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Spring into Lunch and Learn Rachael Hoffenblum, special to the WJN Timely results at top he Jewish Community Center of On May 4, Mary Decker, director for Ypsi- Greater Ann Arbor’s Thursday lanti’s Elvisfest, will present on Michigan’s T Lunch and Learn program offers a largest Elvis celebration. On May 18, Barry market value delicious nut-free vegetarian meal prepared Schumer, LMSW, will discuss psychologi- by local caterer, Karan Balmer, great com- cal developmental stages and how they can pany, and the opportunity to learn about be used to find happiness at any age. Ther- • Strategic, targeted marketing local non-profit organizations and events. aPaws therapy dog-owner teams will return for their bi-monthly visit on May 25. Lunch is served each Thursday at noon • Highly effective negotiator and requires advance reservations. Lunch is $5.50 per person or $3 per person over • Customized staging 60. Reserve lunch up to one day in advance by calling (734) 971-0990 or by visiting jccannarbor.org. A monthly menu is avail- • Compelling photography Barry Schuman able on the website for download. Lunch is followed by presentations at 1 p.m.; all presentations are offered free of charge and • 17 years of leading sales performance are open to the public. To learn more about Thursday Lunch and Learn or to RSVP, con- tact Rachael Hoffenblum, adult program Evaluate your property’s potential. coordinator, at rachaelhoffenblum@jccan- Elvisfest TheraPaws narbor.org or (734) 971-0990. n Call Alex for a confidential assessment at (734) 417-3560. First mother-daughter showing at JCC's Amster Gallery Karen Freedland, special to the WJN he Jewish Community Center of BFA in film, photography, and art, and a MA Greater Ann Arbor’s Amster Gallery in art therapy. Her work is also displayed on T will host its first mother-daughter her website jonashoe.com. art exhibition, “Pencil and Palette,” featuring Mary has had a lifelong love of art. In her the drawings of Joanna Schuman, daughter, youth, she took classes at the Minneapolis and the paintings of Mary Schuman, mother. Throughout Joanna’s child- hood, Mary and Joanna shared their love of art and it has always been a bond between them. Joanna, known in the art world as Jona Shoe, is a freelance illustrator and designer whose drawings have been featured in online publications, professional journals and small busi- nesses. Her drawings are best de- scribed as sweet and nostalgic with a hint of silly. She also specializes in surface pattern designs. A resident of Seattle, Jona is lead teacher at Seattle ReCreative, a creative reuse shop, where she teaches art to all ages. In addition, she teaches enrichment art to children at public schools and art studios in the Seattle area. Jona has a Work by Mary Schuman Art Institute, Walker Art Center, and Minneapolis College of Art. Mary has been painting since 2004, taking classes with her mentor, artist Leslie Masters. Inspired by her love of col- or, line, and shape, Mary’s paintings are abstract and imaginative. The idea for this mother-daugh- ter exhibition was conceived by the J’s art committee member, Bobbie ALEX MILSHTEYN, CRS, GRI, ABR Levine. The Schumans’ work will be on display June 4 through August 1. The opening reception with the art- Associate Broker | (734) 417-3560 ists will be held Sunday, June 4, from 2–4 p.m. For more information on [email protected] | www.alexmi.com the Amster Gallery or the exhibition, 2723 S. State St., Suite 130, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 contact Karen Freedland, director of Jewish cultural arts and education, at (734) 971-0990 or karenfreed- An exclusive affiliate of Coldwell Banker [email protected]. n Previews International Work by Joanna Schuman
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This month at Beth Israel Congregation Elliot Sorkin, special to the WJN Shabbat Limmud Shavuot at Beth Israel of Naomi’s religion is said to reflect the Israelites’ Elaine Margolis, Elliot Sorkin, and Roberta Saturday, May 6 and 20, 9 a.m. Tuesday May 30 in the evening, Tikkum acceptance of the Torah at Sinai. Shavuot is one of Tankanow. The scriptwriting committee Adults are invited for Torah study over Leil Shavuot the holidays on which both Hallel, the Psalms of includes Rochel Urist, Lonnie Sussman, coffee and cake. The discussions, led by Wednesday and Thursday, May 31 and Praise, is sung and Yizkor, the memorial service, Keith Alexander, Dennie Carbeck, Monica is observed. Yizkor takes place on Thursday, Schteingart, and Elaine Margolis. Rabbi Dobrusin, are informal, lively and June 1, morning service at 9:30 a.m. June 1 at approximately 11 a.m. Call the Beth Israel office if you are participatory. The study begins with traditional Beth Israel’s celebration of Shavuot includes interested in receiving a “bar/bat mitzvah texts and participants add their own thoughts study sessions (Tikkun Leil Shavuot) on “Our Big Bad Bat/Bat Mitzvah Party: invitation” to this event. on the Torah, Haftarah portion of the week, or Tuesday evening, with a Maariv service at other traditional texts. 9:30 p.m. and a delicious cheesecake oneg. For A Night to Remember” T-Shirt and Baseball Cap Shabbat Lunch & Learn Series more information about the Tikkun, visit Beth Sunday, June 4, 6–10 p.m. Saturday, June 3, 9:30 a.m. Israel’s website. Beth Israel’s yearly fundraiser recreates a faux Members and guests are asked to wear their Wednesdays, May 3, 10. 17 and 24, Shavuot, the “Feast of Weeks,” is celebrated bar/bat mitzvah party, complete with a fake bar favorite T Shirt (university/camp/vacation noon–1:15 p.m. seven weeks after Passover. Since the counting mitzvah boy, a fake bat mitzvah girl, and fake spot) and their favorite baseball cap for this Garfunkel Schteingart Activities Center of this period begins on the second evening of family members who will play their roles the relaxing Shabbat service. Coordinated T-shirt/ (2010 Washtenaw) Passover, Shavuot takes place exactly 50 days entire evening. The event includes a reception Baseball cap outfits receive extra credit (in the Rabbi Robert Dobrusin and Rabbi Kim after the first seder. It marks both the giving of line with hors d’oeuvres, a skit poking gentle jabs Book of Informal Shabbat Services). During Blumenthal lead informal discussions on the Torah on Mount Sinai and the time of the at this typical Jewish celebratory event, a dinner, the service the Beth Israel Softball Team will be current topics. Participants are invited to ancient grain harvest festival. The book of Ruth and dancing to music provided by Star Trax. honored, wishing them luck in the upcoming bring a dairy lunch. Beverages and snacks is chanted during this holiday at Beth Israel on The Fundraiser Event Committee includes season. The service concludes with a Hot Dog will be provided. the first day of the holiday). Its story takes place Bob Carbeck, Carol Finerman, Steve and and Veggie Dog Kiddush. n during a barley harvest and Ruth’s assumption Joyce Gerber, Susan Gross, Michele Leshan, Temple Beth Emeth events in May SooJi Minn, special to the WJN A Weekend of Music and Study with and Cantor Hayut. Shabbat Achat, held on Freedman has been practicing meditation for Weekly Yin Embodied Jewish Meditation the fourth Friday of each month. Join in for over 20 years. She attended a three-year training Tuesday, May 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2:30–3:30 Artist in Residence Dan Nichols macaroni and cheese, fish sticks, applesauce, in Jewish Meditation sponsored by the Philips Shabbat Service, Friday, May 12, TBE 7:30 p.m. p.m., TBE Family Room next to Sanctuary. and a salad bar immediately preceding the Foundation at Chochmat ha Lev. Epstein-Ngo Torah Study, Saturday, May 13, 8:50 a.m. Thursday, May 18, 2:30-3:30 p.m., TBE Fam- new service. Dinner is just $5 per person. Buy is a therapist who holds a joint doctoral degree Shabbat Service, Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m. ily Room next to Sanctuary a punch card ahead of time for a discounted in clinical psychology and women’s studies. God in Secular Music, Saturday, May 13, 1 p.m. Yin yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga with price. Punch cards are available in the TBE of- One of the areas she specializes in is working Dan Nichols Concert, Saturday, May 13, 6 p.m. postures, or asanas, that are held for long pe- fice. Note the 6:30 p.m. start time for services with adolescents, adults, and couples on issues Advance tickets for the Dan Nichols riods of time. Sessions are led by SooJi Min. on Shabbat Achat. of faith and spirituality. Contact SooJi Min concert are $8/person. Kids 6 and under Bring a yoga mat, blanket, props if needed, with questions at (734) 665-4744. are free. Purchase in advance at http://bit. Shabbat Torah Study water and wear comfortable clothing. Contact ly.DanNicholsTBEConcert. Tickets are also SooJi Min at [email protected] Saturdays, May 6, 13, 20 and 27, , 8:50 a.m., Men’s Torah Study with questions. available at the door for $10/person. Learn Adult Lounge Monday, May 22, 7:30 p.m. more about Dan Nichols at www.dannichol- Join Rabbi Whinston for text study and dis- A men’s Torah discussion group will be led smusic.com. Call TBE at (734) 665-4744 for WTBE Trinkets &and Treasures cussion of the week’s Torah Portion. monthly by Rabbi Whinston on the 4th Mon- Sunday, May 21, TBE Social Hall, 2–9 p.m. more information. day. This year the group is taking a closer look Chapel Service Temple Beth Emeth Sisterhood is bringing Families with Young Children (FYC): Tot at the Talmud. Participants will find their way as back, by popular demand, the annual Trinkets Saturday, May 13, TBE Chapel, 10 a.m. men by wrestling with text. For more informa- and Treasures—A Community Estate Sale. Shabbat Service Join Rabbi Whinston and Cantor Hayut tion, contact Bill Parkus at [email protected]. Shop, recycle, and fundraise in style. Attend- Fridays, May 5, 12 and 19, 5:45 p.m., for a short Shabbat morning service in the ees will find a collection of much loved, gently TBE Sanctuary TBE Chapel. Woman’s Torah Study used and new items, specifically donated for Tot (0–5 year olds) Shabbat Services with Mondays, May 8 and 22, 7 p.m. this event. Entry is free. Rabbi Whinston and Cantor Hayut, 5:45 Shalom Gever/Jewish Karate An in-depth study and lively discussion p.m. Dinner for Tot Shabbat, 6:15 p.m. Shira Tuesdays, May 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 4 p.m. of the week’s Torah portion led by Cantor Spirituality Book Club 2016-17 Service, 6:45 p.m. Fridays, May 5, 12, 19 and 26, 4 p.m. Regina Hayut. The group will explore vari- Tuesday, May 16, 7:30 p.m. Health, Healing and Self-Defense: Try The service will include all of your favorite ous passages from the portion looking at Thursday, May 18, 12:30 p.m. songs, led by TBE’s tot team, Cantor Hayut and out this unique martial arts instruction several translations and commentaries from Led by Annie Rose, TBE’s cantor emerita. Rabbi Whinston. including lessons in how to live a healthy a variety of scholars from Talmudic times to Join in for the new season of TBE’s Spiritual- Join in for macaroni and cheese, fish sticks, lifestyle, be energetic, do well in school and the modern day. No Hebrew knowledge nec- ity Book Club. This year particpants will be applesauce, and a salad bar immediately fol- learn anti-bullying self-defense. Twelve- essary to participate in the discussion. For reading three books over the course of nine lowing the short