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WWII POW from Detroit, buried under a cross in the Philippines, finally has a Jewish grave.

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Jews in the D A Hero’s Rest, At Last 12 WWII POW from Detroit, buried under a cross in the Philippines, finally has a Jewish grave.

Mentally Fit 16 Therapists offer tips for surviving the (expanded) stay-at-home order.

Zoom-bombing 18 Experts advise safety measures to keep online group sessions safe.

Hillel Remembers Beloved Coach and Gym Teacher

22 Shabbat Lights

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Shabbat starts: Friday, April 17, 7:59 p.m.

Shabbat ends: Saturday, April 18, 9:03 p.m.

Cover photo/ credit: Photos courtesy of American Battle Monuments Commission, Operation Benjamin and Vicki Katz Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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20 Tony Sanders brought a new perspective to all the students and parents he interacted with.

Arts&Life David Simon on the Real ‘Plot Against America’ 27 The acclaimed TV creative discusses the Jewish response to his alternate-history drama.

At Home: Nesting in Quarantine 28 Now’s the time for home projects — they’ll help you get organized, and feel better being at home.

Celebrity Jews 30

28 ‘Best Birthday Ever’

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22 Friends and neighbors show their love for Berkley judge recovering from brain cancer.

Over and Out...FJA Seniors Lament Loss of Final Season

Federation Furloughs 35% of Staff

32 Spring sports shut down because of COVID-19 pandemic.

23 As the coronavirus continues to spread, JFMD says it cut jobs that can’t easily be done from home.

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Community Quaran-Teens 35 West Bloomfield siblings create online forum for students.

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hose of us fortunate enough to be healthy and sensible enough to be home are still susceptible to secondary symptoms. While some report of a loss of smell and taste stemming from COVID-19, I have lost the ability to hear myself think.

I have thoughts(!) but can’t seem to assemble them. So Ben Falik here are some, with apologies for the alphabetical order in lieu of logic.

My daughter Phoebe stumbled upon a new word that captures well the desire to make use of this time while honoring the heroism of completing simple tasks: Accomplimissions.

One pint of McCormick Culinary Blue Food Coloring is approximately a lifetime supply of blue food coloring.

Of municipalities with more than one thousand people, Huntington Woods currently has the highest Census response rate nationwide.

A lot of people have dogs. Also, there are a lot of birds.

ESPN got tossed quite the pancake wobbler with the abrupt cancellation of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (Kelowna, not Ljubljana), but ESPN+ has a cashspiel of documentaries, including Bad Boys and The Fab Five.

The Ford Escape Orchestra premiered with violin performances by Judah and Phoebe in relatives’ driveways, including … their Great-Grandma Marge, an exemplar of sophisticated social distancing who knows that one should dress for the day, even if it consists of crudités for one and the Sunday Times in one’s solarium, on the remote possibility that one may host a spontaneous performance of Minuets No. 1 and No. 2 in one’s driveway.

The laundry hamper has to be the most underrated thing that you can put other

things in. I put all the things in my collection of hampers.

The best thing about homemade ice cream — beyond being ice cream you can make at home and make blue — is the prerogative to determine your optimal ratio of ice cream to cookie dough. At press time, this is still more socially acceptable than eating straight cookie dough, though that is subject to change.

Virtually all the jingles my children know are for insurance companies.

Note to ESPN: Knitting has unrealized potential as a spectator sport.

Laundry Laundry everywhere, nor any hamper to hold it.

Pro-tip for home fort builders: air mattress as roof with ironing-board scaffolding. @RushmoretheNewf reached 80 pounds before 7 months. He says hi!

Ozark on Netflix is outstanding, but they talk about the Law of Large Numbers like it’s string theory.

Judah turned 11 and relished the surprise porch parade and blue cake, both compliant with gubernatorial guidelines.

The word “quarantine” appears 200 times in the archives of the Detroit Jewish News and Chronicle, the oldest in a 1916 article adjacent to an advertisement seeking investors for Paige-Detroit Motor Car Co, Continental Motors Co, W.K. Prudden & Co and Reo Motor Car Co. I’m not the first stellar parent to observe that watching television with captions is reading. Disney’s Robin Hood boasts verbose vocabulary, successive synonyms and ambitious alliteration — suspicious snake, silly serpent, reluctant reptile, cowardly cobra, procrastinating python, aggravating asp.

I’m cautiously optimistic that Summer in the City will return for its ... 19th year.

Hope to see you there.

I have been hosting trivia online with NEXTGen and Come Play Detroit. Test

your trivial knowledge and tolerance for my voice next round.

The point that coffee cools to a degree that is unpalatable for my wife is the exact temperature at which I can drink it without scalding my mouth. All morning we swap Anthropologie ceramic mugs back and forth. This compatible caffeination has been the single biggest bulwark against and the choppy waters of sheltering in place.

Once you’ve experienced the thrill of MAX, it is hard to go back to non-MAX mode of the Dyson V8 Absolute Cordless Vacuum Cleaner. Do the soft-woven nylon and anti-static carbon fiber still pick up crumbs and pet hair from kitchen corners?

Sure, but there just isn’t the same adrenaline rush — the revving motor, the speed at which the powerful direct-drive cleaner heads suck unsuspecting playroom flotsam and jetsam into the bagless cylinder.

The Waterpik ultra water flosser can get food out from in between your teeth, but the real reason to have one in your bathroom is as a precision power washer for your shower. The grout trouncing and caulk shocking — exhilarating, albeit more effective if you don’t have blue food coloring on your hands. The only downside is that you might be reluctant to point the pik at your gums once you’ve witnessed its sheer hydro-velocity.

The xylophone owes much of its success, like Paul Lynde on Hollywood Squares, to its recurring role in these alphabetical acrostics.

There comes a time in every parent’s life when you are surpassed by your children.

I just didn’t expect it to be this soon or to happen with both kids at the same time or to come in the form of competitive backgammon. They call it “suitcase,” which is cute until they take turns reducing you to 15 stranded checkers and a wayward cup of dice.

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ike so many media outlets nationwide, the Jewish News has faced a difficult revenue crunch in the past few weeks. We depend on advertising dollars to cover the cost of printing, strengthening our digital presence and paying staff, but many of our advertisers have been affected Andrew Lapin by the coronavirus crisis and are unable at this time to offer their goods and services to our readers. As a result, the publication has had to cut two of our five full-time editorial positions and reduce our freelance budget for the foreseeable future.

This is gut-wrenching for our small team, and not the state

any of us wanted to be in as our community continues to face a deadly pandemic of unknown length.

The JN, like local publications across the country, has been hit hard by the economic downturn as a result of the coronavirus.

We are trying to fulfill our mission of bringing you the most up-to-date, relevant information about how this virus has impacted Metro Detroit’s Jewish community, but we are also casting about for answers just like the rest of you.

In the last three weeks since the coronavirus spread like wildfire across Michigan, our staff, supplemented by a stable of freelance writers, has produced more digital-first content than ever before, covering the

crisis from every angle, including pointed conversations with medical professionals and government officials; reports on the debilitating effect on the local economy and schools; and stories on local fundraising efforts to support vulnerable populations. We have also continued producing our weekly, up-todate print edition filled with special coverage of COVID-19, and we’ve done all of this remotely.

Doing all this has been a physically and mentally draining experience for our staff. That will be even more true going forward. At the same time, we also understand and feel the extraordinary pain so many of you, our readers and advertisers, are enduring as your businesses close and jobs evaporate. We are

in this together.

I am sharing this news with you because we exist to serve Metro Detroit’s Jewish community and depend on your readership, patronage of our advertisers and support to sustain us. And because of that, you deserve to know about our challenge. Though I’ve been at my job for a little over two months, it feels as though I’ve already been here for years.

Nevertheless, we will continue to be guided by the Jewish value of emet (truth and integrity) as we press forward with our work.

Like you, we will do the best we can with the resources we have. May we all see our way through these times together and make it to a brighter day.

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Empowering Bnei Anousim

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ast month, I joined an esteemed panel of experts to make history at the annual AIPAC Conference in our nation’s capital. The panel’s topic was “Identifying Potential Allies Among 15 Million Americans With Significant Jewish Ancestry.” This Elizabeth C. was the first time Kincaid that a major Jewish or pro-Israel organization held such a large and high-profile event on this subject.

I’m a suicide prevention grant manager at American Indian Health & Family Services in Southwest Detroit, executive director of Detroit Fashion Community, the managing director for USA-North Central

for the Israeli based nonprofit Ezra L’Anousim and a founding partner, along with my husband, Marvin R. Fried, of Indijewness.

I am what is known as Bnei Anousim (meaning “coerced” or “forced”). In the 14th century, around 80% of world Jewry lived in Iberia. Spain’s Inquisition began in 1492, with Portugal’s Expulsion following in 1497.

Hundreds of thousands of Jews were forcibly disconnected from Judaism, then violently converted to Catholicism. Many sailed with Christopher Columbus to North and Latin America, and the Caribbean.

The Anousim are a multi-racial/ethnic people of African, Indigenous and European admixture. Late last year, 50 universities conducted a massive genetic research study, discovering the identities and

locations of their descendants.

There are around 200 million Anousim in the Americas, with at least 15 million in the United States. There is a database with around 11,000 surnames, which anyone with interest can check for their own connection to the Inquisition.

In 2016, I received my mtDNA (maternal) full-sequence results from Family Tree DNA. Thanks to Ph.D. candidate Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota’s research, my mother’s family claim was scientifically substantiated. Some of my ancestral surnames are De La Rosa, Diaz, Lara, Mederos, Miranda, Monteiro, Portes, Valdes, Sanchez and Tejeda.

I had assumed my Jewish connection was from the Holocaust; however, with the examination of this diaspora’s migration, a different narrative emerged. Through

wire-wrapped Swarovski crystals made into rings attached to small bags, called ringlets, each named after a maternal grandmother, Indijewness became a platform to share my story. I’ve been fortunate to trace back six generations to date. My aim is to go back 15 generations, like Miamibased author and educator Genie Milgrom.

I was on the panel with Reconectar President Ashley Perry, adviser to Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister from April 2009 until May 2015 and director of the Knesset Caucus for the Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities during the last Knesset; Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo, affiliate professor of music and the director of the Metropolitan State continued on page 10

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t’s 12:52 a.m. I have become accustomed to being awake at this hour — ever since the world became so much less predictable and suddenly… quiet.

For weeks, coronavirus has wreaked havoc on our communities, showing no bias to age, gender or nationality. Our daily routines have been shattered, we’ve been confined to our homes and uncerRabbi tainty grows like Benyamin the stubble on the Vineburg working man’s face — he has nowhere to go and nothing to shave for.

Continuing the shaving analogy, I contemplate the Jewish prohibition of shaving or taking a haircut when one is in mourning for the loss of a close relative. Additionally, the house of mourning becomes a place of solitude, an island of its own amongst the presumed normalcy of the outside world.

Mourners are expected to cover their mirrors, worrying less about vanity; sit on low chairs as a sign of discomfort; and refrain from normal and enjoyable activities that symbolize a norArthur M. Horwitz Publisher ahorwitz@renmedia.us F. Kevin Browett Chief Operating Officer kbrowett@renmedia.us | Editorial Editor: Andrew Lapin alapin@rthejewishnews.com Associate Editor: Jackie Headapohl jheadapohl@renmedia.us Story Development Editor: Keri Guten Cohen kcohen@renmedia.us Digital Editor: Allison Jacobs ajacobs@renmedia.us Multimedia Reporter: Corrie Colf ccolf@renmedia.us

mal existence. For seven days the mourners are consoled by visitors and community members — sympathizing with the mourner’s loss but also reaffirming the personal and communal celebration and commitment to life — and all its seasons.

We, dear friends, are in mourning. We have been confined to our own personal islands, disoriented by the loss of both spiritual and physical life as we knew it and humbled by the lack of control we were so certain we possessed. So what then? You may ask. What are we mourning? When do visitors come to comfort us? And better yet, when will this all be over?

