…Jews in the D JANUARY 23 • 2020 | 31 Nazi Salute Flint councilman under fi re for rude gesture. CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER F lint Councilman Eric Mays is under fire for comparing Council President Monica Galloway to “Hitler” and performing a Nazi salute at the council’ s general meeting on Monday, Jan. 13. Mays directed the comment “you ain’ t got to be like Hitler,” toward Galloway and then proceeded to perform the Nazi salute an...…
…32 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 The Chicken Soup Cook Off is on Sunday, Jan. 26, at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield, from 12:30-2 p.m. Five-hundred-plus happily hungry people will enjoy the talents of amateur, novice and professional chefs, who will present their special chicken soup recipes and samples. Through sponsorship and ticket sales, the event supports four deserving organizations: Gilda’ s Club, Young Adult Group of Templ...…
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…| faces&places Jews in the D The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus hosted its 35th Anniversary Dinner at the Suburban Collection Showplace late last year. More than 1,500 guests made it a sold-out event. The annual fundraiser honored Nina and Bernie Kent for their significant work to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust empower people today. The keynote speaker was Dr. Ruth Westheimer, an orphan of the Holoc...…
…| faces&places Jews in the D 36 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC Community Outreach Manager Sam Englender, Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Archbishop Allen Vigneron and Monsignor John Kasza The Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC (JCRC/AJC) recently hosted a luncheon for Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building. More than 25 local rabbis and professionals from Jewish communal...…
…Moments JANUARY 23 • 2020 | 37 Ethan Charles Roth (Eitan Barack), son of Matthew and Sarah Roth, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2020. Sharing in this joy with Ethan and his parents will be his sister Anna, brother Owen, and grandparents Rena and Ronald Meyers, and Susan and Richard Roth. Ethan is a seventh-grader at Norup International in Oak Pa...…
…38 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 Spirit torah portion B y virtue of an acclaimed Broadway production of recent vintage, many have come to a renewed appreciation of the fascinating story of an American “Founding Father.” His roller-coaster life, punctuated by the key role he played in the shaping of the great experiment called American democracy , inspired the opening words of Hamilton: “How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore a...…
… JANUARY 23 • 2020 | 39 J oshua Bergasse won’ t be in town for the touring production of Roald Dahl’ s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but his choreography will be. Bergasse, whose fascination with dance launched at his mom’ s Annette and Company School of Dance in Farmington Hills, planned the intricate footwork for the Broadway run and tweaked it a bit for the tour. “I was not available to get to the bulk of the rehearsals for...…
…40 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 “I had choreographic ideas and the designers had some new design ideas. The tour is probably one step better than the Broadway production.” — JOSHUA BERGASSE continued from page 39 taught at his mom’ s studio and now teaches at New York schools, including the Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway. “Because of my choreography jobs, I call up different studios and say I’ m free on certain days and ask ...…
… JANUARY 23 • 2020 | 41 Good Will Local authors’ longtime adventure leads to a novel about Shakespeare. SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER S hakespeare isn’ t every- one’ s cup of tea but, for Barbara and Art Wiggins, the man and his work have fascinated them for decades. “How did a glover’ s son with a grammar school edu- cation become the world’ s greatest playwright?” they asked themselves 25 years ago. Since then, the Bloom...…
…42 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 Arts&Life celebrity jews NEW TV/STREAMING Outmatched, a Fox sit-com, starts on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 8:30 p.m. It’ s about a blue-collar couple (Jason Biggs and Maggie Lawson) who live in Atlantic City, N.J. They are trying to raise four kids — three of whom are certi- fied geniuses. Biggs, a real Jersey native, often proudly calls himself the “Jewiest-looking non-Jew.” He’ s played Jewish characters four ...…
…On The Go people | places | events JANUARY 23 • 2020 | 43 JAN. 27 HOLOCAUST EXHIBIT “The Holocaust Unfolds” is a new exhibit showcasing the coverage of WWII by the Detroit Jewish News and its prede- cessor, the Detroit Jewish Chronicle. It is on display on the second floor of the Mardigian Library at the University of Michigan Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn. Free and open to the public, 7-9 pm. Light refreshments will be ...…
…On The Go people | places | events 44 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 continued from page 43 JEWS IN ARAB LANDS 7-8:30 pm, Jan 28. “The Forgotten Jews of Arab Lands.” At the Max M. Fisher Federation Building. Prof. Howard Lupovitch will present the story of the Jews in Arab lands forming a major gap in most of the world’ s knowledge of the history of the Middle East. Learn about the history and culture of this important segment o...…
