…JANUARY 25 • 2024 | 53 J N MOZART SYMPHONY 8 PM, JAN. 26 (FRI.) Mozart’s Symphony No. 41: The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Earl Lee present this special Mozart-themed concert at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. Sphinx Medal of Excellence Award winner Jessie Montgomery’s impassioned response to recent social and political unrest is show- cased in performance by fellow Sphinx Award winner Tommy Mesa, with Haydn’s lyri...…
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…56 | JANUARY 25 • 2024 G eraldine “Gerry” Katherine Goodman, 96, of Birmingham, died Dec. 24, 2023. She found- ed the Wells Freight & Cargo stores in 1975. She was gracious, generous, strong and loving, traits she had every moment of her life. Goodman was born May 19, 1927, in Cleveland to Cynthia and Milton Teitelbaum (later Todd). She was an only child. They came to Detroit in 1931. Goodman attended Durfee, then Central Hig...…
…JANUARY 25 • 2024 | 57 J N Everyone experiences loss differently. And while there is a certain structure in Jewish funerals and rituals, it’s important that the event brings something meaningful to all. We understand that. And we treat your family’s wishes with all of the respect and compassion they deserve. From guiding the arrangements without pressure to the memorial service and the appearance of the chapel itself, we are h...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 58 | JANUARY 25 • 2024 J N RITA BARISH, 87, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 14, 2024. She is survived by her beloved hus- band of 68 years, Sidney Barish; daughters and son-in-law, Shelli Feinberg (part- ner, Harold Etkin), Jody (Jeff) Hersh; son and daughter-in-law, Ryan and Jennifer Barish; son- in-law, Stewart Shifman; grand- children, Joshua (Jess Brecker) Feinberg, Samantha (Matthew) Abeles, Jordan F...…
…JANUARY 25 • 2024 | 59 J N Heart Association, to Meals on Wheels or to a charity of one’s choice. Local arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. IRVING BERNSTEIN, 97, of Southfield, died Jan. 11, 2024. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Mark and Debbie Bernstein of Farmington Hills; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Gerald Smith of White Hall; sister-in-law, Susan Bernstein; grandchildren, Jason Fuller, Jacob and Randi...…
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…60 | JANUARY 25 • 2024 J N L eslie Hornberg Stern, 72, passed away on Jan. 9, 2024, in Jerusalem, Israel. She was born on Oct. 17, 1951, in Detroit. Leslie was a loving mother and grandmother and a kind and gentle soul who will be deeply missed by her family and friends. Leslie was a gifted artist who completed tens of thousands of paintings in her lifetime with several art shows around the world. She worked on all mediums wi...…
…JANUARY 25 • 2024 | 61 J N continued from page 59 and Noa Winroope-Bar. She treasured her friendships, some which endured for 8½ decades. She and her family thank Jill for her steadfast companionship over the past few years; they appreciate the devotion of her caregivers. Marilyn Stone Davidson, as we remember her, will be deeply missed. Her immediate family, her former students and her hundreds of friends over nine decades are b...…
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…JANUARY 25 • 2024 | 7 J N Zayde’s will made me cry. Like my Dad, who told us as he entered hospice care last February not only where his funeral should be but at what time, Yitzchok Yehoshua gave his survivors specific instructions. “I ask that a proper kosher Taharah be made for me,” he wrote, referring to the Jewish ritual cleansing of a dead body. “You should not open the coffin and they shall not take me into the synago...…
…8 | JANUARY 25 • 2024 J N PURELY COMMENTARY guest column Putting Context in a Different Context A small confession: I wrote some of what you’re about to read months ago, following a magical week at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. I intended to share the enriching context I’d gained with the wider Detroit community. Then Oct. 7 happened. We emerged from Simchat Torah into sadness and uncertainty that words cannot...…
…JANUARY 25 • 2024 | 9 J N with the writings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook, considered the spiritual father of religious Zionism and an inspiration for many religious settlers, whom I, as a supporter of the two-state solution, find problematic. In another lecture, I found myself similarly moved by writings of Palestinian citizens of Israel on the disorientation and loss they feel as strangers in their own land. Instructors on mo...…
…$200 Jan. 18-24, 2024 / 8-14 Shevat 5784 $200 Jan. 18-24, 2024 / 8-14 Shevat 5784 JEWISH NEWS JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT thejewishnews.com The Holocaust Center’s newly renovated permanent exhibition places the emphasis on personal Jewish experiences. See page 12 The Holocaust Center’s newly …
…10 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 J N essay 22.5andMe: Am I Jewish enough? T he other night I had dinner with a colleague whose dad is from the Middle East and used to warn him as a child, “You are going to hear bad things about the Jews. They are all lies.” We talked a lot about the current moment after Oct. 7 and the response that followed the massacre in Israel, both of us shocked by the emboldening of antisemitism in American and...…
…JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 11 J N … I’m not considered Jewish because it only comes from my father’s side. I also wasn’t raised Jewish, don’t know the cultural customs nor the religious ones (except intellectually). And in this age when everyone’s trying to claim membership to one group or another, I think, despite my ancestry, it’d be dishonest … Still, after watching those Nazis chant, “Jews will not replace us,” I couldn’t help but ...…
