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Essays and viewpoints.

SPORTS 32

OUR COMMUNITY 12

48 Walk-Off Homer? No, a Walk-Off Final Out!

Inter-Congregational softball league rule keeps eventual champion Kosher Ribs alive in fall playoffs

A Note-Worthy Cause

Community members and musicians team up to seek donations of musical instruments for 2,500 Detroit schoolkids.

A Cantor and a Mensch

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regation Shaarey Zedek Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutman retires after 21 years.

Hate Is Hate

NCJW|MI gathers expert panel for free community event on how to combat racist speech and hate crimes.

A Commitment to the City

Gilbert Family Foundation backs reopening of Detroit’s Historically Black College.

Quick Hits Medical Heroics

Muslim doctor helps Israelis separate Jewish conjoined twins.

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Sukkot Fun at Temple Beth El

JYP-Ann Arbor Welcomes New Board

They Came ‘ORT’ and Played

Winning Builders

MAZEL TOV!

Jewish Prisoners Win Appeal

SPIRIT

Farber team wins school competition.

Court rules that Jewish inmates should get appropriate meals on Shabbat and holidays.

WOMEN’S HEALTH 22

Shop to Help Women with Breast Cancer Jewish business owners support survivors with special sales.

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Torah portion

Synagogue Directory

The Miracle of the Child

ARTS & LIFE 46

Yoga for Everyone

Mindy Eisenberg makes yoga accessible for people with multiple sclerosis.

JScreen.org Adds CancerGEN to National Genetic Screening Program Health Listings

Moments

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Charach Gallery Reopens

Closed for 19 months, JCC’s Janice Charach Gallery reopens with ceramic show.

Just in Time for Halloween

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Community Calendar

FOOD 53

From the Home Kitchen of Chef Aaron: TVP ‘Mock Fish’

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Community News The Exchange Obituaries Looking Back

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Shabbat Lights

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Why ‘Zoom Judaism’ will Fade, and Synagogues will Thrive

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hat will Jewish life be post-pandemic? Jews will run back to the synagogue. They will not drift back; they will run back. Yes, adjustments will be made: The Jewish communal world will rethink the need for large facilEric Yoffie ities and will reduce infrastructure costs. Digital tools will be more important. Synagogue and JCC memberships will be somewhat smaller. And Zoom worship will remain a fixture for those who need it (Virtual worship has made the synagogue more accessible, and that is a blessing). During the pandemic, the Jewish community needed to be more resourceful — and it was. We needed to make use of technology in a sophisticated way, and we did. As a result, our Judaism is more hybrid, inclusive and creative. But what we have learned, more than anything else, is how much we miss tactile, face-to-face Judaism. Zoom Judaism is wonderfully convenient, but alas, it is also, ultimately, religiously unfulfilling and terribly isolating. And precisely because some of what we have been doing during the pandemic will be permanent — many, many Jews will spend more time working at home — not 5 days a week but 2 or 3 days a week — the in-person dimension of synagogue life

will become that much more important. The communal aspect of the synagogue is the beating heart of our Jewish experience. Absent community, Judaism survives barely, if at all; our ritual is barren, our worship withers, and we struggle to study Torah. Better death than solitude, the rabbis teach — o chavruta, o mituta. This is hardly a new insight, of course, but in the last half century, it is something that has become more and more apparent. Most American Jews no longer live in Jewish neighborhoods. They no longer have grandparents who live down the block and who are there for Jewish holidays and for babysitting. In this new American reality, despite endless moaning about the inadequacies of congregations, the synagogue has become more important than ever. It is there that Jews find the community that they have been missing, help in raising their children, and the sense of holiness that community fosters.

And the pandemic, interestingly, has made us appreciate the synagogue in ways that we did not before. We see now more clearly than before that it is the synagogue that enables us to find religious support in a lonely world. It is often the only place that always cares about you as an individual and where, if you are not there, someone misses you. It is the one place where no one suffers alone or grieves alone. LIMITATIONS OF ‘VIRTUAL’ But community cannot truly flourish if it is virtual. It cannot, no matter how many times experts tell you it can. We know this from the data: four in 10 U.S. adults had developed symptoms of depression or anxiety by the end of 2020, the year of doing things online. According to the UCLA Loneliness Scale (which is the gold standard of such things), 61% of Americans are measurably lonely. No matter how many Zoom sessions we may have, virtual

experiences leave us isolated, and isolation is not our natural state. The net can offer information, novelty, a variety of fleeting attachments and an outlet for passionate political opinions. But it cannot offer meaningful friendship, real community or vibrant and authentic Judaism. And we know this too from Martin Buber. In the mid-20th century, he presciently warned us to beware of television, computers and technological aids when we thought about how to educate the young and pass on Judaism to others. Such things, he said, could convey information, but the essence of Jewish education and transmission is the direct bond between teacher and student and what one person learns from another. What all this means is that when the pandemic is over, the synagogue, if it seizes the opportunity, will thrive as never before. It will be uniquely positioned to offer a Judaism that will be desperately needed and personally transformative, built on faceto-face encounters. God insisted on meeting with Moses panim el panim, face to face. And if Jews of the synagogue wish to retrieve the Jewish soul from oblivion and unveil life’s fundamental holiness, they will do as God did — practicing Judaism face to face, and not on the screen. Eric Yoffie is the former president of the Union for Reform Judaism (1996 to 2012). This essay was first published by Brandeis University.

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rowing up, Reena Zuckerman, class of ’23, loved to read from the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. She did it the first time at her bat mitzvah and continues still today. At Brandeis, Penny Zuckerman Schwartz joined Shira Brandeis University Chadasha (“new song” in Hebrew). The student-led community at Hillel is Orthodox, but unlike standard Orthodox congregations, it permits women to read from

the Torah scroll during services and lead parts of religious services. “I’m definitely part of a generation of women who are able to do more during davening [praying] than in other generations,” Zuckerman said. Students started Shira Chadasha in partnership with Brandeis Hillel in 2004. They were inspired by two similar congregations founded only a few years before, one in Jerusalem, the other in New York City. They are all part of a loose network of what are referred to as partnership minyans, Orthodox worship commu-

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Students’ Minyan Looks at Increase in Participation Edward Friedman Class of ’22, Matt Shapiro ’24 and Reena Zuckerman ’23

nities that welcome a more expansive role for women than in standard Orthodox Judaism, which follows the proscriptions against female participation in services laid out in Jewish law. Today, there are more than 80 partnership minyans around the world, including the one Zuckerman attended in Cambridge, Mass., growing up, Minyan Tehillah. In addition to hosting Shira Chadasha, Brandeis

Hillel also hosts services for Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist Judaism, all of which are egalitarian. There is also a standard Orthodox service at Hillel, where Jewish law is followed more strictly, and women’s roles are more limited. Shira Chadasha offers Friday night and Shabbat afternoon or evening services once a month. In addition to reading from the Torah and reciting the continued on page 9

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Robert & Nancy, David & Elise and Mark & Lillian Schostak Continue the Family’s Legacy of Support Through the Centennial Fund Robert, David and Mark Schostak often share a recollection about their grandfather, Louis, who arrived in Detroit over 100 years ago. “In those days, the local rabbis used to come to his office, and they never left without a check or some other sort of tzedakah.” That tradition was carried on by their father, Jerry, and his wife, Elyse, who were also extremely philanthropic and had a particular focus on Jewish education. As the third generation of Schostaks, the brothers—together with their wives Nancy, Elise and Lillian—remain committed to maintaining the family’s close connection to Jewish Detroit, instilling it in their children, grandchildren and future generations. “Our family has a saying that charity begins at home,” they say, “and home means the Jewish community. This community has been very good to us, and we want to do everything that we can to support it.”

The Schostaks continue their family’s long history of support with a commitment to the Centennial Fund, the central endowment vehicle for the community’s future. They are directing their gift toward PACE (Perpetual Annual Campaign Endowment), which will grow the family PACE Fund established with their father and Elyse. “We recognize that the needs and objectives will change over time,” they say, “whether it be in support for the elderly, food insecurity or other areas. This Fund will allow future leaders to have the resources they need to take care of the community.” As a family with five generations of Jewish Detroiters, the Schostaks remain believers in a strong, tightknit community. “We’re committed to Jewish values, customs and traditions, and we know that the Centennial Fund will help ensure the strength of Jewish Detroit long into the future.”

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Ida Nudel: An Inspiration for Future Generations

A ‘GUARDIAN ANGEL’ For the prisoners of Zion, she was their “Guardian Angel,” their “Mama.” Her efforts for them were often at personal risk. She went on a hunger strike to protest an arrest. She collected goods for parcels she sent to prisoners filled with

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Ida Nudel arriving in Israel in 1987.

goods we sent with Western tourists. The packages she sent passed inspection of prison guards and included items like children’s gummy vitamins (which appeared to be candy), white chocolate, warm underwear and the 3-D postcards the guards favored. She wrote to them and their families, advocated on their behalf to Soviet officials and American congressmen who came to Moscow to meet with refuseniks and dissidents. Never did she let those prisoners of Zion feel they were alone. Finally, eight long years after she first applied to emigrate, in 1978, still denied the right to leave, she hung a sign in her apartment reading “KGB, give me my visa to Israel.” She was dragged away and, like some of the Jewish prisoners she was defending, sentenced to four years of exile in the brutal reaches of Siberia. The only woman in the barracks, she was condemned to reside with the crudest, roughest of Russian lowlife convicts, sleeping with a knife under her pillow. Never did we at the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews let Ida Nudel think she was alone. We enlisted women’s groups and

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he heroes of our generation are slipping away. And unless you were among the fortunate few to have gone to meet them in the former Soviet Union during the decades from 1970s to the 1990s, you probably don’t know about those Jewish heroes and heroines whose actions defined moral courage and stamina in the face of relentless government persecution. Pamela But for those Americans Braun Cohen who did travel to the JNS USSR, meeting with Jewish refuseniks, who were refused the right to emigrate, had a profound impact on them. Just ask anyone who ever met Ida Nudel. With her death in Jerusalem just before Yom Kippur at age 90, another megasymbol of the Soviet Jewish emigration movement has left us. Instead of allowing Ida’s life to lapse into forgetfulness, we must learn from her because what she did in Moscow serves as a model for generations. Ida was a tiny woman who stood tall against the Kremlin and the fearsome KGB security apparatus empowered to persecute and intimidate by any means Jews intent on leaving the USSR. What she did during her struggle for a visa to emigrate makes her a symbol of resistance for the ages. While fighting for her own visa, she championed the desperate situation of refuseniks who had been arrested and sentenced to prison and forced labor camps for their emigration activity.

congressional wives in her struggle. We took her cause to the White House, U.S. State Department and Congress. We designated International Woman’s Day as Ida Nudel Day and sent her flowers by way of protest to the Soviet embassy. When a refusenik who visited her in Siberia brought back the report that she was suffering in the Siberian winter, I sent a tourist to Moscow with my new sheepskin coat in his suitcase. It went from Chicago to Moscow, and from Moscow, it traveled thousands of kilometers to Ida in the frozen steppes of Siberia. After 16 years of struggle, Ida Nudel was finally given permission to leave in 1987. She was one of the celebrity refuseniks that Mikhail Gorbachev gave as a gesture before his upcoming summit with Ronald Reagan. Undersecretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Ambassador Richard Schifter’s eyes filled with tears when she called from Jerusalem to tell him, “I’m home.” A refusenik pariah under relentless KGB surveillance and intimidation, this tiny woman exerted her moral freedom by taking responsibility for doing good in a country governed by evil. In doing so, she earned the love and respect of the Soviet Jewish Prisoners of Zion, as well as highpowered names such as U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, actress Jane Fonda, billionaire Armand Hammer and, of course, those of us in the West and Israel who met her and worked on her behalf. May the courageous moral freedom to exert responsibility even when surrounded by evil be the legacy that Ida Nudel bequeaths to all of us and our children. Pamela Braun Cohen was the national president of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ). She is the author of “Hidden Heroes: One Woman’s Story of Resistance and Rescue in the Soviet Union.”

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mourner’s prayer (kaddish), women can lead certain parts of the Friday night and Saturday services. Portions of a service that under Jewish law require a minyan, a quorum of 10 adult men, are still only performed by men at Shira Chadasha. Men and women are separated using a mechitzah, or divider, down the middle of the room. There’s no separation of the sexes during social gatherings outside services. There are also Shira Chadasha-sponsored social gatherings and educational events. Last year, due to COVID19 restrictions, the group hosted a Zoom ice-breaker for students of all Jewish denominations to meet and a virtual Chanukah party featuring an online game of dreidel that raised money for charity. Zuckerman, who serves on the board of Shira Chadasha as its vice president, is particularly moved by the community’s Kabbalat Shabbat, a service on Friday night that joyfully welcomes in the start of the Sabbath with the singing of psalms. Among the psalms is Lechah Dodi, a hymn that greets the Sabbath queen, a Kabbalistic tradition that dates back to a 16th-century poet. In fact, the Kabbalat Shabbats are so spirited, they attract non-Orthodox students. Edward Friedman ’22

was raised Conservative but joined Shira Chadasha, he said, because of the “openness and passion that came from the members. You could tell people really cared.” Friedman said that at first, he was taken aback by the division of sexes during services. But in time, he said he came to appreciate the mechitzah, a multicolor cloth of purple, blue and white, as enhancing the spirituality of the service. “The mechitzah is really pretty,” he said. “It does not feel like it’s meant to isolate.” As a sophomore, Friedman volunteered for the board and helped with marketing to attract more students. Some students, like Matt Shapiro ’24, move back and forth between standard Orthodox services at Hillel and Shira Chadasha’s. “I agree with a lot of Shira Chadasha’s beliefs about having more participation for women,” Shapiro said. But he also grew up practicing standard Orthodox Judaism and likes that style of service as well. “The abundance of options at Hillel lets people find the right fit,” Shapiro said. But in the end, he added, “we are part of the same community.”

