… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 35 FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY 6600 W. Maple Road West Bloomfield, MI 48322 (248) 592-5263 www.frankelja.org Frankel Jewish Academy is a rigorous college preparatory high school pursuing academic excellence and Jewish literacy. We inspire students to think critically, creatively and compassionately; to dedicate themselves to Jewish tradition, peoplehood and the State of Israel; and to become lifelong learners and le...…
…36 | AUGUST 27 • 2020 JEWISH NEWS' MICHIGAN BUSINESS DIRECTORY C O M M U N I T Y DIRECTORY ENTERTAINMENT/PARTY PLANNING ANDREA SOLOMON 6405 Tamerlane Drive West Bloomfield, MI 48322 (248) 535-0402 andreasolomon2554@gmail.com As far back as can be remembered, people around the world have gathered to celebrate life’ s special moments. Whether you expect 20 or 2,000 guests at your next event, let me, event planner Andrea Solomon, m...…
… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 37 HEBREW MEMORIAL CHAPEL 26640 Greenfield Road Oak Park, MI 48237 (248) 543-1622 (800) 736-5033 www.hebrewmemorial.org Entering our second century as your community-owned funeral chapel. We are here for you 24 hours a day. Anyone can acknowledge that your loved one died. We understand that your loved one lived. IRA KAUFMAN CHAPEL 18325 W. Nine Mile Road Southfield, MI 48075 (248) 559-0020 www.irakaufman.com Brin...…
…38 | AUGUST 27 • 2020 JEWISH NEWS' MICHIGAN BUSINESS DIRECTORY C O M M U N I T Y DIRECTORY KIDS IN MOTION PEDIATRIC THERAPY SERVICES Commerce, Highland, Clarkston, Brighton (248) 684-9610 www.KidsInMotionMI.com Specialists in infant and child development for over 27 years. Providing quality pediatric physical, occupational, speech and language therapy to children and families from birth to young adult. Nurturing team environme...…
… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 39 JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM Wendy Strip, Development Executive, Greater Detroit Area (248) 522-0420 wstrip@afmda.org afmda.org Magen David Adom is Israel’ s ambulance disaster-relief and blood-services agency, serving as emergency medical first responders for 9.2 million people. It’ s not a government agency so it depends on Americans like you for funding. FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE 6...…
…40 | AUGUST 27 • 2020 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE RESOURCE CENTER (248) 592-2313 resourcecenter@jfsdetroit.org www.jfsdetroit.org The heart of a stronger community, we provide older adult services such as case management, door- through-door transportation, Kosher Meals on Wheels and Holocaust survivor assistance; mental health and wellness services such as counseling, suicide prevention trainings and youth/school-based services; safety...…
… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 41 KOSHER MEALS ON WHEELS (248) 592-2313 www.ncjwmi.org National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan (NCJW|MI), in conjunction with Jewish Family Service, can deliver meals to your home daily, Monday-Friday. Meals are for those homebound, 60 and older, who are unable to provide for themselves or who have no one to assist them with meal preparation on a temporary or ongoing basis. Meals are packaged and delive...…
…42 | AUGUST 27 • 2020 THE VILLAS AT BLOOMFIELD GROVE A Robertson Homes Community 183 Timber Trace Lane Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 963-8913 kalessi@robertsonhomes.com www.RobertsonHomes.com Experience luxury living at the Villas at Bloomfield Grove, offering detached ranch condos in Bloomfield Hills. Furnished model home open daily. Enjoy the privacy of a single-family home without any exterior maintenance. Designer appointm...…
… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 43 B’ NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 5085 Walnut Lake Road West Bloomfield, MI 48323 (248) 432-2729 Fax: (248) 479-2572 info@bnaiisraelwb.org www.bnaiisraelwb.org Rabbi Mitch Parker. B’ nai Israel Synagogue is an egalitarian, lay-led Conservative congregation operating within the Temple Kol Ami building. We provide religious, educational and social opportunities that reflect our commitment to Judaism, our members of all a...…
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… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 45 Arts&Life dance Digital Dance Discussion Former Metro Detroiters to discuss the art of dancing in JCC program. T wo Southfield-raised representatives of the professional dance world — one who formed a dance company and the other who transitioned into neurosurgery — will discuss the art of dance during a digital program arranged by the Jewish Community Center (JCC). The event is part of the series “Conver...…
…S ome 25 years ago, when Ethan Daniel Davidson was a touring singer-song- writer-instrumentalist, he spent time in a remote area of Alaska to think through the direction of his life. From his cabin, Davidson hiked and chopped wood in-between reading the Jewish philosophy of Martin Buber and the verses of Yukon poet Robert Service. The long-term impact of those experiences come together in the title song of his new album, Come Down Lo...…
… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 47 Arts&Life art Portraits in Glass Artist Michele Sider has created a series focused on the Jews of Yemen. BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER M ichelle Sider has combined her love of artisanal glass and her interest in the Jews of Yemen to create a stunning col- lection of glass mosaic portraits. She calls it “paint- ing with glass. ” Sider has completed four portraits in a collec- tion, “I Am Yemenite, ” that will...…
… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 48 ing private tuition and classes at Farber Hebrew Day School, Frankel Jewish Academy, the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center and various community centers. She gave up teaching four years ago to concentrate on her own art. In 2017, Sider and Rabbi Joseph Krakoff published a book, Never Enough Time, to help people grieving the loss of a loved one, and a companion col- oring book for children. Sider spends many h...…
…On The Go virtual events | learnings THE BEATS GO ON AUG. 27-SEPT. 3 Nearly 200 performers across nearly 15 genres will perform virtual concerts spread across a full week to raise money for the music community. All events have been constructed in collaboration with the Oakland County Health Department and meet current state of Michigan event guidelines.” A schedule and links to online performances can be found by visi...…
…50 | AUGUST 27 • 2020 M ore than six months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international con- cern, nearly 22 million people worlwide have been diagnosed with the virus and more than 777,000 people have died from it (as of Aug. 19). The National Institutes of Health recently announced what it called an “unprecedented effort” to accelerate test- ing technology, pouring more than $1 ...…
… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 51 MOVIES IN THE PARKS. JOIN US THIS SUMMER. METROPARKS.COM/MOVIES 8/ 22 at Stony Creek Metropark Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 8/ 28 at Kensington Metropark Frozen II 8/ 29 at Willow Metropark Toy Story 4 9/ 5 at Stony Creek Metropark Aladdin (2019) JSL Thanks our Generous Sponsors & Community Members… …For Another Successful Eight Over Eighty Event! Missed the livestream? Catch it at jslm...…
…52 | AUGUST 27 • 2020 Going Home Again Jewish surgical oncologist fulfi lls his dream of aliyah, securing new job. ELIZABETH KATZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER Health J ake Shachar Laks, 41, has spent his life moving between his birthplace in Israel, growing up in Farmington Hills, receiving his medical degree at the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, working at U.S. hospitals and now, finally, going back home to Israel....…
… AUGUST 27 2020 | 53 the exchange community bulletin board | professional services For information regarding advertising please call 248-351-5116 Deadline for ad insertion is 10am on Friday prior to publication. “Let us love your pet while you are away” Pet resort • Daycare Training • Grooming Web Cameras 248-230-PAWS (7297) 2244 Franklin Road Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 www.4pawscc.com Bob Mendelson & Son Heating and Cooling 24...…
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… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 55 continued on page 56 Soul of blessed memory ROBERT BECKER, 86, of Bloomfield Hills, died Aug. 14, 2020. He is sur- vived by his wife of 64 years, Harriet Becker; sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Elaine Becker, and Steven and Akemi Becker. Mr. Becker was the devoted son of the late Jacob and the late Sarra Becker; the loving brother of the late Isabelle and the late Erwin Ziegelman. Interment was at Clo...…
…56 | AUGUST 27 • 2020 continued from page 55 Soul of blessed memory make you laugh. He will be loved and missed by everyone who knew him. Mr. Gitlin was the beloved husband of Roslyne Gitlin; loving father of Julie (Michael) Flashner, Jason (Jen Furman) Gitlin, Joshua (Melissa Liverman) Gitlin, Tarin (Robert Wine) Gitlin; adoring grandfather of Evan Flashner, Leah Wine, Ben Wine, Noah Gitlin, Julian Gitlin; devoted brother-in-...…
… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 57 continued on page 58 Koss Market on Hastings Street. Nearing bar mitz- vah year, Steve sharpened his dancing abilities at Joe Cornell’ s, where he was Mrs. Cornell’ s favorite partner for box-step and jitterbug. He was a proud Mumford Mustang (Class of ’ 64) and a member of the Esquires, a club that met at the JCC on Meyers. He liked playing in pick-up games of basket- ball and late-night hockey with friend...…
…Soul of blessed memory continued from page 57 58 | AUGUST 27 • 2020 found sporting shorts, shades and a pair of his favorite kicks. He was either golfing with his buddies, schmooz- ing with the Wednesday breakfast guys, volunteering at Yad Ezra or gallivanting through stores with Lysie still close behind. But Steve always saved the best for last; strolling with his girl, Mary, as they wrapped up each day, watching the sunset. Mr...…
… AUGUST 27 • 2020 | 59 continued on page 60 and Carter Ritten; many loving nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. Interment was held at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made Wayne State University School of Medicine, American Cancer Society or Jewish War Veterans. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. SHELDON ROSE, 93, of Bloomfield Hills, died Aug. 15, 2020. He is survived by his daughter and son-...…
