… JULY 30 • 2020 | 41 Soul of blessed memory Arranging a funeral is an emotional process. But choosing the right funeral home can help alleviate the stress. That’s why people turn to us. We understand the wants and needs of families from all walks of Judaism. Our fresh look and feel make everyone feel welcome. We’re centrally located, and our pricing is fair. Our care—and our caring—help ease the burden of a loss. OUR FUNERAL HOME MEE...…
…42 | JULY 30 • 2020 Detroit’s Ambassador DAVID SACHS CONTRIBUTING EDITOR W hen Detroit desper- ately needed a boost, Ron Sherr was one of its biggest boosters. For 38 years, Ron was the jovial people-person who greeted thousands of out-of-town visitors to the Motor City. Ron and his wife, Linda, formed Action Tours in 1979, and their business became a vital part of the local tourist industry, entertaining guests with bus trips to...…
… JULY 30 • 2020 | 43 continued from page 41 continued on page 44 Soul of blessed memory Contributions may be made to Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jewishhospice.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ARLENE GOLDBERG, 91, of Southfield, died July 20, 2020. She is sur- vived by her husband, Ted Goldberg; son, Robert Goldberg; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Winnie and Aaron...…
…44 | JULY 30 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory continued from page 43 and Teddy Gell. The family requests that any contributions be made to Trustbridge Hospice/Pallative Care at Trustbridge.com or to the Steven E. Zack Memorial Fund at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. EDWARD SHAPIRO, 84, of West Bloomfield, died July 21, 2020. He is survived by his daughters and son-in-law, Amy Shapiro, and Beth and Andy Isola; son,...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 46 | JULY 30 • 2020 Call Me A Cab … I recently wrote about an early Jewish automobile leader that you may not have known, F. L. Klingensmith, first president and founder of the Gray Motor Corporation. I also mentioned Max Grabowski, creator of what is now GMC Trucks, and Meyer Prentis, longtime treasurer of Gene...…
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… JULY 23 • 2020 | 5 Views for openers Rhymes For Our Times (Written under the shadow of the 2020 pandemic) D uring these times of social distancing and self-isolation, watch- ing YouTube can become addictive. I have discovered the clev- erness of sev- eral folks who are musically inclined and can write song parodies about the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course, I’ m not gifted with a music sense and those who have heard me sing will...…
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…18 | JULY 23 • 2020 F ive years ago, Steve Katzman knew change was needed. Katzman, who’ s been involved with Jewish organizations in Metro Detroit such as JARC, Kadima, JFS and Friendship Circle for many years now, was trying to put together a coali- tion to bring all those entities together. The reason for seeking the coalition was significant fund- ing cuts coming down from Lansing, reallocating funding for those organizatio...…
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…22 | JULY 23 • 2020 continued on page 24 Life is a Chai Way Local Jewish motorcycle club hosts national meet and greet. JACKIE HEADAPOHL ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jews in the D J ewish motorcyclists from across the country recently converged on Detroit to explore historical sites and meet fellow riders from the tribe. The Jewish Motorcyclists Alliance (JMA) hosted its Motor City Meet & Greet July 9-11, sponsored by the Michigan Chai Rid...…
… JULY 23 • 2020 | 23 Out of concer n f or t he healt h and saf et y of our communi t y , J ewi sh F ami ly Ser v i ce has made t he di f ficult deci si on t o cancel our 2020 Spot li ght Ev ent . Whi le we may not be able t o come t oget her t o shi ne a li ght on ment al healt h, we at J F S ar e st i ll pr ov i di ng v i t al ser v i ces t o t hose i n need, and t hat wo...…
…24 | JULY 23 • 2020 continued from page 22 Commerce Township, followed by a comedy performance by producer and “Rat Pack” revival star, Sandy Hackett, son of Buddy Hackett, at Big Tommy’ s Parthenon and Comedy Club in Novi. “He was funny — very Jewish — and took a lot of questions from the audi- ence about his dad, ” Lullove said. Ron Korman, Chai Rider for 10 years and motorcycle enthusiast for 60, said, “It was a great weekend. I ...…
… JULY 23 • 2020 | 25 Nearly $400,000 was raised at JARC’ s annual fundraising event to benefit individuals with developmental disabilities. The first-ever drive-in movie event for the organization had more than 75 families in attendance during the two feature films, Despicable Me and Groundhog Day, which ran from 3-10 p.m. Kids, teens, couples and parents at the event safely watched the movies in their vehicles during each showin...…
…Moments 26 | JULY 23 • 2020 JUNE 5, 2020 Ariana Orvell and Jeffrey Zeman are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Averie Gemma Zeman. Proud grandparents are Marci and Paul Zeman of West Bloomfield, and Gabriella Ibieta and Miles Orvell of Philadelphia. Averie is named in loving memory of her great-grandmothers Avis Wolfe and Gabriela de la Campa. She is also the great-granddaughter of the late Harold Wolfe, Maggie and Ro...…
… JULY 23 • 2020 | 27 Spirit torah portion T here is an inspirational account that, in one ver- sion or another, is often printed. The earliest known ver- sion of “Footprints” reads: An elderly man, who had lived his life and left this world to go and meet his Maker, asked the Lord a question. “ As I’ m looking down on the paths I’ ve trod, I see two sets of footprints on the easy paths. “But down the rocky roads I see only one set ...…
