…4 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 contents OUR JN MISSION: We aspire to communicate news and opinion that’s trusted, valued, engaging and distinctive. We strive to reflect diverse community viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. As an independent, responsible, responsive community member, we actively engage with individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, ...…
…6 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 OUR JN MISSION: We aspire to communicate news and opinion that’s trusted, valued, engaging and distinctive. We strive to ref ect diverse community viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. As an independent, responsible, responsive community member, we actively engage with individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Sout...…
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…8 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 for openers A Royal Encounter I t’s official! The recounts are done, and it can now be certified that Dewey did defeat Truman! No word yet from the Dewey Campaign, but his brothers Huey and Louie are said to be ecstatic. According to the Center for Responsive Politics — wait, really? There’s a center for “responsive” politics? Yes, there is, and according to their statistics, the combined spending for 2020 cam...…
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…10 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 I was interviewed by a jour- nalist recently about the phe- nomena of Christian support for Israel. As much as this is something that has been central in my life for most of my adult life, it’s something that most don’t understand. The interview came up in light of two recent events, but needs to be dis- cussed openly. It’s a revolutionary phenomenon, turning the tide on the history of Jewish-Christian ...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 11 of prayer, especially when that prayer is to the Creator. As much as it’s the case that Israel cannot have too many friends, another thing to which most would agree is that you can’t have too much prayer. Israel’s independence was a theological tsunami. Until then, most of “the Church” was rooted in centuries of thinking that God was done with the Jews. That we had not yet been restored to Israel fed this ...…
…12 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 VIEWS essay Do We Dare to Hope? W hat did it for me was the killing of Muhammad al-Durrah on the Gaza Strip in September 2000. He was a 12-year-old Palestinian boy who hid behind his father as they were caught in the cross- fire between Palestinian secu- rity forces and the IDF. The world watched as the boy cried in ter- ror, then was struck by a bullet. I was managing editor for the Jewish Telegrap...…
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…14 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 T his year, the Jewish com- munity can celebrate Chanukah with events that promise connection and fun while staying safe during the pandemic. For the past 10 years, the lighting of a large menorah in Downtown Detroit’s Campus Martius Park has attracted many enthusiastic partici- pants of all ages. This year, Menorah in the D, presented by The Shul, ChabaD Greater Downtown Detroit and Jewish Federation of M...…
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…26 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 MOMENTS BIRTHS MAZEL TOV! OCT. 5, 2020 Megan and Matt Swain of Washington, D.C., are over- joyed to announce the birth of their first daughter, Stella Radin (Zahava Yael Aviv). Big brother Oliver was thrilled to welcome her home. Ecstatic grandpar- ents are Elyse and Richard Jacobs of Bloomfield Hills and Lisa Swain and Fred Swirka of Peabody, Mass. Excited great-grand-bubbie is Arlene Rosen of Revere, Mass...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 27 W hen we have conversations about climate change, it often feels like doom and gloom. Scary facts, worst-case scenarios and ticking clocks. Even our language: “fighting” climate change places us in an adversarial relationship. But it doesn’t need to be this way. In this week’s portion, Jacob wrestles an adver- sary. We don’t get many details of the match, but com- mentators typically see this man as a ho...…
…28 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 Arab nations are lining up to normalize relations with Israel. Here’s what awaits the Jewish state down the road. DANA D. REGEV CONTRIBUTING WRITER ERETZ ON THE COVER What’s Next for Israel after the Abraham Accords? T his fall, the Abraham Accords broke years of Arab consensus that there should be no relations with Israel until it makes peace with the Palestinians. Brokered by outgoing President Donald...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 29 Jewish Bahraini politician Nancy Khedouri, second from left, and other Bahraini officials meet with foreign representatives, including U.S. Ambassador Justin Siberell, far left. Southfield-based Yeshiva Beth Yehudah day school, Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE’s ambassador to the U.S., said that, soon, “students in your school are going to be able to go talk to Israelis and Emiratis either in Israel or the UAE. ” T...…
