in Detroit and earned her certificate as a registered dental hygienist from the University of Detroit. Elaine married t...…
…40 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 PHYLLIS KATZ, 83, of Novi, died Nov. 15, 2020. She is survived by her daughter, Lori Tuchklaper; son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Jackie Katz; grandchildren, Allie (Joe) Asmann, Zachary Tuchklaper, Rachel, Dani, Kevin and Garrett Katz; great-grand- children, Liana and Logan Asmann; sister and brother-in- law, Marilyn and Barry Charlip; many other loving family mem- bers and friends. Mrs. Katz was the be...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 41 continued on page 42 To her grandchildren, “Nanna” was a glamorous figure, always wearing chic clothes and surrounded by beautiful things. After Marshall’ s passing in 1998, Lucille wrote children’ s books and assembled a meticulous col- lection of photo memories for her family. Lucille was born in Baltimore, Md., on Nov. 13, 1919, to Ethel Rothstein Bearman and Joseph Bearman. The family settled in Detroi...…
…42 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 STUART MITTENTHAL, 88, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., died Nov. 12, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Diane Mittenthal; sons and daughters-in-law, James and Elyse Mittenthal, and Robert Mittenthal and Hilarie Sheets; daughter and son-in-law, Jan and David Rosen; stepchildren, Drew and Andrea Saperstein, and Dana Zatman and Jon Shafner; grandchildren, Paige, Sam, Owen and Charlotte Mittenthal, Matthew an...…
… NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 43 continued on page 44 and mother-in-law and father- in-law, Jane and Sam Freed. A private family memorial took place at Temple Beth El in Windsor. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Windsor, 6038 Empress St., Windsor, Ontario N8T1B5 519-974-7100; or to a charity of your choice. ELLIOTT C. SCHUBINER, 93, of Bloomfield Hills, died Nov. 16, 2020. He is survived by his daughters, Julie Bennett, Jodi Schu...…
…44 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 NORMA SHAPIRO, 84, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 12, 2020. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Kerry and Jan Kaplan; daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Randy Winters; grandchil- dren, Kelsey Kaplan, Michael Kaplan, Ryan Harband; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Shapiro was the beloved wife of the late Norman Shapiro. Interment took place at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery ...…
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…46 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org An Ode to Dr. John & Eva Mames Y ou may have read in recent issues of the JN that Magen David Adom (MDA) is celebrating its 90th anni- versary this year. Established in 1930, MDA, the “Red Shield of David, ” is Israel’ s national emergency responder and the nation’ s pri- mary blood bank for bo...…
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…10 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 S ince the election, I have been reflecting on how the Jewish News covered this year’ s campaign, and if we lived up to our mission of meet- ing the information needs of our community. One story was especially conten- tious among hun- dreds of our read- ers. It concerned Michigan State Rep. Ryan Berman, a Republican who just won reelection. During the campaign, the Oakland County Democratic Party and othe...…
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…12 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 VIEWS essay A Psalm for Sheep I seldom go to temple. But when I do, I always remain silent as the congregation reads, for words recited in uni- son can be all too easily uttered by the tongue alone and not by the mindful heart. On those occasions, I instead stare at the printed page, hoping that the mean- ing of words long-shackled by habit will rise up to meet me as though for the first time, their ...…
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… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 15 would argue for the concept of a limited God. An omnip- otent and omniscient God, after all, would deserve to be blamed for all the nat- ural and manmade evils that have ever befallen His creatures, including the Holocaust. The simple rea- son is that, having foreseen such evils, He could have easily prevented or at least mitigated them. By histo- ry’ s reckoning, then, a God whose powers are limitless woul...…
…M ore than a week after Election Day, after Joe Biden won a bit- terly fought contest for the state of Michigan, members of the Metro Detroit Jewish commu- nity from both sides of the aisle are as outspoken as ever about what they feel is best for the country and the Jewish people as a whole. “I’ m obviously very pleased with the outcome, ” said Hannan Lis, former president of the JCC of Metro Detroit and former board member of th...…
… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 17 OWN YOUR JOURNEY. DISCOVER YOUR TOMORROW. FJA WILL PREPARE YOU. FOR COLLEGE? YES. FJA GRADUATES ATTEND THEIR COLLEGE OF CHOICE. BUT THIS SCHOOL IS ABOUT MORE. ARIELLE ENDELMAN Director of Admissions aendelman@frankelja.org 248.671.3248 Apply by February 21, 2021 to be considered for the FRANKEL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP a four year merit and leadership based award that covers a IDENTIFY, ESTABLISH & CELEBRA T...…
…18 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 T he state of Michigan has entered a new three-week period of restrictions intended to curb the spread of COVID-19, which is seeing record case numbers in the state. The orders were announced by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in a press conference on Sunday, Nov. 15, and went into effect Wednesday, Nov. 18. Major new restrictions include suspending in-perso...…
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…20 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 I f statistics were predictive, Harve Disner would not be here to tell his tale of recov- ery from COVID-19. Harve (pronounced “Harvey”) had more than one or two pre-existing conditions that could have made him like- ly to succumb to the dreaded disease. He was 77 years old and overweight. He’ s diabetic. He’ d had a triple heart bypass surgery in 2016. But Harve is back at his Commerce Township home after...…
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… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 23 NOVEMBER 2020 ENGINEERING POSSIBILITIES Underwater creatures may be key to medical innovations There is extraordinary work being done at MSU’ s Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering (IQ), thanks to a team headed up by neuroscientist and neuroengineer Galit Pelled and funded by a recent $2.35 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Brain Initiative Award. Pelled’ s d...…
…24 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 Engineering Possibilities continued Born and raised in Israel, I have been teaching Hebrew in American universities for over 15 years. For the Hebrew language program at Michigan State University, I teach regular courses at the elementary and second-year levels. In these classes, students begin Hebrew from scratch, and engage in many communicative activities in class and online. Beginning with Hebrew 101, s...…
… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 25 MSU Hillel adapts to a very different fall semester As long as there are Jewish students—on campus, on Zoom—there will be resources, activities and fellowship to be found at the Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center in East Lansing. It all looks a little different this year, but that is a testament to the hard work and ingenuity of the MSU Hillel staff, who spent their summer reimagining ev...…
…26 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 When future MSU College of Law students receive the Elaine Fieldman Endowed Scholarship, the benefactor hopes it sets an example. “While Jewish people do not have a monopoly on giving back or engaging in charity, it has been my experience that Jews of all movements value and practice repairing the world,” Elaine Fieldman says. “I’ m a Secular Humanist Jew and a member of the Birmingham Temple. I feel so at...…
… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 27 for college students by college students Getting Out the Vote A lthough I had attend- ed a few Hillel of Metro Detroit events, I had not really been involved my freshman and sophomore years on campus. But with the pandemic, and the continuing unrest in our country, I began to look for ways to make a difference in my community. This summer I told myself that if I wanted to see change, I couldn’ t sit ba...…
…28 | NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 A s University of Michigan students, we have experienced many stressors driven by the pandemic including the adjust- ment to online school, cancel- lations of milestones and loss of various experiences. We are Sarah Wish — a University of Michigan senior from New Jersey who was abruptly sent home from her study abroad program in Denmark — and Marissa Levey — a recent University of Michigan graduate who ...…
… NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 29 NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 29 The world has changed, but your drive to succeed has not. As you prepare for the next step in your academic journey, Wayne State University is committed to helping you excel. We’ve created a number of resources designed to support your degree goals. From online events that connect you with faculty and staff to a virtual tour that allows you to experience campus from anywhere, we’re ...…
