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Rosh Hashanah 5781 L’Shanah Tovah

Finding Unity 44 Amid tensions, Black and Jewish groups mark “Unity Week.”

Faces & Places

14 The JN invited local rabbis to share holiday messages with the community.

The Most Vulnerable Among Us

Hope Emerges

Eretz

16 The Jewish community rallies to make the holidays special for isolated seniors.

52 Ethiopia’s “Hidden Jews” begin to receive aid from Israel and abroad.

Live on Tape

Sports

20 Cantorial soloist prepares for the High Holidays.

‘It Was a Tough Season, But I’m Glad We Had a Season’

Safe Worship

54 Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League’s 25th year was historic for many reasons.

22 Surgeon General advises shuls during COVID.

Virtual High Holidays Come to Campus 24 College Hillels across Michigan plan online and outdoor activities.

Moments Moments 57

A ‘Tiny Tashlich’

26 The Well has a new way to celebrate the custom.

Torah portion 58

Days of Awe and of Pandemic 28 Orthodox shuls adapt High Holiday services in the time of COVID.

Spirit Arts&Life A Taste of Things to Come

Shofar Safety

59 Delicious holiday recipes to welcome in a sweeter new year.

32 This year, it may be a little more difficult to hear the blast.

Culture Can’t Wait

Let There Be Food

62 New video shows Metro Detroit culture lovers all they can still do, despite the pandemic.

34 Caterers prepare and adjust for High Holidays, COVID-style.

Celebrity Jews: Emmys Edition

Shabbat & Holiday Lights

Shabbat/Erev Rosh Hashanah starts: Friday, Sept. 18, 7:18 p.m. Rosh Hashanah 2: Saturday, Sept. 19, 8:16 p.m. Rosh Hashanah ends: Sunday, Sept. 20, 8:15 p.m.

Atoning Over Zoom

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehuda/The Shul

Meaningful Feasts

Nosh Detroit Institute of Bagels Closes

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38 Jewish websites offer guides for High Holiday and Shabbat dinners.

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Dining in Downtown Northville

36 How video technology will connect Jews during the High Holidays.

Michigan Gyms Reopen, But JCC Pumps the Brakes

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40 Other health centers opened their doors Sept. 9 following Whitmer’s orders.

Nessel Compares Trump to Hitler 42 Michigan’s first Jewish attorney general made the comments at the state’s Democratic Nominating Convention.

Online Events 65

Etc. Spotlight: The Exchange Soul Raskin Looking Back

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have previously persuasively argued that the greatest gift the Jewish people ever gave the world was summer camp. In the anguished absence of camp — shoutout to the HW Backyard Boys for their Saved by the Bellcaliber scheme — we still have someBen Falik thing invaluable to offer this year. The opportunity to end it early. Let the fresh wheels and neon lights of 5781 transport us away from the bottomless pothole that is 2020, just as Olivia Newton John magically ushered in the (19)80s on roller skates. While the Jewish New Year does not relieve us of our civic duty in November — or whatever comes after murder hornets — we need not wait to pop out the Nintendo cartridge and blow off the grime

that has made this such a glitchy year. Which brings me to the sage advice I offer for anyone seeking to overcome the paralyzing entropy of this angry, ill, cynical world. Lapidary. Go polish rocks. That may sound like a Depression-era insult at first, but you, pally, are no afternoon farmer. The two steps to rock polishing are 1. Get rocks. 2. Polish the rocks. Unlike, say, reasonably priced mid-century modern furniture, rocks are not hard to find. Rocks are everywhere. If you had “shoreline erosion” on your Bad News Bingo board for 2020, take as consolation the outstanding geological diversity resulting from the changing water levels. Rocks that had been encased in the earth since the ice age sparkled along the shore of Lake

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Petoskey Stone exceeding 25 pounds where the stairs used to be

Michigan, free from zebra mussels and indifferent to the much larger rock that is presumably hurtling toward Earth. I did not violate the Michigan law limiting removal of any rock, mineral or invertebrate fossil from state-owned land for personal or non-commercial hobby use to 25 pounds per year. But I came close. We’ve all been there — you fill your fanny pack with rocks whose colors and patterns catch your eye, only to lose interest once they’re dried off, dull and scratching up your Laser Discs. Don’t throw them out, espe-

cially if you live in a glass house. That Petoskey Stone is 350 million years old. It feels the same way about dinosaurs — maybe dismissive, maybe unaware — that you do about TikTok. Let’s talk about grit. You should be proud of the resiliency that has fortified you during these trying times. You can’t buy grit. Unless you are talking about sandpaper, in which case you need to buy the right kind. As units of measurement go, grit is it. Grit would make SPF blush ... make Richter quake in his boots … make olive oil clutch its pearls. Far removed continued on page 6

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A Call for Unity, Moderation and Action

lul is the last month of the Jewish year leading up to Rosh Hashanah. It’s a time of self-examination, self-improvement and repentance. A return to righteousness and justice made all the more necessary during this unprecedented and tragic COVID-19 Seth Gould pandemic. Unfortunately, righteousness and justice in this world are waning, not waxing, at the moment. To our horror, we’re witnessing ever increasing acts of antisemitism and racism. Authoritarianism is

on the rise while democracies across the world are struggling. Fear and hate is killing people every day here in the U.S. Humans regress to tribalism when they are afraid; evolution encourages this instinctual behavior. After all, a tribe that is cohesive and unified in mission is best able to defend against external threats. Nevertheless, we need to fight against this isolating and harmful tribal instinct. We must rise above it. Tribalism based on fear and hate is weakening this great nation. Knowingly or not, our media sources and social media platforms are allowing extremists

and foreign intelligence agencies to weaponize hate and fear to sow discord and violence. This unsettling trend is likely to worsen as the November election approaches. What can we do? For a start, break out from tribal isolation. This doesn’t mean abandoning our religious, community or political affiliations. Rather, we need to take action as ambassadors of goodwill and resist the false perceived safety of isolationism. This requires stepping outside our virtual silos and echo chambers. Reading or viewing only a single news source is literally killing us. Critical thinking

requires consideration of different perspectives, not just those that reinforce our way of thinking. Engage and work with people holding opinions different from our own. Build wider, not narrower tents, and create or participate in educational programs that present multiple perspectives. I’m not advocating for false relativism but rather for more education and knowledge. How else can we learn and grow? I currently have the honor of serving as president of the Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC Detroit. Our organization’s mission is to represent the Metropolitan Detroit Jewish continued on page 6 SEPTEMBER 17 • 2020

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stepped outside the other day, after my morning round of Zoom meetings and endless emails, only to realize — with some surprise — that a pleasant chill had lifted the air. Fall is here. Fall, in Michigan! What a blessing! My primary association with Rosh Hashanah, and my favorite Andrew thing about it, is Lapin that it comes in Editor the fall. You see, I’m a big fan of Michigan’s brisk, light-jacket weather, the kind that invites you to huddle with loved ones as you stroll outside in long pants and close-toed shoes, perhaps while on your way to pick apples for dipping in honey. With all due respect to the many JN readers who have made states with warmer climates their second (or permanent) home, I will never pass up an opportunity to watch the seasons change. To

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me, it simply isn’t the New Year without a Michigan fall. Usually, of course, the seasonal shift is much more apparent. There’d be more places to go, including, you know, shul. So the promise of new journeys ahead for the new year would actually feel tangible. One of the challenges this year is that, to many, there is no perceptible switch from our spring and summer doldrums to now. The COVID-19 pandemic is still a gigantic presence in our lives, preventing us from congregating in shul, most schools or anywhere else. You know by now all the other challenges we are facing as a Jewish community and as American citizens. So will we feel different in 5781? Can we still wish each other a “sweet new year” if this year doesn’t feel “new” or even particularly “sweet?” But there are, indeed, still changes happening around us — even if we can’t see them. Even

as we sit isolated, we are growing wiser and more aware of the challenges ahead (and those now behind). It was hard, and often painful, but we’ve learned from all of this. We can add basically the entirety of last year to the list of hardships our people have found a way to survive. Then, we can use that knowledge to carefully take stock of the year ahead, in which our creativity and ingenuity, as well as both our survival instincts and our hard-wired sense of communal purpose, will have a chance to shine and see us through. Well, let’s focus on the next few months first. The period between now and Election Day feels like another year in and of itself. Rest assured, the Jewish News will be there. Your journeys, your challenges, are ours, too. And hey, it’s fall in Michigan. The seasons are changing. That’s a celebration. Enjoy it. From all of us, l’shanah tovah!

Palestinians. We hope the recent peace agreement between Israel and the UAE — and soon other Gulf and African countries — will bring peace sooner. No doubt Israel is stronger with these new alliances. Likewise, the Detroit Jewish community is stronger when allied with our brothers and sisters from other faiths and ethnic groups. Solely fighting antisemitism while ignoring increasing levels of racism is antithetical to Rabbi Hillel’s wise admonition, “If I am only for myself, what am I?” Our organization stands in solidarity with our African American, Chaldean, Hindu and Muslim brothers and sisters. We build alliances that protect all minority groups — not just the

Jewish community. There are those who argue the center in this country has collapsed. I strongly disagree. The vast majority of us share common values and goals. We just need to tune out the extremists on the left and right, and be more vocal, active and effective in our work. It’s no longer enough to simply identify injustice. It’s time to fight and eradicate hate in all its forms. Please join us. On behalf of the board of JCRC/AJC, we wish you all a happy and, most importantly, healthy New Year.

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community, Israel and Jews throughout the world to the general community and beyond, and to establish collaborative relationships with other ethnic, racial, civic and religious groups. Our community relations work is developed through consensus on issues important to many of us. JCRC/AJC’s board is made up of Democrats, Republicans, Ashkenazim, Sephardim and Jews of color. We are young and old, and religious and secular, but we happen to agree on many things, like the safety and well-being of Jewish Detroiters and other Jews throughout the world. We also strongly support the State of Israel, its continuing security needs, and a fair, secure and lasting peace between Israelis and

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Seth D. Gould, president of JCRC/AJC – Detroit, is a partner of the Miller Law Firm, PC, specializing in business litigation.

from coarse double digits that “rough up” surfaces (skin is a surface) and even the very fine (or just fine) triple figures, I feel super like Mario going from 3000 to 5000 to 7000 grit sandpaper, all while retaining my finger prints. You can also get a tumbler (or, if you’re me, three) and work your way up from 80 to 1200 grit, powder into slurry. It’s gratifying to set and forget for a week at a time, but I prefer getting stoned the old fashioned way: get my damn kids to go to sleep, turn off my phone and rock out with some quartz, ultrafine paper and mustachioed reruns of Jeopardy. Resolved: Rock polishing is the trivial pursuit for our time. Fidget spinners were all well and good way back in the Before Times (2017), but they lack the gravitas this moment demands. Rock polishing is less obsessive compulsive (and more grown up) than adult coloring books. Constructive like knitting but with less carpal tunnel. And stones are not slime or unicorns, which makes them inherently preferable to slime and unicorns. We have the power — with a keen eye, a decent grip and a little bit of patience — to create something beautiful. Not by glossing over its imperfections or diminishing its core, but by refining rough edges to reveal an essential, immutable value. Consider it a metaphor for what we carry into the new year, for how we carry ourselves. And don’t take it for granite.

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Goodbye 5780 – It Wasn’t All So Bad

friend recently sent me a picture of a cartoon book, titled How to Deal with the Upcoming Recession, Inflation, Ice Age, Population Explosion and the Complete End of the World in the Year 2020. I think we can all agree that 2020 will not go down as a banner year. Between economic collapse, an Mark Jacobs exhausting political race, racial injustice and the world’s worst global pandemic in 100 years, it’s been a year that America and the world would like to forget. The Jewish world will soon say goodbye to the corresponding year in the Hebrew calendar, 5780. The gloom of the insidious coronavirus will hang over everything. Most of us will be observing the High Holidays from home, and every aspect of our community life — work, school, worshipping, socializing — has been upended, just like everyone else. In Israel, the virus has ravaged that small country, with more than 80,000 cases and

600 deaths. But let’s not lose sight of a few things as we look ahead to 5781. Jews have seen our share of dark years before, and yet we always manage to find reasons for hope and inspiration. For a people who have miraculously survived for over five millennia — which included persecution, exile, extermination and terrorism — we have learned to not get too up or too down over a particular year. We have wisely learned to play the long game. For all the misery of the past year, the fact is that many positive things happened in the Jewish world in 5780, and some of them were truly incredible. We should not overlook them. Golda Meir once said, “Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow themselves.” We can choose to take Golda’s advice, reject the urge to wallow in gloom and doom, and instead feel optimistic about all the good things of 5780, for there is much to be proud of. Our Kiddush cup is indeed half-full. Here’s a short list of some things that happened this past year that can uplift our Jewish

souls: • The United Arab Emirates and Israel entered into an historic peace deal calling for “full normalization of relations.” The UAE is now the third Arab country to have formal relations with Israel, after Egypt and Jordan. • Two Russian cosmonauts, during a spacewalk on Holocaust Remembrance Day, displayed an Israeli flag along a sign they constructed reading “We Remember.” • At the 75th anniversary of the liberation of AuschwitzBirkenau in January, a senior delegation from the Muslim World League and the American Jewish Committee came together and locked arms in solidarity. • Israeli athletes competed in the judo international championship in the UAE. The Israeli team won, and the Israeli flag was hoisted as “Hatikvah” was played, a first in the UAE. Israel also competed in the Tour de France for the first time. • Trade between Israel and the Gulf States hit $1 billion. • Israel’s Minister of Culture was invited to and visited Dubai for the first time.

• The Arab Council for Regional Integration was formed, a “pan-Arab initiative devoted to bringing security and prosperity to the Middle East,” and particularly focused on overcoming hatred against Israel and Jews and “growing coexistence and cooperation.” • The FDA approved an Israeli company’s early warning testing procedure for treating COVID19 patients. Many Israeli start-up companies continued to thrive, particularly in the area of tracking, tracing, diagnosing and monitoring COVID-19 patients. • The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved $3.3 billion in security assistance to Israel. • Thirty-one U.S states passed legislation condemning antisemitism and formally opposing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The legislation directs state entities not to contract with any business that supports BDS. • The Michigan Legislature created its very first Black and Jewish Unity Caucus, which will be working with the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity, of which continued on page 10

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his has been a year like no other. Without a doubt, we are living in a unique and difficult moment in our history. The global COVID-19 pandemic has affected every dimension of our daily lives, disBeverly B. rupting our social, Liss professional, educational and spiritual pursuits. Worst of all, of course, is the human toll it has taken, the friends and loved ones lost Alan J. and the families Kaufman wracked by grief. It is said that a crisis reveals who we are, as individuals and as a community. And if there is any good news to be taken from the pandemic, it can be found in the way that Jewish

Detroit has responded. From the earliest days of the outbreak, our communal leaders and institutions came together to make sure that our most vulnerable individuals were protected. They worked tirelessly to provide kosher meals and delivery services to seniors and others in need, emergency aid to struggling families, vocational training for growing numbers of job seekers and protective gear for frontline workers. This has been the most collaborative effort in recent times, uniting individuals from every corner of our community, every organization and stream of Judaism. We have seen an outpouring of concern and generosity, not just for local Jews but for our broader community as well. The Jewish Federation is proud to play a central role in this response. Our COVID-19

Emergency Campaign raised $7.6 million for critical funding to protect individuals and families as well as the Jewish organizations that are the heart and soul of Jewish life. Just as importantly, we are actively coordinating the response effort, working shoulder to shoulder with agencies, schools and congregations throughout Jewish Detroit on a daily basis. That is why we say: Jewish Federation was built for this moment. We’ve been taking care of our community for more than 100 years. And thanks to the support of more than 10,000 donors, we will continue to meet the vast and growing needs of all who are counting on us. As we look back across the year, we’re deeply grateful for each and every person who has volunteered, contributed or taken part in the response effort in any way. Now, as we turn to the new

year, we know that uncertainty will persist. The challenge is far from over. Despite this, we will never lose confidence in the strength and vibrance of Jewish Detroit. The year ahead will surely be filled with challenges and with loss, but it will also have times of joy and celebration, connection and meaning. For those that may find themselves in need, know that your Jewish community is here for you (jhelp.org is a good place to start). With the support of our extraordinary community, we are Here for Good. May you have a meaningful holiday and a healthy, peaceful and joyful new year.

ous articles, webinars and demonstrations. • Israel celebrated 72 years of independence. • Locally, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit had a record annual fundraising campaign, more than $34 million and more than 10,000 donors, and expanded its extraordinary work providing the community with emergency financial assistance, food and housing, mental health support, Jewish education and much more. • Last but not least, we’re still here! Approximately 2,600 years after the destruction of the First Temple, when our small band of ancestors were either killed, captured or sent scattering to the winds, Jews are surviving and thriving as we enter 5781.

