…30 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 ROSH HASHANAH E velyn* (*not her real name) is getting ready to host for the holidays. But getting Rosh Hashanah right is about more than just the meals they eat in her garden or devising the perfect guest list. It’s about navigating all of the dynamics to help people have a comfortable time, she says. The house is always busy and full with guests and song, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need some degree...…
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…32 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 “People don’t have to prove anything. Everyone’s equal, the kids, grown-ups, every- one’s allowed, everyone’s involved. ” They’ve got a special signal to let people know it’s time to change topics and plenty of snacks to retrieve when conversation gets heated, she says. “If people get very heated and want to start a problem, to let it boil over, I kind of just try to pivot, ” she says. “My special- ty is the pi...…
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…34 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 ROSH HASHANAH A re you a book person? Here are nine books that can be both a com- panion and a guide through the High Holiday season. 1 This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared By Rabbi Alan Lew Organized chronologically, beginning with a spiritu- al exploration of Tisha b’ Av, followed by Elul, Selichot, Rosh Hashanah, the Ten Days of Awe and Yom Kippur, Rabbi Alan Lew’s insightful writing reflec...…
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…36 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 rabbinic teachings alongside practical exercises for reflection to implement each day. 5 Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life — in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There) By Sarah Hurwitz Sarah Hurwitz only attended synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, until she saw an intro-to-Judaism class adver- tisement after a bad breakup. Described by contemp...…
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…38 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 T he break-fast meal that ends Yom Kippur is perhaps the most- anticipated meal of the High Holidays. After 25 hours of fasting, most of us enjoy a dairy meal — but don’t forget the bagels and lox! Yet break-fast food should not be confused with breakfast choices. This meal, traditionally eaten at sundown after Yom Kippur, is more of a brunch, and time-tested options are in order. For many, the mea...…
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…4 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 T he Ten Days of Awe are upon us. Rabbis are putting the fin- ishing touches on what they hope will be “awe”- inspir- ing sermons. I don’t envy them. Whether a rabbi is leading off with a Rosh Hashanah sermon or batting clean-up with a Yom Kippur one, this is their Super Bowl. The pressure is on to be at the top of their game. I recall even as a little boy how the anticipation grew in the congregatio...…
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…54 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY B ’nai Israel has been bringing people together for the last 90 years. Today a tight- knit community with some 30 regulars, they welcome visitors and out-of-towners, children and grandchildren, and celebrate life’s milestones in the framework of Jewish expression and tradition. It’s a synagogue that has been through many iterations, but it has always been known for its warmth and optimis...…
…SEPTEMBER 7 • 2023 | 55 poems and songs. Ninety years is significant, says Menczer, who herself is 85, adding that it’s important to have historical records of synagogues, especially as affiliation among the younger generation wanes. “I hope people have a sense of pleasure and being part of this story and part of this shul,” she says. “I also hope it’ll bring the congregation closer together, that people will talk to one another ...…
…56 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 in the broader community and takes pride in its volunteer efforts, including buying and delivering gifts to children in Southwest Detroit on Christmas Day with area nonprofit Jimmy’s Kids. “That’s always a very spiritual moment for all of us,” he says. Mechelle Bernard has been at B’nai Israel for about a decade and on B’nai Israel’s board for the past five years. “It’s a great community,” she says. “It...…
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…58 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY O n a semester abroad at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Natalie Louise Shribman was told by an Orthodox professor that she was not Jewish because she was the child of an interfaith marriage: a Christian mother and a Jewish father. So, she channeled this frustration about this professor into her senior college thesis on how Reform Jews and those of interfaith families are regarded in Is...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 59 TEMPLE BETH EL High Holiday services will be streaming live for the community - scan the code or log onto www.tbelive.org. Whether you connect with us in-person or virtually, we wish you a NEW YEAR filled with good health and joy! Shanah Tovah TOT & FAMILY SERVICES ARE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY - NO TICKETS REQUIRED. For schedule & details visit www.tbeonline.org. BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM TEMPLE BETH E...…
