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14 Changing Agencies JCRC/AJC Chief David Kurzmann will move to Federation.

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After her husband’s death, Gayle Goodman took over the helm of a roofing company and helped it grow.

36 The Spy Behind Home Plate Former Detroit filmmaker Aviva Kempner tells the real story of Moe Berg, a Major Leaguer turned spy.

39 Drawn to Music Wilderness experience sparks Nadim Azzam’s career.

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hose in the news biz are required to have a “nose for news.” They must be alert to goings on so as to bring to the fore that which the public must know. As they nose around, we are brought up to snuff (oy!) and begin to sense that the facial protuberance has nosed its way into our talk.

Some of us are so limited in our awareness that we can’t see beyond the ends Sy Manello of our noses. Even then, Editorial Assistant we can be accused of not finding something that is right in front of our noses or of not understanding something that is as plain as the nose on a face.

At one time, people could be so engrossed that they seemed to always have their noses in a book. E-readers and advanced phones have all but replaced tomes. If you should try to interrupt a user of one of those devices, you may get your nose out of joint by being ignored. Well, keep in mind that some folks have probably paid through

the nose to be able to be so unaware.

It is not usually a good idea to stick your nose into someone’s business. It is best that you keep your nose clean; keep your nose to the grindstone. It is also not a good idea to look down your nose at anyone or to keep your nose in the air since none of us can afford to thumb our noses at anyone. That might lead to cutting off our noses to spite our faces.

Ever been to a horse race?

Maybe you ended up in the nosebleed section but you were still able to see your favorite win by a nose.

To make sure that party invitees are all in attendance, you could count noses (or count legs and divide by two; math was never my forte).

If you did not care for this set of observations, I will not rub your nose in the fact that you are in a minority; your lack of enthusiasm is no skin off my nose. ■

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Beyond Startup Nation, Most Israelis Struggling

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ardly a week passes without proud references to Israel’s “startup nation” credentials.

With a potent brew of smarts, capital, chutzpah, IDF active and reserve connections and daily-existence urgency, the Jewish state improves our health and nutrition, helps us navigate our roads, protects our physical and digital Arthur Horwitz assets and, with the smallest of budgets, comes oh-so-close to joining the U.S., Russia and China as soft-landers on the moon.

There is much to admire. Yet, scratch the surface of Israel’s high-tech sector and you’ll find a country confronting a complex socioeconomic brew of haves

and have nots; English speakers and non-English speakers; Jewish men and boys pursuing their dreams through the study of science, math and engineering and others through the full-time pursuit of Torah; beachfront high-rises and dirt-poor neighborhoods.

Data compiled in 2018 and recently shared in Detroit by the independent, nonpartisan Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel show that despite its global impact, Israel’s hightech sector employs just more than 8 percent of the country’s workforce.

Not surprisingly, people in this sector are high-wage earners who are overwhelmingly Caucasian, male, and most likely to have math/science educational backgrounds and very good Englishlanguage skills.

Utilizing comparative data from

the 30 countries that collectively comprise the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Taub Center identifies trends that are eye-opening for Israel.

With a population of 9 million (74 percent Jewish) and a current fertility rate of 3.11, Israel’s rate is the highest among all OECD countries — almost twice the average. Of note, the high fertility rate already takes into account the dramatic decline — from nine children in 1965 to three children today — in Israel’s Muslim birth rate.

Part of the shift in Israeli-Muslim household size may be explained by data showing the growing number of its women studying math and science, learning English and entering the workforce. Today, according to the Taub data, the Israeli-Arab population continued on page 8

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Animal Shelters Face Complex Challenges

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ithin the first chapters of the Torah, Judaism teaches the connection between human beings and animals, and imposes upon us a mandate to relieve the suffering of animals — the mitzvah of Tza’ar Ba’alei Chayim.

The role of animal shelters is precisely that — to relieve the suffering of animals.

Cindy Howard Unfortunately, the need for their services is tremendous. Animal shelters face a multitude of complex challenges that can vary according to location and demographics; however, most are rooted in inadequate funding to support their work of providing safe refuge and care for unwanted animals.

An animal shelter may be a local government-owned animal control department funded by tax-payer dollars, or it may be a nonprofit organization operating entirely on the donations of its supporters. In either case, the dollars they receive are frequently insufficient to meet the demands for their services.

Adoption fees cover only a small

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percentage of the cost of providing care to an individual animal, many of whom arrive in desperate need of medical services due to injury, abuse or neglect.

Therefore, it is often necessary for an animal shelter to strike a balance between the number of animals that can be properly cared for and keeping the doors open. Funding directly impacts even the most well-intentioned shelter’s ability to provide quality care to animals in need. Tight budgets translate to limited kennel space, limited staff, limited medical care and limited volunteer training.

Many shelters have to make painfully difficult decisions as to the number of animals they can house at any one time, the number of staff they can pay and the extent of the services they can offer.

Because of budget limitations, the wages of animal welfare workers tend to be modest. Yet it is critical that an animal shelter hire dedicated and compassionate staff. These women and men witness firsthand the devastating consequences of the cruelty animals suffer at the hands of humankind. The plight of unwanted and

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suffering animals is heartbreaking, and providing safety and nurturing to hundreds of animals each year — the mitzvah of Tza’ar Ba’alei Chayim — exacts an emotional and physical toll on staff. Care must be taken to detect and prevent “compassion burnout” among shelter workers.

Animal overpopulation caused by an unwillingness of pet owners to spay or neuter their animals compounds the challenges of animal shelters. “Accidental” or careless breeding leads to unwanted animals, abused and neglected animals and, consequently, overcrowded shelters.

While animal adoptions help alleviate overcrowding, people can be reluctant to visit and adopt a shelter animal, concerned that the experience will be sad or that they will be adopting “someone else’s problems.” In fact, purchasing an animal from pet stores or breeders of questionable credentials carries similar risks as those animals may be physically or mentally unsound because of profit-driven breeding.

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teristics may not appear until they’re comfortably ensconced in your household — but a well-run animal shelter will be especially mindful of matching the proper animal to the proper home, taking the time to ensure a good fit.

In the words of British author Karen Davison: “Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.” Ditto cats.

So, what can you do to fulfill the mitzvah of Tza’ar Ba’alei Chayim? Donate!

Adopt or foster a shelter pet! Volunteer (good for your soul and helps reduce costs)! And … again … donate! ■ Cindy Howard is president of the nonprofit Michigan Animal Rescue League in Pontiac and resides in West Bloomfield with her husband, Barry, and their three dogs.

CORRECTION: In “A New Home” (page 26, June 6), Henry Ford College is where JET’s actors rehearsed for the first show of the season. The name Henry Ford Community College is no longer used.

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possesses more of the skills necessary to participate in the country’s high-tech economy — and reap its benefits — than the Haredi Jewish population.

The Taub data show that 62.2 percent of non-Haredi Jews and 36.9 percent of Israeli-Arabs possess good or very good English skills. This compares to 27 percent of Haredi Jews.

For Israeli-Arab girls studying in high school, 68 percent said their coursework includes math, 57 percent physics, 56 percent computer science and 56 percent electronics. In general, these numbers are about twice as high as the overall Jewish population, and substantially higher than the Haredi population.

Further, the data show that about 3 percent of Haredi girls and 1 percent of Haredi boys are on high-tech education tracks.

The high cost of living in Israel places added pressure on the bulk of the population. According to the Taub Center data, prices in Israel are 14 percent higher than the average OECD country.

They are 40 percent higher than the U.S. And with Israeli prices as the benchmark, only two countries — Chile and Latvia — are more expensive than Israel.

Behind the startup nation curtain, 18.6 percent of Israeli households fall below the poverty rate. Among Israeli Arabs, the poverty rate is 49.4 percent and 45.1 percent among the Haredi Jewish population. It is 13.3 percent for non-Haredi

Jews. When measured using disposable income, Israel’s poverty rate is the highest among all OECD countries.

None of these data detract from the miracle that is Israel, its high-tech savvy and its regional and global achievements under overwhelming external military, political and economic pressure. But caring about Israel’s future requires looking beyond the allure of “start-up nation” and remembering there are millions of ordinary Israelis from all walks of life who struggle daily to make ends meet in a high-cost, low-disposable income country.

The Israeli government must prioritize and address these fundamental disparities, equipping more of the current and future labor force with the educational and English-language skills needed to compete and succeed. Jews in the diaspora have an ongoing role to play, too. One notable example is the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s Partnership2Gether achievement in teaching critical English language skills to thousands of children residing in the Central Galilee region.

With reliable data and trusted insights from the Taub Center, closing the gap between Israel’s haves and have nots is not rocket science — that’s reserved for moon shots. It will, however, require the same now-legendary focus and determination that are the underpinnings of “startup nation.” ■

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Rabbi Tamara Kolton’s opinion piece (page 8, May 30) about the abortion issue prompted comments on the JN’s Facebook page: Jim Van Eaton: “With today’s emphasis on science, when are we going to start caring about the MOST vulnerable of us, the unborn children?