We lost 6 million people a mere 75 years ago, and today our entire world population is down to about 0.2% of the whole — roughly the size of Buenos Aires — and yet we are alive and well, with our own strong country and a steel will to meet the future with immense Jewish pride and determination. This feat alone, in and of itself, is nothing short of a miracle. None of these items erase the very real danger to Israel today, nor the troubling spike in antisemitism. Israel has not known a true day of peace since 1948, and antisemitism has been around since time immemorial. Let’s not sugarcoat this. But in a world filled with hate and violence against Jews, we must know — and teach our chil-

dren — that there are also wonderful and heartwarming examples of success and solidarity, and the Jewish people remain solid. We need not be dejected as we look to the new year. We can look to all the wonderful things around us, reject pessimism and choose to go into 5781 with hope, that essential Jewish value and the namesake of the Israeli national anthem, “Hatikvah.” Golda Meir would be very proud of us if we did. L’ Shana Tovah!

Beverly B. Liss is president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. Alan Jay Kaufman is president of the United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit.

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the JCRC/AJC is a partner. • In New York, the Guardian Angels announced that it would begin patrolling Crown Heights in order to protect Jewish neighborhoods. Curtis Sliwa, the founder, announced the decision and stated, “We have a moral obligation to make up for historical antisemitism.” • The U.S. and Israeli Air Force held its first ever F-35 training in Israel. • Congress introduced the U.S.Israel Military Capability Act to deepen security cooperation with Israel. • The Jewish community came out strongly in support of racial equality following the George Floyd murder, which included statements from a host of Jewish organizations, along with numer-

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No Moral Equivalence I am perturbed by the balanced tone of Yael Aronoff ’s essay (“The Abraham Accord Between Israel and the UAE: Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Aug. 27, pg. 24). There is no moral equivalence between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel has made proposals for the establishment of the first-ever-to-exist Arab State of Palestine, even ceded land. The Palestinian leaders, even during the brief periods when they have come to the negotiating table, have announced that they do not need to make concessions and that the signing of a peace treaty will not end the conflict. The insistence that Israel must take in millions of Palestine refugees is a clear indication that the Palestinian leaders do not seek a state co-existing, peacefully, with the nation-state of the Jews. Rather, the Palestinian leaders want an Israel that has been converted to a Muslim-majority state in which Jews will be reduced to dhimmi status if they are tolerated at all. Israel should take the stance that the disputed land is of religious and historic importance to Jews and of strategic impor-

tance to Israel. The Palestinians should be showing gratitude for Israel’s willingness to share, instead of maligning Israel in international forums. Sunni Arab states, wanting Israel’s help in facing Iran’s hegemonic threat, should do their part to break the deadlock by apologizing to the Palestine refugees for having kept them in limbo for generations, admitting to them that they will not be given the homes they claim their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents lost in what is now Israel, and telling them they will be welcomed for citizenship in the Arab nation of their choosing; that choice should include any Palestinian state that emerges, with aid from Arab nations being carefully monitored to ensure that it actually goes to the people’s benefit. —Toby Block Atlanta, GA

Traverse City Has Great Jewish Community The article on Bubbie’s Bagels in Traverse City (Sept. 3, pg. 41) was beautifully done, and all the laudatory comments about the bagels are true indeed. And Sam is a fine addition to Traverse City and the Jewish community. There was one sentence that I consider erroneous. In fact, the Jewish community is significant and active. Congregation Beth Shalom averages more than a hundred attendees for holiday celebrations and services and counts 90 households as members. I estimate at least twice that number of Jews live in the vicinity of Traverse City. The shul, built in 1885, has monthly services, a religious school and adult education. I am honored

to be their rabbi year-round, one weekend a month. Come visit us! â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg Traverse City

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Take Sides Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve subscribed to the JN for over 25 years, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s becoming more clear to me that not only is the paper leftist but looks like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now going out of its way to prove it. Whatever happened to reporting on the Jewish events and ideas going on in the Detroit community? The article about the JN and the post office stood out to make two points. One is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fault that the paper may arrive late, and two: an excuse should the JN mail out late. I recall a handful of times that my paper arrived late or I never got it, but now thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an easy excuse out. Back to the political issue. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve run a business all my adult life and always had a policy to never put a political sign outside my door. When

asked, I answered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not store policy,â&#x20AC;? because even if I agree with the candidate or issue, I know there are always two sides and half my customers will be pro and half will be against. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to offend my customers and possibly lose some because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree with their political stance. Nonprofits also have the same policy. So why should the paper take a political side? Should it want to try to please all its customers? I hope one day the JN can go back to its roots and focus on the news of the Jewish community. Even if the paperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writers and producers do take a political side, please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show it in the paper. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Gil Stebbins Southfield

CORRECTION In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Detroit-Made Fresh Salsa is Backâ&#x20AC;? (Sept. 3, Page 45), it should have said that Dan Aronson and Jack Page are brothers, not stepbrothers.

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Eib tzu shul ich can nisht gayn Ich vel daven doe alayn. If you daven mit kavana Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be heard on Rosh Hashanah Got vel hear you eer vet zayn. Eib tzu shul â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if to synagogue ich can nisht gayn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I cannot go Ich vel daven â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I will pray doe alayn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; here alone daven mit kavana â&#x20AC;&#x201D; pray with intention Got vel â&#x20AC;&#x201D; God will eer vet zayn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you will see.

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L’Shanah Tovah The JN invited local rabbis to share holiday messages with the community.

now have the opportunity to grow closer than ever before. Ketivah vachatimah tovah (A good inscription and sealing). Rabbi Shaya Katz is the spiritual leader of Young Israel of Oak Park.

Caring Is Connection

T Bridging the Distance

he last six months brought with them many challenges. We’ve instituted extreme measures for the safety of ourselves and others. We’ve made the difficult decision to close our synagogues, barring ourselves from communal prayer for the sake of communal health. For some, that reality persists even today, and the High Holidays will therefore take unprecedented form. For others, despite being in Rabbi Shaya person, the service includes Katz masks, social distancing and limited attendance. During the season in which we come together we feel unusually disconnected. In another sense, though, we remind ourselves that such distance is relegated to the physical realm alone. Specifically, at this time, we’re reminded of the intimacy with which we can connect spiritually — to ourselves, and to God Himself. The Talmud (Rosh Hashanah 18) tells us that Hashem is to be found more imminently during the Days of Awe (based on Isaiah 55:6). Despite the spiritual power of a physical quorum, an individual can produce that same energy during this time. But that proximity is hard to fathom.

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For so many of us, our most spiritually uplifting moments occur in the places that we regard as the most spiritual — the synagogues or the study halls. As the Chassidic saying goes, however, at this time, Hashem is not only reachable by appointment in the palace. Instead, “HaMelech basadeh,” the King is even in the field. He’s accessible and approachable, yearning for that intimacy. An interesting symbol of this lesson is actually embedded within a tradition many shuls follow during davening. At the start of the Shacharit service, the first “HaMelech” is chanted aloud by the chazzan. But to begin, the chazzan doesn’t do so from the bimah, but rather from his own seat, no matter where that might be. To understand this custom, some point to a phrase that many of us are familiar with: “Baruch Kevod Hashem Mimkomo,” “Blessed is Hashem from His place” (Ezekiel 3:12). On his way out of Jerusalem, Yechezkel is told through prophecy that God can be blessed no matter where He is, even in exile. Some even say that the relocation does not refer to God, but to each individual. No matter where we find ourselves, even at a distance from our ideal sanctuary, we can still produce that blessing. In terms of our usual, religious rituals, we find ourselves at an unfortunate loss. But especially during the Days of Awe, we remind ourselves that despite the distance — whether physical or spiritual — we

o say these High Holidays are once in a lifetime is almost trite. Just consider the fact that everything we have been experiencing these past six months has been a first. I find it mindboggling to recount what we have altered and how we have adapted. What we thought was briefly lived practically today has become the expected. Yet, now is the season traRabbi ditionally when we return — Michael L. we return to our congregaMoskowitz tions and communities and excitedly greet one another. We embrace. We leave uplifted and ready to tackle another year. The words of Elie Wiesel are echoing in my ears. In asking what it means to be a synagogue, a congregation, he answered, “It means to care about each other. Pray? We can pray at home. We come together as a congregation in order to share in each other’s lives and in order to share in the life of the Jewish people — past, present and future.” Yet, that seems far from possible today. Our realities on the surface restrict our opportunities to be together, and yes, to even pray together. But does it? I find it remarkable the ways we have innovated in these past months and created something unique and special. How much the more so will our New Year reflect this certainty. No doubt there is a lot we will miss in being in person together. But I believe the connections we honor and continue to create demonstrate exactly what Elie Wiesel profoundly taught. We are a part of this community because we do care deeply about one another — and we will continue to do so. That is and must be our mission. For me, in looking at our faith, there are very few “have-to’s” right now. Similar to

our ancestors carried off into diaspora nearly 2,600 years ago, they focused on what made us a people — to live with holiness, to honor every individual as created B’tselem Elohim (in the image of God), to create community even without the Temple, and do so with their mikdash me’at, their home sanctuaries, so to speak. We will do the very same right now. And in so doing, we’ll make our faith more relevant in our lives and our people even more resilient. Rabbi Michael L. Moskowitz is spiritual leader at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield.

Seeing Differently

osh Hashanah is Yom Harat Olam, the anniversary of the creation of the world. The anniversary of God creating light. The anniversary of the potential to see. I have been thinking a lot about seeing as we approach the Rabbi Ariana Yamim Noraim Silverman (Days of Awe). The Torah readings for Rosh Hashanah come from Parshat Vaeira. The word vaeira comes from the verb to see. And what the characters are able to see, and not see, matters a lot. Sarah sees Ishmael, the son of her slave Hagar and Abraham, and envisions an unacceptable future in which the son of a slave might share some of the inheritance of her own son, Isaac. The consequences of Sarah’s feared vision are dire. Hagar and her son are treated as if their lives did not matter and are cast into

the wilderness. Sarah tears a family apart and creates enmity between the Israelites and Ishmaelites. After Hagar and Ishmael run out of water, we get an image that is haunting during this time of separation. Hagar assumes her son will die and self-isolates so she does not have to see it. But after God intervenes, Hagar instead sees the well that will save their lives. In the Akeidah, Abraham assures Isaac that “God will see to the sheep for the burnt offering.” When God stops Abraham from killing his son, Abraham is able to see the ram that is sacrificed instead. We have all seen, and some of us have experienced, a lot of suffering this year. It may be hard to enter the New Year fully able to see the way to a more hopeful future. We can use our texts, and surprisingly, our technology to teach us. In a few days, many of us will be seeing each other on a screen once again. Maybe we are used to it by now. Maybe we will never be. However, this disconnected connection allows us to see differently. To see people in the context of their own homes, to see people who have been unable to join in the past and to see ancient words in new formats. I hope we engage with these images and words and not just watch them. And that they enable us, as we look up from our screens and into the world, to see new possibilities. As we celebrate and remember creation, may we, created in the image of God, see new ways to see each other, honor memories, build hope and create anew. L’Shanah Tovah U’metukah (To a good and sweet year).

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The Most Vulnerable Among Us The Jewish community rallies to make the holidays special for isolated seniors.

hen you participated in your virtual seder last Passover, did you really think five months later you’d have to “Zoom” through another Jewish holiday on your laptop, iPad or iPhone? Welcome to the High Holidays Alan 2020. Same Muskovitz pandemic, same challenges. And nowhere are those challenges more prevalent yet again than in our Jewish older adult residences. There is heartbreak in knowing that many residing in independent and assisted living communities will not be able to join their families in person during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. To the rescue, if you will, are the leadership at those residences and Jewish organizations I spoke with who are working tirelessly to help ensure any voids in observing the High Holidays are filled. “Jewish Senior Life (JSL) has been very concerned about our residents and their ability to celebrate during this time of isolation,” said CEO Nancy Heinrich, whose communities consist of six senior residences, three each on the JCC cam-

puses in West Bloomfield and Oak Park. “Understanding that we can never substitute for the embrace of family, we wanted our residents to be able to experience as much of the flavor and spirituality of the holidays as possible.” That includes being especially mindful of residents who cannot connect with family or their congregation through digital technology. “To that end, we are offering call-in numbers to hear the shofar blown, recorded holiday services available over the phone and over loudspeakers,” Heinrich said. The toll-free number is now activated to hear holiday messaging for both residents and the community at large [(605) 313-4107, Access Code 270368#]. Where possible, some residents will also have access to streaming of services on a closed circuit television channel in their apartments. Hands-on items are also being prepared including custom treat-filled holiday bags designed by Jo Strausz Rosen, JSL executive director of development. “I have an outdoor studio in my yard,” Rosen said. “I hung up dozens of our JSL holiday bags to spray paint in vivid happy colors.” Leslie Katz, director,

Joshua Balan blows the shofar outside of Fleischman residence.

FRIENDS of JSL, shared a working list of other High Holiday options that will be made available and delivered to residents including activity packets that include a memorial service and a written d’var torah by JSL chaplain Rabbi Dovid Polter. Plus, a team of JSL’s “Sunshine Callers” stand at

the ready to make Happy New Year greeting phone calls to residents. Through its Isaac z”l and Yetta Pann Bikkur Chaverim Fund, Temple Israel is providing an extraordinarily special gift for all six of JSL’s residences on their West Bloomfield and Oak Park campuses. Between Rosh continued on page 18

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Rosh Hashanah 5781 Hashanah and Yom Kippur, two musicians from the DSO will play concerts from parking lots or courtyards. Residents will enjoy the music in comfort and safety through open windows in their apartments or on their personal balconies. SOUND OF THE SHOFAR Music from the DSO will not be the only melodic sounds emanating from outdoors on the campuses. Volunteer shofar blowers from congregations will be on site including 17-year old Temple Israel member and Bloomfield Hills High School senior Joshua Balan. He’ll blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah on Sunday, Sept. 20. He’s in his fifth year of blowing the shofar for the temple. I met up with Joshua several days ago for a shofar dress rehearsal outside of the Fleischman residence. His tune-up for the High Holidays included one 27-second held note on the shofar, which I’m certain will be part of his Rosh Hashanah repertoire. Several Fleischman residents shared their thoughts about the different ways JSL was planning on making holiday traditions available to them. Ileene Zate, 83, says she will be in touch with her family by phone and FaceTime but is grateful to JSL for the on-site programming. “They really are looking out for us, to protect us,” she said. “I’m adapting to these changes and would love to be at services, but I’m going to Plan B.” The same positive attitude was shared by Judy Martin, 91. “I never missed going to my synagogue during the High Holidays. Now we can’t, but I think it’s wonderful they found a solution.” “Complaining can’t fix it,”

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Jo Strausz Rosen, JSL executive director of development, spray-painted colorful holiday gift bags for residents.

said Laurette Levadi, 89, adding, “Really, I thank God I’m alive.” Anita Lampcov, 81, will take advantage of watching services on closed circuit TV. “I’m sad I cannot go. I know we have a pandemic, and I just handle it. I go with the flow.” The reality is, while all these efforts will make the holidays in isolation more palatable, it’s far from a panacea. Despite best efforts, there are many High Holiday observers in our Jewish and other senior communities, living independently or with assistance, who are not fairing as well. Rabbi Yerachmiel Rabin from the Marvin & Betty Danto Health Care Center on the campus of the JCC sees every day the impact lack of visitors has on his patients and residents. “Residents need the comfort and reinforcement that personal family visits bring,” he said. That reality only makes the rabbi want to work harder on behalf of the Danto community during the High Holidays. Pre-virus, Danto provided unique services designed for its community, including specially prepared Machzor in large print with translation, stories and pictures. This year, the rabbi hopes to be able to have a few seniors

socially distance and gather in the cafe during the holiday to hear shofar blowing by volunteers from The Shul outside the cafe windows. REACHING OUT TO ALL Other non-Jewish senior properties throughout the tri-county area are supporting their Jewish residents’ needs during the Days of Awe. The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit (JFMD) and the Jewish Community Chaplaincy and Outreach Program of JSL didn’t need a pandemic to embrace outlying senior communities with Jewish residents; they’ve been doing it for years. The two organizations are working in concert in the preparation of care packages with holiday-themed items among the gifts, including applesauce, honey, batteryoperated holiday candles and a greeting card, to name a few. “Our Women’s Philanthropy TOV volunteers (Tikkun Olam Volunteers) are decorating bags and cards,” said Betsy Heuer, Women’s Philanthropy president. On the JSL Chaplaincy side, Joanne Kristal says they “will put together the parcels and distribute them this week.”

