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October 2018 Tishrei/Cheshvan 5778 Volume XVIII Number 2 FREE Old world meets new world for the Arts Around Town: Jewish Book and Arts Festival Clara Silver, special to the WJN he Jewish Community Center of Friends of Magen David Adom at afmda.org/ On Thursday, Kahn’s unique contribution to the creation Greater Ann Arbor will present Arts event/talk-with-alan-dershowitz. October 25, the eve- of modern manufacturing as well as his role T Around Town: Jewish Book and Arts The annual Book and Gift Sale concur- ning will begin with in defending and preserving the famous Di- Festival beginning Thursday, October 18, rent with Arts Around Town will open the the annual sponsor ego Rivera mural at the Detroit Institute of and continuing through Monday, November same evening, Thursday, October 18, in the dinner at 6 p.m., for Art, and his role in helping the Soviets push 12. For 31 years the JCC has produced a fes- atrium of the JCC. A variety of books of those members of the back the Nazis in 1941–1942. tival — originally exclusively a book festival popular genres, as well as books from the Arts Around Town will host photographer — which has evolved to a broader festival presenters and authors who will be guest of Leslie Sobel on Sunday, October 29, for a recep- celebrating authors and artists of all kinds. the festival, and Chanukah gifts and supplies tion and exhibition of some of the 5,000 pho- In addition, events now take place both at will be available through Friday, November tographs she took documenting the Eclipse Ice the Ann Arbor JCC as well as in partnership 30. The Book and Gift Sale will be open any- Michael Hodges field, one of the largest non-polar ice fields on with local organizations at venues in the city time the JCC is open, and proceeds support community who earth in the Kluane National Park in Canada’s of Ann Arbor spread over four weeks. continued cultural arts programming. donate at least Yukon Territoy. Literati Books about partners Arts Around Town opens at the JCC on The festival continues with a special evening $180 or more to with Arts Around Town on Tuesday, October Thursday, October 18, at 7 p.m. when well- of Yiddish-American Operetta at the Univer- this year’s Arts 30, at 7 p.m., to present Harvey Ovshinksy, known attorney and law professor Alan sity of Michigan’s Britton Hall. On Tuesday, Around Town. who will present about his father, Stanford Dershowitz will speak with a representative October 23, at 7:30 p.m., guest musicologist The evening Ovshinksy, and the biography about his father, of the American Friends of Magen David and retired music librarian from Harvard Dr. will continue The Man Who Saw Tomorrow. Adom, the organization that helps support Michael Ochs will introduce the audience to with guest au- On Thursday, November 1, at 7:30 p.m. the Israel’s Magen David Adom, an organization Di Goldene Kale, an internationally performed thor, Michael Eastern Michigan University Center for Judaic similar to the American Red Cross. Tickets Yiddish-American production that originally Hodges, who will present his book Building Studies will host an actor’s studio-style event for the event cost $18 each and must be pur- opened in 1923 at the famous Second Avenue the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit. with Lisa Kron, the playwright who won the chased in advance as space is limited and Theater on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Uni- The event is free and open to the public Tony Award for authoring the hit Broadway walk-ins may not be able to be accommo- versity of Michigan faculty and students will and will include a dessert reception and dated. Tickets are available from American perform selections from Di Goldene Kale. book signing. This book chronicles architect continued on page 2 Immigrants and refugees — Tony Award winner Lisa Kron to speak at EMU today, yesterday, and tomorrow Martin B. Shichtman, special to the WJN n Thursday, November 1, at 7:30 an associate Laurie Cohen, special to the WJN p.m. in the EMU Student Center professor in he United States has a checkered Symposium will be held on October 22 and 23 O Auditorium, the Eastern Michi- the depart- history of alternatively welcoming at Rackham Graduate School at the University gan University Center for Jewish Studies ment of Film T and rejecting immigrants and refu- of Michigan. This is a collaboration between will host “A Conversation With Lisa Kron.” and Media gees. Jews have stood Writer and performer Lisa Kron is the win- Studies at on both sides of the ner of two Tony awards and was finalist for Emory Uni- metaphorical Ameri- the Pulitzer Prize for the book and lyrics to versity, brings can fence as natives the musical Fun Home. Her work has been together and strangers, as im- widely produced in New York, regionally, documentary migrants (legal and and internationally. and concep- illegal) and refugees. This event is co-sponsored by the Jewish tual art. His Lisa Kron How have Jews re- Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, the Jew- photos and writings focus on the complica- sponded to crises in ish Community Center of Greater Ann Ar- tions of historical memory, the inheritance the past? How does Mark Hetfield Dr. Jeff Crisp Debbie Dingell bor 2018 Books and Arts Festival, the EMU of trauma, and new directions in the art of examining that past help us understand what Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County Honors Program, the EMU English depart- witness. Francisco will address “The Holo- is happening today? As the premier resettle- and the U-M School of Social Work. The two- ment, EMU Women’s and Gender Studies, caust at 75: Remembrance as Public Prac- ment agency in Southeast Michigan, Jewish day symposium will consider the most signifi- and EMU Communication, Media, and The- tice” in the EMU Student Center Ballroom Family Services will present two programs this cant aspects in the present international and ater Arts. Admission is free. on Monday, November 19, at 7:30 p.m. This month about refugees. domestic refugee system with four tracks: 1) Also in November, the EMU Center for event is co-sponsored by the EMU program Keeping Our Door Open: A Multi-Di- Impact and Integration; 2) Transformative Jewish Studies will offer a lecture by acclaimed in Creative Writing and the Department of mensional Approach to Refugee Resettlement artist and essayist Jason Francisco. Francisco, Art. Admission is free. n continued on page 2 Community Downsizing? I We can help! Jewish Book and Arts Festival, continued from page 1

show, Fun Home. The conversation will be Studies and Frankel Center for Judaic Stud- 2935 Birch Hollow Drive hosted by Jessica “Decky” Alexander in the ies. This is a rare silent film, staring Pola Ne- Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 EMU Student Center auditorium. gri, who became a huge silent film star, and voice: 734/971-1800 Let Encore Sell It For You: Sunday, November 4, there will be two follows a bright Jewish girl from the ghetto e-mail: [email protected] Electronics • Musical Instruments Arts Around Town events at the JCC. At 10 of Warsaw to the university in St. Petersburg. www.washtenawjewishnews.org Designer Items • Antiques & Collectibles Along the way she finds Sterling Silver • Sporting Goods out that Jewish women Editor and Publisher Camera & Audio/Visual Equipment may only live in St. Peters- Susan Kravitz Ayer 1954-D South Industrial burg as legal sex workers; Calendar Editor (in the Revel & Roll Plaza) hence, she applies for the Claire Sandler required “yellow ticket” 734.761.6187 Advertising Manager EncoreOnlineResale.com and begins her double life as a medical student by Gordon White day, party girl by night. Design and Layout Accompanying the Dennis Platte film will be Alicia Svi- gals, the world-renowned Staff Writers klezmer violinist/vocalist/ Lois Godel, Emily Slomovits, and Pola Negri - Scene from The Yellow Ticket composer who is a found- Lonnie Sussman er of the Grammy win- a.m., author Judy Seid will discuss her book, ning Klezmatics. She composed an original Contributing Writers God Optional Judaism: Alternatives for Cul- score for the film and will play live along with Barb Banet, Stacy Carroll, Laurie Cohen, Margo Dickstein, Linda Jo Doctor, Sharyn J. Gallatin, tural Jews Who Love Their History. At 4 p.m., Toronto’s virtuoso pianist, Marilyn Lerner. Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, Claudia Halpern, Peretz holocaust survivor Irene Butter, will discuss Tickets for this film range in cost based on Hirshbein, Rachael Hoffenblum, Julia Kessler Hollar, her book, Shores Beyond Shores: From Holo- proximity to the stage, and can be purchased Abigail Klein Leichman, Carol Lessure, Miriam caust to Hope: My True Story, in conversation at the Michigan Theater website, michtheater. Lipschutz, Dan Meisle, Kelsey Robinette, Jennifer with Kenneth C. Fischer, retired president of org/the-yellow-ticket, or the box office. Arts Rosenberg, Martin Shichtman, Clara Silver, Elliot the University Musical Society of the Uni- Around Town sponsors may attend at no Sorkin, Nellie Stansbury versity of Michigan. Dr. Maya Barzilai, au- charge, but must RSVP in advance. The Washtenaw Jewish News is published thor and University of Michigan professor, All events and presentations are free and monthly, with the exception of January and will visit the festival on Thursday, November open to the public unless otherwise noted. July. It is registered as a Non-profit Michigan 8, where she will present “Golem: Modern Most events will be held at the JCC at 2935 Corporation. Opinions expressed in this pub- Wars and Their Monsters,” exploring the Birch Hollow Drive. Those events held at lication do not necessarily reflect those of its Golem myths and their applications in the other venues are noted on the festival’s web- editors or staff

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Immigrants and refugees, continued from page 1 Circulation: 4,000 Subscriptions: Practice; 3) Health and Wellness; and 4) versity of Oxford. Dr. Crisp is visiting $18 bulk rate inside Washtenaw County Policy and Advocacy. The symposium will scholar at the U-M Law School. He pre- include presentations by academic experts, viously held a position executively with The deadline for the November policy-makers, nonprofit social services UNHCR. He is now a research associate Washtenaw Jewish News. is Monday, October 8, 2018 professionals, and government officials to at the Refugee Studies Center, a global Publication date: October 31 analyze the limitations in the present refu- leader in multidisciplinary research on Extra copies of the Washtenaw Jewish News gee system and discuss ways of overcoming forced migration. are available at locations throughout these constraints. • Congresswoman Debbie Dingell. An ac- Washtenaw County. Keynote speakers for the symposium tive community member and advocate Sept. 20 - Dec. 29, 2018 include: for women and children’s rights, and a • Mark Hetfield, president and CEO of HIAS. former chair of the board of governors at HIAS partners with refugee and immi- Wayne State University. grant organizations to ensure proper ad- Registration includes breakfast and lunch vocacy and treatment of new Americans. and two social work CEUS are available. For They are headquartered in Maryland. additional information, got to jfsannarbor. IIn this issue… March 29 - May 26, 2018 • Dr. Jeff Crisp, Refugee Studies Center, Uni- org/symposium. n Advertisers ...... 27 Diva Royale is a spectacular farce Best Reads...... 20 brought to us by the author of Annual flu shot clinic returns to the J such comedies as Escanaba in da Rachael Hoffenblum, special to WJN Campus...... 4 Moonlight, The Tropical Pickle and Norma & Wanda. The play follows the The Jewish Community Center of Greater flu shot at the J will also receive a $5 Target gift Congregations ...... 10 exploits of three midwestern stay-at- Ann Arbor will once again partner with CVS card. The JCC has hosted a flu shot clinic an- Federation...... 8 home moms who plan a last minute to provide flu shots for the entire commu- nually for many years as a service to the com- trip to NYC to see their favorite star nity. This year’s clinic will be held on Tuesday, munity. Participants should check with their Kosher Cuisine ...... 22 Celine Dion perform and maybe October 16, from noon-6 p.m. at the Jewish own medical providers if they have any con- experience a bit of the romance Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor. cerns regarding flu shots. To sign up for a time On Another Note...... 21 lacking in their lives. As soon as Advanced sign-up is recommended to reduce slot or for more information, contact Rachael Rabbi's Corner...... 9 they get on the plane things go very waiting times, and is available by visiting the Hoffenblum, operations manager and adult wrong resulting in an evening of Welcome Center at the JCC, where participants program coordinator at (734) 971-0990 or Seniors...... 7 sidesplitting hilarity. will choose a time and sign the usual waiver. [email protected]. n Youth ...... 13 Participants will need to bring their insurance 734.433.7673 or cards with them. Individuals who receive their Vitals...... 27 PurpleRoseTheatre.org

2 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2018 ICommunity THE ASSURANCE OF The Practice of Forgiveness and the BUYING OR SELLING Sage-ing® Legacy Program WITH THE BEST Linda Jo Doctor, special to the WJN ucinda Kurtz, M.A. and Oran Hesterman, Hesterman will explore one of the most powerful OUTCOME Ph.D., members of the Pardes Hannah tools individuals have to reformat the template L Jewish Renewal Community in Ann Ar- of their being – forgiveness. These sessions will bor and certified Sage-ing® Mentors, will pres- provide ways to reach back into the past to repair ent a workshop three-part series this fall on “The painful memories — the broken promises, rup- Practice of Forgiveness.” Kurtz and Hesterman tures and heartaches that come with the territory recently graduated of intimate relationships and living in the world. from the Sage-ing® Using energetic practices, mediation, creative Legacy Program visualization, journaling and other embodied of the Yerusha In- practices, participants will delve into the three stitute, which is parts of forgiveness: repairing the harm to other; a partner of the forgiving others; and forgiving ourselves. Forgive- national organiza- ness allows each individual to move forward in tion ALEPH. Both their lives in a more positive and creative way. Lucinda Kurtz and Kurtz and Hester- Although there will be a progression and con- Oran Hesterman man have a strong tinuity between the sessions classes, each one class commitment to pass down the legacy of Reb can stand alone and can be taken individually. Zalman Schacter-Shalomi, the Founder of Jew- The cost is $25 per session. For more information, ish Renewal and the initiator of the now growing contact Kurtz at [email protected]. movement of spiritual eldering. Kurtz and Hesterman are also presenting In his groundbreaking book, From Age-ing their Age-ing to Sage-ing work at a Salon at the to Sage-ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Crazy Wisdom Bookstore on Tuesday, October Older, published in 1995, Reb Zalman suggests 16, at 7 p.m. Their Salon is entitled, “Facing your ways that one can use one’s life experience to Mortality with Grace,” and will explore how to heal themselves and this world. The Sage-ing® transform fears of aging and mortality. Con- Mentorship Program further develops Reb Zal- fronting mortality frees one to live more fully in man’s explorations into a full-bodied program the present moment and helps one be grateful that trains participants on how to use effective for the fullness and challenges of one’s life. Guest psycho-spiritual techniques to assist them in re- participants will include: Renee Rutz, Cranial leasing the places of great hurt in their lives. Sacral therapist; Michelle Chaves-Torres, mas- The next two sessions of “The Practice of sage therapist; and Angela Madaras, freelance Forgiveness” will be from 2–5 p.m. on Sunday, writer and hospice graduate. The Salon is free October 7, and Sunday, November 11. Kurtz and and open to the public. n American Jewry scholar Dash Moore to speak at JFS program LET US TAKE THE HASSLE Laurie Cohen, special to the WJN On Sunday, November 11, at Mediterano, (2900 of Jewish soldiers in World War II. As an histo- OUT OF REAL ESTATE S. State St.), at 3-5 p.m., Jewish Family Services rian of New York City, she served as general edi- will host Deborah Dash Moore, Frederick G. tor for the award-winning three-volume City Our vast knowledge and up to the minute informa- L. Huetwell Professor of Promises: A History of Jews in New York City. of History and Judaic Her most recent book, Jewish New York: The tion will provide you with a seamless moving expe- Studies at the Univer- Remarkable Story of a City and a People (2017), sity of Michigan. As an synthesizes those three volumes. rience. You can count on our expertise to guide you historian of American Currently Dash Moore is editor-in-chief of the through every detail. We are proud to be the most Jews, she has published ten-volume Posen Library of Jewish Culture and an acclaimed trilogy Civilization published by Yale University Press. trusted resource in the Ann Arbor area for almost examining the years Suggested donation to attend is $10/per- from 1920 to 1960, in- son, which includes the lecture and dessert, 2 decades. Call for unbeatable confidence in the Deborah Dash Moore cluding the experience wine and coffee. n success of your next move. Rabbi Seid to speak on God-optional Judaism Barb Banet, special to the WJN ALEX MILSHTEYN, CRS, GRI, ABR Rabbi Judith Seid, a dynamic leader of Ann tic Judaism. She currently leads Tri-Valley Cultural Arbor’s Jewish Cultural Society from 1984 Jews, a secular Jewish community in Pleasanton, Associate Broker through 1998, will re- California, in the East Bay area. turn to Ann Arbor on God-Optional Judaism is a handbook for Jews (734) 417-3560 Sunday, November 4, looking for creative and meaningful new ways to [email protected] to talk about the Secu- express their own way of being Jewish. It is geared lar Humanistic Jewish towards those who express their Jewishness www.alexmi.com movement and her through a sense of community, a love of nature, a recently revised book, commitment to social justice, a celebration of Jew- 2723 S. State St., Suite 130 God-Optional Judaism: ish history and culture and an ongoing evolution Alternatives for Cul- of Jewish identity, rather than through prayers and Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tural Jews Who Love God-centered rituals. The book provides alterna- Rabbi Judith Seid Their History, Heritage tive, nontheistic ways to celebrate Jewish holidays An exclusive affiliate of and Community. The event is part of the Jewish and rites of passage. It includes a chapter on the Coldwell Banker Previews Community Center’s 2018 Jewish Book Festival historical diversity of the Jewish people, and an- and will take place at the JCC, 10 a.m.–noon. swers questions about the Secular Humanistic International A lifelong secular Jew, Rabbi Seid was ordained Jewish movement. n by the International Institute of Secular Humanis-

