…36 April 18 • 2019 jn Tradition varies about Pesach rules. Strict or Not Strict? A dialogue overheard in more than one Jewish household goes like this: Husband: “I can’ t find my pen (or reading glasses or whatever). Have you seen it?” Wife: “Don’ t worry, it will show up before Passover.” “It will show up before Passover,” of course, because the family will clean every inch of the house before the holiday, making sure the ho...…
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…38 April 18 • 2019 jn continued on page 40 P assover lasts for a long time, especially when you’ re thinking about the food you’ ll eat. That’ s a lot of eating home-cooked fare and lots of matzah. Each year, I forget how much I like matzah brie … until Passover. Then I wonder why I don’ t make it all year long. I prepare it sweet for breakfast (soak matzah in a mixture of whisked eggs and milk — 1 egg and ½ cup of milk for every ma...…
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…42 April 18 • 2019 jn Matzah Madness W hether you’ re 9 years old or 90, you probably have a fond memory of the hiding of the afikomen during a Passover seder; whether you were the one charged with con- cealing it or if you’ re a kid who has enjoyed the reconnaissance mission in search of it. For our non-Jewish friends or the uniformed reader, afikoman is not the former Secretary General of the United Nations. That would be Kofi...…
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…44 April 18 • 2019 jn Matzah Madness continued from page 42 passover Passover Haggadot rewritten to incor- porate the hiding of the bitter herbs. I’ m looking forward to our family’ s two seders. And frankly, since I reg- ularly put my keys, glasses and cell phone somewhere where I can’ t find them; I will volunteer as the most qual- ified to hide the afikoman. As a matter of fact, I think I’ ll just hide my keys with the matzah and gi...…
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…I t is interesting that our portion for Shabbat of Passover, Exodus. 12:21-51, concludes with the making of matzah, and its Haftarah, from the Book of Joshua, concludes with eating it. The apparent progression — from making matzah to eating it — is linked through an upward trajectory. This sense of upward trajectory is also a leitmotif of the seder itself. The Mishnah offered an instruction for leading the seder. Mishnah Pesachi...…
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…48 April 18 • 2019 jn STACY GITTLEMAN JN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Israeli Election Netanyahu secures fi fth term as prime minister; Israelis offer reactions. I sraelis placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party in the driver’ s seat April 9 to form Israel’ s next government. With more than 95 percent of votes tabulated, Former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz conced- ed the election when Likud and right-wing par- ties tha...…
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…50 April 18 • 2019 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER A t the same time Simon Waranch is represented by two works as part of the Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition at the Janice Charach Gallery in West Bloomfield, he is exhibiting work to memorial- ize the Holocaust in a display at the Museum of Biblical Art in Dallas. Waranch, a full-scholar- ship student at the College for Creative Studies, is able to work as a full-time gla...…
…April 18 • 2019 51 jn continued on page 52 L arry Pazol, while establishing a law career, kept a workroom in his home to take care of house- hold tasks. Then one day, 30 years ago, he visited a Charlevoix art exhibit that showcased mobiles, decid- ed his fix-it skills could be a start toward devising three-dimensional art and soon adjusted his workroom to be a studio as well. Pazol’ s approach developed into shaping wood and metals to b...…
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…54 April 18 • 2019 jn RON STANG CONTRIBUTING WRITER Films in Windsor Jewish Film Festival across the border offers winners. T he 17th annual Ruth and Bernard Friedman Windsor Jewish Film Festival features 10 films over four days from April 29-May 2, including the acclaimed new documentary Who Will Write Our History. The film is about a group of writers who kept a secret trove of documents chronicling their conditions in the Warsa...…
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…April 18 • 2019 57 jn SATURDAY, APRIL 20 A FAMILY SEDER April 20. Grosse Pointe Jewish Council will celebrate Passover at a family seder for mem- bers and their guests. Officiants: Rabbi Joseph Klein and Cantorial Soloist Bryant Frank. For membership and seder info: Grosse Pointe Jewish Council at 313-882-6700. CONGREGATIONAL SEDER 5 pm, April 20. At Temple Emanu-El with Rabbi Matt Zerwekh. Cost: adults $45; children 8 years and older ...…
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…64 April 18 • 2019 jn DR. BERNARD ALPER, 76, of West Bloomfield, died April 12, 2019. He had a family medical practice in Downtown Detroit for 47 years. Dr. Alper is survived by his wife of 50 years, Candace Alper; sons and daughters-in-law, Jason Alper and Jennifer Rush, and Aaron Alper and Candice Lazar; grandchildren, Noah Alper and Adam Alper; sisters, Paula Katz and Barbara Alper; loving nieces, nephews and friends. Dr. Al...…
…April 18 • 2019 65 jn continued on page 66 ELI GRINBLATT, 91, of West Bloomfield, died April 11, 2019. He was a loving grandfather, uncle, cousin and friend. Mr. Grinblatt is survived by his children, Mark, Arnie and Natalie. He was the beloved husband of the late Edie Grinblatt. Interment was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or to the National Multiple Sclerosi...…
…66 April 18 • 2019 jn HAVA RACHEL LEICHTMAN, 43, of Farmington Hills, died April 11, 2019. Hava earned both her bachelor’ s degree with honors and her master’ s in public administration from Oakland University. She held positions at Kadima, JVS, Community Housing Network and Oakland Community Health Network, where she was voted onto their Recipient Rights Advisory Committee, among other committees. Hava spent her adult life advoc...…
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…68 April 18 • 2019 jn JONATHAN PALEY WOLMAN, 68, of Franklin, died April 15, 2019. He served as editor and publisher of the Detroit News since 2007. Mr. Wolman is survived by his wife of 40 years, Deborah Eve Lamm; chil- dren, Jacob Wolman, Emma Wolman and Ian Irvine, and Sophie Wolman; sisters and brothers-in-law, Natalie Wolman and David Fulker, and Ruth and Bruce Henderson; brother and sis- ter-in-law, Lewis and Eletise Wolman...…
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