…10 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N A t last year’s Downtown Synagogue Block Party, Samantha Woll stood at the podium in front of family, friends, colleagues and community, as proud as can be. The event celebrated the grand reopening of the reimagined synagogue after five years of fundraising and a year of construction for phase one of its comprehensive building renovation. Woll, who served as president of the synagogue, played a majo...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 11 J N Rabbi Arianna Silverman. “I’m looking forward to seeing her name when I walk into the building and being able to honor the values she cherished. It’s both inspiring and exciting to be able to do this, and it’s also going to be very painful and difficult.” Rachel Rudman, IADS executive director, added, “She poured so much of her heart and soul into this place and into the people that value this place ...…
…12 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 complete is a nice tribute to her, too,” Rudman said. Woll took great pride in how far the synagogue had come since she got involved a decade ago. “She was very proud to show how it came from this very old building that needed help to this beau- tiful modern structure,” Margo said. “It was espe- cially important to her to have a working elevator for people who couldn’t climb the steps to go to services. Get...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 13 A C E L E B R A T I O N O F D A V I D T I S D A L E 5725 WALNUT LAKE ROAD, WEST BLOOMFIELD MI 48323 | WWW.TEMPLE-ISRAEL .ORG Join us on Friday, August 23rd for a special evening honoring the retirement of David Tisdale and his lifelong contributions to Temple Israel. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2024 6:00pm Shabbat Dinner 7:00pm Special Kabbalat Shabbat Service 8:00pm Celebratory Oneg For more information on...…
…14 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N A fter 45 years of serving Temple Israel, former executive director David Tisdale is gearing up to retire. To celebrate his self- less dedication to growing the congregation and its offerings, Temple Israel is hosting “ A Celebration of David Tisdale” event on Friday, Aug. 23, with a special Shabbat dinner, Kabbalat Shabbat service and celebratory oneg. Since first joining the tem- ple as a newlywed volun...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 15 tution, and that was the main thing for me. ” It’s that group mindset, he says, that’s kept him at Temple Israel for so many years. “ As somebody once said, ‘The best idea wins, ’” Tisdale describes. “If there’s a discussion over something, it’s the best idea that wins, not the person. ” LOOKING TO THE FUTURE While a commitment to its families and proactive deci- sion-making are key reasons Tisdale remained with...…
…T wo special families from Israel recently spent 10 days in Metro Detroit as guests of Rabbi Shneur and Zeesy Silberberg and the Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield community. Revital Shamir and Neora Swid, whose husbands Moti and Bchor were killed on Oct. 7, arrived with their children to a warm welcome after a difficult year of turmoil and loss. “There’s no one way to help out, but there are so many people who have suffered in ...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 17 The J Detroit 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI $18 Portraits of two beloved icons are woven together in this enchanting documentary. Conversation with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel and concert by Mikhl Yashinsky and Dr. Lorrie Black follow film! SUN. AUG. 18, 3 PM the SAJE More info: visit TheJDetroit.org/SAJE or call 248-609-3303. P u r c h a s e t i c k e t s : PUZZLE ANSWERS Sol...…
…18 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 stories, because these are the heroes of the Jewish people,” Silberberg explained. Kobi Erez, executive director of ZOA, Michigan Region, the co-hosted event was an opportunity to help connect area residents more deeply with Israel and the Jewish people who live there, as well as to raise awareness of both the sacrifices Israelis make and the need for creating more Jewish communities in Israel. Attendees ...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 19 a message to the world of unity among the Jews and of positivity,” she said. “Not only in the Land of Israel, but also unity among us here in the United States and overseas.” Southfield resident Tamar Glazer, who came to Metro Detroit from Israel two years ago via the World Zionist Organization to teach at Farber Hebrew Day School, helped stock the guests’ kitchen supplies and brought her kids, ages 6, 3 and ...…
