…APRIL 29 • 2021 | 41 thing the collection contains — prayer books, rabbinic texts, Biblical texts, person- al letters, commercial lists, compositions by people like Maimonides, Judah Halevi poetry, marriage documents and exercises for children learning how to write.” All the documents remain in their original languages, whether Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic or Judeo-Arabic for scholars to translate. “ A major point [in the collection] ...…
…42 | APRIL 29 • 2021 LAG B’OMER BASH 8 PM, APRIL 29 Join The Well, Hillel of Metro Detroit and NEXTGen Detroit at Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit for food, fire, archery, arts and crafts, as well as a bar for 21+ guests. The evening will be entirely outdoors, socially distant and kept to a limited capacity. If you can’t partake in person, get a Lag b’Omer kit for your very own bonfire at home and a Zoom link to join remotely....…
…APRIL 29 • 2021 | 43 Engagement in Palestine and Beyond” is a Zoom presentation by the University of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. Editors Leila Farsakh and Bashir Bashir will be in conversation with contributor Moshe Behar and Nadia Fadil. Advance registration required: JudaicStudies@umich.edu. MENTAL HEALTH 3:30-4:30 PM, MAY 5 Jewish Family Service will present Dr. Jeffrey London as he provides an overview of ps...…
…A s parents and spouses age, the pos- sibility of running into a situation where you either become a care- giver yourself or need to find a caregiver is something many people may encounter. A caregiver is a family member or paid helper who helps take care of a sick, elderly or disabled individual. While caregiving may feel like a scary or uncertain experi- ence, many resources are available in the local Jewish community that can help m...…
…APRIL 29 • 2021 | 45 continues. “ A consultation is helpful for difficult situations like, ‘How do we help some- one stop driving?’ or if some- one needs to move. ” JFS coaches caregivers on how to find a community that will meet their loved one’s needs, among other topics that some may not feel equipped to handle on their own. For those without next steps lined up for caregiving, the Geriatric Care Management program also offers ...…
…46 | APRIL 29 • 2021 continued from page 45 ply taking time for oneself in the midst of caring for another. Caregivers can also access JFS’ caregiving support programs, which include group health coaching classes that cover top- ics like how to talk to physicians, problem-solving and making tough decisions. “This can all be overwhelming when you’re providing care for someone else, ” Breuer says. “These classes focus on helping peo...…
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…48 | APRIL 29 • 2021 HEALTH I t’s traditional therapy with a twist. By combining cooking with talk therapy, Culinary Art Therapy gives people a chance to boost their wellness through a fun and creative outlet. Founded by West Bloomfield-based therapist Julie Ohana, 42, Culinary Art Therapy was an idea she developed about 17 years ago while attending the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University in New York City. She ...…
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…52 | APRIL 29 • 2021 W hen news got out that Soul Cafe in West Bloomfield would reopen on April 12, their fanbase was ready. I’m told that business was so good the first week, staff had to stop taking walk-ins on the following Sunday because the restaurant was fully booked. Rotated artwork brightens white walls in Soul Cafe’s airy dining room that has the feeling of a gallery. Large groups still gather at a high-top butch- er-b...…
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…continued on page XX APRIL 29 • 2021 | 55 CLAIRE CHAMBERS, 94, of Bloomfield Hills, died April 14, 2021. In her words: “I went from nothing all the way to the White House; I had a wonderful husband that I adored, three wonderful children, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. ” That pretty much describes the life of Claire Chambers. From modest beginnings in Bay City, Mich., she moved to Detroit, and on a blind date...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 56 | APRIL 29 • 2021 T hroughout her lifetime, Dorothy “Dottie” Gerson was guided by three great passions: her family, her multitude of friends and her commitment to help- ing others. As energetic and determined as she was giving and compassionate, Dorothy lived each day to the fullest, remaining active and connected to the peo- ple she loved. On April 16, 2021, Dorothy passed away, just three week...…
…APRIL 29 • 2021 | 57 Alexander and Huxley; many other loving family members and friends. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert Chambers; mother of the late Mark Chambers; sister of the late Shirley (the late Milton) Berger. Contributions can be made to the Josefina Magna Endowed Chair at Henry Ford Health System. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. c. 1968 HESTER MAE MEYERSON, 94, of Southgate, Mich., died April 6, 2021. Sh...…
