… MARCH 5 • 2020 | 41 FEEL THE DIFFERENCE—IN JUST 30 MINUTES. At REACH were committed to providing therapeutic support to optimize performance, assist with injury prevention & enhance overall wellbeing. Partner with a Stretch Specialist who will guide you through the session in our inviting studio using trigger point, active release stretch and myofascial individual needs and maximize performance. ANN ARBOR 871 W Eisenhower Pkwy, ...…
…Nosh eats | drinks | sweets continued from page 40 42 | MARCH 5 • 2020 Island and Swiss melt; and the “Fishman,” smoked whitefish salad with lettuce, tomato, onion and capers on a toasted onion roll. The “Detroiter” features chopped liver (“livah”) and corned beef, let- tuce, tomato and onion on an onion roll. Kalish isn’ t giving away any of his recipes. “Nothing we do is simple,” he says. “We make all our foods, from mayo to ...…
… MARCH 5 • 2020 | 43 Hillel’s New Sous Chef Takes Its Café to New Heights M ichigan Hillel’ s star continues to rise with more great additions to the Hillel Café. It introduced Ann Arbor to new Head Chef Jonathan Shepard last semester and is proud to share its new Sous Chef Cedric Smith. Smith has had a long- standing relationship with the food industry — devel- oping a deep appreciation for the art form at a young age from his...…
…44 | MARCH 5 • 2020 Nosh news THROUGHOUT MARCH COCKTAILS FOR CHARITY Higher Hopes!, a registered 501Z(c)3 charity helping to feed the community’ s most vulnerable children and their families, is partnering with Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails at 15 Kirby St. in Detroit for a charity event that runs through March. The restaurant will donate $2 from the sale of every “Last Word” cocktail sold throughout the month. The “Last Word” c...…
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… MARCH 5 • 2020 | 47 Soul of blessed memory ERMA BRODE, 87, of Boca Raton, Fla., died Feb. 24, 2020. Ms. Brode is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Mark Brode and Marcy Trager; daughter, Marcy Curland; daughter-in-law, Lisa Brode; sister-in-law, Elaine Serman; grandchil- dren, Noah and Gwenn Brode, Elissa Brode and Stacey Eyler, Zachary Brode, Joshua and Kimberly Curland, Justin Brode and Megan Walsh, and Ryan Brode; ...…
…48 | MARCH 5 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory continued from page 47 continued on page 50 ed in engineering, economics and business administration. During WWII, he served as a combat engineer with the 8th Armored Division, crossing the Rhine into Germany. After his discharge, he attended the University of Michigan. In 1950, he joined his father in business in what became his lifetime career — developing land and building single-f...…
… MARCH 5 • 2020 | 49 It is with profound sorrow but with great admiration that we note the passing of our longtime Shomer Rabbi Yisroel Polter ל״ז His 46 years of fulfi lling the mitzvah of Kavod Hamais was truly a monumental contribution to not only the Hebrew Memorial Chapel but also to the entire Jewish Community. Seldom do we see such dedication and loyalty. We thank his wife ה״ע and extended family who have partnered in t...…
…50 | MARCH 5 • 2020 continued from page 48 Soul of blessed memory Cynthia (Brent Honey) Ginsberg, Deborah (Robert) Parks, Sheilah (Steve) Mauldin; grandchildren, Tarrah (Brian) Lagler, Joshua (Holly) Parks, Jeffrey Mauldin, Michael (Meredith) Mauldin, Stephanie Mauldin; great-grandchildren, Lylah, Lucas, Jacob, Mya, Ellia, Jon, Noah and Naomi and Ava. Mrs. Ginsberg was the lov- ing grandmother of the late Christopher Mauldin. ...…
… MARCH 5 • 2020 | 51 continued on page 52 and Andrea and Richard Katz; grandchildren, Adam and Kelly Linden, Erica Linden, Shana Schneider, Sandy and Ali Schneider-Abdallah, Gina Linden and Arber Nicaj, Annie Linden, Emily and Jeff Kaplan, Marc and Jennifer Linden, Sara Katz, Daniel Katz and Gabriella Katz; great-grandchildren, Sam, Mollie, Ralph, Sadie and Yousef; Janice’ s children, Cindy Pearlman Tank, Lisa Pearlman Rosenber...…
…52 | MARCH 5 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory continued from page 51 OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $125 for up to 100 words; $1 per word thereafter. A photo counts as 15 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 you may call Sy Manello, editorial assistant...…