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… JANUARY 23 • 2020 | 47 DR. ALLEN APFELBLAT, 73, of West Bloomfield, died Dec. 22, 2019. He is survived by his beloved wife, Ellen Apfelblat; daughters and son-in-law, Lisa and Alan Wittenberg, Julie and Lori Apfelblat; grandchildren, Dylan, Max, Elle, Violet, Grace and Liam; daughter-in- law, Dr. Amanda Apfelblat; brother and sister-in-law, Sam and Yvonne Apfelblat; many loving family members and friends. Dr. Apfelblat was t...…
…48 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 Soul of blessed memory brothers-in-law, Nancy and Larry Kornwise of Farmington Hills, Harold Baker of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, Aaron Weldy, Rachel Weldy. She is also survived by Dr. George Kates; loving nieces and nephews; Mrs. Kates was the loving sister of the late Carol Baker; special friend of the late Jerry Janssens. Contributions may be made to IWMF (International Waldenstrom’ s Macroglobuli...…
… JANUARY 23 • 2020 | 49 grated to Israel in 1951 and later moved to the United States, where she settled per- manently in 1973. A lover of classical music and literature, she inspired many through her intellectual curiosity. She was a distinguished professor at the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Detroit Mercy. Appointed to visiting pro- fessorships all over the globe — Israel, France, Germany, Japan, and...…
…Soul of blessed memory 50 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 continued from page 49 daughters, Elaine Beresh of West Bloomfield, Gloria Cohen; sons and daughter-in-law, Arnold Shenkman, Martin and Dr. Pattie Klein Shenkman; sister- in-law, Eileen Kirman; brother- in-law, Samuel Finkelstein; 11 grandchildren; 39 great-grand- children. Mrs. Shenkman was the beloved wife for 75 years of the late Jack Shenkman; loving sister and sister-in-law of the ...…
… JANUARY 23 • 2020 | 51 continued on page 52 their family in Southfield, where Noreen became very active in the community. She was a proud supporter of the Southfield Public Schools and was actively engaged in the PTA, school board and city elections. In addition, she was involved in Hadassah and Maimonides and forged deep friendships wherever she went. She was a fixture in Barney’ s fam- ily practice office; patients loved her, a...…
…52 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 continued from page 51 Rachel Hodas; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Ungarten was the beloved wife of the late Glenn Ungarten. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery in Clinton Township. Contributions may be made to the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. LOIS WEISS, 90, of Novi, died Jan. 14, 2020. She is survived by her daughters and son-in...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 54 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 ‘The Holocaust Unfolds’ Exhibit I ’ m pleased to let you know that our Jewish News Foundation Exhibit — “The Holocaust Unfolds: Reports from the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and News” — will be on display again at the Mardigian Library at the University of Michigan-Dear- born. This exhibit was...…
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… JANUARY 16 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-11 Jews in the D Standing Together 12 Anti-Semitism event in Brooklyn draws a diverse show of unity against hate. Remember the Stranger 15 HIAS trip to U.S.-Mexico border gives local rabbi a view into the immigration situation. Expanding Civil Rights 20 New ballot initiative seeks to expand civil rights protection to Michigan’ s LGBTQ community. More Than Pretty Voices 22 Local cantors exp...…
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… JANUARY 16 • 2020 | 5 Views jewfro Shirts Off to Diane Starr T he year was 1963 and E. J. Korvette was looking for a lady’ s man. The discount department store (not named for Eight Jewish Korean War Veterans) needed someone to head up women’ s wear at their branch in Roseville, Michigan. That man was Seymour Birnbaum. Fifty-six years later I learned to tie a bowtie. A few things happened in between. Seymour clocked out for ...…
…6 | JANUARY 16 • 2020 essay A Message from Federation: Invitation to Forum on Anti-Semitism Views W e’ ve said goodbye to the festive lights of Chanukah and move forward into the first days of our secular calendar. Before we close the books on 2019, however, we want to offer a sincere thank you to every one of our supporters, volunteers and participants who continue to make the work of the Jewish Federation possible. We are gra...…
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…Views commentary It Was Time for an Administration to Break Foreign-Policy ‘Rules’ F or 20 years, he had sowed terror and confusion throughout the Middle East with impunity. As head of Iran’ s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Qassem Soleimani was the mastermind of the world’ s leading state sponsor of ter- rorism, as well as the second most powerful person with- in that oppressive Islamist theocracy. No matter how much mayhe...…
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…10 | JANUARY 16 • 2020 Views The premise of much of the criticism of Trump’ s decision on Soleimani rests on a false assumption. Those who lament the president’ s trashing of conventional wisdom act as if he has upset a tradition that safeguarded American interests and lives. But it did nothing of the kind. What happened in Syria as Iran and its ally, President Bashar Assad, lay waste to that country was the direct consequence ...…