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have one main job: to protect the Jewish people. That is my charge,” Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), told a crowd of about 300 May 23 at the Berman Theater in West Bloomfield.

The ADL began in 1913 to combat discrimination against Jewish people.

For more than 100 years, its mission statement remains: “To stop the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment for all.”

Greenblatt’s presentation, “A New Look at the Oldest Hatred,” came to Metro Detroit at a time of unprecedented anti-Semitism in the U.S. and abroad. According to Greenblatt, hate crimes against Jews showed a 99 percent increase from 2015 to 2018. And there have been twice as many physical assaults and three times as many victims in 2018 as compared to 2016.

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Although anti-Semitism is not new, he said the pace at which it is spreading and affecting people is unprecedented, calling it the “normalization of anti-Semitism.”

He went on to discuss the “ascendency of the radical left” as well as the “institutionalization of the extreme right.” Greenblatt feels this ever-increasing polarization between political stands is dangerous for the Jewish community. However, he maintained ADL is not a political organization but a moral one.

Lastly, Greenblatt cited the “changing nature of Jewish identity” within younger generations as well as uncertainty in the Middle East as causes of increasing anti-Semitic sentiments.

“Anti-Semitism isn’t some abstraction,” said George Selim, ADL senior vice president of programs, who also

spoke. “It’s our reality.”

The pair discussed anti-Semitism on a national and global scale, but also addressed the very local issue of U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Tlaib has been accused of anti-Semitism for her comments on Palestine. During a podcast interview, Tlaib said that her Palestinian ancestors lost their land, lives, livelihoods and dignity in order to provide a safe haven for Jews after the Holocaust.

“Not only was what she said wrong, but the other side’s reaction was wrong,” Selim said. “They made anti-Semitism into a football.”

The presentation was not all doomand-gloom. ADL has plans to increase cyber surveillance and improve technology to track and intercept hate. It hopes to get cyber-hate laws passed in all 50

states. The organization is also upgrading capabilities to track potentially dangerous extremism on and offline. It also plans to expand its existing programs to educate young people about hate.

Greenblatt offered three ways to fight anti-Semitism: Speak up, share the facts and show strength. He and Selim took questions from the audience.

Frankel Jewish Academy students who belong to the school’s ADL chapter, founded in 2015, assisted during the program. Co-presidents Hannah Gorman and Benny Shaevsky feel that educating people on current anti-Semitism is one way to effect change.

“With the rise in anti-Semitism, it’s important to educate people on the harm hate causes both to the Jewish community and other minority communities,” Shaevsky said. ■

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“All anti-Semitism is reprehensible,” Lupovitch said. The harder anti-Semitism of the right is perpetrated by xenophobic, white nationalists, such as those who marched and chanted against Jews in Charlottesville, Va. He said homegrown white terrorists carried out mass shootings of Jews at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and Chabad of Powway near San Diego.

Normandin also noted the worldwide increase in terrorism fueled by hate. This year’s bombings in Sri Lanka and shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, are part of the trend.

The right’s anti-Semitism is “more racial in nature, like Nazi anti-Semitism,” Lupovitch said. “The goal is to make Jews disappear.”

The anti-Semitism expressed on the left is “softer and more political,” he said.

It takes the form of verbal, written and pictorial attacks on “the Jew as capitalist, the Jew as exploiter, the Jew as imperialist.” Some on the political left speak of Israel as an “oppressor of non-Jewish people.”

Strong Jewish protests followed inci-

dents in this category. Because of their politics, two University of Michigan educators refused to write letters of recommendation for their students to study in Israel. An anti-Semitic cartoon was published in the New York Times and circulated online. Democratic U.S. Reps.

Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan made statements criticized as anti-Zionist and/or anti-Semitic.

Normandin, who knows Tlaib from working on issues together, said reports of what Tlaib has said are not all factual.

“She has said, ‘I really care about the Jewish people’ and, after talking with her, I believe she was clumsy about some of her rhetoric,” she said.

When Normandin explained to Tlaib the difference between being anti-Israel and being Carolyn opposed to its governNormandin mental policies, “a light bulb went off and she understood. Now she’ll speak out against Israeli policies,” Normandin said. “The jury is still out.

I’ll continue educating her until I cannot.”

The left’s anti-Semitism is “not as dangerous and menacing as anti-Semitism on the right. They are not the same,” Lupovitch said. He contended that “if the Israel-Palestinian conflict was resolved, much of the anti-Semitism (on the left) would dissolve.”

The speakers agreed on reasons for the growing expressions of hate.

For those seeking to radicalize the target group of young white men ages 18-28, “Twitter is Public Enemy No. 1 for promulgating hate,” Normandin said.

“Social media inflames people and helps them find each other,” Edgar said.

Lupovitch also suggested “the rhetoric of the last couple of years has emboldened haters to be more confrontational.”

Normandin said ADL does “a lot of ally-building in public schools,” helping younger students to accept others. It also distributes anti-hate materials to religious schools in Michigan.

“Jewish college students need to be able to handle verbal confrontations,” Lupovitch said. “We must help them to be tough enough and provide the facts about the Middle East.” ■

Jewish Ferndale panelists look at hate and advocacy.

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Rabbi Herschel Finman and his wife, Chana, hosted 35 guests May 16 at their Chabad center in Ferndale.

Local journalist Julie Edgar moderated a conversation featuring Howard Lupovitch, history professor and director of the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University, and Carolyn Normandin, Howard ADL Michigan regional Lupovitch

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yan Rosman’s family has turned tragedy into a day that benefits thousands of Jewish students at Michigan State University.

The 10th annual Ryan Scott Rosman Memorial MSU Hillel Golf Outing & Game Day will be Monday, June 17, at Tam-O-Shanter Country Club in West Bloomfield.

Rosman died Nov. 5, 2009, at age 19 when Ryan Rosman he was a sophomore at MSU. He was injured by a bus after attending a Detroit Red Wings game at Joe Louis Arena in Downtown Detroit.

His parents, David and Marla Rosman, are the driving forces behind the outing established in his memory, which has raised more than $900,000 over nearly 10 years.

To help push the fundraising total above the $1 million mark, an anonymous donor has agreed to match up to $10,000 from new and increased outing sponsorships.

“Ryan was all about helping people, which is what we’re doing through the outing. We know he’d want some good to come out of a tragedy,” Marla Rosman said.

“It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since we started the outing. Some people have come to the outing every year and we really appreciate it.”

The outing celebrates Ryan’s passions for golf, community and entrepreneurship.

On the latter passion, he started his own business when he was only 12 years old. Krusin’ Customs was an auto detailing company that grew to include technicians who installed navigation systems and remote starters.

He was a 4.0 student in high school and at MSU while also working parttime. He volunteered at the MSU Hillel and was active in Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity while in college.

His plans were to enter MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business, then pursue a master’s degree in business administration at the University of Michigan.

As for the June 17 golf outing, games like canasta, bridge and mahj jongg, dinner and an auction also are on the agenda.

More than 300 people are expected to attend, raising funds for the Ryan Rosman Leadership Fund that includes engagement and Jewish Business Association scholarships, the Ryan Rosman Entrepreneurial Grant Fund, the Ryan Rosman Memorial Student Golf Outing and programming at all 10 Hillel chapters under the HCAM umbrella at other Michigan college campuses.

Then there’s the Ryan Scott Rosman Angel Award established by the Rosman family.

The $5,000 award is presented annually to a Jewish student at MSU who needs tuition assistance and embodies Ryan’s qualities of caring, giving, academics, entrepreneurship and engagement in the Jewish community.

This year’s winner is sophomore Jordan Robinson from West Bloomfield.

“Our family picks the Angel Award winner,” Marla Rosman said. “It’s always a difficult decision. One year we had two winners because we just couldn’t decide.”

Cindy Hughey, MSU Hillel executive director, said the Rosman outing has become the organization’s signature community event.

“We’re grateful for the support of the Rosman family, friends and community who recognize the impact Hillel has on Jewish students,” she said. “We’re honored to further Ryan’s memory in this meaningful way.”

For details, go to msuhillel.org/golf or call (517) 332-1916. ■ Send sports news to stevestein502004@ yahoo.com.

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CRC/AJC Executive Director David Kurzmann is heading down one floor in the Max M. Fisher Federation Building in Bloomfield Township to a new position as senior director, community and donor relations, at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, reporting to Federation CEO Scott Kaufman.

Kurzmann will be leaving JCRC/ AJC effective July 12 and starting at Federation a week later.

While much of his focus will be on donor stewardship, Kurzmann will also provide key leadership in other areas at Federation, including government relations, Israel advocacy and community-building.