service. Dinner is $5 per week semesters for belt advancement are questions, contact Cantor Regina Hayut at months. Feel free to come to Tuesday night person. Buy a punch card ahead of time for a offered with drop-in when schedules per- [email protected]. sessions or Thursday afternoon sessions. Reg- discounted price. Punch cards are available in mit. Enrollment is open for students and istration is not required, but it is helpful to the TBE office. adults. Shalom Gever is taught by Rabbi WTBE Fiber Arts Group those planning to know how many people may Peter Gluck, 5th Degree Black Belt and Thursdays, May 11 and 25, 7–9 p.m. come: [email protected]. Shabbat B’Yachad/Shabbat Together martial arts instructor for 19 years. Contact Anyone interested in Fiber Arts (knitting, cro- The discussion for May will be a continu- for 1–5 grades the Temple Beth Emeth office at (734) 665- cheting, and crafts) is welcome. Meet new people ation of The Journey Home: Discovering the Fridays, May 5, 12 and 19, 5:45 p.m. 4744 or Rabbi Gluck at info@shalomgever. and have fun with the Women of TBE. This Deep Spiritual Wisdom of Jewish Tradition, by TBE’s new series of interactive events for org, for more registration information. group will be contributing to the Israeli Peace Lawrence Hoffman. children in first through fifth grades will take quilt. All materials for the project are provided place parallel to Tot Shabbat. Rotating activities Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit by WTBE. Contact Bobbi Heilveil for details at Shavuot Yizkor Service & Luncheon will include Shabbat themed, crafts, yoga, and Thursdays, May 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1:30 p.m., (734) 276-5741 or [email protected]. Wednesday, May 31, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., TBE an age-specific service lead by Rabbi Josh. The TBE Chapel. Social Hall. event is sponsored by the Year of Torah Fund. For practitioners of all levels. Intention and WTBE Historical Novel Reading Group All are welcome at the Shavuot Yizkor Ser- instruction are followed by a 30-minute si- Tuesday, May 30, 12:30–2 p.m., TBE Library. vice, when those who have passed since last Sha- Shabbat Achat | One Shabbat lent meditation, facilitated by SooJi Min, Judy This group will be reading On the Shore by vuot will be remembered. A light lunch follows Friday, May, 26, TBE Sanctuary, 6:30 p.m. Freedman, and Quyen Epstein-Ngo. SooJi Min Anna Epstein for the May meeting. the service. RSVP to Whitney Liberty at wlib- Dinner for Shabbat Achat, 6 p.m. is TBE’s executive director. She completed a WTBE Historical Novel Reading Group [email protected]. Don’t miss out Shabbat Achat service for 16-month mindfulness teacher-training pro- is sponsored by the Women of TBE. Contact the entire community, led by Rabbi Whinston gram sponsored by the Institute for Jewish Danielle Goldberg (dgoldberg@templebethe- Spirituality and the Awakened Heart Project. meth.org) for more information. Continued on page 6 4 Washtenaw Jewish News A May 2017 A grand family experience Get away from it all and plan your family’s summer vacation to Grand Hotel during our 130th Anniversary Season. Experience America’s Summer Place at a very special rate during Family Added Value Days on select dates in July and August. 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The obstacles that get in the way Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, special to the WJN n my recently published book, I tell the that the postponement of that game was a the commentary doesn’t say that God would in the former Soviet Union and my rabbinical complicated story of how I managed to complete coincidence and had nothing to do make it rain so that one would find it easier to school colleague and I attended services in the I go to the sixth game of the 1975 World with my decision to sell my tickets rather than stay home on Shabbat, rather that God would synagogue on the first day of the holiday in Series at Boston’s violate the laws of Shabbat. I do not believe make it rain if one stays home and observes the city of Kishinev, now Chisinau, Moldova. Fenway Park. that God was looking down and smiling and Shabbat. There is a difference between the It was not easy. It was, quite frankly, frighten- As a passion- then caused a three day rainstorm in Boston two. The commentary expresses the idea that ing. There were KGB agents and police stand- ate Red Sox fan, I on my behalf. I do not believe that some force if people stayed home and observed Shab- ing outside and they were taking pictures and entered the ticket in the universe decided to repay my dedica- bat, God would make it rain, not that the rain staring at us with menacing looks. But, a man lottery and, against tion with a gift. It was all just good fortune. would come as an incentive to stay home and whom we had just met the night before and great odds, actually In Parashat Bechukotai, the last Torah por- observe Shabbat. whom we accompanied to shul told us to walk received two tickets tion in the book of Leviticus, God promises This is not an insignificant difference. In in with our heads held high. It was a harrow- in the mail. to make “your rain come in its season” as a re- this case, the reward comes after we have com- ing experience, but once inside, I forgot the However, there ward for observing the commandments. This mitted ourselves to the commandments, not fear at least for a few moments, and sang with was a slight problem. is one of the many difficult sections in the To- as a way to make it easier for us to observe. some extra passion. It was a tremendously Rabbi Robert Dobrusin The tickets I received rah that speak of reward and punishment and Now, let me repeat that I do not believe moving experience and one I often look back were for a game to be played on Shabbat and many of us, including this writer, do not accept that we are rewarded with rain or anything on with a sense of pride and satisfaction. I had recently begun to observe Shabbat more the idea that an individual’s observance of the else if we observe the commandments, but But, we only had to do that once. So, we traditionally. This was quite a dilemma to face. commandments insures us good fortune. But, there is a message here that is important. asked our new friends how they could do this I decided to sell the tickets to a friend with for the moment, I don’t want to engage in that Observing the commandments or fulfilling every week. They simply told me that nothing the understanding that if the game happened theological argument. Instead, I want to share a any responsibility or obligation is not always would prevent them from going to shul. to be postponed, he would sell them back to commentary on this verse that I find fascinating. easy. We can not expect the universe to bow to We can not expect that the things that me at the same price. A commentary states that when the Torah our needs to make it easier for us to do what are important to us will always come easily. Sure enough, the game was postponed for says that God will give you your rain in its sea- we know is right and sometimes the greatest Sometimes, we get lucky and the rain post- three days and I bought the tickets back and son, it means that God will make it rain on reward comes when we defy the realities of the pones the ball game. More often, though, we went with my cousin to what turned out to Friday evening when everyone is at home ob- world that could prevent us from fulfilling our have to make a decision as to what is impor- be one of the most memorable World Series serving Shabbat and no work was being done responsibilities and rise above those realities. tant to us and do what we need to do despite games in history. in the field because of Shabbat restrictions. When we do that, we might find ourselves re- the obstacles that stand in the way. There is more to the story, but I’ll stop here I find that to be a charming commen- warded with a great feeling of satisfaction. When we do that, we may be rewarded in and quickly explain that I absolutely believe tary, but it is also very instructive. Note that Thirty-five years ago, I spent part of Pesach the truest sense of the word. n
TBE events, Counting the Omer continued from page 4 Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, special to the WJN n the seven weeks from Passover to Sha- many years, it unfortunately caused them to This is the reason why, when we count the vuot (the holiday of the receiving of the sink into the degraded culture and unclean Sefira, we say “day one, day two, etc.” It is to TBE’s R&R Group Outing to the I Torah) we count each day. In Leviticus spiritual atmosphere of Egypt. The Torah indicate that we have completed a level of the Purple Rose Theater 23:16, the Torah tells us that after the first day would say many times that Egypt was the forty-nine and have passed through that gate of Thursday, May 4 of Passover one should count a complete sev- abomination of the Earth, meaning by this holiness. Through the counting of the 49 days, Dinner at the Common Grill, 6 p.m. en weeks, “… And you shall count fifty days.” that the Jewish people descended into the we can reach the forty-ninth gate of holiness. Vino Veritas Viewing, 8 p.m. So there seems to lowest levels of spiritual uncleanliness. It is Now we can answer the first question re- The Purple Rose tickets will be $23 each. be a contradiction garding why the Torah says there are 49 days Theater reservations must be made by April here. First, the To- to count levels of holiness but we are told to 15. The Purple Rose Theater is located in rah says it should Why does the Torah tell us to count 50 days. As we are limited human be- Chelsea, Michigan. Contact Danielle Gold- be seven weeks. ings, we are limited in how far we can reach berg at [email protected] Seven weeks is 49 count 50 when in fact we don’t? in our service to God. We can work on our- with questions or to RSVP. days. During this selves and elevate ourselves forty-nine levels, period called the written in Kabbalistic sources that there are but that is as far as we can go on our own. We Nachamu – Shiva Minyan “Counting of the only 49 levels of spiritual uncleanliness from are told to count 49 days because the forty- Leader Training Omer” we actually which a soul can still be redeemed through ninth level is our limit as physical human be- Thursday, May 4, 7 p.m., TBE count only 49 days repentance. Unfortunately, the Jewish peo- ings. But once we reach the forty-ninth level One of the greatest mitzvot in Jewish prac- not 50 — so why Rabbi Aharon Goldstein ple, at that time, had sunk to the forty-ninth on our own, God gives us a gift and elevates tice is comforting the mourner. Learn from does the Torah tell us to count 50 when in level. So when they were about to leave Egypt us to the fiftieth level as if we had counted Cantor Hayut the various skills needed to fact we don’t? Another question to be under- they were at a very low spiritual level. At this and earned it on our own. This is why the lead a shiva minyan in this 2-hour long class stood is in the way we count these days, Why low level they were not fit to receive some- Torah says to count to 50 days — because session. This class will address the specific is it that we do not use the typical manner of thing as exalted as the Torah. So by count- we trust in God’s mercy and kindness and is aspects of the service. All participants will counting days such as; first day, second day, ing 49 days, each day they would purify and confident that