…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 33 We found inspiration from his words to do the same thing for the archives.” Gottlieb adds, “With a com- munity as intertwined as ours, we all have ownership over the stories and legacies of those who came before us. The cen- ter is one step toward making a home for future generations to feel a part of a long line of incredible Jewish leaders — and hopefully inspire them, too.” The archivists not only work t...…
…OUR COMMUNITY O ver the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations in Metro Detroit have taken great, important action. Of those organizations, there may be no more profound impact made than the efforts of JARC and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. JARC, since January 2021, has held vac- cine clinics at the Federation building in Bloomfield Township, receiving the attention of the entire state of Michigan. Fo...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 35 JARC knew people in the other types of homes they run were still at risk, which led them to contact the Oakland County Health Department about how they could assist their many at-risk populations. Through JARC’s efforts and the efforts of Federation advocating on their behalf, another clinic was greenlit. As part of running that clinic, OCHD was so impressed with JARC’s flow and processes that it asked the folks...…
…36 | FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 O rthodox women are eagerly await- ing the opening of the new mikvah at the Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center of West Bloomfield synagogue on Maple Road east of Orchard Lake. The approximately 2,500-square- foot facility, which is about triple the space of the cur- rent mikvah, is expected to open in May or June. A mikvah is a ritual bath used by Jews who have become ritually unclean, which is not the same ...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 37 BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER The interior design is by Julia Weinberg and Miriam Horowitz of the company Julia Robin Interiors. Robin, formerly of Southfield, now lives in Israel, and hopes to create a “mystical, spiritual and physically beautiful ener- gy that only a mikvah can provide,” said Silberberg. “It’s going to be the nicest part of our building.” The facility, named the Mallor Walder Communit...…
…OUR COMMUNITY A t Hillel Day School, a partner- ship with Playworks is redefin- ing recess. Playworks, a national nonprofit with a Michigan chapter, works with schools like Hillel to design play opportunities during recess, lunch and/or after school. The goal: to teach kids skills for life, such as leadership and conflict resolution, while making physical and mental health a priority. After a successful partnership at Farber Hebrew D...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 39 playground so that every kid can find a game that they love, ” Bunn explains. “They can be physically active and practice those social, emotional skills that we know are so valuable and happening in real time on the playground. ” On any given day, kids partic- ipating in Playworks programs like the one at Hillel can play four square, jump rope or open tag, among other activities. Group agreements are another...…
…40 | FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 A fter a decade of attending the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I was begin- ning to think I had seen it all and there really was not anything new for me. I was certainly wrong. Last year’s CES was entirely virtual and, quite frankly, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) was not ready to make one of the world’s largest trade shows a virtual experience. It just was not the same. I adm...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 41 45,000 attendees in person, with 30% of attendees travel- ing from outside the U.S. and representing 119 countries. “Innovation came to life this week at CES 2022 — with technologies that will reshape industries and provide solutions to press- ing worldwide issues from healthcare to agriculture, sustainability and beyond,” said Shapiro. “The CES show floor buzzed with the joy of human interaction and a five...…
…42 | FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 T his past semester, and year, has been unconventional to say the very least. At the start of the fall 2021 semester, I expressed my excitement and anticipation to return to a semi-normal college experience at Wayne State University, with a fresh appreciation for the little moments in life that make days so sweet. Now that I am beginning a new semester yet again, I thought it prudent to check in with myse...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 43 As the weeks flew by, and September became October and morphed into November, I settled into a comfortable and enjoyable routine. I would meet in person for my class on Tuesday evenings, attend in-person history club meetings and lead in-person JSO meetings. My days were brightened by forays into the student center to get a coffee or excursions with my brother to visit the Detroit Institute of Art. A SP...…
…44 | FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 M y name is Mary Yousif. I am 22 and am the first generation born in the U.S. to my family. I take on many roles within my daily life and community, whether it be a daughter, student, teaching assistant, volunteer, researcher or, most of all, a proud Israel supporter and advocate. Israel. There is no place that I’ve had as strong of a connection with than the state of Israel. I’m sure many of you are w...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 45 our Nissim Black event. Nissim came, via Zoom, and told his story about how he began with music and his spiritual awakening in the Jewish community. We were so fortunate to collaborate with Wayne State’s Black Student Union for this event and involve other groups on campus. Eventually, I became an Israeli American Council (IAC) Mishelanu ambassador, a position I still proudly hold and value dearly becau...…