While I do not possess definitive answers to these questions, my heart leads me to believe that truth and healing lie within the details. Let me explain.

Our sages mandated a set time for mourning with the innate understanding that people needed to drown out the distractions of the world in order to create time for memorial, reflection and introspection.

Mourners are thus forced to realize that life has changed and will no longer be the same.

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difference that now dictates life without a “loved one,” we allow ourselves to prioritize and memorialize the old and then bravely step — now more mature and clearheaded — into the new.

Loss of a loved one, in our present pandemic, means something different for all of us. Whether we have physically lost someone to this disease or have otherwise felt the comfort of time and routine so harshly taken from us, the pain and loss can feel the same and is thus equally devastating. So, here we sit, low to the ground, waiting for comfort to arrive and hopefully with the traditional cake or deli tray … not quite, not this time.

As we sit here during our analogous seven-day period of mourning, we need to ask ourselves: What have we lost? What do we regret? What or whom do we wish we could have had more time with and how much would we give for just a little more time? For some of us, that takes the shape of wishing for more time with family or loved ones. Better attention to employees or co-workers. More dedication to personal values or causes. Or less distraction by | Advertising Sales Vice President of Sales and Business Development: Carol Kruemmer ckruemmer@renmedia.us Senior Account Executive: Keith Farber kfarber@renmedia.us Account Executives: Kelsey Cocke, Catherine Grace, Annette Kizy, Kathy Harvey-Mitton, Andrea O’Banion

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our social media sites or stock portfolios. Once we know what we have lost, only then can we again commit to properly living life.

In living life, I implore you to choose a meaningful path that encompasses a power greater than yourselves and to embrace an ethical existence that encourages positivity and love — rather than the complacency that binds us to fear and hate. Tell the people you love how much they mean to you, do acts of kindness and charity for strangers, give more and expect less — embrace the power of “we” instead of the loneliness of “me.”

History will judge us not for what happened to us but how we reacted because of it.

We have the capacity to create strength from our suffering and a garden from our tears. All we have to do is own and access it and its growth potential. It’s a time to grow and a time to act.

So, go now, my friends, the hour is late, the seventh day’s sun is going down into night.

What lies in store for you and all of us — tomorrow?

Rabbi Benyamin Vineburg is a chaplain resident with Michigan Medicine.

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WWII POW from Detroit, buried under a cross in the Philippines, finally has a Jewish grave.

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Pvt. Arthur Waldman at Fort Bliss Army Base in Fort Bliss, Texas, April 30, 1941

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TOP: Rich and Vicki Katz place a stone on the new Star of David grave marker of Pvt. Arthur Waldman during the Feb. 12, 2020, rededication ceremony at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.

ust two family members were able to attend a recent graveside ceremony for Arthur Waldman of Detroit. He was only 27.

The small family gathering on Feb. 12 wasn’t a result of social distancing. Arthur wasn’t a victim of the coronavirus. This wasn’t even Arthur’s funeral. It was a long overdue rededication ceremony.

Pvt. Arthur Waldman, of the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, took his last breath in a Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camp in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 1944. After enduring the infamously brutal Bataan Death March, he suffered unspeakable conditions as a slave laborer for nearly two years.

Subject to unmerciful beatings, he would eventually succumb to beriberi heart failure, attributed to severe vitamin deficiency. Another way of saying Arthur most likely starved to death.

Arthur would be interred at sev-

eral locations overseas, one time in a storage unit until the U.S. government acquired enough land to lay him to rest for the final time in the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. We don’t know the date; those records were destroyed in a 1973 fire at a St. Louis center housing official military personnel files. His final interment was absent of any family members.

While Arthur could finally rest in peace, this was not the final chapter of his journey. That remained to be written when it was discovered that Arthur Waldman, the beloved son of Jewish immigrants Rudolph Waldman and Irma Weiner, had been buried under a Latin cross.

Turns out the mistaken grave marker, like many now being investigated and corrected, was a result of insufficient information at the time of the burial, rather than an injustice. It was common practice in WWII for Jewish ser-

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vicemen to leave blank their religious affiliation on their dog tags to avoid retribution should they be captured by the enemy. Therefore, in the absence of a declared religion, a cross was the default grave marker.

It would take more than 70 years before a Star of David marker would replace that cross and recognize Arthur as a proud Jew who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. The righting of this wrong during the Feb. 12 ceremony was a culmination of an exhaustive collaborative effort.

OPERATION BENJAMIN It began with former Detroiter Vicki Katz, 49, and her husband, Rich, 56, of Torrance, California. Vicki is the greatniece of Arthur Waldman.

Rich is a history buff and self-proclaimed “genealogy addict.” He’d been working on his wife’s Ancestry.com profile in April 2019 and initially focused on Arthur because of “the chilling stories he had heard about his having to endure the Bataan Death March.”

Eventually, it was a visit to the website Find a Grave that would reveal to the Katzes a photograph and the stunning revelation that Arthur’s grave was incorrectly marked with a

cross. Rich said it took him several passes at the photograph before it actually sunk in. “Oh, my God,” he recalled saying at the time, “we must fix this.”

Rich was introduced to the grassroots 501(c)(3) organization Operation Benjamin (OB) by Rabbi Irv Elson, a Jewish military chaplain familiar with its work. That’s where he began the vigorous effort to rewrite the final chapter in Arthur Waldman’s life.

OB’s stated mission: “To locate Jewish personnel at American military cemeteries all over the world who were buried under markers incorrectly representing their religion and heritage; correct these mistakes and provide comfort to the families of the fallen, without any cost to the families involved.”

The vision of this undertaking was born out of an unforgettable visit by Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, a university professor at Yeshiva University in New York, to the Normandy American Cemetery in France in May 2014, just days shy of the 70th anniversary of D-Day. “I was deeply moved to walk among the close to 10,000 graves of soldiers killed on and around D-Day, June 6, 1944,” Rabbi Schacter wrote upon his return in the New York Jewish Week. It also raised a question.

“All that breaks the symmetry is the occasional Jewish star in a huge sea of crosses. I began to feel that there should be more Jewish stars represented.”

Schacter enlisted the help of his friend Shalom Lamm, a New York real estate developer with a master’s degree

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This is the original Latin cross grave marker mistakenly placed at Pvt. Arthur Waldman’s grave in the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.

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n a Feb. 26 post on his Facebook page, Steve Lamar of Operation Benjamin (OB) proudly summarized the organization’s most recent successful trip to the Philippines for rededication ceremonies that included the grave site of Pvt. Arthur Waldman. Steve also wrote that he would be returning to Europe at the end of May for three more ceremonies.

What Steve didn’t realize was that his very post would set him up to perform a mitzvah for a distant relative, his wife’s father’s second cousin. Call it six degrees of Jewish separation.

Former Michigan resident Melanie Reuler-Finn, 67, of Dallas, Texas, is that cousin. She saw Steve’s post about OB and his planned return trip to Europe. “If you get to Henri-Chapelle Cemetery in Belgium, my uncle is buried there,” she replied. “Let me know and I will send you details.” Steve replied that he would make every effort.

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Melanie had given up on her own plans to visit her uncle’s grave over Memorial Day. 2nd Lt. Leon William Fried, the only sibling of Melanie’s mother, Dorothy, was born in Escanaba and killed in action 75 years ago in Germany on March 4, 1945; he was 29.

Unfortunately, travel restrictions would also end up squashing Steve’s return visit to Europe. But he had a special surprise in store for Melanie just the same. On March 4, he directed her to the Facebook page for the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), where he had arranged for them to post a tribute to Melanie’s uncle on the 75th anniversary to the day he sacrificed his life for his platoon.

“Help us remember Leon W. Fried today,” read the post that included a brief biography of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient, along with a photograph of Leon’s Star of David gravestone for the world to see.

“I was blown away by the number of comments honoring my uncle,” Melanie said. “This recognition for my uncle was even more than I could have accomplished by visiting the cemetery myself.

Steve and the ABMC gave our family a wonderful gift.”

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Families and dignitaries dedicating the new markers: Shalom Lamm, left, is co-founder of Operation Benjamin; Rabbi Jacob Schacter, co-founder of OB, is fourth from right; Steve Lamar, co-founder of OB is just right of the rabbi; and the Katzes are at the center.

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Information on the life of Pvt. Arthur Waldman that helped lead to his gravesite rededication was obtained through the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, overseen by the Detroit Jewish News Foundation. This archive collects every page of both the Detroit Jewish News and the Detroit Jewish Chronicle, dating back to 1916.

It is free and accessible to all at djnfoundation.org and supported via tax-deductible contributions from the community.

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sacrifice,” Lamar said.

On June 20, 2018, family, friends, Schachter, Lamar and officials from the ABMC gathered at Garadetsky’s grave in the Normandy American Cemetery in Collevillesur-Mer, France, to witness the official ceremony replacing the cross with a Star of David.

Once Jewish graves in cemeteries outside of France were identified, the Normandy Heritage Project officially changed its name to Operation Benjamin to honor, as described

by Schacter, his organization’s “first returning soldier, Pvt. Benjamin Garadetsky.”

Arthur Waldman’s final resting place would be among a group of the next five Jewish soldiers to have their grave markers rededicated under the guidance of OB and the ABMC. The rededication of a gravesite needs rock-solid proof and the permission of a descendant of the fallen soldier. “It’s important for the ABMC that they see proof of Jewish heritage not only from the perspective of the family but also from the local Jewish community,” says OB genealogist Silverman. The same goes for Operation Benjamin in their confirmation of a soldier’s Jewish identity.

“We hold ourselves to a higher standard,” Silverman said. “We work hard to be 1,000% certain that the evidence of a Jewish soldier’s identity is incontrovertible.”

HOW THE JN HELPED To that end, the final dossier prepared for the ABMC on behalf of Arthur Waldman is 32 pages long. The William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, overseen by the Detroit Jewish News Foundation, figures prominently in the exhibits presented, including marriage announcements and obituaries of Waldman and Weiner family members, as far back as 1933.

“For Arthur, the JN showed us through the length and breadth of time that his family not only identified themselves as Jews, [but] they were also identified within their Jewish community,” Silverman said.

Most fascinating, yet sobering, were the wartime articles discovered within the pages of the JN. The Feb. 19, 1943, edition of the JN chronicled Waldman’s meeting up with fellow Detroiter Cpl. Sydney Wolfe in the Philippines. It seems the two crossed paths many times in Detroit and in Army training camps, but never actually met until they arrived in the islands.

A photograph with the story showed a jovial Waldman and Wolfe together. The news that accompanied the photo, however, was devastating: “Latest War Department releases report them both prisoners of the Japs.”

Almost two years later to the day, Feb. 2, 1945, the JN published updates on Waldman and Wolfe in side-by-side stories. The Wolfe family, it was reported, had received their first letter from their imprisoned son since August of 1943, stating he was in good health.

Sydney Wolfe would survive his captivity and eventually return to Detroit.

Waldman’s parents also received a postcard, the contents of which were not published, but which was described as “the first communication they had received in years.” The postcard confirmed he was a POW. What they didn’t know at the time was their beloved son Arthur had already died in captivity more than a year earlier.

CLOSURE AT LONG LAST On Feb. 12, having just traveled more than 7,000 miles from their home in Torrance to the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, Vicki and Rich Katz participated in the ceremony that would finally bring closure to the long wartime saga of their uncle, Pvt. Arthur Waldman.

Shalom Lamm, Steve Lamar and Rabbi Jacob Schacter of OB, the team who collaborated with the Katzes, also traveled from the U.S. to witness the rededication. ABMC Chief Operations Officer John Wessels and the American and Israeli ambassadors to the Philippines were among other dignitaries in attendance.

Vicki was grateful for the

chance to represent her family at the rededication and “to honor Arthur’s life and service, to give him the funeral he deserved and, in some way, let Arthur know that his sacrifice was not forgotten.”

