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…22 June 20 • 2019 jn jews d in the | faces&places More than 150 community members gathered recently to honor Howard Brown, recipient of Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC’ s 2019 Activist Award. A longtime advocate, Brown has worked to strengthen the relationship between the southeast Michigan Jewish and Muslim communities. He was lauded by Temple Israel Rabbi Joshua Bennett, Bryant Frank, a friend and fellow JCRC/AJC board member,...…
…June 27 • 2019 23 jn moments FEB. 25, 2019 Emily and Stephanie Kimmel-Kurtz of Portage, Mich., are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Ezra Lee. Ezra was named in loving memory of Emily’ s maternal grandmother Ethel Berman and Stephanie’ s paternal grandfather Norman Lee Kurtz. Proud grandparents are Robert and Laurie Kimmel of West Bloomfield, Patricia Kurtz of Portage, and Keith and Julee Kurtz of Kalamazoo. Cameron Elle ...…
…24 June 27 • 2019 jn The Power Of Relationships O ne thing is for certain: Relationships are never easy. They are hard work, challenging and fragile. They must be cultivated, nurtured and cherished. In a relationship that endures, there is honesty, trust, openness, constant communication and the rec- ognition that we accept one another for who we are and not try to change others into who we want them to be. In this week’ s Torah ...…
…June 27 • 2019 25 jn grilling out Recipes and tips to make your July 4th barbecue easy and delicious. ANNABEL COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY DERRICK MARTINEZ G rilling is one of summer’ s greatest cooking pleasures — and it doesn’ t mess up the kitch- en. Even though it seems colder in Michigan more than it’ s warm, you can grill year-round, as I do. And foods are truly more appetizing when they’ re charred a bit, don’ t ...…
…26 June 27 • 2019 jn LAMB BURGERS WITH TAHINI SAUCE AND ARUGULA I love these with tahini sauce. If you’ d like, serve with a dollop of Greek yogurt as well. 2 pounds lean ground lamb (10 percent fat content, if possible) ½ cup freshly chopped mint 2 Tbsp. lemon juice 1 tsp. granulated garlic Kosher salt to taste Fresh ground pepper to taste 6-8 good-quality hamburger buns or soft pita pockets Sauce: 3 Tbsp. tahini 3 Tbsp. hot wa...…
…June 27 • 2019 27 jn the marshmallows on top to cover the chocolate. Bake for 10-15 minutes, until the marshmallows are golden. If you’ d like the marshmallows more “toasty, ” raise heat to broil and cook for a minute or two more. Serve with graham crackers. Use a spoon to serve. Makes lots of servings, at least 20! FOIL-ROASTED BABY POTATOES WITH DILL, PARMESAN AND FRESH BASIL 1 pound baby new potatoes, halved 2 Tbsp. olive oil ...…
…28 June 27 • 2019 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER DSO Takes On Jaws Guest conductor will keep the orchestra and fi lm synchronized. A new movie-going trend is drawing audienc- es into symphony halls. Instead of hearing recorded background music to accentuate film plotlines, these audiences are hearing full concert orchestras perform live renditions of the scores as stories unfold on film screens. Sophisticated technology has...…
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…30 June 27 • 2019 jn AT THE MOVIES The documentary Echo Canyon opens at the Landmark Theater in Royal Oak on June 28. It celebrates the 50th anniversary of the explo- sion of new rock music creat- ed by musicians living in Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon. Rock musician Jakob Dylan, 48, (son of Bob Dylan, 78) inter- views many of the still-living Laurel Canyon musicians. One of his first is with Roger McGuinn, leader of the Byrds, one o...…
…June 27 • 2019 31 jn people | places | events on the go JUNE 29 MUSIC FESTIVAL Saturday, June 29, at 8 p.m., Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings musicians will return to the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and Artistic Director Paul Watkins. Philip Setzer, Lawrence Power, Paul Watkins and more will be perform- ing the best of Strauss, Bach, Snider, Walker and Turnage. Also, the award-winning dramatic soprano Christine Goerke whose fathe...…
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…June 27 • 2019 33 jn COURTESY OF ZAO JUN Zao Jun O pen to the public since May 6, Zao Jun, replacing a Bagger Dave’ s in Bloomfield Plaza, is already shaping up to be a hit. I like the Asian restaurant’ s whimsi- cal decor, affordable prices and late dining hours. Staying open until 11 on Friday and Saturday nights is con- venient for anyone hungry or thirsty after watching a film at the Maple Theater around the corner. Most of all...…
…34 June 27 • 2019 jn Screen Time Tug-of-War Studies show young people use screens to excess — do benefi ts outweigh the concerns? H ow much is too much? For more than a decade, since just about everyone started using cell phones, parents have struggled to get their kids to lift their eyes from the screen. Now social and medical scientists have data to sup- port what parents have long known — that too much screen time can be harmful. ...…