…for college students by college students Nicole Ruza } jewish@edu writer Jewish Learning with a New Twist J ewish learning has always been important to me. However, sometimes, I find that Jewish learnings I participate in could use a refresh to be more relevant and exciting. This is why I was so drawn toward Michigan State Hillel’s Chavurah program, an initiative launched in October 2021 to help students develop a better rela- t...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 47 SPORTS T he Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation has a new executive director. He’s a familiar face. Don Rudick, a foundation Pillars of Excellence honoree in 2016 and active volunteer at foundation events, was named the executive director in December. The West Bloomfield resi- dent replaced Sari Cicurel, who resigned as executive director to devote more time to her busy public relations business. Cicurel had ...…
…48 | FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M I n a few short months, vis- itors to Detroit’s historic Eastern Market will find a new eatery for indulging in corned beef sandwiches and other Jewish deli fare. They will also find a market offering locally sourced food and prod- ucts, plus grocery items. Bringing the two distinct businesses to fruition is EW Grobbel, a globally...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 49 here’s to nient grab-and-go items and company’s brands, such as Grobbel’s Gourmet smoked meats and its line of premi- um, sliced and prepackaged deli products. “The new locations will offer a way for people to interact with the brands in an entirely new way,” Grobbel said. For example, “our kosher dill pickle line, Topor’s, will be available in the deli as well as the market.” He was referring to the popu...…
…50 | FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 MAZEL TOV! Quinn Regan Cohen, daughter of Cassi and Michael Cohen, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. She will be joined in celebration by her siblings, Jaden, Madison, Logan and Ethan. Quinn is the loving grandchild of Esther and the late Morry Wexler, the late Ronald Cohen, and Margaret and J.D. Himmelstein. Quinn is a student at W...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 51 Smith 74th A rthur and Dotty Smith of West Bloomfield celebrated their 74th wedding anniversary on Jan. 27, 2022. The couple met at a Hillel dance after which Arthur had his more outspoken but similar sounding brother arrange their first date. Arthur served as a communications officer in the Navy in WW II, completed his college educa- tion at Wayne State University and worked as a CPA and entrepreneur. Do...…
…52 | FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 T here are lives that are lessons. The late Henry Knobil’s was one. He was born in Vienna in 1932. His father had come there in the 1920s to escape the rising tide of antisemitism in Poland, but like Jacob fleeing from Esau to Laban, he found that he had fled one danger only to arrive at another. After the Anschluss and Kristallnacht, it became clear that, if the family were to survive, they had to l...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 53 the words: “Command the Israelites to bring you clear olive oil, crushed for the light, so that the lamp may always burn” (Ex. 27:20). The Sages drew a comparison between the olive and the Jewish people. Rabbi Joshua ben Levi asked, “Why is Israel compared to an olive? Just as an olive is first bitter, then sweet, so Israel suffers in the present but great good is stored up for them in the time to come. A...…
…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.com...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 55 Shomer Israel Oak Park (248) 542-4014 godaven.com Shomrey Emunah Southfield (248) 559-1533 congregation-shomrey- emunah-105705.square.site The Shul-Chabad Lubavitch West Bloomfield (248) 788-4000 theshul.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...…
…W hen Broadway actor Josh Young originally wrote the Cabaret Valjean, Cosette and a String Quartet before the pandemic lockdown in 2020, he had no idea that it would be nearly two years before he would perform it in front of an audience, but he’s thrilled it’s finally going to happen. On Feb. 12, Cabaret 313 will host Young and his wife, Emily Padgett, to ring in Valentine’s Day weekend for a night of cabaret performances in the Great ...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 57 played him as the hero not the villain, ” he said. “I believed that although Judas loved Jesus, who was an amazing person, he was afraid if [Jesus] raised too much of a ruckus he would hurt the Jewish people. ” His director was on board with his interpretation of the character. Young wore a hamsah around his neck and davened on center stage while singing “Heaven on their Minds. ” At OU, Young is proud of hi...…