if we do our part as best we receive take home materials for future refer- third day, etc. Instead, we count; day one, day elevate themselves upward through these 49 can, God will provide us with whatever else ence. Contact Cantor Hayut at cantorhayut@ two, day three, etc.? gates, or levels, of spiritual uncleanliness to we need. As the old Jewish saying goes, “If templebethemeth.org for more information. To answer these questions regarding the higher and higher levels of holiness. Even- we do our best, God will do the rest.” This particular way of counting the days from tually, they worked their way into the forty- fiftieth day represents the great revelation at Group Supported Passover to Shavuot we have to go back to ninth level of holiness during the 49 days of Mt. Sinai which was a gift from God to the Spiritual Exploration the time when “Counting of the Omer” — counting. When they reached the forty-ninth Jewish people. Monday, May 15, 6:10 p.m., TBE also known as — “Counting the Sefira” came level of holiness they were ready to receive So, God willing, we should prepare our- Meet monthly with an intimate group into practice. This practice started when the the Torah. selves again this year during the 49 days dedicated to each other’s spiritual growth. Jewish people left Egypt. The rabbis tell us This concept was not only applied to from Passover to Shavuot to once again re- Cultivate person connections with whatever that the Jewish people were told as they left the Exodus from Egypt. Our mystical tra- ceive the Torah and to re-affirm our commit- you consider your higher guidance. Partic- Egypt that in 49 days they would receive the ditions tell us that it is repeated every year. ment to Torah so that God will give us the pants will invoke blessing and offer each Ten Commandments — the Torah. They In the days between Passover and Shavuot beautiful gift of the revelation from Heaven other blessings, engage in sharing doubts were very excited about it and every day they one has to climb the ladder of the 49 levels of the fiftieth level that can only be reached and challenges. The group then practices would count one more day closer to receiv- of holiness. That is why the period is called after we have done our part. As the previous holy questioning and listening. Guided by a ing the Torah. On a deeper level it wasn’t only “Counting the Sefira” — Sefira means “to Lubavitcher Rebbe would wish everyone be- gently structured and confidential process, counting but something else was taking place shine.” So each day from Passover to Shavuot fore Shavuot that “We should all be meritori- they focus in prayerful introspection and at the same time. According to the mystical we “shine” a little more by spiritually refining ous to receive the Torah with joy and inner respectful reflection to arrive at deep indi- interpretations, as a result of the Jewish peo- ourselves. This helps us to be worthy vessels meaning.” n vidual insight. Contact Linda Greene at lin- ple being subjugated to the Egyptians for so for receiving the holiness of the Torah. [email protected] with questions. n 6 Washtenaw Jewish News A May 2017 WORKSHOPS & EXPO OPEN HOUSES
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Join Us at the Movies – Commemorate Yom Haatzmaut Hosted by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor Monday, May 1 • 7:30-9:00 pm Featuring comedic film,Atomic Falafel – Celebrate Kosher popcorn and snacks will be available for purchase. RSVP to jewishannarbor.org/CI2017movie or ISRAEL Cindy Adams at [email protected] or at 734-677-0100 ext 245 (PLEASE NOTE: this movie is best suited for adults).
RAIN Celebrate Israel 2 1 7 or SHINE! Family Festival Sponsored by Jewish Federation Sunday, May 21, 2017 of Greater Ann Arbor & 11 am – 2 pm Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor ALL EVENTS HELD AT: Sunday, May 21 • 11:00 am-2:00 pm Jewish Community Center Petting Zoo • Mini Obstacle Course 2939 Birch Hollow Drive Live Music • Kid’s Arts & Crafts Nahalal Booth • Israeli Dancing • Krav Maga Ann Arbor, MI 48108 $10/Household or $5/Individual RSVP to www.jewishannarbor.org/CI2017 or Cindy Adams at 734-677-0100 ext 245
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JFS to hold Festival of Lights fundraiser Nahalal, a home in Israel for local teens Laurie Cohen, special to the WJN Max Glick, special to the WJN ewish Family Services of Washtenaw at Washtenaw Community College (4800 E. arly on Thursday, March 30, a group its founding in 1921. Participants toured County will host its Festival of Lights, a Huron, Ypsilanti), and will run from 3–5:30 of nine local high school students interesting sites throughout the Jezreel Val- J community-wide, multi-media benefit p.m. on Sunday, June 11. From 3–4 p.m., guests E departed to spend their Spring Break ley with additional day trips to Tel Aviv and concert, art bazaar and refugee photo exhibit, will enjoy catering from Amanda’s Kitchen, on the Ann Arbor-Nahalal Student Exchange Jerusalem. For many of the teens, this was on Sunday, June 11, to support its refugee re- and explore a professionally mounted Photo- program. The Exchange program is spon- their first trip to Israel. settlement program. The event is co-chaired voice project. Co-facilitated by JFS’ Resettle- by Robby Griswold, Community Partnerships ment Director Shrina Eadah and social worker coordinator and Diversity and Inclusion chair Abbie Lawrence-Jacobson, Ph.D., Photovoice at Zingerman’s, and recent JFS board member is a photography project that JFS’ refugee cli- and resettlement volunteer Patty Benson. ents will take on as a means to share and reflect Over the past year and a half, JFS has teamed on their experience with the wider community. with several local congregations in an interfaith, The main portion of the Festival of Lights grassroots effort to welcome refugees to Washt- will be a concert featuring musical numbers enaw County. Dubbed the Welcome Wagon ini- from a variety of local congregations and tiative, JFS has joined Temple Beth Emeth, Beth community groups that are involved in the Israel Congregation, Westminster Presbyterian resettlement effort. JFS is grateful to have Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Shawn McDonald, musical director at West- Day Saints, First Congregational Church, Blue minster Presbyterian Church, and Regina Ha- Ocean Faith, St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, the yut, cantor at Temple Beth Emeth, serving as Zen Buddhist Temple, the University of Michi- musical directors. McDonald and Hayut are gan’s Refugee Assistance Program, Washtenaw organizing the concert, a major undertaking Refugee Welcome and other congregations involving many different community choirs and community groups to take on numerous and artists, and will plan one group musical volunteer responsibilities involved in resettling number for the end of the concert so that ev- refugees in Washtenaw County. The idea for a eryone in attendance may participate. Festival of Lights fundraiser, which honors the “We anticipate that this will be a power- many faith traditions, grew organically from ful and memorable experience for attendees, Teens resting after a long hike through the hills surrounding Nahalal this interfaith effort. combining music and a video presentation that “We are inspired and encouraged to see the demonstrates the strength and resilience of ref- Other trip highlights included: rock community come together in this way to wel- ugees,” said co-Chair Patty Benson. “It will be a climbing in Ramat Yishay, viewing the Medi- come the stranger,” says JFS Executive Director unique way to share the refugee’s journey with terranean Sea from the highest point in Jaffa, Anya Abramzon. “The Festival of Lights will be the entire community.” exploring the fields of Nahalal, shopping in a celebration of that work, and a meaningful Tickets to attend Festival of Lights are avail- Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter, and so much acknowledgment of the many aspects of the able for a $20 suggested donation, with a sliding more. During their visit to Tel Aviv, teens refugee experience.” scale available. For more information or to reg- were surprised to learn that the University of The Festival of Lights will be held at Tow- ister online, visit www.jfsannarbor.org or call Michigan was already 92 years old when Tel sley Auditorium, Morris Lawrence Building Laurie Cohen at (734) 769-0209. n Aviv was founded in 1909. Yakirah M. was thrilled to describe her first Jesse R., Zach W., and Rachel S. planting visit to Israel. “This was the best experience of JFS Kids Care Fair a tree in the Ann Arbor Grove located my life! It is the most beautiful place I have Over 200 people attended the Kids Care Fair at the end of March. Sponsored by Jewish Fam- in Nahalal ever seen and the people of Nahalal were so ily Services, young and old enjoyed a variety of service activities. There were many stations sored by the Jewish Federation of Greater kind and welcoming. I spent only eight days for kids to enjoy from The American Red Cross’s disaster relief simulator to a build-your- Ann Arbor and since it began in 2010, over with the teens there and by the end of the trip, own yogurt parfait from Amanda’s Kitchen. 110 local teens have participated. I felt like I had known them my entire life.” Teens spent a majority of their time in our Later this year, the teens from Nahalal will 1 4 sister city, Moshav Nahalal, building strong visit Ann Arbor for the second part of the ex- bonds with Israeli teenagers. Over the next change program. Israeli teens will be hosted week, the two groups become inseparable. As in the homes of local families for a week and explained by Jesse R., a local teen: “Connect- spend time touring the greater Ann Arbor ing with the Israeli teens was awesome but community. For more information about getting to better know the other Ann Arbor having your teen join the 2018 Student Ex- Jewish teens was a surprising experience.” change trip, visit: www.jewishannarbor.org/ Nahalal is primarily an agricultural com- studentexchange. n munity with a rich history dating back to
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1. “Build-your-own yogurt parfaits from Amanda’s kitchen” 2. “Grow your plants, Grow your earth” The YMCA helped kids plant seeds 3. Therapaws fosters the human-animal bond in educational settings 4. Kids had fun connecting the community dots at United Way’s activity table 5. JFS’s food pantry helps kids identify 3 foods that are healthy for them At the Kotel in Jerusalem Washtenaw Jewish News A May 2017 9 ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY EVENT HIGHLIGHTS REMNANTS A ONE-MAN PLAY PERFORMED BY PLAYWRIGHT HENRY GREENSPAN MONDAY, MAY 8 • 7–8:30 PM Henry Greenspan’s play Remnants is based on twenty years of the playwright’s conversations with Holocaust survivors and recreates memory as it erupts within sustained and deepening acquaintance, at moments of unusual clarity and candor.
DR. ELISABETH ROSENTHAL DISCUSSES HER BOOK AN AMERICAN SICKNESS: HOW AMERICAN HEALTHCARE BECAME BIG BUSINESS AND HOW YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK MONDAY, MAY 15 • 7–8:30 PM Award-winning New York Times reporter Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal reveals the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American healthcare system, and tells us exactly what we can do to solve its myriad problems. This event includes a book signing and books will be for sale, courtesy of Nicola’s Books.
