…JULY 1 • 2021 | 33 Maccabi Games experience than sports competitions because of the limited num- ber of sports, but that’s fine because the experience is a very important part of the Maccabi Games, ” Gordon said. Out-of-town athletes must pay for their transportation to San Antonio and hotel stay, which is about $150 per room per night. Each room can have up to three people. The JCC Association of North America will cover uni- form...…
…34 | JULY 1 • 2021 ERETZ E ach month, we’ll feature a Metro Detroiter who has made aliyah. Q: Tell me about your life in Detroit and what your connection was to Israel. Rachel Lichtenstein: I was born in Israel, but I was raised in Detroit from the age of 3. I went to Thompson Junior High [Southfield] and Vandenberg Elementary [Detroit]. Although I was raised in Detroit, I used to come back and forth to Israel all the time. I ...…
…JULY 1 • 2021 | 35 BUSINESS A fter 10 years in business, local Jewish-owned toy store chain Toyology Toys is sticking to the same goal: to remain in the Klar family and to continue being there for the community. “We want to be a staple in everyone’s home,” says Nori Klar, 62, founder of Toyology Toys. “We don’t want to be the biggest company around.” Launched in 2011 at their inaugural West Bloomfield location by Nori Klar and ...…
…36 | JULY 1 • 2021 Aric Klar continues. “But when we think of toys, we think the brain.” Toyology Toys sees customers of all ages shopping in their stores, including both kids and adults who have autism. They also see adults who are navigating memory loss and are turning to toys for their memory-boosting properties. “These toys became a staple for education,” Aric Klar says. “Once that staple became clear, I think we official...…
…JULY 1 • 2021 | 37 HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th. For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@thejewishnews.com or (248) 351-5147 for i...…
…38 | JULY 1 • 2021 SPIRIT TORAH PORTION I n this week’s Torah portion, we learn of the daugh- ters of Zelophehad: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. The first thing which makes this story unique is that we know the women’s names. So often in the Torah we don’t know the female characters’ names, let alone what they thought, felt or said. The women approach Moses with a request. Since the Israelite laws of inheritance at...…
…JULY 1 • 2021 | 39 How Can Israel’s Orthodox Prime Minister Run the Country? S ince Israel declared its inde- pendence in 1948, the top political leadership has largely been represented by figures from the so-called “secular” community — sec- ular but committed Jews who understand and embrace the importance and sanctity of our tra- ditions. Still, the fact that Israel’s new prime minister hails from the religious Zionist community ...…
…40 | JULY 1 • 2021 Synagogue Directory CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Ahavas Israel Grand Rapids (616) 949-2840 ahavasisraelgr.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Israel Flint (810) 732-6310 cbiflint.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses...…
…The Shul-Chabad Lubavitch West Bloomfield (248) 788-4000 theshul.net Woodward Avenue Shul Royal Oak (248) 414-7485 thewas.net Yagdil Torah Southfield (248) 559-5905 Young Israel of Oak Park (248) 967-3655 yiop.org Young Israel of Southfield (248) 358-0154 yisouthfield.org RECONSTRUCTIONIST Congregation Kehillat Israel Lansing (517) 882-0049 kehillatisrael.net Congregation T’chiyah Ferndale (248) 823-7115 tchiyah.org Reco...…
…D rummer Sean Perlmutter leads his own jazz trio, MOUTHBREATHr, but he also performs and records with other groups around Michigan. Most recently, he joined with the Paxton/Spangler Septet for the recording, Anthem for the New Nation, which will be introduced July 11 at the Cadieux Café in Detroit. The album consists solely of compositions by Abdullah Ibrahim, a pianist who mostly performs his own work. “The recorded music came ...…
…JULY 1 • 2021 | 43 A sia is a journey into a complicated and complex mother-daughter relationship that proves to be heart- warming and heart-wrenching at the same time. The Russian- and English-language film, which has a quick runtime of just 85 minutes, is playing at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Township now through July 8 and is available for streaming through the Detroit Institute of Arts now through July 30 (dia.org/events/dft-h...…
…44 | JULY 1 • 2021 WHO’S THE BOSS? BETTING ON MICHIGAN The animated film The Boss Baby: Family Business opens on July 2. Lisa Kudrow, 57, again is the voice of the Templeton brothers’ mother, and Jeff Goldblum, 68, is the voice of Dr. Armstrong, a busi- ness rival of the Templetons. Then there’s Lady Boss. A documentary about writer Jackie Collins (1937-2015) began streaming on CNN on June 27. Check listings for encore showings, an...…
…JULY 1 • 2021 | 45 OUTDOOR KABBALAT SHABBAT 6 PM, JULY 2 Adat Shalom Synagogue invites you to join them for an uplifting Friday eve- ning service, outdoors on the synagogue’s grounds. They will welcome new members of their clergy, Rabbi Dan Horwitz and Rabbi Blair Nosanwisch, director of spiritual care. Reservations are required and limited to the first 150 people to register. Contact the synagogue office at 248-851-5100. The ...…
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…48 | JULY 1 • 2021 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY ‘H ero of Israel, ” a “one- man space agency” and “huge loss for the defense establishment” are just some of the descriptions of Israel Defense Prize laureate and rocket scientist Aby Har-Even, who was injured during riots in Acre last month and died June 6 at age 84. His contribution to space exploration and Israel’s national security is unknown to most Israelis, and much of hi...…