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rish novelist Sally Rooney thinks that she’s an advocate for human rights, and that prejudice and hate have nothing to do with her work or her various political stands. As far as Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield — the Ben and Jerry Jonathan who founded Tobin the eponymous ice-cream brand — are concerned, they are among the nation’s foremost progressives. The pair believe that they are righteous advocates for social justice. Yet despite their well-advertised good intentions and enormous self-regard, Rooney, Cohen and Greenfield are promoting hatred against Jews. What makes it so infuriating is that none of them — and others who also support the BDS movement that targets Israel — are honest enough to own up to the consequences of their actions. By refusing to acknowledge that backing a movement that seeks Israel’s destruction is itself inherently antisemitic, they are not only in denial about what they are doing but demonstrating the way contemporary intellectual fashions on the left are enabling hatred that singles out Jews. Rooney’s case is pretty straightforward, despite her attempts to cling to the illusion that she has the moral high ground. The novelist, whose third book, Beautiful World, Where Are You, has just been released,

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has told the Israeli publishing house that handled her two previous works of fiction that she would not allow them to put out the new one. According to the company, Modan Publishing, she told them that she wasn’t interested in having her book published in Hebrew or in Israel. Subsequently, she said that prompted by a libelous report put out by Human Rights Watch that falsely labeled Israel as an “apartheid state,” she supported the BDS movement, which calls for an end to all commerce and contacts with the Jewish state. BOYCOTTING ISRAEL She told the New York Times in an email that while she had nothing against having her writing appear in Hebrew, “I simply do not feel it would be right for me under the present circumstances to accept a new contract with an Israeli company that does not publicly distance itself from apartheid and support the U.N.-stipulated rights of the Palestinian people.” In a further clarification, she said she was “responding to the call from Palestinian civil society” and expressing solidarity with “their struggle for freedom, justice and equality.” Two things about her position need to be understood clearly. One is that the goal of BDS isn’t to adjust Israel’s policies toward the West Bank and Hamas terrorist state in Gaza or to advocate for Palestinian independence as part of a

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BDS Proves Once Again that It’s All About the Antisemitism

Irish author Sally Rooney.

two-state solution. Its aim is the eradication of Israel, the one Jewish state on the planet. The talk about apartheid isn’t merely a distortion of the anomalous situation in the territories where Palestinians have repeatedly rejected peace offers; it’s their false description of life inside the only democracy in the Middle East. As the Guardian reported, Rooney was one of many literary types who signed a “letter against apartheid” published in May which spoke of 1948 (and not 1967, when Israel came into possession of the West Bank as part of a defensive war) as the beginning of “Israeli settler colonial rule” and referred to Israel’s attempts to defend its citizens — Jew and Arab alike — against more than 4,000 terrorist rockets and missiles fired from Hamas in the Gaza Strip as a “massacre of Palestinians.” Simply put, the letter is not only a compendium of anti-Israel lies and antisemitic stereotypes but incompatible with any notion of peace that doesn’t involve Israel’s destruction. That means that in order to comply with Rooney’s defini-

tion of an Israeli company that distances itself from “apartheid,” they would have to join that call for their nation’s elimination. Somewhat more subtle but no less damning was Cohen and Greenfield’s explanation for the partial boycott of Israel that is being carried out by the company they founded but subsequently sold to the Unilever Corporation. In an interview with Axios broadcast on HBO, the pair sought to defend the decision of the woke independent board that they insisted on putting in place when they sold their company. They consider the decision to drop their Israeli partner and ban the sale of its products in parts of Jerusalem illegally occupied by Jordan from 1949 to 1967, as well as in the West Bank, to be a protest against what they claim are Israel’s illegal policies. But when Axios reporter Alexi McCammond asked them why they thought it was right to boycott Israel but not other places whose policies they disagree with, the pair were stumped. McCammond wanted to know why they weren’t halting the sale of ice cream in Texas, which has passed a law against abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected and which all progressives oppose. She also asked why they weren’t boycotting the state of Georgia, which has an election integrity law that liberals blasted and that motivated Major League Baseball to move its 2021 All-

Star Game from Atlanta to Denver. The answer to these queries was stunned silence followed by a nervous laugh. As Axios reported: “I don’t know,” Cohen said with a laugh. “It’s an interesting question. I don’t know what that would accomplish. We’re working on those issues, of voting rights … I think you ask a really good question. And I think I’d have to sit down and think about it for a bit.” When he was pressed about Texas and the new abortion laws, he replied “by that reasoning, we should not sell any ice cream anywhere. I’ve got issues with what’s being done in almost every state and country.” Of course, Ben & Jerry’s isn’t going to stop selling its products in Texas and Georgia. Virtue-signaling their support for environmentalism and other fashionable leftist causes has proven profitable for their company. They’re not going to endanger their bottom line by pulling out of areas where they make big money. It’s no accident that Israel is the country that is always singled out by so-called human-rights advocates for its alleged crimes even though other nations, which are actually tyrannies, get ignored. Israel is the only nation in the world that has spawned a worldwide movement that aims at its destruction. Only Jews and Jewish rights are treated in this manner, which is to say that BDS, in whatever form it takes, is, like anti-Zionism itself — inherently antisemitic. And the fact that some Jews, like Cohen and

Greenfield, or groups with Jewish names like Jewish Voice for Peace, which promotes antisemitic blood libels, support it doesn’t give them a pass for a movement that targets their own people for hate and discrimination. That’s why laws being pushed in states all around the country to punish those companies that engage in discriminatory commercial conduct against Israel and Jews are not only not a violation of free speech but desperately needed. In much of the mainstream media and polite liberal society, BDS is still treated like a legitimate protest rather than antisemitism. The growing acceptance of critical race theory and intersectionality is part of the reason for this since those toxic ideas provide a permission slip to antisemitism so long as it is cloaked in the rhetoric of the left. But the actions of people like Rooney and Ben & Jerry’s rip the veil from this subterfuge. Those who think that only Israel’s efforts to defend itself against the Palestinian war on its existence or to assert Jewish rights are the most intolerable acts happening anywhere on the planet mustn’t be allowed to pose as do-gooders. Whether actively or passively, they are complicit in a hate campaign with an antisemitic goal that essentially justifies terrorist violence. Those who engage in such despicable behavior deserve the same opprobrium and boycotts that they would use against Israel and the Jews. Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of JNS — Jewish News Syndicate. Follow him on Twitter at: @jonathans_tobin.

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A Note-Worthy Cause Community members and musicians team up to seek donations of instruments for 2,500 Detroit schoolkids. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

arold Kulish and George Nyman — longtime friends sharing an appreciation for hearing music and playing musical instruments — have become focused on providing similar experiences for young people. They’re hoping Metro Detroiters will join them in creating opportunities along those lines, especially throughout October. An idea they had two years ago and communicated to administrators at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) spurred the development of Detroit Harmony, an initiative to provide instruments and teach instrumental skills to Detroit K-12 students in public and private schools. Throughout this month, there will be an inaugural drive for 2,500 instru-

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ments, new and used. Organizations and businesses have responded by offering drop-off sites. The highlight will be Oct. 30 at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, where the Michigan State University’s Spartan Marching Band and the University of Michigan’s Michigan Marching Band play up collection efforts as football fans attend that day’s game. The schools plan to publicize the event on their social media. “We couldn’t be prouder to support Detroit Harmony,” said U-M Band Director John Pasquale. “Music is such a powerful force in the John world, and we look forPasquale ward to collecting instru-

ments to provide to Detroit students.” David Thornton, associate band director at MSU, said, “We are thrilled to be partnering with DSO, Harmony and the Michigan Marching David Band to help the students Thornton of Detroit. Providing musical opportunities and experiences for our greater Michigan community is something that is incredibly important and is at the core of what we do as an organization.” The DSO is passionate about music education, according to Erik Rönmark, DSO vice president and general manager. “It’s great to see this art form continue. Music education is so important in finding ways for young people to express themselves through instru-

ments. Beyond the students themselves, that benefits both the symphony and the city.” THE JOY OF MUSIC Kulish and Nyman were organizing outdoor activities for youngsters at Detroit parks when they decided they wanted to add indoor activities to their projects. They chose musical opportunities because of the enjoyment they valued on a very personal level. For Kulish, collecting instruments for Detroit Harmony began before October as he learned of a violin that was not being used and was able to obtain it. His interest moved along to his son, who has promised two trumpets that are no longer the preferred instruments of his own sons. “When I was in elementary school in Southwest Detroit, they were teaching instruments,” recalls Kulish, CEO at Cormorant Co. in West Bloomfield, a DSO director emeritus and a grandson of a cantor. “My family didn’t have the money to buy an instrument for me, but I had been given a harmonica. I took the harmonica to school when I was in fourth grade and asked the teacher if somebody could teach me. They took me into the music class, and they taught me. I play to this day.” Nyman, owner of Professional Property Management in Birmingham, listened to the DSO George before trying his Nyman own skills. “I never had the opportunity to play an instrument as a kid, but from the first time I was taken to the symphony, I fell in love with classical music and later all kinds of music,” says Nyman, also active

“I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN ALL STUDENTS IN DETROIT FEEL WHAT IT’S LIKE TO PLAY THAT FIRST NOTE.” — DETROIT HARMONY’S DAMIEN CRUTCHER

with the Anti-Defamation League. “Last year, I started to take piano lessons believing it’s never too late. It’s something I always wanted to do, and I’m hoping a few young people will get a spark from any instrument that basically changes their lives.” Damien Crutcher, whose instrumental interests were launched at Cass Technical High Damien School, is manCrutcher aging director of Detroit Harmony. After earning a bachelor’s degree in music education at Michigan State University and a master’s degree in conducting at the University of Michigan, he became director of bands and orchestra at SouthfieldLathrup High School, music director and conductor of the Farmington Community Band and founder of Crescendo Detroit, a nonprofit providing instrumental training for students ages 5-18.

employment for teaching artists, instrument restorers and transportation providers among others. Among the sites where instruments can be donated are the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center in Detroit, Farmington Community Band in Farmington Hills, Marshall Music Co. in West Bloomfield and PNC Bank in Novi. A map of collection sites is available at dso.org/ community-andlearning/detroit-harmony. Major support for the ini-

tial stage of Detroit Harmony comes from the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation and the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation. Program enthusiasts are being sought to host an event, provide a drop-off site, spread the word, pick up instruments and purchase an instrument to donate. As Kulish and Nyman enter into volunteer efforts, Kulish remembers two former classmates, one a Holocaust survivor, at Detroit’s Central High School. The classmates were instrument students, one on bass and one on trumpet. Both became members of the Cleveland Orchestra. “Detroit schools can produce players like that,” he says. “As for me, I think of how important the harmonica has been. Over many hours, I could relax and play, and it’s been very soothing.”

Harold Kulish still plays the harmonica.

‘TRANSFORMATIVE’ FOR CHILDREN “Getting 2,500 instruments into the hands of Detroit students and enrolling them in a music program will be transformative for these kids,” Crutcher says. “I’m looking forward to the day when all students in Detroit feel what it’s like to play that first note on an instrument.” An associated program outcome would be economic development in Detroit with OCTOBER 21 • 2021

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A Cantor and a Mensch Shaarey Zedek Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutman retires after 21 years. DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER

fter 21 years, Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutman has retired from Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Gutman touched many lives in the Detroit Jewish community through the performance of weddings, b’nai mitzvah, baby namings, funerals, High Holiday and weekly services. A native Detroiter, Gutman was with CSZ as an assistant cantor since August 2000 but began attending the shul when the congregation was housed on Chicago Boulevard. He prides himself on taking a hobby and making it into a fulltime career. As assistant cantor, Gutman led CSZ morning and evening services and read Torah at minyan as well as on Shabbat and on holidays. He also helped guide CSZ b’nai mitzvah students and led shivah minyans.

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Gutman had been thinking about retirement for about a year. “It was time to turn the reins over to someone else,” he said. “But I will be always grateful to Rabbi Irwin Groner and Congregational Past President Larry Berry who hired me, as well as having the counsel of the past presidents of Shaarey Zedek, who guided me along this extraordinary life path.” Gutman received his Jewish education at Yeshiva Beth Yehudah and graduated from Wayne State University in 1972 with a B.A. in history. He had the benefit of being under the tutelage of several chazzanim in the Detroit area: Simon Bermanis, Max Shimansky, Chaim Najman and Meir Finkelstein, with Hazzan David Propis, as well as Rev. Joseph Baras, who expertly taught him to read Torah. “I had great mentors. They were all very instrumental in

my growth. I will always be grateful because each one took me to another level,” Gutman said. It was the Torah reading that really got him started, reading at various synagogues throughout the community while he made his living elsewhere. Then came the opening at Shaarey Zedek when Cantor Sidney Rube retired. One of Gutman’s greatest efforts was making time for all CSZ staff and congregants. “I made sure I always talked to all the employees. whether it would be a rabbi, a cantor, a hazzan or the maintenance person,” Gutman said. “It was always nice to talk to them and get to know them. “I loved having relationships with the congregants, too,” he added. “Taking care of their concerns, it was very gratifying for me.” Gutman prided himself on knowing everybody’s Hebrew

name by heart, one of many ways he connected himself to the congregation and community. A PROUD TEACHER Gutman said he enjoyed teaching the kids their lessons, teaching them how to daven and getting them through their bar and bat mitzvahs and then seeing them grow up and become productive members of society. “It touched my heart. They knew they could count on me. I made sure they had someone at the synagogue to call all the time, day or night. Seeing how families grew, it was really wonderful to see.” Over the past 21 years at Shaarey Zedek, Gutman estimates he supported the b’nai mitzvah preparation for more than 1,000 kids. “I felt it was really important to be consistent, to be who I am, and to answer congregants’

personally as well. “He’s kind, caring and professional in his synagoguerelated activities, and those qualities carry over into his personal life,” Brown said. “He took his profession home with him. That’s the way he was with everybody and still is.” Brown believes Gutman’s legacy at CSZ will be a respect in quality of performance and a respect from all the members.