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10 Washtenaw Jewish News A May 2017 IYouth
Reading Torah: a multi-sensory experience by Bev Warshai n effective approach to learning is have a Torah service. Through it, the words of mark. Incorporating hand and arm gestures combining melody and gestures, only now for knowledge to be absorbed us- Torah jump off the page and the students are to correspond with each kind of mark helps they spend even more time applying that A ing the whole body—for learning immersed in another integrated learning ex- the students to remember the name and mel- knowledge to longer and more complicated to come about through an experience that perience—one that offers a distinctive way for ody pattern for each of the tropes. By the end verses. It’s clear that the motions help the makes connections in our brain by using as the students to relate to the words themselves of the third grade, they have mastered the students remember the patterns—another many senses as possible. instance of integrated, multi-sensory learn- In music class, for example, Hebrew Day ing helping them along. At this stage, the stu- School students rely on multiple senses as dents have opportunities to chant from the they sing and use rhythm instruments at the Torah several times during the year. same time. Israeli songs are especially fun The students continue to chant verses because so many have complete dances to go from the Torah during fifth grade. By this with them. These present opportunities for time, students’ pattern-recognition skills students to use their entire body to feel and make it easy to apply their trope skills to any express the song. This is true of some songs verse that they are assigned. As fifth grad- in the United States, but it is much more ers, they also contribute to the Torah service common in Israel. Indeed, the fusion of song by working with Rabbi Kim Blumenthal of and dance has become an enduring part of Beth Israel Congregation on a D’var Torah to Israeli culture. There’s something especially present as part at the Torah service. rewarding about teaching students a song On Thursdays, then, whether by feeling and its accompanying dance. Anyone who is the weight of the Torah in their arms as they willing to take the risk and give it a try pre- carry it around the room (with its velvety dictably ends up with a huge smile on his or or satin cover close to them), or feeling the her face. It’s like magic. Morah Bev Warshai and Ishai Ayelet Lasser weight of the Yad in their hand as they chant There is another example of this sort of Sussman-Yitzchaki two most common sets of trope phrases that a verse from the Torah, the students see, sing, integrated learning experience that occurs and to the many generations that have read are used when chanting Torah, and they get hear, and feel the Torah in a new and integrat- weekly at HDS. It’s part of a special magic that these same words before us. to demonstrate as much by chanting a verse ed experience, learning and building memo- takes place in the Upper El during T’fillot on This process begins in third grade when from the weekly Torah portion for our little ries in a way that will stick with them for a Thursday mornings. On all other weekdays, the students learn trope—the notation system congregation. A lot of excitement goes into it lifetime. That’s where the magic happens. n a group of students leads the prayer service that is used to guide people as they chant as the students bring the words of the Torah together. This enables them to become com- from the Torah. The students learn the to life, elevated to another level. fortable in front of the congregation. But on names of the various trope markings and a In fourth grade, the students learn the Thursdays it’s different, for on that day, we melodic pattern that is associated with each majority of the other trope markings, again Camp Raanana new leadership Coming together over cookies Rachel Saslove, special to the WJN Rachael Hoffenblum, special to the WJN amp Raanana, the summer day the life of Atid participants will include ro- n Thursday, camp program of the Jewish Com- tating through camp activities as a cohort, a March 16, the C munity Center of Greater Ann period of “Leadership Learning,” and time O Jewish Com- Arbor, offers opportunities for leadership spent with a younger group of campers munity Center of Greater growth and development every summer and where they will shadow counselors, assist Ann Arbor, Jewish Federa- 2017 will be no exception. With a renewed them, and mentor younger campers. tion of Greater Ann Arbor, focus on improving and growing Camp Ozrim is Hebrew and mean “helpers” in and Hebrew Day School Raanana’s leadership opportunities, the English. The Ozrim leadership program will joined forces to brighten leadership programs formerly known as the prepare young high school-aged students to the day of the senior resi- Junior and Senior Counselors-in-training become counselors. Established to provide dents from the Glacier have been re-envisioned to provide campers those entering grades nine and ten a larger Hills community with with a more natural leadership progression sense of responsibility and ownership over traditional Purim gifts or through their summers at camp. The newly their camp experience, the Ozrim program mischloach manot, that established Camp Raanana leadership pro- will delve deeper into counselor training included decorated cook- grams will be called Atid and Ozrim. and leadership development. Ozrim partici- ies. Hebrew Day School’s Lunch and learn participants enjoyed decorating cookies Atid is Hebrew and means “future” in pants will spend part of their day in Hadra- third and fourth grade with HDS students English, hence, the Atid leadership program cha, meaning guidance, and the other half students joined the adults is designed as a leadership model which em- in placements where they will gain direct, for a cookie decorating braces the organic growth and development hands-on experience working with and car- Lunch and Learn program. of middleschool aged campers, and seeks to ing for campers. The students were incred- maximize their impact on the future of Camp Both leadership programs demonstrate ibly creative and decorated Raanana. The Atid leadership program has a strong balance between fun and engaging cookies with a variety of been designed to guide middle school aged programming, and practical, relevant, and designs and messages, campers to find a balance between the start valuable skill building. The participants in some related to the Purim of their leadership journey and the continu- both the Atid and Ozrim leadership pro- holiday. Overall 136 cook- ation of their camper experience. Atid is grams will have a meaningful, fun, and ies were donated to Glacier specifically designed for campers entering empowering summer. Atid participants are Hills. grades 6-8, and the leadership opportunities campers and should register for Camp Raa- Professionals from the participants will have are designed based nana but at a discounted rate. Ozrim par- both the Federation and on their natural development and age appro- ticipants must complete a job application the JCC assisted with the Cookies were shaped in many different designs priate capabilities. process as part of their experience, and will planning, including Ayelet Participants will experience a team- receive a small stipend for their work during Shapiro, Federation’s outreach and program for Purim. For more information on the oriented approach with a focus on guiding the summer. For more information on how coordinator; Denise Bennett, chief financial Lunch and Learn program or other adult them in beginning to find their leadership to participate in either program, or for gen- officer for both organizations; and Rachael program opportunities, contact Rachael voice within a group, being both a leader eral Camp Raanana information, visit camp. Hoffenblum, the Ann Arbor JCC’s opera- Hoffenblum, adult program coordinator, at and a follower within their peer cohort, and jccannarbor.org or contact Rachel Saslove, tions manager and adult program coordi- (734) 971-0990 or rachaelhoffenblum@jc- rudimentary counselor skills (listening skills, director of Camp Raanana, at (734) 971- nator. Everyone involved believes that this cannarbor.org. n activity planning, and care-giving). A day in 0990 or [email protected]. n program would make a great annual event
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Humanitarian Bob Milstein Lisa Carolin, special to the WJN nn Arbor resident Bob Milstein is team. That’s after going out on more than 20 the consummate volunteer. Ever disaster relief trips. A since he retired from his job as “I can provide people hope, and listen to an AT&T project manager 12 years ago, the the stories of what happened to them,” said 72-year-old has been doing all sorts of vol- Milstein. “It will take time, but they will unteer work, and recently, he received the recover, and we (Red Cross) can provide Genesis Humanitarian Award. resources.” Milstein volunteered for the Jewish Federation during Katrina and led a group of rabbinical students. He returned to New Orleans a few months later in December and was cleaning mud out of a synagogue. He was invited to celebrate Hanukah at the local Jewish Community Center with Jews from the area who had left and come back. Menorah kits were given out because so many had lost so much. His volunteer work has also included Food Gatherers, Jewish Family Services’ Resettlement Program, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Neighborhood Senior Services, and Back Door Food Pantry. Milstein grew up in Chicago, initially on the west side, in a Jewish neighborhood. Bob Milstein “My parents were not religious though Genesis manages the Ann my grandfather Arbor building that is owned was,” said Milstein. by both Temple Beth Emeth “I wanted to enroll and St. Clare of Assisi Episcopal at the Orthodox Church, and members of Hebrew School both congregations make because my friends up the board that chooses did. When we moved the recipient of the Genesis to the north side of The Jerusalem Post Humanitarian Award. Chicago, I went to a Milstein, a member of conservative temple “A FUN, ENGAGING COMEDY... Temple Beth Emeth, was where I was bar NOA KOLER IS A REAL GEM IN THE LEAD ROLE.” recognized for his outreach to mitzvahed.” the community, in particular He met and The Genesis Humanitarian Award his work with the Back Door married Carol, who Food Pantry, located separately but near the grew up in Traverse City and attended the “CHARMING, congregations. University of Michigan, and was pleased HUMOROUS AND “We want to give dignity to people who when his job brought them to Ann Arbor. come, and we want to help all people be He describes her as, “a Jew by choice.” When ENJOYABLE.” comfortable coming to the Back Door Food they saw the building on Packard that Pantry,” he said. “The pantry is a good model offered both a church and temple, they knew for interfaith. Everyone is welcome. There’s it was a good fit for them, and have been “WITTY AND no talk on religion. The focus is on getting involved ever since. They have two grown SHARP food ready and helping patrons.” children, Naomi, who is executive director IN ITS OBSERVATIONS His volunteering started when Milstein of the Chicago Freedom School, and Adam, ON LOVE, COURTSHIP trained at the local Red Cross chapter to help who is a registered nurse at Harper Hospital AND MARRIAGE.” victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in New in Detroit. Orleans. Milstein helped run the canteen. It “We love it in Ann Arbor,” said Milstein. WINNER 3 OPHIR AWARDS (ISRAELI ACADEMY AWARDS) was the beginning of his involvement in the “There’s always something to do. Everything INCLUDING BEST ACTRESS Red Cross’s Disaster Action Team. is close here, and it’s easy to get involved.” BEST SCREENPLAY “We take care of the families by offering As far as all of his volunteer efforts are them food, clothing and a couple nights in a concerned, Milstein enjoys putting in “a few 30 DAYS. 1 WEDDING. NO GROOM. hotel,” he explained. “I’d often be called out hours here and a few hours there” every day. ALL SHE NEEDS IS A LITTLE FAITH. at 2 a.m.” “I would like to encourage people to Milstein went on to become Action have the fun that I have,” he said. “I live a Team leader, and is now in a position to give good life, feel well and feel fortunate. I hope direction to the team from home as the on- if a disaster befalls me, people will be there call coordinator for the local disaster action to help. n
(L’avor et Ha’kir)
FROM RAMA BURSHTEIN, THE DIRECTOR OF ‘FILL THE VOID’
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14 Washtenaw Jewish News A May 2017 U-M President Mark Schlissel Lisa Carolin, staff writer he University of Michigan is cel- 1979 and says there was not a big Jewish ebrating its bicentennial, an historic community there at that time. T time to be the university’s president. “I grew more distant from organized To hear President Mark Schlissel tell it, he Judaism,” Schlissel said. has the best job in higher education. The He earned M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at 59-year-old, who is the first physician-scien- the Johns Hopkins University School of tist to lead the institution, became its 14th Medicine where he did his residency training president in July 2014. in internal medicine and did postdoctoral After spending much of his life on the research at the Massachusetts Institute of East Coast and about 12 years on the West Technology’s Whitehead Institute.