All Seasons independent senior living community of West Bloomfield, a Beztak property, has been preparing a very ambitious, safe holiday programming schedule for its Jewish residents. Danette Stenta, senior vice president of marketing, provided a preliminary list of activities that includes streaming of services in their multi-purpose room and tech support for streaming local services. A special menu will feature traditional High Holiday fare, including roast chicken, beef brisket, potato-encrusted whitefish and potato kugel. All Seasons is also on the receiving end of generous support from The Shul of West Bloomfield’s spiritual director Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov and wife, Itty Shemtov, education director. In advance of the holiday, The Shul will be distributing “Rosh Hashanah in a Bag.” Among the assortment of gifts will be a challah, honey, electric candles, a kiddush cup and a do-it-yourself holiday guide. The Shul will also conduct a safe, outdoor service and shofar blowing on Sunday, Sept. 20. We can take some solace in knowing that many more philanthropic efforts by a variety of our Jewish organizations, congregations and volunteers are under way, far too many to mention here, that will offer support for our most vulnerable seniors during these High Holidays. Our Jewish community is answering the call again. For their efforts, our seniors’ wishes are much improved for having not a bittersweet, but a truly Shanah Tovah Umetukah, a good and sweet New Year.

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Live on Tape Cantorial soloist prepares for the High Holidays. BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

hile non-Orthodox Detroit-area cantors and cantorial sololists are planning to conduct High Holiday services via Zoom or live-streaming (or a combination), Marci Shulman is taking a different approach. She’s hard at work recording the traditional liturgy for use on Rosh Hashanah, which starts the evening of Sept. 18, and Yom Kippur, which starts 10 days later. Shulman and Rabbi Brent Gutmann will lead services at Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield. They are working with pianist Dave Howland and plan to post the services on Facebook and YouTube. The rabbi will use Zoom for the family service and for schmoozing with congregants. A small choir led by Henry Shevitz of West Bloomfield will join in some of the singing. The group has been rehearsing via Zoom, said Shulman. Before the holidays, each member will be recorded individually at the temple, and the individual recordings will be combined. Shulman grew up in the Detroit area and earned a degree in classical music at Wayne State University, then studied Hebrew language and liturgy independently. She and her husband, retired ophthalmologist Marvin Shulman, are members of Temple Israel. The late Harold Orbach, longtime Temple Israel cantor, was an excellent mentor, she said. Shulman said she was the first woman cantor/cantorial

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soloist in Southeast Michigan when she started working at Ann Arbor’s Temple Beth Emeth in 1976. She spent many years with congregations in Grand Rapids and Lansing, and 12 years ago, when she turned 60, she retired from her last post, at Temple Beth El in Windsor. After that she filled in frequently at Temple Israel, Temple Beth El and Kol Ami. “God has been very good to me and given me the ability to sing. I want to share that, and I want to create a service that is lovely and meaningful,” she said. Gutmann and Shulman worked hard to pare the morning service, which is normally three hours, to half its usual length. To record, she “robes up” and goes to the temple, where Stewart Shevin helps with the technical aspects of the process. Shulman said she liked the flexibility of recording versus live-Zooming. Shulman had to redo one segment because she forgot to open the ark. Another time she and Gutmann discovered the recording equipment hadn’t been plugged in. “And if I don’t like the way something sounds, I can just do it again,” she said. When the actual High Holidays roll around, Shulman will attend services remotely, but not only at Kol Ami. She hopes to tune in to Temple Israel and maybe Adat Shalom as well. “I don’t want to listen to myself!” she said.

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n a Zoom meeting on Sept. 1, U.S. Surgeon Gen. Jerome Adams spoke with the rabbis and lay leaders of the Orthodox Union about safe worship during the High Holidays. Adams said that faith leaders play an important role in dealing with epidemics. “Health professionals need the support of faith leaders to get their messages to be taken seriously by the general community,” he said. “And health professionals need to listen to the concerns of the community as expressed by faith leaders.” Adams told those on the call that the coronavirus pandemic seems to be abating in the United States, with the rate of new cases and of deaths declining nationwide. There are still hot spots, he cautioned, and the potential for outbreaks is real. According to Adams, by coughing, talking, singing and shouting we send little droplets into the air that could transmit the virus. The closer an individual is or the longer he or she is exposed exacerbates the risk. “Barriers, ventilation, distancing, all help to lessen the risk,” Adams said. Having services outdoors with social distancing and congregants wearing masks, as well as having shorter services can help mitigate the risk, he said. He added that everyone should consider their age and personal health circumstance, as well as how at-risk the local neighborhood is, such as recent outbreaks. He said congrega-

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tions should not be lulled into a “one-size-fits all” mentality. “Know the congregation,” he said. “Does it skew older? Find ways to do precious outreach to people who might suffer from social isolation.” Adams also recommended having signs in the congregation advertising contact tracing, marking pathways for foot traffic and having people bring their own prayer books. “The fewer people who handle each item the better,” he said. Other recommendations included keeping distance between the audience and the person blowing the shofar and a plexiglass shield for the Kohanim. Chanting or singing should be kept to a minimum and masks should be worn while singing. “It is a sacrifice, not what we are used to, but it is only temporary,” said Rabbi Moshe Hauer, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union. “We can get through this. Jewish people, more than perhaps any other people, know that sometimes you have to forgo pleasure or endure hardship for a time in order to achieve larger goals.” Adams ended the presentation by reminding listeners to continue following safety precautions and to “rely on science, not on misinformation” as well as get their flu vaccines. “We certainly do not want to be dealing with outbreaks of the flu during the coronavirus pandemic,” Adams said. “This too shall pass.”

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Virtual High Holidays Come to Campus College Hillels across Michigan plan online and outdoor activities. MAYA GOLDMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

illels at Michigan universities are usually buzzing with activity around the High Holidays as they work to prepare Jewish learning, programing and worship opportunities for students across their schools. But this year, COVID-19 has required Hillel staff to reimagine the High Holidays on campus. “We’ve never seen anything like this — everything’s different,” said Sam Appel, assistant director of Hillel of Metro Detroit, which serves Wayne State University and five other schools in the Detroit area. “Summers are pretty slow for Hillel, but it’s been wild, rebuilding everything from scratch. Nothing’s the same anymore, and the sooner we realize that and lean into it, we can make some really cool opportunities.” Hillels have already been through a virtual holiday season when the start of the pandemic interrupted Passover plans on college campuses. Digital engagement became key during the spring, and they’ll continue this model into the fall, with activities and programs that have usually been held in person with big groups now happening online or outdoors in small groups. At Hillel of Metro Detroit, this might look like a virtual tashlich meditation event or a traveling pop-up sukkah. “The idea we’re talking about now is we’ll drop off a sukkah and a bunch of signs that cele-

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brate Sukkot at someone’s house, and then they’ll tell us whose house it goes to next,” Appel said. “They’ll have an opportunity to eat a snack in the sukkah and to do the prayer, and we’ll help them and teach them that process if they’d like to know.” Hillel at the University of Michigan plans to make use of the warm weather at the start of the school year. Their high holiday programing will include meditative walks in the university’s arboretum, community

water or just want that programming online,” said Rabbi Jenna Turow, the new rabbi at MSU Hillel. ONLINE PRAYER Virtual programing will extend to High Holiday services, too. This fall, MSU and University of Michigan Hillels will broadcast their services online. University of Michigan’s Hillel will also focus on empowering students to host their own small gatherings to observe the holidays, and they’re waiting until school is in session to determine whether their services will have any in-person component, said Shemer. “That might look like students being trained to lead part of the service in their own home with a small group,” Shemer told the Jewish News. At MSU, Turow thinks the switch to virtual might allow more students to participate in Hillel’s high holidays program-

“We’ve never seen anything like this — everything’s different.” — SAM APPEL OF HILLEL OF METRO DETROIT service activities and “reverse tashlich” where students help clean up the Huron River. “We’re also hearing that our students are craving connection, but nervous about group size and restrictions, so when we tell them that we’re offering programming that is highly controlled by RSVP to maintain safety or will be done virtually online, they seem both relieved and excited to participate,” said Director Tilly Shemer. At Michigan State University, tashlich is the one activity that will be held in person, with social distancing in effect. But “I’m also going to do an online version of that, because there’s so many people who are off campus who might not be near a body of

ming. MSU Hillel runs Hillel Campus Alliance of Michigan, which provides Jewish programming to universities outside of Southeast Michigan. “That’s actually kind of the cool thing about it being online is that students at other campuses can all come to services because it’s available to them,” Turow said. “Otherwise, it’s just me — I’m the only one — so I would not have gotten to do services for all the schools.” Turow, who just began at MSU Hillel this summer, said she’s curious to see if participation in Hillel services increases among MSU students, too. Many Jewish students who stay in Michigan for college decide to go home

for the High Holidays in normal years, but the ongoing pandemic makes going home for anything more complicated these days. “From what I’ve heard, for the most part, students at MSU would generally go home for holidays, and it’s not that big of a group” at Hillel, she said. “I’m curious to see if there are going to be more people attending because it’s available online.” Allison Bloomberg, a senior at the University of Michigan and member of the Hillel International Student Cabinet, is going to stay in Ann Arbor for the High Holidays this year. She might go home Allison to West Bloomfield Bloomberg for the afternoon to pick up some of the food her mom is cooking for the holidays, she said, but she won’t stay the night. “This year, I’m not going home, but it’s only because of COVID. I don’t want to expose my family to whatever I’ve may or may not have,” Bloomberg said. “And also, because the services are going to be on Zoom anyway, I don’t really see a point in going home.” Bloomberg, whose family belongs to Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills, plans to watch the service with a roommate who also grew up going there. She and her roommates will hold a break-fast dinner for Yom Kippur — though it’ll most likely just be for the six of them, she said. One big plus about everything being online this year is that schedules are more flexible now, Bloomberg said. In years past, she’s decided to stay in Ann Arbor for the holidays anyway because she didn’t want to miss important lectures. As Bloomberg put it, “there’s not going to be as big of a conflict with classes now that everything’s online!”

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A ‘Tiny Tashlich’

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This year will be nothing like in years past where hundreds gathered for Tashlich on the Detroit River.

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n recent years, The Well, Metro Detroit’s nationally recognized organization for Jewish young professionals, organized large public Tashlich services leading up to and during Rosh Hashanah. Tashlich, the custom of ceremonially throwing one’s sins into a body of water as a way of starting with a clean slate for the New Year, is a ritual that has evolved over the centuries and is one that is easily accessible to Jews of all observance levels. The Well previously has drawn thousands to the banks of the Detroit River for creative observances. In 2017, Jews gathered on Belle Isle to watch drones drop hundreds of biodegradable papers containing handwritten reflections into the Detroit River. Because of the pandemic, The Well has scaled back into a program called “A Tiny Tashlich.” It will take place over 15 sessions in Royal Oak between Sunday, Sept. 20, and Saturday, Sept. 27. Each session is limited to 10 participants and COVID distancing rules will be strictly adhered to. Tickets are available at a subsidized price of $15. The Well’s Marissa Meyerson said the service will be a “customizable, immersive experience” making use of high-tech enhancers such as headphones, which will introduce participants to the origins of this Rosh Hashanah ritual. Participants

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will also receive a potted herb or vegetable and a gift bag of snacks that are symbolic of the High Holiday season. The Well’s Executive Director Rabbi Jeff Stombaugh said integrating the traditional readings like Micah and Psalms into the program while taking advantage of today’s latest sound technology makes for a “100 percent kosher” interpretation on Tashlich. “Tashlich is a ritual that is built on customs that have evolved over time, versus a holiday that is mandated to look a particular way built from Torah,” Stombaugh said. “This year, by using technology and safe-gathering practices, we are bringing this ritual to life as an immersive shared experience.” Stombaugh added that the program is consistent with The Well’s mission of connecting Jewish ritual to young adults. Though smaller in scale, organizers say it will still be the type of meaningful and transformative experience that people expect from The Well. To assure everyone’s safety, masks will be worn while entering and exiting the program or coming within 6 feet of another person. Program supplies will either go home with the participant as takeaways or be sanitized between use. For more information, go to meetyouatthewell.org.

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Pandemic Orthodox shuls adapt High Holiday services in the time of COVID. LOUIS FINKELMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

lanning for the Days of Awe, like planning for almost everything else in the first year of the novel coronavirus, involves preparing for surprises. This time, we might have to do things differently. The rabbis of several local congregations spoke with the Jewish News about how they plan to modify services to comply with the uneven progress of the pandemic, or with changed orders from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, or with new medical advice. Conditions — and plans for the holidays — may change at any moment, rabbis at each congregation stressed that these plans are subject to change. Liberal denominations of Judaism — Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist — have the option

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This year, many synagogues have decided not to get so crowded.

of conducting their services largely over the internet. Rabbi Shalom Kanter of Congregation B’nai Moshe, a Conservative congregation in West Bloomfield, reports that they plan to have only 15 people physically present in the building when the services take place. The rest of the congregation should attend safely in their own spaces, linked by their computer monitors. But Orthodox synagogues in the Detroit area do not anticipate using electronic media to facilitate virtual attendance on the actual holy days. Congregations contemplate different strategies for in-person prayer that meets state guidelines — which requires congregants to wear masks and stay physically distant from each other. According

to Whitmer’s executive orders, however, places of worship are not subject to penalty for failing to adhere to these rules when used for worship services. Some Orthodox synagogues have already been holding in-person services this summer, and attendees have told the Jewish News that these guidelines are not always followed. In one congregation, according to a congregant who wishes to remain anonymous, even during regular services this summer, a significant cadre attend without wearing masks and without observing the synagogue’s announced rules of physical distancing. In a handful of other Orthodox congregations in Oak Park, worshippers at weekday services stand together, not wearing masks; a photograph of such a weekday service at one congregation was published by a worshipper who approves of ignoring the governor’s orders. The rabbi of that congregation did not respond to requests for information. Rabbis at other Orthodox synagogues press forward with new guidelines for this year’s Days of Awe. Rabbi Yechiel Morris explained that at Young Israel of Southfield, the medical team — several physicians among the members — researched the best recommendations for worship. The synagogue leadership then surveyed members to identify their preferences among these recommendations. The congregation determined to offer three choices: An early morning service, somewhat abbreviated, will meet with seating inside in the social hall and outside at the adjacent patio. Next, a second group will meet for a much-abbreviated service in the same location. A smaller group can choose a nearly full-length service in the sanctuary, but with physical distancing. All congregants will be asked to wear masks and observe distancing of close to 10 feet. When the shofar is sounded, the bell-end will have a cloth covering. In the most painful departure from tradition, according to Rabbi Morris, he will ask parents not to bring children below third grade to services, but only to hear the shofar. Rabbi Morris emphasized this as “the most important” Rabbi Yechiel advice: “We are in a panMorris demic. Talk to your doctor. continued on page 30

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ome events appear to spread the coronavirus more efficiently than others. Blowing the shofar — without adequate precautions — may be one of them. Drs. Adam Schwalje and Henry T. Hoffman, both professional otolaryngologists at the University of Iowa and amateur bassoon players, said that playing a musical instrument, even a shofar, could propel virus-laden droplets into the air. Schwalje told the Times of Israel that the playing or hearing the shofar “may pose an infection risk.” The doctors told a conference at the University of Iowa School of Music that at one choir performance in Amsterdam earlier this year, 102 of the 130 singers came down with coronavirus infections. Experts say that shouting, or singing, or even talking loudly in a room, propels droplets into the air causing others to breathe in the virus and develop their own infections. Scientists suspect that aerosols from breath, even smaller than droplets, travel farther and stay airborne longer and can convey the virus in poorly ventilated spaces as well. Schwalje said sounding the shofar outof-doors would mitigate the risk, as would