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…20 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N L ater this month, Adamah Detroit, a Jewish envion- mental group, is launch- ing the “Jewish Environmental Education Cohort. ” The cohort will offer a com- prehensive, enriching experi- ence designed to deepen par- ticipants’ connection to Jewish environmental education and empower them with the tools and inspiration to integrate environmental stewardship into their classrooms, camps and Jewish institution...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 21 J N M aureen Schiffman of Novi loves the candles at Chanukah. Half a dozen years ago, she recalls, she felt sad as she lit for the last night, her menorah illuminated in the window. She thought of the story, how a small group of men were able to ward off an army and save the Jewish people. And to celebrate that, she started lighting Shabbat candles. Then she made a challah cover, got her son’s Kiddush cup ...…
…22 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N T he Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies (The Network) announced in May the appointment of a new chair of the board of directors, Sandy Muskovitz Danto, alongside several new board leaders, including David Colman, principal of MIS Capital LLC; Jennifer Fink, disability rights advocate; Todd Schenk, CEO of Jewish Social Service Agency of Rockville, Md.; and Stacey Shor, president and CEO of Jewish Fam...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 23 J N O ver 100 community members and staff gathered for Jewish Family Service’s (JFS) Annual Meeting and Community Recognition Event on June 6, held at Temple Israel. The event showcased the agency’s success- es, acknowledged the dedication of its staff and honored three individuals who significantly contributed to JFS’ mission. Board Chair Marc Bakst welcomed everyone, expressing his deepest appreciation for...…
…A t Hebrew Free Loan’s (HFL) Annual Meeting in June, HFL leaders met to cap a year of growth and financial support, and to honor fund donors, salute board members who con- cluded their terms and elect new board members for 2024-2025. HFL President Dr. Allen Berman and Executive Director David Contorer shared financial and staff updates, celebrated the agency’s increased reach, com- munity support and focus, and welcomed new colleag...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 25 J N C ongregation Shir Tikvah in Troy has hired a new direc- tor of lifelong learning. Dr. Lorry Black is a teacher, musician and scholar of Jewish music. His back- ground includes teaching students from preschool through college. He has worked with several area synagogues as a teacher and musician and was the asso- ciate director of the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at UCLA. ...…
…PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF A4BGU 26 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N A lon Jacobs, an engineering student at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) who was wounded during his IDF reserve duty in Gaza, recently spoke at Temple Israel during an event that demonstrat- ed Israel’s resilience in its recovery and rebuild- ing efforts following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. Jacobs, 26, of Hod Hasharon, who studies industrial engineering and manag...…
…AUGUST 1 • 2024 | 27 Carnival Fun CLOCKWISE: Three carnival attendees pose for a photo in front of the event’s 40-foot Ferris Wheel. Two people have fun sliding down the giant slide. A carnival attendee aims for a hole-in-one in the carnival’s mini-golf game. An attendee enjoys a game of giant Connect 4 with the help of a volunteer in the carnival midway. Free snow cones are enjoyed by many at the carnival. This rider is enjoying the Balli...…
…business SPOTlight brought to you in partnership with B I R M I N G H A M 28 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N T he current conflict in Israel isn’t stopping Michigan’s efforts, through the Michigan Israel Business Accelerator (MIBA), to build partnerships with Israel. In June, the MIBA, in collaboration with the state of Michigan, supported the EcoMotion Assembly 2024: Mobility Innovation in Times of Disruption (EMA24) in Israel. T...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 29 J N ISRAEL’S MOBILITY COMMUNITY Founded in 2012, EcoMotion is a joint venture of the Israel Innovation Institute, together with Israel’s Ministry of Transport and Road Safety and the Ministry of Economy and Industry. The dynamic and growing institutional mobility community acts as a platform for startups to connect with global industry, investors, academy, public sector, service providers and more in the fie...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 3 J N PURELY COMMENTARY 4-6 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 8 Forging Families Jewish Fertility Foundation helps Metro Detroiters through their infertility journeys. 10 Honoring Samantha Woll Downtown Synagogue building to be named in her honor at annual Block Party Aug. 25. 14 Celebrating a Temple Israel Stalwart Temple Israel’s David Tisdale to retire after 45 years of servi...…
