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Cover Story A New Jewish Leader 14 Michigan native Rabbi Matt Green is changing millennial Jewish life in Brooklyn.

Jews in the D Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum Misses Its Visitors 18 Mounting expenses are getting harder to pay after four months of closure due to COVID-19, said owner Jeremy Yagoda.

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e would all like to pride ourselves on being well read, versed in music and avid theatergoers. We are all that, as can be shown if we listen to the terms that pepper our conversations.

We have been told, “All the Sy Manello world’s a stage.”

Editorial Remember that Assistant when things don’t go well and buck yourself up with the advice that the show must go on. If all your plans for an activity are ready, then you must get the show on the road. Of course, anyone who

tries to grab the spotlight will be identified as a ham and will undoubtedly refuse to share the limelight. You will note also that he/she may try to take center stage and upstage everyone else, especially if there is recognition to be offered. That will be your cue to bring the curtain down on those antics. Know that you are dealing with a character.

Concertgoers be advised.

When you learn that a favorite group or performer will be coming to town, it will be music to your ears. Be sure that you are fit as a fiddle and hit the right note for your family by purchasing tickets. When someone complains often, like a broken

record, you must face the music, march to your own drummer and all that jazz.

Do you wear your emotions on your sleeve? Then someone can read you like a book. Are you at all secretive? No? Then you have nothing to fear since your life is an open book. In your daily actions you tend to go by the book; that is admirable.

If you are ever unsure as to how to proceed, take a page from someone’s book, someone you admire. Try every trick in the book to make something work in your favor; when it’s over, close the book on it. Do not belabor anything. Remember, however, that if you are found to be in the wrong, someone will throw the book at you.

Whoever said that culture was confined to the walls of a theater, auditorium or library?

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rogressive American public intellectual Peter Beinart has sent shock waves through the Jewish world with his July 2020 op-ed in the New York Times, “I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State.”

His article Jimmy Bitton chips away at a central tenet of discourse in the Jewish world and of American foreign policy by making the case that a twostate solution has failed. In its stead, he reasons, should be a

single binational state.

Beinart’s argument, an old one at that, has many detractors. The former ambassador to Israel under President Obama, Dan Shapiro, wrote, “Calling for one state for Israelis and Palestinians is neither original nor a remotely viable solution to this long-running conflict.” He continues, “It’s a disaster in the making for Israelis, the Jewish people, Palestinians and U.S. interests.”

What concerns me about Beinart’s article is that it echoes sentiments of a

‘Outstanding’ Handling of Tlaib Responses Your July 16 cover story on Rashida Tlaib was so provocative that my wife, Terran, briefly thought about writing her first letter to the editor. I write now, not to add my two cents’ worth but to commend you for your outstanding handling of our community’s responses as displayed on your Letters pages (July 30, pg. 10).

Letters to the Editor have fallen on hard times. Some days the other local papers publish none.

Yet those letters are a critical part of the bond between newspapers and their readers. Letters make the relationship active, not passive.

This time, the full story was not just what you printed; it included what your readership thought. All of your correspondents appear to have been fairly treated (that also has been my experience); additionally, you were generous in the space you set aside for them.

By your willingness to open your pages to your critics — and yes, some supporters — you have given us a balanced view of what Detroit’s Jewish community thinks of Rep. Tlaib.

Congratulations on an allaround good job and thank you.

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growing number of young Jewish progressives who no longer see Israel as the underdog and exemplar of an egalitarian society. The days when Israel was thought of in the romantic terms of the kibbutz, or of making the desert bloom, have withered and in its place has arisen a critical post-Zionist and even anti-Zionism ethos informed by misplaced notions of social justice.

As a Jewish historian and educator, Beinart’s argument and the progressive cultural tsunami upon which it rides, touches a raw nerve. continued on page 6

NewCAJE Conference Thank you for the article that you wrote about your Jewish educators coming to the Summer of NewCAJE via Zoom (July 30, pg.

22). To correct one mistake, usually at an in-person conference, we get 450 participants from 43 states, while this year, we have 900 participants. The in-person conference costs about $900, which includes room and kosher food.

We are pleased that we were able to open our conference to 70 educators from Detroit, thanks to the generosity of our donor and many scholarship opportunities.

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rowing up as a child in the Orthodox Jewish community, the shadow of the Holocaust weighed heavily upon my shoulders.

I was told of the horrors my great-grandparents had endured, of the worlds destroyed and the lives lost.

I heard stories Jonah Kaye about the 1.5 million children, who were no older than I was when their lives were tragically cut short.

Above all, I was painfully reminded that I was part of the last generation who will ever have met survivors. A burden is laid upon us to remember; to never forget.

Our stories, then, cannot merely be stories. They must become memories, seared deep into a new generation’s collective consciousness so that we can say with confidence: never

again. With our shuls, schools and community centers, we went to Poland. We went to the cemeteries. We went to the ghettos. We went to the cattle cars. We went to the gas chambers. We went to the crematoria. “Never again” was imprinted deep in our Jewish memory.

It then comes to us as a shock that, in those moments when we wish to do good on our education, to speak out and say those words “never again,” our communities react in horror. We are told, “How dare you compare it to the Holocaust?” or “How dare you belittle our suffering?” To make any comparison of the suffering of the Uyghur population to what the Jewish people experienced in the Holocaust is forbidden.

“Never again” means “never again to the Jewish people”; we don’t speak out for the Uyghurs — because we are not Uyghurs.

This attitude is a betrayal of

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Uyghur detainees listening to a “de-radicalization” speech at a re-education camp in Hotan prefecture's Lop county in China.

our education and an obstruction of our attempts to remember. Jewish suffering has not been monolithic. Our slavery in Egypt was not the same as our persecution by Haman in Persia. The massacres along the Rhineland were not the same as the pogroms in Kishnev. The Spanish Inquisition was not the same as the Holocaust. Yet we have the capacity to recognize that Jew-hatred is Jew-hatred; its form or degree ought not to distract us from its essence.

There are 1 million Uyghurs detained in camps of some sort in Xinjiang, China. They are a Muslim minority who

have been stripped of their basic freedoms in the name of “re-education” and political indoctrination. Within the camps, their beards are forcibly shaven; their veils taken away.

Birth control is forced upon their women, and they are tortured and raped. To those who are lucky enough not to be inside camps, their moves are constantly surveilled by the Chinese government. They dare not mention their God or name their children as they please, for fear of persecution.

Recent horrific footage has shown Uyghurs blindfolded on their knees, waiting to be continued on page 13

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It is painfully undeniable that Israel is no longer the principal focus for many young Jews. Frustration, engendered by a conflict that never ends, has even led many into the pernicious reaction of self-blame. Young Jews increasingly suffer from a withering of Zionist motivation and depletion of Jewish spirit. Most can scarily articulate how Israel has transformed the very nature of being a Jew because most have little to no understanding of the Jewish condition prior to statehood.

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And here lies the solution.

Knowledge of Jewish history helps to situate the Jewish experience for a generation who sees no vestiges of Jewish pre-statehood reality. For an increasingly critical generation, the most persuasive argument for Jewish sovereignty in the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people is Jewish history. Knowledge of Jewish history is the only way to fully appreciate how Israel has so profoundly transformed the Jewish condition.

Restoring a Zionist zeal

and safeguarding Israel on an increasingly hostile intellectual battlefield can happen only when the study of Jewish history is made a national priority. Thoughtful and skillfully delivered pedagogy will provide the intellectual arsenal that Jews will need to effectively explain and defend Israel’s raison d’être to the world.

What the Jewish world needs to understand, and to understand urgently, is that the greatest existential threat facing Israel may not be just Iran but a lack of Zionist

conviction as to why Israel exists and must continue to exist as a Jewish state. Israel’s declining cachet among young Jews needs urgent attention.

The most effective way to reclaim our sense of purpose is to make Jewish education, both in and outside of Israel, a matter of national security for whatever happens to Israel, happens to all Jews.

Jimmy Bitton, B.Ed., M.A., is head of the Jewish history department at the Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto.

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even at the price of $250 for 450 sessions of professional development, they were not supported by their synagogues to participate. NewCAJE offers teachers and educational directors from every denomination a chance to improve their skills, but just as important, we connect them to educators around the country who can share resources with them throughout the year.

The conference gives them an emotional boost also because we reinforce how essential their work is — a message they are not all hearing from their home congregations.

Since there is a shortage of teachers and since so much is demanded of them today, the synagogues and Federation need to get behind their Jewish educators who are hard-working, creative and passionate about the future of the Jewish people. They need better salaries, benefits and professional development to do the job you have tasked them to do.

— Rabbi Cherie Koller-Fox President, NewCAJE

John Lewis Just a quick historic note about the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia) and the Detroit Jewish community.

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director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in 1998 and, as usual, ADL and other organizations were asked to sponsor a speaker at the JCC Jewish Book Fair. Knowing that Rep. Lewis’ autobiography Walking Against the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement was coming out, I told the organizers we wanted to sponsor the congressman.

Reaction was positive, but an issue arose: Apparently, a non-Jewish author had never before spoken at the Book Fair! I made the case for why I thought it important to have him, emphasizing the Jewish value of his book and that turnout would be high.

Rep. Lewis spoke at the JCC’s 47th Annual Jewish Book Fair on Nov. 12, 1998, the first non-Jewish speaker ever presented at the event. The congressman was great, bringing Black and Jewish community leaders and members together, drawing an appreciative, standing-room-only audience and delivering a thoughtful talk with ideas we are still working on more than two decades later.

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Israel’s Supreme Court The commentary by Kobi Erez, “Israel Must Reform Its Supreme Court” (July 16, pg. 6), should have been fact-checked.

The Court has been asked to nullify Israel’s last election on grounds that Netanyahu is about to be tried for a felony and is therefore ineligible to run for the Knesset, based on a statute which describes eligibility for the Knesset. Mr. Erez supports Netanyahu, and claims the Court is liberal and would not support Netanyahu.

In attacking the Israeli Supreme Court, Mr. Erez states, “Only in Israel do Supreme Court judges elect their own successors.

This means that the same small group of judges decide year after year and decade after decade who will make the laws for the country.”

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There are currently 15 Justices on the Israel Supreme Court, a number set by the Knesset. Only three of them participate in the selection process, along with six others.

Perhaps Mr. Erez should be more concerned with the selection process for Supreme Court openings here in the U.S., where Barack Obama was denied his right to select a justice because one senator refused to hold a hearing on Obama’s selection.

Which process is more democratic? Our founders did not contemplate Sen. McConnell’s undermining the Constitution.

They might have opted for the Israeli version.

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his was my first year attending the NewCAJE Conference, an annual gathering of Jewish educators. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held entirely online.

I had the honor of being one of 12 college students across the United States invited to take part in Sam Arnold the first-ever NewCAJE College Fellowship Cohort.

Led by Sharon Diamondstein and Rabbi Lily Kowalski, our cohort would come together weekly to do formal and informal Jewish learning and social events. We wrestled with the text of Pirkei Avot, got to know each other’s interests through the Game of Things and even got to see, through PopTorah, how Judaism plays a part in every single aspect of our daily lives.

But what I think made this experience even more meaningful were the people I was learning with. All the participants (including myself) are looking at pursuing a career within the field of Jewish education. In my eyes, we right now are peers, but one day we also will have the privilege of being colleagues.