Kaufman said, “I have worked closely with David in his role as executive director of the JCRC/AJC and have seen firsthand that he is a truly exceptional Jewish communal professional and leader. His extensive knowledge, experience and passion for our mission will be a tremendous addition to our team.�

Kurzmann has been in his position at the JCRC/AJC since October 2015.

During his tenure, he successfully negotiated the merger between the Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit and AJC and served as the community spokesperson through the aftermath of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack, the deadliest act of anti-Semitism in United States history. Prior to his position at the JCRC/AJC, Kurzmann was the assistant regional director for the AntiDefamation League in Chicago.

Kurzmann said he had not been looking to leave JCRC/AJC, but when Kaufman offered him the opportunity, he couldn’t refuse. “It’s been a privilege and honor to

JCRC/AJC Board President Alicia Chandler and Executive Director David Kurzmann flank Howard Brown, recipient of the JCRC/AJC 2019 Activist Award.

serve at JCRC/AJC and build bridges with other communities,� Kurzmann said. “My greatest passion is serving Jewish Detroit and the nature of my new role will be to take the experience I have with external audiences and apply it within our community to advance Federation’s mission. I think I can have a great impact in a new way.�

He said the reason he wanted to make his new position public so quickly was to give JCRC/AJC as much time as possible to find a successor.

JCRC/AJC President Alicia Chandler said JCRC/AJC will immediately embark on an extensive search for a new executive director who will “continue to advance our mission of representing the metropolitan Detroit Jewish community, Israel and Jews throughout the world to the general community, and establishing collaborative relationships with other ethnic, racial, civic and religious groups.�

She said she will be sharing details soon on the formation of a search committee and a larger transition plan. A posting for the job of executive director of JCRC/AJC can be found at jewishjobs.com. “For the past two years, David has been my partner-in-service to the agency,â€? Chandler wrote in an email to board members. “During this time, he has become both a trusted adviser and close friend. While I am sad that he will be leaving our agency, I am thrilled that his talents will continue to strengthen our partner, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, as well as the greater Detroit community.â€? â–

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Historic Verse Two poems from May 1944 unite three generations of women.

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n May 11, 1944, 75 years ago, Bertha Weinschenk celebrated her 75th birthday in Theresienstadt, a Nazi concentration camp and ghetto. A group of her friends presented her with an original poem in German, specially composed in honor of her birthday, handwritten on a piece of cardboard.

The poem praises her courage and skills; it ends with a blessing that, given the circumstances, must have seemed unlikely: And long live Mother Weinschenk/And the children and grandchildren beside her.

Nine friends signed the poem.

The German commandants had already begun “embellishing” the camp, to make it an attractive showcase for the Danish and Swedish Red Cross to inspect in five weeks. As part of embellishing, SS Col. Karl Rahm, to ease overcrowding, shipped elderly or sick inmates to be murdered at Birkenau. Three of the women who signed the poem were sent to their deaths in the next week (along with thousands of other inmates). Another three of the women were shipped east for murder in October. One signed only the last name, Hamburger; several doomed Jews with that last name are listed among those murdered. Two signers survived.

Bertha Weinschenk’s daughter, Hannah Weinschenk-Buehler, and her daughter, Ilse, had fled Nazi Germany in May 1940 and were living in Detroit

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Four generations: Grandmother Hannah Weinschenk-Buehler, great-grandmother Bertha Weinschenk holding her first great-grandchild Jack and mother Elsie Simkovitz, pregnant with her second son, Dan.

at that time. Three days after Bertha received her poem in Theresienstadt, her granddaughter in America, Elsie (a new Americanized name) celebrated her 16th birthday on May 14, 1944.

For that occasion, her mother, Hannah, composed a German poem, as if written by her teenage daughter (see below):

Dear Mother, believe me, Now that I am grown, don’t give a thought about counting on me You can do all the work, and I can do all the play.

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One of Elsie’s sons, Dan Simkovitz, recalls learning about the two poems. “I knew about the first poem from my youth. I learned about the second poem on a visit to Detroit late one Shabbat evening when my mom and I were up late Dan Simkovitz reminiscing, going through old albums, and she showed me her birthday poem. “It dawned on me the next morning that my family had two poems composed three days and thousands of miles apart under very different conditions, connecting three generations of women.�  Simkovitz said the blessing at the end of the 75th birthday poem for Bertha Weinschenk “came true for all three women.�

Bertha survived and moved to Detroit. “They all lived into their 90s,

and they all lived to be surrounded by children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In my mother’s case, she lived to see 49 children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, with more on the way.�

Elsie Simkovitz died in Jerusalem in December last year.

One more note from Dan: “Regarding my mother’s 16th birthday poem: My mother could not Americanize fast enough. She changed her name from Ilse — a name I happen to like — to Elsie.

She refused to speak German. She would listen to soap operas after school and, yes, according to her brother, Grandmother Hannah, and my mother, she was as lazy a teenager as depicted in the poem. “Obviously, this was not the woman I knew,â€? he said. “The woman I knew was unstoppable and always busy, like her mother, Hannah, and grandmother Bertha before her.â€? â–

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit United Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit

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Petition Candidates: Other persons may be nominated for membership on the Board of Governors by petition signed by not less than one hundred (100) members of the Jewish Federation and ďŹ led with the Chief Executive Officer not less than 45 days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting. Only one person may be nominated in each petition, and no nominations shall be valid unless the nominee shall have consented to be a candidate in writing either in the petition or in a separate written document ďŹ led with the Chief Executive Officer not less than 45 days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting.

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With abortion policy in the news again, what can the Jewish tradition contribute to the public conversation? On Monday night, June 17, at 7:30 pm, Rabbi Steven Rubenstein will facilitate an adult learning session at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 17, at Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield to explore the Jewish tradition’s approach to this issue.

The event is free and open to the community, and no previous Jewish study experience is required.

The session will explore questions such as: When does human life begin? What factors are important in a Jewish conversation about abor-

in the school or general community.

In recommending Esther for the award, Sarah L. Kahan, high school coordinator of Yeshivas Darchei Torah, wrote about Esther’s commitment to a school-wide program on the theme of simchah — happiness. Esther was one of the coordinators of the program.

“She drew on her organizational skills and creativity to make it a success,” Kahan said. “Esti exhibited excellent interpersonal skills as she related to her committee members and inspired and motivated the rest of the student body to participate.”

tion? How does the role of choice differ in modern American culture from Jewish tradition?

The learning will be Beit Midrashstyle (using a traditional Jewish study hall format), so come prepared to engage with the texts directly with a study partner or in a small group. All texts will be provided in English as well as in the original Hebrew.

For planning purposes, advance registration is appreciated. Call Rabbi Rubenstein at (248) 851-6880, ext.

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The Motor City UpBeats!

Lift Up Your Voice The Motor City UpBeats!, a new choir for individuals with Parkinson disease, MS, stroke, epilepsy, COPD or other neurological or medical conditions and their caregivers, will be offering six-week sessions throughout the summer.

The idea behind the choir was to give people with such conditions a forum in which to use their voices in a healthy manner and have fun while doing so. Group singing promotes camaraderie while exercising abdominal muscles and vocal cords in a healthy way. Choir director Elizabeth Esqueda, M.M., who sings in the Temple Beth El choir, has

been a voice teacher and vocal performer for years. Esqueda and Alice Silbergleit, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, voice therapist, teach Motor City UpBeats! choir members how to safely use their voices, coordinate their breath support with voicing and to enjoy their voices. The choir has a different theme each week.

The Motor City UpBeats! choir meets every Tuesday from 2-3:30 p.m. at Temple Beth El. No prior singing experience is necessary to join. Each class is $10 or $50 for a six-week session. For information, contact Elizabeth Esqueda at (248) 417-7870.

Detroit Photo Bound for the Moon Yonatan Weintraub aimed high — with a relatively low budget — for a soft landing on the moon. The SpaceIL co-founder and his Beresheet lunar lander came oh-so-close to planting Israel’s flag on the lunar surface, joining the U.S., the former Soviet Union and China as the only other countries to achieve that feat.

The spacecraft, and its trove of items, crashed onto the surface.

At a May gathering at Shaarey Zedek in Southfield to benefit the Jewish National Fund, Weintraub said he and his colleagues are already at work for a second attempt at a lunar landing. He then asked the audience to pose for a group photo (below) that would be included with the next batch of leave-on-the-moon memorabilia.

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HMD Israel Fellowship Program Offers Knowledge Annie Peurach } jewish@edu writer

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was not raised Jewish. I was raised in a Catholic household in Ann Arbor.

I only recently started learning about Israel and Judaism and have been quite taken with both. I have even started the process to convert.

I am a senior at Annie Peurach the University of Michigan at Dearborn majoring in international studies with a focus on French and art history.

My major is an indication of my love of learning about different cultures and pushing the bounds of what I know. I always want to engage in challenging conversations because I feel like, if done the right way, there is an opportunity for growth on both sides. Being an advocate for Israel in Dearborn has given me years of experiencing growth.

