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…46 | MARCH 28 • 2024 J N continued from page 44 Oak Park had celebrated both his own and his son’s Pidyon HaBen within an 11-year time span. Kotsias first heard about the mitzvah when he was 16 years old. He asked his rabbi, Rabbi Moshe Shechter, if he should have one. “It’s pretty rare,” Rabbi Shechter warned. “ Are your parents a Kohein or a Levi? Did your mother have a miscarriage before you were born? Were you born by C-section...…
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…52 | MARCH 28 • 2024 J N I n the world of bar/bat mitzvah planning, there’s a delightful balancing act at play. It’s about making a state- ment that says, “I’m unique, ” but in a way that whispers, “but still part of the crowd. ” This is the challenge: crafting a celebration that’s as individual as a fingerprint, yet as welcom- ing and familiar as a family gathering. It’s not just party planning; it’s a rite of passage, wrapped...…
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…MARCH 28 • 2024 | 63 “CLUB HOCKEY HAS THE RIGHT BALANCE OF SERIOUSNESS AND THE FUN OF PLAYING THE SPORT YOU LOVE. ALSO, MY TEAM AT INDIANA IS A FAMILY. THE BEST HOCKEY FAMILY I’VE EVER BEEN A PART OF.” — RYAN BERKE The teams in the national title game play their fifth game in five days. Indiana made it into the Final Four with a 2-1 record in pool play. The Hoosiers’ final pool win was a 7-3 victory March 13 over Michigan Stat...…
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…68 | MARCH 28 • 2024 J N N ow that Purim has passed, it can mean only one thing: that Passover is on its way. I think we can probably agree that Passover represents the Super Bowl of the Jewish culinary calendar. With two nights of seders for potentially sizable crowds and another six days of chametz-free eating, along with the need to kasher the kitchen, use different dishes and buy Passover-specific ingredients, the preparat...…
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…MARCH 28 • 2024 | 7 J N continued on page 8 continued on page 8 I found my why. Why did I decide to go to Israel with my daughter at this time during a war? Some would say that it is unsafe. Some may say that this is not the right time. I know my why. On 9-11, I lost my husband, Kenny, to terrorism when the World Trade Center was attacked and he was trapped on the top floors of the first tower hit by the plane. This is why my...…
…70 | MARCH 28 • 2024 J N MY CHAROSET RECIPE Parve Ingredients Apples, chopped (I like to use sweeter ones and keep the peels on; one apple per six people) Lemon juice, to taste Pistachio meats (shelled pistachios), chopped Dried apricots, chopped Other dried fruits such as cherries, cranberries, blueberries, mango or hibiscus flowers A little honey A splash or two of sweet red wine Preparation Toss chopped appl...…
…MARCH 28 • 2024 | 71 Written, Produced, and Performed by Roger Peltzman Dedication: A Reclamation of Life Through Music New York pianist Roger Peltzman’s one-person multimedia show, Dedication, recounts his family’s history fleeing the Nazis. The story centers on his uncle Norbert Stern, a young piano prodigy who was murdered at Auschwitz. This dynamic performance will be followed by a Q&A and dessert reception. This event is a tha...…
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…74 | MARCH 28 • 2024 J N An Ethic of Gratitude T his week’s Torah portion deals with sacrifices that were offered in the Mishkan (the Tabernacle) and later in the holy Temple. Animal sacrifice was such a key part of Jewish ritual in the Temple era that prayer services were instituted to par- allel sacrificial service. The traditional Musaf service is all about the aspiration to reinstate animal sacrifice. However, many Jewish ...…
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…76 | MARCH 28 • 2024 G ood leaders know their own limits. They do not try to do it all themselves. They build teams. They create space for people who are strong where they are weak. They understand the importance of checks and balances and the separation of powers. They surround themselves with people who are different from them. They understand the danger of concentrating all power in a single individual. But learning y...…
…MARCH 28 • 2024 | 77 day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.” Gen. 24:12 Eliezer’s loyalty to Abraham won, but not without a deep struggle. Hence the shalshelet. The third shalshalet brings us to Egypt and the life of Joseph. Sold by his brothers as a slave, he is now working in the house of an eminent Egyptian, Potiphar. Left alone in the house with his master’s wife, he finds himself the object of her desire. He is handso...…
…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 ...…
…8 | MARCH 28 • 2024 J N information is tearing our world apart. Instead of making me angry, it makes me sad. I think of Shelly Shem Tov and Yarden Gonen, who both spoke to our group from the Missing Family & Hostage Forum. The Shem Tov family established the forum with other families on Oct. 8 after their son, Omer Shem Tov, was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival. Shelly will tell her story as many times as it takes to get ...…
…I n the pouring rain on April 4, 2017, Liza Wiemer drove to Oswego, New York, wearing knit boots totally unsuited for the conditions. Days earlier, she had traveled from her hometown of Milwaukee to the Syracuse area on the invitation of Wendy Watts Scalfaro, a library media specialist and an acquain- tance she knew only virtually. Scalfaro asked Wiemer to conduct a workshop for her high school students about her Young Adult novel,...…
…MARCH 28 • 2024 | 81 J N students to argue in favor of exterminating Jews, generating uproar.” The article continued, “It seems that only two students, both non-Jewish seniors, were disturbed by the assignment, Jordan April and Archer Shurtliff. April and Shurtliff brought their concerns to DeNobile [the teacher who gave the assignment], higher administrators and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).” Wiemer was shocked by the assignment ...…
