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April 2017 Nissan/Iyar 5775 Volume XL: Number 9 FREE Celebrate Israel 2017 offers adult and family programs Dinner with the Family Clara Silver, special to the WJN helps raise funds for elebrate Israel, the annual commu- Nahalal, will travel to Ann Arbor to participate world celebrate Israel Independence Day. They crucial community services nity-wide festival that marks Yom in the festivities and share their love of their bring their experiences and passion for Israel to Laurie Cohen, special to the WJN Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day, home country through activities and a display help create this wonderful opportunity for the C Eating a meal together can be a place of joy, is both returning to its outdoor family festival community to gather together and strengthen roots as well as expanding with an evening our relationship with Israel.” celebration and friendship. Dinner with the geared toward adults. Hosted by the Jewish Fed- Adults and children of all ages will have Family, a weekend fundraiser sponsored by eration of Greater Ann Arbor and co-sponsored an opportunity to enjoy an inflatable obstacle Jewish Family Services, celebrates distinctive by the Jewish Community Center of Greater course, a kibbutz style petting zoo, Krav Maga menus and the community of diverse fami- Ann Arbor, Celebrate Israel will begin at 7:30 (Israeli self-defense) demonstrations, live lies. “There is such a nice variety of meals for p.m. on the evening of May 1, with a drive-in music, Israeli dancing, and arts and crafts themed movie night for adults. activities provided by participating synagogues The film that will be shown is Atomic Falafel, and Jewish organizations from around the a critically acclaimed film called the Israeli “Dr. community. David Stone, executive director Strangelove.” The comedy follows an Israeli of the Center says, “I’m happy to see that this teen whose mother owns a falafel truck near celebration is being re-invigorated by some a desert army base, and an Iranian teen who great volunteers and enthusiastic professional wants to be a rap star. They become acquainted staff. These events are exactly what the J is for and via the Internet, but through a series of mishaps we are proud to offer our support to Federation discover a plot that threatens to destroy both for their signature family event.” Kosher falafel their countries. Hilarity ensues as the teens try will also be for sale. The participation fee will be Dinner with the Family, 2008 to stop their governments from entering into a $10 per household or $5 per person and include nuclear war. There will be kosher popcorn and all activities. people to choose from, with many different other movie theater style snacks for this no cost Both the adult drive-in movie evening and menus,” said Laurie Barnett, co-chair of the drive-in evening. family festival will be held at the JCC. For more Dinner with the Family committee. “People Festivities continue with the Celebrate Israel about Nahalal, including the annual Teen Ex- information or to register, visit jewishannarbor. in the community have come together to Family Festival on Sunday, May 21, 2017 from change with Ann Arbor. David Shtulman, ex- org and click on the community calendar help raise much needed funds for JFS.” 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the theme of “around ecutive director of Federation, notes that, “we menu item or contact Ayelet Shapiro, Eating together is one of the oldest and Israel.” A delegation of volunteers from Ann have a fantastic committee of lay leaders who outreach and program coordinator, at ayelet@ most fundamentally unifying of human ex- Arbor’s Partnership 2000 community, Moshav have seen Jewish communities from all over the jewishannarbor.org or (734) 677-0100. n periences. It speaks to the mission of JFS, creating solutions, promoting dignity and inspiring humanity. Dinner with the Fam- ily will be held the weekend of April 21–23 It’s official: picketers are pro-Nazi “Hate Group” at over 28 locations throughout Washtenaw WJN staff writers County. Hosts design a meal either at their home or restaurant and people come choose very Saturday for over 13 years picketers extremism, in Deir Yassin Remembered campaigned for where they would like to attend. When guests sponsored by a group calling itself Deir an interview the release from prison and the exoneration purchase tickets, they indicate their choice as E Yassin Remembered have picketed Beth with Michigan of Ernst Zundel, a German neo-Nazi who to which meal(s) they’d like to attend, and JFS Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor. That group Radio February was jailed in Canada for publishing literature staff assigns them. On the day of the meal, a has now been listed by one of America’s leading 28, explained “likely to incite hatred against an identifiable JFS staff person will join each family in their civil rights organizations on its annual register the SPLC’s group,” and who was sentenced to five years home to assist with delivering information of “Active Hate Groups.” position as imprisonment in his native Germany for about JFS’ services during the meal. To fight bigotry of all types, the Southern follows: “We list “inciting racial hatred.” During his German According to Anya Abramson, executive Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in Montgomery, them because trial, Zundel’s lawyer signed court motions with director of JFS, “We are entering uncertain Alabama, compiles an annual list of “hate over the years the words “Heil Hitler.” In addition to founding times. JFS is working hard to continue pro- groups” that malign categories of people on they have come a press that published neo-Nazi materials, viding crucial community services direct and the basis of race, religion, or sexual orientation: to more and Zundel co-authored a book The Hitler We supportive social services. This event raises anti-black organizations; neo-Nazis and other more explicitly Loved and Why, published by White Power funds to help our most vulnerable members. anti-Semitic groups, anti-Muslim groups, racist embrace real-life Holocaust denial. The kind of Publications. “It was never Hitler’s Germany. It JFS is about connecting with families and re- skinheads, and anti-LGBT crusaders. Holocaust denial that these people practice is shall always be Germany’s Hitler, the man loved sponding to community needs.” Last month the SPLC placed Deir Yassin essentially a defense of Germany and National by his people,” the book explains and concludes Tickets are $100 per meal. To purchase Remembered on its hate register because its Socialism,” that is to say, Nazism. with the words: “Today [Hitler’s] spirit soars tickets, go online at www.jfsannarbor.org/ members deny the Holocaust and sympathize Why, after a year-long investigation using beyond the shores of the White Man’s home in dwtf or contact Laurie Cohen, development with Nazi Germany. Mark Potok, Senior Fellow websites, field sources, and news reports, did continued on page 2 director, at (734) 769-0209. n at the SPLC and a leading authority on political the SPLC reach this conclusion? Hate Group, continued from page 1 2935 Birch Hollow Drive Europe. Wherever we are, he is with us. WE Whatever happened to them in World War Two Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 LOVE YOU, ADOLF HITLER.” they brought on themselves. They deserved voice: 734/971-1800 To express their apparent solidarity everything they got.” e-mail: [email protected] and admiration for Zundel, in 2006 Henry These, then, are the materials from which www.washtenawjewishnews.org Herskovitz, a member of the SPLC constructed its case against Deir Yassin the board of advisors and Remembered. In the same Michigan Radio directors of Deir Yassin program of February 28 in which Mark Potok Editor and Publisher Remembered, together of the SPLC was quoted, Herskovitz sought to Susan Kravitz Ayer with Daniel McGowan, frame the issue in terms of free speech. “I feel executive director of Deir very fortunate to live in America, where free Calendar Editor Claire Sandler Yassin Remembered, visited speech is protected. If I were in Germany or Zundel in Mannheim France, I’d be in jail just for speaking my mind. Advertising Manager Henry Herskovitz Prison in Germany. Recalled That’s not right to me.” He did not address the Gordon White Herskovitz on the Deir Yassin Remembered central substantive issue of Nazi sympathy and website with evident emotion, “I share with anti-Semitism. Design and Layout Dan the warm feelings felt at the end of the The Southern Poverty Law Center gained Dennis Platte hour visit. Ernst Zundel… did not merely shake national attention in 1987 by destroying in Staff Writers hands with me; he held mine in his. Eight years court and bankrupting the United Klans of Mary Bilyeu, Lisa Carolin, Sandor Slomovits, later the memory remains strong.” America, with chapters in 31 states, whose Rochel Urist In 2014 Herskovitz, a leader of the Ann Arbor members had lynched an African-American picket, posted a picture of himself greeting teenager and bombed Birmingham’s 16th Street Contributing Writers Holocaust survivors at a memorial ceremony Baptist Church, killing four African-American Lior Appel-Kraut, Barb Banet, Laurie Cohen, Dan organized for their murdered families at the children. Since then the SPLC has continued Cultler, Ruth Ebenstein, Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, Karen Freedland, Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, Sora Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington to win recognition for its “teaching tolerance” Gordon, Merrily Hart, Rachael Hoffenblum, Sarah Hills, Michigan. Herskovitz welcomed them programs in schools, its vigorous legal defense Hong, Robin and Rod Little, Tamara Lewis, SooJi with a sign reading “Free Ernst Zundel.” of African Americans and other minorities, its Min, Clara Silver, Maxine Solvay, Elliot Sorkin, Herskovitz’ associate McGowan wrote the tracking of hate groups, and its opposition to Rachel Wall foreword to a book of Holocaust denial, Resistance President Trump’s immigration bans. Is Obligatory, by Germar Rudolf, another According to the SPLC’s tally, the current The Washtenaw Jewish News is published Holocaust denier sentenced to jail in his native number of hate groups in this country, 917, monthly, with the exception of January and Germany for inciting racial hatred. Rudolf’s book although lower than in 2011, is over twice as July. It is registered as a Non-profit Michigan was published by the Barnes Review, described large as in 1999. Much of the recent increase, Corporation. Opinions expressed in this pub- by the SPLC as “one of the most virulent anti- and the accompanying spate of anti-Semitic lication do not necessarily reflect those of its editors or staff Semitic organizations around.” incidents, the SPLC attributes to the divisive On his radio program and website David atmosphere accompanying Donald Trump’s ©2017 by the Washtenaw Jewish News. All rights reserved. No portion of the Washtenaw Duke, the Louisiana anti-Semite, white presidential campaign. Although as early as Jewish News may be r­eproduced without supremacist, and former Grand Wizard of 2015 Deir Yassin Remembered sought to place permission of the publisher. the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, interviewed ads reading “America First. Not Israel,” one Signed letters to the editor are welcome; they should another director of Deir Yassin Remembered, notes the congruence between their message not exceed 400 words. Letters can be emailed to the the self-described Holocaust denier Paul Eisen. and Donald Trump’s “America First” slogan. editor at [email protected]. Name will be Said Eisen to Duke on the air, “I never heard So far as is known, the picket of Beth withheld at the discretion of the editor. you, David, say anything that I didn’t think was Israel by Deir Yassin Remembered is the only Circulation: 4,500 true.” And Duke ‘s view of Eisen: “an incredibly sustained action targeting a Jewish house of Subscriptions: $12 bulk rate inside Washtenaw County insightful and thoughtful presentation.” worship anywhere in the United States. The $18 first-class su­bscription Herskovitz appears periodically at the picket has been condemned by members of Ann Arbor City Council to explain why the the Palestinian-American community, by a The deadline for the May 2017 issue of the Holocaust is a fraud. He, McGowan, and Eisen great number of local clergymen of all faiths, Washtenaw Jewish News is founded an organization “Jews for Justice for by the mayor of Ann Arbor, the city council, the Monday, April 7. Publication date: Monday, April 28. Germans,” which calls for an end to German Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, and The Extra copies of the Washtenaw Jewish News reparations to Jews, Jewish reparations to Ann Arbor News. On learning of Deir Yassin’s are available at locations throughout Germany to atone for the suffering inflicted on anti-Semitic views, The Ann Arbor Observer Washtenaw County. that country, and the repeal of all Holocaust and several billboard companies have refused to denial laws. Unsurprisingly, Holocaust denial accept ads from the group. is a recurrent, indeed central, theme on the To avoid incidents, Beth Israel Congregation Deir Yassin Remembered website. In late 2016 strongly discourages people from engaging supporters of the organization picketed the with the demonstrators physically or verbally Michigan Theater to protest the showing of in any fashion. the filmDenial , which narrates how an English For documentation of this report and IIn this issue… Holocaust denier was humiliated in court. further information, see the following: On the Deir Yassin Remembered website, • www.splcenter.org -- go to Hate-Map (then Advertisers...... 27 in sponsored talks in Ann Arbor, and in person search All Groups, Holocaust Denial) and outside the synagogue during their weekly Hate Watch Best Reads...... 22 picket, activists promote an array of anti-Semitic • Intelligence Report: The Year in Hate and conspiracy theories: Jews built gas ovens in the Extremism, SPLC, Spring 2017, issue 162 Calendar...... 24 death camps after World War Two to frame the • Michigan Radio logged broadcast of Feb. 28, Germans. Jews created and now control ISIS. 2017 Congregations...... 8 Jews, more specifically Israelis, directed the 9/11 • The Hitler We Loved and Why, Christof attacks on the Twin Trade Towers in New York Friedrich (pen-name for Ernst Zundel) and Kosher Cuisine...... 23 City. Israel also has organized the recent terrorist Eric Thomson (Reedy, W. Va.: White Power attacks in Europe and America, including Publications; rpt., York, SC: Liberty Bell On Another Note...... 21 attacks on Jewish institutions. (The lattera were Publications, 2004) “false flag” operations designed to throw off • David Duke.com and “The David Duke Show Profiles...... 11 suspicion from the real perpetrators.) 5/30/20144 -You Tube” The business/personal identification card • blog.deiryassin.org, including Archives Rabbis’ Corner...... 7 of a well-known picket leader carried the • Laurence Leamer, The Lynching: The Epic logo: “Challenging Jewish Power since 2003.” Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Youth...... 16 According to a report in the Washtenaw Jewish Klan (New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2016) News, while standing outside Beth Israel in • Wikipedia entries for Ernst Zundel, Germar Vitals...... 27 2012 that same individual summarized his Rudolf, Paul Eisen, David Duke, Barnes political views in these exact words: “I hate Jews. Review, Southern Poverty Law Center n 2 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2017 ICommunity

Jewish Film Festival to host Elliot Wilhelm Karen Freedland, special to the WJN he sixteenth annual Ann Arbor and new for this year’s festival is a program Timely results at top Jewish Film Festival, presented by of five short films for the 5 p.m. screening on T the Jewish Community Center of Thursday, May 11, which will include a mix of market value Greater Ann Arbor, will begin on May 4, comedies, dramas, and documentaries. The • Strategic, targeted marketing • Highly effective negotiator • Customized staging • Compelling photography • 17 years of leading sales performance

Evaluate your property’s potential. Call Alex for a confidential assessment at at 7 p.m. with Confessions of a Jewish Film festival will close with the Israeli box office Lover, a presentation by Elliot Wilhelm, smash-hit dramedy The Women’s Balcony, (734) 417-3560. director of the Detroit Film Theatre Series which chronicles a mishap at a bar mitz- at the Detroit Institute of Arts since 1973 vah that leads and curator of film at the DIA since 1984. to a battle of the He has also hosted the weekly Detroit sexes in a once Public Television program Film Festival close-knit Sep- since 1995. Wilhelm has been informally hardic orthodox known for more than 40 years as the community. “Detroit movie guy.” Films for the Wilhelm will talk about his own festival are cho- experience and talk about an experience sen by a volun- he had in Ann Arbor many years ago that teer committee. inspired him to Karen Freed- spend the better part land, director of of his life exhibiting Jewish cultural films. At age 11 or arts at the JCC, 12, his best friend’s notes that, “These folks give a great deal of father took them to their time to seek out, screen, and review a movie one Saturday many, many films before the final selections evening at the Ann are made. I’m so grateful to everyone who Arbor Cinema serves on the committee and makes this Elliot Wilhelm Guild. That film was such a wonderful experience for everyone Duck Soup, which who comes to see the films.” In addition, ignited a lifelong love affair with the Marx Freedland notes that, “The festival would brothers, as well as with the experience really not be possible without the gener- of seeing a movie in a packed auditorium osity of so many in the community. I am full of enthusiastic, alert, and responsive always humbled by all our sponsors who moviegoers. Wilhelm will also speak about love Jewish film and want to be sure we can his own history with film as a Jew, and share them with the community. I’m par- highlight the McCarthy era and its impact ticularly grateful to Chuck and Rita Gelman on “Jewish Hollywood” and beyond. The who have been huge supporters of the fes- presentation will cost $10 per person and tival. Their support is critical to making the include refreshments and dessert. festival happen and we are so thrilled that The Festival will officially open Sunday, they understand how important it is.” May 7, and continue through Thursday, Ticket prices remain unchanged from May 11. Sunday opening events will be held previous years at $10 per ticket, and at Rackham au- can be purchased in advance or before ditorium and each film screening. Those interested will include two in supporting the festival by becoming screenings of sponsors can make donations online or the award win- by contacting Karen Freedland, director of ning film Fanny’s Jewish cultural arts at the JCC. Sponsors ALEX MILSHTEYN, CRS, GRI, ABR Journey at 3:30 at $180 and above receive festival passes p.m. and 6:45 that provide complimentary access to all Associate Broker | (734) 417-3560 p.m., with a din- films, as well as special sponsor events and ner for festival Wilhelm’s lecture at no additional charge. [email protected] | www.alexmi.com sponsors be- The complete festival schedule and to make tween screening a donation or register for the Wilhelm 2723 S. State St., Suite 130, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 times. The festi- event, visit film.jccannarbor.org or contact val will continue Freedland at karenfreedland@jccannarbor. An exclusive affiliate of Coldwell Banker for the additional days at the Michigan The- org or (734) 971-0990. n Previews International ater with different films screened each day at 2 p.m., 5 p.m., and 8 p.m. Of particular note

