… APRIL 30 • 2020 | 45 continued on page 46 BRUCE BARKIN, 68, of West Bloomfield, died April 19, 2020. He is survived by his brothers and sisters-in-law, Richard and Marilynn Barkin, and Steven and Teri Barkin; sister and brother-in-law, Janice and David Gordon; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mr. Barkin was the beloved husband of the late Helen Barkin; the devoted son of the late Madeline and the late Marvi...…
…46 | APRIL 30 • 2020 he left to attend the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines, Iowa. He complet- ed his D.O. degree in 1961. Dr. Bez practiced anesthesi- ology in Detroit, Battle Creek and Lansing, where he finished his career. He was a full profes- sor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and clinical professor at the College of Osteopathic Medicine. As a residency program director, Dr. Bez ...…
… APRIL 30 • 2020 | 47 continued on page 48 Longtime Brody’s Owners and Couple of 70 Years, Separated By COVID-19, Die Just Hours Apart T hey were high school sweethearts, and they were insepara- ble — even after 72 years of marriage. They worked together for decades at their well-known store, Brody’ s Custom Printing and Camp Supplies, and they shared a passion for the movies and live theater. Their relation- ship resembled a cl...…
…48 | APRIL 30 • 2020 continued from page 47 Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’ s Association or to Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. COLEMAN KLEIN, 82, of West Bloomfield, died April 15, 2020. A respected attor- ney and avid music lover, Coleman is survived by his sons, Michael Klein and Jeffrey Klein; grandchildren, Jacob and Julie Klein; man...…
… APRIL 30 • 2020 | 49 continued on page 50 she was a great letter writer, writing and receiving respons- es from movie and opera stars as varied as Laurence Olivier, Pavarotti and many, many others. Shirley was also a diehard sports fan. She loved football, basketball, baseball as well as hockey. She could quote statis- tics and could hold a conver- sation about sports teams and individual players with anyone for hours. Shirley was ...…
…50 | APRIL 30 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory continued from page 49 Benzin, Jacob Serour, Josh Guttentag; great-nephews, Oliver Benzin, Isaac Benzin. Mr. Serour was the loving son of the late Morris Serour. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’ s choice. Graveside service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. JACOB SHANKER, 82, of Oak Park, died April 3, 2020. He is survived by his ...…
… APRIL 30 • 2020 | 51 continued on page 52 BESSIE STEIN, 102, of West Bloomfield, died April 17, 2020. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Marcia and Donald Aaron; grandchildren, Bradley Lewis Aaron and Jennifer Aaron; great-grandson, Blake David Aaron. Mrs. Stein was the beloved wife of the late Irving Stein; the proud grandmother of the late Keith Steven Aaron. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contri...…
…52 | APRIL 30 • 2020 DANIEL WATERSTONE, 64, of New York, formerly of Michigan, died April 13, 2020. He is survived by brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Hannah Waterstone; sister and brother-in-law, Dena and Boruch Rabinowitz of Passic, N.J. Contributions may be made to Tzedakah Enhancement Project (TEP), 25991 Marlowe Place, Oak Park, MI 48237. Graveside service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memo...…
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…54 | APRIL 30 • 2020 A t the risk of repeat- ing myself, as I have written several times before, when doing research in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History for one topic, I always find another interesting story on another subject. In this case, while during research for my recent “Looking Back” on the history of Jews and supermarkets, I also learned that Jewish Detroiters founded the largest chai...…
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…A Showdown in Behind the new lawsuit challenging longtime synagogue protesters. MAYA GOLDMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALEX SHERMAN Jews in the D I t’ s a brutally cold Saturday morning in February, and Dearborn resident Chris Mark is one of only two people from a group called Witness for Peace standing outside Ann Arbor’ s Beth Israel Congregation. The group used to be bigger, but Mark said many members have passed away ...…
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…continued from page 10 12 | APRIL 23 • 2020 The plaintiffs are asking that the court either stop the protest- ers altogether or place restrictions on their conduct. They’ re also seeking damages. Outside organizations have gotten involved on both sides. On Feb. 24, The Lawfare Project, a New York-based legal network that works to defend the Jewish and pro-Israel community, joined the lawsuit as a co-counsel and to provide financi...…
… APRIL 23 • 2020 | 13 continued on page 14 “It’s not really about Palestinian human rights. And I think that’s a shame.” — RABBI NADAV CAINE, BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION human rights. And I think that’ s a shame, ” Caine said. “I wish it were… It is really about the fact that Israel and the Jews con- trol the world and it’ s all those anti-Semitic tropes about [how] we control the banking, we con- trol the American government, cont...…
…14 | APRIL 23 • 2020 “It makes it virtually impossible to do things like host homeless people or give sanctuary to ref- ugees, ” he said. “I just can’ t open the door and have people come in and out like they might do at a church, and those kinds of things do sadden me. ” He thinks it’ s possible the pro- tests have discouraged some peo- ple from coming to synagogue or joining the congregation. “I suspect that many people get used ...…
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…Lansing Demonstrators Protest Whitmer With Hitler Signs Organizers say the Nazi signs weren’ t theirs; ADL condemns comparison. CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER Jews in the D T housands of demonstrators drove to Lansing on April 15 protest- ing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’ s extension of her “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order in response to the coronavirus out- break. Some protestors were seen waving Confederate flags and holding signs com- paring W...…
