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telescope, that is. The famed telescope celebrated its 25th anniversary on April 24. Over the last quarter-century, astronauts have visited Hubble on five maintenance missions. The following is a partial transcript of the last communication between Hubble and a visiting astronaut who performed a routine checkup on the telescope’s lenses in May of 2009. Astronaut: Hubble, do you see better through lens No. 1 or No. 2? Hubble: 2. Astronaut: No. 2 or No. 3? Hubble: Um, can you do that again? Astronaut: Sure. 2 or 3? Hubble: Gosh, they’re so close. Astronaut: No. 2 or 3? Hubble: I’ll say 3. Wait, 2. No, sorry, 3. NASA says the next checkup on the Hubble Space Telescope will take place on its 50th anniversary, at which time Hubble will be outfitted with progressive lenses. The astronaut is scheduled to arrive at the telescope on April 24, 2044, sometime between noon and 5 p.m. Speaking of celebrations, best wishes to my alter ego, Queen
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ASA’s InSight Lander, which arrived on Mars last Nov. 26, has sent an exciting transmission. According to the space agency’s website, the lander’s Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure instrument recorded a faint seismic audio signal on April 6, described as the first likely recorded “Mars-quake” on the Alan Red Planet. You can Muskovitz hear the fascinating eerie sounds for yourself by visiting mars.nasa.gov. In a related story, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which tracks seismic activity on Earth, recorded two significant events in the Metro Detroit area over the last several days. On the evening of April 22, a gigantic thud was detected in Downtown Detroit. After careful analysis, it was determined that thud was attributed to the Pistons being swept in four games by the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA playoffs — losing each game by an average of 24 points. With the sweep, Detroit set a new NBA record with its 14th consecutive playoff loss. Just five days later, on the evening of April 27, another strange and disturbing large rumbling occurred in the Detroit area. The next morning, the USGS confirmed the off-the-charts seismograph reverberations were a result of our Jewish community’s stomachs having just finished eating matzah for eight days. From a rumble to a Hubble — space
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Space, the Pistons, Queen Elizabeth & the Mueller Report — Oh, My! Elizabeth, who turned 93 on April 21. I portrayed her majesty on the Dick Purtan Show for many years, even dressing up like her on several occasions. Talk about a resume booster. You think the TV hit Game of Thrones is a big deal? Try sitting on a throne like the Queen has for the last 67 years. To her credit, not once has she complained about her legs falling asleep. Speaking of which, your legs will definitely fall asleep if you try to read the 448-page Mueller Report in one sitting. And, boy, am I disappointed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller. He took two years to prepare the 448-page report and there are only four pictures in it? Really? Look for yourself — pages 39, 42, 94 and 99. The report is available free on the internet, but, and I love this, three versions of it actually held three of the four top spots on Amazon’s bestseller list. In first place was the version by the Washington Post; that, with their analysis and opinions, brought the total number of pages to 736. I’ve been debating whether to read the Mueller Report or wait for the 1,236-hour movie. In the meantime, if you have read it, please, don’t tell me how it ends! ■
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the Woodward Corridor (“Young Jewish Detroiters Heading Eastward,” March 28, 2019). Since the hiring of Rabbi Alana Alpert in 2014 and our founding of Detroit Jews for Justice, we have watched our congregation’s demographics shift alongside our neighborhood’s, growing younger, hipper and more diverse. Our once small,
lay-led havurah of older progressive Jews has become a thriving community of families and singles. Founded in Downtown Detroit in 1977 as an independent havurah, T’chiyah has always welcomed interfaith Jewish families and others marginalized by the mainstream. In 2017, we replaced traditional dues with a
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USA Today/Suffolk University poll in December 2018 found that Republicans, Democrats and Independents all said bipartisan cooperation topped their wish list for what they would like to see in 2019. Amid our country’s current political polarization, it is easy to understand why this aspiration is shared across the Christopher E. Smith, political spectrum. J.D., Ph.D. Bipartisan Contributing Writer cooperation depends on identifying concerns and ideas shared by Republicans, Democrats and Independents. Last month, in what feels like an unusual moment for 2019, the Republican-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on a concept that can reduce suicides and interpersonal violence: extreme risk protection orders that authorize judges to temporarily remove firearms from individuals when persuasive evidence shows that they pose a danger to themselves or others. News reports on the hearing indicated that the Committee chairman, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), as well as the senior
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Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), both made favorable comments about this violence reduction mechanism. Discussions related to gun policy are assumed to produce heated arguments between Republicans and Democrats. Yet, the extent of partisan disagreement actually depends on which gun policies are being debated. Extreme risk protection orders attract support from Americans of all political persuasions. Nearly two-thirds of gun deaths in the United States annually are the result of suicides, an issue that tragically affects families without regard to political affiliation or place of residence. Indeed, firearms suicides occur at markedly higher rates in rural areas than in urban areas. In addition, research shows the risk of shootings associated with domestic violence may be reduced if there is a mechanism to remove firearms during periods of severe interpersonal conflict. Women, in particular, face disproportionate risks of harm in the context of these conflicts. Public opinion surveys in Michigan and nationally confirm
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that strong majority support exists for this mechanism to reduce deaths and injuries. An EPIC-MRA poll in March 2019 found that more than 70 percent of Michiganders support extreme risk protection orders. A national survey by the Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, also in March 2019, found that nearly 70 percent of gunowners supported such orders and more than 80 percent of people living in homes without guns agreed. In February 2019, bills were proposed in the Michigan legislature (including Senate Bills 156-158 referred to the Senate Government Operations committee and House Bills 4283-4285 referred to the House Judiciary Committee) to enable our state to join 14 other states, including Indiana and Florida, that already authorize judges to take action based on persuasive evidence about extreme risks posed by someone’s possession of a firearm. The proposed Extreme Risk Protection Order Act provides the affected individual with the opportunity to challenge the judge’s decision and limits the applicability of the order to one year, unless
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recent evidence justifies renewal of the order. The proposed law strikes a balance between acting quickly to reduce risk and preserving due process rights for the affected individual. Other states have already pioneered this approach to harm reduction so Michigan can benefit from their experience. When Americans across the political spectrum find common ground in proposals to address difficult problems, it is important for legislators from both parties to notice and take action. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Judiciary Committee in the U.S. Senate set an example for serious bipartisan examination and discussion of a violence-reduction approach that has been supported by Republicans and Democrats. At this very moment, Michigan’s state legislators have the opportunity to consider seriously — in an open and bipartisan manner — the proposed Extreme Risk Protection Order Act, an established concept that enjoys broad support across the political spectrum. ■ See story on page 12. Christopher Smith is professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University and chairperson of the Michigan Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence.
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etween anti-Semitism, gender inequality, gun violence and global warming, our world has a lot of problems, and we deserve the change we are craving to see. Today, there are roughly 2.2 billion of us on Earth, and these issues are too important for us to leave to the rest of our planet’s population. Together, we have the Lindsey ability to change this Zousmer world for the better, and as a pretty average 5-foot-2-inch girl, looking up, even I know how much this world could use us. Instead of sitting back and kicking our feet up, let’s take it on because we are the ones who can handle it. You are not just a child. You have the ability to change these dilemmas into acceptance, equal rights, gun control and safe temperatures.
I am confident that every teen in this world can make a difference. Since the tragic shooting in Parkland, Fla., the students from Stoneman Douglas High School are undeniably making a difference, and their change has affected the entire country. Among the most recognizable faces from that community are Emma Gonzales and David Hogg. Last February, Hogg used his 1 million twitter followers to lead a successful boycott against companies who support the National Rifle Association. Many companies terminated their relationship with the NRA as a result of his boycott. Social media can be teen activists’ best friend while they advocate for what they believe in because it is a productive, efficient way to get the word out to many people at a time. According to CNN, Joshua Douglass, a professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law who special-
izes in voting rights and constitutional law, says that activists from Parkland show exactly why 16- and 17-yearolds should be able to vote. He noted that several places in the U.S., such as Takoma Park, Hyattsville and Greenbelt in Maryland, have a lower voting age for local elections. Those voting students can provide more opportunities for other teens and even change the law! However, we do not see changes like that every day. Changes this intense take enormous amounts of time and effort. Even the littlest changes make a big difference! According to the New York Times, “In the spring of 1968, student protests exploded on multiple continents. Some accomplished their stated goals and others did not, but even the latter contributed to a climate in which change seemed possible and more people were inspired to act” (Grinspan). Whether or not you get the outcome you are looking for, know that you can
make a difference by inspiring those around you. From the first day of student activism to today, the change students have made has made a tremendous impact all over the world. You could be the next to inspire! And remember, no change is too small! Advocate for something you believe in. Make change based on an experience you have had and encourage others to do the same. Whether it is for women’s rights, gun control, climate change, police violence, etc., I encourage teens to stand up and make change. Do not let your age stop you from making the difference you are capable of because we, the children, can be the ones to make the change that this world needs. ■
enemies. We, as Jews, were warned that Trump’s unrestrained hatred will not stop at Muslims or Latinos or Asians because he is inculcating his hateful words to thousands of people who cannot discern that he, Trump, doesn’t hate Jews, but only hear his song of hatred, whenever he tweets or campaigns. When is enough enough with his dialogue of hate? Jewish and non-Jewish Trump supporters may feel they are not complicit, but because they say nothing to deter him, their silence on his diatribes is deafening. Attacks on Jews will continue, along with the other innocent victims, until Republican Jews open their mouths and let their voices be heard by demanding that Trump stop his hatemongering.
Or maybe they have long swayed from their mission statement and need new leadership.
by Hatikvah with the lyrics projected on the screens in transliteration as well as translation to facilitate everyone singing it. I was deeply saddened by the meager attendance by the Jewish community. Here was a missed opportunity to show the Jewish appreciation for the black pro-Israel community. There were a few members of our Federation leadership and JCRC plus a few individuals. I found out about the event because of a personal friendship that I have with a couple of members of the church. When I checked with others, it was clear that this event was not promoted by our community leadership.
Lindsey Zousmer is a freshman at Bloomfield Hills High School who belongs to Temple Israel, volunteers at Friendship Circle and participates in YFTI and BBYO.
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terumah (“gifts from the heart”) model in an effort to make our community accessible across economic strata. With support from the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation, we have been able to design innovative programming to meet the needs of our young families, like our “Babies, Bubbies & Babka” kid-centric, musical Shabbat. We invite young Jewish Detroiters, like the ones referenced in the article, to try us on for size. We may not be for everybody, but we might be right for you. Mary Ellen Gurewitz, President Jake Ehrlich, Community Engagement Associate Congregation T’chiyah
Hateful Words When Jewish Republicans continue to say and do nothing when Donald Trump spews hatred toward his real or imaginary enemies, that hatred is mentally ingested by xenophobic hate mongers who incite potential murderers, and these murderers care not who they attack and kill, as long as they can sate their hatred by killing perceived
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An Important Event Sunday, I attended an amazing event, “A Day to Honor Israel,” at the Word of Faith Church in Southfield orchestrated by Christians United For Israel. The event started with spiritual music followed by an amazing performance by Cantor Gross from Adat Shalom. He was followed by Pastor Kenneth Butler, who opened his remarks with the statement, “Judaism doesn’t need Christianity to explain itself but Christianity needs Judaism to explain itself.” The 5,000+ who attended responded with a long applause. The keynote speaker was Rabbi Jonathan Hausman from Massachusetts. The effort that the church made to make Jewish participants comfortable was very apparent. They did not mention the name of Jesus; their choir sang both the American National Anthem followed
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contributing to the public health crisis — a crisis that would never have been allowed to happen in communities like Birmingham or East Grand Rapids. Decision makers at all levels failed the residents of Flint. The Michigan Civil Rights Commission and the Department of Civil Rights are no exception. By not challenging our assumptions, by not asking ourselves the tough questions about how policies and decisions play out in different communities, especially communities primarily made up of people of color, those decisions and actions led to tragedy. While it’s important to speak that truth, it is another to do something about it. That’s where Michigan’s civil rights leaders must continue to speak out and find ways to play a healing role in Flint and anywhere the civil rights of Michigan citizens are being abridged. It’s not a new direction for the Jewish community. From its beginning, the Jewish community has been at the forefront of the civil rights movement. Giants like Professor Harold Norris, who authored the central civil rights provisions of the 1964 Michigan constitution, and Burton Gordin, the first director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, were at the center of the struggle. But Flint demonstrates that the fight to ensure equity — for all races, nationalities, ethnicities and faiths — must continue to be a priority for every government agency and social action organization with the mission of ensuring civil liberties at its core. On this fifth anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies in the history of our state, let us recommit to the fight to secure social justice for all. ■ Dr. Agustin Arbulu is executive director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.
