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Feeling Grateful During a Pandemic

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hanksgiving is going to be very different this year, and it’s pretty disappointing. There’s a part of my brain that makes me want to stomp my foot like a little kid and wail, “But I don’t want this.” Meanwhile the grown-up part of my brain is trying to rationalize: “Well, that’s life.

Rochel Everyone’s in the Burstyn same boat, so Contributing Writer suck it up and stop crying … and, here, have a cookie.”

So now, the only thing that’s really changed is that I don’t fit into any of my clothes.

Unfortunately, the reality is: This stinks! We liked the world better before coronavirus. We liked seeing people smile and we liked hugging people and eating out and not having to be vigilant about washing our hands. We liked going to simchahs and theater and to the gym and learning or working in person. We miss the days when we’d never heard of Zoom, had no idea what PPE stood for, and scoffed at the very idea of

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ever willingly submitting our nostril so that someone could try to scrape our brains through it with a knitting needle.

But with COVID cases on the rise, and the fear and uncertainty of the unknown yet again on our doorstop, it can be easy to fall into a bottomless pit, like the little kid who can’t see anything other than what he doesn’t have. There are still things to be grateful for these days, we just have to work a little harder to find them. For example: • The usual: Family. Friends.

Food (especially cookies).

Online shopping. Next-day delivery. Clothes. A roof over our heads. Frontline workers.

Teachers. Heat. Employment.

Love. Peace. Joy. Chocolate.

Technology. And people who won’t judge me for not listing them in any kind of order …

• No one really enjoys wearing a mask, but it can be kind of nice not having to worry if your breath smells.

• There’s something very nurturing about getting your temperature checked — it can conjure warm childhood memories. So yes, it might feel super

weird that strangers at the bank or doctor’s offices are checking your temp; but if you’re allowed to venture inside, it means you’ve cleared a health hurdle … And these days that’s nothing to sneeze at.

• Have you ever stepped inside someone’s house and been told, “Please excuse my mess,” but, as far as you can see, it’s perfectly tidy, kind of intimidatingly perfect and a far cry from your own “lived-in” look?

Well, the good news is, thanks to social distancing, those people aren’t coming over to my place any time soon.

• Super grateful that the elections are behind us (even though it doesn’t really feel that way). I’m grateful that all those texts, calls and pounds of junk mail telling me and all the previous home owners who to vote for have stopped.

• The cold — it has some perks. Now it’s I-can-drinkthe-water-I-left-in-the-carovernight season!

• While things keep changing, and the unknown is scary … at least we’re still here, and at least we’re not turkeys!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving On Thanksgiving a shaynem dahnk we’ll say Far alle gutte zakhn, nisht ein, nisht tzvay.

Far shayninke kinderlakh Far ingalakh un maydalakh And alle gutte zakhn that come your way.

shaynem dahnk: a nice thank you Far alle gutte zakhn, nisht ein, nisht tzvay: For all good things, not one, not two Far shayninke kinderlakh: For beautiful kids Far ingalakh un maydalakh: For little boys and girls Alle gotte zakhn: all good things.

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Launching a Nonprofit in a Pandemic

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unning a nonprofit during a pandemic is a challenge. Launching a nonprofit during a pandemic is a whole other story.

But before we get there, let me back up.

In June 2019, I launched the Detroit Writing Stephanie Steinberg Room, a writing and event space for book talks, writing workshops, open-mic nights and more in Downtown Detroit. We also have a team of 30 professional writing, photography and design coaches who help people with everything from books and screenplays, to resumes, websites and podcasts.

The coaches are top authors, journalists, photographers and designers in the city.

When I opened the DWR

doors, I knew I wanted to give Detroit youth opportunities to learn from the coaches and gain mentors in fields they may be interested in pursuing. So, a few months after starting the business, I created a nonprofit arm with the mission of offering free summer camps, workshops and after-school programs for Detroit high school students.

We received the official 501(c) (3) status for Coaching Detroit Forward last fall.

I spent the entire winter writing grants to fund a photography and journalism camp. We were a brand new nonprofit with only a concept to show, but we had veteran journalists like former Detroit News columnist Laura Berman, former Crain’s publisher and White House correspondent Ron Fournier, and Bill Vlasic and Bob Goetz, both formerly

of the New York Times, on our coaching team. Our photography coaches shoot for ESPN, the Wall Street Journal and Time. I knew we could create a magical experience for youth to learn all about writing, photography and storytelling, and use those skills to tell stories about their communities.

A dozen grant applications

later (who was counting?), I got a call on March 4 that the Fisher Foundation was excited to fund our camp and help us launch Coaching Detroit Forward. The grant would allow us to buy 10 laptops and 10 professional cameras for the students to use, plus cover all expenses. The coaches and I were on cloud nine as we put plans in motion. Six days later, the first reported coronavirus cases hit Michigan. It was my 30th birthday, and I had no idea the champagne cocktail I sipped in celebration of all to come would be my last drink at a bar in 2020.

Overnight, my plans were put in jeopardy. But I wasn’t about to let COVID-19 destroy an opportunity for Detroit teens. So, the coaches and I pivoted, and we launched summer camps on Zoom. By making the expericontinued on page 12

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A “COVID Hell” Call to Action

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hat America has to understand is that we are about to enter COVID hell. The next three or four months are going to be, by far, the darkest of the pandemic.”

If these words were spoken Mark Jacobs by someone who lacked true expertise (like, say, a politician), then we could easily dismiss the words as coming from an uninformed source with a personal agenda. But this prediction is from Dr. Michael Osterholm, one of the foremost epidemiol-

ogists in the world, who is currently the director of the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and who was recently named to President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Task Force.

Since the early days of the pandemic, Dr. Osterholm has been an apolitical and sober voice who accurately foresaw the steady and dire spread of the virus.

Soon it’ll be a year since this nightmare came into our lives.

How much time have we wasted debating the severity of it or how it originated or deflecting responsibility for dealing with it?

Those days must be over. This

virus doesn’t care about political spin; it just wants to spread, and it does like a wildfire. It is, as Dr. Anthony Fauci has said, “brilliantly contagious.” Recent reports of an anticipated vaccination are encouraging, but even the developers of the vaccines don’t see widespread use until the spring, at best.

So it appears we’re in a holding pattern this winter, anxiously awaiting some Big Pharma company to come to our rescue. But waiting cannot mean sitting back and doing nothing. We cannot afford to be mere observers to this crisis. There is much that we can and should be doing to help each other out. Indeed, it is our

fundamental responsibility to do so, both as good citizens and as Jews. The Jewish concept of tikkun olam — to “repair” or “heal” the world — compels us to jump into action during this crucial phase of this virus.

Over the course of the impending harsh winter, there are many options available to us.

Here are just a few: • We can make a conscious effort to come to the aid of small businesses, many of whom have been decimated by this virus, particularly the restaurant industry. We can support our local restaurants this winter by making a point to regularly patronize them, if not with inside dining, continued on page 12

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ence virtual, we could open up the journalism camp to high school students who joined in from Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and even as far as Bermuda (two girls vacationing actually chose to learn about writing over going to the beach!). We also had many students from Oakland and Washtenaw counties participate.

We would have rather spent the afternoons together in person, but it was an amazing opportunity to connect Detroit teens with youth across the country. While they may see different views outside their bedroom windows, they shared a common experience: being a teen during a summer full of protests, a pandemic and uncertainty.

When you read their stories, you get a glimpse into their daily lives, thoughts and what they care about. And let me emphasize, they care immensely.

Whether it’s the impact of the

virus on teen mental health or what their peers are doing to contribute to the Black Lives Matter movement, or how the restaurants and businesses in their communities are faring at this time — the students all chose their own stories and topics to write about to spread awareness and truth.

For the photography camp, my husband, Jake, and I spent one Sunday afternoon delivering laptops and cameras to teens in Detroit. As we criss-crossed the city — hitting Midtown, Redford, Grandmont, Russell Woods, Parkland, Regent Park and the outskirts of Grosse Pointe — I truly felt the vastness of the city’s 139 square miles. Perhaps being virtual was one saving grace; we could reach these students wherever they were.

Transportation would not be an issue.

But the virtual aspect came with its own challenges. Not all students have access to high-

speed internet, for one. But we made it work as photography coach Sacred Overstreet-Amos taught the students about ISO and shutter speed and troubleshooted camera questions from her Zoom window. The second week, we paired two to three students at a time to go on distanced photo walks around Detroit with a guest photography coach. Design coach Michelle Sheridan (a JN designer) met the students on Zoom to look through their photos and narrow down their favorites to publish in a print magazine. When I saw their final selections, I was stunned. They took what they learned on Zoom to heart, applying the rule of thirds and capturing leading lines. But more importantly, the photos represented a historic moment in time and told the story of their experience this summer.

I’m thankful to all the coaches who got creative with virtual lessons and the Fisher Foundation for believing in us (and letting

us pivot in unimaginable ways).

While we weren’t able to connect in person as intended, I know Coaching Detroit Forward accomplished its goal when a Detroit photography student sent me an email upon receiving his copy of Perspectives Magazine: “Reading some of the articles made me feel a part of a huge community and realize that the Detroit youth is something special from what they view us as. Thank you for accepting me into the program and for making me love photography even more ... Due to you guys, I won’t ever consider dropping a camera ever in life even if I find myself not pursuing it as a career.”