Little is known about Arthur Waldman’s life in Detroit prior to the war other than, according to the JN, he was “a graduate of Northwestern High School, he attended Wayne University for one year, majoring in commercial art and advertising, worked for his brother-in-law of Shore’s Cafe, and was formerly employed at Harry Suffrin’s,” a well-known men’s haberdasher.

Operation Benjamin’s work is far from done. Hundreds of Jewish soldiers buried under crosses await identification.

The coronavirus has postponed the next scheduled headstone rededication for three Jewish officers in Belgium and France on May 20.

While the Katzes sought out Operation Benjamin, in most cases it is Lamm who reaches out to family members to inform them of OB’s discoveries. In describing those phone calls, he says, “There’s always that moment of stunned silence. Of disbelief. Memories emerge as if from a distant fog, and then almost always there’s the remembrance of parents who were so pained by the experience they could never talk about it without crying.”

Operation Benjamin is in more than just the business of changing grave markers. The exhaustive research they perform and interviews they conduct do for descendants of lost war heroes what the soldiers couldn’t do for themselves — tell their story. Or, as Vicki Katz states in her case, “we came to know Arthur as a real person.”

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ovel coronavirus. COVID-19. Selfquarantine. Social distancing.

These previously unfamiliar phrases have become part of our daily vocabulary.

While people who are ill with the virus are most profoundly affected, life has also changed dramatically for those in healthy households.

Children are schooling at home. Adults are working from home. We are no longer visiting elderly parents and grandparents, fearful of spreading a disease we may unknowingly carry. The meetings, group events and happenings that normally fill our business and personal lives are taking place remotely or not at all.

The past few weeks, the primary focus has been caring for the sick and slowing the spread of the virus. However, many people are realizing that COVID-19 is taking a toll on their mental health.

Local psychotherapists are seeing a lot of patients dealing with increased anxiety. The pervasive uncertainty about when the virus will go away has exacerbated these feelings for

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individuals with pre-existing anxiety issues.

“Some fears are not based on reality, but this is real,” says Judy Lipson, a West Bloomfield-based psychotherapist who believes in paying attention to the body as well as the mind.

“Worry is in the mind, stress is in the body and anxiety is when they’re both present.”

Movement can help dispel Judy Lipson anxiety, Lipson adds.

“Emotions get trapped in your body as energy, and motions move emotions, allowing energy to move through your body,” she says.

THE APPLE TECHNIQUE “The demon of anxiety is what makes people imagine the absolute worst and believe it will happen,” says Dr. Toni Kaplan, a Farmington Hills-based psychotherapist.

To help clients combat anxiety, she uses the APPLE technique: A: Acknowledge feelings of fear and uncertainty without judgment.

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Coronavirus Coping Tips Suggestions for maintaining mental and emotional well-being from therapists Judy Lipson, Toni Kaplan and Janice Goldfein: • Make a schedule for yourself and your kids. A lack of structure can promote anxiety; a daily agenda helps alleviate stress.

• Get outside. Walking or riding a bicycle are excellent antidotes to cabin fever.

• Exercise indoors with free online yoga and exercise classes.

• Limit your intake of television news.

Stay informed, but avoid overconsuming the news.

• Get dressed every day, even if you’re not leaving the house.

• Eat well. Nosh on fruits, veggies and nuts instead of junk food. Cook healthy meals.

• Use an online app to practice daily meditation. Even 5 minutes helps calm the mind and reduce anxiety.

• Stay connected to friends and family via phone, Skype or other video apps.

• Use unexpected free time for neglected projects. Read one of the books on your list, organize digital photos or declutter the basement or garage.

• Try something new. Write a poem, draw a picture, learn a new language or create some dance steps for your favorite song.

• Practice gratitude. Notice and appreciate the things that are right in your world.

RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH A comprehensive list of community resources for mental health and other types of assistance is available on the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit website, jewishdetroit.org/covid19resources.

Most local synagogues are offering free online worship services and other programs for members as well as the general community. Visit their websites for details.

Friendship Circle of Michigan is providing virtual programs for children with special needs and their families. Visit their FC Goes Virtual Facebook page: tinyurl. com/snhubc5.

Jewish recovery meetings normally held at Friendship House are now taking place via Zoom. Email bluma@friendshipcircle. org to receive a link.

P: Pause and take a deep breath instead of reacting.

Repeat.

P: Pull back and realize it’s your worry that is talking.

L: Let go of the thought or feeling. Imagine it floating away in a bubble or cloud.

E: Explore the present moment, noticing your breathing and your surroundings. Then go back to what you were doing before the anxiety surfaced.

UPSIDE OF SLOWING DOWN For better or worse, life has slowed down. We’ve stopped rushing from one activity to the next. Lipson encourages people to consider the benefits of moving at a slower pace.

“How often do we say, ‘If only life were simpler?’ Well,

now it is simpler. Use this as an opportunity to slow down and reflect and reconnect with yourself and others,” she says.

She suggests practicing mindfulness, focusing on the present moment instead of worrying about the future.

“If you’re cleaning the counter or vacuuming, focus only on that,” says Lipson, who also recommends meditation and deep breathing to relieve anxiety. “The breath is the great reboot for the body.”

CO-EXISTING IN CLOSE QUARTERS Spending 24 hours a day under the same roof with children and spouses can result in a feeling of “too much togetherness.” Mental health

professionals recommend establishing boundaries within your household. Carve out “alone time” or establish “no interruption” hours for work or self-care activities such as exercise or meditation.

“Take care of yourselves,” Kaplan says. “If your husband doesn’t do yoga and you do, then do your yoga.”

Couples whose relationships were shaky before the pandemic may find their problems exacerbated.

“Use this as an opportunity to set aside the way you have looked at your partner before, and focus on figuring out how you will get through these times with respect and fairness, if not with love and affection,” suggests Janice Goldfein, a Farmington Hillsbased therapist.

For those who live alone, using Skype or other video chat apps to keep in touch with friends and family can ease feelings of isolation.

Walking outdoors and greeting neighbors (from a safe distance) is also beneficial.

Giving back to others helps combat depression and selfpity. Call an elderly relative or neighbor. Clean out a closet, and fill a bag to donate to a local charity. If possible, contribute to an organization that helps those who are struggling financially.

“Take a look around,” Kaplan advises. “What is in your control? Find things that are soothing — petting a dog, talking to loved ones, listening to music. It’s OK to acknowledge these are not easy times.”

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oom. The teleconferencing service has become a popular communication tool during the coronavirus pandemic. It easily connects isolated families and friends, employees and employers, and offers a way for people to still learn, work and pray together.

Everyone benefits.

Yet, like with most technology, there are risks. Your privacy can be compromised, and you could become a target for pranksters or haters.

Enter a new phrase — Zoom-bombing (similar to photo-bombing). This happens when uninvited participants or their messages enter a publicly announced Zoom session and make their presence known in ways that range from pure mischief to outright hate crimes punishable by law.

“I kind of felt violated,” said Rabbi Mitch Parker of B’nai Israel Congregation in West Bloomfield. He was starting a Talmud class April 1 when an individual described by a

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participant as wearing paramilitary attire, including night goggles, appeared as a participant on screen. When the person began playing disruptive loud music, Rabbi Mitch Parker ended the Parker session quickly. He restarted a little later and was wrapping up the hour when the person appeared again with several others and more loud music. Parker shut the session down.

When Parker went offline, participant Ron Sigal of Farmington Hills stayed on.

He says he saw a man holding a gun. When the man pointed the gun straight at the camera, Sigal signed out immediately.

“When the guy pointed the gun at us, I was nervous, even though I knew he couldn’t shoot me through the computer,” he said. “I felt threatened and violated. I was literally shaking. I felt it was definitely anti-Semitic. The music

sounded like German or Nazilike music.”

Sigal said he didn’t sleep that night because he was disturbed by the incident.

“I have seen anti-Semitic stuff before, but it was never as up close and personal as this,” he said.

Sigal says he reported the incident to the ADL and law enforcement as well as online on an FBI page about internet crime. He also submitted photos he took of the Zoom screen, which showed some screen names but no faces, one of the Zoom-bombers and a pornographic image.

He agreed with Rabbi Parker that new measures were needed for future Zoom meetings.

Since the stay-at-home coronavirus order, B’nai Israel had been holding morning and afternoon minyans as well as classes on Zoom. All were open to anyone — until the Zoombombing.

Now protective measures include passwords, limited

access beyond members except with permission and more.

“We learned our lesson,” Parker said. “We can’t be warm and welcoming any more. It’s unfortunate.”

On April 1, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan posted a message on the company’s website pledging to deal with privacy and security issues and to regain public trust.

Amid the pandemic, the company has seen extraordinary growth.

The B’nai Israel incident and another at a local synagogue that doesn’t want to comment publicly were reported to the Anti-Defamation League, local law enforcement and the Jewish Federation’s community-wide security team.

“We took a police report on April 1 and we are actively working on it,” West Bloomfield Police Chief Michael Patton said, adding that a detective has been assigned and a WBPD liaison is working collaboratively with a local FBI task force.

“We are tracking these incidents very seriously,” said Carolyn Normandin, ADL Michigan regional director.

“Zoom-bombing is bringing hate right into people’s homes when they Carolyn are trying to be in Normandin touch and create community. We need to take a hardline approach on this. If it happens, report it.”

She suggests recording sessions or taking photos of a Zoom-bomber because a captured image could lead to a computer URL and the perpetrator.

The ADL website (adl.org) has a page dedicated to Zoombombing. The page lists report-

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In Thousand Oaks, California, an online school board meeting was ended after someone shared a swastika, Nazi flag and pornographic images.

On the page, ADL cautions that while some incidents can be attributed to internet trolls without malicious intentions, there is concern “extremists could exploit the increasing reliance on video conferencing technology to target certain groups or advance their hateful messages.�

The page also gives instructions for preventing Zoombombings, using Zoom.us settings. Some tips include adding co-hosts to monitor activity, disabling screen sharing for non-hosts, enable a waiting room to screen participants, not using your personal meeting ID to host public meetings, muting all participants and more. “This is a nationwide problem, and I’m concerned it could increase as more people use these systems,� said Matthew Schneider, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern

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Schneider says charges could range from a misdemeanor to a felony, and that only a handful of incidents have been reported so far in the Eastern District. “Criminals will always take advantage of any crisis,�

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Hillel Community Remembers Beloved Coach and Gym Teacher Tony Sanders, known for his contagious smile and laugh, brought a new perspective to all the students and parents he interacted with.

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ony Sanders, Hillel Day School coach of many sports and gym teacher for 23 years, carried his contagious smile and positivity with him both on and off the court. He inspired decades worth of students, parents and Hillel community members.

Sanders passed away on April 2, 2020, due to complications from the novel coronavirus. He was 60 years old, resided in Detroit and is survived by his wife, Leslie, and two sons, Kevin and Derek.

“During the 23 years at Hillel, he helped to build various athletic programs and instill a love for sports. Tony valued sportsmanship and healthy competition,” Nicole Miller, Hillel’s athletic director, said in a statement. “Over the years Tony coached boys and girls basketball, girls volleyball and boys and girls soccer. It is estimated that during that time he coached nearly 2,500 Hillel athletes.”

Miller recognized Sanders as not only a gym teacher and coach, but also as a staff member who “encompassed everything

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Hillel.” He spent recess daily with students, attended shabbatonim and chaperoned field trips. Sanders always maintained his positive and joyful attitude, which radiated throughout the school.

“He had an absolutely infectious smile and a big, belly laugh,” Rabbi Jason Miller of Farmington Hills said. “He was a phenomenal coach who really specialized in what I call individual coaching. Tony would take individual players aside and help them improve their game and also inspire them.

He built players up by telling them the positives and then telling them what they should work on.”

Before becoming a part of the Hillel community, Sanders was an assistant coach for the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit’s varsity basketball team. Rabbi Miller was a player for Sanders during his senior year of high school (19931994) and remembers the little moments he spent with Sanders.

