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for openers Some Post-Passover Th oughts MyMy nother Passover is winding wouldn’t bbbbbbbother me in the lllll- those 10-minute appointment alerts down. By now, the last folding least if they have wwwwwwon it all. we get on our smart phones today. Story Achair from your seder has been Mazel tov! And poor Moses. If he only had one Story returned to the basement and that MSU fans know that if things had of today’s navigation systems to rely one lost piece of afikoman has played out exactly right, State on, he could’ve greatly reduced that Hebrew Free Loan entered Joel finally been found — courtesy had the potential of facing 40-year schlep through the desert. Oh, Hechler’s life through word of of the ants gathered under the U-M in this year’s champi- how I wish he could’ve taken advan- mouth from friends. rug you forgot you hid it under. onship game. And having tage of my brain child navigation sys- “Where I lived a few years ago, My niece Rachel keenly already lost twice to them tem for Jews: On-Star of David. the neighbors regularly socialized with each other,” Joel said, “and observed that the age-old this past season, well, that Imagine, too, just how much more we remained friends even as our question — “Why is this was one game I didn’t mind rested Moses and our people would’ve families grew and we moved away. night different from all other seeing “passover.” I can’t been if they could’ve left the schlep- So when I heard about HFL from nights?” — was never more believe I put that in writing. ping through the desert up to a hired two of those friends, who were Alan Muskovitz appropriate for this year’s Too bad nobody offered me Jewber driver? Or an autonomous then active members of the agency’s second seder. Why? Because any hush money. driven camel no less. By the way, I Board, it had my attention. I have a of the stress involved in know- Meanwhile, for those of should have known better than to background in accounting, and I really liked the idea of helping people ing your second seder was you planning ahead, Passover think the Jewber idea was original. get back on track.” scheduled to start at the exact 2019 will fall April 19-27, and I searched Jewber on YouTube and Joel looked into HFL, made time you wanted to start watch- Barbra Walters will be happy to know found a parody about a Jewber driver donations and eventually joined ing Michigan’s Final Four match-up that Passover 20/20 will be April 8-16. — a worried Jewish mother who the agency’s Board. “I find this so against Loyola-Chicago! Who could’ve I’m still fascinated by the change in insists on driving you around town fulfilling,” Joel said, “and I enjoy predicted a battle between matzah dates from year to year for our Jewish safely. Go ahead; look it up. leveraging my financial acumen to balls and basketballs? I mean, you holidays. It’s the Jewish calendar Speaking of driving … I hope you’ll directly help people. I say directly because I’m working with a team really didn’t want to DVR it, right? versus the Gregorian calendar. The join me in my latest communal of really dedicated Board members I’m writing this prior to the Jewish calendar is lunar-based while endeavor to help improve our hor- to help people we actually meet. game. By the time you read this, the the Gregorian calendar is solar, which rendous roads courtesy of Passover. This isn’t in the abstract, it’s our Wolverines may be national champi- means it’s more eco-friendly. This Sunday, I’ll be out filling in area community.” ons. (I know, kein ayin harahs — no On a side note, I wonder how folks potholes with leftover charoset. • Joel also appreciates that HFL evil eyes.) And that’s not easy for a back 3,000 years ago reminded them- has loan funds and programs for so many needs. “We are really Michigan State grad to admit. But selves of important dates and times? Alan Muskovitz is a writer, voice-over/acting talent, speaker, emcee and guest host on the adaptive, looking at community there, I said it. I’m sure I’ll get my The only tablets they could store info trends, and helping people where share of grief, but I happen to like on were made of stone. It would have Mitch Album Show on WJR AM 760. Visit laughwithbigal.com and “Like” Al on Facebook. they are. I’m part of the Marvin I. this U-M team and their coach, and it taken far too long to chisel out one of Danto Small Business Loan Program review team, and I truly enjoy watching the entrepreneurial spirit flourish, and helping people live their dreams. We really are editorial looking out for one another. “I want people to know what a caring, empathetic, positive agency HFL truly is. And you know, there’s Canadian Newsprint Is also a rebound. 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HFL loans are funded entirely through community in Washington state that is owned to producing other, more profitable increases of 20-30 percent. donations which continually by a New York–based hedge fund. paper products when the demand Please let the president as well recycle to others, generating No other U.S. newsprint mills have for newsprint fell, something that as your members of Congress and many times the original value supported NORPAC, and its peti- has been happening steadily for senators know that these reckless to help maintain the lives of local Jews. tions are opposed by the American decades. tariffs must be repealed — not just Forest and Paper Industry. Why? 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jn April 5 • 2018 5 views guest column 20 Million Pounds And Still Counting … wenty-eight years ago, Yad Ezra, Jewish community came together to cure. In the Metro Detroit Jewish com- stamp allocation per person is $4.20 per Michigan’s only kosher food address a hunger issue in a dignified, munity, 1,300 families are food insecure, day. Yad Ezra volunteers and staff who Tpantry, opened its doors to pro- caring and generous fashion. representing 3,000 individuals. The aver- have helped clients register online for vide free supplemental groceries to “Our tradition teaches that there will age annual income of Yad Ezra’s client SNAP since 2007 prove otherwise; we low- income Jewish families living in always be needy in our community and families is currently less than $14,000, have seen an average allocation of only southeast Michigan. At that that we are commanded to help most of which comes from social secu- $16 per month. time, it was difficult to convince those in need. Now distribut- rity benefits. people in our community that ing over 1 million pounds of “We started many years ago address- TAKE THE FOOD there were Jewish families who groceries a year, the staff and ing the simple truth that no one STAMP CHALLENGE were so vulnerable they couldn’t volunteers of Yad Ezra, operat- should ever go hungry and every per- On May 23, we are hosting a 24-Hour provide the most basic of neces- ing out of a 16,000-square-foot son deserves wholesome food,” said a Food Stamp Diet Challenge that begins sities for themselves. space, are truly guardians of founder and former Yad Ezra president at 7:30 p.m. at the Meijer on Telegraph If there were hungry Jewish this sacred tradition.” Howard Zoller. “We were confident in and 12 Mile Road. Participants will families, didn’t the U.S. gov- This month, we distributed the knowledge that our community is meet at the store armed with $4.20 that ernment provide them with Lea Luger our 20 millionth pound of food. so very generous … mixed in scores of they will use to buy food to feed them- food through the food stamp Thousands of families have dedicated volunteers and an amazing selves for 24 hours. To fully experience program (now known as SNAP been helped by our commu- staff … and the result …Yad Ezra.” the plight of someone relying on SNAP, — Supplemental Nutrition nity’s generous support of Yad While Yad Ezra’s leadership is proud no other food should be consumed Assistance Program)? When Ezra over the years and, yet, of the fact that we have been able to dis- other than the SNAP allocation for the researched, it was discovered that the the need continues. In Michigan alone, tribute 20 million pounds of free grocer- 24-hour period. monthly SNAP benefit realistically 583,884 individuals, representing 14.7 ies over the past 28 years, it is humbling As the Farm Bill will soon again be lasted one week per family, if lucky; and, percent of Michigan’s population, are to realize that it is not enough. up for Congress to determine dollars more often, not even that long. food insecure (i.e. they are not confident Over the years, Yad Ezra has allocated for SNAP for impoverished Fortunately, the founders of Yad Ezra of having their next meal). embarked on a number of efforts to families in the U.S., it is important for persevered; volunteers and supporters raise awareness about the issue of hun- us to understand the impact and reli- became engaged, and the food pantry ADDRESSING HUNGER ger through partnerships with other ance on SNAP benefits for those living started on its path of providing grocer- Congress addresses hunger through agencies, letter and paper plate cam- in poverty. ies, toiletries and household cleaning rotating legislation including the paigns, events and programs. While While Yad Ezra is prepared to con- items to families in need. Farm Bill, which comes up every five we continue to provide an increasingly tinue providing free groceries to vulner- “It is amazing how quickly Yad Ezra years and includes funding for SNAP, large variety of healthy proteins, pro- able families for as long as it is neces- became institutionalized in the Detroit Child Nutrition Reauthorization duce, whole wheat carbs and other sary, it is our hope that our government Jewish community, and how much of a (which also comes up for a vote every items every month, we can’t rest on our will continue to provide and improve resource it has been continuously to the five years and provides funding for laurels. its partnership with us in our efforts to most vulnerable people in our area over school breakfast and lunch programs, As an emergency food provider, we ensure that no one suffer from hunger. the past 28 years,” said Gary Dembs, one snack programs and federal grants for have made a moral commitment to our “Yad Ezra has a proud history of of Yad Ezra’s founders and first presi- WIC [women, infants and children]) client families that they can continue serving our community, which started dent. “The human need will always be and Appropriation Bills that include to rely on us for food for as long as with the vision of our founders,” Jeffrey there, and our volunteers will always TEFAP [the emergency food assistance they need our help. To that end, efforts Supowit, Yad Ezra’s current president, step up to help their neighbors.” program], a supplemental food pro- to help educate the community and said. “We never stop thinking about how Michael Eizelman, another Yad Ezra gram, tax credits and the Commodity provide a better understanding of food to better serve our community and, God founder and past president, said, “From Supplemental Food Program for the insecurity is important to Yad Ezra’s willing, distribute the next 20 million humble beginnings in a basement elderly. And yet, 42.2 million Americans leadership. pounds.” • office/warehouse/distribution space (12.7 percent of American households or The Department of Human Services of a few hundred square feet, a diverse more than 1 in 8 people) are food inse- in Michigan states that the average food Lea Luger is executive director of Yad Ezra.
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In home and office appointments available. views essay A Forceful Act Bipartisan-backed law a potential step toward real peace. letters t alone won’t stop the Palestinian “occupation” of Palestinian land is A STERN CHALLENGE Authority’s mindless practice of incit- responsible for Israel “throwing” Much anticipated, the Taylor Iing violence and subsidizing terror into jail young Palestinians want- Force Act will succeed only if Students Create against anyone or anything Zionist. ing only a better way of life. it manages to halt financial But the newly enacted Taylor Force Act, The P.A. insists monthly payouts reward for terrorists and their Meaningful Program which mandates slashing U.S. aid to the of up to $3,500 serve as “welfare” families and, at the same time, I read with interest your article P.A. until the practice ceases, could help for Palestinians held by Israel and advance peace prospects. “Local Walkouts” (March 22-28 cultivate a Palestinian culture that recog- for families of “martyred jihadists” Therein lies a daunting edition) about area school events nizes, rather than isolates, Israel and Jews. who died resisting the “occupa- Taylor Force hurdle. marking one month since the The financially tion.” That mindset obscures that Ending terrorist payments Parkland, Fla., school shooting stressed P.A. can’t go payouts not only incentivize terrorists wouldn’t simultaneously reverse the cul- tragedy. on marginalizing the into murdering and maiming believers of ture of hate toward Israel and Jews that At Farber Hebrew Day School, U.S., acting as if the the Jewish state, but also go toward weap- permeates Palestinian society. Without our middle school and high Palestinian people can ons used later in terrorist attacks. such reversal, slow as it would be, the school assembled for a beauti- do without American essence of what constitutes a Palestinian fully meaningful 17-minute gath- aid and treating Israelis would be rooted in a system of values ering in our school synagogue as perceived squatters The Taylor Force antithetical to civilized morality, regional to commemorate the 17 student on Palestinian land. peace and Palestinian statehood. and teacher victims. Our seniors Robert Sklar The Ramallah-based Act is a potentially The hatred echoes through Palestinian lit candles and the program Contributing Editor P.A., through its lead homes, schools, mosques, news outlets, included a slide show with pic- political faction Fatah, transformative stride music videos, sports tournaments and tures and oral description of the self-governs Palestinian- public squares. It will take generations lives and aspirations of all 17 lost populated areas of the toward the prized to foster a new culture of engagement, souls. West Bank. The Taylor opportunity and coexistence. An article was read by one Force Act will cut off U.S. funding that and elusive goal of The Taylor Force Act just might help of our students published by directly benefits Palestinian-controlled resolving a conflict create the climate for a dramatic shift in a student surviving the ordeal areas while humanitarianly keeping some attitude by phasing out the anti-Zionist about her trauma and the need basic support for those areas. decades old. practice infamously branded “pay to slay.” to become active in gun control To help curb chaos within the P.A., the Peace between Israel, an indepen- so as to respond to this horrible bipartisan-passed act allows continued dent Jewish state, and the Palestinians, event in a productive and mean- U.S. support for P.A. security, water ser- alienated by the wider Arab world, will ingful fashion. vice, childhood vaccinations and east RESOURCEFUL MOVE remain a pipedream in the absence of Drawing upon the example of Jerusalem hospitals. The Taylor Force Act is named for a brokered bilateral, direct negotiations Marjory Stoneman Douglas stu- The Taylor Force Act became law on Vanderbilt University M.B.A. student, between Jerusalem and Ramallah. dent leaders, it was emphasized March 23 as part of a $1.3 trillion omni- a 28-year-old former U.S. Army officer Even a hint of such talks isn’t in the with our students how impact- bus spending bill approved by the U.S. from Lubbock, Texas, who was stabbed winds of possibility until the Palestinian ful their advocacy can be in and Congress and signed by President Donald to death in a March 2016 terrorist attack Authority terminates terrorist payouts — upon our society over issues that Trump. while studying in the old section of Tel in reality, a means toward encouraging matter to them. Besides addressing P.A. terrorist sala- Aviv. Ten others were hurt in that attack. terror not only against Israelis, but also May the names of the victims ries, the bill helps fund Israeli security and In a brazen illustration of P.A. illogic, the toward anyone visiting the Jewish ances- be for a blessing. missile defense and helps Israel counter P.A. justified Force’s killing as the work of a tral homeland. Rabbi Scot A. Berman terrorist tunnels dug by Hamas — the ter- “heroic martyr.” In 2017, the P.A. budgeted Someone such as Taylor Force. • Head of School, Farber rorist organization ruling the Gaza Strip a stunning $350 million, 7 percent of its Hebrew Day School and a rival political faction of Fatah in the total budget, to pay 6,300 jailed terror- tenuous battle for ultimate control of the ists as well as 26,800 families of terrorists Palestinian people. killed or injured as “martyrs” for Allah. In 2017, the U.S. allocated upwards of EYEING BETTER TIMES $300 million toward Palestinian assis- The Taylor Force Act no doubt could have tance in the West Bank and Gaza. The been tougher. But it’s a potentially trans- allocation was routed largely through formative stride toward the prized and non-governmental organizations, such as elusive goal of resolving a conflict decades the United States Agency for International old. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Development and the United Nations Netanyahu told his Cabinet: “I think this Reliefs and Works Agency. The U.S. also is a powerful message from the United allocated $35 million to the P.A. for law States that changes the rules.” enforcement and narcotics control in the It sure does. West Bank. The act mandates holding the P.A. Until now, U.S. law mandated a drop accountable while seeking an end to the in Palestinian aid equal to the amount Palestinians paying blood money to ter- paid by the P.A. and other Palestinian rorists jailed by Israel and to families of leadership organizations to terrorists or “martyred” terrorists. The way forward to families of terrorists. That law clearly requires “pay to slay” to meet its demise. wasn’t enforced to the fullest out of fear of P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas, destabilizing the beleaguered region. never the political moderate he has Given the public scrutiny it has gar- been paraded as, vows the custom will nered, the Taylor Force Act not only openly and defiantly continue despite the should be scrupulously enforced, but also Taylor Force Act. His government said should help the U.S. and Israel regain lost Palestinian suffering caused by Israel’s bargaining leverage.