I believe that Jewish educators across the United States (including in Michigan) are doing their best to provide learning opportunities for families and children of all ages. For many, in-person learning is vital to build community among students and families.

However, I have found that kehillah, community, can be found online as well.

When COVID hit, it took a week for my colleagues at religious school and me (led by religious school director Nora Chaus) to bring everything that we do normally online. As a result, every week, my students were able to enjoy Hebrew, Judaism, music and stories as they nor-

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mally would.

I even found that when teaching online, I could open my students’ eyes to things that, in person, they would not be able to see. For example, thanks to Google, I was able to teach my students about the seven species through art and how they relate to the Jewish holidays.

I found a painting of each species and we talked about the significance of each one.

When it comes to the pros and cons of online learning, for me the No. 1 con was not being able to hear students singing. As a lay-led davener, I know the joy that comes from being able to hear people singing along to the traditional nusach, melodies, of prayers. However, I had the opportunity to lead tefillah for my students while playing my piano for them, which was awesome. They would not have had that experience while in person. Therefore, while it is harder, a connection can still be made.

One pro was that I found more flexibility to incorporate more of my students’ interests into the curriculum. For Shavuot, when teaching about the mitzvah of bringing nature into one’s home, we looked at the popular video game Minecraft and the role that nature plays in the game. We also discussed how, just as Jewish people yearn to learn Torah so that we can be Jewish leaders, so, too, did a character like Harry Potter look to learn the skills needed to become a good wizard.

As an educator, I was and continue to be lucky because my students are always looking to learn more than what I was going to teach them. My students encourage me to dig deeper into the curriculum and, because of it, they continue to be engaged both in the classroom

and out of it. Yes, it was not ideal to be teaching online. But what is amazing is that something beautiful can still come out of it.

Altogether, through classes with my cohort; scholars such as Shira Epstein, dean of the Jewish Theological Seminary’s William Davidson Graduate School of Education; Tefillot educators Chava Mirel and Eliana Light; and many other Jewish educators, I have been able to explore Jewish education from many different lenses and how it can be meaningful for everyone — from the youngest learner to the oldest.

The main idea that I am walking away with is that Jewish education is what Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel would call “radical amazement.” As educators, we get the joy of being able to hand over seeds to our students so that they can grow Jewishly. And mah yafeh, how beautiful it is to watch those seeds be planted and grow into trees! Overall, we as Jewish educators have the power to make Judaism come alive. The NewCAJE conference was the perfect way to help make that happen.

P’Tach Libi B’Toratecha: May we, the Jewish educators, be able to keep opening our own hearts to love teaching Judaism to all who seek it, and may we be able to continue to strengthen the Jewish people through inspiring others to pursue words of Torah, daven words of prayer and fulfill mitzvot for many generations to come!

Sam Arnold lives in Farmington Hills and is a sophomore at Western Michigan University majoring in early childhood/elementary education and minoring in comparative religions. He is the 1st and 2nd grade teacher and leader of the Pre K-3 Team within the joint religious school of Congregation Of Moses and Temple B’Nai Israel in Kalamazoo.

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forced into train cars. We ought to be outraged at what evokes pieces of our memory of genocide and persecution at the hands of the Nazis.

This is not a partisan issue. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called China’s human rights violation the “stain of the century,” and Speaker Nancy Pelosi asserted that “Congress on a bipartisan basis has long spoken with one voice in defense of those persecuted by Beijing.”

The decision to stand up to and call out this gross violation of basic human rights should not be a difficult one.

Yet I largely hear silence from my own Jewish community.

I believe that for some, “never forget” has morphed to mean “never forget Jewish suffering.” In this moment, if the Orthodox Jewish community remains silent, relief and rescue may come to the Uyghurs from elsewhere, but the moral stature of our community will perish. We cannot allow a victimhood complex to foster in which we preserve a monopoly on state-sponsored oppression and genocide.

Martin Niemöller’s oft-cited line, “Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew,” comes to mind in articulating the hypocritical expectations we have internalized. If these words are more than just a nice line in a nice poem, if we are to believe that it was a travesty of immeasurable proportions that the world abandoned us as we were being slaughtered, then how can we not extend unto others what we sought for

ourselves?

Detailed comparisons of genocide or imprisonment are pointless. No two events of suffering will ever be the same. Is this the same as the Holocaust? No. Is it as bad?

No. Does it matter? No. If Holocaust education were about learning to identify an exact replica of the Third Reich, Jewish day schools could lower tuition and save us the trouble of building a lived sense of memory.

When young Jews feel the instinct to identify in the suffering of the Uyghurs because of the pain of their own great-grandparents, it is a testament to the quality of their education. Let us not handicap productive anger and pain with whining about Holocaust comparisons, thereby embracing the inertia of apathy. Jewish memory is not written in dead letters on the history books of the past. It is lived in the present hearts and minds of a new generation of young men and women.

I issue a challenge. To young Jews: “Who knows, perhaps it is for this moment that you have come to the royal position?” (Esther 4:14) Speak out. Call upon your community leaders to do the same. Reach out to your local representatives. Through awareness and renewed consciousness perhaps change is possible. Our memory is speaking out — please let it be heard.

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A New Jewish Leader Michigan native Rabbi Matt Green is changing millennial Jewish life in Brooklyn.

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abbi Matt Green, 30, grew up imagining the kind of Jewish community he wanted to be a part of. An Okemos native, he had a strong Jewish identity, but lived in a place where there weren’t many Jews.

“I think that when you don’t have something, you’re able to dream up what it is you want,” he said.

Green has spent the years since building Jewish community in innovative ways, from using dating apps to connect people over Shabbat dinners to curating programming for Brooklyn-based Congregation Beth Elohim’s young adult group, Brooklyn Jews.

“As I experienced Jewish community in college and beyond, places that had bigger, more established Jewish communities, I realized that my vision, or the way in which I was Jewish, and the way many of my peers were Jewish, was never really expressed in Jewish culture,” he said.

He set out to give people who might have felt

invisible in communal Jewish life because of who they were or where they grew up a space to be Jewish. And so, he took on building community as a creative pursuit. “My work in general is about articulating a meaningful way to be Jewish in the 21st century,” Green told the JN. In his current capacity as assistant rabbi at CBE, he’s working on building community around culture and civic engagement, including virtually during the pandemic.

“I believe there are many ways in which Jewish culture has been misunderstood, over the past few decades in particular,” he said. “Often people say they are ‘culturally Jewish’ to express that they don’t find much meaning in Jewish religion. I believe that culture is as serious and essential to Jewish practices as ritual and spirituality are, and I try to reflect that in the content I curate for my community.”

Green was one of about 15 Jews in his graduating class of 350 in his Lansing-area high

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF MATT GREEN.

ABOVE: Rabbi Matt Green in his element at a Brooklyn Jews social event.

school. He spent his youth explaining Judaism to his non-Jewish peers — his family was even on the front cover of the Lansing State Journal lighting Chanukah candles one year. He was active in Greater Lansing Temple Youth, a NFTY chapter in Lansing, where he held leadership roles in his chapter and for his region.

He got a glimpse of larger Jewish communities as part of the experience and also when he and his mother, who grew up in Farmington, would spend time in Metro Detroit.

When Green’s parents divorced and his mother moved to Ann Arbor, he relished the Shabbat mornings they spent at Zingerman’s Deli, where he devoured a corned beef sandwich and the Detroit Jewish News, which he picked up from a nearby newsstand.

“I was fascinated by this world of Jews that existed 45 minutes away. I’d imagine it while eating matzah ball soup with my mom,” he said. “I often joke that Zingerman’s is why I became a rabbi. It represents my vision for what American Judaism can and should be.

It is a thriving cornucopia of culture, which is full-throatedly Jewish and expresses it

through food and connection to the past.”

Moving full-time to Ann Arbor in 2008 to attend the University of Michigan, Green studied abroad his junior year in France. He discovered the family he was staying with, who he was very fond of, didn’t like Jews.

They’d talk about how the Holocaust was overblown and scoff whenever Israel would come up in the news.

He never had the courage to tell them he was Jewish, but the experience made him more aware of his Judaism, he said. “Against that backdrop as I was abroad, as many people do, I thought about what I wanted to do with my life.”

He decided to attend rabbinical school instead of law school, and changed the focus of his studies, rearranging his schedule to take an introductory Hebrew course. He graduated from Michigan with a major in history and a minor in political science, and after graduation worked at U-M Hillel as a Berman Fellow, where he met with students, developed programming and honed in on engagement.

“Both my experience in Ann Arbor meeting all different kinds of Jews my own

age, and then essentially working for Jews my own age at Hillel that year, gave me an insight into how millennial Jews understand themselves: what they like, what they might like and what the Jewish community might offer them,” Green said.

GRINDR SHABBAT He spent the first year of rabbinical school in Jerusalem and returned to New York in the fall of 2014 to finish his program. When he moved to NYC after Jerusalem, he was single and on the gay dating app Grindr, where people were fascinated by the fact that he was becoming a rabbi.

“So many people expressed that they were into being Jewish, but they didn’t really have a place to call their Jewish home,” Green said.

So he launched Grindr Shabbat as a way to create Jewish meaning in the context that they were living and shifted his profile to focus on organizing Shabbat dinners. The program was a huge hit. “I think one of the successes of Grindr Shabbat is simply that it’s called ‘Grindr Shabbat,’” he said. “You know from the name it’s not going to be the ‘same continued on page 16 AUGUST 13 • 2020

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They study with Green and a creative director over the course of a year.

Green said he’s also worked to incorporate more opportunities to engage with secular Jewish writing, such as when he interviewed novelist Nathan Englander on Shavuot.

Brooklyn Jews has a Jewish book club.

“My work is about articulating a meaningful way to be Jewish in the 21st century.”

PHOTOS: Green among the young (and very young) at Brooklyn Jews.

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old, same old,’ and I think that’s really the point.”

He became a rabbinic intern at CBE in 2015, and continued Grindr Shabbat until fall 2016. Many people who’d been involved in it followed him to Brooklyn Jews, a chavurah offering services, learning and social experiences, which had been under CBE’s umbrella since 2007.

Green became an assistant rabbi at CBE in 2018 after he was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. Now, entering his third year as assistant rabbi at CBE, he’s running the New Jewish Culture Fellowship, which invites artists to create new content to be consumed communally and, in turn, builds programming for people who call themselves secular, cultural Jews.

Funded by UJA Federation, the fellowship was designed to give grants to emerging Jewish artists so they could meet other Jewish artists, study texts together and then produce related content for the community. The cohort of six is currently meeting over Zoom.

BUILDING COMMUNITY DURING A PANDEMIC Now, with a pandemic underway, Green has had to use his creativity to address the realities of a society in which people cannot gather in person for communal prayer, meals and other shared cultural experiences.

“Even when we can’t gather, people really want to be able to see one another’s faces, really want to meet with one another, to see old friends and to gather socially,” he said. “My sense is that this time has allowed me to distill all of these things, both the importance of my interpersonal relationships and of teaching, to offer people a different world and to allow people to connect with one another.”

The culinary experience he’d planned for Passover had to be canceled. They did a seder on Zoom instead. Weddings he was set to officiate have been postponed. “The whole purpose of being a rabbi is to be present with people, and especially when we’re thinking about synagogue life … It’s all about gathering, and that’s exactly what we can’t do,” he said.

However, he’s moved what would have been in-person conversations and classes online and is also running Friday night services on Zoom.

