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…22 May 30 • 2019 jn A community commemoration for Yom Hazikaron, Israel’ s Memorial Day, was held May 7 at the Berman Theater at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield with about 400 attending. This year, 23,741 soldiers were remembered for their sacrifice in defending the State of Israel as well as 3,150 victims of terror in Israel. Hazzan Daniel Gross of Adat Shalom Synagogue and Rabbi Shalom Kantor of Congregation B’ ...…
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…24 May 30 • 2019 jn Measles ‘Outbreak’ Over Despite New Case in St. Clair County The measles outbreak that shook Metro Detroit for about a month has died down. After 43 measles cases were reported by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services from March 13 to April 17, no new cases were reported until May 18, when it confirmed a new case in St. Clair County from an international traveler. The new case is not related to th...…
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…26 May 30 • 2019 jn 10 NELSON LEGACY TH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COHN-HADDOW CENTER FOR JUDAIC STUDIES Amanda Berman FOUNDER OF ZIONESS MOVEMENT Unabashedly Progressive…Unquestionably Zionist!! DEFENDING ISRAEL AGAINST ITS DEMONIZERS Wednesday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m. $15 in advance, $20 at door ADVANCING PROGRESSIVE VALUES REMAINING COMMITTED ZIONISTS CAN WE DO BOTH? Thursday, June 6 at 11:45 a.m. Reservations required Bloom's Kosher Caterin...…
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…28 May 30 • 2019 jn Congregation Ahavas Israel in Grand Rapids will hold a celebration to honor Rabbi David Krishef’ s 25th anniversary as spiritual leader of Ahavas Israel and to mark the 125th anniversary of Ahavas Israel as a kehillah kedoshah (holy community) in Grand Rapids. Its history reaches back to 1892 when 15 families founded Temple Beth Israel, the first Orthodox Jewish congregation in Grand Rapids. As Temple Beth I...…
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…30 May 30 • 2019 jn MAY 7, 2019 Rabbi Chanoch and Tamar Hadar are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Esther Mina. She is welcomed by ecstatic big brothers and sisters. Grandparents are Yoram Hadar of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey (Aharon) Meer of Oak Park. Great- grandparents are Mrs. Fay Isackson of Farmington Hills, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Meer of Bloomfield Hills, and Mrs. Freida Hadar of Tel Av...…
…May 30 • 2019 31 jn Devin Ari Warren will chant from the Torah as he becomes a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, June 1, 2019. He will be joined in celebration by his proud parents, Hayley and Dr. Bradley Warren, and siblings Ricki and Aidan. Devin is the loving grandchild of Rebecca and the late Cary Weitzman, and Muriel and the late Richard Warren. He is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hi...…
…32 May 30 • 2019 jn moments ALEXANDRA VAN LOON West Bloomfield High School Magna Cum Laude, Varsity Figure Skating (3 years), DECA Business State qualifier, Mentor Leader at Repair the World, Hazon intern, Leadership Class, BBYO. Columbia College Chicago ALEC VINCENT West Bloomfield High School Varsity Soccer, Basketball, Track, DECA (4 years), DECA Regionals (10th in the nation for virtual business). Michigan State Uni...…
…May 30 • 2019 33 jn R elationships don’ t come with operating manuals telling you what you ought to do and not do. In any relationship, business and personal, family and friend, it is only over time we learn about each other, our likes and dislikes, preferences and proclivities. Through trial and error, mistakes and missteps, conver- sation and contention, consent and compromise, we learn how to support our friends, part- ners and...…
…P lays with Jewish content, performers with Jewish identity, and programs with Jewish subjects and participants hold a strong presence at this year’ s Stratford Festival. The season, which runs into the start of November, has been supplemented with activities, including concerts, to enhance the ideas and overall experiences linked to the productions. Two plays — Nathan the Wise (through Oct. 11) and Birds of a Kind (through Oct. 13...…
…May 30 • 2019 35 jn CHRIS YOUNG/STRATFORD FESTIVAL Epstein, born and raised in Toronto, realized she wanted a stage career as she sat in Stratford audiences with family. Her entry into entertainment came with appearances in choirs and community theaters. She went to an arts school in her teens and earned a bachelor’ s degree in music from McGill University in Montreal. It took a couple of auditions before being chosen for this Strat...…