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Frankel Center welcomes Padnos Visiting Professor in Judaic Studies Yossi Turner Kelsey Robinette, special to the WJN his fall semester Yossi (Joseph) erous donation from Stuart Padnos, who in University of New York, and Indiana Univer- As Padnos Visiting Professor, Turner will Turner will be the Frankel Center’s 1988 established the Professorship in com- sity, in addition to his position at the renowned be teaching two courses in the fall semester: T 30th Louis and Helen Padnos Visit- memoration of his parents, Helen and Louis Schechter Institute. He has published two He- Judaic 318: “Modern Jewish Thought” and ing Professor in Judaic Studies. Turner is an Padnos. The Padnos endowment enables brew-language books: the first on Rosenzweig’s JudaicStudies 417: “Trajectories of Zionist the Frankel Center to bring a distinguished religious philosophy (Faith and Humanism: A Thought”. Turner most enjoys teaching classes scholar to campus every year to teach at the Study of Franz Rosenzweig’s Religious Philosophy, about specific thinkers and philosophers, “be- University of Michigan. 2001) and the second on 20th-century Jewish cause in such a course one can get at the depths Turner will be giving two public lectures. thinking on Zion (The Relation to Zion and the and breadth of the subject matter, and recon- The first will be in Ann Arbor on October 9 and Diaspora in 20th Century Jewish Thought, 2014). struct the manner in which a particular body is titled “The Concept of a Universal Human- He has also edited several works on aspects of of thought reflects the thinkers’ life experience ity, Social Justice, and National Individuality Jewish philosophy, most recently The Actual- even as it enables me to trace the correspon- in Modern Jewish Thought.” The second, “The ity of Sacrifice, in 2014. He has also published dence between problems and issues to which Crises Facing Jewish Existence in the Contem- 30 articles on various aspects of the thought the thinker responds; his or her manner of ex- porary Period and their Educational Implica- of Rosenzweig, Chaim Hirschenssohn, Martin pression and logic of argumentation, presup- tions,” will take place November 4 at Temple Buber, Hermann Cohn, and other leading intel- positions; fundamental value orientation, and Emanuel in Grand Rapids. lectuals of 20th-century Judaism. overall direction concerning various religious, Turner is a distinguished scholar of modern “It is interesting, and often surprising, that social, and cultural issues.” Jewish thought with particular expertise on the Jewish thought and philosophy deal with uni- While at U-M, Turner is looking forward philosophy of the German Jewish theologian versally human questions,” Turner said, “but to the class discussions with students. “The Yossi (Joseph) Turner Franz Rosenzweig. He received his Ph.D. from contemplates them from a uniquely Jewish per- University of Michigan has a very high-quality associate professor at the Schechter Institute the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1994, spective, which in many ways forms the basis of student body,” said Turner, “and I am always of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, where he has and has since taught as a visiting professor at a critique concerning the West, while weighing fascinated by the way the subject matter I deal been teaching since 1995. The Padnos Visit- Haifa University, the Jewish Theological Semi- conflicting concerns in ways not possible in with takes on new forms of discussion in differ- ing Professorship is made possible by a gen- nary of America, Queens College of the City other areas of Western discourse.” ing social and cultural contexts.” n U-M student bakes and sells challah to Kosher dining in Ann Arbor Stacy Carroll, special to the WJN fight hunger on campus here are new changes in kosher din- halachah – Jewish Law for the purposes of Miriam Lipschutz, special to the WJN ing coming to Ann Arbor. Begin- certifying Kosher products and operations. ning in October, Michigan Dining Only items served out of the kosher kitchen niversity of Michigan sophomore a group of eleven students from ten differ- T at the University of Michigan will be offer- will be certified. However, there are a variety Jordan Marcus is tackling food ent campuses participating in a year-long ing a variety of Kosher-certified menu items of pareve options in all dining halls that may insecurity on campus as part advocacy training program. Launched in U out of their new kosher-certified serving fit the needs of observing students. of Challah for Hunger’s Campus Hunger 2016, the Campus Hunger Project is a na- area. This area is located in South Quad, the Additionally, with the retirement of Project. Food insecurity—simply put, not tional campaign focused on educating col- newest of the MDining halls. Michigan Hil- Rabbi Rod Glogower after three decades knowing where one’s next meal is coming lege students, faculty and administrators lel was proud to provide guidance to MDin- of service to Ann Arbor’s Jewish commu- from—is a na- on the issue of food insecurity and imple- ing as they are continually evolving to meet nity and Michigan Hillel, certification for tionwide issue af- menting methods for combating it. Student student and campus-community needs. the Hillel Cafe is being overseen by Rabbi fecting two-thirds chapters of Challah for Hunger bake and Tilly Shames, executive director of Mich- Jared Anstandig. Rabbi Anstandig recently of community sell challah, traditional Jewish bread, and igan Hillel, shared, “We are thrilled to see joined both Michigan Hillel and the Ann college students donate half of the proceeds to local food kosher options for students, faculty, staff Arbor Orthodox Minyan as rabbi of the and 4 in 10 stu- justice organizations. and community expanding on campus. We Orthodox community. Michigan Hillel is dents at four-year “No student should have to choose be- see this as an opportunity for students to be also pleased to introduce its new head chef, universities, as tween buying their textbooks and paying for able to access kosher meals without having Scott Griffith. Chef Scott comes to the Hil- reported in the food,” said Miriam Lipschutz, Program Man- to sacrifice the social experience of eating in lel Cafe with an extensive cooking back- Wisconsin HOPE ager for the Campus Hunger Project. “Chal- the dorms with their friends. We are grateful ground from positions with Blue Tractor Lab’s most recent lah for Hunger is committed to supporting to be working with the university to ensure BBQ & Brewery, Plum Market, the Alpha national study. our student leaders in advocating for change students feel that their needs are met by Hil- Phi sorority, and more. n Jordan Marcus Michigan Senator on their campuses to help ensure neither they lel during Shabbat and holidays when their Debbie Stabenow nor their peers experience lack of food as a kosher dining facility will be closed.” (D) commissioned a Government Account- barrier to succeeding in their education.” “This all came about because students ability Office (GAO) study to further in- The resource guide includes information talked to us about what they wanted, what Hillel Dining info and hours vestigate the increasing problem of campus on the location of food pantries, available they needed, and what would make campus The Hillel Cafe at Michigan Hil- hunger. The report is expected to be pub- emergency aid funds and scholarships, and feel more like home. That’s what Michigan lished later this fall. meal plan sharing or donation programs. lel (1429 Hill Street) will continue to Dining is about,” says Steve Mangan, direc- operate for both students and com- Marcus, selling manager of U-M’s Chal- While some of it is campus-specific, the guide tor of Michigan Dining. “As we prepare for munity members. Dinner service, lah for Hunger chapter, has created a com- is a useful resource for anyone in the broader certification, we look forward to serving the from 5–8 pm at $15 per person, will munity resource guide to provide students Ann Arbor community who is food insecure. community this October.” remain Monday–Thursday. Hillel’s experiencing food insecurity with informa- Challah for Hunger is a national nonprofit Michigan Dining has been working Friday Shabbat dinners, Saturday tion on where they can obtain free or cheap organization that involves more than 10,000 in close communication with Hillel and food in the area—such as the student-run youth annually in food justice activism and lunch and Saturday dinner during Chabad to make sure students and local or- seuda shlishit will continue to be free food pantry, the Maize and Blue Cupboard, advocacy through 80 student-led, college- ganizations are aware of the changes. Rabbi for all students and $18 for commu- which offers monthly distributions of free based chapters in 29 U.S. states, the U.K. and Jared Anstandig, Rabbi Lisa Stella, Diane produce and basic groceries on campus. Australia. Volunteers gather to bake and sell nity members. Hillel welcomes com- Redman Pfahler, and Tilly Shames of Hil- munity members to register online However, this doesn’t create a long-term challah, traditional Jewish bread. Fifty per- lel, and Rabbi Alter Goldstein from Chabad, or call the Hillel office before joining solution for food insecurity. Creating the cent of profits are donated to anti-hunger have all been connected with the staff of for Shabbat meals, while the regular resource guide is the first step in a campus- organizations in each chapter’s community, the new kitchen. Certification for the South weeknight dinners are open to drop- specific campaign to increase opportunities while the other half goes towards Challah for Quad Kosher Kitchen is being overseen by to meet students’ basic needs. Hunger’s national and philanthropic educa- in and online ordering. Further pric- Rabbi Yosef Asayag from Seal-K. Seal-K is ing details, the daily menu, online Local anti-hunger organization Food tion partner, MAZON: A Jewish Response part of Rabbanut, a non-profit organization ordering and catering options can be Gatherers reports nearly 14% of Washtenaw to Hunger. To date, Challah for Hunger has with the expressed mission to strengthen found at michiganhillel.org or by call- County residents are food insecure. raised and donated over $1 million to these observance and to disseminate knowledge ing the office at (734) 769-0500. Marcus is a member of Challah for Hun- causes. For more information about Challah of Jewish law and its practical application. n ger’s 2018 Campus Hunger Project Cohort, for Hunger, visit: challahforhunger.org. Seal-K adheres to the strict guidelines of

4 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2018 ARTS JEWISH AROUND TOWN BOOK& ARTS Presented by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor FESTIVAL 2018 OCTOBER 18 - NOVEMBER 12 10/18 – 12/1 | Book and Gift Sale @ the J 11/1 • 7pm @ EMU Student Center Ballroom | Proceeds from the sale will support cultural arts programming. A Conversation with Lisa Kron /Presentation Lisa Kron, playwright and Tony award winner for the All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. show “Fun Home,” talks with Jessica “Decky” Alexander, 10/18 • 7 pm @ the J | Magen David Adom’s Theater Professor at Eastern Michigan University during this “actor’s studio” style evening. Sponsored by Eastern Conversation with Alan Dershowitz Michigan University Center for Jewish Studies Join us for a moderated conversation with this outspo- ken lawyer, professor, and author. $18/ticket. Purchase 11/ 4 • 10am @ the J | God- tickets at afmda.org/talk-with-alan. Optional Judaism: Alterna- 10/23 • 7:30pm @ U of M’s Britton Hall | Yiddish- tives for Cultural Jews American Operetta Di Goldene Kale | Lecture Who Love Their History by Performance with special guest, Dr. Michael Ochs Judy Seid/Author Talk Selections performed by U of M faculty and students. Judy Seid is a graduate of the Rabbinic and Cantorial programs of the International Di Goldene Kale (The Golden Bride) premiered in February Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism and holds of 1923 during the heyday of Yiddish theater. It is a rich a master’s degree in Jewish Communal Studies from sampling of the period – written and produced between Hebrew Union College. She directed the Ann Arbor Jewish Cultural the passing of two laws which reduced immigration from Society for many years. Sponsored by Jewish Cultural Society Eastern Europe to a trickle, one in 1921 and one in 1924. Sponsored by Alice Fishman and Michael Di Pietro 11/ 4 • 4pm @ the J | Irene Butter in Conversation with 10/25 • 6pm @ the J | Sponsor Dinner SPONSORS ONLY EVENT Ken Fischer/Presentation 10/25 • 7pm @ the J | Building the Modern World: Shores Beyond Shores: From Albert Kahn in Detroit by Michael Hodges/Author Holocaust to Hope: My True Story is a memoir by Irene Hasenberg (Free and open to public) Talk & Dessert Reception Butter, co-authored by John Bidwell and Kris Hol- Industrial architect Albert Kahn was a giant in loway. A testament to the endurance and triumph Detroit’s heroic age, the visionary who created of the human spirit, it tells the story of Irene and her family be- the humane “daylight factories” for Packard fore and during the Holocaust. Sponsored by Temple Beth Emeth Motor and Henry Ford, and helped birth both modern manufacturing and architecture. In this lecture/slideshow 11/ 8 • 7pm @ the J | Go- Hodges will present Kahn’s legacy in the Motor City and lem: Modern Wars and Ann Arbor, as well as his role defending Diego Rivera’s murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts against attack, and Their Monsters by Maya helping the Soviet Union push back the Nazis in 1941-42. Barzilai/Presentation Maya Barzilai, assistant profes- 10/28 • 4pm @ the J | Leslie Sobel, Environmentalist sor of Hebrew Culture and Jewish Literature at the Photographer/Gallery Reception University of Michigan, examines representations of the Golem legend in 20th and early 21st century One year ago, Leslie Sobel boarded a single-engine plane in the literature and film.Sponsored by Beth Israel Congregation Canadian Yukon bound for the remote Eclipse Icefield. The lone artist in a group of two climate scientists and two grad students, 11/12 • 7pm@ the Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty she spent eight days at altitude on the glacier in the St. Elias Mountains. She took 5,000 photographs, journaled, and helped with the work of The Yellow Ticket/Presentation and Film Screening the camp. Meet the artist and take a photographic journey to one of the largest $50/$25/$15 based on proximity to the stage. Purchase tickets at non-polar ice fields on earth. michtheater.org/the-yellow-ticket. Sponsors may attend at no charge but must RSVP in advance. The Yellow Ticket is a 10/30 • 7 pm @ Literati | Harvey rare 1918 silent film starring Pola Negri, who would later become the femme fatale of the silent film era. Ovshinsky Presents The Man Who It tells the story of a young Jewish woman from a Saw Tomorrow/Presentation Polish shtetl constrained by anti-Semitic restrictions Harvey Ovshinsky explores the life of his to lead a double life in a brothel while attempting father Stanford Ovshinsky, whose innova- to study medicine in Tsarist Russia. As the film tions in information technology continue to plays, renowned klezmer violinist/vocalist/composer Alicia Svigals will impact our world today. Called “the Edison of our age” by perform the original score she composed for the film live along with the Economist, Stanford was awarded over 400 patents Toronto’s virtuoso new-music pianist Marilyn Lerner. Svigals is the and was the subject of the biography “The Man Who Saw Tomorrow” by Lillian world’s foremost klezmer fiddler, a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics, and a 2014 NEA MacDowell Fellow in composition. Hoddeson and Peter Garrett.