…JULY 1 • 2021 | 49 continued on page 50 BERNICE BAER, 99, of West Bloomfield, died June 20, 2021. She is survived by her sons and daughter-in- law, Richard Baer and Frances Schott-Baer, and Jeffrey Baer; sister-in-law, Gwendolyn Klein; brother- in-law, Elbert Lipman; loving nieces and nephews. Mrs. Baer was the beloved wife of the late Melvyn J. Baer; the loving sister of the late Julian Klein and the late Harriet Lipman. Intermen...…
…50 | JULY 1 • 2021 continued from page 49 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY late Izzy King. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. RONALD M. ROTHSTEIN, 94, of West Bloomfield, died June 24, 2021. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Joyce Rothstein; daughters, Jane Rothstein and Emily Minns; sons and daughters- in-law, Charlie and Diana Rothstein, and J. Adam and Julie Rothstein; gra...…
…JULY 1 • 2021 | 51 great-grandchildren, Rotem, Ido, and Alon Kravi, Shachar, Ori and Zohar Mayan-Scheer, Drake and Eve Navarre, and Keagan and Riley Golemba. Mrs. Scheer was the beloved wife for 70 years of the late Martin Scheer; loving moth- er-in-law of the late Timothy Wright. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to a breast cancer fund; Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple, Wes...…
…52 | JULY 1 • 2021 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY In loving memory of Marcia Applebaum z"l May her memory forever be a blessing. our building's namesake and a pillar of light in our community and beyond. Jewish Community Center Detroit Marcia Applebaum, 81, of Bloomfield Hills, died June 24, 2021. Marcia lived a life devot- ed to her family and com- munity. The love of her late husband, Eugene, was special and inspirational. They w...…
…JULY 1 • 2021 | 53 T he JN’s premier columnist, Danny Raskin, will take a few weeks off to recover from rib injuries suffered in a fall, so we’ll be offering highlights from Danny’s columns until his return. Danny is feeling much better. If you’d like to send greetings, email: dannyraskin2132@ gmail.com or send mail to: Danny Raskin c/o The Jewish News, 32255 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334. To cheer a...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 54 | JULY 1 • 2021 We Love Our Macs! O kay, I confess. Yes, it’s true. I am one of “them.” I am a devout Apple computer user, and I have been so since 1996. Perhaps, I have been brainwashed to believe, but I love my Mac computer and am happily using it to write this column. Apple Inc. (formerly, Apple Computer Inc....…
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…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 3 PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 Essays and viewpoints COMMUNITY 14 Heroes at Your Doorstep Hatzalah’s lifesaving volunteer EMTs can rush to help in less than 2 minutes. 20 A Third Day of Remembrance Honor Metro Detroit survivors on June 24, the inaugural Holocaust Survivors’ Day. 22 Welcome Back! Brown Program reopens with artwork and smiles. 24 Fundraising Success Federation’s Annual Campaign surpasses $34 m...…
…4 | JUNE 24 • 2021 M y sister Olivia Ross and I, as well as our families, look forward to spring each year and the arrival of my mom’s peonies. My mother, Rose Hack, loved to garden and had the most gorgeous peonies. After she died in 1984, we sisters transplanted the peony bushes to our gardens. Over the years, I have has taken peony cuttings to each of my children living in three different time zones: Jon in Redwood City, ...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 5 For 82 years, our commitment has been the same. To serve everyone in Michigan with better health. In every ZIP code, we provide access to high-quality care. Throughout communities large and small, we support local efforts to improve health for all. Wherever you call home, we will be by your side. Because we’re here for it all and always will be. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network are nonprofi t...…
…6 | JUNE 24 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY 1942 - 2021 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send ...…
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…8 | JUNE 24 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY S pies steal secrets. Sometimes, those secrets must be care- fully studied and analyzed by experts to turn them into prod- ucts useful to policymakers. The spies I’ll be talking about here worked for the Mossad. The expert who has painstakingly transformed the secrets they collected into actionable intelligence is David Albright. And the policymaker who should be revising his policies in...…
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…12 | JUNE 24 • 2021 continued from page 10 parties disagree. However, there is also some hope that the government will begin to heal some of the country’s intense polarization, starkly exhibited by the intercommunal violence this past month between very small segments of the Jewish and Arab citizens. NEW FACES The new government has a record nine women ministers; it includes an Arab Israeli Party in the ruling coalition, the ...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 13 Of the 2.5 percent of the world’s water that’s safe to drink, how do we keep it that way, seeing as it’s mostly underground? Thanks to the Weizmann Institute’s groundwater dynamics model, we can now pre- dict how contaminants will spread, so we can reach endangered parts of the water supply faster, and detoxify any polluted groundwater before it disperses. Every day, Weizmann Institute scientists in Israel work to pro...…