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Hadassah offers a fun taste of tournament maj Thursday Lunch and Learns @ the J Rachael Hoffenblum, special to the WJN Maxine Solvay, special to the WJN The Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Registration will start on’t be frightened... this is not your Arbor offers a weekly Lunch and Learn at 1 at 6:45 p.m. Play will usual mahj tournament” says Pat p.m. every Thursday that provides guests with begin at 7:30 p.m. D Soskolne, event coordinator. “We’re opportunities to hear from local non-profit sharp. Registration mixing it up, relaxing the rules, and eliminating organizations, find out about upcoming events received by April 19 all the pressure.” in the area, and engage in hands-on activities. In an exciting move, Ann Arbor Hadassah is $10. Registration at 826Michigan will offer participants the chance is offering the community a fun peek behind the door is $15. Space to learn about what robots and writing have the closed doors of a Mahj tournament. Since is limited to 40 players. in common on April 13. Ayelet Shapiro, Jewish 1986 when the American Mah Jongg League Early registration is Federation of Greater Ann Arbor’s outreach standardized official rules for mah jongg strongly recommended. and program coordinator, and Max Glick, tournaments; tournaments have been popping Contact Pat Soskolne Federation’s associate campaign director, up around the country. at [email protected], will visit on April 20, to share stories from A tournament can be of any length, l to r: Maxine Solvay, Gail Sugar, Hillary Murt, Sue Adler or (734) 645-4695 for the Federation-sponsored teen exchange trip from an afternoon to a weekend to a 10-day a more information and between Ann Arbor and Moshav Nahalal in cruise. Large tournaments for 500 players registration form. Registration forms are also 150– will rotate tables giving one a chance to meet Israel. On April 27, Marcia McCrary, president can be found in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. available at the JCC. and play with many different people. The strict of the Genealogical Society of Washtenaw Smaller tournaments, run by many different Hadassah is the largest Jewish women’s formal rules of a tournament will be relaxed and County, will discuss the resources needed to organizations or private individuals, can be organization in the United States with 330,000 fun rules and prizes will keep the games lively get involved in studying one’s own family tree. fundraisers and some are private word-of-mouth members, associates, and supporters across and inviting. A light dairy lunch is served every Thursday games in a community room or clubhouse. But the country. Hadassah’s policy efforts support People new to the game will be partnered at noon by reservation for $5 per person or $3 they generally all follow the same rules and play Israel’s security, a future of peace in the Middle with an experienced player and can observe for those over 60, prepared by local chef Karan is more structured than at-home play. East, and stronger US-Israel relations. Hadassah how the game is played. The mixer will be run Balmer. Lunch is followed by presentations at Hadassah Ann Arbor’s Mahj Mixer blends also advocates for the rights of Jewish people on a points system. Refreshments, a cookbook 1 p.m. These presentations are offered free of the relaxed atmosphere of at-home play with the around the world and promotes the centrality exchange, silent auction, and door prizes will charge and are open to the public. To learn more chance to socialize with other mahj lovers. The of Israel in Jewish life, in order to foster also be part of the evening. about Thursday Lunch and Learn or to RSVP focus will be on fun. Players will be assigned to partnerships between Israel, Hadassah, and The Mahj Mixer will be held on Wednesday for lunch, contact Rachael Hoffenblum, adult tables of four and a few games will be played. At the American Jewish community. For more evening, April 26, at the Ann Arbor Jewish program coordinator, at rachaelhoffenblum@ timed intervals throughout the evening, players information, visit www.hadassah.org. n Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor. jccannarbor.org or (734) 971-0990. n Community invited to JCLP 2017 Get fit at the Wellness Expo Tamara Lewis, special to the WJN graduation ceremony and celebration he Jewish Community Center of variety of evidence-based psychotherapies for Haley Schreier, special to WJN Greater Ann Arbor will host its first children, adolescents, and families, including he 2017 graduation for the Univer- coming to Michigan Hillel, she worked at the T ever Wellness Expo April 23–27 to parent management sity of Michigan School of Social Hillel of Greater Toronto as associate director help community members promote a healthy training and cognitive Work’s Jewish Communal Leader- and director of Israel Affairs. mind, body and spirit. The Wellness Expo will behavioral therapy with T combine a wide range of fitness classes with a particular interest in ship Program (JCLP) will be held on Sun- Mariel Schwartz, a member of the 2017 day, April 30, at 10 a.m. The program’s sixth graduating class said, “I am looking forward health related activities and seminars presented working with pre-teens, graduation ceremony will recognize seven to maintaining my connection to Jewish by local mental health, fitness, nutrition, teenagers, and their graduating students, the largest cohort in community as I begin my social work career, and other experts. Wellness Expo will offer families as well as with JCLP history. During their two years in JCLP, and I am so grateful for the Jewish learning, participants the opportunity to try new fitness LGBTQ youth. That same options, including Boot Camp with instructor Erin Hunter, Ph.D. evening from 5:30–6:30 Nina Doigan, who has previously taught dance p.m. Better Living Fitness staff will be available and other fitness classes at the JCC, and CrossFit for muscle testing. with Lauren Hoffman, a level three certified Jewish Community Centers around the CrossFit instructor. In addition, the JCC’s regular country offer fitness classes as part of their core schedule of classes in Zumba, Callanetics, Yoga, missions. The Ann Arbor JCC has offered many Low Impact Exercise, and Israeli Dancing will be fitness classes, health screenings, and mental available for participants to try. health presentations, however, according The Wellness Expo will present mental to Executive Director David Stone, “despite health and fitness experts providing a variety the number of wellness options we offer the of services and presentations. Dr. Beth community doesn’t really seem to know about Pearson, licensed clinical psychologist with this important service that the J provides to our JCLP 2017 graduates (left to right): Sharon Alvandi, Haley Schreier, Avery specializations in parent-child relationships, members and guests. The Wellness Expo is a way Drongowski, Mariel Schwartz, Annie Shapiro, Lauren Rouff, and Melanie Rivkin ADHD, anxiety, social delays, and more will to help the community find out about the tons the students were able to spend time with connection, and support JCLP has provid- present “Watch As I Grow” on Monday, April of options we have and try them out.” Tamara and become a part of the Ann Arbor Jewish ed.” Lauren Rouff, another graduating stu- 24, at 5 p.m. This lecture will explore healthy Lewis, who coordinates the fitness classes, has community. Now, members of the commu- dent who will be spending the summer as the development for 0–5 year spearheaded this event because, she said, “It is nity are warmly invited to join the students social worker at Tamarack Camps, shared, “I olds, and identify red important that we stop overlooking our health as they celebrate their graduation. feel so fortunate to have had the JCLP space flags that may indicate and start thinking about our futures. This is an The ceremony will take place at the School during my time in graduate school. It al- developmental problems, opportunity to help people start on a path of of Social Work and will feature a keynote ad- lowed me to explore my interests and how as well as offer ideas for healthier living by hosting a week dedicated to dress by University of Michigan Hillel Execu- they can apply to my future career.” how to stimulate your fitness and wellness opportunities.” tive Director Tilly Shames. With Michigan The 2017 JCLP graduation ceremony will child’s development, and Participants who want to try out several Hillel since 2008, Shames has spent a signifi- be held at the Educational Conference Center how to get help if needed. offerings are encouraged to purchase a “Pass to Mark Thiesmeyer cant amount of time with all of the graduating (Room 1840) in U-M’s School of Social Work Mark Thiesmeyer, owner Wellness” for the cost of $15, or $10 for current JCLP students, providing educational oppor- Building, 1080 South University Avenue. Each of Better Living Fitness and holder of a masters JCC members, which will grant unlimited tunities, professional guidance, and personal graduate will share reflections on their time in degree from the University of Michigan access to all fitness classes. Participants can also support. She has also helped ensure that Hillel JCLP. Brunch will be provided. RSVP to Paige in kinesiology and nutrition will present reserve and pay for only those classes they wish is a comfortable space for graduate students. Walker at [email protected] by Wednes- “Nutrition and Memory” on Tuesday, April to try separately. For more information, the full Shames has a masters degree in International day, April 26 to join in celebrating all of the 25, at 2 p.m. Erin Hunter, Ph.D., will present schedule, or to register, visit jccannarbor.org, or Affairs and a bachelor degree in Environ- graduates’ accomplishments. n “Helping Kids Work Through Emotions” on contact Tamara Lewis, community programs mental Studies and Political Science. Prior to Wednesday, April 26, at 5 p.m. Dr. Hunter is a and wellness office manager, at (734) 971-0990 licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in a or [email protected]. n 4 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2017 Register today online at camp.jccannarbor.org

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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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Temple Beth Emeth’s library achieves accreditation Merrily Hart, special to the WJN ome visit Temple Beth Emeth’s also has an e-book lending program with the temple’s website or from the link: http:// autumn a popular four-session workshop, led gem of a library, hidden at the bot- five Kindles loaded with over 100 books. tbe.hl.scoolaid.net/bin/home. by Kinberg and local authors, focused on read- C tom of the steps at the temple’s Clare Kinberg, li- ing and writing memoirs. On April 23, prize- lowest level. The Association of Jewish Li- brarian since 2012, winning local author Ann S. Epstein will read braries (AJL) has awarded accreditation to works at the library from her new novel, On the Shore. the temple’s library and the certificate will only 15 hours a week, The library works in conjunction with the be presented at the AJL conference in New but has used her talents TBE Religious School to foster the development York in June. This is a great achievement for to maintain an up-to- of Jewish values and encourages personal and a synagogue library. date collection and family observance of Jewish rituals and celebra- Established in January 1966, the Associa- develop exciting pro- tions. Terri Ginsberg, TBE’s longtime director tion of Jewish Libraries is an international grams, including read- of education, says, “Clare has elevated the level professional organization that fosters access ings by local authors of our library and her diverse programming to information and research in all forms and special events has increased the number of congregants and of media relating to all things Jewish. The with writers in town as Ann Arborites who visit the library.” Everyone Association promotes Jewish literacy and guests at the University in the area is welcome to borrow books and at- scholarship and provides a community for of Michigan. tend events. peer support and professional development. In the fall, she lured Kinberg was the founding editor and man- The TBE library is small, but its well-or- Amelia Saltsman, au- ager of Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal from ganized space is packed with over 6,000 vol- thor of the popular 1990 to 2011 and received her library degree umes covering history, philosophy, fiction, 2016 book, The Sea- from Wayne State University. She is also the di- Judaica reference, cookbooks, biographies, The collection is totally searchable through sonal Jewish Cookbook for a “Taste and Learn,” a rector of the Beit Sefer of the Ann Arbor Recon- videos, and children’s books. The library its online catalog, accessible anywhere from pre-High Holiday cooking session. Later in the structionist Congregation. n Financial awareness part of JFS’ programs JFS to host volunteer appreciation breakfast Laurie Cohen, special to the WJN Sarah Hong, special to the WJN aking thoughtful and informed weeks covering budgeting, credit, financial pril is National Volunteer Month responsibilities involved in resettling refugees decisions about your finances institutions, taxes, and financial goal setting! and JFS will once again celebrate its in Washtenaw County. We call these volunteers M is more important than ever. In “We are grateful to Bank of Ann Arbor for A priceless volunteers. The annual JFS the ‘Welcome Wagon.’” an ever-changing economic environment, partnering with JFS to open savings accounts Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast will be held In these uncertain times for refugee financial literacy includes a knowledge base for participants. A major component of Friday, April 28, from 8–9:30 am. This year the resettlement, JFS is regrouping to design that is basic to individual and family stability. this program is to teach participants about breakfast will be held at the United Way, 2305 meaningful volunteer opportunities not only Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw financial literacy, banking, budgeting, and Platt Road. There will be a delicious assortment serving the approximately 300 refugees it resettled specific training to reach their goal,” said of breakfast foods generously donated by many in the past year and a half, but also revisiting roles Hugh Goodman, IDA program manager. vendors in the community. The breakfast for the broader community. “People may not The second new opportunity for clients is program will include live music, updates from realize that there are many ways to volunteer at the Individual Development Account (IDA) JFS, networking, and more! JFS beyond refugee resettlement. Volunteers can program. JFS received a Federal grant for the “We value all of our volunteers. In recent serve as Friendly Visitors to isolated older adults, next three years to help 159 refugees strive months, we have run into a wonderful ‘problem’ accompany older adults to medical appointments toward financially stability. The program as we actually have a surplus of volunteers as part of the PiCC program, drive for our helps participants become more self- interested in our Welcome Wagon initiative,” Transportation services, assist in our Specialty sufficient through promoting saving habits said Sarah Hong, director of programs and Food Pantry and more, ” added Hong. by matching, dollar for dollar, their savings outreach at JFS. “Last year, JFS teamed up with If you are a JFS volunteer looking to connect to reach a specific goal. The funds can be several local congregations and non-secular with your peers at the April 28 breakfast, contact used toward a certification or education; to organizations in an interfaith, grassroots effort JFS at [email protected] to RSVP. If start or improve a business; or to purchase a to welcome refugees to Washtenaw County. you are a business interested in donating funds vehicle needed for education or work. Volunteers from congregations and community or in-kind resources to support the breakfast, The Mentorship Program is another fan- groups offered to take on numerous volunteer also email JFS as above. n tastic way JFS is able to help clients. Local pro- fessionals volunteer to meet with clients that have a background in their field of expertise. From Tragedy to Comedy: The Origins of Jewish Comedy Many of our clients come to the United States with extensive experience, skills and educa- in America JFS volunteer board members, Margie tion. The mentor helps the client navigate the Barbara Banet, special to the WJN Checkoway and Susan Fisher teach industry and advise them on how to succeed financial literacy On February 22, Ann Arbor resident and presentation was attended by approximately in their field in the United States. Jewish community member Larry Kuper- 60 community members. County has started four new pilot courses to Finally, JFS has partnered with the MSU man gave a presentation entitled “From A frequent presenter at the JCC, help our clients become financially secure. Extension to offer clients a free workshop Tragedy to Comedy: The Origins of Jewish Kuperman is known for the depth of his These include financial literacy, individual on Healthy Food Matters! This is an eight research. He shared stories about how development account classes, mentorship week course to gain skills and knowledge in Sophie Tucker’s career was changed when and Healthy Food Matters! nutrition education; ServSafe, and Cottage she lost her make-up kit; how a runaway Classes are taught by JFS volunteers. “I am Food Law training. In the end, participants mule was responsible for the Marx Brothers a lifelong educator,” said Margie Checkoway, will be able to sell their home-based food becoming comedians; and how Lenny Bruce long-time board member and teacher. products at farmer’s markets or directly to and Woody Allen differed greatly in how “There is a great need for acculturation for consumers. they prepared for performances. refugees and immigrants to the country. These new and innovative efforts are “The influence of Jewish American come- Financial literacy is a foundational area for examples of programs that Jewish Family dians such as Mel Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld and them to understand so they can become Services of Washtenaw County continues Jon Stewart cannot be overstated,” Kuperman more financially secure with their families to to offer to help clients and better serve our said. “Over 80 percent of the professional co- have more success.” community. Additional financial literacy medians in America today are Jewish or have Financial literacy is key to self-sufficiency, classes to others in the community may Comedy in America.” Co-sponsored by the Jewish roots. The influence of Jewish comedi- whether you have lived here all your life or are be offered. If interested, contact Hugh Jewish Cultural Society and the Jewish Com- ans has been so great that to a very real degree n a recent arrival to America. The curriculum Goodman at (734) 769-0906. munity Center of Greater Ann Arbor, the American comedy is Jewish comedy.” . n is delivered in a series of workshops over four