… MARCH 5 • 2020 | 53 Restaurant now run by family of Big Rock Chophouse fame. the best of everything Raskin Lumen Detroit Shines Bright Y ou know the old say- ing that if you want something done right, get someone who can do just that … And DTE Energy did it right… As previ- ously told, after a nationwide search by the energy giant to complete- ly run the restau- rant operation at its new setting, Lumen Detroit, now celebratin...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 54 | MARCH 5 • 2020 Maurice Kelman Pursued Justice for All S everal weeks ago, I received a call from Estelle Babitch, sister of Maurice “Maury” Kelman. She let me know that Kelman’ s archival collection was now open for research at the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State Unive...…
…thejewishnews.com $200 Feb. 27-March 4, 2020 / 2-8 Adar 5780 Mom to Mom Facebook group connects Metro Detroit Jewish mothers online. See page 12 24/7 …
…The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is exceptionally proud of our NEXTGen Detroit board members. We warmly congratulate all 36 individuals for their outstanding contributions to our community! Danielle DePriest Nicole Hertzberg Allison Klein Ryan Landau …
… FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-10 Jews in the D Mom to Mom 24/7 12 Facebook group connects Metro Detroit Jewish mothers online. ‘ This Problem Is Here’ 20 Following MSU swastika, Rep. Slotkin hosts East Lansing forum on anti-Semitism. Playdates with a Purpose 22 Partnership melds Jewish themes with service for little ones. WSU Press Changes Come Full Circle 24 Interim director resigns; a former director returns; top dism...…
…The Weinberg Family Library & Temple Israel Sisterhood THURSDAY, MARCH 5 5pm showing followed by dinner & discussion at 6:45pm facilitated by Rabbi Arianna Gordon Register at temple-israel.org/dinnermovie Temple Members: $16 per session; Non-members, $18 per session For questions, contact Lauren Marcus Johnson at 248-661-5700 or e-mail ljohnson@temple-israel.org. At Temple Israel Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 10:30am Pl ea...…
… FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 | 5 Views for openers At First Yuck E veryone has those special foods that remind them of home or childhood. But as you dig in and are “mmmm-mmmm”ing happily away, you might find that people around you don’ t quite share your enthusiasm. They’ re watching you incredulously, saying thing like, “How can you eat that? That’ s disgust- ing!” I grew up in Australia, and a childhood staple was toast with butter and V...…
…6 | FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 guest column Finding Hope in a Spring Views I magine checkpoints lining 8 Mile Road. A bus approaches the border of Detroit and the suburbs, headed for Oakland County, and two heavily armed officers step on board to check IDs. Depending on your residency status and ability to obtain a rare permit from Oakland County’ s government, you’ re permitted to cross. Few Detroiters are able to obtain these permits...…
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…Views commentary The Truth About TruNews P resident Trump’ s deplor- able and shameful polit- ical relationship with anti-Semitism recently took another troubling turn. Last month the Trump administration approved press credentials for coverage of the Jan. 21-24 Davos conference in Switzerland for a website, TruNews, which, according to its Facebook page, is a network “reporting the countdown to the second coming of Jesus. ” ...…
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…Congratulations to JVS Human Services President and CEO Leah Rosenbaum on her retirement after nearly 41 years of service to the Metro Detroit community. Leah’s work may be done, but the positive impact she’s had on countless lives will continue to be felt for generations. A CAREER IN SERVICE TO OTHERS 248.559.5000 jvshumanservices.org JVS_12964_LL_FullPage_JN.indd 1 2/19/20 7:36 PM …
…12 | FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 Jews in the D Facebook group connects Metro Detroit Jewish mothers online. KAREN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER S tephanie Barr likes having a community of moms at her fingertips. The Bloomfield Hills resident, who works as an attorney, is part of Jewish Moms Of Metro Detroit, a Facebook group with more than 2,100 members who ask questions, share successes and struggles, and find camaraderie at all hours...…