…6 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 1942 - 2023 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: ...…
…60 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 when I decided I wanted to have a bat mitzvah,” recalled Shribman. “It was at that point when I embarked on three years of studying with a rabbi in Pittsburgh and eventually became a bat mitzvah when I felt I had gained enough knowledge and understanding of Judaism to the point where I was comfortable to take it up on my own.” After that, Shribman said Judaism continued to shape her identity, joining her ...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 61 The clergy & staff at Temple Israel wish each of you a Happy, Healthy and Sweet New Year! 5725 WALNUT LAKE ROAD, WEST BLOOMFIELD MI 48323 | WWW.TEMPLE-ISRAEL.ORG …
…62 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 T here’s something gutsy about start- ing a new relationship … and some- thing even gutsier about rekindling a relationship that had fizzled. In June 1988, Wendy Cohen, then age 27, moved from Niagara Falls, New York, to Detroit and was eager to make new local friends. She heard about a singles mixer at the former Embassy Suites in Southfield and turned up, scouting the room for someone who would fit the bill...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 63 From all of us at the Jewish Federation, we wish you a year filled with sweetness and joy. SUPPORT JEWISH JOURNALISM The Detroit Jewish News has been telling and preserving our stories since 1942. Subscribe today so that we can continue telling them tomorrow. JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT SCAN TO DONATE OR SUBSCRIBE TODAY! …
…64 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 SPORTS J ason Brown got some advice from an expert before his fantasy football league draft. That expert was none other than Adam Schefter, ESPN’s senior NFL insider. The connection between the two men was made at the 32nd annual Hank Greenberg Memorial Golf, Tennis and Pickleball Invitational, held in June at Franklin Hills Country Club in Farmington Hills. Schefter, a 1989 University of Michigan gra...…
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…66 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 done with the calls by Aug. 15.” Besides receiving the Dick Schaap Memorial Award from fellow ESPN journalist Jeremy Schaap, Dick Schaap’s son, at the Greenberg Invitational, Schefter participated in a sports panel with seven- time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens and Jeremy Schaap, an 11-time Emmy Awards winner. Detroit radio and television personality Mike Stone was the sports panel moderator. Cle...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 67 SPOTLIGHT L’Shana Tova Find your Jewish center in the new year. With people across generations searching for more meaningful connections, we invite you to re-discover The J. Here, you’ll find countless opportunities to nurture your Jewish soul, build friendships, try new things, challenge yourself, share stories and learn how to be an even better human being. See how we can enrich your life. TheJ...…
…68 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 J ill Kasle, founder of sweets pop-up Bombshell Treat Bar, always had big dreams for her gourmet ice cream business that she runs alongside her husband, Matt Kasle. Dipped in a variety of flavors of Belgian chocolate and rolled in toppings like pretzels and Pop-Rocks, the over- the-top ice cream bars are now getting a permanent home. Construction has started on Bombshell Treat Bar’s first brick-and- mortar s...…
…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 69 menu, which will rotate with the seasons. A fall opening has also inspired Kasle to offer “outrageous hot chocolate,” where customers can turn any of the premium- ingredient Belgian chocolate flavors into a steaming hot drink. “They’re really decadent and rich, and they’re going to be beautiful to the eye and delicious to the palette,” Kasle says of the hot chocolate creations. Kasle always likes to have...…
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…business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M 70 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 F rom Gil Golan’s drive- way to GM’s Warren Technical Center, he has approximately 33 minutes in his Cadillac CT4 Blackwing as a man-on-a-mission to obsess about his company’s audacious agenda: zero crash- es, zero emissions and zero congestion. And by the time the sun began to glare beside GM’s headquarters on its iconic skysc...…
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…72 | SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 Much of this was implemented back in 2007 when Golan proved what some leaders in the industry have just picked up in recent years. The Herzliya-based team has focused on a range of technical needs for the automaker ranging from autonomous driving/ADAS solutions to cybersecurity innovations. “We saw that (need) and we took it into action,” Golan said. Golan earned his bachelor’s and master’s of science ...…
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…SEPTEMBER 14 • 2023 | 75 This new year as we dip apples in honey, we reflect with hope for sweetness in the year to come. Your generosity sweetens the experience of Jewish students at MSU Hillel and the Hillel Campus Alliance of Michigan We wish our donors and friends a year of good health, happiness and peace. President Sandy Soifer, The Board of Directors, Staff and Students of MSU Hillel and the Hillel Campus Alliance of Michig...…