6 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2017 IRabbis’ Corner

The fifth seder question By Rabbi Robert Dobrusin e all are accustomed to The fourth question of the Mishna freedom that Pesach brings to us. We recline A circle is defined as the set of points referring to the four questions regards “dipping” as does our third question. because we are unafraid. We are no longer equidistant from another point. If we imagine W of the Pesach seder. However, There is a slight change in language, but the slaves. We are free to relax and therefore to the Seder plate as the center point, each from a historical subject and the main content of the question recline. It is customary to sit at the seder individual at a seder should be sitting the perspective, one of is the same. with a pillow and to recline especially while same distance from that center point so that the questions we ask And here the section of the Mishna ends. drinking the four cups of wine and eating each feels an equal part of the proceedings of is actually, the fifth At some point in history, long after the the symbolic foods. the seder. This is another reflection of what it question. third question dropped out of the seder, a But, it is possible that there is another means to be free: that all are equal in the eyes The tradition of different fourth question was added: “On all meaning to this question. of the community. the four questions other nights we eat So, as you plan your seders this year, think dates back to the either sitting or about how you configure the tables. Not Mishna, the first reclining, tonight everyone can have a circular table but you post-Biblical code we eat while can take certain steps to see that people are of Jewish law. The reclining.” at least symbolically closer to the seder plate. Rabbi Robert Dobrusin Mishna lists four In all likelihood, Set up the table or tables so that everyone is ways in which “this night is different from this question part of the “action.” all other nights.” The first two would be very developed as And, whatever you do, do not relegate the familiar with us, noting the eating of matzah the tradition of children to some place at the end of the table and maror in the exact language we use today. reclining during or, God forbid, in another room. If anyone However, it is there that the text of the a traditional meal should be at the center of the table, it is the Mishna takes a dramatic turn. began to change. children. They are the ones who ask the The Mishna lists a third question We know that the questions. They are the ones who deserve to concerning the meat served at the seder. “On Greeks reclined hear the answers most clearly and to engage all other nights, we eat meat that is cooked during their most directly in the educational experience in various different ways: roasted, stewed or symposia and that to one extent or another, Some commentators have pointed of the seder. boiled. Tonight we eat only roasted meat.” the earliest seder reflected some of the Greek out that the Hebrew word for “reclining,” At the seder, we sit in a circle, literal or This question referred to the eating of tradition. But, over time, the sight of people misubin, could be construed as coming from otherwise. We sit equal to each other, each the Pesach sacrifice during the seder, which reclining at a meal became less common and the same root as the word misaviv which of the same importance in the eyes of our according to the Torah had to be roasted. became a point of curiosity for the children means “around.” This commentary reflects tradition, each deserving of respect and Since the time of the destruction of the at the meal. Thus, the question became part the idea of the real intent of the seder. inclusion. Temple and the cessation of sacrifices, that of the Haggadah. “On all other nights, we sit around the In this way, Pesach should not be question has fallen out of seder tradition as Most commentaries relate the idea table in any configuration, tonight, we sit in different from the other nights—and it no longer applies. of reclining at the seder to the sense of a circle.” days—of the year. n The mitzvah of matzah By Rabbi Aharon Goldstein assover is on the horizon. God actually fortifies and embellishes their Furthermore, just as an infant doesn’t Hopefully through this simple faithful act willing, Monday night April 10, we faith in God. Just as food generally gives immediately begin calling out to their par- of eating matzoh—even though we don’t yet P will celebrate the holiday of Passover nourishment to the body, eating matzoh ents when they first eat grain, it only creates fully understand and recognize the faith that (Pesach). After nightfall, after 9 p.m., we will not only gives physical nourishment, a potential that needs to be developed. And, we have in God—we will enhance the inner have the first seder. On Tuesday the 11, also but spiritual nourishment to our soul. for sure, the child does not yet intellectually strength that we have in our connection to after 9 p.m., we will have the second seder. The So by eating matzoh on Pesach, at night, appreciate how completely dependent they God, and eventually it will develop into frui- reason the evening particularly on the first night, one’s faith in are on their parents. Nevertheless, the Rabbis tion and manifest in good deeds and service is emphasized is God is strengthened. How does that happen? say that eating grain creates the potential that to God. that the mitzvah When our mouth is chewing matzoh, it is a one day this infant will call out to its parents So this is what is unique about eating is to eat matzoh physical activity. Then we swallow it and it as well as to one day appreciate the essentially matzoh on Pesach—as opposed to eating in the evening. As becomes a part of our physical body. How on Shabbat and Holidays. It is a mitzvah to the Torah states in does this strengthen our faith in God? What eat on those days as well, but it doesn’t have Exodus chapter 12, is the connection between this particular an effect on the entire body and soul of the verse 18, “ In the food and faith? person. It doesn’t elevate the spiritual aspect evening you shall The rabbis respond to this question in the same way as matzoh on Pesach. Since eat matzoh.” with an analogy. A child doesn’t know how eating this particular food on this particular A unique aspect to call out to their parents until they start day strengthens a Jew’s faith in God—faith of Pesach is that Rabbi Aharon Goldstein eating grain. This means that on a physical being central to our commitment to God eating matzoh is a mitzvah. Pesach is the level, when a baby is born its prime source which is a general mitzvah in itself, results in only holiday in which eating a particular of nourishment is through nursing. They an uplifting experience for the person. food is the requirement for performing a aren’t consuming anything except what This is what is so special about faith. Mitzvah. True, when it comes to Shabbat and they are nursing. At that point the infant Faith is truth. It is believeing in the truth of holidays, eating is a mitzvah. Actually, on is not yet developed to recognize that they God. Truth permeates through and through Shabbat there is an obligation for one to have have parents. When they begin eating grain a person inspiring all aspects of their life. pleasure through eating and drinking. On it signals a level of developmental maturity Therefore, nothing can get in the way to holidays, there is an obligation to be happy that allows them to realize that they can call block this faith. This is why it is so special to through eating and drinking. But these out to their parents for their needs. This eat matzoh on Pesach. can’t be compared to the mitzvah of eating recognition is not only a physical one. It’s the Shmura (guarded) matzoh is matzoh that matzoh on Pesach. On Shabbat and holidays development of the intellect to recognize the important role the parents play in their life. has had extra supervision to make sure that the act of eating a particular food is not a availability of the parents. This comes about We can say the same thing about eating there is absolutely no contact with leaven. mitzvah, but rather the joy and happiness as a result of eating grain. the matzoh on Pesach. The Zohar tells us And even better than that, there is handmade gained through the eating of food is the So here we see that a person can mature, that it strengthens our faith in God. True, at matzoh that is even more supervised and mitzvah. On Pesach however, eating matzoh grow and enhance their spiritual well-being the moment we eat the matzoh, we don’t feel carefully handled. All of this extra effort helps is the mitzvah. According to the Zohar, the by physically eating food such as grains. our faith in God being strengthened. Neither us to have a purer and more direct faith in God. seminal book of Jewish mysticism, another Similarly for all Jewish people, we can do we fully understand the essence of having If you need or want some of this extra- thing that is unique about eating matzah at enhance our appreciation of, and faith in, faith in God, but we are told by our sages that supervised matzoh, we have it available and night during the seder is that the matzoh is God by eating a physical matzoh on the night through eating this matzoh our faith in God would be happy to share some with you. regarded as the “food of faith” and a person of Pesach. will be strengthened. Have a happy and kosher Pesach! n

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Temple Beth Emeth events in April SooJi Minn, special to the WJN including lessons in how to live a healthy life- men by wrestling with text. For more informa- people and have fun with the Women of TBE! Families with Young Children (FYC): style, be energetic, do well in school and learn tion, contact Bill Parkus at [email protected]. This group will be contributing to the Israeli Tot Shabbat Service anti-bullying self-defense. 12-week semesters Woman’s Torah Study Peace quilt. Join us! (All materials for the Fridays, April 7, 14 and 21, 5:45 p.m., TBE for belt advancement. Drop-in when sched- project provided by WTBE.) Contact Bobbi Mondays, April 24, 7p.m. Sanctuary ules permit. Enrollment is open for students Heilveil for details at (734) 276-5741 or bob- An in-depth study and lively discussion of Tot (0–5 year olds) Shabbat Services with Rabbi and adults. Shalom Gever is taught by Rabbi [email protected]. the week’s Torah portion led by Cantor Re- Whinston and Cantor Hayut, 5:45 p.m. Dinner Peter Gluck, 5th Degree Black Belt and mar- gina Hayut. The group will explore various WTBE Historical Novel Reading Group for Tot Shabbat, 6:15 p.m. Shira Service, 6:45 p.m. tial arts instructor for 19 years. Contact the passages from the portion looking at several Monday, April 24, 12:30–2 p.m., TBE Library All of your favorite songs led by TBE’s tot Temple Beth Emeth office at (734) 665-4744 translations and commentaries from a variety The book club is sponsored by the team, Cantor Hayut and Rabbi Whinston. or Rabbi Gluck, [email protected], for of scholars from Talmudic times to the mod- Women of TBE. Contact Danielle Gold- Join us for macaroni and cheese, fish sticks, more registration information. applesauce, and a salad bar immediately fol- ern day. No Hebrew knowledge necessary to berg ([email protected]) for lowing the short service. Dinner is just $5 per Shabbat Torah Study participate in the discussion. For questions, more information. person. Buy a punch card ahead of time for a Saturdays, April 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 Adult contact Cantor Regina Hayut at cantorha- Weekly Yin Embodied Jewish Meditation Lounge, 8:50 a.m. [email protected]. discounted price. Punch cards are available in Tuesday, April 11, 18 and 25, 2:30–3:30 p.m., Join Rabbi Whinston for text study and the TBE office. Spirituality Book Club 2016-17 TBE Family Room next to Sanctuary discussion of the week’s Torah Portion. Shabbat B’Yachad/Shabbat Tuesday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 2:30–3:30 p.m., TBE Fam- Chapel Service Thursday, April 20, 12:30 p.m. ily Room next to Sanctuary Together for 1–5 grades Led by Annie Rose, TBE’s cantor emerita. Yin yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga Fridays, April 7, 14 and 21, 5:45 p.m. Saturday, April 1, 8 and 15, TBE Chapel, 10 a.m. Join Rabbi Whinston and Cantor Hayut Join us for the new season of TBE’s Spiri- with postures, or asanas, that are held for TBE’s new series of interactive events for for a short Shabbat morning service in the tuality Book Club! long periods of time. Sessions are led by children in first through fifth grades that will TBE Chapel. This year they will be SooJi Min. Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, take place parallel to Tot Shabbat. Rotating reading three books props if needed, water and wear comfortable activities will include Shabbat themed sing- Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit over the course of nine clothing. Contact SooJi Min, sjmin@temple- ing, crafts, yoga, and an age-specific service Thursdays, April 6, 13, 20 and 27, 1:30 p.m., months. Please feel free bethemeth.org with questions. lead by Rabbi Josh. Sponsored by the Year of TBE Chapel. to come to our Tuesday Torah Fund. For practitioners of all levels. Intention night sessions or our Ann S. Epstein Reading and instruction followed by 30-minute silent Thursday afternoon Sunday, April 23, 4 p.m., TBE Library. Shabbat Achat–One Shabbat meditation. Facilitated by SooJi Min, Judy sessions. Registration Local prize-winning author Ann S. Ep- Friday, April, 28, TBE Sanctuary, 6:30 p.m. Freedman, and Quyen Epstein-Ngo. SooJi is not required, but it stein will read from her new novel On the Dinner for Shabbat Achat, 6 p.m. Min is TBE’s executive director. She complet- is helpful to our plan- Shore. Set in 1917-1925, On the Shore follows Don’t miss out Shabbat Achat service ed a 16-month mindfulness teacher-training ning to know how many people may come: the upheaval in an immigrant Jewish family for the entire community! All ages – come program sponsored by the Institute for Jewish [email protected] when a son lies about his name and age to one come all for One Shabbat led by Rabbi Spirituality and the Awakened Heart Project. The discussion for April will be a continu- fight in WWI. Ann Epstein is the winner of Whinston and Cantor Hayut. We will hold Judy Freedman has been practicing medita- ation of The Journey Home: Discovering the the 2017 Walter Sullivan Prize for Rising Tal- Shabbat Achat on the fourth Friday of each tion for over 20 years. She attended a three- Deep Spiritual Wisdom of Jewish Tradition, by ent. Her character-driven work is historical month. Join us for macaroni and cheese, fish year training in Jewish Meditation sponsored Lawrence Hoffman. and contemporary, empathic and humorous, sticks, applesauce, and a salad bar immedi- by the Philips Foundation at Chochmat ha lyrical and quirky. In addition to her creative ately preceding the new service. Dinner is Lev. Quyen Epstein-Ngo is a therapist who Baby Shabbat Play Group writing, she has a PhD in developmental psy- just $5 per person. Buy a punch card ahead holds a joint doctoral degree in Clinical Psy- Saturday, April 22 10:45 a.m. chology and has published many books on of time for a discounted price. Punch cards chology and Women’s Studies. One of the Noreen De Young, former director of JCC child development and early education. are available in the TBE office. Note the 6:30 areas she specializes in is working with ado- early childhood Center, will be introducing TBE Second Night Seder p.m. start time for services on Shabbat Achat. lescents, adults, and couples on issues of faith Jewish stories and songs at the beginning Tuesday, April 11, 6 p.m., TBE Social Hall and spirituality. Contact SooJi Min with ques- of all sessions! Shabbat Baby Group will be Shalom Gever–Jewish Karate Led by Rabbi Whinston and Cantor Ha- tions, (734) 665-4744. a great place for parents to meet and get to Tuesdays, April 4, 18 and 25 at 4p.m. know one another. Sponsored by the Year of yut. Feast on your favorite Passover foods. Fridays, April 7, 14, 21 Men’s Torah Study Torah Fund. New vegetarian only menu. Catered by Sim- and 28 at 4 p.m. Monday, April 24, 7:30 p.m. ply Scrumptious. Cost: $25 per adult (ages 1 Register Today! Health– A men’s Torah discussion group will be led WTBE Fiber Arts Group and older), $15 per child (ages 4–12). Chil- Healing and Self-Defense monthly by Rabbi Whinston on the 4th Mon- Thursdays, April 13 and 27, 7–9 p.m. dren ages 6 and under free if sharing a plate Try out this unique day. This year the group is taking a closer look Anyone interested in Fiber Arts: knitting, with an adult. Sign-up online and pay at martial arts instruction at the Talmud. 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8 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2017 Activities at Jewish Cultural Society This month at Beth Israel Congregation Barbara Banet, special to the WJN Elliot Sorkin, special to the WJN In the Mood for Matzah: a K-2 Family Shabbat Limmud Program Saturday, April 1, 15 and 29, 9:45 a.m. April 2, 9:30–11 a.m. Rabbi Robert Dobrusin facilitates a Sara Goldshlack, Judy Musket, and Esther discussion on parashat hashavua, the Torah Jakar, all teachers at Beth Israel Congregation, portion of the week. All are welcome to present a fun morning of experiences designed participate in an informal conversation to get parents and their children in kindergarten on the Torah portion over coffee and cake through second grade ready for Passover. This preceding the Shabbat morning service. is open to the community. There is no charge, Passover Services but an RSVP required. Contact the Beth Israel April 11, 12, 17, and 18, 9:30 a.m.–noon office, 665-9897 or [email protected]. Passover morning services are held in the Midrash in Hebrew Beth Israel Sanctuary on the first two and April 4 and 25, 6:30 p.m. last two days of Passover beginning at 9:30 The Midrash in Hebrew class will continue a.m. and concluding at 12:00 p.m., followed for two more sessions in April. During this class, by a light Kiddush of Passover sweets. The Rabbi Robert Dobrusin will focus on the Hebrew Hallel Service is sung each morning. The text but English translations will be available. Yizkor Service takes place on April 18. There The subject of the class will be midrashim on is a Mincha service only at 7:30 p.m. on April Passover Second Night Seder Writing Memoirs and Family Stories the Exodus from Egypt including many which 12, 17, and 18, and a combined Mincha and April 11, 6 p.m. at the JCC April 2, 10 a.m.-noon at the JCC appear in the traditional Haggadah. This will be Maariv Service on April 16 at 7:30 p.m. The Jewish Cultural Society invites the Anyone who has ever thought of writing a good opportunity to discuss these texts before Marking Israel’s Remembrance entire community to come and enjoy its stories about his or her life (or the life of an Pesach. New participants are welcome to join Second Night Seder. The secular progressive ancestor) is invited to join this class to get the class at any time. Day for Fallen Soldiers and Haggadah that is used emphasizes the con- ideas about how to get started. Jan Price leads Victims of Terrorism tinuing need to work for freedom through- the monthly sessions, all of which are free and Siyyum Bechorot April 30, 7 p.m. out the world. A vegetarian potluck follows. open to the public. Participants learn how to Monday, April 10 (morning before first The Ann Arbor community will gather Participants are invited to bring a kosher-for- write about various topics and have a chance seder), 7 a.m. at Beth Israel Congregation to remember Passover, nut-free, vegetarian dish to share. to share their stories with others. Register on- Beth Israel offers a Shaharit service followed and honor those who died serving in the The seder is free for JCS members. There is line: www.jewishculturalsociety.org. by a siyyum (conclusion of the study of a section Israel Defense Forces or in terror attacks. a suggested donation for nonmembers. Reg- of traditional text) on the morning before the The commemoration will include readings ister online: www.jewishculturalsociety.org. Note: There is no First Friday first Passover Seder. The service and siyyum n and video presentations, in both Hebrew and For more information, email info@jewish- Shabbat this month. will be followed by a light breakfast. The meal English, and the participation of volunteers culturalsociety.org or call (734) 975-9872. following the study is considered to be a “seudat and Rabbis from across the community. This mitzvah,” a meal celebrating the observance of a year marks the 50th year since the Six Day War, commandment. Such a meal takes precedence and 20 years since the two army helicopters over the tradition of the fast of the first born just tragically crashed in northern Israel on their before Passover, and therefore exempts the first way to Lebanon. n born from the fast. All are invited to join in the service, study and breakfast.