This summer was a challenge, no doubt. But I’m grateful for the perspectives I gained and opportunity to let teens share theirs.

the Jewish community. We can volunteer our time, money and supplies to their worthy efforts, which will be especially needed in the coming months.

• We can contact the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, who can direct us to a host of organizations that need volunteers and supplies during this critical time. Jewish Family Service, the National Council of Jewish Women, Jewish Senior Life and Yad Ezra, in particular, have been busy providing food to vulnerable populations, particularly seniors. The Meals on Wheels program has been especially challenged, as it dealt with an influx of people needing meal deliveries because caretak-

ers were uncomfortable going to the store.

• We can donate blood to the American Red Cross, which, during the pandemic, is now testing for COVID-19 antibodies and helping coronavirus patients with plasma transfusions.

• We can help our schools — which have been stretched to the limits by the virus — by supporting DonorsChoose (DonorsChoose.org), a leading national funding site for teachers in high-need communities. The site publishes specific requests from teachers, who lately have been pleading for personal protective equipment to “keep our students and staff safe.”

Obviously, these are just some examples of ways we can help.

There is an endless list of other things that we may do. But the important thing is to recognize the harsh reality: This virus is out of control and a hellish winter of suffering for countless people is just around the corner.

Each of us has a vital role here. If there was ever a time to step up and help your community, this is it.

Read the students’ stories at www. detroitwritingroom.com/2020-summer-journalism-camp-stories and view their photos at www.coachingdetroitforward.org/2020-photography-camp.

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• We can step up our support for our local synagogues and temples. Many congregation members are struggling to pay their dues during the pandemic, so those that can do so should consider paying early to help the places that do so much for us. Most synagogues and temples have boosted their social action programs to help during the pandemic, in and out of

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Last Aliyah at Iron Mountain

PHOTOS COURTESY OF ANSHE KNESSETH ISRAEL FORMER MEMBERS

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As tiny Jewish community dwindles, historic U.P. shul finally shuts its doors.

JENNIFER LOVY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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or more than a century, the Jews of Iron Mountain gathered and worshiped at a small but previously vibrant congregation in the western portion of the Upper Peninsula. The remarkable history of this shul, called Anshe Knesseth Israel, came to an end earlier this year when board members made the difficult decision to close the synagogue and sell the property.

With less than a half-dozen known practicing Jews in the area, and no real income to pay the utility bills, it was no longer viable to have a congregation in this former mining town.

The synagogue’s closure leaves two remaining congregations in the Upper Peninsula, one in Marquette, and the other in Houghton. A third congregation in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, attracts members from across the river in and around Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

Although no one from Iron Mountain was surprised to see the synagogue wind down, former congregants expressed sadness about the conclusion of a significant piece of Jewish history in the Upper Peninsula.

“It’s sad to see your childhood synagogue close, but we knew it was going to happen. There’s no longer a Jewish community in Iron Mountain,” said Wendy Russman-Halperin. Her family moved there in 1961 from Miami when her father, a physician, accepted a job there with the local V.A. hospital. She was in third grade at the time.

Following her graduation in 1971, Russman-Halperin left Iron Mountain to attended Brandeis University. One of the reasons she chose the Massachusetts school was to further explore her religion.

There, she wrote a paper on the history of the Jews of Iron Mountain, based on interviews

conducted with five generations of Jewish residents. In 2009, it was published by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan.

At the time of publication, the Jewish community had dwindled to 10 residents.

“We were raised to leave Iron Mountain. There’s no way it could survive,” said Jeffrey Kushner, 65, a cardiologist now living in Madison, Wis. “Any sadness I’ve experienced is more about the people than the actual building. It was a tight Jewish community with approximately 15 to 20 families. When I think about the synagogue, I remember all the families and the specific places where everyone sat for services.”

Kushner was born in Iron Mountain in 1955 and graduated high school with former NFL coach Steve Mariucci and current Michigan State University basketball coach Tom Izzo. He left his homecontinued on page 16

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TOP: The shul resembles a house on the corner. ABOVE LEFT: The shul’s interior. ABOVE MIDDLE: A close-up view of the bimah. ABOVE RIGHT: The original building was a church.

“WE WERE RAISED TO LEAVE IRON MOUNTAIN. THERE’S NO WAY IT COULD SURVIVE.” — JEFFREY KUSHNER

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Susan Cohodes’ father Ben Cohodes and her Uncle Morris Cohodes.

“IT’S SAD TO SEE YOUR CHILDHOOD SYNAGOGUE CLOSE, BUT WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.” — WENDY RUSSMAN-HALPERIN

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town to attend college at the University of Michigan. Like so many Iron Mountain teens, he did not move back. His mother was the last family member there, and she left in 1990 following Kushner’s father’s death.

The last time Kushner saw the inside of his former synagogue was seven years ago when he attended a family reunion with about 40 relatives. Many of those in attendance were descendants of Sam Rusky, a peddler and one of the first Jewish settlers in Iron Mountain. He was also Kushner’s great-grandfather.

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sits unassumingly on a neighborhood street corner. They spent the time reminiscing and rediscovering familial dedication plaques and other artifacts which flooded their conversations with an abundance of memories.

Aside from the Star of David located above the front door, it would be easy to ignore the 100-plus-year-old congregation.

The simple white rectangular building, which looks more like a house than a place of worship, had a history of members pondering its long-term viability.

As far back as the late 1930s, the Jewish population began to decline and congregants wondered what the future would bring.

In the 1940s, membership

consisted of approximately 20 devoted families. At that time, services only occurred during the High Holidays, if there was a yahrtzeit or on the rare occasion of a bar mitzvah. A full-time rabbi was no longer necessary. Men and women were now sitting together, and the balcony, once reserved for women, converted into a storage room. Esahe mikvah had been removed.

In the 1950s, while there were still enough men for a minyan, it was sometimes an effort to assemble one. Although Anshe Knesseth Israel was never affiliated with a movement, services became Reform in the 1970s so women could be counted in the requisite prayer quorum.

High Holiday services were

almost entirely in Hebrew, and “incomprehensible,” according to Jim Zacks, a retired professor, now living in Okemos. They occurred under the leadership of a visiting rabbi or someone knowledgeable enough to lead the congregation in prayer.

Zacks lived in Iron Mountain for 18 years, from the time he was born in 1941 until 1959 when he left to attend Harvard University. Despite going to services he didn’t understand, Zacks has fond memories of Sunday school plays, holiday celebrations and his bar mitzvah. He recalls with particular fondness being in Sunday school and learning about the creation of the State of Israel.

“My childhood experiences in the congregation; it was a warm feeling. It felt like something special was going on.

Even when I was too young to understand what it was all about,” said Zacks.

COMMON ANCESTOR When describing her memories, Susan Cohodes expressed similar sentiments about the synagogue and its recent sale. Cohodes, 59, is the third generation of her family who lived in Iron Mountain, starting with her grandfather, a Lithuanian peddler who settled there around the late 1890s. At the time she lived there, her family comprised the majority of Jewish residents. Only three families in the congregation were not related to the Cohodes.

“At first, I was saddened by the news, but then I thought I’m not moving back there, and there’s no longer a Jewish community,” said Cohodes. She was glad to learn the building would be put to good use by a nonprofit organization that runs 12-step programs and that synagogue artifacts, including the Torah, are being used in other congregations.

One of the Torahs was sold to a scribe who then sold it to a small synagogue in Joliet, Ill. The money from the sale was used to repay a debt owed to a former congregant.

The scribe estimated the Torah age to be approximately 150 years old, from Eastern Europe. There is no evidence in the shul’s records how the Torah got to Iron Mountain.

Anshe Knesseth Israel board members later asked the Joliet congregation if it wanted anything else from the Iron Mountain synagogue. So on a sunny but cold day in early January of this year, Zacks loaded two large, ornate bimah chairs, two floor menorah lamps, the congregation’s eternal light, and various other synagogue relics into his minivan and made the five-plus-hour drive to Joliet.

The Torah that went to Illinois was quite possibly the same one Zacks read from during his bar mitzvah. Bar mitzvahs were special occasions in Iron Mountain. With a few exceptions, the services almost always occurred in June because it was the only time they could get a rabbi to make the 100-mile drive from Green Bay, Wis., to Iron Mountain to officiate the service.

While studying for their bar mitzvahs, the boys had to be driven to Green Bay twice a month to learn their Torah portions. The two-hour drive each way was especially grueling during the winter. And, tutoring sessions needed to be scheduled around the Green Bay Packers football schedule to avoid gameday traffic.

Except for RussmanHalpern, who lobbied to participate in the rite of passage, there were no bat mitzvahs in the synagogue. Cohodes, an attorney now living in Seattle, said that she participated in an adult b’nai mitzvah 14 years

ago because she missed the opportunity as a teen.

SMALL-TOWN JEWISH LIFE In September, during an online event hosted by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, Zacks, Russman-Halpern, and two others shared their memories of Anshe Knesseth Israel and discussed Jewish life in Iron Mountain.

mary public identity. I think my parents were assimilationists.

