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June/July/August 2019 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5779 Volume XVIII Number 9 FREE WASHTENAW Elliot Sorkin retiring from BIC Ann Arbor Art Fair Featured Ruth Kraut, special to the WJN Artist Sara O’Connor n July 1, 1998, Elliot Sorkin walked of the fact that he was doing holy work as Leslie Pardo, special to the WJN into Beth Israel Congregation and executive director.” nn Arbor will transform into an art O became its first Executive Director. Although many people think of a lover’s paradise Thursday, July 18 – Whether an Executive Director was needed synagogue executive director as managing A Sunday, July 21 when visitors and had been hotly debated. Then-president the “non-profit” type work of a synagogue locals alike will enjoy original works of art, street Richard Seid and Vice President Ellen Moss (dealing with members, finance, building performances, live music, fabulous restaurants argued strongly that it would expand the maintenance, etc.), when Elliot was asked and culinary treats and a variety of sidewalk sales capacity of the congregation and make a what he was proudest of, he highlighted and boutique shopping—all part of The Ann difference. directing the Torah Renovation Fundraiser, Arbor Art Fair. Twenty-one years later, a lot has changed, which raised money to repair all six of Beth The largest but much has remained the same. As Elliot Israel’s Torahs, including documentation of juried art fair in himself notes, much of the office work has the history of each Torah. the country, the moved online – including banking. At the As for that “understated sense of humor?” Ann Arbor Art same time, Beth Israel’s membership has It could often be found in the plot lines of Fair features more remained stable, and the participatory nature some of Beth Israel’s most-renowned Purim Elliot Sorkin than 1,000 artists of the congregation has remained. Services plays – Elliot was often both a writer and an and has become a are still largely led by congregants. Elliot miss Elliot’s knowledge of Judaism and his actor. Midwest tradition himself, blessed with a nice voice, can often be willingness to explain practices and concepts Elliot recently reflected on the fact on the that draws nearly found at the beginning of Shabbat morning to me. Not being Jewish myself, being able past few years security has become a rising issue. half a million services chanting the first part of the service, to understand the ‘why’ behind holidays, He applied for and received two Homeland Sara O'Connor attendees over p’sukei d’zimra. Later on in the service, you services, and practices made it more enjoyable Security grants, which allowed Beth Israel to four days. The might find him greeting members and and fulfilling to do my duties at Beth Israel.” make several security improvements for the Ann Arbor Art Fair is comprised of four non- visitors at the sanctuary door, or adjusting When asked to reflect on working with synagogue, including recently improving the profit juried art fairs that span 30 city blocks: the the temperature in the sanctuary. Elliot, former Beth Israel president Jeff security lighting on the premises. Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original; the Ann Beth Israel’s Communications and Bernstein said “He was conscientious in his Notes Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, Beth Israel’s Arbor State Street Art Fair; Ann Arbor’s South Administrative Coordinator, Beth Jarvis, work, made me laugh frequently with his Rabbi Emeritus, “It was a great privilege to work University Art Fair; and the Ann Arbor Summer shared that “I really appreciated and will understated humor, and never lost sight Art Fair which is celebrating 50 years. continued on page 2 We sat down with artist Sara O’Connor, a painter originally from Pittsburgh, to talk about her art. This will be O’Connor’s third year Literati brings Jennifer Weiner and Cynthia Canty to the J exhibiting at the Ann Arbor Art Fair (booth by Karen Freedland, special to the WJN SU824 on South University). iterati Bookstore will be hosting the bookish rebel adventure-loving wild child who dives headlong WJN: What inspired you to become an artist and author Jennifer Weiner at the Jewish with a passion into the counterculture, and is up for anything leave the practice of law? L Community Center of Greater Ann to make the (except settling down). Meanwhile, Jo becomes O'Connor: The short answer is my desire to destroy Arbor in support of her latest novel Mrs. world more fair, a proper young mother in Connecticut, a the starving artist myth. The longer answer is Everything on Wednesday, June 19, 7 p.m. while Bethie witness to the changing world instead of a I believed I needed to pursue a white-collar The program will feature a conversation is the pretty, participant. Neither woman inhabits the world corporate profession to be responsible and with Cynthia Canty, host of “Stateside” on feminine good she dreams of, or has a life that feels authentic, successful. When I went on medical leave in late Michigan Radio. A book signing will follow girl, a would-be or brings her joy. Is it too late for the women to 2015, I began painting. I built up a portfolio and with light refreshments. star who enjoys finally stake a claim on happily ever after? In her soon people started asking to collect my work Tickets are general admission and include the power her most ambitious novel yet, Weiner tells a story of which was an incredible feeling. Fast forward a hardcover copy of Mrs. Everything, to be beauty confers two sisters who, with their different dreams and one year, I left the practice of law and focused picked up at the event. Copies of Jennifer and dreams of a different paths, offer answers to the question: on my art. Since then, I have been exhibiting Weiner’s previous titles will also be available traditional life. How should a woman be in the world? across the nation. I even had the opportunity for purchase at the event. To purchase tickets Jennifer Weiner But the truth Weiner is a New York Times bestselling to exhibit during the international art mecca— visit literatibookstore.com. ends up looking author of sixteen books, including Good in Bed, Miami Art Week. In Mrs. Everthing Jo and Bethie Kaufman differently than what the girls imagined. In Her Shoes, and her memoir, Hungry Heart: were born into a world full of promise. Growing Jo and Bethie survive traumas and tragedies. Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing. She is a WJN: Your maternal grandmother and Pap- up in 1950s Detroit, they live in a perfect As their lives unfold against the background graduate of Princeton University and contributor Pap are Holocaust survivors. How has your “Dick and Jane” house, where their roles in of free love and Vietnam, Woodstock, and to the New York Times Opinion section. family’s background and your Jewish heritage the family are clearly defined. Jo is the tomboy, Women’s Liberation, Bethie becomes an impacted your artistry? continued on page 8 continued on page 12 I From the Editor

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A Gathering: To Shine the Light by Sandra McDevitt s I entered Chabad House on that echoed through the streets of the city; his “why” face of evil and urged all to repay hate with love. After the men had finished speaking, it was Tuesday evening following the echoed across the state and the nation. Those participating were Rabbi Josh Whinston, time for the ladies. When Esther Goldstein, A shooting in Poway, California, I was Then, Rabbi Goldstein uttered three Temple Beth Emeth; Rabbi Nadav Caine; wife of Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, began to greeted by an armed police officer. It was a speak I was reminded why Hashem was not reminder to me exactly why I was there and finished when he created Adam. Esther spoke my heart was heavy with sadness. Could a light lovingly of her brother-in-law Rabbi Yisroel ever shine out of this tragedy, I wondered. Goldstein and how he received his training Once inside the mood was reflective, in Ann Arbor from his brother Rabbi Aharon almost somber. The evening opened with Alter Goldstein and how he hoped one day to have a Goldstein, son of Rabbi Aharon Goldstein of Chabad like his brother’s. She spoke powerfully Chabad House and nephew of Rabbi Yisroel to the Jewish women encouraging them, if they Goldstein, welcoming us. People continued to were not already doing so, to light the Shabbat stream in well past his opening remarks. Every candle, cover their eyes, spread their hands, and space in Chabad House was taken; not one say the prayer. Then she spoke of Lori Gilbert- more person could have been squeezed in to Kaye and how we were to think of a mitzvah to the crowd of over 200. perform in her name, thus sending hundreds The evening began with a video of Rabbi of mitzvot to Hashem. We were all encouraged Yisroel Goldstein’s firsthand account of the to take a candle when leaving. shooting in Poway. The Rabbi described how he Esther’s daughter Shterni then spoke came face-to-face with the shooter, so close they reflecting on why it is we just get together for looked each other in the eye. He described the Solidarity gathering at Chabad House, April 30, in response to April 27 shooting at sad occasions; the Jewish people should come point blank shooting, the death of Lori Gilbert- the Poway California Chabad synagogue together as one to celebrate joyful times as Kaye and how her husband tried to revive her, well. It would not have been a Jewish gathering and his collapse as his sobbing daughter looked words. They were uttered in both strength and Congregation Beth Israel; and Rabbi Jared without singing. Spontaneously, over 200 on. I was no longer in Chabad in Ann Arbor. I defiance to all that had happened. As he uttered Anstanding, Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan. people began singing “Am Yisrael Chai.” Hearts was transported by the Rabbi’s vivid recollection the words, “Am Yisrael Chai!”, I could feel the The Mayor of Ann Arbor, Christopher were uplifted. to Chabad in Poway. In my mind I saw him mood in the room instantly change from Taylor, spoke of his continued support of the As I took my candle upon leaving that rush to save the small children, including his reflective and somber to strong and resolved. Jewish people. The Chief of Police, Robert evening, I was reminded of the phrase how grandchildren; I saw the shooter’s gun jam; I Here was a man who had suffered so much Pfannes, vowed the protection of the Ann one small light can dispel the darkness. heard the Rabbi ask, “Why?” Why in the United strengthening all of us. Truly an incredible Arbor Police Department. Also in attendance Tuesday evening over 200 lights from over 200 States where people come from all over the individual. Several rabbis each gave short but was Fr. Ed Fride who is a pastor of local Catholic candles surely dispelled the darkness not only world for religious freedom? His “why” echoed stirring talks. They spoke of the perseverance parish. Fr. Fride, a supporter of Chabad, was in Ann Arbor but across the whole world. Am off the walls of Chabad Ann Arbor; his “why” of the Jewish people not to back down in the there to show solidarity with the Jewish people. Yisrael Chai! n

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Ann Arbor sends large delegation to JCC Maccabi Games & Arts Fest by Clara Silver, special to the WJN he Ann Arbor delegation to the excited to join the team and cannot wait to Participants to the Games have to pay the 2019 JCC Maccabi Games and Arts Fest 2019 JCC Maccabi Games and Arts have folks taste her delicious concoctions. entrance fees, transportation costs, and delegation. We are so thankful to the folks T Fest includes 16 teens, both athletes Jessie notes that she has never eaten at Olive provide their own equipment. Ryan notes who have already taken advantage of this and artists, who will compete during these Garden despite (or possibly because) one side that some athletes cannot afford all of the match challenge and donated, and we hope Olympic style games. The JCC Maccabi of her family is Italian. costs associated and so, “we work hard to lots more will do so.” Ryan can be reached at

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Games are the largest single gathering of Jewish teens in North America. The 2019 Games will be held August 4-9 in nearby Detroit, Michigan, hosted by the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit. The Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor has been partnering with the Detroit JCC to help raise funds and bring awareness about the Ann Arbor area. The Ann Arbor delegation also welcomes six athletes from Moshav Nahalal in Israel, its partnership region in the Central Galilee. The five days of competition and bonding Dylan P. Elijah K. Jesse N. Jonah K. Noah B with a couple thousand Jewish teens is expected to be an unforgettable, transformative Lewis P., age 14, is a first year Maccabi raise funds to make sure every teen that wants [email protected] or (734) 971- experience. David Stone, executive director athlete, and is playing basketball at the to join us can do so. We are really excited 0990 to obtain spectator credentials at no of the Ann Arbor JCC, has many years of 2019 Games. One of his fascinating hobbies that we have an anonymous donor who has cost, or for more information on the Games Maccabi Games experience, including as an outside of sports is collecting shoes. offered to match 100% any donation made to or making a gift of support. n athlete in his youth, a delegation head, and as Dylan P., age 14, is from Ann Arbor, the lead professional when the Metro Detroit and will be joining our cohort of basketball JCC hosted the games multiple times. Stone players. Basketball is one of Dylan’s passions Ann Arbor Celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut notes that, “the Games aren’t just a chance to in life. Jessica Weil, special to the WJN compete, but they give Jewish kids a chance Elijah K., age 15, is another first year to connect with other Jewish kids from all Maccabi athlete. He will be playing basketball n May 8, over 80 people gathered moving transition ceremony marking the shift over the world. They form friendships that as well. In addition to basketball, Elijah likes at the Ann Arbor JCC to celebrate from Yom Hazikaron to Yom Ha’atzmaut and last a lifetime and learn about competition to play the guitar in his spare time. O Israel’s 71st Yom Ha’atzmaut with ended with an upbeat sing-along with Tal. and community service through a Jewish Jesse N., age 13, will be attending the a dance party and Tel Aviv Café. The event Rabbi Jared Anstandig, Rabbi of the lens. The Opening Ceremonies alone are Games for the first time. His sport is also was presented by the Jewish Federation of Orthodox Community said, “ I enjoyed the tremendous and I encourage everyone to basketball, so he will be in good company. Greater Ann Arbor in partnership with the fact that this event crossed the lines of religious attend and see these young folks march. The Jonah K., age 13, will be attending the pride they feel is contagious!” Games for the first time. He’ll be the Ann These are the teens representing the Ann Arbor delegation’s first tennis player. In his Arbor JCC at the 2019 Games: spare time Jonah likes to play volleyball, Zach N. is a returning athlete, having tennis, and also practice art. Jonah is also Red participated in other JCC Maccabi Games. Cross certified in babysitting. Zach is from Ann Arbor and competes in Noah B., age 14, will be attending the basketball, but he also plays percussion when Games for the first time. He is from Ann he’s not on the court. Zach is 16 years old, Arbor, and will be playing baseball. Noah also which means, sadly, this will be his final year plays basketball and enjoys downhill skiing! of eligibility for the Games. Also joining the Ann Arbor delegation are Hannah M., age 14, is another returning six athletes from Moshav Nahalal in Israel. athlete with the Ann Arbor delegation. She Nevo and Tal will be joining our basketball is an excellent and passionate soccer player, crew, Uri will compete in soccer, Shahaf as she proved last year on the field and will and Gal will be competing as swimmers. again this summer. Hannah is originally from Omri will be joining as an artist who will be the south, drinks sweet tea, and has six pets – participating in the Rock Band as a piano two dogs, two cats, and two fish. Hannah is player. excited to return this year. The Ann Arbor JCC Maccabi delegation Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann denominations. I was able to spend the evening Jillian B., age 15, is attending the games for 2019 is a strong and diverse group. Arbor. It featured an Israeli dance party led with many Ann Arborites whom I hadn’t met for the second year in a row, and will be Delegation Head, Deborah Ryan says, “if by DJ PhunkMaster Freed and a Tel Aviv Cafe yet. In light of the tragic events that have recently competing as a swimmer. She says that she is, anyone is interested in cheering on the with live acoustic music from performers Ian brought us together, I found it meaningful to “really uncoordinated at dancing, however, Ann Arbor team at the spectacular opening Sharpe, Yuval Katz, Kevin Lieberman, Orr come gather this time for a celebration.” I’m like a fish in the pool.” ceremonies at the Little Ceasar’s Arena in Viznitser, and special guest, Israeli singer- The celebration of Israel’s 71st continues on Jessie S., age 15, will be participating in Detroit on August 4th, just reach out to me songwriter Tal Madyuni. Tal has appeared on Sunday, June 2, 3-6 p.m. at the JCC. For more the JCC Maccabi Arts Fest as the Ann Arbor – we would love to have a loud Ann Arbor The Voice Israel and is the Music Director at information visit www.jewishannarbor.org/ delegation’s very first culinary artist. Jessie is cheering section!” Tamarack Camps. The evening began with a israel71. n 4 Washtenaw Jewish News A June / July / August 2019 I JCC THE ASSURANCE OF Alternative Movements in Judaism BUYING OR SELLING by Clara Silver, special to the WJN he Jewish Community Center of these three movements, all of which have long WITH THE BEST Greater Ann Arbor will host a panel served the Ann Arbor Jewish community. T on three of the six main branches The panel is free and open to the public. OUTCOME of Judaism on Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Guests are invited to bring their own lunch, noon to 1 p.m., as part of its ongoing “Third which must be meat, shellfish, and nut free, or Thursday at the J” lunch and learn series. they can reserve a meal from the Ann Arbor

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Panelists will include the Executive Director JCC’s Lunch Café in advance. Lunch costs of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Soo $5.50 per meal. Through special funding from Ji Min-Maranda; the Beit Sefer Director of the the Washtenaw County Office of Community Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation; and Economic Development, for those 60 Clare Kinberg, as well as the Madrikha of the and over, lunch is provided for a suggested Ann Arbor Jewish Cultural Society, Julie Gales. donation of only $3.00. Guests can reserve a Jewish Renewal, Reconstructing Judaism, and lunch by calling (734) 971-0990. Those new Humanistic Judaism are part of the Jewish to lunch are asked to complete a Washtenaw denominational main stream, but as younger County meal registration form which helps the movements compared to their Orthodox, County document the impact of its funding. Dylan P. Elijah K. Jesse N. Jonah K. Noah B Reform, and Conservative counterparts, they For more information visit jccannarbor.org or are often not as well understood. This panel is contact Clara Silver, director of operations, at an opportunity for the community to explore [email protected]. n Shel Markel at LET US TAKE THE HASSLE Amster Gallery OUT OF REAL ESTATE by Karen Freedland, special to the WJN rtist Shel Markel will present “Subject Our vast knowledge and up to the minute informa- Medium,” an exhibition of drawings tion will provide you with a seamless moving expe- A and paintings at the Amster Gallery in the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann rience. You can count on our expertise to guide you Arbor opening June 11 and continuing through August 11. There will be a special reception for through every detail. We are proud to be the most the exhibition and artist on Sunday, June 16 from 4 to 6 p.m. trusted resource in the Ann Arbor area for almost 2 decades. Call for unbeatable confidence in the success of your next move.