…12 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 J N The Holocaust Center’s newly renovated permanent exhibit places the emphasis on personal Jewish experiences. Come Hear Our Story ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER OUR COMMUNITY COVER STORY ZEKELMAN HOLOCAUST CENTER …
…JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 13 J N continued on page 14 O n an early tour I took last month of the reimagined The Zekelman Holocaust Center (The HC), I was touched to find a panel in one gallery that showed my late father, Zyga “Zygie” Allweiss. I read a statement extracted from his own recorded testimony at the museum in which he shares a frightening experience he witnessed in a concentration camp. The memories of Holocaust survivo...…
…14 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 As the survivor population dwindles, the planning group started thinking about how best to meet the needs of future museum visitors. Mayerfeld said the planners realized they had the ability to present the Holocaust story in a new way, one that would ensure the survivors’ voices were central. “The decision to focus on Holocaust victims and survivors in the renovation is a truly unique approach for a Holoc...…
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…16 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 educational programming across the state. To date, more than 60 percent of the funds have been raised. After renovating the museum’s core exhibit, “The Holocaust, ” visitors will experience redesigned galleries reflecting the educational institution’s new orientation. The installation takes up 15,000 square feet of space on two levels of the building. Public tours stopped during the build phase that began...…
…JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 17 more mistreatment. ” A display case I noticed while touring the museum shows the altered prison uniform of tailor Ben Guyer, a local survivor. Resourcefully, he added pockets to the jacket after liberation and wore it around his displaced persons camp. EMPHASIZING EDUCATION A team put together by Ruth Bergman, the museum’s director of education, handled research and writing. “We wanted the educational appr...…
…18 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 leave out, ” she said. “It’s a huge responsibility. ” “We want to give people something to think about, ” Bergman said of the chosen material in each gallery. In a section discussing Germany’s Nuremberg Laws, for example, “we see on one wall, law after law enacted year after year to constrict Jews’ lives and isolate them, ” she said. “On the right side are quotes from survivors who remembered what it was l...…
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…20 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 future atrocities. The enlightening and often emotional experience of touring the museum is capped in the final gallery, one of the muse- um’s several new “reflection” spaces. Everyone is encouraged to write down thoughts of their museum experience on large blank cards. Posted to an expansive blank wall, the cards become a tapestry of messag- es in support of compassion, kindness and civic engagement. Exposu...…
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…22 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 J N K eter Torah Synagogue, a Sephardic shul in the heart of West Bloomfield, has a new rabbi on board. Rabbi Joseph Abadi, 40, has already begun to make an impact on the synagogue community since he started last month. Born and raised in the Syrian community in Brooklyn, New York, Rabbi Abadi’s journey began after high school when he immersed himself in the Old City of Jerusalem, delving into the teachi...…
…JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 23 are we here to do?’ ‘What is our obligation on this planet and to ourselves?’ That’s what we’re working on here,” he said. Jacob Rashty, vice president of Keter Torah, says Rabbi Abadi brings a young, vibrant, fun energy to Judaism and to the younger crowd. “He’s very good at teaching Judaism in a way that inspires people who maybe haven’t grown up in a religious community or don’t have much of a connect...…
…24 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 J N OUR COMMUNITY N early 3,000 students attended Federation-supported day schools last year. The schools cater to different segments and age groups within the community, yet they share the mission of nurturing children in a Jewish environment. Last year, they faced the same challenge: restoring normalcy after years of pandemic-impacted learning. We gathered educators to talk about the joys and challenges fr...…
…JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 25 continued on page 26 same passion. Then I get the kids, a radically connecting relationship. Even with a mask, it was so special to be in the room learning with people. Moshe Rabbeinu had to wear a mask to be around people. But he was still there amongst them. Rebecca Strobehn: I think that the transitions of the last couple years have made me aware, more than ever, how the sort of socio-emotional atmosphere...…
…26 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 communities, we see ourselves as preparing the future. This is the formal beginning when they come to school. We give them the positive feelings for Torah, for Hashem, for klal Yisrael [the whole Jewish people]. That’s a foundation. Phreddy Nosan- wisch: Hillel is a very diverse school — not everybody is going for the same reason, even kids within one family. So, what am I trying to do? Hillel has this mo...…
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…28 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 J N M ilo Rothberger of Bloomfield Hills, a 12-year-old Tamarack camper, has created a fund- raiser for his bar mitzvah project called “Kids Send Kids to Camp.” Milo rented out a theater at the Birmingham 8 for a screening of the 1994 film Camp Nowhere on Sunday, Jan. 28. All ticket sales and donations will directly support camper scholarships. The fundraiser was launched on Dec. 17, and Milo has raised more ...…
…JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 29 J N “First, he made a presenta- tion to the leadership at camp to see if it would be OK to do this. Then he went out and secured sponsors to under- write the cost of the event, and has really done all the work,” Davidson-Mertz said. “We are incredibly proud and inspired by the amount of effort and vision Milo has shown, and so grateful Milo is choosing to support Tamarack, of all the things he could support....…
…contents PURELY COMMENTARY 4-11 Essays and viewpoints. OUR COMMUNITY 12 Come Hear Our Story The Holocaust Center’s newly renovated exhibition places the emphasis on personal Jewish experiences. 22 New Keter Torah Rabbi Meet Rabbi Joseph Abadi. 24 Teachers Talking Jewish educators share insights. 28 Kids Send Kids to Tamarack Camper’s bar mitzvah project will help send kids to camp. FACES&PLACES 30 J...…
…faces&places 30 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 J N R andom acts of kindness occur daily at Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit, but they had an extra special meaning at Fleischman Residence on Nov. 13, World Kindness Day. Residents gathered together and shared heartfelt words of appreciation for one another. Spearheaded by Fleischman’s Life Enrichment Coordinator Jurgita Astanaskovski, participants also designed cards and wrote ...…
…JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 31 J N Residents of Jewish Senior Life’s Hechtman Apartments celebrated the grand opening of their newly renovated din- ing room in style Nov. 29 by dressing in formal attire, dining on delicious hors d’ oeuvres prepared by Executive Chef Monica Reaume and dancing to a live big band orchestra. The beautifully appointed 4,000-square-foot dining room seats 180 and has been com- pletely rebuilt and redesigned with...…
…Hillel staff and fourth-graders, who designed the display, pose along their ‘Fence of Peace.’ COURTESY OF HILLEL faces&places 32 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 J N A t Hillel Day School, fourth-grade students and staff came togeth- er to help soldiers thousands of miles away. Hillel fourth-graders were moved to raise money for IDF soldiers after they watched a video of Hillel alum Eric Lipsky, son of Hillel 3rd/4th- grade Hebrew teacher Ron...…
…Women of Temple Israel’s Antique Road Show Ever wondered about the story and value behind that unique item in your home? Good news, the Women of Temple Israel can help you find the answer. Grab that treasured book off the shelf. Scoop up that old footrest your great-aunt dis- covered. And that painting that you find interesting but you really aren’t sure where it came from. Bring it along for an appraisal by Terri Stearn, the wi...…
…34 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 J N quick hits BY STEVE STEIN J ackie Kallen has been honored often in her lifetime, including being inducted into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. But her latest accolade is incredibly special to her. The 77-year-old dynamo from West Bloomfield will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) this summer during the Hall of Fame’s 35th-anniversary celebration, joining...…
…JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 35 publicist in 1978. Among the Kronk boxers she promoted were Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns, Milton McCrory, Duane Thomas and Hilmer Kenty. Kallen became a boxing manager in 1988. Among the boxers she managed in the early years were champions James Toney, Bronco McKart and Tom Johnson. She’s still a boxing manager. Her current clients are Sam Rizzo and Mykquan Williams. “I was the antithesis of someone entering ...…
…36 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 J N Brooke Kendall Jaffe, daughter of Hallie and Ryan Jaffe, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. She will be joined in celebration by her sister Sloane. Brooke is the loving grandchild of Leah and Jeff Fox, and Ellen and Mike Jaffe. She is a student at South Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. Brooke’s most meaningful mitzvah p...…
…JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 37 J N MAZEL TOV! Carle-Milan D r. Catherine Carle and Mr. Jordan Milan were married on Nov. 18, 2023, at the Daxton Hotel in Birmingham, Mich. Rabbi Marla Hornsten of Temple Israel offi- ciated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Carle of Gatineau, Quebec. The groom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell Milan of Birmingham. The couple will reside in Florida. Chait 50th Janower 50th D ianne and...…
…I t is no accident that Parshat Bo, the section that deals with the culminating plagues and the exodus, should turn three times to the subject of children and the duty of parents to educate them. As Jews, we believe that to defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education. Freedom is lost when it is taken for granted. Unless parents hand on their memories and ideals to the next generation ...…
…JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 39 the Lord,” says a famous Christian text. Socrates, who spent his life teaching people to ask questions, was condemned by the citizens of Athens for corrupting the young. In Judaism. the opposite is the case. It is a religious duty to teach our children to ask questions. That is how they grow. Judaism is the rarest of phenomena: a faith based on asking questions, sometimes deep and difficult ones that seem ...…
…4 | JANUARY 18 • 2024 J N A s we enter 2024, many of us are feeling a sense of uncertainty, even wariness, in our bones. The events that exploded onto the world stage during the last months of 2023 — the brutal attacks on Israeli Jews by Hamas on Oct. 7, followed by Israel’s incursion into Gaza and the ensuing rise of antisemitic incidents around the world — have set off waves of shock, grief and apprehension for Jewish pe...…