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…18 | APRIL 23 • 2020 C ollectively, we are a powerful force when we work together for those most vulnerable and frail, ” said Leslie Katz, director of FRIENDS of JSL, who is looking for volunteers to help Jewish Senior Life residents left alone in their apartments because of the COVID-19 crisis. Volunteers can choose from a myriad of opportunities to help. Many residents don’ t have the ability to shop for them- selves. JSL is ...…
… APRIL 23 • 2020 | 19 Jews in the D A s we endure the coronavirus pandemic, many individuals are homebound and healthy, feeling powerless to help those less fortunate. But six local women have found a safe way to raise funds to help local restaurants and hospital workers. Danielle (Dani) Gillman, 42, was texting with five friends about what they could do to help during the pandemic. They had read about a New Jersey group called Fr...…
…20 | APRIL 23 • 2020 W hen Groves High School closed in March because of the coronavirus epidemic, junior Isaiah Rubin had some time on his hands. “The school was having a hard time transitioning to online instruction,” said his mom Lindsay Hords of Birmingham. “We knew he had to do something, so our thoughts turned to how we could help the community.” Isaiah, who had his bar mitzvah at Temple Israel, said he and his friends...…
… APRIL 23 • 2020 | 21 H arvey Olson, 80, of Commerce Township is living proof that COVID- 19 can be beaten. His story is spreading hope among his friends and relatives across the globe. Both Harvey and his wife Doris, 74, are on the other side of a ferocious three-week-long battle with the novel coronavirus. Both believe they contracted the virus in mid-March after attending a wedding in Florida and flying back home to Metro Detr...…
…22 | APRIL 23 • 2020 L ocal food pantries are struggling to provide the necessary produce and food for those who need it most during the coronavirus outbreak. A new initiative from a local Jewish sustainability lab aims to change that. Hazon Detroit, a nonprofit that works with Jewish and non-Jewish organizations to help educate the community about creating healthier and more sustainable ways of life, started their Relief Garde...…
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…Jews in the D 26 | APRIL 23 • 2020 A s a population especially vulnerable to COVID-19, seniors are heavily dis- couraged from having any phys- ical contact with anyone. But all that isolation gets lonely fast, and many seniors aren’ t comfortable setting up videoconferencing technology like Zoom on their own. In response, the Detroit Jewish Coalition, a partnership between Jewish organizations based in the city of Detroit, is la...…
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… APRIL 23 • 2020 | 29 W hen the loss, the suffering, the sad- ness and the anxi- ety associated with the corona- virus comes to an end, we will emerge on the other side. Perhaps it is foolish or even naive to look ahead to that moment. But I pray and believe that we will come out stronger, smarter and kinder; and I look forward to that time. It will be then that we are confronted with a pro- found question of human need: how will...…
…Arts&Life exhibit 30 | APRIL 23 • 2020 J onathan Santlofer estab- lished a successful career as a painter before two trage- dies impacted his professional instincts. After the death of his wife (food writer Joy Santlofer) and a fire that destroyed 10 years of work, he began writing projects and altered his artistry. Santlofer revealed his experi- ences and Jewish outlook in The Widower’ s Notebook: A Memoir (Penguin Books, 2018) a...…
… APRIL 23 • 2020 | 31 commissioned by the Flint Institute of Arts. “I was intrigued by the structure of the abandoned gas installation just outside of Seattle, ” said Hurwitz, Boston University professor emeritus. “I’ m interested in the way forms and structures go together. It’ s like looking at sculpture. ” Hurwitz, whose prints have been collected and displayed internationally from New York to London, holds rec- ognition throug...…
…S aturday Night Seder, a star- filled entertainment take on Passover traditions, was a full-fledged online production mounted from home to raise money for the CDC Foundation’ s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency Response Fund. The show streamed live via YouTube April 11 for the fourth night of Passover and is now available to watch anytime at SaturdayNightSeder.com. It cap- tivated audiences with a long list of celebrities paired alo...…
… APRIL 23 • 2020 | 33 Arts&Life book review AMAZON The Blackbird Girls Themes of resilience may resonate with young readers. O n a beautiful April morning in 1986, two schoolgirls in the Soviet town of Pripyat looked up from their schoolyard to see billow- ing smoke coming from the Chernobyl nuclear plant where both their fathers worked. This is the open- ing chapter of The Blackbird Girls, (March 2020, Viking), a newly relea...…
…34 | APRIL 23 • 2020 Arts&Life celebrity jews The FX drama/comedy series Better Things, now in its fourth season, has received many Emmy nom- inations. I finally had the time to binge-watch it and you should, too. It’ s really good. The four seasons mesh in logical plot arcs. Things is semi-autobi- ographical. Pamela Adlon, 53, stars as Sam Fox, a Hollywood actress who works steadily, but never lands a big star role. Like Sam, Ad...…
… APRIL 23 • 2020 | 35 JENNIFER LOVY CONTRIBUTING WRITER I t was around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 12, when the wheels of an El Al jet touched down at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The plane, void of passen- gers, flew to Detroit from China on what could be considered a human- itarian aid mission. Inside the Israeli jet were 3.5 million surgical and KN95 protec- tive masks, face shields and pulse oximeters about to be distributed to ...…
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…38 | APRIL 23 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory FLORENCE ACKERMAN, 89, of Farmington Hills, died April 11, 2020. She is survived by her daughter, Susan (Mal) Hillman; son, Ivan Ackerman; grandchildren, Stephanie (Jeff) Henige and Alyssa (Cameron) Pinnock, Casey and Kyle Ackerman; great-grandchildren, Max, Reese and Paige (Henige), Chloe and Cate (Pinnock); many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Interment was held at Be...…