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Our motto is Truth and Mercy by Jessica Primus, student reporter, special to the WJN he Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor When Samantha graduated from Hebrew Lily, Morah Pasek, and Morah Jen (the HDS kept the same motto all throughout: Truth school newspaper has changed a lot Day School, she worked with Morah Pasek Head of School), created an extensive job and Mercy. I think that truth and mercy may T over the years, but has kept the same and together they passed The Untold Myth description and application for students be the two most important things to focus values and morals. The names have changed, applying for the editor position. They on when writing a story. Truth. Without as has its regularity and the technology used used the information gathered from the truth, a story would have no real meaning or to produce it. One thing that hasn’t changed application and a writing sample to select virtue. It would be a fake. Journalism is about is the motto, truth and mercy, whose message the new editor. I was extremely excited to be stories. When we say mercy, we try to remind communicates some of the important ideals selected. I tried my best to make sure that people that in stories there are always many to which this newspaper aspires. the publication still ran well and improved. sides of a character, and we should always be The newspaper has existed for a long I thought about what The HDS Press might kind and compassionate to the person we period of time under many different names. need and worked with others to figure out are writing about. We encourage everyone to There was a version of the publication called just what our publication could improve write their stories using these values. The Big Toe, another named The HDS Free on. We received a $500 grant from Walmart Now we print over sixty copies of our Press, and a third under the name The HDS and used the money to buy a green screen, paper every month and we share it even Times. A few years ago, Samantha Caminker, lighting, and audio. We put up a newspaper more widely with our community through a student at Hebrew Day School, read The website, www.hdsaa.org/thehdspress and our website and podcast. While not as Landry News by Andrew Clements for a gave the club an email address. Every issue, a many as this newspaper, the Washtenaw literature circles assignment in her 3rd/4th green screen video and the written newspaper Jewish News, it’s a large distribution for an grade classroom. The book centers around is featured on our website. In addition, our elementary school. Maybe some students a girl, Cara Landry, who moves to a new articles have been published in Ann Arbor from the newspaper club will even go on to school and starts a school newspaper. “It newspapers and we’ve welcomed interesting write in other Jewish newspapers like WJN. was from this book we had the idea to create guest speakers to come in and teach us about To me, the newspaper is a place where you the newspaper and got our motto “Truth how to become better reporters and writers. can express yourself and make an impact on and Mercy,” reported Evyatar Eliav, one of “I think that The HDS Press has changed others. And to think what an impact a group the founders of this latest iteration of the a lot over the last few years. Now we have a of students and a book made on our school. newspaper and the student photographer. Jessica Primus green screen, podcast, and website that we From a small newspaper to a big one, our Samantha remembered fondly, “I, down to rising fifth grader, Lily Wright. didn’t a couple of years ago,” Lilah Stein, a newspaper has definitely evolved and grown. thinking Cara Landry was pretty awesome, Lily took The Untold Myth to the next level, fifth grade newspaper club member reports. Jessica Primus is a fifth grade student at immediately knew that I wanted to be the forming a new club for the newspaper. Many things have changed in the school Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor and editor- editor-in-chief and write editorials, just like “One of the biggest challenges of turning newspaper, but one thing has not. We have in-chief of The HDS Press. n Cara. Evyatar jumped at the photographer the newspaper into a club was trying to job, and another student wanted to be a get people involved as well as figuring columnist. Later that day, in gym, Evyatar out how we were going to give everybody came over to me and pitched his idea for the an opportunity to learn and have fun at BIRS grows with new programs name: The Untold Myth. It was great - we had newspaper,” Lily told me. Mira Sussman, special to the WJN he past semester at Beth Israel to choose an elective, and the Jewish pretty much created a newspaper club in a She renamed the paper The HDS Press Religious School has been a community aspects, like seeing her Jewish couple hours, all because of this book we’d with the help of other staff members and time of exploration. As Interim read together.” readers. Together they recruited a new class T Religious School Director, Mira Sussman Samantha and Evyatar partnered with of students who gathered together every implemented new programs and tried out HDS teacher Morah Pasek, who later Thursday. “I liked that Lily really gave the new things. Sunday mornings began with became the newspaper club advisor. Morah newspaper an opportunity to expand and all-school Havdallah services in the main Pasek was a journalism major in college and gave a lot of people a chance to improve sanctuary, and she implemented middle brought tremendous expertise as an advisor. their writing skills,” Molly Greenberg, a school electives in January on topics such as The newspaper started out as a google newspaper staff writer reflected. The staff’s “International Jewry,” “How to be a Jewish document printed every week. Samantha writing improved immensely and the Rebel,” and “Jewish Cooking.” gathered together a group of students who formatting of The HDS Press changed too. “My favorite new experiences this year wrote and submitted articles and ads to her Morah Pasek introduced a formatting app were the field trip and visits to meet with newspaper. “I had to write the columns and to make the newspaper look more like a leaders of different denominations within my editorial at obscure times like during serious publication. There was a wide range Judaism,” said Rebecca Harvey, parent of recess, at lunch, and even on the drive home of articles at this point and the editor in a fourth grader and a sixth grader. “These from school. It was definitely a struggle, but chief, Lily Wright, made the newspaper into experiences gave the kids insight to the fact I had so much fun seeing the end result that an excellent publication. that although there are differences among I didn’t mind,” Samantha commented. When it was time for her to graduate, Jews, we are all still together.” The school also held its first Saturday School on March 9th, and parents were encouraged to participate in services while friends and former HDS classmates. Both the students were in religious school. girls particularly enjoyed all of the singing In response to requests from several and the Havdalah service on Sundays. In parents and students, BIRS started a May, when it was time for Hebrew School mixed-grade, middle school advanced/ to end, both kids said that they would miss conversational Hebrew class on Sunday attending and look forward to starting again mornings. This class served as a bridge next year.” between elementary school and the Jewish Also new this year was a program called Federation-sponsored high school Keshet KvellFest, a sort of academic fair for the program for students who want to maintain school. “I wanted to have a line of open and continue to strengthen their Hebrew communication between the school, the skills. parents, and the synagogue community,” “Both of my children have previously Sussman stated. Parents, congregants, attended HDS, and this is their first and board members were invited into the year attending BIRS,” says parent Tanya religious school classrooms at the end of Wright. “They’ve both really enjoyed their each semester. experiences. My younger daughter learned so If you are interested in learning more much and had lots of fun with Morah Carol about Beth Israel Religious School, please Feldman. My sixth grader really enjoyed email Mira Sussman at school@bethisrael- conversational Hebrew, the opportunity aa.org. n

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HMC exhibits Power of Change school competition winners Leslie Pardo, special the WJN he Holocaust Memorial Center will the world.” The competition included the victims of the Holocaust, he felt it was tree, on whose branches little raindrops display the winning submissions three art categories: drawing, painting crucial to educate and help prevent future shine, appearing like silver,” she wrote in T from the third annual Kappy Family and photography, as well as three writing genocides. It was this inspiration that led to 1944. “When I looked outside right into the Anne Frank Art & Writing Competition categories: poetry, fiction and non-fiction. the Kappy Family Anne Frank Art & Writing depth of nature and God, then I was happy, mid-June through the end of September The competition is presented with Competition. really happy.” The sapling spent three years 2019. The display will feature the winning support from the Kappy family. Garry The Holocaust Memorial Center is home in quarantine before being planted on-site at art and writing submissions from local high Kappy is the last surviving member of his to one of the saplings from the chestnut tree the museum during a dedication ceremony school students. The theme of this year’s family. He was born in Opatow, Poland, and that grew outside of Anne Frank’s hiding in 2013 at the Viola and Garry Kappy Anne competition was The Power of Change. was imprisoned in different labor camps place. During nearly two years in hiding, her Frank Tree Exhibit and Garden. Students were invited to create a written or when he was 15 years old. He survived the exposure to the outside world was limited The display is free to members or with artistic response to a quote by Anne Frank, horrors of the Buchenwald and Auschwitz to what she could see outside her window. museum admission. n “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait concentration camps. While Kappy “From my favorite spot on the floor, I look a single moment before starting to improve recognizes the importance of memorializing up at the blue sky and the bare chestnut

7-8th Grade Division – 1st Place – Claire Kase 9-12th Grade Division – 1st Place – Hannah St. Regis Catholic School, 8thGrade Nemeth Stoney Creek High School, 11th My artwork is about the power we hold Grade that can change the world. I drew two hands, In this drawing, flipping a light switch side by side, each with the Earth imprinted on is much more than turning on the lights. them. The hands are coming together in unity. Anne Frank said, “How wonderful it is My artwork shows that the power to change that nobody need wait a single moment the world is in the palm of each person’s hand. before starting to improve the world”, and Each hand is beautiful on its own, but when it is, in fact very true. Taking the first step joined together they form a complete picture. to making change is just like flipping on Like Mother Teresa says, “I can do things you a light switch, its simple, but it ends up cannot, you can do things I cannot; together lighting up a whole room. By deciding to we can do great things.” That quote inspired take the small step of changing the world, my work, it shows that the true power to there is much light one can bring to it. change is to change together.

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Celebrating JCLP’s Eighth Cohort by Paige Walker, JCLP Program Coordinator n Sunday, May 5, friends, family, Wall. The Sunday morning event rounded the Michigan Section of the National Council Rosenzweig will finish the year as a school and community from across the out a busy ceremonial weekend. More of Jewish Women to the Metro Detroit social work intern at Doherty Elementary in O country gathered to celebrate intimate and low-key than other events, Federation and Jewish Family Services of West Bloomfield. the graduation of the Jewish Communal guests congregated and congratulated Washtenaw County. They each possess the As we say goodbye to JCLP’s beloved Leadership Program’s 2019 cohort at the students while enjoying a Zingerman’s extraordinary skills and infectious passions eighth cohort, we are reminded that our University of Michigan School of Social nosh before the ceremony which included to challenge the Jewish community to be the time together is limited as students come Work. More than 90 were in attendance remarks from School of Social Work’s Dean best version of itself. Lynn Videka, Frankel Center for Judaic Their presence will be missed Studies Professor Julian Levinson, JCLP’s but each of them have post- Director Karla Goldman, speeches from graduation plans to keep doing each of the 2019 graduates, introductions the work they’ve started here. to the graduates, and keynote remarks. Emily Cloch has accepted a Rabbi Emeritus of Beth Israel Congregation clinical therapist position with (where he served for over 30 years), Robert BaMidbar, a Jewish wilderness Dobrusin, was chosen unanimously by the therapy program that is supported graduates to deliver the keynote remarks. by Ramah in the Rockies. After Among his many accolades, Rabbi Dobrusin graduation, Ali Duhan plans to was named by “the Forward” as one of the move home to Baltimore where she top 33 most inspiring rabbis in the United will work as a Senior Development States. The entire ceremony captured the Associate at The Associated: Jewish essence of JCLP – those present experienced Federation of Baltimore. Before it as thoughtful, engaging, intimate, and getting back to his passion of community-building. professionally organizing around The members of the JCLP Class of 2019 social justice issues within the have actively and creatively engaged in the Jewish community, Daniel Kaplan Rabbi Robert Dobrusin delivers keynote Ann Arbor community over the last two will spend the summer traveling through and go, and we are thankful for the endless years. They’ve contributed to dynamic Belarus and Lithuania. He’ll be connecting opportunities to engage in and contribute and engaging programs – from this year’s with the history and sites of significant to this community. We continue to build communal conversation event “The Jewish Jewish cultural and political development the JCLP community by welcoming the to support the eighth cohort of JCLP Future is Feminist” to “Why on this Night: A through the Yiddishkayt Helix fellowship. incoming JCLP Class of 2021 with our graduates: Emily Cloch, Ali Duhan, Daniel Social Justice Seder” in April. They’ve shared Rachel Wall is working as the Director of annual Community Welcome Breakfast Kaplan, Jordyn Rosenzweig, and Rachel their talents with local organizations – from Community-Based Services at JARC in (most likely on Monday, August 26th – time Bloomfield Hills, coordinating residential and location to be determined). We hope services for adults with developmental that you will keep joining us. n disabilities through a Jewish lens. Jordyn Literati, continued from page 1 In 2015, Slate hashtag, encouraging women of all ages and praised Jen’s “power- sizes to put on their bathing suits and get in tweeting. . . feminist the water. The movement, which was covered brand” and her in media outlets including PopSugar, Time, mastery of the Kveller, The Today Show and Good Morning “haterbrag,” “a bit of America, encouraged hundreds of women to social media sleight- shuck their cover-ups, skip the heat rash, get in of-hand that turns an the water and post shots of themselves in their insult into an asset.” swimsuits. Jen uses her social For questions regarding tickets or Literati, media platform to contact [email protected]. For Cynthia Canty encourage women’s other questions, contact Karen Freedland, voices, self-esteem, and body positivity. In the director of Jewish cultural arts and education summer of 2016, she posted a picture of herself at [email protected] or (734) in a bathing suit with the #wearetheswimsuit 971-0990. n

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he year is 1969. In Washington DC, a Jewish Communal Leadership Program. BOSTON (JTA) — Herman Wouk, the journey of a New York Jewish protagonist no radical social justice collective called Jewish history and tradition play an bestselling Orthodox Jewish author whose different from any other bright and beautiful T Jews for Urban Justice hosts the very important role in informing how Jews literary career spanned nearly seven decades and young woman of the era, an image further first Freedom Seder. This interfaith, interracial, choose to build community and interact who helped usher Judaism into the American cemented by Natalie Wood’s portrayal of intercommunal Passover observance connected with a broader global society. This is why mainstream, died May 17 at the age of 103. Marjorie in the 1958 film version. Civil Rights and Black liberation struggles to Jewish learning is such a core component Wouk was the author of two dozen novels Marjorie also marked a turning point in remembering the Israelite release from the house of the program we’re graduating from. In and works of nonfiction, including the Pulitzer his writing career. With confidence that he had of bondage. While many Jewish communities order to make an impact on the world, we Prize-winning “The Caine Mutiny” from readers who would follow him to less popular continue to organize their own freedom seders need to know ourselves, and we need to 1951, which was a fixture on best-seller lists subjects, Wouk’s fourth book, his first work of 50 years on, few people remember Jews for know how to lead our own people. Over for two years, and the best-selling “Marjorie nonfiction, took on the subject of Orthodox Urban Justice. Perhaps this has something to do the past two years, I’ve gotten to learn how Morningstar” from 1955. Both books were later Judaism. Published in 1959, “This Is My God” with JUJ’s protests outside of synagogues where my fellow JCLPeers connect their passions adapted for the screen. was a primer about the Jewish religion intended segregationist developers and architects of the and drives to their Judaism. We all came to His novels “The Winds of War” and “War for both Jewish and non-Jewish readers. Vietnam War were members. Their activism this program for different reasons. We have and Remembrance” both became successful Born in the Bronx borough of New York was bold, controversial, and didn’t exempt their different career aspirations and different television miniseries. By the mid-1950s, Wouk’s City on May 27, 1915, Wouk was the second of own Jewish communities from rebuke. relationships to Jewish culture, practice, and popular and financial success as an American three children of Esther and Abraham Wouk, JUJ did what they did because they saw community. But I know we all have learned Jewish novelist was unmatched. both immigrants from Belarus. Abraham the pursuit of justice (tzedek), loving-kindness a great deal from each other about how these Even more unusual for a writer of Wouk’s Wouk began work as a laundry laborer and (hesed), and moral obligation (mitzvah) as differences inform our own sense of self. I’m celebrity was his Orthodox observance and found financial success in the laundry business. intrinsically Jewish imperatives. In 1969, JUJ personally grateful to my peers for teaching treatment of Jewish religious practice in his Herman spent his early years in the Bronx members also began identifying “do’ikayt” as me more about the importance of moving writing. Wouk embodied the new postwar receiving basic Hebrew training from his a grounding principle in their activism and marginalized Jewish experiences to the center, possibilities for American Jews and his writing grandfather. His childhood included the teasing collective Jewish identity. Unlike hesed, mitzvah, of building organizations without gender was both cause and effect of the normalization and bullying that was common for bookish and tzedek, do’ikayt doesn’t originate from the and racial pay gaps, of the transformative of Judaism within the larger American Judeo- boys in rough neighborhoods. Torah. It’s a Yiddish word popularized by the power of wilderness and camp experiences, Christian tradition. Upon graduating from college, Wouk Bund, a Jewish socialist organization that thrived and of destigmatizing financial instability When he appeared on the cover of Time in briefly abandoned his religious lifestyle when in Eastern Europe at the turn of the last century. and providing economically accessible 1955, the magazine described Wouk’s blend of he became a radio dramatist, writing for the Do’ikayt means “hereness,” as in, wherever Jewish community. In ways great and small, worldly success and Jewish religious observance comedian Fred Allen. Although the work was Jews are, whatever countries we live in, it’s our you all have challenged me to refine my life as paradoxical. lucrative, Wouk felt a void in a life without obligation to stay in “hereness” and transform mission and how my Jewish identity fits into At the time, Wouk’s fame seemed like an Jewish learning and religion, and he eventually our societies for the sake of ourselves and our it. I’m grateful for your khavershaft, your incredible feat for an Orthodox Jew. Unlike other returned to his previous level of observance. neighbors. As JUJ weathered the turbulence camaraderie, and I’m so excited to see how Jewish novelists, who had focused on Jewish In the coming years he would reside in of the late 1960s, they drew inspiration from you all will stake out your respective corners immigrant culture and tended to portray religious the Virgin Islands, New York’s Fire Island, ancestors who also lived in dangerous times in this world we are building together. Judaism as foreign and exotic, Wouk made Jewish Washington, D.C., Manhattan and Palm and arrived at similar conclusions about the Ali, Emily, Jacqui, Jordyn, and Rachel, I religious observance appear mainstream in Springs, California — and in all those locales future they needed to build. thank you for everything you’ve taught me his books. Scenes of a Passover seder and a bar he was involved in setting up Jewish study and The year is 2018. I’m reading a book about these past two years. Thank you to Dr. Karla mitzvah service became scenes of middle-class prayer groups. American Jews in the 20th century for Karla Goldman for your wisdom, your unshakeable American life in “Marjorie Morningstar.” Following Pearl Harbor, Wouk joined the Goldman’s course, “Jews and Social Justice in commitment to American Jewish community From his debut novel, “Aurora Dawn,” in Navy and served in the Pacific, where he was an the United States.” As I read the chapter about building, and your deep love for your students. 1947, to his last book, “Sailor and Fiddler: officer aboard two destroyers, participated in eight Jews for Urban Justice, I’m realizing that Thank you to my parents and my brother for Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author” — invasions and won several battle stars. Wouk also these 1960s radicals have found inspiration your support and for believing in me. Lastly, published in 2015 when he had reached a started to write “Aurora Dawn” while aboard ship. from the same seemingly lost Jewish history thank you to my grandparents and ancestors. century — Wouk wove themes central to the While his ship was being repaired in California, that I cherish. Before I enrolled in graduate Though you are here only in memory, I think American Jewish experience throughout his Wouk met Betty Sarah Brown, a graduate of the school, I lived in a collective home in Chicago of you constantly for financially supporting work. Even “The Caine Mutiny,” a less Jewish University of Southern California and a civilian called “Doykeit.” We chose this name for our my education and for the struggles you and novel than later works, included Lt. Barney Navy employee. After her conversion to Judaism, house because we understood showing up your peers engaged in to build a better world. Greenwald, who gives a moving speech in the couple married in 1945 and had three sons. for our city and neighbors as a fundamental Our ancestors sacrificed so much for us. I defense of a lieutenant who helped keep Betty, who died in 2011, would eventually part of who we are as Jews. My life mission is know we will pay it forward. n Greenwald’s Jewish mother from being “melted become her husband’s literary agent. rooted in do’ikayt. It’s why I was a community down into a bar of soap” by the Nazis. Wouk is survived by two sons, Nathaniel Editor’s note: do’ikayt is the most accuarte organizer at the Jewish Council on Urban Set in the 1930s and ’40s, Wouk’s fourth and Joseph, and three grandchildren. His oldest transliteration of the Yiddish, Danny’s Affairs. It’s why I’m returning to a career in book, “Marjorie Morningstar,” heralded a new son, Abraham, died in a 1951 swimming pool collective house name was Doikeit. the Jewish social justice world. And it’s why I era for American Jews. The novel followed the accident.n decided to pursue a graduate education in the