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t’s happened again. Six months to the day when a white supremacist gunman stormed the sanctuary of Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, another attack shattered the calm of Shabbat in the Chabad Center of Poway, Calif., April 27 at the conclusion of Passover. It’s been 15 months since the Parkland shooting. If the past is a predictor, the news cycle will move on as it did for Parkland, and San Diego, and Pittsburgh. The shock of the latest mass shooting will ease over time. But a flurry of grassroots activism from local Jewish organizations like the National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Michigan Section, and the Joint Action Committee for Public Affairs (JAC ii) drives home the fact that after the initial sting of the latest shooting wears off, the public should keep paying attention to the day-to-day politics and the long-term efforts of passing common-sense gun control legislation even if the media is not. This spring, NCJW held a public service announcement (PSA) contest on the issue, asking high school students to create succinct, powerful messages on the urgent need for sensible gun control legislation.
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Finalists — area students Sydney Stearns, Sarah Chynoweth and Madison Strachan — won monetary scholarships that topped $1,000. The awards were presented at an April 15 NCJW event at the Farmington Public Library that included speakers Jeff Kasky, father of two Parkland shooting survivors, as well as Linda Brundage, executive director of Michigan Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. PSA Finalist Sarah Chynoweth, a senior at North Farmington High School, said hatred, combined with access to guns, prompted her to become more vocal and active with the goal that elected officials will pay attention and eventually pass stricter gun control laws. Chynoweth, who said her Jewish values were shaped by her involvement in BBYO and the Friendship Circle as well as being a lifelong member at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills, wanted to create a PSA to allow a diverse group of peers, who will soon be voting age, speak their minds about the importance of reforming gun laws to stem the tide of shootings and violence. She hopes to study criminology and psychology at Michigan State University in the fall. Since the shooting in Poway, Chynoweth said she continued on page 14
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has been cycling through emotions such as anger and heartbreak and a “bleak sense of pride” knowing the rabbi tried to dissuade the shooter by talking to and reasoning with him before he himself was shot in the hands. Even that weekend, she overheard someone muttering hateful things about Jews at a grocery store. “A shooting on the last day of Passover is the culmination of Jewish people celebrating our freedom,” she said. “But the truth is that we were never fully free. Chained by anti-Semitism and labeled as different, Jews have always been the scapegoat. “The person who took an AR-15-like weapon and shot four people for no other reason than them being Jewish isn’t just a shooter; he is an anti-Semite. He went into the synagogue yelling anti-Semitic slurs. I’ve never been in an active shooter situation. But people like the shooter are the reason why I am apprehensive to answer the question asked by so many people: ‘Are you Jewish?’ Hate fuels hate. When I heard an anti-Semitic joke said by someone the morning after the shooting, it wasn’t the first time and probably won’t be the last.” First-place winner Madison Strachan, a junior at Troy Athens High School, wanted to communicate that guns were just as accessible and tempting to children as candy. She created a jarring PSA with the help of her film teacher. The bang of the gun in the final frame is intended to make viewers jump. The PSA opens with a young girl hopping up on a barstool to eagerly inspect a colorful jar of candy. Strachan’s voice narrates with a dull drone of some grim statistics about gun ownership in U.S. households with young children. … 4.6 million children in the United States live in a house with an unlocked firearm. … 73 percent ages 9 and under know where it is located. … 36 percent admitted they handled the weapon. As the child unwraps the candy, there is the bang of a gunshot and the screen goes dark. In our society, children under age 18 take
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KASKY’S STORY Jeff Kasky has been a formidable advocate for sensible gun control reform long before he was one of the hundreds of parents who waited, terrified to hear from their children who were inside Marjorie Stoneman Douglas on that horrific day in February 2018. His two sons survived the shooting, and his oldest, Cameron, went Jeff Kasky on to create the March for our Lives movement. Kasky, an attorney and a law enforcement officer, is himself a gun owner. He says he likes to go to a shooting range as a hobby and finds cleaning his gun “relaxing.” But he is at odds with the long-reaching influence of the National Rifle Association blocking the existence of international background checks (he says that won’t happen until there is a digitized CDC gun owner registry). He believes that assault rifles used by the military have no business being in the hands of civilians. Kasky is president of the Families vs. Assault Rifles political action committee. He watched Cameron and other Parkland survivors take action in the name of common-sense gun regulations. Kasky started the PAC so he and other Marjorie Stoneman Douglas parents could do their part and join this important effort. He was proud of his son for standing his ground with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at a CNN town hall meeting after the Parkland shooting. “(CNN) producers wanted to clear every
question my son and others were asking, but when Cameron took that microphone, I knew history was being made,” Kasky said. According to CNN, Cameron’s question was “Can you tell me right now that you will not accept another single donation from the NRA?” Rubio did not answer the question directly, but said, “The position I hold on these issues of the Second Amendment are positions I’ve held since the day I entered office in West Miami as an elected official. People buy into my agenda, and I do support the Second Amendment.” Kasky said, “It didn’t matter that my son was a teenager and Rubio was a politician. Politicians must give teens like my son their due respect.” He urged those at the NCJW event to make donations to his organization if they could, to get active if they want to see change and, most of all, to get out and vote. “For those who hear about tragedies and say, ‘That’s terrible, what can we do?’ and then just turn away, they need to be part of the solution,” Kasky said. “They need to get active, pound the pavement and take their lumps swatting death threats just like I and my son have. We could not do this work to make change without a multitude of volunteers and donors.” STATE ACTION JAC ii in April held a parlor meeting with about 20 young adults in attendance and invited State Reps. Mari Manoogian and Robert Wittenberg (who is affiliated with Temple Emanu-El and Temple Israel) to discuss the progress and challenges of getting gun violence prevention legislation to the floor in Lansing. Rep. Mary Legislators in the Michigan Manoogian State House and Senate re-introduced bills this year that promote common sense gun laws. Wittenberg, co-founder and chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Caucus in the Michigan House, this year proposed “Red Flag” laws Rep. Robert (keeping guns out of the Wittenberg hands of people who pose an extreme risk), finding more money for local gun-buy-back days, implementing universal background checks and ending the prohibition on gun violence research. Wittenberg began serving in the State House in 2015 and formed the caucus with Jon Hoadley (D-Kalamazoo) in 2016. Now in his last term in office, he hopes to pass the torch to his colleague Manoogian. “After the Sandy Hook shooting, I won-
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the brunt of gun-related deaths. Between 1999 and 2016, 26,000 children under age 18 have been killed by guns, according to 2017 mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But, until they are voting age, they’ve had little to no voice in the political process that can pass laws to stem the tide. Then Parkland happened. Taking the lead from the mass shooting survivors at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in February 2018, thousands of students around the nation mobilized the March for Our Lives movement, warning politicians they soon will be of voting age. If they don’t change laws that can prevent gun violence, they will be voted out, movement members say. “If your gun is obtainable, a kid will be able to find it,” Strachan said after receiving her award. “Film is a way to express yourself and tell a story. When you are a high schooler and you hear on the news how many mass shootings there are, it’s always in the back of your mind if your school will be next.”
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“When you are a high schooler and you hear on the news how many mass shootings there are, it’s always in the back of your mind if your school will be next.”
dered, what does it have to take to get common sense gun violence prevention legislation passed?” Wittenberg posed at a JAC ii gathering. On April 30, he said the Poway murder and mass shooting gives him further reason to push forward on his attempts to make changes to the state’s policies on gun control. He also acknowledged that no law, including California’s own Red Flag law, enacted in 2014, will stop all gun-related deaths. “We know policy change is not the end all be all and will not stop all gun violence,” Wittenberg said. “But there are multiple proven methods in other states that show there is reduced gun violence when common sense gun control laws are in place … We need not wait for the next tragedy to act. We should be [passing gun control legislation] because it is the right thing to do.” Wittenberg pointed to State Attorney General Dana Nessel’s efforts to get funding for her new Hate Crimes Unit off the ground, which is getting pushback in state senate hearings from Lansing Republicans, Wittenberg said. He says 2019 is far different from 2015. Although gun violence control legislation squarely sits in the Democratic camp, Wittenberg has been told privately by Republican colleagues that they would vote in support of Red Flag legislation if it came to a hearing on the State House floor. However, getting the legislation to the floor is an uphill battle because the state speaker of the House controls what gets heard and debated. Currently, that post is held by Lee Chatfield (R-Levering), also serving his final term in office. Last July, he was stopped boarding a plane in a small northern Michigan airport with a loaded and unregistered handgun in his carry-on bag during a pre-flight screening. In January, Chatfield paid a $1,960 fine to the federal Transportation Security Administration. Some Republicans have expressed concerns about gun owners’ rights of due process in any Red Flag laws. According to Michigan’s proposed legislation, a judge must grant a request before any weapons can be seized. Wittenberg said he worked alongside Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, a former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate,
who recommended that penalties for presenting false evidence be treated the same as filing a false police report. “Given this fact, it makes sense to pass legislation to intervene for those who are a danger to themselves and others,” said Bouchard last year when Wittenberg introduced the bills. Rep. Ryan Berman (a Temple Israel member), Republican in the 39th District, said he agrees, in general, that individuals who pose a clear threat to themselves or others should not possess Rep. Ryan firearms for the safety Berman of the community. However, he does not think the legislation, as currently written, is the best route to achieve this goal. “We must protect the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding citizens to own and use firearms, but it is also important to prevent acts of violence,” Berman said. “My focus is on the real root cause of this issue, which is our broken mental health system. We should remain committed to finding solutions that improve the health and safety of our state.” Since the Parkland shooting, nine states — including Florida — passed Red Flag laws allowing police or household members to seek court orders requiring people deemed threatening to temporarily surrender their guns. Fourteen states now have Red Flag laws. As Michigan laws stand now, law enforcement cannot take away someone’s weapons until a crime has been committed. There were 1,223 gun deaths in Michigan in 2016, which is the highest since 1999, when the CDC began posting data on its website. Almost 60 percent of the deaths were suicides. While progress on gun control legislation is slow at the federal level, Wittenberg and Manoogian are encouraged there is some traction and a swaying of public opinion as these laws get passed by the states. Wittenberg added that because the NRA spends more money lobbying federal rather than state legislators, there is a bigger chance of “moving the needle” in places like Lansing over Washington. “The needle is moving slowly, but it is moving,” he said. ■
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Remembering the Life and Legacy of Judge Damon Keith Community members recall Keith’s ties to the Jewish community.