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Solemn and beautiful, Clover Hill Park Cemetery marks its 100th anniversary.
ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHOTOS BY ANTHONY LANZILOTE
beautiful quiet fills everything here. Small, soft hills and a nature area where Ayou may see a fox or deer, even in the middle of winter. Bright flowers in spring. More than 300 trees whose leaves spill, as if in a dance, throughout autumn. Warm light that comes by and covers your shoulders on a summer evening. Clover Hill Park Cemetery is the final resting place of Metro Detroit’s most prominent Jewish figures, including Max Fisher, William “Bill” Davidson, David Hermelin and Mandell “Bill” Berman, and some of its greatest tragedies, like Rabbi Morris Adler and the man who killed him, Richard Wishnetsky, and Florence Stern, whose husband, Mark Unger, was convicted of her murder in 2006. Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, Clover Hill Park Cemetery was established by Congregation Shaarey Zedek and “offers families the perfect oppor- tunity to respectfully lay their loved ones to rest, as well as a serene setting in which to fondly recall cher- ished memories,” says Shaarey Zedek’s Rabbi Aaron Starr. “With a commitment to Jewish tradition and openness to today’s modern Jewish family, Clover Hill Park Cemetery takes seriously the mitzvah (sacred obligation) of kavod hamet (honoring the deceased).” Clover Hill is “excellently situated for the purpose to which it is to be dedicated,” reads the cemetery’s first book of rules and regulations. “It is within walking distance from Woodward Ave., conveniently accessible over good thoroughfares and lines of travel, and is in the midst of a most beautiful suburban section.” That suburban section was Troy Township (today Birmingham), an area to which the Jewish community was believed to be moving. Clover Hill Park Cemetery was designed with space for 26,000 graves, 14,500 of which already have been occupied and another 5,000 of which have been sold. The first cemetery board was chaired by David S. Zemon and included Joseph Wetsman, William Friedman, David R. Stocker, Jacob Nathan and continued on page 14
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“When you come here it’s like walking into a synagogue. Every grave here is treated with respect. Dignity is of utmost importance.”
RALPH ZUCKMAN, CEMETERY DIRECTOR
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Benjamin B. Jacob. It was a board like few others overdosed on drugs have been buried here. because, in a tradition that continues to this day, The cemetery’s director Ralph Zuckman, Shaarey Zedek owns the cemetery, but Clover who speaks with reverence about his work, Hill is entirely managed by its board of directors. can locate virtually any grave in an instant and The first burial was on July 10, 1918. His name knows many true stories, like this one: was Adolph Blumberg. He was married, lived in An elderly woman had died; she had loved Detroit and he died of chronic vascular heart walking and took walks every time she could. disease. His age was 60, and his brother Morris The hearse going to her funeral refused to purchased his lot. start, so the family walked with her casket to Since then, the cemetery has seen thousands the cemetery. Afterward, the hearse immedi-
of burials and faced the challenges of the times. ately started. It was, the family said, “as though According to its rules, Clover Hill “shall be oper- Grandma was making sure everyone took that ated in accordance with the laws of the Jewish last walk with her.” faith,” which does not allow cremation, embalm- ment, burial in a mausoleum or intermarriage. VINTAGE CHAPEL Yet accommodations are made for all of these. One of the most intriguing areas of Clover Hill is While no one may purchase, in advance, a its Davidson/Hermelin Chapel, Metro Detroit’s spot for his ashes, “cremains” (as they are known oldest building still in use for Jewish services. by funeral directors) are allowed at Clover Hill. Fitted with the original stained-glass windows, Mausoleums initially were included, and a few the chapel seats 150 and features a podium at exist to this day, though Rabbi Abraham M. front with two large candelabras from the 1930s, Hershman (head of Shaarey Zedek from 1907- along with heavy, but delicate, white lamps that 1946) disallowed them. A few embalmed (as hang from the ceiling. required by civil law) bodies have been laid to rest Stepping inside the chapel is like walking into at Clover Hill, as have dead buried in their finery the past. There is that familiar vintage smell; the and in expensive caskets (Halachah — Jewish law knowledge that so many have been here to say — calls for a plain shroud and a simple wooden goodbye; secrets in every corner. coffin). Clover Hill also has a “blended family” Come, take a look. section for those who have intermarried. Begin at the bottom. Would you even notice The ways of death have changed over time the carpet you step on as you enter the chapel? TOP: Ralph Zuckman, Clover Hill Park Cemetery director, in the Davidson/Hermelin Chapel. CENTER ROW: Davidson-Saulson as well. Probably not, but it covers something quite headstone, Rabbi Morris Adler’s headstone, Rabbi Irwin Groner’s In 1918, the nation was in the midst of an unusual. Underneath is an intricate tile floor with headstone and David Hermelin’s gravestone. BOTTOM: Some of influenza pandemic, the most-deadly single a pattern of a popular 1920s Indian symbol; it these gravestones date from the mid- to late-1800s. event in history, ending more lives than WWI. closely resembles the swastika. While life expectancy is much longer 100 years Way above the front door look carefully and later, Clover Hill has become the final resting you’ll see a tiny hole, the perfect size for one place for those dying in another kind of trage- eye to view everything below. Behind that hole dy: In the past few years, six young people who is what was once an apartment for the shomer, continued on page 16
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THE JOURNEY THAT SAVED
THE TRUE WARTIME ESCAPE featuring OF MARGRET & H.A. REY Louise Borden njoy a presentation by Louise Borden, author of The Journey E that Saved Curious George, about the Jewish couple who created the beloved children’s character and their escape from the Nazis. Get a first look at our new exhibit The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey, based on the book. QAdmission is free with membership Q Two seatings, at 12:30 and 3:30PM, each followed by continued from page 14 a kosher dessert reception or guard, who must watch the body until the time of QSpace is limited. RSVP required by April 17 to 248.536.9605 burial. (Today, funeral homes supervise preparations or [email protected] and care of the body until burial, so there is no need for QThe program and exhibit are for ages 12+ a shomer at the chapel.) To access the room, you must walk up a narrow set of stairs. Open the wooden door and you arrive at an area, small and tidy, with a floor )0-0$"645.&.03*"-$&/5&3tZEKELMAN FAMILY CAMPUS made of thin, wooden slats. Two 28123 Orchard Lake Rd. t Farmington Hills, MI 48334 www.holocaustcenter.org antique chairs, with red fabric A number of events are being planned on the seats and backs, and in celebration of the cemetery’s 100th ornate carvings in the arm rests anniversary, beginning Saturday, April 7, and legs, are still here. when Congregation Shaarey Zedek will hold Downstairs again and to the a commemorative service at 9 a.m., followed right of the podium is an older by a special Yizkor service at 11 a.m. The office, complete with a desk that public is invited. Additional programs will has a spot just for a typewriter. include a history walk, a remembrance day On the wall is a picture of what to be held in the fall and a video that tells the appears to be a long stretch of history of Clover Hill Park Cemetery. swamp, later developed into the cemetery’s charming pond. On the left facing the podium is another door, this one leading to the basement. Watch your step as you go down, then pause Understanding Bipolar Disorder at a room where the floor shows PM tiny white tiles popular in the Wednesday, April 25, 2018 • 7-9 early 20th century. Notice a win- Congregation Shaarey Zedek • 27375 Bell Rd, Southfield, MI dow on your left; this is where, so many years ago, each body was brought into the building, gently carried and taken into This free event is open to the public, the room at right. In this next but pre-registration is required here: michmed.org/EDr7O room, you’ll see a long table and a sink, two opaque windows and a concrete floor. This is where tahara, preparation of the Join experts to learn more about the latest research body, took place. on the causes and treatments for bipolar disorder. Continue down the hall to a large room that has TOP: The exterior of A presentation by the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program the Davidson/Hermelin served various purposes, from housing caskets to being at the University of Michigan, in collaboration with Kadima, Chapel. a lunchroom in the 1930s to a place for storage. The original door of the chapel is here, as is the first table, and a panel of experts to answer audience questions. ABOVE: The old tahara room in the basement made of marble, used for tahara. of the chapel, where “We’re very much preservationists,” Zuckman says. preparation of the body He is careful about showing respect for everything took place. Now this here, being a “keeper of history,” making certain all is happens in funeral in order. “I have such affection for the cemetery that I homes. want to make sure everything is done properly.” Outside, the geese fly by, their sharp cries the only thing to break the deep stillness of this basement.
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#1 in a series These Jewish Scientists Gave America Its Military Edge.