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…Jews in the D 14 | FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 moms, but not for Jewish moms specifically. Having led classes in the area for babies and toddlers, Mall said she enjoyed connecting moms in person, but that this seemed like a way to reach so many more. Moms can post under their own names or anonymously through one of the admins, Mall said. “That was the goal, to get the taboo questions, the questions that were hard to ask, ” she said of t...…
… FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 | 15 Join us for a presentation by attorney Eli Gabay about his role as a prosecutor in the trial of John Demjanjuk, the Cleveland autoworker accused of being the infamous Treblinka extermination camp guard “Ivan the Terrible.” Gabay features prominently in the Netflix documentary The Devil Next Door. 28123 Orchard Lake RoFarmington Hills, MI 48334-3738 Dessert reception to follow Tickets 248.536.9605 or www.holoca...…
…Jews in the D 16 | FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 spreading fast when the group began, with some 10 new mem- bers joining weekly. She offered to help, and the rest is history. She said she was amazed to see what started as a safe place for local moms to talk about par- enting evolve into a network for advice, referrals and friendships. Having a diverse group of women in conversation online means they’ re able to share dif- ferent ways of celeb...…
… FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 | 17 “THI S I S THE MOST I MPORTANT FI GHT OF OUR LI FETI MES. WE HAVE TO MAKE DONALD TRUMP A ONE-TERM PRESI DENT. LET’ S GET I T DONE TOGETHER. ” – MIKE BLOOMBERG Paid for by Mike Bloomberg 2020 MIKE WILL GET IT DONE. mikebloomberg.com Election Day in Michigan is Tuesday, March 10th. Miracles of Hadassah The Meridian of Farmington Hills SAVE THE DATE SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020 ©2020 Ha...…
…18 | FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 Her family grew up at Temple Israel, where her great-grandparents were founding members. Through her hus- band, they’ re connected with The Shul. But not everyone these days is choos- ing to engage with Judaism through such classic routes, she noted. “ A lot of people my age haven’ t con- nected the same way, ” she said. “So, we need some other way to connect us because we’ re looking for people of a similar s...…
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…‘This Problem Is Here’ Following MSU swastika, Rep. Slotkin hosts East Lansing forum on anti-Semitism. CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER Jews in the D U .S. Representative Elissa Slotkin brought members of the com- munity and a panel of speakers together at the East Lansing Public Library on Sunday, Feb. 23, for a conversation sur- rounding a recent local spike in anti-Semit- ic acts. The event took place nearly a week after a swastika was f...…
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…22 | FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 Playdates with a Purpose Partnership melds Jewish themes with service for little ones. J ewish families in Metro Detroit now have a fun option to introduce their young children to the joys of volunteering, with activities like making cards for seniors or packing warming kits for local shelters. PJ Library of Metropolitan Detroit and Repair the World Detroit created a program called “Playdates with a Purp...…
…METROPOLITAN DETROIT Limmud Michigan2020! Register: limmudmichigan.org/register Eric Acton Simi Adler Jessica ‘ Decky’ Alexander Alana Alpert Lynne Avadenka Rebecca Belkin Josh Bennett Meredith Berlin Jeffrey L. Bernstein Tim Burke Courtney Bushnell Alicia Chandler Alexa Cooley Yonatan Dahlen Nathan DeGroot Robert Dobrusin Levi Dubov Jake Ehrlich Carol Ellstein Jenna Englender Michele Faudem Eliezer (Louis) Finkelman Marilyn Finkelma...…
…WSU Press Changes Come Full Circle Interim director resigns; a former director returns; dismissed top leaders now rehired. SHARI COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jews in the D I n less than two weeks, four top man- agers left Wayne State University Press, its organizational position within the university structure was changed and a previous interim director was returned to her post. Now, almost everyone has their job back. The organizatio...…
… FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 | 25 continued on page 26 F or 12 years, the University of Michigan-Dearborn helped fund a Hillel pres- ence on its campus. That changed in December 2019, when the school ended its annual $25,000 contribution to Hillel of Metro Detroit (HMD). HMD is a regional Hillel chapter that coordinates Jewish student life across six different Metro Detroit universities. In addition to UM-Dearborn, it has a presence at La...…