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amon Keith left our community and our nation a better, fairer place for all our people, and future generations will be the beneficiaries of his relentless pursuit of justice. My memories of Damon from 55 years ago remain vivid to this day. His vision was so clear and compelling when he became co-chairman Sen. Carl Levin of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission at its inception in 1964, and I became the Commission’s first general counsel. The Commission took on issues that were not yet established, such as discriminatory practices in housing and by city officials. As a lawyer, I was advising caution, but Damon was urging “full speed ahead.” Invariably, his instincts were right because they
were grounded in fundamental values. His opinions as a judge will stand the test of time because he saw the law as an instrument of justice. Damon Keith’s character provided timeless reminders of how following a moral path in life can bring fulfillment and joy to those who strive for it and lasting benefit for the community in which one is a part. Judge Keith had a special bond with our Jewish community because he understood that expressions of hate and hateful actions against people based on their being part of a group are contagious and will unleash violence in response. He understood that silence in the face of hate speech was aiding and abetting the perpetuation of that evil. Remembering Damon will be a reminder of that tragic truth. ■ Carl Levin is a former Michigan senator.
n my long career as a constitutional law professor and civil rights lawyer, it was my great privilege to have had the opportunity for numerous interactions with Judge Damon J. Keith. Judge Keith was a pioneering judge who rendered landmark decisions in many constitutional cases, propelling the Constitution forward, so to speak, to bring about racial equality and the protection of individual rights in the American constitutional system. I had followed some Robert A. of those landmark Sedler decisions before I came to Detroit and Wayne State in 1977. In 1970, as a District Judge in Davis v. School District of City of Pontiac, Judge Keith found that the Pontiac School District had intentionally made a series of decisions about attendance zones and school closures and openings that resulted in racially segregated schools. He ordered the school district to integrate its schools. In 1971, in United States v. United States District Court, which has come to be known as the “Keith case,” Judge Keith held that there was no “national security” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement, so that the government’s warrantless wiretapping of suspects in a “bombing conspiracy” case was an illegal search under the Fourth Amendment. The Supreme Court unanimously agreed with Judge Keith. No warrant, no wiretapping, “national security” or otherwise. Ever since, the government has always had to get a warrant for any wiretapping in the name of “national security.” In 1979, I wrote a friend of the court brief for New Detroit Inc. in Baker v. City of Detroit, where a Sixth Circuit panel that included Judge Keith upheld the City of Detroit’s affirmative action plan for the city’s police department. The court found that there had been a long history of racial discrimination against African Americans in the hiring and promotion of police officers and approved an affirmative action that required the hiring and promotion of one African American officer for every white officer until a 50-50 percent ratio had been achieved.
Perhaps Judge Keith’s most famous decision — and that for which he will be long remembered — is Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft, in 2002, where he wrote an opinion holding that an order of the Attorney General closing deportation hearings in “special interest” cases violated the First Amendment. The opinion included these immortal words: “Democracies die behind closed doors.” In 1995, I litigated an important First Amendment case before Judge Keith. Most of the players on Central Michigan’s basketball team were African Americans from Detroit. They used a colloquial term frequently used by African American athletes that means an athlete who is “fearless, mentally strong and tough.” Although it’s meaning is clearly different, it sounds like the derogatory “N-word,” particularly when used by whites. When the university found out that the players were using the term, and that the white coach had used it to motivate the players, they invoked the university’s “discriminatory harassment” policy. They prohibited the players from using that term and terminated the coach’s contract. I represented the players and the coach in a First Amendment challenge to the policy and to the coach’s dismissal. The policy was similar to the University of Michigan’s “discriminatory harassment” policy, which I successfully challenged in 1989 on behalf of the Michigan ACLU in a case before U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn. Judge Keith wrote the opinion for the Sixth Circuit. He agreed with Cohn that the policy on its face was unconstitutionally overbroad and vague, in violation of the First Amendment and enjoined the university from enforcing it. The coach’s claim did not fare so well. Keith ruled that his use of this term to motivate the players was not speech on a matter of public concern and did not involve academic freedom. Although I was disappointed with that part of the opinion, I had to concede that his analysis was persuasive. I treasure the opportunity that I have had to interact with Judge Damon J. Keith and engage in a remembrance of that opportunity upon his passing. ■ Robert A. Sedler is Distinguished Professor of Law at Wayne State University. continued on page 18
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atan Sharansky was born Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky in 1948 in Donetsk, Ukraine. In 1973, after his request for an exit visa was denied from the Soviet government, he became a “refusenik” and an activist on behalf of Soviet Jews seeking to leave Russia and relocate to Israel. Four years later, in 1977, his outspoken Jeannie Weiner activities led to his arrest on trumped up charges of treason and spying for the United States. He spent 13 years in prisons and labor camps, a great deal of that time in solitary confinement. It was in prison that he taught himself Hebrew and played chess, always hopeful that he would someday get to Israel. As an outspoken advocate for freedom of religion and freedom of speech, his unusual friendship with the Honorable Damon J. Keith was a natural. But how did these two lions of justice meet? Judge Keith, it seems, visited the Soviet Union prior to Sharansky’s arrest. The judge was part of a group monitoring the Helsinki Accords, as was Sharansky to the chagrin of the Soviet government. Both Keith and Sharansky were deeply committed to
the rights of individuals to pray in any form they wished, to move freely from one country to another and to speak openly. When Judge Keith met Sharansky, his future looked grim. The judge, always with a broad smile, a twinkle in his eye and an optimistic outlook, told the soon-to-be prisoner that he “liked his hat.” Sharansky was wearing a furtrimmed winter hat. Natan Sharansky said, “I like yours.” The judge proposed they trade hats and return them when they next met “in freedom.” Years later in Detroit, after Sharansky’s release in 1986, at the Detroit Free Press office, the hats were “returned.” At that time, Sharansky was an Israeli citizen and Judge Keith arranged to meet him for an exchange that neither of them had thought would occur. What is not known is that from his early days on the watch committee for the Helsinki Accords, Judge Keith was a Soviet Jewry activist. He spoke to the Jewish community at the Jewish Center in 1981, he wrote letters and never missed an opportunity to stand up for the basic human rights of Soviet Jews. Judge Damon J. Keith lived what he believed. He leaves more than a gap; he leaves a hole. He will be missed. ■ Jeannie Weiner is the former chair of the Soviet Jewry Committee of the JCRC.
How Religion Can Help Women Inmates Rebuild In the U.S., more than 1 million women are being supervised by the criminal justice system as prisoners, parolees or probationers. They face major challenges during incarceration and afterward. Zieva Dauber Konvisser, Ph.D., a nationally recognized expert on wrongful incarceration and recovery from incarceration, will discuss how religious faith may help women while in prison and after their release. The program will be from 7-9 p.m. Monday, May 13, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park. Konvisser is a trauma research-
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Champion of Justice Fighting for the underdog defines Professor Robert Sedler’s career. DAVID SACHS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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fter teaching constitutional law for more than a half-century, Wayne State University’s nationally renowned law professor Robert Sedler has had a giant impact not only in the classroom but also on society. A veteran of integration struggles in the South, Sedler, 83, has championed civil rights and civil liberties in Michigan and across America. On Saturday, May 11, he will be honored with the “Champion of Justice” award at the annual dinner of the Michigan Association for Justice, a statewide organization of trial attorneys.
Before coming to Detroit in 1977, Sedler taught law at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where he used his knowledge and wits to fight antiblack segregation in the city. Lexington, at the time, had a small, longstanding Jewish community whose members were prosperous but who “knew their place” in the midst of the prevailing white gentile establishment, Sedler said. But in the 1960s, outspoken “Jews from the East” (Sedler is a Pittsburgh native) came to town and boldly sought to remedy racial discrimination. In 1966, he served as a volunteer lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
“The local Jews were very upset about the visibility of people like me,” Sedler said. “They feared this would bring down the wrath of the so-called ‘goyim.’ But if you look at the history of the Civil Rights Movement, you will see that Jews have played a very prominent role.” FAIR HOUSING LAWS Lexington, like most American cities, had rampant housing discrimination. There was, however, a local civil rights commission, and a Jewish dentist on it asked Sedler to help bring about a fair housing law. At the time, discriminatory real estate
agents professed the view that homeowners could sell or not sell their houses to whomever they wanted — and the government couldn’t compel otherwise. Sedler realized that to achieve a fair housing law, he had to provide political cover to those local politicians who wanted to enact it. Sedler’s strategy was to have the politicians not contest that homeowners were free to choose who would buy their houses. The only exception would be if a real estate agent were involved in the sale, then no discrimination would be permitted. Under this theory, about 99 percent of all sales would be covered by the fair housing law. Thus, instead of labeling it a “Fair Housing Act,” Sedler called it “A Bill to Regulate Commercial Real Estate Transactions.” It was enacted — making the Lexington area the first locale in the South to pass fair housing legislation. A year later, the Kentucky legislature adopted the law statewide. “I’m very proud of that,” Sedler said. “That was my brainchild.” Sedler also helped successfully desegregate the merged Louisville and Jefferson County, Ky., public schools with suburban-city busing. (In contrast, at about the same time, cross-district busing was rejected for Metro Detroit.) “Today, the most integrated state in the country is Kentucky,” Sedler said. During his time in Kentucky, Sedler said he became “notorious” for defending draft resisters and anti-war protestors. He even argued two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. When he came to the Wayne State Law School in 1977, his social activism didn’t cease. He said he felt right at home in Detroit — this area being similar to his rustbelt origins in Pittsburgh. LIFELONG ADVOCACY Sedler has been married to Rozanne Sedler, a social worker, for 59 years, and they have two grown children and four grandchildren. The couple live in Southfield and belong to Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park, a Reform congregation. “Social action is a very important part of my Jewish identity,” Sedler said. In turn, he served as an at-large member of Reform Judaism’s Joint Commission on Social Action from 2003-2009. He’s still on its Amicus Brief Committee, providing supportive legal briefs in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. In the early 1980s, Sedler began continued on page 22
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years of litigating the DeBoer case was to really appreciate the legal right to marry,â&#x20AC;? Sedler said. Although he has received awards during his long career, so has his wife, Rozanne, who, as a mental health professional, was a member of the Michigan Attorney Grievance Committee for six years. The couple have also won joint recognitions, from the Oakland County ACLU in 2002 (where Rozanne has served as president) and the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the American Jewish Committee in 2011. She retired in 2008 after 33 years at Jewish Family Service. In 2018, Nessel was elected Michigan attorney general and has appointed her former professor as a special assistant attorney general, an unpaid position where he will lend advice to the office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was a young law student at WSU Law School,â&#x20AC;? Nessel said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bob Sedler instilled in me the belief that I could utilize a career in law to fight for rights on behalf of those who needed it most. Years later, Bob volunteered to advise our legal team as we prosecuted one of the most significant civil rights cases of our time, and he walked armin-arm with me into the U.S. Supreme Court where our case changed the arc of history for millions of Americans.â&#x20AC;? Sedler said his upcoming Champion of Justice award â&#x20AC;&#x153;is very meaningful to me because it is a recognition of all that I have done here in Michigan.â&#x20AC;? Nessel will make the presentation at the Michigan Association for Justice dinner. Prominent Detroit attorney Eugene Driker noted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bob Sedler represents the very best of the legal profession and service to the public. He epitomizes the premier constitutional scholar.â&#x20AC;? At the upcoming event, the lawyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group will also present its Judicial Excellence Award to Judge Elizabeth L. Gleicher, who has Gleicher served on the Michigan Court of Appeals since 2007. She is also a former student of Sedler. It will, in addition, honor its outgoing president, Debra A. Freid of Freid Saginaw. For information on the banquet event, go to michiganjustice.org/events or call (517) 321-3073. â&#x2013;
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icki Friedman, 30, is a life coach, motivational speaker and founder of BREAK the Weight, where she coaches people to BREAK the Weight in their lives — physically, mentally and emotionally. She teaches people how to shift their mindsets and create positive coping skills to live stronger, healthier and happier lives. Here she sits down for a brief Q & A.
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change your life. For 290 days, we invited people to read about the real stuff, not just the before and after of her transformation. We wrote about the tough aspects of weight loss and shared about grief, depression and aspects of our lives that “weighed” us down. She lost 100 pounds physically, and I lost 100 pounds emotionally. As I coached her, she started to feel better, but so did I. It redefined everything for me because it helped me see that we all have heaviness to “break” through — physically, mentally and emotionally.
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you don’t do the work emotionally, you will never truly feel good physically. It’s not just about changing the habits — it’s about understanding what has been weighing on you. We explore what happens when you’re sad and what you tend to do when feeling unmotivated. I have recently changed my business model from one-on-one coaching to group coaching so clients can receive support from others who are also in the program. My goal for the BREAKER program is to help people apply positive coping skills so they can reprogram the way they eat, think and move when it comes to their daily habits.