Their goal was to blend in. You couldn’t live primarily within the Jewish community because the community wasn’t large enough.”

These Iron Mountain residents reported mild antisemitism incidents or, in some situations, what they would consider simple ignorance. For example,

sometimes called each other kikes. It was uncomfortable, and I got in a few fights over it,” recalled Kushner, stating that the boys had it a little rougher than the girls.

A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON In the 1890s, at least 30 Jewish families found their way to Iron Mountain. Most were Eastern European immigrants who came to the United States to escape antisemitism. They initially settled in Chicago and Milwaukee where they worked as peddlers and frequently made trips north to sell their goods to the miners and lumberjacks in the Upper Peninsula. Ultimately, they would bring their families to live in Iron Mountain, a town located in the western part of the U.P., 200 miles from the Mackinac Bridge.

All of these families Jim Zacks, congregation president were Orthodox. They kept Rachel Solom and Rose Zacks as kosher and held regular they prepared to transport the minyans in a room they Torahs to a scribe in Illinois. rented above one of the downtown stores. One of the more observant men in town served as the shochet, allowing Iron Mountain residents to obtain kosher meat without traveling long distances.

At one point, a second minyan was formed with the idea of holding less-religious services.

However, within a few years, the two minyans reunited, leaving — RACHEL SOLOM the community with one congregation and two Torahs.

Participants said they are frewhen Russman-Halpern By 1908, the decision was quently asked what it was like brought matzah to school for made to establish a formal conto be Jewish and live in a rural lunch during Passover, classgregation. No one alive today area, under the assumption it mates thought it was “made knows why they called it Anshe could be a more antisemitic from the blood of Christ.”

Knesseth Israel. At first, they environment.

Being Jewish wasn’t somegathered in a bank building but “As far as I could tell, Jews thing Kushner thought much purchased a Swedish Methodist were viewed as positive conabout until high school. He church and established what tributors to the community. So, always felt there wasn’t much would become the shul’s permait was never something to be of a difference between him nent home. hidden. It just wasn’t a salient and his peers, except he didn’t Having only bought the part of life,” said Zacks. “Early celebrate Christmas. “In high building and not the land, conon, I realized I was Jewish, but I school, there were times when gregants found a desirable piece didn’t view it as part of my priit got a little rougher. People of property and moved the con-

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gregation to a building where they added a balcony to allow for separate woman’s seating.

They moved the bimah to the center of the congregation, as was customary in many Eastern European synagogues. A large mikvah was built in the basement. Some of the construction workers referred to it as the swimming pool at the Jewish Church.

TOP: One of the artifacts the shul sold to a congregation in Illinois.

MIDDLE: A Torah scribe in Illinois examines the Torah. BOTTOM: More of the shul’s artifacts.

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ONE OF THE LAST RESIDENTS Rachel Solom is 66 years old.

She left Iron Mountain to attend the University of Michigan in 1972 but returned in 2004 to help care for her ailing mother.

Family and property management responsibilities kept her there. Although her relatives have since passed away or moved, Solom said she’s reconnected to her hometown and maintains a strong connection to the area.

She’s one of a handful of Jewish residents left in the area and does what she can to maintain a Jewish life. In Iron Mountain, she served as the most recent president of Anshe Knesseth Israel.

She participates in a Sabbath

potluck with Seventh Day Adventist friends who also observe Saturday as the Sabbath. Another Jewish resident typically builds a sukkah.

Solom also participates in events organized by L’Dor v’Dor Northern Michigan Jewish Women Rural Leadership Consortium. She’s also starting to get involved in the Holocaust education program offered in the local school system.

When Solom attends services, she travels 80 miles to Marquette, the closest functioning synagogue location.

“There is a sense of isolation, and it is more difficult here because there is not the community to celebrate the holidays and Shabbat. There aren’t opportunities to talk about Jewish topics and philosophy or participate in Jewish learning,” she said.

THE SHUL VS. THE CITY In early September, those serving as synagogue board members filed a lawsuit against the City of Iron Mountain and a handful of city officials. The previous year, the city assessor had concluded the synagogue building was no longer being used as a house of public worship, and therefore revoked its tax-exempt status. The suit, filed in federal district court, alleges that the assessor had entered the synagogue illegally.

Zacks said the assessor got a key from the real estate company that was listing the property.

The synagogue argues that despite the infrequency of religious services, the building was used exclusively as a house of public worship.

Even when there were so few

congregants that services all but ceased, board meetings continued to occur in the synagogue, and the congregation’s Torahs and other ritual items remained onsite. The building, they said, was never used for non-religious purposes.

The complaint further alleges that the city didn’t give proper notice of the revocation of the congregation’s tax-exempt status.

Jim Zacks said they eventually learned that notice was sent to a former board member who died 23 years ago. He maintains that the city could have easily given proper notice by contacting one of the named property sellers or by informing the board president who always appears at city hall to pay the congregation’s water bill.

In January, Board President Rachel Solom went to pay the water bill and was informed of the change in tax status, but it was too late to appeal the decision.

Zacks said they tried to resolve the matter but were not successful. City Manager Jordan Stanchina declined to comment on the lawsuit, except to say, “We will work through the process and see how it settles out.”

Solom was philosophical about the fate of her century-old congregation.

“I’m getting a sense of closure and the passage of time and realizing that the life of a Jewish community in a small town can have a beginning, middle and an end,” she said.

“I think it’s possible there could be a Jewish community here again, but it’s something I don’t foresee in the near future.”

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Sen. Carl Levin, Winnie Krieger and Aaron Krieger at the entrance of their old school holding one of their old Durfee yearbooks

Here’s to Durfee Jewish alumni are invited to reunion celebrating their former school.

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he nonprofit Life Remodeled works to transform Detroit communities in need. It’s headquartered in the Durfee Innovation Society (DIS), formerly Durfee Elementary-Middle School on the campus of Central High School in Detroit.

Life Remodeled, celebrating its 10th anniversary, has turned this historic location into a hub of innovation and a force for good, housing more than 30 organizations that collaborate with each other and students and commu-

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nity leaders to foster much needed educational improvement, workforce growth and entrepreneurial opportunities.

Life Remodeled recently received a $100,000 grant from the Jewish Fund to create space for local students to come together. The space (Durfee’s former locker rooms) will feature an arcade, tutoring and homework help as well as pop-up educational and social programming for the K-12 students next door.

Some of the old lockers and even hair dryers from the girls’ locker room have

been repurposed into different features within the the space, which will also have four commercial washing machines and dryers for students to use (a lack of access to clean clothes is a significant contributor to the high Detroit truancy rates).

To mark the occasion of its 10th anniversary, Life Remodeled is hosting a free Virtual Celebration 7-8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 3, featuring Isiah Thomas, Gabrielle Union, the Detroit Youth Choir and more.

Register at eventbrite.com/e/ life-remodeleds-10-year-anniversary-celebration-tickets-122414582311.

Jen Friedman has been COO of Life Remodeled since July.

Her father-in-law is a Durfee alumnus who still feels sentimental about his old school.

“This is an opportunity for people to support a special place in their lives and make it sustainable, both for the future and for local students to enjoy now,” she said.

CALLING JEWISH ALUMNI The Jewish community has long held ties to Durfee. In the 1940s50s, the student population at Durfee was made up of a large Jewish contingent who grew up in the close-knit neighborhood surrounding the school. Though these former students and their families migrated to the suburbs over time, they still have a love for Durfee. Many of them, now in their 70s, 80s and 90s, still reside in Metro Detroit and have remained lifelong friends.

Winnie Krieger, who graduated in 1949, and her husband, Aaron, of Farmington Hills, met at Durfee (although they didn’t “get together” until high school, she said). “I made wonderful friends at Durfee, who are still my friends today,” she said. “There were a lot of Jewish kids, and I think we felt at home there. There was a strong sense of togetherness. And we received

a wonderful education — something we didn’t always recognize at the time.”

As senior citizens, Jewish alumni of Durfee are among the most vulnerable during the pandemic and have been isolated, many on lockdown/quarantine and alone at home with minimal interactions with family or friends since March. To help ease that isolation, organizers of the Life Remodeled Celebration are planning a special “To Life, To Life Remodeled!” free virtual reunion event to bring together Durfee’s Jewish alumni. It will be held 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, immediately prior to the Life Remodeled 10-year anniversary virtual event and will be hosted

by Friedman.

Often, older people have a hard time getting places, and many were unable to attend last year’s event that celebrated the opening of the newest Metro Detroit Youth Clubs (MDYC) named after former Sen. Carl Levin, former Congressman Sander Levin and Jim Comer, Detroit philanthropist and founder of Comer Holdings LLC to be housed within the DIS. Anyone with a phone or computer can attend, Friedman said. She encourages attendees to participate at “Show & Tell” with old photos, Durfee yearbooks and memorabilia. Attendees will also learn how the nonprofit has breathed “new life” into their alma mater and is positively impacting their former Detroit neighborhood.

“It is an opportunity for people to reconnect to that special place and reconnect with one another,” Friedman said.