Erev Yom Hashoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day Sunday, April 23, 7 p.m. In observance of Yom Hashoah, Beth father to the notorious camp Plaszow. Israel offers an opportunity for people to He lived and worked for a time in Oskar recommit themselves to remember the Schindler’s factory, and credited Schindler generation of the Holocaust. This service with saving his life. After liberation from and program allows participants to hear Teresienstadt, with no family, he came to stories of the lives of survivors, honoring their memories and the memories of all those who suffered under cruelty less than a century ago. Barbara Mazie will share TBE continued from previous page segments of her mother’s story. In 1949, after losing her parents Women of Temple Beth Emeth Brotherhood Men’s Seder and brother in the Holocaust, Concert Wednesday, April 5, 6–7:30 p.m., TBE Social Ingrid Mazie and her sister Saturday, April 8, 7:30 p.m. Hall. moved from Berlin to Mason Martin Katz, piano; Nathaniel Pierce, Join Brotherhood for their annual Pass- City, Iowa, where they were cello and voice: a musical evening a unique over Seder. Contact Bill Parkus at parkus@ adopted by a Viennese couple blend of unforgettable music. $20/ticket, comcast.net if you have any questions. n who fled Europe before the war. ages 12 and under free. Ingrid married and raised a family in Des Houston and rebuilt his life. He served in Moines, Iowa, and, in her 50s, earned the Korean War—stationed in Germany bachelors and masters degrees before before he was even a United States citizen. working as a psychotherapist using Leon spoke about his experiences and the Viktor Frankl’s theory of logotherapy. On need for tolerance to thousands of young April 1, 2016, in San Diego, Ingrid died at people and adults. Happy Passover the age of 83. Maariv, the evening service, begins Cindy Saper will share parts of her the evening and includes reflections for from father’s story. When the Nazi’s caught up this solemn occasion. Presentations will to the Kupzcyk family, Leib, who later follow immediately after the service. became Leon Cooper, was sent with his

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U-M Regent Andrea Fischer Newman City Councilman Zach Ackerman Lisa Carolin, staff writer Lisa Carolin, staff writer ndrea Fischer Newman, a regent Detroit Economic Club and on the board of t’s been a productive two years, but there’s “My grandfather opened a pharmacy in at the University of Michigan, has the Michigan State Chamber of Commerce. still a lot more to do,” he said. Columbus, Ohio that was known as the Jewish A always been a fan of the arts and She and her husband live in downtown I What makes his claim particularly Community’s pharmacy,” said Ackerman. “He appreciates the variety of arts Ann Arbor Ann Arbor and love walking to as many noteworthy is that he is just 23-years-old. wanted to do the right thing by helping the has to offer. She and her husband Frank places as possible. Unlike when he was first elected and a student community and being a mensch.” Newman made a gift of $1 million in January “We have always kept a home base here,” in political science at the University of Michigan Although his father was raised orthodox, to support the Department of Theatre & said Fischer Newman. “When you work for in 2015, he is now a college graduate. Zach and his older sister Rebecca were raised Drama at the University of Michigan School an airline you live differently—lots of travel. “We’ve done a lot for low income housing conservative. Their mom Erica converted of Music, Theatre and Dance. Given a choice, I don’t know anywhere else but haven’t addressed the middle of the from Presbyterian to Judaism before the I’d like to be other than Ann Arbor.” children were born. It was important to Zach’s Fischer Newman has always considered dad that his children be raised Jewish. her Judaism to be an important part of her “We went to Beth Israel [Congregation] life. She was born in Birmingham, Michigan, and went to Hebrew school three days a week, and was the first female president of URJ which gave us a Jewish ethic and has had a Kutz Camp, a summer home for Reformed lasting impact,” said Ackerman, who was bar Jewish teens. mtzvahed at Beth Israel. “A lot of my political In 1974, she made her first trip to Israel. action was driven by my Jewish upbringing “It changed my life,” she said. “It and a deep concern for humanity and wanting thrust me forward into being a leader and to prevent the horrors of the Holocaust from supporting the state of Israel. I was always happening again.” proud of being Jewish and was raised by an His mom has also had a profound affect observant family.” on who he is. Fischer Newman was interested in justice “She is an activist who was in the anti- and attended the University of Michigan war movement and is active around climate where she received a degree with honors in change,” said Ackerman. “She dragged me to history in 1979. everything, which gave me a lot of exposure “I did my honors thesis on terrorism in to the political process early in life.” Palestine between WWI and WWII,” she said. His dad is a professor at U-M in computer “I went to George Washington University science and both his mom and sister also Andrea Fischer Newman Zach Ackerman and took a course in contracts my first year work in computer-related jobs. But Zach “My husband and I are partners in our of law school and found it fascinating.” market, people in the $20,000-$60,000 Ackerman has followed his own path in life. love for the university and in this gift,” She graduated from George Washington income bracket, who find it hard to afford to He appreciates his Ann Arbor education, said Fischer Newman. “We love going to University National Law Center in 1983 live in Ann Arbor,” said Ackerman about one which includes Burns Park Elementary School, the School of Music, Theatre and Dance and became a government contracts lawyer, of the issues that is motivating him to run for Tappan Middle School, and Pioneer High productions. The talent is amazing.” returning to Michigan to work in the Detroit re-election. School, which he says prepared him well for the The gift designates $200,000 to establish law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Ackerman, who also works for Denison University of Michigan, which he calls, “public the Regent Andrea Fischer Newman and Stone in 1988. Consulting in organizational culture school tuition for a world class education.” Frank Newman Theatre Scholarship Fund Fischer Newman met Frank Newman, consulting, says that in the future, running It was actually when he was 15-years- that will provide need-based scholarships who was the CEO of F&M Drug Store, at for state office would be a logical step. One of old and a self-declared nerd that he became to theater students. $300,000 is dedicated to a fundraiser for the Detroit Thanksgiving the most pressing issues he would like to see interested in city government and contacted upgrade Studio One, one of the most-used Day Parade, and they got married in 1995. addressed is redistricting. his councilman at the time, Christopher facilities at the Walgreen Drama Center. She has two children, one an adult and one “Redistricting is a flawed system,” Taylor, now mayor of Ann Arbor. The remaining portion of the gift, in college. said Ackerman. “We need an impartial “Taylor met with me every other $500,000, will support the Regent Andrea Judaism continues to be a part of her life, commission to draw district lines. I just want Friday that summer, and I helped run his Fischer Newman and Frank Newman including with her job as regent. a system that’s fair. I want everyones vote to be campaign in 2014,” said Ackerman. “I became Endowed Fund for Theatre Showcase, “I have always been engaged with student heard equally.” Representative Debbie Dingell’s assistant and which brings graduating acting majors to leaders on campus,” said Fischer Newman What spurred Ackerman to run for city was offered a job, but I wanted to go back to the country’s top entertainment capitals “I’ve been involved in many issues over the council in 2015 was that he wasn’t happy school and finish my degree.” to perform for agents, producers and years that Jewish students reach out on. We with his representation in the 3rd Ward (the His discontent with four-term incumbent casting directors. have a fabulous Hillel, Jewish clubs, sororities southeast part of the city) and wanted to do Councilman Stephen Kunselman was enough to Fischer Newman has been a regent at the and fraternities. There’s a fair amount of something about it. thrust him into the race while at U-M. He is the University of Michigan since 1994. She is a activism, kids like me who are active in the “It’s easy when you’re young and don’t youngest person on the city council by 20 years. Republican from Ann Arbor who has also Jewish youth movement.” have a family and when you have a passion for “My platform is basic services- been elected in 2002 and 2010. She happened to be wearing a blue and something like this work,” said Ackerman. “I infrastructure and affordability,” said “I love it,” she said. “It’s such an honor gold outfit when we met because she was on have to keep reminding myself that the time Ackerman. “I want to make sure more people to serve a great institution. The board has her way to a student-led twitter town hall in is not my own.” have access to things.” fiduciary responsibility to grow the excellence the Fishbowl. Learning about Ackerman’s upbringing Judaism is still an important part of of the university. It’s unique for a public Fischer Newman says she’s excited about is a key to understanding his youthful his life. His parents are members at the university to have this much autonomy.” her retirement from Delta this year. exuberance, confidence and accomplishment. Reconstructionist Congregation, where he Fischer Newman plans to run for regent “I look forward to not getting on an His family moved to Ann Arbor when he goes for the high holidays. again in 2018. She is planning to retire this airplane every week and taking more was 8-years-old. His father Mark Ackerman “I like attending the workshops there year from her job as senior vice-president advantage of what’s here,” she said. n was tremendously influenced by his father because those are about the subjects I want of government affairs at Delta Air Lines. who died when he was 14. to be reflecting on,” he said. n She currently serves as vice-president of the

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How a funny Jewish game called Rummikub Frankel events became an international sensation April 2017 By Barry Joseph, The Forward his past fall I visited my friends Geral- parents played, they played to win. It felt like The 4th Annual Polish Jewish Studies Workshop dine and Israel, formerly of the Queens this was their realm, and they were inviting my Generations and Genealogies neighborhood Forest Hills, at their new sister and me into it. Perhaps that’s why I pre- April 3 - 4, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM T rustic fixer-upper along the Hudson. The fire- sumed the game was an ancient family artifact, Vandenberg Room, Michigan League place was working, the couch was in place, but brought to America from the shtetl. 911 N. University Avemue the room was still surrounded by a cityscape I couldn’t have been more wrong. of boxes waiting to be unpacked. Geraldine As it turns out, the game wasn’t just new to reached into one, grabbing something for Is- us; it was new to most Americans. It had been From Diasporic Hebrew to World Hebrew: rael — a box she said was from his dad. Before sold for a number of years, but sales didn’t take on the Theoretical Evolution of a 21st-Century Hebrew she could pull it out, an idea passed through my off until a 1977 ap- Journal in Ashkenaz mind: “I bet it’s a game of Rummikub.” It was. pearance by Don Tal Hever-Chybowski, Paris Yiddish Center The thought came to me like a line from Rickles on “The April 5, 4:10 PM-5:50 PM a favorite movie. At home, I, too, had a faux- Tonight Show 1022 Thayer, 202 S. Thayer leather box with those metal clasps, stored in With Johnny Car- the back of my son’s closet, containing my fam- son.” A frequent Jews at the University of Michigan in the 1930s ily’s Rummikub set from my childhood. As the guest, Rickles Student Research and Perspectives memories flooded back, a new thought came to would insult Car- April 20, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM me: Is Rummikub Jewish? son while recount- 2022 Thayer, 202 S. Thayer Bagels and lox are Jewish. Borscht Belt hu- ing tales from mor is Jewish. Soft-shell crabs are definitely recent vacations. not Jewish (but Don Rickles was On this particular delicious none- partially responsible for episode, Rickles re- All events are free and open to the public. If you have a disability that requires a theless). Seltzer is the game’s success. galed Carson with reasonable accommodation, please call at least two weeks prior to the event. Jewish (and the a story of his recent trip to Israel, where his wife subject of my up- couldn’t stop playing this “funny game,” Rum- LSA.UMICH.EDU/JUDAIC • [email protected] • 734.763.9047 LSA.UMICH.EDU/JUDAIC ● JUDAICSTUDIE [email protected] ● 734.763.9047 coming book). mikub. But can a game be At the time, working out of a tiny New York Jewish, claimed as City cubicle in the commercial delegation sec- a cultural signifier? tion of the Israeli Embassy, a recent college I decided to find graduate and immigrant, Micha Hertzano, had Ephraim Hertzano, out. Before long spent the past year schlepping the game around inventor of Rummikub I found myself town, to no avail. He went to all the toy fairs and down a rabbit hole department stores, but could never get past the that led in many directions: to the founding assistants. days of Israel, to Don Rickles on “The Tonight “I would give away my business card to Show With Johnny Carson,” to Communist Ro- anyone willing to take it,” he recently told me Like early birds mania, ancient China and more. over email, “and a second later they would turn But let’s start at the beginning, my begin- around and throw it away.” No one seemed to ning, with Rummikub. Growing up on Long care about this funny game from Israel. Island in the era of Jimmy Carter and Ronald “The morning after the Johnny Carson in- love worms. Reagan, it was clear to my sister and me that terview I walked into the office,” he told me, this game was different. First of all, Rummikub “not expecting anything different, and I found (pronounced “Rummy” + “Cube”) came not about 400 messages.” in a cheap cardboard box, but in a miniature That one plug turned Rummikub into the briefcase. The opening of the metal clasps ex- top-selling U.S. game of 1977. “The Official posed the green lining and the clicky-clacky Rummikub Book” came out the following year. tiles inside. We’d dump them onto the table “Modern Rummikub sets come with rules with a glorious cacophony. Then, there was the for just one game,” John McLeod, owner and satisfying snapping of the two legs into the plas- editor of pagat.com, an international encyclo- tic tile racks. Once all the tiles were thoroughly pedia of card and tile game rules, explained shuffled, face down, on the table, the game via email, “a manipulation rummy game that could begin. for most players nowadays is Rummikub.” If you haven’t played before, Rummikub is a Those rules are the ones I recognize from my rummy-style card game, but with tiles. The goal childhood. However, the “Official Rummikub is to clear all the tiles from your rack. Melding Book,” written by Hertzano’s dad, Ephraim tiles — and that’s the official word, “melding” Hertzano, describes three different games for — is how you get your tiles out on the table, the tiles: American, Sabra and International. by combining at least three tiles into runs (like Ultimately, the Sabra rules won out. “American 1,2,3) or sets (three or more of the same num- and International Rummikub did not catch on ber). Once a run or set is on the table, a player and were dropped,” McLeod said. “The modern can add on their own tiles. Players can also ma- game is Sabra Rummikub.” nipulate the tiles on the board — again, another McLeod treats Hertzano’s book as if it were term of art, “manipulation,” which we’ll come the urtext on Rummikub. And for good reason: back to later — which means a player can re- Ephraim Hertzano wasn’t just an author sug- configure any melds already placed on the table gesting rules for Rummikub — he invented it. (as long as no tiles are left outside of a legitimate Hertzano was born in Romania on Janu- run or set). If you can’t put any tiles on the table, ary 27, 1912. After World War II, Communist- you must add a new one to your rack; the first era laws banned the use of card games. Tiles, player to clear their rack wins. however, were permitted and can easily be ex- We love to help. Rummikub not only felt different from the changed for cards. McLeod told me that in post- How can we help you? run-of-the mill games played in our house, it war Romania it was normal to play rummy boaa.com 734.662.1600 was treated differently. On family vacations, this with a set of 106 tiles, equivalent in format to Member FDIC was the only game we traveled with. When my a Rummikub set. “In fact I have met Romanian

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players who say that until they traveled outside seemed to be one of the few countries that didn’t Romania they had not realized that people in pay it much mind. “Overseas they treat Rum- other countries played rummy with cards.” mikub like a Monopoly or a Scrabble,” he told As an adult, Hertzano sold toothbrushes me. “It’s very prestigious to be there.” According and perfumes. In 1960 he arrived in Israel, a to data from the game publisher in 2013, Rum- fledgling country deep in an economic crisis. mikub is the third most popular family game in At 48 he needed a new profession. So he in- the world, sold in 54 different countries in 26 vented one. There were no toy stores in Israel at different languages. the time, but Ephraim had brought an idea for Though the game incorporates elements of a game with him. In his Tel Aviv kitchen, and chess, dominoes, rummy, and Mah-Jong, Da- later his backyard, he handcrafted Rummikub vid Parlett, a game scholar, believes the Mexi- sets, often with the help of his family, painting can game of Conquian is the ancestor of all each tile and board, and sold the new tile game Rummy games. The core mechanic of Rummy, however — drawing, melding and discarding — actually appeared in Chinese card games over two cen- turies ago. This eventually led to the games like Mah-Jong, which was created in the 1890s. In other words, one can trace a line from Mah-Jongg’s ancestors in China, to Conquian in Mexico, to Rummy in Europe, to Rummi- kub in Israel, with the Rummikub championship, of course, bringing the line full circle back to Asia with Japan’s 2015 win. Which leaves me with my ini- from the back of his car. His instructional book tial question: Is Rummikub Jewish? Ultimately, from 1978 would later emphasize how Israeli I think what I found was not an answer but the culture was infused into the game. realization that I had been asking the wrong “Remember, this game began in Israel,” question. I came to understand that what I re- Hertzano wrote, “and Hebrew reads ‘back- ally wanted to know was if I grew up with Rum- wards’ — from right to left — so Rummikub mikub because I was Jewish. always goes counter-clockwise.” Harry Golden, a journalist who frequently In 1987, Ephraim died, at the age of 75, in- wrote about Manhattan’s Lower East Side, once spiring his children to launch the first Rummi- remarked, “There were many traditions which kub Championship. First hosted at Jerusalem’s we associated with the Jewish civilization until Hyatt Regency, the competition is now held some of us began to read the literature of the every three years, gathering the best players in world.” With a broader awareness of the world, the world, each representing his nation. It’s the Golden learned that “many things were not Olympics of Rummikub, and whether they ‘Jewish’ at all, but they were part of the tradition know it or not, they all play the Sabra way. of all mankind.” I think that’s what happened The most recent tournament, the ninth, was with Rummikub and me — I needed to see the held in Germany in late 2015. Thirty-one nations bigger picture to understand the game’s place competed, including New Zealand, South Africa, within the play traditions of the world. Bulgaria and Hong Kong. The top four players On the other hand there are still the Hertza- EVERYONE IS represented, in winning order, were Japan, South nos. Micha told me about growing up near Tel Korea, Slovakia and Holland. Coming in fifth, Aviv, where the buildings were no more than a representing the United States, was a young Jew- few stories high, all with street-facing balconies. WELCOME! ish man from Chicago, Alexander Siedband. “Engraved in my memory are Friday evenings,” • Downtown Grocery Store Siedband, a toy and game designer and a Sol- he told me, “looking around and seeing all the (no membership required) omon Schechter graduate, first played the game other families sitting outside, playing Rummi- in high school, where a teacher introduced him kub and having a watermelon.” The buildings • Fresh Local Produce to it. From there Alex brought it home, where were so close to one another that he could hear • Hot & Cold Food Bar his whole family adopted it, especially his mom. the sounds of the pieces on the board. “I would In fact, at the competition, as observers were always look up at my father and see his face light • Live Music Thursdays after 6PM looking for someone for whom to root, players up.” • Near Zingerman’s & Farmer’s Market shared who their “plus one” would be at the all- Ephraim Hertzano shared his take on this expenses-paid world championship. For Alex, scene in the introduction to his Rummikub shop during our it was his mom. “There’s nothing more I’d like book: “They say that on a summer night in Je- CONVENIENT STORE HOURS to do for her,” he told everyone. “She’s my little rusalem and Tel Aviv the noise of the clacking monday- saturday sunday travel buddy.” of tiles on the balconies overhead is deafening!” 8AM - 10PM 9AM - 10PM A year later, Siedband brought his mom Perhaps, as a child, through playing the with him to Berlin. As soon as they arrived, game, I could hear those echoes reverberating Micha Hertzano, who still runs the company off the walls of my Long Island home. n with his sister, Mariana, greeted them. “Micha is Barry Joseph is an infrequent contributor to The hugging my mother,” Siedband told me. “They Forward. One of his first articles is now being 216 N. FOURTH AVENUE ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN really believe that Rummikub is a family,” he expanded into the upcoming book Seltzertopia: explained. It’s not just for families, it is a family. PHONE (734) 994 - 9174 • PEOPLESFOOD.COOP The Effervescent Age. Follow him on Twitter, @ After he took fifth place, what surprised Seltzertopia. Reprinted with permission from The Siedband the most was the level of attention Forward, March 19, 2017. from the international press. The United States Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2017 15 IYouth