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hen it comes to grief and loss, certain moments, days and events seem to weigh on us more than others, especially the first few times we go through them. With Mother’s and Father’s Day around the corner, a lot of people, young and old, will be celebrating this day without a parent or maybe even parents. Losing my mother when I was 13 made for a lot of challenging holidays, which eventually forced me to learn the right ways to cope. Creating healthy and straightforward ways to deal with the loss turned out to be my most significant gain. Here are some ways I learned to deal with loss. CREATE A SIMPLE MANTRA Having a quick but inspiring saying you can write somewhere or speak out loud will help you take a step back for a moment. Repeat it as much as you need. The more you say it, the more you’ll begin to believe in it. Three examples are: • “My pain is my greatest gift.” • “Life is happening for me, not to me.” • “This wouldn’t be happening if I couldn’t handle it.” MOVE YOUR BODY DAILY We hold emotions in our body, which means that to release our feelings, we must move physically. Movement is key when it comes to the decrease of depression and anxiety. The healthier your state of mind, the better you’re able to deal with certain emotions. Three suggestions are: • Take a 10-minute walk when you wake up or start to feel sad. • Stretch it out for five minutes in moments of distress. • Get a 20-minute sweat in! Sweating is the fastest way to find release. BE OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL Grief can feel repetitive, but truth is, grief is repetitive, especially the first year or two, and that’s OK. Remember, feeling the emotions is how you heal from them. You can do this through social media, friends, family, etc. continued on page 26
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Three suggestions are: â&#x20AC;˘ Call friends or family. Tell them youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not looking for advice but rather an ear to listen. Text someone you confide in or who has been through something similar. â&#x20AC;˘ Share an Instagram or Facebook post about your loved one or how youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing. You will feel less alone just by knowing how much others can relate. â&#x20AC;˘ Write out how you feel. The simple act of putting pen to paper helps us see that our feelings are not as scary as we think they are. COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION ARE KEY When a person leaves, in any capacity, it feels like we have a lot more time
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Adat Shalom member Gail Langer will be walking in the American Brain Tumor Association’s Breakthrough for Brain Tumors 5K Run & Walk on 8 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at Kensington Metropark (Martindale Beach, 4570 Huron River Parkway in Milford). Each year, the BT5K provides critical funding for brain tumor research and for supportive patient care. Langer is walking in memory of her daughter, Debby Schilling, who died three years ago from a brain tumor. Each day, 500 people will be diagnosed with a brain tumor. “I know that many others in the community
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to the pain from the shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, which many are still working to heal from,” Hillel’s Rav Lisa Stella told the crowd. “We know, however, that identity-based violence doesn’t only affect the Jewish community, and there has been a lot of violence in the world against ours and other religious comCHABAD
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“Moment of Unity” for the victims of the Chabad of Poway shooting was held at noon Monday, April 29, at the University of Michigan Diag, with opening words from students Leor Rosen, chair of Hillel Governing Board, and Aviva Nemeth, Hillel Religious Life Chair. “We knew it would be challenging to gather during exams, but it felt important for our Hillel and Chabad to work together to bring a Moment of Unity to our campus. Students seemed grateful for a moment to come together as a community, offer support for one another and acknowledge the tragedy in Poway, Calif.,” said Tilly Shames, U-M Hillel executive director. Rabbi Alter Goldstein from Chabad House of Ann Arbor spoke about the Chabad community in Poway, where his uncle, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, is the rabbi. He shared a psalm in prayer for his uncle’s continued healing from his wounds during the attack. He also mentioned Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the shooting, and the group shared a moment of silence. Then Rabbi Jared Anstandig from Hillel recited “Psalm 23,” often shared at funerals, in her memory. Student Jordyn Singer, co-president of the U-M Chabad House of Ann Arbor, offered a poem. “We feel the pain of anti-Semitic violence particularly and most deeply in the Jewish community and acknowledge that this attack adds
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munities in recent months, and that these things are connected. We stand with one another against hate of all kinds and are grateful to those standing with us now who are not members of the Jewish community who came in support and solidarity.” Student Rachel Levy of Hillel gave an introduction to the MiShebeirach prayer, mentioning those injured in Poway, but also referencing a broader need for healing as well. She and student Adam Kahana led the singing of the prayer. The vigil closed with singing Oseh Shalom and with a short prayer for peace. ■ — Keri Guten Cohen
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On March 28, several hundred guests attended a private screening at the DIA of Call Me Bill: The William Davidson Story, a documentary about the life of the local businessman, philanthropist and longtime owner of the NBA’s Detroit Pistons. Ethan Davidson, the film’s producer with his wife Gretchen, introduced the film with former Pistons’ star Isiah Thomas by his side. On May 2, the film kicked off the Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival and filled the Berman Theater; a simulcast in the JCC’s Handleman Hall took care of the overflow. Davidson told the DIA crowd his father “would absolutely not have tolerated any of this.” The film features historic photos, film footage and interviews with family members and associates, and pays tribute to his strong sense of family, his entrepreneurial spirit, his generosity and his leadership skills. ■
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On March 28, L!fe Leaders Founder and President Amy Nederlander, along with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Mayor Mike Duggan and Lori Maher and Hamilton Producer Jeffrey Seller, hosted the inaugural gala for the Detroitbased nonprofit L!fe Leaders Inc., a leadership and career development program for middle school and high school students. Following the show, gala attendees, including L!fe Leaders students, enjoyed dessert during an exclusive talkback with Hamilton cast members and Hamilton director Thomas Kail. Hamilton producer, Oak Park native and L!fe Leaders Gala honorary host Jeffrey Seller moderated the postperformance talk. “I sat up there in the balcony watching my first Broadway show,” Seller told the Fisher Theatre-goers. “And now, here tonight in this same theater, watching Hamilton, the show I
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produced, with you, I feel like I’m 13 all over again. What makes it so satisfying is that there’s no city like Detroit and what can happen when we all work together. The young people of Detroit, they are our future.” Nederlander said the nonprofit is halfway to its goal of raising $500,000. ■
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Now both living in New York, Hamilton Producer Jeffrey Seller grew up in Oak Park, and L!fe Leaders founder and President Amy Nederlander grew up in Franklin.
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Following an elegant dinner and performance of Hamilton, L!fe Leaders Gala donors enjoyed a talkback hosted by Jeffrey Seller (right) with Director Thomas Kail (left) and cast members.
L!fe Leaders Gala honorary host Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Central Michigan University senior Stephan Wilson and Edred Utomi, who stars as Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton running through April 21 at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre
moments MARCH 16, 2019 Rabbi Jared and Sarit Anstandig of Ann Arbor are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Batya Avigail. Grandparents are Marcia and Charles Seigerman of West Bloomfield, Ronald Anstandig of Waterford, and Jon and Joyce Bendavid of Teaneck, N.J. Great-grandparents are Leo Beals of West Bloomfield and Minnie Rubinstein of Teaneck, N.J.
Samantha Jordyn Bloch will chant from the Torah as she becomes a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, May 10, 2019. She will be joined in celebration by her proud parents, Stacey and Dr. Michael Bloch, and brothers Matthew and Alexander. She is the loving grandchild of Barbara and Dr. Arnold Goldman, and Flo and Louis Bloch, and great-grandchild of Helga Gutmann. Samantha is a student at Clifford H. Smart Middle School in Commerce Township. For her most meaningful mitzvah project, she created K9 Strong to raise funds to provide protective gear for the West Bloomfield Police Department K9 officers. Eli Samuel Eisenberg, son of Darcy and Jason Eisenberg, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. He will be joined in celebration by his siblings William and Maggie. Eli is the loving grandchild of Arlene and the late Ronald Licht, and Nina and the late David Eisenberg. He is a student at Bloomfield Hills Middle School. For his most meaningful mitzvah project, Eli delivered food and supplies to local homeless shelters. Samuel Benjamin Finn, son of Vicky and William Finn, will lead the congregation in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. He is the loving grand-
child of Ann Finn, and the late Joyce and Henry Albers. Samuel is a student at Scranton Middle School in Brighton. For his most meaningful mitzvah project, he gave his time to help end hunger in our community by delivering food with Yad Ezra in Berkley to Jewish families in need and giving tzedakah to Gleaners Community Food Bank in Detroit. Joshua Dylan Glick, surrounded by family and friends, will read from the Torah to celebrate his bar mitzvah Friday, May 10, 2019, at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. He is the loving son of Jodi and Eric Glick and brother of Ben. Joining in the celebration will be his proud grandparents Carol and Jerome Frankel, and Lois Glick. Josh is also the grandson of the late Susan and the late David Burke, and the late Edward Glick. Josh is a student at Berkshire Middle School in Birmingham. Among his mitzvah projects, he raised money for Kadima. Sean Chapple Gretzinger chanted from the Torah as he became a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Sharing in his celebration were his proud parents, Jacqui and Hank Gretzinger, and sister Amanda. He is the loving grandchild of Linda Remson, Doris and Hank Gretzinger, and the late Benee Stern. Sean is a student at James R. Geisler Middle School in Commerce Township. For his most meaningful mitzvah project, he raised funds by walking dogs for donations to benefit the Haven’s Farber Pet Center.
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Samuel Zachary Halprin (Yaakov Dekel) of Bloomfield Township became a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. He is the son of Brian and Miriam Halprin and the brother of Joshua. Sam’s grandparents are Shirley Halprin and the late Stan Halprin, Adele (Gaba) Band, the late Leonard Gaba and stepgrandfather the late Oscar Band. Sam is a student at Bloomfield Hills Middle School. Among his mitzvah projects, Sam volunteers at the Temple Shir Shalom religious school. Zachary Evan Kanfer became a bar mitzvah on April 12, 2019, as he was called to the bimah at Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park. Proud parents are Darin and Rachel Kanfer (Zager). Proud sister is Jenna Kanfer. Proud grandparent is Michele Dubrinsky. He is also the grandson of the late Max Dubrinsky, the late Edward Kanfer, the late Judith Zager (Carl Hoff) and the late Robert Zager. Zachary is in the seventh grade at Royal Oak Middle School. His mitzvah project was through Yad Ezra in Berkley.
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Zoe Nicole Schiffer, daughter of Deborah and Eric Schiffer, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. She will be surrounded with love from her sisters Sarah, Emily and Jillian, and grandparents Sheila and Dan Schiffer, Dolores Westerman and Michael Westerman. She is a seventh-grader at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. Among her many mitzvah projects, Zoe found helping animals by donating to Leader Dogs for the Blind to be the most meaningful. Harrison Reuben Shaevsky (Roni) will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. He will be joined in celebration by his proud parents, Marlo and Tom Shaevsky, and his brother Benny. Harry is the loving grandson of Myrna and Sid Konikow of Farmington Hills, and Lois and Mark Shaevsky of Bloomfield Hills. Harry is a seventh-grade student at West Hills Middle School in West Bloomfield. His most meaningful mitzvah project was organizing and hosting a Big Ten basketball watch party to raise funds for the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, a charity that is very dear to him.
Boyer 100th On April 27, 2019, Mary Boyer celebrated her 100th birthday with a party at Bay Pointe Country Club. The party was given by her children, Lenore and Skip Piotrowski, Kenneth and Ronny Boyer, and Mel and Jacki Boyer. Helping celebrate were her 17 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, other family and friends.
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Iron-framed glass doors open to the living room, with Singer’s office behind. Custom draperies on the soaring windows soften the majestic height of the room, allowing the couple’s collections — a painting of a woman in a wedding dress by Alex Katz, black-and-white photographs by Donald Sultan, a red “hand” chair by Pedro Friedeberg — to take pride of place.