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standing at a distance from listeners, and pointing the wide end away from them. Cyrille Cohen, head of the immunotherapy laboratory at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and a veteran shofar-blower, additionally recommends attaching a face mask to the wide end of the shofar.

what they can to make this joyful noise sound around Metro Detroit. Conservative Congregation B’nai Moshe in West Bloomfield, for instance, will share services over the internet, but Rabbi Shalom Kantor also plans to have the shofar sounded in three public loca-

Placing a mask over the wide end of the shofar is “an appropriate precaution.” — ORTHODOX UNION The New York-based Orthodox Union issued a statement recommending the mask over the wide end as “an appropriate precaution,” but not to rely on it to prevent transmission of the virus. PUBLIC SOUNDINGS Every year, some Jews — at home or in the hospital — do not get to hear the shofar sounded in synagogue. This year, many more who usually attend synagogue will stay away. The Jewish community has to help, and many congregations are doing

tions: a commons area of Rolling Oaks Community in Farmington Hills, Bloomer Park in West Bloomfield and Burton Field just next to the Burton Elementary School in Huntington Woods. Orthodox congregations also plan to sound the shofar in the neighborhood as well as at the synagogue. Rabbi M. M. Polter reports that the Woodward Avenue Shul in Royal Oak will arrange for the shofar to sound in three locations in the Huntington Woods area. According to Rabbi Shaya Katz of

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Young Israel of Oak Park, the Modern Orthodox congregtion has a team of some seven men ready to walk around the neighborhood and sound the shofar for those who cannot get to synagogue. HOSPITAL ROUNDS For patients in the hospital, Rabbi Aharon Amzalak, staff chaplain at Beaumont Hospital, notes that “to comply with HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] requirements which protect patients’ privacy, I go to the patients before Yom Tov and ask if they would like to invite someone to sound shofar for them.” Rabbi Amzalak and a volunteer (who happens to be a physician at another hospital) then divide up the rooms to visit. “If the Jewish patient has a roommate, we explain the significance of the shofar for Jews, and we ask the roommate if it would be OK for us to sound the shofar for the Jewish patient,” he said. “In practice, they always have agreed. They often

seem pleased to support their roommate.” Rabbi Amzalak uses a shofar given to the chaplains’ office years ago by a grateful relative of a patient. It has an unusually deep pitch, so its sound does not carry, and it is less likely to disturb patients in other rooms. He adds, “Every year, people ask to handle the shofar themselves. They would like to see it up close, even practice trying to sound the shofar. This year especially, we have to make sure that one mouth and only one mouth comes in contact with the shofar. I plan to wear a new pair of gloves in each room that I visit.” Boruch Lazewnik plans to sound the shofar for residents at Sunrise of West Bloomfield Senior Living. He thanks Rabbi Chaim Moshe Bergstein of Bais Chabad of Farmington Hills for making the connection. If you cannot — or should not — get to synagogue this year, consider calling your synagogue for advice. Perhaps a private “recital” is not out of the question.

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nstead of going to shul for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, many of us are attending virtual services on Zoom. The traditional dinners with extended family and friends will also be different. Chef Cari Herskovitz Rosenbloom, executive caterer for B’nai Moshe and owner of Chef Cari Kosher Catering, Wok In Cari Out and Chef Cari’s Street Eats, is seeing a change this year in Rosh Hashanah orders. Most people are limiting meals to just immediate family. “We have many more small groups this year. Instead of one order for 15 or 20 people, they are ordering for two to four people,” she said. Julie Herman of Annabel’s and Company Catering, exclusive caterer for Temple EmanuEl in Oak Park, agreed. “This year, we have way more orders, but smaller ones. No one is doing big parties anymore, but it’s almost exactly the same amount of people served in orders combined.” Caterers at local synagogues and in the community are preparing for the holidays, creating new routines and procedures to ensure safety standards, and meet the needs of their clientele. According to Cookie Bloom of Bloom’s Kosher Carryout and Catering, who provides catering to various local synagogues, the changes start in the kitchen. “We are all working in a hot

Chef Cari Herskovitz Rosenbloom

kitchen with gloves and masks. It’s the new normal. We did it at Pesach, and it went amazingly well; we were shocked how smooth it was. Now we have it down; we know how the system works.” The changes, however, are more than what they are doing in the kitchen. “The personal touch is what’s missing,” Bloom said. People looked forward to the kibbutzing in the lobby. It was the place where friends met before the High Holidays began. This year is different. People are not allowed inside at Bloom’s, and 90% of the orders this year are delivered to the client’s porch. If orders are picked up, it is done with no contact. The importance of personal connections and relationships with their clients is forefront in the caterers’ minds as well, and they appreciate the community’s support during the pandemic to help their businesses survive. “A lot of our customers are like family,” Rosenbloom said. “We are glad to be depended upon by the community.” Bloom echoed those sentiments. “We want to thank everyone for their support; they’ve kept me alive every day for the last few months.” This year is unlike any other. As challenging as it has been, however, Herman is looking forward to better days. “It’s not going to be like this always. It’s going to get better,” she said.

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Atoning Over Zoom How video technology will connect Jews during the High Holidays.

t the beginning of 2020, most people hadn’t even heard of Zoom, the video conferencing application. By early April, we were all using Zoom for work meetings, the kids’ school, funerals and shivahs, Passover Rabbi Jason seders, Shabbat Miller services and to connect with family members during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a rabbi, I have officiated more than a dozen b’nai mitzvah services and two baby namings using Zoom. Zoom has become the new normal. Over the summer, knowing the High Holiday season might arrive before synagogues were able to reopen, rabbis and cantors around the world began preparing for what would become the first allvirtual Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur season. In order for Zoom to work well for the High Holidays, my colleague Rabbi Joshua Heller, has been in direct communication with the company to urge them to make changes. I spoke with

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Rabbi Heller (who authored the rabbinic position paper allowing synagogues in the Conservative movement to offer virtual services on the Sabbath) about the changes Zoom has made as well as the future of virtual prayer services. Rabbi Heller has a degree in computer science from Harvard, was the first fulltime director of the distance learning program at the Jewish Theological Seminary and has a local connection being married to Wendy Betel Heller, a native of West Bloomfield. What is your background with virtual prayer services? Rabbi Heller: I started thinking about the issue of streaming even before COVID hit because in my own congregation there were people who were facing different kinds of health challenges and who couldn’t come to synagogue. There was a [Conservative rabbis’ Rabbinical Assembly] Committee on Jewish Law and Standards conversation in November when a very early draft of the paper [on virtual prayer on Shabbat] came up, and committee members were very skeptical about whether we

should be encouraging people to use technology on Shabbat. And then once people realized what COVID was going to be, the conversation really became fast-tracked in a lot of ways. How did the pandemic expedite the permissibility of virtual minyans? RJH: The decision to permit a minyan virtually was actually quite controversial. The first time that I proposed it, the committee was simply not interested. With the closing of synagogues around the world because of COVID, the committee backtracked just a few days later. How have you advocated with Zoom officials for updates based on the needs of Shabbat and holidays? RJH: I spent a decent amount of effort trying to make Zoom more Shabbat and Jewish holiday-friendly. One of the challenges of Zoom is that a meeting normally could only last for 24 hours, which is a problem if you’re trying to have 25 hours of Yom Kippur or two days of Rosh Hashanah without touching your computer. At the end of August, I was delighted

that we were successful in getting permission to have Zoom meetings/webinars extended to up to 72 hours for communities where Shabbat and Jewish holiday observance require that feature. How did you get in touch with the powers that be at Zoom? RJH:I worked my way up the corporate ladder at Zoom until I found the right person who had the ability to make some of these changes. We looked at other options, but Zoom has the price and features that we needed. What happens after COVID is over? Is this a game changer? RJH: This is a change that was coming anyway. COVID just brought it on faster. When the Law Committee had the conversation in November, they asked me, “Do you think all congregations will be streaming services someday?” I said very flippantly, “Well, only the ones that are still in business!” Rabbi Jason Miller is president of Access Technology in West Bloomfield. He is a local educator and tech entrepreneur, who is a leading expert on the impact of technology on Jewish life.

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Meaningful Feasts Jewish websites offer guides for High Holiday and Shabbat dinners.

he 2020 High Holidays, like much else in the world right now, are going to be completely different than they’ve ever been before. Jews all around the world are preparing to celebrate either virtually or socially distanced when in person. Jewish platforms such as OneTable (onetable.org) and its offshoot HereFor (herefor. com) are catering to these changing needs perfectly. OneTable is a national nonprofit that focuses on how young adults (ages 21-39) can connect with Jewish community wisdom, traditions and rituals, specifically based around the Friday night Shabbat dinner table. OneTable, which bills itself the “AirBnB for Shabbat dinners,” has platform guides to help hosts with planning and

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promoting their customized dinners. Hosts create online profiles, post their dinners, and can share the dedicated link with whoever they decide to invite. Approved dinner hosts are eligible for credit to partnered companies for resources such as groceries, food delivery, books and decor to help with costs. OneTable also connects users with online Jewish resources such as recordings, ritual guides, tips for hosting and more. With a grant from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and through the Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund (JCRIF), OneTable launched HereFor, a collaborative platform for people to create their own events, find events and connect with the resources to

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make the High Holidays possible and fulfilling for them this year. Al Rosenberg, OneTable’s director of strategy and communications, said that while OneTable will continue supporting young adults for Shabbat during the High Holidays, Al Rosenberg HereFor focuses specifically on the High Holidays and is aimed toward more than just one age group. “In addressing some of the current needs in the community, we realized that the High Holidays were coming up very soon,” Rosenberg said. “We wanted to take the wisdom and expertise we had gained over the past six years running OneTable and offer it to the broader community, not just our demographic,

for the High Holidays.” For Passover this year, OneTable created Seder2020. org, and saw about 38,000 people engaged through that platform. Rosenberg and OneTable are hoping to see similar numbers for HereFor. “It’s not going to be the same as any year previous to now, and so I think there needs to be a lot of room for experimentation and access, so that we can really find the things that make us feel good and make the High Holidays feel meaningful,” Rosenberg said. HereFor works with more than 50 partners to identify resources for each of the holidays within the holiday season, and is very much a collaboration with JCRIF partners, including Hillel, Reboot, Jewish Emergent Network, Moishe House, Center for

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Lauren Hoffman at a dinner before the pandemic

Rabbinic Innovation, Hadar, JewBelong and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. COVID PRECAUTIONS Lauren Hoffman, who’s been an ambassador of Jewish communal organizations such as Moishe House in the past, has been a OneTable host for just over a year now. Hoffman says the platform is recommending dinner hosts and guests follow necessary precautions. “They’re trying to encourage their hosts to take the pandemic as seriously as they are,” Hoffman said. “These days you can’t have a big potluck, and they’re encouraging bringing your own food or catering in individual servings, and to only gather outside and at a distance.” Hoffman, who’s been to Rosh Hashanah seders but has never hosted one before, is hoping to change that this year through HereFor, and is eager to adapt to a High Holidays for the ages. “Especially this year, because so many of the things that characterize what the High Holidays have looked like in every year prior of my life are no longer acceptable, I’m very interested in finding alternate ways to make some meaning out of this season and to really feel like it’s Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and Sukkot.”

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Michigan Gyms Reopen, But JCC Pumps the Brakes Other health centers opened their doors Sept. 9 following Whitmer’s orders.

fter six months of Michigan’s gyms, fitness centers and pools being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an executive order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allowed them to reopen Sept. 9 with a plethora of new guidelines and precautions. Some fitness centers, such as the JCC’s, are taking their time and are still in the process of planning the right way to go about a safe reopening. As of press time, JCC Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Lasday told the JN, “For now, the JCC is reviewing the governor’s orders to assess the practical implications of the new regulations on our fitness and pool operation. Our outdoor pool will remain open as long as the weather permits.” It did not open its fitness center last week. Other nearby gyms with large Jewish customer bases did open Sept. 9, including the Sports Club of West Bloomfield and Franklin Athletic Club in Southfield. The Schvitz, a Detroit bath house with historical Jewish roots, couldn’t be reached for comment but is closed for normal operating hours until further notice, according to its website.

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New guidelines include: the wearing of masks at all times, excluding while swimming; configuring workout stations or implementing protocols to enable 6 feet of distance between individuals during exercise sessions; reducing class sizes to enable at least 6 feet of separation between individuals; and limiting capacity in the facility to 25% of total occupancy. Gyms must also provide equipment-cleaning products throughout the facilities and regularly disinfect exercise equipment, including immediately after use. Facilities must maintain accurate records, including date and time of entry and exit, names of patrons and contact information to aid with contact tracing. Facilities must also post signs outside of entrances instructing individuals not to enter if they are or have recently been sick. Steam rooms, saunas, jacuzzis and cold plunge pools are not to be opened yet. For outdoor pools, facilities must limit capacity to 50% of the bather capacity limits, while for indoor pools, facilities must limit capacity to 25% of the bather capacity limits. Capacity must

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also be limited on pool decks to ensure 6 feet of distance between pool goers. Jimmy Martin, membership director of Franklin Athletic Club, is taking the reopening as seriously as possible after being closed since St. Patrick’s Day. Jimmy “We’re going to Martin safe distance, and the way we’re going to do that is to take most of the cardio off the workout floor. We have a really long, wide club, and we’re going to space those cardio machines at least 20 feet apart,” Martin said. “We just want people to feel comfortable.” According to Martin, Franklin is receiving many phone calls from people asking if they can assure them that the return will consist of a safe environment. Martin and Franklin, in turn, are filming videos of the precautions being taken and sending them to patrons. “I’m going to video all of the safety protocols that we’re doing,” Martin said. “The disinfecting, the masks, the safe distancing. I want you to feel so comfortable that you don’t even

think about it.” Martin will be sending the videos to members, former members and the guest database. Franklin opened its tennis courts and indoor club last week. Don Arndt, owner of the Sports Club of West Bloomfield, was happy to reopen after a long six months. “We are completely prepared and fortunate to have a very large building, 170,000 square feet,” Arndt said. “We’ve socially distanced all of our equipment, we’ve got plexiglass shields up between instructors, and I think we’re very ready to open, following [Whitmer’s] rules safely.” Arndt also pointed out that all of Sport’s Club’s studios have UV sterilization systems, which “kills 99.9999% of viruses, bacteria, mold, etc. “We’re opening with fewer hours, slightly, and then fewer classes until we get a feel of how things are going so we can do it safely,” Arndt added. “I think that’s really important that we start off slow, figure out what works, what doesn’t work, what we can do safely and what we can’t do safely, and then we’ll adjust accordingly.”

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Finding Unity Amid tensions, Black and Jewish groups mark “Unity Week.” DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER

uring the week of Sept. 7, in recognition of the ever-evolving relationship between America’s Black and Jewish communities and in opposition to racism and antisemitism, the National Urban League and American Jewish Committee (AJC) partnered to mark Black-Jewish Unity Week. The organizations observed the week with a series of events aimed at “fostering a deeper cultural and historical understanding and appreciation” between the two communities. A key objective of Black-Jewish Unity Week was urging Congress to pass the National Opposition to Hate, Assaults, and Threats to Equality (NO HATE) Act, which would improve hate crime reporting through law enforcement trainings, the creation of reporting hotlines, increasing resources to liaise with affected communities and public educational forums on hate crimes. On June 27, 2019, the bill Rep. Brenda was introduced in the Senate Lawrence by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, where it remains today. U.S Rep. Brenda L. Lawrence (D-Mich.), whose suburban Detroit district includes large Black and Orthodox

Jewish populations and who is also the leader of the Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations, knows how groundbreaking a week like this is. “This week solidifies the reason why I started the Black-Jewish Caucus,” Rep. Lawrence told the JN. “Our shared history, our history of being African American, being enslaved and fighting for rights and freedoms, and the unfortunate history of the Jewish community and the Holocaust. “Look at the way we’ve taken our oppression and struggle and made it a rally call for today’s justice, for reform, for fighting against racism and antisemitic hatred.”