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JCC 35th anniversary celebration to honor founders and present archive ORT opening event Clara Silver, special to the WJN Joan Levitt, special to the WJN n Sunday, April 14, 2019, the Jew- completed writing the history and is in the in so many ways. We’ve become the neigh- he Ann Arbor chapter of ORT America ish Community Center of Greater process of publishing it, and will complete an borhood pre-school, the go-to summer day will hold its Fall event, “Desserts of Co- Ann Arbor will invite the entire interactive exhibit for the April 14 event. The camp, the hub of large-scale Jewish cultural T lombia,” on Sunday, October 7, from O th community to celebrate its 35 anniversary Newmans and Martin are working together programming like Arts Around Town and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the home of Patti Aaron. at a special event honoring its founders with to connect with the organization’s founders. the Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival. All of Members and prospective members are invited Some remained in or moved back to the Ann this started 35 years ago with Chuck and to attend. Arbor area, while some moved away. Sharon’s vision and their unique ability to The event will highlight Colegio Colombo The event is in the early planning stages, bring people together to execute a vision.” Hebreo in Bogotá, which was recently added to but there is already excitement building. It is hoped that the event will bring the the ORT global network as an affiliated school. Chuck plans to be the evening’s emcee, and community together to reflect on the organi- The new ORT affiliation will benefit the school says he is looking forward to, “encouraging zation’s dynamic past and look to the future. from academic and pedagogical perspectives founders to share their stories and recollec- The Newmans’ vision for the event includes tions about the founding of the JCC.” “We raising funds to help off-set the organization’s are holding this event to celebrate the fore- coming mortgage balloon payment, and pre- sight and commitment of the many who laid pare the organization to execute the future vi- the foundation which made the last 35 years sion that is being created now by the current possible,” he added. board of directors, staff, organization mem- the opening of an archive exhibition and The Newmans, Martin, and current Exec- bers, and broader Jewish community. published history. Inspired by JCC founders, utive Director David Stone, believe this event For more information on the archive, Charles and Sharon Newman, and curated is a special opportunity to bring the commu- published history, or 35th anniversary event, by local history aficionado, Fran Martin, nity together. Stone notes, “The Ann Arbor call (734) 971-0990 or visit jccannarbor.org the archive exhibition will be the culmina- JCC has come a long way from its humble where event details will be posted as they be- and enhance its prestige in the local community. tion of over a year of research. Martin has beginnings, and now serves the community come available. n Founded in 1968, Colegio Colombo Hebreo is highly ranked in Colombia and is the main source of Jewish education in the Bogotá Jewish community. The new ORT affiliation will make JOIN Internship reflections on my time with Michigan Hillel ORT programs available to its students, provide By Margo Dickstein increased training for teachers, and improve the hen I was trying to figure out was one of the most meaningful parts of the As an intern at Hillel, I got to play an active school’s ability to provide science, technology what I would do the summer after program. I have grown up in the Metro Detroit role in welcoming U-M’s 1,000 new incoming engineering and math (STEM) education. W my freshman year at the Univer- Jewish community all of my life. I went to He- Jewish students into our community, making Dr. Goldy Mazia, alumna of Colegio sity of Michigan, I did not immediately think of brew school at a local synagogue, worked as a personal calls, sending text invites, and ensuring Colombo Hebreo, will speak about “Growing the JOIN Internship (Jeanette and Oscar Cook madrichia at my Hebrew school, and served as we have all the right info in our database so we Up Jewish in Colombia.” Dr. Mazia is a Jewish Occupational Internship Program). As a president of my local BBYO chapter. can continue to communicate throughout the Newborn Health Advisor for USAID’s Maternal political science and international studies ma- While I thought I was well-versed in what year. I also got a hands-on role in planning the and Child Survival Program (MCSP) based jor, I assumed I would be getting an internship it meant to live in what local teens commonly logistics for their first-year students Overnight in Washington, DC. Dr. Mazia has been the somewhere like the United Nations, AIPAC, or call “the bubble,” I never knew about the vari- Retreat, taking place at Camp newborn health advisor for MCSP’s Zika virus one of the many political races gearing up for the ous agencies such as Jewish Family Serivces, JVS, Tamarack. The biggest highlight though of response team since 2017. November Midterms. I assumed, like all of the and Kadima, that were offering essential services my work at Hillel was joining a meeting at the The Fall Event provides an opportunity to leadership opportunities and jobs I had applied and care to members of the community that I Federation of Metropolitan Detroit in which Hil- learn about ORT America’s important work for in high school, I would easily be able to get had been a part of my whole life. Getting to lel staff shared great updates on all that’s going on supporting World ORT’s schools and high-tech a prestigious internship in my field of study. By learn about these agencies and the support they and new with JFMD senior staff. I got to not only training programs. The event also provides an January however, reality was right there staring require from the community in order to keep listen, but participate too, in conversations about opportunity to meet old and new friends and to me in the face. Everyone was looking for students them going, deeply affected and inspired me to ways in which staff are working to grow relation- learn about the Ann Arbor chapter’s activities, with experience — those who could write well, work hard so that I am able to give back to the ship between the Federation and Hillel. It was including the popular Book Group. For more manage large amounts of data, take initiative, community that provided so much not only to amazing to hear how passionate the Federation information about ORT Ann Arbor, check the and have think-outside-of-the-box skills. I, with me, but to countless others. is in providing support for Michigan Hillel and website, www.ortannarbor.org. my whopping one year of college under my belt, This spark that I got from the weekly seminars continuing to help them open new doors. For many students, ORT training is their seemed to lack those at first resume glance. I had pushed me to do the best that I could with my The JOIN internship program has opened transition to a satisfying career. For the resigned myself to a summer of babysitting, tu- internship at Michigan Hillel. It made my hour my eyes to what it means to be a part of the Met- 300,000 students ORT serves annually in toring, or working at a clothing store. and a half commute each day worth it. Since ro Detroit Jewish community, as well as what it over 37 countries, an ORT education makes Then, one email changed everything. The starting school at the U-M, my Jewish commu- takes to create a meaningful Jewish space for stu- all the difference. February Mich-Mash, University of Michigan nity has not changed, but grown, to include both dents. While I don’t know where my career will A suggested donation of $10 will help Hillel’s weekly email run-down of programs and the Detroit and Ann Arbor area. Michigan Hil- take me after college, I know that the Detroit Jew- support ORT. Rides are available if needed. opportunities coming up around Ann Arbor lel became my home away from home. I joined ish community and Michigan Hillel will always Rsvp to Gretta Spier, [email protected] by and beyond. It was there that I was introduced multiple Hillel-supported groups, attended their be there for me, and in return, I will always be October 1. n to JOIN — and off to an amazing summer with weekly, free Shabbat dinners, and gained close there for them. n Hillel, its staff, and lots of connection with the relationships to staff. Through the JOIN intern- Class of 2022’s incoming students. ship program, I have gotten to know Michigan The JOIN program is an eight-week intern- Hillel from a completely different angle than oth- A celebration for women — a Siyyum of Torah ship coordinated by Jewish Vocational Services ers student leader. I saw the long hours the staff Lonnie Sussman, special to the WJN of Metro Detroit. Started and partially funded put into planning great programs — that I had by the Cook family, the JOIN program seeks to no idea took so much effort. They work so hard hat does once a week for 35 years nal Aliyah in each of the Torah portions was engage college-aged Jewish students with Metro to welcome each incoming student and their have to do with Tea and Torah on studied. So, after seven years, the entire Torah Detroit Jewish communal organizations in the family, plan immersive experiences like their new W Tuesdays? Yes, that’s how long Es- has been read. hopes that their experience will empower future Overnight Retreat, Welcome to Campus Din- ther Goldstein has opened her home and many Traditionally this achievement is celebrat- leaders of the area’s Jewish community. The pro- ners, Meet & Greet across the country, and their hearts and minds to the importance of studying ed with a festive meal along with some Torah gram also educates the participants on the wide Mensch mentorship program. Not to mention all Torah. Over the years, women of various back- learning of the final line of Torah and the first variety and diversity of programming and ser- the planning they put into preparing for 1,500+ grounds and levels of knowledge have come to- line of Torah. It is a time to mark an end and vices offered within the Jewish community. students to join them for the High Holidays! Plus, gether to learn from our foundational book of the beginning of a new round of learning. A special component of JOIN is that each they take the time to thank each and every one wisdom, Rashi, other great commentators and Join other women for this celebration on Friday is utilized as a seminar day, in which par- of Hillel’s generous donors with a personal thank from each other. October 30, at 7–9 p.m., at the home of Es- ticipants travel to different agencies within the you note. It was amazing to be an active part of On Shabbat the weekly Torah portion is ther Goldstein for a light dinner and learn- area to learn about the services they provide, the care and consideration staff puts into ensur- read with seven divisions or aliyot. The TTT ing. No previous experience needed. RSVP what it takes to maintain those services, and how ing that every aspect of Hillel programming is (Tea and Torah on Tuesdays) reads and stud- to [email protected]. n they strive to achieve their missions. To me, this inclusive, accessible, and meaningful to students. ies one Aliyah each week. The seventh or fi-

6 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2018 ISeniors

JFS Older Adult Services offers support Julia Kessler Hollar, special to the WJN osephine, an 81-year-old independent “My stress level decreased greatly after talk- listen to my doctor and talk to her now. I don’t need of support in Washtenaw County. With woman, was living on her own when ing to her,” Elizabeth reported regarding her have to worry about what I will do if I can’t re- this significant increase in funding, the Older J she tripped while walking down several conversation with the JFS social worker. “She member what she said! My volunteer and PiCC Adult Services department will be able to serve stairs and found her life changed as she was un- truly listened to my concerns, and what my help do that for me!” additional older adults who benefit from care able to physically take care of herself as she had mother needed as well as “My mother had not management, in-home counseling, food de- until then. Unexpectedly she found she could what she wanted, and to- mentioned to me that she livery and supplemental nutrition program, as no longer drive and she became dependent gether we found an agency didn’t feel like she had well as support door-through-door transpor- on others to take her to appointments and the who has a homecare worker enough money to buy gro- tation services. store. “I asked my neighbor if she knew anyone who cares for my mother ceries when she truly need- JFS will also implement an innovative in who could help me and I found out about Jew- and keeps her company a ed them. I wasn’t sure what home support services program to provide re- ish Family Services’ Older Adult Services De- few days a week. I still come to do,” said Elizabeth. On spite care relief to caregivers in need. Through partment,” she said. “I called on a Tuesday and to see her almost every day a fixed income, Josephine this new service, JFS will expand its capacity to spoke to someone and that same week, a social but I worry less knowing had another week until connect clients with resources, advocacy and ac- worker came to visit me in my home. After she she has someone else there. her next month Social Se- cess to benefits. JFS trained social workers will left, I was enrolled in the transportation services I did not even know where curity check was deposited continue to create care plans with older adults where they come to my door to help me when to begin to find a home into her account and she that support their goal of aging in their own I need to go to a medical appointment. I was care agency like this and JFS would then ask Elizabeth home. In-home services will continue to include relieved to be all set!” helped point us in the right to take her to the store. delivering homebound older adults with nutri- Unfortunately, after her fall, Josephine’s direction.” The following week, after tious food, and will begin to assist older adults health began to decline as on-going medical Josephine also noticed contacting JFS, the social and caregivers in obtaining necessary respite conditions began to make it more challenging that she needed additional worker assisted Josephine care and in home support. Thome grant fund- for Josephine to be able to care for herself inde- assistance in her medical in enrolling in the monthly ing will directly support JFS’ ability to provide pendently in her own home. First she turned to appointments, after com- food delivery provided to needed nutritional supplements, such as Ensure her daughter who lives in the same town, how- ing home from a follow up homebound older adults and Boost, to many homebound older adults for ever her daughter was not able to come in the appointment with her primary care physician, through JFS. Through the food delivery pro- whom the direct cost of these is prohibitive. mornings when she felt she needed the most as- and not remembering an answer to a question gram, Josephine receives several bags of food In-home counseling services are essential sistance, with showering, dressing, and helping she asked. Josephine spoke to her social worker each month, including fresh fruits, vegetables, for many homebound older adults, but are provide breakfast and ensure her medications and was enrolled in the Partners in Care Con- meat, and dairy products, as well as other foods not offered or paid by Michigan Medicaid and were taken as prescribed. When her daughter cierge program through JFS. This program that are compliant with her dietary needs pre- very few providers offer this provision. This would come at the end of her workday, Jose- paired Josephine with a trained volunteer to scribed by her primary care physician. “They increased funding will expand the capacity of phine was often in her clothes from the previous support her before, during, and after her medi- even bring me chocolate Ensure!” Josephine JFS therapists to provide counseling support for day and had forgotten to take her medications. cal appointments, as well as take notes and assist stated, “My doctor told me to supplement my those unable to come to the office for counsel- Her daughter, Elizabeth, soon realized that her Josephine in having all her medical questions meals with it, but it is expensive and I cannot ing. For older adults who are able to leave their mother was in need of more support than could answered during her next visits with her doc- afford to buy it all the time. Through JFS, I now homes, this funding ensures JFS will continue be provided by herself alone. Elizabeth, having tors. “Now when I cannot remember what my drink it more often. It’s like dessert!” to be able to offer door-through-door trans- heard her mother discuss JFS before, contacted doctor said to me, I can take a look at the form Jewish Family Services was recently award- portation, for medical appointments through the same social worker who had visited several from my volunteer which has a list of all the ed a Thome grant that greatly expands their Partners in Care Concierge or other necessary months prior and expressed her concerns. questions I asked and the answers. I can just Older Adult Services for those ages 60+ in appointments in the community. n Third Thursday @ the J welcomes speakers from Michigan and Israel Rachael Hoffenblum, special to the WJN ichigan State Representative and has served on nearly 20 different boards in advance at the J. The come to bring their own dairy, nut-free lunch, Yousef Rabhi will visit the Jewish and committees. publication highlights a or purchase a lunch from the J’s Lunch Café. M Community Center of Greater On Thursday, November 15, at noon, the year of research in areas Those who plan to purchase lunch must reserve Ann Arbor’s Third Thursday @ the J at noon Israel Center @ the J and Third Thursday @ the that include demograph- it at least one day in advance. The Lunch Café on Thursday, October 18, for an afternoon of J will jointly present Hadas Fuchs, a researcher ics, economics, welfare, menu is catered by local chef Karan Balmer lunch and conversation. from the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies healthcare, education, and and is available at jccannarbor.org. To reserve Representative Rabhi is a in Israel, as a special live-stream direct from her employment. The Israel a space or lunch at the Café, or to learn more Washtenaw County na- office in Israel. The Taub Center for Social Pol- Center @ the J provides about Third Thursday @ the J or the weekly tive and alumnus of Ann icy Studies is an independent, nonpartisan, so- Hadas Fuchs opportunities for indi- Tuesday/Thursday Lunch Café, contact Rachael Arbor Public Schools. cioeconomic research institute that researches viduals to engage with Israel thoughtfully and Hoffenblum, operations manager and adult Before becoming State social and economic factors in Israel and dia- respectfully, together as a community. program coordinator, at rachaelhoffenblum@ Representative he served logues with policy makers. Fuchs’ presentation All Third Thursday @ the J presentations are jccannarbor.org or (734) 971-0990. n three terms on the County will address the “Picture of the Nation” book- free of charge and open to the public. Advance Yousef Rabhi Board of Commissioners, lets published by the Taub Center and available registration is appreciated. Participants are wel- JCC Lunch Café and Adult Program adds Wednesday activities Rachael Hoffenblum, special to WJN he Jewish Community Center of lunch costs $5.50 per lunch, however, those for paid members and offered in partnership moderate a Current Events discussion group Greater Ann Arbor will expand its 60 and over can choose to receive a special with the Washtenaw Community College after lunch. Various fitness classes are offered T Lunch Café and adult daytime pro- reduced price of $3 per lunch due to special community education program. Monday through Friday mornings, and the gram offerings to three days per week. Cur- funding provided to the JCC from the Washt- Third Thursday @ the J will continue to of- Yiddish Readers group meets each Friday. rently, its noon Lunch Café operates Tuesdays enaw County Office of Community and Eco- fer a wide variety of speakers and performers Evening activities include weekly Wednesday and Thursdays, but as of October 10, it will nomic Development. during the Lunch Café on the third Thursday Israeli Dancing and Thursday Yoga classes. add Wednesdays as well. The Lunch Café has As part of the new Wednesday Lunch of each month. In addition, the JCC will con- All the programs, classes, and Lunch Café seen an increase in popularity and attendance, Café, the JCC will host weekly film screenings tinue to offer a variety of recurring program are open to the entire community. serving as a social connection for retiree and beginning at 12:30 p.m. Adults who attend options on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Low Im- For more information, to reserve lunch twilight career adults in the area as well as Wednesdays will have the opportunity to par- pact Exercise is a class offered both Tuesday (at least one day in advance), contact Rachael those new to Ann Arbor. Local caterer Karan ticipate in selecting the films to be screened and Thursday mornings that combines ele- Hoffenblum, operations manager and adult Balmer provides a varied lunch menu that in future weeks. Wednesday afternoon also ments of balance, strength, and Tai Chi. On programs coordinator, at (734) 971-0990 or is always meat-free and nut-free. Currently includes Tai Chi for Seniors, a class that is free Thursdays, Heather Dombey continues to [email protected]. n

Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2018 7 IFederation

The Federation’s Annual Campaign: fostering and sustaining Jewish communal life By Sharyn J. Gallatin, Financial Resource Development Director To help a fellow man may be to tip the scales ing community of Hebrew Day School. for example, JFS’s efforts to settle refugees have been demonstrated to influence future for the entire world.” – Talmud, Kiddushin 40:2 Children in our synagogue religious schools in Ann Arbor and the Jewish Agency for Jewish involvement. benefit from their teachers receiving cre- Israel’s (JAFI) programs aimed at promot- We were able to increase allocations to he Jewish Federation of Greater ative professional development through the ing equal rights and opportunities for all of our local agencies, providing them with Ann Arbor’s 2019 Annual Cam- Jewish Educator’s Council. Israel’s citizens. more resources to accomplish their mis- paign kicked off last month with T The Federation Annual Community The Federation Annual Community sions and offer even more programs and an event to motivate and support campaign Campaign enriches us by offering Jews from Campaign provides opportunities for us to services to engage and strengthen Jewish volunteers as they begin the New Year by of- across the religious spectrum a welcom- connect meaningfully with Israel. Through communal life. fering their fellow Jews an opportunity to ing home in which to express their Jewish our Partnership2Gether relationship with We were able to make a greater differ- do a mitzvah – to foster and sustain Jew- observance and to gather together as one Moshav Nahalal and experiences it offers ence in Israeli civil society by increasing ish life in our community and around the people. The eruv — which makes Ann Ar- — such as the Student Exchange, Women’s funding to projects and organizations, such world through a gift to the Annual Commu- bor a more tenable destination for Ortho- Experience in Israel, school twinning and as Hand in Hand Schools and the Israel Re- nity Campaign. The guest speaker, former dox Jews — strengthens us all by bringing family visits — Ann Arborites of all ages ligious Expression Platform, that share our Federation Executive Director Jeff Levin, greater diversity and involvement to our develop significant, personal connections values of religious pluralism, equal rights provided the participants with valuable community. Community-wide events, such with Israelis and are able to explore the for all Israelis and support for vulnerable tools to effectively and comfortably com- as the JCC’s Book Fair and Film Festival, the complexities of Israeli society while main- populations. municate how we can connect, ignite and Main Event, and our energetic Israel at 70 taining a warm relationship with its people. Together, we can build on this success inspire our community through our com- celebrations enable us to join neighbors and Our Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence and do even more! munal campaign. friends representing the tapestry of Jewish Day) events and Israel-related speakers of- This year, when a Federation Annual There is no greater mitzvah than asking observance and involvement to enjoy a wide fer people of all ages a way to celebrate and Community Campaign volunteer contacts one Jew to ask a second Jew to help a third. range of cultural offerings. engage in a deeper way with the Jewish state. you, I hope you will agree to meet them for Participating in the Federation campaign The Federation Annual Community You have an opportunity to be a part coffee, have a Jewish conversation about enables campaign volunteers and donors to Campaign helps make it possible for us — of making all of the above possible and so your hopes and dreams for our commu- join together in a communal effort aimed as a community — to help those in need. much more. nity, and thank them for doing a mitzvah at maximizing the community’s strengths From Jewish Family Services (JFS) offering by giving you the opportunity to make a and ensuring that no Jew in distress falls our senior citizens assistance enabling them What we can accomplish together difference by supporting our community. through the cracks, no need goes unad- to age in place or experience the comfort In 2018, together we demonstrated our Together we are powerful! We ALL have the dressed, and no one is left out in the cold. and familiarity of Jewish life in new sur- commitment to the community and its ability to Connect, Ignite and Inspire! The Federation Annual Community roundings to the Joint Distribution Com- future by growing our communal giving. For more information or to make a Campaign supports Jewish communal en- mittee’s (JDC) Welfare Relief in the Former Because of your generosity, we were able to pledge, visit www.jewishannarbor.org or gagement through rich educational pro- Soviet Union, we ensure that the most vul- increase the camp scholarship fund, which contact Sharyn Gallatin at (734) 677-0100, grams for people of all ages, from tots in nerable among us live lives of meaning and will enable greater numbers of Jewish chil- ext. 228 or [email protected]. n the Jewish Community Center of Greater dignity. And, our caring extends beyond the dren to attend Jewish summer camp, one of Ann Arbor’s Early Childhood Center to el- Jewish community through our support of, a very few transformative experiences that ementary school pupils in the joyful learn- Jewish Young Professional fall kickoff Claudia Halpern, special to the WJN nn Arbor’s Jewish Young Profes- and part two took place at Bar Louie. JYP sionals (JYP) kicked off the new participants are excited for a successful year A year with a two-part series called full of creative, cultural, social and fun pro- “New-Ish and Jewish,” a combination of gramming. Want to get involved? Contact bar/coffee/game nights. Over 100 people Claudia Halpern, Outreach and Program participated, including recent arrivals to coordinator at the Jewish Federation of Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, people who’ve been Greater Ann Arbor at Claudia@jewishan- in the area for some time or returned after narbor.org or (734) 677-0100, ext 227. For an absence, and those seeking to re-discover more information, visit www.jewishannar- the city. “New-ish and Jewish” part one took bor.org or the Jewish Young Professionals of place at Cultivate Coffee and Tap House, Ann Arbor on Facebook. n

8 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2018 I Rabbi's Corner

Torah life and material life Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, special to the WJN n Shabbat, October 6 we will be start- ation. The fact that we are made aware of the moment. Exactly as it was the first time. If tion between trying to live a life according ing the readings of the Torah from act of Creation and we reflect upon the act God were to stop the process of creating the to Torah and at the same time to be success- O the beginning, the book of Genesis. of Creation and its meaning, is a foundation world for even a moment, the world would ful at making a living. So the Torah tells us There is a famous expression among in our service to God throughout the entire cease existing. emphatically - don’t worry about it! In the Chabad rabbis year. The more a Jew understands and in- The Alter Rebbe, in his book The Tanya, beginning God created the world. The entire throughout many ternalizes the meaning of God creating the explains that understanding the verse in existence of the world is based on the ten generations that world, makes it easier for a person to serve Psalms 119:89, the words from God that utterances of God that is written in the To- the Shabbat when God during the rest of the year. The fact that were used to create the world are eternal and rah. The Torah also says that God is our God we read the begin- we know and believe that the whole of Cre- in effect constantly. God’s words of creation and that we should fulfill all of God’s Torah ning of the Torah ation came through God helps us through- have to be there constantly in order for the Mitzvahs. Therefore, it’s impossible to say has an effect on the out the year in our divine service. creation to remain in existence. So what do that there is any contradiction between the entire year ahead. So how does this narrative of the Creation we deduce from this? That the true existence demands made by Torah and the demands A person’s conduct begin? “In the beginning God created the of the world is all dependent on the constant made by making a living in the world. Be- on this particular heavens and earth”. A great commentator on utterance of God’s words of its creation. The cause the whole world was created by God it Shabbat sets the the Torah, the Ramban, Nachmanides, tells world has no intrinsic way of existing inde- cannot, in any way, impede a person in their Rabbi Aharon Goldstein tone for the entire us that the fact that the Torah uses the phrase pendently except for the words of God. The fulfillment of a Mitzvah. upcoming year. Why is this particular Shab- “ God created…,” means that God created world only exists because the words of God, Not only on Shabbat Bereshis, but bat so important that it has such important something from nothing. This means that at every moment, make it exist. throughout the entire year, when a person implications? There are other important days before Creation nothing existed. There was The words of God are the true existence has to “make it” in the real world, if they be- in the calendar that might seem more appro- only nothing. It was from this nothing that of the world. Once we understand this con- lieve in this concept that the world is created priate to affect the entire year ahead — such God created the world. This concept of cre- cept and recognize that the world’s existence by God, they will not find their work in the as Shavuot. This holiday commemorates the ating something from nothing is something is dependent on the words of God, we can world in any way a contradiction to observ- giving of the whole, entire Torah. Wouldn’t very unique regarding this world. There is understand why the Shabbat on which we ing Torah. On the contrary, even when they this be more significant than merely the nothing else in existence in the world that read the first portion of the Torah describ- are in the midst of their work, navigating initial, single Parsha? Furthermore, there is something from nothing. In this world, ing God’s creation of the universe is so cen- through life in this physical world, they can, are other portions in the Torah that speak things are created from other things - some- tral a theme in Judaism because this gives a at the same time, be fully functional in Torah about commandments that are more funda- thing from something. For example, a cup is person the right understanding of and atti- observance. This is the particularly impor- mental to our daily life throughout the year formed from gold or another material already tude toward the world. When a person goes tant lesson that we learn from Parsha Beresh- than merely telling us the story of creation. in existence. Creating something from noth- through life they confront normal challenges is. If we start off the new year with this proper So what is so special about this Parsha on ing is unique to God’s creation of the world. and difficulties. One of these challenges is the attitude, we can function for the whole year Shabbat Bereshis at the very beginning of the In order that this world should not only be fact that a person has to be successful work- in a materially successful way being alive and reading of the Torah? created but should remain in existence and ing with the world and at the same time has healthy and at the same time successfully car- The special nature of the first Parsha of not revert back to nothingness, God has to to apply the principles of Torah to their life. rying out our spiritual mission. There is no the Torah is that it describes the act of Cre- constantly keep creating the world at every Sometimes there seems to be a contradic- contradiction between the two. n

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Events at the Jewish Cultural Society Barb Banet, special to the WJN First Friday Shabbat at the Jewish Cultural Society Friday, October 5. 6:30-9 p.m. The JCS First Friday Shabbat, held at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor, includes secular Jewish read- ings, singing, candle lighting, challah and wine rituals, and a Yahrtzeit observance to remember loved ones. After the Shabbat observance, the community shares a ca- tered dinner from a local restaurant. Free for JCS members; $10/person or $25/family for nonmembers. Register at jewishcultur- alsociety.org. For more information: (734) 975-9872 or [email protected]. First Friday Shabbat and “Your Oldest Jewish Thing” Friday, November 2, Service and dinner at 6:30 p.m., interactive program following dinner at 7:45 p.m. As part of the Jewish Cultural Society’s First Friday Shabbat on November 2, for- mer JCS Executive Director Judith Seid will lead an event called “Your Oldest Jew- ish Thing.” Judy describes it as an interest- ing interactive evening of Jewish history and culture. After a short secular Shabbat observance, led by the JCS Madrikha Julie Gales, and a catered dinner from a local restaurant, participants will be asked to show the oldest Jewish object in their home (that they brought to the event). After they describe the object’s history and what it means to them, Seid will add cultural and historical context to the discussion. Regis- tration is requested: (734) 975-9872, info@ jewishculturalsociety.org or www.jewish- culturalsociety.org. There is no charge for dinner for members of JCS; $10 is the sug- gested donation for non-members (or $25/ family). Those who prefer to come after dinner for the interactive event may come at 7:45 p.m. All are welcome to attend, in- cluding children. n

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Beth Israel Congregation October activities Elliot Sorkin, special to the WJN Simchat Torah and the International Baby Shabbat and their parents with songs, stories, and the potential to shift the basis for transporta- Saturday, October 6, 9:30 a.m. prayers, plus the Shabbat “Mystery Box.” tion and land-use planning from mobility to Shul of Pancakes Tot Shabbat is led by Beth Israel’s Program accessibility. In addition to a Ph.D. in City and Erev Simchat Torah and Torah Processionals, The newest members to the congregation Director, Sarah Klein, and Davey Rosen, the Regional Planning from UC Berkeley, he holds Monday, October 1, 6:45 p.m. – those children born over the past Jewish year Beth Israel Experiential Educator the Master of City Planning and the Master of Simchat Torah Morning Service,Tuesday, – are welcomed into the congregation. The To- Mini-Minyan is Beth Israel’s service for Science in Engineering, with a civil engineer- October 2: Shaharit and Hallel services, 8:30 a.m.; rah reading is Bereishit – “In the Beginning” – a elementary school age children. The service ing/transportation focus. He teaches in the ar- International Shul of Pancakes Breakfast, perfect parasha (a section of the Torah read on includes Shabbat prayers and fun educational eas of transportation, land use, economics of 9:30 a.m.; Torah Service and Hakafot (Torah Shabbat) for this joint event. A kiddush lun- activities. The children will join the main con- planning, and research design. This free event Processional,) 10:15 a.m. cheon follows the service. gregation for the final prayers in the Sanctuary. includes refreshments. Erev Simchat Torah includes a Maariv For more information contact Sarah Klein at Service that is followed by the Simchat Torah New Member Shabbat service and dinner Friday, September 12. Service, 6 p.m., [email protected]. Gan Katan Hakafot (family friendly Torah procession- dinner, 7 p.m. Both of these programs are, free drop-in Sunday, October 21 and once a month thereafter als,) dancing, and snacks. New members of Beth Israel are welcomed events open to non-members as well as to through April. On Simchat Torah morning after the into the congregation at this Friday evening ser- members of Beth Israel. Gan Katan, a Beth Israel Religious School Shaharit and Hallel services, Beth Israel vice, followed by a traditional Shabbat meal of program, is designed for 3 and four year olds provides a free pancake breakfast in the chicken or vegetarian alternative. The commu- Environmental responsibility at the with a parent (or other adult). Children and Social Hall, followed by the Hakafot, the nity is invited to spend a Shabbat evening on parents enjoy stories and activities together. Torah processionals, and the rest of the ser- municipal level this occasion at Beth Israel. $18 per adults ages Gan Katan is open to Beth Israel members as vice. Simchat Torah celebrates and marks Sunday, October 21, 7:45 p.m. 13 and up, $10 for children ages 4 – 12 years old, well as non-member families. Contact Mira at the conclusion of the annual cycle of pub- In a joint offering by Beth Israel and the and children 3 and younger are free. RSVPs and school@bethisrael–aa.org. Tuition for the year lic Torah readings, and the beginning of a Social Action Commit- payments are required by Oct. 15. Online sign- is $150. new cycle tee, Professor Jonathan up at Beth Israel’s website www.bethisrael-aa. The main celebrations of Simchat Torah Levine will discuss a org, under Event Signup. (New members from timely issue of practi- Beth Israel events open to nonmembers take place in the synagogue during evening Almost all Beth Israel events are open to the the past two years are invited at no charge. They cal concern. Jonathan and morning services. In Orthodox and Con- general community, and many are offered at no should rsvp to the office at 665-9897 or office@ Levine is the Emil Lorch servative congregations, this is the only time of cost. Call (734) 665-9897 for additional infor- bethisrael-aa.org.) Professor of Urban and year on which the Torah scrolls are taken out of mation about the summer events. Regional Planning at the ark and read at night. In the morning, the Additional events will be posted on Beth Is- Tot Shabbat and mini minyan the University of Michi- last section of Deuteronomy and the first sec- Saturdays, October 13 and October 27, 11:15 a.m. Jonathan Levine rael’s website –www.bethisrael-aa.org n tion of Genesis are read in the synagogue. gan’s Taubman College Tot Shabbat is Beth Israel’s fun Shab- of Architecture and Urban Planning. He stud- bat morning program for preschoolers ies accessibility in modern transportation and This month at Temple Beth Emeth Nellie Stansbury, special to the WJN Yizkor service and luncheon of time for a discounted price. Punch cards are Regina Hayut at cantorhayut@templebethe- son, [email protected]. Monday, October 1, 11 a.m., TBE Chapel and available in the TBE office. meth.org. Social Hall Shalom Gever/Jewish Karate At this special service, those who have Social Action Committee presentation: Weekly Lunch & Learn Fridays, October 5, 12, 19 and 26, 4 p.m. passed since last year’s Sukkot will be remem- Gerrymandering Fridays, October 5, 12, 19 and 26, TBE Adult Register Today! | Health, Healing and Self- bered. Followed by a light luncheon. Tuesday, October 2, 6:30 p.m., TBE Adult Lounge Lounge, Noon Defense The non-partisan grassroots group, “Vot- Rabbi Whinston meets on Fridays for an in- Try out this unique martial arts instruction Judaism 101: Adult Education Class, led ers not Politicians,” is looking for volunteers to formal discussion about religion. Sessions are including lessons in how to live a healthy life- canvass in order to get out the vote in Novem- open to the entire community. Feel free to bring style, be energetic, do well in school and learn by Rabbi Whinston your lunch. anti-bullying self-defense. 12-week semesters Mondays, October 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, 1 p.m., ber 2018 to fix Michigan’s broken redistricting for belt advancement. Drop-in when schedules TBE’s Adult Lounge and process through a constitutional amendment. Women of TBE: Historical Novel permit. Enrollment is open for students and Thursdays, October 4, 11, 18 and 25, 7 p.m., Contact Cilla Tomas, cilla.financialguidance@ adults. Shalom Gever is taught by Rabbi Peter TBE’s Adult Lounge gmail.com, with questions. Reading Group Gluck, 5th Degree Black Belt and martial arts A series of classes for those interested in Monday, October 8, 12:30 p.m., TBE Library instructor for 21 years. Contact the Temple learning more about Judaism. Judaism 101 ex- Trope & Torah cantillation The WTBE Reading Group meets on the Beth Emeth office at (734) 665-4744 or Rabbi amines the “hows and whys” of being Jewish. It Sundays, October 7, 14, 21 and 28, 3:30 p.m., second Monday of each month, October Gluck, [email protected], for more regis- is designed to give its students an appreciation TBE’s Adult Lounge through June. This month’s book is Medicus, tration information. and basic knowledge of some of the fundamen- Put your skills to the test by engaging with by Ruth Downie. Contact Molly Lindner, burn- tals of Judaism by learning about the history, Torah. Learn the key trope melodies and how to [email protected]. use those melodies to chant an Alliyah of Torah. WTBE Fiber Arts Group theology, and practices of Judaism, led by Rabbi Brotherhood Guys’ Night Out Mondays, October 1 and 15, 7–9 p.m., TBE Whinston. Two weekly classes offer opportuni- Contact Cantor Hayut, cantorhayut@temple- bethemeth.org, with questions. Thursday, October 18, 6:30 p.m., Offsite Adult Lounge ties for those working traditional hours and will Join TBE’s Brotherhood for their monthly Anyone interested in Fiber Arts: knit- cover the same materials each week. TBE Board installation night out. Contact Brotherhood President, Bill ting, crocheting, and crafts are welcome. This Families with Young Children (FYC): Tot Friday, October 5, TBE Sanctuary, 7 p.m. Parkus, [email protected], for more infor- group will be contributing to the Israeli Peace Join the TBE Board as they introduce mation or to join. quilt. (All materials for the project provided Shabbat service their 2018–2019 board members in a special by WTBE.) Contact Martha Weintraub, wein- Fridays, October 5, 12, 19 and 26, 5:45 p.m., Shabbat service. Torah study [email protected]. TBE Sanctuary Saturdays, October 6, 13, 20 and 27, 8:50 a.m. 5:45 p.m. | Tot (0–5 year olds) Shabbat Services Women’s Torah study A weekly discussion of the Torah portion led Spirituality Book Club with Rabbi Whinston and Cantor Hayut Mondays, October 8 and 22, 7 p.m. by Rabbi Whinston. Tuesday, October 23, 7 p.m. and Thursday, 6:15 p.m. Dinner for Tot Shabbat | 6:45 p.m. An in-depth study and lively discussion of October 25, noon Shira Service the week’s Torah portion led by Cantor Regina Families with young(ish) children: Led by Annie Rose, TBE’s cantor emerita. All of your favorite songs led by TBE’s tot Hayut. The group will explore various passages Monthly playground meet-up Everyone is invited to participate in the new team, Cantor Hayut and Rabbi Whinston. from the portion looking at several translations Sunday, October 28, 10 a.m., Rotating Parks season of TBE’s Spirituality Book Club! Feel free A dinner of macaroni and cheese, fish sticks, and commentaries from a variety of scholars in Ann Arbor to come to Tuesday night sessions or Thursday applesauce, and a salad bar will be served im- from Talmudic times to the modern day. No TBE wants to find more ways to connect afternoon sessions. Registration is not required, mediately following the short service. Dinner Hebrew knowledge necessary to participate in socially. These meet-up events are for children but it is helpful to planning to know how many is just $5 per person. Buy a punch card ahead the discussion. For questions, contact Cantor 0–10 years old. Questions? Contact Beth Pear- people may come: [email protected]. n