U-M President Mark Schissel Coast, Schlissel said, “I love Ann Arbor. He began his career as a faculty member It’s the nicest and friendliest place I’ve ever in 1991 at the Johns Hopkins University lived. People have less intense attitudes School of Medicine and earned awards and here. People in the service industry are fellowships for both his teaching and research. kind. It’s an unbelievably cultural place for In 1999, Schlissel moved to the West Coast a city of its size.” to be an associate professor at the University He is in his third year of a five-year of California-Berkely in the department of appointment, and said the university Molecular and Cell Biology. He became a received a record 57,500 applications last full professor three years later and taught Like West End Grill year. Despite U-M’s popularity, maintaining undergraduate and graduate courses in its quality isn’t easy. immunology and introductory biology. “This is a relentless job,” said Schlissel. That led to him becoming dean of Biological loves anniversaries. “All of the issues playing out in society live Sciences in the College of Letters and Sciences on campus. I have four kids who are all from 2008–2011, which Schlissel describes as, grown, so for this window of my life, I’m “a transition that was a natural part of a career.” giving this my all.” In 2011, he became provost at Brown Some recent issues that have been addressed University in Providence, Rhode Island, the by U-M students include race relations, police job that preceded his becoming president brutality, becoming a sanctuary campus, and at U-M. sexual assault on campus. “I’ve enjoyed every place I’ve lived,” he said. Schlissel is very involved with campus Schlissel is married to Monica Schwebs, an life, and that includes making time to attend environmental and energy lawyer. both men’s and women’s basketball games. Science continues to be an important part He spent the first part of his life in the of Schlissel’s life, and he has been a member of Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, the American Association of Immunologists and was the oldest of four children. since 1992. He was named a Fellow of the “My neighborhood was half Jewish and American Association for the Advancement half Italian,” he said. “The synagogue in our of Science in 2013. community was Orthodox, and I went to a Schlissel’s research has helped the five-day-a-week Hebrew school.” understanding of genetic factors involved in Schlissel became fluent in Hebrew and the production of antibodies as well as how attended services with his dad on the High mistakes in that process can cause leukemia Holidays. The family moved to suburban and lymphoma. New Jersey when he was starting sixth- When he looks ahead, Schlissel says that grade. They joined a Conservative temple, he might consider starting a research lab here he completed Hebrew school, and had his some day. He says that if the regents at U-M bar mitzvah. think he’s done a good job at the end of five “I’m such a serious person that I even stood years, they may offer him another five years. in for the rabbi on occasion,” Schlissel said. Who does Schlissel admire? He calls He says that his family’s link to Judaism himself a fan of Jed Bartlett, better known was more cultural than religious. When his as the character on the television drama The dad became president of the congregation, West Wing played by actor Martin Sheen in We love to help. Schlissel saw the political side of life, which the role of president of the United States. For How can we help you? he did not care for. now, being president of U-M is more than a He attended Princeton University where full time job from Schlissel. n boaa.com 734.662.1600 Member FDIC he earned a BA in biochemical sciences in
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David Abramson remembered Rachel Urist, staff writer avid Abramson, who died un- Bible,” recalls Abramson. But it wasn’t an jobs] my way into the University of Michi- Hebrew classes at Hillel and in learning expectedly on March 23, was a altogether friendly world. “There were two gan. I didn’t have a high school transcript, Hebrew discovered Jews. “Jews had always D pillar of the local Jewish com- paths: the fiery furnace or streets of gold. but I met a sociologist who was doing re- fascinated me, but I hadn’t known many. It munity. Though he was beloved of many, There’s no Orthodox, Conservative or Re- search here on the impact of education on was a revelation to learn that Jews are not he was known by few. In March, 1997, he form in the Baptist church. From the time families. I was a great experimental model. necessarily Baptists without Jesus. was profiled in this newspaper. His wid- I was a baby I knew I’d burn in hell.” My background was clean; nobody in my Abramson began going to services at ow, Ellen Abramson, just surprised me by When Abramson was five his father family had finished high school or gone to Beth Israel every Friday night. He stud- telling me that David kept copies handy. abandoned the family. In order to feed the college. So I enrolled in LS&A, and gradu- ied. He told Rabbi Kensky, then rabbi at When people asked him about his back- children, his mother worked several jobs. ated in ’75. I’d never written a paper in Beth Israel, that he wanted to convert, but ground, he would whip one out and give She was loving and devoted, but often my life. In getting access to college, I got Rabbi Kensky deterred him. (This was in it to the enquirer. Many who thought they keeping with Jewish tradition. Jews do not knew him were amazed to read his story. In proselytize.) Finally, after a sleepless night, the wake of his sudden death, we thought Abramson walked to Rabbi Kensky’s house fit to update and reprint the profile. My vision of heaven is to in a driving rainstorm. He arrived at dawn A few more introductory remarks are and knocked on the door. “I really want in order before telling David’s story. In this be at the family table with to do this,” he said, and Rabbi Kensky was time of mourning, Ellen is surrounded by convinced. The conversion took place in family and friends. Family includes the lots of love, joy, intimacy 1984. David and Ellen created their family couple’s two daughters, Sarah Rimler and name, Abramson, from the Hebrew name PHOTO CREDIT: ROSE MASSEY ROSE CREDIT: PHOTO and connectedness. Mara Abramson. Sarah and her husband, David was given at his conversion (David Rabbi Mendy Rimler, are the parents of ben Avraham). Chayala (3) and Eli (1), upon whom their access to a world I hadn’t dreamed about; Abramson became a pillar of the Beth grandfather doted. David and his son- a world where people had expectations of Israel community. In 1991, he helped in-law, Mendy, developed an extraordi- living past 40.”Abramson worked his way found the men’s club. He often said: “I like narily tight bond. David was thrilled that through school as an auto mechanic. Uni- to call it the mensch club; it doesn’t have to his daughter chose a life of religious ob- versity life was a challenge. It was different be just men.” He later helped organize the servance. The Rimlers help run Chabad from any Abramson had known. “I had no synagogue’s organ donors drives. House at Arizona State University. In fact, mechanisms of survival to deal with this “My relationship with Judaism is sim- it is telling that at his funeral, David was new world. As a child, my key survival ple,” said Abramson. “I have an unquench- eulogized by a select few who represent a technique was being smarter than anyone able thirst for being intimately connected wide, cross-section of the population— else in the bar. But here it was no longer with a family. What better environment with strong ties to the man. The eulogiz- appropriate to stab someone if they insult- can there be than the Jewish milieu? My ers included Rabbi Dobrusin and Rabbi ed you.” The clashing of worlds came dur- vision of heaven is to be at the family table Blumenthal of Beth Israel Congregation; ing his last year in college, when his best with lots of love, joy, intimacy and con- Esther Goldstein of Ann Arbor’s Chabad; friend was murdered in Detroit. Abramson nectedness.” and Robert Cooper, David’s co-founder David Abramson came unglued. He had no one to turn to. “I Ellen was happy to share such a vision. and President of the Association for Youth thought I was a coward for not killing the She found his family inspirational. “There Empowerment (AYE). AYE launched such absent. Abramson remembered spending guys who wacked my friend. I was thrown are few people who call aunt and grandma initiatives as “Bridging 8 Mile” and “Bridg- a great deal of time in biker bars during out of the dorm on gun charges. I realized who have no blood or legal relationship ing 23.” Each of these outreach programs those early years. He was the one on the I needed external discipline. He graduated at all.” Abramson’s stepfather, who died a worked to bridge the racial and geographi- bar holding the bets. He witnessed stab- from U-M and joined the army. few years into the marriage, left his wife cal divides between people in the Ann Ar- bings and shootings. He once saw a man The army taught him discipline but not with his two youngest children. She adopt- bor, Ypsilanti and Detroit regions. clubbed to death with pool cues. His first balance. “In 1977 I cracked up. I didn’t ed them. The others, scattered across the Ellen likes to quote her husband who grade teacher taught him more than read- know my name. I had images of being country, drifted back. Abramson himself often said: “We can’t love our neighbor if ing. “She made sure I came to school,” he forced to bow down to Adolph Eichmann. was never sure how to answer questions we don’t know who our neighbor is.” She said. “She’d take me home with her. She I missed my friends from the Bible. I want- about sibling numbers. “There are nine adds: “David was all about bringing peo- had six kids of her own, so one more ed to recapture that feeling of being five of us,” Abramson would say. “Or eight. Or ple together.” AYE provided scholarships didn’t matter. I became one of the family.” years old and being connected with God. I eleven. It doesn’t matter. The siblings of for young people to do personal growth Around that time, he began hearing began an ontological search.” my adopted siblings are also part of the programs as well as education. David and war stories from soldiers who had served His youthful marriage ended after 13 clan. My mother’s very loving.” his good friend and colleague, Robert, in Europe. It was during that year that years, and Abramson enrolled in graduate David, Ellen, and their daughters be- were “the best of friends,” says Ellen. They Adolph Eichmann was captured. “I re- school. (He holds two masters degrees: one came a magnet for the rest of the clan. launched “The Robert and David Show: member it vividly. I was five. Eichmann in educational leadership, and another in Abramson’s mother, who remained in Live and in Color,” in which they shared was in the news all the time. Suddenly I re- interdisciplinary technology.) He earned South Carolina, came up to Michigan about how they bridged their own racial alized that Adolph Eichmann was my im- his living by teaching “Basic Car Care for about twice a year to visit—as did David’s divide. They loved each other, as brothers. age of God. He was making the selections, Consumers” at Washtenaw Community eldest daughter, son-in-law, and grandson. This was clear in Robert’s eulogy, when he