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Rabbi Micah Greenland told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “Moreover, the BLM movement has become a political issue, and NCSY does not involve itself in political matters.” NCSY’s removal means that no mainstream Orthodox Jewish group remains among the letter’s 600 signatories. When contacted by the JN, the Detroit chapter of NCSY deferred comment to a PR representative, who in turn pointed to a June 1 statement made by the national Orthodox Union expressing outrage over the death of George Floyd. The statement did not mention Black Lives Matter. Rabbi Tzali Freedman, Regional Director of NCSY Central East, also told the JN that NCSY is an apolitical organization. Movement for Black Lives, an umbrella organization loosely affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement, was roundly criticized by Jewish groups in 2016 for inserting language into its charter that accused Israel of perpetuating “genocide” against Palestinians. The latest version of that charter, released a few weeks ago, does not include the language, and the Black Lives Matter movement has become far more decentralized in 2020, with 16 distinct chapters in the U.S. and Canada. Nevertheless, some Jewish critics of BLM continue to link it to the 2016 M4BL charter and to other accusations of antisemitism. Rep. Lawrence strongly disputes the charge. “Black Lives Matter is absolutely not antisemitic,” she told the JN. Some synagogues have also been vandalized during recent BLM-spearheaded protests. Lawrence condemned these actions. “I condemn any vandalism to any synagogue. and I would stand in front of a

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‘VALUES WE DO NOT SHARE’ The context of the shared week takes on particular resonance right now, amid a divide in some Jewish groups over whether to support Black Lives Matter and associated movements. NCSY, an Orthodox youth group, recently removed its name from a New York Times ad in support of the Black Lives Matter movement that had been signed by hundreds of Jewish groups. “BLM’s platform includes values we do not share,” NCSY International Director

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crowd to stop that if I saw it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say to my Orthodox community that the fight weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in is so pure that I would hope, [regarding] those who are throwing trash into it and damaging it, that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold the whole movement guilty of that.â&#x20AC;? The presidents of the National Urban League and AJC wrote a joint op-ed in USA Today on Sept. 9, asserting that Black and Jewish leaders are standing together in the face of bigotry. The article acknowledges

how the Jewish community is currently making a true effort to engage more in progressive movements such as Black Lives Matter, which they previously avoided because of disagreements over Israel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For generations, Blacks and Jews have marched together to demand equal justice,â&#x20AC;? the article states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;#BlackJewishUnity takes us another mile on that long walk. Together we will continue to press on, using the tools of our democracy to make Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founding promise a reality.â&#x20AC;?

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Shabbat prayers and enjoy that tradition on their own. Despite the unexpected storms, everyone who attended was grateful for an opportunity to leave the house, even if only to stay in their vans and wave at the staff. Over the last few months, JARC employees have been tasked with developing creative ways to keep the people who they serve engaged and social, while also being very cautious about their health due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Shabbat in the Lot” served as a replacement event for JARC’s annual picnic in order to continue their tradition and offer another opportunity to feel a sense of community for the people they serve.

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Friendship Circle’s community of supporters and friends were “Apart But Close In Heart’” Sept. 6 for the annual Walk4Friendship. Because of COVID-19, the annual sea of purple seen winding through West Bloomfield gave way to smaller waves of walkers donning Friendship Circle’s signature tees, as individual teams walked through Metro Detroit’s neighborhoods and parks, on the routes of their choosing.

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“The comradery and connections that Walk4Friendship offers are vital not only for Friendship Circle itself, but for the thousands of Metro Detroiters with special needs,” said Bassie Shemtov, director and co-founder of Friendship Circle. “This year’s Walk4Friendship shows that miles of separation due to COVID are no match for the love and respect that unite us.” The event raised $468,947 toward a $500,000 goal.

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Hope Emerges

Ethiopia’s ‘Hidden Jews’ begin to receive aid from Israel and abroad. KERI GUTEN COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

LEFT: Israeli aid packages are delivered to Ethiopians in Debre Berhan; 100 more were delivered in Kechene, outside Addis Ababa. Lovers of Zion Association leaders Michael Moges (white tallit katan) and Belayneh Tazebku (brown jacket) helped with the distribution. BELOW: Raphael Morav, Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia, helps distribute 100 aid packages from the Israeli government at the Lovers of Zion Association community center in Kechene.

ommunities in Ethiopia’s North Shewa region and in Kechene, on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, received humanitarian aid for the first time from the Israeli government to help sustain them during the coronavirus pandemic as well as a locust infestation that wiped out much-needed crops. Although some community members identify openly as Jewish, Israel does not officially recognize them as Jews. Aid recipients are part of the Beta Israel of North Shewa, an ancient Jewish community of around 150,000 dating back more than 2,000 years who have, for the most part, remained hidden because of persecution. For centuries, these self-described Hidden Jews were not allowed to practice Judaism, so they lived publicly as Christians and observed Jewish customs secretly. About 15 years ago, young Jews in Kechene — now known as the Lovers of Zion Association (LOZA) — decided to practice Judaism openly and hope to attract others to their ranks of 200-plus. On Aug. 14, with 150 people in attendance, Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia Raphael Raphael Morav delivered 100 Morav aid packages and also cut a ribbon to inaugurate the LOZA synagogue/ community center in Kechene. Another 100 families received packages in late July

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in Debre Berhan in North Shewa, northeast of Addis Ababa. The essential aid included food, sanitizer and face masks. “This is a dream come true, a huge thing for us that has given us hope,” LOZA leader Michael Moges told the JN. He says community members, many who produce crafts, have had little or no income during the pandemic. The aid was distributed by Israel’s foreign ministry through MASHAV, an agency for international development cooperation that offers help to vulnerable communities regardless of race or religious affiliation. Israel does not formally recognize the Beta Israel of North Shewa as Jewish, owing to a longstanding political quagmire involving nearly 7,000 Beta Israel (referred to by some as Felas Mora) of the Gondar region awaiting permission to make aliyah from displaced person camps in Ethiopia. Some have been waiting for more than 20 years. Still, the moment was a historic bond. “The recent MASHAV aid was the first time the communities of North Shewa received help from the Israeli government,” Ambassador Morav told the JN. The ribbon-cutting ceremony and aid distribution drew coverage from Ethiopian media. Locally, the community is helped by the Friends of the Beta Israel of North Shewa, founded by Suzi Colman of Commerce Township after a chance meeting with LOZA leaders two years ago in Addis

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Ababa. Rabbi Joshua Bennett of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield and Jewish leader David Goldberg of Cleveland join Colman as leaders of the Friends group. The JN previously covered this community (June 25, 2020). A nonprofit Ethiopian fund is set up through Temple Israel. AMBASSADOR’S SUPPORT Connections to Morav were first made by Israeli applied anthropologist Dr. Malka Shabtay, who does work with the Beta Israel of North Shewa, and then by Tomer Malchi, founder of the Israeli NGO CultivAid, who also works with the Friends group. Last November, Morav accompanied LOZA leaders to the Jambaria gedam, one of 15 remote Jewish religious centers hidden in North Shewa. “Ambassador Morav was very moved by the support from the Americans,” Moges

“Now we are seeing the fruits of our efforts. We hope this is a start with the embassy that opens doors to many things.” — MICHAEL MOGES

said. “He was impressed with the work we are doing, and he wants to be part of this.” Moges told the JN in late August that LOZA leaders, with help from Shabtay, have also submitted letters to Morav and to the Israeli government requesting official recognition for the community as Jews. Morav said the two issues are separate. “The recognition of the communities in North Shewa and Kechene is a totally different issue [from aid] and not in the competence of MASHAV or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel,” he said. Although aliyah is their ultimate goal, LOZA leaders now are focused on increasing their open practice of Judaism in Ethiopia, securing a Jewish cemetery and modernizing and optimizing agricultural and occupational potential to stem widespread poverty. The Friends group paid 18 months rent for the LOZA building, funded a mask-making factory there and is working on the cemetery project. The group recently connected with Kulanu, a New York City-based organization that works with emerging/isolated Jewish communities in 30-plus countries. Kulanu published a paper about the Jews of Kechene in 2009 but did little

work with them since. This week, Kulanu gave a $3,450 grant for a lawyer to ask the government for cemetery land; another $3,450 will come if he succeeds. Morav said two projects to be implemented by year’s end “will make a big difference in their quality of life.” In one, Israel’s advanced methods will help the community shift from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture. The other includes the installation of a solar water pump to provide potable water year-round. “When I first met Suzi [Colman], I didn’t think change would happen like this,” Moges said. “The Americans are the first organized partners from the outside with the courage and determination to do more and more to change the lives of our community members. It is huge to have someone helping us. “Now we are seeing the fruits of our efforts. We hope this is a start with the embassy that opens doors to many things.” On Sept. 17, the Friends of the Beta Israel of North Shewa were scheduled to hold a virtual meeting with LOZA leaders and Jewish journalists to spread word about the community.

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But I’m Glad We Had a Season’ Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League’s 25th year was historic for many reasons STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER ABOVE: Temple Israel No. 6 softball team celebrates its Greenberg Division championship.

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Jeff Fox was a beloved member of the Temple Shir Shalom team in the Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League. Since his death in 2011, the league has presented the Jeff Fox Sportsmanship Award to the league’s best sport. This year, for the first time since the league went to a divisional setup in 2017, the league presented the award to a player in each of the three divisions. Each manEric Wolfe ager nominated a player for the award, and the recipients were selected at random. Jeff Kaplan (Greenberg Division), Lonnie Myers (Koufax Division) and Eric Wolfe (Rosen Division) are the 2020 award recipients.

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t was a season like no other in the Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League. The major reason, of course, was the COVID-19 pandemic. There were rule changes. Players wore masks and social distanced. Using hand sanitizer was an important as catching a fly ball with two hands.

There were no post-game high-fives between teams. The rule changes weren’t universally popular. But having double-elimination playoffs for the first time in the weekly league’s 25-year history was well received. “It would have been nice to spread the playoffs over three weeks, but two weeks were fine,” said Steve Achtman, a league director along with Michael Betman. Also getting applause was a decision to name a recipient of the Jeff Fox Sportsmanship and Michael Yendick Good Heart awards from each of the three divisions for the first time since the league went to a divisional setup in 2017. “It was a tough season, but I’m glad we had a season,” Achtman said. “It was a trying season,” said umpire-in-chief Rob Landaw, one of the league’s seven umpires. “But given what’s going on in the world, we were fortunate,” Landaw said. “Everyone in the league — players, umpires and directors — made it work.” Jeff Sandler was manager of the Adat Shalom Synagogue No. 1 team

The Michigan High School Athletic Billy Slobin didn’t think there would Association’s Representative Council be a high school football season this voted Sept. 3 to reinstate fall sports fall. after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an So the strength and conditioning executive order the previous day that coach for the North Farmington High allowed organized sports to resume in School football team is perfectly the state. happy with what the truncated prep The MHSAA had made football a football season will look like: Each COURTESY OF THE spring sport Aug. 14, but left the door team will play six regular-season SLOBIN FAMILY. open for a fall season. games and make the state playoffs. The North Farmington football season will “I was not a proponent of a spring football begin Sept. 17 with its Week No. 4 game at season. You need to keep the clock ticking, Rochester Adams. Games in the first three play football in the proper time of the year,” weeks were scrapped. Slobin said. “I want to use the winter and Instead of playing Traverse City West at spring to train players for the next fall season, home on Oct. 23 in Week No. 9, the Raiders get them prepared physically and mentally. will play host to Birmingham Seaholm. “I’m elated for our North Farmington kids Slobin was the strength and conditioning and their families that there will be a fall footcoach at Farmington Hills Harrison High ball season. Coaches have many seasons in School for 34 years before the school closed which to coach. Kids have a finite amount of in 2018. This is his second season at North time to play and spend time with their teamFarmington. mates and coaches.”

that won the Rosen Division championship. It was Adat Shalom’s first league title since 2005, when there was only one Adat Shalom team and only one league champion. “Everyone in the league got to play softball. We were out doing something every Sunday. That’s what was most important,” Sandler said. The most controversial rule change was the elimination of tag plays. A player running to a base was out if a fielder had the ball and was touching the base. No tag was needed. “The idea was to avoid contact between players,” Achtman said. Landaw said he saw the play in every league game he worked. “Everyone adjusted and adopted to that rule change, players and umpires,” Landaw said. “Would I like to see that rule change continue? No. It takes the purity out of the game.” Sandler said that rule change made games feel more like T-ball than softball. “But if it meant being able to play, with everyone staying safe and healthy, it was worth

it,” he said. “The guys on our team adjusted. We learned to not take any chances running the bases.” Another rule change worked well. In an effort to avoid forfeits, teams could borrow players from other league teams during the regular season and borrow similar caliber players from their division to replace missing players during the playoffs. Rained-out games were not rescheduled because of the shortened season, which began June 21, seven weeks later than planned because diamonds at Drake Sports Park and Keith Sports Park in West Bloomfield were not open, but avoided the usual off days for Mother’s Day, Memorial Day and the July 4 weekend. The league champions were top seeds Temple Israel No. 6 in the Greenberg Division, Temple Shir Shalom No. 2 in the Koufax Division and Adat Shalom No. 1 in the Rosen Division. There were five teams in each division. The 15 total teams were just two less than played in the league last year. continued on page 56

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2001. After the league Recipients of the Michael disbanded, the award Yendick Pure Heart Award became part of the Interwere named in each of Congregational league the three divisions of in 2017. the Inter-Congregational This year’s award Men’s Summer League recipients are Nathan for the first time. Cohen (Greenberg It was the third year Wes Lamey Division), Stephen the league’s umpires Maiseloff (Koufax Division) and selected the award recipients. Wes Lamey (Rosen Division). “Having a recipient in each The award is named for a division was my idea,” said B’nai B’rith softball player who league umpire-in-chief Rob died in 2000 from colon cancer. Landaw. “There are so many A player who exhibits sportsguys worthy of the award manship, is a good teammate, because there are so many and “a mensch, always” is eligiteams in the league. Selecting ble for the award. just one winner the last two “The award is not based on a years was tough.” player’s athletic skills,” Landaw The award was originally said. presented in the B’nai B’rith Softball League beginning in continued on page 56 SEPTEMBER 17 • 2020

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Michael Betman shows off autographed game balls from the 2005 and 2020 Adat Shalom Synagogue softball teams that won league championships.

everyone settled into their spots,” Sandler said. “I didn’t have to mix and match very much.” Also on the Adat Shalom No. 1 team were Steve Flam, Max Flam, Gary Edelson, Michael Rose, Philip Rose, Joel Bronstein, Ryan Bronstein, David Shevrin, Thomas

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BOB SHAPIRO

and Rich Luger each Gary Klinger and had 80 points. Dale Taub dominated “Shocking,” is how the B’nai B’rith golf Klinger described league this season. his dual titles in the Klinger and 16-week season. Taub won the team “I played terribly championship with the first five or six 184 points, 11 more weeks, but I played than runners-up really well the last Josh Baker and Josh month or so,” he said. Harvith (173). Aaron “The camaraderie, the Herskovic and Brad fun we have playing in Friedman were third the league is second with 168 points. Gary Klinger and Dale to none, but winning is Klinger scored 90 Taub. pretty darn cool, too.” points to win the indiThere were 25 golfers in the vidual competition. league this season, with Bob Taub was second with 84 Shapiro and Chuck Houmaian points. Right behind him were splitting time. League golfers Kerry Chaben (83.5), Josh Baker played nine holes on Thursdays at (83), Marc Ruskin (83), Richard the Links of Novi, with the season Spalter (82), Friedman (81.5) and ending Sept. 3. Herskovic (80.5). Mitch Lefton and

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Zak, Jason Gelsey, Eric Greenberg and Betman. Betman was Adat Shalom No. 1’s main pitcher. He also pitched on the 2005 Adat Shalom team that won the league championship. Betman has an autographed league championship game ball from the 2005 and 2020 Adat Shalom teams, the only teams from the synagogue that have won league titles. “We had a nice team this year. We got along well,” Betman said. “We had fun. We didn’t get down on someone if he made a mistake.” Betman remembers the 2005 season very well. “We had to play three games on the final day of the playoffs in 2005 because the other team in the championship game wasn’t going to have enough players for the next week,” he said. Betman split pitching duties on the final day with Ken Podell, Adat Shalom’s main pitcher, who has since moved to Texas. Gary Graff was the team’s manager. Brad Silber, a former Adat Shalom player, and Betman started the league in 1996. Betman thinks he’s the only player who played in the league in 1996 and is still playing in the league today.

