…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 19 P lastic Bags Make Plastic Mats is the name of a new initia- tive from National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan (NCJW|MI), which is aimed at both addressing the plastic pollution problem while helping Detroit’s homeless community have a better night’s sleep. Members of NCJW|MI’s Green Committee wanted to come up with a practical solution to reduce the plastic waste from plastic bags and learned that it was...…
…OUR COMMUNITY L ocal nonprofit Lighthouse, which helps the fight against homelessness and poverty in the community by providing food, shelter, transi- tional housing, affordable hous- ing developments and other ser- vices, has pivoted and expanded to accommodate the increase in the local community’s needs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Early in the pandemic, emer- gency food distribution shifted from being supplemental to being enti...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 21 to renting hotel rooms and providing meals to our shelter clients, and equipment and logistical support around those initiatives, ” Hertz said. “We were very lucky to have a community surround us with support to make all this happen. ” A LONG-TERM APPROACH On any given night, Lighthouse is serving four times the num- ber of households with emer- gency shelter services during the pandemic. Lighthouse is also i...…
…22 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 faces&places Helping others is a central value of Judaism and of Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. Led by Beverly Gale and Cathy Lichtman, a team of more than 30 synagogue volunteers, from teens to seniors, prepared 350 lunches for the clients of Crossroads of Michigan, a Detroit- based social service agency. The volunteers prepared a multi- course meal from scratch — baked pasta, green beans, salad, ...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 23 One doesn’t need to search online to know that society is struggling with relationships. Most of us know this first- hand. If you do check online, you’ll find ample evidence that this is a worldwide issue, in which marriages are struggling, friendships are strained or broken, and family conflict is on the rise. That’s the bad news. The good news is that we can make things better, and it begins with healthie...…
…24 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 T emple Israel has housed the homeless for many years, partner- ing with the South Oakland Shelter. This year, the week looked different but was filled with amazing hard work and creativity. While Temple Israel was not able to physically house the homeless, Temple members were able to feed them lunch and dinner for the week. Throughout the week, volunteers of all ages came together to prepare and pack- ...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2021 | 25 At its fall board meetings, The Jewish Fund re-elected its leadership and elected four new board members. Michael Eizelman was re-elected Board Chair and Jeffrey Schlussel was re-elected Vice-Chair. New members are Dr. Jeffrey Devries, Gilda Jacobs, Dr. Candace Johnson Kimpson and Steven Schanes. The board awarded nearly $1 million in new and contin- uation grants. This includes a new capacity building grant...…
…SPORTS H e’s been a national champion with his club soccer team and a state champion with his high school soccer team. Now 17-year-old Troy Athens High School senior Ryan Gruca is looking for a place to play college soccer. He’s not worried about having to earn a spot in that team’s starting lineup. “It’s OK if I don’t play right away in college. I’ve been on the bench a lot during my soc- cer career and worked my way into the s...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 27 Red Hawks (23-2-1) ahead of Traverse City West for good. His second OT goal made it 4-1. “Ryan always gave us everything he had athletically, emotionally and mentally, and he was always dialed in and ready for big moments, even when he was a sopho- more in that state champion- ship game,” Heugh said. Athens made it to the Division 1 state semifinals in 2020, but lost 2-0 to Traverse City West. This past seaso...…
…28 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 MAZEL TOV! Brady Hunter Feld, son of Jodi and Dr. Michael Feld, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. He will be joined in cele- bration by his sister Bryce. Brady is the loving grand- child of Sandy and Steven Weiss, and Ann and Jeff Feld. He is a student at Berkshire Middle School in Beverly Hills. Brady’s most meaningful mitzvah...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 29 Greenberg-Kohn S urrounded by loving family and friends, Erinn Kohn and Matthew Greenberg were married on Oct. 9, 2021, at Franklin Hills Country Club. Erinn is the daughter of Helene and Leslie Kohn of West Bloomfield, and Matthew is the son of Illana and Daniel Greenberg of Franklin. Both Erinn and Matthew attended Frankel Jewish Academy, where they first met and started dating. Erinn is a graduate of Mi...…
