…PHOTOS COURTESY OF KADIMA Kadima Fundraiser a Rooftop Success More than 150 friends and supporters of Kadima’s arts program, Creative Expressions, gathered on Sept. 19 for the annual Frame of Mind Arts Benefit and Showcase on the rooftop of the Detroit Opera House. The event combined fine, literary and performing arts. A gallery-like art display featured member paintings, drawings, photography and literary works, including a co...…
…NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 | 39 H avdalah cannot begin until the three brightest stars in the sky can be seen, ” said Rabbi Brent Gutmann as he kicked off Temple Kol Ami’s Astronomy Havdalah. “Can any of you see three stars yet?” Yes, three “stars” could indeed be seen in the fading twilight, but they were actually the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. “Good enough!” declared Rabbi Gutmann and, with that, Havdalah began. Kol Ami members ...…
…40 | NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 MAZEL TOV! Harwood-Zamanigian J effrey and Debbie Harwood of Oak Park are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter Erin Lindsay to Drew Garen, son of Dr. Gary and Maryann Zamanigian of Bloomfield Hills. Erin earned her bachelor of science in psychology from Wayne State University and is working as a law clerk for a bankruptcy law firm in Southfield. Drew earned his bachelor of arts in soci...…
…NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 | 41 SPIRIT The Vacuum H ave you ever known that feeling of gloomy emptiness? A sense that there is nothing good in your life and, therefore, everything is terrible? In this week’s Torah portion, we read the tragic story of Yosef sold into slavery by his brothers. Before selling him to passing merchants, the brothers had thrown him into a pit at the side of the road. Regarding this pit, the verse says, “The pi...…
…O ne of the great unheralded heroes of the Holocaust was Rabbi Avraham Grodzinsky, the spiritual leader of the Kovno ghetto. Until the outbreak of the war, he had been the Rosh Yeshiva of the famed Slabodka Yeshiva and was one of the leading sages of his generation. He had entered the yeshiva at the age of 17, and, under the tutelage of the legendary Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the “Alter of Slabodka,” devoted himself to both int...…
…NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 | 43 and his brothers — to try and do something about the situation. What began simply as an act of defiance became a miraculous military defeat of the mighty Greek army, allowing the Jewish people to reclaim the land, reclaim the Torah and reclaim the Holy Temple. More than 2,000 years later, in the depths of the Holocaust, Rabbi Grodzinksy drew on the Maccabees’ example, recruiting 10 righteous men of his own t...…
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…46 | NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 ARTS&LIFE EXHIBIT The Music of Sound B ernie Krause developed an interest in music while growing up in northwest Detroit, and he pur- sued that interest through a stel- lar career as instrumentalist and sound designer. In the 1960s, Krause per- formed with many celebrated artists, including Van Morrison, The Doors and The Weavers. With music partner Paul Beaver, he introduced the Moog synthe- sizer to the po...…
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…continued from page 46 48 | NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 western Alaska visited by mil- lions of birds that migrate each spring to that biome from as far away as South Africa and New Zealand, a journey over vast expanses of land and water that covers 56,000 miles round trip. “Bernie Krause’s work teaches us that each animal species pos- sesses its own acoustic animal signature that, like a musical instrument in an orchestra, positions itself...…
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…52 | NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 A TOUR OF L.A. IN 1973, LARSON’S KOSHER- STYLE BIO, MORE Licorice Pizza (opens Nov. 26) is a coming-of-age film directed and written by the “quirky” Paul Thomas Anderson. Anderson is a big fan of the popular band “Haim” (three real-life Jewish sisters) and he cast Alana Haim, 29, in her first acting role. The movie takes place in the early 1970s and touches on a lot of iconic ’70s moments, especially tho...…
…NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 | 53 HAVDALAH EVENT 6 PM, NOV. 27 The Well is hosting at a location to be announced. It’s Thanksgiving weekend, erev Chanukah and Havdalah. Commemorate with a night on the town, soaking up all the holiday spirit Detroit has to offer. Board The Well’s Thanksgivukkah Train (charter bus) and travel around the city, hitting all the essential stops: cocktails and appetizers, a private custom candle-making experience...…
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…NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 | 57 SEYMOUR BORSEN, 94, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 15, 2021. He is survived by his son and daughter- in-law, Alan and Stacey Borsen; daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Jack Greenfield; grandchil- dren, Brandon Borsen, Brittany Borsen, Matthew (Sydney) Greenfield and Bryan Greenfield; sister-in-law, Janet Abramson Borson; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mr. Borsen was the beloved...…