NIELS BOHR (1885-1962). b. Copenhagen, Denmark. d. Copenhagen, Denmark. Atoms for the Allies. Atoms for peace. There is perhaps no one that deserves more credit than Niels Bohr for contributing to our current under- standing of the individual atom. In 1922, he received the Nobel Prize for discovering the theory of the atom, RESPECTING THE SPACE Irwin Groner’s grave is topped by a which matched with scientists’ observations of its Ralph Zuckman had long been inter- large black star. Another, older sec- structure and behavior. After establishing the Institute ested in cemeteries, and he had an tion is home to some of the men who for Theoretical Physics in 1917 in Denmark (it’s now uncle who supervised the Beth Yehudah helped establish the cemetery and known as the Niels Bohr Institute), Bohr constantly Cemetery, when he came to Clover Hill early members of Shaarey Zedek: improved upon his knowledge of the physical world, 15 years ago. A co-founder of the Jewish Isaac Saulson, who started the making contributions to the theoretical field of quantum Cemetery Association of North America Chevra Kadishah (burial society), physics, and researching the atomic nucleus and the and its first chair, as well as president Cantor Abraham Minkowsky, sex- mechanism of nuclear fission. In August 1939, Bohr ton Meyer Smith and D.W. Simon, of the Michigan Cemetery Association, published a paper that identified the Uranium-235 iso- Detroit’s first Jewish city councilman. he views his role as “steering people tope as being ideal for nuclear fission, a key discovery in the march to the development through very difficult times. We’re just In another area is Franklin Adell, of nuclear weapons. The following day Germany invaded here to try to help.” whose headstone is a tall, black Poland, beginning World War II. Even after the Germans oc- “Everyone grieves differently,” obelisk; he was the co-founder, with Zuckman notes, and he has pretty his son, of The Word, the largest cupied Denmark in 1940, Bohr continued working in Copen- much seen it all. Like the High African-American religious net- hagen for three more years, until he got word that the Nazis Holiday liturgy that cites how God work in the world. Officiators at his discovered his Jewish lineage, at which point he escaped to decides who should die by water and funeral included Rabbi Harold Loss, Sweden, and then England, and then the United States. In who by fire, who by famine and who Cantor Harold Orbach, the Rev. Jesse America, Bohr joined the Manhattan Project, the team of sci- by thirst, the way people respond Jackson and Aretha Franklin. Not entists furiously working to make sure the U.S. developed the to death also is a kind of poem. too far down from Adell is where atomic bomb before Germany. Zuckman has seen mourners who, Bill Davidson lies buried. Though despite terrible injustices, find com- extraordinary in life, he opted for a HYMAN RICKOVER (1900-1986). passion, and those whose hardness modest headstone. Davidson’s one b. Makow Mazowiecki, Poland. d. Arlington, Virginia. never waivers; those who remain request, Zuckman says, was to be The nuclear visionary. buried near his parents. stoic and those who are “tormented One of the longest serving sailors in U.S. Naval history (63 years), Hyman Rickover by death.” When the day ends, the cemetery forever changed the global maritime environment and Clover Hill is both beautiful and entryway is closed and the dead lie helped America maintain strategic naval dominance solemn, a place Zuckman calls “holy together behind the large fence that during the Cold War. Known as the “Father of the ground, and when you come here it’s encloses and protects them. The like walking into a synagogue. Every streets empty of traffic; lights go off Nuclear Navy”, Hyman Rickover was born in 1900 as grave here is treated with respect. in homes and in businesses. Dark “Chaim”, moved with his family to America as a child, Dignity is of utmost importance.” descends, and the wind sings its and at 18 enrolled in the Naval Academy in Annapolis The cemetery has been designed quiet song. to study engineering, retiring from the service in 1982, in such a way that there is no view “Ever since the days of Abraham only four years before his of unending headstones that all look and Sarah, the Jewish people have death. One of eight Naval alike. Instead, some stones face a bit ensured that their loved ones are representatives working in to the left or to the right. There are properly taken care of in death as in 1946 on a nuclear project graves near a pond or in the nature life,” Rabbi Starr says. “By choosing at Oak Ridge National Lab- section. Some headstones are flat and Clover Hill Park Cemetery, one con- oratory, Rickover was an some stand high. tinues in that loving tradition that early proponent of nuclear Many of Clover Hill’s most famous dates all the way back to the Torah powered vessels—the admiral oversaw the 1954 construction figures are at the front, and some itself. May those who have entered of the USS Nautilus, the first ever nuclear-powered submarine. the gateway of the grave be granted have impressive family sections that Rickover’s vision of a nuclear-powered Navy helped create a peace and rest in life eternal and may are difficult to miss. Max Fisher is maritime force able to protect shipping lanes without the con- here, as is Eugene Applebaum and we — through righteous living and stant need to refuel with either coal or oil. A. Alfred Taubman. Rabbi Adler’s charitable deeds — do all that we can headstone looks like an open book, to honor their memories in the land and former Shaarey Zedek Rabbi of the living.” • Original Research by Walter L. Field Sponsored by Irwin S. Field Written by Jared Sichel
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Focus On Learning Understanding The Young Chabad Rebbe’s Education Day marked. Gender-Expansive Child Stand with Trans presents a com- Shumer will address the chal- munity education event for parents, lenges parents of transgender children mental health professionals, school are faced with. “They may feel like personnel and medical practitioners. they are facing this challenge alone. Attendees will learn about the origin However, how they respond to this of gender, what it means for a young challenge really can be life or death. child to explore gender and transition The goal of our discussion is to affirm socially, and how to support this child that this challenge does not need to be in a positive, accepting way. undertaken alone.” Expert speakers for this event A unique parent panel will include are Dr. Dan Shumer, pediatric endo- three parents who have young gender- crinologist, founder and medical expansive children. The parents will director of the Child and Adolescent answer questions, and each will share Gender Clinic at Mott Children’s a bit about their experiences as a fam- Hospital; Sara Wiener, LMSW, direc- ily dealing with schools, community tor of Mental Health Services within and home life. The event will also Child & Adolescent Gender Services include Sara Kaplan, an inspirational at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and coach and speaker from Berkeley. director of Comprehensive Gender Kaplan has two transgender children. Services at Michigan Medicine; The event takes place from 6:30-8:30 and Antonia Caretto, Ph.D., clinical p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at the Orchard psychologist in private practice in United Methodist Church, 30450 Farmington Hills with a specialty in Farmington Road, Farmington Hills. A gender-related issues in adolescents dessert reception is included. There is he Michigan Senate and House of Representatives and adults. no charge to attend. • declared March 27 “Education Day” in Michigan. T First established in 1978 by a joint Congressional resolution, this national day focuses on the foundation of meaningful education: instructing our youth in the ways of Author To Speak At Yom morality and ethical values. Each year since 1978, the U.S. President has proclaimed this day as a national Education HaShoah Program and Sharing Day, including this year at a special White Temple Beth El welcomes K. Heidi Fishman, author of Tutti’s Promise on House ceremony with President Trump. Tuesday, April 10, to facilitate a discussion with TBE’s Book Club (Bites and This date coincides with the Hebrew date of the 116th Books) about her book that is based on her mother’s story of how her family anniversary of the birth date of the late Rebbe, Rabbi conquered fear and heartbreak to survive the Holocaust. Menachem Mendel Schneerson. On Wednesday, April 11, Fishman will be the guest at Yom HaShoah service The Rebbe’s teachings, which emphasized the inherent at 7 p.m. There, Fishman will speak about her mother’s story. Both events take goodness of mankind, the infinite potential within every place at Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Hills, and are free individual and the profound and open to the community. Contact Deborah Morosohk, director of education, value of even the smallest at [email protected] o r (248) 851-1100 for more information. • good deed, inspired multi- tudes globally. He was the only rabbi ever to receive the Congressional Gold Medal and to have an Technion Students Visit American national day pro- Last month, Technion stu- claimed in his honor. dents in the U.S. as part The resolutions in the of an American Technion Michigan Legislature were Society tour spoke introduced by Rep. Robert to students at Farber Wittenberg, D-Huntington Hebrew Day School in Woods, and by Sen. Steve Southfield and Frankel Bieda, D-Warren. The 60th Jewish Academy in West anniversary of the establish- Bloomfield. TOP: Representatives of Chabad Lubavitch of Michigan ment of Chabad Lubavitch Vladislav “Vladi” with state officials: Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov, Lansing; of Michigan by the Rebbe Akimov, an undergradu- Rabbi Levi Dubov, Bloomfield Hills; Rabbi Kasriel was also recognized. ate majoring in education Shemtov, West Bloomfield; Sen. Steven Bieda; Rep. Michigan joins similar in science and technology Robert Wittenberg; Rabbi Mendel Stein, Southfield; proclamations signed by with a specialization on Farber Hebrew Day School students with Technion students Vladi Rabbi Alter Goldstein, Ann Arbor. governors and scores of entrepreneurism, and Akimov and Dalya Arussy, center ABOVE: A proclamation in Ferndale: Councilwomen Dalya Arussy, a master’s Melania Piana and Raylon Leeks, seated; Mayor Pro Tem other officials in all 50 states, and the cities of student in architecture with campuses in New York and China, Greg Pawlica, Mayor David Coulter, Jewish Ferndale co- and town planning, discussed the directors Rabbi Herschel Finman and Chana Finman and Detroit, Ferndale, Oak Park and Israel’s next steps as the “Start Up Technion’s increasingly global impact, Councilman Dan Martin. and Southfield. • Nation.” •
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The pervasiveness of cell phones exasperates many an adult, who can’t understand why kids just can’t put the darn phone down — and it’s often just as vexing for teens who, as Abramson said, have a “love-hate relationship” with their Social Media electronic devices. “This is their life now; this is their lifestyle,” said Shevy Zigdon, LSW, family and school-based ser- vices supervisor at Jewish Family Service and a former social worker at middle and high schools. “For any parent to say, ‘Don’t go on,’ is not realistic.” Pressures Rabbi Yarden Blumstein, teen director Overuse can make teens more at the Friendship Circle, agrees. “It is not prone to anxiety and depression. realistic to not give teens phones. Then they Shevy Zigdon would be completely isolated socially.” But the pressure to stay connected can JOYCE WISWELL CONTRIBUTING WRITER take a toll, experts say. According to the American Psychological Association, daily overuse of media and technology has a ike many of her peers, 17-year-old Julie Abramson is negative effect on the health of all children, rarely without her phone. preteens and teenagers by making them L “I try not to look during class, but sometimes I do,” more prone to anxiety, depression and admitted the senior at West Bloomfield other psychological disorders as well as by High School. “I check it a good amount so making them more susceptible to future Rabbi Yarden I can keep up with what is going on. I want Blumstein health problems. Furthermore, the APA to be in loop. It’s nice to feel updated and says, studies found that middle school, high not left behind, and you will be if you’re not school and college students who checked Facebook at least checking social media.” once during a 15-minute study period achieved lower grades. Abramson is hardly alone. According to a Even benign exchanges can have perils, Blumstein pointed 2015 study by the Pew Research Center, 92 out, because communication is so instantaneous. “The social percent of teens report going online daily media rules say that you must respond to a text ASAP. So, Julia Abramson — including 20 percent who say they do so you are sending a message simply by not responding,” he said. “almost constantly.” Just 12 percent of teens “As adults, we can’t begin to understand the undercurrent, ages 13-17 say they have no cell phone of any type. the speed they network at. It’s a strand in a web that is so continued on page 24
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complex, even when we think we are in touch “So, they are on the phone till all hours of we are out of touch.” the night trying to figure out what is going on. It continues all through the night and picks THE RIPPLE EFFECT up the next day right where it left off. So even This reliance on social media in the form of if the friends repair whatever happened, now Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Tumblr and everyone else knows your business and may other sites can be “torture,” Zigdon said. “It’s a start treating you differently. The ripple effect very overwhelming situation. It’s very weary- is so much greater.” ing on individuals, but no teen will say that.” MAGNIFIED MISTAKES When she was first That ripple effect in which everything can allowed to use her phone become exponentially magnified is a major for social media at age culprit of teen anxiety, Blumstein said. A tact- 12, Hunter Banooni of less remark or foolish comment blurted out in Bloomfield Hills was check- person may be quickly forgiven and forgotten, ing it constantly. “My grand- but it lives forever on the internet where more mother called me a ‘phone and more people can see the faux pas and feel Hunter Banooni junkie’ because whenever I free to comment on it and pass it along for had a free second I was calling this person or others to ridicule. texting that person,” said the Hillel Day School “Teens are continually watching themselves eighth-grader, now 14. mess up again and again. It’s like skiing down- She continued that pattern for about a year. hill and now you’re somersaulting out of con- Then one morning something changed. “My trol,” Blumstein said. mom doesn’t let us on our phones during the Friedman agreed. “Now all your friends car ride to school because she calls it family from school and camp, and their parents and time,” Banooni said. “It was a normal morn- your parents, know about it. You can’t make ing, and then I noticed it was a really nice an easy or light mistake anymore.” day and I started to actually appreciate the And messing up can be an important big world around me. After a while, my phone just part of growing up. “Poor judgment and started to seem like an object, not something I mistakes are part of becoming experienced needed to get through the day, but something and learning — it’s inevitable. But with social I wanted. It was the whole thing about your media, it’s a perfect storm,” Friedman said. possessions possessing you, and I’m really glad Zigdon worries about the future. “Think I could take a step back and realize that this is about these kids developing their skills to be not what I want.” successful once they leave school. Are they Banooni still checks her phone daily, but on able to express themselves to a colleague? a much more moderate basis. “You don’t want They have no experience in conflict reso- to miss the latest Instagram story or Snapchat lution because it’s all being done via text. update so we feel like we need to check — or Confronting someone is a challenge and a skill we have to check. Timing blocks really help they need to develop, and high school is that keep me organized, so I allow myself 15-20 social minefield where they can be practicing minutes to catch up on social media. It can be these things.” difficult to stop, and it probably ends up being Blumstein said, “I wonder if teens are more like 45 minutes or an hour,” she said. “I struggling with individualized self-expression find myself slowly sinking into the couch and because they are so part of a group processing realize this is not what I want to be doing.” experience. The whole dating relationship is Dr. Jennifer L. Friedman, Hillel’s dean of stu- this whole public soap opera.” dent learning, said, “Kids feel trapped in a way. Zigdon added, “I have definitely noticed Everything is so public and the breakdown in communication and social taken to a level that never interaction between peers. Friends don’t talk existed before.” face to face anymore; it’s just a text or an Squabbles with friends emoji and some important parts of commu- and romantic partners are nication like tone of voice and body language as much a part of teen life are being lost.” as school dances and study- But Celia Levy, a seventh-grader at Hillel, ing for exams. But what takes the opposite view. “It’s easier to incorpo- may have been a quick snit rate what you want to say when you’re texting Dr. Jennifer between two individuals can and with photos,” she said. “I Friedman turn into high-level drama feel like you can see the emo- on social media, where everyone feels free to tion more than just listening add her own two cents. to their voice.” “Before, maybe you would resolve it face-to- Levy, who is 12, relies on face after school or in a phone call. But now her phone to keep in touch there is no cooldown period, no time to calm with friends both locally down or self-reflect,” Zigdon said. “Social media and those from Israel she is the platform to continue it, and then other Celia Levy has met at camp. She thinks people get involved, screenshotting comments adults who worry about the and sending them to other friends. It gets ramifications of cell phone use are overreact- obsessive, and teens can feel like they need to ing. find out what everyone is saying about them. “Adults say, ‘Oh, it’s so harmful’ and stuff,
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Repairing The World Theme for Emanu-El’s Spring Festival offers diverse takes on Tikkun Olam.
