…On The Go people | places | events JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 41 DSO AT CSZ Join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as they perform at Congregation Shaarey Zedek at 7:30 p.m., featuring conductor Mei-Ann Chen (music director of the Chicago Sinfonietta) and cellist Sterling Elliot (National Sphinx Competition winner). Music to include “Bizet Suite No. 1” from Carmen, “Lalo Cello Concerto” and “Franck Symphony in D Minor.” For tickets ($25), go to...…
…42 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M T he JN sat down with Elliot Darvick to learn about his new position as Lyft’ s regional director for the Midwest. Darvick is a native of Metro Detroit, where he attended Hillel Day School and graduated from Cranbrook- Kingswood. He has spent the past 15 years of his career at the intersection of technology, auto- motive and media — w...…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 43 Daryl Ziegelman, chief technology officer (CTO) at Central Data in Farmington Hills, has worked in the field of software development and distribution since its infancy. Ziegelman grew up in Farmington Hills and harbored an interest in computers since child- hood. He recalls receiving an Apple II computer for his bar mitzvah, one of the first on the market, which helped ignite his passion for computers and so...…
…44 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 here’s to business SPOTlight The Community House, a nonprofit resource and destination in Birmingham for personal, professional, recreational and philanthropic pursuits, will hold its annual Bates Street Society dinner in February. Individuals are inducted into the society based on their significant charitable contributions that align with the work and mission of the Community House. Among this year’ s inductees a...…
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… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 47 David Stern, Longtime NBA Commissioner, Dies at 77 (JTA) — David Stern, who in three decades as NBA commissioner guided the league from financial dis- tress to become a multibil- lion-dollar global enterprise, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 77. Stern had undergone emergency surgery for a brain hemorrhage in mid-December after collapsing at a New York City restaurant. He served as commissioner of th...…
…48 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory continued from page 47 and Little Caesars arenas. He began his career as a teacher and swim coach in Detroit, and he swam com- petitively in high school. He was a ham radio enthusiast and had friends around the world. He inspired everyone who crossed his path. During his career, Norman served as chapter and nation- al president for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and the De...…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 49 continued on page 50 be made to JARC, the Komisar/Feldman Fund, 6735 Telegraph, Suite 100, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 jarc.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ESTHER HAMMER, 87, of Oak Park, died Dec. 28, 2019. She is sur- vived by her husband, Bernard Hammer; sons, Ronald Hammer and Richard Hammer, both of Oak Park; brother and sis- ter-in-law, Dr. Irving and Ruth Foon of Birmingham; grandchildre...…
…Soul of blessed memory continued from page 49 50 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Pershin, they were blessed with three children, Rona, Michael and Lisa. Helyn graduated from Wayne State University in 1968 with a master’ s in edu- cation and history. She went on to have a long career as a high school English teacher. She was an avid life master bridge player and director and even conducted classes on cruises. Mrs. Kohlman was loved by so ma...…
… JANUARY 9 • 2020 | 51 continued on page 52 cousins and friends. Contributions may be made to Doctors without Borders, ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, or a charity of one’ s choice LORETHA “LOU” NELKIN, 95, of Bloomfield Hills, died Dec. 21, 2019. She is sur- vived by her son and daughter-in-law, Allan and Melanie Nelkin; daughters and sons-in-law, Marla and Murray Feldman, and Judy and Nick Dunwoodie; grandchildren, Matthe...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 54 | JANUARY 9 • 2020 Mitzvah Day Prompts Jewish Volunteerism on Christmas Day F or Christians of all varieties, Dec. 25 was Christmas, the holy day that celebrates the birth of Jesus. For a large number of Jews in Detroit, along with some Muslims, Hindus and participants from other non-Christian faiths, this wa...…
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… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-10 Jews in the D An Electric Experience 12 Jewish student helps lead LTU Formula SAE Electric Team’ s push for innovation. Biking Across Israel 15 Michigan FIDF supporters cycle with wounded Israeli combat veterans. The Shattered Dreams 16 Author shares lessons learned from her childhood. Essay: What We Bring to the Table 17 Online Chanukah Art Contest Winners 18 Helping Others 19 OCC gra...…
…LOOKING BACK MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020 Mike Smith will speak about the William Davidson Online Archive at the University of Michigan. What do 300,000+ pages from the Detroit Jewish News and Detroit Jewish Chronicle tell us about our history? Mike will share his favorite stories from his weekly column, Looking Back. COST: $7 MEMBERS WITH RESERVATION $10 NONMEMBERS AND WALK-INS (INCLUDES LUNCH) Register online at temple-isra...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 5 Views for starters Looking Ahead in 2020 W ow, it’ s 2020. Say it out loud. Doesn’ t it sound like a year that is still decades away? 2020 has a nice ring to it as a year. A year, I think, for literary purposes, George Orwell would have considered as the title for a sequel to his legendary dark novel 1984. I skipped reading 1984 when I found out it wasn’ t about the Tigers’ World Series Championship...…