Modern Love Designer Pamela Singer opens the doors to her own home, one of six to be featured in the annual Temple Israel Sisterhood House Tour. LYNNE KONSTANTIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER BRETT MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHER
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So, when she walked into a 25-year-old house, minutes from Downtown Birmingham, she knew exactly how every detail would look when her work was done — this time she was the client. Singer had lived for 15 years with her husband, Richard Nodel, in an Orchard Lake home designed by famed local architect Irving Tobocman, known for his contemporary style. continued on page 40
Singer tapped John Morgan to collaborate on cabinetry throughout the home. In the kitchen, the pair designed columns to flank either side of the refrigerator to display a collection of pottery. The 14-foot stainless island is topped with honed marble, which waterfalls to the floor on both sides. The same marble climbs the entire wall.
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The foyer’s black-stained wide-plank oak flooring is echoed in the blackstained wood and Plexiglass lining the staircase.
Richard and Pam (Singer) Nodel in front of her home office.
26TH-ANNUAL TEMPLE ISRAEL SISTERHOOD HOUSE TOUR The home of Pam and Richard Nodel, designed by the homeowner, known professionally as Pamela Singer, is one of six to be featured in the 26th-annual Temple Israel Sisterhood House Tour, with designers including Carrie Long, Richard Ross, Jeffrey King and Jill Schumacher. The tour will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. Advance tickets are $30; tour-day tickets are $35. For details, visit temple-israel.org/ sisterhood or call (248) 682-4855.
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“I loved that house,” Singer says. “I loved everything about it.” But, she adds, most of her clients live closer to the Birmingham area. “I felt like my whole life was spent in the car.” She knew she wanted something in Birmingham, but never imagined she’d find something that wasn’t traditional, the prevalent style in the area. “I knew I’d want to gut whatever I found, to make it my own, so I wanted a house that needed work. But I wanted it to have a modern feel. When I found this one — I walked in and knew exactly what I could to do with it.”
The home had a modern frontage but with red brick, “giving it a modern Deco-y vibe,” she says. “Inside, I have ceilings that are 24 feet high and windows 10 feet high. The light was coming in, and it was beautiful.” Most important, though, was that it had plenty of space for a home office — something elegant and comfortable for meeting with clients and getting inspired. And at the end of the day, she says, “I love my house. It’s bright, pretty, comfortable. I just love it.” ■
Clockwise from top left: On the other side of the kitchen bar area are Singer’s kitchen table and family room. A lazy Susan in the center of the beveled-glass table holds a decorative pear; to the right, a two-sided fireplace is surrounded by limestone, with matched drywall all the way up to the ceiling. Two steps down from the kitchen, Singer added a bar area, which displays a pair of candelabras picked up during a trip to Italy with her daughter. A white-glass console floats in the powder room. Behind it is a gray smoked mirror. “Although built in the 1990s, the house reflects an urban variation of mid-century modern architecture,” Singer says. A terracotta sculpture in the living room is by a Polish sculptor. A collection of spray cans by grafitti artist Mr. Brainwash lines a shelf in the kitchen. A peek into Singer’s office to the right shows a gray-glass chandelier by Lindsey Adelman. Through the Plexiglass wall, a glimpse of the foyer.
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‘We Need to Laugh’ Roseanne brings her “Alive and Kicking” standup show to the Fox.
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oseanne Barr is a lot of things: a comic, the driving force, creator and actor from one of the top 20 TV shows for nine consecutive seasons, Roseanne, a mother, a grandmother, a Golden Globe and Emmy award winner — and always controversial. Last year, she was removed from her show for a tweet she made that was considered racist. The original “domestic goddess” brings her live standup tour, “Alive and Kicking,” to Detroit Sunday, May 19, at the Fox Theatre, and says she is ready to make America laugh again. This reporter had a pre-Passover phone interview with Barr from her macadamia farm on the Big Island of Hawaii. RB: Hi, it’s Roseanne. She could be picking up her dry cleaning. It is nasally. It is unimpressed, and it is legendary. JN: Hello, Ms. Barr, how are you? RB: I’m good. JN: Are you getting ready for Pesach? I just made my matzah “crack,” so I am ready to go. RB: Is that the one with the chocolate toffee? Of course, I have heard of
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it, are you kidding me? It’s so good. JN: It is so good. I don’t know if it is going to make it to the seder table tomorrow night. RB: It’s the pre-seder seder. I think God would approve of that. I will go with it. Laughing. RB: I’m looking forward to coming to Detroit. JN: We are looking forward to having you. Tell me a little bit about your show and why we need to see it. RB: Well, because it’s hilarious. It’s really got some good writing and good jokes that I want people to hear. I still feel like I have stuff to say and so I keep on saying, and it’s fun. I love standup. That is really what I am. It’s cool to be able to still to do it. It is a great art form. JN: When is the last time you performed standup? RB: I was doing a Canadian tour as I was doing the Roseanne promotion, it’s been a little over a year. JN: Do you test out your material in smaller venues before you go on tour? RB: No. I’ve got a great 90-minute concert. I’ve been working it for a
number of years off and on, and it’s finally really great. I love it. JN: Do you prefer that kind of connection with your audience vs. TV? RB: Oh yeah, it’s right off the top of your head. There is always the element of surprise, and it’s fun to see people laughing. JN: What do you find funny lately? Who are your inspirations in the comedy world? Did you always know you could make people laugh? RB: There is nothing I don’t find funny. These are hilarious times we are living. It’s a laugh a minute. Here comes her famous belly laugh, rolling out what we all heard in the opening credits every night from 1988 to 1997. It is contagious. RB: It’s upside down and backwards in every which way. We need to laugh. A lot. This political climate has fired up a lot of comics to come out and start doing their thing; and you know that is what is great about having a Republican president — I just think they are funnier. There is more material. When we have a Democrat, nobody laughs at anything. It’s good to laugh.
That’s why I voted for Trump. JN: It’s like President Obama. He is a gentleman, cares about people and the planet and loves his wife a lot. I can see that. There is not a lot of material there. RB: The truth is hilarious. Just to see the look on people’s faces when it dawns on them they have been tricked is so funny. Laughing helps you swallow a lot of shame. JN: Yes, my Baba (Yiddish for grandmother) always said, “If we don’t laugh, we will cry.” RB: Right. There is so much to laugh at, and Obama is hilarious right now. I have a great Obama joke. It is a show-stopper. JN: Do you want to share it with us? RB: Oh, hell no! JN: OK, we will let that be a cliffhanger. RB: Let that be the trailer. I have been touring with my act and, at first, people were mad and would not laugh, and then I kept on doin’ it and then they would laugh and then would really laugh and then they would roar at things they thought they were not supposed to laugh at — and that’s the
TAKE LIFE OUTDOORS! job of the comedian, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good time for it. JN: Do you relate to other comics like Kathy Griffin, who has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;blacklistedâ&#x20AC;? by Hollywood, and how does your situation compare to men like Alec Baldwin who get a pass with homophobic slurs and public fist fights, but continues to be praised and does not have this affect his work? Do you want to talk about that at all? RB: Well, not really. He [Alec] called me a Nazi and that is offensive to me as a Jew, and Jews and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come back from that, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry. Especially Jewish conservative comics, we have been de-platformed everywhere and that needs to be said. Whatever. People are supporting my live comedy, so I really appreciate that, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad I can do it and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad I can still make people laugh and think and see their faces. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool. So, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting my outfits together, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like so much stress, oh, my God, and if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to gain any more weight, so you know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all of that â&#x20AC;Ś I want to look different than people have seen me look before. They have either seen me in character, well, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always in character â&#x20AC;Ś but, this time, I am actually not going to be in character. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m actually going to be me. I do have a clothes fetish, I have to admit. I used to go over to Phyllis Dillerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house and she always loved costumes and to dress up and â&#x20AC;&#x153;play act,â&#x20AC;? as we called it, because that is what we did when we were girls. She left me several of her costumes. I just want to pick out the perfect outfit for my fans to really be blown away because I think I am a fashion icon. I should be mentioned as a fashion icon instead of all of these terrible things they are calling me â&#x20AC;Ś that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dress well. Well, I do. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Jewish woman. When I walk out, I want everyone to see a real, live, loud-mouthed, old Jewish woman. JN: You are not old! RB: Yes, I am. I am proud of it. Like Richard Pryor said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to be old being a fool.â&#x20AC;? JN: I like that. RB: Well, do you think you got enough? I have to go to the bathroom. Laughing. JN: Can your bladder hang on? I still have a couple more questions. How has your Jewish faith gotten
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wo films specific to the times — one a documentary, the other a docudrama — are part of this year’s Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival, which is showcasing nine full-length films and six short films. The documentary, 93Queen, reflects the push for women’s rights in Brooklyn’s Chasidic community with the creation of the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City. The docudrama, Shoelaces, delves into the growing awareness of relationships and opportunities faced by a man with a special-needs son. The 18th annual festival, running May 12-16, this year is presented in connection with the Cinetopia Film Festival, which runs May 10-19. Cinetopia features some 60 international films in venues around the region, introduces a range of speakers and opens with the film Before You Know It, described as having Jewish sensibilities. The opening film, listing a stellar cast, including Jewish entertainer Mandy Patinkin, will be joined by its co-writers, Hannah Pearl Utt and Jen Tullock, who appear in the comedy as sisters discovering the mother they thought was dead is actually alive and starring in a soap opera. “Collaborating with Cinetopia is an exciting opportunity to share Jewish films with so many more people,” says Karen Freedland, director of Jewish cultural arts and education for the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor and director of its film festival.
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Another co-sponsored film is To Dust, about a cantor struggling to find religious solace in coping with his wife’s death and seeking help from a college biology professor. Meryl Goldsmith, who grew up in Bloomfield Hills and produced the film Love, Gilda (about the late Jewish comedian Gilda Radner, also from Michigan), will be represented at Cinetopia because of production responsibilities for a very different documentary, Well Groomed, capturing the world of creative dog grooming. Paula Eiselt directed 93Queen and is pleased the film has brought larger support — funding and participation — to the entry of religious women into emergency medical care, defined as part of the MeToo movement. “I strived to make a film true to the community — a complex film, a nuanced film that neither demonized nor sanitized the community where it takes place,” explains Eiselt, an Orthodox woman who learned about the initiative through accessing a religion-based website. What struck Eiselt was the idea that women had been banned by the existing ambulance corps and began opposing that stance in a way not typical for the culture. The filmmaker met with the woman at the helm, and that started a five-year production process. “Funding is mostly based on private donations,” Eiselt says. Since the film came out, there was a successful crowdfunding campaign that raised new funding from outside
the Chasidic community. There also has been the development of additional groups doing the same kind of ambulance work in Long Island and Manhattan. “They service anyone who calls — men or women,” the filmmaker says. Eiselt wants to stress, through the film, that feminism does not mean that one size fits all. “This is what feminism and women’s empowerment looks like in [this Chasidic community],” she says. “It’s not what feminism and women’s empowerment looks like in other parts of the world. There are different needs, and I see this as a story of women creating space for themselves and finding space where there wasn’t. “There are women who have been too embarrassed to call for help and have died as a result, so this is a great model of change and progress and how communities change from the bottom up.” Shoelaces, a film nominated for eight Israeli Academy Awards, was directed by Jacob Goldwasser. The story has to do with the efforts of a special-needs son trying to help his father, whose own special need is a kidney transplant. “I hope audiences will be able to look into the eyes of people with special needs and see what they do have [instead of seeing] only what they don’t have,” Goldwasser says. “I hope audiences will learn to like Gadi and even his ability to fight for what he believes in his own way.” Although the plot is based on a true event that happened to another family,
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• Budapest Noir is a murder mystery that takes place as Hungary is about to align with Hitler. • The Unorthodox unfolds political initiatives taken by a member of the Sephardi community in Jerusalem. • Why the Jews? recounts accomplishments by members of the Jewish faith. • The Samuel Project connects an outcast teen with his grandfather. • The Ancient Law, a silent film, follows the son of an Orthodox rabbi who wants to become an actor. • Remember Baghdad delves into experiences of the Jews of Iraq. • The Last Suit presents the journey of an aged clothier in search of the man who saved his life.