left or right, and I knew I was going to hell. College. Ellen, his future wife, was fresh (Abramson became a grandfather at the talked about the love they shared. Among I was a Jew trapped in a Baptist’s body.” out of social work school. She landed a age of 33.) Ellen has long been impressed their working colleagues on bridging ini- In 1964, when Abramson was 10, job with hospice, bought her first car, and with her husband’s sense of family and tiatives was Belinda Dulin, of Washtenaw his mother remarried a man with eight decided that if her work depended on a responsibility. Extended family members County’s Dispute Resolution Center. Ac- children. Conflict ensued, and in 1969 working vehicle, she ought to know how to have stayed with them, several for long cording to Ellen, when Belinda saw how Abramson left home “to raise himself.” He maintain it. She enrolled in the car course periods. “We’re launching these people,” the two men operated together, she said, came to Ann Arbor where he met his girl- at WCC. “David’s primary interest was in Ellen would say. “I used to hear about “I never saw whites and blacks communi- friend. “This was a great place. There were helping people work their way out of pov- this tradition. People did it after the war. cating and working together as these two lots of cool things happening. It was the erty. He believed that to do so you need It wasn’t in my recent experience, but it’s did.” She was, as Ellen put it, “wowed.” ’60s! I was like a kid in a candy store. But two things: a good vocational skill and de- part of David’s. It’s like bringing in immi- So who was David Abramson? he and his girlfriend wanted to marry, so pendable transportation. All sorts of peo- grants. David’s the first generation of col- Born into a pious, Baptist household in they went to Florida where marriage at age ple took his classes. Ellen added: “We had lege-bound folk. He loves being a leader in 1954, the youngest of the family’s first five 15 was legal. access to lifts, hoists and tool kits. We got his family. And I like that we do this.” children, David Abramson did not seem They stayed in Florida for less than actual work done on our cars.” When the Asked what he planned to do next, the destined for a life dedicated to Judaism. a year, then returned to Michigan course ended, David and Ellen became an indefatigable David Abramson said: “I His mother played piano in church and where their daughter, Lorna, was born. item. His first trip to Beth Israel Congre- want to cultivate boredom as an art form. read Bible stories to the children at home. Abramson was only 16. He enrolled in gation was to attend Ellen’s bat mitzvah. “I I’ve had enough excitement for several “I had lots of friends in the Bible. Abra- Washtenaw Community College where he heard Hebrew sung,” said Abramson, “and lifetimes.” n ham, Jacob, David, Samuel—they were liv- studied auto mechanics and his interest in there was this blinding light. I knew I had ing beings. As a Baptist, I grew up in the education grew. “I hustled [worked many to learn the language.” He signed up for 16 Washtenaw Jewish News A May 2017 IOn Another Note Celebrate our 100th play Vulfpeck at the Michigan Theater San Slomovits, staff writer Candace Robb ulfpeck is thriving. The funk quar- been involved in a number of non-Vulf with special guests Sharan Newman & Greg Jolley tet founded in 2011 by former Uni- projects. This fifteen date tour, starting Sunday, May 14, 1 p.m. V versity of Michigan student, Jack in May in Minneapolis and ending up in Steve Hamilton Stratton, is coming back to play in front of California in June, will be your longest yet. at the downtown library Wednesday, May 17, 7 p.m. hometown crowds at the Michigan The- Is that a sign of a different direction for Lori Rader Day joins our book club Thursday, May 18, 7 p.m. Complete details at: www.auntagathas.com 213 South Fourth Avenue • Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734.769.1114
On Halloween night, two couples prepare to attend an annual costume party. Though the evening begins as usual, familiar traditions unravel when the foursome shares a bottle of South American ceremonial wine made from the skin of blue dart tree frogs. Under the influence of this tribal truth serum, the couples Vulfpeck on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert experience an unpredictable night of unbridled honesty that stretches the ater on Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13. the band? Are you all focusing more on bounds of their friendship forever. (Stratton’s father, Bert Stratton, is well known Vulfpeck, rather than on other side projects? Join us for this revival of a Purple to WJN readers as the leader of Yiddishe Cup, th Stratton: Yes. Vulf has been growing steadily. Rose favorite and our 100 play. the klezmer band based in Cleveland, where So as of 2016 it has been my main gig. Jack grew up.) Originally only one show was Contains adult language. scheduled for their return, but when that one WJN: Is this tour all venues like the Michigan sold out quickly, a second one was added for Theater or are there a variety of different 734.433.7673 or the following day. types of venues (dance clubs, bars, etc.)? Vulfpeck plays catchy, highly danceable, PurpleRoseTheatre.org Stratton: Michigan Theater is the only seated groove driven music, inspired by classic R & B show. Every other show is a club show. I’m bands like The Funk Brothers, the house band excited to play a different type of venue and for most Motown hits of the 1960s. But while see how the show translates. Vulfpeck’s music harkens back to the '60s, they have a decidedly 21st century approach WJN: Your previous touring has been to their videos, recordings and marketing. mostly by van. Will you be driving or The founding members—bassist Joe Dart, flying this time? keyboardist Woody Goss, former My Dear Stratton: Flying. Southworst. Or as I like to Disco guitarist Theo Katzman, and keyboard- call it: Southbest. ist/drummer Jack Stratton—all attended the U-M School of Music in Ann Arbor. They re- WJN: How has the music of the band been leased their debut EP, the six-track Mit Peck, in changing? Will you be showcasing a lot of 2011 and followed it with several EPs of simi- new material, or will you be playing the PRESENTS lar length in the next few years. In early 2014 audience favorites? Vulfpeck released Sleepify, a silent album on Stratton: We are trying to write catchier Spotify, intending to use the royalties it gener- songs. The show will be half favorites and ated to fund an admission-free tour. The inno- half deep-cuts. vative scheme generated $20,000 in royalties, some controversy, and international press. WJN: Do you make up sets or do you choose Building on that, the group toured, keeping its tunes on the fly as the energy of the room promise of admission-free shows in, among dictates? other cities, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chi- Stratton: We make set-lists before the show. cago and New York. In 2015, the band released Initially I didn’t, but the band begged me to. their first album, Thrill of the Arts, which hit the Top 20 of the Billboard R&B Albums chart WJN: Are you all living in LA, or is the band and resulted in them being invited to play on spread out and you need to plan to find The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Their times and places to get together? 2016 release, The Beautiful Game charted at Stratton: The band is spread out. We come number six on Billboard’s R&B Albums. together for the shows and recording Vulfpeck last played in Ann Arbor in 2015 sessions. No rehearsals. Actually, we will as part of the summertime downtown Sonic have one day of rehearsal for this tour, Lunch series. Recently I asked Stratton a few against my will. questions via email about this return visit. WJN: What do you see on the horizon? WJN: First of all, congratulations about the addition of the second show. Were Stratton: I want to continue growing for the you surprised? next few years and then have a horrific falling out over finances. Just kidding, I Stratton: Yes! The first one sold out with would like to grow it and continue to bring months to go, so we added a second one. value to the musicians who participate. n WJN: You’ve been a band for six years but In addition to the evening shows on May 248.788.2900 • www.JetTheatre.org have not toured much, instead focusing 12 and 13 an afternoon kids' show has been JET performs in the Aaron DeRoy Theatre on recordings, videos and a strong Internet added to the schedule. Call (734) 668-8397 for presence. Plus, each of the four of you has ticket information. on the corner of Maple & Drake Roads in West Bloomfield
Washtenaw Jewish News A May 2017 17 I Kosher Cuisine Ken Lussenden Contracting, Inc. The holidays, version 2.0 Mary Bilyeu, staff writer he holiday season is here, again! Pastry: top with the reserved biscuit crumbs. Let set Restoration & Repair Wait a minute — that’s not for a few 1 sheet of ready-rolled puff pastry in the fridge for a minimum of 3 hours, but 24 T months, still, right? Flour, for dusting hours is preferable. Specialist Well, yes and no. Beaten egg, to glaze Yield: 10 to 12 slices We always think of fall as the time for holidays, 2 tablespoons sesame seeds Source: Adapted from Emma Spitzer, Fress: • with Rosh HaShanah leading into Yom Kippur, 1 tablespoon nigella seeds Bold Flavors from a Jewish Kitchen which precedes Sukkot and Shmini Atzeret and Preheat the oven to 400° and line 2 baking Painting Simchat Torah. And before you know it, after sheets with non-stick parchment paper. • that we’re carving the Thanksgiving turkey and Mix all the filling ingredients together in a bowl. Burned Eggplant with Tahini and lighting the menorah. It’s a whirlwind of highs Unroll the sheet of pastry on a lightly floured Pomegranate work surface and roll out to a further 1 inch all Carpentry and lows, celebration and penitence, food and “You can think of this as a deconstructed Baba around. Cut twelve 3-1/2 inch squares from the fasting (but, happily, mostly food). Ganoush,” write Layo Paskin and Tomer Ame- pastry. Seal the pastry trimmings in plastic wrap Springtime is also crammed full of holidays, di. Their restaurant, The Palomar, is in London and place in the fridge for rerolling to make though—occasions for happiness, for sorrow, and opened to great acclaim in 2014. more squares later. and for a mix of both. 2 eggplant First, of course, there was Pesach, involving Place a heaping tablespoonful of the filling in Salt and pepper, to taste the center of each square, then brush beaten 1 preparations which dwarf all the others’ cook- Juice of /2 ing traditions combined. Then, one right after egg around the border with a pastry brush and lemon the other — symbolically tied together, as they fold over to make a triangle. Seal the triangles 4 tablespoons are — the calendar brings Yom HaZikaron and by pressing down on the edges with the tines of extra-virgin Yom HaAtzma’ut. Next, Lag BaOmer and Yom a fork and, at the same time, making a nice pat- olive oil, Yerushalayim will come, with Shavuot rounding tern. Place on the lined pans. Re-roll and repeat plus an extra with the chilled pastry trimmings. out the month of May. drizzle to And food is an essential part of holidays. Brush each of the triangles liberally with beaten garnish Even the lack thereof, followed by breaking the egg and sprinkle with the sesame and nigella 4 tablespoons tahini fast in community, is integral to Yom Kippur. seeds. 