…30 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 P athologyOutlines.com — a free, no registration, online pathology textbook — is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Started in Metro Detroit in 2001 by Dr. Nat Pernick, the website employs 20 staff members, an editorial board with 36 academic pathologists and has more than 300 active authors. The site is based on the belief that accurate medical information written, edited and peer-reviewed by ...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 31 We can’t help you prepare for a polar vortex. But we can help you prepare for retirement. B I R M I N G H A M Member FDIC says. “ And I thought it should be free, so everyone could use it. And, it’s easy for people to use. It shouldn’t be hard to find the information we need to make a diagnosis or to tell another doctor what we recommend.” Pathologists around the globe use PathologyOutlines. com every day...…
…32 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 W hen Sally Serwer was 6, her mother, Adeline Steinman, would take her to antique shows at Temple Israel. “It was in my blood very early on,” the interior designer and antique dealer says. For more than 40 years, Serwer, 67, of Bloomfield Hills, has worked in interi- or design as the owner of Sally Serwer Designs. She’s also sold items at Berkley’s Odd Fellows Antiques for 15 years as an antique dealer, servi...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 33 HERE’S TO continued from page 30 Rabbi Benyamin Vineburg has been elected to the Neshama Association of Jewish Chaplains Board of Directors. It is the sole voice and certifying body for Jewish Chaplains in the United States. He is excited to be able to represent the Detroit Jewish community in advocating for the way we approach and deliv- er Jewish spiritual care as a craft, particularly during this dif...…
…34 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 SPIRIT O n the 15th of Shevat, when the calendar says early winter, and Eastern Europe lies covered in snow, in Israel the first signs of spring appear as the almond tree begins to flower. So the Mishnah declares the 15th of the month of Shevat as the new year for trees, the start of the fiscal year for arborists (Rosh Hashanah 1:1). You have to pay your agricultural taxes on each year’s harvest sepa...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 35 authorities, he and his son Eliezer hid in a cave with a stream and a carob tree, pro- viding all their needs for years (Talmud Shabbat 33b). The Mishnah treats the carob as a tree that produces food for humans (Peah 1:5 and elsewhere) although much of the crop was used for animal fodder. Rabbinic literature uses the expression “eating carob” to mean “living in poverty” (Lev. Rabbah 13:4). An old man plant...…
…36 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 I n September 2010, BBC, Reuters and other news agencies reported on a sensational scientific discov- ery. Researchers at the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado had shown through computer simulation how the division of the Red Sea may have taken place. Using sophisticated mod- eling, they demonstrated how a strong east wind, blowing overnight, could have pushed wate...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 37 “His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor His delight in the legs of the warrior; the Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfail- ing love.” (Psalms 147:10-11) The elegantly simple way in which the division of the Red Sea is described in the Torah is so that it can be read at two quite different levels, one as a supernatural miracle, the other as a moral tale about th...…
…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 B’nai Israel Sy...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 39 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 Lansing (517) 882-0049 kehillatisrael.net Congrega...…
…ARTS&LIFE ART T he Janice Charach Gallery will present Environmentally Speaking, an exhibition that brings together the work of 14 artists who share a sense of tikkun olam, or stewardship and healing of our environment. This show, opening Jan. 16, is intended to deliver an empowering and hopeful approach to the challenging topic of climate change. It features works in a variety of mediums while offering ways we might connect with and...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 41 Healing Art continued on page 42 for the Planet underpinning of stewardship resonates, incor- porating humans into these networks in order to preserve them. Susan Hoffman Fishman’s In The Beginning There Was Only Water II visually communicates the vastness of the Earth’s beginnings while it draws on the origin stories of Genesis and the concept of dominion. This panel is part of a larg- er installation that is ...…
