…Sexual assault prevention program works to change campus culture In just more than a year of operation, the Prevention, Outreach and Education Department is focusing cultural change at Michigan State University around relationship violence and sexual misconduct prevention. In 2018 the department was created on the recommendation of the university’ s Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct Expert Advisory Workgroup to educat...…
…t . S g al ng MSU Hillel’ s new Israel Affairs Department will centralize Israel education, advocacy and programming at MSU and at Hillel organizations on 10 college campuses across Michigan. The goal: to help Jewish and non-Jewish students become better informed about issues relating to Israel and to build connections with other campus student organizations. The campuses in the Hillel Campus Alliance of Michigan, or H...…
…Just nine months after the completion of Michigan State University’ s record-breaking capital campaign at the end of 2018, significant changes to the university’ s landscape already are taking shape. Campaign gifts — many of which came from generous alumni and friends in the Detroit area — make possible new facilities cropping up across campus, bold research programs and initiatives, recruitment of top faculty in critical are...…
…September 5 • 2019 33 jn PHOTOS BY CHARLES SILOW jews d in the | faces&places A beautiful summer day, classic cars and older adults who have special memories of their vintage automobiles came together at the 12th Annual JSL Senior Dream Cruise, Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the Jewish Senior Life residences on the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus in West Bloomfield, sponsored by AMAC Pharmacy Services. Libby Lavine, Hechtman ...…
…34 September 5 • 2019 jn jews d in the | faces&places Tuesday, Aug. 27, families and friends of Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills were on hand as the newly expanded and ren- ovated ECC was dedicated in time for the new school year. Gifts from the Samuel and Jean Frankel Heritage Foundation and the William Davidson Foundation enabled the renovation. The ECC now includes state-of-the-art learning suites, a centr...…
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…36 September 5 • 2019 jn Q: How did you decide to make your adult life in Metro Detroit? AJ: I grew up in Metro Detroit and decided to stay here for two reasons. First, which is the most important to me, is that my family lives here. I am so grateful for my amazing family and could not imagine being away from them. Second, I decided to attend graduate school, and the program I was extremely interested in happened to be located in Me...…
…moments September 5 • 2019 37 jn continued on page 38 Sasha Claire Feller, daughter of Bob and Nessa Feller, will chant from the Torah as she becomes a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. She will be joined in celebra- tion by her brother Noah and proud grandparents Emilia and Emil Feller, and Diane and Amiram Vinokur. Sasha is a student at Derby Middle School in Birmingham. For her most...…
…moments 38 September 5 • 2019 jn Tori Hailey Zimmerman and Ari Benjamin Zimmerman will share the bimah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, as they lead the congrega- tion in prayer on the occasion of their b’ nai mitzvah. They will be joined in celebration by their proud parents, Aimee Zimmerman and Steven Zimmerman. Tori and Ari are the loving grandchildren of Mary and Edward Silberblatt, Tobie and St...…
…September 5 • 2019 39 jn Taking Responsibility H ave you ever heard the expression, “I wash my hands of this matter?” Where did this expression originate? This week we read about a seemingly strange com- mandment called Eglah Arufah. (Deuteronomy 21.1- 8). If someone is found slain in an open field near a city, then the elders and officials of the city need to go out to the field where the corpse had been found. There they bury th...…
…A Man with Flair on the cover/books arts&life Designer Isaac Mizrahi will dish about life, his Judaism, fashion and more at Hadassah’ s annual meeting. ALICE BURDICK SCHWEIGER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS A t just 5 years old, fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi would rather dress a Barbie doll then play with a G.I. Joe. Around his sixth birthday, while at a local Brooklyn variety store, his mom acquiesced and tossed a Barbie set, complete with...…
…September 5 • 2019 41 jn bullied by his peers and rabbis at the yeshivah he attended. He writes about growing up in a Syrian Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, his special rela- tionship with his mother, the challenge of being gay and rising to the top of the fashion world. Detroiters can learn more about Mizrahi’ s upbringing, career and the world of haute couture on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, when he wi...…