“I could always make him laugh. He used to say, ‘Miller, you’re such a clown,’ as he

was just laughing hysterically,” Rabbi Miller said. “It was this laugh that was a sort of a boisterous, big, belly laugh where his whole body would move when he was laughing.”

Janice Traison of West Bloomfield developed a great relationship with Sanders because he coached her three daughters, Liz, Rebecca and Randi, in basketball, soccer and volleyball from 2001-2012.

“He was just this giant teddy bear. Every time I came into the school, he always gave me a hug and asked me how my girls were doing,” Traison said. “All of my girls went to Frankel Jewish Academy for high school, and he would even come to their high school games to watch them play.”

Although Sanders was not Jewish, he brought a different perspective to the Hillel community and to the students he coached.

“As an African American, he showed the community a different world,” Traison said.

“He taught the kids to be a team player and to truly love the sport they played. There was never any shouting, and he wove life lessons into the sports he coached. The kids

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just loved him, and he was the heart and soul of that school.”

Miller also remembers Sanders as being respectful of Hillel’s Jewish practices.

“He gladly put on a kippah during services and celebrated Jewish holidays with staff and students,” Miller said.

“No matter what was asked of Coach Tony, he was willing to help and offer support. Tony always had a smile that made him the light in the halls of Hillel.”

Jacob Schlussel, a senior at Berkley High School, had Sanders as his basketball coach for three years and formed a strong relationship with him. That continued even after Schlussel graduated from Hillel.

“You could tell just the passion that he had for the students and for the game of basketball,” Schlussel said.

“With some coaches, you don’t always sense the love for their players, but with him, you could tell how much he loved to coach and you just got that sense from him that he truly cared for you a ton and wanted to help you grow — not only as a player but also as a person.”

Farmington Hills resident and Hillel teacher Marcie Goldstein remembers Sanders

as a “kind, loving soul whose infectious smile could brighten anyone’s day.” Her two sons, Ben, 18, and Seth, 16, both had Sanders as a basketball coach while they were students at Hillel.

“Sanders was more than a basketball coach. He was the guy who was always outside at lunch playing basketball with the kids, he was the guy you would talk sports with and he was the guy you would always high-five when walking down the hallway,” Ben said.

“We established relationships with him before he was even our basketball coach. He was a gentle giant, always had a smile on his face and was someone you looked forward to seeing.”

Like everyone else, Goldstein knows that Sanders will be greatly missed throughout the entire Hillel community. His presence at the school inspired not only his students and players, but also anyone who walked into the building.

“His advice and encouragement always came from his heart. His goal was always to see that the kids worked hard to be the best they could be,” Goldstein said. “He truly touched the lives of so many kids.”

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‘Best Birthday Ever’ Friends and neighbors show their love for Berkley judge recovering from brain cancer.

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t’s been a rough year for the Wittenberg family. Last May, 44th District Court Judge Jamie Wittenberg was diagnosed with brain cancer. His diagnosis was quickly followed by surgery and then rounds of chemotherapy and radiation at Henry Ford Hospital.

Wittenberg, husband of Staci and dad of four daughters ages 10-15, turned 46 on Friday, April 3, right in the middle of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home executive order. The Monday before his birthday, Staci sent out a note to friends and family. “I know our lives have been completely changed; however, we have to celebrate the happy moments, too,” she wrote. “That’s why I invite you to Jamie’s ‘Surprise Drive By’ birthday.”

Staci kept the surprise to herself, not even telling her daughters.

To maintain social distancing, the Berkley mom asked people to meet at Rogers Elementary School and stay in their cars for a parade-style format.

“Toot your horn, shout out the windows, make notes big or small,” she wrote.

“This is something small to put a smile

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on his face.” She told people there was no pressure to come and to spread the word.

Staci arranged for a Berkley police officer to lead the parade. At 4 p.m., the birthday parade kicked off, but it was no small procession. “The police officer said there were between 150 and 200 cars that came to say happy birthday to Jamie,” Staci said.

Jamie was in the front yard with his family doing yardwork when the parade began to pass by.

Friends, neighbors, co-workers, their daughters’ teachers, clergy from Temple Israel. “It was overwhelming; it was amazing,” said Jamie, who had colleagues drive as long as an hour and a half away to make the parade. “Cars just kept coming and coming.”

Jamie, who said he “hates being the center of attention,” got emotional. “It was the best birthday ever, just knowing how many people supported us.”

During the parade, their daughter’s music teacher serenaded them from the street. People played music and shouted and held out signs and posters. Temple

CLOCKWISE: Judge Jamie and Staci Wittenberg and their daughters Arielle, 15, Talia, 13, Brooke, 10 and Maya, 10. Temple Israel Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny and family. Their daughter’s music teacher got out of the car to sing to the family. Jamie’s oncologist Dr. Tobias Walbert joined the parade.

Israel’s Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny drove by holding out an iPad with Rabbi Harold Loss on FaceTime waving and adding to the celebration.

Wittenberg, who continues to do the court’s business from home, said he has remained pretty positive throughout his illness. “But the parade did boost my spirits.”

Added Staci: “I think it uplifted every single person there.”

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he Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit has temporarily furloughed 35 percent of its staff, effective Monday, April 13. The employees who were affected were notified on April 6.

This decision comes a week after the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit temporarily laid off 95 percent of their staff due to Michigan’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order in response to the spread of the coronavirus.

“This decision was made to safeguard our organization and to safeguard the community,” Steve Ingber, chief operating officer of JFMD, told the Jewish News. “We wanted to make sure that we will be here long after this pandemic is over so we can continue to meet the needs of the community.”

While Ingber did not have an exact number of how many staff members were affected by the furlough, internal sources give an estimate of around 44 employees.

Ingber sat down with the rest of the management team to reach this tough decision.

According to Ingber, most of

the employees who were furloughed could not do their jobs remotely since their jobs “do not lend themselves to working from home.” He declined to elaborate further on which departments were affected.

A furlough is a temporary leave of absence due to special needs of a company or employer, which is often due to economic circumstances.

Employees who are furloughed can collect unemployment benefits, including the CARES Act from the federal government, which was set up in response to the coronavirus.

According to Ingber, employees will not have to re-apply for their positions and it is JFMD’s intention to bring back all the staff members impacted by this furlough.

“We are still a family. This decision was not based on anyone’s performances, but it was simply that some of the positions don’t lend to being worked from home,” Ingber said. “We have to do what’s best for the long-term health of our organization, of our employees and of the community.”

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9:1-11:47; risked their own health Aaron says, “With the II Samuel 6:1-7:17. and well-being to keep tragedies that happened to others from dying and me today do you really think to keep our country afloat. that eating the new moon sacThis parshah surrounds a rifice would be good in the eyes tragedy that occurs toward the of God?” Aaron gets Moshe to middle of the portion: As Aaron’s understand the struggle to figure sons offer a fire to celebrate the out what God wants from us, dedication of the Sanctuary, they especially in times of tragedy. are struck down by God, right Moshe, our humble teacher, in front of their father Aaron is able to realize his mistake of (Leviticus 10:2). Stunningly, while certainty, and in verse 20: “Moshe Aaron is speechless, Moshe thinks understood (Aaron and his chilhe knows exactly why Nadav and dren) and he realized that what Avihu were struck down: “Oh, they did was the right thing.” that’s what God told us. I will In this era of pandemic, we all be sanctified by those who are must struggle to do what is right most holy.” Moshe probably was in the eyes of God — but what attempting to comfort Aaron, but is that? We must join together in he certainly comes across as too the struggle to figure out how to sure of himself — almost heartdo what is humanly possible to lessly too sure of himself. confront a threat to our world.

Just a few verses later, Moshe If we can learn from Moshe to learns there is no place for have the humility to recognize that certainty in a world filled our tradition is about struggling with sadness and tragedy. The to figure out what is not simple operative words happen to be or obvious, then we will, God the very middle of the portion willing, see a path forward. and the two words are darosh Asher Lopatin is rabbi of Congregation Etz darash, which can mean either Chaim in Huntington Woods and Oak “demanded” or “struggled to Park and the executive director of the understand.” Just like a rabbi’s JCRC/AJC. sermon is called a drasha, it,

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idney Glen of West Bloomfield celebrates his 90th birthday on April 17, 2020. A pharmacist for more than 60 years and owner of Kingsmart Drugs in Detroit, Sid is proud of his achievements and the healthy lifestyle that has led him to this day. Wishing him much love and continued health is his wife, Ellie. “Virtual” hugs and happiness come from his children, Debbie and Rob Molnar, Nancy Glen and Ralph McDowell, Jerry Glen, and Robert and Margie Glen, along with grandchildren, Daniel and Allie Molnar, Rachel and Nati Kiferbaum, Jessica Molnar, Adam, Reva and Dana McDowell, Ethan, Joshua and Noah Glen.

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his past Dec. 22, 2019, Aaron Shifman, formerly of Detroit and West Bloomfield, and the CEO and operator of Shifman’s Men’s Wear for 45 years in the Detroit area, celebrated his 95th birthday at his home in Lake Worth, Fla. The birthday was attended by his children, Elliot, Errol and Monna, and two nurses. As per usual for all of his birthdays, a vibrant bridge game was played, and Aaron, of course, won.

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David Simon on the Real ‘Plot Against America’ The acclaimed TV creative discusses the Jewish response to his alternate-history drama.

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avid Simon is the creator of some of the most acclaimed TV series of all time, including The Wire and Treme. His new alternate-history miniseries The Plot Against America, based on the novel by Philip Roth, concludes its six-episode run on HBO April 20 (the entire series is streaming on HBO Now). It follows a Jewish family in Newark in the early 1940s as anti-Semitic war hero Charles Lindbergh wins the presidency and begins targeting Jewish Americans.

Simon, who touched on his own Jewish identity to write the show, tells the JN it’s about “intolerance of all kinds.”

This interview has been condensed and edited.

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JN: There are a lot of Detroit connections in the show: Lindbergh, Henry Ford. Hank Greenberg is heard on the radio, and Detroit’s one of the first cities to riot in the climax.

Simon: It was all in the book.

We added a few cities to give a sense of the civil disturbances marching east from the Midwest. But we held Detroit, because there was no reason

not to. Roth seemed to have a sense of where he thought it should start. Hank Greenberg, is there a better Jewish ballplayer of the era? We didn’t have Koufax yet. So there’s that.

And Henry Ford, that’s again Roth. He was the Secretary of the Interior in the book. Ford’s anti-Semitism is well-known.

JN: What kind of role do you think a show like yours can play in helping communities like ours reckon with our own dark histories?

Simon: I’m hoping it’s more generic than Detroit. Honestly, as this thing plays overseas, I’m hoping that other countries that are experiencing this turn toward totalitarianism [see it]. Because it’s happening in a variety of places around the world.

Also, I’ll be very clear. The allegory is for who is the most vulnerable in our society. And in 1940, at the height of the [German-American] Bund and isolationism and “America First,” Jewish Americans were othered and made to feel as if they were less than first-class citizens. And that was the vulnerable cohort.

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manda Alberts and her husband, Dave, are both working from their Huntington Woods home while waiting out the coronavirus pandemic. Though it’s a bit chaotic with two young children ages 6 and 3, they’re making the best of it, starting with organizing their spaces.

“We always want to do this, but never have the time,” Alberts said. “We finally do, so we’re trying to make good use of our nights and free time away from kids and work. Plus, we like having a nice space for our family.”

Fluffing your nest can be a productive project — whether that means organizing, decluttering or plain-old prettying your spaces up. If it seems overwhelming or you don’t know where to start, you’re not alone. Professionals’ No. 1 tip is to start small.

Corinne Morahan owns Grid + Glam (gridandglam.com), a Boston-based full-service organizing company that also offers a virtual platform for step-by-step coaching. She suggests starting by making your bed every morning. “It seems so simple, yet it’s extremely powerful,” Morahan said.

