…AUGUST 18 • 2022 | 59 BIKE & PRAY 8:45-NOON, AUG. 20 At Temple Israel. Choose your own adventure: 8:45 am — join us for bagels and lox and a family- friendly, mostly flat, 4-mile bike ride along the West Bloomfield Trail; or 10 am — meet at temple with your bikes, scooters, etc. Zhuzh up your gear, navigate our obstacle course and enjoy services with Rabbi Josh followed by a donut decorating oneg. Free. Helmets required. Info: ...…
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…LEONARD APPLEBAUM, 89, of Bloomfield Hills, died Aug. 6, 2022. He is survived by his beloved wife of 64 years, Beverly Applebaum; daugh- ters, Lorie Applebaum and Ronna Applebaum Earnest; son David Applebaum; grandchild, Jordan Applebaum Earnest; loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mr. Applebaum was the devoted brother of the late Eugene (the late Marcia) Applebaum; son of the late Joseph and the late Minn...…
…64 | AUGUST 18 • 2022 T he life of Ann (Hannah) Newman would make a fasci- nating historical novel, the story of a plucky heroine from a Polish shtetl who became a groundbreaking entrepreneur, an avid Zionist, a generous benefactor to Jewish causes local and worldwide, and the matriarch of a large and loving family. Ann Newman, who lived in Oak Park, passed away on July 31, 2022, at the age of 94. Ann was born in 1928 in a sma...…
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…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 66 | AUGUST 18 • 2022 Sue (Susie) Melamed of Southfield; mother-in-law, Juanita Walker of Charlotte; sister, Sarah Melamed Theodoroff and her hus- band, Matt Theodoroff, of Portland, Ore.; brother, Marc Melamed and his wife, Rebecca, of West Bloomfield; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends and col- leagues. Mr. Melamed was pre- ceded in death by his father, Frederick Melamed; and ...…
…AUGUST 18 • 2022 | 67 the last position she held for more than four decades was at Splane Printing in Detroit. The family will forever cher- ish memories of dear Rose. She is survived by her beloved husband, Alex Rabin; son and daughter-in-law, Jonathon and Amy Rabin; grandchildren, Rebecca and Michaela Rabin, Harry, Lila and Charlie Rabin. She is also survived by former daughter- in-law, Donna Rabin; and many other loving family ...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 68 | AUGUST 18 • 2022 Contributions may be made to a Jewish charity of one’s choice. A private family graveside service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. MILTON ZUSSMAN, 100, of Longboat Key, Fla., formerly of Bloomfield Hills, died Aug. 8, 2022. He was the beloved husband for 52 years of the late Lois Zussman; cherished father of Neil Zussman and Cathy Wh...…
…AUGUST 18 • 2022 | 69 O ne of the foremost authorities on the history of American cooking, Janice Bluestein Longone, died Aug. 3, 2022, at the age of 89. Her passion for collecting early cookbooks and her enthusiasm for sharing her knowledge anticipated the rise of culinary history. She became an essential resource for cook- book publishers, for restauran- teurs and academic historians. Janice Bluestein, middle child of a Jewish f...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 70 | AUGUST 18 • 2022 Time to Cruise T his weekend, the third Saturday of August, will mark the 27th annual Woodward Dream Cruise, or what is billed as “The World’s Biggest Cruise.” There will be plenty of antique cars, custom-built hot-rods and one-of- a-kind automobiles and trucks driving and burning rubber in the ...…
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…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-10 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 The Car Guy’s Car Guy Eddie Alterman has spent a career behind the wheel of the world’s snazziest autos. 18 Gift of a Torah Centenarian Sam Gotlib’s values and traditions live on. 20 Synagogue Spotlight Beth Israel Congregation, Ann Arbor 22 Shabbos Desserts for Chai Lifeline Danielle ‘DeeDee’ Lefkowitz ...…
…for openers A Bouncing Baby Boy in Very Skilled Hands! M y neighbor Billy Berris knows a thing or two about dribbling; after all, basketball has been an integral part of his life. Both he and his father, Henry Berris, of blessed mem- ory, had stellar high school and college basket- ball careers. Henry was a standout at Northern High School in Detroit in the early 1930s and Billy at Mumford in the late ’60s, each going on to st...…
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…6 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 viewpoint What If Iran — Not Israel — Launches a Preemptive Attack? A s Iran’s nuclear program continues apace, the debate in Israel and abroad has focused almost exclusively on the like- lihood of an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Little if anything has been said, at least in public, regarding the possibility that Iran might pre- empt a potential Israeli offensive. The absence of this scenar...…
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…8 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 opinion We Need to Agree to Disagree H ere’s a story I recently shared on Facebook: I was paddling my inflatable kayak on a lake in the Berkshires. Granted, it is not the sleekest or coolest-look- ing conveyance, but it gets the job done and it fits in the trunk of my car. At one point, I passed two guys in a very lovely canoe. One of the guys says to me, “That looks like fun!” And I say, “And you have a ...…