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Ann Arbor ORT Spring Dinner Joan Levitt, special to the WJN he Ann Arbor chapter of ORT to honor the disadvantaged students in the country’s America will hold its annual Spring chapter’s generous under-resourced periphery to become self- T Dinner on Monday, June 3. donors. Donors’ sufficient and gain confidence in their ability Babette Daskin, ORT Ann Arbor’s Donor contributions to to succeed. ORT’s innovative programs and Co-Chair and a member of the Board of the ORT America are quality instruction in science, technology, Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, will essential for ORT’s engineering and math (STEM), enable the be the speaker. Babette and her husband Mark programs to serve ORT students in Israel to obtain transferable had the opportunity to spend two months the needs of 300,000 skills that can meet the demands of the 21st- in Israel in Fall, 2018. Among her other students annually century job market. activities, Babette visited the ORT Kadima in many countries The dinner will be at held 6:30 p.m., at the Mada (“Science Journey”) programs at the throughout the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Kfar Silver Youth Village and the Yitzchak world. Arbor, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor. Rabin High School in Kiryat Yam. The Ann Babette Daskin with students from Kfar Silver Youth Village ORT transforms The dinner, with an Israeli menu catered by Arbor chapter of ORT America raised enough students’ lives, Amanda’s Kitchen Catering, will cost $36 per money this year to fund a smart classroom benefit these wonderful World ORT Kadima empowering the next person. Rides to the dinner will be available to in the Kfar Silver Youth Village. Babette will Mada Network schools. generation with increased access to quality those who need them. For more information share her experiences and insights from the The dinner will provide ORT members education. In Israel, World ORT Kadima or to RSVP, please contact Joan Levitt at visits and how Ann Arbor’s contribution will and prospective members the opportunity Mada programs focus on empowering [email protected] by May 22. n

How does America respond now? [Editor’s note: On April 23, Eastern Michigan University professor Martin Shichtman, director of EMU’s Center for Jewish Studies, delivered the keynote at Michigan’s annual Holocaust Commemoration at the state capitol. Here are his remarks.] he Holocaust has become, and with can be put into jeopardy, with catastrophic When bad things happen in the world— more than I forgive the radical right for leafleting very good reason, the foundation on effect. But, just in case we become too certain pretty much all bad things—Jews are held my campus, Eastern Michigan University, T which many modern Jews—certainly of our American-ness, there are always others, responsible for them. If the twenty-first century looking for recruits. Michigan Identity Evoropa American Jews—have constructed a significant eager to refuse us participation in the American has proven anything, it is that anti-Semitism claims that “We are not supremacists of any kind portion of their identities. When asked, in experiment, perhaps even determined to seek offers equal opportunity across the political and we reject the term ‘white supremacist’ as an the landmark 2013 Pew survey, A Portrait of our annihilation. Into our society spills both the spectrum. The list of conspiracy theories anti-White pejorative used to silence anyone who Jewish Americans, “what does being Jewish sewage of the radical right, once again staking involving Jews goes on and on: dares to stand up for the legitimate interests of mean in America today?” 73% of US Jews out the claim, as it did in the 2017 Charlottesville • Jews control the banks European Americans.” Nevertheless, on college responded that “remembering the Holocaust” “Unite the Right” march, that “Jews will not • Jews control the Federal Reserve campuses, they seek members, they say, “not of is fundamental to their understanding of replace us”; and, perhaps, just as dangerous, the • Jews control the unions Semitic heritage.” Michigan Identity Evropa’s themselves as Jewish. No other answer received left—historically a Jewish-American comfort • Jews control the media tagline is “Our future belongs to us.” I think we such support, not “leading an ethical life” zone—where, for some, Jews have become • Jews control the entertainment industry all know which people have no part of that future. (69%); not “working for justice and equality” the quintessential colonialists, oppressors, • Jews are responsible for wars, all wars—and The Anti-Defamation League recorded a (56%); not “being intellectually curious” murderers of indigenous peoples. profit from them 57-percent rise in anti-Semitic incidents in (49%); not “caring about Israel” (43%); not • Jews financed the American slave trade—and the United States in 2017, compared to the even “having a good sense of humor” (42%). were powerful slave owners previous year — including assaults, vandalism, Without a doubt Jews have prospered in • Jews were responsible for 9/11 bomb threats and anti-Semitic literature on America—according to the Pew survey “fully • Jews are responsible for training racist, college campuses. On October 27, 2018, during one-quarter of American Jews (25%) say they American police morning Shabbat services, a gunman entered have a household income exceeding $150,000, • Jews are responsible for AIDS the Tree of Life Congregation in the Squirrel compared with 8% of adults in the public as • Jews kill children—this conspiracy theory Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. a whole.” Not surprisingly, “Jews have high harkens back to the medieval “blood libel,” When he was done, eleven people were levels of educational attainment. Most Jews are which insisted that Jews kidnap children and murdered, seven injured, the deadliest attack college graduates (58%), including 28% who make a ritual of killing them on the Jewish community in American history. say they have earned a post-graduate degree. • Jews commit genocide—no we don’t; and we Throughout our country—and certainly By comparison, 29% of U.S. adults say they have a pretty good idea what the word means. throughout Europe—synagogues, Jewish graduated from college, including 10% who And we haven’t even gotten to the theories schools, Jewish centers, Jewish cemeteries have a post-graduate degree.” With all of this surrounding Israel, which, according to some, is continue to be desecrated, individual Jews success, how can it be that we are still haunted in control of entire governments, including not continue to be attacked. by a genocide that took place in another part Holocaust Keynote only the government of the United States but Still, I am not without hope. Two years of the world more than 70 years ago? How is Of late, Jewish complacency has been very even those of the Jewish state’s darkest enemies. ago, African-American, Jewish, gay culinary it that we so vacillate between “it can’t happen much rattled—even in “safe spaces” like college You don’t have to be a Nazi to hate Jews— historian Michael Twitty spoke at Eastern here” and “never again?” What is it about the campuses. Anti-Semitism—with some new but you sure have to share some Nazi fantasies. Michigan University. Michael has been Holocaust that continues to place our many twists—has crept into the discourses of both To put it bluntly, Jews are not trusted. When I subjected to multiple kinds of hatred his entire achievements in doubt, demanding that we America’s left and right; both progressives and say that I support the LBGTQ community, I life. Not a day goes by that he is not the target play back, over and over again, the destruction reactionaries have embraced narratives that am accused of “pinkwashing.” When I say that I of a slur, victim of some sort of violence. He of 6,000,000 Jews? Might it be that we need call on conspiracy theories blaming Jews for, worry for the ecological condition of my planet, insists: “America is the only place on earth to remind ourselves that those Jews once felt well, everything. Some Jews continue to insist “greenwashing” is my crime. No matter what where I’m possible, and that is the dirty little secure in their citizenship, in their assimilation, on the exceptionalism of our country, and a Jew believes, for far too many, he must be secret behind these hate groups. They are here in their friendships and partnerships with non- the exceptionalism of our time, believing our harboring some deep, dark, horrific agenda that to take away the possibilities that America the Jews; once felt safe in a society that had other allies incapable of betrayal and our enemies involves taking advantage of others. Well, I will Ideal represents.” If we desire a bright future ideas about them? weak and pathetic, foolish outliers whose not smile and be nice when I see a Swastika held for ourselves, our children, our grandchildren, As a so-called “model minority,” American ideologies have been refuted by modernity, by next to a Star of David—as we have seen nearly hope lies in creating alliances. Unless Jews, Jews have largely managed to escape many the American way. But many other Jews are no every week, for more than 13 years now, outside African-Americans, Muslims, LGBTQ people, of the daily struggles and humiliations other longer so sure—and I find myself among the the Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, Asians, Native-Americans, and people of minorities endure. But there is always that nervous. As I witness growing hostility toward where members of Witness for Peace (described Spanish descent—indeed, all Americans—find genocide, lurking in the not-so-distant past. Jews throughout Europe—often encoded in as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law a way to work together, we go down, let me With all of our security, we remind ourselves any number of socially acceptable euphemisms Center) demonstrate, they say, in opposition to assure you—perhaps one group not as quickly with prayers, with pilgrimages to death camps, —and the rise of out-in-the-open bigotry at Israel, but in reality, in opposition to Jews. I will as the other, but eventually all. America may with state-mandated high school classes, with home, I can no longer even pretend to believe not forgive the radical left for making excuses not be as exceptional as we hoped it would be museums, to remember how easily our security myself safe. when demonstrators shout “gas the Jews,” any in 2019, but together we can yet make it so. n 10 Washtenaw Jewish News A June / July / August 2019 IRabbis' Corner

Unity Through Diversity Rabbi Aaron Goldstein, special to the WJN his year, the holiday of Shavuot that took place at Mt. Sinai? This encampment in order to be unified in the acceptance of commemorate and celebrate the holiday of begins on Saturday night, June 8, and occurred in the month of Sivan, but just two the Torah. Shavuot (the holiday of receiving the Torah), T it goes through Sunday and Monday months earlier, in Nissan, the Jewish people This will also explain why the Torah was what is the lesson we can take from here? We, June 9 and 10. The Torah tells us that the were highly unified in their departure from given in the third month of the year rather here in our day, have to work together to be Jewish people arrived at and set up camp at Egypt. As it says in Exodus 12:11, the army than the first month. In Judaism, unity united with each other. We have a unique Mount Sinai on the first day of the Hebrew of God left Egypt as one army - one group. comes with the number three but not with ability to be united with our Torah, which we month of Sivan. Until Sinai, it describes the The fact that the Torah describes them as an the number one. Why is this so? It would all have in common. This unification should act of camping in army indicates that they are unified in their seem that the first month and the number be throughout the year and every year. the plural. It says, mission - soldiers all have the same objective one would indicate the ultimate level of We must remember that this unity can “they” came to the and are unified in the endeavor. unity. One is all and there is nothing else. But only be a true unity after there is division desert of Sinai - The unity of the Jewish people as they in truth, this is not a true unity. Since there and distinction and even argument. Torah “they” camped in left Egypt was different from the unity is no division or conflict to be overcome, can then unite us all together and make us the desert. Then they accomplished just prior to receiving there cannot be true unity. Starting with all one. This unity is the vessel with which when they arrived the Torah. When they left Egypt there was the number two, there is the beginning of we can receive God’s blessings until the at Mt Sinai it says no division between the religious, social divisions or duality. There are two sides. ultimate blessing which is the redemption “he,” the Jewish or political aspects of the nation. For They can be merely different from each other of Moshiach, the coming of the Moshiach, people, camped example, there was no distinction between or they can be in full-fledged opposition to quickly in our days. n Rabbi Aharon Goldstein there in front of the the Kohanim, the Levites and the Israelites. each other. mountain (Exodus 19:2). Here the pronouns God took them out as a single group. Since Sometimes in the Torah we find two change to singular. Our Rabbis tell us, in the there was no division, the type of unity they contradictory verses. But then comes a third Midrash Mechilta, that the Torah is trying experienced was not of the highest order. verse which resolves the conflict and unites to tell us that the encampment around Mt. Only when there are definite distinctions and the contradictory aspects of the verses. This Challenge of Sinai was a very special one because all the divisions which are overcome does a higher is where we find true unity. Despite the Jewish people were united as one person magnitude of unity emerge. The type of fact that there are differences, somehow we revelation with one heart. This was an exclusive and unity at the Exodus from Egypt was a natural can bring them together in unity. This is in Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner unique situation that had not existed up to one - everyone was on the same level and it contradistinction to the number one, with havuot commemorates the gift of that point. Nor has it ever existed again since was easier to be unified. At Sinai overcoming which there is no difference to unify because the Torah at Mount Sinai. Recently, - to the same degree of unity as at Mt. Sinai. the existing distinctions led to a greater level it is all one. S I’ve been thinking about whether Prior and subsequent to Mt. Sinai, the Jewish of unity. This is one of the special qualities of the English word we use to describe that people were arguing and/or disagreeing on At Sinai, in addition to the aforementioned Sivan, the third month of the year. By then, moment – ‘Revelation’ – is fitting, given some or another issue. But at the Sinai religious distinctions, there were many there had developed divisions within the that by all accounts it was an experience of encampment everyone was of one heart as different opinions and arguments amongst Jewish people. Nevertheless, even though profound disorientation. one person. This was the proper preparation the Nation. There were even conflicts with there were these divisions, they were able to Exodus 20:15 describes revelation as for the receiving of the Torah. Moses. Here the Torah tells us that despite the come together to a complete unity. As Rashi a kind of synesthetic moment in which The Lubavitcher Rebbe asks a question: fact that there were already many divisions says, “ like one person and one heart.” the Israelites ‘saw What is so unique about this degree of unity on other matters, the people put them aside So now that we are getting ready to thunder’; Shemot Rabbah depicts the Israelites as totally overwhelmed, EMU Fall LectureSeries trembling and losing Martin B. Shichtman, special to the WJN consciousness; and the 19th century he Eastern Michigan University Center history in this all-new concert and lecture Chair in Women’s & Gender History; Chair, rabbi Naftali Tzvi for Jewish Studies opens its fall Lecture/ program. Collected by Moisei Beregovsky Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies Horowitz suggests Performance Series with “Yiddish and other scientists of the Kiev Cabinet for Collaborative; and Director, Jewish Studies that the only sound T Rabb Ora Nitkin-Kaner Glory: Lost and Found Songs of World War Jewish Culture, these previously unknown Program of American University; and is a past at Sinai was one Yiddish songs were confiscated and hidden by prolonged ‘ahh.’ the Soviet government in 1949, and have only Given its name, revelation should be recently come to light. They tell stories of how a clarifying moment. But often what is Soviet Jews lived and died under the German supposed to be clear contains a great deal of occupation, documented Nazi atrocities, fought mystery. From matan Torah through today, in the Red Army, worked in the home front, our work as Jews is to engage with our given and made sense of it all through Yiddish music. tradition and reach for meaning, not in None of these songs were known until they spite of the confusion but because of it. were accidentally discovered in the basement of the Ukrainian National Library in the 1990s. Wendell Berry The lecture/concert features the performance Psoy Korolenko and Anna Shtershis of these previously unknown materials, giving The Real Work voice to Soviet Jewish women, children and president of the Association for Jewish Studies. men who never got to tell their stories. “Yiddish About her new book, Jonathan D. Sarna, Joseph It may be that when we no longer know what to do Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II,” a H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American we have come to our real work, program that Howard Reich of the Chicago Jewish History, Brandeis University has said, Tribune has called “revelatory,” and Andy “Authoritative, comprehensive, and readable, and that when we no longer know Herrman of NPR Music, “a minor miracle,” will this long-awaited book by one of the field’s which way to go be performed on Sunday, September 15 at 6:30 premier scholars is destined to become an we have come to our real journey. p.m. in the Ballroom of the Eastern Michigan instant classic. It takes its place as the definitive University Student Center, 900 Oakwood, history of Jewish women in America.” Jordana The mind that is not baffled is not Ypsilanti. Tickets for this event are $36 ($10 for Horn, in her New York Times review, noted, employed. Pamela S. Nadell students with ID) and include dinner. For more “It’s truly remarkable to read this book and information, please contact Celia Murkowski appreciate how these women—numerically The impeded stream is the one that II” followed by “America’s Jewish Women: A at: [email protected]. small, qualitatively great — made such a sings. History from Colonial Times to Today.” On Monday, October 28, Dr. Pamela S. tremendous impact on this nation.” The “With “Yiddish Glory,” singer-songwriter Nadell will talk about and sign copies of her event will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the EMU Words are from Wendell Berry’s Psoy Korolenko (Moscow - New York) and new book America’s Jewish Women: A History Student Center Ballroom. Admission to this “Poetry and Marriage” in his collection historian Anna Shternshis (University of from Colonial Times to Today (Norton, 2019). presentation is free. For further information of essays titled Standing By Words. Toronto) bring to life a nearly vanished musical Dr. Nadell is Professor and Patrick Clendenen please contact [email protected]. n Washtenaw Jewish News A June / July / August 2019 11 Sara O'Connor, continued from page 1 O'Conner: My grandparents’ tenacity, perseverance how horrid the storm, the beauty of this world and willingness to find and create love despite will never be fully destroyed. Second, many of the horrors they experienced are values I my works are painted on an incredibly dark try to infuse into all aspects of my life. My blue background with vibrant circles of color maternal grandmother and pap-pap survived dancing on its surface. It mirrors my desire to concentration camps when they were incredibly reflect that we can find calm, soothing beauty young, Stutthof and Auschwitz-Birkenau, and bright shocking vibrancies even in the darkest of times. Third, I am mindful that people have vastly different perspectives, but we share a common joy in exploring and discussing art together. Art is my way of connecting with people no matter their background. WJN: Tell us about your artistic process and the technique you use, heavy-textured pointillism. O'Conner: Stemming from my love of playing with tiny colorful beads as a young girl and dabbling in ceramics and stained glass as a teenager, I desired to combine my favorite qualities of these mediums to create a near 3D effect to traditional 2D pointillism paintings. After creating a formula that achieves my desired effect, I apply thousands of dots to create flowing movement of color with extreme precision and respectively. My grandmother fought for her care. I feel a bit like Willy Wonka. The only survival for five years and finally saw liberation difference is that my wonderland is filled with when she was 13 years old. She should have been color instead of candy. There are more than 650 enjoying her bat mitzvah at that age. Following distinct colors in my studio. The time it takes the war, my grandparents met in America and to prepare the materials can be almost as long now have four grandchildren who will be, in her as the amount of time to create the art. While words, “the voice when I’m gone.” My family’s I generally have an overarching color palette background and Jewish heritage have impacted and design in mind for each new painting, I my artistry in three significant ways. First, my allow my decision-making to evolve during Torah portion (the rainbow) is featured on the the creative process. What I paint embodies a back of my business card. To me, it stands as a moment of self-reflection. n shining beacon of colorful hope that, no matter