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Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2018 13 I Youth Like spaghetti sauce loves white shirts. JCC hires new camp and youth director Peretz Hirshbein, special to the WJN he Jewish Community Center of ing on the directorship this year,’ it made me feel Greater Ann Arbor has named this past so proud of the work that we did this summer.” T year’s interim camp director, Nicole Joining Feinberg this year in the role of “Nikki” Feinberg, as its Camp and Youth di- Camp and Youth coordinator is long-time rector. Camp Raanana, the summer day camp Camp Raanana staffer Marlowe Susselman. serving kindergarten through high school stu- Susselman, who recently graduated from Case dents and located at Cedar Lake Nature Cen- Western Reserve with a degree in environmen- ter in Chelsea, is operated by the JCC, and had tal studies, began as a Camp Raanana camper, an extremely successful summer season under and over many summers has served in almost

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The Concept of a Universal improving city life Humanity, Social Justice and The old socialist model gets a modern twist as intentional communities make National Individuality in educational and social inroads in underprivileged Israeli neighborhoods. Modern Jewish Thought By Abigail Klein Leichman Oct. 9, 4:00 PM uy Gardi, a founding member of come here to learn about it in the past 25 Yossi Turner, Louis & Helen 25-year-old urban Kibbutz Beit years,” says longtime member Omer Lefkow- Padnos Visiting Professor G Yisrael in the southern Jerusalem itz. “Israel is full of people looking for vision, Room 2022, 202 S. Thayer St. neighborhood of Gilo Aleph, doesn’t con- for a life of meaning. Mission-driven com- sider himself a pioneer like the founders of munities give them a way to do that.” the nearly 100-year-old Kibbutz Ein Harod A new social movement in the Jezreel Valley, where he grew up. Nomika Zion, founder of urban Kibbutz Those original egalitarian communes Migvan in the blue-collar southern town of On Site/Sight: From Europe (kibbutz means “gathering” or “collective”) Sderot, estimates that more than 200 urban to the Lower East Side and struggled to establish fertile farms in long- kibbutzim or similar intentional communi- barren soil, while today’s urban kibbutz is an ties exist across Israel. More are springing Beyond intentional community working to improve up all the time. Oct. 10, 7:00 PM Shachar Pinsker and Sara Blair, University of Michigan Literati Bookstore, 124 E. Washington St. PHOTO: COURTESY PHOTO:

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Madame Bovary in the Jewish Provinces: Fradel Shtok’s Modernist Yiddish Prose Oct. 18, 1:00 PM Allison Schachter, Vanderbilt University Room 2022, 202 S. Thayer St.

Members of Kibbutz Migvan in Sderot built their own neighborhood within the city

Antologye: Finf Hundert Yor Idishe Poeziye, edited by quality of life and education in underserved “It’s a new social movement,” she says. Morris Bassin (New York: Literarisher Farlag, 1917) neighborhoods. It’s a different kind of pio- This movement includes Garin Torani neering. communities of religious young families; Jewish Women and “The unique idea of an urban kibbutz is student volunteer villages of the grass- Conversion in Medieval to take the old idea of a kibbutz — a group of roots Ayalim Association in the Negev and Europe people living together and sharing their re- Galilee; and non-Jewish (including Druze) Oct. 23, 4:00 PM sources to help each other accomplish a mis- intentional communities. Paola Tartakoff, Rutgers University sion – and apply it to a social environment “What they have in common is that they rather than an agricultural environment,” are extremely involved in their city or town’s Room 2022, 202 S. Thayer St. explains Gardi. social welfare and education,” Zion tells IS- Five secular and religious families started RAEL21c. “Most don’t have a sharing econ- Kibbutz Beit Yisrael in 1993. They moved omy like classic kibbutzim but they often into a former immigrant absorption center work and live together.” in a rundown part of Gilo and extended a Zion frequently hosts foreign visitors, re- hand to residents of the surrounding public- porters and university students wishing to un- Cantigas de Santa María. Biblioteca de San Lorenzo el housing projects. derstand the phenomenon. She starts with her Real, Escorial, ms. T.I.1, fol. 154 “We’re working with amazing people own story as a third-generation kibbutznik. who happen to have a lot of troubles. To un- “I was raised on social values of equal- Whitechapel Noise: Politics, derstand them we have to live among them, ity, but nearby there was a development sex and religion in Yiddish respect them and build trust. The connec- town of North African immigrants we rhyme on the streets of tion has to influence both sides,” Gardi tells never met. I wanted to break down the London’s East End 1884-1914 ISRAEL21c. “Of all the things I do, the most metaphorical wall,” Zion says. “I wanted to Oct. 30, 4:00 PM important is just to live there and be a caring bring the kibbutz into the city and share Vivi Lachs, Birkbeck, University of friend and neighbor.” my life with people of different back- Members founded the Kvutzat Reut non- grounds, and try to build relationships not London profit as a vehicle to promote social action based on patronizing anyone.” Room 2022, 202 S. Thayer St. and religious pluralism in Gilo Aleph. Six young pioneers followed Zion to Kvutzat Reut-Kibbutz Beit Yisrael offers in- Sderot in 1987. At that time, many children formal education programs for all ages; revital- of the town’s original Moroccan immigrants izes public preschools and elementary schools were growing up and taking leadership roles

Jewish Museum, London with declining enrollment; and founded to improve life in Sderot. Mechinat Beit Yisrael, a pre-army leadership, “There were exciting changes happening study and local volunteering program that at- All events are free and open to the public. If you have a disability that requires a and we wanted to be part of that,” says Zion. reasonable accommodation, please call at least two weeks prior to the event. tracts students from Israel and abroad. “When we started we got no support from “Kibbutz Beit Yisrael was one of the first the Kibbutz Movement or the government. LSA.UMICH.EDU/JUDAIC • [email protected] • 734.763.9047 to invent this model and a lot of people have continued on page 20

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Seven huge new tourism projects planned in Israel With tourism on the rise, Israel is investing in significant infrastructure that will revolutionize its travel industry. Check out what’s in store. By Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21c everal exciting infrastructure proj- 4. Eilat Ramon Airport ects are in the works to make touring Located 18 kilometers north of Ei- S Israel more convenient, memorable lat, Israel’s premiere tourist resort at the and accessible. The time is right, as tourism northern tip of the Red Sea, Israel’s new stats are spiking ever higher. 34,000-square-meter international air- During 2017, a record 3.6 million tour- SCREENSHOT PHOTO: port will replace the Eilat J. Hozman Air- ists entered Israel, a 25 percent increase over port in the center of Eilat and Ovda Airport 2016. Between January and June 2018, a 60 kilometers north of the city. record-breaking 2 million tourist entries From October 2017 to April 2018, the were recorded, a 19% increase on the same critical winter season, 145,841 airline pas- period last year. The most popular destina- sengers landed in Ovda, arriving on about tions are Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, the Dead 50 weekly flights from Europe. That’s a 56% Sea, Tiberias and the Galilee. increase over the 2016-17 winter season. ISRAEL21c looks at seven projects in It is expected that the new airport – slated various stages of planning and construc- to open in early 2019 – will lead to even great- tion. Please note that estimated completion er numbers of domestic and foreign tourists. dates are subject to change. 5. Crusader Wall Promenade 1. Cable car in Jerusalem Illustration of proposed Jerusalem cable car The Crusader Wall Promenade, a newly About 85% of tourists to Israel visit opened tourist attraction at Caesarea Har- the iconic religious sites in the Old City bor National Park, involved the preserva- of Jerusalem. However, although special tion and renovation of the Roman-era arrangements can be made for visitors beach promenade, walls, fortifications and with mobility limitations, accessibility is towers as well as the Crusader market. problematic. Buses and cars battle heavy Funded by the Caesarea Edmond Ben- traffic; parking is inadequate. Pedestrians jamin de Rothschild Foundation, the Cru- encounter stairs, uneven cobblestones and sader Wall Promenade is part of a larger narrow alleys. tourism initiative in the 2,000-year-old That’s why Minister of Tourism Yariv port city, which boasts many archeologi-

Levin wasn’t exaggerating when he said that OF ISRAEL RAILWAYS COURTESY IMAGE cal ruins and attracts half a million visitors a planned cable car “will change the face of every year. Jerusalem, offering tourists and visitors easy and comfortable access to the Western Wall, 6. Ecological beach in Eilat and will serve as an outstanding tourism at- A 200-meter-long stretch of shoreline traction in its own right.” on the Gulf of Eilat adjacent to the Dolphin On Jerusalem Day last May, the govern- Reef is being developed as an ecological ment approved Levin’s proposal to invest beach and environmental education center. $56 million in building a 1,400-meter ca- An old pier at the site, formerly used for ble car route from the First Station leisure New double-decker trains arriving in Israel for the fast-rail line linking Jerusalem and Tel Aviv transporting oil, will be renovated as an en- compound (offering ample parking and bus vironmental tourist attraction – complete transportation) to the Dung Gate, the en- with a marine garden, wind chimes and trance nearest to the Davidson Center-Jeru- natural climbing structures – as well as a salem Archeological Park and Western Wall. headquarters for Israeli youth group Shom- Estimated to be operational in 2021, rei Hamifratz (Guardians of the Gulf). the cable car will stop along the way at the Eilat’s coastline encompasses a marine

Mount of Olives, Mount Zion and City of LEVY VICTOR BY PHOTO reserve with magnificent coral reefs. David. An estimated 3,000 people could be transported hourly in each direction. 7. Bedouin boutique hotel Bedouin-style accommodations – desert 2.The fast rail between Tel Aviv and khans or tents in the Negev or Galilee – are Jerusalem popular with low-budget and back-to-na- This extraordinary rail line will revo- ture tourists. lutionize travel between the country’s two In the near future there will be a new op- biggest cities, replacing a traffic-snarled tion in Bedouin tourism experiences in Isra- 60-kilometer (37-mile) trip of about an el: the world’s first hotel in a Bedouin village. hour, or sometimes more in rush hour, with The 120-room, 4-star hotel will be built a smooth journey of under 30 minutes. at the foot of Mount Tabor in the village of The fast rail will service Ben-Gurion In- Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam. ternational Airport, Tel Aviv’s four railway The Ministry of Tourism has approved a stations and a transportation hub along- budget to establish a tourism infrastructure side Jerusalem’s Central Bus Station and New double-decker trains arriving in Israel for the fast-rail line linking Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in the village, which is strategically located light rail. near Christian holy sites, the Gospel Trail The $1.9 billion Israel Railways project, 3. Jewish theme park in Dimona The $400 million tourist destination will and the Israel Trail. involving nine bridges and four tunnels, Take a ride on Jacob’s Ladder and hold include five “worlds,” each with four or five According to Shibli Regional Council was supposed to launch last March but re- on tight for the People of the Book roller rides: Oasis, World of Spirits, World of the Director Na’im Shibli, the hotel will be peated delays are leaving everyone waiting coaster — two of the 16 rides planned for Jewish Nation, World of Society and World “based on Bedouin culture, featuring Bed- impatiently. Park Pla-im (Park of Wonders) to be con- of Time. ouin hospitality and healthy natural Bed- Whenever it does start running, perhaps structed in the southern city of Dimona. The projected opening date of Park Pla- ouin cuisine from the Galilee. This will be in late September, the fast rail eventually Advertised as a Jewish theme park im is 2023. Hotels and other tourist ameni- a luxury hotel unlike any other in Israel, will have four double-decker trains in each promoting universal values, Park Pla-im ties are planned near the theme park, with which will give an economic boost to the direction every hour, each accommodating reportedly has been designed by ITEC potential for turning this desert town south village and the entire region.” n about 1,000 passengers. Entertainment of Florida, which designs of Beersheva and the Dead Sea into an in- theme parks internationally. viting attraction. There’s already a luxury hotel in town, the Drachim.

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Local volunteers work to pass Proposal 2 By Carol Lessure and Dan Meisler n June 2017, a group of local volunteers tures and now serves as the Regional Education gathered at the Ann Arbor Friends Meet- Co-Coordinator for the Vote Yes on Proposal Iing House to launch the effort to put voters 2 campaign, helping train local presenters and THE DORFMAN CHAPEL in charge of drawing district lines in Michigan scheduling them to speak to various groups in and created what would become Proposal 2 as Southeast Michigan. Serving with Dignity, Sanctity, and Compassion a regional team with Voters Not Politicians, the Not only has Voters Not Politicians mo- irectors: Alan orfman Jonathan orfman grassroots, nonpartisan campaign working to bilized volunteers across the state, but the Providing professional and personal Funeral arrangements to the Jewish Community end partisan gerrymandering in Michigan. To- organization has also provided 420 edu- Now serving Ann Arbor and the surrounding communities day this hearty crew of locals has engaged thou- cational presentations and raised over $1 sands of volunteers to work on reaching the million from more than 8,000 grassroots 30440 W. 12 Mile Rd. • Farmington Hills 248-406-6000 • www.thedorfmanchapel.com

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Rena Basch Leah Kessler more than 280,000 registered voters in Washt- contributors as of early September 2018. enaw County and beyond. Its central organiz- Typically, ballot committees secure major ing group meets regularly and includes many dollars from a few significant donors, busi- REBEL OCTOBER 5-6 VOCES8 NOVEMBER 2-3 members of the Jewish community among its nesses, and community-based organizations volunteers who are knocking on doors, secur- to reach voters through expensive television ing endorsements, managing volunteers, and ads. These grassroot donations demonstrate wrangling donations. deep interest and support for changing One of the organizers of this event, Rena things in Michigan fueled by citizens that Basch, has been involved with this effort want to see our political system be more fair, from nearly its beginning at the end of 2016. impartial, and transparent. She said, “Like so many others who hear the Civic engagement is a priority of national . . . . a division of M O S A Michigan Otolaryngology call or feel a moral obligation to tikkun olam, and statewide Jewish organizations, includ- I decided to do something. I chose to work ing the National Council of Jewish Women- Surgery Associates on redistricting reform, a long-term fix to Michigan, which was an early endorser of Hearing Centers a broken system. Under the current system, this effort and will host a forum on Thurs- there will be no improvement on the major day, October 4, at 7 p.m. at the Farmington We can help you stay active and involved issues of our time that I care about. End- Hills Library on Proposal 2. The Rabbinic ing gerrymandering — the political map- Assembly of the Conservative Movement through better hearing. drawing game that politicians play to keep has urged action to prevent attempts to limit themselves in power — is crucial to saving citizens’ ability to vote following the U.S. Su- For a free online hearing test and a free guide to democracy, making every vote count, and preme Court’s 2013 decision that invalidated hearing aids, visit: mosaaudiology.com for adult frankly restoring sanity and intelligence in key parts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Rab- and pediatric the public policy decision-making process bi Jonah Dov Pesner wrote on the Union of Ask about our hearing aids free home demo!* patients of our legislative bodies.” Reform Judaism blog in June that: “Voting is Proposal 2 will ensure that voters choose vital if we are to be responsible for our soci- Part of the U-M their politicians — not the other way around. ety and ensure that everyone is included and Hear when you need us. Premier Care Network Today, politicians and lobbyists draw voting can participate. For decades, we have advo- In Ann Arbor, call Joel, Most other insurance coverages accepted. maps behind closed doors that directly ben- cated for voting rights and worked to bring efit themselves, instead of putting the inter- more people into the democratic process.” Darcy, and Alexandra ests of voters or communities of Michigan Over the next five weeks, thousands (734) 221-5080 * some conditions apply first. Proposal 2 will create a transparent of volunteers will fan out across the state redistricting process with public hearings to knocking on doors to talk face-to-face with allow community organizations and indi- voters about Proposal 2. Many have never vidual voters to participate. canvassed before. Seth Warschausky was part “I am working to save democracy,” said for- of a group that tested out going door-to- mer state Senator Lana Pollack who has been door to collect signatures and has spent eight working to build support for Proposal 2 across hours a month canvassing since May. “This the state. “My call to action draws from Deuter- is the first time I have canvassed but I am onomy: ‘Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue,’” said certain that passing Proposal 2 is one of the volunteer Leah Kessler. “The current system of most important ways that we can improve shaping our representative districts is an injus- our voting process and state government,” tice to all voters and disproportionately impacts said Warschausky. “The most gratifying can-

specific populations.” Kessler joined 3,000 pe- vassing conversations that I have are with DR. DARCY HENRIKSON DR. JOEL STUTZ DR. ALEXANDRA STEWART tition circulators across the state to gather sig- people who either do not know about ger- natures to qualify Voters Not Politicians to be rymandering or who are undecided but have on the November 6, 2018 ballot. She was one been hearing misinformation. People feel ANN ARBOR/YPSI BRIGHTON CANTON CHELSEA LIVONIA SALINE 734-221-5080 810-534-2200 734-221-5079 734-385-5100 800-851-6672 734-316-7622 of 145 who personally gathered over 500 signa- continued on page 20 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2018 19 I Israel I Best Reads