When you mention to someone in Ann Arbor that you support Israel, you are often met with “me, too” or even the occasional “I don’t know much about the topic/conflict” from Jews and nonJews alike. The first time I faced adversity in Dearborn was when someone found out I supported Israel.

I was talking with someone I now consider a close friend. I was telling him how I was converting to Judaism. The first thing he mentioned was “How can you support Israel when you know what they are doing to Palestine?”

My first thought was “I only said that I was converting …” My dear friend is from Lebanon and he has only heard bad things about Israel.

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classes with the Hillel of Metro Detroit’s Israel Fellowship program, I had no idea how to respond, except to defend Israel as best I could with the little knowledge I had.

We both dropped this topic and vowed never to bring it up again. I wish this conversation would have come up after I had taken HMD’s Israel Fellowship series. I wish I could have explained how Israel is working hard on peace negotiations even when the government of Palestine shoots them down. I would have explained that ArabIsraeli citizens have the same rights as other Israeli citizens, and that they are free to go about their daily lives. I would have explained that Israel tries its best to help Palestinian civilians receive aid, but they have to be cautious due to the threats that Palestine has inflicted upon Israel. I would have explained that the land of Israel was given legally. I would have explained that the Jewish people lived in this land 2,000 years ago and were forcibly exiled many times and killed abroad in many genocides and pogroms, and now they finally have their homeland back where they can feel safe.

I am so thankful that I got a chance to be a part of the Israel Fellowship because I now have an extensive knowledge about the Jewish people and the connection to Israel that will help me explain Israel’s story to anyone that will listen, even in a place that is known for condemning it. @ Annie Peurach of Ann Arbor is a senior at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

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illel of Metro Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Students for Israel (SFI) at Wayne State University hosted a Peace Week on campus in February. By highlighting different Israeli nonprofit organizations, we hoped to educate students on campus about Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s positive influence locally and worldwide. Â The first day, Niv Rabino spoke to students about IsraAid, an amazing humanitarian organization that provides relief and support to communities all over the world in times of crises.

The next day, SFI members tabled on behalf of BKind, a social enterprise that uses technology and education to increase and spread positivity throughout communities all over the world. Students gave away more than 50 BKind cards that get passed from person to person each time an act of kindness takes place. By scanning the code on the card with a smartphone, the card is activated and pops up on an online map. Â The third day, SFI partnered with Mission Possible, another Wayne

State student organization focused on charity work, to participate in a nationwide fundraising campaign for Save a Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heart. Based in Holon, Israel, this organization provides lifesaving heart surgeries to children around the world at no cost to the patientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; families.

We ended this great week with an Israeli Shabbat dinner Friday evening at Hillel of Metro Detroit.

The theme of the night was Tel Aviv. After a delicious meal of schnitzel, potatoes, veggies and of course, hummus with pita, students were presented with a couple different puzzles to put together. Each one was a picture of a unique location in Tel Aviv with a description of the place and a discussion of how such places promote peace and coexistence in the community.

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The Detroit Tigers once again hosted Jewish Heritage Day at Comerica Park. On Sunday, May 19, hundreds of members of Detroit’s Jewish community cheered on the Tigers and were treated to kippot featuring an Olde English D and a newly designed Tiger hat with the Hebrew letter Daled and an Israeli flag on each side.

Prior to the first pitch, leaders of this summer’s Maccabi Games were honored on the field and the Temple Israel choir sang the “Star-Spangled Banner.” As in years past, Hy Safran blasted the shofar from home plate and “Play Ball” was said in Hebrew.

The Tigers donated a portion of every ticket package to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s 2019 Annual Campaign. The Tigers celebrated the Jewish community’s contributions to Detroit, ranging from Hank Greenberg’s service on and off the field to Federation’s current efforts to combat anti-Semitism and support youth suffering from mental illness. ■

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jewsinthed | faces&places Chabad of Michigan hosted two community Lag b’Omer celebrations May 23, each drawing hundreds of participants. The 6th annual Great Jewish Family Festival was held at Heritage Park in Farmington Hills; the other event, arranged by the students of the Yeshivas Lubavitch in Oak Park, was held the same day at Pepper Elementary School in Oak Park. Each featured entertainment, activities for children, food and a bit of Torah learning. ■

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ALL INCLUSIVE 2 WEEKS SEPTEMBER 8 TO 21, 2019 You will start this adventure being a volunteer on an Israeli Military Base for ĮǀĞ ĚĂLJƐ͘ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ƚŚƌƵ dŚƵƌƐĚĂLJ͘ dŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŝƐ ďĂƐŝĐ ŐƌƵŶƚ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůĚŝĞƌƐ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ͘ zŽƵ ǁŝůů ƐůĞĞƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƐƚLJůĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůĚŝĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ĞĂƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ <ŽƐŚĞƌ ŵĞƐƐ ŚĂůů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ Ɛ LJŽƵ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůĚŝĞƌƐ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ůĞĂƌŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂŵĂnjĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƐ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ƚƌƵůLJ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ŝƚ͘

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A trio of Yeshivas Lubavitch students managed much of the grilling.

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Tzemach Shemtov, 14, of West Bloomfield gives Ameila Codero, 2, of Farmington Hills a ride.

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AdvancedDerm.com On May 1, Jewish Family Service Legal Referral Service held a Law Day discussion and networking opportunity at Knollwood Country Club. The “Beyond the Ballot” event attracted 50 attendees interested in learning more about the recently passed proposals impacting our community.

PHOTOS BY LINDSAY LEDER

Jewish Senior Life held its 26th Annual Eight Over Eighty fundraiser May 19 honoring members of the Jewish community 80 years and older. More than 420 people attended at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Co-chairs Arlene Selik of Huntington Woods and Nancy Reed of Franklin called attention to the partnership of each honoree with a Frankel Jewish Academy student.

Cheryl Chodun emceed the Jewish Senior Life luncheon. Cyma Carn, Irma Glaser, Rita Cohn Haddow, Harriet Saperstein, Douglas Bloom, Merton Segal, Dr. Guy Stern and Arthur Weinfeld were the eight special recipients of the Tikkun Olam Award. FJA students Elisha Cooper, Adin Kleinfeldt, Andrew Schulman, Adam Karp, Benjamin Goldstein, Emily Feldman, Elan Krakoff and Hannah Stryk interviewed the honorees and wrote their bios for the celebratory ad journal. A tribute film was the centerpiece of the event and featured the eight honorees speaking about their lives and offering advice to their younger friends. ■ PHOTOS BY BRETT MOUNTAIN

Standing: Legal Referral Service Chair Mark Jacobs, LRS Co-Chair Mara Moss and LRS Co-Chair Mark Picklo. Seated: Speakers attorneys Erica Peresman and Dorian Tyus and Judge Marla Parker.

Honoree Arthur Weinfeld with his granddaughter, FJA student Hannah Stryk JFS CEO Perry Ohren and LRS Co-Chair Mark Picklo

FJA student Elisha Cooper with honoree Cyma Carn

FJA student Benjamin Goldstein with honoree Douglas Bloom

JFS Board Chair Suzan Curhan and Michael Curhan

Elaine Beresh with honoree Irma Glaser and FJA student Adin Kleinfeldt

Honoree Harriet Saperstein and her husband, Alvin, pose with her cutout.

LRS Program Coordinator Kelly Goldberg, Jean Cascade, Marshall Goldberg and Judge Marla Parker

JFS Board Member Shelly Rubenfire, Jewish Women’s Foundation Director Susan Kamin and LRS Co-Chair Mara Moss

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moments Rebekah Elise Goodman, daughter of Jamie and Erik Goodman, will lead the congregation in prayer as she celebrates her bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, June 14, 2019. She will be joined in celebration by her siblings Cameron and Arabella and proud grandparents Francine and Marc Wise, and Brenda and Jack Arnold. She is also the loving grandchild of the late Michael Goodman.

Rebekah is a student at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. Among her many mitzvah projects, she found it most meaningful to volunteer at the Friendship Circle Walk4Friendship in West Bloomfield.

Naomi MacKenzie Kahan will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. She is the daughter of Shira Kahan and Mike Kahan and the older sister of Leora.

Proud grandparents are Terry and David Kahan, Jane Steinger, and Lane and Linda Steinger.

Naomi is a sixth-grader at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. Her mitzvah project supports Detroit Police Athletic League, which positively impacts the lives of more than 14,000 children each year.

Camryn Shay Katzen, surrounded by family and friends, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. She will be joined in celebration by her proud parents, Tracey and Jeff Katzen, and brothers Jared and Brett. She is the loving grandchild of Sandee and Bernie Glieberman, and Linda and Al Katzen.

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Cami is a student at Clifford Smart Middle School in Commerce Township. Among her many mitzvah projects, she found volunteering weekly as a buddy at the Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield to be the most meaningful.