To attend the alumni event, which starts one hour before the celebration event, register at https://liferemodeled.com/ durfeealumni. Interested Durfee alumni can also call Brooke Adams at Life Remodeled at (313) 444-2897 or email her at brooke@liferemodeled.com.

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he upcoming Thanksgiving weekend marks one full year since I last hugged my kids and grandkids as they ended a visit with us and left for home in New Jersey.

Though each of our three children and their families live in different states, we visit one another a few times a year and gather in Michigan for short, hectic, extended-family Passover and Sukkot holidays and in a neutral city for an annual summer vacation.

But the one and only time we squeeze all 17 of us into our home for three days of just us is Thanksgiving.

But this year, COVID has canceled our regularly scheduled noisy, hugging reunion.

The 10 cousins — including those from Florida and even those who live around the corner from us — who typically pile into as few bedrooms as possible so more of them can

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be together, will sleep in their own beds. They will not bound for the kitchen on Thanksgiving morning, jam together on fewer chairs than kids — some in clever Turkey Trot outfits, others in football jerseys ready for the traditional “dads and big kids” trip to the Lions game.

They will not create a new “Friday-through-Shabbat-and into Sunday” memory of talking sports, holding Monopoly showdowns, doing a 1,000-piece puzzle that no one is allowed to move all weekend, building red Solo cup pyramids and reading in front of the fireplace, a site of awe for the Florida bunch.

Last year’s tearful goodbye hugs and the promise that we would all be together a few months later at their cousin’s long-planned wedding was wretchedly broken. The postponed wedding date came and went, as did Passover, our annual family trip and all the fall Jewish holidays. And suddenly,

Hugs we are back where we started, still holding onto those year-old hugs, grasping for everything that keeps us thankful.

Like many, our family has been though the gamut of frustration, anxiety and personal sadness during the pandemic.

Health issues and concerns notwithstanding, being apart from our children and grandchildren has been the most trying. But with each disappointment we have been able to reach for reasons of gratitude.

This Thanksgiving, I am grateful to the creators of each and every novel way that allows us to see and hear anyone and everyone who has been relegated to a space I can’t get to. That includes the devices and programs for sharing my Thanksgiving menu and recipes with my kids, and especially to the FaceTime people for designing a way for our children and grandchildren to “be together” on the holiday. Our plan is for all of us to spend the day together, all day, each in our own homes, cooking together and watching the parade and Lions game together. We will eat the same meal at the same

time, beginning with little hot dog appetizers straight through to the only non-homemade menu item, Bake Station seven-layer-cake, shipped to New Jersey and hand-delivered to our Florida kids by local, traveling friends.

SURPRISINGLY MUCH TO DO Focusing on what we’ve missed is useless, disheartening and depressing. I am uplifted by the remarkable, innovative discoveries that allow us to celebrate and to just be together. In the past months, our family has been able to Zoom and stream multiple birthday parties, a wedding, a bar mitzvah, two brisses, a bridal shower, extended-family holiday gatherings and school programs with our grandchildren. And, in June, we were part of a caravan of cars in a drive-by welcome home when a close family member was discharged from a months-long hospital stay after recovering from COVID. Through the magic of something called Vidhug, my mom’s 90th birthday party turned into a series of compiled video

wishes from friends and family, viewed over and over and over again. We held a group family-game night and were able to hear our 6-year-old grandson read to us through FaceTime, while we followed along with an online version of the same book.

Trivially, I am grateful that the closing of area gyms allowed me to shop for shoes — albeit walking shoes — for the first time in six months so I could take my exercise regime outside where another perk has been to meet new neighbors and their seemingly unendingly multiplying brood of dogs.

I am gladdened to know our niece is teaching herself to play violin and another has turned her furniture building talent into an actual business.

I am heartened at the thought of several of our friends’ adult expat children moving home when their cities shut down and their jobs shifted to online, one of whom delivered a Michiganborn baby during the pandemic.

I am grateful for online religious connections through synagogues, webinars and inspirational articles about coping and survival; and for being able to attend our kids’ summer sports games and for the guy referred to as the “sergeant at arms,” who walked among the players and fans offering masks and separating the groups with his 6-foot-pole.

I am thankful for the incentive of my parents to get up each day, get dressed, make the bed and do something organized and constructive. I am both thankful and baffled by the sheer excitement of leaving the house to do anything from Kroger pickup to Yad Ezra volunteer deliveries.

TIME TO BOND Less scheduling brings more

time for connecting.

Our kids created a family WhatsApp group through which we can all participate, and in the absence of fall youth sports and play dates, Grandma and Papa joyfully have become a regular after-school activity through FaceTime, Google Hangouts and Facebook’s Kids Messenger.

I am grateful for newfound time with just me, with my hus-

1930s, and sorting through their old photos and memorabilia, including an envelope my dad tried to gift me that held a curl from my first haircut.

Locally, I am grateful to have witnessed our greatniece become a bat mitzvah in Temple Israel’s outdoor sanctuary and to dance the hora at the lakefront wedding of our niece and nephew, in a circle of guests each connected by a 6-foot-long

Jake and Ari Schon of West Bloomfield/Huntington Woods, Zevi Beneson of Passaic, N.J. and Noam Dorfman of Boca Raton, Fla., ready for the Thanksgiving Day Lions game in 2015.

“THIS IS NOT THE THANKSGIVING ANY OF US EXPECTED, BUT IT’S THE ONE THAT WILL MAKE FOREVER-MEMORIES. SOMEDAY WE’LL SAY, ‘REMEMBER THE YEAR WHEN WE ALL HAD THANKSGIVING DINNER APART — BUT TOGETHER?’” — SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN band and with our local children and my mom and dad, all of whom we see only when the weather permits outdoor meetings. The visits have allowed for one-on-one talks with the kids and treasured stories from my parents — like hearing how my soft-spoken, learned rabbi-grandfather enjoyed watching boxing matches through a storefront bar window in the

crocheted, fabric chain.

I am immensely thankful for vicarious memories of our grandson’s bar mitzvah that travel and health concerns prevented us from attending in New Jersey this past summer.

I am beyond appreciative for the week’s worth of photos and stories and the videos of a balloon-filled, musical, drive-by party and the recorded surprise

arrival of our Michigan daughter and her children as the only out-of-town bar mitzvah guests.

I am grateful to have participated in a four-generation Zoom celebration and for the mindseye visual of a young man being called to the Torah between a swing set and a vegetable garden in a decorated backyard, makeshift synagogue.

Right about now, my internal clock may not know what day it is, but it knows it’s time to prepare for Thanksgiving — in its new and unprecedented form.

We won’t be inflating air mattresses and digging out the folding chairs and remote-control battery-operated “looks like the real thing but safe for kids” candles. But we will still unpack the ceramic pilgrim salt and pepper shakers and kid-constructed, feathered-turkey decorations from years’ past. We will set our smallest table, with its laptop-centerpiece angled to view the tables of our far-distanced family, who will do the same.

Today I am grateful that I have something meaningful to look forward to and to laugh at, as my kids try to figure out my “some of the directions and measurements are in my head” recipes, send funny Thanksgiving memes and respond to the picture I took of an actual live turkey perched in a shopping cart at my corner Kroger.

This is not the Thanksgiving any of us expected, but it’s the one that will make forever-memories. Someday we’ll say, “Remember the year when we all had Thanksgiving dinner apart — but together?”

I’ll deeply miss our in-person gathering this year, but I know the hugs aren’t nearly as important as the people who bring them. And for every single one of them, who I hope to be hugging soon, I am the most grateful.

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MOMENTS MILESTONES

MAZEL TOV! David Evan Bares, son of Laura and David Bares, will become a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. He will be joined in celebration by his siblings Charlie and Sarah and proud grandparents Cynthia and John “Jack” McGuire, Susan and Charles Bares, and Deborah Foldbaum and Thomas Fanslow.

Evan is a student at Hillside Middle School in Northville. Among his many mitzvah projects, he found it most meaningful to raise funds for donation to an ocean cleanup organization.

Noa Mila Gendelman, daughter of Janet and Vladimir Gendelman, will lead the congregation in prayer as she chants from the Torah on the occasion of her bar mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.

She will be joined in celebration by her brother Aaron and proud grandparents Diana and Lev Freyman, and Anna and Yury Gendelman.

Noa attends West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. For her most meaningful mitzvah project, she made and sold bracelets to benefit Cap & Conquer, a nonprofit organization that helps cancer patients save their hair during chemotherapy.

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Oren Michael Opperer of Huntington Woods became a bar mitzvah during an outdoor service on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Participating in the ceremony were his parents, Rachel and Josh, brother Aden, Bubbie Barbara and Zayde Milton Stern, Bubbie Pamela Opperer, and Saba Maurice and Savta Margi Opperer.

Officiating was Rabbi Asher Lopatin of Kehillat Etz Chayim.

Oren is a student at Farber Hebrew Day School, Yeshivat Akiva in Southfield.

Logan Jesse Saks, son of Jennifer Saks and the late Brian Saks, will lead the congregation in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. He will be joined in celebration by his brother Jake and proud grandparents Alene and Donald Shiffman, and Trudy Saks. Logan is also the grandchild of the late Stan Saks.