…60 | AUGUST 27 • 2020 continued from page 59 Soul of blessed memory ERIC SILVERMAN, 55, of Bloomfield Hills, died Aug. 15, 2020. He is sur- vived by his mother, Shayna Silverman; brother, Jeffrey Silverman; brother-in-law, Edmund Sachse; nieces and nephew, Mikel Silverman, Jake Sachse and Erin Sachse. Mr. Silverman was the devoted son of the late Morris “Morry” Silverman; the loving brother of the late Julie Sachse. Interment ...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org I went clubbing this week. No, I did not abandon my mask and hit the dance floors in local night clubs. I’ m not much of a dancer anyway — ask my wife, Pam. Instead, I went “club- bing” in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History. Recently, I wrote about the Jewish Phoenix Club that creat...…
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… AUGUST 20 • 2020 | 5 Views Jewfro All the World’s a Cafetorium M aybe you’ re like me and you’ ve got a short stack of tickets, whose perforated edges are perfectly intact, whose dates have passed and whose stages remain dark. Swan Lake at the Opera House. Wu-Tang Clan x DSO. Shakespeare in Love. Maybe you’ re like me and you’ ve got a child heading to a new school, whose principal is emailing, whose bike racks are beckonin...…
…Views 6 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 Editor’ s Note An Education B ack to school is nor- mally such an exciting time. New teachers, new books, new classmates to make friends with. This year, it’ s terri- fying. Everything seems to have danger attached to it. Parents and teachers alike are trapped in this mutual anxiety over the safest, healthiest, most intellectually stimulating way to educate people during a pan- demic. There doesn’ ...…
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… AUGUST 20 • 2020 | 9 Yad Ezra presents H NGER “U” ARE THE MISSING INGREDIENT featuring Lucinda and Sandy Rosen For more information please call 248.548.3663 or go on their website www.yadezra.org Our thanks to the following event committee members who have lent their support to the success of this event: FUNDRAISING CO-CHAIRPERSONS Gillian and Michael Bassirpour Rissa and Sheldon Winkelman Esther and Neal Zalenko THANKS TO THE FOLLOWI...…
…10 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 Views Thoughts On Henry Ford I found Rabbi Spolter’ s op-ed suggesting that Henry Ford’ s name be taken out of The Henry Ford museum complex’ s name (Aug. 6, pg. 9) very disturbing. I am well aware of Henry Ford’ s bigotry and its world- wide impact. As past president of the Zionist Organization of America Michigan Region, I am very sensitive to antisemitism and anti-Zionism. I have addressed the Universit...…
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…14 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 New Heads of Schools on the Block Hillel and Farber, under new leadership during a tumultuous year, plan to hold in-person instruction. CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER W ith COVID still jeopardizing the classroom for the upcoming school year, two local Jewish day schools have new leadership to help guide them through these unprecedented times. As of press time, both Hillel Day School and Farber Hebrew Day School are p...…
… AUGUST 20 • 2020 | 15 of remarkable, ” Katz said. “I knew it was happening but seeing it in person is a totally different experience. When I walked around the building, I saw what we had been plan- ning on doing for months. ” As for Hillel’ s reopening plan for this fall, it plans to welcome back all students for in-person instruction. In addition to the pre- cautions it has taken for the students’ return, Hillel has also revamped its...…
…16 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 Jews in the D Return to Learn Jewish day schools plan for in-person and remote learning. SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER I n developing back-to-school plans amid COVID-19 this fall, some Jewish day schools have certain organizational advan- tages over public schools — less bureaucracy to cope with and often a smaller student body with smaller class sizes. However, the pan- demic is an equalizer in some ways ...…
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…18 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 O n the first day of his freshman year, my third and youngest child Toby confidently strode into the front entrance of the gleaming new Bloomfield Hills High School with a cup of Starbucks in his hand. He’ d bought it for a girl. On it was inscribed the words: I like you a Latte. Will you go to HoCo with me? His intended homecoming date had a scheduling conflict that night. But that morning of September 2...…
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…20 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 A s Jewish preschools in Metro Detroit prepare to open for in-person learn- ing, early childhood center directors are asking themselves a lot of questions: How will they communicate new safety protocol to parents? What happens if a stu- dent or teacher gets sick? What kind of per- sonal protective equipment is needed? Where will students put their coats and backpacks? Do they need school nurses? These are some c...…