He’s used the opportunity to bring people within CBE closer together by having synagogue members check on one another and make sure their needs are met, especially older members, and has seen participants in Brooklyn Jews embrace Shabbat with more gusto.

“What’s interesting to them is to organize Shabbat dinners among themselves, where they can interact by Zoom or FaceTime,” he said. “So, I’m helping them as they make Shabbat something they own.

“I think [the pandemic] has allowed us to really figure out what’s important in building a community,” he continued.

“The programming is important and central to articulating what it means to be Jewish today, but it also offered an opportunity to just check in on people.”

Trends that were already under way in the American Jewish community are being accelerated by the pandemic and related economic crisis, he said. Many American Jews are reevaluating the value of belonging to a synagogue and also what it means to do so, especially when they can’t meet in person.

“I know across the country, many of my colleagues are seeing a decline in synagogue membership and obviously that’s because of coronavirus, but realistically that began a long time ago. COVID has sped all of that up,” he said.

As for their broader Jewish experience, people are increasingly bringing Jewish home during the pandemic. Shabbat dinner has become more central, with people sometimes Zooming friends in to join them. So has consuming Jewish culture via books, television

and film, and new hobbies such as studying Hebrew or Yiddish, he said. “It’s something to do right now, and we no longer have the excuse that we’re so busy.”

Some synagogues have already radically shifted their membership structures, he added, noting that Brooklyn Jews takes payments for certain events and donations, but doesn’t have a traditional membership structure.

With the High Holidays right around the corner, individuals and communities are having to think about what people really want for their High Holiday experience.

“I think one thing people really want is familiarity. I think people want to see the familiar faces of their clergy,” Green said.

But again, there could be opportunity in store, he added, explaining that he’s working on developing not only a conventional Zoom service for people who want that experience, but also working with a film production company to create two 45-minute videos that will serve as reflections on the High Holidays.

“As much as I love the 1,500 people that come and it feels so amazing, what these videos will offer is a different kind of full expression of what I want Brooklyn Jews to do,” he said. “The opportunity to do something different, something I always wanted to do, is exciting, even if it comes at the expense of the thing I love most, which is High Holiday services.”

With his community spread around the United States during the pandemic, he’s seeing people Zoom in at

home in Michigan, the New York suburbs and beyond.

There’s always been some migration in and out of the community as people enter different life phases and move away or back to Detroit, he said. However, with the pandemic and increasing shift online, its stickiness and ability to resonate with young Jews is now importantly more portable than ever, as are its lessons valuable for building communities near and far.

“Brooklyn Jews is not rocket science. It’s literally just a millennial rabbi crafting community for millennial Jews,” he said. “And one really important thing in understanding how to build community for this demographic is it has to come from somebody — likely a rabbi or another Jewish professional — who is of the demographic.”

Brooklyn Jews demonstrates that there’s enough value in crafting Jewish content that people will pay for it, and it has the ability to pay for itself, he said. It also has the ability to help lay a foundation for the Jewish future.

“In the same way synagogues argue that a religious school is an investment in the Jewish future, investing in young adult programming — crafting community for young Jews, especially if it is allowing them to craft it for themselves — it’s allowing Judaism for the next generation to take shape,” he said. “It’s likely not going to be exactly the same as the synagogues of our parents, but it’s essential, if the Jewish community is going to continue, that young Jews have to be given free rein to experiment and build something new.”

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Mounting expenses are getting harder to pay after four months of closure due to COVID-19, said owner Jeremy Yagoda.

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nder normal circumstances, Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum on Orchard Lake Road is open 365 days a year.

They’ve closed only a handful of times in the last few years: once for former owner Marvin Yagoda’s funeral in 2017, for four days of cleaning in 2018 and for a few scattered power outages, according to Marvin’s son Jeremy Yagoda, the current “Ringmaster, Grand Poobah & Self-Designated Adult In-Charge” at Marvelous Marvin’s (yes, that’s his official title).

But when the coronavirus pandemic hit Michigan in March, Marvelous Marvin’s closed its doors — and they haven’t yet been able to reopen.

As an arcade, Marvelous Marvin’s won’t be allowed to resume business until Michigan hits Phase 5 of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s reopening plan. Yagoda said some of his competitors have reopened, and they haven’t been told to shut down again yet. But Yagoda doesn’t want to risk opening without proper safety precautions. He’d feel horrible if someone got sick at Marvelous Marvin’s, he said.

“I feel kind of silly, like that little kid waiting for permission to do something trivial, but at the same time, I think we do have to respect the government’s decision in this,” Yagoda said.

Marvelous Marvin’s opened in 1980 in Tally Hall shopping mall. It began as a hobby for Marvin Yagoda, whose day job was operating a drug store in Detroit — his game collection had outgrown his house. Jeremy Yagoda, Marvin’s only child, took over dayto-day operations about 10 years ago.

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to see toys and make people happy,” he said.

“It’s a good life.”

Now, after four months of closure and no idea of when Marvin’s will be able to open again, Yagoda is beginning to worry about how long he can continue to pay the bills, which amount to several thousand dollars a month. He doesn’t have plans to close the arcade, but he doesn’t know how much longer he can keep up with expenses.

“It’s definitely tough because the bills keep coming,” he said. “The insurance, the rent, the electricity, the maintenance. Even though most of the games are off, I have to make sure the heating and cooling is running perfect because it affects the games and how they last.”

Friends and customers have suggested Yagoda open a GoFundMe to help keep Marvelous Marvin’s afloat. He said he’s still thinking about it, but he feels wrong asking people to donate to him when there are so many other worthy causes out there.

“It just doesn’t feel right asking for help to keep a business when there are people who are literally starving because of this, and even before this — people who really need help to live every day, not to keep their business open,” he said.

Yagoda’s father gave a lot of money to the Jewish National Fund and other charities in and around Detroit, and “it feels weird when you’re of the tradition to be the giver to try to ask for something,” Yagoda said.

Summers at Marvelous Marvin’s are usually one of the busiest times of the year — summer camps, youth groups and out-of-town visitors crowd into the arcade.

Grandparents and parents come with chil-

Jeremy Yagoda and his late father, Marvin.

dren to show them the games they played in their own childhoods, Yagoda said.

“I miss seeing the smiles, laughs and the one or two complaints you get a month,” he said.

Yagoda still goes into Marvelous Marvin’s frequently to check up on everything and brainstorm new ideas for when he can eventually reopen, sometimes bringing his own 7-year-old son. He misses the noise of a crowded arcade, though, and occasionally he’ll turn on all the machines to hear those sounds again.

His visitors miss the arcade, too. When Yagoda is in there working with the lights on, he said people will sometimes come and bang on the doors, asking to be let in for a few games. He wishes he could let them in, but he doesn’t want to set that precedent right now.

In the meantime, Yagoda is working with a designer to sell Marvelous Marvin’s T-shirts and hoodies on their website, and he’s trying to stay positive. Ironically, he said, he’d just purchased some new games for the arcade on the same day he had to close their doors for COVID-19. He can’t wait until people can come to play them.

“I’m not telling anybody what they are because, again, you’ve got to build excitement,” he said. “Hopefully, I’ll get to show it to people someday!”

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people and we decided we’d rather put our resources into Brian Kirsch and working on our house,” Brian Jordanna Cheifetz said. were married in March.

They took a short honeymoon trip to Miami, but as soon as they returned they knew something big had happened. Both Michigan and Canada were in lockdown, and the border between them was closed to all “non-essential” traffic.

Brian, who turned 31 on Aug. 1, was in Huntington Woods, where his parents, David and Sandy, live and where he now owns a house.

Jordanna, 27, was living with her parents, Barbara and Stephen, in Windsor, hoping to attain “green card” status to live in the United States as a resident alien.

Jordanna couldn’t even apply for green-card status until after the wedding. She applied in April. In May she received a receipt from the U.S. State Department, but She’s in Windsor; he’s in Huntington since then she has heard nothing. Immigration authorities Woods. Seeing each other is tough. initially told her the wait BARBARA LEWIS hen Brian met could be six to eight months. She’s CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jordanna, the internaafraid that the coronavirus crisis tional border between may make that timeframe even them was not an issue. longer. “I have no updated inforAfter connecting on JSwipe, a mation,” she said.

Jewish dating app, three years ago, Immigration attorney Elisheva Brian Kirsch, a structural integraMosko said Brian and Jordanna’s tion (Rolf Method) practitioner plight is not unusual. from Huntington Woods, and “The consulates have been Jordanna Cheifetz, a digital marclosed and have not been processketing entrepreneur from Windsor, ing immigrant visas,” said Mosko Ontario, had no problem getting of Mosko Law, PC in Huntington together on his turf or hers. Their Woods. “Consulates are slowly only hassle was possible long lines starting to reopen, but this sitat the border. uation is pretty standard.” Her They got engaged in January and clients include several couples who opted for a very simple, small wed- are either separated or stuck in a ding March 8 at Congregation Beth foreign country because of the cirAhm, with only their immediate cumstances.

Spouses of US citizens may be families present. “We’re low-key

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able to enter for a visit in an exception to current travel restrictions or they could be denied entry, she said.

Jordanna said she didn’t want to do anything that might jeopardize her visa application and thought it better just to wait. So that’s what she and Brian have been doing.

Jordanna works from home running her own social media consulting firm, JAC Digital Inc. The couple have relied heavily on technology to keep their relationship strong.

“The technology is really great,” Brian said. “We FaceTime every day and text a lot.”

Brian was unable to work at the start of the Michigan lockdown, but his employer, Studio4Bodywork in Birmingham, reopened in June. In mid-July, Brian took some time off and went to Windsor to visit his wife. He had to present his marriage certificate at the border to prove he had a close relative in Canada and agree to self-quarantine for 14 days.

Breaking the rules could result in a fine of up to $750,000 and imprisonment for up to six months, he said. Canadian immigration authorities called more than once to check up on him.

Jordanna’s parents have a pool in their yard, so staying there hasn’t been too much of a hardship, said Brian. But during his two-week quarantine he could not leave the house even for a walk.

When his quarantine ended Aug. 1, Brian and Jordanna planned a weekend trip to Niagara-on-theLake, Ontario, after which she’ll return to Windsor and he’ll return to Michigan. They don’t know when they’ll see each other again in person. Canada recently extended the quarantine rules until Aug. 21, so if Brian chooses to visit before then, he’ll need to quarantine again for two weeks.

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n Aug. 4, Michigan held its primary election.

Here are some of the winners and losers in Oakland County and other noteworthy results.

OAKLAND COUNTY RESULTS County Executive: Current Oakland County Executive David Coulter defeated current Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner to secure the Democratic nomination. Coulter was appointed executive in 2019 after the death of L. Brooks Patterson. Meisner will give up his long-time position as treasurer once his term ends.

In the Republican race, former state senator Mike Kowall defeated private practitioner Jeffrey G. Nutt.

County Prosecutor: In the Democratic race, incumbent Jessica Cooper was defeated by Karen McDonald. Cooper, who is Jewish, has been serving as the Oakland County Prosecutor since 2008 and was the first woman to assume the position.

McDonald will face off against Republican nominee Lin Goetz in November. Goetz ran uncontested for the nomination.

County Treasurer: Robert Wittenberg, one of only three Jews in the Michigan House, secured the Democratic nomination over Robert J. Corbett Jr. Joe Kent defeated Susan Anderson to secure the Republican nomination.