…28 | JULY 23 • 2020 Eretz I n the summer of 2010, native Israeli and Harvard grad Mishy Harman gathered his belongings and his dog and embarked on a 13,000-mile road trip across the United States. Just outside of Vicksburg, Mississippi, he said, his life tra- jectory changed. It was when Harman switched from listen- ing to books on tape and Bible Belt radio to an episode of This American Life. As he listened, Harman remembers b...…
… JULY 23 • 2020 | 29 viewed celebrities such as bas- ketball player Amar’ e Stoudemire and Arab-Israeli news anchor Lucy Aharish. Additionally, the Zoom festival featured a live concert, a cooking class and a self-portrait workshop. Inman said the event garnered huge support and attracted people from all over the world, includ- ing Americans, Australians and South Africans. “Everything came together in this very magical way, ” Inma...…
…30 | JULY 23 • 2020 L ike so many other musical stage entertainers sidelined by the pan- demic, Daniel Kahn has turned to YouTube. Kahn, who launched his career while growing up in Farmington Hills, has developed a video centered on the Yiddish song “Mentshn-Fresser” (“Devourer of Mankind”), written by Solomon Small (Smulewitz) in 1916 to communicate the brutal environment brought about by tuberculosis. Kahn has revived the song ...…
… JULY 23 • 2020 | 31 and drums) and his wife, Yeva Lapsker (videography), with Sveta Kundish (vocals) and Patrick Farrell (accordion and sound). After the initial film- ing, instrumental accompani- ment was added by Christian Dawid (tuba, saxophone, clarinet) and Vivien Zeller (violin). The setting for the video, a deserted farmhouse, was scouted by Lapsker, who built a dance career before working more closely with Kahn and his mu...…
…32 | JULY 23 • 2020 N ikolaus Leytner’ s The Tobacconist is marked by uneasy tensions. When a chance tragedy upends a Christian family’ s peaceful rural life, they send their only son Franz (Simon Morze) to pre-Reich Vienna to apprentice with family friend Otto Trsnjek, a one-legged tobacconist and Great War vet, as Nazism encroaches on the city. Johannes Krisch gives the title character a sparky warmth that’ s matched by his ...…
… JULY 23 • 2020 | 33 AN HBO FILM (WITH SURPRISE MICHIGAN CONNECTIONS) HBO will premiere the documen- tary The Weight of Gold on July 29. It explores the mental health challenges that Olympic athletes often face. Like millions of “ordi- nary” Americans, many Olympic athletes struggle to find necessary support and resources as they cope with mental health issues. The film seeks to inspire a general discussion of mental health issues, ...…
…34 | JULY 23 • 2020 STAYING CONNECTED At this time of social distancing, the Jewish News will try to bring awareness to events/learning situations offered online by synagogues, temples and community organizations. MUSEUM EXHIBIT AS OF JULY 22 Cranbrook Art Museum opened the new exhibition, Shapeshifters: Transformations in Contemporary Art. Featuring more than 70 works from 39 artists drawn from the museum’ s permanent collectio...…
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…38 | JULY 23 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory continued on page 42 GILDA BIRMINGHAM, 92, of Royal Oak, died July 11, 2020. She was a woman of culture who loved collecting glass art, volunteering for many years at the Detroit Institute of Arts and attending art exhibits. She was well read, extremely intellectual and had a great sense of humor. Gilda brought life and inter- est to any conversation. She was always fully engaged ...…
… JULY 23 • 2020 | 39 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER • ZEKELMAN FAMILY CAMPUS 28123 Orchard Lake Rd. • Farmington Hills, MI 48334 www.holocaustcenter.org Helen Rosenzveig z”l In Memory of he Board of Directors and Staff of the Holocaust Memorial Center offer our heartfelt condolences to the Rosenzveig and Novogrodsky families. Together with her husband, Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig z”l, they were instrumental in the creation of the ...…
…40 | JULY 23 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory T homas I. Klein, 85, of Bloomfield Hills and Longboat Key, Fla., died July 3, 2020. Tom was a joy to everyone who knew him. He was tall, handsome, smart, sweet, kind, funny, loving and an all-around wonderful guy. He was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. At the age of 18, as a popular high school senior and an all-state athlete in basketball and football, he contracted polio. He was o...…
… JULY 23 • 2020 | 41 of almost 59 years, Linda Zuckerman Klein; three children, Katherine (Peter) Bresler, Elizabeth (Stephen) Brodsky and Jonathan (Gretchen Goldberg) Klein; six grandchildren, Alexander Bresler, Abigail Bresler, Joshua Brodsky, Matthew Brodsky, Nathan Klein and Charles Klein; two broth- ers, Dr. Richard (Muggsy) Klein and James (Heide) Klein; proud uncle of nieces and nephews, Dan (Robyn) Klein, Deborah Klein, ...…
…Soul of blessed memory 42 | JULY 23 • 2020 ied astronomy and worked at the family business as a bookkeeper. She had a very close relationship with her grandchildren, espe- cially her granddaughters Michelle and EllaRose. Ella regularly exercised with Polly long distance by tab- let, which became a high- light of Polly’ s day. Mrs. Kaatz was the beloved wife of the late Paul Kaatz; cherished mother of Lin Kaatz Chary, Stephen (Su...…