TOP: 93Queen is a documentary about an allfemale ambulance corps in Brooklyn’s Chasidic community. ABOVE: In the Israeli film Shoelaces, a son with special needs tries to help his father, who needs a kidney transplant.
Goldwasser entered the project knowing the characteristics, challenges and emotions because of personal experiences with his oldest son, who has special needs. “My wife and our younger son, Itamar, who edited the film, were very supportive and cooperative all along the long development and making of Shoelaces,” he explains. “It took me 12 years from the time I heard about the true event until I was convinced to make the film. I realized I could transform this tragedy into an optimistic story that would help improve the image of people with special needs in the eyes of a vast audience.” ■
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THURSDAY, MAY 9 WOMEN TO WORK 9 am-noon, May 9. A five-week program for women who have been away from the workforce and need immediate employment. A vocational assessment, networking, resume writing, job search support, interviewing and more. Free. Program meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at JVS Human Services, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield. Register with Judy Richmond at jrichmond@jvshumanservices.org or 248-233-4232.
POTTERY CLASS 11 am-1 pm, May 9 & 16. Adult class taught by Allison Berlin at the West Bloomfield JCC. Cost: $15, supplies included. RSVP: 248-432-5467 or rchessler@jccdet.org. LUNCHTIME LEARNING 11:45 am, May 9 & 16. Rabbi Aaron Bergman will present “The History of Anti-Semitism” at Adat Shalom. The program is open to the community at no charge. You may bring your own dairy/ parve lunch. Drinks and dessert will be
served. Reservations requested: Sheila Lederman, 248-851-5100, ext. 246, or slederman@adatshalom.org. CAREGIVER SUPPORT 1:30-3 pm, May 9. The Dorothy & Peter Brown Adult Day Program holds free monthly family caregiver support group meetings. Respite care may be available during the daytime meetings; if interested, inquire when you RSVP. At Jewish Senior Life, Fleischman Residence, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield. Alzheimer’s Association
meeting for family caregivers of older adults living with dementia. Call for information about the evening support group meeting for family caregivers of all older adults. RSVP: Joely Lyons, 248592-5032, jlyons@jslmi.org. CARNIVAL FUN 3-6 pm, May 9. At Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills. An Israel Independence Day Carnival and kosher rib burn-off. An afternoon of inflatables, carnival games, ribs, sweet treats, prizes and more! Rib burn-off participants: Adat Shalom, Aish continued on page 48
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MAY 12 CHAMBER MUSIC SEASON FINALE In a fitting conclusion to a historic season, on Sunday, May 12, at 3 p.m., the Chamber Music Society of Detroit returns to Orchestra Hall, its home for more than 20 of its 75 years. Four of America’s most exciting young string quartets – the Attacca, Catalyst, Dover (pictured) and Harlem quartets — are joined by master pianist Leon Fleisher, who will perform Mozart’s “K. 414 Piano Concerto” plus music of Bach. The program also includes a world premiere by Jessie Montgomery, plus the Mendelssohn Octet performed by members of all four quartets switching off for different movements in a game of musical chairs. Tickets are $100 for box seats, $50 for premium seats, $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and $10 for students at CMSDetroit.org or by phone at (313) 335-3300.
Conceived to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, this presentation at 4 p.m. May 11 at the Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church, the Warsaw Concerto brings little-known harrowing stories of brave people who chose to rise up and reclaim their freedom. Come hear in story and music the joys and sorrows of a great people who dared to stand up for freedom. Music of Chopin, Paderewski, St. Saens, Mendelssohn, rediscovered music of Weinberg, Polkas, Klezmer music and the Warsaw Concerto will be presented by pianist Joseph Palazzolo, who has done Jewish liturgical work for Temple Emanu-El, Shir Shalom and the Grosse Pointe Jewish Council, and award-winning violin virtuoso Sonia Lee. Tickets are $20 presale at gpuuc.org/upcoming-events.html and $25 at the door.
MAY 11-12 - MOTHER’S DAY IN THE PARK Art Birmingham celebrates its 38th annual return to Shain Park in downtown Birmingham, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 11-12. This fine art fair showcases 150 juried artists from 17 states, around one park, featuring a diverse array of fine art mediums including ceramics, painting, photography, glass, jewelry, sculpture, mixed media, drawing, printmaking and more. Ceramics by Admission is free, with art activities sponsored Andrew Collins by the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC). Children will be able to make gifts for their mom, grandmother and aunt. Food vendors such as Little Jimmy’s Italian Ices, Poppin & Mixin, Regina’s Mexican Food Truck and Nagle’s lemonade stand will also be there.
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HaTorah Detroit, BBYO, Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nai Moshe, Hillelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kosher Catering FLIK, Frankel Jewish Academy, JCC Day Camps, Tamarack Camps and Temple Israel.
FRIDAY, MAY 10 JNF BREAKFAST FOR ISRAEL RSVP for May 21. At Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Jonathan Medved, a social entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor and the founder and CEO of OurCrowd. will speak on Israeli innovation. Registration required: jnf.org/detroit. Info: Kim Levy at klevy@jnf.org or 248324-3080. TAPESTRY PROGRAM RSVP for May 21. Temple EmanuElâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sisterhood will host a program benefitting the Lillian Greenwald Oneg Shabbat Fund. A guided tour of several showrooms in the Michigan Design Center in Troy. Meet at the main entrance, 1700 Stutz Drive, Troy, MI 48084 (north of Maple between Coolidge and Crooks). Contact Rae Mandel, 248-766-4504; or Judy Greenwald, 313-670-9962. Cost: $36 donor, $54 sponsor, $72 patron. SHABBAT TOGETHER 5:30 pm, May 10. Celebrate Shabbat & Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Birthday at Temple Kol Ami with activities, crafts and Israeli dancing. Perfect for families with young children. $5 per person ages 3 and up for a kid-friendly dinner; decorate your own cupcake. Call 248-661-0040 or email RSVP to ggreenberg@tkolami.org
SATURDAY, MAY 11 SOULFUL YOGA 10 am, May 11. Join Rabbi Rachel Shere and yoga instructor Mindy Eisenberg for Soulful Yoga at Adat Shalom. No yoga experience is necessary. Free and open to the community. Dress comfortably and bring a mat if you have one. Info: 248-8515100
MONDAY, MAY 13 MUSSAR MONDAY 7 pm, May 13. Adults are invited to join Rabbi Aaron Bergman at Adat Shalom for a unique approach to living a good and meaningful life, transmitting timeless advice for everything from having happy relationships to creating harmonious communities. Free and open to the community. RSVP: Sheila Lederman 248-851-5100, ext. 246, or slederman@adatshalom.org. REBUILDING LIVES 7-9 pm, May 13. Zieva Dauber Konvisser, Ph.D., a nationally recognized expert on wrongful incarceration and recovery from incarceration, will discuss how religious faith may help women while in prison and after their release. At Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln Road, Oak Park. Free; donations are welcome. Participants can register in advance at detroitinterfaithcouncil.com.Â
TUESDAY, MAY 14 JVS RECHARGE 10 am-noon, May 14. For those over age 50, unemployed and struggling to find a rewarding second career. Recharge! is a five-week JVS Human
Services group career counseling program. It meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays at JVS in Southfield. There is a nominal $40 materials fee. Contact Sherrie James at 248-233-4472 or sjames@jvshumanservices.org. CAREGIVER SUPPORT 1:30-3 pm, May 14. The Dorothy & Peter Brown Adult Day Program holds free monthly family caregiver support group meetings. Respite care may be available during the daytime meetings; if interested, inquire when you RSVP. At JVS, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield. Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association meeting for family caregivers of older adults living with dementia. RSVP: Dorothy Moon, 248-233-4392, dmoon@jvsdet.org. JFS MEETING 4:30-6 pm, May 14. JFS election and installation of board members, recognition and awards presentation. At Handelman Hall at the West Bloomfield JCC. Light refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 JVS BUSINESS CONNECTIONS 7:30-8:45 am, May 15. Business professionals are invited to kick-start the day in an early morning networking session on how to create a personal â&#x20AC;&#x153;pitchâ&#x20AC;? for maximum impact. At JVS Human Services, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield. Guest speaker Barbara Boldt will explore how to answer the question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What do you do?â&#x20AC;? Register: bit.ly/BizConnectPitch, or contact Angela Bevak at abevak@jvshumanservices. org. Free, but pre-registration is recommended.
ORT MEETING 12:30-2:30 pm, May 15. Glenn/ Oak/South ORT America Chapter will welcome Corinne Stavish, a storyteller with a love for justice, a passion for history and a wicked sense of humor. At the Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph Bloomfield Twp. Cost: $5. Friends and relatives welcome; refreshments served. HISTORY LECTURE 1 pm, May 15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jews of Italyâ&#x20AC;? at Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield. Weekly videostreaming group presents the third in a series of Jewish history lectures featuring Prof. Henry Abramson of Touro College in Brooklyn, N.Y. Free and open to the community; no reservations needed. Informal discussion follows. Info: Nancy Kaplan (248) 737-1931 or email nancyellen879@att.net. COOKING DEMO RSVP for May 30. Hadassahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leorah Chapter will present Chef Hunny with a program of seasonal cooking. Cost $40. 7 pm at 22455 Chatsford Circuit, Southfield. Info: Melissa Liverman, 724557-6040 or melissaliverman.79 @ gmail.com.
THURSDAY, MAY 16 NIGHT OF LEARNING 7 pm, May 16. An adult education experience at CSZâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Berman Center for Jewish Education, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Haircuts, Pickles and Pushups: What Can the Omer Teach Us About Change?â&#x20AC;? with Rabbi Nate DeGroot. Free. Info: 248-357-5544. Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial Assistant.
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ichigan Israel Business Accelerator (MIBA), capitalizing on its close ties to Israel, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Startup Nation,â&#x20AC;? is bringing a free web platform to Michigan, the first state in the country (and only third location in the world) to get the technology. The web platform, called startupmichigan.tech, is created by Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Start-Up Nation Central (SNC), an independent nonprofit that builds bridges to the Israeli innovation ecosystem. Through Start-Up Nation Finder, SNCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original innovation discovery platform, the organization maps the Israeli innovation ecosystem in real time, tracking more than 6,000 innovative companies tagged into sectors with each one having its own profile page, as well as hundreds of investors, hubs, accelerators, universities and research centers, tech communities and multinational corporations currently active in Israel. SNC only licenses the technology to places that have a â&#x20AC;&#x153;critical mass of technical innovation,â&#x20AC;? said Mark Davidoff, Michigan managing partner, Deloitte LLP, and chairman of the MIBA Board. The MIBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s startupmichigan.tech is poised to be a tipping point for the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s startup ecosystem. The platformâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s database, Mark Davidoff which continues to develop, currently features pages on more than 335 startups. Information on 25 investors, 27 hubs and more are included on the portal as well. The advanced search option allows users to filter startups by business model, funding stage, location, product stage and more. Results can be saved to the userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal collection or exported. Users can also contact companies they are interested in through the startupmichigan.tech web platform and request introductions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one has ever before had a one-stop view of the entire innovation ecosystem of Michigan,â&#x20AC;?
