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Shabbat Lights

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Shabbat starts: Friday, June 26, 8:56 p.m.

Shabbat ends: June 27, 10:07 p.m.

In Ethiopia, in the Jewish section of Debre Brehan, a blacksmith taks a break from his work.

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* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

Photo by Suzi Colman.

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

Jews in the D Out of Hiding 14 A group of Ethiopia’s Hidden Jews finds aid and support to improve their lives and practice Judaism.

Surprising Supreme Court Decision 20 Ruling protects gay and transgender individuals on the job.

To Protect and Serve 22 A Jewish police officer discusses policing at a difficult time.

Social Media Nightmare 27 A Southfield dermatologist was hacked.

Moments 28

Spirit Torah portion

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32 Going to the Library 34 Area libraries are beginning the reopening process.

Celebrity Jews 35

Online Events 35

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Health

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Health Care Heroes

What Is Israel Really Protecting?

30 As annexation looms and protests kick off, we must reflect on Israel’s claims to protect Jews all over the world.

Arts&Life A New Light & Color Experience 32 The essence of studio glass goes digital in Glass 48: Habatat Direct.

36 Health care heroes today reflect physician heroes of the Holocaust.

Etc. The Exchange Soul Raskin Looking Back

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Please join us as we celebrate the

25th anniversary of

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26, 2020 7pm

Special virtual Kabbalat Shabbat service honoring Rabbi Bennett & his family & Facebook Live oneg following the service

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27, 2020 7pm

Virtual Campfire Havdalah led by Rabbi Bennett & his family

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’ve got to say, while some of these new COVID realities aren’t so much fun, I’m actually really enjoying Zoom! I know, I know, there’s no replacement for face-to- face interactions, but sometimes that’s exactly the point.

In the “old” days, whenever I’d get postcards announcing classes or meetRochel ings, I’d think, “Oh, Burstyn wow, this looks interesting.” But then, you know, 8 p.m. would roll around and I’m tired, don’t want to put my shoes back on, don’t want to drive at night.

And, most of all, I don’t want to come home to find my kids still up and raring to go, while my husband is snoring loudly from a kid’s bed. Nothing is more annoying than coming home from a parenting class, all uplifted and motivated to be this amazingly patient mother from now on, only to find that you have to start some kind of crazy bedtime routine all over again with hyper, overtired kids at 11 p.m.

But now we can attend classes

and meetings from the comfort of our living rooms, porches or beds while wearing pajamas or, if you’re particularly hot, absolutely nothing at all. It’s a whole new ball game. I’ve been “getting out” more than ever and absolutely loving it.

I’ve heard people say a benefit to Zoom is that you only have to clean the tiny bit of your house that will be seen on the screen.

Didn’t get around to it? Don’t bother turning on your camera and you’re golden.

Now there’s no more thinking, “Oh, that dessert table looks good, but I don’t want to be the first to cut the cake.” Nope, now I can turn off the camera, sprawl on the couch and get to work on that

pint of ice cream I’ve been waiting for all day. It’s fantastic.

Of course, there are downsides to Zoom, too. Someone’s going to take a “group picture,” which would be really cute if you had been warned and wasn’t snapped yawning like a hippo at that very moment.

And almost every Zoom meeting has the whole “You’re muted” kerfuffle in the beginning, which I know some find annoying. Personally, I’m always more concerned about the opposite.

I’d rather be muted so no one can hear me shushing my kids to sleep or yelling at my husband to stop snoring. Kind of like when moms and dads make the mis-

taken assumption they’re entitled to a little privacy and are in the bathroom minding their business when their kids come along flashing their device while complaining, “It’s not working.” ‘Course its working, kid, and thanks very much, now your teachers and classmates just got an eyeful of something they’ll unfortunately not forget in a hurry.’

But so long as no one snapped a group picture at that moment, you should be OK. I suppose there are upsides and downsides to pretty much anything. I don’t always mind wearing a mask either. Finally, I can mouth the words to songs being piped through grocery stores without making people move away from me in a hurry. And if they do, I can always tell myself it’s the COVID-recommended 6 feet and not because I’m making them nervous.

The downside? My glasses get fogged up every time I breathe.

I guess that’s like pretty much with everything in life. There’ll always be good and bad Zooming about, we just need to try to make the best of it.

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ll our cover stories are special, but this week’s is extra-special. Keri Guten Cohen, who worked for two decades as the JN’s beloved story development editor, has spent months researching the amazing story of the Beta Israel of North Shewa, a.k.a. the “Hidden Jews” of Andrew Lapin Ethiopia, and the group that one Jewish Detroiter formed to help them after a single three-hour

visit. It’s a remarkable narrative, one rich in cultural history as well as deeper significance about what it means to be a Jew. Suzi Colman of Commerce Township, Rabbi Joshua Bennett of Temple Israel and two others have formed the group Friends of Beta Israel of North Shewa.

Over time, these 200 or so Jews and their group, the Lovers of Zion Association, may be able to live more freely and openly as Jews — and, with the planned addition of a Jewish cemetery in Addis Ababa, to die as Jews, too.

And their ranks may yet grow as more “hidden Jews” come out of hiding.

We Jews have always been a “lost tribe,” a diasporic people.

But the Beta Israel of North Shewa became “hidden” not because they fled their homes, but because they stayed — most living as Christians while hiding their Jewish roots, yet still facing prejudice from the majority Coptic Christian community.

Meanwhile, the Ethiopian Jews who made aliyah to Israel in Operations Moses and Solomon

face discrimination and police violence today in the land they were told was their own (see story, page 30). And here in the U.S., we are once again being compelled to listen to and learn from our own brothers and sisters from the African diaspora.