Camp Tavor creates a welcoming space Lior Appel-Kraut, special to the WJN n a morning in the middle of the of wishing one another a good morning at opportunity to engage with the Hebrew create that experience for others!” Julia said. summer at Camp Tavor in Three flag raising is decades old at Tavor; but last language and to learn about how to welcome Julia is working to foster an educational O Rivers, Michigan, the echo of kids’ summer, a conspicuously new ending was and honor all people. This change has meant an experience that is inclusive, fun, and rooted in voices can be heard from across the small placed on many Hebrew words. Camp Tavor opportunity for creativity to flourish at Tavor, Jewish identity. lake on which Tavor sits, as early as 8:30 in the began to attach the suffix “-imot” to groups of as madrichimot (counselors) and chanichimot There couldn’t be a more crucial time for morning. campers and counselors. In Hebrew, a group of (campers) work to rewrite song lyrics so they kids to experience this kind of Jewish friendship, people with even one male traditionally takes rhyme with “-imot” and “-otim.” learning, and empowerment. The value-based the masculine noun ending of “-im.” Habonim The inclusive environment at Tavor is inclusivity at Tavor builds caring and thoughtful Dror, the Jewish youth movement that Tavor the foundation for life-long friendships and Jewish leaders, pioneering changes towards is a part of, along with LGBTQ communities meaningful Jewish education. For many kids inclusion and justice in our Jewish communities. in Israel, have begun to use a new ending, in Ann Arbor, Tavor has served as just that. For Ann Arbor area kids looking to grow their which combines the masculine “-im” and the Julia DeVarti grew up in Ann Arbor, and has Jewish identity in an inclusive environment this feminine “-ot” endings to make a new, more attended Tavor since she was in school at Burns summer, Tavor might be the perfect place. inclusive, way to speak Hebrew. Park Elementary. This summer she’ll be helping Camp Tavor’s mission is to provide an Camp Tavor is a unique, Jewish kibbutz-style to run camp as the Educational Director, with inclusive community where kids have fun being camping experience where children cultivate big dreams for Tavor. themselves while developing a strong sense of self-confidence, friendships and a strong sense “My years at Tavor and involvement with social and environmental responsibility, a of community. At Camp Tavor, celebrating Habonim Dror were the building blocks for caring connection with Israel, and a positive Judaism means creating a welcoming space for my love of Jewish education. I made deep personal Jewish identity. To learn more about Lior Appel-Kraut and Julia DeVarti in all, and language is a powerful way of acting friendships with chanichimot from Ann Arbor Camp Tavor, visit www.camptavor.org or email Three Rivers, roller skating after on our values of inclusion and compassion. and beyond, and we now get the chance to [email protected]. n Visitors’ Day in 2006 For campers who are transgender or gender “Boker Tov, amelimot!,” a “good morning” nonconforming, the adoption of “chanichimot” greeting directed at Camp Tavor’s youngest (campers, using the -imot ending) sends campers, is one of the first things shouted a clear message of inclusion. For all Tavor How do you teach kids to care ? energetically every morning. The tradition campers, this shift in language is an educational Ruth Ebenstein, special to the WJN ow do you teach your fifth-grade knowing that their words would have an impact students to care about something? on someone else. Digging into their hearts, the For some students, week's highlight is H How do you model reaching out to children carefully chose words to capture their someone who could benefit greatly from the gratitude for vets. Colored markers in hand, Chabad Hebrew school human touch? These were some of the questions that Sora Gordon, special to the WJN guided the thinking of Carol Gannon, fifth- sk any child how they prefer to grade general studies teacher at the Hebrew spend their Sunday, and the answer Day School of Ann Arbor. She wanted to A is likely to be the same: vegging out impart to her 10- and 11-year-old students in front of the TV, goofing off with friends, the importance of service, the axiom of

or trying to catch that last elusive Pokemon volunteering and caring for others. And she ALISON REINGOLD PHOTOS: in Pokemon GO. But for a few lucky children, wanted to do so in an authentic way. the highlight of their weekend is spending “You cannot make teaching authentic unless the morning at Chabad Hebrew School. you do something that’s part of real life,” said Gannon and the HDS fifth-grade class When asked what makes Chabad Hebrew Morah Gannon. Today’s lesson plan circled visit the Veteran’s Hospital School so beloved to so many, Director around one particular community, greatly Shternie Zwiebel had the answer. “It’s deserving: hospitalized veterans. each student decorated his or her personal because we try our best to make learning Anchored around Valentine’s Day, February message with image and color. The result was a exciting and engaging for our students,” she Gail Epstein and daughter at the Tu 12–18 marks National Salute to Veteran Patients, homemade pile of patriotism and appreciation. says. “At Chabad Hebrew School, we make B’shvat family celebration a weeklong tribute to hospitalized veterans at all A love offering. each week an experience, not just a lesson.” which they embrace Jewish culture, religion, of the 172 VA medical centers across the country. Selected to spruce up the white envelopes The experience is due, in part, to the and the Hebrew language. The vast amounts More than 98,000 veterans of the U.S. armed and deliver the cards were the fifth-graders. extensive incentive program that Chabad of knowledge and information that Shternie services are cared for every day in Department They drew bright red hearts, multi-colored Hebrew School has developed to keep and Esther and the other teachers are able of Veteran Affairs (VA) medical centers, peace signs, stars, rainbows and bright funny their students on track. In conjunction to impart on my girls is amazing.” Alicia Si- outpatient clinics, domiciliaries, and nursing faces. They loaded several cars with packages. with C-Kids, Chabad Hebrew School mon, mother to two Chabad Hebrew School homes. One such hospital, the VA Ann Arbor As the children rode along a winding, tree-lined has developed a point system in which students, concurs. “We wanted our children Healthcare System, is located just five miles street en route to the VA hospital, they discussed children can earn points on their scan-card to have a positive learning experience where north of the Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor’s strategies for approaching people they didn’t by coming to class on time, or bringing in they felt excited to go to Hebrew school,” she campus. A major tertiary care referral center for know. To whom should they give the cards? tzedakah. Around the holidays, children explains. According to Simon, it isn’t hard to veterans in the lower peninsula of Michigan and How should they break the ice? Palpable was can earn bonus points for tasks such as be excited about attending Chabad Hebrew northwestern Ohio, the facility serves more than their excitement, nervousness, and hesitation. lighting menorah, or eating matzah. Other School. “It’s fun! There are a lot of activi- 68,000 individual patients a year. Arms piled with packages almost larger than programs that make Chabad Hebrew ties to keep kids involved, like baking, crafts, Under the stewardship of the fifth-grade them, they shuffled into the building, shy smiles School shine are their AlephChamp events and activities focused on holidays.” class, the Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor had on many faces. Hebrew reading curriculum, and their Some may be wary of enrolling their chil- chosen this year to embrace veterans in their Logos from all of the military units lined hands-on holiday experiences, such as dren in a Chabad Hebrew school if they are community, and in particular, the neighboring the walls. All eyes turned to the white welcome an annual Shabbat dinner prepared by not Chabad themselves, but Epstein wishes VA hospital. The fifth-graders had rallied the banner hanging on the wall: VA Ann Arbor the students, which is eagerly anticipated to dispel that fear. “One does not have to be entire school community to raise funds for Health Care System Welcomes Veterans from every year. a member of Chabad to send their children gift cards to grocery stores, fuzzy lap blankets, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation But there is more to it than that, ac- to CHS, nor do we ever feel pressured to be t-shirts, puzzle books, and food. Enduring Freedom, Troops, Veterans and cording to Gail Epstein, a mother of two more involved or committed than we are Students from kindergarten through fifth Families. Out the window, snow-capped Chabad Hebrew School students. Gail Ep- interested or able. My girls are accepted for grade wanted to honor the service of men and evergreens. “These veterans gave so much to stein enrolled her daughters in Chabad He- who they are, our family is accepted for who women with handmade cards, beyond the our country,” mused Yuval Gottstein, 10. He brew School because “it was important to we are, and my children know that they are traditional greetings of Veteran’s Day. And so seemed to be speaking for all of them. us that our girls have a strong connection Jewish and they are proud.” the theme of authentic learning spread through It was time to begin passing out the cards. to Judaism and a healthy Jewish upbring- To register your child or for more informa- every classroom. All of the students knew that Evyatar Eliav, 11, walked over to a ing.” Epstein chose Chabad Hebrew School tion, call Shternie Zwiebel at (734) 995-3276 or their writing had a purpose: these cards were wheelchair-bound man. specifically, because of “the amazing ways in email [email protected]. n to be opened and read by real people. Even “Are you a vet?” asked Evyatar. the kindergartners labored over every letter, continued on next page 16 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2017 ITeens

High schoolers take Hebrew to next level Rachel Wall, special to the WJN very Monday and Wednesday night at mitzvah. Local synagogues recognize the need 6:30 p.m., a dedicated group of high for Hebrew language engagement for these E school students from all over Ann teenagers, and that is why Keshet is sponsored Arbor are still in school. These ninth through by Beth Israel Congregation and Temple Beth twelth graders are taking high school classes in Emeth, as well as the Jewish Federation of a language not otherwise offered in public and Greater Ann Arbor. private schools—Hebrew. That same Monday night before Purim, in the A typical evening at the Keshet Hebrew advanced class, teacher Ilan Rosenberg facilitated High School program starts with pizza and an in-depth conversation with his students socializing, followed by small group language about the structure of the Israeli government. classes. The classes are divided into three When an important word arose, such as levels based on skill. One Monday evening, Knesset, Rosenberg paused the conversation to introduce grammatical concepts surrounding the word itself. (The Israeli legislature’s name translates to “gathering” or “assembly” and has the same root as the Hebrew words for both entrance and synagogue.) Rosenberg’s engaging conversations with his students dig deep into the language, giving the opportunity for Keshet teacher Ilan Rosenberg engages students in students to improve their listening in-depth Hebrew conversations. and speaking fluency, while also beginning-level teacher Hadas Arbit taught her learning about modern life in Israel. students a song related to the then-upcoming In addition to the wide range of Hebrew levels, the holiday of Purim. Students practiced Keshet students have a variety of motivations for reading the Hebrew words of the song, were participating in the program. Some students use given visual clues to aid their comprehension, Keshet to fulfill their Ann Arbor Public Schools wrote the words on a worksheet, and then World Languages graduation requirement, sang the song. This multifaceted approach is a through the Community Resource (CR) hallmark of Keshet’s commitment to academic department. Some students come just for the excellence in language acquisition. love of language, or to work with high-quality The highly motivated high school students experienced teachers. Despite their different at Keshet come with a wide range of Hebrew reasons for joining, all students recognize that knowledge. Some students start completely through Keshet, they can improve their Hebrew from the beginning, while others are graduates language skills and deepen their connection of Ann Arbor’s Hebrew Day School and can with the Jewish community. n carry on basic conversations in Hebrew on To learn more about Keshet, contact coordinator the first day of class. Many have not thought Rachel Wall at [email protected]. much about Hebrew since their bar or bat HDS, continued from previous page “I am,” nodded the man. Evyatar hand- beauty and treasure of human contact. ed him a card. Their eyes locked. They ex- The goal of the National Salute to Veteran changed smiles. Patients, aptly positioned during the week “Thank you for your service,” said Evyatar. of Valentine’s Day, is to increase community The vet looked down at the bright-col- awareness of the VA medical center and ored envelope, eyes sparkling at the tapes- encourage citizens to get involved and try of color. “There’s a card in there, too!” volunteer. The students at Hebrew Day School prompted Evyatar. of Ann Arbor are getting a head start. And then a flurry of activity. Children approaching vets. Cards and more cards. Smiles and more smiles. Wow! A handmade card! And who sent these sweet children to brighten our day? “The vet I met was so nice,” gushed Eliana Adler, 10. “He reminded me of my

Grandpa Jim!” ALISON REINGOLD PHOTOS: What was the story behind each vet? What sacrifices had each one made to protect us? After a while, all the cards were gone. The care packages were all delivered. Every child’s face was flushed. Air Force veteran Leonard Donahoo, Back in the classroom, Morah Gannon 74, opens a card from second-grader asked her students to reflect on their afternoon. Amit Gottstein. “I enjoyed giving the cards to the veterans – they looked (and probably felt) so happy And now for an authentic learning lesson and probably surprised to receive cards,” wrote that reaches beyond elementary school: Samantha Caminker, 11. “I felt really proud to “Don’t wait for Valentine’s Day, Veterans be spending time with them.” Day or any other special day to bring you in the On the roster of lessons learned: how to doors of a VA Hospital,” said Morah Gannon. approach a grown-up you don’t know, how “National Salute to Veterans should be on our to raise money for a cause you believe in. And minds 365 days a year.” also these: the importance of volunteering. That’s a good reminder for even this middle- The power of a handmade, heartfelt card. The aged mom to keep our vets close to the heart. n

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Freeing Rasmea Odeh by Dan Cutler Update: As we went to press Odeh made a Rasmea catalogs. small failure. Aishe smiles ruefully. (Some call it a to throw it at the belted-in passengers if plea deal. She will be stripped of US citi- Additional evidence corroborated her guilt: smirk.) Oh well. What are you gonna do? Women the captain didn’t immediately open the zenship and deported in exchange for no Investigators found explosives in her bedroom in Struggle by Buthina Khouryhe is easily found cockpit door. Simultaneously, around the jail time. and a receipt from SuperSol. Furthermore, she on the Internet. The smirk is at 10:25. world other aircraft were being hijacked and “She is our hero, she is our icon” was convicted not just for her role in bombing She yearned for “a real gun,” Rasmea told flown to an obscure airstrip called Dawson’s -- Spokesman, Rasmea Odeh supporters the SuperSol, but also of bombing a British Sorya Antonius, not the paper diagrams Field in Jordan. The PFLP intended to trade “Can you not pick a hero who has not killed consulate. (“Actually we placed two bombs,” she’d been training on. She sought out Wadi’ hostage passengers for their prisoners in Israel, two people by placing a bomb in a supermarket?” Rasmea told Soraya Antonius for a 1980 article Haddad, who she describes as “responsible including Rasmea and Aishe. -- Victim’s niece in The Journal of Palestine Studies (Vol. 9, No. for military affairs in the PFLP,” The Popular But instead, pilot Uri Bar-Lev threw the hen Rasmea Odeh killed Leon 3). “The first was found before it went off so Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Security plane into a nosedive, dropping 10,000 feet and Eddie I was a senior in high we placed another.”) Prosecutors will note services around the world knew Haddad as in one minute, slamming the hijackers to W school. I didn’t yet know that that a Red Cross representative monitored the the individual who ordered international the floor. As he pulled out of the dive an air one of the murdered boys had graduated high proceedings and in the end pronounced the plane hijackings and hostage takings, and marshal charged through the cockpit door and school here in Michigan, down in tiny Britton, trial fair. for training arch-terrorist “Carlos the Jackal.” dropped Argüell with a pistol shot. His young in Lenawee County. [A wealth of original documents Designated a terrorist organization by Israel, accomplice rolled her grenade down the aisle, I paid particular attention to the news intent on blowing the plane out of the air story: Someone had filled a cookie tin with and hurling all 150 people aboard 19,000 feet explosives and slipped it onto a shelf near down into the Atlantic Ocean. the meat counter of a SuperSol grocery in The grenade was a dud. Leila Khaled was Jerusalem. Leon Kanner and Eddie Joffe had captured. had the terrible luck of stopping off there A photo of her holding a Kalashnikov to pick up supplies before heading out for a in her days with “Task Force Rasmea Odeh” day of photographing around the city. They emblazons a T-shirt sold today by “Students were agriculture undergraduates studying at for Justice in Palestine,” one of the groups Hebrew U — where I was heading to start demanding all charges against Rasmea be college in a few months. This was 1969. dropped. It’s captioned “Resistance is not Photographer farmers? Interesting guys. I Terrorism” (and it’s some “sweet fucking would have liked them. antiZionist gear!” according to the student Tricking grocery shoppers — killing them modeling it). — with a bomb in a cookie tin? I had a hard The nightmare on Dawson’s Field prompted time grasping it. I didn’t know much about Jordan’s King Hussein to crack down that terrorism. September on the Palestinian armed groups Rasmeah Odeh will return to a Detroit that had taken over his kingdom. Thousands courtroom next month to be tried for a of Palestinians were killed and thousands second time, again charged with entering more were expelled to Lebanon, including all the US in 1995 under false pretenses and the leadership. They vowed revenge. then fraudulently obtaining US citizenship Months later, as the Jordanian Prime in 2004. She swore that she had never been Minister Wasfi Al-Tal attended an Arab charged, arrested or been in prison. Actually, Summit in Egypt, four Palestinians shot him she spent 10 years in Israeli prison, out of a dead. One killer dropped to his knees and life sentence for her role in the fatal bombing lapped Al-Tal’s blood off the marble floor of the and other crimes. SuperSol Supermarket, Jerusalem 1969, after bombing)(via LiveLeak) Cairo Sheraton hotel. Thus Black September The 2014 case pertained strictly to announced themselves to the world. immigration fraud and the jury quickly found pertaining to Rasmea’s various court cases is Canada, the EU, and Japan, as well as the US, It was Black September and the PFLP her guilty. The judge ordered her jailed, then posted by William Jacobson, a law professor the PFLP claimed the SuperSol bombing was who attacked the Munich Olympics in 1972 deported. But she successfully appealed, at Cornell who blogs at Legal Insurrection. their work. Prosecutors will seek to establish (with logistical support on the ground from insisting the judge improperly excluded com. There’s much on that conservative blog that as an active member of a U.S. designated neo-Nazis in Germany). Their demand: Free testimony that would have explained her false I disagree with but I appreciate his thorough terror group, Rasmea Odeh is ineligible for Rasmea Odeh, Aishe Odeh, and 232 other answers. She misunderstood the questions attention to this case and his sympathy for citizenship. She should never have been prisoners in Israel. Free, too, their allies because she suffers PTSD, she claims, having the victims’ families. It was there that I saw granted a visa. Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, whose been tortured by Israeli interrogators. At her pictures of Leon Kanner’s 1965 high school gang had wreaked bloody terror throughout new trial her defense will get to tell the court yearbook and learned that he had been an PFLP: Free Rasmea Germany. Rasmea Odeh’s would-be they beat her, her father, and her two sisters, exchange student to Britton from Uruguay. George Habash founded the PFLP in 1968, liberators castrated their Israeli captives in front of each other. Her captors tried to His family later moved to Israel.] espousing a version of secular Marxism- before finally killing them in the course of force her father to have sex with her. Failing To be sure, Rasmea Odeh didn’t place Leninism. Destroying Israel they saw in a a botched attempt to flee Munich for Cairo. that, they forced him to watch as a guard raped bombs in the SuperSol. Aishe Odeh (they’re context of global Communist revolution and Yet, despite a decade of plane hijacking, her with a wooden baton. She withstood the not related) readily admits she slipped as internationalists they operated in alliance kidnapping, and terrorist murder, nothing torture for 24 days but the abuse of her father the rigged tins onto the store shelves. In a with like-minded groups around the world. the PFLP did got Rasmea Odeh out of was finally more than she could bear so she laudatory documentary made in Jordan They trained and dispatched three Japanese Israeli prison. That was engineered by her confessed — falsely — to the bombing. The before she came to the US, Rasmea sits with Red Army men to attack travelers in Israel’s group’s rivals. coerced confession was then used against her Aishe on a couch recalling the exploit. Aishe Lod airport (now Ben Gurion) in May 1972. by an Israeli military court that permitted her assures the interviewer Rasmea was the The trio threw grenades and machine-gunned Rasmea freed no defense. She was and is innocent, a political mastermind. Rasmea scouted the target, along people collecting their luggage, killing 26, Ahmed Jibril complained that activist persecuted then and now solely for her with their friend Rashida Obeida. Compared wounding 80. Most of the victims were from a Marxist-Leninists spend too much time effective pursuit of Palestinian rights. to Rasmea, Aisha’s own contribution was church group that had come from Puerto Rico philosophizing world revolution, not enough Prosecutors will point out that modest, she insists. Timing a second bomb to to pray at the sites in the life of Jesus. Rasmea on “field operations.” He split off from the contemporary newspapers reported her detonate while first responders were treating and Aishe were in prison then, but hardly Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine confessing the day after her arrest, not 24 days shoppers wounded in the initial blast? That forgotten by their friends. to form The Popular Front for the Liberation later. They will note that in custody Rasmea was Aishe’s idea. “Calling themselves “Task Force Rasmea of Palestine — General Command. fingered dozens of confederates and suggest Rasmea dismisses the idea that Aishe’s Odeh,” PFLP terrorists were determined Jibril’s men snuck over the Lebanon bor- her story of prolonged torture may have been accolades are evidence against her. to spring Rasmea and other prisoners. A der into Israel on May 22, 1970 and staked to save face. They will note that her father, an “I’m not responsible for what that girl said comrade named Patrick Argüello put a gun out positions on either side of a road near American citizen, was visited by US consulate about me,” she told the court. to the head of a woman attendant aboard EL the northern Israel moshav of Avavim. When officials who duly recorded that he complained Aishe’s second bomb was discovered and AL flight 219 from Amsterdam to New York. a yellow school bus carrying second and to them of crowded prison conditions. There’s disarmed moments before it would have At 29,000 feet Argüello’s pretty accomplice third graders came along they fired rocket- no mention in their report of the abuse exploded. In the film they reminisce about that pulled the pin of a grenade and threatened propelled grenades and heavy machine gun