…30 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 H untington National Bank has announced that Gary Torgow has agreed to extend his commitment to continue in his role as Chairman of Huntington National Bank. “ Along with our board of directors and executive leadership team, I am very pleased that Gary has agreed to extend his commitment to our company, ” said Steve Steinour, CEO of Huntington. “I greatly value his leadership and his deep commitment t...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 31 across the globe, including in the United States and Michigan, promoting the open exchange of knowledge, resources, and best practices between Israel’s bold and determined problem solvers and the industry leaders, multinational corporations and international bodies seeking innovative solutions to their complex challenges. By comparison, Michigan, which has a similar population to that of Israel, showed $1.2 ...…
…32 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N R on Rycus received a set of golf clubs for his bar mitzvah in 1959 and began playing golf. Sixty-five years and thousands of rounds later, Rycus shot his first hole-in- one. History was made for him July 26 when the 78-year- old longtime East Lansing resident aced the 135-yard par-3 fourth hole with a 7-iron at Timber Ridge Golf Club in East Lansing, about a mile from his home. The hole was the last one ...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 33 J N Wegenke also was a basketball official who worked Division I college games. Having his father get his first-in-one in more than six decades of playing golf made it an emotional day for B.J. B.J. didn’t play in the outing, but he stopped by the outing hospitality tent afterwards to congratulate his father, who had called him to give him the good news about the hole-in-one. “I think B.J. was more excited...…
…J udaism is a religion of memory. The verb zachor appears no fewer than 169 times in the Hebrew Bible. “Remember that you were strangers in Egypt;” “Remember the days of old;” “Remember the seventh day to keep it holy. ” Memory, for Jews, is a religious obligation. This is particularly so at this time of the year. We call it the “Three Weeks” leading up to the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, Tisha b’ Av, the anniversar...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 35 your hands out toward Me (in prayer) I will close My eyes, ” says God, “the more you pray the less I will listen. ” (Isaiah 1:15) Yet in the very next chapter, Isaiah delivers some of the most famous words of hope, of vision, of peace, that the world has ever known. These same words are engraved opposite the United Nations building in New York: “Many nations will come and say, ‘let us ascend the mountain of t...…
…Synagogue Directory METRO DETROIT CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com B’nai Israel Synagogue West Bloomfield (248) 432-2729 bnaiisraelwb.org Congregation B’nai Moshe West Blo...…
…Temple Emanu-El Oak Park (248) 967-4020 emanuel-mich.org Temple Israel West Bloomfield (248) 661-5700 temple-israel.org Temple Kol Ami West Bloomfield (248) 661-0040, tkolami.org Temple Shir Shalom West Bloomfield (248) 737-8700 shirshalom.org REFORM/RENEWAL Congregation Shir Tikvah Troy (248) 649-4418 shirtikvah.org SECULAR/HUMANISTIC Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit Farmington Hills (248) 477-1410 ...…
…38 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT I t was not the kind of announcement John Ondrasik usually hears at his concerts. The Grammy Award- nominated singer-songwriter, who, since the mid-1990s, has performed under the mon- iker Five for Fighting, was in Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square on April 13 to perform his song “OK” — inspired by the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel — and his hits such as “Superman (It’s Not Easy)” ...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 39 J N a frequent (and outspoken) guest on news programs and talk shows. Ondrasik, whose wife, Carla, was raised Jewish, is happy to do it — although not happy that he has to. But he’s befuddled and not at all happy that he’s not been joined in this pursuit. “I’m like, ‘Me? Me?! Really?’” he explains via Zoom from his home in California. “I mean, this is the music industry, right? This is Live Aid. This is Sun...…
