…OF BLESSED MEMORY MARCH 18 • 2021 | 39 continued on page 41 IRVING COHEN, 93, of West Bloomfield, died March 6, 2021. He is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Randy and Dr. Alice Cohen, Howard and Susan Cohen; daughters, Ronna Sabbota and Pamela Siegel; grandchildren, Leah and Benjamin, Samantha and Michelle, Zachary and Kaylee; many other loving family members and friends. Mr. Cohen was the beloved husband of ...…
…40 | MARCH 18 • 2021 O n March 6, 2021, my aunt, Flo Rappaport, died in Las Vegas, Nev. She was the coolest — the person who inspired me to have jazz on the stereo before breakfast. Flo Rappaport was an iconoclast. An entrepreneur in the 1960s, she launched Ferguson’s, the famed cloth- ing boutique on Livernois, Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion. Her shop became the “go- to” for what she coined as “sportswear.” Women from everywhere ...…
…MARCH 18 • 2021 | 41 continued on page 42 Sarah Forst of Israel; daughters and son-in-law, Linda Forst and Stuart Kiken of Chicago, Ellen Saadia of Israel; brother and sis- ter-in-law, David and Lorraine Forst; grandchildren, Erica, Bobby, Keith, Michael, Ilana, Daniel, Adina, Ariel, Yael, Rose, Nina, Eitan, Ilan, Yamit. Mr. Forst was the beloved husband of the late Pearl Forst. Contributions may be made to Chass Clinic Detroit, 56...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 42 | MARCH 18 • 2021 March 9, 2021. He is survived by his wife of 24 years, Alisa Grossman; mother, Misha Nem; sons and daughter-in-law, Max and Anya Khutoryan, Joshua Grossman; daughter and son-in-law, Alexandra and Yechezkel Ahaaronov of West Bloomfield; a loving uncle and aunt, Genadi and Inna Bilvon; other loving family and friends. Mr. Grossman was the loving son and son-in-law of the late Maya...…
…MARCH 18 • 2021 | 43 continued on page 44 Stephanie Polukoff of Park City, Utah, and Beth and Steve Omans, of Chicago; five grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Leonard, in 2010, and son, Robert, in 2012. RON ROGERS, 86, a prominent figure in Detroit’s music business, died peacefully on Monday, March 1, 2021, of complications from the coronavirus; his adoring daugh- ters were at his side. The third of four children...…
…OBITUARIES 44 | MARCH 18 • 2021 Mich., Nancy and Izhak Shapiro- Pikelny of Skokie, Ill.; grandchil- dren, Motti and Rachel Pikelny, Noam and Kaitlin Pikelny, Erin and Ed Podgorski, Zachary and Debora Shapiro, Emily and Jason Vandervoort; great-grand- children, Nathan Pikelny, Lyla Pikelny, Arthur Pikelny, Noah Podgorski, Leonel Shapiro; many other loving relatives and friends. Mrs. Shapiro was the beloved wife for 50 years of the l...…
…MARCH 18 • 2021 | 45 T hat a Detroit dining favorite, Café Cortina in Farmington Hills, should become one of the nation’s true Italian old-world restaurants is a huge dedication to its goodness and honorable existence. Celebrating another anniver- sary this past December since opening in 1976, it has received untold amounts of accolades for being among those dining oper- ations to serve Italian dishes very rarely seen in other...…
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…4 | MARCH 11 • 2021 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 5-9 OUR COMMUNITY 10 Freedom, Finally! Recalling the historic arrival of Soviet Jews in Detroit. 14 People of the Book New Jewish library opens in Oak Park. 16 Makin’ Matzah JFamily offers in-home “Matzah Factory” kit. 16 ‘Let My People Celebrate!’ Time-travel to Egypt while in your car at Chabad theatrical Passover event. 17 Stocking Up for the Holiday Local...…
…MARCH 11 • 2021 | 5 guest column Built for This Moment: Federation’s Super Sunday Returns This Sunday I t’s hard to believe that a year has passed. For 12 long months we have gone without the daily interactions and connections that are essen- tial to our lives. And beyond the serious health threat of the virus, thousands of Jewish Detroiters continue to experience mounting finan- cial, social and emotional hardships. We ...…
…6 | MARCH 11 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY guest column The Man Who Flew 120,000 Iraqi Jews to Safety in Israel J ews with roots in Iraq are today the third largest community in Israel — after the Soviet and the Moroccan. Did you ever wonder how they got there? The mass aliyah of some 120,000 Iraqi Jews between 1950 and 1951 is attributable largely to the efforts of one man — Shlomo Hillel, who died on Feb. 8 at age 97. The Je...…
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…8 | MARCH 11 • 2021 guest column We Must Join Forces to Ensure the Protection of American Jews O ver the last several years, we have seen near-historic increases in antisemitic incidents and assaults as we have watched a surge in online hate from more vocal — and vio- lent — extremist groups. From online hate to cyber-attacks to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, the danger is real. To protect America’s Jewish community, it...…
…MARCH 11 • 2021 | 9 At age 23, he posed as Richard Armstrong, the British representative of Near Eastern Airlines, to negotiate with the Iraqi government. Throughout the meeting he shifted in his seat, fearing he might be recognized by his cousin, the leader of the Jewish community. (He wasn’t). Shlomo Hillel published his story in Operation Babylon. ROOTS IN IRAQ Shlomo was the youngest of 11 children of an Iraqi- Jewish merchan...…
…I n 1981, my mother, Alla Zlatopolsky (maiden name Nisnevich), a Jewish immi- grant from what was then the Soviet Union, experienced her first Shabbat dinner at the home of a volunteer fam- ily in Metro Detroit. These American families were paired with Soviet Jewish families to teach them about Jewish life. At 15 years old, my mom, who was born in Bobruisk, Belarus, and grew up in Riga, Latvia, knew little about Judaism. But she,...…