Cantor Gutman helps Max Young with bar mitzvah preparation.

questions or concerns to the best of my ability and within my knowledge,” Gutman said. “I always was truthful with them, and I felt that was very important to establish and continue relationships,

which is the name of the game. Relationships are so important.” Dr. Richard Brown, former CSZ president, has known Gutman since he started, becoming close with him not only in synagogue life, but

‘TRUE PROFESSIONAL’ “A true professional. Always available, always there, every morning and night. When you had an issue, it came before everything else,” Dr. Brown said. An example of Gutman’s kindness, he was famous for making sure congregants weren’t alone on a holiday. Kathleen Brown, a Shaarey Zedek congregant, remembers

a time Gutman extended his generous hand when she was a widow, and before she got remarried to Dr. Brown. “Cantor Gutman asked where I was going for the holidays, and I said I’m not really sure. He said, ‘Well I’m sure and you’re coming to my home.’ He said, ‘You’ll come here every holiday every year and if you have somewhere else to go, you’ll tell me, but until then, you’re going to be our family now,’” Brown said. “There were also other people they took in their home on the holidays, new widows, older people who didn’t have family, and he would personally ask them where they would be.” Dr. Brown added, “That sums it all up. That’s the kind of person he is. He kept his word because we have been going there together ever since.”

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arlier this month, Gil Ofarim, a Jewish singer and musician, says he was stopped from checking in at a hotel in eastern Germany because he was sporting a Star of David pendant around his neck. He took to social media and there was an outpouring of support for him, including a protest outside the Westin Hotel in Leipzig. A new U.S. Department of Justice report released in September 2021 showed that from 2015 to 2019, 59% of violent hate crime victimizations reported by victims were motivated by bias against their race, ethnicity and national origin. According to Rabbi Asher Lopatin, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council/ American Jewish Committee, fears about identifying Rabbi as Jewish (such as Asher Lopatin wearing religious symbols), shying away from supporting Israel because of bullying behavior on social media or elsewhere, and nervousness about attending synagogue or other Jewish events, are all too common realities for Jews and other minorities. Lopatin will be one of the panelists at “Fall Focus 2021 — Hate Is Hate: We Are All

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at Risk. What Can We Do Together?” a free, virtual At a June community-wide rally against antisemitism: ZOA-MI President program offered by National Sheldon Freilich expresses his Jewish pride. JCRC/AJC President Seth Gould joins in singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Amy Cutler, president Council of Jewish Women, of NCJW|MI, thanks the attendees. Michigan (NCJW|MI) on Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. Mina Feldman, who is lecturer in the Departments of to report any uncomfortable co-chairing Fall Focus 2021 Near East and Asian Studies encounter to Hillel staff, a with Stephanie Keywell, and Global Studies, Wayne dorm’s RA (resident adviser) said that the program was State University; and Shirley or any other adviser. If an prompted by the ever-present Stancato, principal at SRS encounter is antisemitic, threat of racist talk, even Advisory Services Member Islamophobic or racist and feels violence, in recent years, and LLC, and a member of the like hate speech, reach out to the need to give community Wayne State University Board the AJC or ADL and report it. members from a variety of of Governors. In March 2021, minority groups some tools Lopatin said there was a Sen. Stephanie to feel empowered in dealing disconnect between people Chang, the first with threats. who believe that they are Asian American “We want our audience to “good people” who are not woman elected come away with the feeling racist and the expressions they to the Michigan Sen. that they are not victims, but might use in relation to Jews, State Senate, Stephanie instead are inspired to take Muslims or other minorities. was a sponsor of Chang action and do something about “They might use antisemitic Senate Resolution this form of prejudice,” said tropes or Islamophobic tropes, 30, a resolution to condemn Feldman. without truly thinking about hate crimes, hateful rhetoric what they are saying. We can’t and hateful acts against PANEL OF EXPERTS be afraid to call this racism Asian Americans and to Fall Focus 2021 offers the out,” he said. encourage Michiganders to perspective from four panelists Lopatin added that where report hate crimes to the who will discuss the effects of the Jewish community was proper authorities. She is hate-motivated behavior on concerned, there was a blurred passionate about protecting their communities and will line between anti-Israel her community and other provide constructive ways on rhetoric and antisemitism and minorities and says that many working together to empower that the prejudice was coming statistics show hate crimes communities to fight back. from both sides, right and left. against Jewish, Asian, Muslim Alongside Lopatin, “We are being hit by a wave of and Black Americans, as well other panelists right-wing conspiracy theories; as LGBTQ individuals, are on will include but on college campuses, the rise. Michigan State in particular, students are “It is important for Sen. Stephanie attacked by the left-wing community members to speak Chang (District activists who are against Israel,” up and not stay silent. Hate Saeed 1); Professor Saeed he said. crimes and discrimination Khan Khan, senior His advice for students is are never OK. Perpetrators

need to be held accountable, so contacting the Attorney General’s hate crime hotline or the Michigan Department of Civil Rights hotline is an important step to take if you witness a crime,” she said. The Attorney General’s Hate Crimes hotline is (313) 456-0180 and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights discrimination hotline is (800) 482-3604. BYSTANDERS’ ROLE Chang acknowledged that as much as bystanders might want to intervene, there could be times when it isn’t safe to do so. She advises that people who want to be able to stand up against racism get bystander intervention training with an organization such as Hollaback (www. ihollaback.org). Shirley Stancato has always believed that racist behavior comes from a place Shirley of fear and Stancato mistrust and that communication between all people is key to combatting hate. For almost 20 years, Stancato served as president and CEO of New Detroit Inc., Metro Detroit’s prestigious coalition devoted solely to race relations, which serves as an essential forum for discussion and advocacy for racial equity. “We can’t lose sight of the fact that people have been working for racial justice for decades,” she says. “So, while the issues might feel new to some people, they are not new to others.” Stancato says that the

Jewish and African American communities have worked together constructively on civil rights initiatives from the earliest days and that the collaboration against racism needed to continue, with conversations, such as those that will occur during the Fall Focus 2021 event, remaining important. One of Lopatin’s roles, as leader of a major Jewish advocacy organization, is to meet with political leaders and the media to sensitize them to the issues of antisemitism and hate acts. “We urge legislation, but we also urge our politicians themselves to be aware of language that the Jewish community sees as antisemitic and painful,” he explained. His organization forms coalitions and partnerships with different interfaith groups such as the Muslim community, the Hindu community, the African American community and the Chaldean community, to promote understanding and increase sensitivity to others. For the Jewish community, which so frequently feels under attack, Lopatin has a final message: “Please be a proud Jew and a proud lover of the only Jewish state in the world, Israel. Don’t let a fear of being harassed or being made fun of or even just not fitting in stop you from standing up for the things you value in life. The Jewish community needs Jews who are unafraid.” To register for “Fall Focus 2021 — Hate is Hate: We Are All at Risk. What Can We Do Together?” go to www. ncjwmi.org.

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A Commitment to the City Gilbert Family Foundation backs reopening of Detroit’s Historically Black College.

he College for Creative Studies (CCS) hosted a historic announcement for Detroit on Oct 12. CCS, the Gilbert Family Foundation, Target and the city of Detroit have announced a new Historically Black College and University (HBCU) and higher education program, resurrecting Detroit’s formerly closed Lewis College of Business. In the announcement, the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design (PLC) has proposed draft legislation for state authorization to be recognized as Michigan’s single HBCU with the intention to become the nation’s first-ever reopened HBCU. PLC is the “dream school-made-reality” by Dr. D’Wayne Edwards, founder of the Pensole Design Academy in Portland, Ore. Partnering with CCS, PLC will open in March 2022 and serve aspiring creatives, designers, engineers and business leaders. Among the college’s founding supporters are Dan and Jennifer Gilbert via the Gilbert Family Foundation. For each supporter, the commitment to launching PLC is part of larger ongoing initiatives supporting the economic future of local and diverse communities. The investment from the Gilbert Family Foundation comes as part of the organization’s ongoing, $500 million joint commitment over the next 10 years to its hometown of Detroit to drive access to economic and social opportunity and increase equity for residents of Detroit. “Dan and I are committed to investing in and developing programs that build wealth and create equitable access to opportunity for Detroiters,” says Jennifer Gilbert, entrepreneur and co-founder of the Gilbert Family Foundation. “We are proud to contribute to the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design and know that this historic institution will once again cultivate a diverse talent pipeline and further cement Detroit’s legacy of innovation.” Separately, through its Detroit Tax Relief Fund, the Gilbert Family Foundation announced last month it expects to pay off the back property taxes of 5,000 residents by the end of the year.

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“As a predominantly Black city, Detroit should have an operating Historically Black College. Not having one has been a hole in our educational landscape for too long,” says Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. “To have the first HBCU anywhere to reopen happen in Detroit would be a tremendous demonstration of how our city is coming back as a city of opportunity for people of color.” As part of the reinstatement process, Pensole Lewis will request authorization from the Michigan Department of Education to operate as an educational corporation and through draft legislation will invite the Michigan State Legislature to recognize PLC as an HBCU in the state of Michigan. Prior to its official opening and reinstatement, Pensole Lewis will operate in partnership with and under the auspices of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. CCS is working with Edwards to gain the legal and legislative approval needed to establish PENSOLE Lewis, which includes designation as an accredited educational program. An agreement is being drafted to establish a joint venture between CCS and PLC to allow PLC to offer accredited educational programs. PLC will be located in CCS’ A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education until its permanent home in Detroit is selected and developed. Enrollment for Pensole Lewis’ program is expected to open December 2021.

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n Friday Sept. 17, Farber Hebrew Day School middle school students stood in front of a junkpile containing doors, wooden pallets, sheets of metal, cardboard boxes and PVC piping. They scratched their heads while Rabbi Simon Italiaander charged them with the following task: Construct a kosher sukkah that can house your entire team using only the materials in front of you. The students were far from stumped. Farber students spent the previous two days in info sessions with their teachers and rabbis learning the fundamental requirements for a sukkah. Among them were the concepts of dofen akumah

(crooked wall), gud asik I (the wall goes up) and schach kasher (the covering on the top). Students also learned the minimum number of sukkah walls needed, as well the protocol for if (or when) it rains during Sukkot. The winning team was to be rewarded with an in-school pizza party as well as their team’s picture being featured in the Detroit Jewish News. Each one of the six teams built an exquisite minimalist sukkah, and Rabbi Italiaander wished he could choose multiple winners. One team enclosed a plat-

Jewish Prisoners Win Food Appeal Court rules Jewish inmates should get appropriate meals on Shabbat, holidays. JN STAFF

Federal Appeals Court ruled Oct. 12 that the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) must provide kosher meals to Jewish inmates on certain holidays, the Courthouse News Service reported. The MDOC had been serving kosher meals to Jewish prisoners since 2019, when the state settled a class-action lawsuit

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that its vegan meals were not sufficient to be served as “religious meals” for Jewish inmates who kept kosher. The 2019 settlement didn’t address Jewish inmates’ demands that kosher meat and dairy products be provided on certain Jewish holidays. The MDOC stated that kosher-certified meat and dairy products were available in the prison

LEFT: Students build a Sukkah based on what they learned.

form on the playground structure to form an elevated sukkah. Another team zip-tied wooden crates together to form a cozy tropical-looking cabana. The winning team, however, built a low, sprawling sukkah decorated with a blanket, handdrawn decorations and color. The clincher, however, was an unexpected skit that this team

performed that demonstrated the need for strong sukkah walls (that can’t be blown down by an evil wind). Congratulations to the winning team: Noah Elberg, Rafael HaLevy, Jonah Schwartz, Zev Mandel, Devorah Attali and Amalya Winer, headed by Mrs. Elana Miodownik and Rabbi Ari Weber.

commissary for those who wanted them. It also stated providing meat and dairy products to holiday meals would be too expensive. Under the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the MDOC must provide kosher meat and dairy products on Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Shavuot. An appeals panel said the availability of kosher snacks and dairy products from a commissary is insufficient to satisfy federal standards for Jewish inmates that require specific meals on Shabbat and other holidays. The panel also said the expected annual cost of $10,000 to satisfy the Jewish inmates’ dietary needs was not a reason to deny the accommodations as it would only represent .02% of its $39 million annual food budget.

The decision held that the MDOC must accommodate the sincerely held beliefs of Jewish inmates under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, or RLUIPA. Thomas Rheaume, plaintiffs’ attorney, said in a statement that the “Sixth Circuit rightly upheld the sincerely held religious beliefs of incarcerated persons. “The decision paves the way for a class of Jewish prisoners to eat religious meals in accordance with the precepts of their religion as opposed to non-conforming religious meals deemed sufficient by the state,” he said. “The accommodation of religion upheld today by the Sixth Circuit is consistent with RLUIPA’s purpose and should be lauded.” A spokesperson for the Michigan Attorney General’s Office said it is reviewing the ruling and declined further comment.