“We’ll be spending lots of time in our homes, and making our beds is a marker for us and the kids that it’s time to start the day

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— even if you stay in your jammies all day long.”

Morahan also is telling clients to create zones. If you’ve got the space, each person, including kids, can be in their own separate work zone. “For younger kiddos, or if you have a smaller space, pick your clean zones and your work zones,” she said.

“For example, decide that the kitchen will always stay clean, and set up school in the dining room.

“We will all have to be OK with areas of our home not being perfect. And this is so much easier when we know we have clean spaces we can retreat to — a nightly reset will also be extremely important so you can start each day fresh.”

Sara Kalish, whose home organization business, Let’s Start Here (lshorganizing@ gmail.com), is based in West Bloomfield, suggests using this time to declutter.

“Organizing without purging is just rearranging your things,” she said. “Start small — a bathroom drawer, a nightstand.

Organizing takes time, but ultimately it saves time. Enjoy the process, get rid of things that no longer serve you, reminisce and appreciate the things you keep.”

Alberts started out by cleaning out the entire kitchen pantry — she removed the old contact paper, scrubbed down and sorted through the food and

organized the shelves. Next, she moved on to office spaces.

“I set up desks for both of my kids in our office so they have a work space,” Alberts said. “Then I organized my son’s desk so he can clearly understand what needs to be worked on and what was completed. I’m actually proud of that desk!”

The biggest change that Julie Rosenbaum and husband, Eric, made in their Novi home was to her dining room, which was once reserved for larger groups and holidays, and was seldom used.

“We moved the rectangular table up against a windowed wall and that now serves as the puzzle table,” she said. “I also use that space for ‘official’ Zoom calls, and it allows me to still keep an eye on the little ones.”

The open space she created is now used for more gross motor play for her 3- and 4-year old, including tunnels, forts, tent hideouts and nap time for her daughter’s baby dolls.

Rosenbaum also had impeccable timing in ordering an art table before the pandemic began.

“We do coloring, writing practice, journaling, Playdough and slime,” she said. “It’s also been so nice to see my kids sitting there working together and collaborating on whatever plans they’ve imagined.”

when you give way to intolerance, to totalitarianism impulses, that train always leaves the station — it’s never late. If you’re metastasizing intolerance, Jewhate is going to come along for the ride.

But in fairness, the allegory for today’s moment is black and brown people and Muslims and immigrants. Those are the people who are being othered; those are the people who are being brutalized at the Southern border, those are the people who are stranded at the airports within weeks of this administration taking office. They’re the vulnerable cohort.

So I would hope that Jews in particular would have the understanding that this is not just about Jews. The piece is not about anti-Semitism. It’s about intolerance, fundamentally, of all kinds … This kind of demagoguery, where you trade on fear and xenophobia in order to maintain and expand your political power, this is dangerous for everybody.

On my website, I have pictures of 10 of the 11 people in my family who were lost in the Shoah. I know their names. I know where and how they were killed. They couldn’t get out.

And the world thought, “There’s too many of them, and they’re not like us, they don’t worship the same way, they have different politics, we can’t trust them.”

It was all said the same way it’s now said about Muslims or about Mexicans or whoever else Trump is hating on. And the quietude of so many in the Jewish community in this moment, because they don’t happen to be Jews, it’s a shonda.

JN: You talked to Philip Roth before he died. How did he help you shape the show?

Simon and Pearl Rosenbaum work at their art table.

Simon: The most dramatic thing we did was expand the point of view from a grown Philip

looking back on his childhood, which is a very singular point of view. We gave everyone in the nuclear family a point of view, and we added Evelyn and Alvin.

And he was in ready agreement about that.

He [also] said, “Make sure they’re secular Jews,” that they’re assimilated. Because in doing so you put the lie to everything that Ford and Lindbergh are attempting to claim and act upon, which is the idea that Jews are not assimilated … and they’re vulnerable to outside influences, they’re not as loyal.

The point of the book is that’s a lie.

JN: The show uses anti-Semitism as an allegory, but it’s also very specifically Jewish. What was the significance of that for you?

Simon: Obviously I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. My father was involved in Jewish issues for his whole professional life … And he grew up in Jersey City and [had] the immigrant experience — he’s in the same cohort as Roth. I’ve read Roth, and I’m acculturated with Jewish American identity.

Because I was accessing things that were familiar to my upbringing and my childhood, there are some lines that are my father’s lines that he invented in the piece, along with dialogue from the book.

Did I have fun with it? Yeah, but I have fun with all the characters. It was an opportunity to write something a little different. But I didn’t come to it thinking, “Oh boy, I get to write Jews.” I was thinking, “Oh, some of the stuff I’ve had in my head could find the page.”

Visit TheJewishNews.com on Monday evening after “The Plot Against America” series finale for more of our interview with Simon and for his thoughts on the ending.

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BROADCAST AND STREAMING CHOICES The NBC series Indebted has its first season finale on Thursday, April 16, at 9:30 p.m. Basic series plot: Deb (Fran Drescher, 62) and Stew (Steven Weber, 59) make some bad financial decisions and have to move in with their son, Dave (Adam Pally, 38) and his wife, Rebecca (Abby Elliott). I was really rooting for this series: All four lead characters are supposed to be Jewish, and three of the four are played by Jewish actors. Also in the main cast: Michigan native Jessy Hodges, 33, as Joanna, Dave’s lesbian sister (Hodges’ mother is Jewish) and Richard Kind, 63, as Artie, Deb’s older brother.

Problem is that the show usually isn’t funny. The laugh track “roars,” but the jokes rarely earn a real chuckle. Most critics agree with me, and ratings have been anemic.

The season finale may have a dual meaning: it’s called “Shivah.” The plot: Deb’s great-aunt dies, and it falls on Deb and Stew to arrange sitting shivah for her. Deb tries to introduce some new twists on how the family sits shivah. Also, Joanna worries if she will die alone.

This all sounds intriguing and “very Jewish.” I hope that this episode is much better than the series premiere. Otherwise, I suspect “Shivah” will mark the end of Indebted, the series.

Run is an original HBO series that began on April 12. The main characters are Ruby and Billy, a couple who enter into a pact while

in college: If either couldn’t stand their life anymore, they would text the other person the word “run” and the other person would drop everything and travel to New York to meet the “texter.” Well, 17 years after graduation, Ruby texts “run” to Billy. The recurring cast includes Tamara Podemski, 43, as Babe Cloud, a police detective.

A Toronto native, Tamara is the daughter of an Israeli father and an Aboriginal Canadian mother.

The granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, Podemski studied Hebrew literature in college and has appeared at forums in which she has discussed the similarities and differences in the Jewish and “First Nation” experiences.

The Baker & the Beauty premiered on ABC (10 p.m.) on Monday, April 13. It is a romantic-comedy-musical series based on a hit Israeli series of the same name. Set in Miami, it follows Daniel Garcia, who works in his family’s bakery and does everything that his loving Cuban parents expect him to do. But on a wild Miami night after breaking up with his girlfriend, he meets Noa Hamilton, a superstar model and fashion mogul, and his life moves into the spotlight as the pair discover their mutual attraction.

The supporting cast includes Dan Bucatinsky, 54. You almost certainly know him from scores of TV guest roles. His parents were born and raised in Argentina, so Dan almost certainly speaks Spanish. Not known yet whether that is true of his character, too.

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This was the 59th season for the Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson B’nai B’rith bowling league. It was the 45th season for the B’nai B’rith basketball league.

Each league experienced a first last month when its season ended earlier than planned. Blame the COVID-19 public health scare and resulting social-distancing measures.

The last weekly Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson bowling night was March 9. Five weeks of regular-season competition and three weeks of playoffs at 300 Bowl in Waterford remained for the 18 teams.

The four B’nai B’rith basketball teams had one week of regular-season play and one week of playoffs to go at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield. The teams last played March 8.

Starting dates for the weekly B’nai B’rith golf league at the Links of Novi and the weekly Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League at diamonds in West Bloomfield are up in the air.

Each league is scheduled to begin competition in May.

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Success wasn’t measured on the scoreboard this season for the Frankel Jewish Academy boys basketball team.

First-year coach Nehemiah Crowder said he wanted to change the team’s culture, and he felt he did that even though FJA finished 6-14.

The culture change was giving everyone on the team a chance to play, Crowder said, so the Jaguars won’t find themselves again in the predicament they were in going into this season.

Only one player — Ethan Maustyn — entered this season with substantial varsity basketball experience.

“A lot of our guys went straight into the fire. Our learning curve was steep,” Crowder said. “All our guys gave it all they had, even those who never envisioned themselves playing at the varsity level.”

Crowder said freshman point guard Merrick Michaelson was a bright spot.

“Merrick wants to get better and learn the game. He soaks up coaching

This was going to be Cooper’s fourth year as a starting defender on the FJA girls soccer team.

“That was the plan,” the senior said.

After missing about half of the FJA girls basketball season this winter because of a concussion, Cooper was cleared to play the final few basketball games and in the soccer season.

FJA boys basketball team

like a sponge,” Crowder said.

Two players who were struggling academically got themselves back on track in the classroom and were able to play in part of the season.

They also were success stories, Crowder said.

“Playing basketball gave them something to work for,” he said. “They knew if they met our standards, we’d have their back.”

Crowder also praised his players’ parents, “who always put their kids first.”

Maustyn (11.6 points per game) and Michaelson (8.1 points per game) were the Jaguars’ leading scorers.

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lisha Cooper really wanted to play soccer this spring for Frankel Jewish Academy.

The spread of COVID-19, which has caused a public health crisis around the world and the cancellation of high school spring sports in the state by the Michigan High School Athletic Association, closed the curtain on that chapter of Cooper’s life.

“This soccer season would have been my last hurrah, my last season playing for FJA,” Cooper said. “I’m sad, but with all that’s happening in the world, I wasn’t surprised by the (MHHA’s) decision.”

FJA senior Eli Grey began the school year on a high note. He made it all the way to the semifinals at No. 3 singles in the Division 4 state boys tennis tournament.

It was his fourth year on the FJA boys tennis team.

Grey was looking forward to his fourth season as the starting catcher on the FJA baseball team.

“Not being to play baseball for FJA this spring is disappointing because I won’t be able to create memories with my teammates,” he said. “But I wasn’t surprised when I

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heard about the decision to cancel the season.”

Senior Mitch Blackman transferred to FJA from Walled Lake Western High School before his junior year, and he ended up playing tennis, basketball and baseball for the Jaguars.

He would have been a shortstop and pitcher this spring on the FJA baseball team.

“I was looking forward to my final season at FJA,” he said. “What’s happened made me realize you have to cherish your good memories.”

FJA was supposed to have teams in five sports this spring.

About 60-65 athletes, approximately half of the school’s enrollment, were going to play baseball, softball, boys golf, girls soccer and girls tennis.

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The 14-year-old West Bloomfield High School freshman competed last summer on the American Ninja Warrior Junior obstacle course in Los Angeles in the ages 13-14 division, but his TV time wasn’t announced until this month. Ryan Krauthamer Krauthamer isn’t allowed to talk about how he did on the show until after the May 1 episode airs.

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Frankel Jewish Academy senior forward Emily Feldman was named to mlive.com’s Metro Detroit Dream Team honorable mention list for girls basketball.

She averaged six points per game for the Jaguars (3-12), who returned to the court after a year off.

There weren’t enough players to have a team in the 2018-19 season.

Emily Feldman Feldman’s intangibles impressed Coach Brittney Eickhoff.

“Emily led by example, worked hard, was coachable, positive, and I could rely on her to relay a message to the other girls on the team,” Eickhoff said. “I wish I had 10 of her on the team.”

Feldman will be attending the University of Michigan.

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“What’s happened made me realize you have to cherish your good memories.”

— MITCH BLACKMAN

“Playing sports is part of our culture at FJA,” Cooper said.

She should know.

Cooper did a class project in the fall that argued that FJA should require students to participate in extracurricular activities.

