…26 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 I f JARC CEO Shaindle Braunstein were a baked good, she’ d be a French macaron: delicate, yet complicated. This is the answer the mother of four and grandmother of two gave during a 2018 interview with the casting producers for the Great American Baking Show as she was also going for rounds of interviews for JARC’ s top position. Braunstein made it through the final rounds of a rigorous casting proces...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 27 not for the monetary gain of it but for the competition itself. I love the precise nature of baking. Follow a recipe exactly, and things turn out great. ” Months later, after applying and starting to interview, she realized the increasing chance she’ d need to take a month off from her previous job as chief operating officer at Jewish Family Service. Everyone there who had been on the receiving end of Brau...…
…28 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 S udan will become the third Arab country in the past two months to normalize relations with Israel, continuing the trend of Arab states’ willingness to advance ties even without a peace agreement with the Palestinians. President Donald Trump announced the agreement on Oct. 23. According to a joint statement by Israel, Sudan and the U.S., the two countries will “end the state of belligerence between thei...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 29 MOMENTS MAZEL TOV! Lola Rose Abrams will chant from the Torah as she becomes a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. She will be joined in celebration by her proud parents, Jennifer and Daniel Abrams, and brother Jonah. Lola is the loving grandchild of the late Julia Abrams, Leonard Abrams, the late John Kachalla, Lynn Kachalla and Jerry Frabutt. She is a studen...…
…30 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 W hich of the two major protagonists of the akedah (bind- ing of Isaac) suffered the greater test: the father who had to sac- rifice of his son or the son who had to undergo the anguish of being laid out upon the altar? Abraham received the command directly from God, but Isaac is even more praiseworthy because he only heard the com- mand from his father yet was willing to submit to the sacrificial act. In...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 31 M any people dream about making a movie or working in the movie business, but few fulfill their hopes in such a competitive field. One young Detroit native, David Devries, 31, has achieved a successful, expanding career in the rapidly evolving film industry. Los Angeles residents Devries and his wife, Nina Devries, also a Detroiter, spent much of the past summer vis- iting their parents in Oakland County wh...…
…32 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 ‘Never Normal’ SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER ARTS&LIFE ART Miasma Mirror, 2020 J acob Saphier and Ian Klipa reacted to the pandemic in the way they usually react to a known environment. They designed and fabricated a related three-di- mensional piece for an interior space. The Wasserman Projects in Detroit reacted to the piece in the way gallery administrators usually react to admired works, even ...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 33 MAYBE ANOTHER LORRE CLASSIC; ROCK & ROLL HEBREWS; KID STUFF The comedy/drama series B Positive premieres on CBS Nov. 5 (8:30 p.m.). Drew (Thomas Middleditch) is a therapist and the newly divorced father of a 12-year- old daughter. He needs a kidney transplant, and he finds a match in Gina, a past acquaintance. Sara Rue, 41, co-stars as Julia, Drew’s ex-wife. You might remember Rue as the star of the sit- c...…
…34 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 HOLY LAND TOUR NOON-1 PM, NOV. 5 See the sights and meet the people in a virtual tour brought to you by Temple Shir Shalom. On this day, visit a Druz community. Register at shirshalom/org/ form/live-from-the-holy- land. Info: 248-737-8700. INSURANCE HELP ONGOING TO DEC. 15 Jewish Family Service will aid community members needing assistance with health insurance: signing up for first time, updating info or ge...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 35 BELIN LECTURE 7 P.M., NOV. 10 U-M Frankel Center’s 30th David W. Belin Lecture in American Jewish Affairs: “It Can Happen Here: Antisemitism, Gender and the American Past” by Pamela Nadell. With antisemitism rising today at home and abroad, American University Professor Pamela Nadell, author of the award-winning America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today, discusses American Jewish ...…
…36 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 NOSH DINING AROUND THE D W hat a joy to dine again at Prime29 Steakhouse, a con- temporary restaurant that ages its beef an optimal 29 days. “Jet-fresh” seafood and handcrafted cocktails are other claims to fame since Prime29 brought fine dining with wine to West Bloomfield in 2012. The restaurant’ s reopening during the pandemic was on June 28. On a recent visit, my dining companion and I relaxed at a black le...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 37 NOSH EATS | DRINKS | SWEETS T he recently opened Culinary Combo Bakery in Southfield not only puts the talents of a Metro area mother and daughter on display, but the business venture is also bringing healing to their family. Bakery partner Jodie Polk, 56, of Commerce Township formerly operated a catering company, Culinary Combo, with her late husband, Jim Polk. They met at the Oakland Community College Cu...…