He is a student at Muir Middle School in Milford.

Logan served as a one-onone volunteer for the West Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle Open Gym program, which he found to be the most meaningful of his many mitzvah projects.

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ue and Larry Adler of Ann Arbor are thrilled to announce the engagement of their son Evan Jay to Marina Pulik, daughter of Victoria and Boris Pulik of Skokie, Ill. Evan received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University and his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. He is working for Blue Cross of Illinois as a strategic project manager.

Marina graduated from the University of IllinoisChicago and works as a product manager at TIDI products.

An October 2021 wedding is being planned in Chicago.

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laine Merkovitz, wife of the late Ralph Merkovitz, formerly of Pontiac, West Bloomfield and Boca Raton, now residing in Warrenville, Ill., turned 95 on Nov. 21, 2020.

Elaine’s children are Karen and Jerry Adams, Rachel and David Wood, and Mark and Wendy Merkovitz. Elaine has several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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hen I started my jugation of that same verb rabbinic school from the sign, to go out or to year in Israel in exit. This word has taken on 2010, my first trip to Jerusalem a different tone in the age of was spellbinding.

COVID. I was struck by how My adopted Israeli family the portion is bookended by had kindly offered to Jacob’s freedom to go pick me up at the airout, to change locations port and then hosted — all maneuvers increasme for a few days at ingly complicated if not their home in Rehovot. downright dangerous They then (again, very to perform today. Never Rabbi Megan kindly) drove me and before has that opening Brudney my two giant suitcases verse (Genesis 28:10: into my new home city.

“Jacob left Be’er Sheva Parshat As we approached and set out for Haran”) Vayetze: Jerusalem, there was held my attention for Genesis 28:10-32:3; longer than an instant. a final highway ascent before we passed huge Hosea 12:13But this year it reads 14:10. stone letters forming differently. There is a sign on our right: definitely a sad note as Bruchim Haba’im, or “welcome” it reminds us of what we can’t in English. I loved seeing this do, of what’s been lost in this Hebrew monument — and moment. But perhaps this text only loved it far more when, is also an awesome reminder on my first exit from the of the spirit of love and indeed city, I saw there was a correpikuach nefesh (saving a life) sponding goodbye sign which with which we can redefine read Tzeitchem L’shalom, “go our staying in. in peace.” While “bruchim This Thanksgiving week is haba’im” is, of course, in a difficult one to be restricted Hebrew (and was, therefore, in our movement. I am disexciting), it is also a rather appointed not to be joining basic everyday phrase — my family for our annual while “tzeitchem l’shalom” Thanksgiving get-together in is from a higher linguistic Wilmington, N.C. But it is an register, as well as making act of devotion to community an obvious reference to our to forego the fun rather than Shalom Aleichem prayer that risk getting someone ill. many Jews around the world I hope that soon we will be recite every Shabbat evening. going out just like Jacob again Reading that sign, I felt like I — without having to give it knew a special insider secret a second thought. But in the and delighted in the living meantime, when you must go, Jewish text by the side of the tzeitchem l’shalom — may you road every time I passed it by. go in peace, with your masks This sign immediately and your hand sanitizer, and sprang into my mind as I return safe and healthy. opened this week’s parshah, whose first word and title is Rabbi Megan Brudney is a rabbi at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township.

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ANN ARBOR JEWISH BOOK FESTIVAL

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The 2020 Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival will be held online as well, with most events free and open to the public.

The annual festival celebrating Jewish authors is organized by the Jewish Community Center of Ann Arbor and is supported by the Jewish Federation of Ann Arbor. Go to book. jccannarbor.org to see the full list of events.

Three of this year’s events will be moderated by faculty of the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. Samuel Shetzer Associate Professor of American Jewish Studies Julian Levinson will host an event with Miriam Udel at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 13. Udel will be discussing Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature, an unprecedented treasure of Yiddish children’s stories and poems enhanced with original illustrations.

Honey on the Page holds nearly 50 stories and poems for children, translated from the original Yiddish.

At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies Devi Mays will join author Sarah Stein as she presents her book, Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century. The 2019 release was named one of the best books of the year by The Economist, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and a National Jewish Book Award finalist.

In Family Papers, Stein uses the Levy family’s correspondence to tell their history. For centuries, the bustling port city of Salonica, Macedonia, was home to the sprawling Levy family. As leading publishers and editors, they helped chronicle modernity as it was experienced

by Sephardic Jews across the Ottoman Empire. The wars of the 20th century, however, redrew the borders around them, in the process transforming the Levys from Ottomans to Greeks. Family members soon moved across boundaries and hemispheres, stretching the familial diaspora from Greece to Western Europe, Israel, Brazil and India. In time, the Holocaust nearly eviscerated the clan, eradicating whole branches of the family tree.

Karla Goldman, the Sol Drachler Professor of Social Work and director of the Jewish Communal Leadership Program, will moderate an event with author Esther Safran Foer at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, as she presents her book, I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir.

Foer is a writer and the former executive director of Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington, D.C. After learning that her father had a previous wife and daughter, both killed during the Holocaust, Foer travels to Ukraine to learn about them and how her father survived during the war.

See the full lineup at https://book.jccannarbor.org/schedule.

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Raising Better

Children Virtual Jewish Book Fair features advice from parenting authors.

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f Michael Ian Black had not finished his latest book before the pandemic, he would have added a section on facemasks.

“I might use [not wearing them] as an example of what I think is destructive behavior among men,” said the actor-comedian-writer, 49, who will be among the guest speakers at this year’s digital Detroit Jewish Book Fair. “Thinking Michael Ian that masks are a proBlack jection of weakness is as if caring about your health or the health of your loved ones is somehow weak.”

Black’s latest book, A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son, enters into the program “Raising Better Men,” which can be seen live at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, and videotaped for independent viewing. He will be joined by Meredith Jacobs, CEO of Jewish Women International (JWI), a nonprofit devoted to empowering women.

She is co-author of the book Just Between Us: Mother & Son: A No-Stress, No-Rules Journal.

Black’s latest book, among about a dozen, was intended to hold a fare-thee-well message as his son, Elijah, left the family’s Connecticut home for the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia.

Any initiative toward carrying out the presented idea of self-deter-

mination was interrupted in Elijah’s freshman year on his way to a career in video game design. Elijah had to return home, isolating with mom and dad, during mandatory remote learning.

Black’s overriding message is that young men don’t have to be competitive and always strive for more.

They should focus on realizing the fulfillment of their own gifts.

“I talk to him about a sense of obligation I feel he has built because he is a white kid coming out of a fairly privileged upbringing and also because of his Judaism,” said Black, whose wife is Catholic. “I think Jews have a special obligation to look out for those in need and to be considerate and helpful toward the

oppressed or persecuted.

“It doesn’t mean he has to go out and fight every battle under the sun, but I think he has to help fight some. It’s up to him to pick what those are, but I do think that is intrinsically tied to the part of him that’s Jewish.”

When he has not been writing, Black has been featured through different media.

His TV credits include The Jim Gaffigan Show, Another Period and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later.

Accustomed to appearing on stages across the country, he recalls Michigan stops at the Traverse City Film Festival and Ann Arbor’s The Blind Pig. With the restrictions of the pandemic, Black is continuing with a podcast (patreon.com/ MichaelIanBlack) that has him

reading a classic book and interrupting with personal comments — funny and notso-funny. The current selection is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

“I’ve learned from my son that however we think we’re going to be parenting when our babies are born turns out how we’re not going to be parenting,” he said. “Our children will tell us who they are, and whatever expectations we may have will inevitably be upended by their personalities and the persons that they are.”

Michael Ian Black’s original presentation for the Detroit Jewish Book Fair is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3.

For access to this and other original presentations Dec.1-9, as well as later viewings, go to culturalarts. jccdet.org/bookfair, where you can see the full lineup of authors and events.

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JN Editor Andrew Lapin will be moderating discussions at both local book events.

On Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m., as part of the Detroit Jewish Book Fair, he will be in conversation with National Book Awardwinning author Colum McCann to discuss McCann’s acclaimed novel Apeirogon. The novel delves into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on the real-life stories of Israeli Rami Elhanan and Palestinian Bassam Aramin, fathers united over the shared grief of losing their daughters to violence. The talk is presented in memory of Sheri Schiff (z”l).

On Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m., as part of the Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival, Lapin will be in conversation with Wired editor at large Steven Levy to discuss Levy’s nonfiction book Facebook: The Inside Story. The book is the definitive biography of the social media giant, informed by years of research and interviews with company founder Mark Zuckerberg.

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MORRIS ON LEARY; SCHIFF BATTLES COVID-19 ON TV AND IN REAL LIFE The documentary My Psychedelic Love Story begins streaming on Showtime on Sunday, Nov. 29 (9 p.m.). In the mid-’60s, Dr. Timothy Leary became what many called “the high priest of LSD.” He was a clinical psychologist at Harvard when he began doing LSD experiments. Fired by Harvard in 1962, he continued his fervent pro-LSD advocacy and became a major media figure. In 1968, he was arrested on various charges and got a 10-year jail sentence. A radical group broke him out of jail, but he was recaptured in 1972. In prison, he turned FBI inform-

er and he got paroled early in 1976.