…14 | JUNE 24 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY “H atzalah. What’s your emergency?” Residents of Oak Park, Southfield and Huntington Woods have a trusted number to call in times of crisis — Hatzalah of Michigan, whose volunteers read- ily and willingly put their lives on pause to respond to emergency calls, often leaving their jobs, homes or child’s birthday party to provide lifesaving care to their neighbors. Hatzalah, which partners with the Oa...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 15 CLOCKWISE: Michael Feldman of Southfield, Captain Asher Sigler of Oak Park, Rabbi Bentzy Schechter of Oak Park, Mordy Kranczer of Oak Park and Sachee Allswang of Southfield pose in front of their office in Oak Park. Celia Smith of Southfield is on the dispatch radio. Cheryl Zuroff of Southfield talks with a group of dispatchers after a group meeting. Mordy Kranczer checks his medical sup- ply bag. …
…16 | JUNE 24 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 15 spread around the world. Today, Hatzalah is the largest volunteer ambulance service in the United States, with more than 80 ambulances and almost 2,000 volunteer EMTs, as well as dozens of branches throughout the world. Hatzalah MI executive board member Nachy Soloff grew up in Monsey, N.Y., and was accus- tomed to the service. “It was sec- ond nature. You had a medical emer...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 17 continued on page 18 JN, “I’m so happy we took this on. I would do it all over again. It’s been tenfold what we origi- nally envisioned when we first started. “We envisioned a partner- ship that would help to serve our citizens better. There’s a lot of diversity in Southfield, and we get to learn a lot about the Jewish community from Hatzalah. It’s helped us up our game in the department. “What’s more is that Hat...…
…18 | JUNE 24 • 2021 ers. Hatzalah volunteers know that a Jew reluctant to violate Shabbat rules when receiving medical attention may be more at ease and easily convinced of the medical urgency when the emergency responder is a fellow Orthodox Jew. “Hatzalah helps us out a great deal with the Jewish community when there is some hesitancy or if there’s some misunder- standings about the medical treatment to be received, ” said Oak...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 19 edented scale and, despite that, they did what they were supposed to and didn’t fail.” CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY There’s more to being a member of Hatzalah than the willingness to respond to a call at a moment’s notice. Because many of the people they serve in Oak Park and Southfield are Orthodox Jews, Hatzalah volunteers are also trained in Halachah (Jewish law) so they can navigate lifesaving skills, such as the...…
…20 | JUNE 24 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY J ewish leaders around the world have rallied in support of a third day of Holocaust remembrance, which helped create the inaugural Holocaust Survivor Day. This day of remembrance commem- orating the Jews who survived the horrors of the Nazi regime will be celebrated for the first time on Thursday, June 24. Though the day is brand new, the goal is to spark a worldwide annual event that keeps t...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 21 another for shelter. Though she was young, Cohen learned the story of her family’s survival through their stories and their photographs. Her dad’s skills as a great outdoorsman and her moth- er’s perfect German helped the Schechter family survive. With the help of friends, they were able to escape the ghetto in which they lived and hid in different properties. To make hiding easier, Cohen’s parents decided to s...…
…OUR COMMUNITY 22 | JUNE 24 • 2021 W hen a small group of older adults walked through the doors of the Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish Community Adult Day Program in early June, their first time back in 15 months, they were greeted by welcome- back banners, bouquets of paper flowers, hand-decorated cards, posters and, of course, plenty of big smiles. The artwork was created by students at West Maple Elementary School in Bloomf...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 23 in January (with most being prior participants before the pandemic), they are fully immunized against COVID- 19, they come from a fully immunized household, and they are physically able to wear a mask. As community infection levels drop, more people will be accepted, and restrictions may be removed. Banooni shared that at least one former participant was unable to return because her family knew wearing a mask ...…
…24 | JUNE 24 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY T he Jewish Federation reported results from its 2021 Annual Campaign, completed May 31. The Annual Campaign is Federation’s central fundraising vehicle, and it provides for the majority of resources Federation dis- tributes to its partner agen- cies across the local and international Jewish community. The 2021 Annual Campaign raised a total of $34.2 million, meeting the goal estab- lished at...…
…JUNE 24 • 2021 | 25 OUR COMMUNITY I n an effort to spread aware- ness to help free detained journalist Danny Fenster, a professionally designed web- site at bringdannyhome.com is offering $20 T-shirts with pro- ceeds going to a charity of Fenster’s choice after he gets home. Fenster, man- aging editor for Frontier Myanmar, was detained on May 24 at Yangon International Airport shortly before boarding a flight on his way home to ...…
…OUR COMMUNITY 26 | JUNE 24 • 2021 A pproaches to higher education alterna- tives as affected by COVID-19 confront Alan Drimmer as he moves into the presidency of Cleary University July 1. Cleary is a nonprofit Michigan school established in 1883. Drimmer, whose career has placed him in Midwest educa- tional posts after Mideast diplo- matic assignments, is thinking through plans to accelerate programming that realistically prepar...…