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here was no Cinderella story this season in the B’nai B’rith Tbasketball league. Pisgah-Zeiger won its third straight league championship, beating Brotherhood No. 3 53-49 on March 25 in a hotly contested playoff title game at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. “It was like the Kansas-Duke game in the NCAA tournament … a heavy- weight title fight,” said Pisgah-Zeiger player-coach Rick Sherline. “The lead changed hands four or five times in the second half. Both teams made clutch shot after clutch shot.” Pisgah-Zeiger celebrates another B’nai B’rith Close games were the rule and not basketball league championship. the exception this season for these two teams. They played three times, and Ron Peterson, along with return- GYMNASTICS kickboxing and the largest margin of victory was ees Markowitz, Blake Johnson and 8 points. Chris Walker. Brotherhood No. 3 won 63-57 on The playoff semifinals and finals Jan. 14 and Pisgah-Zeiger won 51-43 were both played March 25. on Feb. 18 in regular-season games. Pisgah-Zeiger beat Brotherhood No. The teams each went 8-2 in the 1 75-53 in the semifinals led by three SCHOOL regular season and tied for first place players who scored in double figures: DROP-OFF in the six-team league. Long (23 points), Canada (12) and BREAK The 2-point difference in their head- Kapeller (12). Brotherhood No. 3 beat PARTIES to-head games gave Pisgah-Zeiger the CAMPS Brotherhood No. 2 in the other semifi- No. 1 seed in the playoffs. Brotherhood nal game. No. 3 was the No. 2 seed. Third-place Greenberg scored 18 points and Brotherhood No. 2 and fourth-place Gaston had 17 in the final game. Brotherhood No. 1 also made the play- Pisgah-Zeiger’s other regular- BABY offs as No. 3 and No. 4 seeds. season loss was a Jan. 28 defeat to CHILDCARE Familiarity and similar physical Brotherhood No. 2 when Pisgah- attributes played roles in the closeness Zeiger had only five players available. & TOTS of the Pisgah-Zeiger vs. Brotherhood “We normally played about seven 3 games. guys in a game,” said Sherline, who Brotherhood No. 3 player-coach has played in the league since it was Dan Butler played in the league for founded in 1976. two seasons before forming his own PRESCHOOL team in 2017. SWIM Former Pisgah-Zeiger player Ryan FIRST COLLEGIATE HR Markowitz joined him last year. Jordan Anstandig earned nine varsity Markowitz was on the team in 2016 letters — three each in football, snow- when it won the first of its three boarding and baseball — at Walled straight league championships. Lake Northern High School before he “They’re a tall, physical team and graduated in 2015. we’re also tall, but not as physical,” Now he has another impressive cre- TENNIS yoga Sherline said. dential for his athletic resume. He has “I think they (Pisgah-Zeiger) had a collegiate home run. a little better chemistry than we did Anstandig blasted a solo homer because they’ve had a lot of the same about 375 feet over the fence in right- guys on their team for several years. centerfield Friday to send the host We had four new guys this season and Alma College baseball team on its way play four guys from last year,” Butler said. to a 5-2 win over Albion College in the +MORE! “It was a good season for us. We first game of a doubleheader. jelled, the new guys helped us, and we This is Anstandig’s first year at Alma DATES did better than last year when we lost after transferring from Saginaw Valley in the playoff semifinals.” State University. Sherline’s teammates this season Anstandig is a 5-foot-7, 160-pound were Mike Feld, Adam Greenberg, junior outfielder. Through 16 games TO REGISTER FOR OUR KIDS PROGRAMS VISIT: Scott Kapeller, Janard Long, Bryant this season, he was hitting .245 with Gaston, Jay James, Chris Canada, Dan seven RBIs, 12 runs scored and three FRANKLINCLUB.COM/KIDS Serlin and Jared Stoddard. stolen bases. • 248.352.8000 ext. 314 29350 Northwestern Hwy Southfield, Mi 48034 Butler’s roster included newcomers Mike Rapin, Josh Fox, Brandon Nunn Send news to [email protected]. 34 April 5 • 2018 jn FIND OUT WHAT IS REALLY WORTH. 'RQ·WUHO\RQHVWLPDWHVRUJXHVVWLPDWHV*HWWKHUHDOIDFWVIURPDUHDOHVWDWHSURIHVVLRQDO ZKROLYHVZKHUH\RXGR&RQWDFWD+RZDUG+DQQDDJHQWWRGD\IRUD FREE MARKET ANALYSISRI\RXUKRPH )LQGDQDJHQWQHDU\RXDW+RZDUG+DQQDFRP
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JAN. 23, 2018 Ashley and Jonathan Sherman of Beverly Hills are excited to announce the birth of their son, Jacob Hechler 70th Brady (Noach Kochav). Jacob is the first grandson ose and Mark Hechler of Fanny and Jeffrey Sherman of West Bloomfield, of Southfield and and Nichole and Dick Callaway of Arizona. He is the RDelray Beach, Fla., cel- great-grandson of Edward Sherman of Bloomfield ebrated 70 years of marriage Hills, and Sara Pancer of Colombia, South America. on March 13. They met at a Jacob’s Hebrew names are in honor of his late great- mutual friend’s wedding and grandfather Noel Pancer and late great-grandmoth- have been inseparable ever er Esther Sherman; his middle name is in honor of since. They have two daugh- Sherman his late great-grandmother Bonnie Saunders. ters: Ellen and Andria (Mark Weiss). A celebration for their anniversary will take place in Delray Beach with their Shanyn Haeley Rogers (Sara Hadara) will be called to children. Their grandchildren, Kevin and Amy Weiss, Kim Weiss, Scott Weiss the Torah on Saturday, April 7, 2018, at Temple Emanu- and fiancée, Elyse Wartel, and great-grandchildren, Eliana, Sam and Gwen El in Oak Park. Shanyn is the daughter of Glenn and Lisa Weiss, will celebrate with Nana and Papa in May. • (Compton) Rogers and the sister of Reilly. Grandparents are William and Fern “Cookie” Compton, and the late William and Maria Rogers. Great-grandparents are the late Hyman and Charlotte Shebowich. Shanyn is a seventh-grade student at John Page Middle Rogers School in Madison Heights. For her mitzvah project, she is volunteering at Yad Ezra in Berkley. Mendelson-Goldman
inda and Howard Goldman of West Bloomfield and LPalm Beach Gardens, Fla., Dubin 50th are delighted to announce the engagement of their son Bradley oward and Susie Dubin Goldman to his bashert, Alicia of West Bloomfield are Mendelson, the daughter of Hthrilled to announce their Susan and Coby Goutkovitch of 50th wedding anniversary on April Farmington Hills, and David and 6. They are the proud parents Wendy Mendelson of Bloomfield of Art Dubin, Matt and Debbie Hills. (Weinstein) Dubin, and Wally Alicia is the granddaughter Dubin. Spectacular grandchildren of Carole Master of Huntington are Alivia, Marcus, Tessa and Axel Woods, the late Eli Master, the late Adrienne and Alan Mendelson. Dubin. A special dinner will be Bradley is the grandson of the late Ruthe and Sidney Wolfe, and the late held to celebrate this wonderful Tillie and Robert Goldman. accomplishment of survival and An August wedding is planned in West Bloomfield. • life. • Birnholtz 70th
oseph and Edith Birnholtz Waldorf 50th recently celebrated their J70th anniversary and Joe’s lana and Richard Waldorf 92nd birthday at a family party of West Bloomfield and given by their children, Sandy ABoynton Beach, Fla., will and Sue Birnholtz, Marilyn and celebrate 50 years of marriage on Mike Franco, and Mark and Paula April 6. They met on a blind date Birnholtz. Grandchildren include in Cleveland, Ohio, and have been Jeremy Birnholtz, Melanie and inseparable ever since. Their fam- Matt Hildebrandt, Bryan and ily: Sara, Scott, Alexa and Kadie Mandy Franco, Ashley and Craig Bernstein, and Carrie, Andrew, Roos, Jordan, Matthew and Eric Asher, Leila and Della Bank are Birnholtz, and the late Kenny excited to celebrate with Mia and Birnholtz. Also celebrating were great-grandchildren, Samara, Ellie, Koby, PR on a cruise this summer. • Sydney, Addy and Harrison. Formerly of Louisville, Ky., and Boynton Beach, Fla., Joe and Edith reside in West Bloomfield. •
36 April 5 • 2018 jn Staying Cavity-Free While in Braces Ask the Orthodontist Those who wear the non-removable orthodontic appliances known, as braces must guard against decay springing up around the edges of brackets and bands by paying meticulous attention to oral hygiene. Aside from rinsing, fl ossing, and brushing after meals, patients also have the option of applying a prescription gel to their teeth as a means of preventing decay or decalcifi cation. A recent study shows that those patients with braces who brushed, then applied a 1.1% fl uoride gel twice daily for eighteen months, reduced levels of plaque (the sticky, germ laden substance that coats teeth and encourages cavities), gum swelling, and gum bleeding by about half, Sherman-Dekker Dr. Nelson Hersh when compared with those patients who did not use the gel and only brushed. Dr. Marsha Beattie There are also mouth rinses that contain a .63% stannous fl uoride and can Dr. Amy Isenberg be supplement to the oral hygiene routine. Many offi ces carry these at their anny and Jeffrey Sherman of offi ces for your convenience, or can write a prescription for their patients. West Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the upcom- Electric toothbrushes can also help the patient comply with good oral hygiene, F but any soft bristle toothbrush can be used, and if the plague is removed, the ing marriage of their daughter Licensed Specialists teeth will move more effi ciently, remain cavity-free, and stain-free. For patient Stefanie to Bobby, son of Deborah for Children with work or school, our offi ce also provides a travel toothbrush, which makes it and Robert Dekker of Rochester & Adults more convenient to brush when not at home. Hills. In general, excellent orthodontic treatment can only be obtained with Stefanie is the granddaughter West Bloomfi eld cooperative and informed patients. Once orthodontic therapy begins, the of the late Esther and Edward Commerce Township patient will be expected to continue to see the family dentist for regular check- 248.926.4100 ups, dental cleanings and routine care. Routine dental care will help ensure Sherman, and Sara and the late best results from orthodontic therapy. Noel Pancer. She is sister to Located in the Jonathan and Jeremy, sister-in-law Lakes Medical Building to Ashley. Bobby is the grandson If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Drs. Hersh, Waterford Beattie and Isenberg at their state-of-the-art facilities in West Bloomfi eld/ of the late Beverley and the late Gerald Dekker, and Esther and Kenneth 248-673-4100 Commerce Township, 2300 Haggerty Road, Suite 1160, Godfrey. He is brother to Jacquelyn and Dianna. 248-926-4100 and in Waterford, 5133 Highland Road 248-673-4100. Stefanie is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, University of Michigan Medical School and is a third-year ophthalmology resident at University of Chicago Medical School. Bobby is a graduate of Kalamazoo College, University of Michigan Medical School and is a fifth-year orthopedic surgery resident at Northwestern University Medical School. A May wedding is planned in Detroit. • 248-926-4100 www.hershbeattieortho.com
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jn April 5 • 2018 39 arts&life theater PHOTO BY MATTHEW MURPHY PHOTO BY MATTHEW Theodora Silverman and Rob Colletti in School of Rock I Wanna Rock!
Quadruple-threat t 11 years old, Theodora principal and romantic inter- tour, she decided she eventu- Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyr- “Theo” Silverman is est of a rebel teacher, the lead ally would like to win the part ics by Glenn Slater and a book Theo Silverman rocks Aenjoying a dream-come- character in the production. of Girl, believing it is one of by Julian Fellowes (creator of true while working toward real- “I am in awe of Lexie Dorset the most beautiful and magi- Downton Abbey). Those familiar as singer, dancer, izing many more. Sharp, who brilliantly plays the cal roles for a woman. with the film will recognize Taking on the role of bass- role on our tour,” says Theo, Not neglecting history, she songs like “Teacher’s Pet” and actor and musician in and cello-playing student who will appear April 10-22 at also would like to be one of the be introduced to new num- Katie as she tours with School the Fisher Theatre. Schuyler Sisters in Hamilton. bers that include “If Only You School of Rock. of Rock — The Musical, Theo Thinking ahead to a mature School of Rock — The Musical Would Listen” and “You’re in hopes later years will bring role is not new for the New is based on the 2003 hit film the Band.” SUZANNE CHESSLER her to the same play and place York native and resident. starring Jack Black and features The storyline follows Dewey CONTRIBUTING WRITER her in the role of the adult Ms. While playing the daughter music from the movie as well Finn, a failed rock star who Mullins, the fictional school Ivanka, in the Once national as an original score added by decides to make some money posing as a substitute at a pres- tigious prep school. He turns “Katie was my dream role in School of Rock. a class of straight-A, serious students into guitar- and bass- She is very chill, just like me. She takes it all playing rockers performing in their own band and competing in before turning it all out and letting herself with other bands. go with Dewey and the band. In the mix, Dewey falls for the school’s academic-minded prin- And we both love being musicians.” cipal and helps her discover her own childlike side. — THEO SILVERMAN “I play the bass player in the Theo Silverman
40 April 5 • 2018 jn band,” Theo says. “Katie was my home from the theater,” she says. “I dream role in School of Rock. She is FaceTime with my best friends from very chill, just like me. Katie takes home, and although I miss them, we it all in before turning it all out and stay connected as much as possible.” letting herself go with Dewey and the Away from the stage, Theo likes to band. We both love being musicians. spend time with her very best friend, “School of Rock inspires kids and Piper, and play guitar, experiment adults to follow their dreams and go with trapeze, rock climb, create for it. Don’t let anyone or anything makeup and hair videos and do any- stop you from being who you are. thing with her dog, Jojo. Show the world what’s inside of you Her Jewish observances also and who you truly are. remain important. “School of Rock’s positive message “My family celebrates all of the Israel At 70 and fabulous music get the audience Jewish holidays together, and I will out of their seats and on their feet have a bat mitzvah in January 2020,” cheering!” she says. “My Papa Howard [pater- Theo says her parents believe nal grandfather Howard Silverman] she was born to be a performer and teaches me about Judaism and our supported her interests with vocal, history and the importance of family. acting, dance and musical training “My favorite holiday is Passover — since she was 6 years old. At 7, she I’m usually first to find the afikomen.” appeared off-Broadway in Annie Jr. As Theo grows personally and “My mom and dad support me on professionally, she finds that going every level — organizing my lessons on tour has been educational in and training, finding me the best many ways. manager and agent and traveling “School of Rock on tour has been with me on tour for School of Rock the greatest experience of my life,” this year and Once, the musical, two says Theo, who has counted nearly years ago,” she explains. 200 performances in this show. “Most important, my parents “We are 16 kids and families, cast always check in with me and make mates and classmates, with an sure that being an actor is what I entire company of grownup actors, want to do. They create a good bal- management and crew that has ance of work, school and fun.” become family. While on tour, Theo follows a “We have a tight schedule filled strict schedule and finds her tutors with roles, rules and responsi- very helpful. Sometimes, she works bilities. Our job has two parts — on extra lessons with her dad or studying at school and performing reads for her own enjoyment. eight shows a week. As our touring “I have 15 best friends on tour, and schedule is so busy, I have learned we try and have meals in groups, go to listen and take direction well, swimming in the hotels and make ask questions if I need help and slime and slime videos when we get manage my time productively.” • Did you serve in the IDF? School of Rock — The Musical runs April 10-22 at the We’d like to honor details: Fisher Theatre in Detroit. Tickets start at $39. (313) 872-1000; broadwayindetroit.com. your service.