County Commissioner: In the 13th District, Jewish Democratic incumbent Marcia Gershenson secured the nomination over Sean Thomas. Gershenson will face off against uncontested

Republican nominee, Max Rohtbart, who is also Jewish, in November.

In the 18th District, Charlie Cavell defeated Daniel Cherrin, who is Jewish, for the Democratic nominee. Cavell will face off against uncontested Republican nominee Michelangelo Fortuna III. NOTEWORTHY CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY RESULTS 8th District: Jewish Democratic incumbent Elissa Slotkin will face Republican Paul Junge.

9th District: In the Republican primary, Charles J. Langworthy narrowly beat Gabi Grossbard, an Orthodox Jew and former car salesman. Incumbent Andy Levin won an uncontested Democratic primary.

11th District: Eric S. Esshaki secured the Republican nomination and will run against Democratic incumbent Haley Stevens.

13th District: In western Wayne County, incumbent Rashida Tlaib won the Democratic primary, beating Detroit Councilwoman Brenda Jones. Tlaib will face Republican candidate David Dudenhoefer.

ANN ARBOR CITY COUNCIL Ann Arbor city council candidate Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani ran for the Democratic primary to represent the city’s fourth ward.

Savabieasfahani was defeated

by Jen Eyer. The JN covered Savabieasfahani when she posted a caricature of Eyer that contained antisemitic tropes.

MICHIGAN HOUSE RESULTS District 27: Democrat Regina Weiss will run against Republican nominee Elizabeth Goss.

District 35: Democrat Kyra Harris Bolden will face off against Republican Daniela Davis.

District 37: Samantha Steckloff, who is Jewish, earned the Democratic nomination and will run against Republican Mitch Swoboda.

District 39: Julia Pulver, the Democratic nominee will face Republican nominee Ryan Berman, who is Jewish.

District 40: Incumbent Democrat Mari Manoogian will run against Republican nominee Kendra Cleary.

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Jewish students at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University are Walking to Israel and raising thousands of dollars to support Jewish life on campus as a part of Olami’s Walk to Israel.

Walk to Israel, a pedometer fundraising challenge, is a global challenge to inspire Jewish communities to raise vital funds for Jewish organizations around the world. At a time when people can’t fly to Israel, teams around the world are challenging themselves to collectively travel the distance to Israel — on foot.

To complete the challenge, each walker will need to cover 100 miles on foot. So, over 30 days, that’s around 4 miles or 10,000 steps a day. Each team will cover the distance from the diaspora to Israel. If 100 miles in 30 days doesn’t feel achievable, there is also an extended option of completing the challenge in up to 60 days.

Walk to Israel, which launched Aug. 2, is an opportunity to get fit and unite Jewish communities worldwide, while raising funds for local Olami-affiliated or other Jewish organizations.

The kickoff event featured legendary Israeli entertainer and renowned “mentalist” Lior Suchard and was hosted by Beatie Deutsch — the incredible runner and “marathon mom” who is training to represent Israel at the next Olympics. To sign up, visit walktoisrael.com.

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Jacob Gross holds the new siddur he inspired.

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t started with one person: Jacob Gross.

Ten years ago, as he anticipated his bar mitzvah, Jacob looked forward to wearing tefillin every weekday morning; he felt excited to recite his prayers as an adult; he loved taking part in his home synagogue, Bais Chabad Torah Center of West Bloomfield.

But Jacob has special needs.

The usual siddur (prayer book) did not work for him: The font was too small, the English translation too fancy, the instructions too confusing. He had outgrown the Art Scroll Children’s Siddur, and no other siddur came next.

So Jacob and his father, Ethan Gross, who works for Globe Midwest Adjusters International, started by his great-grandfather nearly a century ago, set to work constructing a loose-leaf siddur just for him, with pages from various sources. For years, they improved that siddur, adding sections and upgrading instructions.

Jacob used that siddur every day.

During the summer, Jacob attended programs run by Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Disabilities, and sleepaway camps in Pennsylvania. He became close with the then program director of the Yachad program at Camp Morasha, Rabbi Benjy Leibowitz.

Jacob thought that Rabbi Leibowitz could help with the siddur, making it useful to other people as well. According to Ethan, “Jacob, who is good at being persistent, kept at me to call Rabbi Benjy Liebowitz.”

When they did contact, Ethan said Leibowitz responded, “Why didn’t we think of that already?”

Leibowitz brought the idea to Rabbi Jeff Lichtman, then director of Yachad, who enlisted

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A Siddur for Jacob New siddur designed to make Jewish prayer accessible.

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Leibowitz for the project, later joined by Michael Adler, then planning recreational activities for Yachad.

Leibowitz and Adler could not finish the task quickly. They both had full time jobs, and Leibowitz was earning a Ph.D. in psychology. Also, Leibowitz said, “This siddur has no models. No similar products serve as precedents.”

According to Leibowitz, “Jacob took an active part in planning

this siddur to accord with his specific needs: The font, the instructions, the navigation devices, the color-coordination and the statements of ideas are all designed to make this siddur useful to Jacob and other individuals who share similar struggles.

“The end result, however, should prove useful to many others. Anyone unfamiliar with the basic concepts of Judaism can use this siddur to grasp those con-

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cepts. Anyone unfamiliar with the choreography of the synagogue service can use this siddur to have an easier time knowing what to do when,” he added.

According to Ethan, “The Hebrew text is the same as the Hebrew text of other prayer books. The concepts of the prayer book had to come out in English, but in relatively straightforward words.”

The siddur uses different colors to identify prayers said by the prayer leader, distinct colors for Shabbat and holy days, and other colors to connect commentary with the prayers. Icons indicate actions that accompany prayers.

Leibowitz likes that “the siddur uses a graphic marker, a gray line, to indicate the most important passages as indicated by the Mishna Berurah (a book of Jewish law from the early 20th-century).”

Someone who has fallen behind the congregation can know what not to skip.

The Orthodox Union Press and Koren Press combined to publish the Koren Yachad siddur.

Adler feels this siddur “exemplifies the goal of Yachad to make everything inclusive, accessible and meaningful.”

Jacob has been using the new siddur for a few weeks. “There was not one siddur in the whole world that did what I needed before this one,” he said.

“What do I like about this siddur?” He laughs. “Everything! I like the graphics. I like that it is easier to follow the service. I like the symbols that tell you what to do, whether to stand or sit.

“Everybody likes it,” he adds.

“Rabbi Silberberg read the prayer for the Israel Defense Forces from the siddur and used the siddur over Shabbos.”

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Renaissance Woman From Marine to personal trainer to social worker, Teri Falcon does all she puts her mind to.

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oday, Teri Falcon’s leg hurts so she’s toning things down with “only” a 10-mile bike ride and “just” painting her kids’ jungle gym.

Falcon doesn’t quite do relaxing like most people. She’s a veteran of the U.S. Marines, has tried her hand at a huge number of professions and loves helping people, especially in these anxiety-ridden times.

Falcon has lived locally her entire 37 years and can’t imagine living anywhere else.

Her family has a long Detroit history: Her grandparents, who passed away in 2018 and 2019, respectively, were Louis and Joy Landau, who were very involved in the community.

Her mom, Maureen Landau, who raised Teri and her sister, Heather, alone, still lives in Oak Park, as do Teri and her family.

They attend Congregation Beth Shalom.

Growing up, Falcon attended Hillel and Berkley High, earned a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University in

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Teri and husband, Jonathan, at Warrior Dash, a 5k “mud run.”

communications and another from Wayne State University in criminal justice. She also has her master’s in social work and is planning to get a Ph.D. in criminology. She’s not even sure if she’ll stop there.

In 2002, Falcon joined the U.S. Marines at age 19.

“Someone told me I couldn’t do it, so I set out to prove them wrong,” she said.

It was a perfect fit for Falcon, who loves structure and organization. Even the quarter deck — a notorious “punishment” of intense workout specially designed to break people — didn’t faze Falcon, who made it her personal mission to be on it more than anyone else.

Falcon was stationed in California, and running consistently on the California sand ended up wreaking havoc to her legs. She eventually wound up with two major fractures. After three months of intense physical therapy, she was given a generous exit strategy and retuned home with, she admits proudly,

the body of a football player, thanks to all those extra quarter deck workouts.

Falcon loved being a Marine.

“I learned I can do absolutely anything I put my mind to. My mom had told me that over and over, but you still don’t really know it until you experience it,” she said.

Once home, Falcon got licensed with the American Academy of Sports Medicine and became a qualified trainer.

She’s created extremely popular high-intensity boot camp workouts, inspired by the quarter deck.

Jessica Naimin of Southfield, who attended Teri’s classes for two years, said, “It’s exciting to work out with a former Marine.

Teri’s workouts have a military training vibe and cover all your muscle groups. Tough and very effective.”

Ironically, Falcon tore a ligament running to first base while playing softball — she doesn’t have the ACL tendon in her left leg anymore — but even that hasn’t stopped her. She opted out of surgery and continually works to build up her muscles.

Falcon has a deep-seated desire to help others. The most dramatic example was in 2015, when she rescued a baby who was hanging upside down while strapped in his car seat in an overturned SUV. (She later received a heroism plaque from the city of Oak Park.)

A true jack of all trades, there are few job descriptions Falcon hasn’t tried. She’s been an event planner, nanny, house painter, paramedic, Red Cross instructor, fitness trainer, swim instructor, marathon runner, landscaper, softball coach and wedding DJ, which is how she first met Jonathan, now her husband of 13 years.

These days, Falcon has been

keeping busy with her kids Sadie, 11, and Luci, 10 months, and with her job as a clinical social worker at New Oakland Family Center. She had also been working as a mental health professional for the Macomb County jails, although she hasn’t been needed since the pandemic began because inmate population has been low.

As a survivor of sexual abuse, she finds it intriguing to be in a position that attempts to rehabilitate sex offenders and is excited to resume her jail work.

“Someone told me I couldn’t do it, so I set out to prove them wrong.”

— TERI FALCON Many people are suffering from anxiety from this new and often stressful COVID-19 reality and the proof, according to Falcon, is her many new clients. Providers use telehealth these days, and Falcon’s phone rings all the time, often outside normal business hours. But she always answers. “I just want to make sure everyone is OK,” she said.

Teri Falcon and her youngest daughter, Luci.

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very August for the past four years, Hazon Detroit, the Jewish lab for sustainability, has hosted its annual Food Festival at Eastern Market in Detroit. Just like so many other events, Hazon was forced to cancel the festival this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

However, community members can still purchase all their favorite items from the festival with Hazon’s new initiative, Food Festival in a Box. The boxes are currently available for purchase until Monday, Aug. 17.

When Hazon made the decision at the beginning of April to cancel the event, Marla Schloss, manager of the Food Festival, was adamant about developing a solution to provide an opportunity for the community to support some of the local small businesses that appear at the festival.

“The purpose of this has always been to bring Metro Detroit Jews together and gain awareness experientially in the areas of food, food justice and sustainability,” Schloss told the JN. “I decided that we needed to continue the relationships

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that we have developed over the years, and I made a point of calling over 200 organizations and vendors to find out how they are and left each call by trying to figure out a way to support them.”

From there, Schloss thought about how Hazon Detroit could bring the Food Festival into people’s homes and developed the idea of the Food Festival in a Box. She then went back to all the vendors and had 24 express interest in becoming a partner in

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$185.