…C ollaboration remains a compelling enjoyment factor in the conducting achievements of Andy Einhorn, who has expressed this value since his stu- dent years growing up in Texas. This month, he brings that outlook to Ann Arbor as he joins University of Michigan (U-M) musical theater students with award-winning Broadway stars and the Grand Rapids Symphony to present a concert version of Fiddler on the Roof host- ed by the University Mus...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 59 concerts. He considers the song “Do You Love Me?” — about an arranged marriage deepen- ing into one of love — a mini three-act play. Carly Meyer, a U-M sophomore assigned to be assistant dramaturg while taking the moth- erly role of Shandel, also took part in a high school production of Fiddler. “This production is so overwhelmingly special, ” said Meyer, who grew up in Illinois and volunteered at the Jewish Comm...…
…60 | FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 I WILL BARELY WATCH THE OLYMPICS; CAROLE KING & HER ALL-KOSHER BACKING BAND I doubt I will watch the Beijing Olympic Games. Maybe I’ll look at a few event clips. Holocaust-related recent news stories have cemented my feelings. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) knew that China was not likely to turn into a democ- racy or stop persecuting its citizens when they awarded the 2022 Games to China in 2015....…
…NOSH & KNOWLEDGE NOON, FEB 10 “Caring Capacity: A Jewish Perspective” will be presented on Zoom, sponsored by NCJW | MI and featuring Rabbi Blair Nosanwisch, director of spiritual care at Adat Shalom Synagogue. To register, visit NCJWMI.org. REPAIRING LOVE LIVES 7-8 PM, FEB 10 Ian Kerner will discuss online his new book, So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex: Laying Bare and Learning to Repair Our Love Lives. Visit jlive.app/...…
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…64 | FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 may be made to Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Abe and Bea Katzman Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield, MI 48034; Karmanos Cancer Institute, 4100 John R, Detroit, MI 48201; American Diabetes Association- Local Chapter, 20700 Civic Center, Southfield, MI 48076; Jewish Family Service, 6555 W . Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufma...…
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…OF BLESSED MEMORY 68 | FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 ments, Bruce was a mensch. Everyone who met him knew him to be warm, generous, soft-spoken, with a self-dep- recating sense of humor. But he also had a sense of integ- rity that was unshakeable, an instinct for doing right, a sharp and curious mind, and a deep sense of loyalty to all his communities. His friends from every phase of his life — his Detroit neighborhood, Central High, the Un...…
…FEBRUARY 10 • 2022 | 69 P rofessor Yale Kamisar, legal scholar and author, died peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, sur- rounded by his loving family. Yale was born in the Bronx, N.Y., on Aug. 29, 1929, to Samuel and Mollie (Levine) Kamisar, Eastern European Jewish immigrants with lim- ited formal education. From these modest beginnings, he became an eminent legal scholar, author and teacher. At the time...…
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…FEBRUARY 3 • 2022 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-11 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 Sisters Unite Jewish women’s groups in Metro Detroit make waves — and lasting friendships. 18 The Perfect Stranger Meet Spencer Lucker, who works for Mayor Mike Duggan and volunteers his time with NEXTGen Detroit. 20 Interfaith Trip to Dubai JCRC/AJC takes Muslim and Jewish students on a trip they’ll never forget...…
…4 | FEBRUARY 3 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY C ookies and crack(ers), Oh, my! Those of us who are snackologists are more than familiar with the words cheddar cheese, sour cream and onion, chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin. The first term lends itself to many expressions not food related. The second, with the parenthesis observed, lends a few more. Many a businessperson has had to worry that a partner may be caught with his han...…
…FEBRUARY 3 • 2022 | 5 his books carries a preface by J.B. Stoner, a neo-Nazi convicted of the 1958 bombing of Bethel Church in Birmingham, Alabama. “The Jews are embarked upon a plan to conquer the world and to rule over all other races and nations,” it says. “By understanding the evil and aggressive nature of the Jew, we White Christians can better protect ourselves … It is our duty to publish this book for the benefit of the W...…
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…8 | FEBRUARY 3 • 2022 opinion What the Texas Hostage Crisis Reveals about our Humanity M any details about the recent, terrifying hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, remain unclear. However, we do know that the perpetra- tor, Malik Faisal Akram, knocked on the door of the Temple and asked to come inside. The congregation’s rabbi, Charlie Cytron-Walker, let him in — thinking that the man might...…
…FEBRUARY 3 • 2022 | 9 30-plus minutes. So, that meant more time for togetherness as a couple, which sounded good for our relationship, but also felt a bit strange to both of us for different reasons. Obviously, we had no idea what we were facing. This is not a story about one of us coming down with COVID. But that doesn’t mean it was smooth sail- ing for our marriage (or yours?). Our responses to the threat of getting the virus were...…
…10 | FEBRUARY 3 • 2022 column How the Texas Hostage Crisis Showed Social Media at its Best and Worst I t was the best of Twitter. It was the worst of Twitter. During the long agonizing hours of the evening of Jan. 15, during which a rabbi and three congregants were held against their will at a Dallas- area synagogue, social media performed perhaps as its creators and optimists always thought it would. It was a community of ...…