…4 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N opinion Rebuilding the Jewish Brand in America W hat is the central vibe in the Jewish world today? In a word, anxiety. Justified anxiety, I might add. It seems everywhere we turn, there are anti-Israel and anti- Jewish forces mobilizing for action. The hatred and chutzpah have reached new levels. There’s no fear, for example, about spray painting “Hamas is Coming” on a statue in Washington, D.C., ...…
…40 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 to write the protest single “Blood in My Hands.” The following year, he joined other artists on the song “God Help Us Now” about young Afghan women suffering under the new regime, and later he penned “Can One Man Change the World” about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his resistance to the Russian invasion of his country. Ondrasik performed the song in Kyiv last July. Ondrasik says that writing ...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 41 I t’s that time of year again! Whether you’re gearing up for holiday parties or the back-to-school hustle, there’s no better reason to whip up a batch of these delightful Frosted Sugar Cookies. This classic treat is a favorite in our house, and it’s sure to become a hit in yours, too. Imagine rich, soft butter cookies, not too sweet, topped with luscious buttercream frosting. Get creative and add your o...…
…42 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N OLYMPICS MEETS A ‘MOCKUMENTARY’ AND THREE VERY DIFFERENT FILMS The Olympics (July 28- Aug. 11) are being shown on NBC and on Peacock, a streaming service owned by NBC. The all-star U.S. Men’s Basketball team is very likely to appear in the gold medal game (Aug. 10) — and a case can be made that the best player on the team — or on the planet — is Stephen (“Steph”) Curry, 36. He plays point guard for th...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 43 J N PLAY TIME 10-11:15 AM, AUG. 8 (THURS.) At Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Children ages 0-4 and their favorite adults are invited to come play in per- son. Join Lindsay Mall for a Rhythm and Ruach class with songs, gross motor activity and more. The communi- ty is welcome. Suggested $5 donation per family per session. For information: Devorah at 248-357-5544. STARRY SHABBAT 7-8 PM, AUG. 9 (FRI.) An uplifti...…
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…48 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N SOPHIE BERKOWITZ, 97, of West Bloomfield, died July 29, 2024. She is survived by children, Paula (Michael) Preisler, Susan (David) Efros, Howard (Sue) Berkowitz, Jay Berkowitz, Francine (Martin) Greenberg, Ira (Cindy) Berkowitz; loving grandchildren, Daniel Preisler, Michelle (David) Fox, Carly Efros, Aaron Berkowitz, Lisa (Nick) Suciu, Meg Berkowitz, Ryan Berkowitz, Neil Greenberg, Lauren (Ray Hobbs) ...…
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…50 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N Marsha was the beloved wife of the late Jerrold “Jerry” Blitz; sister of the late Harold Goldberg. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery in Mount Clemens. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. ARMEN MICHAEL GARRY, 42, of West Bloomfield, died July 23, 2024. He was the beloved husband of Erica (Schwartzenfeld) Garry; adoring father ...…
…AUGUST 8 • 2024 | 51 J N or Send a Kid to Camp Tamarack. MAUREEN HURWITZ, 77, of Farmington Hills, died July 24, 2024. She is survived by her beloved husband, Bernard Hurwitz; children, Martine (Gabriel) Zeltzer, Sean (Rebecca) Hurwitz and Simone Hurwitz; sisters and brothers-in-law, Susan and Edward Kaserzon, Linda and Brian Garb. She was the loving grandmother of Kylie, Tristan, Laura, Lindsey, Noa, Hannelore, Danielle and...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 52 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N Natalie Kletter. Matthew was preceded in death by his sister, Lauren Kletter; his parents, Samuel and Lonna Kletter; and his uncle, Harry Kletter. PET NOSAN, 96, of West Bloomfield, died July 27, 2024. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Terry and JoAnne Nosan; daughter, Jan Silverman; son-in-law, Buzz Silverman; grandchildren, Loren Nosan, Rabbi Blair and Ph...…
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…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com 54 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 J N BBQ From Yesteryear W e’re in the midst of summer 2024. It’s time for picnics and grilling out. So, I thought I’d help with some summer meal planning courtesy of the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History. First, we need a main dish. Well, for easy summer grilling, you can’t b...…
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