As part of her research, she discovered that of the 146 students enrolled at FJA in the 2018-19 school year, 102 students participated in at least one sport and there were 12 multi-sport athletes.

In addition, she learned that 18 girls were planning to play tennis, 16 girls were planning to play soccer and 16 boys were planning to play baseball this spring.

Cooper, Grey and Blackman are all going to college, but their competitive athletic careers are over.

Cooper, 17, a West Bloomfield resident, is headed to the University of Michigan. Grey, 17, who lives in Bloomfield Hills, is going to Michigan State University. Blackman, 17, of Novi, also is going to MSU. FJA Athletic Director Rick Dorn said the MHSAA was wise to delay its final decision on spring sports, and the organization ultimately made the correct

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decision to cancel them.

“I anticipated that spring sports were going to be called off,” Dorn said. “The day the NCAA canceled spring sports (March 12), I knew that day was going to come for us.”

The MHSAA halted winter sports temporarily March 12 and stopped all athletic activities temporarily March 16.

The rest of the winter sports season and the spring sports season were canceled April 3 by the MHSAA, one day after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s directive to close school buildings for the rest of the academic year.

Josh Birnberg, firstyear coach of the West Bloomfield High School baseball team, finished tryouts March 12 and never got to hold his first practice as coach.

“I was hoping we’d play this season, but it was false hope,” he said. “I’m disappointed, but not for myself. I’ll coach next season. I’m disappointed for my eight seniors.”

Birnberg is also a hitting and fielding instructor at High Performance Training in Keego Harbor. That job also is on hold because of COVID-19.

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he Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson B’nai B’rith bowling league and B’nai B’rith basketball league each ended earlier than planned last month because of COVID-19 social-distancing measures.

Here are the leagues’ final stats: BOWLING

Team standings 1. NeinandTenn, 60.1 winning percentage 2. Mix-N-Match, 60.0 3. 600 Club, 59.1 4. Yogi’s Rollers, 57.6 5. Dream Team, 56.9 6. Mertz Bakery, 55.8 7. Ten Pin Commandments, 55.2 8. NHL Property Management, 53.7 9. House Ballz, 48.9

10. Pin Pals, 47.4 11. Manute Bolers, 47.0 12. Gramps R Us, 46.4 13. Gorillas, 45.5 14. Wynning, 44.4 15. Pin Bowl Wizards, 42.2 16. Who Needs Malach, 41.7 17. Back-up Ballz, 40.7 18. Upstarts, 37.4

Note: First-half team champions were NeinandTenn (Red Wings Division), Mix-N-Match (Lions Division), Dream Team (Tigers Division) and House Ballz (Pistons Division). The second half of the season was not completed.

Top team games (with handicap) 600 Club (Red Wings Division): 2857 House Ballz (Pistons Division): 2815 Pin Pals (Tigers Division): 2781 Mix-N-Match (Lions Division): 2780

Top individual scores and series Red Wings Division: Matt Rappaport, Dave Shanbaum 300; Shanbaum 824; Lions Division: Aaron Radner, Phil Horowitz 300; Radner 804; Tigers Division: Lyle Schaefer 288; Schaefer 782; Pistons Division: Yale Weiner 290; Mike Rosen 777

Top individual averages (minimum 200) 1. Aaron Radner 229.30 (highest in league history) 2. Dave Shanbaum 227.06 3. Keith Kingston 217.39 4. Lyle Schaefer 216.65 5. Mike Rosen 216.40 6. Mike Kolb 215.32 7. Phil Horowitz 214.47 8. Gary Klinger 210.31 9. Matt Rappaport 210.00 10. Benny Shapiro 208.93 11. Rick Woolman 208.89 12. Eric Weiss 207.17 13. Sam Mauch 205.13 14. Rob Greenfield 204.77 15. Bob Breitman 203.71 16. Noah Cohen 203.52 17.

Steve Lotzoff 202.57 18. Corey Slutsky 201.47

BASKETBALL Team standings 1. Pisgah/Zeiger (Coach Rick Sherline) 8-0 2. Pisgah (Coach David Banooni) 5-3 3. Brotherhood I (Coach Rich Luger) 2-6 4. Brotherhood II (Coach Justin Peters) 1-7

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Sammy and Jack Pollack

Quaran-Teens COURTESY OF JACK POLLACK

West Bloomfield siblings create online forum for students.

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ith schools closed for the remainder of the year due to the coronavirus, many students are coping with the stressors of being home every day, not interacting with fellow classmates or teachers and dealing with the feelings of isolation.

Two siblings, Jack and Sammy Pollack, were inspired by their mom, Nicole, a social worker at Beaumont, to recreate the benefits of social work through an online forum. Their website, Quaranteen Help

(quaranteenhelp.com), provides students of any age with an outlet and the opportunity to talk about their feelings with someone their own age.

Jack, a sophomore at Bloomfield Hills High School, and his sister Sammy, 13, a student at West Hills Middle School, launched the website on Wednesday, April 1, and have been sharing the link with some of their mom’s coworkers and in different Facebook groups.

“Teens can put [in] their name and email, which goes

right to our inbox and allows for us to engage directly with the student, whether that is a phone conversation or just through messaging one another,” Sammy said.

The Pollacks’ website is open to any student, regardless if they are in elementary, middle or high school. Their goal is to allow students to engage in conversations with someone who is facing the same obstacles as them.

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“We think sometimes it’s easier for a teen to talk to a teen instead of a teen talking to an adult, because teens share the same perspective that sometimes an adult just does not get,” Jack said. “Sometimes it’s also just easier to write out our feelings.”

The siblings have had a handful of emails from students so far but are hoping for more teens to use the tool and are looking forward to helping their fellow students get through this tough time.

“We want to make a positive difference and help as many kids as we can stay more connected and have someone to reach out to who they know will always be there,” Sammy said.

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IRENE ASTREIN, 92, formerly of Huntington Woods, died April 7, 2020.

Irene (Duci) and the beloved late Cyril Astrein were married for 46 years. She was born in Akron, Ohio, grew up in Detroit and was raised like a sister with her beloved cousin, Dolly Weinstein.

Irene will be lovingly remembered by many other cousins and family members.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Bruce and Denise Astrein, Gary and Jody Astrein, Richard and Debbie Astrein, Craig and Elayne Astrein, and Ken Astrein and Margie Schnyder; grandchildren, David and Staci Astrein, Jeffrey Astrein, Kyle and Ian Driver, Nolan and Jen Astrein, and Steven and Carly Astrein.

Interment was at Oakview Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Beaumont Health, Charles A. Main, M.D. Pediatric Cancer Survivor Scholarship Fund, 26901 Beaumont Blvd., Southfield, MI 48033, beaumont.org/giving/waysto-give; or Ruth Ellis Center, 77 Victor St., Highland Park, MI 48203, ruthelliscenter.org.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

JOEL BEHRMANN, 86, of Southfield, died April 6, 2020.

He is survived by his wife, Margot Behrmann; daughter, Susan Behrmann; son and daughter-in-law, Jim Behrmann and Peggy Farrell; grandchildren, Joe Behrmann, Colin Behrmann, Tyler Chapman and Jake Chapman; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Lowell and Amy Homburger; numerous nieces and nephews.

Mr. Behrmann was the brother of the late Sherwin “Mickey” Behrmann; dear brother-in-law of the late Bunny Behrmann.

Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association-Greater Michigan Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, alz.org/gmc; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements

by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

SHERWIN “MICKEY” BEHRMANN, 93, of Bloomfield Hills, died April 8, 2020.

He is survived by his sons and daughtersin-law, Ivan Berhmann and Pamela Jackson, Steven and Sara Behrmann, Scott and Lisa Behrmann, and Michael and Naomi Behrmann; grandchildren, Brendan and Mariam Behrmann, Bridget Behrmann and Sylvain Petit, Sydney Behrmann, Jacob Behrmann, Erik Behrmann, Jenna and Brett Garber, Katie Behrmann, Mindy Behrmann and Tilly Behrmann; great-granddaughter, Millie Garber; his dear sister-in-law, Margot Behrmann; loving nieces, nephews and other family.

Mr. Behrmann was the beloved husband for 67 years of the late Bernice “Bunny” Behrmann; treasured brother of the late Joel Behrmann.

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

STANLEY NEAL BELTZMAN, 74, of Farmington Hills, passed away April 2, 2020, from complications after contracting COVID-19.

He was larger than life and a friend to all he encountered. Stan was quick to give a hug and kiss and loved conversation and sharing laughs with longtime friends or those he just met. His jovial personality and gift of gab would have made him terrible at social

distancing.

Stanley was very connected to Temple Israel and its community and loved nothing more than singing along with Linda to the music that he loved at a Shabbat service. He spent much of his time volunteering and enriching the Jewish community in suburban Detroit.

Mr. Beltzman is survived by his beloved wife, Linda Pitt Beltzman; children, Robyn (Glenn) Kaplan, Daniel (Adi) Beltzman and Adam (Rachel) Beltzman; brothers and sistersin-law, Michael (Judy) Beltzman, David (Maryann) Beltzman and Richard (Christine) Lipson. He was proud “Papa” to Hannah Kaplan, Jaden Beltzman, Samantha Kaplan, Cameron Beltzman, Peyton Kaplan, Miles Beltzman, Ariel Beltzman and Eliana Beltzman.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Barbara Beltzman; loving parents, Eva and Simon Beltzman; and his loving mother-in-law, Doris Lipson.

Due to current restrictions preventing gatherings, a public funeral service will not be held at this time. The family will hold an in-person memorial service at his beloved Temple Israel on a date to be determined. Contributions may be made to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) COVID-19 Response Fund. Arrangements

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DIANA BENSMAN, 85, of West Bloomfield, died April 4, 2020.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Susan (Jay) Miller; son, Paul Bensman; daughter-in-law, Barbara Bensman; grandchildren, Rebecca Miller, Elyse Miller, Ian Bensman, Blake Bensman and Katelin Bensman; great-grandchild, Chuckie; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Mrs. Bensman was the

beloved wife of the late Morris “Moe” Bensman; mother of the late Stuart Bensman; sister of the late Ruth Monheit and the late Jack Goren.

Interment was held at the Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

ALFRED BRICKER, 99, of West Bloomfield, died April 3, 2020.

Mr. Bricker was the executive secretary of the Wayne County Retirement System.

He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Sharon BrickerFerris and Art Ferris; son and daughter-in-law, Les and Bonnie Bricker; grandchildren, Sarah Bricker and Aaron Bricker; sister and brother-in-law, Pauline and Harry Schwartz; loving caregivers, Mary, Nellie, Marilyn, Louise, Theresa, Cherise and Melinda; many loving nieces and nephews.

Mr. Bricker was the beloved husband for 68 years of the late Lillian Bricker; the cherished father of the late Stuart J. Bricker; the loving brother of the late Audrey and the late Melvin Mogill.

Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, cbahm.org; or Hospice of Michigan-Oakland County, 43097 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.org/donations.

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JEROME DATER, 93, of Boca Raton, Fla., died April 3, 2020.

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“doll” Gitty.

He retired in 1982, and they moved from Detroit to Florida to spend many happy years.

Mr. Dater was a devoted family man, always so proud of his children and grandchildren.

He is survived by his daughters, Dr. Marcy Dater Weiss and Cheryl Dater; grandchildren; Ryan Weiss, Kevin Weiss, Dr. Elizabeth Katz, Dr. Alexis Katz and Shoshana Katz; loving sisters; Clarice (Bruce) Simons and Renee (Jerry) Gerger.

He was the husband of the late Gitty Dater.

Interment was at South Florida National Cemetery. Contributions to honor his memory may be made to Jewish War Veterans (JWV.org) or Wounded Warrior Project.

DR. LOUIS EGNATER, 94, of Huntington Woods, died April 3, 2020.