Through the help and financial support of their sponsors, including the William Davidson Foundation and the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation, Schloss was able to price the boxes beginning at $59.95. All boxes include the same 27 products from the 24 businesses, including selections that are vegetarian, vegan and certified kosher (although not every item is certified kosher).

“We’re all in this together and we don’t want people to forget who is out there and what Hazon Detroit does.”

— MARLA SCHLOSS this initiative. The list of vendors and products is accessible on Hazon’s website.

The businesses then sent a list of all the products that they would want to include in the box and the retail price of their products. When Schloss put all the prices together, the retail value of the box came out to be about

There will also be a sheet listing the names of community partners that are normally present at the festival, which provide opportunities for community engagement and volunteer opportunities.

When purchasing the boxes, customers have the opportunity to pay more than the $59.95 if

they are financially able to. There are seven different levels that range from the lowest price of $59.95 to the highest at $225.95.

Regardless of how much you pay, you still receive the same 27 products. All the money goes directly to the local vendors, but there is an opportunity for customers to leave a donation in support of Hazon Detroit’s efforts.

Those who have bought boxes will have a single threehour window to pick them up at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit building: on Aug. 23 between 12-3 p.m.

Customers will stay in their car and have someone come over to place their box in their trunk.

“There is a joy and pleasure about bringing the feel of the Food Festival into your home,” Schloss said. “We don’t want to lose that connection and support for all these important organizations and vendors. We’re all in this together and we don’t want people to forget who is out there and what Hazon Detroit does.”

For more information or to purchase your Food Festival in a Box, head over to Hazon’s website.

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ince Hiller’s Market in West Bloomfield closed in 2015, Johnny Pomodoro’s Fresh Market in Farmington Hills has been a “go-to” place for shoppers seeking kosher and other traditional Jewish foods as well as high quality produce.

From brisket and shankbones for Passover to pomegranates and apples for the High Holidays, Johnny Pomodoro’s has attracted many Jewish shoppers from the western suburbs. The store has been owned by Dan Sonenberg, a member of the Jewish community, since he purchased it in 2008 from Nino Salvaggio’s, which operated it as Strawberry Hill.

Now Johnny Pomodoro’s has four new owners — siblings Lisa Serra Barker and

here’s to The board of directors of the Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC has named Seth D. Gould of Bloomfield Hills as president. He has chaired the Development and Israel Programming committees and served as vice president and first vice president. Gould is a member of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Detroit Community Leadership Program cohort. He is also a partner at the Miller Law Firm. For its 2020-2021 programming year, JCRC/AJC has also welcomed four new board members: Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen of Southfield, Jeri Fishman of Southfield, Sheldon Freilich of Bloomfield Hills and Sheri Shapiro of Farmington Hills.

Anthony Serra, who are owners of Serra Produce, a Detroit produce wholesaler, and Johnny and Matthew Shouneyia, who own Value Center Markets. Serra Produce has been a supplier to Johnny Pomodoro’s for years, says Lisa Barker, who adds that she had always wanted to own a store.

According to Joe Montgomery, Pomodoro’s long-time store manager, Sonenberg has been on medical leave since last year. Barker says that he approached her and her brother about buying the store and the sale was finalized in late July.

“We will do a complete remodel but won’t close the store. We won’t change the products at all but will add more

Jewish Family Service announced the promotion of Dini Peterson to chief program officer, Family and Community Services. Her responsibilities span across the agency. She oversees a multitude of programs, including the Resource Center, Family Support Services, School Social Work Services, Volunteer Services, Behavioral Health Navigation, Cancer Thrivers Network for Jewish Women, Lev Detroit Resource Line and Healthcare Navigation.

Joining the Ann Arbor Symphony Board of Directors is Rosalie Koenig.

She has been on the education committee, drawing on a career as an Ann Arbor Public School music teacher. She will continue to help guide educational activities, especially in the COVID-19 era.

Wendy Strip of Farmington Hills has joined the Midwest team of American Friends of Magen David Adom as development executive for Greater Detroit. She will raise support for Israel’s national ambulance, blood-services and disaster-relief organization.

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gourmet items,” said Barker, partner-operator. She assures customers that kosher and other traditional Jewish foods will still be featured but “we will go above and beyond. Our whole game is going up.”

A first step was having a commercial cleaning service, Pure Clean, whose employees wear haz-mat suits, come in and “bomb the place. We will have all

Linda Rosberg of West Bloomfield completed training as a civil mediator at the Oakland mediation Center. She has done domestic mediation since 2018.

Robin Schwartz recently won two Emmy awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan chapter for her first-ever documentary, Detroit is Limitless, and a sports feature on the Michigan Senior Olympics.

The documentary followed several brilliant young Detroiters through a summer technology experience designed to bridge Detroit’s digital divide. You can watch it by visiting detroitislimitless.com. Schwartz is a Detroit Jewish News contributing writer and owns her own PR and video production company, Robin Schwartz PR.

Detroit Jews for Justice announced its newest staff member, Kendra Watkins. They are the first ever program associate for racial equity.

Support for their position was provided by Jews of Color Initiative, a project of the Tides Center in partnership with Edot Midwest Regional Jewish Diversity Collaborative.

new equipment and tables. Produce and floral will be the first areas to be remodeled,” Barker said.

“The presentation will be a little nicer, more like Nino’s (Salvaggio’s) or Cantoro’s (Cantoro Italian Market located in Plymouth). Produce and meats are our niche. We will keep the name but change the logo. We are working around the clock and will post pictures of what the store will look like,” she explained.

The store’s cash registers and wine department will be moved and a second entryway may be created.

Business has been good, according to Barker, with increases in curbside pickup and online ordering due to COVID-19.

While she declined to provide an annual sales figure, Dun and Bradstreet reports that the store most recently had $11.3 million in annual revenues. Pomodoro’s has 70 employees.

According to Barker, who will work onsite, all previous Pomodoro’s employees have been retained as part of the sales agreement. In addition, the store will continue its popular 10 percent seniors’ discount on Tuesdays.

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n spring, when COVID-19 was starting to affect the working lives of so many, JVS Human Services was inundated with clients looking for employment advice and ways they could change their careers. Many people found their jobs to be non-viable during the pandemic.

Sherrie At JVS, we help workJames ers reinvent themselves through the program Recharge!, a fourweek career development program for mature Metro Detroiters that recently

opened up to workers 45 and over. The next session, presented over Zoom, will be held in October.

Here are some of my top tips you can do now if you’re looking for a job during these unprecedented times: • The hiring process is taking much longer than expected. Don’t get disheartened but do expect to apply to far more positions than you would have normally expected.

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• Be open and flexible — you may need to take a temporary job as an interim measure or even start at an entry-level job.

• Believe in yourself and stay confident: COVID-19 has changed the employment status of so many in our community and you cannot blame yourself in any way.

• Update your computer skills if necessary. Online training is available through JVS Human Services and its partners.

• If you do get an interview, the chances are that it will be virtual. There are practical considerations to doing virtual interviews so prepare for these beforehand. Make sure the lighting is good, the position of the camera is appropriate and you are wearing a professional outfit.

• Interview preparation is key. Practice your elevator pitch — a few sentences about yourself and why you would be successful in the

position.

• If you are offered an in-person interview, decide if you are comfortable with that and, if not, explain why not to the potential employer.

• Re-identify your passions.

If your work options have suddenly dried up, or you are simply eager for a fresh start, it might be a great time to reassess your skills and interests and translate them into a new career.

Sherrie James has been a career counselor at JVS Human Services for 17 years.

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Graduates who have reinvented themselves include a lawyer who became a CEO of a nonprofit, and a Corporate America worker who became a fundraiser. You can reach Sherrie at sjames@ jvshumanservices.org or call (248) 233-4472.

Innovation vs Corona On Aug. 31, the Michigan Israel Business Accelerator will kickoff a strategic initiative called “Innovation vs Corona.”

Business leaders from across Michigan and Israel will get together in a free online event to identify Michigan’s needs and discuss opportunities in defense, mobility, cyber/artificial intelligence, health and life sciences, and food and agricultural technologies.

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Ryan Matthew Calanchi, son of Debra and Reuben Calanchi, will lead the congregation in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Aug. 15, 2020. He will be joined in celebration by his sister Sarah and proud grandparents Rena and Ronald Weintraub, and Alicia and Rick Calanchi.

Ryan is a student at Novi Middle School. As part of his most meaningful mitzvah project, Ryan volunteered at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk in Detroit, where he painted faces and applied temporary tattoos. He also raised funds for JDRF through a bottle drive.

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Muslim Jewish Advisory Council Aids Seniors During the height of the COVID-19 crisis in Michigan, the Muslim Jewish Advisory Council of Detroit and Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC arranged to have hundreds of meals delivered to hospitals workers to support their incredible work under strained resources.

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n 1642, Sir Thomas Browne are we not then enjoined to wrote the famous proverb manifest that spiritual loyalty “Charity begins at home.” by elevating all of those in need And it does. If your own needs so that they are no longer in are unmet, it is difficult to see to need? Maimonides (1138-1204) the needs of others. suggested a ladder of tzedakah, There remain so many unmet with the highest level on that needs. Even in the most prosladder elevating someone to perous of communities there are true self-sufficiency. In so many those who thrive and of our Jewish educational those who struggle, the institutions, Maimonides’ “haves” and the “haveladder of tzedakah is taught nots,” the rich(er) and as the model to emulate; and the poor(er). numerous Jewish leaders In the 21st century, have taken this to heart Rabbi Jeremy and diligently applied this why does this continYoskowitz ue? How have we been as their model of giving unable to meet the and leadership. If we all Parshat needs of every human apply this model in our Re’eh: Deuteronomy communities, we then show being in a world that 11:26-16:17; that we have surpassed seems increasingly Isaiah unequal? This chalthe statement of the Torah 54:11-55:5. lenge has been anticthat “There will never stop ipated and addressed being those who are needy in the Torah; “There in your land?” will never stop being those Presently, we seem to be who are needy in your land,” caught between the false dichot(Deuteronomy 15:11) and we are omy of feeling we must either then commanded to open our protect people or protect our hands to those in need. economy. The Torah reminds us The 15th century Portuguese that tzedakah comes from the scholar Abravanel (1437-1508) word tzedek — justice and righsuggests that this relates to the teousness. It is not, and never idea that serving the Divine has been, solely about money. with our hearts and souls — There may always be those in referring to our ideological and need of support — educational, spiritual loyalty to God — can spiritual, physical or financial — then lead into serving God with and we must always open our all of our might, referring to our hearts and hands to them. physical actions in the world, Tzedakah begins at home, in including the application of our our very souls; it doesn’t end money. there. While we may not see Tzedakah then not only the fruits of our labors in our begins at home, but inside of lifetimes, or live to see the world our very essences; then, after we perfected, we must always strive have internalized the imperative toward that goal together. to make the world more just, Rabbi Jeremy Yoskowitz is a Jewish can it manifest in the world Studies instructor and the Jewish we partner with God to help Student Life Coordinator at the Jean perfect. and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy That being the case, why of Metropolitan Detroit.

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n Jan. 13, 2020, Keith Famie watched Edith Maniker, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, speak to a group of high school students about her experience escaping Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport mission. Before the talk, Famie, an Emmy-award winning director and producer, knew nothing about the rescue mission. As he listened to Maniker speak, Famie looked around the room at the group of young students and wondered what they would take away from the conversation.