4 tablespoons pomegranate seeds Israeli cuisine is, of course, requisite for the Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until puffed up and Handful of chopped fresh cilantro two intertwined holidays, Yom HaZikaron and golden. Enjoy hot or cold. Prick the eggplant in several places with the tip Yom HaAtzma’ut. The former — Israeli Memo- Yield: 15 bourekas of a sharp knife so that they won’t explode in rial Day — reminds us that the country’s very your face and make a mess in the kitchen. Char Source: Adapted from Emma Spitzer, Fress: Bold the skin of the eggplant on all sides over an open existence, let alone the independence celebrated Flavors from a Jewish Kitchen at the latter, owes a profound debt and depth of flame on the burner or hot charcoal on a bar- gratitude to those who have sacrificed their lives becue, turning every 5 to 6 minutes — the skin needs to harden up and get a bit crispy. Alter- for the nation. While there have been many var- Israeli White Chocolate Cheesecake nately, set your grill to the highest setting and ied influences upon the country’s cooking, it is “You wouldn’t necessarily see cheesecake as a spiritual thing, that is, unless you are Jewish,” roast the eggplant in the closest position to the developing its own uniquely distinctive and deli- heat source, turning in the same way. cious style, one that incorporates and celebrates writes Emma Spitzer. “The famous New York- Leave the eggplant until cool enough to handle, that beautiful patchwork quilt of contributions style baked cheesecake may be popular among many cheesecake fans, but the lesser-known Is- then peel. in tandem with Israel’s own natural bounty. raeli version is something spectacular.” hoto b san rater Picnic treats and grilled dishes are often Arrange the burned eggplant on a serving plate, 7 ounces Petit Beurre biscuits (no substi- served for Lag BaOmer, given that bonfires and then season to taste with salt and pepper and tutes) dress with the lemon juice and olive oil. outdoor activities are among the traditions as- 1 stick unsalted butter, melted Drizzle the tahini on top, sprinkle with the sociated with the festive day which comes in the 1 5 /2 ounces white chocolate, broken into Interior & Exterior midst of a somber mourning period. And Jeru- pomegranate seeds and the chopped cilantro, Painting and Staining pieces and drizzle with a little more olive oil. salem’s unique foods — such as the famed sweet 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened 1 Yield: Serves 4 as a mezze and peppery Yerushalmi kugel — are naturally /2 cup sugar Interior & Exterior served on Yom Yerushalayim, the day that com- 1 large egg Source: Adapted from The Palomar Cookbook: memorates reunification of the city. 1 large egg yolk Modern Israeli Cuisine Custom Carpentry Finally, Shavuot traditionally brings dairy 1 cup cream dishes, as well as ones made with honey. These cheese Orange Blossom Ice Cream Drywall & Plaster Services can be savory temptations or sweet indulgences, 1 cup full-fat to honor Israel as a land flowing with milk and crème fraîche “You don’t need an ice cream machine at home to make great ice cream,” write Layo Paskin honey that nourishes both body and soul. To prepare the crust, add the biscuits to a food and Tomer Amedi. “This recipe really feels like In honor of the newness and renewal of processor and blitz to crumbs, then mix with cheating, as it literally takes no more than 15 spring, the upcoming seasonal occasions de- the melted butter. Press two-thirds of the mix- minutes to make (but then a few good hours of Wood Floor Installation ture into a 9-inch square baking pan, flattening serve some fresh recipes. Perhaps the following staring in anticipation at the freezer door until & Refinishing it out to form an even layer. Place the crust in ones will become a part of your family’s holiday it’s ready).” traditions. n the freezer for 15 minutes until it is set. 3 1 /4 cups condensed Wallpaper Stripping Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Put the white milk chocolate in a glass bowl and either set over a 1 tablespoon orange Four Cheese Bourekas saucepan of simmering water, ensuring that “There is no greater marriage than melted blossom water the base of the bowl doesn’t touch the water, or 5 tablespoons veg- cheese and puff pastry,” writes Emma Spitzer, a heat in the microwave in 30-second bursts until finalist in the 2015 season of BBC’s Masterchef. etable oil Remodeling Services melted. Remove the bowl from the pan and let 1 2 /4 cups whipping cream “The cheese boureka is a classic that needs little cool slightly. else to make it special.” Mix the condensed milk, orange blossom water, While the chocolate is melting and cooling, beat and oil together in a mixing bowl, using a whisk. 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Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. May 2017 1:30–2:15 p.m. Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival: JCC. 16th annual Jewish Film Festival runs May Monday 1 4–11. All films chosen by Ann Arbor Jew- ish Film festival Committee in conjunc- Yom Haatzmaut Film Showing: JCC and tion with the Michigan Theater. Genres JFS. Showing of Atomic Falafel in com- include several documentaries and true memoration of Yom Haatzmaut. Register stories. Times vary. For schedule, check in advance at bit.ly/2oReA1M. Kosher film.jccannarbor.org/. For more infor- popcorn and snacks available for pur- mation, contact karenfreedland@jccan- chase. 7:30–9:30 p.m. narbor.org or by phone at (734) 971- 0990. May 4–11. Tuesday 2 R & R Theater Event: TBE. Offsite. 6–10 p.m. “Confessions of a Jewish Film Lover:” JCC. KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. Vacation Days Presented by Elliot Wilhelm, curator for provide fun and adventure for children the Detroit Institute of Arts–Detroit Film K-5 when Ann Arbor Public Schools and Festival and host of WTVS Detroit Public Hebrew Day School have scheduled clo- Television’s Film Festival program. Wil- sures. Children enjoy computers, games, helm will speak about his own history reading time, arts and crafts time, sports, with film and highlight the McCarthy era and a kid-friendly movie. Pre and post and its impact on “Jewish Hollywood” care available. For more information (in- and beyond. $10/person. Light refresh- cluding pricing details) or to register, view ments. RSVP at film.jccannarbor.org/ www.jccannarbor.org or contact Tamara schedule/confessions-of-a-jewish-film- at (734) 971-0990 or by email at tamara- lover-by-elliot-wilhelm/. 7–8:30 p.m. [email protected]. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Nachamu–Shiva Minyan Leader Training: Survival of a Nation: Chabad. JLI Course. TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. Commemorating 50 years since the Six Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. Sharpen Day War, this course invites participants to your wits and knowledge of the Jewish legal experience a captivating account of what system by following the intriguing discus- at the time was considered by many to be sions in the Talmud. The Talmud is a com- the most improbably and astonishing vic- posite of practical law, logical argumenta- tory in all of military history. 9:30 a.m. and tion and moral teachings. Study from the 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. original Talmud tractate. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): Beanster’s Café in UM Michigan League, Friday 5 911 North University. All levels and ages welcome for conversation in mame- Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. loshn, which translates to “mother Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. tongue.” For information, email egertel@ umich.edu or phone (734) 936-2367. Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Shabbat B’Yachad/ a division of 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. . . . . Shabbat Together from 5:45–6:15 p.m. M O S A Michigan Otolaryngology Yin Embodied Jewish Meditation: TBE. Surgery Associates Tot Shabbat Dinner from 6:15–6:45 p.m. Hearing Centers 2:30–3:30 p.m. Shira from 6:45–7:15 p.m. Shabbat Ser- Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5:30 p.m. vice/Birthday Blessings from 7:30–9 p.m. We can help you stay active and involved Hand in Hand Schools in Israel: TBE. 7–9 p.m. First Friday Shabbat: JCS. All are invited to Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: join the JCS in welcoming Shabbat with through better hearing. Chabad. Reading the Torah may be easy, songs, secular readings, candle lighting, but understanding it is no simple matter. wine, and challah. Dinner will follow the For a free online hearing test and a free guide to Study of the text with the classical Rashi short Shabbat observance at the JCC. hearing aids, visit: mosaaudiology.com for adult commentary. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Children are welcome. Dinner free for and pediatric JCS members; non-members $10/per- Ask about our demo hearing aids free home trial! patients Wednesday 3 son; $25/family. Register online www. jewishculturalsociety.org/observances/ Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. shabbat/ 6:30–9 p.m. Hear when you need us. Part of the U-M Mahj: TBE. Offsite. 1–3 p.m. Friday evening services: See listing at the end Premier Care Network in Canton, call Lori (734) 221-5079 Keshet: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. of the calendar. Most other insurance coverages in Chelsea, call Petra (734) 385-5100 accepted. Board Meeting: TBE. 7:30–9:30 p.m. Saturday 6 Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. in Saline, call Lisa (734) 316-7622 Thursday 4 Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Shabbat Limmud: BIC. 9 a.m. th Prayerful Reflection: TBE. 10–11:30 a.m. 6 Grade Shabbat Morning With the Rab- bis: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Development Committee Meeting: TBE. 10:15–11:15 a.m. Bar Mitzvah Service: TBE. Lindsay Orrin- ger. 10–11:30 a.m. Lunch and Learn: JCC. Learn about Elv- isfest, a weekend-long festival in Ypsilan- Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. ti celebrating the life and music of Elvis Presley. Includes a stage with rotating El- Sunday 7 vis impersonators, a candlelight vigil for Elvis, and a fundraiser for Ypsilanti Meals Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve on Wheels, among other events. Learn into the basic text of Chassidim and dis- LORI SHAPIRO PETRA BOONSTRA LISA SAULLES about this unique festival with a presen- cover the beauty and depth of Judaism. tation by Mary Decker, festival director. 10:30–11:30 a.m. ANN ARBOR/YPSI BRIGHTON CANTON CHELSEA SALINE Register at bit.ly/2oRgxex. 1–2 p.m. Mitzvah Day: TBE. Offsite. 1–10 p.m. 734-221-5080 810-534-2200 734-221-5079 734-385-5100 734-316-7622