…30 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has become persona non grata among Americans — who were already critical of Saudi Arabia due to its notorious human rights record. Congress imposed a ban on arms sales to the kingdom in light of Khashoggi’s assassination — a decision later circumvented by Trump. POLITICAL CONCERNS Additionally, both bin Zayed and Netanyahu were trying to hand Trump one final achieve- ment ah...…
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…32 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 with Israel, it would jeopardize its security interests and leave itself exposed to the Iranian threat. The normalization deals deliv- er a message all-too-familiar to Palestinians: You’re on your own. At present, it doesn’t seem like Israeli-Palestinian nego- tiations will resume, Yaari predicts, “due to both Israeli and Palestinian leadership.” It is not inconceivable, how- ever, that “when Abu Mazen [Palest...…
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…34 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 S hiri Maimon, applauded as both the “Beyoncé of Israel” and a Broadway star, is this year’s guest enter- tainer appearing in the Laker Concert. A digital program because of the worldwide pandemic, the concert will feature her live vocals joined by a key- board accompanist. It runs 4-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, and is hosted by Temple Israel. “Performing for Jewish communities around the world is always an hon...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 35 Helicon Records, a licensee of Universal and EMI Records. While she was a presenter on a daily TV show, her second sin- gle, “Time to Say Goodbye, ” was chosen to represent Israel in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. Her namesake first album launched her first concert tour. Credits since then include roles in a musical version of the movie HaLehaka (The Band) and in the Habima National Theatre produc- tion of ...…
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…38 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY DR. JERRY ARONOFF, 79, of Walled Lake, died Nov. 20, 2020. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Alicia Karen Aronoff; daughters and sons-in-law, Mardi and Darin Edelheit, Randi and Joel Freeman, Cari and Craig Stoller, and Dani and Don Klacking; son and daughter-in-law, Craig and Lauren Aronoff; grandchildren, Luke, Justin and Reed Edelheit, Rikki and Jessi Aronoff, Rayna...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 39 continued on page 41 family during the Holocaust. Leo was liberated on May 6, 1945, by the U.S. Army from the Ebensee concentration camp in Austria. After reuniting with his one surviving brother, he immigrated to the United States in December 1949. Leo married his American- born wife, Arlene Spear, in May 1953. He founded Imperial Draperies, a custom window treatment business in Metropolitan Detroit. He w...…
…40 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY An Independent ‘Voice of Justice’ STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER L eading with a streak of indepen- dence and justice for all people, former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Charles L. Levin died peacefully, surrounded by his fam- ily on Nov. 19, 2020, in his Detroit home at age 94. At a private graveside funeral on Nov. 20, Rabbi Joseph Krakoff said that Justice Levin was blessed...…
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…44 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 SOUL OF BLESSED MEMORY continued from page 43 Scharff III, Mark Warshaw, and Derek (Eileen) Warshaw; her grandchildren, Courtney (Shawn) Silverman, C. Robert (Jessica) Scharff lV , Dallas Warshaw, Sam Warshaw; her great grandson, Charlie Silverman. She adored all her nieces and nephews, whom she loved beyond measure. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Charles Warshaw; her parents, Lafa...…
… DECEMBER 3 • 2020 | 45 W hen he goes into a Greek restau- rant, much of the time he is greeted in Greek or with “Yassoo" or “Yassas” ... And most of the owners know what Dino Mitropoulos likes best ... Sure it is the lamb chops at Uptown Parthenon or Big Tommy’s or wherever his favorite Greek dishes are served. But Dino loves to eat ... even though it may not be his first love ... to go along with so many dishes he enjoys. ...…
…46 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020 R abbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks of Aldgate, died Nov. 7, 2020, at age 72. Sacks was chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, 1990-2013, the tenth rabbi to hold that position. He was also a lord of the realm, knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2009. The passing of Rabbi Sacks was noteworthy. Condolences were offered by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. News medi...…
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…4 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 contents OUR JN MISSION: We aspire to communicate news and opinion that’s trusted, valued, engaging and distinctive. We strive to reflect diverse community viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. As an independent, responsible, responsive community member, we actively engage with individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life,...…
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