Battle Creek Bombers, the third Ben Chosid got to play basemember of the South Division, ball this summer. went to the Growlers. “What a blessing,” he said. Splitting his time between “A lot of college and high second base and shortstop, school baseball players didn’t Chosid batted .214 for the get that opportunity.” Growlers and had a .368 Chosid, a junior infielder on-base percentage. on the Kalamazoo College “It was incredible to play baseball team from Ann Ben Chosid with and against high-caliber players Arbor, played this summer for the in a great league,” Chosid said. “There Kalamazoo Growlers in the three-team was a camera at each game so MLB South Division of the Michigan Pod in (Major League Baseball) scouts could the Northwoods League, a prestigious watch.” league for college baseball players. Chosid said the time he spent in the The Growlers went 40-25 during the Northwoods League made him a much regular season, racking up the most better baseball player. wins of any Northwoods League team. When he’ll play baseball again for Unfortunately, the Growlers lost 4-2 to the Kalamazoo Mac Daddies on Sept. Kalamazoo College again isn’t known. The college’s baseball program has 4 at Homer Stryder Field in Kalamazoo been temporarily shut down because of in the South Division championship the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hornets game and missed a chance to play for played only seven games this spring. the Michigan Pod regional championA business major at Kalamazoo ship Sept. 5 at Turtle Creek Stadium in College, Chosid is taking online classes Traverse City. this fall. The I-94 Rivalry Cup, an annual competition between the Growlers and KALAMAZOO COLLEGE

Temple Israel No. 5 (Greenberg Division) and Bais Chabad Torah Center (Rosen Division) needed to play four playoff games in one day Aug. 30 to make it to their division championship game, which they lost. Adat Shalom No. 1 cruised through the Rosen Division playoffs before Bais Chabad spoiled its fun, rallying late to win 14-13 and forcing another game between the teams. Adat Shalom No. 1 won that game 13-1 and captured the division championship. “I think they (Bais Chabad) were worn out by the time they got to their fourth game of the day,” Sandler said. “I’m a competitive guy, so I like double-elimination playoffs. If you have a bad game, you can recover.” Sandler, in his third year managing Adat Shalom No. 1, said the team had depth and some talented young players, especially Andrew Korman. “Andrew is one of the fastest guys I’ve played softball with,” Sandler said. “We put him in left-center field and he caught everything hit his way.” Korman missed the playoffs, however, because he left to go to college in Maryland. “We got some confidence early when we beat a team from the Koufax Division, then

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On Sin And Failure

osh Hashanah always accident.Â contains the emphasis Literally, every person at that we consider our some point in their lives will faults, our misdeeds of the encounter a circumstance prior year and how to grow requiring a so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;sinâ&#x20AC;? from those.Â offering.Â No one who has or Among the major themes ever will live will succeed in of the Jewish High Holidays is escaping failure.Â In fact, Torah the theme teshuvah, of tells us that this type of repentance and transoffering, which acknowlformation into our best edged our imperfections selves.Â was to be presented In 10 daysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; time on on this very day, Rosh Yom Kippur, we will Hashanah, as well as Yom acknowledge our misKippur, and that these Rabbi Brent Gutmann takes and strive to do offerings were made in good.Â On Yom Kippur, light of our communal Parshat Rosh we beat our chests as failings. Hashanah: we recite a litany of sin, The message is definiGenesis al cheit shchatanu lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;fanaetive.Â Mistakes are a com21:1-34; Numbers cha â&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the sin we mon, frequent, healthy have committed against 29:1-6; Isaiah and necessary part of life.Â 1:1-2:10. youâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? Yet, the concept American political of sin, in Hebrew, cheit, scientist Benjamin Barber is among the most misunderwrites: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t divide the world stood in our tradition. into the weak and the strong or Sin is one of those words we the successes and the failures, tend to find repellant.Â Many those who make it or those of us grew up thinking of sin who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even divide as some horrible evil, connectthe world into the extroverted ed with endless guilt, eternal and the introverted or those damnation and a host of other who hear the inner voice or associations. the outer voice because we all Does sin, does cheit really hear some of both. I divide mean that? No. In the Bible, the world into learners and the far more common usage is non-learners. describing the area of a target â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are people who learn, outside the bullseye.Â Thus, cheit who are open to what happens often is said to be failing to â&#x20AC;&#x153;hit around them, who listen, who the mark,â&#x20AC;? literally, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a mistake.â&#x20AC;?Â hear the lessons. When they do Even the so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;sin offersomething stupid, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ingâ&#x20AC;? (in Hebrew, chatat) of the do it again. When they do Bible can only be offered by something that works a little a person who acted bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;shgagah, bit, they do it even better and inadvertently.Â Those who do harder the next time.Â The queswrong intentionally, bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;zadon, tion to ask is not whether you are forbidden from bringing are a success or a failure, but forward chatat offering; chatawhether you are a learner or a tim were so common that this non-learner.â&#x20AC;? type of offering is mandated to be brought in circumstances Rabbi Brent Gutmann is rabbi at Temple of impurity or following an Kol Ami in West Bloomfield.

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ith each new year, we express our hopes for the next. This year has been … challenging. Gatherings are distant and limited in so many ways. Still, many have figured out ways to make it work. And so it is with the High Holidays. While we can virtually pray; we cannot virtually eat. Somehow, we have figured out how to gather more safely. And families are beginning to eat together again. Throughout Jewish history, the food we eat with loved ones is our tangible symbol for hopes and desires. Just as we require food to live, we require ethics and principles to flourish. The most elementary association of food with religion is of the symbolic dipping of challah and apple slices into honey. It translates literally into sweetness and bounty. Heads of fish are long thought to symbolize the head of the year as well as the notion that one should have a future that’s the “tops.” Pomegranates with their abundant seeds — as well as many other types of seeds — symbolize mitzvot (may you have as many as there are seeds). And it’s why we eat honey cake and tzimmes and other sweet foods. This year, when we recite the Musaf prayers at Rosh Hashanah, with its messages of kingliness and remembrances, and with the blowing of the shofar, we infuse it with hopes for a better year to come. We deserve it! CHICKEN WITH RAISINS AND FIGS Figs, because of their many seeds, are perfect for the holiday. May you have as many mitzvot as there are seeds.

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½ cup tablespoons all-purpose flour 3 pounds boneless and skinless chicken breasts, trimmed of visible fat ¼ cup olive oil 2 cups white wine, not too sweet Salt and pepper to taste 13 / cup fresh lemon juice 1 Tbsp. drained capers, or to taste 16 dried figs, cut in half lengthwise ½ cup golden raisins Chicken broth or stock, as needed ½ cup plus chopped fresh cilantro or parsley Lemon slices, garnish Directions Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. While the oil is heating, prepare the chicken. Place flour in a shallow bowl. Dredge chicken in the flour and shake gently to remove excess continued on page 60 SEPTEMBER 17 • 2020

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flour. Place the breasts in the hot skillet (you may have to do this in batches), and brown lightly on both sides. Place all the breasts back in the skillet and pour the wine over. Bring the wine to a boil, reduce heat and cook the chicken until the wine is reduced and the sauce is slightly thickened. Add the figs and raisins, salt and pepper to taste and lemon juice. Sprinkle capers and cilantro or parsley over the chicken, turning the chicken occasionally so it’s covered in sauce. Serve hot with sauce spooned over the chicken and lemon slices over the breasts. You can make this up to one day ahead of time and reheat, covered at 250ºF for one hour; you may need to add chicken broth or water to the sauce if necessary. Makes 8 servings. FIVE-INGREDIENT NOODLE KUGEL Don’t be turned off by the few ingredients in this dairy kugel. It’s delicious and has all the basics. If you want to add extras, go ahead. One cup of golden raisins, one cup of apricot preserves a little cinnamon on top or a well-drained can of crushed pineapple or a cup or two of minced apples wouldn’t hurt. 1 pound wide egg noodles dry, cooked al dente 2 cups cottage cheese 2 cups sour cream 6 large eggs 1 cup sugar Directions Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine all the kugel ingredients and pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake, uncovered for 45-60 minutes, or until golden and the custard is set. Cut into squares and serve. Makes 20 servings.

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BALSAMIC BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH APPLES 2 pounds fresh brussels sprouts, stem ends trimmed and halved if large 2 large granny smith apples, peeled or unpeeled, cut into 1-inch chunks 2 cups peeled red or Bermuda onion chunks 3 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, or as needed Salt and pepper to taste Balsamic glaze or vinegar, to taste Directions Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a large rimmed baking dish with foil or parchment. Set aside. Combine all ingredients in large bowl and toss well. Arrange in a single layer on the baking sheet. Cook in the oven uncovered (roast) for about 30 minutes. Arrange on a serving dish and serve hot, warm or at room temperature drizzled with balsamic vinegar or glaze. Makes 8 servings. PUREED CARROT SOUP My mother made a version of this soup for as long as I can remember. This recipe is the first soup I made when I was in high school. It’s basic and delicious because of the sweetness of both the cooked onions and carrots. Use this same recipe for any vegetable soup (use sweet potatoes, butternut squash, cauliflower or any combination of vegetables) and add your favorite spices, herbs or aromatics. Garlic, fresh ginger, curry powder, fresh dill, sage and basil are all excellent choices. Once you make this, you can make any pureed soup. 2 Tbsp. butter or olive oil 1 cup chopped onions 3 Tbsp. flour 6 cups sliced carrots rings 6 cups chicken broth, stock, vegetable broth or water

Water 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper Salt and pepper to taste ½ cup half-and-half (optional) Fresh sage leaves, garnish (or bake for a crunchy texture) Directions Heat butter in a large saucepan or soup pot over medium heat until melted. Add the onion and cook until softened, about 10 minutes. Add the flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute more. Stir in carrots, broth, and enough water to cover the carrots by 1 inch, cayenne pepper and 1 tsp. salt and ½-tsp. pepper. Raise heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer and cook until the carrots are very tender, about 30 minutes. (If the carrots are not tender, the soup will not be smooth.) Allow the soup to cool for about 10 minutes. Puree the soup with a food processor, blender or immersion blender. Heat until hot, add the half-and-half and adjust salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot, topped with fresh or baked sage leaves. Makes 8 servings. LENTILS WITH VEGETABLES AND MINT 1½ cups dry green lentils 5 cups water ¼ cup olive oil 1 cup chopped red onions 1 tsp. minced garlic 1 cup ¼-inch diced red or yellow bell peppers 1 cup ¼-inch diced carrots (peeled or unpeeled) ½ cup chopped parsley 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh mint ¼ cup fresh lemon juice 1 tsp. hot sauce (such as tabasco) Salt and pepper to taste Directions Combine lentils and water to a medium saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil. Reduce to medium

heat and cook for 30-minutes or until lentils are tender, but not mushy. Drain well and transfer to a large bowl. While the lentils are cooking, Heat olive oil in over medium heat. Add the onions, garlic, peppers and carrot. Saute until the onions are beginning to color. Remove from stove and allow to cool. Add to the lentils and add remaining ingredients and toss well. Adjust seasonings to taste. Serve warm or at room temperature. Makes 8 servings. APPLES AND HONEY CAKE ½ cup brown sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 2 large eggs ¾ cup honey 2 ½ cups flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 1 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon ½ tsp. ground cloves 3 cups ½-inch diced, peeled apples (your favorite variety) 1 cup chopped walnuts Directions Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray a tube pan (Bundt is one brand) well with nonstick cooking spray (be sure the spray the “tube” well or the cake may not unmold well. Combine sugar and oil in a large bowl. Beat until smooth with an electric mixer. Add the eggs and mix well. Add honey and mix well. In another, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves and whisk together. Slowly mix into the wet ingredients. Mix in the apples and nuts until just incorporated (do not over mix). Transfer batter to the prepared pan. Bake for 50-60-minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes before inverting onto a plate. Makes 16 or more servings.

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n pandemic terms, summer has been a significant time for the Detroit Cultural Center, where the community again can find inspiration and solace from in-person experiences with various forms of creative expression. Doors began opening once more — although not all the way — by institutions adhering to restrictions imposed to protect the health of employees and guests. Doner, the Southfield-based ad agency, used its resources to produce a video, Culture Can’t Wait, that reminds the community of what can be accessed. Sascha Raiyn of WDET narrated the attractions of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit Historical Museum, Michigan Science Center, Hellenic Museum of Michigan, The Scarab Club, Detroit Public Library and Carr Center.

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Also going along with safety considerations, only a crew of two worked on the video that provides reminders of how culture “moves us forward” as a “record of survival.” The narration affirms: “The more we create against all odds, the more we discover our inner strength.” Whether showcasing artistry from across the centuries at the DIA, offering a current exhibit about Greece’s role in Nazi Germany’s defeat at the Hellenic Museum of Michigan or displaying artifacts from the Motor City’s past at the Detroit Historical Museum, presenters invite members of the Michigan community to return. “What is different [about being open during the pandemic] depends on the institution, but we all worked with the National Sanitation Foundation for coming up with playbooks, guidelines and protocols for keeping visitors and staff safe,” said Felicia Eisenberg Molnar, DIA executive director of strategic initiatives. Felicia “The guidelines that were Eisenberg developed are in synch with Molnar the governor’s emergency orders so there are specific capacity loads inside buildings which are being adhered to. People have to wear masks to meet state requirements for staff and visitors, and the food service is not open.” At the DIA, there is advance-timed ticketing as the visiting level has been at 20 percent of capacity. Prospective visitors can go to the website to check whether preferred times are available. The other institutions can be contacted to learn about their altered hours. “The work of cultural center planning initiatives was begun about two years ago,”

said Molnar, who attends Congregation Shir Tikvah in Troy. “The cultural planning group has been meeting over many issues, and that’s how this video came about as overseen by Midtown Detroit Inc. “The video is a beautiful effort by Doner to create synergy between these institutions and highlight the world-class institutions that we have in Detroit and the treasures that are here for people to enjoy during these times.” While pointing out the aesthetics, Molnar also points out that the staff is taking over much of the responsibilities of volunteers with extra attention given to sanitation. INSPIRING FILM “Doner was thrilled to be involved in this important initiative,” said Jimmy Kollin, executive vice president for business development and communications and a member of Temple Israel. “Our agency is keenly aware of the importance and impact of the arts and our cultural Jimmy Kollin center. We have been longtime supporters. Creating this beautiful film required creativity in the conceptual — and production — phases. We shot this film with one director/cameraman and one camera assistant spaced 6 feet apart, wearing masks and abiding by all state and CDC guidelines. “We are so fortunate to have such cultural riches in our city — all conveniently located in one concentrated area. Our hope is this work will inspire more visits, further educate our community and inspire creative thinking. After all, that’s how we move forward.”

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THE EMMYS AND MORE The Emmys, for excellence in TV, will be “virtually” presented on Sunday, Sept. 20, at 8 p.m. (ABC). My coverage is condensed this year to make room for regular TV premieres. My sense is that these “times” make us more interested in new stuff than an awards show without a red-carpet parade. Nominee ages are omitted for the Emmys. If a series creator (below) has a “W” near their name, they are also nominated for a writing Emmy. Other writing nominees are omitted this year.

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Chuck Lorre; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amy ShermanPalladino; Schitt’s Creek, Eugene Levy and his son, Dan Levy (W); and What We Do in the Shadows, Taika Waititi.

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BEST LIMITED SERIES The following were nominated for (best) limited series and had a Jewish creator(s): Watchmen, Damon Lindelof (W); Unbelievable, Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon, her husband; and Unorthodox (based on a book by Deborah Feldman). The series, about a Hasidic woman, was written by Anna Winger (W), Alexa Karolinski and Daniel Hendler. BEST ACTING Lead actor, comedy series: Michael Douglas, Kominsky Method, and Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek; Supporting actor, comedy: Alan Arkin, Kominsky, and Dan Levy, S. Creek; Lead actress, comedy,

and Outstanding Short Form Comedy Series: Randy Rainbow, The Randy Rainbow Show (on YouTube). Liz Garbus, director of All In: The Fight for Democracy

BEST DIRECTING Seven Jewish directors are nominated for helming TV episodes: Lenny Abrahamson, James Burrows, Mimi Leder, Nicole Kassell, Matt Shakman, Lesli Linka Glatter and Alik Sakharov. CREATIVE EMMIES Many Emmy awards are given

BEST DRAMA Three of the eight nominated (best) drama series have a Jewish creator: The Crown, Peter Morgan (W); The Handmaid’s Tale, Bruce Miller; and The Mandalorian, Jon Favreau.