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Olga Berkovitz “Selection” They treated us like animals, Page 260 When we arrived at Auschwitz the Nazis But we never became animals. selected the fit from the unfit. We helped each other, I tried to hold on to my dear mother. they were animals but we never lost At that moment Mengele kicked me on our humanity. the face and my teeth fell out. We selected ourself for true life! 202 That was the last time I saw my dear mother.
In honor of Yom HaShoah • In a remarkably moving and thought-provoking portrait of the Holocaust, Survivor: A Portrait of the Survivors of the (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Holocaust (Cassell Illustrated) captures the experience of surviving one of the darkest moments in human history. Over the course of on April 11, a roundup of fi ve years, the celebrated London-based portrait photographer Harry Borden (Elton John, Paul McCartney and Margaret Thatcher are Holocaust-themed books. among his subjects) traveled the world photographing survivors; the book brings together more than 200 powerful portraits — accompanied by handwritten notes by each survivor, which attest to the incredible resilience of the human spirit. At the end of the book, LYNNE KONSTANTIN ARTS & LIFE EDITOR a section provides additional information on each subject, detailing how and what they survived.
42 April 5 • 2018 jn • Growing up in Holland, Bart van Es always knew that his grandparents • The fi rst fi ve years of Edgar Feuchtwanger’s life were spent sheltered Jewish children during the war, playing with toys and listening to his mother master new classics but didn’t know any details. As an adult on the piano in his Jewish family’s home in Munich — until a new in England, he began an investigation neighbor with a little black mustache moved in across the street. into one girl, Lien, who had been hidden Written by historian Feuchtwanger (with Bertil Scali) at the age of the same time as Anne Frank but, as van 88, Hitler, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, Es discovered, had survived the war. In 1929-1939 (Other Press) chronicles 10 years of the author’s life The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and as he watches Hitler from inside the windows of his home as the Family, Lost and Found (Penguin; due world around him crumbles. out Aug. 2018), van Es tells a story of survival, decency and love.
• Friedrich Kellner, a mid-level offi cial in • For more than 400 years, the East European border town a provincial German town, risked his life of Buczacz, today part of Ukraine, was home to Poles, to record Germany’s path to dictatorship Ukrainians and Jews, all living side by side in relative harmony. and genocide and to protest his With the arrival of World War II, within a few years, the entire countrymen’s complicity in the regime’s Jewish population had been murdered by German and brutalities. My Opposition: The Diary of Ukrainian police, while Ukrainian nationalists eradicated Polish Friedrich Kellner (Cambridge University residents. In Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death Press), edited by Robert Scott Kellner (Friedrich’s grandson), tells what it is like of a Town Called Buczacz (Simon & Schuster), author Omer MY OPPOSITION Bartov (whose mother was raised in Buczacz) shows how THE DIARY OF FRIEDRICH KELLNER to be an isolated democrat in a highly A German against the Third Reich genocide can take root at the local level — turning neighbors, popular dictatorship. EDITED BY friends, even family members, against each other. ROBERT SCOTT KELLNER
• In A Deadly Legacy: German Jews • Hunting the Truth: Memoirs of Beate and Serge and the Great War (Yale), historian Tim Klarsfeld (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is a dual memoir Grady examines the First World War — recounting how the Klarsfelds’ childhoods — hers as a when the roots of Nazism were planted non-Jew in Nazi Germany, his as a Jewish refugee in Vichy, — as a disastrous turning point for France — led them to be partners in love and as renowned Germany’s Jews. Illuminating the efforts Nazi hunters. French activists and journalists, the Klarsfelds of some 100,000 Jewish soldiers who followed their consciences to bring Nazis to justice when served in the German military as well as murderers often resumed free lives following the Nuremburg various activities that Jewish communities trials. Among the most prominent of their conquests supported at home, such as raising funds was Klaus Barbie, the “Butcher of Lyon,” who was fi nally for the war effort, Grady traces a path extradited from South America to face trial. from the trenches of the First World War to the death camps of the Second.
• Growing up in the safety of Britain, Jonathan Wittenberg was deeply aware of his legacy as the child of refugees from • “My dear, good child! I haven’t had any news from you in a Nazi Germany. After the death of a family long time. Are you in good health?” Seemingly everyday items of member, he discovers an old suitcase letters and postcards — like the one containing these warm and among her belongings containing a loving lines — now represent more than just a message. They bundle of wartime letters, untouched for represent lives, hopes and history, as they were written during decades. My Dear Ones: One Family the darkest days of the Holocaust under tyrannical censorship. and the Final Solution (William Collins; In Holocaust Postal History: Harrowing Journeys due April 2018) tells the story of author Revealed through the Letters and Cards of the Victims Wittenberg’s quest to uncover the painful (Six Point Watermark), postal historian Justin Gordon takes details of his family history. readers through the darkness of the Holocaust using actual correspondence written by the victims.
• Leon Werth (1878-1955) was the celebrated French author of 11 novels, of • On the eve of Passover 1943, Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto art and dance criticism, acerbic political staged a now-legendary revolt against their Nazi oppressors. reporting and memorable personal In The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and Culture (Penn essays. In Deposition 1940-1944: A State Univ. Press), author Samantha Baskind explores how Secret Diary of Life in Vichy, France the despair of life in the ghetto and the dramatic uprising of its (Oxford Univ. Press; due April 2018) inhabitants have captured the American cultural imagination. — widely hailed in France and now Seventy years’ worth of fi ne art, fi lm, television, radio, theater, published in English for the fi rst time — comics and more have artistically represented the ghetto and Werth gives a very readable account of revolt, serving as a staging ground for the forging of the Jewish daily life in the Nazi-occupied village of American identity. Vichy, where he was hiding. •
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Andy Gutman writes ndy Gutman started writing and posters will be given out to children Book poetry when he was a student at attending the presentation. children’s books based on ASouthfield-Lathrup High School. Gutman, who produces his projects to Soon, he began turning those verses into retain creative consistency, is looking for- his own songs. songs. ward to sharing his outlook. At Michigan State University, Gutman “The two books and songs that go with continued his expressiveness while pur- them have a personal meaning for me,” SUZANNE CHESSLER suing a degree in accounting. He did not he explains. “They’re both written with or CONTRIBUTING WRITERS stop as accounting work for commercial about my daughter, Riley, and I love that real estate firms moved him into positions about them. based in the real estate itself. “The storyline in Charlie has the mes- Gutman, 48, and president of the sage that everyone is unique and special Farbman Group, based in Southfield, and has something valuable that needs to can count more than 300 finished songs, be known. Conversations about caterpil- which can be accessed via his Soundcloud lars with my wife, Lesley, and our daugh- account. ter led to a song and the book.” As he advanced in his day-to-day work, The second book is a bedtime story Gutman sought professionals to polish about a tired father trying to soothe a off his creative side with musical arrange- baby through song — but also about the ments that could bring three of his songs hopes and aspirations he has for his child. to public attention through iTunes. “It’s based on songs I used to make up Then he, in conversation with his wife and sing to my daughter when she was details: and daughter, had another idea — turning an infant,” he says. “I would be trying Andy Gutman will head a presentation of the songs into children’s picture books. to get her to sleep or stop crying. When his children’s books 1-2 p.m. Saturday, First came Charlie the Caterpillar in 2017, you’re a new parent, those are tough times April 7, at Paper Trail Books, Royal Oak. quickly followed by Pop Lullaby. because you don’t get much sleep, but (248) 677-4628. Books are available at The books, self-published and intro- they’re also special times because you duced through classroom readings, are connect with your child on a pure level.” gutcheckpublishing.com; songs can be getting a wider audience April 7 through Although the text for Pop Lullaby was downloaded at soundcloud.com/drewgut. Paper Trail Books in Royal Oak. Gutman written long before Charlie the Caterpillar, Andy Gutman will read them, singer-keyboardist Steve they were produced in opposite order. Acho will perform the related music While Caterpillar took almost two years to
44 April 5 • 2018 jn get completed because Gutman had that, but I have to pace myself and not to become familiar with the process, do everything at once.” experience expedited the develop- Production of Gutman’s songs is ment of Pop Lullaby to two months. done through a label he created — Gutman, after college gradua- Gutcheck Music — on Soundcloud. tion, became familiar with the real His books are published through The Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders is estate business as he worked for Dog Ear Self Publishing. the Schostak Brothers. Believing “This has all been a learning proud to introduce Dr. Lauren Aymen. Dr. Aymen is he needed an international process because I want to have con- a neurologist and headache medicine specialist who focus, Gutman worked for Trizec trol of the songs and books,” says Properties based in Canada. Gutman, who found book illustra- has joined us as the Director of the Headache Center. “I missed the family work environ- tors through companies established ment and had the good fortune to to provide that service for indepen- interview with Burt Farbman, our dent writers. chairman,” Gutman says. “I was “It is important to me to maintain offered a job and took a pay cut to how my materials are used. Neither work with them. I started as a finan- book is about making money; cial analyst and have spent 22 years they’re about creative control.” here. My wife is a senior vice presi- Although he plans future books dent at Farbman.” with Jewish content, Gutman cur- The Gutmans, Novi residents rently looks to wider connections who are members of Temple Israel, just as he does in his own activities. recently celebrated their daughter’s “I’ve been a member of the bat mitzvah. His interest in young Chaldean American Chamber people is further demonstrated of Commerce for years as a way through a commitment to the B’nai of bridging the gap between the B’rith Youth Organization, which Jewish and Chaldean communities,” he first served as an adviser before Gutman says. “The communities are joining the local board and now the very similar in a lot of ways. international board. “One year, when I was on the plan- “I see some of the values and ning committee for their annual din- ideals that you learn about in ner and set to speak, I hired Steve Jewish life and Hebrew school in the Acho, who will be at the bookstore, Caterpillar book,” says Gutman, who and another musician to perform a went on to write with some very song I wrote to open up the event.” specifically Jewish themes. “I wrote If the books do start making some songs for my daughter’s bat money, Gutman plans on donating mitzvah that one day I plan on turn- a large portion of the proceeds to ing into books. The songs are done a nonprofit organization focused in English and Hebrew. on children. He says he believes “It was such a touching time watch- it is important to give back to the ing my daughter transition from child community, and he’s looking for an to adult. There’s creative content in appropriate organization. •