Davidoff said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now anyone in the world can log on to this tool and see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in Michigan. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a gamechanger in Michiganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to sell itself as a high-tech hub.â&#x20AC;? The platform will launch later this month at private event to celebrate Michiganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s innovation ecosystem at the Shinola Hotel in Detroit. Michigan startups will have an opportunity to claim their profile pages when they attend the â&#x20AC;&#x153;by invitation onlyâ&#x20AC;? event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;MIBA will maintain the database for accuracy, timeliness and accessibility, which makes it a highly valuable go-to resource,â&#x20AC;? said Bernard Bourgeois, senior analyst at MIBA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This web platform provides a clean interface with a statewide focus. Startupmichigan.tech will be the conduit for meaningful introductions between startups and investors.â&#x20AC;? The web platform received funding from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), William Davidson Foundation, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, the Paul E. Singer Foundation and the New Economy Initiative. Chris Rizik, CEO and fund manager of Renaissance Venture Capital in Ann Arbor, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ability to edit our own page without going through an intermediary is significant because things are changing all the time. We often work with investors from outside the state and try to introduce them to Michigan startup companies. But there has never before been a single resource that included the relevant startup business and fundraising information that startupmichigan.tech has. The central resource provides strong tangible value that will be a great help to the startup community in Michigan.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Startups are key to driving Michiganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new economy,â&#x20AC;? Davidoff said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The launch of the startupmichigan.tech database will be a game-changer for Michigan and MIBA is proud to be the power fueling the effort.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013;
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rieda Smolinsky Leemon, 98, was born in Baklarzevo, Poland, in 1921 and was brought to the United States as an infant. She died May 2, 2019. As the oldest of five daughters, she had familial responsibilities from a very early age. She was the original English speaker in her extended family and took care of many family obligations usually handled by adults. She did well in school and while she only mentions her degree from c. 1977 Wayne, she took a commercial course in high school and then worked to pay for her college education. She sold handkerchiefs at a linen store in downtown Detroit and rose to office manager and buyer before she left work after her marriage. She was very intelligent and had an outstanding memory. Frieda lived most of her life in the Metropolitan Detroit area and graduated from Northwestern High School and then from Wayne University. She also graduated from United Hebrew School High School Department at Philadelphia Byron Branch and received the Gold Medal awarded by Feigenson (Faygo) brothers as the outstanding student of her class. Frieda resumed the study of Hebrew in later life and was a fluent Hebrew speaker. She was actively involved with the Adat Shalom Sisterhood and served at one time as president. She was also a Cub Scout leader for son Mark, and
she was a volunteer at Sinai Hospital. Frieda said fundraising was easy because she was presenting a person who had the ability to donate with the opportunity to perform a mitzvah. Her dedication to this aspect of her work was probably inspired by the row of pushkes her mother kept on the window sill. In 1961, she was elected president of the Greater Detroit Council of Pioneer Women (now Na’amat). In 1963, she was chairman of the National Convention held in Detroit at the Book Cadillac Hotel. At that time, she was elected to the national board and served in many positions mainly in fundraising. She received the State of Israel Award in 1977 at the National Convention held in Washington, D.C., and was elected national president of Pioneer Women, serving for many years. In 1981, for Frieda’s 60th birthday, the Leemon family built a three-class day care center in Ramle, Israel, for the children of working mothers; it was named Beit Frieda. Children age 3 months to 5 years are educated and cared for there. In 1982, in gratitude for Frieda’s service, Na’amat Israel dedicated the Frieda Leemon Technological High School in Lod, a school for students at risk. In 1991, this school received the Israel Education Prize for Excellence. Mrs. Leemon attended most of the graduation ceremonies at the school and traveled to Israel 46 times.
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She served on the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and attended many meetings at the White House, State Department and Pentagon. She was honored to speak at the Knesset and was a guest at the signing of the Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt and at the dinner at the White House the following the evening. She became friends with Golda Meir and knew all the presidents and prime ministers of Israel personally. Mrs. Leemon was the first person from Michigan to serve on the Actions Committee and Presidium of the World Zionist Organization and attended many World Zionist congresses. She served on the National Board of the World Jewish Congress, the Jewish National Fund, State of Israel Bonds and the United Israel Appeals. In 1985, she was elected vice president of the World Movement of Na’amat, the largest women’s organization in Israel. At this conference, delegates from 13 countries voted to accept the name of their sister organization in Israel, Na’amat, a Hebrew acronym for women who work and volunteer. Pioneer Women did not lose its pioneering spirit; it just changed its name to Na’amat, U.S.A. At the age of 70, Mrs. Leemon volunteered to serve in the Israeli Army and was assigned to the Southern Army Command in Beersheba for a month. For 30 years, she served as a chairman of the board of the Golda Meir Child Development Fund, a special fund for child care centers in develop-
ment towns and poor neighborhoods as well as advanced pedagogical programs for child care staff. At the World Zionist Congress in 2004, she was named an Honorary Fellow of the World Zionist Organization, a yakira Yerushalayim, a beloved of Jerusalem. She was also a life member of the National Council of Jewish Women, ORT America and Brandeis University Women. Mrs. Leemon was married to the late Norman I. Leemon. She is survived by her children, Judith Ann Holtz, Mark (Sidney Stillerman Royer) Leemon and Sheldon (Lenore Waldhorn) Leemon; grandchildren, Meredith Robin (Adam) Weingarden, Jason Richard Holtz, Ethan Randall (Dana Kushkin) Holtz, Elizabeth Sarah (Michael) Snyder, Joseph Reuben (Courtney) Leemon, Joseph P.L. Henry and Sonia Yonit Portney Leemon; great-grandchildren, Noah Ryan Weingarden, Emilie Renee Weingarden, Linley Ava Holtz, Braden Julius Holtz, Sutton Asher Holtz and Brooke Lois Snyder. She was the daughter of the late Tillie and the late Henry Smolinsky; sister of the late Pauline (late Dr. Leonard) Schreiber, late Miriam (late Sol) Hoberman, Jacqueline (late Paul) Drucker and Gail (late Dr. Floyd) Tukel. Contributions may be made to Na’amat USA, 21515 Vanowen St., Suite 102, Canoga Park, CA 91303. Interment was held at Beth Tefilo Emanuel Cemetery in Ferndale. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. ■
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FRED S. FINDLING, 88, of Farmington Hills, died April 30, 2019. His six children called him Siegfried the Dragon Slayer, a name he embraced. His 13 grandkids knew him as Grandpa Ziggy. His beloved wife, Luba, called him Freddy. He earned all those appellations and more, leading a life of courage, compassion, charisma and love. His heart, crushed by the loss of his parents during the Holocaust and repeatedly replenished by the family he created, finally failed him at the age of 88. Mr. Findling is survived by his wife of 20 years, Luba Findling; children, David and Jen Findling, Debbie Findling and Steven Moss, Daniel and Lisa Findling, Darren and Alyson Findling, Tamara Findling and Andrey Noskov, and Tim Findling; grandchildren, Emily, Ryan, Justin and Hannah Findling, Noah, Ben and Levi Findling, Sara Moss,
Charlie, Ethan and Ivy Findling, Ava Noskov and Aiden Noskov; brother and sister-in-law, Joseph and Elaine Findling; sister, Fannie Labin; brother and sister-in-law, Martin and Elaine Findling; brother-in-law, Hale Clark. He was the loving brother of the late Regina Clark; the devoted son of the late Etla and the late Wolf David Findling; the dear brother-in-law of the late Dr. Jack Labin. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Send a Kid to Tamarack, Tamarack Camp, 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 301, Bloomfield Hills, Mi 48301, tamarackcamps.com/ giving/send-a-kid-to-tamarack. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. SANDRA HENDERSON, 56, of Garland, Texas, died April 28, 2019. She is survived by her parents, Claire Finn, Leonard and Jeanette Finn; brothers and sistersin-law, Mark and Risa Finn, Brad and Jo Finn, and Brian and Tracy Finn; sisters and brother-in-law, Anne Finn, Stephanie Finn and Daniel Atkinson; aunts, Tama and Ashley Gorman; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Interment was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. MELVIN â&#x20AC;&#x153;MELâ&#x20AC;? MILLER, 83, of Bloomfield Township, died May 3, 2019. Mr. Miller is survived by his wife of 57 years, Marlene Miller; sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Jeffrey and Kristine Miller, and Stuart and Sarah Miller; grandchildren, Rachel, Sasha, Jenna, Joseph and Jake Miller; sister and brother-in-law, Lynda and Dr. Stephen Boodin; brother-in-law and sisterin-law, Paul and Bella Brookenthal; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Mr. Miller was the devoted son of the late Jean and the late Joseph Hyman Miller; the dear son-in-law of the late Jean and the late George Brookenthal. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Michigan, 25882 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 102, Farmington Hills, MI 48336, ccfa.org/chapters/michigan; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. MELVIN MOGILL, 95, of West Bloomfield, died April 29, 2019. He is survived by his children, Kenneth Mogill and Maureen Shaughnessy, Laraine and Laurence Deutsch, and Joyce Y. Mogill and James Snyder; grandchildren, Benjamin Mogill and Claire Bono, Megan ShaughnessyMogill, Caitlin ShaughnessyMogill and Steven Parrish, Hannah
Shaughnessy-Mogill, Brianna Knoppow, and Alana Knoppow and Darin Garrison; great-grandchildren, Tristan Shaughnessy-Mogill, Ada Shaughnessy-Parrish, and Mateo Shaghnessy-Parrish; brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, Alfred Bricker, and Pauline and Harry Schwartz; cousin, Arnold Hirsch. Mr. Mogill was the beloved husband of the late Audrey Bricker Mogill; devoted son of the late John and the late Ethel Mogill; the dear brother-inlaw of the late Lillian Bricker. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan-Oakland County, 43097 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.org/ donations; Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072, yadezra. org; or Iraq Veterans Against the War, P.O. Box 3565, New York , NY 100083565, ivaw.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
JOSEPH SAVIN, 88, of West Bloomfield, died on May 1, 2019. He was born in Detroit, graduated from Central High School and went on to earn his bachelor of architecture from the University of Michigan. He practiced architecture throughout his life and served as a professor of architecture for several decades at Lawrence Technological University. Mr. Savin died peacefully in the home he designed and built 58 years ago. In addition to architecture, his passions included the Zionist Organization of America, where he served as president for five years, Jewish causes of all kinds, and sailing, photography and travel. He was an avid reader, intellectual and dedicated learner. He was curious about the world and strived to use his acquired knowledge and wisdom to improve it. Above all, he was a kind and generous man who loved his family and friends dearly and whose life was enriched by their presence, love and devotion. Mr. Savin is survived by his beloved
wife of 62 years, Diane Savin; his sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Michael and Julie Savin, Dr. Daniel Savin and Dr. Jill Levy, and Andrew and Courtney Savin; grandchildren Dr. Jeffrey Savin, Kimberly Savin, Naomi Savin, Asher Savin, Leah Savin and Aliza Savin. He was the loyal brother of the late Sylvia Iwrey and her late husband Sol Iwrey; devoted son of the late Jacob and the late Stella Savin; the faithful brotherin-law of the late Seymour Lesser and the late Ann Lesser; the late Ruthe Stein and the late Saul Stein; the late Dorothy Frazein and the late Douglas Frazein. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Lawrence Technological University, College of Architecture and Design, 21000 W. 10 Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075-1058, coad@ltu.edu; Hospice of Michigan, 43097 Woodward, #102, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302; Zionist Organization of America, 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, kobi@mizoa.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. continued on page 56
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BEATRICE SONDERS, 94, of West Bloomfield, died May 3, 2019. Along with her grandson and a companion, Mort Horwitz, Beatrice authored a book, Hiding In Plain Sight, her story of survival and courage in the face of the ultimate horrors. The book is now at Yad Vashem and available for sale online. A survivor of David Horodok in Poland, she became a member of the David Horodoker Society, B’nai B’rith and Shaarit Haplaytah. Mrs. Sonders was the devoted mother of Debra Feldman, Rita (Joseph) Salama, and Bonnie (Morry) Levin; mother-inlaw of Michael Feldman; loving grandmother of Lisa (Steve) Horowitz, Barry (Sheryl) Feldman, Jay (Jessica) Feldman, Eric Feldman, David (Pauline) Salama, Evan (Melissa) Salama, Jill (Jason) Handman, Julie (Eric) Greenberg, Dana (David) Saltzman and Lauren Levin; proud great-grandmother of Charlotte
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Horowitz, Isabel Horowitz, Max, Olivia, Jonah, Avery, Dahlia and Stella Feldman, Elliot, Ari, Oliver, Molly, Benjamin and Ruby Salama, Alexis Greenberg, Eleanor Greenberg, Rosie Saltzman, Henry Saltzman. Beatrice is also survived by a dear companion, Art Becker. She was the beloved wife of the late Beno Sonders; sister of the late Sholom Gadzuk who was killed in the Holocaust; ex-wife of the late Harold Perlstein. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Holocaust Memorial Center, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; Hillel Day School, 32200 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; David Horodoker Organization, c/o Evelyn Gorosh, 7106 Pebble Park Drive, #3505, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; Alzheimer’s Association 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, alz.org; or Jewish Senior Life, 15000 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237, (248) 661-1836, jslmi.org. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
CAROLINE ZEMMOL, 90, passed away on April 25, 2019, peacefully with her husband by her side. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Bernard Zemmol; son and daughter-in-law, Lloyd and Kristin; grandchildren, Erika and Heather; great-grandchildren, Alexis and Madison. Mrs. Zemmol was the daughter of the late Saul and the late Rose Share; sister of Nat, Leslie, Loui and Sara. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Cathedral City, Calif.