BEST COMEDY The award for best comedy, drama, etc., is given to the series’ principal producers. My practice is to note that “best” series creator, who is always a nominated producer, too. Seven of the eight series nominated for best comedy have a Jewish creator: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David; Dead to Me, Liz Feldman; The Good Place, Michael Schur (W); The Kominsky Method,

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Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish; Supporting actress, comedy: Alex Borstein, Mrs. Maisel; Lead actress, limited series: Shira Haas, Unorthodox; Supporting actress, drama series: Julia Garner, Ozark.

at the separate Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies (held on Sept. 14-17; airs on FXX on Sept. 19). Here are just some of the Jewish “Creative” nominees: Guest actress, comedy series: Bette Midler, The Politician, and Maya Rudolph, SNL (for a comedy skit in which she played Sen. Kamala Harris) and for The Good Place; Unstructured Reality Show: Amy Learns to Cook, Amy Schumer; Hosted Non-Fiction Series: Jerry Seinfeld, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and Jeff Goldblum, The World According to Jeff Goldblum;

NEW TO WATCH Ratched is an original Netflix series that begins streaming on Sept. 18. It is a horrific prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. It focuses on the Nurse Ratched character in Cuckoo (the villain). Sarah Paulson plays Ratched. The supporting Randy cast includes Corey Stoll, 44, Rainbow and Sophie Okonedo, 52. Okonedo, who got a supporting actress Oscar nomination for Hotel Rwanda (2005), is the daughter of a (white) English Jewish mother and a Black African father. Her parents split when she was 5 and her mother raised her. She was raised Jewish. The documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy also begins streaming on Sept. 18 (Amazon Prime Video). Liz Garbus, 51, directed this film about voter suppression. It is narrated by African American Stacey Abrams, a Georgia politician and an anti-suppression movement leader.

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DIA & YOU ONGOING The Detroit Institute of Arts offers many virtual activities: Thursdays at the Museum, family fun, etc. To access, visit dia.org/art/collection, dia.org/thursdaysathome. For a schedule of activities at the museum: dia.org.

FAMILY ROOM CONCERT 11 AM, SEPT. 19 The Ark in Ann Arbor will present Justin Roberts, who has been described as “the Judy Blume of kiddie rock.” Ticket info: the ark. org. At 8 pm, Sept. 22, the Ark will host Dani Darling, who comes from Ann Arbor with alternative soul music. ark.org.

LIVE SHOFAR BLOWING 5:30 PM, SEPT. 20 The mitzvah on Rosh Hashanah is to hear the blowing of the shofar in person. This year, because the first day is Shabbos, we blow only one day. The community is welcome to join Jewish Ferndale, 1725 Pinecrest Drive, Ferndale, for this mitzvah. The ceremony will be outside. Social distancing will be observed and takes about 15 minutes. It may be repeated as needed until 7:30. Jewish Ferndale is giving away machzorim — Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur prayer books. Contact Rabbi Finman for a free copy; for information, 248798-5082.

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other tables and chairs set up by the DDA,” Ward said. Popular restaurants within the social district include Lucy and the Wolf, City Grille, Table 5, Poole’s Tavern and LeGeorge. I made an online dinner reservation for three at 160 Main, a southern Italian restaurant. Restaurant manager Miguel Silvera found us an umbrella table on the pretty European-style brick patio. Dining inside is available as well. The second floorfeatures a mural of Monte Cofano in Sicily, where the restaurant founders and cousins were born. They are general manager Brian Maiorana and Chef Salvatore Monteleone, the culinary director. Monteleone executes seasonal, “from scratch” specialties with Chef Richard Simmons, “Sal’s right-hand man,” Silvera said. The menu’s pastas include the Linguine Alle Vongole I ordered

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Ward. Permits allowed the expansion of outdoor dining in the city, including on the sidewalks, parking spaces and roadway. On the streets closed to traffic, called a “social district,” participating restaurants sell alcohol in designated cups that can be carried to the commons area for consumption. “Customers can get a drink to go while waiting for a table and sit out in our Town Square, Old Church Square or on benches or

Detroit Institute of Bagels Closes Its Doors COVID-19 and family-related reasons played a part in the decision.

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eady to venture out? An outdoor destination near Oakland County has revived the carefree nature of a late summer evening. Even wearing masks, visitors should feel refreshed after enjoying some diversion in downtown Northville. In June, the city’s Downtown Development Authority unveiled a reopening plan that “included closing down two streets to vehicular traffic: East Main, between Center and Hutton, and North Center, between Main and Dunlap,” said DDA Director Lori

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etroit Institute of Bagels, a popular Corktown bagel shop, is shutting its doors, and owner Ben Newman confirmed to the JN he has decided to sell the business. Newman and DIB were in the process of working out an expansion project between their building and nearby PJ’s Lager House, eventually receiving permits on March 10. Just a few days later, Gov. Whitmer signed an executive order closing restaurants and bars over COVID-19 concerns, and the plans folded.

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“This was going to be a new and exciting challenge that helped realize the long-term vision for the business of using bagels to invest in our people, community and future,” Newman said in an email. “But, right now and for the foreseeable future it seems insane to take out $1M+ loan to build more capacity and seating.” Newman stated that without the positive reinforcement of seeing people gather and converse over bagels, his passion to make bagels to realize a greater vision had waned. “Additionally, I have aging

parents and a 10-month-old and it’s important to me for them to be able to spend time together,” he said. Newman also said it would be silly to let a place with the capacity to make bagels sit empty, which is why he’s exploring a sale. He already had a few offers on the business and building from people he thinks will bring positive energy to the area. “As a neighborhood resident and experienced bageler, I will do my best to make sure whoever takes it over is set up for success,”

with baby sea clams and white wine sauce. My guest ordered Saltim-bocca with veal: Prosciutto di Parma, sage, sauteed spinach in a white wine butter sauce. Silvera said other popular dishes include Branzino, house-made ravioli and gnocchi, filet, seared scallops and a Seafood Tower of jumbo shrimp, East Coast oysters and 4-ounce lobster tail. Among the array of wine, beer and cocktails, he singled out a “friendly” drink called Unexpected Revenue. The purple floral concoction of simple syrup and Creme de Violette liqueur is served on a napkin imprinted with a $100 bill. 160 Main 160 Main Street, Northville (248) 773-7976 onesixtymain.com *** ½ out of *****

Newman said. “Nothing formalized enough to share yet, but I am confident the space will be making great bagels again sooner than later.” Newman, whose background is in urban planning and food service, wanted to use bagels to activate a vacant building, create a destination food business and provide living wage jobs. One of DIB’s first events to generate publicity was a fundraiser at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. Corktown had been the home of DIB since 2013. As for what’s next for Newman, he’s keeping his plans close to his chest. “In the short term, I want to continue to focus on family and also make sure that the next operators are off to a great start,” he said. “Long term, I am interested in finding new meaningful ways to serve the community beyond boiling bread.”

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he Historical Society of Michigan announced its 2020 state history award winners Sept. 9, and among the honorees is the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan’s annual scholarly journal, Michigan Jewish History, which won outstanding printed periodical. It will be recognized, along with the other winners, at a virtual awards ceremony at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, as part Michigan Jewish History of the HSM’s annual Michigan History Conference. Michigan Jewish History (MJH) celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. In continuous publication since 1960, it is among the oldest periodicals devoted to American Jewish history. In honor of this milestone, JHSM’s editors and advisory committee undertook sweeping changes to make the journal more useful for scholars, students and the general public. “We aim to produce knowledge, share it with the world and, through those actions, make a difference,” said JHSM President Risha B. Ring. New for 2020, MJH articles are now peer-reviewed, a process in which leading academics appraise manuscripts and offer suggestions for improvement. JHSM Executive Director and MJH Editor Catherine Cangany, Ph.D., said, “The result is stronger, more impactful scholarship. To encourage submissions like these, we also have created the Rabbi Emanuel Applebaum Award, a $2,000 best-article prize.” The 2020 issue features a unit on a controversy over Michigan’s first and forgotten Jewish cemetery, located on what is now the Diag at the University of Michigan. Cangany says, “MJH isn’t ‘history for history’s sake.’ Thinking critically about the past helps us understand the present, so we can change the future — for ourselves and those who come after us.” Michigan Jewish History

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ROBERT A. BERLOW, 73, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his devoted family, on Sept. 7, 2020, after a formidable battle with Parkinson’s disease. Bob led his life with kindness and positivity. He was an accomplished attorney by profession and served on multiple boards for several philanthropic organizations. What gave him the most pleasure and pride, other than his family, was mentoring, supporting and advancing others in their professional and personal goals. Bob was a proud U-M alum and Wolverine fan. Mr. Berlow is survived by his adoring wife, Liz Berlow; son, Stuart Berlow; daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Bryan Engel; brother and sister-inlaw, Steven and Diane Berlow; sister and brother-in-law, Debbie and Larry Mintzer; loving grandchildren, Maryn, Sawyer and Neve; devoted caregivers, Jackie and Deborah. Interment took place at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. JUDITH BOESKY, 74, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 6, 2020. She is survived by her husband, Robert Boesky; daughters and son-in-law, Heather and Amit Bhagwan, and Nikki Lambert; grandchildren, Phoenix

Khan and Josh Bhagwan; stepchildren, Julie Boesky, Aaron and Preity Boesky, Steve Boesky, Andy and Mary Boesky, and Oak and Bob Halliday; stepgrandchildren, Blake Boesky, Alice Boesky, Alex, Alanna and Zoe Halliday. Mrs. Boesky was the loving sister of the late Gail Siegel; the devoted daughter of the late Harvey and the late Grace Siegel. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to JARC, 6735 Telegraph, Suite 100, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, jarc.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. HARRIET CHODOROFF, 83, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 5, 2020. She is survived by her children, Jeffrey and Zita Fidler, Lori Fidler, Jamie Fried, and Terri and Steven Hillenberg; grandchildren, Jessica Fidler, Jakob and Jeanette Hillenberg, Garrett Fried, Jackie Fidler, Shayna Hillenberg, Ellis Fried, and Annie Hillenberg; greatgrandchild, Eliron Fidler; sister, Ruthie Newman; sister-in-law, Valerie Chodoroff. Mrs. Chodoroff was the loving sister of the late George Chodoroff; the devoted daughter of the late Joseph and the late Sally Chodoroff. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish Senior Life, Attn. Jo Rosen, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jslmi.org; or COVID-19 Relief Fund, 333

W. Fort St., Suite 2010, Detroit, MI 48226, cfsem.org/give. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. TOBA CIK, 96, of Southfield, died Sept. 6, 2020. She is survived by her daughters and sons-inlaw, Judy and Jacob Ishakis of Southfield, Eva and Irv Chesner of Staten Island, N.Y., Fay and Ira Geffner of Bergenfield, N.J.; many grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren, other relatives and friends. Mrs. Cik was the beloved wife of the late Moshe Cik; cherished sister of the late Sybil Blumenfeld, the late Frayda Katz, the late Tzvie Katz, the late Dovid Katz and the late Chaim Wolf Katz. Contributions may be made to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, P.O. Box 2044, Southfield, MI 48037; or to a charity of one’s choice. A graveside service was held at Workmen’s Circle Cemetery, Beth Yehudah Section. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. SAMUEL COLEMAN ESSICK, died Aug. 4, 2020. He was born in Detroit on July 20, 1920. His parents were Benjamin and Rose Assik. Mr. Essick graduated from the University of Michigan in 1942 with degrees in both metallurgical and chemical engineering. After college, he immediately went to work at

Bohn Aluminum in Detroit. Sam and his wife, Dorothy, moved to Los Angeles in 1977, where Sam worked as a vice president of Bell Industries. He and Dorothy were actively involved at Leo Baeck Temple for more than 40 years. At 96, Sam was the oldest active tennis and bridge playing member at Mulholland Tennis Club. He and Dorothy spent many wonderful years together traveling the world. Mr. Essick was the beloved husband of the late Dorothy Lazar Essick (1924-2017). Married in 1948, they had four children; Robert, Eric, Irma (husband Benny) Sommerfeld, and Paul. Sam was the dear brother of the late Gerty (husband Abe) Brodsky and the late Irene “Fey” (husband Milton) Blavin. He is survived by his four children; three beloved grandchildren, Mara, Naomi and Marissa; many other relatives in the USA, Israel and Argentina. CECELIA SPECTOR FELDMAN, 94, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 8, 2020. She was an avid reader and read the encyclopedia at the age of 4. A patron of the arts, she attended Wayne State University at the age of 42, worked as an art dealer with her husband and owned an art gallery displaying world renowned artists. Mrs. Feldman loved classical music, opera, the theater, art museums. She played bridge and canasta and loved reading the daily newspaper and doing continued on page 70

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A Love of Law & Life

tephen A. Bromberg, he attended the University of 90, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, he had won city passed away on Sept. 3, and state championships, 2020, after 67 years of marwhose trophies covered every riage to Carol Altman. She surface in his home office; was the love of his life, best while at the university, he was friend and cook; he was chief co-captain of the tennis team. provider and washer of pots Until his late 80s he was an and pans. avid tennis player, singles vs. On their wedding day, Sept. younger opponents to the last. 1, 1953, at Temple (He played doubles Israel, Karl Haas once with Carol played Bach, largely after which she was unknown to both sent back to the families but much kitchen.) admired by the bride Steve passed and groom. It turned the Michigan Bar out to be an unseaexamination while sonably warm day, still in law school; pity the poor brides- Stephen A. Bromberg before long, he was maids as they stood, a partner and presmelting, in the area ident of Bromberg, decorated with elegant tall, Robinson, Cohn and hot candles where they were. Burgoyne, which merged with When the ceremony was over, Butzel Long. There he was a and the contract sealed, Steve partner and then president, and Carol kissed so long that retiring in 2019. the audience began to chuckle; During those years, he the couple then rushed down became a director and secrethe aisle to the future. tary of the Detroit Symphony In time, there arrived three Orchestra, a director and children: David, Nancy (who president of the Jewish died several years ago) and Vocational Service and of the Daniel, and then five marDetroit Tennis and Squash velous grandchildren, Rafi Club. Other longtime affil(Rafael), Leah, Pauline, Alexis iations included Franklin and Maxime. Dan, father of Hills Country Club and the last three, is married to Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Sophie, who is much loved Contributions may be by all. made to Doctors Without Steve graduated from the Borders-USA, P.O. Box University of Michigan under- 5030, Hagerstown, MD grad and then law school in 21741-5030, donate.doctor1953 as a Phi Beta Kappa swithoutborders.org/onescholar; he received the prestime.cfm; or Friends of the tigious Fielding H. Yost award IDF, Michigan Chapter, P.O. as the best scholar/athlete of Box 999, Walled Lake, MI his graduation year. 48390, fidf.org/donate. Tennis always played a Arrangements by Ira Kaufman major role in his life. Before Chapel.