…38 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 NOSH EATS | DRINKS | SWEETS A steady stream of cars — 189 in the first hour alone — passed through the Boardwalk shopping center parking lot for a drive-through open house in celebration of Friendship Circle’ s recent purchase of Dakota Bread Company. The organization recently pur- chased the bakery to train young adults with special needs by teaching life and job skills. By the time the three-hour eve...…
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… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 41 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY SANDRA SULLAWAY GIBBINGS, 70, of Livonia, died Oct. 26, 2020. She is sur- vived by her husband, James Robert Gibbings; sons and daughter-in-law, Jesse Gibbings and Fang Qi, and Colin Gibbings; sister and brother-in-law, Ellie and Thomas Hayes; brother and sister-in-law, Robert Sullaway and Gail Schulman. She is also lovingly remem- bered by Jim’ s family. Mrs. Gibbings was the d...…
…42 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY Gaspas; loving mother of the late Jared Goldenberg. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’ s choice. A family graveside service was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. JUDITH FINE HERMAN, 90, of Detroit, died Oct. 23, 2020. She is survived by her husband, Martin Herman; daughters, Ellen and Rebecca; grand- children, Hannah, Sarah ...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 43 Interment took place at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. SHIRLEY RENNER (nee Salamon), 94, passed away peacefully on Oct. 24, 2020. She was born in Detroit on Nov. 10, 1925, and lived in Detroit, Oak Park, Birmingham and finally Arlington, Va. Shirley retired from Providence Hospital in Southfield as a medical t...…
…44 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY KENNETH SHULAK, 87, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 25, 2020. He is survived by his beloved wife, Eve Shulak; daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Dan Shulak Rome; sons, Dr. Jeffrey Shulak, Dr. Barry Shulak and Alan Shulak; grandchildren, Elana (David) Rome Cutler, Ben Rome, Sam (Chelsey) Shulak and Will Shulak; great-grandchild, Gabriel; brothers, Fred Shulak, Carl Shulak; many lovi...…
… NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 | 45 A couple of guys had never been in the restaurant business together and were correct when they thought people would like their offerings … especially if they didn’ t give folks too big of a menu and the customers could have what they liked without searching for it … and finding out what came with it and the cost. The only reason they went there was because Hazel and Ted Moss and Morrie Gruskin wer...…
…46 | NOVEMBER 5 • 2020 T wenty-five years ago, on Nov. 4, 1995, Jews in Detroit experienced a huge shock. The prime minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, had been assassinat- ed. The death of Rabin at the hands of a deranged Israeli university student rever- berated around the world. Locally, the Jewish commu- nity had not witnessed such an outpouring of grief since the beloved Rabbi Morris Adler was gunned down on the bimah of Shaare...…
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… OCTOBER 29 • 2020 | 5 Dear Friends, It is with deep gratitude that I express how much it meant to me to see so many lovely friends from across the community, former students (and their children!) and extended family at the drive- by parade in my honor at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. You all warmed my heart so much, and this will remain a lovely, cherished memory. Warm thanks to the amazing women of Congregation Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood for ...…
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…10 | OCTOBER 29 • 2020 VIEWS continued from page 8 letters Trump and Israel Howard Lupovitch has no idea why President Trump is an out- spoken supporter of Israel (Oct. 15, pg. 6). I favor the reason that he is a supporter of the Zionist cause. Let us not forget that three previous presidents promised to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. No matter who wins the 2020 election, the embassy will remain in Jerusalem. — Robert Mo...…
…12 | OCTOBER 29 • 2020 VIEWS essay Are Jews Being Left ‘Alone’? essay Democracy Includes All I remember a lot about when my dad died. It was painful and scary and lasted nearly a decade. But I also remember the love, care and guidance I received from the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network (JHCN). It’ s impossible for me to untangle the cold memories of my dad’ s last breaths from the warmth of the unend- ing support of t...…