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Edward Joffe and Leon Kanner headstones at Har HaMenuchot Cemetery, Jerusalem Israeli consulate, she opened a package that but in the course of that investigation they un- exploded in her face. earthed Rasmea’s immigration status. Rasmea’s lucky break came in 1978. A Rasmea’s supporters often write that the hapless group of Israeli soldiers and civilians government is accusing her of “terrorism” — strayed across enemy lines in southern Leba- in quotes. Like the T-shirt says, resistance isn’t non and stumbled into the hands of the PFLP- terrorism. At her 2014 trial Rasmea declared, Gemini GC. Four were killed, two escaped. Jibril kept “I am not a terrorist!” It’s not clear whether one, a reservist named Avraham Amram, as a she was saying her friends bombed the store bargaining chip, trading him a year later for without her or if bombing supermarkets isn’t 76 prisoners held by Israel. Authorities assured terrorism if you target the right shoppers in the the Israeli public that two-thirds of the released right cause. Palestinians were common criminals and only Eddie Joffe’s brother came to Detroit and one-third were serving sentences for terrorism. sat through his brother’s killer’s first trial, along They stressed that the latter included no well- with his daughter, Terry Joffe Benarye. “Sheer known perpetrators such as the surviving Japa- agony” is how she describes their feelings at nese Red Army airport killer. Among the freed seeing that Eddie and Leon’s killer has sup- w w terrorists was Rasmea Odeh. porters who seem “unaware of (or worse, don’t April 30, 1pm The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor Released in Damascus, Rasmea made her care) what she did.” Terry writes that she and theark.org w 734.763.8587 way to Jordan. Her years there she recalled as her father sat alone in the courtroom enduring TICKETS! “the happiest she’d ever been in her life” — she hateful stares from Odeh’s supporters. had a car, house, job, and bank account.” People who want justice do not celebrate “Happiest she’d ever been? asks Leon Kan- targeted attacks on civilians as “resistance.” Celebrate With Us! ner’s niece. “After killing my father’s brother My goal is to let the Joffe and Kanner families Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and his best friend?” know that plenty of people remember the ter- Weddings and Receptions Rasmea left Jordan in 1995 to tend to her ror campaigns of which Rasmea Odeh was an Life’s Other Milestones cancer-stricken father who by then ran a res- early leader and enduring inspiration. We care (Kosher Caterers Welcome!) taurant in Jackson, Michigan. After his death about the suffering they brought and know she moved to Chicago where she became as- how much they retarded progress towards Enriching Ann Arbor Since 1951! Join Us! sociate director of the Arab American Action compromise, peace, and development for Is- Casual to Fine Dining Network, leading its empowerment programs raelis and Palestinians. Programs and Classes for immigrant women. She is well-loved, an I don’t really care what happens to Rasmea Guest Speakers energetic and effective community organizer. Odeh, whether she’s deported or stays. But I Community Service Too effective, say her supporters. The Obama care that her victims’ families have support. Duplicate and Social Bridge administration marked her for destruction. When the Trump administration came out Event Hosting Privileges with racist immigration restrictions I turned Much More!

Obama comes for Rasmea out to protest at Detroit Metro airport. The “Rasmea Odeh is a dedicated community 1830 Washtenaw Avenue next week I stood in solidarity with Iranian Ann Arbor, MI 48104 leader and Palestinian-American activist. No students at the University of Michigan. And, if wonder the US government went after her”- pro- 734-662-3279 her victims’ families come for Rasmea Odeh’s www.annarborcityclub.org Rasmea article next trial, I’ll stand with them, too. n

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Temple Beth Emeth's 50th anniversary By Robin and Rod Little n Saturday, January 28, over 225 and Havdalah blessings. Rabbi Whinston, guests, aged from four months dressed in 1960s garb and an imposing O to 90 years, boarded a time ma- Afro wig, thanked the founders for their chine at the Washtenaw Golf Club and were vision and continued participation and transported back to the 1960s. Country club support of TBE. Several displays high- garb was discarded for tie-dyed shirts, mini- lighted stories from past presidents and dresses and peace necklaces. “Why?” I hear memories from congregants about the you ask. Ann Arbor’s Temple Beth Emeth early days of TBE. Another blast from the past was bingo, a popular fundraiser in the early days of the synagogue. The extensive silent auction included gift certificates from stores and restaurants, voice and piano lessons, the- ater and concert tickets, DESTINATION summer camp sessions, original art and jewelry and wine tastings. The live auction, galvanized by spirited auctioneer ANYWHERE Rabbi Josh Whinston and wife, Sarah Raful Whinston, Steve Gross, featured dressed in their best 60s getup, greet partygoers trips to Jordan and Af- rica, private dinners, a WE HAVE ALL OF YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS sit-down with Zinger- man’s Ari Weinzweig, a private Gemini concert QUICK DRY AND BUG REPELLENT and preferred High Holy Days parking. Rabbi CLOTHING Whinston and Cantor Hayut offered to cook MONEY BELTS a meal in the winner’s home—it was so popu- lar, they ended up agree- LUGGAGE ing to do it twice. Rabbi Whinston also made a pitch for a “gift from the ADAPTER PLUGS heart” to support TBE’s Youth Fund, stressing The Shrill-elles captivate the audience with a far-out the need to engage our TRAVEL ACCESSORIES rendition of Will You Still Love Me Tomorow children with informal education opportuni- (TBE) was a child of the 1960s, and the event ties, subsidies for summer camps and other was a “1960s rockin’ and rollin’ evening” to youth group events. AND A WELL-TRAVELED STAFF celebrate the 50th anniversary of TBE’s The entertainment featured Dance Pro TO HELP YOU OUTFIT YOUR founding. It was a special evening of music DJ’s playing 1960s music and a dance ADVENTURE! and dancing, live and silent auctions, games, instructor, Susan Filipiak, who taught a strolling supper and schmoozing. swing, jitterbug and line dancing. And The evening kicked off with a tribute as for singing—the event launched the to founding members of the congregation continued on next page

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Martin Katz and Nathaniel Pierce in concert at Temple Beth Emeth Sandor Slomovits, special to the WJN emple Beth Emeth will host a to have a coaching, but I told his student ten collaborative pianists, and sometimes sung it is a vocal duet, the cello can take one of unique, and very high quality con- minutes before our coaching, that my hand by a singer first. Cellists who wanted to the voice parts! When it is an orchestrated T cert on Saturday, April 8. Sponsored was tired and needed to rest. She became sing their own Lied were encouraged to song that is also already arranged for piano, by WTBE, Women of Temple Beth Emeth, worried, so we went together to explain the do so, and I jumped on that opportunity! I I take whatever parts from the orchestra the concert will feature Martin Katz on piano situation to Mr. Katz. He told me to rest. had so much fun singing and then playing can be highlighted only to add to what the and Nathaniel Pierce on cello and voice. When I went to pick up my cello case he my Strauss Lied, that I decided I wanted piano is already doing. This is also part of the First, about the very high quality: Katz has said, “Shouldn’t you use you use your other to do more of this and was encouraged collaboration, and all the more fun. I come had a highly distinguished career as a classi- arm for that?” And, so began a wonderful by Professor Aaron and others. One day up with one version, and then Mr. Katz has cal pianist, conductor, editor and author for friendship. I am lucky to have been able to I sat down and discovered it could be me try something else, and we decide on the more than four decades, and has been called learn from him ever since! done simultaneously, I know I am not final version together. With all his creativity, “the gold standard of accompanists” by The and knowledge of the music, it becomes a New York Times. He has collaborated with, truly delightful process! among others, Marilyn Horne, Frederica von Stade, Kathleen Battle, David Daniels, and I asked both Katz and Pierce about their current Jose Carreras. He has taught at the Univer- work and future plans. sity of Michigan for more than thirty years Katz: I have a concert in London with and has chaired the program in collaborative countertenor David Daniels in mid- piano and coached vocal repertoire for sing- March. April sees me in Japan for three ers and pianists alike. concerts with Finnish soprano Karita Pierce, by contrast, is much closer to the be- Mattila. At the very beginning of May I am ginning of his career, but also already has some on the vocal arts series in Washington DC impressive credentials and achievements to his with Polish tenor Piotr Beczala. name. Pierce received his bachelor of music de- Pierce: I started my DMA this year, and am gree in cello performance at the U-M under the currently studying cello with Anthony instruction of Richard Aaron, and is currently Elliott, cello and voice with Martin Katz, pursuing a DMA degree at the U-M. He is also and voice with David Daniels. This makes a founder and co-artistic director of the An- for a busy week! I hope to apply for chorage Chamber Music festival, co-education teaching positions after my graduation as director at the Innsbrook Institute, is a found- well as to continue performing. I am also ing member of the Koinonia Piano Trio, and he very involved in directing the Innsbrook has performed widely as a soloist, including at Institute Academy, and the Anchorage the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Martin Katz Nathaniel Pierce Chamber Music Festival in the summers, Now to the unique: Nathaniel Pierce’s and I hope to continue those activities. performing on both cello and voice—at I asked Pierce about his unusual double, who the first to do this. I continued studying Katz and Pierce have performed together times each one alone, but occasionally simul- and what inspired him to pursue it, and Voice at IU on the side and kept looking several times before. I asked them how this taneously—is a highly unusual double. what are the particular joys and challenges for pieces that I could transcribe to be concert came to be and what music they I recently corresponded with each of of performing this way. sung and played. Returning to Michigan will perform. them about this concert, and about other Pierce: My parents, John and Alice Pierce, are and making this the focus of my study has aspects of their work. We began with how Pierce: Yuni Aaron (Richard Aaron’s wife) opera singers and inspired me to learn been very rewarding. they met. asked me about the idea. We’ll be singing in high school. I remember getting Singing and playing cello is difficult because the ear, besides having to hear two lines at playing music by Robert Schuman, Katz: Mr. Pierce was an undergraduate an arrangement to the Erlking for solo cello the same time, has to determine the balance. Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, majoring in cello a few years ago. One of by Cossman that was nearly impossible, Also, the intonation is not fixed on the cello, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, and Arnold the pianists who was studying with me at and I thought if I could just sing the unlike on piano. I enjoy singing and playing Schoenberg. that time brought him in as part of a trio melody it would be easier perhaps. As I in harmony like two voices in duet. I am lucky ensemble. He began to be in my studio more kept studying voice, during my senior year I asked if they have plans to work together to work on music that I otherwise might not and more as the year went on, and even at Michigan, Professors Aaron (Richard again and Katz responded, “We don’t have make as a cellist. For example, Wagner doesn’t more so in the next year. He almost became Aaron, professor of cello at the U-M, and any specific plans after this concert, but have any works for cello and piano: If I weren’t the studio mascot—so many pianists asked a close mentor of Pierce since the age of I would be very surprised if much time playing these transcriptions, I would have to him to collaborate with them in recitals. 15) and Katz had their first collaborative passed before we collaborate again.” n studio concert together of German lieder wait to play his music until next time I join Pierce: I met Katz during my freshman year at arrangements. The Lieder were arranged an orchestra in the pit! I am always looking the U-M. The day I met him I was supposed and performed by the cellists and their for the next piece of music to transcribe. If

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“Shrill-elles,” featuring Cantor Hayut, Cantor Emerita Anne Rose and Wendy W. Lawrence, singing Carole King’s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” A “couple of couples,” Wendy and Ted Lawrence and Dave and Susan Gitterman, then sang an arrangement of another Carole King hit, “One Fine Day.” The TBE band, Mizmoret, played 60s songs on clarinet, flute, drums, guitar, mandolin and piano. The planning committee was chaired by Wendy L. Lawrence and Margaret Hannon. Many others contributed time, expertise and resources; special thanks to Gregory Fox for donating professional photography. As one Rabbi Emeritus Bob Levy and Cantor Emerita congregant shared, “I know there were lots Annie Rose catch up before the auction (and lots) of moving parts and lots of people The proceeds from the event are ear- involved and everything/everyone meshed marked for TBE’s general endowment fund. really well at ‘game time’ to create a great This is a new fund, established with a be- TBE's founding members gather for a pre-gala reception in their honor evening from start to finish.” quest from the estate of a congregant. n