…42 September 5 • 2019 jn Song &Spirit Inspiring, musical rabbi will help Detroiters usher in the holidays. R abbi Josh Warshawsky has been described as a “break- through talent in the world of Jewish music” whose soulful singing and davening is inspiring people — from synagogues to sum- mer camps — across the country. Warshawsky is a singer, song leader, musician, composer and a graduate of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studie...…
…September 5 • 2019 43 jn CLASS OF 1922-1972 September 13-14, 2019 I Troy, Michigan Did you graduate, attend classes or teach at Walsh College between 1922 and 1972? We would love to have you with your family and friends attend the Walsh reunion for class years: 1922-1972 Please reach out to us to learn more! email alumni@walshcollege.edu, call 248-823-1298 or register online foundation.walshcollege.edu/alumnievents Parkinson’s...…
…44 September 5 • 2019 jn MOVIE NEWS THE SPY The Spy, a six-episode Netflix original series, premieres Friday, Sept. 6. It is about Eli Cohen (1924-1965), a real-life Israeli spy. If you are unfa- miliar with Cohen’ s life, you could, of course, read an online biography. However, you may want to discover most of his life history via the Netflix series, so I won’ t disclose his most important espionage assignment. Just a little bac...…
…September 5 • 2019 45 jn ARTS & APPLES Art & Apples Festival, produced by Paint Creek Center, returns to transform the 30-acre Rochester Municipal Park (400 Sixth St.) into one of the nation’ s top juried fine art fairs. This year, more than 250 exhibiting artists from across the country have been selected to display their works. Hands-on art activities such as ceramic wheel throwing demos and screen printing will be available for the pub...…
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…September 5 • 2019 47 jn D owntown Birmingham has witnessed its fair share of restau- rants that come and go. Yet, Aaron F. Belen is not giving up. In fact, he has invested nearly two years of hard work to bring The Morrie to the city of Birmingham. Belen owns AFB Hospitality Group, which opened The Morrie in Royal Oak in 2016. AFB is also behind the award-winning Bistro 82 and SCL Royal Oak ultra-lounge and nightclub. Now, the Bloo...…
…48 September 5 • 2019 jn continued from page 47 Concert, ” among other local favorites. The food menu features the popular Nashville Hot Chicken sandwich and Kung Pao cauliflower, yet the Birmingham edition boasts a cauliflower-based Greek flat- bread and build-your-own salads. The Morrie kicked off its soft open- ing with a live performance on Aug. 9 by Billy Joel saxophonist Mark Rivera and opened officially to the public Aug. 15...…
…COURTESY OF PUBLICCITY PR A new dining trio will open in November atop the Detroit RenCen, replacing Coach Insignia, which closed in 2017. James Beard Award-winning chef Shawn McClain and his part- ners, Sarah Camarota and Richard Camarota, are working on a multi-con- cept project called Highlands that will feature three concepts and epic private events space by McClain Camarota Hospitality and designed by Rockwell Group. Restaurant...…
…50 September 5 • 2019 jn Cobo Center Gets New Name Gary Torgow unveils new TCF Center signage. T he center formally known as Cobo got a new name on Tuesday, Aug. 27, revealed by TCF Executive Chairman Gary Torgow and TCF President and CEO Craig Dahl with the help of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow and other dignitaries. The name change breaks the center’ s ties to former Detroit mayor...…
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…September 5 • 2019 53 jn soul of blessed memory ARLEEN BLUMENSTEIN, 81, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 26, 2019. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Sam Blumenstein; chil- dren, Lori Blumenstein Bott and Dennis Bott, Karen Blumenstein and Lauren Engel, and Dr. Brian and Ann Blumenstein; grand- children, Danielle DePriest and Matthew Newman, Justin DePriest, Nicole Blumenstein, Alivia Blumenstein, and Raquel Blumenstein;...…
…54 September 5 • 2019 jn PHOTO CREDIT continued from page XX continued on page XX soul of blessed memory OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $100 for up to 150 words; $200 for 151-300 words, etc. A photo counts as 30 words. There is no charge for a Holocaust survivor icon. The JN reserves the right to edit wording to conform to its style considerations. For information, have your funeral director call the JN or ...…