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9 writers who perfectly capture what it’s like for Jews of color by Nylah Burton, this story originally appeared on Alma. recently decided to start writing full-time, she thought it was ludicrous, saying, “People a clear message on the societal problems told Alma that she hopes people read her a decision that’s been both enormously ask me if I’m still a Jew and it’s like, do you we face today. For example, she takes on book and “… feel the power of being an I liberating and incredibly isolating. But think Judaism is a fashionable skirt?” racial hatred and gun violence in her heart- outsider. I hope people can recognize some there are some real perks to not having to be Kincaid’s work may not be explicitly stopping poem, “The Hour Dylann Roof Sat version of themselves, or some element of in an office all day, and one of them is getting Jewish, but it’s firmly rooted in an experience In The Church.” themselves, in the book.” to sit on the couch and read a good book that many Caribbean Jews of Color can 4. MaNishtana’s 7. Brandy Colbert’s smack dab in the middle of the afternoon. identify with. Themes of colonial legacies, Ariel Samson: Freelance Little and Lion The main character here, Suzettte, is black, As a black Jewish writer, I obviously want complicated familial relationships, racism, Rabbi Under his pen name, MaNishtana, queer and Jewish. Little and Lion, a novel, to read books written by and highlighting the and class ripple through her writing. There Orthodox rabbi Shais Rishon seeks to portrays a tense sibling relationship that is stories of Jews of color. That’s easier said than are so many books of Kincaid’s to read and diversify the American Jewish literary canon, complicated by mental illness, but Suzette’s done, though. It’s not that these stories don’t they’re all worth it, but I would suggest telling JTA that Jewish writers of color are story is also about feeling out of place. Lots of exist — Jewish literature is an amazing, rich starting with Lucy, the story of a West Indian “invisible, pretty much.” black Jews will relate to Suzette, who thinks genre of diasporic Jewish stories. However, girl who leaves her home to work for a white Ariel Samson, the main character in that “people have too many questions when the narratives of Jews of color are often left family. The story is loosely autobiographical, his latest semi-autobiographical novel, is you’re black and Jewish.” There’s also little out of the Jewish literary canon, and we mirroring Kincaid’s own experiences. challenging that invisibility merely by being scenes showing the beautiful intimacy of suffer for it. 2. Roya Hakakian’s Journey from the Land of present and illustrating some of the many Jewish home life, like braiding challah before With that in mind, I decided to make a list No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran challenges that Jews of Color face in their Shabbat. While Colbert herself is not Jewish, of books you should be reading — all written Hakakian is such an inspiring force for communities. A black Orthodox Jew, Ariel she has written one of the best depictions of by Jews of color or featuring Jews of color. change. She’s a Persian-Jewish writer with deals with racism at a Shabbat table (that also Jewish adolescence in the Young Adult genre. Some of the stories here aren’t explicitly bylines in The New York Times and The Wall comes from another Jew of color) and he has And for that, we salute her. Jewish, but there may be a good reason for Street Journal and is a founding member to navigate the awful experience of seeing an that. When asked if he would ever write a 8. Rosebud Ben-Oni, assorted poems of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Orthodox New York assemblyman wearing Jewish character, mystery novelist Walter Born to a Mexican mother and a Jewish Center. She’s the author of two collections of blackface on Purim — a situation that may Mosley replied, “Not if he wasn’t black … father, Ben-Oni graduated from New York poetry, in Persian, and in 2008 she won the refer to the real experience Rishon had with Hardly anybody in America has written University and did postgraduate research at Guggenheim prize for non-fiction. Dov Hikind, who was criticized for donning about black male heroes. There are black the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I love Honestly… I could go on and on about the racist costume in 2013. male protagonists and black male supporting this poem of hers, “I Guess We’ll Have to Be Hakakian’s accomplishments, but her characters, but nobody else writes about 5. Michael Twitty’s Secretly In Love with Each Other and Leave work simply speaks for itself. I recommend The Cooking Gene: A black male heroes.” It At That,” which has a few Jewish references. immediately buying her memoir Journey Journey Through African American Culinary Jewish writers of color may shy away from Her poem “Poet Wrestling with Angels in the from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in History in the Old South writing explicitly Jewish stories for a number Full disclosure: I feel like I’ve known Dark” was recently commissioned by the Revolutionary Iran. Persian Jews have one of reasons, like fearing that the demand for Michael for a long time. Even though we National September 11 Memorial & Museum of the longest, richest Jewish histories in the these narratives simply isn’t there. Or maybe, missed each other, we went to the same in New York City. You can find more of Ben- entire diaspora. However, we rarely listen to like Mosley, they feel more compelled to college (Howard University) and had the Oni’s work at The Kenyon Review blog, or are presented with opportunities to view highlight the stories of groups who have been same adviser. Our adviser, who is Jewish, where she writes weekly. Persian-Jewish perspectives. The narratives historically erased from popular narratives. always told me how proud she was of and stories of all Persian Jews are deeply 9. Karl Taro Whatever the reason, though, and whatever Twitty and all the amazing things he was Greenfeld’s Speed Tribes and important, which is what makes Hakakian’s the content of their work, these writers accomplishing. So I went through college Triburbia work so vital. Greenfeld is Japanese and Jewish and is remain unequivocally and deeply Jewish. knowing that Twitty was GOALS. the former managing editor of TIMES Asia 3. Denice Frohman, assorted poems And he’s pretty awesome — making 1. Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy and the former editor of Sports Illustrated. Now, a lot of people aren’t “into” poetry, black and Jewish history every day. As a food I studied Caribbean literature in college, He wrote Speed Tribes after moving from but you should definitely check out this poet historian, Twitty’s work focuses on retracing so the Antiguan-American novelist Jamaica Japan back to the U.S., and the novel is before you write it off completely. Frohman is African heritage through Southern cuisine. Kincaid is one of my heroes. A lot of people about parts of Japanese society that often go a queer Latina with Puerto Rican and Jewish His amazing book will make you laugh and don’t know that Kincaid is Jewish, and that unexamined in the West. Triburbia is a novel heritage. And she’s a badass poet who’s been cry and be amazed at the richness of African- could be because her work isn’t explicitly about families in Manhattan dealing with published widely and has appeared on lots American food traditions. Buy it. Buy it now. so. Kincaid converted to Judaism in 1993, their complicated, messy lives. Greenfeld of international stages. Her bio says that her after over a decade of being married to the 6. T Kira Madden’s told Kveller that he “could not have written work “focuses on identity, lineage, subverting Long Live the Tribe of Jewish composer Allen Shawn. Telling Tablet this book before I had children” because the traditional notions of power, and celebrating Fatherless Girls magazine of her decision to convert, Kincaid Queer, Jewish, Chinese, and Hawaiian… novel includes insightful observations about the parts of ourselves deemed unworthy.” said a rabbi told her that she and her children writer T Kira Madden’s new memoir how children socialize with each other — She’s been featured in poetry anthologies wouldn’t be buried in the same cemetery if explores her unique background, growing specifically, how cruel bullying and exclusion like Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer Poets of she didn’t. Kincaid remembers thinking, up in Boca Raton, and having parents who can be at that age. Greenfeld has written Color, Women of Resistance: Poems for a New “‘What if there’s a Jewish heaven and I’m in struggled with addiction. Her ethnic heritage many other amazing books, including the Feminism and the forthcoming What Saves the other heaven and I’d have to send them was a source of confusion and searching in dystopian novel The Subprimes. n Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age letters?’ I couldn’t bear to be separated from her early years, but Madden says that she’s of Trump. them.” After her divorce, when people asked “so grateful” that her parents gave her the Frohman’s work is powerful, and it makes Kincaid if she would return to Christianity, freedom to identify as she wished. Madden Unspoken Truths: The Holocaust through Women’s Voices Leslie Pardo, special to the WJN n Sun., June 23 at 11:15 a.m., Oskar Schindler. Our understanding of the have the unique opportunity to hear first- goal of the Holocaust Memorial Center is to the Holocaust Memorial Center Holocaust is incomplete without the inclusion hand accounts of the Holocaust. 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Now I pointed up at the faint crescent I began to consider the possibility that, having moon in the still light sky and said to my father, lost almost everything, including nearly his “Isn’t it amazing to think that there was a man own life, my father might have felt it essential book/additional lyrics by walking around up there?” to cling so literally to his faith, almost the only My father didn’t even look up. Staring thing that remained of the life he led before the Rupert Holmes intently ahead, he said with conviction. “There Holocaust. 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June 6-9, 2019 “They faked those scenes in some desert.” “Did you know,” he asked, “that they (To be fair, my father was by no means alone changed the Kiddush Levana after the moon Thursday at 7:30 PM in believing the various conspiracy theories landing?” (The Kiddush Levana is a prayer that began circulating even before Apollo thanking God for the gift of the moon.) I Friday-Saturday at 8:00 PM 11 blasted off from Cape Canaveral. Various said, no, I had not heard that. He continued. polls have found that up to 20% of Americans “In that prayer, we say to the moon, ‘Just as I Sunday at 2:00 PM believed that the moon missions were faked.) leap toward you but cannot touch you, so may Before I could begin to argue against the my enemies be unable to touch me harmfully.’ Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre preposterousness of this theory, he added, Well, they had to change that once people “They can’t be on the moon. 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Judaic Studies Spring Grads Kelsey Robinette Keeves, special to the WJN he Jean & Samuel Frankel Center a translation fellowship through the Yiddish for Judaic Studies celebrated fifteen Book Center and will be translating selections T Judaic Studies minors, five majors, two from the 1935 poetry collection Shtot in profil PhDs, and one master’s student at this year’s (City in Profile) by Yankev Shternberg, a leading graduation reception on May 3 in the Thayer Yiddish cultural figure in interwar Bucharest. Building. Logan Wall received the Michael Bernstein Several students will continue their Dissertation Prize, which is awarded to a educations at graduate school. Max Topel, who recent University of Michigan graduate based was awarded the Outstanding Undergraduate on excellence of scholarship, originality of Award, will be starting in the doctoral program research, quality of writing, and significance of in molecular engineering at the University contribution to Jewish Studies. Wall successfully of Chicago. Erica Schuman will be attending defended his dissertation, “Covenantal Poetics: University of Michigan’s Law School and Jewish, Irish, and African American Modernisms Madeline Jacobson will be studying maritime Beyond the Lyric,” in January. Professor civilizations at the University of Haifa. Deborah Dash Moore, who worked with Wall, Shira Brandhandler, who is moving to wrote that his dissertation “exemplifies the Chicago to work as the Director of Youth best in interdisciplinary scholarship that draws Engagement at Temple Jeremiah, praised her not only on his knowledge of 20th century Judaic Studies classes for allowing her to “get American literature but also on his mastery of to know each subject deeply and participate Judaic Studies.” in meaningful ways.” Judaic Studies minor This year’s Marshall Weinberg prize, given Ali Rosenblatt will also be engaging in Jewish annually to an outstanding graduate student communal leadership as an Eisendrath who is engaged in writing a dissertation, was Legislative Assistant Fellow at the Religious awarded to Yael Kenan, a doctoral student in Action Center of Reform Judaism. the Department of Comparative Literature. Her Sarah Prendergast studied acting, creative dissertation, “Communities of Loss: National writing, and Judaic Studies while at U-M and Mourning in Israeli and Palestinian Literature is pursuing a career in the arts. “Judaic Studies after 1948,” looks at the relationship between offers a wide range of engaging and diverse mourning and national formation. The prize classes,” she said, “that both encourage one to is given annually to an outstanding graduate look back and examine the long, rich religious student who is engaged in writing his or her and ethnic history of the Jewish people, as well dissertation. Professor Emerita Anita Norich as challenges one to question what it means to be and Associate Professor Maya Barzilai wrote, a “Jew” in today’s political and cultural climate. I “Having read Kenan’s work over the years and have learned so much about myself, the world, witnessed her participation in the field of Jewish and humanity as a whole. I am a more informed, studies, both on campus and internationally, we creative, and empathetic person because of the can attest that she is an exceptional writer and classes I took at the Frankel Center.” thinker, as well as a promising future colleague.” Judaic Studies minor Henry Zou majored in Yosef Gross received the Outstanding Yiddish Psychology and is taking a gap year. Zho stated, Student Award, which is given to a student “Judaic Studies provided me with the valuable whose classwork and commitment to Yiddish opportunity to improve my understanding of stands out. Yiddish language instructor Michael a global culture different from my own. It also Yashinsky noted that “He is taking the language helped me to better understand social justice not because it is integral to his academic study or from the Jewish perspective and improve my career path, but rather because he has a love for awareness of the challenges and successes of Yiddish, for its words and sounds and history.” Jewish communities.” Judaic Studies major Amanda Smith will also be taking a gap year at The 2019 graduates and student award Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield. winners join a distinguished group of Rachel Ohayon majored in both Judaic Frankel Center alumni. Studies and Sociology. She recalled that “as an alum of Yeshiva Day school K-12 I was unsure PhD Graduates Minors what Judaic Studies would have to offer me,” Yaakov Herskovitz Alana Barofsky but “now that I have completed the program, I Will Runyan Sarah Conwisar have learned so much new information, history, Delesiya Davis and viewpoints that I had not been exposed to Master of Arts Lindsey Davis previously and I am so grateful for that...Judaic Jacqueline Dressler Emily Duchene Studies has shaped my future, my interests, and Dalia Gatoff my opinions.” Majors Madeline Jacobson Yaakov Herskovitz, a graduating Judaic Shira Brandhandler Michael McGrath Studies certificate student, defended his PhD, Evan Heugel Sarah Prendergast “Linguistic Limbo: Writing and Rewriting in Rachel Ohayon Ali Rosenblatt Hebrew and Yiddish,” in Middle East Studies Amanda Smith Erica Schuman under the direction of Frankel faculty Shachar Max Topel Emily Slavkin Pinsker, Maya Barzilai, Mikhail Krutikov, and Judaic Studies Honors Alexa Smith Anita Norich. His dissertation analyzed little Hannah Student known literary works by three important Henry Zou writers, who published in both Hebrew and Yiddish. Herskovitz will be joining the Frankel Institute as a fellow for the 2019-2020 academic year under head fellow Julian Levinson. William Runyan, whose 2018 dissertation “Global Form and Fantasy in Yiddish Literary Culture: Visions from Mexico City and Buenos Aires” was also supervised by Norich and Krutikov, taught first and second year Yiddish in 2019. He received