…58 | APRIL 29 • 2021 continued on page 60 ins and countless loving won- derful friends. Mr. Miller was the beloved son of the late Cecile Dreyer and Richard Miller. Interment was in Skokie. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. SHIRLEY PERLOVE, 92, of West Bloomfield, died April 19, 2021. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Roy and Nancy Perlove, David and Mary Jo Perlove; daughter and son-in-l...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 60 | APRIL 29 • 2021 Rotem Tibi; mother, Doris Fay McCann; grandchildren, Adir Tibi, Eden Tibi and Eliana Tibi; brother and sister-in-law, Steven and Shelley Subelsky; niece, Carrie (Kevin) Simon; many other loving family members and friends. Mr. Subelsky was the loving son of the late Charles Subelsky. Contributions can be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. c. 1990 ...…
…APRIL 29 • 2021 | 61 W hen people speak about various ventures in ethnic dining, the usual ones seem to pop up all the time because of their popularity. When Seifu Lessanework, an Ethiopian Jew, and wife Fetle, opened their Blue Nile Ethiopian restaurant on Nine Mile Road, west of Woodward, Ferndale, it was mainly through curios- ity that many diners ventured there … It is one of the very few true Ethiopian restaurants in Michigan...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 62 | APRIL 29 • 2021 Blasts from the Past M y last few columns have addressed rather serious, but important, aspects of Jewish Detroit history. I thought I might continue this trend, and write about another very serious subject: historic advertisements in the Jewish Chronicle and JN. OK, OK — advertisements may not ...…
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…APRIL 22 • 2021 | 3 contents OUR COMMUNITY 12 A Passion for Healing Detroit Meet Jodee Raines, New Detroit Inc.’s new Jewish ally. 17 Backlash at MSU Jewish students get nasty pushback for efforts to define antisemitism. 18 Albion College Student Suspended After Antisemitic, Racist Graffiti Found The student is believed to have been acting alone. 18 Mother’s Day Art Excursion Take a virtual tour of the Weste...…
…4 | APRIL 22 • 2021 for openers Boisterous Kids? – Just Love Them! W ithin a few weeks of the world shutting down, my children and I had final- ly gotten into a quarantine groove with Zoom school, schedules and routines. This morning, though, my eldest suggested that I go relax because he had “something really, really great” planned for his brothers. Trust my 6-year-old and have a few minutes of quiet productivity? Sure! Wh...…
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…6 | APRIL 22 • 2021 analysis The U.S.-Iran Talks at Vienna W hile some may regard the cur- rent multilateral talks in Vienna that include the Biden administration and Iran as a reboot of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), much has changed for the United States and its presence in the Middle East since the Trump adminis- tration withdrew from the agreement in 2018. The geopolitical realities facing Americ...…
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…8 | APRIL 22 • 2021 guest column Judaism After the Pandemic I n countless conversations, the same words arise to describe this past year: loss, loneliness, fear, as well as opportunity, gratitude and “silver linings.” Mourners grieved alone. Parents suf- fered exhaus- tion. Children regressed. Teens and adults bat- tled depression and anxiety. Divorces multi- plied. Yet also, among the Jewish community in particular, adult edu...…
…APRIL 22 • 2021 | 9 Moreover, the pandemic exacerbated humanity’s greatest challenges, such as confronting loss and power- lessness; recognizing suffer- ing and inequality; search- ing for balance between individual freedoms and moral obligations toward others; and battling existen- tial loneliness. Judaism, in general, and synagogue life, in particular, are uniquely capable of addressing the human condition and pro- viding moral gu...…
…10 | APRIL 22 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY JUST LOVE THEM! continued from page 4 conventions. Trump administration actions — additional sanc- tions and the assassina- tion of Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2020 — were viewed by the E3 as heavy-handed and unilateral. The Biden administration sees Vienna as the venue for America to “return” to the world stage as a team player. The ongoing neg...…
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…12 | APRIL 22 • 2021 DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER J odee Fishman Raines has a passion for bringing people together. In 2006, she helped organize the Tri-Synagogue Women’s Night at the Oak Park JCC. Women from Orthodox, Conservative and Reform congregations came together to socialize, have dinner and share ideas. “We’re all Jewish, but with the different streams of Judaism, some- times differences might tend to pull us apart,” Rain...…
…APRIL 22 • 2021 | 13 back to philanthropy, return- ing to Skillman after four years of practicing law. It was then that Raines combined her legal and philanthropic skills and greatly helped Skillman, whose focus was on children and families in Detroit, to grow. By 2001, a job as executive director at the Jewish Fund became available, and Raines jumped at it. Her motivation for the move was to build her professional skills by lea...…