Jonah Samuel Rosenthal, son of Jolan Rosenthal and Matthew Rosenthal, will chant from the Torah on his bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.

He will be joined in celebration by his siblings Jacob and Gabriella and proud grandparents Barbara and Leslie Terner, and Linda Rosenthal.

He is also the loving grandchild of the late Steven Rosenthal.

Jonah is a student at Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle School in Elk Grove, Calif. Through the Bandage Project, he gathered bandages to honor the millions of children who were killed in the Holocaust and pledged to help build the glass artwork for the container that will hold the 1.5 million bandages collected. This meaningful mitzvah project was chosen to also honor his grandfather Leslie Terner and great-aunts who are Holocaust survivors as well as his great-grandparents and great-uncle who died in the Holocaust.

Ava Taylor, daughter of Jennifer and Bill Haughey, and Stuart Taylor, will become a bat mitzvah at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township on Saturday, June 15, 2019. She is the sister of Brooke and the granddaughter of Bruce and Susan Seitz, Doris Taylor and Earl Taylor.

Ava is a seventh-grader at Birmingham Covington School. For her mitzvah project, she is donating eight inches of her hair to Children with Hair Loss.

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r. Keith Marshall and Mrs. Barbara Canner-Marshall of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Mr. and Mrs. Dale and Tracy Schatz of Los Angeles, Calif., are delighted to announce the upcoming marriage of their children Aarian Marshall and Samson Schatz.

The couple met at Princeton University, where Aarian received a bachelor of arts in religion with a minor in urban studies.

Aarian is a journalist working as a staff writer at WIRED Magazine in San Francisco.

Sammy received a bachelor of arts from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs with a minor in Near Eastern Studies. He is a recent graduate of Stanford Law School and clerking for Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California in San Francisco.

Their July wedding will be in Los Angeles.

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andi and Stuart Sakwa of West Bloomfield together with Ilene and Rick Schulman of Marietta, Ga., are thrilled to announce the engagement of their children Brooke Renée Schulman and Ryan Isaac Sakwa.

Brooke graduated from the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and is an account executive with Salesforce. Ryan graduated from the University of Michigan College of Engineering and is a senior solution engineer with Salesforce.

The couple live in Chicago and are looking forward to getting married in Atlanta this month.

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Elizabeth received her bachelor’s degree from the School of Education at the University of Michigan and her master’s of education from Grand Valley State. She works as a first- and second-grade teacher at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills.

Michael received his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and his juris doctor from Wayne State University Law School. He is a lawyer at Jaffe Raitt Heuer and Weiss in Southfield.

A summer wedding is planned in Bloomfield Hills.

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The bride works as the director of client engagement at her family business, Bloom Asset Management. She graduated from the University of Michigan and received her M.B.A. from Columbia University.

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The Spy Behind Home Plate Former Detroit filmmaker Aviva Kempner tells the real story of Moe Berg, a Major-Leaguer turned spy.

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Major League baseball player during the 1920s and ’30s, Moe Berg had a 15-year sports career that was unremarkable. It was what he did off the field that made him a true hero.

Berg, a brilliant professional athlete who spoke seven languages, led a secret second life as a spy for the U.S. government.

Former Detroiter Aviva Kempner, who hit a home run with her 1998 documentary about another Jewish ballplayer in The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, was the natural filmmaker to take on the mysteries at the heart of Berg’s minor celebrity.

The Spy Behind Home Plate is a testament to Kempner’s determination and persistence. Chock full of dozens of contemporary and archival interviews and packed with rare photos and even rarer film footage, The Spy Behind Home Plate is a definitive record of Berg’s achievements. Although it’s an effective way to impart information, the talking heads, vintage visuals and period music can’t fully evoke the shadowy stealth and deadly risks of Berg’s wartime activities.

The documentary runs June 21-28 at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Township with a special preview screening at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at the theater that features an introduction by local baseball historian Dr. Robert “Bob” Matthews (see sidebar) and a Q&A session with Kempner (see sidebar). The preview is hosted by Detroit’s Jewish Community Center and Jewish Federation. Seating is limited; tickets can be purchased online or at the Maple Theater box office.

Kempner’s award-winning career is defined by portraits of forgotten or overlooked Jewish heroes.

Greenberg and Berg are part of a gallery that includes Kempner’s 1986 debut, Partisans of Vilna, Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (about the pioneering television writer, actress and producer Gertrude Berg) and Rosenwald, which recounts Sears exec and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald’s contributions to African American education.

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TOP: Moe Berg’s passport. ABOVE: Moe Berg in a military jeep in California with his brother Sam during the war, July 1942.

BERG’S MYSTERIOUS LIFE Morris Berg, international man of mystery, was born in New York in 1902. His father had fled a Ukrainian shtetl for the Lower East Side, where he started a laundry before buying a pharmacy and drugstore in Newark.

The family moved to New Jersey when Moe was a boy, and he grew into an excellent student and a terrific baseball player. After a year at NYU, he transferred to Princeton, where he was a star shortstop (back when the Ivy League was the top, if not only, sports conference) and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. continued on page 38

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lthough born in Berlin, director-writer-producer Aviva Kempner has strong ties to Detroit.

Her parents, Harold Kempner and Helen Ciesla, met and fell in love in Berlin. Her mother was a Holocaust survivor from Poland, with blond hair, green eyes and false papers, who passed as a Polish Catholic in Germany. Her father was a U.S. Army officer who wrote a story about Helen and her brother surviving the war.

In 1950, they moved to Detroit where an uncle lived. Her parents divorced when she was 13, and her mother married Wayne State University history professor Milton Covensky.

“My father gave me a strong sense of Jewish identity and love of baseball, especially for Hank Greenberg,” she said. “My brother Jonathan and I heard about him every Yom Kippur, so we always thought Hank was part of Kol Nidre services.”

Kempner grew up in Detroit, attending Cass Tech High School in the mid-’60s. She received an undergraduate degree in psychology and a master’s in urban planning from the University of Michigan.

“While receiving my masters, I sold movie theater tickets at the Michigan Theater, so maybe that was my first experience in the business,” she jokes. “My years on the Michigan Daily developed my passion for the news and telling a good story.” She also earned a law degree at Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C., where she now lives. continued on page 38

Collector Bob Matthews Shares His Admiration for Mystery Moe COURTESY BOB MATTHEWS

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Bob Matthews stands in front of the Moe Berg Wall of Fame at the Matthews Sports Exhibit at the JCC.

Moe Berg — sometimes called “baseball’s brainiest player”

The Matthews Sports Exhibit: Jewish Heroes & Other Legends, a gift to the community from Dr. Robert “Bob” and Sandy Matthews at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, is nothing short of a grand slam for local sports fans. It highlights many outstanding athletes, but none compare to Moe Berg, who is highlighted on a special wall of fame.

Bob Matthews’ admiration for Moe Berg began 25 years ago after reading a novel about the unknown Jewish spy and Major League catcher. He was fascinated by the secrecy surrounding Berg and wanted to dive right into the life of this American hero. Matthews lent his expertise to filmmaker Aviva Kempner during the making of the new documentary The Spy Behind Home Plate.

“I always have been collecting Jewish and Detroit memorabilia,” says Matthews, who is in his 80s. He started collecting sports memorabilia when he was very young, but says his collection really took off when the Detroit Tigers won the 1968 World Series.

It wasn’t until the mid-’90s when Matthews discovered Moe Berg, which fueled his fascination for the mysterious catcher. “He became my hero,” he says. “I admired his courage, bravery and his love continued on page 38

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The Spy Behind Home Plate continued from page 36

While his older brother Sam fulfilled Dad’s wishes and went to medical school, Moe signed a contract to play pro ball. He acceded to his father’s demands up to a point by attending Columbia Law School in the off seasons, earning his degree and passing the New York bar in 1929.

It was a false bargain: Moe despised the idea of being a lawyer while Bernard Berg never accepted a baseball career as a legitimate pursuit. In fact, the old man refused to go the park and see his son play.

From an athletics standpoint, Bernard wasn’t missing much. A knee injury early in Moe’s career, compounded by primitive diagnosis and treatment, severely slowed him.

Over 15 years as a backup catcher, Berg notched exactly 441 hits in 663 games.

What set Moe apart were his charm, charisma and erudition. He studied Sanskrit at the Sorbonne one off season and read multiple newspapers every day. When he went to Japan on a barnstorming tour with Babe Ruth and other Major League stars, he made a point of learning Japanese.

Berg carried a movie camera everywhere on that trip and, wearing a kimono and on the pretense of visiting a patient, he made his way to the roof of a tall Tokyo hospital to shoot a 360-degree panorama of the city. It’s not clear if he was already working officially (albeit surreptitiously) for the U.S. government, but his film of Tokyo’s layout was of significant help when the U.S. went to war with Japan after Pearl Harbor.

In fact, in early 1942, Berg recorded a radio segment in Japanese that was broadcast in Japan and drew on the

good will he’d accumulated over two pre-war visits and a mutual love of baseball.