…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 9 America has become obvi- ously a dividing line. And it doesn’t seem to have gotten any better.” Although few, if any, members of Gen Z were taking part in the convening, the group born after 1995 seemed to be on a lot of people’s minds. That’s partly because of Haidt’s framing of the issue; in his book, he dates strict campus speech codes and polarizing identity politics to the arrival of Gen Z on college cam...…
…10 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 essay The Power of Hello A friend once shared a story about a time that she took her grandchildren to the beach. She sat alone and noticed a group of women chatting nearby. She decided to approach them. Her “Hello” led to a shidduch (match) between her daughter and the son of one of the women. Her motto: “The Power of Hello!” I am an introvert by nature, often reticent to approach strangers. However...…
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…12 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 the Car Guy’s Eddie Alterman has spent a career behind the wheel of the world’s snazziest autos. Car Guy ON THE COVER LaFerrari …
…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 13 Car Guy ince the first car ran down Woodward Avenue in 1896, Detroiters have been obsessed with automobiles. The metro area is, after all, known around the world as the “Motor City.” This moniker was earned early in the 20th century when Detroit produced more cars than any place on Earth. Today, as a global automobile research and tech- nology center, Metro Detroit still deserves its nickname. As much as the M...…
…continued from page 13 14 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 Eddie, 50, of Franklin, is married to Kari Alterman; they have two daughters. You may know Kari from her work with the American Jewish Committee and the William Davidson Foundation, among many other activities around town, including being a founding board member of the Detroit Jewish News Foundation. In 2009, Eddie was named editor-in-chief of Hearst Magazines’ Car and Driver, the worl...…
…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 15 continued on page 16 JN: What do you consider to be the most important benchmarks in your career as an auto writer? EA: My time as a copy editor, in the trenches at Automobile, taught me how a story comes to life. Starting mph magazine in 2004 taught me how to build something from scratch and how to lead talented people (mainly by getting out of their way). Writing for the New York Times taught me the power of grea...…
…16 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 ON THE COVER continued from page 15 ence to help people shop for cars and demystify the increas- ingly complex retail environment. JN: What is the future of auto reporting? EA: More lone wolves. When I started out 30 years ago, if you wanted to write about cars, you had to land a rare job at a car magazine. Now, you can just hang your shingle out on YouTube or Apple Podcasts or TikTok and learn how to build an a...…
…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 17 For more information and to register, contact the synagogue office at (248)357-5544. Generously sponsored by Joy and Allan Nachman Host Committee: Joy and Allan Nachman • Susan Kozik Klein • Lynda Giles • Barbra Giles Barbara Kratchman • Wendy Handler • Dottie and Don Wagner • David Broner • Richard J. Burstein Cost: $5 a person (Catered Breakfast) Registration Required Coffee House is a community engagement program f...…
…OUR COMMUNITY S am Gotlib is about to receive the most memorable and lasting gift of his life in honor of his 100th birthday. His family has commissioned a Torah to be written in Israel and they will host a Hachnasat Sefer Torah (inauguration of a new Torah scroll) on Aug. 21 and the entire Detroit Jewish commu- nity is invited. “ About a year or so ago, we started thinking about what we could do to mark this incredible milesto...…
…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 19 When Daniel married Joanne, they settled in Flint at first because Daniel had joined his father’s dental practice, but they moved to Southfield to be clos- er to the Jewish day schools in 1986. Daniel commuted to Flint until he retired in June 2022. “I’m the luckiest daughter- in-law in the whole world,” Joanne said. “I knew my in-laws longer than my own parents. My father-in-law is the most incredible person....…
…OUR COMMUNITY S ince its establishment in 1916, Beth Israel Congregation has had a key influence on Jewish life in Washtenaw County. The congregation began informally by celebrating the High Holidays in the home of Osias Zwerdling. For the next 40 years, Zwerdling served as president of the con- gregation. Over the course of that time, Beth Israel functioned as the sole Jewish congregation in Ann Arbor. The congregation went without...…
…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 21 A nearly 450 family/member unit synagogue, Beth Israel has an active conversion/intro to Judaism program, which has become a special feature of the congregation. Caine sometimes works with 12 to 15 students a year. The congregation has lec- tures and classes all the time, usually led by experts in their field. “This year, we’re going to be doing a lot with the mental and spiritual health of teenagers, given w...…