…MARCH 11 • 2021 | 11 continued on page 12 Eastern Europe was virtually nonexistent in the decades that followed the 1940s. VOIDING JUDAISM In the U.S.S.R., there were no celebrations of High Holidays or Shabbat dinners. Matzah for Passover, if even con- sidered, was brought home illegally by Jews in pillowcases and briefcases, quietly pur- chased at underground syn- agogues housed in the base- ments of nondescript build- ings. Yet, r...…
…OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 11 able for many. By day, they’d stand for hours in Italian markets, selling Soviet- made watches, linens and other goods for money. By night, they’d take English les- sons as they prepared for their new lives. Still, despite their effort and sacrifice, many Jews were denied the right to come to the U.S. “People were there [in Italy] for six months or a year, even more than that,” Feterovich says. It w...…
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…14 | MARCH 11 • 2021 O ak Park has a new place for Detroit’s entire Jewish community to curl up with a book and a mask, or to borrow a few reads to enjoy from the social distance of one’s home. Realizing the need for a library that caters not only to Oak Park’s Orthodox Jewish population but to any local Jewish person in the area seeking knowledge and community, Rabbi Ari Kostelitz of Congregation Dovid ben Nuchim ope...…
…MARCH 11 • 2021 | 15 POSITIVE RESPONSE “The number of people who visited the library on our first day shows there is a great need to have a library where traditional Jews can bring their children to take out appropriate books that reflect a traditional way of life,” Kostelitz said. “While our collection is geared toward traditional Judaism, anyone can come and visit the library.” Ita Leah Cohen is one of the librarians who has b...…
…16 | MARCH 11 • 2021 J Family’s yearly Matzah Factory will take place at home this year — featuring a bag of Passover goodies with a virtual twist. The bag will include “every- thing you need to make matzah at home,” according to Mikki Frank, JFamily’s senior director. Each bag includes a 10 plague finger puppet project, afikoman bag project, rolling pin, a dough docker, measuring cups, two aprons, a Passover activity book, flou...…
…MARCH 11 • 2021 | 17 I n the past year, non-contact delivery has changed from a luxury to a near necessity for many and is offered by many local markets. With the holiday approaching, consumers will want items for Passover. Here are a few local options: THE GROVE The Grove Kosher in Southfield does not yet offer online shop- ping or curbside pickup. The store has a wide variety of items specially for Passover — every- thing in ...…
…18 | MARCH 11 • 2021 OUR COMMUNITY R acial Justice nonprofit New Detroit Inc. has named Jodee Fishman Raines as its first-ever COO. Raines joins New Detroit after 12 years with the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation. At New Detroit, she will be responsible for overseeing strategic planning of the non- profit’s project initiatives and programs and for cultivating relationships with funders. Prior to the Erb Foundation, ...…
…MARCH 11 • 2021 | 19 J ewish professional women have the chance to learn from C-Suite executives from Metro Detroit Jewish agencies in “Wisdom from the C-Suite: Women Leadership in Jewish Agencies, ” a new Jewish Federation professional develop- ment series organized by Jewish Working Women’s Network. The term “C-Suite” refers to the var- ious chief executives within an organization. The first program in the series was held on Feb...…
…20 | MARCH 11 • 2021 MAZEL TOV! Jonah Eitan Cimmino (Yonah Eitan), son of Noel and Ilyssa Cimmino, will lead the congre- gation in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield on Friday March 12, 2021. He will be joined in celebration by his adoring sister Isabella and proud grandparents Dr. Vincent and Ellen Cimmino, and George and Celia Leikin. Jonah is a student at Warner Middle School in F...…
…MARCH 11 • 2021 | 21 SPIRIT A Wholehearted Effort I ’ve always been fond of the quote by Olympic runner Peter Snell who, in refer- ence to training on rainy days, said, “… there’s a satisfaction in knowing you’re out there when others aren’t.” To me, it was the reminder during my college running days that there were no excuses for missing training runs. That if I wanted to be my best, every step counted. Even if no one else ...…
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…32 | MARCH 11 • 2021 I n the play Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye the milkman’s famous mantra was, “Tradition, Tradition!” But in the world of newly “retired” lawyer Ira Jaffe, his focus is “Transition, Transition!” “Some people look at retirement as a chance to do nothing other than sit in the sun, play golf, read a book or walk,” Jaffe said. “For me, that would be like hell. ” In his more than half- century as a prominent business ...…
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…34 | MARCH 11 • 2021 M aybe I’m different, but I like the chal- lenge of cooking delicious, creative side dishes to accompany my favorite Passover brisket. But not everyone feels the way I do, I’m certain. So along with the “same-old,” we know more than ever what’s possible. There’s no reason most any food cannot be adapted, if needed, to com- ply with Passover customs. We’re pretty lucky that we have so many choices. If you...…
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…DONNA LORRAINE (HARRIS) BASSIN, 88, former Detroiter of Westlake Village, Calif., died Aug. 20, 2020, from the effects of her courageous battle with ovarian cancer. She was born Jan. 16, 1932, and grew up in Detroit. She was a graduate of Central High School, class of 1950, and stud- ied at Wayne State University. Donna and her husband, Leonard, moved to Northridge, Calif., in 1979. She began a career as a travel agent, first at...…