Urban Kibbutz, continued from page 16 A story of love, committment, betrayal But we wanted to create a new kind of commu- Building Israeli society together The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish nal model in Israel.” In an impoverished neighborhood of the Lois Godel, staff writer Kibbutz Migvan members lived in public northern town of Nazareth Illit, 150 members housing for 14 years before buying land and of urban Kibbutz Mishol — half of them chil- he Weight of Ink is a fascinating work of Century, London. The contemporary pro- building their own houses and community dren – reside in an eight-story former immi- historical fiction. Originally published tagonist, Helen Watt, an ailing professor of center. grant absorption center. Tin June 2017, it found its way into pa- Middle Eastern history, on the cusp of retire- They established the first high-tech com- About 20 percent of their neighbors are perback in May of 2018. It runs a little under ment, has been invited by a former student to pany in Sderot. The owners from the kibbutz senior citizens. Immigrants from the former 600 pages, and while some readers may find examine a cache of 300-year-old documents, and the workers from town earned equal Soviet Union, Arab Muslims and Christians are this a bit too long, others will be disappointed that were discovered hidden beneath a stair- salaries and made management decisions the predominant populations groups here. to leave the rich world that Rachel Kadish cre- case in a London suburb. The documents, democratically. “We started about 20 years ago,” says found- ated in this novel. primarily correspondence between rabbis in In 1994, they founded the Gvanim As- ing member James Grant Rosenhead, 44, a 1999 the 1660s, were writ- sociation to provide equal employment and immigrant from the UK. “We work with all the ten in Hebrew and education opportunities for Israelis with populations together, in a neighborhood where Portuguese. special needs. In 2008, they built houses for there’s a lot of racism, and bring kids to an abil- Helen immedi- about 20 people with physical disabilities to ity to build Israeli society together.” ately discerns the live among them. Members of Kibbutz Mishol run and staff value of these docu- Today, the high-tech company and the local elementary school, the flagship project ments for the wealth Gvanim are independently run. Many of of its NGO, Tikkun, whose projects also include of knowledge they Kibbutz Migvan’s 100 members are involved children’s afterschool programs and a drop-in will shed upon Lon- in these enterprises but are free to work youth center. They will build an educational don’s Portuguese wherever they choose. greenhouse at the school this year. Jewish community Without sacrificing shared activities such Tikkun took over HaMahanot HaOlim, a and successfully as meals, childcare, holiday celebrations and national youth movement founded in 1929 prevails upon her educational seminars, the economic and social to help establish agricultural kibbutzim, to structure has become more flexible just as it prepare young Israelis from its 50 branches to has on many of the 250 traditional kibbutzim found intentional urban communities. across Israel. “We now have a network of six activist kib- Rachel Kadish “Over the years many families joined us but butzim – ours in addition to kibbutzim in Ris- didn’t want to have a shared economy, so today hon LeZion, Eilat, Migdal HaEmek, Haifa and only six families are in that shared economy the Jordan Valley,” Rosenhead tells ISRAEL21c. It is about the danger of expressing and the rest are not,” Zion explains. “Everyone “We help them establish educational and social is very close to one another despite their differ- projects in their neighborhoods.” controversial ideas and the freedom ences. People contribute in different ways.” Eighty percent of adult Kibbutz Mishol A similar shift has taken place at Kibbutz members choose to work in Tikkun projects of expression that may come by Beit Yisrael in Jerusalem. Its 10 core families are locally and nationwide. Rosenhead, formerly supplemented by an economically independent the joint CEO of Tikkun, recently retrained as a writing anonymously. group of 60 to 80 families who help carry out computer programmer to work in the kibbutz’s Kvutzat Reut’s programs. Mechinat Beit Yisrael database development startup. currently has 60 men and women in the first Hazon, the US-based Jewish Lab for Sus- The book opens with a quote from Shake- year and 25 in the second year. tainability, is launching a project to introduce speare’s Sonnet No. 71. “Nary, if you read this Lefkowitz, now 40, graduated from the first potential diaspora intentional communities to line, remember not/The hand that writ it.” class of Mechinat Beit Yisrael and came back existing Israeli ones. Rosenhead will be a guide The Weight of Ink is a book about writing. after the army in 2002 to join the urban kib- for these visits. It is a book about the meaning of ink: its indel- university to purchase them. A colleague butz. He teaches at the academy and directs the “People think human beings don’t share and ibility. It is about the danger of expressing con- recommends an American graduate stu- activities of alumni who have so far started six cooperate well, but it turns out that it is possible troversial ideas and the freedom of expression dent, Aaron Levy, to assist Helen in translat- similar urban kibbutzim around Israel. to compromise, cooperate and form an inten- that may come by writing anonymously. It is ing and interpreting the documents. Many of the at-risk neighborhood kids who sive community life,” says Rosenhead. about community and power. The friction arising between Helen and benefited from Kvutzat Reut programs also Adds Zion, from Kibbutz Migvan: “When It is about the life of the mind and it is about Aaron is instantaneous and palpable. While come back after the army and become partners you create a new social model for life, it’s very desire: both physical and intellectual desire, they share the values of scholarship, and a rev- in improving the neighborhood. romantic. Then you meet reality and there are and sometimes the cruel necessity of having to erence for history, their personal styles are at “The social projects we do touch more and many compromises and disappointments. And choose one to the entire exclusion of the other, complete odds. Additionally, each is struggling more people,” Lefkowitz says. “It’s not a project; yet, I couldn’t have dreamed 33 years ago that and at other times, the belief that it is necessary with his and her own personal demons: Helen it’s life. You need people that see it as a mission.” the reality would be better than the dream.” n to choose one over the other, when it is not. is close to the end of her career and perhaps It is about love and commitment and the her life, while Aaron is at the beginning of his, difficulty of expressing and enacting love. It and floundering in the subject he has chosen Election 2018, continued from page 18 is a book about betrayal. for his thesis. Aaron, handsome and arrogant, The novel interweaves two stories, whose evokes in Helen painful memories of a long- disenfranchised and disconnected. Personal must be published publicly. main characters are scholarly women. The lost love, while Aaron tries to come to terms earlier narrative is set in the middle of the- with his own feelings for a young woman who conversations can be the most powerful way Basch said the following about her time th of helping people to regain a sense of invest- spent on Proposal 2: “It’s exhilarating to be 17 century, in the midst of London’s twice may be lost to him. ment in community and I get to meet a lot part of such an authentically grassroots or- emigrated (via Amsterdam) Portuguese Jew- As Aaron and Helen examine the corre- of terrific folks!” ganization of passionate volunteer activist,s ish community. It takes place in the era of spondence between a rabbi and his students Proposal 2 will put voters—not politi- including many members of the Jewish com- Shakespeare, Spinoza and the Spanish- Por- and other scholars of religion and philosophy, cians—in charge of drawing election maps so munity who, like me seek this historic oppor- tuguese Inquisition. they notice that each writing bears the Hebrew that one group of voters cannot be marginal- tunity to create positive systematic change. This part of the story begins shortly be- letter “Aleph,” a mark of a scribe. Because of ized, nor can one political party or candidate It’s for these reasons that I believe the most fore the Great Plague descends upon Lon- the inclusion of household lists in the same have an unfair advantage. Maps will be drawn important issue before us this fall is Proposal don, and with the plague, a magnification of handwriting as the letters, Aaron and Helen fear and closed-mindedness. Philosophical soon come to speculate that Aleph could be a following strict criteria through compromise 2, the Michigan constitutional amendment th by Republicans, Democrats, and voters who proposal to create a citizens commission to and religious explorations on the nature of woman — a seeming impossibility in the 17 don’t affiliate with either party. Two members draw the political district boundaries.” God and existence were not encouraged in Century, when all education for women was of each group must agree to approve the fi- Proposal 2 will appear at the bottom of these times by Jews or Christians. To engage prohibited. If the scribe was indeed a woman, nal maps. The process will happen in public the November 6 ballot in the nonpartisan in religious discourse could easily be consid- that alone will make their findings spectacular. meetings with input from Michiganders, not section. To learn more or to get involved, ered heresy, and bring about excommunica- Meanwhile, the duplicitous head of the behind closed doors. Everything used to draw visit www.votersnotpoliticians.com. n tion, or even death. department sends four of his own research- The more current story unfolds within ers to concurrently examine the documents. the maps—including data and software— st a university community, in the early 21 continued on next page 20 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2018 I On Another Note

A story of love, committment, betrayal Ari Axelrod: Honoring the link between the Jewish people and musical theater The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish Emily Slomovits, staff writer Lois Godel, staff writer usical theatre as an art form has an alumnus of Hebrew Day School. If I’m Axelrod: Absolutely. The American Musical, so glad she did. Seeing a 20 something always been inextricably con- honest, my Jewish identity as a child was or musical theatre as we know it today, person tell their story with such strength Mnected to the Jewish people since rooted in what my parents and teachers is an American art form. But more than and resilience gave me hope for my own its inception in the early part of the 20th taught me, almost none of it centering that, it’s a Jewish American art form. I battle.” That, for me, above anything else, Century. George and Ira Gershwin, Leonard around what I believed in. It wasn’t until I find that being in line for an audition and makes it all worth it. Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, finished my freshman year at Webster in St. hearing someone sing “If I Loved You” from and many other Jewish composers built the WJN: You’ll be sharing an evening of songs foundation for the Golden Age of Musicals and stories at EMU on October 7th; how in which Bernstein, Richard Rodgers and did this event come about? Had you ever Oscar Hammerstein, and other Jewish musi- been involved with the Jewish Studies or cal theatre composers flourished and paved Theatre programs at EMU? the way for later Jewish giants of the art form Axelrod: Marty Schictman (Director of EMU like Lynn Ahrens, Adam Guettel, Jason Rob- Jewish Studies) brought me in to talk to his ert Brown, Stephen Schwartz and of course, class while they were on a trip to NYC this Stephen Sondheim. past spring. After class was over, we went to Ari Axelrod, who grew up in Ann Arbor the bar across the street and got to talking and is now pursuing his musical theatre ca- about West Side Story, which happens to be reer in New York City, often addresses this our favorite show. He called me a few weeks connection in his cabaret shows, which he later and said, “When you were talking has staged at the legendary 54 Below in NYC. about West Side Story, I thought to myself Axelrod will bring a night of stories and ‘man, I want to see a whole evening of you songs highlighting the Jewish influence on geeking out about musical theatre.’” So, we the American Musical to Eastern Michigan put something on the books. I’ve never University’s Student Center Ballroom on been involved with either Jewish Studies October 7, at 6 p.m. I spoke with Axelrod or the Theatre programs at Eastern before about his upcoming show, and more. this event, which is a shanda! WJN: What was the first musical you saw, WJN: What can we expect from your show and how did it affect you? Were you at EMU? Will it be very similar to your already thinking that you wanted to be Louis that I took a step back from Judaism Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein is NY cabaret shows, or will there be tweaks a performer? and took a moment to assess what about a religious experience, pun intended. A made for the Michigan crowd? Axelrod: The first musical I saw on Judaism mattered most to me. I ultimately group of Jewish immigrants, or the children Axelrod: It’s a completely different show. It’ll Broadway was Riverdance in 2000. At the came to the realization that the food, the of Jewish immigrants, who didn’t fit into be a night of me discussing, honoring, and time, I was really interested in percussion. music, the community, the specific type American society, created Broadway. In sharing stories about the Jewish influence I took drum lessons from kindergarten of complaining, the power that lies in our order to fit in, they carved out a space to on musical theatre. I have taken some through 8th grade and then again in resilience as a people, and the music is what belong through making “popular music.” songs from my cabaret act and put it into college. The only thing I remember resonated with me. The jury is still out as That popular music was overflowing with the show, but for the most part it’s a totally from Riverdance was the immensely cool to whether or not I believe in God, but if Jewish nuance. When I hear their music different show. My other cabaret was much percussion; I don’t remember much of one day I decided that I did believe in God, today in the practice rooms of NYC, in more autobiographical. This one focuses the actual performances. my Jewish identity would be only slightly class, in auditions, I get emotional because much more on the Jewish influence on affected. I realized that Judaism is so much it’s a Jewish American legacy that has not the art form. WJN: How much was Judaism a part of your more than a belief in God. It’s so much more only endured, but continues to thrive even life as a child, and has that changed as than a religion. It’s, as aforementioned, a today. Hearing those tunes today is the WJN: Do you have any thoughts or advice for you’ve grown older? people. An international tribe. epitome of l’dor v’dor. I want to make art that people who want to pursue a similar path? continues that legacy, or at the very least Axelrod: I was raised a conservative Jew WJN: Has being Jewish informed the kind Axelrod: I’d like to send a quick message to shines a greater spotlight on that legacy. who grew up speaking Hebrew, regularly of art you make, or the kind of art you any young performer reading this: Keep attending Beth Israel synagogue, and am want to make? WJN: Is there a Jewish aspect to your cabaret pursuing your dreams; one day it will pay shows? off. Stay humble, respectful, and always lead with gratitude, but never forget to Best Reads, continued from previous page Axelrod: Because cabaret is, in my opinion, keep a bit of grit in your pocket every step an art form centered around expressing Whoever is first to publish will take all the Ester’s intellect was stimulated by the you take. No never means no, it means not your most authentic self to an audience, glory. The race to complete their research and philosophical and religious discussions she now. Keep your dreams close to your heart and seeing as I’m a proud and outspoken publish their findings adds tension to the story was exposed to in the rabbi’s employ. The and never give up on them. Jew, I’d be doing a disservice to the art form On a more Jewish note: To anyone who and provides a catalyst for Aaron and Helen to books in the rabbi’s library sparked a desire and to the audience if I didn’t include a feels they have to emphasize the “ISH” in develop a camaraderie while coming to terms for more books. Jewish aspect to my shows. Jewish because they don’t believe in God, with the life decisions they have each made. Ester’s betrayal of the rabbi began over his there’s no need. Identify the things that are In the 17th Century, a woman named Es- efforts to find her a husband. If Ester married, WJN: Can you talk about some of the meaningful to you about being a Jew and ter Velasquez became the unlikely scribe for a the world of ideas would be closed to her. She challenges and rewards of putting together hold onto them steadfastly. If it’s the smell of rabbi whose eyes were gouged out during the impersonated the rabbi, first to discourage your own cabaret show in New York? your grandmother’s kugel whose recipe was Inquisition. Ester’s father had recognized her prospective suitors and then proceeded to do Axelrod: The hardest and most stressful thing passed down from your great-great-great- profound intelligence when she was a young everything necessary to assure her continued about putting a show together in NYC is grandmother in Russia, or the sound of two child, and ignoring prohibitions against access to an intellectual life. selling tickets. Even when you sellout a New York Jews complaining about their pas- educating women, allowed his daughter to The Weight of Ink makes an excellent choice show, it sells out last minute because many trami being dry, or the traditions your family learn to read and write. The realm of ideas for a book club discussion. Most of the writing New Yorkers don’t like to plan things too raised you around, be a detective and un- was where Ester belonged, although for is beautiful. Dualities of themes and characters far in advance. There’s always that slight cover what’s meaningful to you. Claim your women, even basic literacy was considered flow throughout the book. (My sole criticism is moment of panic two weeks out. The most place in this community as your own. a serious flaw and a detriment to marriage. that some of the philosophical discourses con- rewarding thing has been to see how my “How could desire be wrong — the ques- tinued longer than I personally preferred, but Ari Axelrod will present an evening of songs story has affected other people. I have a tion seized her — if each being contained it? others may find themselves wanting more). and stories at EMU’s Student Center Ballroom section where I sing about my brain surgery, Each creature was born with the unthink- Overall, this is a wonderful book. Rachel on Sunday, October 7, at 6 p.m. For ticket in- and a woman came up to me who had just ing need to draw each breath, find each next Kadish created a world that I, as reader, could formation, please call (734) 4876640. n undergone her last round of chemo for meal. Mustn’t desire then be integral? A set believe in. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience breast cancer and said with tears in her of essential guideposts on the map of life’s of visiting 17th century England. n eyes, “I almost didn’t come tonight, but purpose? And mustn’t its very denial then be my daughter dragged me here and I’m desecration?”