…Views 6 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 guest column Why the Jews? W hy the Jews?” The week after Thanksgiving, speaking at the annual con- ference of American Muslims for Palestine, a political activ- ist and former co-chair of the Women’ s March took yet another shot at Israel and the Jews when she declared that the State of Israel is “built on the idea that Jews are supreme to everyone else.” Why the Jews? For those on the radical le...…
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…10 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 Views slur for good measure. The AJC, which just inaugurated a social media campaign to “Translate Hate,” should have been especially attuned to what was happening here. Trump has repeatedly hit on all these anti- Semitic themes before. He’ s complained that Jews won’ t back him because he doesn’ t “want your money.” He’ s told American Jews that Israel is “your country.” In many ways, Trump’ s IAC speech p...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 11 OUR JN MISSION: We aspire to communicate news and opinion that’ s trusted, valued, engaging and distinctive. We strive to refl ect diverse community viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. As an independent, responsible, responsive community member, we actively engage with individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in So...…
…12 | JANUARY 02 • 2020 An Electric Experience Jewish student helps lead LTU Formula SAE Electric Team’ s push for innovation. CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER Jews in the D A t Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, the Formula SAE Electric Team is pushing the bounds of inno- vation regarding electric cars. The team is designing and creating their own electric car to compete at two national events this coming year. Consistin...…
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…14 | JANUARY 02 • 2020 TOP: Team members use computer simulations as they develop their electric car. ABOVE: Wexler tests a battery pack. is pushing innovation. The vehicle dynamics side is also developing fea- tures unique to their electric car. “Because of the electric motor design we developed, we now have to design and fabricate our own cus- tom brake caliber because there is no off-the-shelf component to fit the environment ...…
… JANUARY 02 • 2019 | 15 Biking Across Israel Michigan FIDF supporters cycle with wounded Israeli combat veterans. T hree Michigan res- idents participated in the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) fifth annual Israel Bike Mission, an intense six-day bicycle ride through Israel, from Nov. 2-8. Local riders were Sandy Rosen of Bloomfield, Sam Rozenberg of West Bloomfield and Rabbi Alon Tolwin of Southfield. The Michig...…
…A loving mother feels grateful her children and grandchildren grow up in comfort, but, at some point, she wants them to know what she learned in her own childhood. So, Gita Zikherman- Greisdorf wrote The Shattered Dreams, a slim memoir telling her story simply and directly. She wrote this book to con- vey the values that sustained her parents as they managed to save their children from the Nazis, remaining always just a step ahead...…
… JANUARY 02 • 2020 | 17 Jews in the D What We Bring To The Table A group of die-hard ping pong players at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield have persevered for more than 12 years. We play every day from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Initially Big Boris, age 67, and Little Boris occupied the right table, keeping score in Russian, leaving the left table to the Americans: Sy Borsen, 92, Fred Kendell and Bob Salamon, both 86. Whe...…
…18 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 Jews in the D Votes Are In! Mazel tov to the online Chanukah art winners. In the Dec. 19 issue of the JN, we published winners chosen by the JN staff. Then we opened the voting to you online at our website. Here are the winners you chose from among the more than 150 entries this year in our annual Chanukah art contest, sponsored by Hillel Day School. Online winners are Sadie Katz, 4, ages 6 and younger; Noah Blo...…
… JANUARY 02 • 2020 | 19 A trip to Israel to attend a cousin’ s wedding set the stage for a recent Oakland Community College graduate to ignite her own passions. Leia Serlin of West Bloomfield loved her expe- rience in Israel so much that she vowed to go back and “do something good.” Upon her return, she began researching multiple volunteer opportunities and landed on Save a Child’ s Heart in Holon, Israel, about 20 minutes fr...…
…20 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 | faces&places Jews in the D PHOTOS BY JERRY ZOLYNSKY Menorah in the D, Dec. 22, 2019, Campus Martius Park, Detroit Moshe Weiss of Charlotte, N.C., and Matti Weingarten of Flint do a dreidel dance for participants. Keara Scannell from Detroit Circus entertains the crowd with flaming antics. Families have fun roasting marshmallows. Rabbi Yisrael Pinson of Chabad in the D The annual lighting of the menorah in D...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 21 | faces&places Jews in the D To celebrate the 2019 Chanukah season, the Lubavitch Yeshiva, International School for Chabad Leadership, held its annual Car-Top Menorah Parade departing from the Zekelman campus in Oak Park, traveling to Southfield City Hall and culminating in a grand menorah lighting and festivities. Refreshments and music entertained participants while students mounted menorahs on more tha...…