20 Washtenaw Jewish News A May 2017 Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. contemporary English readings, includ- Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See Genesis Board Meeting: TBE. 7–9 p.m. B’nai Mitzvah Committee Meeting: TBE. ing Torah service and discussion. At the first Tuesday of month for details. 8 p.m. Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. 7:45–9:15 p.m. JCC. 10–noon. Tuesdays. Tot Shabbat: BIC. 11:15 a.m. Thursday 25 Monday 8 God in Secular Music: TBE. Presented by Friday 19 Dan Nichols. 1–2 p.m. Lunch and Learn: JCC. Bi-monthly visit WTBE “The Historical Novel:” TBE. 12:30– Concert: TBE. Dan Nichols. 6–9 p.m. KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. of dogs from TheraPaws, which offers See May 2. 2 p.m. Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. canine-assisted therapy dogs to schools, “Remnants: A One Man Play of Holocaust Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. hospitals, and other sites throughout Survivors:” Ann Arbor District Library. Sunday 14 Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. Washtenaw County. For more informa- Henry Greenspan’s award-winning play, Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat tion or to RSVP, contact Rachael at (734) 971-0990. 1–2 p.m. Remnants, will be performed by the au- Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Shabbat B’Yachad/ thor at the Ann Arbor District Library’s into the basic text of Chassidim and dis- Shabbat Together from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. Multi-Purpose Room, Downtown cover the beauty and depth of Judaism. Tot Shabbat Dinner from 6:15–6:45 p.m. 1:30–2:15 p.m. Branch, 343 South Fifth Avenue. The 10:30–11:30 a.m. Shira from 6:45–7:15 p.m. AARTY Spring Guys Night Out: TBE Brotherhood. Gour- play is based on Greenspan’s forty years Lag B’Omer Picnic: Chabad. Picnic dinner Shul-In at 7 p.m. Shabbat Service/Broth- met Garden Restaurant. 6–7:30 p.m. of deepening conversation with a small of BBQ hot dogs, salads and drinks. Fun erhood Shabbat from 7:30–9 p.m. WTBE Fiber Arts Group: TBE. 7–9 p.m. group of Holocaust survivors. A discus- activities, special program and prizes. Friday evening services: See listing at the end Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See sion between the playwright and audi- Bandemer Park. Time TBD. of the calendar. first Tuesday of month for details. 8 p.m. ence will follow the performance. For Tuesdays. information, contact Tim Grimes, events Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. Saturday 20 manager, Ann Arbor District Library, at (734) 327-8301. 7–8:30 p.m. Monday 15 Friday 26 AARTY Spring Shul-In: TBE. 8 a.m. Tuesday 9 Group Supported Spiritual Exploration: Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. TBE. 6:10–7:40 p.m. Shabbat Limmud: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. Survival of a Nation: Chabad. JLI Course. Social Action Committee Meeting: TBE. 7–9 Chapel Service: TBE. 10–11 a.m. Fourth Friday Shabbat Services and Potluck: See first Tuesday of month for details. p.m. Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. AARC. Kabbalat Shabbat services open to 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Mizmoret Rehearsal: TBE. 8–9:30 p.m. all community members. Led by Rabbi Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group). Sunday 21 Alana Alpert. Pizza nosh for children and See first Tuesday of month. Tuesday 16 childcare provided during services from 6:15–8 p.m. Reservations requested for Yin Embodied Jewish Meditation: TBE. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve pizza and childcare. For information, 2:30–3:30 p.m. Survival of a Nation: Chabad. JLI Course. into the basic text of Chassidim and dis- phone (734) 445-1910 or email info@ Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5:30 p.m. See first Tuesday of month for details. cover the beauty and depth of Judaism. 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. 10:30–11:30 a.m. aarecon.org. At the JCC. 6:30–8 p.m. Board Meeting: TBE Brotherhood. 7:15– Shabbat Achat Dinner: TBE. 6–6:30 p.m. 8:45 p.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group). Legacy Donor Event: TBE. 10:30–Noon. See first Tuesday of month. Celebrate Israel Family Festival: JCC and JFS. Shabbat Service–Shabbat Achat: TBE. 6:30– Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: 9 p.m. Chabad. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Yin Embodied Jewish Meditation: TBE. Celebrate Israel’s birthday with fun for the 2:30–3:30 p.m. whole family. Petting zoo, mini obstacle Friday evening services: See listing at the end Wednesday 10 Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5:30 p.m. course, live music, Israel dancing, and of the calendar. Spirituality Book Club: TBE. 7:30–8:30 p.m. more. $5/individuals; $10/household. Reg- ister at http://bit.ly/2oaxlsP. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday 27 Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. WTBE Board Meeting: TBE. 7:30–9:30 p.m. WTBE Trinkets and Treasures Sale: TBE. 2 p.m. Keshet: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chaverim B’Shirim Spring Concert: The Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Pulpit Committee Meeting: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. Chabad. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Music of Sondheim: JCC. Community B’nai Mitzvah Service: TBE. Samuel Alpern Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. Wednesday 17 volunteer choir, led by Marilyn Krimm, and Samuel Jane. 10–11:30 a.m. Shavuos Celebration: Chabad. Evening ser- performs various Sondheim pieces. Re- Tot Shabbat: BIC. 11:15 a.m. vices at 8:45 p.m., followed by festive meal freshments following performance. RSVP Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. Mini Minyan: BIC. 11:15 a.m. and all night learning. by phone at (734) 971-0990. 3–5 p.m. Mahj: TBE. Offsite. 1–3 p.m. Kiddush: TBE. 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. End of Year Dinner: BIC BIRS. 5:30 p.m. Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. Thursday 11 B’nai Mitzvah Committee Meeting: TBE. Keshet: TBE. 6–8:30 p.m. 7:45–9:15 p.m. Sunday 28 Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. Executive Committee Meeting: TBE. 1:30–2:15 p.m. 7–8:30 p.m. Monday 22 Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve WTBE Fiber Arts Group: TBE. 7–9 p.m. Board Meeting: BIC. 8 p.m. into the basic text of Chassidim and dis- Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. See first Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. Women’s Torah Study: TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. cover the beauty and depth of Judaism. Thursday of month for details. 8 p.m. Men’s Torah Study: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Tuesdays . Thursday 18 Tuesday 23 Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. Friday 12 Spirituality Book Club: TBE. 12:30–1:30 p.m. Tuesday 30 Lunch and Learn: JCC. “Finding Happiness Survival of a Nation: Chabad. JLI Course. Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. at Any Age,” presented by clinical social See first Tuesday of month for details. Survival of a Nation: Chabad. JLI Course. Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. worker Barry Schumer, LMSW. Schumer, 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. See first Tuesday of month for details. Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat, with over 20 years experience specializing Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group). 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Shabbat B’Yachad/Shab- in issues ranging from ADHD to trauma, See first Tuesday of month. Tikkun Leil Shavuot: BIC. Time TBD. bat Together, 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat will discuss the different developmental Yin Embodied Jewish Meditation: TBE. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group). Dinner, 6:15–6:45 p.m. Shira from 6:45– stages in life and how they inform the dif- 2:30–3:30 p.m. See first Tuesday of month. 7:15 p.m. Shabbat Service with special ferences in level of life satisfaction we may Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5:30 p.m. guest Dan Nichols from 7:30–9 p.m. be seeking. RSVP requested at http://bit. Yin Embodied Jewish Meditation: TBE. ly/2oaiZsG. 1–2 p.m. Mizmoret Rehearsal: TBE 7:30–9 p.m. 2:30–3:30 p.m. Saturday 13 Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5:30 p.m. 1:30–2:15 p.m. Chabad. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Yin Embodied Meditation: TBE. 2:30– Chabad. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Chapel Service: TBE. 10–11:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday 24 Shavuot Study Service: TBE. 8–10 p.m. Second Saturday Shabbat: AARC. Participa- Membership Committee Meeting: TBE. Shavuot Maariv: BIC. 9:30 p.m. Lunch and Learn: BIC. 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Mazel tov Lindsay Orringer on her bat mitzvah, May 6. Adam Singer on his bar mitzvah, May 6. Solomon Bernstein on his bar mitzvah, May 13. Samuel Alpern on his bar mitzvah, May 27. Samuel Jane on his bar mitzvah, May 27. David and Karyn Schoem on the birth of their granddaughter, Noa Serafina Schoem- Vainner, daughter of Adina Schoem and Joe Vainner. Barry and Susan Gross on the birth of their granddaughter, Tess Tauman Gallagher, daughter of Lauren and Noah Gallagher. Inessa and Michael Gankin on the birth of their grandson, Jacob Anthony Vodopyanov, March 14. Lori and Glenn Taylor on the birth of their granddaughter, and to Eva Taylor on the birth of her great-granddaughter, Emilia Simone Taylor, March 9. Janice and Peter Tainsh on the marriage of their daughter, Katherine, to Joseph Garcia, March 31.
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SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2017 – THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2017
Screenings and events will take place at the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty, unless otherwise noted.
SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2017 All events take place at the Rackham Amphitheater, 4th floor of the University of Michigan Rackham School of Graduate Studies, 915 E. Washington Street. 3:30PM – Fanny’s Journey (2016, Drama, French w. Eng. subtitles, 94 min) 5:15PM – Sponsor Dinner @ Rackham Assembly Hall (4th Floor) 6:45PM – Fanny’s Journey (2016, Drama, French w. Eng. subtitles, 94 min) MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 2:00PM – Mamele (1938, Comedy/Musical, Yiddish w. Eng. subtitles 103 min) 5:00 PM – Bagels Over Berlin (2016, Documentary, Eng., 100 min) 8:00 PM – Last Band in Lebanon (2016, Comedy, Hebrew w. Eng. subtitles, 89 min) TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2017 2:00PM – AKA Nadia (2015, Drama, Hebrew w. Eng. subtitles, 115 min) 5:00PM – Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? (2016, Documentary, Hebrew w. Eng. subtitles, 85 min) 8:00PM – Last Laugh (2016, Documentary, Eng., 88 min) WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 2:00PM – The Settlers (2016, Documentary, Hebrew w. subtitles, 110 min) 5:00PM – Ben-Gurion Epilogue (2016, Documentary, Hebrew/French w. Eng. subtitles, 55 min) 8:00PM – The People vs Fritz Bauer (2015, Biography/Drama, German/Yiddish/Spanish w. Eng. subtitles, 105 min) THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2017 2:00PM – Germans & Jews (2016, Documentary, German/Eng./Hebrew w. Eng. subtitles, 76min) 5:00PM – Shorts Program Hannah’s Holy Communion (2012, Comedy, Eng., 13 min) A Reuben by Any Other Name (2010, Comedy, Eng., 5 min) Women in Sink (2015, Documentary/Drama, 36 min) Bacon & God’s Wrath (2015, Documentary/Animation, Eng., 8 min) Joe’s Violin (2016, Documentary, Eng., 24 min) 8:00PM – Women’s Balcony (2016, Comedy/Drama, Hebrew w. Eng. subtitles, 96 min) Tickets $10 each and are not film specific. Student tickets are $5 each with a valid student I.D. A “six pack” of tickets at the discounted rate of $50 is available by advance purchase only. Full schedule and information available at film.jccannarbor.org
24 Washtenaw Jewish News A May 2017