…September 5 • 2019 55 jn Times of Israel T housands attended the joint funeral on Aug. 29 of teen sisters from Ashkelon, Israel, who were killed in a car crash that police suspect was caused by the driver speed- ing while under the influence of alcohol. Tahel Maul, 16, and her older sister Yarin, 19, were buried at the southern port city’ s Giv’ at Zion cemetery where they were eulo- gized by Ashkelon’ s Mayor Tomer Glam. “We are...…
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…September 5 • 2019 57 jn Danny Raskin Senior Columnist raskin the best of everything Success Story from Out West T hey left the Detroit area for other regions of the country to pursue var- ied careers … and finally wound up in the restaurant-style business in the histor- ic Fourth Avenue District of Tucson, Ariz. Eric and Mark Erman are the sons of Beth and Earle Erman of Bloomfield Hills … Their late grandparents were Detroiters Jack...…
…58 September 5 • 2019 jn I must admit I find the old advertisements for food products of great interest. Or, maybe, I am always hungry when I cruise the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History. Nevertheless, during my peeks into the Archive, while searching for information on a par- ticular subject for a Looking Back column, I collected some food ads I found unique. It appears that, beginning in the 1930s and con...…
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…August 29 • 2019 5 jn continued on page 8 views publisher’ s notebook Deep Political Divide Ignores Nuances of Holocaust Center W hen it comes to public symbols, none in the Detroit Jewish com- munity is as significant as the Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) in Farmington Hills. Located on a heavily traveled street and adjacent to restaurants and low-slung office parks, the imposing building is by design an architectural con- t...…
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…12 August 29 • 2019 jn Holocaust survivor Bill Kaye celebrates his bar mitzvah with his grandson. A ny Jewish boy who’ s had a bar mitzvah knows the long road of preparation and the work involved in reaching this time-honored milestone. Ask male family mem- bers and friends, and many may reluctantly admit the process was a struggle — mastering the Hebrew, learning the Torah portion, getting the chanting just right and spending hours ...…
…August 29 • 2019 13 jn SEPTEMBER 15TH 4:00 PM Presented by the Regene & Leslie Schmier Concert Series Endowment Fund For questions, please contact Stephanie: Stephanie@temple-israel.org The 2019-2020 Schmier Concert Series kicks off with the dynamic violin-piano duo of Gabriel Bolkosky and Tomoko Mack. These highly sought after Michigan artists join forces for a performance full of colorful energy and engaging insights into thei...…
…14 August 29 • 2019 jn continued from page 12 LEFT: Elijah shows his grandfather the suit he will wear for his bar mitzvah. RIGHT: Bill shows 13-year-old Elijah how to start the tractor. FACING PAGE: Grandfather and grandson share a moment. jews d in the disease, hunger and inhumane treat- ment under Nazi rule. Although Bill was raised in an Orthodox home, attending cheder as a youngster, his 13th year came and went, the idea of procl...…
…August 29 • 2019 15 jn was beshert, according to Ellie: “When I met Bill, he showed me the tattoo on his arm. His number — A19223 — was my home address. I knew we were meant to be together. ” The two were engaged six weeks later and were mar- ried in 1970. A PROMISE KEPT From 1970 to 1975, the Kayes lived in Warren, close to where Ellie worked. They then moved with their young son Michael to Clinton Township in 1975, where Bill bui...…
…16 August 29 • 2019 jn continued on page 18 CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANTHONY LANZILOTE W ith the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills as the backdrop, a rally the evening of Aug. 20 protesting conditions at U.S. detention centers organized by the Close the Camps Detroit Coalition attracted a counter-protest by Metro Detroiters Eugene Greenstein, Linda Stulberg and others. Unexpectedly joining the counter-protes...…
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…18 August 29 • 2019 jn jews d in the continued from page 16 president of Caucus for America, which states on its website that it is “dedicated to the preservation and promotion of our historic American civilization. ” “It is just terrible to use the backdrop of the Holocaust Memorial Center to somehow portray to the public that there is no difference between the real concentration camps and the deten- tion centers, ” Spero said G...…
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