Berg had been sent on research missions to South America, but that was too far from the real action. It appears he found a home in 1943 in the newly created Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the intelligence branch that evolved into the CIA after the war.

His primary and crucial assignment was to ascertain how close the Germans were to having a nuclear weapon and to sway Italian scientists from the Axis to the Allies. To successfully carry off his cover story, Berg was briefed on the science and strategy of the Manhattan Project.

One biographer recounts, “The OSS had given the Manhattan Project its own spy, in effect, its own field agent to pursue questions of interest wherever he could in Europe. And that was Moe Berg.”

Kempner accords a great deal of screen time to this episode in Berg’s clandestine career as a professional spook.

It’s a great story, in which the solidly built ex-catcher is assigned to attend a conference in Switzerland and determine — from the keynote speech by visiting German scientist Werner Heisenberg — if the Nazis are within reach of perfecting the bomb.

Berg carries a pistol to the symposium, with orders to use it on Heisenberg if he deems it necessary. He did not.

Kempner leaves us wanting to know more about Berg’s later years. By the weirdest of coincidences, Sam Berg headed a group of doctors sent to Nagasaki to study the effects of radiation poisoning. Incredibly, the brothers never knew about each other’s exploits.

That lone fact reveals there’s still more to know about Moe Berg’s story. ■

“My mother, who was a great abstract expressionist painter [who had a one-woman show at the Detroit Institute of Arts], was an influence in pursuing an artistic career after I left a legal career,” she said. “And my stepfather gave me a great appreciation of history.”

In Detroit, Kempner says the family did not formally belong to a shul, but that she attended High Holiday services with her father at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue.

“I fondly remember seeing Fiddler on the Roof with Pops every year in Detroit,” she said. “We went to many activities at the Detroit Jewish Community Center, which was the centerpiece of my Jewish identity growing up. I continued that delightful childhood JCC experience by being very active with the re-establishment of the Washington, D.C., JCC and by starting the Jewish film festival in D.C. as an adult.”

Still, Detroit’s influence is inescapable.

“I always say you can take the girl out of Detroit but not Detroit out of the girl. I have kept in touch with many of my high school and college friends as well being close to my brother and Detroit cousins, who also live in Washington, D.C., area. We have had seders together for over 65 years.

“I still call soda ‘pop’ and drink Diet Vernors. I love meeting new people who are from Detroit and instantly compare notes about growing up here. And my favorite music remains Motown tunes.”

So, how do her two films about Jewish baseball heroes fit into her career goals?

“Life-size wall hangings of my three favorite Jewish baseball players — Sandy Koufax pitching to Hank Greenberg and Moe Berg as catcher — adorn the curved wall of my home’s staircase,” she

Aviva Kempner with Brad Ausmus

said. “I was so proud of making The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg because he was a Jewish hero during times of teeming anti-Semitism in America and while the Nazis were raging in Europe.

“I jumped at businessman William Levine’s generous offer to support a Moe Berg bio film. The Spy Behind Home Plate fits perfectly into my goal to make historical documentaries about under-known Jewish heroes and my career focus on exploring courageous tales about those who fought the Nazis.”

Her nonprofit, the Ciesla Foundation, is based on those goals: to produce documentaries that investigate non-stereotypical images of Jews in history and to celebrate the untold stories of Jewish heroes.

“For decades, different writers and directors have tried to tell the story of the thrilling life of Moe Berg. I am proud to have made the first fact-based, feature-length documentary that does his life justice.” ■ For Aviva Kempner’s “love letter” to Detroit in the Forward, go to bit.ly/2QTC7tV.

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for our country — all of things we might not have today.

The man had the right values.”

His first Moe Berg collection piece was a canceled check for $100 signed by Berg in 1951. After years of gathering Berg memorabilia, Matthews now has hundreds of collectibles, both at the JCC exhibit and at his Farmington Hills home.

Matthews hopes this exhibit, the most complete exhibit in the country accessible to the public, can provide educational insight for two different generations — the first being his generation, the ones who are nostalgic and can reflect on the impact of these stellar athletes from

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their childhood. Yet, the most important generation to Matthews is the younger generation. He wants them to be informed and learn more about the substantial contributions from Jewish ball players.

He has a hard time picking a favorite of his collectibles. “Asking me to pick a favorite is like asking a parent to pick their favorite child,” he says.

However, his first pick is Winston Churchill’s book on World War II, The Hinge of Fate, from Berg’s private library. Secondly, he loves looking at Berg’s personal income tax return from 1934.

The rarest piece of memorabilia is the only article Berg

published, “Pitchers and Catchers,” which was printed in the Atlantic Monthly. This article detailed how pitchers and catchers would work together to deceive the batters of the opposing team.

Matthews says he is looking forward to the sneak peek of The Spy Behind Home Plate at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Township. At the event, he will introduce filmmaker Kempner.

“Of all of the days they could have picked, coincidentally, it’s my birthday,” he says. “This is one of the best birthday presents I could have asked for.” ■

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“Most of my songs are written to solo teen wilderness experience motivated Nadim Azzam’s musi- myself,” says Azzam, who describes his teen years as rebellious. “A lot of them cal career. While outdoors, he are about expressing struggle and pain found himself humming before gradwhile still trying to be hopeful. They can ually singing, and that became the first be about feeling lost while trying to find phase of an interest in contemporary a way, wanting to become a composing. better person and living up Now, at 23, he has a details to potential.” repertoire that can place Nadim Azzam will Apparently, his online him on stages as a soloist or perform free at 7 p.m. songs resonated with with a live band and elecTuesday, June 18, on Matisyahu because, with tronic instruments. the Rackham Stage a little prompting from a During the Ann Arbor during the Ann Arbor mutual friend, the famed Summer Festival, June Summer Festival, Jewish singer invited 14-July 7, Azzam will perJune 14-July 7. For Azzam on a college tour in form his own songs — hipfestival details, go to 2016. hop, alt rock, jazz fusion a2sf.org.

“I opened for Matisyahu — with vocals and acoustic with an acoustic solo set,” guitar as joined by Jacob Azzam recalls. “I also performed with LaChance on saxophone, David Ward him in freestyle accompanied by the on drums and Alex Fuchs on bass. band. It was invigorating because he Azzam will be part of the Top of the Park lineup, which spotlights local enter- writes music that is so spiritual, honest and real on a mainstream platform. tainers in free programming. This year’s “Matisyahu was on a unity tour, and I mainstage ticketed acts include Melissa Etheridge, The Capitol Steps and Dawes. felt I could be in the middle of that. My

Above: Nadim Azzam, left, will perform with his group, including Jacob LaChance on sax.

mom’s background is Jewish with Ukrainian roots, and my dad has Egyptian and Palestinian roots.”

NATALIE ROBBINS Azzam started playing guitar before imagining it as a career. A neighbor got him started. He later took lessons at the Ann Arbor Music Center.

“When I was out in the wilderness for three days, I stared at a blade of grass for a couple hours, started singing to myself and came up with a melody,” he explains.

“Something just clicked, and I knew I wanted to be a vocalist.”

Azzam’s early writing concentrated on raps, and he used them as the basis for songs, some worked into EPs “Here’s to Changes” in 2015 and “Sunny Flats” in

2019.

He attributes part of his musical progress to an internship at X.O Productions, a Detroit hiphop studio.

“When I got back from the Matisyahu tour, I had a little money and spent it on production equipment,” says Azzam, who teaches songwriting at Ann Arbor’s Neutral Zone Youth Center and works as a marketing specialist for The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor.

“I experiment with ideas I have no other way to express, and I’m moving toward a more modern, soulful, R&B sound. I’ll be producing more electronic stuff on the computer.” ■

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BEL CANTO SINGS 7 pm, June 17. At Prentis Apartments in Oak Park, and 7:30 pm June 18 at Congregation Beth Shalom. The Bel Canto Chorale will perform an eclectic selection of music from Handel and Hebrew songs to Gilbert & Sullivan and Aretha Franklin in a 45-minute performance. No charge.

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This selection of artwork presents Hill’s unique vision, his sensitivity to materials and his humble regard for difference.

The exhibition will feature Soul Studio artists Jacob Barron, Brad Swartz, Nick Wecker and Alexa Morris (whose work is shown). The opening reception takes place June 13 from 6-8 at the Soul Studio on Drake Road in West Bloomfield.

“Life Is a Highway: Art and American Car Culture” at the Toledo Museum of Art will bring together a diverse selection of artists to showcase the automobile’s reshaping of the 20th-century American landscape and cultural attitudes of self-expression. Featuring more than 100 works from its own collection and private and public loans, the exhibition will chart the rise of car culture as a visual icon of American identity and includes a range of visual media.

Admission is free for museum members and $12 for nonmembers. If you go June 15, stop by the free car show from noon-3 p.m. to view unique vehicles, enjoy live music and participate in kid-friendly art-making experiences.