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…continued on page 14 Standing Together Anti-Semitism event in Brooklyn draws a diverse show of unity against hate. KAREN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jews in the D W hen some 25,000 people gathered in New York City on Sunday to stand against anti-Semitism, West Bloomfield native Rabbi Leah Sternberg was there. Sternberg, who today serves as assistant rabbi of Congregation B’ nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, N.J., made her way fr...…
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…14 | JANUARY 16 • 2020 Jews in the D continued from page 12 building better bridges between all denominations of Jews, and between Jews and non-Jews, ” said Eric S. Goldstein, CEO of UJA-Federation of New York. “Building bridges means putting aside our differences, religious and political, and call- ing out anti-Semitism and all forms of hate wherever we see it. The purpose of today’ s march is to loudly and publicly pro- claim th...…
… JANUARY 16 • 2020 | 15 Jews in the D continued on page 16 T hough news of deplorable condi- tions for immigrants and asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border has been overshadowed recently by reports of presidential impeachment and direct U.S. conflict with Iran, the situation still receives attention from humanitarian groups fighting for rights to be recognized. Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny of Temple Israel joined 19 rabbis, cantors an...…
…Jews in the D 16 | JANUARY 16 • 2020 for the families and individuals dealing with conditions at the border, she said. Rebecca Kirzner of HIAS said the pur- pose of these trips is for Jewish leaders to “gain a deeper understanding of the injustices and complexities at the border, and the unconscionable ways our gov- ernment is slamming the doors on those seeking asylum in our country. “Our goal is to make sure there is a strong moral ...…
… JANUARY 16 • 2020 | 17 I mmigration issues, favorable and not, have cropped up periodically in American history, according to Melanie Goldberg, legal director at Justice for our Neighbors Michigan, an immigrant agen- cy of the United Methodist Church. “Go back in time and you can see we have periodically welcomed immigrants and then had reactions against immigra- tion, ” she says. “The ebb and flow of immigration has to do with ...…
…Jews in the D 18 | JANUARY 16 • 2020 it was hard to prove. Kaluzny said when they vis- ited, only 19 of the 1,000 men being held there had any crim- inal record. She said the detainees have little privacy or freedom of movement; even access to showers and bathrooms was monitored. She added that detainees are allowed fresh air two hours per day. There are scheduled meals. They can choose to make a phone call, however, a two-minu...…
… JANUARY 16 • 2020 | 19 Jews in the D and how we might best sup- port them. ” Rabbi Jeffrey Falick of the Birmingham Temple Congregation of Humanistic Judaism in Farmington Hills recounts that they have been Rabbi Jeffrey Falick working on immigration issues since 2016, with a big ramp-up in January 2017 in response to the govern- ment’ s “Muslim ban. ” Birmingham Temple declared itself a sanctuary in 2017 and became part o...…
…JACKIE HEADAPOHL ASSOCIATE EDITOR A citizen-led ballot initiative to expand the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) to include dis- crimination protections for members of the LGBTQ community is moving forward. On Jan. 7, the group Fair and Equal Michigan asked the state Board of Canvassers to approve the wording of a petition that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Michigan currently afford...…
… JANUARY 16 • 2020 | 21 LOCAL LGBTQ REACTIONS Ron Elkus, retired owner of The Shirt Box, said it’ s amazing to him that in the year 2020, LGBTQ folks still lack civil rights protection in Michigan. “I thought it was interesting that once marriage equality passed, you could get mar- ried on a Sunday and fired from your job on Monday because you’ re LGBTQ. “I think the majority of the public doesn’ t realize the LGBTQ community ...…
…T he members of the Michigan Board of Cantors want you to know that they are more than a collection of pretty voices. Someone who simply leads and interprets prayers is not necessarily a cantor. The equivalent would be calling anyone who presents an inter- pretation on a Jewish text a rabbi, he said. “Singing is just a little bit of what we do, ” he said. Even the English translation of the Hebrew word hazzan to “can- tor, ” a La...…
… JANUARY 16 • 2020 | 23 Jews in the D D r. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Detroit will feature a visit by Rabbi Capers Funnye, an interna- tionally renowned African American rabbi from Chicago. Funnye is the chief rabbi of Beth B’ nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, one of the largest and oldest black synagogues in America, and one he describes as “some- where between Conservative and Modern Orthodox.” A cousin of Michelle O...…
…24 | JANUARY 16 • 2020 | faces&places Jews in the D Families at Adat Shalom Synagogue prepared for Chanukah at a Family Chanukah Bash Dec. 18. Smiles and laughter filled the room as more than 150 congregants and friends played, ate and created art together. Enthusiastic participants created their own dreidels, left notes for the Western Wall, made greeting cards, spun dreidels, created fuse art and, most importantly, connected ...…