…14 | APRIL 22 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY ON THE COVER Raines said. “That gave me the courage to apply. The fact that it’s a support role as COO, not CEO, is a good place for me to be as a white ally.” New Detroit, which was formed in response to civil unrest in 1967 that uncovered a host of entrenched social and community ills, works to fight racism by improving interpersonal relations, collab- oration and policy. New Detroit is shifti...…
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…16 | APRIL 22 • 2021 to really think differently about how we take on envi- ronmental sustainability in Detroit,” Goss said. Goss said she relied on Raines heavily for the thought leadership strategy of the coalition and support during the process. “I’ve seen Jodee take vague concepts that are unclear to everyone else and get it done — make sure all the voices are at the table and be really clear about what is needed to actu...…
…APRIL 22 • 2021 | 17 J ewish students at Michigan State are estimated to number between 3,000 and 3,500. During the past several years, a number of antisemitic incidents have occurred — threatening phone mes- sages, a defaced mezuzah and a swastika painted in front of a fraternity house. In addition, Hillel’s sukkah was damaged and Jewish students have experienced some casual antisemitic remarks. While these were not considered majo...…
…18 | APRIL 22 • 2021 A s a prelude to Mother’s Day, the Jewish National Fund and JNFuture Detroit invite mothers and daughters to a virtual artist tour of the Western Galilee region in the chapter’s kickoff event “Mimosas in the Marketplace” noon Sunday, April 25, over Zoom. Israeli tour guide Karmit Arbel will introduce northern Israeli artists who create Judaica sculpted from recycled kitchen countertop materials. Part...…
…APRIL 22 • 2021 | 19 Candlesticks made from Corian leftover from construction jobs that would otherwise wind up in a landfill. sustainability projects in Israel. For the Goldbergs, involvement in JNF has long been a family affair. Laura’s husband, Andy Goldberg, who serves as JNF’s Michigan president, said he is excited that the emerging chapter of JNFuture will draw more attention to this region in Israel, which hopes to attra...…
…20 | APRIL 22 • 2021 R abbi Daniel S. Horwitz, a product of the Metro Detroit Jewish community, has been hired by Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. “I’m incredibly excited to have the opportunity to return home in order to join the Adat Shalom communi- ty,” Horwitz said in a state- ment from the synagogue. “In addition to having the chance to work alongside world-class colleagues and committed lay leaders, as someon...…
…APRIL 22 • 2021 | 21 survivor, knows the realities of the disease all too well. Kasselman was first diagnosed in September 2007 and started the foundation in June 2008. A big priority for Kasselman with the foundation and the Women’s Event’s is breaking the stigma of the cancer. “I felt that it was a silent disease, and it’s not anything to be ashamed of,” Kasselman said. “I decided that if I live and I have the ability to think...…
…22 | APRIL 22 • 2021 C ongregation Shir Tikvah in Troy is con- ducting a shoe drive fundraiser with drive-thru, con- tactless drop-off collection dates noon-1 p.m. Sundays, April 25, and May 16 and 23. Shir Tikvah will earn funds based on the total weight of the pairs of gently worn, used and new shoes collected, as Funds2Orgs will issue a check for the collected shoes. The funds will go toward social action initiatives, arts and...…
…APRIL 22 • 2021 | 23 F our Jewish Detroit orga- nizations are teaming up to create an interac- tive community event for Lag b’Omer on Thursday, April 29. Hillel of Metro Detroit (HMD), Chabad in the D, NextGen Detroit and The Well are coming together to create an event for Lag b’Omer in an elevated camp-style evening of bonfires, food, archery, lanyard and tie dyeing, arts and crafts, as well as a bar for 21+ guests. The evening ...…
…24 | APRIL 22 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY T his Mother’s Day, there’s a meaningful way to bring joy to mothers and other women alike that also gives back to the local Jewish community. Via the Joy Project, people throughout Metro Detroit can send the special women in their lives a custom-made card that donates proceeds to women and families in need. Running through Mother’s Day, the seasonally held program has taken place each year ...…
…APRIL 22 • 2021 | 25 faces&places On April 8, Holocaust Remembrance Day cere- monies took place at both Fleischman Residence and Meer Apartments of Jewish Senior Life. Holocaust survi- vors were joined by residents and staff who remembered the 6 million Jews who perished in the Shoah. In 1959, Israel established Yom HaShoah to honor the heroism of the Warsaw Ghetto fighters. Dr. Charles Silow, director of JSL ’s Program for Hol...…
…26 | APRIL 22 • 2021 MAZEL TOV! Lyla Camryn Acrich, daughter of Darci and Bryan Acrich, will chant from the Torah on the occasion of her bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, April 23, 2021. She will be joined in cele- bration by her brother Ari and proud grandparents Susanne and Ruben Acrich, and Shirley and Robert Oles. She is the great-grandchild of the late Charlotte and Leo Simko. Lyla attends Cliffo...…