“Out of the 100 kids there, two to three years from now, how many of them will remember?” he said. “I thought, there have to be more ways to tell this story to the younger generation.”

It was after the talk that Famie decided he wanted to take a different approach to a film he was already planning about Holocaust

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New documentary aims to pass the torch of ‘Never Again’ to a new generation.

company, as well as by Warren Rose, Marjory Epstein and the Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation. Famie is aiming for the special to air in winter.

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COVID-19 ADAPTATIONS Originally, Famie had hoped to film in Poland, planning to pair two young ambassadors with two Holocaust survivors. Together, they would tour major sites of the Holocaust such as Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps and the Warsaw Ghetto. Then the pandemic hit.

After months of work, Famie says he felt the project was too important to let go. He decided to switch the focus of the film to a local site of remembrance: the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills.

Famie then searched for two local young people who had limited knowledge about the

Local artists Hailey Callahan and Curtis Bates tour the Holocaust Memorial Center with Howard Lupovitch during the filming of Shoah Ambassadors.

survivors: to share the story through the eyes of a younger generation learning about the tragedy. The educational experiences of the young people, or “ambassadors,” will comprise an hour-long PBS documentary, Shoah Ambassadors, produced by Famie through his Visionalist Entertainment Productions

Holocaust and artistic talents they could use to articulate what they learned about the genocide.

After an in-depth search using Facebook, local schools and colleges, Famie found Curtis Bates, a 19-year-old rapper, singer and songwriter from Detroit, and Hailey Callahan, a 22-year-old artist and sculptor from Rochester. Famie feels that Bates and Callahan’s educational experiences and passions will provide the potential for a new kind of Holocaust narrative.

“This film is not for the 60-, 70- and 80-year olds,” he said. “It’s for the 16-, 19-, 22-year olds.

So, it’s important that it’s their narratives, their

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thoughts and their creativity.”

FILMING AT THE MEMORIAL CENTER On July 6, Bates and Callahan came to the Holocaust Memorial Center for the first day of Shoah Ambassadors filming. Though they both grew up within 40 minutes of the center, neither had visited before.

Throughout the first day, Famie and his production crew followed Bates and Callahan on a guided visit of the center as they viewed exhibits on the history of antisemitism, Kristallnacht and the rise of Adolf Hitler. Howard Lupovitch, an associate professor of history at Wayne State University and the director of the school’s Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies, provided historical background and context before each display. Lupovitch says that in a country where two-thirds of millennials don’t know what Auschwitz is, educating young people about the Holocaust is crucial.

“It’s so important to know about, both to understand the past and to have better perspective on these sorts of events in the present,” he said.

Bates explained that his Holocaust education in school was at times confusing and focused more on sequences of events. He says that the HMC was the perfect place to start to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the Holocaust.

“It feels like such a step up from a museum,” he said. “It’s really a great learning tool for people who don’t know much about the Holocaust to leave knowing so much more.”

In addition to a learning experience, Bates says the filmed tour of the center was an emotional one.

He was particularly struck by footage of soldiers liberating concentration camps with bodies piled on top of each other.

“Those were images that I saw that stuck with me,” he said.

And while the guided visit of the HMC had an emotional impact on the young ambassadors, on Friday July 10, Bates and Callahan embarked on

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an even more poignant journey as a part of the second day of filming: interviewing Holocaust survivors. Throughout the day, Bates and Callahan took turns asking questions of Holocaust survivors Rene Lichtman, Irene Miller, Edith Manaker, Fred Lessing and Mania Salinger.

Famie says that the safety of survivors during filming in the wake of COVID-19 was paramount.

Through a series of meetings, Famie and directors and staff at the Holocaust Memorial Center worked to understand and incorporate safety protocols. As a part of these procedures, survivors came in one at a time for interviews, stayed 6 feet apart from others during filming and wore masks when filming ceased.

Bates and Callahan say they feel privileged to have the opportunity to learn from survivors.

Having never spoken to one before, Callahan says she wanted to know more about how the experience affects them to this day. Throughout interviews, Bates and Callahan asked survivors a range of questions, including what their experience in death camps was like and who they lost in the genocide.

During a particularly emotional moment of his interview, Lessing, a psychologist and survivor from the Netherlands who went into hiding at the age of 6, described looking at an image of another 6-year-old boy in the Holocaust later in life and weeping uncontrollably. Lessing said the boy looked lost. “And I realized that I was crying for my 6-year-old self,” he told Callahan during the interview.

Callahan says this story from Lessing will stay with her. She says she was extraordinarily touched

by Lessing’s and other survivors’ willingness to be open with her and Bates about the terrible things that happened to them.

“It’s their history, their life,” she said. “It’s real. It happened. We need to know. We need to respect them and what they went through.”

Callahan plans on leading another interview with Lessing later on at his home to hear about the story of his childhood teddy bear, which is now part of a permanent display at Yad Vashem in Israel.

Lessing says that when it comes to the tragedy, sometimes people don’t want to remember.

But he feels that this dialogue is one of the most important ways to educate and prevent future atrocities.

“I sometimes tell people if you want to learn about the Holocaust, don’t just read history books,” said Lessing. “Listen to what people who were there have to say. If you don’t remember it, it will come back.” continued on page 34 AUGUST 13 • 2020

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Lessing’s words struck Bates as well. He says he will always remember Lessing’s advice for younger generations: Question authority.

FUTURE PRODUCTION AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION Famie says there is much work left to be done for the documentary, including several months of production. For the next part of the project, he is eager to begin filming the daily lives of Bates and Callahan, and show how they will use their artistic talents to express the stories and information they have learned from the HMC and survivors.

Callahan says she plans on sitting with the survivors’ stories for a little while before she begins an art installation. She is considering creating a sculpture in her community using barbed wire.

“I’m going to be inspired by their stories to create something that will hopefully do justice for the community,” she said.

Bates plans on creating a song to relay the narratives he heard. He hopes to call it “Stolen Dreams,” inspired by a question he asked survivors about the childhoods that were taken away from them.

“I want to keep it true to my sound while merging it with my

experience learning about the Holocaust and talking to the survivors,” he said.

For Lichtman, an 82-yearold Holocaust survivor and artist, educational opportunities about the Holocaust can take many forms. He says that as a survivor, he takes every chance he can to tell his story to the younger generation, which he feels has the most power to make a difference.

“The young people, they’re the only hope we have,” Lichtman said.

Famie feels grateful to have been able to include so many survivors’ experiences and to have completed the filming of the interviews as soon as possible during an unpredictable time.

Eventually, he hopes Shoah Ambassadors will be used as educational material throughout high schools, so that future generations will take an active role in sharing the legacies and lived experiences of the true ambassadors: Holocaust survivors.

“Who’s going to carry the torch?” he said. “Who’s going to carry that really emotional understanding of the depth of what went on and the dreams that were stolen from so many children if our young people don’t help tell the story?”

Seth Rogen mounts a pickle empire in An American Pickle.

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eth Rogen speaks Yiddish in An American Pickle. He also says the Mourner’s Kaddish, performs a variation on a Barynya (traditional Jewish Russian folk dance) and sports a big, bushy Slavic beard, with heavy accent to match. As Herschel Greenbaum, a prideful, crass pickle entrepreneur who sails to America with his wife in 1920 to seek a better life, Rogen wonderfully embodies the bootstrapped mentality of the early Jewish immigrant generation.

It’s a clever trick to have Rogen, this unmistakably Jewish face of modern slacker comedy, summon up the spirit of our hardworking, tough-talking ancestors. (Doubly so as he recently angered many Jews with his own fiery comments about Israel.) But Pickle, now streaming on HBO Max, takes this vision even further by also having Rogen play Herschel’s great-grandson, Ben, in modern-day Brooklyn … and by having the two men meet, and clash, after a freak accident leaves Herschel perfectly preserved in brine for 100 years.

This wacky setup, which shockingly contains zero marijuana jokes, is based on a short story by the Jewish humor writer Simon Rich, who also wrote the screenplay. As high-concept comedy goes, it’s as salty and habit-forming as a jar of Herschel’s delicious pickles. (“I myself am pickle!” insists

this newly de-brined Rip Van Winkle.)

Herschel and Ben, a computer programmer trying to develop his own smartphone app, at first bond over a love of seltzer water. Yet their relationship quickly deteriorates as the elder Greenbaum becomes horrified that the descendant he worked so hard to provide for proves weak-willed, lacks business savvy and isn’t a practicing Jew. Ben, in turn, can’t stand Herschel’s penchant for “doing violence” (he resolves his disputes with old-timey fisticuffs) or outdated attitudes about the world. Soon the two are sabotaging each other. But in a newworld Brooklyn that embraces artisanal throwbacks, it seems Herschel may have the upper hand.

The era-inappropriate humor has a pungent aroma of The 2,000-Year-Old Man, give or take 1,860 years — but you may be surprised, in the film’s second half, to find that you have been moved by these two dillweeds.

Spite tears the Greenbaums apart, but what ultimately brings them together is shared grief and a realization that prayer, ritual and acts of charity can bind the generations. It turns out Judaism is the best preservative.

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scoops include being the first to report that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris climate accords and the first to report that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

The film Magic Camp has its worldwide premiere on Friday, Aug. 14 (Disney+). Andy (Adam DeVine) is a magician whose career isn’t going well. Roy (Jeffrey Tambor, 76), Andy’s former mentor, runs a summer camp for young, aspiring magicians. He persuades Andy that being a camp counselor might help raise his spirits.

The film was co-written by Max Winkler, 36 (Henry Winkler’s son).

Rebecca Metz, 46, appears in a supporting role. She’s perhaps

best known for a recurring role on the FX series Better Things as the competent and caring agent of the lead character, Sam (Pamela Adlon, 54).

Ted Lasso, a new 10-episode sitcom, begins streaming on Apple TV+ on Aug. 14. Jason Sudeikis stars as an affable American football coach who is recruited to coach an English soccer team, despite having no soccer coaching experience. Brett Goldstein, 39, has a large supporting role (Roy Kent).

Goldstein was profiled by the UK’s Jewish Chronicle in 2011.

Goldstein, who was a bar mitzvah at the Wimbledon synagogue, had just finished-up a solo comedic show at a major comedy festival. He told festivalgoers about co-managing a strip club for a year with his father. His “respectable” father, suffering from a midlife crisis, left his job managing a bookstore for the strip club.

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The Ark in Ann Arbor will present: Robin Spielburg, solo piano music, 8 pm, Aug. 15; Kim Richey, Nashville tunesmith, 8 pm, Aug.17; View on the Ark Facebook page or on You Tube.

Temple Shir Shalom’s virtual tour of “Gaza, the West Bank and the Plan for Peace” with Rabbi Daniel Schwartz and Israeli tour guide Beni Levin. To register: shirshalom.org/form/livefromtheholyland or call 248-737-8700.

Zedek are invited to virtual tours of Israel with Rabbi Aaron Starr. All sessions will take place on Zoom.

The cost for the entire course (seven sessions together) is $150 (one registration per household), and a minimum of 15 households committed are needed by Aug. 14 for the course to begin. Additional tipping is encouraged. Links will be provided after registration.

Registration link: shaareyzedek.org/ events/israel-off-the-beaten-traila-virtual-tour-experience-for-thosewho-have-been-to-israel-before/.