…36 May 30 • 2019 jn T ouring part of the country on foot, just because he wants to — that is musician Mike Posner’ s birthday gift to himself. If all goes well, his steps will take him from the Atlantic to the Pacific by December. Posner, a Southfield native, is an in-demand, Los Angeles-based alter- native/indie singer and songwriter. He turned 31 on Feb. 12. His song, “I Took a Pill in Ibizia,” received a 2017 Grammy nomination. ...…
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…38 May 30 • 2019 jn 38 May 30 • 2019 jn DEADWOOD RETURNS The Western series Deadwood was set in the 1870s in the famous South Dakota town. It ran on HBO for three years (2004-06) before being abruptly can- celed despite getting great reviews (ratings were so-so and it was a costly program to produce). Right after the cancellation, HBO and show creator David Milch, now 74, had talks about winding up the plot lines via two tele- fil...…
…May 30 • 2019 39 jn THURSDAY, MAY 30 ANYONE CAN PAINT 11 am, May 30. At Adat Shalom. Teacher, Steve Wood. Cost: $20. RSVP: 248-432-5467. MOVIES AND MUNCHIES 1 pm, May 30. Visit the Prentis Memorial Library for this month’ s featured movie Bombshell: the Hedy Lamarr Story! Facilitated by Chuck Broh. ISLAM & JUDAISM 6:30-7:45 pm, May 30. At Birmingham Covington School Media Center. A panel discussion with stu- dents, educators and paren...…
…40 May 30 • 2019 jn 40 May 30 • 2019 jn on the go CAREGIVER SUPPORT 1:30-3 pm JUNE 4. The Alzheimer’ s Association Greater Michigan Chapter, in collaboration with Jewish Senior Life, holds a monthly support group on the first Tuesday. For this June meeting, Peter Ostrow, LMSW, will conduct a special presentation on “Understanding Alzheimer’ s and Dementia.” Caregivers, families and friends of those with Alzheimer’ s dis- ease or any...…
…May 30 • 2019 41 jn DROP IN & LEARN 1 pm, June 5. At Beth Ahm. YouTube videos of lectures by Prof. Henry Abramson of Turo College in Brooklyn. Includes brief, informal discussion. This week: “Who Was Sara Copia Suiem?” Free and open to the com- munity. SPOUSAL BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP 1:30-3 p.m. June 5, 12, 19 and 26, and July 3 and July 10. NCJW hosts support group for individuals who have experienced the death of a spouse or pa...…
…42 May 30 • 2019 jn W hat a difference a year makes. So says Dr. Deborah Charfoos of Bloomfield Hills. The OB/GYN and partner in Michigan Women’ s Health clinics in Farmington Hills and Clawson suf- fered from arthritis, was pre-diabetic and generally felt lousy. “I had to give up delivering babies a year and a half ago because of arthri- tis,” Charfoos said. Today, she’ s off her diabetes medi- cine; her joints don’ t ache; her ul...…
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…44 May 30 • 2019 jn Fighting Antibiotic Resistance Each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infect- ed with bacteria resistant to antibi- otics and around 23,000 people die as a result, according to the Center for Disease Control. Every hour that effective antibiotic treatment is delayed, survival rates drop by around 7.6 percent for patients with septic shock. Technologies that pre- dict the resistance of a sp...…
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…May 30 • 2019 49 jn continued on page 50 soul of blessed memory NORMA EILEEN BERMAN, 87, of West Bloom- field, died May 17, 2019. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Allen and Dr. Julie Berman; daughter and son-in-law, Dr. Sheryl Berman and John Geiger; grandchildren, Sara (Nick) Postorino, Jason Miller and Laura Belzer, Ben Morales, Dr. Michael (Robin) Berman, Dr. Stephanie Berman, Allison (Michael Godin) Ber...…
…50 May 30 • 2019 jn continued from page 49 soul of blessed memory NORMAN DINES, 78, passed away May 21, 2019, at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. He was born Aug. 2, 1940, in Detroit to Sidney “Sol” Dines and Esther Strauss Dines. He graduated from Cass Tech High School and Eastern Michigan University. He married Rita Grossman in 1970 and raised his family in Oak Park. Mr. Dines had a home construc- tion company in the 1960s and...…
…May 30 • 2019 51 jn continued on page 52 Circle Cemetery. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. ANNETTE LUTZ, 89, of Southfield, died May 16, 2019. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Ron Fenwick; sons and daughters-in- law, Robert and Cheryl Lutz, and Dr. Michael and Kathryn Lutz; grandchil- dren, Stephen and Samuel Schwartz- Fenwick, Marla and Al Garmo, Jeffrey and Dana Lutz, Bradley Lutz, David Lutz, Kyl...…