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ichigan native Linda SchlesingerWagner’s mission has always been to support other women — whether that’s helping them feel confident in their own skin or supporting them through a cancer diagnosis. With more than 30 years in the fashion industry, in 2009, Schlesinger-Wagner decided to use her experience to fulfill this goal. She founded the women’s clothing line skinnytees — selling one-size-fits-all tops, dresses and leggings that flatter all body shapes and sizes. The styles were designed to fit over anything, including surgical bandages, with just enough stretch to stay in place. Six years ago, SchlesingerWagner took her support for women to the next level — starting a philanthropic branch of her company called For the Love of Women. Through this charitable division, every year she hosts the Breast Sale Ever and partners with organizations to raise funds for breast cancer patients and survivors. “With about one in eight women in America developing breast cancer in her life, my team and I knew this was a cause we wanted to get involved with. Women’s journeys are incredibly important to us. When that journey includes the difficult diagnosis of cancer, we want to be there for these strong and beautiful women to offer the

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indy Eisenberg believes that yoga should be accessible to everyone. The certified yoga therapist and founder of nonprofit adaptive yoga organization Yoga Moves MS believes that yoga, among other holistic health remedies, can help alleviate symptoms of certain conditions like multiple sclerosis, a disease of the nervous system. The power of yoga, among other topics, will be at the forefront of the annual Yoga Moves Holistic Health Forum. The virtual forum, taking place on Nov. 6, will feature panel discussions with experts on MS sharing their insight on how to manage the disease through holistic ways. “When somebody has a condition, a lot of times, they disassociate from their body,” Eisenberg, 57, of Franklin and a member of Adat Shalom, says. “Yoga is a way to get back in there again and appreciate what the body can do.” Through yoga, Eisenberg believes that people coping with and managing MS — regardless of their age — can experience a variety of physical and mental health benefits. But yoga, like many other exercise classes, can often be expensive. It’s also not

very therapeutic,” Eisenberg says of Yoga covered by medical insurance. Moves MS classes, which see anywhere To alleviate those costs and help people from 8-12 people and now hold virtual access yoga as a tool for their health and sessions as well to accommodate the needs wellness, Eisenberg launched Yoga Moves of the COVID-19 pandemic. “People who MS in 2005, a program that offers free participated were able to see all of their adaptive yoga classes for people with the challenges because of the disease and their caregivers. condition like a map.” The classes are 100% funded That’s because each Yoga by donations. Moves MS class starts with Unlike traditional yoga, a brief check-in to see how adaptive yoga modifies yoga participants are feeling. They postures to accommodate take time to discuss their the needs of people with symptoms that week and MS. These small-group what areas they want to work classes incorporate props like on. For example, if foot pain blankets, chairs, yoga straps or foot issues are a common and blocks to make different concern, the class that day yoga poses easier, often with will focus on yoga poses or one-on-one instruction. stretches that help alleviate For Eisenberg, whose Mindy Eisenberg foot discomfort. mother had Primary“We’re making the practice Progressive MS, she knew firsthand the challenges of both the our own,” Eisenberg says, “so it fits our financial costs of the disease and how body and what we need at that moment.” essential it was to address the pain and This, she says, is a significant mental other symptoms that it can bring on. Most health benefit because it gives power back important was the idea of finding support to those with MS. “We’re so used to going groups. to doctors and they make health decisions for us. But with something like yoga, we’re “I realized that small group classes were continued on page 28

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doing it for ourselves. We can be playful and have fun.” Since MS is characterized by extreme chronic pain, fatigue and impaired coordination, yoga can potentially benefit all three. Through stretching and breathing exercises, Eisenberg says the pain and sometimes stiffness associated with the disease can be significantly reduced. “Yoga can help calm the nervous system and help cope

with pain,” she explains. Many participants at Yoga Moves MS have noted that they experience less muscle spasms, sleep better and have improved circulation throughout their body. They also have increased energy. Other benefits of yoga for MS can include muscle strengthening and increased flexibility. “There’s weight bearing; there are core practices,” Eisenberg says of

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Inter-Congregational softball league rule keeps the eventual champion “Kosher Ribs” alive in fall playoffs. STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

walk-off home run that wasn’t a walkoff home run helped Kosher Ribs win the InterCongregational Men’s Club fall softball league championship. Here’s what happened. Like many recreational softball leagues, the InterCongregational league restricts the number of over-the-fence home runs a team can hit during a game to keep the game competitive. In the Inter-Congregational league’s case, after a team’s second over-the-fence homer of a game, the batter hitting an over-the-fence homer is out. Kosher Ribs led the defending fall league champion Jeters 15-14 in the playoff semifinals Oct. 10 at Keith Sports Park in West Bloomfield. The Jeters hit a walk-off over-the-fence homer that would have won the game, but it became the final out of the game because it was the Jeters’ third over-the-fence homer of the game. “That was a huge break for us, of course, but we hit four over-the-fence homers in the game. Only two counted,” said Kosher Ribs co-manager Mitch Kline. Kosher Ribs went on to

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defeat Bad News Jews 20-10 in the playoff championship game. Neither Kosher Ribs nor Bad News Jews earned a first-round bye in the playoffs because of where they finished in the regular-season standings. Kosher Ribs was third and Bad News Jews was fourth in the six-team league. Kosher Ribs beat the Sandlot 16-4 and Bad News Jews beat Marble Rye 10-5 in first-round playoff games. The Sandlot and Marble Rye were the No. 6 and No. 5 seeded teams in the playoffs, respectively. Bad News Jews surprised No. 1 seed and regular-season league champion Lox of Hitting 7-6 in the playoff semifinals. All the playoff games were played Oct. 10, a week later than planned. The playoff games were originally scheduled for Oct. 3 but rained out. Kosher Ribs and Bad News Jews each had only nine players Oct. 10. To help them, Dave Ettlinger from Lox of Hitting volunteered to be the catcher for both teams during the playoff championship game. “That’s the story of the game right there, what Dave did,” Kline said. Another story is Kline,

Kosher Ribs celebrates its Inter-Congregational Men’s Club fall softball league championship. Mitch Kline couldn’t play in the playoffs, but Evan Kline made sure his father was in the Kosher Ribs team photo, holding a cellphone showing Mitch Kline on a FaceTime call.

who missed his first InterCongregational summer or fall softball game in several years Oct. 10 because of a prior commitment. His son Evan Kline, who plays on the Kosher Ribs team, kept his father informed on how the team was doing during the playoffs through calls and texts, and propped his phone in the Kosher Ribs dugout during the Bad News Jews’ final at-bats so his father could watch the proceedings. Kosher Ribs didn’t have its two regular third baseman during the playoff games. Dave Raminick filled in all day for Brad Golder and Michael Kindred. There were a dozen players on the Kosher Ribs roster. They represented four InterCongregational summer league teams. Mitch and Evan Kline along with Golder, Raminick, Jared Cohen and Dan Krauss were from Temple Shir Shalom

No. 2. Co-manager Matt Bassin and Scott Litt were from Congregation Shir Tikvah. Jeff Hollander, Lenny Beigler and Kindred were from Temple Beth El. Corey Slutsky was from Temple Israel No. 1. “It’s a good thing we weren’t rained out again Oct. 10,” Mitch Kline said. “We would have been down five guys Oct. 17. I would have been back, but Matt Bassin and my son Evan ran in the Detroit Free Press Marathon that day.” Kosher Ribs also won the Inter-Congregational fall league championship in 2019. Cohen and Beigler replaced two players from the 2019 team. “This team has great chemistry,” Mitch Kline said. “We root for each other. We support each other. Some of us play softball together outside of the InterCongregational league.” Please send sports news to stevestein502004@yahoo.com.

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JCC Maccabi Games Zoom Meetings Scheduled If all goes well, the JCC Maccabi Games will return in 2022 in San Diego, Calif. The last time the Maccabi Games were held was in Detroit in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the annual gathering of Jewish teens in 2020 and 2021. Prospective Detroit athletes and their parents can take the first step toward making their way to southern California next summer by attending an information meeting on Zoom at either 4 p.m. Nov. 21 or 4 p.m. Dec. 12. To RSVP, go to www. maccabidetroit.com. Zoom links will be sent out the morning of each meeting. For more information, contact Detroit Maccabi delegation head Karen Gordon at karengordon44@icloud.com. The San Diego JCC Maccabi Games will be held July 30 through Aug. 5, 2022, hosted by the Lawrence Family JCC on the Jacobs Family Campus.

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Detroit athletes can compete in swimming, tennis, dance, golf, volleyball, soccer, hockey, baseball or basketball. There will not be an ArtsFest in San Diego to reduce the number of participants, in case the pandemic is still causing gathering issues. “Baby steps,” said Gordon, who acknowledged much is still not known about what the San Diego Games will look like. “We don’t know if kids will come out of the woodwork and flock to San Diego, or if families will still be leery next summer about having their kids participate in a large event,” she said. The Maccabi Games began in 1982. Organized and conducted by the JCC Association of North America, the event has grown into the largest Jewish sports competition in North America.

Nodler’s First Goal of the Season Breaks the Ice for the Spartans Nodler played a role in Michigan State’s first goal of that game. This time, Nodler’s shot was saved, the puck popped into the air, and Loughran batted it home. Besides playing on the Spartans’ top line, Nodler has a leadership role on the team this season. He’s one of three assistant captains, as voted by his teammates. “It’s nice to know I have the respect of the team,” Nodler said. A 5-foot-10, 195-pound Berkley High School graduate, Nodler was selected by the Calgary Flames in the fifth round (150th overall) of the 2019 NHL draft. The Flames will retain their rights to him through next season. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Somebody needed to score the first goal of the season for the Michigan State University hockey team. That guy turned out to be junior center Josh Nodler from Oak Josh Nodler Park. Playing on the Spartans’ new first line in the first period, Nodler took a pass from right wing Griffin Loughran in front of the Air Force net and put the puck past goalie Alex Schilling for the game’s first goal. “That was cool to score our first goal of the year,” Nodler said. The Spartans lost the Oct. 8 game 3-2 in overtime at home at Munn Ice Arena, but they beat Air Force 5-1 the next night.

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The third annual Howard Weingarten Memorial Baseball Outing and Awards Ceremony is in the books. Even though attendance was less than expected (about 30 people attended) last month because of the COVID19 pandemic, said event organizer Deby Lebow, more money was raised this year for Detroit PAL’s Diamond Sports Program than in the event’s inaugural year in 2019. “I can’t wait to have the outing without the impact of COVID-19,” Lebow said. Last year’s event was held virtually. Event participants last month played baseball on the Willie Horton Field of Dreams at The Corner Ballpark, located in the footprint of Tiger Stadium at Detroit PAL’s first permanent home, and ate lunch. Also on the outing agenda

was the presentation of Howard Weingarten Memorial awards to Nyla ChamesWilliams, Noah McKinney and Aidan Pearson. Lebow and Robert Jamerson, the Detroit PAL CEO, presented the awards to players in the Diamond Sports Program’s Tiny Tigers program for youngsters age 4-8. Coaches selected the award recipients, who were honored for their leadership, teamwork and responsibility. The Diamond Sports Program provides baseball, softball, T-ball and coach-pitch opportunities for boys and girls. Weingarten, a West Bloomfield resident who loved baseball and the Tigers, died in a car accident in 2018 at age 65. Lebow is his longtime significant other.

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said. “I appreciated that.” of the U.S. Open Debris on the sides of tennis tournament roads and blue tarps on — while he was roofs weren’t the only away from Tulane. ramifications of Hurricane He started online Ida that Jacobson noticed classes Sept. 13 when he returned to and finally returned Tulane. to New Orleans “There was a horrible on Sept. 24, three smell of sewage in the air,” days before the Benji Jacobson he said. resumption of How is tennis going in-person classes. for Jacobson? He went 2-3 in Because his dormitory was a season-opening tournament damaged by the hurricane, he at Mississippi State. A strained stayed in a downtown New hamstring slowed him down, but Orleans hotel with other dorm Jacobson feels he’s getting back residents until Oct. 11, when to 100% health. all the dorm residents were “I’m praying for a normal rest allowed to move back into the of my senior year,” he said. “All dorm. I want to do is go to school and “The school moved our stuff enjoy playing tennis and being from the dorm to the hotel and in New Orleans.” back to the dorm,” Jacobson TULANE UNIVERSITY

A red-shirt freshman year. A lost season because of the COVID19 pandemic. A bad case of COVID-19. Injuries. All made Benji Jacobson’s first four years on the Tulane University men’s tennis team a challenge, to say the least. Add a hurricane to the list of Jacobson’s challenges at Tulane. The dangerous and damaging Hurricane Ida, to be exact. The imminent arrival of the powerful storm in New Orleans caused Jacobson to quickly catch a 6 a.m. Aug. 28 flight home to Bloomfield Hills. He spent time in Michigan and New York — where he met up with Tulane tennis teammates Billy Suarez from New York City and Fynn Kuenkler from Germany and watched a little

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Muslim doctor from London has spoken of his pride and joy at helping separate Jewish Israeli conjoined twins early this month, saying it illustrates that “from a doctor’s point of view, we’re all one.” Staff at Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba successfully completed the operation on the twins conjoined at the head, and said that the babies are now likely to grow up to live normal lives. The medical team managed this despite never having performed such a surgery, which involved complex on-the-spot decisions regarding which blood vessel to give to which twin and assessing in real-time the impact that immediate decisions were having on the functioning of the brains. Now, the man who brought the experience to the table has told his story to the Times of Israel — and said it should serve as a reminder that medicine transcends all divisions. Dr. Noor Ul Owase Jeelani, a pediatric neurosurgeon at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, has performed four

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other separation surgeries on twins who were conjoined at the head with fused skulls, intertwined brains and shared blood vessels. He and his colleague, Professor David Dunaway, are seen as the world’s experts on such cases. Jeelani directs a nonprofit, Gemini Untwined, to plan and perform such operations. When doctors at Soroka needed to prepare for the operation, they reached out to him. He agreed, for the first time, to operate outside the U.K. He said the fact that a Kashmir-born Muslim doctor scrubbed up alongside an Israeli team to help a Jewish family

was a reminder of the universal nature of medicine. “It was a fantastic family that we helped,” he said. “As as I’ve said all my life, all children are the same, whatever color or religion. The distinctions are manmade. A child is a child. From a doctor’s point of view, we’re all one.” He found the family’s delight at the success of the operation deeply moving. “There was this very special moment when the parents were just over the moon,” he said. “I have never in my life seen a person smile, cry, be happy and be relieved at the same time. The mother simply couldn’t believe it; we had to pull up a chair to

help her to calm down.” Jeelani’s involvement with conjoined twins started in 2017, when a neurosurgeon from Peshawar, Pakistan, asked him to operate on identical conjoined twins, Safa and Marwa, born three months earlier to a woman from rural northern Pakistan. He raised the money from a Pakistani oil trader called Murtaza Lakhani and, with Dunaway, successfully performed the operation, after hundreds of hours of preparation. He went on to establish Gemini Untwined and perform more surgeries. He worked for months on the Israeli surgery. “We’ve been involved right from the start, talking to the team in Israel and planning it with them over a period of six months,” he said. Jeelani added: “This latest surgery fulfills a key objective of our charity, namely, to empower local teams abroad to undertake this complex work, successfully utilizing our experience, knowledge and skills gained over the past 15 years with our previous four sets of twins.” OCTOBER 21 • 2021

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Sukkot Fun! Temple Beth El’s Sukkot Family Program on Sunday, Sept. 26, was so much fun! Families enjoyed pizza, cookies, music and Sukkot-themed lawn games that included a pumpkin ring toss, etrog relay races and cornhole.