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Planned giving for community’s future Federation annual meeting June 5 Sharyn J. Gallatin, Esq., special to the WJN Eileen Freed, special to the WJN he Jewish Community Foundation Federation office or via the Foundation’s on- he community is invited to the Jewish appreciated for their service to the community. of Greater Ann Arbor, the planned line donor portal. Federation and Jewish Community Alan Brilliant has been on the board since T giving arm of the Jewish Federation, Endowments are also a great way to leave T Foundation of Greater Ann Arbor’s 2012 and has ably served the community was founded to ensure the continuity and a legacy. An endowment may be set up for 2019 Annual Meeting, Wednesday, June 5, as board treasurer and finance committee quality of Jewish life in our community by the benefit of a particular program, project 7p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. chair. In addition, Alan served as chair of the developing endowment funds to support or agency. Zelma Weisfeld z”l planned for This year, Federation welcomes Michael Jewish Community Foundation which has local Jewish institutions. Through the the future by leaving a bequest to the Jewish Masters, National seen renewed activity in the past year. Jennifer Foundation, donors support innovative and Federation. Because of her passion for the Director and CEO Lewis has been on the board since 2013, most transformational projects and ensure future arts, and in consultation with her estate, the of the Secure recently serving as board governance chair. financial sustainability for our community. Zelma H. Weisfeld Fund for Culture and Community In that role, she shepherded the adoption of During the past year, a newly re- Education was established in the Foundation. Network (SCN) new Federation by-laws and focused greater energized Foundation Committee has been The community will benefit from her as its keynote attention on board process and evaluation. meeting monthly to review Foundation generosity well into the future, as money will speaker. Masters’ Federation was honored to have former systems, procedures and documents as they be distributed to support community-wide talk, “Community president Hillary Murt join the board for plan for a significant increase in activity in arts and culture programming. Preparedness a special one-year term as Vice President the coming years. The committee includes Phyllis and David Herzig created the – Lessons After for 2018-19. Her historical perspective and both at-large members and representatives Herzig Fund for Senior Programming at the Pittsburgh,” will leadership were invaluable during a year of of the Foundation’s organizational partners JCC and a fund for the benefit of JFS which Michael Masters provide important transition. – Beth Israel Congregation, Temple Beth has supported important programs about context around Jewish community security Steve Gerber has served on the Federation Emeth, Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw which they care deeply. David said “You and preparedness in a time of increased board and as Campaign Chair since 2013 County (JFS), the Jewish Community Center don’t have to wait until you have fifty million anti-Semitism and attacks against houses of when he took the helm of the 2014 Annual of Greater Ann Arbor (JCC), the Jewish to give it away. You can start right now.” worship. SCN is the national homeland security Community Campaign. Steve’s commitment Cultural Society, and the Hebrew Day School. When Malcolm and Judy Cohen, initiative of The Jewish Federations of North and dedication to the Ann Arbor Jewish The committee looks forward to expanding longtime generous donors to the Federation, America and the Conference of Presidents of community is immeasurable, and he will relationships with local financial advisors decided they wanted to create a legacy gift to Major American Jewish Organizations. receive special recognition during the program. and attorneys, increasing marketing and ensure their contributions to the community Prior to joining SCN, Mr. Masters served as “Our outgoing board members have outreach efforts, and providing educational through Federation would continue long into the Senior Vice President of The Soufan Group, a demonstrated leadership, enthusiasm, opportunities for community members to the future, they created an endowment in strategic advisory firm that assists organizations creativity and thoughtfulness throughout learn more about how they can impact the the Foundation. When asked why, Malcolm in the public and private sectors address their terms,” said Federation Board President organizations and projects they love through said “When you look at the world, you see emergent threats, and as the CEO of CivicScape, Stephen Aronson. “We have benefited from the Jewish Community Foundation. how much need there is, and there is never an advanced analytics company that provides their wisdom and dedication and wish them The Foundation provides a range of enough money to help everyone.” With the risk assessments to public and private sector well as they pursue other ways to add value options for donors to support the Federation, Cohens’ generous gift, many members of our entities. He previously served as the Executive to the community.” A list of the incoming partner organizations, special projects or Jewish community will be helped, well after Director of the Department of Homeland board for 2019-2020 may be viewed on the interests, as well as other qualified 501(c)(3) the Cohens are no longer here. Security and Emergency Management for Federation website, www.jewishannarbor.org. organizations they hold dear. This is true of any legacy gift. One does Cook County, Illinois, and as the Chief of Staff A traditional highlight of the Annual Meeting The Donor Advised Fund has always not have to be fabulously wealthy to ensure for the Chicago Police Department. A Truman is the awarding of the Susan L. Lichter Memorial been an excellent way for donors to set aside long-term support of important causes and and a Gates Cambridge Trust Scholar, Mr. Scholarship for teen travel to Israel. This year’s funds in a financially beneficial manner to organizations. Many donors leave a bequest Masters received his B.A. from the University recipients are Eva Zaientz and Renee Starosta. make contributions to non-profits they wish in their wills or name the Federation or of Michigan, MPhil in International Relations Selected by a committee whose members to support. Given recent tax law changes, other organizations as beneficiaries of a life from the University of Cambridge and his J.D. reviewed each applicant’s essays anonymously, particularly related to charitable deductions, insurance policy. It is not necessary to have a from Harvard Law School. Certified as a peace these recipients demonstrated a clear sense of the tax advantages of this vehicle have lot of money at the time you create a legacy. officer and a Special Weapons and Tactics purpose and maturity. They will each share an even greater impact for those wishing to What is important is leaving your mark on operator, Mr. Masters continues to serve his excerpt from their essays at the event. make a difference through their financial the Ann Arbor Jewish community. community as a part-time police officer. Mr. The Annual Meeting commences at 7:00 contributions. In addition to the tax benefits The Jewish Community Foundation is Masters received an officer’s commission in the p.m. with light refreshments and schmooze achieved by opening a donor advised fund, here to serve the Jewish community of Ann United States Marine Corps, where he attained time. Musical atmosphere will be provided donors can take pride that their charitable Arbor. In the coming months, the Foundation the rank of Captain. by Ethan White, a freshman at Skyline and contributions to their favorite causes will be offering many opportunities to learn The Annual Meeting is when the community participant in the 2019 Ann Arbor/Nahalal are identified as coming from the Jewish more about how it can help donors of all gathers to celebrate a year of accomplishments Student Exchange. The official program will Community Foundation. This fosters ages and means meet their philanthropic and to share Federation’s vision and plan for start at 7:30 p.m. good will between the Jewish community dreams. For more information concerning the future. It is also an opportunity to thank The Annual Meeting is free and open to and the broader world in which we live. the Foundation, to set up a fund, or to outgoing board members and welcome new the public. Pre-registration is recommended Charitable contributions to qualified 501(c) make a legacy gift, please contact Sharyn J. leaders to its ranks. at www.jewishannarbor.org. For more (3) organizations through the Foundation Gallatin, Esq. at 734-773-3533 or sharyn@ This year, four valued and experienced information, please contact Isaac Ellis at isaac@ are easily made through a phone call to the jewishannarbor.org. n board members will be recognized and jewishannarbor.org or 734-773-3535. n Addressing Security Needs Eileen Freed, special to the WJN he Jewish Federation of Greater training to staff, volunteers and community their own needs and developing and Yom Ha’Shoah, Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ann Arbor and local area Jewish members; assess risks and address physical implementing protocols. Ha’atzmaut which came just on the heels of T communal organizations have long vulnerabilities; share knowledge and Community volunteer and professional the Poway shooting. attended to issues of community safety and experience; and implement a sound security leaders have met with law enforcement “We are living in a new reality,” says security. Over the years, improvements to strategy which those involved hope will officials to learn about resources and develop Federation Board President Stephen Aronson. several area facilities have been achieved never have to be used. relationships with the front-line personnel “We are working hard - as we have for several through Homeland Security Grants, and Since November, Federation has who are the community’s partners in years - with individual organizations in the significant time and effort has been paid to convened community leaders to discuss training, prevention and response. Contact community to ensure access to grants, access developing security protocols. security issues, and this group continues lists were exchanged and there has been to training, and access to the expertise that Recent events, particularly the attacks to meet on a regular basis. In concert with regular contact between local organizations will keep us vigilant and safe.” against synagogues in Pittsburgh and Poway, the community-wide process, each of the and these important resources. The Federation has been seeking advice and have demonstrated the critical importance of communal organizations have convened Ann Arbor Police Department has been consultation from the Secure Community focusing even more effort as a community to and activated security committees and have particularly helpful in providing additional develop communication protocols; provide been thoughtfully and seriously assessing protection during community events for continued on next page 20 Washtenaw Jewish News A June / July / August 2019 Addressing Security Needs, continued from previous page Human Trafficking Panel Raises Awareness Sharyn J. Gallatin, Esq., special to the WJN Network (SCN), the national homeland n Wednesday, April 10, the Jewish Trafficking, Deborah Monroe, a human fortitude she demonstrated by leaving that life security initiative of The Jewish Federations Federation of Greater Ann Arbor’s trafficking survivor, Edee Franklin, founder and becoming a peer counselor to others. After of North America & the Conference of O Women’s Philanthropy presented of Sanctum House, the first long-term the panel presentations, there was an engaging Presidents of Major American Jewish The Real Truth About Human Trafficking: A safe house for adult survivors of human question and answer period where attendees Organizations. Through information Panel Discussion. trafficking, and Shrina Eadeh, LMSW, of asked thoughtful questions regarding how to sharing, security awareness, training and The event began with a special pre- Jewish Family Services. identify victims of human trafficking and how security consultation, SCN strives to glow dinner celebrating our Lions of Judah Each panelist shared their story and their to further educate our community. empower individuals, organizations and The program was the final campaign communities in establishing a culture event of the year, and Women’s Philanthropy of security awareness, preparedness and co-chairs Joyce Gerber and Sara Wohl spoke resiliency. A state-of-the-art emergency about the impact of Women’s Philanthropy notification and communication system on the Federation’s Annual Community (SCNAlert), made available and affordable Campaign. To date, women have contributed by the Secure Community Network, has over $261,900, which is approximately 20% been acquired and implemented, and the of the overall community campaign! They security committee continues to enhance look forward to building stronger, even more communications technology and protocols. vibrant Women’s Philanthropy engagement The National Director and CEO of SCN, aimed at growing a community of women Michael Masters, will address the community who have similar interests and commitments, at the Jewish Federation’s Annual Meeting, in particular around community-building Wednesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. at the JCC. and philanthropy. During his visit, Michael will consult with In addition to Joyce and Sara, the event the community security committee and with planning committee included Carol Hoffer, individual organizations to help prioritize Elyssa Koidin Schmier, Eileen Freed, Sarah Wohl, Joyce Gerber, Babette Levy-Daskin, Alyse Tankenow, Marci Sukenic, and Elyssa next steps needed to provide for a more and Marci Sukenic Koiden Schmier. prepared and secure community. For more information on Women’s For more information about community & Pomegranates in gratitude for their experience related to human trafficking. Philanthropy, please visit www. security or to become involved, please contact philanthropic leadership. Attendees were particularly moved by jewishannarbor.org. If you would like to get Eileen Freed at eileenfreed@jewishannarbor. Following dinner, over sixty women Deborah’s story of how her trafficker took more involved in planning future Women’s org or (734-773-3537). n gathered to hear from a remarkable panel: advantage of her youth and emotional Philanthropy events, please contact Sharyn Lt. Wendy Reyes of Oakland County’s vulnerability to essentially imprison her as a sex J. Gallatin at 734-773-3533 or sharyn@ Sheriff’s Department Task Force on Human worker. All were impressed by the bravery and jewishannarbor.org. n

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Milk and Honey Dishes for Shavuot Lonnie Sussman, staff writer ust one month ago I finished the where people brought gifts from their cools. Pour into a large pan or into smaller them in butter until nicely-browned on both column for Mothers’ Day. A few days harvests to the Temple in Jerusalem. Shavuot serving bowls and serve cold. sides. Serve with sour cream, stewed berries J later my mother, Simi Cutler, died. is described as the holiday of the “first fruits”. Variations: or other fruit compote. There has hardly There were celebratory meals and all were 1-2 tablespoons orange blossom water or been a column fed, including the poor, the widow, orphan rose water towards the end of the cooking. [Editor’s note: My mom often made blintzes for in the past two and stranger. I’ll leave the explanations and Garnish with chopped pistachios or almonds. Jewish and other occasions. She had a special years of writing interpretations of the holiday and its customs small cast iron pan that she tapped (well, these columns and traditions to the rabbis and scholars, but Add 1 teaspoon cardamom and 1 tablespoon slammed, if you know my mom) on a towel that didn’t have it’s hard to miss the connections between rose water a few minutes before the end of on the kitchen table to get the crepe out of the its genesis or basic physical and spiritual/emotional needs. cooking. pan before filling it. I can still hear the sound inspiration from The tradition of having a dairy meal Boil the milk with a stick of vanilla or add and try to replicate it when I make blintzes. her. I recently rather than a meat meal also goes back to a few drops of vanilla extract or the zest She used the recipe from Jewish Cookery by found more of biblical times. There are many reasons given of ½ lemon and serve with a sprinkling of Leah Leonard (her mother’s sister), which I her cookbooks to explain the tradition of a dairy meal, cinnamon. use, too.] and hundreds but I particularly love these two. First, in and hundreds Shir Hashirim, Song of Songs, the Torah Strawberry Soup, The Kosher of recipe cards is compared to milk and honey and in the Harrise placed in card files and folders filled as well as book of Deuteronomy the land of Israel is Palette Serves 8-10 This is a traditional Yemenite articles and recipes cut out from newspaper described as “flowing with milk and honey”. Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy, edited by dish from the Jewish community now in columns. I know that all future columns will Second, in late spring baby calves and kids Susie Fishbein, serves 4 Israel. Leah Hadad wrote this recipe and continue to be written under her influence. and lambs are born and there is an abundance Shavuot is also the time the first fruits of writes about Jewish Yemenite food on the In her final days we heard numerous stories of milk that is turned into cheese. the season were brought to the Temple. Web. about people, places and times that related Fast forward to celebrating Shavuot in In Michigan, one of our first fruits are 3- cups water to food. It is in her honor and memory that I Jewish communities all over the Diaspora strawberries. 2 cups coarse bulgur or kasha (roasted dedicate this column. and we find recipes for blintzes, kugels, wheat 1- pint fresh strawberries, stems re- buckwheat) Shavuot, the holiday celebrating the and cheesecakes. Here are some recipes moved 1 tsp. salt Giving of the Torah, had its origins in an with milk and honey (or sugar) to help you 1- tsp. vanilla extract 4 sticks unsalted butter ancient grain harvest festival. Shavuot was celebrate the Chag. 1 -ripe peach, peeled and chopped 6 fenugreek seeds, optional also one of the three pilgrimage holidays 5-6 Tb. sugar A cinnamon stick, optional 1-1/2 cups pineapple juice A clean glass jar mix in the apples, raisins and walnuts and ½ of an 8 oz. container of yogurt, plain Honey Jayne Harary’s Famous stir to combine. Finally add in the pineapple or vanilla Lukshen Kugel and fruit cocktail. Add a small amount of Combine strawberries, peach, juice, vanilla, Boil the water in one pot. Place the bulgur Dairy, serves 8-10 the syrup from the crushed pineapple to and sugar in a blender or food processor. and salt in a separate pot and add the boiling Jayne Harary was a lovely, sweet soul who moisten the kugel. Bake at 350 degrees in a Process until smooth. Stir in yogurt. Serve water to it. Cover the pot, leaving a small passed away last year. Tom, one of her large baking dish for 70-75 minutes. chilled space for steam to escape. Simmer on low sons, related this story about her kugel. She for 25-30 minutes. Stir with a fork to break learned to make it from her mother in the Milk and Rice Pudding Cheese Blintzes up lumps. early 1900s. When she came to Ann Arbor Roast the fenugreek seeds in a small pan over , Claudia Roden, Jewish Cookery by Leah W. Leonard makes she made the kugel for her family and for The Book of Jewish Food low heat for a few minutes, shaking often. serves 6 about 12 blintzes many friends. It was often a gift to welcome Add the butter and cook on low for about 20 2 eggs people new to the community. She also made Here is a basic recipe with variations that minutes. The milk solids will burn and sink it in smaller batches to sell for fundraisers at Jews from the Middle East used as a regular ½ cup flour ¾ cup water to the bottom and foam will form on top. the JCC. dairy dessert. It uses ground rice to thicken Remove the foam from the top as it appears 1-lb medium egg noodles the pudding. You can use rice flour or 1 Tbs. melted butter Pinch of salt and stir occasionally. While butter is cooking, 2 Tbs. canola oil cornstarch or a mixture of the two. you can hold the cinnamon stick over the Beat the eggs and add flour and water ½-cup brown sugar ¼ cup rice flour stove flame so that it smokes, then hold the 1tsp. cinnamon alternatively while beating with a fork. Work 5½ cups cold milk (use whole for richer jar upside down over the smoking cinnamon 6 eggs, well beaten flavor) in the melted butter and salt until you have stick to fill it with the smoke. Cover the jar 1- cup walnuts ½ cup sugar a thin batter. Add more butter to a pan and and let it stand for a few minutes. Repeat 3 1-cup raisins pour in a thin layer of the batter. As soon as Mix the rice flour with one cup of the cold times. When butter is amber gold, turn off 3-cups apples peeled, sliced thin and the underside is lightly browned, turn out on milk, slowly and mixing carefully to avoid the burner and let stand for 5 minutes. Pour diced a double layer of kitchen towel, browned side lumps. Meanwhile, bring the rest of the milk the clarified butter into the smoked jar but 1- 15-oz. can fruit cocktail, remove to a boil in a pot. Pour the rice and milk up. Repeat until the batter is done. cherries leave the residue on the bottom of the pot. mixture in, stirring vigorously and then Filling for the cheese blintzes 1- 20-oz. can crushed pineapple. save Let cool to room temperature. Cover and put cook on very low heat, stirring continuously 1 -pound cottage cheese or cream cheese syrup in refrigerator and use as needed. until the mixture thickens. This may take 2 Tbs. sugar To assemble the harries, scoop 2/3 cup of Cook the noodles according to the directions 15-20 minutes. The goal is no lumps. Let 1 egg yolk hot bulgur into a bowl. Add a teaspoon of on the package. Drain in colander and pour the mixture cook for a few more minutes. clarified butter and a teaspoon of honey or hot water over them to rinse, drain again. And then stir in the sugar and cook until Dash of salt and cinnamon to taste. Place in large bowl and add 2 Tbs. oil on top it dissolves. Stir with a wooden spoon but Mix with a fork to a spreadable consistency. of the noodles and mix well. Mix cinnamon don’t scrape the bottom of the pot because Spread evenly and roll up each blintz, and sugar together and add to the beaten sometimes the milk sticks and you don’t tucking in the ends. Cut in two, and then fry eggs, mixing well. Combine the cinnamon, want that in the final pudding product. The sugar, egg mixture with the noodles. Then milk pudding will continue to thicken as it