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jn April 5 • 2018 47 on the go continued from page 47 monday, april 9 YIDDISH CONVERSATION 1 pm, April 10 & 24. Naomi Pinchuk leads ANCIENT JUDAISM SYMPOSIUM APRIL 12 Driker Yiddish Conversation Club. Presented GEN. PETRAEUS AT WSU 9 am, April 9-5 pm, April 10. University by JCC Without Borders-The Active Life. At 11:30 am-1:30 pm, April 12. of Michigan’s Frankel Center for Judaic Prentis Jewish Apartments, Oak Park. Info: Community is welcome to hear Studies hosts two-day “Materializing Rosa, 248-432-5467. Gen. David H. Petraeus (U.S. Ancient Judaism Symposium.” At Rackham Army, Retired) address the topic, Conference Rooms, 915 E. Washington, Ann ALZHEIMERS CAREGIVERS “National Security: How Safe Arbor. Free. Info: [email protected] 1:30-3:30 pm, April 10. Dorothy & Peter Are We at Home and Around the or 734-763-9047. Brown Jewish Community Adult Day Care Program offers several caregiver sup- World?” Next in the Forum on JEWISH HISTORY port groups each month. This Alzheimer’s Contemporary Issues in Society’s 2 pm, April 9. “If Stones Could Talk.” Association daytime group is for family 10th anniversary lecture series, Presentation of the Jewish Historical Society caregivers of older adults with memory “What in the World is Going On?” of Michigan. At the JCC, West Bloomfield. loss; respite care may be available. At JVS, Moderators are Chuck Stokes Free, but RSVP requested: 248-432-5467. 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield. Free. of WXYZ and Carol Cain of CBS- RSVP: Dorothy Moon, [email protected] or 62. At Wayne State University’s CHINA DOCUMENTARY 248-233-4392. Community Arts Auditorium, 450 6:30 pm, April 9. My Life in China. Film tells Reuther Mall, Detroit. Free, but the life and memories of a stoic man com- MUSIC APPRECIATION requires RSVP: plwilliam@wayne. mitted to his family. Director Ken Eng and 2 pm, April 10. Dennis Green leads “Fabs edu or 313-577-5550. Curtis Chin lead a discussion following for Kaldobsky’s Musical Adventures.” Presented the Race Relations & Diversity Task Force. by JCC Without Borders-The Active Life. At At the Community House, 380 S. Bates, Teitel Jewish Apartments, 15106 W. 10 Mile, POTTERY CLASSES Birmingham. Free. Info: racerelations@ Oak Park. Info: [email protected] or 11 am, April 11, 18-19, 25-26. Instructor is communityhouse.com or 248-594-6414. Rosa, 248-432-5467. Allison Berlin. At JCC Ceramics Studio, West JEWISH GUIDES FOR LIFE ISRAELI DANCING Bloomfield. $5 each time. RSVP: Rosa, 248- 432-5467. 7 pm, April 9. “Pirkei Avot: The Best 8-10 pm, April 10-24. All levels of danc- Jewish Guides to Living a Better and More ers are welcome. Weekly presentation of LUNCH & LEARN Meaningful Life.” Instructor is Rabbi Aaron JCC Without Borders-The Active Life. At Noon-1 pm, April 11-25. Rabbi Norman T. Bergman. At Adat Shalom Synagogue, Southfield Civic Center, 26000 Evergreen. Roman begins three-part weekly series, Farmington Hills. Free. RSVP: Sheila, $7. Info: Rosa, [email protected] or 248- “Even More Modern Reform Responsa to [email protected] or 248-851- 432-5467. Contemporary Controversial Topics.” Each 5100, ext. 246. Info: adatshalom.org/flyers. lecture is self-contained. Temple Kol Ami, wednesday, april 11 West Bloomfield. $36, or $15 each; includes BELIEFS OF THE JEWS APRIL 15 7-8 pm, April 9. a pareve lunch. RSVP for series by April 6: Humanistic Rabbi Jeffrey READ ME A STORY [email protected] or 248-661-0040. MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY Falick teaches an ongoing class about the 10-11 am, April 11. Listen to a story and 10 am-2 pm, April 15. “Purrfect Bow Wow history and beliefs of Jews, from Reform BRAIN HEALTH WORKSHOP do an activity related to the book. Temple Brunch” is a benefit to help homeless to Orthodox and beyond. At Birmingham 1-2:30 pm, April 11. Shir Shalom Preschool offers program for “A Healthy Diet for animals. Attire is “cocktail chic.” At MGM Temple Library, Farmington Hills. Info: babies through 2½-year-olds attending with Brain Health.” Mind U Gray Matters series Grand Detroit, 1777 Third. $250. RSVP by birminghamtemple.org or 248-477-1410. a special adult. At the Learning Center, 2075 presents speaker Julie Feldman, MPH, April 13: bidpal.net/bowwow18. Info: Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. RSVP: RDN. At Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. [email protected] or tuesday, april 10 [email protected] or 248-406-4255. Maple, West Bloomfield. Free. RSVP: Angela, 248-283-5662. Info: shirshalompreschool.com. [email protected] or 248-592-2671. EQUAL PAY DAY SENIORS CONCERT 8 am, April 10. Travel to Lansing with CANCER THRIVERS OPIOID TOWN HALL 10:30 am, April 11. 1-2:30 pm, April 11. Frank Sinatra imper- National Council of Jewish Women-Michigan “From Oy to Joy.” 6-8 pm, April 11. A discussion of the fiscal, sonator Gary Sacco will entertain. The to lobby for legislation that addresses the Cancer Thrivers Network for Jewish Women social, psychological and economic impact Congregation Shaarey Zedek Seniors issue of pay inequality for women in the presents speaker Dave Almeida, regional of the opioid problem in Southfield, Lathrup Group welcomes the community. At CSZ, workforce. Meet at building housing NCJW, director of Government Affairs in the Village, Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms and Southfield. Free; includes refreshments. 26400 Lahser, Southfield. Bus departs Midwest for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Franklin Village. Panelists will represent the RSVP only if bringing a group. Info: jpont@ promptly from the south side parking lot. Society. He will discuss legislative efforts government, judicial, law enforcement, legal shaareyzedek.org or Janet, 248-357-5544. $15; includes registration, breakfast and to bring down the high price of oral chemo and public health sectors. Training will accom- lunch. RSVP online by April 5 is preferred: drugs. At Knollwood Country Club, 5050 DROP IN & LEARN pany distribution of free Narcan kits, used to ncjwgds.org or 248-355-3300, ext. 0. W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Free; includes 1-2:30 pm, April 11. Torah from the Years reverse an accidental overdose. At Southfield brunch. RSVP: Tracy, tagranove@jfsdetroit. TIKVAH TOTS of Wrath. Special presentation for Yom Public Library Auditorium, 26300 Evergreen. org or 248-592-2267. Free. No RSVP is required. Info: 248-796- 10 am, April 10. Play date with Rabbi Aura HaShoah features Prof. Henry Abramson 4542. Ahuvia and friends is for children age 4 and CREATION OF LIFE discussing his new book about the teach- younger with accompanying parent or care- 10:30 am-noon, April 11. “Medical Ethics ings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapiro, CHALLAH MAKE & TAKE known as the Warsaw Ghetto rabbi. Nancy giver. Program includes singing, dancing, of Judaism: The Creation of Life.” First of 7-8:30 pm, April 11. “Keys to Great Kaplan leads brief, informal discussion. At playroom and a snack. At Cong. Shir Tikvah, four Wednesday lectures, through May 2. Cooking.” Event for women and girls to Cong. Beth Ahm, West Bloomfield. Free. Info: Troy. Info: [email protected] or 248-649- Instructor Jill Gutmann — experienced in make and take home challah and creations [email protected] or 248-737-1931. 4418, ext. 1. Jewish ethics, Halachah and public health and also Chef Cari’s cooking demonstration. — will consider Judaism’s perspective on LUNCH & LEARN SPOUSAL BEREAVEMENT Optional challah shaping at 8:15. At Bais in-vitro fertilization, genetic testing, abor- Noon, April 10. 1:30-3:30 pm, April 11. Continues through Chabad of North Oak Park, 15401 W. 10 Rabbi Aura Ahuvia hosts a tion and surrogacy. Presentation of FedEd, May 16. First in a seven-week series of Mile, Oak Park. $15 walk-in/$10 in advance, monthly discussion group. At Cong. Shir the adult learning series, with JBaby Detroit support group sessions for those who have with sponsorships available. Price includes Tikvah, Troy. Free. Bring optional lunch; cof- as co-sponsor. At the Fisher Federation experienced the death of a spouse or partner. supplies, although some participants may fee and tea are provided. Info: info@ Building, 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield Twp. Sponsored by National Council of Jewish choose to bring their own 5 pounds of flour. shirtikvah.org or 248-649-4418, ext. 1. $70. RSVP: feded.online. Info: jewishdetroit. Women-Michigan. At Cong. Shaarey Zedek, Advance RSVP: [email protected] org/feded or 248-205-2557. Southfield. Donations are appreciated. RSVP: or 248-968-6126. [email protected] or 248-355-3300, ext. 0.
48 April 5 • 2018 jn NG H HO UA ‘A SHARED FUTURE’ Bloomfield. Free. RSVP: Joely Lyons, 7-9 pm, April 11. Wayne State University [email protected] or 248-592-5032. FINE CHINESE DINING Professors Howard Lupovitch and Saeed Khan continue their lecture series, “A FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW “A wonderful adventure in fine dining” ~ Danny Raskin Shared Future: The Once and Future 7 pm, April 12. Wren Beaulieu Hack Jerusalem.” Lecture will shed light on will comment on the lineup of films at how Muslims and Jews view the city this year’s Lenore Marwil Jewish Film theologically, historically and, now, politi- Festival, based at the JCC’s Berman cally. Sponsors are Jewish Community Center. At National Council of Jewish Relations Council/AJC and Michigan Women-Michigan, 26400 Lahser, Suite Muslim Community Council, with support 306, Southfield. $15, or $10 for member; from the Jewish Federation. At Wayne includes ticket to Council’s sponsored State University, Adamany Undergraduate film, The Cakemaker, at 8 pm April 16. Library Auditorium, 5150 Anthony Wayne RSVP with payment by April 6: ncjwgds. Drive, Detroit. Free; includes dessert org or 248-355-3300, ext. 0. reception. RSVP required: HARD LOVE AT JET [email protected]. 7:30 pm, April 12. Info: Corey, [email protected]. Michigan premiere of a “searing adult drama” by Motti Lerner. Performances are through May 6. At Jewish Ensemble Theatre, downstairs at the JCC, West Bloomfield. RSVP: jettheatre.org or 248-788-2900. Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner friday, april 13 Catering and carryout available CURRENT EVENTS Gift certificates 10:30 am, April 13. Linda Garfield is the facilitator. JCC Without Borders-The 27925 Orchard Lake Rd., North of 12 Mile, Farmington Hills Active Life sponsors. At Prentis Jewish 248-489-2280 Apartments, 15100 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park. www.honghuafinedining.com Info: Rosa, 248-432-5467. U-M FRANKEL CENTER Noon-2 pm, April 13. “Materialities: Ancient & Modern.” University of Michigan’s Frankel Center for Judaic Fine Italian Dining in a Casual Atmosphere Studies presents a conversation with Ja´s Elsner and Annabel Wharton, facilitated APRIL 22 by Ra’anan Boustan and Rachel Neis. At GUARDIAN BUILDING TOUR Tisch 1014, 435 State, Ann Arbor. Free. SPOSITA’S 10:30 am, April 22. Jewish Historical Info: [email protected] or 734- RISTORANTE Society of Michigan hosts the JHSM 763-9047. OUR PETIT FILET SPECIAL IS Insider’s Tour of the historic Art Deco BAG & BEAD HAPPENING EVERY WEEK IN APRIL! skyscraper. Meet on 32nd floor of Sunday through Thursday only! Noon-2:30 pm, April 13. Temple mem- Guardian Building, 500 Griswold, Detroit. (248) 538-8954 ber Amy Pook, an experienced jewelry $ $25/$18 member. Parking is extra. 33210 W. 14 Mile Rd, in Simsbury Plaza, maker, will show participants how to 22.95 Chartered bus from JCC ($16) departs Includes Petite Filet, antipasto plate, side of pasta, just east of Farmington Rd., West Bloomfield create a beautiful piece of jewelry. At salad, soup, potato and vegetable. Mon-Thurs: 4pm-10pm Fri: 11am-11pm 9:45 am and returns 1:15 pm. RSVP: t Temple Kol Ami, West Bloomfield. $5; Dine-in only, not valid with any other offer. Sat: 4pm-11pmtSun: 4pm-9pm michjewishhistory.org or 248-432-5517. includes supplies. RSVP required: [email protected] or 248-661-0040. 15% Off food bill 10% Off food bill Offer Good Monday-Thursday, dine-in only and entrees only. Not Offer Good Friday-Sunday. Dine in and entrees only. valid with any other offer. With coupon only. Not valid on holidays. Not valid with other offers. With Coupon Only. Not valid on holidays. SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE Expires May 3, 2018 Expires May 3, 2018 6-9 pm, April 13. Opening Shabbat eve- thursday, april 12 ning with guest Rabbi Eli Fischer. At Young Israel of Oak Park. Info: 248-967-3655. ART TALK Try Our New Boneyard 11 am-noon, April 12. Topic for Wendy ‘EARTH DAY’ FOR KIDS Evans is “A Spiritual Heritage.” At the 6:15 pm, April 13. Bring a stuffed ani- Beef Ribs! JCC, West Bloomfield. $5. RSVP: Rosa, mal in celebration of Earth Day to this Orchard Lake Rd. South of 14 MiletFarmington Hills [email protected] or 248-432- month’s PJ Tot Shabbat. The music- and 5467. motion-filled 30-minute service in the 248-851-7000 Tikvah Explorers Playroom is geared ALZHEIMERS CAREGIVERS toward children age 7 and under. A kid- 1:30-3 pm, April 12. Dorothy & Peter friendly oneg with snacks and crafts % Brown Jewish Community Adult Day 10 OFF follows. At Cong. Shir Tikvah, Troy. Free. Care Program offers several care- Info: [email protected] or 248-649- giver support groups each month. This 4418, ext. 1. Alzheimer’s Association daytime group is TOTAL BILL for family caregivers of older adults with &YDMVEJOHUBY UJQBOECFWFSBHFTt8JUIUIJTBEt$BSSZPVUPS%JOFJOt&YQJSFT+/ memory loss; respite care may be avail- /PUWBMJEPO)PMJEBZT able. At Jewish Senior Life, Fleischman Residence, 6710 W. Maple, West $BUFSJOHGPSBMM0DDBTJPOTt$BSSZ0VUt0VS4QFDJBMJUZ-PX$BSC3JCT$IJDLFO-BNC3JCT