The film focuses on his time on the run with Joanna Harcourt-Smith, who is interviewed. Was she a CIA plant or just a rich young woman in love? The film was directed by Errol Morris, 74, who always makes good films (The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of War). Fun fact: Michael Horowitz, 82, the father of Winona (Horowitz) Ryder, 49, worked for a time as Leary’s archivist. Leary was Winona’s informal godfather.

As I write this, veteran character actor Richard Schiff, 65, is in the hospital battling COVID-19. Reports say his condition is improving. Schiff co-starred on The Richard Schiff West Wing (Toby Ziegler, White House Communications Director) and co-stars

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on The Good Doctor (Dr. Glassman). His (real-life) wife, actress Sheila Kelley, who plays his wife on The Good Doctor, has revealed that she has COVID-19, too, as does their son.

Ironically, the new season of The Good Doctor began with two episodes about the impact of COVID-19 on the hospital that Glassman once headed up. These episodes found Glassman stewing because he couldn’t leave his house because of his age and because he’s a cancer survivor. (The 2020 “winter season” of Doctor is only five episodes. All episodes were/will be first shown on ABC on Monday, at 10 p.m. Catch-up on-demand or on Hulu).

The third Doctor episode (Nov. 16) began with a brief statement that this episode (and ones following) posits a world in which COVID-19

has been beat. The episode drama begins with a lot of doctors applying for six prestigious resident positions. Dr. Asher Wolke is ultimately selected. We see him first in an excerpt from his residency interview. He says that he grew up in a Hasidic community, the son of a rabbi.

But he left when he was 18.

He had decided he didn’t believe in God and he knew he was gay. Noah Galvin, 26, plays Wolke.

Galvin, whose mother is Jewish, grew-up exposed to both Judaism and Christianity, but identifies as Jewish as an adult. In 2017, he replaced Ben Platt in the title role in the hit Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen.

Last May, he and Platt announced they were a couple. On Nov. 15, Platt, 27, revealed he contracted COVID-19 last March, but has completely recovered.

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ARTISTS’ MARKET IN ANN ARBOR OPEN NOW THROUGH DEC. 23 The Guild of Artists & Artisans’ first annual Holiday Artist Market in its Fine Art Gallery and shop, Gutman Gallery, 118 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor. The market highlights a wide variety of work from 50 jury-selected artists. Featuring all types of art including glass, jewelry, ceramics, printmaking, painting, leather, and more; the shop includes items at every price point with something for everyone on your holiday giving list. • Dec. 2: Felted Soaps with Sierra Cole. A virtual art class where you will make your own colorful felted wool soap. • Dec. 9: Holiday Jewelry with Kimberly Arden. A 2-hour polymer clay cane-making adventure. You’ll be able to watch the demonstration again at your own pace, pausing when necessary. Classes begin at 6 pm via Zoom.

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Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at theguild.org/gutman_gallery/events-workshops/. • Festive Fridays in December.

— Gutman Gallery will be open until 9 on Fridays in December. We’ll also have Artist Trunk Shows and free gift wrapping on Festive Fridays in December. • Artist Trunk Shows — Visit the gallery on Fridays and Saturdays for our Artist Trunk Shows throughout the duration of the Holiday Artist Market. • Private Shopping Parties — Schedule a fun, safe shopping experience for you and 9 of your friends. Email elizabeth@theguild.org. • Togetherness Tuesdays — The Guild will provide a space for creative individuals from other community organizations to showcase and sell their work in our gallery setting on Tuesdays in December. For more information, visit: gutmangallery.com; shop online: shopgutmangallery.com.

to a “virtual tip jar” go to support the Ark and the performers.

LIVE AT THE ARK 7:30 PM, NOV. 28 The Ark in Ann Arbor will feature Mr. B., Mark Lincoln Braun, blues and boogie-woogie pianist. View on Ark Facebook page.

Donations to a “virtual tip jar” go to support the Ark and the performers.

MENTAL WELL-BEING 8 PM, DEC. 2 We Need to Talk will present “7 Tips for Mental

Well-Being” from Dr. Laurie Santos of the Happiness Lab. This is a virtual event.

Info: Ashley Schnaar at schnaar@jfmd.org.

YIDDISH THEATER 7 PM, DEC. 3 The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan presents a night of Yiddish theater with actor, director and Yiddishist Mikhl Yashinsky (yashinsky.com).

Native Detroiter Yashinsky, who currently lives in the old Yiddish theater district of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, will share his

varied experiences with the art form in both those places, from directing a Yiddish play with Detroit high schoolers (the first such production put on in a non-haredi American school since the Holocaust), playing an evil witch in the Yiddish theatrical repertoire’s most notorious title role, and being directed by legend Joel Grey in the recent Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof.

This Zoom format will offer some history, some personal reflections, some questions from the audience together with some live performances of theatrical excerpts in Yiddish, with projected English translations. Cost: $10 for members, $18 for non-members.

Register by 9 pm on Dec. 2 at www.michjewishhistory. org/calendar/. Instructions for joining the Zoom call will be sent the day before.

RE-SALE SHOP ONGOING National Council of Jewish Women/Michigan runs Council Re|Sale, 3297 W. 12 Mile Road, Berkley. It is holding special events to help Metro Detroiters struggling with finances during the pandemic. Hours are 10 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday; donations of clothing (not books currently) are accepted Monday through Saturday 10 am-4 pm. For information, go to councilresale. net.

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The funds are helping the agency improve access to high-quality, person-centered mental health and substance use disorder healthcare for Oakland County residents by expanding the capacity of the agency’s therapists through telehealth options and enhanced use of evidence-based interventions; and subsidizing the cost of care for those unable to afford it.

“Michigan has been impacted severely by COVID-19, just as many other states have,” said Yuliya Gaydayenko, chief program officer for JFS’ Behavioral Health and Older Adult Services.

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BARBARA “BOBBIE” BROD, 83, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 13, 2020.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Leslie and Mark Weisberg; son and daughter-inlaw, Lawrence and Karyn Brod; grandchildren, Sarah and Ilya Yeverovich, Daniel Miller, Jacob and Jennifer Miller, Rachel and Sam Imiak, Sidney Brod, Benjamin Brod, Peter Weisberg and David Weisberg; great-grandchildren, Benny Yeverovich, Joshua Yeverovich, Talia Yeverovich, Asher Miller and Gilad Miller; sister and brother-in-law, Lori Rosenthal and Charles Auerbach; many loving nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Brod was the beloved wife of the late Herbert Brod; the cherished mother of the late Dr. Craig D. Brod; the devoted daughter of the late Martin and the late Rose Zatlen; the loving sister of the late Fran Rieger; the dear sister-in-law of the late Albert Rosenthal, the late Morty Rieger, the late Dolores Dunn, the late Abby Dunn, the late Gloria Barach and the late Barney Barach.

Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park.

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

BARBARA FINK, 69, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Nov. 12, 2020.

She is survived by her siblings, Steven (Laurel) Fink, Jerrold Alan Fink, Debra Ann (Frank) Gosztyla Jr., Eileen (Charles P. Stration Sr.); many loving nieces, nephews and friends.

Barbara was the daughter of the late Louis Fink and the late Ruth Fink.

Interment was at Mt. Sinai Cemetery in Phoenix; arrangements by Sinai Mortuary. Contributions may be made to Sara Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center, Yad Ezra or to a charity of one’s choice.

BRADFORD JACOBS, 92, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 6, 2020.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Jayne Jacobs; sons and daughtersin-law, Kenneth and Diane Jacobs, Michael Jacobs, Daniel and Jane Jacobs; brother and sister-in-law, Sheldon and Lana Jacobs; grandchildren, Loren Jacobs, Rebecca (Brandon Tschida) Jacobs, Adam Jacobs, Ryan Sarni, Arielle (Jon) Grim and Haley (Joe) Rosenbaum; great-grandchildren, Adrienne Sarni, Elliot Jacobs and Jack Jacobs; many other loving family members and friends.

Interment took place at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to the Friendship Circle, the Holocaust Memorial Center or a charity of one’s choice.

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laine Stein Richman passed riding on the back of Paul’s Harley away on Nov. 7, 2020, just through the Blue Ridge Mountains shy of her 84th birthday. and more.

She was the youngest of three For more than 50 years, she was daughters.

Paul’s “first mate” and spent every Born on Nov. 27, 1936, to Sunday on their boat, as well as Miriam and Morris Stein in three weeks in the Bahamas each Detroit, she was a descendant summer. On the boat, she cherished of the Ukrainian Horodok comher quality and uninterrupted time munity. In 1954, she attended with Paul, her girls and their grandWayne State University children. Wednesday lunchin Detroit and earned her es with Paul and Ganny certificate as a registered (as she was affectionately dental hygienist from the known) were always a top University of Detroit. priority and a longstanding Elaine married the love family tradition. The family of her life, Paul Richman, agreed that “our Elaine lit up on July 14, 1957. After every room she entered with Paul completed his oral/ her unmatched elegance, maxillofacial surgery res- Elaine Stein stunning blue eyes and Richman idency in Chicago in 1961, radiant smile and made our they moved to Miami to world a more beautiful place live their South Florida dream. in which to live.”