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TBE Events June, July and August 2019 Beth Israel Summer Events Nellie Stansbury, special to the WJN Elliot Sorkin, special to the WJN Families with Young Children (FYC): Tot This service takes the place of Shabbat Achat Annual Congregation Meeting and Shabbat meets on the second and fourth Shabbat Service and falls on the fourth Friday of each month. Saturday of each month downstairs in room Dessert Reception 15. This program is also open to nonmembers. Fridays, June 7, 14 & 21, July 5, 12, 19, 26 and Euchre Night Sunday, June 16, 7 p.m. August 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, 5:45 p.m., TBE Sanctuary Saturday, June 1, July 6 and August 3, 8:00 p.m., Beth Israel’s Annual Congregation Meeting Family Service and Dinner 5:45 p.m. | Tot (0–5 year olds) Shabbat Services 8:00 p.m., TBE Adult Lounge includes a dessert reception, the election of June 14, 5:45 p.m. – 7:30 p. m. with Rabbi Whinston and Cantor Hayut Grab a partner or come alone! All levels new Beth Israel board members and officers Families, individuals, and everyone else are 6:15 p.m. Dinner for Tot Shabbat | 6:45 p.m. welcome. Contact Dave Ostreicher, djostrei@ for the 2019-2020 membership year and their invited to participate in a family-friendly Shira Service umich.edu, with questions. installation, the presentation of Honorable service and dinner. From 5:45 – 6:30 p.m., folks All of your favorite songs led by TBE’s tot team, Menschen Awards to volunteers who have made gather around a gigantic Shabbat table filled Cantor Hayut and Rabbi Whinston. Advanced Meditation with a difference over the past year, and the approval with candles, tzedakah boxes, and challot, and Join us for macaroni and cheese, fish sticks, Linda Greene of the budget for the coming fiscal year. Beth sing while accompanied by camp-style guitar. applesauce, and a salad bar immediately following Thursdays, June 6, 13, 20 & 27, July 4, 11, 18, 25 Israel’s achievements over the past year will be In the glow of candles, Shabbat prayers are the short service. Dinner is just $5 per person. and August 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29,1:00 p.m., TBE Chapel marked, and goals for the upcoming year will sung, and a brief teaching is given by Rabbi Buy a punch card ahead of time for a discounted Linda Greene offers brief Jewish teachings and be announced. Caine. Then kiddush is sung followed by a price. Punch cards are available in the TBE office. family-friendly dairy dinner. There is no charge T-shirt and Baseball Cap Shabbat with for the dinner, but RSVPs must be made to Kiddush Honoring Elliot Sorkin on his Beth at [email protected]. The dinner Retirement is sponsored by Jack and Surry Scheerer, and Saturday, June 8, 9:30 a.m. Beverly Gershowitz. This is the Shabbat when both congregants and visitors are encouraged to wear a T-Shirt Beth Israel Presents: A County Fair! (university/camp/vacation spot) along with Sunday, June 23, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. one’s favorite baseball cap. Coordinated Come one, come all, to the Beth Israel County T-Shirt/Baseball cap outfits are especially Fair! This family-friendly event is for everyone, welcome. Elliot Sorkin will lead the Psukei individuals, couples, and families with children D’zimra service, and chant the Haftarah. After of all ages and features games (a dunk tank, 21 years of service, he is retiring as the first cupcake walk, and a basketball throw to just Executive Director of Beth Israel Congregation. name a few), handmade crafts available for sale The service concludes with a Hot Dog and in the crafts tent, refreshments, and a festive Veggie Dog Kiddush. dairy dinner served family style. Entertainment TBE delegation to the Religious Action Center’s Consultation on Conscience, May 19-21. Cantor includes a roving fiddler and square dancing Regina Lambert-Hayut, Trina Fuller, Ken Wachsberger, AJ Egherman, Sonya Nagel Lewis, Rabbi Josh Shavuot at Beth Israel with a Jewish spin. As part of the festivities at the Whinston and Carol Freedman-Doan. Saturday, June 8, 9 p.m. Tikkun Leil Shavuot Beth Israel County Fair, a beautiful Kaffe Fasset Sunday and Monday June 10 and June 11, Mystery Quilt will be raffled off. Kaffe Fasset Weekly Lunch & Learn leads a 20-30 minute meditation time. Contact morning service at 9:30 a.m. is an internationally recognized artist, whose Linda Greene, [email protected], with Beth Israel’s celebration of Shavuot includes knit patterns and quilt designs, both in fabric, Fridays, June 7, 14, 21 & 28, July 5, 12, 19, 26 and questions. study sessions (Tikkun Leil Shavuot) on are projects that are bright, colorful, and always August 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, TBE Adult Lounge, Noon Saturday evening, with a Maariv service at 9:00 interesting. Raffle tickets can be pre-purchased Rabbi Whinston meets on Fridays for an Shavuot Study Session p.m. and a delicious cheesecake oneg. For more or purchased on the night of the event for the informal discussion about religion. Sessions are Saturday, June 8, 8:00 p.m., TBE Adult Lounge information about the Tikkun, please visit Beth mystery quilt and other items. New this year - open to the entire community. Feel free to bring Join us as we discuss Shavuot and eat cheesecake Israel’s website. children 12 and under are free and encouraged your lunch. with Rabbi Whinston, Cantor Hayut, Rabbi Shavuot, the “Feast of Weeks,” is celebrated to attend. Youth from ages 13 – 24 are $18 per Women of TBE: Alter and others! seven weeks after Passover. Since the counting person. Adults tickets, based on contribution of this period begins on the second evening of levels, start at $36 per person. Contact the Beth Historical Novel Reading Group Shavuot Yizkor Service & Luncheon Passover, Shavuot takes place exactly 50 days Israel office for more information at office@ Monday, June 10, 12:30 p.m., TBE Library Monday, June 10, 11:00 a.m., TBE Chapel & after the first seder. It marks both the giving bethisrael-aa.org. The WTBE Reading Group meets on the second Social Hall of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the time of Monday of each month, October through June. Boogie, Bounce, Barbecue and Barchu Join TBE for our annual Shavuot service and the ancient grain harvest festival. The book of Contact Molly Lindner, [email protected]. luncheon. Friday July 12 5:30 p.m. (Bounce House) 6 p.m. Ruth is chanted during this holiday at Beth Dinner Saturday Torah Study Pride Shabbat Israel on the first day of the holiday). Its story This is Beth Israel’s first barbecue of the season Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22 & 29, July 6, 13, 20, 17 Friday, June 28, 6:30 p.m., TBE Sanctuary takes place during a barley harvest and Ruth’s for individuals, couples and families. Diners and August 12, 10, 17, 24 & 31, 8:50 a.m. Join TBE for a Pride Shabbat Service, celebrating assumption of Naomi’s religion is said to reflect will enjoy a delicious grilled hamburger and Join us for this weekly discussion of the Torah LGBTQ people and their contributions to the Israelites’ acceptance of the Torah at Sinai. hot dog dinner (veggie alternatives available) portion led by Rabbi Whinston. our community. Enjoy a dinner catered by a Shavuot is one of the holidays on which both followed by an outdoor Friday evening service queer-friendly/owned local restaurant at 5:45 Hallel, the Psalms of Praise, is sung and Yizkor, in Beth Israel’s courtyard. The cost is $13 for Women’s Torah Study pm before the service and a display of Abbie the memorial service, is observed. Yizkor takes adults, $9 for children aged four to ten, and Mondays, June 10 & 24, July 8 and August 6, Lawrence-Jacob’s artwork. place on June 11 at approximately 11:00 a.m. children three and under are free. RSVP by 7:00 p.m. to Beth at [email protected] or register An in-depth study and lively discussion Introduction to the Sephirot Mini Minyan online at www.bethisrael-aa.org. Payment will of the week’s Torah portion led by Cantor Thursdays, June 6, 13, 20 & 27, July 4, 11, 18, 25 Saturday, June 8 and 22, 11:15 a.m. be accepted before the meal. Regina Hayut. The group will explore various and August 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2:00 p.m., TBE Chapel Every second and fourth Shabbat of the passages from the portion looking at several Learn about the names of the sephirot and month, at 11:15 a.m., Beth Israel offers a Courtyard Musical Shabbat translations and commentaries from a variety their history in Jewish tradition and mysticism, service for elementary school age children. Friday, July 19, 6 p.m. of scholars from Talmudic times to the modern led by Linda Greene. Contact Linda Greene, The service includes Shabbat prayers and fun Participants enjoy a peaceful introduction day. No Hebrew knowledge necessary to [email protected], with questions. educational activities. The children will join the to Shabbat with a Beatles inspired Kabbalat participate in the discussion. For questions, main congregation for the final prayers in the Shabbat Service led by Rav Nadav, along with contact Cantor Regina Hayut at cantorhayut@ Brotherhood BBQ sanctuary. Mini Minyan is led by Aaron Brody. a Ian Sharpe on guitar, in Beth Israel’s outdoor templebethemeth.org. Brotherhood serves BBQ to the congregation in courtyard. this annual rite of summer. Menu includes the Tot Shabbat Guitar-led Shabbat Service following: hotdogs and buns, potato salad, cole Saturday, June 8 and 22, July 13 and 27, and Backyard Shabbat Fridays, June 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m., TBE Sanctuary slaw, pickles, coffee and lemonade. A link for August 10 and 24, 11:15 a.m. Friday July 26 A special, song-filled, musical celebration with registration and payment will be emailed out Tot Shabbat is our special Shabbat morning Young Families are invited to enjoy a relaxing singing, dancing, guitar, and a big dose of ruach. in TBE’s weekly announcements. Contact Bill program for preschoolers and their parents backyard Shabbat experience with a dairy It’s how we provide another gateway to prayer. Parkus, [email protected], with questions. n with songs, stories, prayers, and the Shabbat dinner, pot luck side dishes, and desserts held at “Mystery Box” It is led by Alona Henig. Tot Continued on page 24 Washtenaw Jewish News A June / July / August 2019 23 ICalendar

BIC, Continued from page 23 Annual Meeting: Jewish Federation and Jewish Shavuos afternoon and evening services: Chabad. June 2019 Community Foundation of Greater Ann Arbor. 7 p.m. At the JCC, 7p.m. a private home. Interested families are asked to Grillin’ 2019: Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower Lev- contact the Beth Israel office at 665-9897. 5055 Ann Arbor Saline Rd. Tickets are $75 in ad- Saturday 1 el. Join the Theology Book Club to read and dis- vance or $85 at the door. Kids (ages 3-13) are $10, cuss books on Jewish thought and beliefs. 8 p.m. and kids under 3 are free. 3 – 8 p.m. Family Days at the Beth Israel Garden Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah at County Farm Park portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30-10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 21 and August 18, 10:00 a.m. - noon Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited Thursday 6 Monday 10 Please join Beth Israel Congregation’s Activities and lively Tot friendly service. For tots ages Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- Shavuot Morning Service: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Department and Social Action Committee for 0–5 years old and their families with singing, vanced 1-2 p.m., a morning at its Faith and Food garden in storytime, and a kids’ Kiddush to follow. Non- Shavuot services: Chabad. 9:45 a.m. morning ser- County Farm Park (2230 Platt Rd., Ann Arbor). members welcome and encouraged to attend. Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: TBE. vices, at 11:00 a.m., Yizkor Memorial Services, All ages are welcome regardless of gardening For details, email welcome@annarborminyan. 2 p.m. 8:45 p.m. fternoon and evening services. experience. Participants will be weeding, org. 11:15 a.m.– noon. Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. Shavuot Yizkor Service and Luncheon: TBE. 11 a.m. planting, picking produce as it’s ready, and Bat Mitzvah Service: Leila Bank: TBE. 10:00 a.m. – Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 7:30-9:00 p.m. WTBE Historical Novel Reading Group: TBE. enjoying the wonders of burgeoning life, fresh 12:15 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. Sharpen your 12:30–2:30 p.m. air, and sunshine. County Farm Park also has Euchre Night: TBE. Adult Lounge. Grab a partner wits and knowledge of the Jewish legal system by Women’s Torah Study: TBE. An in-depth study a delightful playground, paved and unpaved or come alone! All levels welcome. Contact Dave following the intriguing discussions in the Talmud. and lively discussion of the week’s Torah walking trails, and restrooms, making it a lovely Ostreicher, [email protected], with questions. The Talmud is a composite of practical law, logical portion led by Cantor Regina Hayut. The destination for all ages, whether you can help 8–9:30 p.m. argumentation and moral teachings. Study from group will explore various passages from in the garden for 20 minutes or 2 hours. Meet Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. the original Talmud tractate. 8 p.m. Thursdays. the portion looking at several translations at the entrance to the garden at 10:00 a.m. or and commentaries from a variety of schol- find the Beth Israel garden by taking the first Sunday 2 Friday 7 ars from Talmudic times to the modern day. path up the hill on the left after entering the No Hebrew knowledge necessary to partici- garden area. As a requirement of the Faith and Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi pate in the discussion. For questions, con- Food program, the majority of produce from basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- tact Cantor Regina Hayut at cantorhayut@ the garden is donated to Food Gatherers of and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Sundays. cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the templebethemeth.org. 7–9 p.m. Washtenaw County. Celebrate Israel Family Festival: JCC. 3 - 6p.m. entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. Shabbat in the Park Noon–1 p.m. Tuesday 11 Friday August 9, 6 p.m. Monday 3 Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat (0- County Farm Park (2230 Platt Rd., Ann Arbor) 5yrs) from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat Dinner June Cookout Picnic at the J: Noon-1 p.m. Shabbat in the Park is Beth Israel’s annual ORT Ann Arbor Spring Dinner: JCC. “Meeting Ed- from 6:15–6:45 p.m. 6:45 p.m. Shira Service Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. outdoor Kabbalat Shabbat service and potluck ucational Challenges in Israel through ORT: A Shabbat Service and Confirmation: TBE. 7:30 – 9 Reading the Torah may be easy, but understand- dinner at County Farm Park. Participants are View from the Ground,” The speaker will be Ba- p.m. ing it is no simple matter. Study of the text with asked to meet at 6:00 p.m. under the pavilions bette Daskin, who visited Kadima Mada (“Sci- Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. the classical Rashi commentary. 8 p.m. just inside the Platt Rd. park entrance. They are ence Journey”) schools in Israel in Fall, 2018. Brotherhood Hebrew Bible Study: TBE. asked to bring a vegetarian (dairy or pareve) Members and prospective members are invited Saturday 8 7:30-9:00 p.m. dish to share. Beth Israel will provide vegetarian to attend. Please rsvp with a check for $36 to Joan lasagna, macaroni and cheese, drinks, and place Levitt, [email protected]. Rides are available if Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah Wednesday 12 settings, as well as grape juice for kiddush and needed. 6:30 p.m. portion led by Rabbi Whinston 8:50–9:50 a.m. challah for motzi. In case of inclement weather, WTBE Fiber Arts: TBE, Adult Lounge. All are wel- T-shirt and Baseball Cap Shabbat with Kiddush All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. the event will be moved to Beth Israel with come – beginners to experts, we help each other Honoring Elliot Sorkin on his Retirement BIC. 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. the potluck held at the Garfunkel- Schteingart to get better at our craft. We have some project 9:30 a.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading Activities Building at 2010 Washtenaw ideas and materials to help you out. As a group Eli Revzen Bar Mitzvah: AARC. At the JCC. 10 a. m. Group): JCC. See first Wednesday 10:45 a.m. we will be knitting hats for cancer patients that Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited Tisha B’av (The 9th of Av) can be completed successfully as a beginner. For and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. Saturday night, August 10. 9:15 p.m. and Sunday, Thursday 13 more information contact Martha Weintraub at Tot Shabbat: BIC. This special Shabbat morning August 11, 9:30 a.m. [email protected]. 7:30–9 p.m. program is for preschoolers and their parents Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- The 9th of Av marks the destruction of the with songs, stories, prayers, and the Shabbat vanced 1-2 p.m., first and second temples and other tragedies Tuesday 4 “Mystery Box.” It is led by Alona Henig. Tot Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: occurring in Jewish history. Both services Shabbat meets on the second and fourth Satur- TBE. 2 p.m. include the chanting of Megillat Eicha, the day of each month downstairs in room 15. This Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. Book of Lamentations. This book, read only Reading the Torah may be easy, but understand- program is also open to nonmembers.11:15 a.m. JCC Annual Meeting: JCC. 7 – 8 p.m. on Tisha B’av, is full of poignant images of ing it is no simple matter. Study of the text with Mini Minyan: BIC. The service for elementary destruction and pain and yet, underneath the classical Rashi commentary. 8 p.m. school age children will include Shabbat prayers Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first all of its sadness, is a hope for a return and a and fun educational activities. The children will Thursday of month for details. 8 p.m. reconciliation with God. join the main congregation for the final prayers Thursdays. Wednesday 5 in the sanctuary. 11:15 a.m. Shabbat at Rav Nadav’s House with All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. Shavuot Study Session: TBE 8 p.m. Friday 14 Potluck 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. Tikkun Leil Shavuot: BIC. 9 p.m. Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi Friday, August 16 and 23, 6 p.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading Tikkun Leil Shavuot (Night of Learning): AARC. Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- Rav Nadav hosts these very warm and “homey” Group): JCC. After many years at the Michigan At the JCC. AARC joins with Kehillat Israel, the cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the musical Friday night services and dinners at his League, we now meet at the Ann Arbor JCC, Lansing Reconstructionist Congregation, for. The entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. own home. Everyone is welcome to attend, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, service is followed by a dairy dessert potluck and Noon–1 p.m. even if they are not bringing a dish to pass. Conference Room. We’re experimenting with havdalah. More info at aarecon.org. 6:30 p.m. Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat (0- Watch the Beth Israel website (www.bethisrael- combining the long-time Yiddish reading group Celebration of Shavuos: Chabad. Afternoon and 5yrs) from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat Dinner aa.org) for more information and signup. and the conversational one, about 37½ minutes evening services, followed by Festive meal and all from 6:15–6:45 p.m. 6:45 p.m. Shira Service. each of conversation and reading. Free and open night learning. 8:50 p.m. All Programs Open to General Family Service and Dinner: BIC. RSVP online at to all who are interested in Yiddish language and Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. Community. culture, no matter what level of proficiency, re- www.bethisrael-aa.org. 5:45 p.m. All of Beth Israel’s events, educational gardless of age. All manner of topics are covered Shabbat Service with adult choir Kol Halev: TBE. offerings, and recreational programs are open with an effort to improve participants’ Yiddish Sunday 9 7:30 – 9 p.m. to the general community. If you would like speaking and reading skills, especially vocabulary. Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. further information, please call 665-9897 or Everyone is welcome to join in at any time, or to Shavuot Morning Service: BIC. 9:30 a.m. visit www.bethisrael-aa.org, or Beth Israel’s just listen. For more information and to make cer- Shavuos morning services: Chabad. All children Saturday 15 facebook page. tain that we are meeting on a specificday, please are invited to come and hear the Ten Command- e-mail Elliot H. Gertel at [email protected] or ments, Ice Cream party for the children, and Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah call Lily Ladin at (734) 662-6613 at least one day then followed by our annual festive dairy meal portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30-10:30 a.m. before scheduled meeting day. 10:45 a.m. for everyone. 9:45 a.m.

