…32 | OCTOBER 15 • 2020 CHICAGO 7 AND SOMETHING WEIRD The Trial of the Chicago 7, an orig- inal Netflix film, begins streaming Oct. 16. It opened in a few theaters on Sept. 28 (to be “Oscar-eligible”) and has received mostly great reviews. The film was directed and writ- ten by Aaron Sorkin, 59 (A Few Good Men). In 1968, Chicago’ s Mayor Daley determined that no anti-Vietnam War demonstrators would get near the site of the Democrat...…
…On The Go people | places | events ART EXHIBITION ONGOING THROUGH OCT. 31 “Beauty & Chaos,” an exhibition featuring landscapes and abstrac- tions at the KICKSTART Gallery & Shop, 33304 Grand River Ave., Farmington. The artist is a member of the JCC’ s Men’ s Club. For infor- mation, call (248) 231-2158, or email kickstartfarmington.org. JVS BUSINESS EVENT 12-12:30 PM, OCT. 15 The 23rd annual JVS Human Services Strictly Business event...…
…34 | OCTOBER 15 • 2020 D akota Bread Company, a popular West Bloomfield bakery known for its challah, will reopen next week under surprising new management. Earlier this week, Friendship Circle, a local Lubavitch-affiliated nonprofit focusing on individuals with special needs, announced the purchase of the bakery, which will be used as a venue to create job opportunities for adults with special needs. The bakery will close temporar...…
… OCTOBER 15 • 2020 | 35 classes for different age groups and pro- grams bringing together the general com- munity with those served by Friendship Circle. Shemtov said the bakery will continue to offer teens the opportunity to come in and make a challah for their upcoming bar or bat mitzvah, something that started before the Wilsons bought the bakery. Friendship Circle is exploring the pos- sibility of starting a challah membership p...…
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…38 | OCTOBER 15 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory Devoted To Judaism R obert N. Canvasser, 95, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 7, 2020. He was born in Detroit in 1924 to Charles and Ada Canvasser, the third of four boys. He graduated from Central High School in 1943. Following graduation, he enlisted in the Army and was honorably discharged in 1945. He spent the rest of his life in the real estate business with his three brothers,...…
… OCTOBER 15 • 2020 | 39 continued on page 40 HERBERT BIDLOFSKY, 81, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 30, 2020. He is survived by his beloved wife, Sharon Bidlofsky; daughter and son-in-law, Alysa and Jeff Kowalsky; son and daughter- in-law, Randy and Shannon Bidlofsky; grandchildren, Chloe and Carly Kowalsky, and Ashton Smith; many other loving family members and friends. Mr. Bidlofsky was the brother of the late Jerry Bidlofsky...…
…40 | OCTOBER 15 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mrs. Carron was the beloved wife of the late Dr. Carl Carron; the mother of the late Randy Carron; sister of the late Sol Lesnick, the late Julius Lesnick and the late Sylvia Pearlman. Interment took place at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’ s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel....…
… OCTOBER 15 • 2020 | 41 ELAINE GLUCKMAN, 88, of Southfield, died Oct. 2, 2020. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Matthew (Robin Remer) Gluckman, Kerry and Raquel Gluckman; grandchildren, Loren and Danielle Gluckman; sister, Sandra Brenner; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Gluckman was the beloved wife of the late Harold “Hank” Gluckman; the sister-in-law of the late Jerry Brenner. Interment...…
…Soul of blessed memory 42 | OCTOBER 15 • 2020 continued from page 41 SHEILA KOLLENBERG, 89, of Okemos, formerly of Scottsdale, Ariz., Southfield and Oak Park, died Oct. 6, 2020. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Cyndi and Dan Cohen, Ellen and Mark Latimer, and Judy and Eric Spanogle; son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Mary Kollenberg; grandchildren, Brad Gutov, Brandon and Rachel Cohen, Bree and Jeff Waldrup...…
…44 | OCTOBER 15 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory She was born in Detroit Oct. 6, 1924, and died peace- fully at home surrounded by her loving family in Brookline. Mrs. Robinson was a teacher, a learner and a good friend to many. She is mourned by her family, friends and the whole House of Israel. She leaves behind her husband of 72 years, Berol Robinson; her children, David Robinson, Judith Robinson Levine and Daniel Levine, and J...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 46 | OCTOBER 15 • 2020 Turning the Page A s you likely know, it is a new era at the JN. The newspaper is now owned by the nonprofit Detroit Jewish News Foundation, and after 34 years as JN publish- er, Arthur Horwitz is now publisher emeritus, a well-de- served honor. Arthur will still be active- ly involved in as...…
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… OCTOBER 8 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-8 Jews in the D JCC Health Club to Permanently Close 10 The community center can no longer afford to operate its fitness facilities, its CEO said. 2020 Rising Stars 12 Keep your eye on these young people making a positive impact on the Jewish community. JFMD Annual Meeting Goes Virtual 19 Ginsburg’ s Detroit Connections 20 A romance sparked between RBG’ s former law clerks, and an artist pays t...…