Families strung popcorn and made starbursts out of straws to decorate the sukkah, and many got to shake the lulav and etrog in the sukkah with our clergy. The weather was perfect and helped to make the afternoon a great success.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF TEMPLE BETH EL Lauren Sosin with Hayden and Ashton Bender enjoying some pizza.

Allison Kief with her starbursts made of straws.

Noah and Dina Sorser playing cornhole.

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Debbie Morosohk, director of education, helping children (Lilly Berg and Makenzie Bielfield) make Sukkot crafts.

Rabbi Miller with Robert and Alexandra Kief hanging Sukkah decorations.

Arielle and Robert Levine enjoying time in the sukkah.

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JYP in Ann Arbor Welcomes New Board

On Aug. 15, Jewish Young Professionals of Ann Arbor (JYP) hosted its annual Community Celebration to celebrate the group’s achievements of the past year, honor the 2020-2021 board Joelle Abramowitz shares and install the 2021-2022 board. remarks as outgoing president. Community members attending the event, which was held at Temple Beth Emeth, enjoyed appetizers and desserts. Outgoing board president Joelle Abramowitz spoke about the critical role of groups like JYP in building community and of the lay leaders that drive them. Incoming president Sheira Cohen shared how JYP has been a central fixture of her Jewish life during her time in Ann Arbor and her excitement for the year ahead. The event concluded with a champagne toast and socializing. PHOTOGRAPHY BY SAMII STOLLOFF PHOTOGRAPHY

The 2021-2022 JYP Board: Sydney Fine (Programming Co-Chair), Joelle Abramowitz (Immediate Past President), Sheira Cohen (President), Joshua Weiss (Campaign Co-Chair), Evan Frenklak (Programming Co-Chair) and Ariella Hoffman-Peterson (Member at Large). Not pictured: Rob Stern (Campaign Co-Chair).

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Sheira Cohen shares remarks as incoming president. OCTOBER 21 • 2021

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They Came ‘ORT’ — and Played ORT’s Come ORT and Play Fundraiser, sponsored by the Suburban Collection, was held on Sunday, Sept. 12. The event — planned by co-chairs by Jill Ingber and Lindsey Maddin, along with an enthusiastic planning committee — was a huge success, raising significant funds and attracting nearly 600 attendees in support of ORT’s critical mission of impacting lives through education. Three generations of families — children, their parents and grandparents, too — had a

fun-filled day at ORT’s carnival, playing games for awesome prizes, enjoying the petting zoo and pony rides, eating carnival treats, getting their faces painted, using fun props at the photo booth, testing their skills at slot car racing and so much more! In addition to the exciting activities, there was one lucky winner of ORT’s $2,500 cash raffle prize, sponsored by 1st Securities Mortgage. Save the date for next year’s event, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF ORT

Co-Chairs Jill Ingber and Lindsey Maddin.

Kids competing at slot car racing for tickets and prizes.

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World ORT Board Member Larry Wolfe and ORT America Board Member Andi Wolfe with their grandson Jackson enjoying the Come ORT and Play fundraiser.

Attendees enjoying the Monster Blast carnival game at Come ORT and Play.

Come ORT and Play attendee enjoying a snow cone.

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Nominations Now Open! Do you know someone making an impact in the community for this special honor?

Nominations for The Detroit Jewish News’ annual 36 under 36 are now open to recognize doers, activists, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, community organizers and other young Jewish professionals reshaping and broadening Metro Detroit’s Jewish community.

Do you know someone who gives of themselves to the community in robust — and often thankless — ways? Someone you admire and aspire to be like? Someone whose accomplishments you want to celebrate?

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JOSH GERSHON OWICZ High School, Jessica Josh Gershonowicz looks forward to attending college is founder and in fall CEO the executive director 2020 and passing of Rebuild Group, position of Sib4Sib a to a part-time profession fast-growing marketing al. Jessica will remain involved agency contribut on the ing In addition to Sib4Sib,board of directors. to the renaissan ce Jessica holds leadership positions of Midtown Detroit. in Teen Volunteer Started in 2012, Corps, the Jewish Rebuild breaks Fund Teen Board the mold on the large agency and Youth United model Interfaith Camp. Sh positioning to campaign — from brand wants to thank e her creation parents, Scot and and implementation. Goldberg, Sammi Judy Josh Shapiro, Max Newman, to create a different and his team set out Barrett Harr, Betty Chu, approach to marketMartha ing and advertisin Goldberg, the Wish g, centered on a and Mall families, culture and of entrepreneurial the entire communi spirit, creative tension, ty for its support curiosity and hustle. on this exciting He has worked journey. igently to focus dilJessica resides in on creating emotiona Farmingt experiences people l on Hills with her family and have as they interact goldendo with brands. He More info at Sib4Sib.or odle, Goldie. said g. next hit neighborh he believes Detroit’s ood will be Milwauke Junction: “The e future home where KIM RUBIN art and technology meet, ” he said. Kim Rubin, 34, A graduate of the of Novi Goldman Sachs is an entrepreneur 10,000 Small Businesse and the sole practition combines his business s program, Josh er of acumen with a Rubin Psycholog personal sense ical of philanthropic Services, specializin duty. His charitable work, g which in behavioral/developDetroit Inc., Hebrew includes Midtown Free Loan and mental pediatrics soring the Boy . Kim Scouts of America sponmoved to Metro ach year, The Well Dodge for Detroit Detroit after Dodgebal and graduating from l Tournament, Jewish News partner the Indiana University underscores his where she earned commitment to her Ph.D. in psychol- , nize young leaders, to recogthe city he calls home. ogy, and Josh is also a real humanitarthe Southern ians, educators estate developer and a , social activists School of Medicine Illinois University Huffington Post and entrepreneurs (Springfield, Ill.), contributor. He was married who are reshaping where she completed her residency and broadening the 18-month-old son. in 2016 and has an Jewish commun . In Springfield, she His favorite Jewish ity in Metro Detroit. volunteered to food is his wife’s start a NFTY youth group, kugel. Nominees submitted which became recby commuognized regionally nity members and nationally for were rapid growth and its impartial volunteer sent to a panel of JESSICA GOLDBER emphasis on performjudges who had G ing mitzvot througho the difficult task At 15, Jessica Goldberg ut 36 names from of choosing only In Michigan, where the community. noticed the lack the list of impressiv she married her of young professio e husband, Mike, support for siblings nals. Kim in Here, meet this the Children’s Center started working at the year’s mental cohort of health and of Wayne County, “36 Under 36” specializin — developmental we admire and the kinds of people disability treatment g in autism assessment and aspire to be, whose communi . In her own ties. So she accomplishments practice, she now helps children and started Sib4Sib, and who we want we want to celebrate adolescents overcome a supsocial, education port network for make their home the world to know al and behaviora individuals who have in l issues. Additionally, she a sibling who struggles If you know these Metro Detroit. mentors younger with mental health individuals, therapists to help them know why they or has cognitive hone their skills were chosen. If you or developmental to help others. haven’t met them you differences. In three yet, you’ll want years, Jessica has built — soon. Kim enjoys involving to Sib4Sib into a thriving her children, community with Reece, Brooks and We asked the honorees four different support Chase, in the Jewish to submit groups (facilitated brief bios. Here community through by licensed profession they are, in no events als), hosted particular order. resources, networkin - The Well, Adat Shalom Synagogu by g, advocacy and social outings — e, Temple Israel and all free of charge. PJ Library. She Jessica serves as has a great core group the executive director of Jewish families and president of who share the same Sib4Sib, a 501(c)3 values, have children nonprofit that has raised will grow up who A senior this year more than $100,000. who don’t together and girlfriends at North Farmingt mind sharing a bottle of on wine. Unbeknown st to many friends,

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MAZEL TOV!

Zev Samuel Gayer, son of Maya and Eric Gayer, became a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. He is the grandchild of Raisa and Vasily Stasyuk, and Susan and Harold Gayer. Zev is a student at Clifford H. Smart Middle School in Commerce Township. As part of his mitzvah project, he volunteered at the Free Fresh Food Pantry at Temple Israel and delivered meals with Yad Ezra in Berkley. Samuel Joseph Gillerman, son of Tamera and Leor Gillerman, became a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2021. He is the grandchild of Rina and Arie Gillerman, and Judi and Jim Lolas. Samuel is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. He volunteered at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills as part of his mitzvah project. Rachel Rautbort Goldstein, daughter of Julie and Andrew Goldstein, became a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. She is the

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grandchild of Leba and Dr. Sanford Rautbort, the late Alice Goldstein and Martin Goldstein. Rachel attends Birmingham Covington School. She raised money for American Cancer Society and Friendship Circle by making and selling tie-dye masks as part of her mitzvah project. Alyssa Kate Greenhut, daughter of Dr. Dana and Dave Greenhut, will become a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. She is the grandchild of Sue and Gerald Hoffman, and Elaine and Kerry Greenhut; great-grandchild of Norma Stoller and Lillian Greenhut. Alyssa is student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of her most meaningful mitzvah project, she volunteered for Building Beds 4 Kids, which distributes beds at absolutely no cost to families in need, including mattresses and bedding. Annabel Sarah Hermann (Sarah Chana), daughter of Lynne Konstantin and Jeffrey Hermann, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. She will be joined in

celebration by her brother, Charlie. Proud grandparents are Sharon and Ronald Hermann. Annabel is also the granddaughter of the late Miriam and the late William Konstantin. Annabel is a student at Berkshire Middle School in Beverly Hills. As part of her community service, Annabel participated in Partnership2Gether, recording herself reading storybooks to help Israeli children learn English. Louis Evan Kowalsky, son of Julie and Jeff Kowalsky, will lead the congregation in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Louie will be joined in celebration by his proud grandmother Rosalind Rogers and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. He is the loving grandchild of the late Edith and Larry Kowalsky, and the late Larry Rogers. Louie is a student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. His most meaningful mitzvah project is volunteering at Jewish Senior Life, leading a weekly trivia game with the residents of Hechtman Apartments. Talia Lior Ossipove, daughter of Adam Ossipove and Julie Marks

and Jason Butki, became a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. She is the grandchild of Arlene and Michael Marks, Judith and Ronald Ossipove, and Margo Butki. Talia attends Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. As part of her mitzvah project experience, she raised funds to donate to Send a Kid to Tamarack. Abraham Asher Rosett, son of Karen and Ryan Rosett, became a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. He is the grandchild of Darlene and Edward Sosnick, Warren Pierce, and Barbara and Robert Rosett; greatgrandchild of Sally Becker. Abe is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of his mitzvah project experience, he volunteers teaching tennis in Detroit. Blake Alivia Rubenfaer, daughter of Lisa and Rick Rubenfaer, will become a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. She is the grandchild of Carol and Ross Fridson, Carol Rubenfaer and Bill Rubenfaer. Blake is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. For

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her mitzvah project, she raised funds for Love Never Ends the Alexa Rose Weiss Foundation, which helps families affected by pediatric brain tumors and childhood cancers. Callie Nan Weinbaum, daughter of Karen and Brandon Weinbaum, became a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday,

Oct. 16, 2021. She is the grandchild of Esther and Neal Zalenko, and Sheila Weinbaum and James Prenzlauer. Callie is a student at Norup International School in Oak Park. She has been volunteering with a dog care facility to learn about working with dogs as part of her mitzvah project.

leanor Rafal, a resident at Hechtman Apts. II in West Bloomfield, recently celebrated her 95th birthday at a family picnic with her children, stepchildren, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Family came from around the country to honor this very special woman.

HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th. For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@thejewishnews.com or (248) 351-5147 for information or for a mailed or emailed copy of guidelines.

SPIRIT

TORAH PORTION

Societal Power

ne of the central lessons of the past 18 months has been that positive societal outcomes can only be achieved through systemic, collective effort. While individual efforts may have a direct positive impact on individual lives, achieving a positive outcome for society is only possible when each individual acts in the best interest of society, and not just himself. In Vayera, we find a story which confirms this lesson: The choices we make as individuals have limited power if not reflected by society. Among the many moments of Abraham’s life captured in this portion, in the negotiation over and subsequent destruction of Sodom and Gemorah, we find a story which tragically confirms society’s power over the actions of any individual.