24 Washtenaw Jewish News A June / July / August 2019 Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. Saturday 22 and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. Shabbat services: See listing at end ofalendar. Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. Sunday 7 Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah Sunday 16 portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30-10:30a.m. Sunday 30 Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the B’not Mitzvah Service: Juliana Brenner and Naya basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the Loftus: TBE. 10:00-11:00 a.m. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty Tot Shabbat: BIC. See June 8 11:15 a.m. basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Monday 8 Reception for artist Shel Markel at the Amster Gal- and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. Women’s Torah Study: TBE.. For questions, con- lery: JCC 4 - 6:00 p.m. Mini Minyan: BIC. The service for elementary tact Cantor Regina Hayut at cantorhayut@tem- school age children will include Shabbat July 2019 plebethemeth.org. 7–9 p.m. Monday 17 prayers and fun educational activities. The children will join the main congregation for WTBE Fiber Arts: TBE, Adult Lounge. For more the final prayers in the sanctuary. 11:15 a.m. Tuesday 9 information contact Martha Weintraub at wein- Monday 1 Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. July Cookout Picnic at the J: Noon-1 p.m. [email protected]. 7:30–9 p.m. Kindertransport Special Exhibit opens: HMC. Will Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Sunday 23 be on display until December. Tuesday 18 Reading the Torah may be easy, but understand- WTBE Fiber Arts: TBE, Adult Lounge. For more ing it is no simple matter. Study of the text with TBE Families Monthly Meet-Up: Offiste. 10a.m.- information contact Martha Weintraub at wein- the classical Rashi commentary. 8 p.m. Tea and Torah on Tuesday–for Women: Chabad. 8 Noon. p.m. See first Tuesday of month. [email protected]. 7:30–9 p.m. Brotherhood Hebrew Bible Study: TBE. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty Tuesday 2 Wednesday 19 and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Wednesday 10 All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. Unspoken Truths: The Holocaust through Women’s Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. Voices, lecture by Phyllis Lassner: HMC. 11:15 a.m. Reading the Torah may be easy, but understand- 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. ing it is no simple matter. Study of the text with Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading A County Fair: BIC. 5 – 9 p.m Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading the classical Rashi commentary. 8 p.m. Group): JCC. For more information and to Group): JCC. For more information and to make make certain that we are meeting on a specific Monday 24 Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. certain that we are meeting on a specific day, day, please e-mail Elliot H. Gertel at egertel@ Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE 7:30 – 9 p.m. please e-mail Elliot H. Gertel at egertel@umich. umich.edu or call Lily Ladin at (734) 662-6613 Tuesday 25 edu or call Lily Ladin at (734) 662-6613 at least at least one day before scheduled meeting day. Wednesday 3 one day before scheduled meeting day. 10:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Tea and Torah on Tuesday–for Women: Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower Lev- Author Jennifer Weiner and Cynthia Canti: Literati Chabad. 8 p.m. See first Tuesday of month. All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. el. Join the Theology Book Club to read and dis- Bookstore at the JCC. 7:00 p.m. 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. cuss books on Jewish thought and beliefs. 8 p.m. Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower Lev- Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading Group): el. Join the Theology Book Club to read and dis- Wednesday 26 JCC. For more information and to make certain Thursday 11 cuss books on Jewish thought and beliefs. 8 p.m. that we are meeting on a specific day, please e-mail All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. Elliot H. Gertel at [email protected] or call Lily Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- Thursday 20 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. Ladin at (734) 662-6613 at least one day before vanced 1-2 p.m., Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading scheduled meeting day. 10:45 a.m. Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: TBE. Third Thursday @ the J: JCC. The Jewish Com- Group): JCC. See first Wednesday 10:45 a.m. Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower Lev- 2 p.m. munity Center of Greater Ann Arbor (734) 971- Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower Lev- el. Join the Theology Book Club to read and dis- Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. cuss books on Jewish thought and beliefs. 8 p.m. 0990. Alternative Movements in Judaism. With el. Join the Theology Book Club to read and dis- Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE 7:30 – 9 p.m. SooJi Min-Miranda, Julie Gales and Clare Kin- cuss books on Jewish thought and beliefs. 8 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first Thurs- berg. Noon–1 p.m. Thursday 4 day of month for details. 8 p.m. Thursdays. Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- Thursday 27 vanced 1-2 p.m., Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- vanced 1-2 p.m., Friday 12 Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: TBE. Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: TBE. 2 p.m. vanced 1-2 p.m., Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi 2 p.m. Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first Thurs- TBE Brotherhood Guy’s Night Out: offsite. TBE. 2 p.m. cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the day of month for details. 8 p.m. Thursdays. 6:30-8 p.m. Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. Noon–1 p.m. Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE 7:30 – 9 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first Thurs- Friday 5 Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat (0- day of month for details. 8 p.m. Thursdays. 5yrs) from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat Dinner Friday 21 Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi from 6:15–6:45 p.m. Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- Boogie, Bounce, Barbecue and Barchu: BIC. 6 p.m. Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi Friday 28 cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the Lay-led Shabbat Service: TBE. Sanctuary 7:30–9 p.m. Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi Noon–1 p.m. Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat (0- Noon–1 p.m. cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the 5yrs) from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat Dinner Saturday 13 entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat (0- from 6:15–6:45 p.m. 6:45 p.m. Shira Service 5yrs) from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat Dinner Noon–1 p.m. Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah Lay Led Shabbat Service: TBE. 7:30 – 9 p.m. from 6:15–6:45 p.m. 6:45 p.m. Shira Service. Tot Dinner: TBE 6 – 6:30 p.m. portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. Brotherhood BBQ: TBE.6 – 7:15 p.m. Pride Shabbat and Guitar-led Shabbat Service: Otto Nelson Bar Mitzvah: AARC. At the JCC. 10 a.m. Family Shabbat: JCS. At the JCC. Dinner from a TBE. Sanctuary 6:30–8 p.m. Saturday 6 Tot Shabbat: BIC. See June 8 11:15 a.m. local restaurant follows a short observance that Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited includes secular readings, songs, candle lighting, Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. wine, and challah. Children are welcome. Dinner Saturday 29 portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. is free for JCS members. The cost of dinner for Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited non-members is $10/person or $25/family. Reg- Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. Sunday 14 istration is required: www.jewishculturalsociety. portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30-10:30 a.m. Euchre Night: TBE. Adult Lounge. Grab a part- org/observances/shabbat/.6:30 p.m. Bat Mitzvah Service: Kayla Wiseman: TBE. ner or come alone! All levels welcome. Contact Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. 10-11a.m. Dave Ostreicher, [email protected], with basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty questions. 8–9:30 p.m. and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m.

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Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower Lev- Monday 15 Wednesday 24 el. Join the Theology Book Club to read and dis- Wednesday 7 cuss books on Jewish thought and beliefs. 8 p.m. WTBE Fiber Arts: TBE, Adult Lounge. For more All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. JCC Maccabi Games and Arts Fest information contact Martha Weintraub at wein- 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. [email protected]. 7:30–9 p.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. Tuesday 16 Group): JCC. For more information and to August 2019 Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading Tea and Torah on Tuesday–for Women: Chabad. 8 make certain that we are meeting on a specific Group): JCC. For more information and to p.m. See first Tuesday of month. day, please e-mail Elliot H. Gertel at egertel@ make certain that we are meeting on a specific umich.edu or call Lily Ladin at (734) 662- day, please e-mail Elliot H. Gertel at egertel@ Wednesday 17 6613 at least one day before scheduled meeting Thursday 1 umich.edu or call Lily Ladin at (734) 662-6613 day. 10:45 a.m. at least one day before scheduled meeting day. Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower Lev- 10:45 a.m. vanced 1-2 p.m., 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. el. Join the Theology Book Club to read and dis- Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower Lev- Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: TBE. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading cuss books on Jewish thought and beliefs. 8 p.m. el. Join the Theology Book Club to read and dis- 2 p.m. Group): JCC. For more information and to cuss books on Jewish thought and beliefs. 8 p.m. make certain that we are meeting on a specific Thursday 25 Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. day, please e-mail Elliot H. Gertel at egertel@ Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Thursday 8 umich.edu or call Lily Ladin at (734) 662-6613 Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. Sharpen your at least one day before scheduled meeting day. vanced 1-2 p.m., wits and knowledge of the Jewish legal system JCC Maccabi Games and Arts Fest 10:45 a.m. Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: TBE. by following the intriguing discussions in the Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower 2 p.m. Talmud. The Talmud is a composite of practical vanced 1-2 p.m., Level. Join the Theology Book Club to read and Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. law, logical argumentation and moral teachings. Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: discuss books on Jewish thought and beliefs. 8 Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Study from the original Talmud tractate. 8 p.m. TBE. 2 p.m. Thursdays. p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. Thursday of month for details. 8 p.m. Thursdays. Friday 2 Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Thursday 18 Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- Friday 26 Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi Thursday of month for details. 8 p.m. Thursdays. Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- vanced 1-2 p.m., Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: TBE. Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- Friday 9 entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. 2 p.m. cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the Noon–1 p.m. Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. Family Shabbat: JCS. At the JCC. Dinner from a Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- TBE Brotherhood Guy’s Night Out: offsite. 6:30-8 Noon–1 p.m. local restaurant follows a short observance that cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the p.m. Backyard Shabbat: BIC. At family homes. Contact entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. BIC office 734-665-9897. includes secular readings, songs, candle lighting, Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 7:30-9:00 p.m. wine, and challah. Children are welcome. Din- Noon–1 p.m. Tot Shabbat: TBE. 5:45 – 6:15p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first Thurs- ner is free for JCS members. The cost of dinner Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat (0- day of month for details. 8 p.m. Thursdays. Brotherhood BBQ: TBE.6 – 7:15 p.m. for non-members is $10/person or $25/family. 5yrs) from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Lay-led Shabbat Service: TBE. Sanctuary 7:30–9 p.m. Registration is required: www.jewishculturalso- Brotherhood BBQ: TBE.6 – 7:15 p.m. Friday 19 Friday evening services: See listing at the end of the ciety.org/observances/shabbat/.6:30 p.m. Lay-led Shabbat Service: TBE. Sanctuary 7:30–9 p.m. calendar. Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat (0- Shabbat in the Park: BIC at County Farm Park Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi 5yrs) from 5:45–6:15 p.m. (2230 Platt Rd., Ann Arbor). 6 p.m. Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- Saturday 27 Brotherhood BBQ: TBE.6 – 7:15 p.m. Friday evening services: See listing at end the calendar. cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the Lay-led Shabbat Service: TBE. Sanctuary 7:30–9 p.m. entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. Saturday 10, Erev Tisha B’Av Noon–1 p.m. portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30–10:30 a.m. Courtyard Musical Shabbat. BIC. 6 p.m. Tot Shabbat: BIC. See June 8 11:15 a.m. Saturday 3 Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah Tot Shabbat: TBE. 5:45 – 6:15p.m. Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30–10:30 a.m. Brotherhood BBQ: TBE.6 – 7:15 p.m. and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited Lay-led Shabbat Service: TBE. Sanctuary 7:30–9 Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30–10:30 a.m. and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. p.m. Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited Tot Shabbat: BIC. See June 8 11:15 a.m. Friday evening services: See listing at the end of the Sunday 28 and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. Tisha B’Av Maariv Service: BIC. 9:15 p.m. calendar. Euchre Night: TBE. 8:00-9:30 p.m. Evening Services for Tisha B’Ov: Chabad. Fast be- TBE Families Monthly Meet-Up: Offiste. 10a.m.- Shabbat services: See listing at the end of the cal- gins on Saturday evening August 10, at sundown Noon. Saturday 20 endar. 8:43 p.m., services at 9:40 p.m. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty Sunday 4 portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited JCC Maccabi Games and Arts Fest Sunday 11, Tisha B’Av and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. Monday 29 Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the Shabbat services: See listing at the end of the calen- basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty Tisha B’Av Shaharit Service: BIC. 9:30 a.m. dar. Tuesday 30 and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Tisha B’Ov Morning service: Chabad. 9 a.m. After- noon and evening services at 8:00 p.m., fast ends Sunday 21 Tea and Torah on Tuesday–for Women: Chabad. 8 Monday 5 on at 9:20 p.m. p.m. See first Tuesday of month. Fast of 17 Tamuz: Chabad. Fast begins at 4:30 AM, JCC Maccabi Games and Arts Fest Monday 12 Morning services 9 a.m., afternoon and evening Wednesday 31 WTBE Fiber Arts: TBE, Adult Lounge. For more services at 8:35 p.m. Fast ends at 9:50 p.m., information contact Martha Weintraub at wein- Women’s Torah Study: TBE.. For questions, con- Family Days at the Beth Israel Garden at County All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. [email protected]. 7:30–9 p.m. tact Cantor Regina Hayut at cantorhayut@tem- Farm Park: 10 a.m.- Noon 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. plebethemeth.org. 7–9 p.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading Tuesday 6 Group): JCC. For more information and to Tuesday 13 Monday 22 make certain that we are meeting on a specific JCC Maccabi Games and Arts Fest day, please e-mail Elliot H. Gertel at egertel@ Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Brotherhood Hebrew Bible Study: TBE. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Tuesday 23 umich.edu or call Lily Ladin at (734) 662-6613 Reading the Torah may be easy, but understand- Tea and Torah on Tuesday–for Women: Chabad. 8 Tea and Torah on Tuesday–for Women: Chabad. 8 at least one day before scheduled meeting day. ing it is no simple matter. Study of the text with p.m. See first Tuesday of month. p.m. See first Tuesday of month. 10:45 a.m. the classical Rashi commentary. 8 p.m.