…ARTS&LIFE ART continued from page 41 42 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 creates a highly textured piece with gorgeous line work that interprets as grasses and reeds under water. The Solar Cell by Tracey Easthope imagines a universal religious practice that is dedicated to caring for our natural planet. She’s input humanity into the environmental equation wearing a celestial and fiery costume. Artist and co-curator Olivia Guterson’s How You St...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 43 continued on page 44 ARTS&LIFE THEATER T he producer who brought the last tour of Fiddler on the Roof to the Fisher Theatre — a production that had to be cut short because of COVID restrictions — is putting another popular musical, Hairspray, on the road. Orin Wolf, president of NETworks Presentations, believes the upbeat show, about a teenag- er wanting to appear on a TV dance program, offers an uplifting experie...…
…44 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 time in this country [during the 1960s] when there was adversity, and that resonates,” he said. “It’s sorely needed in the climate we’re in today and the challenges we face. It’s a shot in the arm of posi- tive energy and positive, affirma- tive thinking.” The musical, running Jan. 18-30 at the Fisher Theatre, has songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The fast-paced numbers include “Welcome to the ’60s, ” “...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 45 BETTY WHITE’S ‘SPECIAL’ JEWISH FRIENDS, FUN IN MOTOWN, A SMOTHERING MOTHER Before Betty White died, I decid- ed to write a column item about the Betty White tribute film, which was (and is) scheduled to play in select theaters Jan. 17, what would have been White’s 100th birthday. (Titled Betty White, a Celebration, it will play at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Hills. It is a one-day only screening; nationwi...…
…46 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 JAZZ IN JANUARY 7:30 PM, JAN. 14 Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings Nightnotes series. Gilda Award-winner Ian Finkelstein and friends perform a night of jazz at Hagopian World of Rugs, 850 S. Old Woodward Ave., Birmingham. Tickets: $30 general, $25 senior. Visit detroitchamberwinds. org. For info: contact Priya Mohan at 248-559-2095 or at mohan@art-ops.org. SOULFUL YOGA 10 AM, JAN. 15 Adat Shalom Synagogue i...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 47 DAY OF SERVICE 10:30-NOON, JAN. 17 Join Jfamily, The Well and Congregation Shaarey Zedek for a morning of ser- vice in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Participants will pack supplies to sup- port students and families at Vernor Elementary School while also look- ing at Dr. King’s vision for unity between all peo- ple. Sledding (weather TBD) and a warm-up snack provided as well. At the synagogue, 27375 Bel...…
…48 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY MIRRIAM BRAVERMAN, 98, of Ann Arbor, died Jan. 3, 2022. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Eric and Julie Braverman, Leslie and Gail Braverman; daugh- ter, Lainie Katz; grandchildren, Erica Braverman, Paul Braverman, Maxwell Braverman, Nicole (Zak) Troiano, Natalie Katz and Samantha Katz; great-grandchild, Kai; many other lov- ing family members and friends. Mrs. ...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 49 continued on page 50 GAYLE ELLEN SAMPSON LASKY EDELSON, 67, of Franklin, died Jan. 3, 2022. She is survived by her hus- band, Alan Edelson; daughters and sons-in-law, Julie Lasky Beznos and Sam Beznos, and Brooke Lasky Margulis and Jeffrey Margulis; grandchil- dren, Dylan, Elle and Blake Beznos, and Whitney Margulis; mother, Gladys Sampson. She is also survived by Jeffrey Edelson, Bradley Edelson, and Za...…
…50 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 continued from page 49 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY JERRY GEORGE FIRESTONE, 73, of West Bloomfield, died Dec. 31, 2021. He is survived by his wife, Marcia Firestone; son and daughter-in-law, Zachary and Dr. Ilana Firestone of Woodmere, N.Y.; brother, Tom Firestone; brother- in-law, Dr. Steven Lipton; grandchildren, Abigail Firestone, Leon Firestone. Mr. Firestone was the lov- ing son of the late Sam and...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 51 continued on page 52 Rafael, Calif.; she was the sis- ter of the late Al Bordow and Harry Bordow of Washington, D.C.; and the sister-in-law of the late Faye Frumin, Sophie Ellenbogen and Dave Goodstein. She is survived by her children, Harold (Kathy) Goodstein of West Bloomfield, Steve Goodstein of Scottsdale, Ariz.: grandchildren, Dr. Matthew Young of Fairfax, Calif., Dr. Rachel (Rimone) Frucht of Portlan...…
…52 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 Joshua Horwitz. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to JVS Human Services, Lynne and Jerold Levine Fund, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield, MI 48076, jvshumanservices.org; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. RICHARD LULKIN, 84, of Farmington Hills, died Dec. 11, 2021. He is survived by his wife, Linda Lulkin; son and daughter- in-law, Sa...…