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…guest column Planting Partnerships at Yad Ezra Views O ur mission at Yad Ezra’ s Giving Gardens is to provide educational opportunities and resources to address hunger in our Jewish community at its roots, with a focus on healthy and sustainable practices. The pandemic has not dried up our resolve. We have capi- talized on the nicer weather and have been hosting classes, providing a socially distant way to interact with people sa...…
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…Views memory. And yet, here we are, and here we will remain. This moment in history will surely be no different. We will prevail. A LANDMARK AGREEMENT Many of us were not yet alive in 1978, or can hardly remember, when the first signing of a peace deal between Israel and one of its 19 Arab neighbors, Egypt, sent shockwaves through the Middle East. It took 16 years until another of Israel’ s neigh- bors, Jordan, followed suit. Now, ...…
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…10 | OCTOBER 8 • 2020 T he Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield Township is closing its health club, effective imme- diately. Brian D. Siegel, CEO of the JCC, spoke exclusively with the JN to lay out how this all came about. He said the decision was due to a mixture of financial, philo- sophical, political and practical reasons, all in dif- ferent ways exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The fina...…
… OCTOBER 8 • 2020 | 11 ing, with the real estate being owned by the United Jewish Foundation. On the practical side, Siegel said the JCC realized the build- ing couldn’ t just be reduced “hodge-podge, ” and that there needed to be specific plans in place on which parts were reduced. The “right-sizing” committee had plans to keep the health club before the pandemic and was going to fill the indoor pool and place a new health club o...…
…Keep your eye on these young people making a positive impact on the Jewish community. COMPILED BY JN AND JCC STAFF Jews in the D W e are proud to announce this year’ s Rising Stars: Teens Making a Difference! Judges chosen by the JCC selected these 18 remarkable teens for their incredible achievements and for the positive impact they are making on others and in the com- munity. Detroit Jewish News, the JCC of Metropolitan Detroi...…
… OCTOBER 8 • 2020 | 13 continued on page 14 team. Jonah’ s true passion is music. He plays the piano and cello and compos- es classical music as well. He earned a scholarship to attend Interlochen, where he is majoring in music compo- sition and continuing his study of piano and cello as well as more traditional academic studies. While at home, Jonah studies composition with a graduate student from U-M, takes weekly pri- vate lessons ...…
…continued from page 13 continued on page 16 14 | OCTOBER 8 • 2020 Jews in the D increase their involvement. Micah has an entrepreneurial spirit and has always looked for ways to help create new programs in his school and the wider community. Micah is now in Israel, learning at Yeshivat Orayta. ALEXANDRA FINKELSTEIN Lexie, 18, works tirelessly to improve her community and help those around her. She is a recent grad- uate of ...…
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…18 | OCTOBER 8 • 2020 Jews in the D leadership executive board as the treasurer. She is a member of the “Upstander Committee, ” which takes a strong stance against bullying, making sure everyone “matters. ” She is a member of the Federation Jewish Teen Board where she works on allocating funds to various philanthropic organizations. Her dream is to help make a difference in the availability of funds and pro- grams in our communit...…
… OCTOBER 8 • 2020 | 19 Jews in the D JFMD/Foundation Meeting Goes Virtual T he 2020-2021 Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation and the United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit took place on Zoom Oct. 1. Leadership formally elected Matt Lester as the new president of Federation and Dennis Bernard as the new president of the Foundation. Businessman Dan Gilbert was also presented with the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Awar...…
…20 | OCTOBER 8 • 2020 W hen Sam Bagenstos heard the news about the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he was in the middle of a Rosh Hashanah service on Zoom and was instantly overcome with emotion. “Tikkun olam is a principle and a practice that mattered a lot to the justice, and it’ s some- thing I think she’ s passed along to a new generation, even for those who don’ t know or use that term, ” Bagenstos said. B...…
… OCTOBER 8 • 2020 | 21 about equality was something that I walked into the clerkship thinking that that’ s why I want- ed to be there learning from her. ” Schlanger wrote a piece for Time magazine after Ginsburg’ s death, reiterating what kind of warrior Ginsburg was for equal- ity under the law. “RBG’ s crucial contribution to America was as a stalwart, eloquent fighter for expanding the scope of ‘ We the People, ’ pushing the Un...…