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P E G T O I D E T H E SEASON 23 Ypsilanti Theatre at its Best 2017 Another tour de force from Ian McEwan Rochel Urist, staff writer an McEwan’s trademark, translucent When I hear the friendly drone of passing cars prose is on full display in his latest nov- … when a portable radio below me tinnily rasps by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, el, Nutshell. Reviewing for The Guard- and a penumbral coral glow, a prolonged tropi- based on the book by Ilene Beckerman by Tracy Letts by Robert Traver, Elihu Winer I Jamie Wooten ian, Tim Adams calls the writing “a virtuoso cal dusk, dully illuminates my inland sea and its Feb. 23, 24, 25, 26 – March 1, 2, 3, 4 May 11, 12, 13, 14 – 17, 18, 19, 20 Aug 24, 25, 26, 27 – 30, 31, Sep 1, 2 Nov 9, 10, 11, 12 – 15, 16, 17, 18 feat of wordplay.” Writing for The New York trillion drifting fragments, then I know that my Times, Siddhartha Mukherjee calls it “lean mother is sunbathing on the balcony outside my For more information and to plan for our 2017 shows visit and muscular, … relentlessly gorgeous” … father’s library. … Trudy is barefoot, in bikini rife with “literary acrobatics” I read the book top, and brief denim shorts that barely allow for www.ptdproductions.com in one gulp. me. … I know this because my This novel breaks new ground uncle—my uncle!—asked her or call our Box Office 734.483.7345 elsewhere, too. It’s written from on the phone to tell him what the point of view of a fetus. The she was wearing. Flirtatiously, narrator is the unborn child of she obliged. … We’re sharing a Trudy and John. Trudy has kicked glass, perhaps a bottle, of Marl- John out and is living with his borough Sauvignon Blanc. Not brother, Claude. The baby, whom my first choice, and for the we soon recognize as Hamlet, same grape and a less grassy is privy to the murderous con- taste, I would have gone for When you only have one chance to spiracy behind his mother’s illicit a Sancerre, preferably from catch that special moment coupling, but he is helpless to stop Chavignol. … I’m offered my it. The novel begins: “So here I am, first intimation of colour and SPECIALIZING IN: upside down in a woman.” shape, for my mother’s mid- BAR/BAT MITZVAHS The book’s title is introduced in riff is angled towards FAMILY PORTRAITS the prologue. Hamlet states: “Oh the sun, so I can make CHILDREN God, I could be bounded in a nut- out, as in the reddish FAMILY CELEBRATIONS shell and count myself a king of infinite space— blur of a photographic DIGITAL IMAGING were it not that I have bad dreams.” He speaks darkroom, my hands BUSINESS RECEPTIONS those words to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, in front of my face and the two spies summoned to worm their way the cord amply tangled 734.546.0426 into Hamlet’s mind. Hamlet recognizes their around belly and knees. [email protected] treachery. He knows he’s being played. He spins I see that my fingernails susanayerphotography.com the mission and plays them. need clipping, though In McEwan’s novel, Hamlet’s intra-uterine Ian McEwan I’m not expected for monologue weighs in at almost two hundred two weeks. I’d like to think that her purpose out pages. He introduces us to Trudy, Claude, and here is to generate vitamin D for my bone growth, the poet John Cairncross, Trudy’s estranged that she has turned down the radio the better to husband. Though the name “Cairncross” oozes contemplate my existence, that the hand caress- innuendo, we don’t learn too much about the ing the place where she believes my head to be fellow, except that he is a poet, an intellectual, is an expression of tenderness. But she may be and probably effete. He is certainly effete when working on her tan and too hot to listen to the it comes to protecting his marriage. Without radio drama about the Mughal emperor Aurang- ever quoting the famous “Hyperion to a satyr,” zeb, and is merely soothing with her fingertips the Hamlet’s resentful comparison of his father to bloated discomfort of late pregnancy. In short, I Claudius, his uncle, McEwan shows us the in- am uncertain of her love. tellectual chasm between John the literary so- McEwan’s Hamlet ruminates, in utero, on phisticate and Claude the boor. Like McEwan, the human condition, swimming as we all do John cares deeply about the life of the mind. in a sea of information. Claude, however, cares primarily for immedi- I stay awake, I listen, I learn. Early this ate gratification of his physical desires. morning, less than an hour before dawn, there How does Hamlet, the fetus, know so much was heavier matter than usual. The state of the about the world he cannot yet see? His prodi- world. An expert in international relations ad- gious knowledge comes from listening to the vised me that the world was not well. … that the radio to which his mother is tuned in much of Russian state was the political arm of organized the time. The fetus also listens to his mother’s crime, [that] the bacillus of anti-Semitism [is] conversations. He pays close attention to every- incubating, immigrant populations languishing, thing and gleans what he can from within his … Everywhere, novel inequalities of wealth, the mother’s womb. He is precocious, self-aware, super-rich a master race apart. philosophical, reflective. In other words, this To some readers, the language might seem Hamlet is preternaturally astute. labored or pretentious. Not to me. Most review- His unborn, enlightened condition is remi- ers responded to the book as I do. In The Wash- niscent of the traditional Jewish story that ington Post, Ron Charles writes: explains the existence of the philtrum, that Ian McEwan’s preposterously weird little indentation between nose and mouth. Jewish novel, is more brilliant than it has any right to tradition teaches that every fetus is assigned an be. The plot sounds like something sprung from angel who instructs the child on everything the a drunken round of literary Mad Libs: a crime of child will need to know to lead a good life. First passion based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, narrated and foremost, this education involves study of by a fetus. the Torah. But just before birth, the angel taps It helps to know that Nutshell is more than the fetus on the upper lip. With that tap, the a philosophical digression and more than a philtrum is created and the fetus forgets every- whimsical, however erudite, exploration of thing. Thus, in Jewish lore, all learning is an act Hamlet. It has elements of a finely tuned crime- of recall. novel. Suspense builds as the novel nears its McEwan himself seems to have eluded his end, which coincides with the expected birth of tutor-angel. His erudition is uncanny. No need our narrator. The Chief Police Inspector makes to take my word for it. Judge McEwan’s acuity several appearances. To find out how it ends, for yourself. you must read the book. No spoilers here. n 22 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2017 IKosher Cuisine From King Solomon’s table to yours Mary Bilyeu, staff writer ur mythology of Solomon and his cultures they vanquish, or national cuisines into their diets along with “provisions like dried with them old traditions and adapted to new reign overflows with a table full of that have a homeland or stable center with chickpeas and sesame seeds” which they’d likely ones,” a frequently-repeated pattern throughout O foods,” writes Joan Nathan in the defined boundaries.” brought with them from Ur. their history as they eventually settled throughout introduction to her 11th cookbook — King As Jews have migrated throughout the Later generations “would add more foods the widely diverse Diaspora. Ashkenazi and Solomon’s Table: A Culinary Exploration of world, they have brought with them the laws from Egypt, such as fava beans, melons, Sephardic cuisines are discussed; and Nathan even Jewish Cooking from Around the World — being of kashrut and recipes from the lands they’ve cucumbers, leeks, dill, and onions, into their acknowledges contemporary tastes influenced published April 4. lived in and traveled through. At the same time, cooking. They might have learned from the by television, cookbooks, and “the ever-present Not a lot is known about the king, she says, their cooking has necessarily adapted to their Egyptians how to make bread from beer yeast Internet blogs, magazines, and YouTube.” “and some scholars even doubt his existence.” environment, with additions, subtractions, and …. Thanks to hieroglyphics, archaeological In King Solomon’s Table, Nathan offers But “his story offers an image of a ruler presiding substitutions of ingredients, as necessary. digs, and the Bible,” she writes, “we have records dishes from such diverse places as Azerbaijan, over a diversity of cultures, an abundance of In the new book, Nathan follows, “through of how, during the Jews’ sojourn in Egypt, these Mexico, Tunisia, Hungary, Siberia, Sri Lanka, food, and reaching beyond his borders to feed recipes and stories, the journey of many foods were integrated into the Jewish way of life Persia, Brazil, Sicily, Bulgaria, Morocco, Yemen, his kingdom.” of these dishes.” In one example, she traces before the Exodus.” and Ethiopia, all of which have contributed to Solomon, noted for his wisdom and for kreplach from the Khazars, “many of whom Once arriving in Israel, “bread, wine, and the depth and breadth of Jewish cuisine. Each his wealth, exported wheat and olive oil from supposedly converted to Judaism,” to Poland olive oil were the main staples of the [Jews’] country’s culinary culture makes an imprint, his own lands. His many wives and mistresses, and subsequently to the United States. Other diet.” And foods such as “wheat, barley, flour, infusing the food with the spirit of the place, according to the book of Kings, came from noted foods include the macaroon, “with roots parched grain (freekeh), honey, curds, a flock, while the dishes still retain their distinctive places as varied as Egypt, Moab, Edom (Jordan), in the Fertile Crescent (present-day southern and cheese” are mentioned in the book of Jewish identity. Sidon (Lebanon), and Anatolia (Turkey); they Iraq),” and cheesecake, which was created “in Samuel. Other ingredients being introduced “How amazing it is - sometimes it even takes would have brought with them “pomegranates, ancient Rome or perhaps earlier.” into Jewish cuisine were “watermelons and my breath away,” writes Nathan, “when, gathered dates, olives, and a variety of other foods and Nathan began her research, and begins pomegranates, as well as wild greens like around the Passover table, to think that Jews are methods for preparing them,” writes Nathan, her story, at Yale University with “the earliest dandelion, purslave, wild celery, akouba (wild sitting around similar tables across the world, such as spices and preserving techniques. known ‘cookbook’”: a Babylonian collection of artichoke), and khubeiza (wild mallow),” and eating symbolic foods absorbed from culinary Nathan wanted to learn about the king 35 recipes written in Akkadian on three tablets aromatics such as leeks, onions, and garlic that traditions developed over thousands of years.” and the cooking of his court. And in doing dating from approximately 1,700 B.C.E. From grew in the area. Here are several recipes to add to your own so, she found herself seeking “what makes there, she tells of Abraham and Sarah traveling Exile after the destruction of the Temple in 70 seder meal, ones that are simultaneously new Jewish cuisine unique.” Because it’s “unlike to Canaan and finding “figs, dates, olives, grapes C.E. sent the Jews to “Egypt, Libya, Greece, Rome, and yet still old, representing the history of the the cuisines of empires, influenced by the pomegranates, barley, and wheat” to incorporate Sicily, Spain, Italy, and France.” And “they brought Jewish people. n

2 heaping tablespoons tomato paste 7 large eggs, separated Chilaquiles (Mexican Matzo Brei) Brazilian Haroset with Apples, 1 2 large onions, diced 2 cups ground almonds (about 1 /2 cups Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold Dates, and Cashews 5 cloves garlic, minced whole almonds) says that chilaquiles are “basically eggs with While visiting Recife, Joan Nathan “met with Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste 2 cups almond meal 1 leftover corn tortilla chips stirred with a lit- members of the Jewish community, some of /2 teaspoon hot paprika, or to taste Dash of salt 1 3 tle salsa” and served with sour cream. “It’s a whose ancestors came there as Portuguese /2 teaspoon sweet paprika, or to taste /4 cup sugar 1 nifty way to use up stale corn tortillas,” or, as fleeing the Inquisition. This haroset repre- /2 bunch parsley, chopped and divided 2 teaspoons ground cardamom Joan Nathan suggests, matzos. sents the marriage of the apple and nut of Put the meat in a Dutch oven or similar 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger and/or Oil, for frying the classic eastern European haroset and the heavy pot and cover with about 3 cups water. 2 tablespoons coarsely ground candied 4 matzos, broken into quarters or eighths date and raisins of Middle Eastern versions.” Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and sim- ginger 1 medium white onion, diced 3 medium tart apples, un- mer, uncovered, for 1 hour and 15 minutes 1 tablespoon almond extract Large pinch of salt peeled and cut in eighths or until almost tender, adding more water Powdered sugar (kosher for Passover), 4 large eggs, lightly 1 for dusting 1 /4 cups chopped ca- beaten if necessary. shews Finely chopped roasted pistachio, for garnish 1 cup prepared You might have 1 cup raisins Preheat the oven to 350° and grease a 9-inch salsa to periodically 1 1 cup dates, pitted skim foam that Bundt pan or a 9-inch square pan with some About /2 cup 1 /2 teaspoon cinnamon accumulates on oil. Whisk the egg whites in a mixer until shredded cheddar 3 About /4 cup sweet wine for Passover cheese the top. they are stiff but not dry, and set aside. 1-2 tablespoons sugar, optional A few dollops of sour cream Add the red With a food processor, pulse the almonds Sliced avocado Put the apples, cashews, raisins, dates, and peppers and the until very finely ground but still textured, 4 chopped scallions cinnamon in a food processor or a large bowl. tomatoes, stir, and cook uncovered for an- stirring once or twice 4 tablespoons chopped cilantro Pulse or chop until well blended, adding only other 20 minutes. to prevent the from enough wine to absorb the fruits and nuts. Warm a thin film of oil in a large non-stick skil- Stir in the tomato paste, onions, and garlic; turning into a paste. Add sugar to taste. let over medium-high heat, then add the matzo reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook for Add the almond meal, pieces and fry, turning occasionally with tongs, If you want, mold the mixture into balls another 40 minutes to 1 hour, or until the salt, egg yolks, and sug- until just crisp, but not so crisp as a tortilla chip, about the size of a large marble, as Spanish beef is very tender and almost falling apart. ar, and pulse to blend. and Portuguese forebears did. You can also Then gradually add the about 1 to 2 minutes per side. Do this in batches Season with salt, pepper, and hot and sweet serve it in a shallow bowl as a spread. cardamom, the ginger, if necessary, removing the fried matzos to drain paprika to taste and stir in half the parsley. the almond extract, on a paper towel-lined baking sheet. This can be Yield: About 4 cups or 40-50 balls Serve over rice or potatoes, sprinkled with and 1/2 cup of the oil. Gently fold in the egg done a few hours in advance. the remaining parsley. Source: Adapted from Joan Nathan, King Sol- whites. Drain all but 2 tablespoons of the oil out of the omon’s Table Yield: 6 to 8 servings pan then, over medium heat, sauté the onion Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake with a pinch of salt until translucent, about 5 to Source: Adapted from Joan Nathan, King Sol- in the middle of the oven for about 50 10 minutes. Pour in the eggs with another pinch Salyanka (Georgian Beef Stew omon’s Table minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the of salt and scramble until almost set, about 3 to center comes out clean. Allow to cool for 4 minutes. Add the fried matzos back to the pan, with Red Peppers) 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and then pour in about 1/2 to 1 cup of the salsa, care- “After slowly simmering the beef for a Iranian Ginger Almond Sponge finish cooling on a rack. fully stirring a few minutes until the salsa is hot few hours,” writes Joan Nathan, “you are Cake with Cardamom and Pis- To decorate, dust with powdered sugar and and the matzos just begin to soften. rewarded with a melt-in-your-mouth, silky chopped pistachios. stew - a perfect main dish for Passover.” tachios Serve in the pan or on a platter, sprinkled with 2 pounds stewing beef, cut into 1-1/2 “Separating and whipping the whites of Yield: 10 to 12 servings the cheese. Top with dollops of sour cream, slices inch chunks the eggs until they are stiff is a technique of avocado, and chopped scallions and cilantro. Source: Adapted from Joan Nathan, King Sol- 2 large red bell peppers, cut into 1 inch learned in Spain and exported by Sephardic omon’s Table Yield: 4 servings squares Jews, who used it in making what they called Source: Adapted from Joan Nathan, King 10 ounces canned plum tomatoes or pan d’Espagna, or Spanish bread, basically a Solomon’s Table 4 fresh plum tomatoes peeled and sponge cake,” says Joan Nathan. 1 crushed by hand /2 cup vegetable oil, plus additional for pan

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Day School have scheduled closures. Children Midrash in Hebrew: BIC. 6:30 p.m. Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. April 2017 enjoy computers, games, reading time, arts Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. and crafts time, sports, and a kid-friendly 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat from movie. Pre and post care available. For more 5:45–6:15 p.m. Shabbat B’Yachad/Shabbat Saturday 1 information (including pricing details) or to Wednesday 5 Together from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat register, view www.jccannarbor.org or contact Dinner from 6:15–6:45 p.m. Shira from 6:45– Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Tamara at (734) 971-0990 or by email at KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. Vacation Days 7:15 p.m. Shabbat Service/Birthday Blessings Shabbat Limmud: BIC. 9 a.m. [email protected]. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. provide fun and adventure for children from 7:30–9 p.m. Through April 7. K-5 when Ann Arbor Public Schools Chapel Service: TBE. 10–11 a.m. Friday evening services: See listing at the end of Keshet: BIC. 6 p.m. and Hebrew Day School have scheduled Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. the calendar. closures. See April 3. Sunday 2 Tuesday 4 Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. Saturday 8 Mahj: TBE. Offsite. 1–3 p.m. KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. Vacation Days In the Mood for Matzoh: BIC. For families with Adult Hebrew Advanced: TBE. 5–6 p.m. Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. provide fun and adventure for children children in grades K–2. 9:30 a.m. Chapel Service: TBE. 10–11 a.m. K-5 when Ann Arbor Public Schools Men’s Seder: TBE Brotherhood. 6–8 p.m. Writing Memoirs and Family Stories: JCS. Ideas and Hebrew Day School have scheduled Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. Second Saturday Shabbat: AARC. Participative for how to get started for anyone who has ever closures. See April 3. community service integrates traditional thought of writing stories about his or her life liturgy with music, chanting and contemporary The Dilemma: Modern Conundrums. Thursday 6 or the life of an ancestor. Monthly sessions English readings, including Torah service and Talmudic Debates. Your Solutions: Chabad. led by Jan Price. Participants learn how to discussion. At the JCC. 10–Noon. JLI Course. Engage in a brain-twisting, KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. Vacation Days write about various topics and have a chance mind-wrestling, hair-splitting experience provide fun and adventure for children K-5 Tot Shabbat: BIC. 11:15 a.m. to share their stories with others. No fee, but as you explore the complex dilemmas that when Ann Arbor Public Schools and Hebrew WTBE Concert: TBE. 7:30–9:30 p.m. register online at www.jewishculturalsociety. arise by examining original Talmudic texts. Day School have scheduled closures. See org. Held at the JCC. 10 a.m.–noon. Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. April 3. Social Action Committee Meeting: BIC. 10:30 a.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:30– Sunday 9 Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into Beanster’s Café in UM Michigan League, 2:15 p.m. the basic text of Chassidim and discover the 911 North University. All levels and ages Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. 8 p.m. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. welcome for conversation in mame-loshn, the basic text of Chassidim and discover the Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. which translates to “mother tongue.” For Friday 7 beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. information, email [email protected] or Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. Vacation Days Monday 3 phone (734) 936-2367. 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. B’nai Mitzvah Committee Meeting: TBE. 7:45– provide fun and adventure for children K-5 Adult Hebrew: TBE. 4–5 p.m. 9:15 p.m. KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. Vacation Days when Ann Arbor Public Schools and Hebrew provide fun and adventure for children K-5 Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5:30 p.m. Day School have scheduled closures. See when Ann Arbor Public Schools and Hebrew Adult Hebrew Intermediate: TBE. 5–6 p.m. April 3.