Leibovitch quotes the After delivering their mesMidrashic collection of Pirkei sage about the future arrival of D’Rabbi Eliezer, which emphaIsaac to Sarah, the two angels sizes this very question. The leave Abraham’s house and Midrash states, “They travel to Sodom, where issued a proclamation they are greeted at the in Sodom, saying: gates by Abraham’s nephEveryone who strengthew, Lot. Lot’s eager hospiens the hand of the poor tality to the angels stands and the needy with a in stark contrast to the loaf of bread shall be anticipated wickedness of Rebecca burnt by fire!” the city. Because Lot and Strobehn Leibovitch explains his family are only four, that Sodom’s wickedness Sodom will fall short of Parshat Vayera: was not just a reflection the 10 righteous people Genesis of the evil deeds comneeded to secure its sal18:1-22:24; II mitted by each citizen, vation, assuming more righteous citizens are not Kings 4;1-37. but of the way that somehow discovered. cruelty and indifference The question of the nature of were enshrined into the very Sodom’s wickedness permeates laws of the city. Sodom systemthis narrative. Could any place atically limited the ways its cititruly be so pervasively wicked zens could care for each other. as to deserve such complete Values of empathy, kindness, altruism and care for the destruction? vulnerable can only come to In a commentary, Nechama

define a society if those values are woven systematically into the very fabric of that society. Lot’s generous actions, however well intentioned, were not nearly enough to save a city intent on stamping out generosity, even after Abraham’s tenacious negotiating. The citizens of Sodom were irredeemable because they allowed their very system to become rotten, and that system had to be destroyed. We have the power to act together, each day, to embed our highest values and best inclinations into the very fabric of our society. That is what differentiates us from Sodom and makes us worthy of second chances in the face of our mistakes and imperfections. Rebecca Strobehn teaches Jewish Studies at the Frankel Jewish Academy. OCTOBER 21 • 2021

SPIRIT

Synagogue Directory CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Farmington Hills (248) 851-5100 adatshalom.org

Temple B’nai Shalom Benton Harbor (269) 925-8021 tbnaishalom.org

Ahavas Israel Grand Rapids (616) 949-2840 ahavasisraelgr.org

INDEPENDENT Grosse Pointe Jewish Council Grosse Pointe Woods (313) 882-6700 thegpjc.com

Congregation Beth Ahm West Bloomfield (248) 851-6880 cbahm.org Congregation Beth Israel Flint (810) 732-6310 cbiflint.org Congregation Beth Shalom Oak Park (248) 547-7970 congbethshalom.org Beth Tephilath Moses Mt. Clemens (586) 996-3138 bethtephilathmoses.com B’nai Israel Synagogue West Bloomfield (248) 432-2729 bnaiisraelwb.org Congregation B’nai Moshe West Bloomfield (248) 788-0600 bnaimoshe.org Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue Detroit (313) 962-4047 downtownsynagogue.org Congregation of Moses Kalamazoo congregationofmoses.org Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield (248) 357-5544 shaareyzedek.org

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Kehillat Hatzhav Hagadol Mackinac Island (906) 202-9959 mackinacsynagogue.org

Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah Southfield (248) 559-5022 Birmingham-Bloomfield Shul Birmingham (248) 996-5818 bbchai.org B’nai Israel-Beth Yehudah Oak Park (248) 967-3969 bi-by.org B’nai Zion Oak Park (248) 968-2414

ORTHODOX Agudas Israel Mogen Abraham Southfield (248) 552-5711 aymadetroit.org

Chabad House-Lubavitch of Eastern Michigan Flint (810) 230-0770 chabad.org

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Ahavas Yisroel Oak Park (248) 298-2896 Learntorah.info Aish Hatorah in the Woods Oak Park (248) 327-3579 Aishdetroit.com Bais Chabad of Farmington Hills (248) 855-2910 chabad.org Bais Chabad of North Oak Park (248) 872-8878 chabad.org Bais Haknesses Hagrah Oak Park (248) 542-8737 Balfour Shul – K’Hal Rina U’Tefila Oak Park (732) 693-8457

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Etz Chayim of Toledo Toledo, OH (419) 473-2401 Etzchayimtoledo.org First Hebrew Congregation South Haven (269) 637-1603 firsthebrewcongregation.org Kehillat Etz Chayim Huntington Woods etzchayim-detroit.org Kollel Institute of Greater Detroit Oak Park (248) 968-1891 kollel@kolleldetroit.org Mishkan Israel, Nusach H’ari, Lubavitch Center Oak Park (248) 542-4844 theyeshiva.org Ohel Moed Shomrey Emunah West Bloomfield (248) 737-2626 ohelmoed.org Or Chadash Oak Park (248) 819-1721 or-chadash.org Sara & Morris Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center of West Bloomfield (248) 855-6170 baischabad.com Shaar Hashomayim Windsor (519) 256-3123

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Dovid Ben Nuchim-Aish Kodesh Oak Park (313) 320-9400 dbndetroit.org

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Temple Israel West Bloomfield (248) 661-5700 temple-israel.org

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Temple Kol Ami West Bloomfield (248) 661-0040 tkolami.org

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Congregation Shaarey Zedek East Lansing (517) 351-3570 shaareyzedek.com

Young Israel of Southfield (248) 358-0154 yisouthfield.org

Temple Beth Israel Bay City (989) 893-7811 tbi-mich.org

Temple Shir Shalom West Bloomfield (248) 737-8700 shirshalom.org

RECONSTRUCTIONIST Congregation Kehillat Israel Lansing (517) 882-0049 kehillatisrael.net

Temple Beth Israel Jackson (517) 784-3862 tbijackson.org

Yagdil Torah Southfield (248) 559-5905 Young Israel of Oak Park (248) 967-3655 yiop.org

Congregation T’chiyah Ferndale (248) 823-7115 tchiyah.org Reconstructionist Congregation of Detroit (313) 567-0306 reconstructingjudiasm.org REFORM Bet Chaverim Canton (734) 480-8880 betchaverim@yahoo.com Temple Benjamin Mt. Pleasant (989) 773-5086 templebenjamin.com

Congregation Beth Shalom Traverse City 231-946-1913 beth-shalom-tc.org Temple Beth Sholom Marquette tbsmqt.org Temple B’nai Israel Kalamazoo (269) 342-9170 Templebnaiisrael.com Temple B’nai Israel Petoskey (231) 489-8269 templebnaiisraelofpetoskey.org Temple Emanuel Grand Rapids (616) 459-5976 grtemple.org

REFORM/RENEWAL Congregation Shir Tikvah Troy (248) 649-4418 shirtikvah.org SECULAR/HUMANISTIC Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit Farmington Hills (248) 477-1410 chj-detroit.org Sholem Aleichem Institute Lathrup Village (240 865-0117 secularsaimichigan.org SEPHARDIC Keter Torah Synagogue West Bloomfield (248) 681-3665 rabbisasson.wixsite.com/keter

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CONSERVATIVE Beth Israel Congregation (734) 665-9897 @BethIsraelCongregation ORTHODOX Ann Arbor Chabad House (734) 995-3276 jewmich.com Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan annarborminyan.org RECONSTRUCTIONIST Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation (734) 445-1910 aarecon.org REFORM Temple Beth Emeth (734) 665-4744 templebethemeth.org RENEWAL Pardes Hanah pardeshanah.org SECULAR HUMANISTIC Jewish Cultural Society (734) 975-9872 jewishculturalsociety.org Please email factual corrections or additional synagogues to list to: smanello@thejewishnews.com.

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SPIRIT

A WORD OF TORAH

here is a mystery at the heart of Jewish existence, engraved into the first syllables of our recorded time. The first words of God to Abraham were: “Go out from your land, your birthplace, and your father’s house … And I will make you a great nation …” In the next chapter, there is another promise: “I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, so shall your offspring be counted.” Two chapters later comes a third: “God took him outside and said, ‘Look at the heavens and count the stars — if indeed you can count them.’ Rabbi Then He said to him, ‘So Jonathan shall your children be.’” Sacks Finally, the fourth: “Your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.” Four escalating promises: Abraham would be the father of a great nation, as many as the dust of the earth and the stars of the sky. He would be the father not of one nation but of many. What, though, was the reality? Early in the story, we read that Abraham was “very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.” He had everything except one thing — a child. Then God appeared to Abraham and said, “Your reward will be very great.” Until now, Abraham had been silent. Now, something within him breaks, and he asks: “O Lord God, what will you give me if I remain childless?” The first recorded words of Abraham to God are a plea for there to be future generations. The first Jew feared he would be the last. Then a child is born. Sarah gives Abraham her handmaid Hagar, hoping that she will give him a child. She gives birth to a son whose name is Ishmael, meaning “God has heard.” Abraham’s prayer has been answered, or so we think. But in the next chapter, that hope is destroyed. Yes, says God, Ishmael will be blessed. He will be the father of 12 princes and a great nation. But he is not the child of Jewish destiny, and one day Abraham will have to part from him.

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The Miracle of the Child This pains Abraham deeply. He pleads: “If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing.” Later, when Sarah drives Ishmael away, we read that “This distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.” Nonetheless, the decree remains. God insists that Abraham will have a son by Sarah. Both laugh. How can it be? They are old. Sarah is post-menopausal. Yet against possibility, the son is born. His name is Isaac, meaning “laughter.” Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.” Finally, the story seems to have a happy ending. After all the promises and prayers, Abraham and Sarah at last have a child. Then come the words which, in all the intervening centuries, have not lost their power to shock: After these things, God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will show you.”

Abraham takes his son, travels for three days, climbs the mountain, prepares the wood, ties his son, takes the knife and raises his hand. Then a voice is heard from heaven: “Do not lay a hand on the boy.” The trial is over. Isaac lives. WHY THE LONG WAIT? Why all the promises and disappointments? Why the hope so often raised, so often unfulfilled? Why delay? Why Ishmael? Why the binding? Why put Abraham and Sarah through the agony of thinking that the son for whom they have waited for so long is about to die? There are many answers in our tradition, but one transcends all others. We cherish what we wait for and what we most risk losing. Life is full of wonders. The birth of a child is a miracle. Yet, precisely because these things are natural, we take them for granted, forgetting that nature has an architect, and history an author. Judaism is a sustained discipline in not taking life for granted. We were the people born in slavery so that we would value freedom. We were the nation always small, so that we would know that strength does not lie in numbers but in the faith that

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begets courage. Our ancestors walked through the valley of the shadow of death, so that we could never forget the sanctity of life. Throughout history, Jews were called on to value children. Our entire value system is built on it. Our citadels are schools, our passion, education, and our greatest heroes, teachers. The seder service on Pesach can only begin with questions asked by a child. On the first day of the New Year, we read not about the creation of the universe but about the birth of a child — Isaac to Sarah, Samuel to Hannah. Ours is a supremely child-centered faith. That is why, at the dawn of Jewish time, God put Abraham and Sarah through these trials — the long wait, the unmet hope, the binding itself — so that neither they

nor their descendants would ever take children for granted. Every child is a miracle. Being a parent is the closest we get to God — bringing life into being through an act of love. Today, when too many children live in poverty and illiteracy, dying for lack of medical attention because those who rule nations are focused on fighting the battles of the past rather than shaping a safe future, it is a lesson the world has not yet learned. For the sake of humanity, it must, for the tragedy is vast and the hour is late. The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks served as the chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, 1991-2013. His teachings have been made available to all at rabbisacks.org. This essay was written in 2016.

JVS Program for Workers Ages 45+ JVS Human Services is starting a new Recharge! virtual career development program for mature workers wanting to reinvent their working lives and find a fresh professional path. The Recharge! program will provide tools for participants to reconnect with their skills and interests, refresh their professional image and personal brand, restore belief in themselves during life transition and review the local job market. Recharge! is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon, from Oct. 26 until Nov. 18. Sherrie James, career counselor for JVS Human Services, said that mature workers continue to look for novel ways to make themselves attractive to employers, with many now preferring to work remotely because

of safety concerns regarding COVID-19. Many are also excited to try new careers. “There are challenges, but we are here to help navigate any obstacles and help our participants explore new options,” said James. “Sometimes people need to do some real soul-searching, for example, if they have been unemployed for some time and they don’t have the necessary abilities for a position. However, we can point participants in the right direction for getting skills, such as computer training, that could make their dreams a reality.” The program requires registration and $40 material fees, although financial hardship will not be a barrier to taking part. To register, email sjames@ jvshumanservices.org or call (248) 233-4472. OCTOBER 21 • 2021

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TOP: Work by Jeff Ham RIGHT: “Curse Blessing” by Chrys Bonnay Lewis

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fter being closed for 19 months, and briefly open for appointment-only visits in October and November of 2020, JCC’s Janice Charach Gallery is finally reopening its doors to the public for good. Since 1990, the gallery has been a home for Jewish artists and exhibitions and beyond. The 5,000-square-foot gallery at the

“delecTable” Jewish Community • Janice Charach Gallery at the JCC Center of • Opening reception: 1-4 p.m. Metropolitan Detroit • Sunday, Oct. 24 in West Bloomfield • Free is celebrating the reopening with a ing COVID-19 pandemic. new exhibit, “delecTable.” Partnering with the Michigan Beginning Oct. 24 and Ceramic Arts Association to remaining on display through put on the show, Janice Charach Dec. 9, the all-ceramic juried Gallery’s “delecTable” exhibit tableware show will feature the will include a mix of traditional works of 40 Michigan-based ceramic art and ceramic art artists. that pushes the boundaries of The theme of the exhibit: the norm. Some works, Kaatz What can be found on a explains, will be wheel-thrown, plate, a question that can be while others will be giant sculpanswered in many creative tural pieces made of porcelain, ways. “This show will show- some of them neon colors. Every item in the exhibit will case the best ceramic be for sale. “Probably half of work in Michigan,” the artists do art fairs and show explains gallery director their work all around Michigan Kelly Kaatz. It’s a show and the Midwest,” Kaatz says. more important than “But some of the artists in the ever, she says, as local artshow haven’t made much in the ists haven’t had a chance to showcase their work in nearly last couple of years, so this show two years because of the ongoreally pushed them to create a

ABOVE: “Graffiti” by Kris Cravens LEFT: “Woman Platter” by Beth Ogden BELOW LEFT: Three organizers of the show from the Michigan Ceramic Arts Association, Peter Fritz, Mary Fritz and Jim Adair, work on getting the show set up. BELOW: “Praise Platter” by David Velez Felix

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new body of work.” There are also two Jewish artists in the exhibit: Alice Ham, a ceramic artist known for her colorful, modern work, and Carole Berhorst, a veteran ceramic artist who specializes in functional pottery. To launch the exhibit, Janice Charach Gallery will host an opening reception on Oct. 24 that’s free to the public. Most of the artists participating in the exhibit, who are also small business owners, will be in attendance, giving guests a chance to support local creatives. Following the reception, the gallery will be open Sunday through Tuesday, or by appointment. “delecTable” will feature about 350 pieces of pottery, including a table set up in the middle of the gallery space decorated with 34 place settings made by participating artists — something previously never done. Janice Charach Gallery is

Weekly Headlines Delivered to Your Inbox. also revamping its gallery shop, turning it into a space to feature a select group of local artists that will rotate out with every new exhibition. After more than a yearand-a-half of being closed, Kaatz says the gallery is finally comfortable enough to operate shows in a COVID-safe and socially distanced way. “We had this exhibition penciled in since probably February,” Kaatz says, who explains that the gallery was working on bringing it to life for nearly eight months. “We decided around March or April to just move forward with it, and we felt that we could do it in a safe way.”