Elaine became active in her Elaine cherished her lifelong beloved Miami community: as Detroit and Miami friends and a board member of Beth Moshe those she met through Alpha Synagogue and the Greater Miami Omega Fraternity, University of Jewish Federation, a Lion of Judah Miami football, Greater Miami and a past president of the Alpha Jewish Federation, tennis, bridge Omega International Fraternity and the Keystone Point community.

Auxiliary. She chaired numerous Her greatest legacy is her three functions and was a committee daughters, Jamie, Cathy and Elise; member for more institutions than and her eight fabulous grandchilcan be named. She participated in dren, Ryan, Brent, Sydney, Alexa, everything South Florida offered: Ari, Ilan, Milena and Nathalie.

She was a patron of the arts, supMrs. Richman is also survived by porting the Florida Philharmonic, the love of her life, Paul; and her the New World Symphony and the puppy, Mako; her darling sons-inGreater Miami Opera, the Jewish law, Lowell Rush, Max Alcalay and Museum, MOCA, and the Perez Danny van der Reis; her adoring Museum. sisters, Judy Michnoff and Beverly Elaine practiced dental hygiene Blas; her sisters-in-law and brothfor over 40 years. She also was an ers-in-law, Irma Starr Taylor (Ed), exceptional athlete, excelling in Marsha Millman (Neil) and Dr. bowling, tennis, skiing, scuba diving Hal Richman (Pam); as well as her and sailing. In addition, she was a numerous nieces and nephews and master bridge player. their families.

Elaine was Paul’s lifelong comA special thanks goes to her carepanion and traveled the world with takers, Josephine and Vivian. him: river rafting in Colorado, Contributions may be made to elephant riding in India, safaris in the Women’s Philanthropy of the Africa, visiting pyramids in Egypt, Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

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PHYLLIS KATZ, 83, of Novi, died Nov. 15, 2020.

She is survived by her daughter, Lori Tuchklaper; son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Jackie Katz; grandchildren, Allie (Joe) Asmann, Zachary Tuchklaper, Rachel, Dani, Kevin and Garrett Katz; great-grandchildren, Liana and Logan Asmann; sister and brother-inlaw, Marilyn and Barry Charlip; many other loving family members and friends.

Mrs. Katz was the beloved wife of the late Kenneth Katz.

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

Contributions may be made to Jewish Family Service or a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements

by Dorfman Chapel.

MARVIN KIEF, 69, of Oak Park, died Nov. 13, 2020.

He is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, David and Pam Kief; son, Merle Kief; nieces, Laura Rogers, Amy Kief, and Valerie Gibson; other loving relatives and friends.

Mr. Kief was the loving brother of the late Robert Kief; the devoted son of the late Laverne Kief and the late Harry Kief.

Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to JARC, 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, jarc.org; American Heart Association, 27777 Franklin Road, Suite 1150, Southfield, MI 48034, heart.org/en/affiliates/michigan/ detroit; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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MYRNA KLAYMAN, 77, of Bloomfield Hills, died Nov. 16, 2020.

She is survived by her beloved husband, Clifford Klayman; daughters, Jodi Golden (fiancé, David Epstein), Michele and Robert Levine; sons and daughters-inlaw, Greg and Isabel Roover, Brian and Audrey Klayman; grandchildren, Jamie and Shaye Golden, Carissa and Chloe Roover, Allison Levine (fiancé, Jace Gittleman), Jessica Levine, Jared (Bomi) Ishbia, Lindsey and Nicole Ishbia, Hannah, Rebecca and Andrew Klayman; sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Joseph Dobrusin; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Mrs. Klayman was the loving mother of the late Leslie Ishbia.

Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions may be made to the Lewy Body Dementia Association or to the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

DR. ELLSWORTH LEVINE, 90, of Huntington Woods, passed away peacefully in his home on Nov. 18, 2020, surrounded by his family.

He was the beloved husband for 57 years of Janet Birnkrant Levine; cherished father of Sarah and Jonathan Jacobs, Sam B. Levine and Laurie Blitzer; proud grandfather of Jane, Kate, Thea and Ollie Jacobs, and Jordana, Josh, Aerin and Jaxson Levine; uncle of Norman, Sondra and Carol Bobroff; loving brother of the late Jerry Lynn, and the late Ethel and the late Allen Bobroff; dear brother-in-law of Marsha Lynn, Don Birnkrant and Nichelle Bartell and Sally and Richard A. Myers; cherished

son of the late Harry and the late Mary Levine; son-in-law of the late Loris and the late Ted Birnkrant.

He cherished his relationships with Paul and the late Gail Jacobs, Loris and Jay Fullerton, Betsy, Arnie, Sarah and Veronica Mayersohn; the extended Schiltz family; longtime caregivers, Dorota Polanska and Lawrence Sneed and many other loving family members and incredible friends.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Stratford Festival, 55 Queen St., Stratford, ON N5A 6V2, stratfordfestival.ca/SupportUs/MakeAGift; Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jewishhospice.org; Birnkrant Garden at Temple Emanu-El, 14450 W 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237, emanuel-mich.org.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

SHIRLIE LEVY, 95, of Farmington Hills, died Nov. 17, 2020.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Robyn and Robert Weltman, Vikki and Arthur Rothschild, and Lynne Levy Cooper; sonin-law, Dr. Stephen Burton; daughter-in-law, Camille Levy; grandchildren, Karlie Weltman, Peter Weltman, Trevor and Van Weltman, Barry and Molly Rothschild, Benno Rothschild, Zachery Cooper and his fiancee, Chelsea Este, Rachel and Zachary Logan, Charley Cooper, Andy Burton, Jason Burton and Scott Richardson, Aaron Burton and Sara Wille, Jessie Levy and Tony Levy; great-grandchildren, Dolly and Lana Weltman, Elijah, Levi and Lacey Logan, and Ellie Burton.

Mrs. Levy was the beloved wife of the late Dr. David Levy; the cherished mother of the

late Sheryl Kahn, the late Lori Burton, the late Jonathan Levy and the late Scottie Levy; the loving sister of the late Muriel Casselman and the late Dr. Rodney Shaw; the dear sister-inlaw of the late Doyle Levy.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

SHIELA LEWIS, 82, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 14, 2020.

She is survived by her son, Michael Lewis; granddaughter, Zira Lewis; brother and sister-inlaw, Alan and Alice Nagus; other family and friends.

Mrs. Lewis was the beloved wife of the late Herbert Lewis; the cherished mother of the late Oren Lewis; the loving sister of the late Eric Nagus and the late Wilfred Nagus.

Interment was in Windsor, Ontario. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

LUCILLE S. MILLER, of Bloomfield Township, died Nov. 15, 2020, two days after her 101st birthday.

With her husband of 56 years, the late Marshall Miller, Lucille was an adventurer, art collector and a chronicler of their extensive world travels.

In their retirement years, they would road trip around the Southwest, where they had a second home in Scottsdale, Ariz. They formed friendships with many native American potters, weavers and painters and amassed a collection that would eventually be featured in an exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts and a Sotheby’s auction.

To her grandchildren, “Nanna” was a glamorous figure, always wearing chic clothes and surrounded by beautiful things.

After Marshall’s passing in 1998, Lucille wrote children’s books and assembled a meticulous collection of photo memories for her family.

Lucille was born in Baltimore, Md., on Nov. 13, 1919, to Ethel Rothstein Bearman and Joseph Bearman. The family settled in Detroit in 1932 and Lucille and Marshall married in 1942. They were longtime and active members of Temple Beth El. Lucille was the loving mother of Bunny and Bob Lenhard, and Vicki and Ben Craine; and grandmother to Steven and Wendy Lenhard, Joey Craine, Elizabeth Lenhard and Paul Donsky, Ellyn and Jon Davidson, and Jeffrey Lenhard and Lisa Perlstein. She adored her nine great-grandchildren, Julie, Brian and Adam Lenhard; Lacey, Brett and Seth Davidson; Mira and Tali Donsky and Micah Perlstein.

Her family wishes to thank Lisa Girimonte and the caregivers at First and Main, especially Angela and Hailey, who gave Lucille wonderful, loving care during the last year of her life and especially during the pandemic.

Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, 1000 Oakbrook Drive, Suite. 100, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6815, leadersandbest.umich.edu/find/#!/ mimed/cvc; or the Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives, c/o Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Township, MI 48301, tbeonline.org/archives-collection.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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STUART MITTENTHAL, 88, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., died Nov. 12, 2020.

He is survived by his wife, Diane Mittenthal; sons and daughters-in-law, James and Elyse Mittenthal, and Robert Mittenthal and Hilarie Sheets; daughter and son-in-law, Jan and David Rosen; stepchildren, Drew and Andrea Saperstein, and Dana Zatman and Jon Shafner; grandchildren, Paige, Sam, Owen and Charlotte Mittenthal, Matthew and Allie Rosen, Molly Zatman, Jonah Shafner, and Sarah, Jessica, Ben, Meyer, Elijah and Ryan Saperstein; niece and nephew, Stacey Mickell and Gary Dorf; sister-in-law, JoAnne Hamburger; many other loving relatives and friends.