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Soup and salad make everything all right Lonnie Sussman, staff writer love the Jewish holidays in the fall and re- or dill, or both. Just the thought of chicken soup into cold soup because it sours, spoils, returned from the army and so did my dad. He ally enjoy preparing for them and celebrat- soup makes everything seem all right, except poisons, RUINS the soup!! No chicken soup came to see his sister but also met my mother Iing with family and friends. But, after four when it’s really wrong. that Pesach. Lesson learned. and the rest of that story is history. When asked weeks of lots and lots of cooking I’m ready Esther Goldstein make a vegetable soup her what they cooked for all those people she said to think about easier, simpler, smaller meals. children named 409 after their address. They they mostly ate what they grew. She would Weekdays are mostly everyone for themselves ask for it whenever they come back to Ann make a big pot of vegetable soup from the veg- and I really only cook for Shabbat and hope the Arbor. It’s a symbol of home, love and family. etables they harvested. leftovers last past the weekend. Still, I want to Esther modestly claims she just puts in a bunch Salads are a different story completely. I have something tasty and fulfilling to eat. Soup of vegetables but apparently lots of feeling goes don’t remember any emotional connections or salad or soup and salad sound like just the into the soup as well. or have fond memories of the salads of my right amount of chopping, cooking and eating. A few months ago, my mom told us a mem- childhood. I do remember as a young mother In thinking about eating soup I am re- ory she had about soup. In the late 1940s she thinking, “I hate making salad because it’s bor- minded of a few stories that connect emo- lived on a kibbutz- style farm in Creamridge, ing.” The thought of chopping up more lettuce, tionally with this food. I’m not really thinking New Jersey, named HeChalutz (Pioneer) Farm. cucumbers and carrots, even with the “fancy” about chicken soup for healing or for the soul It was founded by the Habonim Youth Organi- addition of chickpeas or sprouts made me although so many of us have that in mind. One Pesach I made chicken soup but we zation to help prepare young adults for aliyah yawn with boredom. Even today I find a simple Whether it is made with homemade broth, use so much that I made it in two batches. I (moving to the young state of Israel). She was chopped salad incredibly blah. However, add- store bought broth, water, whole chickens or made one pot one day and another pot the in charge of the chickens but also worked in ing grains or funky dressings makes even the just the dark meat depends on your taste or next day. Then I poured the “new” pot into the kitchen. About 30 people lived there year- blah exciting. Homemade dressings are easy tradition. I think there is an actual “rule” that the old one. When we were heating it up later round but the numbers could swell on the and way cheaper than bottled dressing. Thank one must use onions, carrots and celery to that night I asked my mom to taste it and weekends to 100 or more. The young men, sol- goodness new salad recipes are full of exciting flavor the broth. In our house parsnips are re- add the salt, which she almost always needs diers on leave or those who were recently dis- grains, interesting vegetables and great flavors. quired but I do know that others want zucchini to do when I make soup. “Ugh, are you try- charged from the armed forces, came to visit Here are some soup and salad recipes that I or sweet potatoes to add sweetness to the soup. ing to poison me?” she cried. “What’s wrong?” friends and family who were living at the farm. think are easy, fun and very tasty. B’Ta-a von n Along with salt and pepper many add parsley I asked. Well, apparently you can’t pour hot Mom’s brother, Sid, came for a visit when he

3 Tbs. fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely ½ cup cilantro 1 Tbs. chutney or fruit preserves Devorah Leah’s veggie soup chopped ½ cup chopped scallions 1 tsp. hot sauce (optional) Pareve and serves 4-6 2 Tbs. wasabi paste (leave it out if it’s too ½ cup toasted sesame oil Salt and pepper to taste 1 red onion, chopped much for you) 3 Tbs. rice vinegar (unseasoned) 1 acorn squash, peeled and chopped Put all the ingredi- Kosher salt to taste 1 tsp. kosher salt ents into a blender 1 butternut squash, peeled and chopped ¼ pound sugar snap peas, thinly sliced 1 cup cooked pearled farro 1 tomato, chopped and mix thoroughly. lengthwise 1 tiny squeeze of honey or agave nectar Add roasted sesame 1 sweet potato, peeled and chopped 2 Tbs. black sesame seeds 2 carrots, peeled and chopped 1. Make the farro by rinsing the grain in a seeds, golden raisins 1. Preheat the oven to 375°. Toss the split and bowl of cold water, pour off the water and or honey roasted Saute the red onion in a bit of oil. Then add cut carrots with ¼ cup of olive oil. Roast for drain well. In a medium saucepan bring 3 the peeled and chopped vegetables, except peanuts if you like. about 15 minutes. Let them cool for 10 min- cups of water to a boil and add the salt and (The peanuts are re- the tomato and add utes. farro. Cover the pan and turn the heat to about 4–6 cups of ally, really good.) 2. Transfer the carrots to a blender or food low. Simmer for 15–20 minutes and drain water or vegetable processor and add the last ¼ cup olive oil and cool. broth to cover them. and 2 cups of water, ½ cup at a time. Process Peaches and tomatoes with burrata Add salt and pepper 2. Make the salad by mixing the frozen edama- until very smooth. to taste along with me, corn and Craisins. The frozen vegetables and hot sauce garlic powder. Bring 3. Add the vinegar, sesame oil, mirin (I have will thaw while you toast the pecans. Toast Dairy, serves about 4, from Bon Appetit them by placing them in a frying pan over to a boil and then sometimes left this out if I didn’t have any You may still have some tomatoes from your medium-low heat and cook for about 5 min- lower the tempera- but it’s a great added flavor), ginger, wasabi garden or from the Farmers’ Market. Use re- utes, shaking the pan occasionally until they are ture and cover. Cook until the vegetables are and 1 tsp salt and process for about a minute. ally tasty ones. soft and then add the chopped tomato. Use 4. If you want it cold, transfer to a bowl or fragrant. Be careful! They can burn the second 2 Tbs. olive oil an immersion blender to blend everything. pitcher and cover and refrigerate for at least you turn your back on them. Let cool 2 Tbs. mild hot sauce two hours. If you want to heat it up, transfer 3. Dressing: Mix the sesame oil and rice vin- 2 tsps. unseasoned rice vinegar it to a pot. egar and salt together 2 tsps. honey Carrot Wasabi Soup 5. Serve with a garnish of snap peas and black 4. Chop the cilantro (if you hate cilantro use kosher salt Pareve and it serves 4 but is easily doubled sesame seeds parsley) and scallions and add to the bowl 3 ripe peaches or nectarines, cut into or tripled. along with the cooled pecans. Add the farro wedges 2 large ripe tomatoes or 1 lb. mixed Our nephews, Max and Eli Sussman own a and a tiny squeeze of honey or agave. The tomatoes, sliced restaurant and catering service in Brooklyn, Salad Recipes salad is best made about an hour before serv- 1 8-oz. ball of burrata or fresh mozza- New York, and have published four cook- ing so the flavors meld. Add dressing and mix Edamame, corn and farro salad before serving. rella, torn into large pieces books. This soup is from Classic Recipe for tarrogon sprigs for garnish Modern People and Pareve, serves 4 as a main dish but 10–12 as Sea Salt was one of the reci- a side dish 1. Whisk oil, hot sauce, vinegar and honey pes I tested for them. Autumn green salad This is such a delicious salad that I first had at in a small bowl until honey is dissolved. Eli wrote that the Pareve, serves 4–6 a family dinner. It was made by my sister-in- Season with salt. inspiration for this Another fantastic salad with a great, slightly law’s sister, Beth Avadenka. She is an amazing Toss peaches, to- recipe came from spicy dressing from Beth Avadenka cook and baker and her food is always deli- matoes and half having a lot of car- 12–16 ounces mixed greens cious and beautiful. She got the recipe from the dressing in rots in the house but 2–4 chopped Granny Smith apples a blog called Subeeskitchen.com a medium bowl the soup needed a (peeled or unpeeled) 1 package (12 oz.) and let sit for 5 “kick.” It is good both frozen shelled 4–6 green onions, chopped minutes. hot or cold. edamame (soy- 1–2 cups pea pods, slivered 2 lb. carrots, peeled and split lengthwise beans) Dressing 2. Transfer the 1 and cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces. 3 cups frozen corn /3 cup raspberry vinegar (apple cider salad to a larger platter. Top with the bur- ½ cup olive oil (about 12 oz) vinegar is okay) rata (or mozzarella) and drizzle with the 2 ½ cup rice vinegar ½ cup Craisins /3 cup olive oil remaining dressing. Scatter a few torn tar- 1 Tbs. toasted sesame oil 1 cup pecan pieces, 1 tsp dried mustard or a squeeze of ragon sprigs over the top and season with a 2 tsp. mirin toasted honey or Dijon mustard bit more salt. 1–2 tsps. curry powder 22 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2018 I Calendar