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SWAN SOARS, MAGIC AND A WIMBLEDON BAR MITZVAH BOY Axios reporter Jonathan Swan, 34, is having a big career moment. Two weeks ago, an excerpt from his one-on-one interview with President Trump was released and shown “everywhere” (the full interview began streaming on HBO on Aug. 3). The excerpt was about American intelligence reports that the Russians were funding “bounties” for the killing (by the Taliban) of American military personnel in Afghanistan.

On June 26, the NY Times reported on this intelligence. The Times story said the president had taken no action in response to his own administration’s intelligence reports. No reporter got the president to directly respond to the Times story before the Swan interview.

Swan was widely praised for

the respectful, but dogged way he asked questions about this important story. The full interview featured Swan sharply questioning the president about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as well.

Swan grew-up in Australia. His father, Norman Swan, 67, is a physician and a famous name in Australian TV and radio. He’s worn three hats: as an executive who has reorganized programming in Jonathan Swan general; as the host of, or a guest on, medical shows; and as journalist exposing fraud in medical billing and research.

Jonathan began his journalism career in Australia. He began reporting in the states in 2015 and joined Axios in late 2016. His

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Hadassah Greater Detroit Wellness Wednesday presents “How Do We Keep Our Brain Healthy as We Age” with Lynn Breuer of Jewish Family Service. Register by Aug. 17 for a fun, informative and interactive presentation: hadassahmidwest.org/ GDwellnesswednesday; 248-6835030.

OUTDOOR THEATER 7 PM, AUG. 14 JET and the Walled Lake Downtown Development Authority are pleased to announce a free family production of the musical My Emperor’s New Clothes

by Larry Shue. Bring your lawn chairs and your picnic to the Walled Lake Farmer’s Market, 1239-1269 East W. Maple Road, Walled Lake. State of Michigan safety protocols for outdoor gatherings will be followed.

MOVIES IN THE PARK 9-11 PM, AUG. 14 Toy Story 4 will be shown at City Hall Park in Downtown Dearborn.

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BRAIN HEALTH 11 AM, AUG. 19

BOOK LAUNCH 7 PM, AUG. 19

4:15 PM, AUG. 16 The Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor will present Louis Nagel, classical pianist and raconteur, in a program titled “Music for an ‘August’ Occasion.”

View: Live @ The 415.

The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills will present a book launch of Guy Stern’s Invisible Ink. holocaustcenter.org.

VIRTUAL TOUR NOON, AUG. 20-27 Members of Congregation Shaarey

ISRAEL TOUR AUG. 20 Hadassah Greater Detroit presents live from Israel: “The No Shoes Tour” with tour guide Beni Levin. Register

by Aug. 18 for online tour of Jaffa and Tel Aviv. Cost: $18. Questions: greaterdetroit@hadassah.org or call 248-683-5030.

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JACK BARISH, 92, of West Bloomfield, died July 31, 2020.

He is survived by his devoted wife, Harriet Barish; sons and daughterin-law, Stuart and Miriam Barish, Steve Milgrom; daughter and son-in-law, Lee and Bruce Sack; grandchildren, Nikki Barish, Max Barish, Allie Barish, Erica Barish, Adam Milgrom (Valerie Efros), Nicki Milgrom, Tedi Milgrom, Andrew Milgrom, Alexis Sack, Evan (Lisa) Sack; great-grandchildren, Ada Efros and Rafi Efros; brother and sisters-in-law, Sid and Rita Barish, and Bruria Barish.

He was loved by all and will be greatly missed, especially by many nieces and nephews whom he cherished and held in his heart.

Mr. Barish was the loving son of the late Louis and the late Lillian Barish; brother of the late Ben Barish, Sylvia (the late Sol) Smith and Herbie Barish.

Interment took place at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.

Contributions may be made to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, the Anti-Defamation League or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements

by Dorfman Chapel.

RONNA ROBINSON BLAZE, 75, of Hollywood and Cooper City, Fla., died July 31, 2020.

She is survived by her husband, Dr. Kenneth Blaze; children, Stacey and Dr. Steven Steinlauf, Jeffrey and Dr. Jessica Blaze, and Michelle and Dr. Frederick Kane; grandchildren, Alexa, Adam, Carly and Jake Steinlauf, Emily and Abby Blaze, and Sydney Kane; sisters and brothersin-law, Cheri Dworkis and Leonard Zucker, Jill and Arnold Finkel, and Lauri and Dr. David Miller; many loving nieces and nephews.

Interment was out of state.

Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Local arrangements assisted by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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nsel Aberly, 85, died of renal failure from chronic kidney disease on Aug. 3, 2020, in Dallas, Texas.

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 20, 1935, the son of Herman and Rose Aberly.

He lived for the last 13 years in Dallas with Suzanne, his wife of 59 years. Ansel always described meeting Suzanne 60-plus years ago as a “coup de foudre — being hit by a bolt of lightning. It was love at first sight.”

Ansel’s parents moved to Michigan when he was a young boy. He enjoyed a colorful childhood that included baseball, visits to the Detroit Institute of Arts and the occasional game of pool. The son of immigrants, he developed an ear for languages, listening to Ansel Aberly his parents converse in Yiddish, and quickly became fluent.

He attended the University of Michigan, graduating with degrees in Spanish, French and foreign relations. He credits the university with teaching him how to write a declarative sentence. One of his favorite classes was an immersive course on Don Quixote.

He also served his country; as a peacetime Army draftee, he was sent to Alabama, where he learned to program the Hawk missile. He joined his father’s scrap business, the Standard Lead Company, in the heart of Detroit. With his father’s guidance, he worked his way up, learning and excelling at every facet of the business, starting at the bottom schlepping batteries.

He became known as Mr. Golden Hands for his ability to repair most anything.

Years later, he owned the company and transformed it. Renamed SLC Recycling; it become the most modern scrap plant in the area of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.

Although SLC was a state-of-the art operation, Ansel adhered to longstanding traditions, proud that he could make a deal on a handshake or with a verbal telephone agreement. As such, he occasionally bemoaned the invention of the fax machine that eliminated the personal connection.

Ansel enjoyed sailing and was a selftaught, good tennis player. His early visits to the DIA fostered a love of art and museums. His affection for sports extended to

the Detroit Tigers/Briggs Stadium and the “Bad Boy” Pistons. He also enjoyed theater, dance and music from country to classical, with a special affection for Dave Brubeck’s jazz stylings.

An avid reader, he was a fan of famed journalist James B. “Scotty” Reston and of the paper he wrote for, the New York Times, which Ansel began reading at age 18. A true citizen of the world, his travels took him to Spain, Italy, England, Denmark, Sweden, China, the Netherlands and Mexico. He also made many trips to New York, L.A., Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, as well as spending summers in Santa Fe and at his beloved cottage in Union Pier, Michigan, nicknamed Far Niente.

He appreciated design, whether creating jewelry for Suzanne or a new kitchen; he was a good cook. He was also an exceptional raconteur. He adored the last of his many dogs, the Weimaraner, Zisa the Wonder Dog. A non-practicing Jew intent on “repairing the world,” he was a pantheist; he loved nature. His Whitmanesque fondness of the natural world merged with his enthusiasm for shooting sporting clays; he especially enjoyed joining his daughter Jessica and her husband, Pieter, on this shared hobby in Michigan and New Mexico.

He took immense pleasure in the achievements of his daughters, Rachel Aberly (McLane), Naomi Aberly (Lebowitz) and Jessica Aberly (Ditmars). His tradition of daddy-daughter dinner dates when they were children was a high point for him and them. He also enjoyed close relationships with his sons-in-law, Fred McLane, Larry Lebowitz and Pieter Ditmars; and he loved that his grandsons, Matthew and Benjamin Lebowitz, became menschen.

Mr. Aberly was predeceased by his brother Paul Aberly and sister Norma Goldsmith.

Contributions may be made to Joe Biden for President, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), Annie’s List, Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas or the Nasher Sculpture Garden in Dallas.

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IRMA BLOSSOM BLONDER, 94, formerly of Michigan, of Henderson, Nev., passed away Aug. 3, 2020.

She was born Jan. 7, 1926, in Fall River, Mass., to Helen (nee Cohen) and David Liner and has lived in Southern Nevada since September 2019.

Mrs. Blonder is survived by her daughter, Debbie Coultis (Robert); two sons, David (Gail) and Brian (Deborah); two grandchildren, Sean Coultis (Kimberly) and Ethan Blonder (Yen); and two great-grandchildren, Sean Jr. and Peyton.

She was predeceased by her parents; husband, George Joseph Blonder; sisters, Rosalie Chudnow and Rachel Glovinsky; grandson, Jonathan Coultis.

A graveside service was held on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, at King David Memorial Cemetery, in Las Vegas, Nev. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation, 4141 University Center Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89119, (702) 796-3140, or online at nah.org.

ESTHER BOGORAD, 98, of Oak Park, died July 23, 2020.

She is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Bernard Tratt of Shelby Township, David and Amy Tratt of Dewitt, Mich., Steven Bogorad of Redford; daughter and son-in-law, Gail and Bill Goidich; grandchildren, Nicole and Joe, Ryan, Sarah and Steven, Jeffrey, Daniel, Peter, Mark, Jonathan; great-grandchildren, Noah, Olivia, Harper.

Mrs. Bogorad was the beloved wife of the late Joe Bogorad.

Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

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A graveside service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park.

Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

ROBERT MARC EGREN, 62, of Waterford, died July 29, 2020.

He is survived by his longtime companion, Susan Grace Kelly; sisters and brothers, Elyn and Larry Charlupski, Michael Egren and Cyndi Rosellini, Joan Rochlin and Richard Rochlin; uncle, Victor Egren, nieces and nephews, Rachel, Erin, Brandon, Cory and Jordan; many friends who cared for him deeply.

Mr. Egren was the son of the late Renee and the late Norman Egren, and the late Morris Rochlin; the brother of the late Barbara Rochlin.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Michigan Humane Society, Development Dept., 30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 220, Bingham Farms, MI 48025, michiganhumane.org/ tributes; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

MYRA GUNSBERG, 94, of Southfield, died Aug. 1, 2020.

She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Lisa Gunsberg, Leslie Gunsberg and Harold Leach, and Loren Gordon; grandchildren, Becky and Andrew Cherney, Daniel Gordon and Haley Gordon; sister, Adeline Lachman; brother, Morton Alger.

Mrs. Gunsberg was the beloved wife of the late George

Gunsberg; the cherished mother of the late Louis Gunsberg; the adoring grandmother of the late Michael Schram.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association-Greater Michigan Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, alz.org/gmcl; or Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jewishhospice.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

JERALD “JERRY” KAGAN, 77, of Farmington Hills, died July 30, 2020.

A retired Army veteran, Jerry was a quiet and gentle man. He loved his family, cars (especially Lincolns) and sports.

Mr. Kagan is survived by his sisters, Arlene Sharon Kirsch of Livonia, Sandy Weisl of Farmington Hills; nieces and nephews, Jeff Kirsch and Dilyse McAllister, Steve and Mary Kirsch, Shari and Mark Skory, Sean and Sozi Weisl; many great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces, great-greatnephews, other loving relatives and friends.

He was the dear uncle of the late Scott Weisl.

Contributions may be made to Congregation B’nai Moshe, 6900 Drake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; or to a charity of one’s choice. A graveside service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park, Pinsker Section.

Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

STUART KARABENICK, 80, of Ann Arbor, died Aug. 1, 2020.