…22 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 On a cold night in December, 170 members of the Metropolitan Detroit Black and Jewish commu- nities joined to celebrate the spirit of the season at the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity’ s annual holi- day party. The Coalition is an initiative of the Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC and Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity. Taking place at The Madison in Detroit, a high- light of the...…
…Thank You for your support of the Holocaust Memorial Center’s November 17, 2019 Dinner Honorees Nina & Bernie Kent Dinner Chairs Elaine & Michael Serling Dinner Advisors Susan & Nelson Hersh VIP Reception Sponsor Dessert Afterglow Sponsor Trudy & Arthur Weiss Dinner Chairs Elaine & Michael Serling, Honorees Nina & Bernie Kent, and Keynote Speaker Dr. Ruth Westheimer Photo Credit: Brett Mountain Photography HONORARY CO-CHAIRS B...…
…24 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 Thank You for your support of the Holocaust Memorial Center’s 35th Anniversary Dinner HONORARY CHAIR COMMITTEE Mary & Jonathan Aaron Debbie & Eric Abramson Kari & Edward Alterman Dawn & Paul Arslanian Ascension Michigan Kathy & Bruce Ballard The Baum Family Beaumont Health Hadas & Dennis Bernard Helen Charlupski & Joseph Biederman Jeffrey H. Bigelman Roz & Stanford Blanck Doris & Frederick Blechman Jean & Howard Ble...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 25 Nina & Bernie Kent | Dinner Honorees | November 17, 2019 HONORARY HOST COMMITTEE Vicki & Edward Adler Allied Printing Company Barbra & Peter Alter Marcia Applebaum, Pamela Applebaum & Gaal Karp Carrie & David Aronow Lisa & Robert Aronson Julie & Larry August Henry Baskin Jackie & Jeff Bean Ruth & Norman Beitner Carolyn & James Bellinson Florine Mark & Donald Benyas Susan & Sam Bernstein Sandy Feldman & Larry Bin...…
…Moments 26 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 Fishman 65th L ois and Nat Fishman of West Bloomfield were married Dec. 11, 1954, at Congregation Beth Abraham in Detroit. They celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary at a special dinner with their children, Graham and Sue, Jill, Jodee and Roy, and Jayme; and grandchildren, Jarrett, Brandon, Amanda and fiancé, Ben, Justin, Hailey, Merrick, Jasmine, Ayla and Zoe. This picture is from an earlier an...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 27 Rivalry And Discord S adly, many people expe- rience discord in their family. Relatives are estranged; holiday meals turn into grand debates; and family members refuse to attend each other’ s simchahs. In some cases, war- ring factions don’ t even remember the reason for the initial strife. Often, it begins with sibling rivalry, a main theme in this first book of the Torah. The first two brothers were Ca...…
…28 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 B efore Marshall Mandell built a career in real estate brokerage, he established himself as a musi- cian. Between being raised in Southfield and raising his own children in Farmington Hills, Mandell played drums and other instruments profession- ally in California. He appeared with headlining groups such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Los Lobos, joined studio musi- cians for projects produced by Motown Records...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 29 recorded songs was divided between Mandell and Will, a Seattle business- man and performer who had worked in California bands with Mandell. They also are producing a limited number of videos to accompany the music. As the two planned out the rock opera, Will had one completed number to offer. “The Sum of It All, ” originally written to honor the memory of his mother, would apply to the loss of people at the stad...…
…30 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST T he 2020 Golden Globe awards will air on NBC on Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. This is a very good year for Jewish nominees. The very funny and very acerbic Ricky Gervais hosts. ACTING: Lead actor, drama film: Joaquin Phoenix, 45, Joker; lead actress, drama film: Scarlett Johansson, 35, Marriage Story; lead actress, comedy film: Beanie Feldstein, 26, Booksmart; lead actor...…
…So much fun you’ll forget you’re earning service hours. Volunteer opportunities for b’nai mitzvah students Because We Care MONTHLY MITZVOT January 19 The Great Challah Bake Ready to get your hands dirty? And sticky? Join in on the fun as we make homemade loaves of challah and “Shabbat in a Box” kits to be given to homebound older adults and families served by JFS. Temple Israel February 9 Chicken Soup for the Soul ...…
…32 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 JAN 2-5 Editor’s Picks WEDNESDAY, JAN 8 DROP IN & LEARN 1 pm, Jan. 8. “The Many in the Hands of the Few — On Power, Morality, and Nature” at Congregation Beth Ahm. Watch and discuss a Chanukah webinar led by Elana Stein Hain, director of faculty for the Shalom Hartman Institute; examine how one of the core themes of Chanukah reveals a divergence between rabbinic and Greco-Roman thought about powe...…
… JANUARY 2 • 2020 | 33 continued on page 34 Memories Culinary Combo continues as mother-daughter duo open bakery in Southfi eld. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER M other-and-daughter duo Jodie Polk, 56, of Commerce Township and Jessica Barris, 26, of Berkeley hope you’ ll stop into their new bakery for something sweet as the family that founded the online baking company Culinary Combo is set to open their first brick-and- mo...…
…34 | JANUARY 2 • 2020 This venture is the result of my whole family and good friends coming together. — JODIE POLK know Jim’ s story. His chef’ s hat is the bakery’ s logo. “Our cousins (in commercial real estate) said they wanted to see our dream of opening a bakery come true, ” Polk said. “This venture is the result of my whole family and good friends coming together. I do believe Jim has a hand in this from above. He is our ...…