…58 | NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 MARSHALL GREENSPAN, 89, of Bloomfield Township, died Nov. 14, 2021. Mr. Greenspan popularized indoor tennis in Michigan when he and his partners built and operated five racquet clubs in the 1970s, including three in Southeast Michigan: Franklin Racquet Club, Square Lake Racquet Club and Centaur Farms Racquet Club. Prior to that, he was a single- and multi-family residential builder, including partners...…
…NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 | 59 Detroit. He later made his home in Philadelphia and Highland Beach, Fla. Teacher, artist and TV repairman, mender of all things broken, Joseph touched the lives of countless people, who were moved by his kindness and optimism, by his ability to see beauty despite witnessing the worst in humanity and his willingness to share his story of survival to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust would never be f...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 60 | NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 JEROME “JERRY” LEONARD LEBOW, 91, passed away peace- fully at home in Eureka, Calif., on Nov. 15, 2021. Born Jan. 16, 1930, in Detroit, Jerry supported his hometown by working in the thriving auto- mobile industry as a draftsman; there, he also met the love of his life. He dedicated 45 years to his craft before retiring and moving to California. Mr. Lebow is survived by his ...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org Our Favorite Holiday A t times, when I write a “Looking Back,” I have a problem. Some subjects are simply cited so many times that it is hard to decide how to focus the story. Case in point: Chanukah, the Festival of Lights. Chanukah is a topic that has an overwhelming presence in the William Davidson Digital Archi...…
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…NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-12 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 14 House of Spirit Frankel Jewish Academy introduces ‘FJA Houses’ to promote community- building and school spirit. 18 Chanukah Happenings Local organizations have special events planned for the holiday. 20 For the Love of Books 2021 Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival promises to be ‘eclectic.’ 21 A Life in the Law Judge...…
…4 | NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY for openers Commercially Speaking I n my Oct. 14 column, I bemoaned the fact that our radio and television airwaves have become saturated with nonstop, nails- on-a-chalkboard-annoying commercials promoting sportsbook betting. Thank you to the JN readers who reached out to me since then to share their own disdain. I knew I wasn’t alone. I did want to add a little addendum to my diatri...…
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…6 | NOVEMBER 18 • 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: s...…
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…8 | NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY of the Depression, they lost everything. Still, they started over. Then came the Second World War and the reality that money they had sent to help get their endangered family out of Eastern Europe either arrived too late, or not at all. CONFRONTATIONS WITH ANTISEMITISM While growing up in Toledo, Ohio, and throughout my life, I would recall my grand- mother’s words whenever I was confront...…
…NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 | 9 THE JCC BOOK FAIR I grew up in Northwest Detroit and also have friends who remember the “old neighborhood” whose high school students went to Central High. Because of this, I have always enjoyed reading Mike Smith’s col- umn, as I enjoyed reading about the many good times my friends and I enjoyed growing up in the 1950s in these areas in Detroit. However, I did have an issue with his last column about the h...…
…10 | NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 essay Encouraging Jews to Connect to Their Judaism T he Pew Research Center study on “Jewish Americans in 2020,” which was released in May this year, shows that Reform and Conservative Judaism is plum- meting, while the number of “unaffiliated” is increasing. The same goes for the Orthodox, the vast majority of whom don’t intermarry and have many more children than their non-Orthodox counter- parts. ...…
…NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 | 11 The above two encounters illustrate the way in which Jews can bond. Another bonding custom among the Orthodox is the shivah, the seven-day mourn- ing period after a funeral. Prayer services are conducted in the home of the bereaved family (except on Shabbat, when even the mourners attend them at synagogue). Meals are regularly provided to the mourners all week as well. The shivah, when the bereaved stay a...…
…12 | NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 PURELY COMMENTARY essay Schools Are Using Anti-Critical Race Theory Laws to Ban Children’s Literature I n the battle over the false idea that Critical Race Theory is “infiltrating” our K-12 schools — and the belief that it must be stopped — the new frontier is children’s lit- erature. Critical race theory (CRT), taught primarily in higher education and law school, is the study of how laws and policies ...…
…NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 | 13 note that in recent months, other works of children’s literature, particularly those written by Black authors, are increasingly being ques- tioned, challenged and banned amid the Critical Race Theory debate. Further, of the 2020 most challenged books, six out of 10 are about race and racism and by authors of color, most of whom are Black. That is in sharp contrast to 2019, where the top-challenged books w...…
…A t the start of the school year, Frankel Jewish Academy (FJA) began a new tradition — FJA houses. Houses in school settings may be familiar to many from the Harry Potter books and movies, but school houses are quite common in schools in England, says FJA ’s new Judaic Studies Principal Rabbi Abi Taylor-Abt, a British native. Students, faculty and staff were split into three houses — Galil (north), Mercaz (center) and Negev (so...…
…NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 | 15 continued on page 16 definitely needed to happen after the past two years with the pandemic, agreed Shana Kantor, FJA ’s director of advancement. “These houses were an opportunity to jumpstart and rebuild those networks and communities in new, fun and interesting ways for the stu- dents, ” Kantor said. Throughout the year, stu- dents can earn house points for mensch-like behavior like pick- ing up a piece of...…
…continued from page 15 16 | NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 lings were in the same houses because it’s easier for parents, we also didn’t want to cre- ate rivalries within families, ” Taylor-Abt laughed. “I think it’s so awesome that it’s already traveled beyond our own school and the younger kids in the community are learning about this. ” Taylor-Abt has noticed a difference in the corridors this year, with the school not nec- essarily trying...…
…NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 | 17 Jeopardy game, capture-the- flag, camp crafts and drawing murals representing each house are just some of the activities students participated in during the week. Each day was planned to include a dress-up, an active activity and a passive activi- ty. Passive activities included everything from guessing the amount of candies in a jar to finding hidden trophies around the school. Fundraising was also incor- po...…
…18 | NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 THE 8TH CRAZY NIGHT The community is invited to join an outdoor Chanukah celebration at Adat Shalom Synagogue Sunday, Dec. 5. At 4: 30 p.m., the festivities will begin, including a photo booth (in an igloo!), DJ Phreddy, a fire performance by Detroit Circus, fantastic activity stations brought to you by community co-sponsors and so much more. There will be a BIG menorah lighting at 5:30 p.m. The celebration ...…
…NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 | 19 Thank YOU! Moscow Family Philanthropic Fund PRESENTING SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSORS DIAMOND SPONSORS EMERALD SPONSOR Shari Finsilver HONORARY CHAIR & KEYNOTE SPEAKER * Connie Holzer at Tom Holzer Ford Shari and Stanley Finsilver * A JVS Human Services FUNdraising Event 13th ANNUAL We extend our appreciation to the sponsors and supporters of JVS Trade Secrets. Your generosity has helped women in our comm...…
…20 | NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 T he 34th annual Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival runs Nov. 21-Dec. 16, and features 24 authors online via Zoom. All events are free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Noemi Herzig, director of Jewish Cultural Arts and Adult Education for the Ann Arbor JCC, says it’s an eclectic festival this year. “I like to mix it up so there’s something for everybody, ” she said. “The festival’s purp...…
…NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 | 21 OUR COMMUNITY J udge Avern Cohn was celebrated by family, friends and colleagues on Friday, Nov. 5, at Franklin Hills Country Club for the launch of his book, Thinking About the Other Fella: Avern Cohn’s Life and the Law, writ- ten by Jack Lessenberry and Elizabeth Zerwekh. Judge Cohn served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1979-2019. When he was appointed by President...…
…22 | NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 F or the last four decades, if a story led our local newscasts on WDIV- TV Local 4, you can bet Marla Drutz was among those who knew about it first. She’s had what she describes as a “front row, 50-yard-line-seat” to daily news events and history in the making. Now, the vice president and general manager of Detroit’s NBC affiliate is retiring after holding the station’s top job for 13 years. Her last ...…
…an offer she couldn’t refuse — the opportunity to lead a station, something she’d always wanted to do. Drutz has received many hon- ors for her work including Emmy Awards and being named Broadcasting & Cable’s General Manager of the Year. A multiplica- tion buff, she figures she’s driven to and from work at least 20,000 times — even throughout the COVID-19 pandemic — when she went to work every day to be alongside her team. To ce...…