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…36 June 27 • 2019 jn health Lynne Golodner of Huntington Woods saw the deleterious effects of too much screen time in the oldest two of her children. She and her first husband had recently divorced, and they wanted the children to be able to reach either of them easily. So, they gave them cellphones, which seemed like a useful tool, at the end of fifth grade. The phones helped with commu- nication, but they also had unintend- ed con...…
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…38 June 27 • 2019 jn PAIN REDUCTION WITHOUT ADDICTIVE OPIOIDS A promising trial at Israel’ s Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan could bring much-needed relief and less reliance on addictive opioids for patients who suffer from upper abdominal cancer. The pilot phase of this trial saw such substantial results that it is now expanding to additional academic medical centers across North America, Europe and the Middle East. With an ...…
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…June 27 • 2019 41 jn soul of blessed memory c. 1960 THERESA FELDMAN, 72, of Romeo, died June 18, 2019. She was an active participant at the Washington Romeo Senior Center. Mrs. Feldman is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Steven and Patricia Feldman of Warren, Keith and Ginny Feldman, David and Jennifer Hunter; daughters and sons-in-law, Rebecca and David Harrison of Troy, Michelle and Ian Harkins; grandchildren, ...…
…42 June 27 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory Interment was at Great Lakes National Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Michigan Humane Society, 30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 220, Bingham Farms, MI 48025, michiganhumane.org/ tributes; Alzheimer’ s Association National Chapter, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C., 20090-6011, alz. org; or to a charity of one’ s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. DOROTHY C. NATCHEZ, 90, of Gr...…
…June 27 • 2019 43 jn Bloomfield; many dear friends; her granddog, Louie. Mrs. Spitzer was the beloved wife for 48 years of the late Kurt Spitzer. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’ s choice. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. SALLY TUCHKLAPER, 100, of Southfield and Aventura, Fla., died June 16, 2019. She was born in Radom, Poland, and survived the Holocaust with her ...…
…44 June 27 • 2019 jn soul of blessed memory J udith Krantz, one of the best-selling female novelists of all time, has died. Krantz died on Saturday, June 22, 2019, at her home in Bel Air, Calif., at age 91. According to the Jewish Women’ s Archives, Krantz is the third-largest selling female novelist in history. “ Although her goal is for her books to provide escape and enter- tainment, she does try to make some serious points and...…
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…46 June 27 • 2019 jn From the DJN Foundation Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History Mike Smith Alene and Graham Landau Archivist Chair PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN ARCHIVES OF TEMPLE BETH EL, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI. Abraham “Aid” Kushner was known for his remarkable synagogue models. Here, in the 1970s, he is pictured in the Anna S. and Meyer L. Prentis Memorial Library at Temple Beth El with many of his m...…
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…10 June 20 • 2019 jn jews d in the Equal Protection Governor joins the call to expand Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. Pilot Program New students to Frankel Jewish Academy can apply for merit-based scholarships. O n June 4, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, along with Sen. Jeremy Moss, D– Southfield, and other members of the Michigan Legislature’ s LGBTQ Caucus, renewed the call to expand the Elliott- Larsen Civil Rights Act by adding...…
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…16 June 20 • 2019 jn Neo-Nazi Disruption Police keep groups separate at Motor City Pride Festival. D uring June 8-9, Detroit hosted its Motor City Pride Festival, the largest pride event in the state of Michigan. The festival is a place for the community to come together and celebrate gay pride, but members of the National Socialist Movement (NSM) had other plans. Media sources reported the neo-Na- zis were seen walking through the ...…
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…jews d in the 18 June 20 • 2019 jn Zioness Movement Amanda Berman asks progressive Jews to challenge anti-Semitism of the left. T he vast majority of American Jews have their home on the political left, according to Amanda Berman, executive director and co-founder of the New York City-based Zioness Movement. She says American Jews generally believe in human rights, want to see wide- spread health insurance and laws to protect wor...…
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