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Morning’s at Seven by Paul Osborn | directed by TJ Johson 11AM – 5:30PM 2PM FILM: April 20-23, 2017 Pop•up Record Shop | DJ in the Garden Last Shop Standing: The Rise, Fall and Arthur Miller Theatre | 1226 Murfin Ave. Rebirth of the Independent Record Shop Thursday @ 7:30, Fri-Sat @ 8:00, Sunday @ 2:00 For tickets and info: 734.971.2228 or www.a2ct.org FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT AADL.ORG 24 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2017 Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. Board Meeting: BIC. 8 p.m. Monday 10 Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. Monday 24 Taanit Bechorot Shaharit Service: BIC. Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat WTBE “The Historical Novel:” TBE. 12:30–2 p.m. Followed by Chametz Breakfast. 7 a.m. from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Shabbat B’Yachad/ Thursday 20 Hebrew School–Model Seder: TBE. 4:15–6 p.m. Shabbat Together from 5:45–6:15 p.m. First Night Seder: Chabad. Evening Services Spirituality Book Club: TBE. 12:30–1:30 p.m. Keshet Ann Arbor: BIC. 6 p.m. at 8 p.m., followed by Community Seder at Tot Shabbat Dinner from 6:15–6:45 p.m. Lunch and Learn: Teen Trip to Nahalal. JCC. Women’s Torah Study: TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Shira from 6:45–7:15 p.m. Shabbat–Pesach Service: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. Ayelet Shapiro, Jewish Federation’s outreach Men’s Torah Study: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. Tuesday 11 Friday evening services: See listing at the end of and program coordinator, and Max Glick, the calendar. Jewish Federation’s associate campaign Tuesday 25 Passover Shaharit Service: BIC. 9:30 a.m. director, will talk about their experience chaperoning a group of nine teens to Ann The Dilemma: Modern Conundrums. Talmudic Passover Morning Services: Chabad. 10 a.m. Saturday 15 Arbor’s partnership city, Nahalal, Israel. For Debates. Your Solutions: Chabad. 9:30 a.m. Second Night Seder: JCS. Community is invited Religious School: TBE. 8:30–10:15 a.m. information and to RSVP, see http://bit. and 7:30 p.m. See first Tuesday of month. to join the Second Night Seder using a secular ly/2mSo7UH. 1–2 p.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): progressive Haggadah that emphasizes Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:30– Beanster’s Café in UM Michigan League, 911 the continuing need to work for freedom Shabbat Limmud: BIC. 9 a.m. 2:15 p.m. North University. All levels and ages welcome throughout the world. Vegetarian potluck Chapel Service: TBE. 10–11:30 a.m. Yin Embodied Meditation: TBE. 2:30–3:30 p.m. for conversation in mame-loshn, which follows. Participants should bring a kosher- Preschool 3: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. translates to “mother tongue.” For information, Membership Committee Meeting: TBE. 7:30– for-Passover, nut-free, vegetarian dish to share. Religious School: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. email [email protected] or phone (734) 936- Held at the JCC. No cost for JCS members; 8:30 p.m. 9th Grade Madrichim Training: TBE. 11 a.m.– 2367. 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. suggested donation for nonmembers. Register Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 7–9:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Yin Yoga–Embodied Jewish Meditation: TBE. online at www.jewishculturalsociety.org. For Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. 8 p.m. 2:30–3:30 p.m. information, email info@jewishculturalsociety. Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. org or phone (734) 975-9872. 6 p.m. Friday 21 Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5:30 p.m. Second Night Seder: TBE. 6–9 p.m. Sunday 16 Midrash in Hebrew: BIC. 6:30 p.m. Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Second Night Community Seder: Chabad. Executive Committee Meeting: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Services at 8 p.m., followed by Community Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into Seder at 8:30 p.m. the basic text of Chassidim and discover the Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat from Wednesday 26 beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Shabbat B’Yachad/Shabbat Wednesday 12 Together from 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat SAC Open Meeting: TBE. 5–6 p.m. Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. Dinner from 6:15–6:45 p.m. Shira from 6:45– Passover Shaharit Service: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6 p.m. 7:15 p.m. Shabbat Service: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. Hebrew School: TBE. 4:15–6 p.m. th Passover Morning Services: Chabad. 10 a.m. Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. Friday evening services: See listing at the end of Bar/Bat Mitzvah Beginnings for 5 Grade Third Night Seder: AARC. At the JCC. 6:30–8 p.m. Passover Mincha and Maariv: BIC. 7:30 p.m. the calendar. Families: BIC. 6 p.m. Pulpit Committee Meeting: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. Keshet: TBE. 6–8:30 p.m. Board Meeting: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. Monday 17 Saturday 22 Genesis Board Meeting: TBE. 7–9 p.m. Mahj Mixer: Ann Arbor Hadassah. Space Passover Mincha Service: BIC. 7:30 p.m. Religious School: TBE. 8:30–10:15 a.m. Passover Shaharit Services: BIC. 9:30 a.m. limited to 40 players. Held at the JCC. Early Passover Evening Services: Chabad. 8 p.m. Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Passover Morning Services: Chabad. Seventh Day registration encouraged. Registration fee is of Passover. 9:45 a.m. B’nai Mitzvah Service: TBE. 10–11:30 a.m. $10 before April 19. $15 at the door. Contact Thursday 13 Pat Soskolne at [email protected] or phone Passover Yizkor Service and Luncheon: TBE. Baby Shabbat: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–Noon. (734) 645-4695 for information or registration KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. Vacation Days 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Tot Shabbat: BIC. 11:15 a.m. form. Same day registration opens at 6:45 p.m. provide fun and adventure for children Mini Minyan: BIC. 11:15 a.m. Group Supported Spiritual Exploration: TBE. Play will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. K-5 when Ann Arbor Public Schools and 6:10–7:40 p.m. Kiddush: TBE. 11:30–2 p.m. Hebrew Day School have scheduled closures. Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. Passover Evening Services: Chabad. Seventh Day Rishonim–Cookie Contest: TBE. 3–5 p.m. Children enjoy computers, games, reading of Passover. 7 p.m. time, arts and crafts time, sports, and a kid- Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. Thursday 27 friendly movie. Pre and post care available. Passover Mincha Services: BIC. 7:30 p.m. For more information (including pricing Sunday 23 Lunch and Learn: Genealogical Society of details) or to register, view www.jccannarbor. Tuesday 18 Washtenaw County: JCC. Founded in 1974, org or contact Tamara at (734) 971-0990 or Gan Katan: BIC. 9:30 a.m. the Genealogical Society of Washtenaw by email at [email protected]. 9 Passover Shaharit Service: BIC. Including Yizkor. Wellness Expo: JCC. The Jewish Community County (GSWC) promotes family history, a.m.–4 p.m. Also April 14. 9:30 a.m. Center of Greater Ann Arbor hosts its first education, and the preservation of historical ever Wellness Expo to promote a healthy records. GSWC offers classes on a variety of Lunch and Learn: 826Michigan: JCC. Learn Passover Morning Services: Chabad. Final Day of mind, body, and spirit. During the week topics, including reading old handwriting, about the Robot Repair & Supply Shop in Passover. 9:45 a.m. deciphering military records, using adoption downtown Ann Arbor. Besides robots, the of April 23, discounted exercise packages Yin Yoga–Embodied Jewish Meditation: TBE. records, memoir writing, DNA samples, and storefront houses 826Michigan, a non-profit will be offered with a “Pass to Wellness” 2:30–3:30 p.m. more. Participants will learn more about this organization that offers writing and tutoring granting unlimited access to all JCC fitness Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5:30 p.m. valuable local resource. This talk is offered programs for students, evening workshops classes ($10/members, $15/nonmembers). free of charge, but RSVP requested. For more for aspiring writers, and volunteer Passover Evening Services: Chabad. Final Day of Seminars on wellness and mental health, information or to RSVP, contact Rachael at opportunities for members of the Ann Arbor Passover. 6 p.m. Followed by Meal of Moshiach led by local experts, will also be offered. (734) 971-0990 or email rachaelhoffenblum@ and greater Washtenaw County community. at 6:30 p.m. For more information contact Tamara at jccannarbor.org. 1–2 p.m. For information, contact Rachael at (734) Board Meeting: TBE Brotherhood. 7:15–8:45 p.m. (734) 971-0990 or email tamaralewis@ 971-0990 or email rachaelhoffenblum@ Religious Education Committee Meeting: TBE. jccannarbor.org. Through April 27. Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:30– jccannarbor.org. 1–2 p.m. 7:30–8:30 p.m. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into 2:15 p.m. Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:30– Passover Mincha: BIC. 7:30 p.m. the basic text of Chassidim and discover WTBE Fiber Arts Group: TBE. 7–9 p.m. the beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30– 2:15 p.m. Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 7:30–8:30p.m. Executive Committee Meeting: TBE. 7:30– 11:30 a.m. 8:30 p.m. WTBE Fiber Arts Group: TBE. 7–9 p.m. Spirituality Book Club: TBE. 7:30–8:30 p.m. Reading: TBE. Ann Epstein. 4–5 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. 8 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. 8 p.m. WTBE Board Meeting: TBE. 7:30–9:30 p.m. Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6 p.m. Friday 14 Wednesday 19 Religious School: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. Friday 28 Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. Lunch and Learn: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. Vacation Days Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. Erev Yom Hashoah Service and Program BIC. Jewish Karate/Shalom Gever: TBE. 4–5 p.m. provide fun and adventure for children Mahj: TBE. Offsite. 1–3 p.m. 7 p.m. K-5 when Ann Arbor Public Schools and Tot Shabbat: AARC. Prior to Fourth Friday Hebrew School: TBE. 4:15–6 p.m. B’nai Mitzvah Committee Meeting: TBE. Hebrew Day School have scheduled closures. 7:45–9:15 p.m. Services, bring little ones for singing and fun See April 13. Keshet: TBE. 6–8:30 p.m. with Rabbi Alana or another service leader. Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2017 25 Pizza provided. Stay for services (indicate if led by Rabbi Rod Glogower and other local you need childcare) or go on home for an scholars. Home hospitality available for early evening. At the JCC. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Shabbat meals. UM Hillel. Fourth Friday Shabbat Services and Potluck: Shabbat Services: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Morning PRESENTS AARC. Kabbalat Shabbat services open to all childcare from 10 a.m.–12:15 p.m. community members. Led by Rabbi Alana Shabbat Services: AA Reconstructionist Alpert. Pizza nosh for children and childcare Congregation. Morning services held provided during services from 6:15–8 the second Saturday of each month at p.m. Reservations requested for pizza and the JCC from 10 a.m.–noon integrating childcare. For information, phone (734) traditional liturgy with music, chanting and 445-1910 or email [email protected]. At the contemporary readings including Torah JCC. 6:30–8 p.m. service and discussion. A morning of songs Shabbat Achat Dinner: TBE. 6–6:30 p.m. and text study takes place the first Saturday Shabbat Service–Shabbat Achat: TBE. 6:30– of each month. For info, email info@ 9 p.m. aarecon.org or call 913-9705 or visit www. Friday evening services: See listing at the end of aarecon.org. the calendar. Shabbat Services: Chabad. Friday night services at Shabbat candle lighting time. Saturday 29 Saturday morning services at 9:45 a.m. Afternoon services 45 minutes before Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. sundown. Call 995-3276 for Home Shabbat Limmud: BIC. 9 a.m. Hospitality and Meals for Shabbat and Jewish Holidays. Bat Mitzvah Service: TBE. 10–11:30 a.m. Shabbat Services: Pardes Hannah. Generally Kiddush: TBE. 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. meets the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. month. Call 663-4039 for more information. 10 a.m. Led by Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg. Sunday 30 Shabbat Services: TBE. Torah Study at 6th Grade Bar/Bat Mitzvah Family Series: BIC. 8:50 a.m. Morning Minyan at 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Sanctuary Service at 10 a.m. most weeks. Call the office at 665-4744 or consult Jewish Communal Leadership Program website at www.templebethemeth.org for Graduation and Brunch: UM School of 248.788.2900 • www.JetTheatre.org service details. JET performs in the Aaron DeRoy Theatre Social Work. Educational Conference Center, University of Michigan School of Home Hospitality for Shabbat and Holiday on the corner of Maple & Drake Roads in West Bloomfield Social Work, 1080 South University Avenue. Meals: AAOM. Call 662-5805 in advance. RSVP to [email protected] by April 26. Home Hospitality and Meals: Chabad. Every 10 a.m. Shabbat and Holiday. Call 995-3276 in advance. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the basic text of Chassidim and Fequently listed phone numbers and discover the beauty and depth of Judaism. addresses of organizations: 10:30–11:30 a.m. Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan (AAOM) p 8th Grade Graduation: BIC BIRS. 11 a.m. 1429 Hill Street (734) 994-5822 cineto ia Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation FILM FESTIVAL Erev Yom Hazikaron Ceremony (Tekes): BIC. (AARC) CINEMA 7 p.m. 2935 Birch Hollow Drive (734) 913-9705 CURATED IN COLLABORATION WITH Beth Israel Congregation (BIC) IRA DEUTCHMAN REVOLUTIONINDEPENDENT FILMS THAT DEFINED A GENRE Weekly Friday night Shabbat services 2000 Washtenaw Ave. (734) 665-9897 Shabbat Service: AAOM. Services held at UM Chabad House Hillel. Call 994-9258 in advance to confirm 715 Hill Street (734) 995-3276 time. Jewish Community Center (JCC) Shabbat Service: BIC. 6 p.m. 2935 Birch Hollow Drive (734) 971-0990 April 3 | 7:00 PM Shabbat Service: TBE. Tot Shabbat at 6 p.m., Jewish Cultural Society (JCS) Fellini Satyricon (1969) April 17 | 7:00 PM followed by tot dinner. Traditional Service 2935 Birch Hollow Drive (734) 975-9872 dir. Federico Fellini Day for Night (1973) at 7:30 p.m. Once a month Middle School Jewish Family Services (JFS) Service at 7:30 p.m. For information, call dir. Francois Truffaut 2245 South State Street (734) 769-0209 665-4744. April 10 | 7:00 PM Jewish Federation Shabbat Service: Ann Arbor Reconstructionist 2939 Birch Hollow Drive (734) 677-0100 Putney Swope (1969) April 24 | 7:00 PM Congregation. 6:15 p.m. at the JCC the Pardes Hannah dir. Robert Downey Sr. A Woman Under the fourth Friday each month. Musical Shabbat 2010 Washtenaw Ave. (734) 761-5324 Influence (1974) service followed by vegetarian potluck. Temple Beth Emeth (TBE) dir. John Cassavetes Pizza nosh for the kids at 6 p.m. Childcare April 17 | 4:00 PM provided during the service. All are welcome 2309 Packard Road (734) 665-4744 Citizen Kane (1941) to attend. For information, call 975-6527, U-M Hillel dir. Orson Welles email [email protected], or visit 1429 Hill Street (734) 769-0500 www.aarecon.org. Shabbat Service: Chabad. Begins at candle- lighting time. Home hospitality available for Shabbat meals and Jewish holidays. Call Shabbat Candlelighting 995-3276 in advance. April 7 7:50 p.m. Weekly Shabbat services Shabbat Services: AAOM. Morning April 14 7:58p.m. service, 9:30 a.m. Evening service, 35 minutes before sunset. Call 662-5805 for April 21 8:05 p.m. ANN ARBOR’S DOWNTOWN CENTER information. Mincha/Ma’ariv with Seudah FOR FINE FILM & PERFORMING ARTS Shlisheet and Dvar Torah every week. April 28 8:13p.m. 603 E. LIBERTY • 734-668-TIME • MICHTHEATER.ORG Torah topics and a bite to eat. Discussions

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Mazel tov Rick and Kathi Cohen on the birth of their granddaughter Campbell Reese Gestwick, January 18. Gretta Spier and Jonathan Rubin on the birth of their granddaughter Isabel Hannah Rubin, February 10. Adina Schoem and Joe Vainner on the birth of their daughter Noa Serafina, granddaughter of David and Karyn Schoem, March 2. Debbie and Bob Merion on the marriage of their daughter Alison to Adam Arena, February 12. Joe and Robin Pollak on the birth of their second son, February 18. Wendy and Jonathan Maybaum on the engagement of their son Alex to Ortal Amozig. Asher Bank on his bar mitzvah, April 22. Ari Jacob on his bar mitzvah, April 22. Jillian Bradin on her bat mitzvah, April 22. Eliana Chinitz on her bat mitzvah, April 29. Hannah Bacal on her bat mitzvah, April 29.

Condolences Finely crafted espresso drinks and freshly Sally Adler on the death of her husband, Richard Adler, February 11. Julie Barr on the death of her father Arnold Bennett, February 13. roasted coffee at three Ann Arbor locations Corey Bertcher on the death of his father Harvey Bertcher, February 23. Tamar Springer on the death of her mother Tova Springer, February 27. Ellen Sapper on the death of her father, David I. Sapper, March 5. Downtown, 217 N. Main St. Ellen Abramson on the death of her hustband, David Abramson, March 23. Arbor Hills, 3010 Washtenaw Ave.

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