…22 | OCTOBER 8 • 2020 A Place of Their Own Group neighborhood provides independence to adults with disabilities. JENNIFER LOVY CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jews in the D L osing a sister to breast cancer forced Melanie Cohen to address the ques- tion that keeps every parent of a child with a disability awake at night: “Who will take care of my child when I’ m gone?” Watching her nieces and nephew become orphans, Cohen suddenly realized the ...…
… OCTOBER 8 • 2020 | 23 bowling, hang out with friends and watch movies. From his apartment, Wolf watched Temple Israel’ s High Holiday services. “I was excited about liv- ing on my own. There’ s nothing hard about it. ” As for the parents, they said it was difficult initially, but the growth and independence they’ ve seen from their kids has been remarkable. “ At first, I was very anxious and worried, ” said Helen Barron, whose so...…
…24 | OCTOBER 8 • 2020 Lawsuit Targets White Supremacists Alleged planners of Charlottesville violence could face fi nancial ruin. SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jews in the D D uring the past several years, Jewish Americans and others have been shocked by the increase in antise- mitic public statements, physical assaults and the killings of Jewish individuals across the country by white supremacists, neo-Na- zis and members of ...…
… OCTOBER 8 • 2020 | 25 general for consti- tutional and civil rights, explains that the lawsuit’ s premise is that the plaintiffs were deprived of “their constitutional rights of engaging in peaceful acts of expression. The plain- tiffs will have to prove that the defendants conspired to deprive them of their rights. As a civil case, damages could be awarded for interference with the plaintiffs’ constitu- tional rights. ” Spital...…
…26 | OCTOBER 8 • 2020 Moments AUG. 14, 2020 Andrew and Sarah Cherluck of Berkley are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Eloise Margot Cherluck (Eliora Miriam). Delighted grandparents are Scott and Debra Silver of Beverly Hills, Mich., and Robert and Michele Cherluck of Sterling Heights. Eloise is named in loving memory of her paternal grandmother Marilyn Silver. She is the beloved great-granddaughter of Florence Holzma...…
…Moments OCTOBER 8 • 2020 | 27 Yedwab-Allmayer R abbi Paul and Wendy Yedwab are thrilled to announce the wedding of their daughter Ariella Jae Yedwab to Josh Mark Allmayer, son of Dan and Melanie Allmayer. The couple were married in the beautiful gardens of Temple Israel. After a mini-moon to the Finger Lakes in Upstate New York, they headed back to their home in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mervis 95th S arah Mervis of Southfield celebrate...…
…28 | OCTOBER 8 • 2020 Spirit torah portion S hemini Atzeret is the end of the High Holiday season. It is perfect for 2020. It is a holiday about being attached yet separate at the same time. It is about finding joy during moments of uncertainty. It is an optimistic message of the possibility of hope and renewal, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart. The holiday isn’ t mentioned in the main part of our Torah rea...…
… OCTOBER 8 • 2020 | 29 Jews in the D Most Read on the Web Each month, the JN will let you know the stories that were read most often online. If you missed any, you can go to the jewish- news.com and search for them by title. Here’ s what was most popular in September. Top 10 on the Web 1. JCC Health Club to Permanently Close 2. The Abraham Accord Between Israel and the UAE: Curb Your Enthusiasm 3. New Bagel on the Block: Tov Ba...…
…30 | OCTOBER 8 • 2020 business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M W hen nutrition consultant Stacy Goldberg first devel- oped the idea for Savorfull back in 2011, an e-commerce plat- form that offers healthy, “free- from” snacks, she was receiving more and more calls from clients seeking foods “free from” ingredients such as gluten or dairy. “I wanted to reach more peo- ple, ” Goldberg, 44, of West...…
… OCTOBER 8 • 2020 | 31 here’s to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced appointments to the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Among them is Anessa Kramer of Bloomfield Hills, a partner and board member at Honigman LLP. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Jewish Fund, the Roeper School and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. Kramer is appointed for a term expiring Sept. 1, 2023. The Michiga...…
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…A lfred Zydower is no stranger to coping with trauma, and movies seem to help. Having escaped Nazi Germany with his family shortly after Krystallnacht, the 91-year old Madison Heights resident has followed a winding road before settling into retirement here. Over the years, he’ s taken in an immense repertoire of more than 40,000 films — out- pacing many a Netflix binger well before streaming was available. Speaking to the Jewish N...…