He is survived by his wife, Julie Karabenick; children, Robin Leavy, Scott and Brenda

Karabenick, Rachel Karabenick and Leah Karabenick; grandchildren, Zoe and Anthony Karabenick.

Mr. Karabenick was the devoted son of the late George and the late Florence Karabenick.

Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the University of Michigan Education and Psychology Dept., 610 E. University Ave., Room 1413, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, soe. umich.edu/academics-admissions/degrees/doctoral/ education-and-psychology.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

SOL “JACK” KIRSCH, 92, of Boynton Beach, Fla., died Aug. 3, 2020.

He is survived by his children, Cathi and Neil Lefton of Boca Raton, Fla., Wendy and Dr. Gary Kaplan of Seattle, Wash., Dr. Richard and Cheryl Kirsch of West Bloomfield and Vicki Kirsch of Delray Beach; grandchildren, Jason and Sara Lefton, Annie and Josh Migdal, Erin and Dr. Daniel Zeitler, Zachery Kaplan, Amy and Dennis Mink, Danny Kirsch and his fiancee, Emily, and Scott Kirsch and his fiancee, Natalie; great-grandchildren, Riley, Judah, Harper, Mason, Ben, Goldie and Poppy.

Mr. Kirsch was the beloved husband of the late Bobbi Kirsch; the loving brother of the late Stan and the late Lynn Kirsch; the devoted son of the late Nate and the late Annie Kirsch.

Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association-Greater Michigan Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, alz.org/gmc; American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic Center

Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, cancer.org; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements

by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

JANICE KLEIN, 77, of Flint, died July 31, 2020.

She is survived by her sister-in-law, Linda WalshKlein; nephews and niece, Jason A. Klein, Jacquelyn R. and Scott Wyatt, and Jeffrey B. Klein.

Mrs. Klein was the devoted daughter of the late George and the late Helen Klein; the loving sister of the late Barry Klein. The family would like to offer their gratitude to all the wonderful caregivers at JJFSC adult foster care home.

Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park.

Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

FEANNIE LIEBERMAN, 87, of West Bloomfield, died July 29, 2020.

She was the beloved sister of Martin Lieberman, the late Raymond Lieberman, and the late David J. Lieberman; beloved companion to the late Irving Jaffee.

Mrs. Lieberman is survived by sister-in-law, Rene Lieberman; nieces, Lisa Mendelson and family, Rachel Buckman and family, Patti Lieberman and family; her many treasured friends.

Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park.

Contributions may be made to Jewish National Fund or Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit.

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FLORENCE RUTH MARSHALL, longtime resident of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., passed away on Aug. 2, 2020, at the age of 85.

Born to Jack and Goldie Katanick in Detroit’s closeknit Jewish community, Florence graduated from Central High School in 1953.

She received her B.A. from Wayne State University, her M.A. from the University of New Mexico and her Ed.D. from UCLA. She taught English at Aviation High School in Redondo Beach and went on to become a guidance counselor and administrator until the school’s closure in 1982.

She retired from Mira Costa High School in 1993.

In retirement, she and husband, Walter, traveled the world and played bridge with close friends. Florence took a leadership role at Peninsula Friends of the Library.

Mrs. Marshall is survived by two children, Jonathan (Margaret Alkon) and Catherine (Mark LeMere).

Her husband, Walter, passed away in 2018.

In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to a charity that promotes literacy, libraries or public education.

friends and known for his sometimes wacky sense of humor, Jonathan was a skilled photographer and woodworker, who could make or fix anything. He was the beloved brother of Donna Lipson of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Richard and Eileen Polk of Huntington Woods; adored uncle of Binyomin and Carin Lipson of Ra’anana, Israel, and the late Joshua Lipson, Samuel Polk and Kate Becker of Brookline, Mass., Brian and Cadi Polk of Oakwood, Ohio, and Laura and Joshua Bobrow of Franklin. He was a special great-uncle to Batya and Yehuda Zinger, Racheli, Moshe, Zev, Lazi and Nechami Lipson, Hannah and Jack Polk, Evie and Josie Polk and Sophia Bobrow; great-great uncle to Chaya Ruth Zinger.

Interment was at Clover Hill Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Kadima, 15999 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48076 (kadimacenter.org); JVS Human Services, Southfield, MI 48076 (jvshumanservices. org); Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln Blvd., Oak Park, MI 48237 (congbethshalom.org); or to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

JONATHAN D. POLK, 69, of Waterford, who fought bipolar illness and became a fierce recipient rights advocate for Community Mental Health, died Aug. 4, 2020. Loved by his family and

RAQUEL ROSS, 87, of Bloomfield Hills, died July 29, 2020.

She was the beloved mother of Andrew Ross, Doug and Mark Rossdanson, and Karen and Jeff Rothstein; loving grandmother of Noah

Rothstein, Ian Rothstein, Samantha Rothstein, Emily Rossdanson and Charlie Rossdanson. Raquel was a woman of wide-ranging interests, including the arts, animal rights and feminist politics; but her greatest passion of all was the love she felt for her children, grandchildren and her sweet canine companion, Esme, all of whom will miss her greatly. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, detroitchamberwinds.org; Penrickton Center for Blind Children, penrickton.com; Michigan Humane Society, michiganhumane.org; Leader Dogs for the Blind, leaderdog. org; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

DR. SHELDON ARNOLD SCHORE, D.O., a retired family physician, of Las Vegas, passed away on Aug. 2, 2020.

Sheldon was born on March 18, 1934, in Detroit to Sarah (nee Green) and Henry Schore. He was a Las Vegas resident for 25 years.

Dr. Schore is survived by his daughter, Andrea Gordon (Richard); son, Neal Schore (Beth); and five grandchildren, Drake Gordon, Scarlett Gordon, Jordan Schore, Jared Schore and Drew Schore.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his beloved wife, Karen Ruth Schore.

Services were private for immediate family at King David Memorial Chapel and Cemetery, 2697 E. Eldorado Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89120.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to JustOneProject.org, Temple Beth Sholom of Las Vegas or a charity of one’s choice. King David Memorial Chapel handled the arrangements.

JANE SHAYNE, 92, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 5, 2020.

She is survived by her daughters c. 1990 and sons-in-law, Debbie Shayne Horowitz and Richard Eaton, Nancy Shayne, Karen and Rick Halberg, and Patti Shayne; grandchildren, Joshua Syme, Andy and Jameson Halberg, and Emily and Marc Piper; great-grandchildren, Ella and Noah Halberg, Leo, Owen and Max Piper; nieces and nephews,

Larry and Barbara Haber, Jerry Haber, Sharon Fierstadt, Steven and Leslie Swibel, Pam and Jeff Plant, Michael and Maria Fox, and Natalie Gaynes. She is also survived by her loving and devoted caregiver, Saddye; many loving cousins and friends, and her beloved dog, Lucky.

Mrs. Shayne was the beloved wife of the late Sidney L. Shayne; the loving sister of the late Anne and the late Joseph Gaynes, the late Dorothy and the late Harold Haber, and the late Gloria and the late Morris Swibel; devoted daughter of the late Fannie and the late Henry Weindling; the loving mother-in-law of the late Alan Horowitz; the dear aunt of the late Marcia Haber and the late Kenny Gaynes.

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NORMA ADELE TUREFF, 97, of Oak Park, died Aug. 5,

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She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Lawrence and Ruth Tureff; daughter and son-in-law, Marcia and Marc Manson of Farmington Hills; sister, Ruth Sheldon; sister-in-law, Leah Brock; grandchildren, Benjamin Manson, Jeremy and Alison Manson, Lauren and Eric Hord, Ryan Tureff; great-grandchildren, Nicholas Hord, Ava Manson, Ethan Manson, Willa Manson, Lucy Manson; nieces and nephews, Marilyn and Bo Hoffman, Marc and Peggy Brock, Alan and Amy Brock, Seth and Vicki Brock.

Mrs. Tureff was the beloved wife of the late Seymour

Tureff; loving daughter of the late Max and the late Lillian Brock; dear sister and sister-in-law of the late David Brock, the late Fanette and the late Morton Rifkin, the late Ralph Sheldon.

Contributions may be made to Jewish Senior Life, 15000 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237. A graveside service was held at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Arrangements

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REVA ZEME, 88, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 1, 2020.

She is survived by her son and

daughter-in-law, Dr. Mark and Susan Zeme; daughters and sons-in-law, Andrea and Randy Gold, Nancy and Mark Goryl; grandchildren, Alyssa Gold, Emily and Molly Zeme, Jacob and Matthew Goryl.

Interment took place at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.

Contributions may be made to the Soul Studio Scholarship Fund at the Friendship Circle or to the Iwrey Family Special Needs Fund at Temple Israel.

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Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org

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wo recent communications led to this Looking Back. I had a conversation with Al Must, former president of Dairy Fresh Foods, that was a quick lesson about the dairy business, and Daniel Szymanski wrote seeking information about United Dairies, where his grandfather worked and his father, George, was production manager.

Mike Smith So, I decided to see Alene and Graham Landau what I could find about Archivist Chair these two companies in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History.

In short, both United Dairies and Dairy Fresh were Jewish-owned and created nearly a century ago. Both companies also featured generations of family members as owners and chief operating officers.

United Dairies was founded in 1929.

I found 643 pages in the Archive that mentioned United Dairies, largely advertisements, especially abundant in Jewish Chronicle and JN, 1930-1970, but did not find a company history. However, I was able to glean a few facts.

United Dairies was originally founded and owned by 20 Jewish dairy truck drivers; hence, the “United” in United Dairies. Four of the original owners were Edwin Gornbein, Morris Gurevitch, Israel Sokanoff and Max Weiss. It seems that Gurevitch was also president of the company at one time.

The Weiss family was most closely associated with United Dairies. Max Weiss was general manager of the firm from 1932-1949. His wife, Julie, who lived to 100 years old, was also on the United Dairies board and a company officer. His son, Albert “Sonny” Weiss, a veteran of the famous Battle of the Bulge during World War II, also worked at United Dairies. His obituary cites him as the owner of United Dairies. Max’s grandson,

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Steven David Weiss, also went into the he dairy business. There was a clue that suggested that United Dairies may have ve been sold to Detroit-area Twin Pines Dairy sometime around 1990, but I am not really sure if this is accurate.

Dairy Fresh also had a long historyy in Detroit. An excellent feature story on the company and its owners, the Must family, can be found in the Dec. 11, 2008, issue of the JN. Thee company was founded as the Detroit City Dairy by Abraham Must in the 1930s.

The three generations that followed Max continued to own and manage the business until it was sold in 2017. His son, Mike, took over the company in the 1940s; his wife, Mary, y, worked there for nearly 70 years.

Mike’s sons, Alan and Joel, became co-presidents, and Jay represented thee fourth generation. Along the way, the Detroit City Dairy was renamed Dairyy Fresh in the 1990s.

Both dairies and families were gen-erous supporters of Detroit Jewish organizations. United Dairies sponsored red such programs as Israel Bond Drives, youth bowling leagues, and the “Voice of the Jewish Welfare Fund” on WJLB radio. Dairy Fresh sponsored the Israel Emergency Fund, as well as Kadima, s.

Hebrew Free Loan and other good causes.

The history of the United Dairies and Dairy Fresh, a.k.a. Detroit City Dairy, thatt I did find was fascinating. It was a fun search. Of course, there may have been other Jewish-owned dairies in Metro Detroit, so another adventure in the Davidson Archive might await.

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