Dr. Egnater is survived by his children, Beth and Jeff Applebaum, Joel Egnater and Bruce Stumvoll, Ruth Egnater and Lenny Silverman, and Dean Egnater and Karen Halberg; grandchildren, Barbara Applebaum and Luke Rygh, Dana Applebaum, Jordan Silverman and Maggie Field, Carly Silverman and Sara Young, and Gabrielle Egnater; great-grandchild, June Rygh.

He was the beloved husband for 62 years of the late Ina Egnater; the loving brother of the late Jack and the late Gertie Nater, and the late Barney and the late Carol Egnater.

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

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SARAH ENGEL, 96, of West Bloomfield, died April 7, 2020.

She is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Dr. Jerry Engel, Dr. Joel (Cindy) Engel; grandchildren, Alex and Michelle Engel; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

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abbi Daniel Fogel, 87, passed away in West Orange, N.J., on April 5, 2020.

Dan was born in Wyandotte, raised on the top floor of Fogel’s Super Service, a gas station his father bought after losing the family home in the Great Depression.

He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in political science.

There he developed his passion for Michigan sports, was elected as president of Hillel and met the love of his life, Eleanor.

Following his calling to make a difference in people’s lives and serve the Jewish community, he received his rabbinic ordination and master’s of Hebrew letters from Hebrew Union College in 1960. From 1960-1966, he was assistant/associate rabbi at Temple Sinai in Roslyn Heights, N.Y. In 1966, he became the senior rabbi of North Shore Synagogue in Syosset, N.Y., where he served for more than 30 years, during which time he also received an honorary doctor of divinity. Upon retirement, he continued as rabbi emeritus, enriching three generations of congregants’ lives and their connections to Judaism through his warmth, compassion and wisdom.

Rabbi Daniel Fogel

Beyond North Shore, Dan pursued many opportunities to support individuals within his community, including as a marriage and family counselor and chaplain at the Merchant Marine Academy.

Dan was also deeply involved in civil and human rights. He was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, marching in St. Augustine at the request of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with 15 other rabbis.

Together, they were jailed as part of the largest mass arrest of rabbis in history.

His sense of justice led him to actively support refuseniks, Soviet Jews who were denied permission to emigrate. He traveled to the Soviet Union to meet with them and help provide for their basic and religious needs. He encouraged activism within his community, developing a Social Action Committee

at North Shore Synagogue.

Rabbi Fogel’s contributions have been honored by the AntiDefamation League, United Jewish Appeal and Long Island Committee for Soviet Jewry, among others.

Dan inspired countless people, none more so than his family. He loved his family deeply and was especially proud of all his grandchildren, who thought of him as their hero. No one could lead a seder like Dan, who ended the motzi (prayer before eating) by saying, “play ball.” Dan always was and will always embody the true essence of what it means to be a mensch.

Rabbi Fogel was the loving husband of Eleanor (Shur) Fogel; father of Kenneth (Nancy) and Caren (Douglas); brother of Miriam Battle and Dorothy Harwood; grandfather of Rachael, Rebecca, Sarah, Ben, Alicia and Arianna.

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the late Stanley Engel; mother of the late Ellen Judy Engel; sister of the late Hilda Kaplan and the late Irene Goose.

Interment was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

ELAINE FRIEDMAN, 89 passed away peacefully April 1, 2020.

She was a strong, determined woman in a worldwide family. Elaine had many wonderful friends and co-workers and was dedicated to them and their interests.

She was an intellectual, returning to college while her children finished educations.

She earned her M.S.W., and, as a social worker, she worked with the Jewish Federation at their senior life residences; she also counseled children and families and volunteered with the family courts.

Mrs. Friedman loved to travel and did so across the world, especially to Israel and Colorado to visit family. She enjoyed the arts, jazz, reading and caring for others. She was a great cook, particularly for the holidays; no one made a better brisket.

Although her last few years were difficult, she had a spirit that all remember.

Her late husbands were Raymond Daneman and Chuck Friedman. Her late daughter was Gwen Budow.

Mrs. Friedman is survived by her children, Marc and Linda Daneman, Robert and Sheryl Daneman, Maury (Carolyn) Budow; her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Burke and Mandy Daneman (Mackenzie and Ollie), Benje and Ashley Daneman (Matt, Rivi and Maeve), and Tyler Daneman; her Israeli grandchildren, Rami

and Bayta Budow, Jonah and Michal Budow (Hadasha and Yisca), and Elianna and Noah Kaplan; her stepgrandchildren, Yaniv, Ilan and Kerem Budow; brother, Stewart Shear; sister and brother-in-law, Debra and Al Linn; their children all miss her, too.

A celebration of her life will be held later. Contributions may be made to Detroit’s Jewish Senior Life or to a charity of your choice.

DAVIDA GALE, 88, of West Bloomfield, died April 9, 2020.

She is survived by her son, Cantor Daniel Gale; daughter and son-in-law, Judith and Nicholas Greifer; grandchildren, Noah Gale, Natalie Greifer and Jacob Greifer; brother and sister-in-law, Berol and Shirley Robinson.

Mrs. Gale was the beloved wife of the late Jack Gale; the cherished mother of the late Marsha Gale; the loving sister of the late Buddy and the late Phyllis Robinson.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Kadima, 15999 W. 12 Mile, Southfield, MI 48076, kadimacenter. org; Hadassah-Greater Detroit Chapter, 5030 Orchard Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, MI 48323, hadassah.org/detroit; or to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

GERALD GOLDBERG, 92, of Oak Park, died April 4, 2020.

He is survived by his sons and daughter-in-law, David (Mary) Goldberg and Aaron Goldberg; daughters and sons-in-law, Rachel (Jimmy) Duncan and Ruth (Jon) Garner; grandchil-

dren, Maxwell, Zachary (Lara), Colin, Victoria and Sidney; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Mr. Goldberg was the beloved husband of the late Deborah Goldberg.

Interment was held at the Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.

Contributions may be made to JARC or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

LYNNDA GORELICK, 73, of Troy, died April 5, 2020.

She was a proud Wayne State University Law School graduate. She lived in California and worked as a paralegal before returning to Michigan to be with her family.

Ms. Gorelick was an active member of the Troy Community Lions Club and was committed to and passionate about her Jewish faith. She enjoyed knitting, making fudge and playing mah jong.

She was a true fighter as she battled and defeated a multitude of health issues with an admirable positive attitude. Her family and friends will dearly miss her quirky sense of humor and passion for helping others.

Ms. Gorelick is survived by her brothers, Stuart Gorelick and Burt Gorelick; nieces and nephews, Dayna Begien, Damon and Theresa Gorelick, Tracei and Ersin Akarlilar, David and Linden Gorelick, and Scott and Adrianna Gorelick; great-nieces and great-nephews, Nick, Tabitha, and Lauren Begien, Dakota, Hudson, and Dylan Akarlilar, Vivien and Ruby Gorelick, and Gibson and Sonnet Gorelick.

She was the devoted daughter of the late Oscar and the late Lillian Gorelick; the dear

sister-in-law of the late Roberta Gorelick.

Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park.

Contributions may be made to National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, 1169 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, nkfm.org. Arrangements

by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

DIANE HAUER, 79, of West Bloomfield, died April 9, 2020.

She is survived by her beloved husband, Harvey Hauer; daughter and son-in-law, Nicole (Mark) Snover; granddaughter, Stephanie Snover; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Mrs. Hauer was the sister of the late Larry (Irene) Kronen; dearest daughter of the late Lou and the late Belle Kronen.

Interment was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.

Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, to the Michigan Humane Society or to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

DR. NORMAN KAPLAN, 89, professor emeritus of internal medicine at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, died peacefully on April 5, 2020, of complications of heart failure.

He was born to Sarah and IJ Kaplan and raised in Dallas; he traveled the world over as part of a six-decade career.

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popular textbook on hypertension (Clinical Hypertension) and more than 500 scientific publications.

He worked for social justice in many areas and generously supported Democratic causes, opera, chamber music and theater. He loved travel, good food and wine, and his home in Santa Fe. Dr. Kaplan was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Audrey; his brothers, Sol and David; sister, Sylvia; grandson, George Orley; and stepson, Adam Hudson.

He is survived by his daughters, Marcia Kaplan (Michael Privitera), Cynthia Reynolds (Peach), Carolyn Kaplan (Jon Sanford), and Diane Orley (Randall); stepsons, Michael Hudson (Diane) and Daniel Hudson; eight grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; two great-stepgrandchildren. The family thanks the caring staff of Hospice Plus.

A memorial will be arranged at a later date. Contributions may be made to Planned Parenthood, 3100 Professional Drive, P.O. Box 3673, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, plannedparenthood. org; American Civil Liberties Union, 2966 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48201, aclumich. org; to a Democratic candidate; or to a charity of one’s choice.

Local arrangements by Kaufman Chapel.

MIRIAM LOIS KONSTANTIN, 85, of Oak Park, died April 4, 2020.

She is survived by her husband of 56 years, William Konstantin; daughter and sonin-law, Lynne Konstantin and Jeffrey Hermann; daughter-inlaw, Julie Tracht Konstantin; grandchildren, Charles and Annabel Hermann, and Samantha Konstantin; sister-inlaw, Sylvia Stotzky; many loving nieces and nephews.

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Benjamin Konstantin; the loving sister of the late Arlene and the late Max Burns, and the late Selma and the late Arnold Rodin; the dear sister-in-law of the late Maurice “Red” Stotzky; the devoted daughter of the late Benjamin and the late Sarah Schwartz.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Pan CanPancreatic Action Network Inc., 1500 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, pancan.org; or Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Michigan, 25882 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 102, Farmington Hills, MI 48336, ccfa.org/ chapters/michigan. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

DEBRA “DEBI” MIRSKY, 60, of West Bloomfield, died April 8, 2020.

She is survived by her loving mother, Frances Mirsky; devoted partner, Jeffrey Stevens; sisters and brothers-in-law, Elissa and Charles Soares, Shelley Rubinstein, and Karen and James Abram; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Ms. Mirsky was the daughter of the late Allen Mirsky; sister-inlaw of the late Paul Rubinstein.

Interment was held at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to Temple Shir Shalom or to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

DR. VICTOR MOSS, 96, of West Bloomfield, died April 6, 2020.

He is survived by his children, Ruth (Gennady) Moss-Katsnelson, Suzanna (Yigal) Ran, Sheryl (Bruce) Velloso and Karen (Tom) Frontera; grandchildren, Tamar Ran (Ori), Yoni Ran (girlfriend, Annie), Talia Ran (Aviv), Allyson Carney (Ran), Eric Willner

(Catherine), Emily Mor (Adam), Jessica McWilliam (Michael), Laura Katsnelson (boyfriend, Danny) and Julie Katsnelson; great-grandchildren, Naama, Maya, Amit, Charles and James.

Interment was held at B’nai Israel Memorial Gardens in Novi. Contributions may be made to the Israel Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

IRENE PHILLIPS, 91, of Huntington Woods, died April 8, 2020.

She is survived by her children, Helene (Paul Zerkel) Phillips, Michael (Lynn (Madelyn) Phillips and Toni (Tim) Foley; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Marc (fiance, Lacey Patterson) Zerkel, David (Nami) Goldenberg, Elana (Goldenberg) Jeff Gell, Erik, Craig (Annie) and Margeaux Phillips, Jennifer, Timmie and Brendan Foley, Gali, Eytan and Rafi Goldenberg, Sloane and Ellie Phillips; loving sister, Rosie Schwartz; many loving nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Phillips was the beloved wife of the late Yale Phillips.

Interment was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network or to Hospice of Michigan.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

HAROLD RADIN, 79, of Commerce Township, died April 3, 2020.

He was the cherished father of Jacqueline (Larry) Taffel, Michelle (the late Steven) Schneider, Sheila (Barry) Jay, Danielle (Jeffrey) Kalt, Jeffrey (Amy Kahn) Radin; loving grandfather of Adam Taffel, Joshua Taffel, Melissa Schneider (fiancé, Jeffrey Guibord), Erica Schneider, Sarah McPherson,

Emily McPherson (fiancé, Justin Watt), Gabrielle Fantich, Julia Fantich, Jade Fantich, Jacob Kalt, Benji Kalt, Ethan Kalt, Tyler Radin, Justin Radin, Cameron Radin; brother of Rosalind Bressler (the late Louis Bressler), Paula (Jeffrey) Lebowitz. He is also survived by loving nieces, nephews, many cousins and wonderful lifelong friends.