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…14 | OCTOBER 29 • 2020 VIEWS essay There Is No ‘Jewish Vote’ A n I24News poll determined that 63.3% of Israelis would prefer to see President Donald Trump reelected, versus 18.8% for Joe Biden. The majority believe that electing Biden would be harmful to the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. But this difference pales in comparison to a new poll from Ami Magazine, which deter- mined that 83% of Orthodox Ameicans, and fully 95...…
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…16 | OCTOBER 29 • 2020 W ith Election Day in a few days, Jewish college students across Michigan are still in the process of voting early or mak- ing their plans to vote Nov. 3. At the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, campus Hillels are helping those students in every way possible, acting as a source of informa- tion in an important time. Both U-M Hillel and MSU Hillel are putting their election efforts into...…
… OCTOBER 29 • 2020 | 17 T amarack Camps has announced that effective Nov. 1, Steve Engel, its executive director since 2010, will retire after a 40-year career. Lee Trepeck, for- merly director of Camp Maas (Tamarack’ s flagship camp in Ortonville), will become Tamarack’ s CEO, and Carly Weinstock will take over as the director of Camp Maas. “I want to acknowledge Steve Engel’ s exception- al passion, commitment and hard wo...…
…18 | OCTOBER 29 • 2020 DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER J ewish Michigan State Rep. Ryan Berman has rebuked backlash and a recent call from the Oakland County Democratic Party (OCDP) to “denounce his ties to militias, ” following the arrest of 13 men accused of plot- ting to “storm” the state capitol and kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The OCDP circulated two separate pho- tos of Berman pictured with armed individuals, one dated Sep...…
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…20 | OCTOBER 29 • 2020 L isa Chaben has a special gift for making connec- tions. The Metro Detroit-based matchmaker has helped more than 300 people fall in love and find their perfect matches since her first matchmaking venture in the late 1990s. “I’ ve always had that intuitive, ” she says. As the pandemic changes the way people date, often making it more difficult to meet others, Chaben is taking her match- making business offic...…
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…22 | OCTOBER 29 • 2020 Daniel Shapiro tells the JN how the VP’s stance on Israel would diff er from Trump’s. ANDREW LAPIN EDITOR Biden’s Israel Plans A Joe Biden presidency would “treat Israel as a matter of bipar- tisan consensus, ” says Daniel Shapiro, a Biden campaign surrogate who served as the U.S. ambassador to Israel under the Obama adminis- tration from 2011- 2017. Shapiro, now a visiting fellow at the Institute for N...…
… OCTOBER 29 • 2020 | 23 Howard-Katz D r. Arthur Howard and Linda Slifkin Katz, both formerly from N.J., were married recently in their Wellington, Fla., home. Rabbi Stephen Pinsky officiated. Their Paris honeymoon was canceled due to the COVID pandemic. Dr. Howard, son of the late Michael and Beatrice Howard, an OB/Gyn, had maintained a practice in both Essex and Morris Counties, N.J., for many years. Mrs. Howard, daughter of the ...…
…24 | OCTOBER 29 • 2020 SPIRIT Of Influence and Power O ur portion opens with the first words of God to Abraham: “Leave your land, your birth- place and your father’ s house, and go to the land that I will show you. ” These words are the foundation upon which Abraham was to build our nation. Generally, people conform to their sur- roundings. They adopt the standards and absorb the culture of the time and place in which they li...…
… OCTOBER 29 • 2020 | 25 PHOTOS BY ALEX SHERMAN ARTS&LIFE ON THE COVER What They Do in the Newlyweds Jonathan Barkan and Ariel Fisher put a Jewish lens on horror fi lms. GEORGE ELKIND CONTRIBUTING WRITER PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALEX SHERMAN M any couples have a meet-cute. Jonathan Barkan and Ariel Fisher’ s was a literal horror story. The Ann Arbor residents met by chance in 2018, when they were writers and horror film aficionados visit...…
…ARTS&LIFE group in Toronto. The funeral was the following morning, and the overnight shooting schedule wore on her. But surrounded by strangers, she didn’ t speak about it for most of the night. Barkan, noticing something was wrong, worked to create a friendly atmosphere on set. He played games between takes to pass the time and peppered Fisher with jokes over the shoot’ s long hours. “ Ariel realized that I wasn’ t exactly a cre...…
…continued on page 28 Fisher said. “My dad and my brother were watching Jaws, and I have vivid memories of doing this puzzle with my mom but hearing Quint getting eaten in the other room. ” Later, Jaws acquired a ritualistic signifi- cance. “I started watching it so much in my early teens that I would watch it to go to sleep, ” she said. “It’ s like my comfort movie. Somehow the screams of people being eaten by a giant great white shark...…