vice: TBE Board Installation from 7:30–9 p.m. versity Avenue. Free and open to all lovers of Chapel Service: TBE. 10 a.m.–Noon. October 2018 Friday evening services: See listing at the end of Yiddish language, whether affiliated with the Religious School: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. the calendar. university or not. All manner of topics are dis- Mini Minyan: BIC. 11:15 a.m. cussed, with an effort to improve participants’ Yiddish speaking skills, especially vocabulary. Tot Shabbat: BIC. 11:15 a.m. Monday 1 Saturday 6 Bring your own lunch or purchase something Shabbat services: See listing at the end of from the café. For information, email egertel@ the calendar. Shemini Atzeret Services: BIC. Morning Service Religious School: TBE. 8:30–10:15 a.m. and 10:45 umich.edu or phone (734) 936-2367. 1 p.m. at 9:30 a.m. Mincha at 6:30 p.m. Maariv and a.m.–12:30 p.m. Mondays. Sunday 14 Simchat Torah Hakafot at 6:45 p.m. Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Keshet: TBE. 5:30–8:30 p.m. Shemini Atzeret Services and Simchat Torah: Baby Shabbat: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Executive Committee Meeting: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Chabad. Morning Services and Memorial Ser- Chapel Service: TBE. 10 a.m.–Noon. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into vices at 9:45 a.m. Afternoon/Evening Services Tuesday 9 Religious School: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. the basic text of Chassidim and discover the at 7 p.m. Simchat Torah candle lighting after beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 7:58 p.m. Simchat Torah with all night dancing Baby Shabbat: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. “The Concept of a Universal Humanity, Social a.m. Sundays. at 7:40 p.m. Tot Shabbat: AAOM. Spirited and lively Tot Justice and National Individuality in Modern st rd Jewish Thought:” Frankel Center for Judaic Kever Avot Service: TBE. Arborcrest Memorial Shemini Atzeret Services: AAOM. Held at Hillel, Shabbat meeting every 1 and 3 Saturday. Studies. Presented by University of Michi- Park. 11 a.m.–Noon. 1429 Hill Street. 9:30 a.m. For tots ages 0–5 years old and their families. Tot friendly service with singing, storytime, gan Padnos Visiting Professor, Yossi Turner. Hebrew School: TBE. 3–5 p.m. Yizkor Service and Luncheon: TBE. 11 a.m. and a kids Kiddush to follow. Held at Hillel, One of the major themes of modern Jewish Torah Cantillation: TBE. 3:30–4:30 p.m. Judaism 101: TBE. 1 p.m. thought is the ever-changing relationship be- 1429 Hill Street. Non-members welcome and Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6 p.m. Simchat Torah Services and Dinner: AAOM. Held encouraged to attend. For details, email com- tween the identity of Jews as a group and the at Hillel, 1429 Hill Street. For details, including [email protected] or visit www. concept of a universal humanity. This lecture Religious School: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. time, email community@annarborminyan. annarborminyan.org. 11:15 a.m.–Noon. will suggest that one of the major differences Kol Halev: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. org or visit www.annarborminyan.org. Shabbat services: See listing at the end of between Jewish thought in Israel and the the calendar. North American diaspora is to be found in Monday 15 the opposing ways in which each understands Tuesday 2 national and ethnic individuality in connec- Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group). Sunday 7 tion with the idea of a universal human- 1 p.m. See October 8. Simchat Torah Services: BIC. Shaharit and Hal- ity. For information, email judaicstudies@ lal Service at 8:30 a.m. “International Shul of Sukkah Deconstruction: BIC. 9:30 a.m. umich.edu or phone (734) 763-9047. Room Judaism 101: TBE. 1–2 p.m. Pancakes” Breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Torah Read- Social Action Committee Meeting: BIC. 10 a.m. 2022, 202 South Thayer Street. 4 p.m. “Not Your Father’s Anti-Semitism:” EMU Center ing and Hakafot at 10:15 a.m. Mincha and of Jewish Studies. Presented by Dr. Michael Maariv at 6:30 p.m. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. into the basic text of Chassidim and dis- Reading the Torah may be easy, but under- Berenbaum, who played a leading role in the Simchat Torah: Chabad. Morning Services with cover the beauty and depth of Judaism. standing it is no simple matter. Study of the creation of the United States Holocaust Me- Torah dancing at 9:45 a.m., followed by annual 10:30–11:30 a.m. Sundays. text with the classical Rashi commentary. 8 morial Museum (USHMM) and served until deli Simchat Torah lunch. Afternoon/Evening p.m. Tuesdays. 1993 as the museum’s Project Director. Beren- Services at 7 p.m. Song of Songs Study Session: Pardes Hannah. At baum also served as director of the museum’s home of Linda and Elliot, 2924 Baylis Drive. Simchat Torah Services: AAOM. Held at Hillel, 1429 Holocaust Research Institute from 1993-1997, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Hill Street. Special kids program at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday 10 and then served for two years as President and For details, email community@annarbormin- Adult Social Group Meeting: BIC. 12:30 p.m. CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual His- yan.org or visit www.annarborminyan.org. Brotherhood Sukkah Take-Down: TBE. 1 p.m. Hebrew School: TBE. 4:30 tory Foundation. He is currently Director of SAC Presentation: Gerrymandering: TBE. “Presentation and Desserts:” ORT. ORT Ann Keshet: TBE. 6:30 p.m. the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical 6:30 p.m. Arbor Fall Event at the home of Patti Aaron. “On Site/Sight: From Europe to the Lower East and Religious Implications of the Holocaust. EMU Student Center Ballroom. 2 p.m. Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Members and prospective members welcome. Side and Beyond:” UM Frankel Center. Sara Reading the Torah may be easy, but under- Presentation by Dr. Goldy Mazia, alumna of Blair, author of How the Other Half Looks: The Keshet: TBE. 5;30–8:30 p.m. standing it is no simple matter. Study of the Colegio Colombo Hebreo, newest affiliated Lower East Side and the Afterlives of Images WTBE Fiber Arts: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. text with the classical Rashi commentary. school of the World ORT Global Network. (Princeton University Press), and Shachar Pin- 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Mazia will speak about growing up Jewish sker, author of A Rich Brew: How Cafes Created in Colombia and desserts of Colombia will Modern Jewish Culture (NYU Press), moderat- Tuesday 16 be served. Suggested donation is $10. Rides ed by Deborah Dash Moore, will discuss their Wednesday 3 available, if needed. RSVP to Gretta Spier at recently published books. They will explore is- Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. [email protected]. 1:30–3:30 p.m. sues of place and space, new modes of produc- Reading the Torah may be easy, but under- Mahj: TBE. Offsite. 1 p.m. standing it is no simple matter. Study of the The Practice of Forgiveness: Pardes Hannah. ing images and texts, and the creation of urban text with the classical Rashi commentary. Hebrew School: TBE. 4:30 p.m. Teachings with Lucinda Kurtz and Oran modern Jewish culture. At Literati Bookstore, 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Keshet: TBE. 6:30 p.m. Hesterman, Certified Sage-ing® Mentors. At 124 East Washington Street. 7 p.m. Flu Shot Clinic @ the J: JCC. The J is partnering Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. home of Linda and Elliot, 2924 Baylis Drive. Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan/New Moon Gath- For details including cost, contact lucinda@ ering: Pardes Hannah. Facilitated by Lu- with CVS Pharmacy to provide this year’s flu lucinda.kurtz.com. 2–5 p.m. cinda Kurtz. At the home of Lucinda. shot clinic. To sign up, contact Rachael at (734) Thursday 4 971-0990 or by email at rachaelhoffenblum@ Hebrew School: TBE. 3–5 p.m. For details, phone Lucinda at (734) 635-9441. 7 p.m. jccannarbor.org. Bring your insurance card. TBE Baking Mavens: TBE. 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Torah Cantillation: TBE. 3:30–4:30 p.m. Contact your insurance company with any Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6 p.m. questions about your coverage. Noon–6 p.m. Judaism 101: TBE. 7–8 p.m. Religious School: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. Thursday 11 Cemetery Committee Meeting: TBE. 3–5 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. Sharpen your “An Evening with Ari Axelrod: Celebrating Juda- ism and Broadway:” EMU Center for Jewish wits and knowledge of the Jewish legal system Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. Wednesday 17 by following the intriguing discussions in the Studies. Offered as part of the Center’s Perfor- Judaism 101: TBE. 7–8 p.m. Talmud. The Talmud is a composite of prac- mance/Speaker Series. Straight from dazzling Mahj: TBE. Offsite. 1–2 p.m. cabaret performances at New York venues Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first tical law, logical argumentation and moral Hebrew School: TBE. 4:30 p.m. teachings. Study from the original Talmud Feinstein’s/54 Below and The Green Room Thursday of month for details. 8 p.m. Thursdays. Keshet: TBE. 6:30 p.m. tractate. 8 p.m. Thursdays. 42, Ann Arbor’s own Ari Axelrod comes to Eastern Michigan University for an evening of Friday 12 Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. musical selections and stories showcasing Jew- Board Meeting: BIC. 8 p.m. Friday 5 ish contributions to the American stage. Hors Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. d’oeuvres reception and desserts. $250 for re- Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. served table; $18 per person; $10 students with Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. Thursday 18 Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. ID. EMU Student Center Ballroom. 6 p.m. New Member Shabbat Services and Dinner: BIC. Third Thursday @ the J: Meet and Greet with First Friday Shabbat: JCS. All invited to wel- 6 p.m. Kol Halev: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. State Representative Yousef Rabhi: JCC. Rabhi come the Shabbat with secular readings, Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat from grew up in Washtenaw County and is an alum- songs, candle lighting, wine and challah. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat Dinner from 6:15– nus of Ann Arbor Public Schools. He served Dinner follows the short observance. Chil- Monday 8 6:45 p.m. Shira from 6:45–7:15 p.m. Shabbat for three terms on the County Board of Com- dren are welcome. Dinner is free for JCS Service from 7:30–9 p.m. missioners and has served on nearly 20 differ- members and $10/person; $25/family for WTBE Historical Novel Reading Group: TBE. Friday evening services: See listing at the end of ent boards and committees. RSVP to Rachael non-members. Register online at www.jew- 12:30–1:30 p.m. the calendar. at [email protected] or ishculturalsociety.org/observances/shabbat. Judaism 101: TBE. 1–2 p.m. phone (734) 971-0990 to reserve an optional 6:30–9 p.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): All Saturday 13 lunch for purchase. 12–1 p.m. Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat from levels and ages welcome for conversa- “Madame Bovary in the Jewish Provinces: Fradel 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat Dinner from 6:15– tion in mame-loshn, literally the “mother Religious School: TBE. 8:30–10:15 a.m. Shtok’s Modernist Yiddish Prose:” UM Fran- 6:45 p.m. Shira from 6:45–7:15 p.m. Shabbat Ser- tongue.” Meets at Maizie’s Kitchen & Market in the UM Michigan League, 911 North Uni- Torah Study: TBE. 8:50-9:50 a.m. kel Center. 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Vanderbilt University. Celebrated primarily as for Tot Shabbat. New faces welcome. For de- formation, email [email protected] Tot Shabbat: BIC. 11:15 a.m. the poet who wrote the first sonnet in Yiddish, tails, including location, email community@ or phone (734) 763-9047. Room 2022, 202 Mini Minyan: BIC. 11:15 a.m. Fradel Shtok was also a masterful prose stylist. annarborminyan.org or visit www.annar- South Thayer Street. 4 p.m. Shabbat services: See listing at the end of She published a single collection of short fic- borminyan.org. 10 a.m. Spirituality Book Club: TBE. 7–9 p.m. the calendar. tion in 1919 that was dismissed by some critics Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into Arts Around Town: Michael Ochs: JCC. Yiddish for its embrace of prose narrative techniques the basic text of Chassidim and discover the Operetta lecture and demonstration by Mi- that made her more akin to Flaubert than to beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. chael Ochs. Britton Recital Hall in the Earl V. Sunday 28 Sholem Aleichem. Although not true, the lore Sundays. Moore Building on UM campus, 1100 Baits about Shtrok is that she died in an asylum Hebrew School: TBE. 3–5 p.m. Drive. For information about the complete Monthly Playgroup: TBE. Offsite. 10–Noon. traumatized by negative reviews. This talk Torah Cantillation: TBE. 3:30–4:30 p.m. Arts Around Town schedule, see book.jccan- Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into offers a revised account of Yiddish modern- the basic text of Chassidim and discover the Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6 p.m. narbor.org or contact Karen at karenfreed- ism, one that acknowledges the centrality of [email protected] or by phone at (974) beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. woman in the modern Jewish revolution. This Religious School: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. 971-0990. 7–8:30 p.m. Sundays. event is supported by the ETA Chapter of Phi Kol Halev: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. Chant Circle: Pardes Hannah. Gather and Re- Sigma Delta Fraternity Scholarships. For in- Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Presentation: BIC. Professor Jonathan Levine freshments at 10:45 a.m. Chant and Reflect formation, email [email protected] or 8 p.m. See first Tuesday of month. presents “Environmental Responsibility at the from 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m . At the home of Linda phone (734) 763-9047. Room 2022, 202 South Municipal Level.” 7:45 p.m. Leah Greene, 3300 East Delhi Road. RSVP to Thayer Street. 1 p.m. Wednesday 24 [email protected]. Back Door Food Pantry: TBE. 4–7 p.m. Monday 22 Hebrew School: TBE. 4:30–6:30 p.m. Arts Around Town: Leslie Sobel: JCC. Reception Brotherhood Guys’ Night Out: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. for opening of Leslie Sobel’s photography ex- Keshet: TBE. 6:30–8:30 p.m. Judaism 101: TBE. 7–8 p.m. Refugee Symposium: JFS. Keeping Our Door hibit. For information about the complete Arts Arts Around Town: Magen David Adom presents Open: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. Around Town schedule, see book.jccannarbor. Alan Dershowitz in Conversation: JCC. Infor- Refugee Resettlement. Leaders, scholars, poli- org or contact Karen at karenfreedland@jccan- mation and tickets available online at afmda. ticians, and professionals discuss crucial topics Thursday 25 narbor.org or by phone at (974) 971-0990. 3–5 org. For information about the complete Arts surrounding: Health and Wellness; Impact and p.m. Around Town schedule, see book.jccannarbor. Integration; Policy and Advocacy; and Trans- Spirituality Book Club: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. Torah Cantillation: TBE. 3:30–4:30 p.m. org or contact Karen at karenfreedland@jc- formative Practices. Keynote speakers include Judaism 101: TBE. 7–8 p.m. Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6:30 p.m. cannarbor.org or by phone at (974) 971-0990. Dr. Jeff Crisp, Oxford University Refugee Stud- Arts Around Town: Michael Hodges: JCC. Au- Religious School: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. 7–8:30 p.m. ies Centre; Debbie Dingell, U.S. Representative thor Michael Hodges discusses his new book for Michigan’s 12th District; and Mark Hetfield, Kol Halev: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in De- President and CEO of HIAS. Co-sponsored by Thursday of month for details. 8 p.m. Thursdays. troit. Festival sponsors enjoy dinner at 6 p.m. UM School of Social Work and UM C.S. Mott before author talk. For information about Monday 29 Children’s Hospital. For information or to the complete Arts Around Town schedule, Friday 19 register, visit jfsannarbor.org/symposium or see book.jccannarbor.org or contact Karen at Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group). 1 phone (734) 769-0209. University of Michi- [email protected] or by phone p.m. See October 8. Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. gan, Rackham Graduate Building, 915 East at (974) 971-0990. 7–8:30 p.m. Judaism 101: TBE. 1–2 p.m. Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. Washington Street. 8 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first Thurs- Keshet: TBE. 5:30–8:30 p.m. Tot Shabbat: TBE. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group). 1 day of month for details. 8 p.m. Thursdays. Tot Shabbat Dinner: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. p.m. See October 8. Tuesday 30 Shabbat Service: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. Judaism 101: TBE. 1–2 p.m. Friday 26 Friday evening services: See listing at the end of Keshet: TBE. 5:30–8:30 p.m. “Whitechapel Noise: Politics, Sex and Religion the calendar. Women’s Torah Study: TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. in Yiddish Rhyme on the Streets of London’s Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. East End 1884-1914:” UM Frankel Center. Saturday 20 Tuesday 23 Presented by Vivi Lachs, Birbeck, University of Tot Shabbat: TBE. 5:45–6:15 p.m. London. This talk, illustrated with song, will Tot Shabbat Dinner: TBE. 6:15–6:45 p.m. Religious School: TBE. 8:30–10:15 a.m. Refugee Symposium: JFS. Keeping Our Door examine the abundance of Yiddish kupletn Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Open: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Shabbat Kiddush and Potluck: Pardes Han- (rhyming couplets) written by Jewish immi- nah. At the home of Linda Leah and Richard grant songwriters and poets in pre-World- Bat Mitzvah Service: TBE. 10 a.m.–Noon Refugee Resettlement. 8 a.m.–3 p.m. See October 22. Greene. Bringing friends is encouraged. 6:30 p.m. War-I London. These protest hymns, music- Shabbat Morning Services: Pardes Hannah. Led hall songs and satirical verse, until now hidden “Jewish Women and Conversion in Medieval Shabbat Service: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. by Reb Elliot Ginsburg. Lower Level of Beth in archives, tell tales that expand and nuance Europe:” Presented by Paola Tartakoff, Rut- Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. Israel Annex, 2010 Washtenaw Avenue. 10 a.m. our knowledge of immigrant history. As an gers University. To date, the history of con- Religious School: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. accessible popular culture, they tell these sto- version between Judaism and Christianity in Saturday 27 ries with humor, intensity, and passion. This Preschool 3: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. medieval Europe has focused largely on men. talk will give an overview of these key ideas, Madrichim Training: TBE. 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. The clerks, canon lawyers, preachers, popes, Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. illustrating theoretical and historical points Shabbat services: See listing at the end of kings, bishops, theologians, chroniclers, rab- Bat Mitzvah Service: TBE. 10 a.m.–Noon. with engaging poetic and musical examples. bis, and poets who wrote about converts were the calendar. Event supported by the ETA Chapter of Phi men. Yet, medieval sources also shed light on Shabbat Morning Chant, and Meditation Service: Sigma Delta Fraternity Scholarships. For in- the experiences of women. This lecture will Pardes Hannah. Led by Gabrielle Pescador, Sunday 21 formation, email [email protected] or present new research on the lives of women Linda Leah Greene and Dalinda Reese. At Beth phone (734) 763-9047. Room 2022, 202 South who converted to and from Judaism in me- Israel Annex, 2010 Washtenaw Avenue. 10:30 Tot Family Gathering–Torah Ark Project: AAOM. Thayer Street. 4 p.m. dieval Spain and northern Europe. For in- a.m.– 12:30 p.m. Help create an ark for the stuffed Torahs used AARTY Trick or Can: TBE. Offsite. 6–7:30 p.m.

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Meaningful Relationships Stimulating Activities 10:53 AM Wednesday July 11, 2018 Keshet: TBE. 6:30–8:30 p.m. Mincha/Ma’ariv with Seudah Shlisheet and Amazing CareArts Around Town: Harvey Ovshinsky: JCC. Dvar Torah every week. Torah topics and Meaningful Relationships Ovshinsky will discuss his father’s biography, a bite to eat. Discussions led by Rabbi Rod The Man Who Saw Tomorrow. For informa- Glogower and other local scholars. Home 10:53 AM Wednesday July 11, 2018 Stimulating Activities tion about the complete Arts Around Town hospitality available for Shabbat meals. UM People helping people schedule, see book.jccannarbor.org or contact Hillel. Amazing Care thrive!Karen at [email protected] or Shabbat Services: BIC. 9:30 a.m. For other ser- Meaningful Relationships by phone at (734) 971-0990. 7–8:30 p.m. vice times, visit www.bethisrael-aa.org. People helping people Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Shabbat Services: AARC. Second Saturday of thrive! 8 p.m. See first Tuesday of month. each month at the JCC. 10 a.m. Ta-Shma/ Stimulating Activities Come and Learn. Service begins at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday 31 Traditional liturgy with music, chanting and Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. Amazing Care contemporary readings and discussion. For information, email [email protected], phone November 1 (734) 445-1910, or visit www.aarecon.org. People helping people thrive! Shabbat Services: Chabad. Friday night services “A Conversation with Lisa Kron:” EMU Cen- at Shabbat candle lighting time. Saturday ter for Jewish Studies. Lisa Kron is a writer morning services at 9:45 a.m. Afternoon ser- and performer whose work has been widely vices 45 minutes before sundown. Call (734) produced in New York, regionally, and inter- 995-3276 for Home Hospitality and Meals nationally. She wrote the book and lyrics for for Shabbat and Jewish Holidays. the musical Fun House, with music by com- Shabbat Services: Pardes Hannah. Generally poser Jeanine Tesori, which won five 2015 meets the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each Tony Awards including Best Book, Score, and month. Call (734) 663-4039 for more infor- Musical, and was finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. mation. 10 a.m. Led by Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Shabbat Services: TBE. Torah Study at 8:50 a.m. Greater Ann Arbor, the Ann Arbor JCC 2018 Morning Minyan with Rabbi Josh Whinston Books and Arts Festival, the Eastern Michigan and Cantor Regina Lambert-Hayut at 9:30 University (EMU) Honors Program, EMU a.m. Sanctuary Service at 10 a.m. most weeks. Department of English, EMU Department of Call the office at (734) 665-4744 or consult Women’s and Gender Studies Department, website at www.templebethemeth.org for and EMU Department of Communication, service details. Media, and Theater Arts. EMU Student Cen- ter Auditorium. 7:30 p.m. Home Hospitality for Shabbat and Holiday Meals: AAOM. Call (734) 662-5805 in ad- vance. November 2 Home Hospitality and Meals: Chabad. Every An extraordinary concept in Shabbat and Holiday. Call (734) 995-3276 in First Friday Shabbat–with Judy Seid: JCS. Join advance. the JCS for a special Shabbat, when former assisted living and memory care. JCS leader, Rabbi Judith Seid, will lead an Phone numbers and addresses of event called “The Oldest Jewish Thing.” Af- organizations frequently listed in ter welcoming Shabbat with secular readings, songs, candle lighting, wine, and challah, par- the calendar: ticipants will eat a catered dinner from a lo- Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan (AAOM) cal restaurant. Following dinner, those who 1429 Hill Street 994-5822 brought “the oldest Jewish thing” from their Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation home will describe the object. Judy will then (AARC) add cultural and historical context to the dis- 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 913-9705 An extraordinary concept in cussion. 6:30–9 p.m. Beth Israel Congregation (BIC) An extraordinary concept in 2000 Washtenaw Ave. 665-9897 assisted living and memory care. November 4 Chabad House 715 Hill Street 995-3276 Come have a cup of coffee, take a tour assisted living and memory care.Book Talk: JCS. Rabbi Judith Seid, former leader and get more information about our Vibrant Life senior community Jewish Community Center (JCC) of the JCS, will talk about her revised book, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 971-0990 Call or email us today: God-Optional Judaism: Alternatives for Cul- Jewish Cultural Society (JCS) tural Jews Who Love Their History, Heritage 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 975-9872 (734)506-0630 and Community. Part of JCC Jewish Book Festival. 10 a.m.–Noon. Jewish Family Services (JFS) [email protected] 2245 South State Street 769-0209 Jewish Federation Weekly Friday night Shabbat services 2939 Birch Hollow Drive 677-0100 Shabbat Service: AAOM. Services held at UM Pardes Hannah Hillel. Call (734) 994-9258 in advance to 2010 Washtenaw Ave. 761-5324 confirm time. Temple Beth Emeth (TBE) Shabbat Service: BIC. 6 p.m. 2309 Packard Road 665-4744 Come have a cup of coffee, take a tour Shabbat Service: TBE. Tot Shabbat at 6 p.m., UM Hillel followed by tot dinner. Traditional Service at 1429 Hill Street 769-0500 and get more information about our Vibrant Life senior community 7:30 p.m. Once a month Middle School Ser- Call or email us today: vice at 7:30 p.m. For information, call (734) 665-4744. (734)506-0630 Shabbat Service: AARC. Every fourth Friday at the JCC. Tot Shabbat from 5:45–6:15 p.m. [email protected] Pizza for the little ones at 6:15 p.m. Service at Come have a cup of coffee, take a tour 6:30 p.m., followed by vegetarian potluck at Shabbat Candlelighting and get moreCome information have a cup ofabout coffee, our take Vibrant a tour Life and senior get more community 8 p.m. Childcare during service. All are wel- information about our Vibrant Life senior community come to attend. For information, email info@ Call or email us today: aarecon.org, phone (734) 445-1910, or visit October 5...... 6:49 pm Call or mail us today: www.aarecon.org. Shabbat Service: Chabad. Begins at candle October 12...... 6:37 pm (734)506-0630 lighting time. Home hospitality available (734) 506-0630 for Shabbat meals and Jewish holidays. Call October 19...... 6:26 pm [email protected] (734) 995-3276 in advance. [email protected] Weekly Shabbat services October 26...... 6:16 pm Shabbat Services: AAOM. 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