Mr. Radin was the devoted husband of Esther Radin, his wife of 57 years; son of the late Joseph M. and the late Helen Radin; the beloved brother of the late Daniel Radin; brother-in-law of the late Ernest Greenblatt.

Interment was held at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation or to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

MARLYNN ROSS, 83, of Birmingham, died April 1, 2020.

She will be remembered for her participation c. 1980 in supporting the AIDS Foundation in Florida and for being a Channel 56 chairperson.

Mrs. Ross was the owner of House Fitness Decorating and was beloved for her witty sense of humor, her entertaining skills and her devotion to family and friends.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Scott and Janne Sandler, Lance and Amy Ross; daughter and son-inlaw, Natalie Ross and Stephen Dickstein; grandchildren, Emma and Hanna Sandler, Phoebe and Aidan Ross, Jordan and Anna Dickstein; sister and brothers-in-law, Ellen and Michael Jaffe, Marc Arnkoff; nieces and nephews, Jeffery (Michelle) Jaffe, Dana Jaffe, Ryan (Hallie) Jaffe, Josh (Sarah) Arnkoff, Brett (Elizabeth) Arnkoff, Adam Arnkoff (fiancée, Ally Carter), Lindsay Rovin and Jennifer (Leo)

Lytes; many other loving family members and friends.

Mrs. Ross was the daughter of the late Alex and the late Sally Rovin; sister of the late Mark Rovin and the late Terry Arnkoff.

Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association or to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

FRANCES SCHNEIDER, 89, of Farmington Hills, died April 8, 2020.

She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Judith Schneider, Ruth Ann (Michael) Williams; son and daughter-in-law, David (Amy) Schneider; grandchildren, Sarah, Hope and Isabella Schneider; sister, Inez Horwitz; many other loving family members and friends.

Mrs. Schneider was the beloved wife of the late Howard Schneider; mother of the late Ted I. Schneider; sister-in-law of the late Irwin Horwitz.

Interment was held at Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

SONIA SHAENBOEN, 91, of New York (formerly of Michigan), died March 27, 2020.

She is survived by her son, Steve Shane; grandchildren, Eric (Natalya) Shaenboen; great-grandson, Nikolai Shaenboen; sister, Helen Rubin; brother, Seymour Weiner; many other loving family members and friends.

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Shaenboen; mother of the late Michael Shaenboen and the late Marsha Shaenboen; mother-inlaw of the late Theresa Matzura; sister-in-law of the late Sol Rubin and the late Jane Weiner.

Interment was held at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, N.J. Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

PATRICIA SHANBOM, 81, of West Bloomfield, died April 9, 2020.

She is survived by her children, Jeffrey Shanbom and Dr. Laura Freedman, Dr. Steven and Sherry Shanbom, Andrea and Dr. David Siegel, and Sam and Franci Shanbom; grandchildren, Scott, Zachary and Matthew Shanbom, Cory and Tyler Shanbom, and Marissa, Jake and Josh Siegel; brother and sister-in-law, Sandy and Cheryl Nicholson; her loving caregiver, Faye; many loving nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Shanbom was the beloved wife for 54 years of the late Irving Shanbom; the loving sister of the late Howard and the late Melody Nicholson; the dear sister-inlaw of the late Sylvia and the late Dr. Morris Greenberg, the late Pearl Shanbom, and the late Edith and the late Milford Keidan.

Interment was at Beth Tefilo Emanuel.

Contributions may be made to Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jslmi. org; or, Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association-Greater Michigan Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, alz.org/gmc.

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GWEN SILVERSTEIN, 72, of West Bloomfield, died April 6, 2020.

She was a teacher in the Detroit Public Schools for more than 20 years. She had a thirst for knowledge and prided herself on being a life-long learner.

She also enjoyed many extra-curricular activities, including bowling through Jewish Women International, playing mah jongg and doing needlework, most recently needlepointing.

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She was the loving daughter of the late Mildred and the late Jerome Kornheiser.

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IRIS SMITH, 95, of Southfield, died April 1, 2020.

She spent her life in the Detroit area. She loved her family and her engaging spirit will be missed.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her children, Todd and Roberta, and Andrew and Donna; grandchildren, Ric, Micah and Espie, and Alexander; and the newest love of her life, great-granddaughter, Maitea.

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

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

NANCY STURMAN, 73, of Bingham Farms, died April 3, 2020.

She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Larry and Danielle Allan.

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devoted daughter of the late Norman and the late Esther Allan; the loving sister of the late Sally Allan Alexander and the late Terry Allan.

Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park.

Contributions may be made to Kadima, 15999 W. 12 Mile, Southfield, MI 48076, kadimacenter.org; or Henry Ford Hospice, 1 Ford Place, Suite 5A, Detroit, MI 48202-9941, henryford. com/hospice. Arrangements

by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

MARVIN TALAN, 93, of West Bloomfield, died April 9, 2020.

He is survived by his wife of 69½ years, Beverly Talan; daughters and sons-in-law, Wendy Talan, Linda Talan

Jacob and Andy Jacob, and Jody Talan Bruetman and Danny Bruetman; grandchildren, Jeffrey Talan Edelson, Bradley Talan Edelson, Sarah Ilyse Jacob, Adam Talan Jacob and Sarah Jacob, Noah Byron Jacob and Patty Jacob, Kylie Emmet Bruetman, and Alexa Skye Bruetman; great-grandchildren, Zachary Theodore Edleson, Elizabeth Frances Edelson, Ava Rachel Jacob and Levi Martin Jacob.

Mr. Talan was the proud grandfather of the late Zachary M. Talan Edelson; the loving brother of the late Evelyn and the late Marvin Barnett; the devoted son of the late William and the late Lillain Talan.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Temple Israel, Zachary M. Talan

Edelson Maccabi Scholarship Fund, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, temple-israel. org; Orchards Children’s Services, Zachary M. Talan Edelson Sports Scholarship Fund, 24901 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 500, Southfield, MI 48075; or Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jewishhospice.org.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

SHELDON WEISBERG, 85, of West Bloomfield, died April 4, 2020.

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grandchildren, Zachary Edgar, Andrea and Scott Unger, Robert and Rachel Edgar, Hadas and Thomas Benhamou, and Samuel Corey; great-grandchildren, Casey, Brandon and Tessa Unger, and Quinn Benhamou; brother and sister-in-law, Clifford and Marilyn Weisberg; brother-in-law, Dr. Melvyn Rubenfire; many loving nieces and nephews.

Mr. Weisberg was the loving twin brother of the late Jerry (the late Rosalind) Weisberg; the dear brotherin-law of the late Diane Rubenfire.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.

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Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

JACQUELINE WOLNOWSKI, 81, of West Bloomfield, died April 7, 2020.

She is survived by her sons and daughter-inlaw, Mark (Terri) Wolnowski and Ben Wolnowski; grandchildren, Julian, Jacob and Maia Wolnowski, Linda (Robert) McMullen; greatgrandchildren, Scarlett and

Cole; sister, Suzanne (the late Norman) Modlin and Evelyn Diskin; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Mrs. Wolnowski was the daughter of the late David and the late Baila Etenson, and the late Leon and the late Gertrude Paul.

Interment was held at B’nai Israel Memorial Gardens in Novi. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

RENEE ZAHLER, 88, of Beverly Hills, died April 6, 2020.

She is survived by her sons, Glenn Sikora and Howard Sikora;

grandchildren, Danielle, Lindsey, Matthew and Lindsey Sikora; brothers, Eric Ager and Irv Ager. She was guardian to Cynthia Wagus-Berke and is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Mrs. Zahler was the beloved wife of the late Harry Zahler and the late Conrad Sikora; the daughter of the late Sol and Rita Ager; the companion and dear friend for the last 20 years of the late Martin Leshman.

Interment was held at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Holocaust Memorial Center. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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lthough he was very highly thought of as the former executive chef for Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca, Joe Bernardi and his wife, Helma, wanted to have their own restaurant.

After taking a small, run-down location in Walled Lake, little did they realize it Danny Raskin would one day be Senior Columnist named on a State of Michigan best restaurants list … as Pepino’s Restaurant hits birthday No. 36.

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then in Walled Lake … The place was completely renovated and enlarged … with people trying the new restaurant … and walking away asking each other if they were sure to make a reservation to come back.

Joe and Helma had taken the name his mother had given him when calling Joe their “little pepino” … thus its title.

Following the passing of Joe and Helma, their gracious daughters, Kathy Kwiecinski (now Morley) and Carol Carson, plus Judy Bernardi, married to their son, David Bernardi, took over running the wonderful and today’s famous Pepino’s, while grandson Rick Sinkevics would take time serving during the off seasons of his landscape business.

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Pepino’s has never known many boundaries … The huge favorite pan-fried rainbow trout, petite frog legs, lamb chops, white fish, soft-shelled crabs, pasta, veal, steaks, chicken pot pies, excellent baby-back ribs, swordfish, salmon, char-broiled chicken breast, butterfly shrimp, scallops, Angus prime rib, New York sirloin, pasta, chicken breast, filets, etc., etc., etc.

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ou may have been watching The Plot Against America on HBO and reading JN Editor Andrew Lapin’s columns about the series online. Plot is based upon a fictional situation — thank God — where fascism has become the ruling political force in America. There is a demagogue in the White House, Charles Lindbergh, and the idea that such an occurrence “could never happen here” is turned on its head. The fictional phenomMike Smith enon unfolds through the lens Alene and Graham Landau of the Levins, a middle-class Archivist Chair Jewish family. (See page 28 for more.)

There are many nuances to the Plot’s characters and storyline. Lapin is providing JN readers with a weekly review and is dealing with serious historical issues: in particular, the role of Jews and their assimilation into American society. In today’s climate of rising anti-Semitism and intolerance, we should give these issues proper consideration because, in the real America of the 1930s and 1940s, we did indeed have several homegrown fascists and Hitler admirers. And Charles Lindbergh was among them.

“Lucky Lindy” gained global recognition in 1927 at age 25, as the first person to make a solo, non-stop, trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris. It was a courageous act and a transformational moment that forged the way for commercial aviation. Lindbergh became an instant American hero, receiving the Medal of Honor.

In 1940, Lindbergh would once again earn national notoriety for another reason. He was a leader of the America First Committee (AFC). On paper, the organizing principle of the AFC was isolationism; that is, opposition to America entering WWII. The name seems benign. What citizen would not put his or her nation first? But the AFC had a very dark side. Underlying the AFC was a vein of

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anti-Semitism, racial bigotry and intolerance, ance, along with some admiration for Hitler’s politics.

Lindbergh gave a speech on Sept. 11, 1941, 941, illustrating this point. He suggested that, along with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rooseveelt, elt American Jews were pushing the U.S. to enter WWII, and that this was against inst the nation’s best interest: “Instead of agitating for war, the Jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among the first to feel its consequences … A few far-sighted Jewish people realize this is and stand opposed to intervention..”

He elaborated: “Their [Jews’] greateatest danger to this country lies in their eir large ownership and influence in ou our ur motion pictures, our press, our radio dio and our government.”

Claiming that he was not against stt Jews — don’t anti-Semites always say this? — Lindbergh claimed that att Jewish leaders, “for reasons which are not American, wish to involve us in the war.”

Although Lindbergh had made anti-Semitic statements before, this speech created a furor in the American Jewish press, including in the Sept. 26, 1941, issue of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle, which h is part of the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History. I also found references to Lindbergh’s anti-Semitism in issues off the JN as late as the 1970s.

The Plot Against America is certainly entertaining, but it also presents a serious question. What is the goal of “America First” and for whom?

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