…OUR COMMUNITY D anielle “DeeDee” Lefkowitz, 9, of Southfield was nominated as Volunteer of the Week for her suc- cessful bake sale to raise money to support Chai Lifeline, a New- York-based organization that helps children and families coping with cancer and other serious illnesses. This summer, DeeDee has been enjoying her time at Camp Ganeinu in Farmington Hills, a Jewish day camp where they teach campers about giving back throug...…
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…24 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 W hat do you do next when you retire after a long and successful career? David Goodman faced that problem when he completed his career as a journalist in Detroit with Associated Press. Surprising even himself, Goodman registered at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, Pa. He graduated in 2022 and now works as the rabbinical leader of Nafshenu, a Jewish community in Cherry Hill, N.J., a...…
…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 25 pare to become cantors or rab- bis, Goodman felt some envy. He enjoyed the idea of advanced rabbinical studies, thinking, “Wouldn’t it be fun!” But he felt misgivings about applying to rabbinical school. Would it be fair to ask the rab- binical school to give him access to “all these great teachers and learning opportunities” when a younger person could expect to serve in the rabbinate for far longer? People ...…
…OUR COMMUNITY D etroit Youth Choir, the beloved Detroit- based children’s choir that achieved the second-place spot in America’s Got Talent in 2019, will perform in a fund- raising concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. The concert, “ An Afternoon of Music for All Ages,” is being held by National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan (NCJW|MI) to raise money for its many...…
…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 27 the form of cozy blankets to sick children or those in fos- ter care. This fundraiser will ensure that these projects remain strong and effective.” Artistic Director and President of the Detroit Youth Choir Anthony White said his young singers were very grateful for the oppor- tunity to headline the con- cert. “To perform for NCJW will be an amazing oppor- tunity to share our gifts and talents to a brand-new a...…
…28 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 C ontemporary music blares and the Royal Oak studio is filled with a dozen exhilarated women from all walks of life. They’re copying the uncom- plicated choreography of the energetic woman on the stage who’s leading them in a cardio- vascular dance routine that feels like more fun than exercise. On this particular day, there are three generations of Jewish Jazzercisers — Allison Weinmann of Huntington Wood...…
…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 29 continued on page 30 Jane is proud to boast that the Royal Oak location is the No. 4 top-producing location in the world in terms of num- bers of customers, classes and instructors. A JEWISH CLIENTELE Of the 300 members at the Royal Oak location, Jane esti- mates that a solid 30% of her clientele are Jewish. “There was a whole wave of new members after the JCC (in Oak Park) closed a few years ago; the first ...…
…30 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY Three generations of Jewish Jazzercisers: Allison Weinmann, Ronit Szczotka and her daughter Orli. continued from page 29 ciously and double check, “Did you go to Jazzercise today?!” That is exactly what McNamara loves best about her job. “We really change people’s lives for the better, not necessarily just their bodies, but internally, their healthy outlook. ” There’s also a tremendous sen...…
…AUGUST 11 • 2022 | 31 W hen psychiatrist Dorit Ben-Ami and her husband (also a physician) moved back to Southfield last year after a few years away, they bought solar panels with battery storage for their new home. Their reasons for getting solar power had every- thing to do with the health of the planet for humans and animals. She wanted to power their home with electrical energy produced by solar power, an essen- tially non...…
…32 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 continued from page 31 SAVING MONEY, ENERGY Reuven Gevaryahu has a different analysis for why he had solar panels installed at his Southfield home in 2020. Gevaryahu, a software engineer at Rocket Mortgage, describes himself as “a tech- nology person.” He invested in solar panels when he eval- uated them as “saving money and saving energy.” When he began investigat- ing solar power, Gevaryahu set a test for d...…
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…34 | AUGUST 11 • 2022 JN: Was there Zionism in your home? Shira: My parents have always been pro-aliyah, but aliyah was not realistic when they bought a house and had full-time jobs and three young kids. When people talk about aliyah, they think about the ages of the kids, which was always a factor for us. JN: Tell me about your par- ents’ aliyah. Shira: I was just wrapping up my second year in Israel and I got a phone call from...…
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