Mr. Mittenthal was the devoted son of the late Milton and the late Marian Mittenthal; the loving brother of the late Luane and the late Jerome Mickell.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to JARC, 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, jarc.org; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

ALAN RAY ORMAN, 82, of Windsor, Ont., passed away peacefully in the comfort of Hospice of Windsor surrounded by his loving family and friends, with a smile on his face and a song in his heart.

Alan was co-owner of Freeds of Windsor for 62

years. The Freed and Orman families have been very philanthropic through the years with many Windsor charities.

Among them are: the Freed and Orman Commons at the University of Windsor, where Alan received the Assumption University Doctor of Laws 1996; the United Jewish Appeal and the Jewish National Fund (Alan was chosen as the Negev Dinner Honouree 1993). He also served as president of the Windsor Jewish Community Center, 1988-1990. He was active with the United Way, the Windsor Chamber of Commerce, from which he received a Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004; Windsor Essex Economic Development Corporation and the Windsor Essex Community Foundation.

Mr. Orman was the beloved husband for 62 years of Diana (nee Freed); loving father of Sandy Armeland and Dan Orman; father-in-law to Mark Delson and Suzy Orman; devoted grandfather of Brad and Ladan Armeland, Adam and Dr. Jessica Armeland, Dr. Alexander Orman, Jenna Armeland and Blake Orman; great-grandfather of Ethan and Lielle Armeland, Sam and Cobie Armeland; brother and brother-in-law to Mikie and Gerald Freed, a partnership that transcended the years full of love and milestone moments of business and family. Alan enjoyed a long and lasting friendship dating back to his years at Freeds with Joan and David Goebel, maintaining that love till his last days.

A very heartfelt thank you for the care received at Hospice of Windsor. The doctors, nurses, PSWs and volunteers took such loving, compassionate care of the family.

Mr. Orman was predeceased by loving parents, Bess and Louis Orman, brother Stuart

and mother-in-law and fatherin-law, Jane and Sam Freed.

A private family memorial took place at Temple Beth El in Windsor. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Windsor, 6038 Empress St., Windsor, Ontario N8T1B5 519-974-7100; or to a charity of your choice.

ELLIOTT C. SCHUBINER, 93, of Bloomfield Hills, died Nov. 16, 2020.

He is survived by his daughters, Julie Bennett, Jodi Schubiner and Jamie Warth; grandchildren, Brandon and Faryn Bennett, Lisa Bennett and her fiance, Clay Priskorn, Emily, Benjamin and Samuel Walfish, and Sophie Warth; brother and sister-in-law, David and Diane Schubiner; brother-inlaw, Marty Miller; sister-in-law, Sondra Schubiner.

Mr. Schubiner was the beloved husband of the late Lila Schubiner; the loving brother of the late Beverly Miller and the late Jared “Bud” Schubiner.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Weizmann Institute, 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 365, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, weizmannusa.org; Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 260, P.O. Box 2030, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303, jewishdetroit.org/senda-tribute; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

DAVID B. SHAFER, 97, of Commerce Township, died Nov. 12, 2020, peacefully at home surrounded by his family.

For nearly a century, David lived a life embodied by hard work, kindness and decency.

A proud WWII veteran, David lived by the ideals of our country every single day.

While exempt from military service during World War II for working in essential war industry, David, nevertheless, volunteered and served in the U.S.A.A.C./F. 464th Bomb Group (Heavy), 779th Bomb Squadron, in both North Africa and Italy.

He was a 45-year salaried employee of the Ford Motor Company (and more as a consultant after retirement). David played softball well into his 80s, recounting recently his time on the field as “some of the best times of his life.” His greatest life accomplishment was his family.

Mr. Shafer is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Hilary and Barry Spolan; son

and daughter-in-law, Brad and Susan Shafer; grandchildren, Lindsay (Daniel) Pinchuk, Zack Spolan, Andrea Shafer and David Shafer; great-granddaughters, Jordyn and Lila Pinchuk; nieces and nephews, Linda (Dennis) Kayes, Beverly (Linda Walker) Shafer, Harry Shafer and Steven Shafer. He is also survived by special friends Art and Julie Rott.

David was the beloved husband for 75 years of the recently deceased Ruth (Wispe); the son of the late Harry and Goldie Shafer (Waxman); the brother of the late Eva (Hy) Lepler, Jack (Ruth) Shafer, and Frances (Sol) Gus. Interment took place at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery in Clinton Twp. Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra.

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NORMA SHAPIRO, 84, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 12, 2020.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Kerry and Jan Kaplan; daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Randy Winters; grandchildren, Kelsey Kaplan, Michael Kaplan, Ryan Harband; many other loving family members and friends.

Mrs. Shapiro was the beloved wife of the late Norman Shapiro.

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

Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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DR. SIDNEY SOIFER, 93, of Farmington Hills, died Nov. 15, 2020.

He is survived by his daughter, Susan Nestor; sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Neil and Leslie Soifer, Douglas and Lori Soifer; grandchildren, Bethany (Chris) Burrows, Megan (Ian Candy) Nestor, Melissa (Sean Gavarny) Nestor-Gavarny, Jonathan Soifer, Hannah Soifer, Matthew Soifer (fiancée, Lauren Blazofsky), Jennifer Soifer; great-grandchildren, Thomas and Charles; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Dr. Soifer was the beloved husband of the late Bertha “Bee” Soifer; the brother of the late Ruth Caplan Savage and the late Shirley Soifer.

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

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

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ROBERT WALLACH, 80, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 17, 2020.

Per his beautiful wife, many daughters, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law and wonderful grandchildren, Bob was the most vibrant, generous and wise gentleman to walk this earth. His legacy is the wonderful way he made others feel.

He is survived by his adoring wife, Fern Wallach; daughters and sons-inlaw, Julie Brydon, Stacey (Jeffrey) Ehrlichman, Leslee

(London Bates) Wallach, Randi (Ramin) Rafie, and Darcee (Marc) Matlen; loving grandchildren, Dylan Koblin, Taylor Koblin, Brandon Ehrlichman, Blake Ehrlichman, Carolina Bates, Nash Matlen, Trey Matlen, Raquel Rafie and Riley Rafie; sister, Diane Glazer; many nieces and nephews. In addition, he leaves behind a world of friends and family.

Mr. Wallach was the dear father of the late Todd Wallach; son of the late Saul and Shirley Wallach; brother of the late Gerald Wallach.

Interment was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions can be made to any charity that benefits COVID research or to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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

An Ode to Dr. John & Eva Mames

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ou may have read in recent issues of the JN that Magen David Adom (MDA) is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. Established in 1930, MDA, the “Red Shield of David,” is Israel’s national emergency responder and the nation’s primary blood bank for both civilians and the IDF. It was recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 2006 as the national aid society of Israel.

The American Friends of Magen David Adom’ (AFMDA) was Mike Smith formed in 1940.

Alene and Any organization that lasts Graham Landau Archivist Chair 90 years and is still going strong is worth exploring. So, I went into the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History to see what I could find on local connections to the MDA and AFMDA. There were 2,076 pages that cited “Magen David.” A few of them had content related to the Star of David itself, such as an article from the Oct. 1, 1948, JN that explained the origins of the Israeli Flag, but the content of the vast majority of these pages have articles that demonstrate the Detroit Jewish community’s substantial support to MDA over the decades.

Many Detroit Jews have been, and still are, active supporters of the local AFMDA chapter.

However, two names do stand out — Dr. John and Eva Mames. The two of them were the backbone, heart and soul of MDA in Detroit for decades. Indeed, the Michigan Chapter of the AFMDA is named after Dr. John J. Mames.

The story of the Michigan Chapter began in 1967. The Shaarit Haplaytah Organization of Michigan, led by John Mames and his brotherin-law, Larry Brenners, initiated the purchase of an ambulance for the MDA at a meeting at the home of Miriam and Fred Ferber. The group raised $4,000. The Michigan Chapter of the AFMDA was then established in the wake of the Six-Day War when there was a great need for medical services in Israel. Mames was

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president of Michigan chapter for the next xt 22 years until his death at the age of 87 on Dec. 1, 1989.

Born in Poland and a survivor of Russian an labor camps, Mames not only led efforts to assist MDA, he was also supporter of many ny causes such as Israel Bonds, the Holocaust st Memorial Center in Farmington Hills and, with Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, was a founder of the Voice and Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

However, he was only one-half of a dynamic mic partnership.

Eva Mames, John’s wife, was also a leader of the Michigan Chapter of the AFMDA. Born in Hungary and a teenage survivor of the Holocaust, Eva was a 4-foot 9½-inch tall giant of energy and determination, well known for her kindness. After John’s death, Eva served as president of the Michigan chapter until her death at the age of 81 on Dec. 10, 2011.

There are many stories about the Eva and John Mames, as well as the MDA and the Michigan Chapter of the AFMDA, in the Davidson Digital Archive, and they are wonderful stories of great volunteers and tremendous success. This is good reading about the best of Detroit’s Jewish community.

Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org.

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