…52 May 30 • 2019 jn continued from page 51 soul of blessed memory JUDITH SOMMERS, 96, of Bloomfield Hills, died May 19, 2019. She was born at the Hadassah Hospital in Haifa in December 1922. Her father, Nathan, came to America when Judy was 6 months old. Although Nathan expected to bring his wife and baby daughter to America shortly after he arrived, the U.S. immigration laws had become more restrictive and it took nearly seven ...…
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…May 16 • 2019 3 jn inside May 16-22, 2019 11-17 Iyar 5779 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 15 thejewishnews.com For all the breaking news and ONLINE EXCLUSIVES • Walk for Israel photos and more! • Schmoozing with Avery Drongowski VIEWS 5-8 JEWS IN THE D 10 Time For Renewal Rosh Chodesh groups help connect women for spiritual inspiration, friendships. 14 A Giving Gardens Club Planting the seeds of change in the community at Yad E...…
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…May 16 • 2019 5 jn M oses and the people of Israel wandered the desert for 40 years. Is it any wonder then that sand has come to play such an important part of our conversational lives? Of course, a majority of references are to the actual grit itself, but there are many others we use to add colorful expressions to what we are trying to say. Sandcasting is a procedure that involves pouring metal into a sand mold. We, in Michiga...…
…6 May 16 • 2019 jn Editor’ s note: The following has been reprinted, with permission, from the Spring, 2019 edition of Collections, a publication of the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. W hy are “those people” so sensitive about their histo- ry and identity? It’ s a question that’ s asked frequent- ly these days. It’ s also a question that is based on a histor- ical myth, namely the belief that group integrat...…
…May 16 • 2019 7 jn Fighting Hate for Good The Anti-Defamation Leaguehas been fighting anti-Semitism & other forms of hate for more than a century. Hear from ADL's leader about macro trends in our nation and the normalization of hate. Learn about what ADL is doing to address the rise of anti- Semitism and cyberhate. NO FEE- REGISTRATION REQUIRED support.adl.org/MichiganADLMay23 Save the Date! May 23, 2019 at 7PM Berman Theater 6600 ...…
…8 May 16 • 2019 jn D on’ t look now, but the 2020 pres- idential election is upon us. The Democratic candidate debates begin next month and under the new pri- mary rules, both the Texas and California primaries are on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020. We just might have a Democratic candidate with- in a year. If you thought you still had some time to take a break from the barrage of election chatter, coverage and controversy, you thou...…
…May 16 • 2019 9 jn We thank our outstanding Detroit staff, Beth Margolin, Debbie Landau, and Robin Axelrod …
…N ot that Jewish women need an excuse to get together and find inspiration but, if they did, the celebration of a new Jewish month offers such an opportunity through a variety of Detroit-area Rosh Chodesh groups. “Participating in a Rosh Chodesh group is a great way to ground your- self once a month. Women are always busy, often doing so much for others. This is a unique opportunity to tap into something reflective and mean- ingful...…
…May 16 • 2019 11 jn Your Fi fth Thi rd team wi l l gui de you through a tai l ored busi ness and personal pl anni ng process, and i ntroduce addi ti onal resources as needed to fit your uni que goal s and ci rcumstances. *Fi f t h T hi r d does not pr o vi de t ax , l egal , or ac c ount i ng advi c e. Pl eas e c ont ac t y our t ax advi s or , ac c ount ant , or at t or ney f or ...…
…continued from page 10 jews d in the For example, when a sex therapist spoke to one of The Well groups, the women were comfortable discussing intimate topics. Rosh Chodesh group members gen- erally look at the coming month and pick topics relatable to women. So, around the month of Nissan, when Passover occurs, talks with themes of freedom are typical. In Tishrei, when the High Holidays fall, repentance and redemption are popular....…
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…14 May 16 • 2019 jn T here’ s no place like it. Where else but Jewish Detroit will you find a food pantry like Yad Ezra? Google kosher food pantry: Yad Ezra is still one of a kind — the only kosher food pantry in the country with an onsite greenhouse. That greenhouse not only provides a harvest of fresh produce for its clients, it has also blos- somed into the Giving Gardens Club — a full-scale community gardening resource. Now in...…