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the crossword puzzles. Also an athlete, Cecelia played tennis and enjoyed running, walking and shopping. She was kind and everyone she met loved her; she managed to touch each of their lives in a positive way; this made her one of the best moms. Funny, philanthropic and brilliant, she was kind and a friend to all. Mrs. Feldman is survived by her children, Dr. Steven and Karen Feldman of Osprey, Fla., Joanne and Jeffrey Zussman of West Bloomfield, Ellen and Dr. Robert Boorstein, also of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, Melissa Feldman, Zoe and Matt Jantzen, Zack and Leslie Dolchin Boorstein, David and Michelle Franck Boorstein; great-grandchildren, Madeline Schildkraut and fiance, Sam Reich, Eli Schildkraut, Jonah Schildkraut, Cooper Boorstein, Isla Boorstein, Lucy Jantzen, Juliet Jantzen; many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and a world of friends. She was the beloved wife of the late I. Irving Feldman; dear sister and sister-in-law of the late Alvin Spector, the late Edna and the late Phillip Minkin. A graveside service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. CONSTANCE FIDLER, 90, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 10, 2020. She is survived by husband of 70 years, Ivan Fidler; children, Robert (Rhona) Fidler, Bruce (Lori) Fidler, Julie (Cliff) Totzke;

grandchildren, Aaron (Julie) Fidler, Stephanie (Abraham) Lorber, Dayna (Raphi) Wald, Megan (Samuel) Rosenbaum, Mallory (Paul) Newall; greatgrandchildren, Eytan, Micah, Layla, Joey, Evan, Zev, Ariana, Noah, Aidan, Charlotte; nephew, Dan Levy; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Fidler was the sister of the late S. Paul (the late Nancy) Levy. Interment was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan, the Alzheimer’s Association or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. MARILYN FROMMER, 81, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 9, 2020. She is survived by her husband, Al Frommer; sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Arlene Frommer, and Larry and Debbie Frommer; grandchildren, Brett, Lindsay, Casey, Justin and Jenna Frommer; brother, Irwin Arnold Victor; sistersin-law and brothers-in-law, Sylvia and Ron Mracky, and Carl and Traci Frommer; devoted caregivers, Diana and Stacey. Mrs. Frommer was the devoted daughter of the late Helen and the late Jack Victor. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic Center Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, cancer.org; or

Alzheimer’s Association-Greater Michigan Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, alz. org/gmc. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. CARL GILBERT, 87, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 3, 2020. He is survived by his beloved wife, Sandra Gilbert; sons and daughters-in-law, Samuel and Rachel Gilbert, Herb and Laura Gilbert; many loving grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mr. Gilbert was the father of the late David Gilbert; the brother of the late Honora Lipson and the late Phyllis Stoller. Contributions may to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. ESTELLE UDAY KAHN, 94, of Farmington Hills, died Sept. 4, 2020. She was born in Detroit on Aug. 27, c. 1945 1926, to Herman and Bessie Uday. She went to Cass Technical High School. Estelle met her husband, Edward, on a vacation to Mendelson’s Atlantic Hotel in South Haven in 1943. They married in 1945. They had two children, Richard and Alan. Edward was a pharmacist and businessman his whole life and Estelle worked alongside for 40 years. They were able to enjoy many years of retirement in Michigan and Florida. Mrs. Kahn is survived by her children, Richard and Anne Kahn, Alan Kahn, Jane and Ed

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eanette Katzman, 99, a smart, funny, stubborn and deeply compassionate woman, died peacefully in her home Sept. 6, 2020. Born March 1, 1921, to Rose and Jack Soifer, she was the youngest of two children (predeceased by her brother, Yale Soifer). Jeanette grew up in Detroit, where she put herself through Wayne State University and later, in mid-life, went back to Wayne and completed her M.S.W. Her greatest joy was her incredible marriage to her beloved husband of 64 years, Barney Katzman, and the family life they built together, first in Detroit, then Huntington Woods and later Bloomfield Hills. She was a generous and loving mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother although it must be said, she never let her grandchildren win at Monopoly, being the fierce competitor that she was. Jeanette’s life was one of great joys, great sorrows and true perseverance. From early on, she became the “mother” to her own mother, who was incapacitated by illness in her 20s, and nurtured her along with her aunts and uncle for the remainder of their

lives. Her generous and whenever there was need. giving nature continued The family are all better throughout her life with for the example she set. her husband, children, Mrs. Katzman was the grandchildren cherished mother and greatof Jane Katzman grandchildren. Glass, Richard She suffered Katzman (Bonnie), the tragic loss of the late William two of her four and Joan Katzman; children: her the beloved daughter Joan grandmother in infancy and of Talia Glass her son Billy in Jeanette Katzman (Shawn Ingram), his early 20s. Ben Glass, Jena Nevertheless, Katzman, Josh she always remained Katzman (Elizabeth), optimistic and wanted Brady Katzman-Rooks the best for everyone. and Shane Rooks; She showed grit and and adored greatdetermination as she grandmother of seven. survived two bouts of She is also remembered cancer in later years and, by many other loving in her last days, when friends and relatives. dementia had diminished The family wishes her mind, she was more to acknowledge the likely to say that things wonderful care given to “were fine.” Jeanette in her final years Jeanette was the “life by her devoted caregiver, of the party.” She loved Liliana Uzumtoma. to cook and was famous A celebration of her for her cheesecake, key life will be held at a later lime pie and gefilte date. Interment was at fish. She also loved to Beth El Memorial Park. entertain always with a Contributions may “very dry Rob Roy” in be made to Hospice hand, play tennis and of Michigan-Oakland bridge, participate in County, 43097 Woodward politics and travel the Ave., Bloomfield Hills, globe. She and Barney MI 48302, hom.org/ took many adventurous donations; or American trips with friends; they Civil Liberties Union, introduced their children 2966 Woodward and grandchildren to the Ave., Detroit, MI world. She was a loyal 48201, aclumich.org. and devoted friend to Arrangements by Ira many and could always Kaufman Chapel. be counted on to help

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r. Michael Stone, 51, Society). “I’m not AOA, but of Huntington Woods, I’m A-OK”. died Sept. 7, 2020. His specialty was otolarynMike was so much to so gology. After a residency in many as the embodCincinnati, he became iment of work hard, a partner with Ear, play hard; he was Nose and Throat a man of many Consultants, where strengths and powers. he saved countless Dr. Stone was the lives, cleared stuffy center of everyone’s noses and removed circle, holding court gobs of ear wax. He with his fearless sense loved his work family of humor. His motto as they did him. He was, “There’s a risk in Dr. Michael Stone comforted his patients humor, but it’s a risk with an unparalleled ya gotta take.” He took those bedside manner and sense of risks every day. He let it all humor, frequently telling his hang out, frequently modeling patients who smoked, “That’s his sizeable Speedo collection. right … you’re no quitter.” He was surrounded by an Always available, he calmed extensive network of adoring fears with follow-up phone family and friends. calls to surgical patients. Michael Edward Stone was Dr. Stone was everyone’s born Aug. 20, 1969, while his best friend and brother. He father Allen was serving in was brilliant and brilliantly Vietnam. He met his dad when funny. His magnetism brought Michael was 9 months old. his vast community of friends A graduate of Cranbrook together. He was authentic and School, cum laude, he was cap- brutally honest, but always hystain of the Cranbrook baseball terical and loving at the same team and a member of the time. He traveled extensively prestigious Spanish National and had a deep connection to Honor Society. Many will friends from all parts of his life. remember he was also a finalThey revered him; they were ist in the senior talent show, inspired by him; they underwowing his classmates with stood him. an animal call juggling act. He had many passions and He attended the University of interests. He loved to golf and Michigan and graduated with won the club championship at high distinction. Franklin Hills Country Club. Following in his father’s He loved gardening and was footsteps, he wanted to most proud of his living walls help others, so he attended and dahlia collection. He was the University of Michigan a member of the Michigan Medical School, where he Dahlia Association and foundexcelled. He liked to joke that ing member of the Huntington he wasn’t in Alpha Omega Woods Dahlia Society, an elite Alpha (Honor Medical group of dahlia (and Mike

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Stone) enthusiasts. His backyard, called “the Cove,” was his oasis and a spiritual center of Huntington Woods, a place of many celebrations or just to hang out on any night of the week. He entertained the town with his July 4 fireworks and recently held a beautiful bar mitzvah service for his nephew Luke. His greatest passion was his wife of 24 years, Nancy, and their sons, Sam and Drew. He met Nancy at the University of Michigan. They fell in love fast and knew that they would spend the rest of their lives together. They had so much in common and built a beautiful life. They raised two incredible sons, who inherited Mike’s good looks, compassion, smarts and sense of humor. His devotion to his family was limitless as were Mike and Nancy’s philanthropic endeavors. The organizations and people that benefited from their extreme generosity are too long to list. Mike was the son of Annette and the late Dr. Allen Stone; brother of Robert Stone and Amy Stone Talbert (Paul); sonin-law of Judy and Richard Komer; brother-in-law of Margie and Barry Kaplan; amazing uncle to Alex and Danielle Stone, Griffin, Jake and Luke Talbert, and Hannah Kaplan. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Donations may be made to Send a Kid to Tamarack, the Brown Center or the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

Weberman; grandchildren, Rachel, Nathan (Nicole) and Leah, Daniel (Carly), Max and Alex; great-grandchildren, Eliana, Isabel and Lilah. She was the beloved wife of the late Edward Kahn. Interment took place at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund at Adat Shalom Synagogue. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. ELLIN S. ARDEN LAWSON, 93, of Bloomfield Hills, died Sept. 4, 2020. She was born on April 5, 1927, and raised in the Detroit area, the beloved daughter of Selma and Manuel E. Arden. She graduated from Highland Park High School and attended the University of Michigan, where she met her beloved future husband, Harold (Hal) Lawson. Prior to his passing, they were married for 57 years and had two beloved sons, John and Bill Lawson. Ellin was a lover of the arts and enjoyed entertaining in her home with her family and friends. She, with her husband, established at Temple Beth El the Manuel E. and Selma E. Arden and Rabbi Richard C. Hertz Lecture Fund for 18 years. When Rabbi Hertz passed away, they created the Ellin and Harold Lawson Youth Institute, which continued for 22 years. Ellin leaves a rich legacy of family narratives and stories, with related pictures and records in the FranklinBeth El Archives; she served

on the temple’s Archives Committee. She also served for eight years on the temple’s board of trustees and as vice president of its sisterhood. She will always be remembered for her sense of humor, energy and continued generosity. Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Temple Beth El, Ellin and Harold Lawson Youth Institute, 7400 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, beonline.org/ donation-page; Beaumont Hospital, Hospice Fund #710022, 3601 W. 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, beaumonthospitals. com; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. BERNICE URSULA LUSTIG (nee Willis), 76, passed away peacefully with her family at her side after a courageous battle with multiple sclerosis on Sept. 7, 2020. Bernice grew up in Hamtramck as the youngest (by far) of three siblings. She was adored by her parents, Bernard and Bernice Willis; and she was always their “baby.” She absolutely loved school — first at Our Lady Queen of Apostles then at Cass Technical High School, of which she was so proud to have been an alum. She went off to the University of Michigan, returning to her roots to graduate from Wayne State University,

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Schwalb, Dr. Chad Schwalb, Cameron Schwalb; nieces, Chloe Schwalb, Tarah (Chris) Kessel, Lyndsi (Sarah) White; great-nephew, Liam; many other loving family members and a world of devoted friends. Mr. Schwalb was the beloved son of the late Roland “Pete” Schwalb. Interment took place at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation or to the American Diabetes Association. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

SYLVIA SMALTZ, 91, of Southfield, died Sept. 6, 2020. She is survived by her sons, Greg Smaltz and Jeff (former spouse, Tina) Smaltz; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mrs. Smaltz was the beloved wife of the late Allen Smaltz; sister of the late Louis Fishman, the late Bernard Fishman, the late Lillian Simon and the late Selma Cooperman. Interment took place at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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“Bob” and Katherine Diaz, Mark Diaz and Yolanda Banks; father-in-law, Felipe Diaz. Mr. Tarockoff was the sonin-law of the late Linda Diaz. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. SHIRLEY WEINGARDEN, 91, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 6, 2020. She is survived by her son and daughterin-law, Gary and Beth Weingarden; daughter, Marcy Weber; loving grandchildren, Brittany Weber, Colton

(Corey) Weingarden, GiGi (Matt) Coburn, Michael Weingarden and Rachel Weingarden; devoted sister, Donna Goren; adoring cousins, Marla Zack and Steve Goren; great-cousins Danny (Michele) Zack, Blake Zack, Josh Zack and Sam Zack; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Weingarden was the beloved wife of the late Earl Weingarden; mother of the late Howard Weingarden; mother-in-law of the late Sandy Weber; daughter of the late Hyman and the late Eva Reider; sister-in-law of the late Irwin Goren; aunt of the late Steven Zack. Interment took place at

Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions may be made to ALS of Michigan. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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The Year with No U-M Tailgate Folks will be missing the fine fare from Pepino’s.

any folks were saddened by the news that University of Michigan football might ultimately be canceled this year … and people like Kathy Morley of Pepino’s Restaurant in Danny Raskin Senior Columnist Sylvan Lake will not be giving out those goodies she has for friends, relatives, etc., (ribs, chicken, cole slaw, bean salad, garlic bread) from the tailgate of hers and hubby Mark’s auto … along with watching her grandson, Aidan Hutchinson, star defensive end for Michigan. Folks usually hopped into their cars and drove almost any distance to complete what is many times a one to two-hour drive … Then walk a million miles to also park themselves with over 100,000 others to

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Scenes from past U-M tailgates.

watch the Wolverines play. Guys and gals either broil in the sun, wear too much clothing or freeze with not enough … Many abuse their digestion with cold hot dogs and pop or coffee and then have a long drive home to look forward to. There are, however, certain folks who have licked the problems … like Kathy and Mark … They left home in plenty of time to arrive at, say, U-M or, along with others, to Michigan State University. No soggy peanut butter sandwiches, no flat and uninspired bologna sandwiches for these crafty folks … Instead, many sandwiches might also include chopped liver on pumpernickel bread accompanied by the right amount of Bermuda onion … Or perhaps, the sandwiches would consist of ground uncooked sirloin, raw egg, mustard and onion, and other

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secret ingredients served on a sesame seed bun with a bottle of burgundy or Bordeaux wine … They were sure to have napkins and some decent stemware for elegance and good looks. After the game, they’d maybe return to the car while the traffic clears somewhat … and many will go to one of Ann Arbor’s or Lansing’s restaurants, that, like Pepino’s, are regarded among the finest eateries in the country. WONDER IF THERE will ever be another delicatessen like the one owned at one time by Sammy Sandler at his Sammy’s Corned Beef and Rye on Nine Mile Road in Ferndale … It was a popular place with regulars like Dick Purtan when he was hot on the radio lines and would meet guys and gals from the station for his deli favorites … Sammy was so proud of his corned beef that he’d say “Too bad I have to sell it. I’d eat it all by myself!”

… He was a likeable character who probably owned the only delicatessen that had anything like a “Tea Time at Sammy’s” … Tea was served from 3-5 p.m. … in pure bone china from a pure bone china teapot. OLDIE BUT GOODIE … The big shot Jew hater, not feeling well, goes to a psychic for the date of his death … She closed her eyes and reaches the answer, “You will die on a Jewish holiday … The bigot asks nervously, “Which one?” … “It doesn’t matter,” replied the physic. “Whenever you die, it will be a Jewish holiday!” CONGRATS … To Hannah Berglund on her birthday … To Morton Plotnick on his birthday … To Neal Rubin on his birthday … To Arthur and Gina Horwitz on their anniversary. Danny’s email address is dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.

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

L’ Shanah Tovah Through the Years

read an article with a good line that summed up Rosh Hashanah in 2020/5781 — “The Shofar will be heard in new ways.” Indeed, the High Holiday season this year will be during a still-to-be-conquered COVID-19 pandemic. There will be new ways of celebrating, including Zoom services on your computer and masks on the end of shofars. Regardless of how they have evolved, the High Holidays have survived for centuries and a Mike Smith pandemic won’t stand Alene and Graham Landau in their way, not now Archivist Chair or in the future. Every year, over the past century, the JN (since 1942) and the Detroit Jewish Chronicle (1916-1951) have published Rosh Hashanah stories and announcements. So, I thought I would visit the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History to see how the front pages from Detroit’s Jewish newspapers devoted to Rosh Hashanah have evolved with the holiday over the years. I began with 1920, after the last surge of the Spanish Flu and two years after WWI had ended. The front page of the Chronicle for Rosh Hashonah 5681 was simple (note the spelling used), with a greeting, and a poem, all in black and white, of course. Rosh Hashanah 1945/5706 was another step in the evolution of Jewish reporting in Detroit. First, the spelling changed, and the JN’s front page also featured a large photo of the shofar being blown and a poem by Dr. Noah Aronstam, which welcomed the promise of a New Year, but with an emphasis on peace and freedom. WWII had just ended.

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I thought maybe Rosh Hashanah in 1948, during the year of the founding of Israel might be interesting. The front page of the JN used the same photo as in 1945, but the message had changed reflecting the cause of the new nation: “Blow the great shofar of our freedom to gather our exiles, and bring our scattered ones from among the nations and assemble our dispersed from the ends of the world.” By the 1970s, there was a minor evolution: just a bit of color began to be seen on front pages of the JN. The 1973 front page featured an illustration by Saul Raskin wishing everyone a happy new year for Rosh Hashana 5734 (another spelling difference). It also featured color, a bit of green ink. However, I could not help but think that, within a few days, the High Holidays that year would end with onset of the Yom Kippur War in Israel. A major revolution in the JN’s Rosh Hashanah coverage occurred in the late-1980s. Henceforth, with only a couple of exceptions, the front pages of the JN became works of art, in full color. Visually speaking, the JN had moved out of the dark ages forever and the art on front pages during the last three decades has been wonderful. As I write this, I am looking forward to a New Year, to a new cover page for the JN, and hopefully, the eradication of COVID-19. That would indeed make 5781 a happy and sweet New Year. From Arthur Horwitz, Tessa Goldberg and me at the Detroit Jewish News Foundation — L’ Shanah Tovah. Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org.

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