…26 | FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 continued from page 25 ber of students. The university’ s budget was reevaluated and, according to Kettenbeil, cuts were made across the univer- sity, including the $25,000 for HMD. Grasso’ s predecessor as chan- cellor, Dan Little, had been the first to establish Hillel’ s pres- ence on campus in 2007. Starkman told the JN that HMD’ s funding typi- cally comes from its own fundraising efforts, as well as an a...…
… FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 | 27 YOUR CHILD deserves the BEST Education For more information go to www.mivoicecounts.org Help Our Children Get The Best Education And Complete The 2020 Census. To make sure your school gets money for school lunches and education programs, you must complete the 2020 CENSUS this spring. The 2020 CENSUS is quick and EASY to fi ll out. Use it to count EVERYONE in your home. And by law, it is 100% CON...…
…28 | FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 Jews in the D Yeshiva Beth Yehudah and Oak Park to improve pedestrian safety. Y eshiva Beth Yehudah Schools and the City of Oak Park have received a grant to construct safer pedestrian routes to help students cross busy intersections at 10 Mile Road and Lincoln Road. The $464,321 grant to the Jewish educational institu- tion from the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program was announced at the Oak Park Cit...…
…W hen Erik Bean’ s 17-year-old son, Ethan, died by suicide, he was enveloped by a dark shroud of grief and guilt. For years, Bean and his wife, Stacey, who lived in Farmington Hills, had tried to help Ethan, who struggled with behavioral issues due to mental health disorders that included autism, psychosis and ADHD. Finally, no longer able to bear his ongoing pain, Ethan ended his life on Aug. 24, 2018. “As a parent, you feel like...…
…30 | FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 continued from page 29 full-color illustrations, the book addresses topics such as coping with difficult emotions, being kind to those who may appear dif- ferent, and seeking support from parents and other safe adults. It also has a section on internet safety, includ- ing the dangers of the dark web. The book premiered Nov. 19, 2019, which is National Suicide Survivor’ s Day. It is the first official proj...…
… FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 | 31 Moments Zwickl-Storm B ecky Zwickl and Bill Storm were married in Columbus, Ohio, by Rabbi Elyse Seidner-Joseph. They were joined under the chuppah by their parents, Tim and Sara Zivian Zwickl and Patti Russ. The wedding party included Bill’ s children, Kylie, Tony and Brayden; siblings, Josh and Sheri, David and Alyson, James and Ronald; a parade of dear friends; and the couple’ s nieces and nephews, Sha...…
…32 | FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 Marsch-Brookfield M ichelle and Steve Marsch of West Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the engagement of their daughter Nicole Erin to Michael Louis Brookfield, son of Cathy and David Brookfield of Newton Falls, Ohio. Nicole earned her bachelor of arts degree in communicative sciences and disorders from Michigan State University and her bachelor of arts degree in fashion design from the Art Institute of...…
… FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 | 33 A s a person who loves building projects, I find Terumah’ s intri- cate description of the blueprint and materials needed for the construc- tion of the Mishkan more exciting than most. Reviewed again and again, the Torah takes the precision of holy space’ s construction quite seri- ously. The building of the tabernacle is a watershed moment in the history and emergence of our people. The dedication of ...…
…34 | FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 Arts&Life theater Fiddler 2.0 Israeli actor brings diverse talents to his role as Tevye in this stage revival. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER I sraeli actor Yehezkel Lazarov jokes that he understands why this tour of Fiddler on the Roof needed a second year. The first year did not take him to Detroit. At last, Lazarov will appear at the Fisher Theatre, where the original show had its 1964 trial run be...…