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Free and open to the community; no reservations needed (but appreciated).

Children ages 0-5 and their caregivers are invited for free play, bubbles, music, snacks and more. Info: Tova Schreiber (248) 851-6880 or tschreiber@cbahm.org.

ABORTION POLICY 7:30 pm, June 17. Rabbi Steven Rubenstein will facilitate an adult learning session at Beth Ahm to explore the Jewish traditionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach to abortion.

The event is free and open to the community, and no previous Jewish study experience is required. RSVP: Rabbi Rubenstein, register online at cbahm. org/event/jewishtraditionandabortion or call 248-851-6880 ext. 17.

TUESDAY, JUNE 18 DIVE INTO TORAH 10-11 am, June 18. SAJE presents Rabbi Avi Spodek of the Frankel Jewish Academy on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Under the Bridge: Defining Community from Eliyahu.â&#x20AC;? At West Bloomfield JCC poolside. Free; refreshments served.

BRAIN BENEFITS OF VOLUNTEERING 1 pm, June 19. Join Dorothy Moon, MA, LPC, LBSW, of JVS Human Services and Emily Croitori, LMSW, of Jewish Family Service for a free brain health workshop on the wellness benefits of volunteering.

Learn how the right volunteer opportunity can make a positive cognitive impact. At JFS, 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. RSVP:Â MindU@jfsdetroit.org or 248-788-MIND. MAHJ TOURNAMENT 6 pm, June 19. Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood presents the Muriel Sherbow Memorial Mahj Tournament. Cost: $22Â per person pre-registered; $25Â at door, space permitting. Info: Marilyn Kaczander-Cohen, Markacz2@gmail. com or 248-760-9906.

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 MOVIE MATINEE 1 pm, June 19. At JCC West Bloomfield.

A Matter of Size. RSVP: 248-432-5467 or rchessler@jccdet.org.

DROP IN & LEARN 1 pm, June 19. At Beth Ahm. YouTube videos of lectures by Prof. Henry Abramson of Turo College in Brooklyn.

Includes brief, informal discussion. This week: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who Was Primo Levi?â&#x20AC;? Free and open to the community.

ART TALK 11 am-noon, June 20. At West Bloomfield JCC, art historian Wendy Evans will give a talk on Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Cost: $5. Info: 248-432-5467 or rchessler@jccdet.org.

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Arnie started the roofing company in 1997 and built a loyal customer base throughout Southeast Michigan. ASR also sells gutters, skylights, siding and insulation and does roof repairs.

TRIAL BY FIRE Gayle had no experience running a roofing company when Arnie died.

“I didn’t know A from Z,” she said.

She wishes Arnie had spoken more about business to her. “He liked to leave work at work,” she said. “However, there are times I do think, ‘I wish I would have known how he handled certain situations.’”

Gayle found her own voice and gained confidence in her own opinions in short order. Plus, much of her staff worked at ASR when Arnie was in charge and were able to tell her how he handled certain business issues.

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ASR within three weeks of the loss of her husband, Gayle barely had time to grieve. “I just got up and showed up every day at 8 a.m. and was here all day,” she said. “But, as time went on, I allowed myself the process to grieve.

“Grief is not linear anyway, you know,” she added. “It ebbs and flows and it comes in different ways.”

Gayle has no problem running a company in a male-dominated profession. She does employ a male production manager to work with ASR’s crews. “A lot of times, women are the ones making the [roof-buying] decisions anyway, so that’s not a challenge,” Gayle said. ASR also employs a woman on its roofing crew.

Gayle said she feels that being a woman in a male-dominated industry has its advantages. “I look at things from a woman’s perspective,” she said. “I bring out female elements … and I can relate in a different way.”

Gayle said men and women can command the same level of respect in the industry “as long as you’re sharp and you know what you’re talking about.”

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“Grief is not linear anyway, you know … it ebbs and flows and it comes in different ways.”

Gayle Goodman and her late husband, Arnie

by the company’s bookkeeper.

She has standardized the company’s branding, creating an updated logo that can be found on ASR’s newly wrapped van, apparel and even the Starbucks gift cards that salespeople give out to customers.

A high percentage of ASR’s sales are from referrals, because “our name speaks for itself,” Gayle said.

She is working to boost those figures and is now using social media to increase brand awareness. She has updated ASR’s Facebook page and started promoting the company on Instagram.

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Before becoming president of ASR, Gayle worked fulltime at Temple Israel in the Early Childhood Center as the preschool fitness and yoga teacher. Although she’s cut her hours teaching since taking over ASR, she still works at the temple two afternoons a week. Teaching the children is a source of happiness for her. “I just didn’t want to give up the kids,” she said.

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When asked where she sees ASR in five years, Gayle said, “Growing … definitely growing.” She added that ASR took on investors this April, including Alan Gildenberg of West Bloomfield, who also has a senior management role with the company.

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SHELDON BASKIN, 64, of Novi, died June 6, 2019.

He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Debbie Baskin; children, Danielle and Dr. Jason Tagai, Ian Malane and Shelby Mullins, Dr. Jill and Jorge Castro, and Jeffrey and Lauren Baskin; grandchildren, Brady, Jonah and Jayse Tagai, Neila Malane, Rafael Castro, and Noah and Talia Baskin; brother and sister-in-law, Scott and Pam Baskin; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Julie Baskin, Rochelle and Allen Steinberg, Douglas Hoffman and Wendy Fischel, and Dr. Lee and Carolyn Hoffman; loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Mr. Baskin was the loving brother of the late Michele and the late Robert Mitchel, and the late Marc Baskin; the devoted son of the late Harold and the late Jessie Baskin.

Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic Center Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, cancer.org; or Beaumont Foundation, 3711 W. 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, foundation.beaumont.edu.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

NORMA CHUDNOW, 87, formerly of Oak Park, passed away May 25, 2019.

She was the wife of the late Meyer Chudnow.

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REGINA GOLDSTEIN, 89, of West Bloomfield, died June 2, 2019. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Danny Goldstein and Karen Robinson, Albert and Shari Goldstein, Dr. Raphael and Carmen Goldstein; daughter, Dr. Alisa Goldstein; grandchildren, Dr. Michael (Sarah) Goldstein, Lauren, Andrea, Robert and Elan Goldstein; many other loving family members and friends.

Mrs. Goldstein was the beloved wife of the late Reuben Goldstein.

Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham.

Contributions can be made to Yad Ezra or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

NORMA SPIELBERG GOROSH, 92, of West Bloomfield, died peacefully on June 7, 2019, surrounded by her five sons and three daughters-in-law.

She was well known for her impeccable sense of style, her love of classical music and her devotion to her family and friends Mrs. Gorosh graduated from Central High School at 16 and Wayne State University at the age of 20, where she played violin in the university orchestra. She met the love of her life, Larry Gorosh, after he returned from his World War II service, and they were married on April Foolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Day 1951. After honeymooning in Havana, Cuba, Norma taught at McKerrow Elementary School.

Norma was proud of her college summer spent as a decoder with the Office of Strategic Services, now known as the CIA, in Washington, D.C., during World War II. She had a lifetime love of the arts, fondly recalling spending her college lunchtimes with her girlfriends in the Diego Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

She was the beloved Grandma Norma of eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Larry, and her parents, Julius and Anna Spielberg.

Her grandchildren, Loren (Nathalia), Alex (Marisa), Kasie (Nathan), Hilary

(fiancĂŠ, Eli), Jamie, Rachel, Sean and Hannah, were her pride and joy as were her great-grandchildren, Rowe and Emmett. She is also survived by her children, Alan (Rhona), Neil (Marla), Jeff, Rick and Bruce (Tammy).

Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to David Horodoker Organization, 6953 Candlewood Trail, Attn: Susann Kauffman, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, suekauffman@comcast.net; or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements

by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

LOIS A. SINGER, 86, of Birmingham, died June 4, 2019.

She is survived by her children, Vicki Bretan, Craig and Amy Singer, and Pamela and Richard Nodel; grandchildren, Stephanie and Gabriel Edelson, Allison and Blaine Hirsch, Melissa Singer, Paige Spagna and Samantha Spagna; great-grandchildren, Isla Edelson, Milly Edelson and Graham Hirsch; brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Gerald and Joanne Weingarden; many loving nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Singer was the beloved wife for 62 years of the late Milford Singer; the devoted daughter of the late Harry and the late Belle Weingarden.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48202, dia.org; or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

ROSE WEINER, 89, of Farmington Hills, died June 4, 2019.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Sheldon and Mercy Weiner; daughter, Deborah Weiner; grandchild, Erin Weiner; other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Weiner was the beloved wife of the late Hyman Weiner; the mother of the late Robert Ira Weiner; the sister of the late Ernest Weiss.

Interment took place at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made JARC or to the Jewish Community Center. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.Â

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She was buried at the national cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

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echama Rivlin, 73, the wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, died on June 4, 2019, in Petah Tikvah, Israel.