…JANUARY 13 • 2022 | 53 N at Fishman, 89, of West Bloomfield, died shortly after sunset on Dec. 28, 2021, at his home sur- rounded by family. Son of immigrants and a nat- ural-born storytell- er, Nat — through his stories and work — kept alive the legacy of his father, the late Jacob Fishman, who went from a pushcart in New York City to opening Fishman Produce Company in Detroit, and mother, Mina (Hendl) Fishman, a painter and...…
…54 | JANUARY 13 • 2022 O ne of the pleasures of searching the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit is seeing a photo of someone you know. This was the case when I recently ran across an image of a friend of mine: Irving Julius “Irv” Bluestone (1917-2007). Irv Bluestone was one of America’s great labor leaders. He was a mensch of the high- est order, greatly respected and well-liked by rank-and- file union members as w...…
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…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 3 contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-10 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 11 The Connector Julie Yaker embodies the real power of Jlive. 14 Help Wanted Funders enable Jewish Family Service to grow despite COVID. 16 An Interactive Tu b’Shevat Seder Hazon Detroit’s program intertwines art, clothing and dance to talk about Tu b’Shevat and climate change. 18 Opportunitie...…
…4 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 T he nuclear talks between world powers and Iran are moving forward and will soon reach the decision-making stage. To borrow a soccer analogy, the sides are done feeling each other out. The Iranians, masters of negotiation, tried condition- ing the continuation of talks on the removal of sanctions and were rebuffed. It appears that this time the Europeans (mainly Germany, France and Great Britain) are ...…
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…6 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 1942 - 2022 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: send changes to: Det...…
…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32255 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 205, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-354-6060 thejewishnews.com (Care)giving and Taking: Making time for you A four-part series to educate, empower, and connect family caregivers Taking care of a loved one can be difficult. So can ensuring that your own needs are being met during this challenging time. It’s easy to feel isolated but Jewish Family Service and Jewish Senior Life are here to ...…
…8 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 essay Morality, Wisdom and Hope in 2022 A s the turbulent 2021 came to an end, I was blessed to enjoy a family vacation to Washington, D.C. There, we oriented our- selves by the Washington Monument: to the north sat our hotel, just beyond the White House; to the west, the Lincoln Memorial gleamed; to the east of the Monument, the Capitol dome rose on the Hill; and to the south, the U.S. Holocaust Memoria...…
…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 9 essay 40 Years of Psychiatry: What Have I Learned? A good friend of mine suggested that I write about what I recall most vividly from my 40 years of practicing psychiatry. (Please notice that I said practicing and not mastering.) I decided to retire two years ago, just before COVID hit. It seemed like the right time for me to retire while I still was enjoy- ing my interac- tions with my patients and thei...…
…10 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY the position of head chef in the kitchen of a local high school. Jake and others taught me not to give up on people too early. Joyce came to see me after she had almost flunked out of medical school. She was distraught and discour- aged. A careful evaluation by myself and a colleague showed symptoms consistent with ADHD-inattentive type and, once I started her on stimulant medication, Jo...…
…JANUARY 6 • 2022 | 11 OUR COMMUNITY S tart-up culture has a buzzword for everything. Why be a smart person with a good idea when you can instead be a “thought leader” with a “disruptive innovation”? Why look for customers when you can have “early adopters” who latch on to your “freemium” content? There does not, however, seem to be a translation in start-up vernacular for hamish. So, Yiddish will have to suffice to describe the a...…
…12 | JANUARY 6 • 2022 OUR COMMUNITY continued from page 11 more accessible to everyone, in good times and bad. “I have teens, and they’re going through a really bad week right now. The fact that there’s something for me to log onto to get help, and that our community even creates such events, is amazing,” she said. (Yaker was interviewed the week of the Oxford High School shooting, to which JFS, We Need to Talk and the Jewish Comm...…