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Halloween Silent horror film The Golem is brought back to life as a reimagined episodic series. ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

or 100 years, German silent horror film The Golem: How He Came Into the World has captivated audiences. The 1920 release, directed by Paul Wegener, takes viewers on a journey through 16th-century Prague, where a rabbi creates a giant clay creature brought to life by sorcery. The Golem’s role: to save Prague’s Jewish community from persecution, a theme relevant for millennia. As a longtime staple of classic horror and Jewish film culture, The Golem is being brought back to life by Reboot, an arts and culture nonprofit that reimagines and recreates Jewish traditions. Its latest endeavor sees the New York-based organization splitting The Golem into an episodic series complete with new film scores, commentary as it takes on its legacy. The new film scores, which will include the music of Detroit-based artist Gretchen Davidson, combine the work of numerous renowned musicians and members of bands such as the Flaming Lips and Los Lobos, among others. “The Golem is an amazing confluence around an important moment in cinematic horror films as well as a quintessential Jewish story,” explains David Katznelson, Reboot CEO, “that has woven its way into the fabric of this bigger story

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TOP: Torri Yates-Orr and John K. Butcher will host each of the eight episodes. BOTTOM: Screenshots from the broadast, which will feature scenes from the original film.

around monsters that we tell and retell through film.” Often hailed as the “Jewish Frankenstein,” The Golem has long been considered as an inspiration for the 1931 Boris Karloff Frankenstein film. It’s also helped create one of the most well-known Jewish fables about the occult that continues to be passed down to generations today. To mark the film’s 100th anniversary of its theatrical release (which played in theaters in 1921, a year after its creation), the new Golem reboot will be available for streaming Oct. 28 on Reboot’s website, just in time for Halloween weekend. It’s what Katznelson calls “a real Jewish story.” “There are themes about the occult, ghosts, Jewish history and how Hollywood sees the Jews,” Katznelson says of the classic film, which will be split into eight separate episodes. “We see this idea of creation in the past as our Torah talks about it, but we also see it in the modern world.” Each of the eight episodes will take a deep dive into The Golem previously unseen in the original film. Packed with expert commentary, new music and history about the film’s 100 years of influence, the episodes will take on a documentary-like feel while playing the original cuts.

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and enhance their mental abilities. Everybody wants “spice” despite the difficulties in obtaining it. Dune has played several film festivals and has already opened in many other countries. Reviews are mainly positive, but a fairly large group of respected critics gave it a mild thumbs-down. Also opening on Oct. 22 is Dispatch, a comedy with three different plotlines. These plotlines are all connected to the closing of a French newspaper’s Kansas office. Directed and written by the “quirky” Wes Anderson, the cast includes Timothee Chalamet (again), Adrien Brody, 48, and French actor Matthieu Amalric, 55.

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A POTENT SPICE, A COMEDY, A SLASHER, OPIATES & GOOP Dune opens in theaters Oct. 22. The film will also be released on HBO Max Oct. 22 and stream for 30 days. Dune is based on a 1965 sci-fi novel of the same name by the late Frank Herbert that became a favorite of hippies and “New Agers” and still has something of a cult following. It is a difficult novel to adapt for the screen. In 1973, Chilean-French director/writer Alejandro Jodorowsky, now 92, had a top-notch film cast lined up, but the potential costs soared and the movie was scrapped. In 1984, David Lynch made a film based on Dune, also called Dune, and it became the biggest critical and financial flop of his career. The new Dune stars Timothee Chalamet, 25, as the overseer of a dry, very inhospitable planet with a valuable natural product, called “spice.” Spice can increase a user’s lifetime

Timothee Chalamet in two films.

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CATCHING UP I neglected to mention Halloween Kills in my last column. It opened Oct. 15 and, no doubt, will be in theaters until Halloween. It also began streaming on Paramount+ Oct. 15. Kills is the 12th Halloween film made since the original 1978 film. The original co-starred Jamie Lee Curtis, now 62. She also co-starred in three “direct” sequels to the first film. Halloween Kills is the second film in a planned threefilm “reboot” of the slasher franchise. The reboot pretends that nine films in which killer Michael Myers seemed to die, and somehow survived, were never made. The reboot began with Halloween, a 2018 film co-starring Curtis. In this retelling, Myers was in a mental asylum from 1978 to

2018. After his release, he went back to his bad ways. At the end of the 2018 film, Myers is trapped in a burning house. In Kills, we learn Myers survived the fire and Laura Strode (Curtis) organizes a mob to finally, for sure, kill him. The supporting cast includes Dylan Arnold, 27, and Kyle Richards, 52. Arnold’s first big role was in the 2018 Halloween film. In both pics, he plays Cameron Elam, boyfriend of Strode’s granddaughter, Alyson. Richards appeared in the 1978 Halloween movie as Lindsey, a child Strode babysat, and she plays Lindsey again in Kills. Richards had a “middling” acting career that virtually ended in 2006. However, she became much more famous when she began appearing in the reality show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (2010-present). She married “high-end” realtor Mauricio Umansky in 1994 and converted to Modern Orthodox Judaism. Umanksy was born in Mexico and raised in the States. His mother, Estella Snieder, 71, a popular Mexican TV psychologist, frequently appears on Real Housewives. Here’s another catch-up item: Dopesick, an eight-episode Hulu mini-series, began streaming Oct. 13. It focuses on the victims of the Oxycontin opiate addiction plague and, oy, the role of the (Jewish) Sackler family. The Sacklers are now notorious as the former owners of Purdue Pharma, the company that developed, marketed and “pushed” Oxycontin.

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Michael Stuhlbarg, 53, co-stars as Richard Sackler, 76, the former head of Purdue Pharma. GWYNETH’S GOOP Most of you have probably heard about the “touchyfeely/New Age” products on the pricey Goop website. The frequently satirized Goop company is the creation of Gwyneth Paltrow, 49. In 2020, Goop expanded to documentaries, with Paltrow hosting a six-part series (Goop Lab) which covered such topics as energy healing, anti-aging and psychedelic drugs. There were many complaints that the series contained a lot of medical misinformation. On Oct. 21, the six-part documentary Sex, Love & Goop starts streaming on Netflix. Paltrow hosts reallife couples as they explore their bodies and try to enhance their relationships with a focus on understanding how people experience pleasure differently. The couples are aided by several sex and relationship experts.

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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES SHOW 10 AM-6 PM, OCT 22 (Also 9am-4 pm, Oct. 23) At Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 1100 Lone Pine Road, Bloomfield Hills. All proceeds to benefit Elli’s House, a 501c3 organization that provides services for survivors of human trafficking in Detroit. Tickets are $12 each and can be purchased at the door. For more info, visit bloomfieldcross.org/ antiqueshow or call (248) 646-5886. HEARTS & STARS GALA 6-10 PM, OCT. 22 Variety, the Children’s Charity of Detroit, will honor volunteer Lois Shaevsky at the organization’s annual gala at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham. Info: 248258-5511. BULLYING PREVENTION 5:45-7 PM, OCT. 25 A Beautiful Me, an area nonprofit focused on providing guidance and mentorship and fostering self-esteem for females of all ages, is offering free anti-cyber bullying workshops for girls sixth through 12th grade and their parents. The events will take place Oct. 25 and be repeated on Oct. 28 at the Macomb MSU Extension Center. The interactive workshops will utilize music and storytelling, examining dynamics related to cyber bullying while offering preventive tools and tips and coping mechanisms

designed to instill life skills and confidence. Interested parents and their children can register for this free event at ABeautifulMe.com. JEWISH WOMEN ARTISTS 7 PM, OCT. 26 Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah presents “Above Rubies: Jewish Woman Artists.” Register by Oct. 24 at hadassahmidwest. org/RooseveltArt. There is an $18 event fee. Wendy Evans, art historian, will illuminate the art and lives of Jewish women artists from the 17th century through present day. Questions? Contact Hadassah Midwest at midwest@hadassah.org or call 248-683-5030. BOOK TALK 7:30 PM, OCT. 26 Through the courtesy of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, hear an online discussion with Sabeeha Rehman and Walter Ruby. They will talk about their book We Refuse to Be Enemies, a manifesto that offers experience and guidance on the rise of intolerance, bigotry and white nationalism in the United States. Registration info: jtsa.edu/event/we-refuseto-be-enemies/. VIRTUAL PANEL SET 7 PM, OCT. 27 National Council of Jewish Women and the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan will present “Hate is Hate: We Are All At Risk.” Panelists will discuss the effects

that hate-motivated behavior has had on their communities and propose constructive ways that all of us, working together, can empower our communities to fight back. This program is free and open to the public. Registration is required at NCJWMI.org. ‘PILLOWTALK’ 7-8:30 PM, OCT. 27 Temple Beth El Sisterhood will host a virtual presentation, “Life Lessons from a Sex Therapist.” Award-winning author and certified sex therapist (and TBE member) Stefani Goerlich will share some of her experiences working with individuals, partners and families around issues related to gender, sexuality and relationships. For info and Zoom link: tbeonline.org. MICRO MEET-UP 5 PM, OCT 28 At Franklin Cider Mill, 48301 Franklin Drive, Franklin. The Well will host this meet-up to get to know some new friends in the neighborhood. This event is for those residing in Woodward Corridor suburbs. Partners or friends from other neighborhoods are welcome. Due to the generosity of donors, there is no cost to attend but advance registration is required. Cider and donuts on The Well, additional purchases on you. Register: meetyouatthewell.org/ calendar/micro-woodward.

FUNDRAISER 7-8:15 PM, OCT. 28 The Senior and Caregiver Resource Network will host the Zoom presentation titled “Bringing the Soul to Life” with medium Lori Lipten. Cost: $38. Proceeds will provide emergency assistance for older adults served by Jewish Family Service. For tickets: SACRN.org/event or call 888-458-0667.

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COMEDY NIGHT 7 PM, OCT. 28 Comedian Seth Front will discuss “Culinary History of the Jewish Delicatessen Based on His Jewish Zodiac.” Register by Oct. 26. $10 event fee. Info: contact Hadassah Greater Detroit at greaterdetroit@ hadassah.org or 248683-5030. Register at hadassahmidwest.org/ PittsburghComedian. JET PRODUCTION NOV. 4-28 JET Theatre will present Same Time, Next Year. In 1951, at a small California inn, George and Doris have an affair. Instead of continued on page 52 OCTOBER 21 • 2021

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writing it off as a one-night stand, the lovers agree to meet at the inn once a year — every year. This classic romantic comedy is about love, intimacy and marriage. Ticket info: 248788-2900. FALL FIX UP NOV. 7 Jewish Family Service will hold this outdoor, family-friendly volunteer event. Help rake leaves and winterize homes (outdoor only) of older adults served by Jewish Family Service. To register, visit jfsdetroit.

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ith the rainfall of late, my mind has been on flooding throughout history, whether the Biblical flood or simply the instances in the last 60 years when I-94 was underwater at the next “500-year flood event” that hapChef Aaron pened far fewer Egan than 500 years ago. And, of course, my mind turns to food, and to fish, because the rivers running in the gutters on the streets in my neighborhood might as well be running with fish for how deep they can get. As someone with food allergies, though, I don’t eat actual fish. I’ve got a weird fake fish made from tofu in my freezer that I keep meaning to do … something … with, and I’ve made dishes that might normally use seafood without those ingredients, doing my best to create a similar flavor result. Here, however, I have a recipe inspired by one in an

older cookbook gifted to me by a good friend: The Spice and Spirit of Kosher Jewish Cooking. Published by Chabad in 1977. It’s very much a crash course in running a Jewish home for a young woman who’s married into a more religious situation than she was familiar with, or who didn’t have a bubbie to teach her the old ways and thus is a little lost on how to cook for Shabbos. The cookbook contains a wide variety of recipes and ranges from very culinarily complicated to the occasional onion soup packet and cream of mushroom soup-based dishes, with a lot falling somewhere in the strange space in between. As a dish to use leftover cooked chicken, there’s a recipe for mock fish; it very closely resembles how you might make gefilte fish both in flavor profile and method. Why not adapt this to use a non-meat base and create something tasty? This looks like a lot from the ingredients, but it’s very simple and uses a lot of things from the garden.