Rivlin, who had in recent years rarely been seen in public without being attached to a portable oxygen tank, suffered from pulmonary fibrosis. The condition causes scar tissue to fill the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe. Her transplant surgery was described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;complicatedâ&#x20AC;? by doctors and she required a second surgery.

In a statement, the Rivlin family thanked â&#x20AC;&#x153;citizens of Israel â&#x20AC;Ś who have continued to ask after Nechamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health, to send letters and wonderful childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drawings to the hospital and to Beit HaNasi (the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residence), and to pray for her every day, every hour. Their love and concern gave the president and all members of the family strength and

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Rivlin was born in Moshav Herut in the Sharon region to parents who immigrated from the Ukraine and

were founders of the moshav. She earned a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree from Hebrew University in botany and zoology and also studied the history of art.

She set up a community garden in the garden of the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residence, where children from all over

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Kol Ami Mosaic Honors Colman A mosaic commemorating the late community leader Albert M. Colman was dedicated the weekend of May 10-11 at Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield.

Colman, a longtime attorney, was president of Jewish Family Service in the late 1970s, served on the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit board and was involved in Jewish Community Center summer programming, and with the Jewish War Veterans.

Originally from Canada, he became a U.S. citizen and served in World War II. His most memorable “war story” was finding two cousins who survived the Lodz Ghetto and the death camps and facilitating their entry to the U.S., where they made new lives for themselves.

He died in October 2017 at age 94.

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Philadelphia, created the mosaic titled “Tzedek, Tzedek, Tirdof ” (Justice, Justice, you shall pursue) in memory of her father.

“Over the course of a year, whenever I’d come to visit my mother, Harriet, I would spend hours at Kol Ami with Sisterhood members and family members, gluing tiles and commemorative objects to the art piece,” Ruskin said.

The top part contains jewelry – family pieces and those donated by Sisterhood members. The memorial plaque shows the mosaic illustrates that true justice (tzedek) is the product of law and mercy.

Family members were able to gather in town for the dedication. Rabbis Norman Roman and Brent Gutmann accepted the gift on behalf of Kol Ami. The mosaic and plaque are installed in the chapel used by Kol Ami and B’nai Israel Synagogue. ■

Jon Colman and Harriet Colman, left, and Rabbi Gila Colman Ruskin and Diane Pomish, right

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A peephole was no doubt drilled into the door to check all who would seek entry into the then-named 48 Club.

The laws changed, and it became a law-abiding restaurant named Steak Out, then Fisher 666, etc. … and today, as Cuisine, it is celebrating its 19th anniversary as a fine, modern French-American restaurant … on Lothrup between Second and Third avenues, Detroit … Owner Paul Grosz is the same executive chef whose culinary stylings have brought many rave notices since the days many years ago when he worked with famed French Chef Jean Banchet at Le Francais.

Its dining elegance produces such wonderful dishes as Dover Sole, Sous Vide Beef Tenderloin, Day Boat Scallops, Japanese A5 beef tenderloin, dry-aged duck, soft-shelled crabs, morels, ramps, fiddleheads and excellent vegetarian dishes, etc.

The corn chowder with lump crab is choice … as are the Australian lamb chops, tuna tartare on risotto cakes, English-style beef sirloin, etc.

To be sure, customers love having owner Paul in the kitchen nightly along with his culinary experts preparing their magic with the wonderful ingredients they enjoyably prepare for them … Cuisine is typi-

cally fast-paced and extremely busy during shows at the nearby Fisher Theatre … but slows down as desired in offering its luxurious presentations of great food and world-class wines and cocktails.

When Cuisine opened in June of 2001, word immediately was out that Paul had opened his own French-style restaurant … and received immediate favoritism in dining style by many who remember his elegant presentations at Dearborn’s La Rotisserie and The Whitney.

It does its own baking of assorted breads and pastries … including delicious lemon meringue tarts, milk and honey ice cream, chocolate truffles, macaroons, chocolate crepe cake and a broken apple tart.

Cuisine is open Tuesdays through Sundays from 5 p.m. … Seating is 85 downstairs and 110 upstairs … with 14 stools at the bar filled with select vintages.

The aged walls of Cuisine have lo these many years concealed numerous stories … but none perhaps better than those of having a delightful dinner there.

NEW ITEM AT Stage Deli, Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield, brought back much yesteryears remembrances … It was the fresh, premises-made meatloaf sandwich … As youngsters back on 12th Street, we kids used to get fresh meatloaf sandwiches, hot or cold, at Stafford’s Restaurant … And come back for more to split with each other … At Stage, it came between slices of challah and plenty of lettuce … In those days, few thought about also putting meatloaf between lettuce instead of bread, which many folks

today on weight kicks or with other reasons prefer instead of bread … Freshly made meatloaf between challah slices or lettuce leafs are delicious choices.

MAIL DEPT … “We are newcomers to your city and have been referred to you. Maybe you can tell us the name of a good Russian restaurant? We live in West Bloomfield, and my wife and I would be so thankful if you can find us one. If there is Russian music that would be nice but not necessary. We hope you can help us.” …

Herman Elsonn.

(West Bloomfield has two fine Russian restaurants that you might like … Fiddler and Allegro.)

OLDIE BUT GOODIE … Abe was walking down the street when a Lexus pulled next to him with his friend Yitzhak at the wheel. “Where did you get such a nice car?” asks Abe. “My girlfriend Sarah gave it to me,” says Yitzhak. “Mazel Tov!” says Abe. “I knew Sarah was in love with you but to give you such a car?”

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Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History

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have been the archivist for the Detroit Jewish News Foundation for nearly six years and I have enjoyed every minute of my work.

While I will continue to be the archivist for the Foundation, from this point forward, I am pleased to let you know that I have a new title: I now hold the Alene and Graham Landau Archivist Chair.

This is a great honor for me.

The Alene and Graham Landau Archivist Chair is named in recognition of a generous gift from the Louis C. and Edith Blumberg Foundation. The announcement of the gift, which is in honor of Alene Landau’s 90th birthday, was made at the June 5 meeting of the Jewish News Foundation Boards.

The boards’ members enthusiastically endorsed the gift and the new archivist title.

Mrs. Landau attended the Mike Smith meeting and was presented with Alene and Graham a handsome plaque to commemLandau Archivist Chair orate the occasion. It was an honor to meet her in person and I can tell you she is one very gracious and vibrant woman.

I wish I could have met Graham. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2017.

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DJN Foundation Board Cites Blumberg/Landau Gift PHOTOS BY DERRICK MARTINEZ

Graham and Alene Landau with author, activist and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel at Congregation Shaarey Zedek

often on the pages of the JN for the good work they were doing in Detroit and Israel. For example, Graham was a key leader for Hebrew Free Loan’s program in the city. Another example, and one that did my heart good, is that Alene was an active member of the archives committee for the Jewish Federation’s Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives. But these examples are just two of many, many instances of the Landau’s support for Detroit Jewish organizations and Israel over the years.

In particular, through the Landau’s work with the Louis C. and Edith Blumberg Foundation — current trustees include Mrs. Landau, Julee Landau Shahon and Larry Jackier — many institutions have benefited from its generous support, including Sinai Hospital, the Rothberg School of In International Studies at Hebrew University, BarIl Ilan and Technion universities in Israel, JARC, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Friendship Circle, C the United Jewish Foundation and Jewish Senior th L Life.

Jewish News Foundation President and JN Executive Editor/Publisher Arthur Horwitz E su summed it up: “Over the decades, the Blumberg and a Landau families have played integral roles in helping to shape our Jewish community.” Indeed. h W have all benefited from their work.

We I would like to tell you about one other story th jumped out from the pages of the JN. Did you that k know that Graham was a war hero? A report in th Feb. 23, 1945, issue tells the story of a 20-yearthe o soldier who climbed out of his foxhole during old a German bombardment of his unit’s position in N November 1944, and risked his life to help his w wounded comrades to safety. The photo accomp panying the story shows Maj. Gen. Rupert Burriss p presenting PFC Graham Landau with an accomm modation.

I am honored to be the first person to hold the A Alene and Graham Landau Archivist Chair. I will d my best to uphold the position in a manner do b befitting the traditions of these wonderful Jewish D ■ Detroiters.

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

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Members socialize before the meeting begins.

Foundation Honorary Board Chairs Nancy Grosfeld of Bloomfield Hills and Robert Naftaly of West Bloomfield

Detroit Jewish News Foundation President Arthur Horwitz, Alene Landau and Mike Smith, who holds the new Alene and Graham Landau Archivist Chair for the foundation.

Foundation Board Vice President Larry Jackier of Bloomfield Hills and board member Mitch Mondry of Birmingham

Foundation Board Secretary Kevin Browett and archivist Mike Smith ready the plaque for Alene Landau.

The plaque commemorates the Alene and Graham Landau chair.

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