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long with the resurgence of new restaurant openings in Downtown Detroit bringing much joy, may also be some cause for alarm â&#x20AC;Ś Closings may come, in and outers, too â&#x20AC;Ś But all said, the current presence of new restaurants is welcomed. Toots Shore of New York dining fame used to say that a good restaurant might start when customers smile after lifting their forks and having the first bite. He had something there. This is where a restaurant such as the new Empire Kitchen and Cocktails on Woodward, corner of Erskine, two blocks north of Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, shines so high â&#x20AC;Ś Owned by friends Michael Abrams, Brian Adelman and Dave Pittaway, with working partner/chef Aaron Lowen, it presents something so many other like operations might sadly fail to offer â&#x20AC;Ś Its very own cooking styles with big features on simplicity, too â&#x20AC;Śan important factor today for success. Chef Lowen, trained at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park, New York and was former director of operations and events for Cutting Edge cuisine, is noted for having his own casual American fare along with an approach that also brings out numerous Italian and other influences in many food preparations. The diversified style of Empireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menu selections has brought many return visits â&#x20AC;Ś with choices from prime steak, Empire burger, turkey burger, dry-rub wings, pan-seared salmon, scallops, grilled lamb chops, pizzas, seafood pasta, even corned beef hash, 14-oz.
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New York strip, spicy chicken, corn-on-the cob, etc. A new 2019 menu also includes seasonal items, Brisket French Dip, citrus salad, artichoke pizza, sausage orecchiette, smoked whitefish dip, salted caramel cookie skillet, etc. Friends since boyhood, Mike Abrams should know the goodness of its burgers, also being owner of Mr. Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Southfield â&#x20AC;Ś and Brian Adelman, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name many remember from the family once owning Adelmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department Store in Windsor â&#x20AC;Ś Mike and Brian own the 30 Five Guys Burger and Fries spots in Michigan and two in Illinois as well. Empire Kitchen and Cocktails makes its own monkey bread, spice cake, brownies, bread sticks, etc. Closed Mondays â&#x20AC;Ś Open Tuesday 4-10, Wednesday and Thursday 4-12, Friday, 4-1, Saturday, 11-1, Sunday, 10-10 â&#x20AC;Ś Saturday and Sunday brunch from menus, 11-3, followed by dinner menu â&#x20AC;Ś Complete seating is 135 plus 20 stools at its well-stocked bar. Empire Kitchen and cocktails is the casual but interesting and good American bistro that so many people look for when visiting Detroit â&#x20AC;Ś or living and working in its Downtown area â&#x20AC;Ś along with the many who come from the suburbs. Relaxed dining with simplicity as evidenced by Empire Kitchen is highly welcomed. PRE-BROADWAY SHOW of Bob Anderson and his amazing impression of Frank Sinatra in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frank The Man. The Music,â&#x20AC;? presented by Joe Vicari and his Andiamo and Joe Muer Seafood restau-
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Builder’s own home is one of a kind! Contemporary and spacious. All main living areas have views of lake Shorewood, take out your canoe or paddle boat! Master bedroom suite, situated privately in the home, has a sitting area (with fireplace), wic and a large master bath. The kitchen is a large cook’s kitchen w/center island, loads of cupboards and light. Lg deck w/gazebo off bfast area. The large great room has wonderful custom oak appointments and all doors thru the home are solid oak as well! Many leaded glass doors and appointments from the front door to the library/ office in the next level which also boosts a murphy bed for guests! The 3 bedrooms on this level have 2 full baths, one is a jack and jill, the other room is en suite! The lowest level is a walkout with a large finished area, perfect for entertaining. There is also a full bath with jacuzzi tub and steam shower on this level and plenty of storage space! The best of everything went into this home. 218085146
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Reduced and ready for a buyer! Welcome to this lovely brick end-unit condominum on a corner lot in oakbrook village. Features boasts an open floor plan, great room with cathedral ceilings, kitchen with breakfast nook, spacious master bedroom with a full bath, second bedroom has an attached armoire/ wallunit, no closet, does have a door and window, upstairs bedroom has a full bath, all appliances included, unfinished large lower level and a two-car attached garage. Nice exterior deck for your spring and summer enjoyment. A great place to call home. 1 year home warranty included. Close to shopping, parks, and schools. Batvai 219031326
Beautiful 4 Bedroom 3 1/2 bath home located in one of the most luxurious neighborhoods of Commerce. Enter the two story foyer with winding staircase. Living room on your right is open to the dining room, which leads to the sunlit kitchen with tons of cabinet space, granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances with sub zero fridge and second bar fridge under extra large island. Family room boasts cathedral ceiling, fireplace, and second staircase. First floor laundry, 1/2 bath and 3 car garage. Second floor has princess suite with full bath, two bedrooms, 2nd full bath and master suite with tray ceiling, bay window, master bath with jetted tub and huge walk in closet. Basement is unfinished but walkout leads to brick paver patio. Custom deck off kitchen overlooks nature preserve. You will never have a neighbor behind you! Close to shopping center, hospital and library. BATVAI. Book your showing today! 219028438 248-851-4100
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Custom home built in 1999 with 4262 sq ft of living space situated on all sports cass lake with 54 ft of frontage on the main lake with sea wall, sandy beach and dock. Large 2 story foyer with granite floors leading to a 2 story great room with fireplace with lots of windows and beautiful views of the lake. Large updated kitchen with granite countertops, subzero, stainless steel double oven,microwave , wine cooler and eating area leading to a sitting area with doorwall leading to a patio w/ spectacular views of cass lake. First floor master with hardwood floors , master bth and wic, spacious second floor master with master bth and balcony. Loft overlooking the great room with breathtaking views. .First floor laundry: long driveway with lots of space for parking. Garage with lots of storage space. New roof in 2017. 219030421
One of the greatest lake front lots on cass lake with its own island!!! Approximate 80 feet of frontage with dock and gazebo at waters edge. All sports lake,swim,fish,water ski, fabulous marshbank park with trails,shelters for picnicking, concerts, etc. Nearby. Build your dream home or renovate. Beautiful sunset and sunrise views. Cass lake is the premier lake and largest inland lake in oakland county. Value is in the land. Home is being sold “As is” .Nice quiet subdivision. Idrbng. Note: the island has its own tax id number and can be included in sale for the right price. Buyers agent to verify all information. 219035363
Beautiful move-in home in gated community of Island Club with frontage on all sports Commerce Lake. Custom built in 1994 with quality amenities. Open first floor living area affords panoramic views of the lake. Large kitchen with custom cabinetry and quality appliances. The huge master bedroom suite includes a luxurious bath, two walk-in closets, and private deck. Large paver patio has built-in natural gas fire pit for those chilly evenings. Paver driveway and heated garage. Gas generator and dock are also included. Island Club offers tennis and basketball courts.washers & dryers. Full house generator for your peace of mind. All measurements and data approximate. 219013958
You’ve found your diamond in the rough! With some TLC this could be your dream house on a huge corner lot in the beautiful Franklin Mills sub. Bloomfield Hills Schools! Walk right into the open foyer that leads to all rooms. Huge great room with vaulted ceiling, fireplace & wet bar. Spacious rooms throughout. Lots of closets & storage space w/ beautiful custom built-ins everywhere. Crown molding throughout entry level. First-floor laundry and second staircase leading upstairs. Two jack/jill baths. Master bed includes multiple closets and large sitting room. Massive finished basement with full bath, great for entertaining, etc. In-ground pool with all new mechanicals 2018. Full-house generator 2017. Newer 2 furnaces & 2 a/c units, 4+ car garage. Newer roof. Walk to Franklin Cider Mill and easy access to everything else. What a deal! Don’t miss this opportunity to buy in this area for less than the current market value! 218106561
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Outstanding 3,564 square foot home with 3-car garage in popular Village Square, a subdivision of quality built homes & sidewalks. Turn key ready with an open floor plan. Hardwood floors in many rooms & custom window treatments throughout. Recessed lights. Enter an inviting 2-story foyer. The kitchen features granite counter tops, white cabinetry, a large island & spacious breakfast area, which flows into the comfortable family room with natural fireplace. The dining room is open to the living room. Separate library/study with built-ins. 1st floor laundry. Huge master bedroom suite with cathedral ceiling, 2 walk-in closets, make-up area & bathroom with jetted tub & and separate shower. 3 more large bedrooms & full bath with 2 sinks. The lower level features a media room with built in screen (projector excluded), full bath, rec & exercise rooms. 2 furnaces for zoned heating & a new hot water tank. Well maintained deck out back. Subdivision park. Shopping & restaurants nearby. 219039438 248-851-4100
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So much curb appeal as you drive up to this 2-Story brick home on a private 1/2 acre lot on cul-de-sac. Brickpaver walkway leads to porch and double beveled glass entry door. Two-story foyer with circular stairs and granite floor. All the rooms buyers request. Formal Livingroom with bay window and formal Diningroom plus private study and large family room with cathedral ceiling and all brick gas fireplace. Newer kitchen with walk-in pantry and built-in safe. Lots of wood flooring throughout first floor. Updated master bath with seamless glass door and granite counter. New roof in 2017. Backyard multi-level patio pavers are perfect for relaxing and enjoying nature’s best. Finished basement with an abundance of storage. Two half baths on first floor. Wallside Windows with transferable warranty. Enjoy the perks of having private Walnut Lake privileges while being in a family friendly neighborhood with parks, playground, ponds and walking trails. Birmingham Schools. BTVAI 219021096 248-851-4100
Lovely colonial with Bloomfield Hills schools nestled on a picturesque pond with panoramic views. Features include an open floor plan with a 2-story foyer, newer hardwood flooring throughout, some new/ newer energy efficient double-pane windows, new hot water heater, and bright kitchen with butcher block counters, backsplash, all appliances and a gas cooktop. Spacious master suite features includes a double door entrance, sitting area and a private bathroom with a jetted tub and glass shower. Beautifully finished lower level with a wet bar, cabinets, full kitchen, bath, and large area for entertainment. Grand style deck, brick paver walkway, and front porch makes this an inviting home. Very clean and in move-in condition. 219011970
Fabulous open/bright updated home in Bloomfield Hills school district. Six bedrooms, library with 5,000 square feet of living space. Professionally finished walk-out with guest room, bath, wet bar, recreation room w/all brand new Pella windows and carpet. Updated kitchen w/new granite counters and top-of-the-line stainless steel appliances (2018). New Pella custom wood frame windows (2018). New carpet on 2nd floor, family room, recreation room, hallway and stairs (2018). New GE front-loading washer and dryer (2016). Bosch dishwasher (2015). Professionally finished brick paver patio, sidewalk and master bedroom wood balcony (2014). Hardwood floors in foyer, kitchen, nook, laundry room (2014). 2-zone heating and A/C with humidifiers and 50-gallon water heater (2011) and more.. Just move in this fresh and clean home and enjoy a hot coffee from brand new GE Cafe series french door refrigerator with Keurig-Kcup brewing system in the beautiful English garden style brick paver patio. 218030766 248-851-4100
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