TVP “MOCK FISH” Ingredients 1 ¾ cups TVP (textured vegetable protein), rehydrated with 1⅓ cups vegetable stock or water 1 cup carrot, grated (about 1 larger carrot) 1 cup yellow onion, grated, juices drained off and reserved (roughly one 3-4-inch onion, maybe less) 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 egg ½ cup matzo meal, plus more if needed ½ Tbsp. kosher salt 1 tsp. fresh ground black pepper 1 tsp. sugar (optional, use if you’re a Galicianer, who likes it sweeter) 1 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped, rinsed, and wrung out (save the stems!) Cooking Liquid: 3 qts. water 2 carrots, chopped 1 large yellow onion, quartered 1 stalk celery 1 green pepper 4 cloves garlic, smashed the saved stems from the parsley 1-2 stems fresh dill 1 tsp black peppercorns 2 Tbsp. salt 1 Tbsp. sugar (again for the Galicianers only) Directions: Rehydrate the TVP and set aside. Chop the parsley well, wrap it tightly in a tea towel or cloth napkin, and rinse it under cold water, wringing it out occasionally. Give it one final good wring to get all the liquid and extra chlorophyll out and set aside. Place the water and all the ingredients for the cooking liquid, save for the salt and sugar, in a large, wide pot. Bring to a boil, and when it’s beginning to roll, add the salt and sugar. (This will save your pots from pitting under an intense concentration of salt.) While the water (now a “court bouillon” of sorts)

is heating, turn your attention back to the mock fish. Combine the TVP, grated carrot and onion, minced garlic, egg, matzo meal, salt, pepper, sugar and parsley in a bowl and mix well until combined evenly. Dose in a little of the onion juice as you mix to make sure the flavors permeate; pour the rest of the juices into the poaching liquid. If it’s too loose of a mixture to handle, add a bit more matzo meal. If it’s too stiff, add a little water or onion juice. Reduce the poaching liquid to a simmer. Form the “mock fish” mixture into patties about the size of your palm, pressing firmly to pack the ingredients together. Slip these patties into the poaching liquid as you make them and work quickly to make sure they’re all cooking roughly at the same rate. Poach, covered, for 15-20 minutes, or until the balls float and are cooked through. It may take longer depending on your stove; turn periodically with a slotted spoon to ensure even cooking. Serve with horseradish, mustard, broths, matzo balls, pumpernickel, etc., hot or cold, to your preference. If you’re keeping the mock fish in your fridge, you should indeed store it in a little bit of the liquid that it was cooked in, much like matzo balls … or gefilte fish, though it won’t make a jelly quite the same. The cookbook would probably suggest you pour a can of tomato sauce over these. I’d more likely use them in a soup, stew or broth bowl type situation, or make a creamy, lightly acidic sauce to work with the TVP funk and the strong onion flavor you’re bringing to the table. Experiment and figure out what tastes good to you. OCTOBER 21 • 2021

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(Bruce Kramer); loving grandfather of Alec, Lindsey, Kyra, Kyle, Hannah, Sander, Levi, Emily and Lyle; proud great-grandfather of Eleanor (aka Nori — the absolute best medicine). Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, 1169 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, nkfm.org/get-involved/ giving. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. HELENE DAVIDSON, 60, of Farmington Hills, died Oct. 11, 2021. She is survived by her beloved husband, Martin Davidson; her daughters and son-in-law, Jennifer and Brian Davidson, and Laura Davidson; mother, Diane Keene; brother and sister-in-law, David and Kate Klein; stepfather Irving’s children, John Keene, Patty (Bill) Sheeran and Bill (Jennifer) Keene; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Nancy Lewis and Julie (Brian) Papo; aunts and uncles, Steve (Peggy) Cohen, Linda Cohen and Betty (Louis) Chernoff; loving nieces and nephews, Marla (Mike Koenigsberg) and Jaymie Lewis, Amanda and Josh Papo, Ben and Gabe Klein, Jason, Sam and Matt Sheeran, Dustin and Josie Keene, Julia and Avery Keene, and Hannah Cohen; many other family members, friends and her team of wonderful caregivers. Mrs. Davidson was the daughter of the late Dr. Marvin Klein; daughter-

in-law of the late Paul and Florence Davidson; stepdaughter of the late Irving Keene. Contributions may be made to ALS of Michigan or ALS Center of Excellence at Michigan Medical. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. DR. SHERWOOD “WOODY” FRIEDMAN, 77, of Scottsdale, Ariz., passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 5, 2021. Woody was born on Jan. 26, 1944, to Lawrence (Wally) and Irene Friedman in Detroit. After graduating from the Riverside Military Academy in 1962, he went on to study biology and psychology at the University of Michigan. He earned his post-graduate degree from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (Midwestern Medical School). He devoted his professional career to practicing internal medicine for more than four decades. In 1965, Woody met his wife of 53 years, Beverly, at the University of Michigan. They raised two sons, Mark and Daniel, in the suburbs of Detroit. In 2009, Woody retired from his daily practice and spent time teaching medicine at Midwestern University in Arizona, playing tennis, swimming, socializing and helping with his two beloved grandsons, Jonah and Eli. Woody will be missed by his loving family and many close friends. Woody was predeceased by his father, Lawrence, and mother, Irene. He is survived by his mom, Shirley Friedman; wife, Beverly

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DR. EARL J. RUDNER, 88, West Bloomfield, died Oct. 10, 2021. He is survived by his beloved wife, Bonnie Brenner; sons, Dr. Glen Rudner and Steven Rudner; sister and brother-inlaw, Eleanor and Dr. Burton Greenberg; grandchildren, Alyssa Rudner, Chase Rudner; Bonnie’s children, Dr. Holly (Daniel) Gross, Melissa (Mark) Mandel, Andrew Brenner; their children, Samantha, Benjamin, Jacob, Allie, Julian, Thaylen, Tiffin and Paloma; his brother-inlaw, Jeffrey (Sheri) Weiss; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Dr. Rudner was the husband

of the late Gloria Rudner; brother of the late Lawrence Rudner. Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions may be made to Higher Hopes, Hospice of Michigan or the Dr. Sheldon Brenner Fund at Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. MANIA SALINGER, 97, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 12, 2021. She was born in Radom, Poland, where she lived with her parents, Shaindel and Tuvia Tenenbaum, her sister Rella

and her brother Jacob. Mania remembered her childhood as very happy, filled with family, friends and close neighbors. All of this ended abruptly when the Germans invaded Poland in 1939. She survived the Holocaust but lost nearly her whole family. After her liberation, she met and married a Jewish American soldier, Martin Salinger, in Bad Nauheim, Germany. They moved to Detroit, where they raised their family and built a successful business, Salinger Electric Co. Mania spent more than 25 years as a volunteer speaker at the Holocaust Memorial Center. The stories she told focused on the importance of finding courage and

persevering in the face of hardship. The hundreds of letters and emails she received from those who heard her speak and read her memoir are a testament to the impact she had. Mania was the cherished wife of the late Martin Salinger and the late Mickey Hern; the dear sister of the late Rella Wizenberg. She was the beloved mother of Susan Jacobstein, Joan Salinger and Debbie Salinger (Jonathan Falk); devoted grandmother of David Jacobstein (Eleonora Ibrani), Marni Falk and Eli Falk; adoring great-grandmother of Leila and Rina Jacobstein. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to the Holocaust Memorial Center, Mania Salinger Education Fund, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334, holocaustcenter. org; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. FREDA SCHRAM, 72, died Oct. 10, 2021, in Brighton, Mich. She is survived by her daughter, Lori Schram; partner of 15 years, Gerry Brisson; sisterin-law, Clarice; niece, Shalu; nephew, Jon Zuger; many loving family members and friends. Mrs. Schram was the beloved daughter of the late Bernard and Florence Zuger; sister of the late Stanley Zuger. A memorial service was held with family.

INA STEVENS, 81, beloved mother and Camp Walden director, passed away July 24, 2021, at her home in Fort Worth, Texas. She was a nearly lifelong Detroiter, graduating from Mackenzie High School and only moving in 2017 to be nearer to family. After earning a teaching degree from Wayne State University, Ina began a lifelong career working with children. She met Walden co-founder Larry Stevens in 1963 and they were married in 1964. Ina joined Larry as a Walden director in the early ’90s; prior to that she taught elementary school, founded the Walden Spa & Fitness Camp and studied landscape architecture. Ina’s legacy will include the lasting impact she had on Walden campers and staff, whom she lovingly and patiently embraced as part of the camp family. Her graceful spirit will forever imbue the woods of Walden. Mrs. Stevens is survived by daughters, Rachel Stevens of Austin, Texas; and Elizabeth Stevens (Scott Ruthart); grandson, Max Ruthart of Fort Worth; brother, Russ Sheh (Kathy) of Stockton, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Larry; parents, James and Nakie Sheh; sister, Edith Sheh; niece, Adrienne Agay. An online memorial service will begin at noon Eastern, on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, (a link will be provided on Facebook). Contributions may be made to the American Camp Association or an organization of your choice.

DR. RICHARD SWARTZ, 75, of Ann Arbor, died Oct. 11, 2021. He was a professor emeritus of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Swartz is survived by his loving wife, June Swartz; his brothers and sisterin-law, Michel and Shelly Denes, Irving Swartz; sister, Ellen Rosenthal; sons and daughters-in-law, Vaughn and Kelley Swartz, and Samuel and Jori Swartz; grandchildren, Alexandra, Andrew and Ari; and stepgrandchildren, Liam, Ellen and Karen Boyle. Interment was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to the Swartz Scholarship Fund at the National Kidney Foundation, the Food Gatherers, the Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County, to Temple Beth Emeth in Ann Arbor or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. SYLVIA WEINMANN, 97, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 13, 2021. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Marvin and Milli Lehrman of Willits, Calif.; brother-in-law, Norman Atkins. Mrs. Weinmann was the beloved wife of the late Hans Weinmann; loving sister and sister-in-law of the late Charlotte and the late Norman Atkins. Contributions may be made to Betty and Samuel Lehrman Scholarship Fund at Shaarey Zedek, 27375

Bell Road, Southfield, MI 48034; Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; or to a charity of one’s choice. A graveside service was held at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. JOHN ZIMMER, of Huntington Woods, died Sept. 22, 2021. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Norine; Sally Zimmer, his former wife and mother of his children; children, Stanley Zimmer, Kimberly and Richard Gonzalez, David and Missy Sillman, and Amy and Dr. Michael Allon; adoring grandchildren, Zane, Alex and Emily Gonzalez, Lauren and Jeremy Woodard, Jennifer Allon, Dr. Steven and Catherine Allon, and Teagrin and Rob Ford; brothers, David and Tommy Zimmer; sister, Sheryl Warner; many loving nieces and nephews and friends; his loving companion, Benny, the ever so faithful companion who took John on his multiple daily walks and who was with him in his final moments. Contributions may be made to the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit, 28611 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334, 248-477-1410.

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Looking Back

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

‘The Last Guys to Let You Down’

ne of the fun things about the William Davidson Digital Archive of Detroit Jewish History is that, while searching for one subject, I find interesting articles on another topic. Case in point: “The Last Guys to Let You Down” in the July 29, 1994, issue of JN. The “Last Guys to Let You Down” is a tongue-in-cheek reference to our local Jewish funeral directors. They are indeed the last guys to actually “let you down” when the time Mike Smith comes. Alene and Before revealing the enterGraham Landau Archivist Chair taining content of the article, perhaps I might start with a little bit about the three funeral homes or chapels in Metro Detroit that serve the Jewish community: Hebrew Memorial Chapel, Ira Kaufman Chapel and Dorfman Chapel. The Hebrew Memorial Chapel is the oldest of the three, incorporated in 1916. The catalyst was the burial of a homeless Jew in Detroit’s “potters’ field,” or the city’s cemetery for the poor. Shlomo Sandwiess called together a group of 10 people who formed the Hebrew Free Burial Association, a nonprofit funeral home. The chapel is still nonprofit. It has been in Oak Park since 1964. Rabbi Boruch E. Levin has been executive director since 1986. In 1941, Ira Kaufman established the Ira Kaufman Chapel at Dexter and Edison. It moved to its location in Southfield in 1961. Ira’s son, Herb, then began to work at the chapel. David Techner worked at the chapel when he was in high school. He became a licensed funeral director in 1974. Today his son, and Ira’s great-grandson, Chad, is part of the team with Herb and David. The last of the trilogy is the Dorfman Chapel, established in 2001 by Alan Dorfman. After working at the Hebrew Memorial Chapel for 20 years, Dorfman

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began the Alan H. Dorfman Funeral Direction, which focused on graveside services, in 1991. His son, Jonathan, is now co-owner of the chapel. Now, about the “The Last Guys to Let You Down.” In the article, funeral directors relate stories about doing their absolute best to “meet the many — often strange — requests of grieving families.” Per the article, Halachah mandates that there should be no fancy jewelry or Otto Dube and Rabbi Boruch Levin clothes for the deceased, but it does of Hebrew Memorial Chapel not expressly forbid inclusion of other items. David Techner discussed a late husband’s wife request to have his cell phone buried with him since he was never without it. Rabbi Boruch Levin and his funeral director recalled having walkie-talkies placed with the deceased. Alan Dorfman has been asked to include cigarettes (“He loved to smoke”) and decks of cards. It should also be noted that all three chapels regularly perform mitzvahs above and beyond holding funerals. For example, the Kaufman Chapel helped bury unclaimed bodies from the Wayne ). Hebrew County Morgue (June 5, 2014, JN). Memorial partnered with BBYO to hold “Driving to Distraction,” an event to educate teenagers about the dangers of texting while driving (Nov. 6, 2011, JN). The Dorfman Chapel opened a non-denominational bereavement library for Detroiters after 9-11 (Dec. 12, 2001, JN). I hope it’s a long time before I am, ahh, let’s say, the ‘guest of honor’ at a funeral. But, it is good to know that Detroit has great funeral chapels to let me down easy. Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org

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