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YOM HASHOAH FILM KIDS’ NIGHT OUT JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 7 pm, April 13. In commemoration of Yom 5:30-10:30 pm, April 14. Evening open Continues through April 27. Lenore Marwil FILM PATRON NIGHT HaShoah/Holocaust Memorial Day, showing to ages 1-12 features swimming, pizza, Detroit Jewish Film Festival offers a variety 6:30 pm, April 19. Dinner for patrons of of the film Conspiracy. The film recreates bounce houses, a movie and more. Bring a of films about Israel, the Holocaust, social Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival events of the Wannsee Conference, held bathing suit and towel. At Franklin Athletic justice and more. In the Berman Center at and a film, also open to the public, at 8. in 1942 in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. Club, Southfield. $25 each. RSVP: Laura, the JCC, West Bloomfield. $13 individual, or Talk-back session with director Jeremy Senior government and SS officials of Nazi [email protected] or 248-352-8000, ext. $11 for JCC member. RSVP: Theberman.org Newberger follows screening of Heading Germany met to ensure the cooperation of 314. or 248-661-1900. Home: The Tale of Team Israel. At the JCC’s government department leaders prior to Berman Center, West Bloomfield. Patron embarking on implementation of the “Final GAMES FOR SINGLES MUSIC@MAIN passes: $180 or $360; includes a varying Solution.” Rabbi Jeffrey Falick will lead a 7-9:30 pm, April 14. “Jewish Mingles Card 3-4 pm & 4:30-5:30 pm, April 15. Doors number of tickets to every film. Individual brief discussion following. At Birmingham and Board Game Night.” The Metro Detroit open at 2:30. Uncle Bonsai, a folk-pop trio ticket: $13, or $11 for JCC member. RSVP: Temple, Farmington Hills. Info: social networking group welcomes singles, from Seattle, offers “super harmonies and theberman.org. Info: detroitjewishfilmfestival. birminghamtemple.org or 248-477-1410. ages 44-65. Location given with RSVP on funny original songs.” Ken Knoppow chairs com or 248-661-1900. Facebook page or via Meet-Up invitation. the series. At West Bloomfield Twp. Public WSU OPERA WORKSHOP $10. Info: [email protected] or 248- Library, 4600 Walnut Lake Road. Free. Info: 7:30 pm, April 13 & 14. Wayne State 761-5900. westbloomfieldlibrary.org or 248-232-2234. sunday, april 22 University Dept. of Music’s Opera Workshop ‘CAUSES & KEGS’ JUSTICE AT BREAKFAST presents Villains, Vixens and Trickery, a 10 am, April 22. 8-10 pm, April 14. Temple Israel invites monday, april 16 “Justice, Justice Shall multi-act theatrical entertainment that com- You Pursue” is topic for Barbara McQuade, bines music, dance and the drama of opera. young adults in their 20s-40s to have din- ASK LUNCHEON ner Downtown and then join a Shark Tank- second speaker in the “Repair the World”- At Schaver Musical Recital Hall, 480 W. Noon-1:30 pm, April 16. Gail Rodwan’s style charitable event. Winning charity will themed Spring Festival, through April 29. Hancock, Detroit. $8 adult/$5 student. RSVP: new book, The Story of Sherwood Forest: receive a minimum of $2,500. Includes tour She is a University of Michigan Law School 313-790-2311 or 313-577-2619. One Hundred Years a Detroit Neighborhood, and tasting. Beer, wine and dessert will professor and former U.S. attorney for the explains how one neighborhood in northwest METAMORPHOSES be served. At Detroit City Distillery, 2462 Eastern District of Michigan. The temple Detroit has survived a century of challenges. 8 pm, April 13. Thursday-Sunday schedule, Riopelle, Detroit. $18. Info: elaine@ brotherhood co-sponsors breakfast buffet. At At Temple Israel, West Bloomfield. There is through April 22. Stagecrafters, a community temple-israel.org or 248-661-5700. Temple Emanu-El, Oak Park. $15 adult/$10 a charge. Info: [email protected] or theater group, presents a rarely seen show student. Free for series sponsors ($100) 248-661-5700. based on the myths of Ovid. At Baldwin sunday, april 15 and patrons ($250). RSVP: templefamily@ Theater, second stage, 415 S. Lafayette, emanuel-mich.org or 248-967-4020. Royal Oak. $20. RSVP: stagecrafters.org or ‘MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS’ thursday, april 19 248-541-6430. 9:30 am, April 15 & 29. Rabbi Aaron CELEBRATING DIVERSITY sunday, april 29 Bergman leads bimonthly classes. They’re 7:30 am-4:30 pm, April 19. Breakfast served EIGHT OVER EIGHTY intended to help adults find their internal saturday, april 14 prior to 8:30 start of Images & Perceptions 11:30 am, April 29. spirituality and realize Judaism can make Jewish Senior Life will diversity conference. The day’s speakers PSYCHOANALYTIC SYMPOSIUM them happier. At Adat Shalom Synagogue, present its Tikkun Olam Award to eight will include University of Michigan Law 8:30 am-4 pm, April 14. Mental health Farmington Hills. Free. Info: 248-851-5100. distinguished community leaders, all more School professor Barbara McQuade, MSNBC professionals are welcome to attend than 80 years old, at 25th annual luncheon- anchor Richard Liu, Wayne County Sheriff the Michigan Psychoanalytic Society MAHJ TOURNAMENT program. At Adat Shalom Synagogue, Benny Napoleon and WXYZ senior anchor Symposium. Presenters Sarah Schoen, Ph.D. 11:15 am-4 pm, April 15. “Mahj Madness.” Farmington Hills. $80. Info: [email protected] Carolyn Clifford. At Ford Community and and Stephen Seligman, DMH, will discuss Sponsored by sisterhood, includes cash or Beth, 248-592-5026. Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan, “Narcissism, Illusion and the Passage of prizes and a 50/50 raffle. Bring a 2018 Dearborn. $130 adult/$45 student; includes Esther Allweiss Ingber / Contributing Writer Time: Roadblocks to Intimacy.” At Detroit mahj card. At Cong. Shaarey Zedek. $22 Send items at least 10 days in advance to speakers and Mediterranean-style breakfast Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward. Info: pre-registered by April 8 at CSZ; then $25. [email protected]. and lunch. RSVP: 3Dconsults.com. Info: Michelle, [email protected] or Info: Robin, [email protected] or 248- [email protected] or mipsychoanalysis.org. 613-1778. 313- 943-2350.
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GERALD “JERRY” She went on to become a dog groom- in-law of the late Diane Eskow; dear at Roitenberg Residence, St. Louis Park. AGRANOVE, 88, died er for the stars’ pets, including those of mother of the late Sheri Oltman. Contributions may be made to Sholom March 25, 2018. Diana Ross and Shelley Berman. She Contributions may be made to Hospice, 3610 Phillips Parkway, St. Louis He will always be also worked backstage at the Fisher Hadassah Hospital in Israel. Interment Park, MN 55426. remembered for his Theatre, taking care of the celebri- was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. love of golf, bowling, ties’ dogs and was instrumental in the Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial MARTIN D. GRANT, poker and travel. In Thanksgiving Day Parade with the dye- Chapel. 86, of Commerce good seasons and ing of the poodles. Township, died March Agranove bad, his devotion She brought her bigger-than-life spirit DAVID HANDEL, 79, 27, 2018. to the Tigers, Red to Detroit and was a classy, flamboyant of Farmington Hills, He is survived by his Wings, Lions and the and cool lady. died March 14, 2018. beloved wife, Rochelle Wolverines never Mrs. Bernhardt is survived by A retired math Grant; son, Michael wavered. His sweet sense of humor and her sons and daughter-in-law, Ric professor at Wayne Grant; daughter and stories will forever hold a special place Bernhardt of West Bloomfield, Greg and State University, Dr. Grant wife, Aliza Grant and in the family’s hearts. Jodi Bernhardt of New York, N.Y.; grand- Handel was a member Keli Williams; sisters- Mr. Agranove is survived by his lov- children, Justine Bernhardt and fiance, of the American Math in-law, Barbara Grant ing partner of 23 years, Judie LaBret; Chris Hill, Hunter Michael Bernhardt; Handel Society. and Iris Grant; many daughters and sons-in-law, Debbi nieces, nephews, other relatives and He is survived by loving nieces, nephews, other family and Gordon Krass, Judy and Harold friends. his wife of 49 years, members and friends. Friedman, John and Tracy Agranove; Mrs. Bernhardt was the beloved Julie Handel; sons and Mr. Grant was the brother of the late grandchildren, Jeremy (Cristina) Krass, wife for 59 years of the late Mortimer daughters-in-law, Moshe and Jenni Dr. Arnold Grant, the late Robert Grant, Aaron (Katie) Krass, Lauren (Tom Bernhardt. Handel of Israel, Jon Handel and Ling- and the late Sheldon Grant. Coleman) Friedman, Sarah Friedman Contributions may be made to Yen Jones of California; sister, Jackie Interment took place at Adat Shalom (fiancé, Patrick Hamilton), Jacob and Jewish War Veterans, P.O. Box 725066, Finkin of New York; grandchildren, Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Stuart Agranove; great-grandchildren, Berkley, MI 48072-9998; or Holocaust Tsofia Handel, Matan Handel. Contributions may be made to the Evan and Miles Krass. He was the lov- Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Mr. Handel was the dear brother of American Heart Association or to a ing “Uncle Jerry” to many nieces and Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334. the late Florence Kramer. charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by nephews, and a kind and devoted friend Interment was held at Beth Kehillah Contributions may be made to a Dorfman Chapel. to many. Cemetery in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. charity of one’s choice. Interment was He was the beloved husband of the Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial held at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. DR. HAROLD late Marilyn (Ledbetter) Agranove; son Chapel. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial GREENBERT, 96, of of the late Nathan and the late Mae Chapel. West Bloomfield, died Agranove; brother of the late Irene SHARON DISKIN, 82, March 26, 2018. Landsman, the late Mildred Wolfe and of Mission Viejo, Calif., RENEE HORNBERG-GLASSMAN, 88, Having grown up in the late Phyllis Miller. formerly of Michigan, of St. Louis Park, Minn., passed away Detroit, Dr. Greenbert Interment took place at Clover died March 18, 2018. March 29, 2018. was proud to have Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. She is survived by She is survived by her daughter, fought in the army in Contributions may be made to Jewish her children, Micheal Leslie Stern; son-in-law, Sanford Feuer; Greenbert Italy during WWII. National Fund-Trees in Israel or to a and Sherrie Brenner of grandchildren, Erica Kopilenko, Bradley He was the first of charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Arizona, Alisa Brenner Feuer, Leah Stern Power and Ellie Stern; three generations to Dorfman Chapel. Diskin of Southfield, Chuckie great-grandchildren, David Kopilenko, graduate from the Diskin, Michael Diskin; Myles Feuer, Lilah Feuer, Jacob Power University of Michigan. He also was part JACQUELINE brother, Sheldon and Benjamin Stern; sister, Harriet of U-M’s first dental school graduating BERNHARDT, 94, of Eskow of Mission Viejo; Miller. class after WWII. Dr. Greenbert began West Bloomfield, died grandchildren, Sarah, Megan, Matthew, She was the wife of the late Burton practicing dentistry in 1950 and that March 19, 2018. Dottie, Felix and Oscar; nieces and Hornberg; mother of the late Ronni became the foundation for a second- A founding member nephews, Stacy and Chris, Emily and Feuer; daughter of the late Jonas and generation office. of Temple Israel, Mrs. Greg; great-nieces and great-nephew, Tillie Knoll; sister-in-law of the late He loved golf, bridge, reading, creat- Bernhardt became a Bryce, Nina and Drew. Leonard Miller. ing paintings and wood sculptures, well-known model for Mrs. Diskin was the beloved wife of Service and burial were in New Jersey. and spending time with his family. Dr. Bernhardt Saks Fifth Avenue. the late Gerald Diskin; cherished sister- A service of remembrance took place Harold Greenbert will be remembered
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He was loving, kind-heart- of the late Henry Lenhoff; the moth- ed, easy-going, hard-working, loyal er of the late Stuart Lenhoff and the and supportive to anyone in need. late Brian Lenhoff; the grandmother Mr. Milstein is survived by his of the late Jeremy Mony; the sister- daughters, Stephanie Milstein in-law of the late Lynne Goodman. (Jeffrey Miller), Erika Milstein Finn, www.MonumentCenterMichigan.com Interment took place at Beth and Michelle Milstein; grandchil- El Memorial Park Cemetery in dren, Hannah and Shay Finn; broth- Livonia. Contributions may be er and sister-in-law, Robert and made to Alzheimer’s Association, Eileen Milstein; ex-wife and mother Some days seem to last forever… the American Heart Association to his children, Diane Greenberg We’re offering one that actually will. or to a charity of one’s choice. Milstein, longterm partner, Judy You can honor the memory of a loved one in a most meaningful way Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. Katz Keys; and her children and by sponsoring a day of Torah learning at Yeshiva Beth Yehudah. grandchildren; many nieces, neph- During the coming week, Kaddish will be said for these departed souls during the daily minyan at RAYMOND “RAY” ews, cousins and lifelong friends. Yeshiva Beth YehudahYehudah.. Your support of the Torah learning of our children and our KollelKollel’s s Torah MENDELSON, 79, Mr. Milstein was preceded in SScholarscholars brings immeasurable heavenly merit. Please call us at 248-557-6750 fforor more ininformation.formation. of Southfield, died death by his parents, Ben and Rose March 20, 2018. Milstein; and sister, Arlene Baskin. 23 Nisan April 8, 2018 Isadore Rabinovitz Samuel Herman Singer Gertrude Garmel Baila Revzin Abe Slotnick He is survived by Contributions may be made to Mildred Frances Glassheim Rose Wool Sarah Roslyn Smith his wife of 49 years, the Michigan Polio Network, www. 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58 April 5 • 2018 jn RACHEL Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 of the late Arlene Redfield. Bloomfield, Miriam Hoberman of Oak PLUDWINSKI, 85, of Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park, Jacqueline Drucker of California, Southfield, died March MI 48334; or to a charity of one’s choice. Park. Contributions may be made to Gail Tukel of West Bloomfield; grand- 25, 2018. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Kadima, the John and Arlene Redfield children, Joshua and Janet Haber, She is survived by Chapel. Fund, 15999 W. 12 Mile, Southfield, MI Michael and Danya Haber, Aaron Haber, her daughter, Susan 48076, www.kadimacenter.org;Temple Avital Schreiber, Daniel Schreiber, Shira Simons of Southfield; JOHN HAROLD Beth El, John and Arlene Redfield and Udi Hammerman, Sarah Bennett, brother and sister-in- REDFIELD, 94, of Memorial Fund, 7400 Telegraph, Moshe and Simcha Tova Schreiber, Tova Pludwinski law, Carl and Barbara Bloomfield Hills, died Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, www. Schreiber, Terri Ash and Matthew Barr, Diem of Farmington March 27, 2018. tbeonline.org; or to a charity of one’s Hannah and Yehudah Averbach, Sam Hills; sister and He was president of choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman and Yehudit Ash, Lenny Ash; many lov- brother-in-law, Judith Great Lakes Filters, a Chapel. ing great-grandchildren, nieces, neph- and Sam Jassenoff of Farmington Hills; division of ACME Mills, (An expanded obituary of Mr. Redfield ews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great- grandchildren, Abbi Tarockoff and fian- as well as a cantorial will appear in the April 12 issue.) great-nieces and great-great-nephews. cé, Peter Emerson, Halli Tarockoff, Benji Redfield soloist for many years Mrs. Schreiber was the beloved wife and Meri Tarockoff, Mallory Tarockoff. at Temple Beth El. PAULINE of the late Dr. Leonard Schreiber; lov- She is also survived by Ronald Tarockoff Mr. Redfield is sur- SCHREIBER, 93, of ing mother-in-law of the late Sanford and many loving nieces, nephews and vived by his children, Oak Park, died March Haber, the late Jeffrey Ash; dear sister- friends. John Redfield Jr. and Pam Redfield, 19, 2018. in-law of the late Sol Hoberman, the Mrs. Pludwinski was the beloved Jane and Dr. Richard Schwartz, and She is survived by late Paul Drucker, the late Floyd Tukel. wife of the late Jack Pludwinski; lov- Robert Redfield; grandchildren, her sons and daugh- Contributions may be made to ORT ing mother-in-law of the late Steven Alison Redfield and her fiance, Adam ter-in-law, Jeffrey American, 75 Maiden Lane, 10th Floor, Simons; dear sister and sister-in-law Solomon, Rebecca Redfield, Brian and and Faye Schreiber New York, NY 10038; Jewish Hospice of the late Arnold and the late Ilene Jenny Schwartz, and Jessica and Ethan Schreiber of Jerusalem, Israel, and Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple Diem, the late Fay and the late Irving Weisman. He is also survived by his lov- Ronald Schreiber of Road, West Bloomfield, MMI 48322; or Berenbon. ing caregivers, Ronda Robinson, Darryl Oak Park; daughters, to a charity of one’s choice. Interment Interment was held at Adat Fuller, Larry Dailey, Barbara Pierce, Susan Haber of Staten was held at Beth Tefilo Emanuel Shalom Memorial Park in Livonia. Robert Pierce and Precious Pierce. Island, N.Y., Maureen Ash of Teaneck, Cemetery in Ferndale. Arrangements by Contributions may be made to Mr. Redfield was the beloved husband N. J.; sisters, Freida Leemon of West Hebrew Memorial Chapel. continued on page 60
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Violent Weekend On Gaza Strip
Times of Israel Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops during a protest marking “Land Day” in the West Bank city village of Qusra near Nablus on ens of thousands of Palestinians clashed violently March 30, 2018. with the IDF on Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip Ton Friday, March 30. The Hamas-run health minis- The army said that its sharpshooters targeted only fatalities were known to us; and at least two of them were try in Gaza said the reported death toll is 18. those taking explicit violent action against Israeli troops members of Hamas commando forces,” he said. There were discrepancies in Palestinian reports on or trying to break through or damage the security Hamas is a terrorist group that openly seeks to destroy the Gaza death toll from Friday. While Hamas claimed fence. Video footage showed that, in one case, a rioter, Israel and that seized control of Gaza in a violent coup Monday that 18 had died, the official news agency of the whom the army included in its list of Hamas members, against the Palestinian Authority. Israel accuses Hamas, Palestinian Authority had the number at 16. Israel has no appeared to be shot while running away from the border. with whom it has fought three wars since 2008, of using official death toll figures. The army in response accused Hamas of editing and/or the protest as cover to carry out violence. The Israel Defense Forces said Saturday that at least fabricating its videos. Palestinians say protesters were shot while posing no 10 of those killed were members of Palestinian terror The United States on Saturday blocked a draft U.N. threat to soldiers and rights groups have criticized Israel’s groups, including Hamas, and gave details of their roles. Security Council statement urging restraint and calling use of live fire. On Friday, some 30,000 Palestinians took part in dem- for an investigation of clashes on the Gaza-Israel border, The Palestinians’ march to Gaza’s border with Israel onstrations along the Gaza border, during which rioters diplomats said. on Friday was the largest such demonstration in recent threw rocks and firebombs at Israeli troops on the other On Saturday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres memory, calling for Palestinians to be allowed to return side of the fence, burned tires and scrap wood, sought to called for “those concerned to refrain from any act that to land that their ancestors fled from in the 1948 War of breach and damage the security fence and, in one case could lead to further casualties.” He also called for an Independence. It was dubbed the “March of Return.” opened fire at Israeli soldiers. independent and transparent investigation into the The army has remained on high alert even as the vio- The Gaza health ministry reported that more than deaths and injuries during Friday’s clashes. lence appeared to abate Friday evening, amid fears of 1,000 people were injured during the Friday protests, IDF spokesman Ronen Manelis said Friday the army persisting attacks, including infiltration attempts and more than half by Israeli gunfire and the rest from tear faced “a violent, terrorist demonstration at six points” rocket fire. gas and rubber bullets. These figures could not be inde- along the fence. He said the IDF used “pinpoint fire” Protest organizers have said mass marches would con- pendently verified. Israeli officials said they were inflated. wherever there were attempts to breach or damage the tinue until May 15, the 70th anniversary of the establish- There were no casualties among Israelis. security fence. “All the fatalities were aged 18-30; several ment of the State of Israel. •
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jn April 5 • 2018 61 in jews the d multi-generational families Comforting Those Who Grieve The Kaufman Family Herb and Ira Kaufman BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER merica’s family-owned directors in Alan and Jonathan when he came home from school being a funeral director instead, funeral homes are being Dorfman. to find his house full of people for and Jonathan’s life direction Agobbled up by conglomer- Founder Ira Kaufman opened his grandfather’s shivah; he and his changed. He joined the business ates, but in the Detroit area, two his funeral home in 1941 when brothers hadn’t been told about the in 1991 and was the driving force Jewish funeral homes are bucking he was 45, in a two-family Detroit death or the funeral. behind building the Dorfman the national trend. house remodeled as a chapel. His He co-authored A Candle for Chapel in Farmington Hills, the At Ira Kaufman Chapel in son, Herb, now 94, joined him Grandpa: A Guide to the Jewish first new Jewish funeral home in Southfield, Chad Techner is the in the late 1950s and helped Ira Funeral for Children and Parents. A 35 years. fourth-generation of his fam- build the Southfield chapel in short film he made with local pro- Stephanie Dorfman, Alan’s wife ily to serve as a funeral director. Southfield, where they’ve been ducer Sue Marx in 1999, Generation and Jonathan’s mother — and a The Dorfman Chapel in West since 1961. to Generation: Jewish Families Talk retired teacher — is their secretary. Bloomfield has father-and-son David Techner, 66, got to know About Death, won several awards, Jonathan finished his under- the Kaufman family when he was including an Emmy. graduate degree from MSU, then 15 and dating Herb’s daughter Chad is the chapel’s tech guru. earned a second bachelor’s, in Ilene, now his wife of 45 years. He devised a way to provide live- mortuary science, from Wayne Techner worked at the chapel streaming from any location, even State. He also has a master’s in through his college years and start- cemeteries, for most of the 350 to psychology from MSU, which he ed full time after graduating from 400 funerals they handle every year. said has been very helpful in his Wayne State University’s School of Recently Kaufman Chapel started grief counseling work. Mortuary Science. Techner’s son, using the DJN Foundation’s archives Like David Techner, Jonathan Chad, 37, joined the company in to find Jewish News stories that men- sees his job as a community ser- 2010. tioned the deceased. They print the vice, and that’s a big reason why (The chapel’s fourth funeral stories and create a keepsake book he’s not interested in selling to a director, Josh Tobias, is not official- for the family. conglomerate. “Like doctors, we ly a member of the family, but Herb Chad has 2-year-old twins, a boy are on call 24/7,” he said. “I would calls him “my son.”) and a girl; perhaps one or both will be a lot less interested in being on Kaufman belongs to a half-dozen be the fifth generation of Kaufman call around the clock for someone The Dorfman Family congregations. Techner is a long- family funeral directors. else’s business. The service end time member of Temple Israel, tends not to be as good in funeral where he and his wife underwrite THE DORFMAN FAMILY homes after a merger.” Weekly through May 3, when the JN holds its 75th the annual Alicia Joy Techner Alan Dorfman, 79, started Alan Will there be a third genera- anniversary gala, we will run profiles of multi- Parenting Conference in memory of H. Dorfman Funeral Direction in tion of Dorfmans at the chapel? generational families involved in the community. their daughter, who was 8 months 1991, after working for 25 years at With two daughters and two sons Readers are invited to share their multi-generational old when she died in 1978. They see Hebrew Memorial Chapel. At first, aged 12 to 20, Jonathan hopes photos, a brief description of those pictured and contact their business as a service to the he offered only graveside services. that will be the case. He says his information via email to [email protected]. community they so love. His son, Jonathan, 48, was older daughter, 20, is definitely not Digital photos need to be 1mb jpgs. Mail print photos to David has made a specialty of studying psychology at Michigan interested in the funeral business, the JN, with your description. To learn about the gala, helping children understand death State at the time and planning but his son, Cooper, 18, who will go to djnfoundation.org. Thanks! and dying. He doesn’t want others to become a neurosurgeon. Alan be a freshman at Michigan State in to experience what he did at age 9, asked him if he would consider the fall, just might be. •
From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive K — all readers who have degrees from Wayne State produced some of the Detroit Jewish community’s University raise your hands! I’ll bet there are lots of leading citizens like Eugene Driker, the late William O hands in the air now, including my own. I earned a mas- Davidson and the late Eugene Applebaum. ter’s degree in history from Wayne in 1987. Indeed, there are thou- The first story I could find was on the front sands of Wayne State graduates around the world. I was reminded page of the Feb. 2, 1934, issue of the Detroit Jewish of this as the university celebrates its 150th birthday this year. So, Chronicle and the Legal Chronicle (note that naturally, I wondered what would I find in the Davidson Digital for few years, The Chronicle had two names). It Archives? reported that Dr. Lawrence Seltzer, professor Wayne State traces its roots to the founding of economics at Wayne University, had been of the Detroit Medical College (now the School appointed to a federal advisory board. of Medicine) founded in 1868. Since that time, But, just entering Wayne State University in the search revealed a group of colleges, such as the Detroit Normal 16,867 pages from the JN and The Chronicle, where the university Training School (“normal” colleges specialized was mentioned in a story. That’s of lot of coverage about a lot of in training teachers) and the Detroit Junior Wayne State students, graduates and programs! I also found pho- College, both of which, along with the medical tos of Jewish students participating in Hillel at Wayne State, now school, became the College of the City of Detroit known as Hillel of Metro Detroit. Happy birthday, Wayne! • Mike Smith before becoming Wayne University in 1934. In Detroit Jewish News 1959, Wayne became the state university we Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, Foundation Archivist now know, a world-class research university that available for free at www.djnfoundation.org. 62 April 5 • 2018 jn THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
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