26 Washtenaw Jewish News A June / July / August 2019 Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower Lev- Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. Shabbat Services: BIC. 9:30 a.m. For other ser- Wednesday 14 el. Join the Theology Book Club to read and dis- Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 7:30-9:00 p.m. vice times, visit www.bethisrael-aa.org. cuss books on Jewish thought and beliefs. 8 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first Thurs- Shabbat Services: AARC. Second Saturday of All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. day of month for details. 8 p.m. Thursdays. each month at the JCC. 10 a.m. Ta-Shma/ 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. Thursday 22 Come and Learn. Service begins at 10:30 a.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading Friday 30 Traditional liturgy with music, chanting and Group): JCC. For more information and to Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- contemporary readings and discussion. For make certain that we are meeting on a specific vanced 1-2 p.m., Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi information, email [email protected], phone day, please e-mail Elliot H. Gertel at egertel@ Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: TBE. Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- (734) 445-1910, or visit www.aarecon.org. umich.edu or call Lily Ladin at (734) 662-6613 2 p.m. cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the Shabbat Services: Chabad. Friday night ser- at least one day before scheduled meeting day. Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. vices at Shabbat candle lighting time. Satur- 10:45 a.m. Noon–1 p.m. day morning services at 9:45 a.m. Afternoon Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower Lev- Tot Shabbat: TBE. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Mincha services 45 minutes before sundown. el. Join the Theology Book Club to read and dis- Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first Brotherhood BBQ: TBE.6 – 7:15 p.m. Call (734) 995-3276 for Home Hospitality and cuss books on Jewish thought and beliefs. 8 p.m. Thursday of month for details. 8 p.m. Thursdays. Meals for Shabbat and Jewish Holidays. Lay-led Shabbat Service: TBE. Sanctuary 7:30–9 p.m Shabbat Services: Pardes Hannah. Gener- Shabbat at Rav Nadav’s House with Potluck: BIC. Friday 23 6 p.m. ally meets the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. Call (734) 663-4039 for more infor- Thursday 15 Friday evening services: See listing at the end of the Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi mation. 10 a.m. Led by Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg. Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- calendar. Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- Shabbat Services: TBE. Torah Study at 8:50 a.m. cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the vanced 1-2 p.m., Morning Minyan with Rabbi Josh Whinston entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: TBE. Saturday 31 and Cantor Regina Lambert-Hayut at 9:30 Noon–1 p.m. 2 p.m. a.m. Sanctuary Service at 10 a.m. most weeks. Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah Tot Shabbat: TBE. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Call the office at (734) 665-4744 or consult Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30–10:30 a.m. Brotherhood BBQ: TBE.6 – 7:15 p.m. website at www.templebethemeth.org for ser- Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited Lay-led Shabbat Service: TBE. Sanctuary 7:30–9 p.m vice details. and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. Shabbat at Rav Nadav’s House with Potluck: BIC. 6 p.m. Home Hospitality and Meals: Chabad. Every Friday 16 Shabbat services: See listing at end of alendar. Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. Shabbat and Holiday. Call (734) 995-3276 in Lunch and Learn: TBE. Adult Lounge. Rabbi advance. Whinston meets on Fridays for an informal dis- Weekly Friday night Shabbat services Saturday 24 Shabbat Service: AAOM. Services held at UM Hillel cussion about religion. Sessions are open to the Frequently listed Phone numbers at candle lighting. Contact rabbi@annarbormin- entire community. Feel free to bring your lunch. Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah yan.org to confirm time. and addresses of organizations: Noon–1 p.m. portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30–10:30 a.m. Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan (AAOM) Shabbat Service: BIC. 6 p.m. Tot Shabbat: TBE. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat: BIC. See June 8 11:15 a.m. 1429 Hill Street 248-408-3269 Shabbat Service: TBE. Tot Shabbat at 6 p.m., fol- Brotherhood BBQ: TBE.6 – 7:15 p.m. Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited lowed by tot dinner. Traditional Service at 7:30 Lay-led Shabbat Service: TBE. Sanctuary 7:30–9 p.m and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. (AARC) p.m. Once a month Middle School Service at 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 913-9705 Shabbat at Rav Nadav’s House with Potluck: Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. 7:30 p.m. For information, call (734) 665-4744. Beth Israel Congregation (BIC) BIC. 6 p.m. Shabbat Service: AARC. Every fourth Friday at the 2000 Washtenaw Ave. 665-9897 Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. Sunday 25 JCC. Tot Shabbat from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Pizza for Chabad House the little ones at 6:15 p.m. Service at 6:30 p.m., 715 Hill Street 995-3276 Saturday 17 TBE Families Monthly Meet-Up: Offiste. 10a.m.- followed by vegetarian potluck at 8 p.m. Child- Jewish Community Center (JCC) Noon. care during service. All are welcome to attend. 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 971-0990 Torah Study: TBE. Weekly discussion of the Torah Welcome Back Religious School Event: TBE. TIME For information, email [email protected], phone Jewish Cultural Society (JCS) 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 975-9872 portion led by Rabbi Whinston 9:30–10:30 a.m. TBD. (734) 445-1910, or visit www.aarecon.org. Jewish Family Services (JFS) Tot Shabbat: AAOM, Hillel 1429 Hill St. Spirited Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the Shabbat Service: Chabad. Begins at candle light- and lively Tot friendly service. 11:15 a.m.– noon. 2245 South State Street 769-0209 basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty ing time. Home hospitality available for Shabbat Jewish Federation Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. meals and Jewish holidays. Call (734) 995-3276 2939 Birch Hollow Drive 677-0100 in advance. Pardes Hannah Sunday 18 Monday 26 2010 Washtenaw Ave. 761-5324 Weekly Shabbat services Temple Beth Emeth (TBE) Family Days at the Beth Israel Garden at County Shabbat Services: AAOM. Morning service at UM 2309 Packard Road 665-4744 Farm Park: 10 a.m.- Noon. Tuesday 27 Hillel, 9:30 a.m. Home Hospitality for Shabbat UM Hillel Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the and Holiday Meals: Contact: welcome@annar- 1429 Hill Street 769-0500 Tea and Torah on Tuesday–for Women: basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty borminyan.org. and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Chabad. 8 p.m. See first Tuesday of month. Monday 19 Wednesday 28 Shabbat Candlelighting Havdallah WTBE Fiber Arts: TBE, Adult Lounge. For more All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. information contact Martha Weintraub at wein- 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. May 31...... 8:46 pm June 1...... 9:56 pm [email protected]. 7:30–9 p.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading June 7...... 8:51 pm June 8...... 10:02 pm Group): JCC. For more information and to June 14...... 8:55 pm June 15...... 10:06 pm Tuesday 20 make certain that we are meeting on a specific June 21...... 8:57 pm June 22...... 10:08 pm day, please e-mail Elliot H. Gertel at egertel@ June 28...... 8:58 pm June 29...... 10:08 pm Tea and Torah on Tuesday–for Women: Chabad. umich.edu or call Lily Ladin at (734) 662-6613 8 p.m. See first Tuesday of month. at least one day before scheduled meeting day. July 5,...... 8:56 pm 10:45 a.m. July 6...... 10:06 pm July 12...... 8:54 pm July 13...... 10:02 pm Wednesday 21 Theology Book Club: BIC - GSAC 2010 Lower Level. Join the Theology Book Club to read July 19...... 8:49 pm July 20...... 9:56 pm All My Heart: Chabad. Class on Jewish prayer. and discuss books on Jewish thought and be- July 26...... 8:43 pm July 27...... 9:48 pm 9:30a.m. and 7:30p.m. liefs. 8 p.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversation & Reading August 2...... 8:35 pm August 3...... 9:39 pm Group): JCC. For more information and to Thursday 29 August 9...... 8:26 pm August 10...... 9:29 pm make certain that we are meeting on a specific August 16...... 8:17 pm August 17...... 9:18 pm day, please e-mail Elliot H. Gertel at egertel@ Jewish Meditation with Linda Greene: TBE. Ad- August 23...... 8:06 pm August 24,...... 9:06 pm umich.edu or call Lily Ladin at (734) 662-6613 vanced 1-2 p.m., at least one day before scheduled meeting day. August 30...... 7:55 pm August 31...... 8:54 pm Introduction to Sephirot with Linda Greene: TBE. 10:45 a.m. 2 p.m. Washtenaw Jewish News A June / July / August 2019 27 28 Washtenaw Jewish News A June / July / August 2019 IFeature

Great theatre anniversary seasons Emily Slomovits, staff writer wo mainstays of Michigan theatre had taken a Shakespeare class and loved it. 14th-July 14th with an opening gala on June from a Jewish perspective while serving will celebrate monumental The show was A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 10th, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (featuring Alvin to provide a bridge of understanding to T anniversaries this year. The That show went so well and was so enjoyed Waddles) August 2nd to 25th, On Golden the community at large. JET tries to find Michigan Shakespeare Festival, Michigan’s by the friends and family and neighbors Pond September 6th -28th, and Cabaret that voice by producing plays that either premier source for Shakespeare, celebrates who came to see it, that they raised money October 10th – November 3rd. Tickets are feature Jewish content or characters, 25 years, and the Jewish theatre tradition is through local businesses and built a stage $16 for Students, $41 for Seniors/Military, Jewish philosophy, or are written by Jewish alive and well in Michigan thanks to 30 years out in the park for 1996 and they hired a few $44 for Adults. Season tickets are $148. playwrights. Sometimes JET has produced of the Jewish Ensemble Theatre. I spoke young pros in addition to the original group plays that seem to have no connection to WJN: In addition to its regular festival season, to MSF Artistic Director Janice Blixt and and did Romeo & Juliet (starring David the Jewish culture on their face, but rather MSF also tours different productions to JET Development Director Linda Ramsay- Blixt as Mercutio). And the Festival took impart messages that serve our mission. high schools across Michigan. What does Detherage about these milestones. off - growing each year, adding contracts We are currently experiencing a rise in it mean to you to share Shakespeare with and building audience. In 2003 the Festival hate crimes by over 17% generally, and a high school students? WJN: How and when did you get involved moved inside to The Potter Center to allow 58% rise in antisemitism specifically. Part with your theatre companies? expansion in design, more union contracts, Blixt:This was the first project I spearheaded of JET’s legacy is to address topics that and, quite simply, protection from rain- when I was hired at the end of 2009. I had serve to express our general humanity, and Ramsay-Detherage: I have been affiliated outs which are severely problematic to already created a program in Chicago that introduce our principals through vehicles with JET for 10 years – in every possible professional productions. In 2004 the I knew would work in Michigan: giving that those outside of the community can capacity. I have worked for them as an Governor and Legislature decreed us ‘The day-jobs to young professional actors while relate to. For example, JET has produced actor, a director, a playwright, and a board Official Shakespeare Festival of the State bringing live classical theatre to schools in “The Diary of Anne Frank” each year for member. I have been employed since 2014 of Michigan.’ Michigan, northern Ohio, and northern over two decades. This production provides as their Development Director – so I write WJN: What can you tell us about your Indiana. And it did and I’m thrilled. We student matinees at the DIA (and in 2020 the grants and work with community upcoming seasons? What went into the average between 8-10 thousand students in Phoenix, AZ for one week), and over outreach. However, everyone at the theatre selection of plays? each season, a large percentage in rural, 100,000 students from all backgrounds does a little bit of everything, so we all urban, and underserved schools – so many Blixt:: It’s going to be epic. We’re doing King have experienced this play. While the work very hard. of whom had never seen live theatre before. Lear, starring John Lepard as Lear and characters are specifically Jewish, and Blixt: In 1997, just after grad school in Detroit, A study was done concerning people who Alan Ball as Gloucester. For anyone who’s are experiencing hardship for being I was hired to play Kate in The Taming of attend live theatre and those who don’t and going to be missing “Game of Thrones,” Jewish, the student audiences identify the Shrew at the MSF. The actor playing the biggest factor seems to be having seen we’re here for you. This show is all about with and develop empathy through the Petruchio was David Blixt and we became live theatre in their youth – seeing theatre beautiful brutality – love and hate and common experience of the title character’s friends. After that I went on tour for a as a valid entertainment option. And for betrayal in Iron Age Britain. We’re also adolescence. The social lesson is imparted while and worked as an actor but was hired theatre to survive, we need to keep young doing a delightful The Two Gentlemen of through the language of family, young love, again in 2000 by the MSF to play Titania people interested, involved, and excited Verona. Shakespeare’s first rom-com,Two and relationship. Similarly, through the in Midsummer and Elizabeth in Richard about that connection between audience Gents is all about mistaken identities and unique vehicle of live theatre and a shared III. I returned to Chicago (where I grew and artists in the same room. accidental decisions. Directed by Robert experience, the expression of our culture, up) to work as an actor and director – and WJN: Linda, why do you think it’s important Kauzlaric, the show has been trimmed community, and values can be understood teacher – and married the aforementioned to have a theatre company that presents n down to an intermission-less 90 minutes on an emotional level. Blixt. David returned to the MSF in 2007 Jewish work? For more information about MSF and JET, of silly comedy and delightful fun. And to play Macbeth and light directed for the Ramsay-Detherage: Our mission is to please visit michiganshakespearefestival.com our final show is the iconographic Cyrano Festival a few times in the interim. In late present high quality, professional theatre and jettheatre.org. de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. This 2009, John Neville-Andrews (the Artistic beautiful 1897 comedy is the story of a Director who had been the director of the brilliant wit, soldier, and poet who feels 1997 Shrew, the 2000 Midsummer, and the himself less-than because of his very large 2007 Macbeth) announced his retirement nose. He’s in love with Roxane, but is sure and the Board began a search for a new she will never love him in return, so he AD. John reached out to David and I to helps the handsome but shallow Christian check our interest, and the rest is history, woo her by writing letters and dictating Join us I took over for the 2010 MainStage Season. the words to use. That production stars WJN: How did JET get started, and what David Blixt as Cyrano and Vanessa Sawson August 22-31 was the inspiration for creating a Jewish- as Roxane. themed company? Ramsay-Detherage: We are pivoting our Ramsay-Detherage: JET was started by a season to run from spring to late fall. Most group of women theatre professionals. theatre seasons run concurrentFeb 21with – Marchschool 2 Aug 22 – 31 Our Founding Artistic Director Emeritus years (fall to summer) but because of the was Evelyn Orbach. Many of our founding timing of the completion of the new space, board member still serve on our current weTHE are shifting MISS our season to run over the board, which speaks to a well-established summer. Walled Lake is a summer, lakeside legacy of continuity and care. Jewish community with restaurants, beaches, and Theatre historically was one of the pillars festivals.FIRECRACKER We are excited to be a part of HAY FEVER of this artistic form. In JET’s case, the that. Additionally, many of our subscribers by Noel Coward spirit of Jewish traditions has to honor winter in the south, so this allowsCONTEST us to take our historical theatrical/cultural roots as advantage of a more favorable calendar. well as address the changing Jewish culture In the winterby months, Beth we Henley will be looking and its place within our current American at additional programming, which might culture. For JET, inclusivity and lessons include youth programs, children’s theatre, The Bliss family owns a country house, which they use to relax of tolerance, family, and humanity have or comedy. We are working with Walled and entertain guests. On this weekend, each of them invites a always been a priority. We seek to honor Lake businesses right now to develop guest for the weekend, and each intends for their guest to Jewish expression – which sometimes dinner/theatre packages and discounts stay in the guest room. The guests, however, are clueless to does not manifest in the actual story of a specific to our patrons. Christopher production, but rather through the eyes of Bremer, our Executive Director, makes the what's going on. The reactions of the guests are as funny the playwright. final selection of plays – but the discussion as the antics of the Bliss family. HilarityNov 7 –ensues. 16 prior to the move involved selecting WJN: And what about MSF? familiar, American plays with wide appeal. at the Riverside Arts Center • 76 N. Huron St. Ypsilanti, MI 48197 • 734-845-7835 Blixt: It started out in Ella Sharpe Park in As weM make a orninglocation move, it is important’ s www.ptdproductions.com Jackson in 1995 – a final project done by for us to be able to generate new audiences. a bunch of students and local actors who We are presenting:at Thes evenOdd Couple — June Washtenaw Jewish News A June / July / August 2019 29 by Paul Osborn RIPCORD May 9 – 18 by David Lindsay-Abaire I Vitals

Obituary Mazal Tov Dr. Paul Vanek, 82 of Hendersonville, died Wednesday, May 1, 2019 in Hendersonville, NC. Harriet Bakalar & Edwin Tobes on the birth of their granddaughter, Eliana Robin Tobes, A native of Toronto, Canada, he was the son of the late Thomas Vanek and Anna Wolgeruch daughter of Erin & Daniel Tobes. Vanek. He was also preceded in death by two brothers: Sheldon and Roy Vanek. He was a Rachel Perlman on her bat mitzvah, June 1. graduate of the University of Toronto with a Bachelor’s and Doctorate Degrees in Dentistry. Leila Bank on her bat mitzvah, June 1. He continued his education at the University of Michigan with a concentration in Endodontic Eli Revzen on his bar mitzvah June 8 Dentistry. He not only practiced but also taught dentistry in Ann Arbor, Michigan as well Ruth Shikanov on her bat mitzvah, June 15. as in Toronto, Canada. In Ann Arbor, he was a founder of Temple Beth Emeth and served as Levi Rosenberg on his bar mitzvah, June 22. President. Paul served for many years on the North American Board of the Union of Reform Naya Loftus on her bat mitzvah, June 22. Judaism including on the Technology Committee, the National Commission on Rabbinic- Juliana Brenner on her bat mitzvah, June 22. Congregation Relations, the Conference of Presidents Steering Committee, the Biennial Kayla Wiseman on her bat mitzvah, June 29. Program Committee, the Biennial Executive Sub-committee, the Special Nominating Otto Nelson on his bar mitzvah July 12 Committee, the Task Force working with the Argentinian Jewish Community, and the URJ Jessica Beaver on her bat mitzvah, August 24. Board Alumni Committee. Paul served on the board at the same time as his daughter Julie. At the time, Rabbi Eric Yoffie told Paul and Julie that they were the first father-daughter team to serve on the URJ board simultaneously. After he relocated to Hendersonville over 20 years ago, he became an active member of the Agudas I Advertisers Israel Congregation and served two terms as their President. He is survived by his wife of over 30 A Place Somewhere...... 17 Keshet...... 14 years, Iris Vanek. He is also survived by two daughters: Julie Vanek of Newton, MA, and Jodi Vanek Afternoon Delight...... 15 Lussenden Painting...... 2 Wallo and her husband, Bill of Ann Arbor. He is also survived by sisters-in-law, Ellen Vanek and Alex Milshteyn, ...... Main Street Area Assoc...... 18 Rhonda Vanek and brother-in-law Jay Thorpe and his wife, Roberta. He is also survived by step Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel...... 5 Margolis Nursery...... 18 children: Karen Franco and David Davis, Janet and Larry Gordon, Susie Franco and Steve Krakow all Amadeus Cafe/Patisserie...... 6 Michigan Shakespeare Festival...... 28 of Miami, FL, and Steve and Kelly Franco of Austin, TX. Twelve grandchildren: Jake Pasternack and Ann Arbor Civic Theatre...... 15 Michigan Theater...... 17 his wife, Emma, Alex Pasternack, Josh Gordon, and his wife, Yocheved, Zack Gordon, Eli Gordon, Ann Arbor District Library...... 14 Modern Mechanical...... 22 AA Reconstructionist Congregation...... 2 MOSA Audiology...... 16 Bari Gordon, Sophie Gordon, Gaby Martinez, Julia Franco, Isabelle Franco, Zelda Franco, and Bank of Ann Arbor...... 14 Pam Sjo, The Reinhart Company...... 6 Nick Franco. He is also survived by six great grandchildren: Mia Paternack, Ava Pasternack, Aaron Brookhaven Manor Apartments...... 31 Penny Seats Theater Company...... 16 Gordon, Ilan Gordon, Nili Gordon and Judah Gordon. The funeral service was Friday May 3, 2019 Cantor Samuel Greenbaum; mohel...... 22 People's Food Co-op...... 14 at Agudus Israel Congregation in Hendersonville with the Delux Drapery & Shade...... 30 PTD Productions...... 29 Rabbi Rachael Jackson officiating. Food Gatherers Grillin'...... 14 Purple Rose Theatre Company...... 5 Gold Bond Cleaners...... 9 R. D. Kleinschmidt...... 9 Condolences Hebrew Day School...... 3 Revel & Roll...... 31 Holocaust Memorial Center...... 12 Savarino Properties...... 17 Jack (Stephane) Zaientz on the death of his grandmother, April 23. Hurwitz-Greene Real Estate...... 7 Shakespeare in the Arb...... 31 Naomi Zikmund-Fisher on the death of her father, Franklin Fisher, April 30. Jewish Community Center...... 32 Susan Ayer...... 8 Jodi Wallo on the death of her father, Paul Vanek, May 1. Jewish Cultural Society...... 15 Vibrant Life Senior Living...... 28 Jeffrey Pickell on the death of his brother, Ira Stephen Pickell, May 5. Jewish Family Services...... 19 Wells Fargo Advisors...... 12 Deborah Ball on the death of her aunt, Marianne Davis, May 6 Jewish Federation...... 21 Zingerman's...... 8 Solera® Soft Shades with PowerView™ Motorization

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