I hope Keri’s story, and the work these groups have done, can help us shed some light on the ties that bind all of us who have faced hardship around the world, for being Jewish or any other reason. In the future, may we have no more reason to hide.

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’m going to start off by saying that I know I don’t need to “defend” my decision to join a protest/ march. But I’m going to try and explain some of it, for others to understand.

Menachem I’ll start off by Roetter saying that the protest/march was something I wasn’t sure I would attend, especially as a religious Jew, because I knew I would get (or actually continue to get) a lot of backlash from friends, family and strangers.

But, in the end, I chose to go because I knew that I would be doing a disservice to myself if I didn’t go simply because others told me not to. I’m going to continue to stand up for what I believe is right, no matter which cause, even if people I care about disagree.

To say that the protest/march

was handled in the way one should is an understatement. It started out peacefully, continued peacefully and ended peacefully. Yes, that is possible, despite the media mostly showing otherwise.

There was a ton of diversity — people putting aside their differences to join in unity. I witnessed people Oak Park Police join the protestors of multiple races and religions walking together. We as they are in supermarkets. walked as one community. I (Toward the end, not so much.) couldn’t hear any of the speechThe Oak Park Police es, so I can’t comment on them.

Department was amazing. They There were tables where one were giving out free masks and could register to vote. It was truly beautiful. Totally worth the gloves to those who wanted them, as well as free water. They sunburn I received. even brought their famous ice Aside from the very end, I cream truck for free (kosher could count on my fingers just dairy) ice cream to whomever how few people did not have a mask on. And at least in my sec- wanted. They worked hard to navigate the traffic so that we tion of the protest, and in most of the march, people were trying could march in the street as well as the sidewalk to help with the to be about as socially distant

COURTESY OF MENACHEM ROETTER

Why I Joined a Protest

The sign Menachem Roetter carried

social distancing.

Multiple officers even marched with us, spread out amongst the crowd. Some of them gladly took photos with the protesters. And a few even took a knee when the crowd all did.

I’m glad I went and I’m glad I joined. My sign said, “I’m Jewish & I support peaceful protests for a better world.” And then underneath it said, “black people matter.” continued on page 8

guest column

Zionism is Liberation: How we march and shout ‘Black Lives Matter.’

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here has been much discussion recently regarding whether proud Zionists, like myself, can join marches where the slogan, both in the call to gather and in the marches themselves, is “Black Lives Matter.”

I would like Rabbi Asher to challenge the Lopatin Zionist Jewish community to seize the opportunity to work with the anti-racism and jus-

tice communities, and to shout loudly, “Black Lives Matter,” in order to fulfill the underlying principles of Zionism.

We must remember that Zionism is a Jewish Liberation Movement. It was and still is envisioned to free Jews from the shackles of a type of bondage in the diaspora. Even those of us who live peacefully and happily in the pleasant diaspora owe a great deal of our Jewish pride and security to the rise of the State of Israel.

Therefore, it is not surprising

that so many of those involved in the Civil Rights movement were avowed Zionists who understood deeply the yearning of the Jewish people for our own freedom. This is a freedom we Zionists believe we can never really achieve without our own Jewish homeland. From Martin Luther King Jr. to Rep. John Lewis and the Baptist and COGIC Pastors we at JCRC/ AJC work with in the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity, black people understand, perhaps better than any others, that

the struggle for liberation and freedom — for Exodus from Egypt to Zion — is ongoing and critical.

As I have experienced personally at several rallies and marches, when anyone goes to such a program or shouts “Black Lives Matter,” they are focused only on remembering George Floyd and fighting racism, injustice and inequality in our police forces and society.

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And I believe every part of those statements. I specifically didn’t write some of the specifics that other’s signs said because I can’t genuinely say I’ve done enough research on each individual topic to state my opinion. Just like how if I didn’t research a specific topic before an election, I would not blindly vote on that topic.

But I fully support peaceful protests that have the goal of a

better world. And the Oak Park protest was one of them. I also believe that black people matter.

I specifically didn’t state “black lives matter” or “BLM” because, while I believe in a lot of the things the movement stands for, I cannot agree with everything the organization itself stands for or supports, and I’m not a fan of some of the leaders’ viewpoints on Israel and anti-Semitism.

I did not bend a knee when everyone else did because I wasn’t sure if I could as a Jew, so I erred on the side of caution.

But no one said anything negative to me about it.

I joined the protest/march because I care about my black neighbors. I joined the protest/ march because I care about my black classmates. I joined the protest/march because I care

you … And I have said, ‘I will take you out of slavery and suffering to the Land of Canaan … (to the Holy Land – Israel!).”

This is both the Zionist dream of ending the millennial oppression of the Jewish people in foreign lands, and it is the vision that gave hope to our black brothers and sisters in their years of suffering in their “Egypt” — in America — and a vision of a better country.

In Egypt, God said, Jewish lives matter. Now that the Jewish people have the Jewish State, and we have strength and a modicum of acceptance in America, it is time for us to say: “Black Lives Matter.”

Our Zionism has taught us how important this narrative

is, and we have succeeded. We have found our Zion and it is strong. Now let us Zionists give hope to those who are fighting to remove the “Egypt” from this country and let us be allies with them to find their Zion.

In those rallies I have attended, specifically in Detroit, the leaders of the black community have emphasized how destructive violent protests and looting have been to the cause.

This also is consistent with the way the Jewish people moved toward establishing Israel.

Zionism is about purpose, focus and building and not about violence and destruction.

In fact, the early founders of Israel quashed rogue elements that took the focus away from

about my black friends. I joined the protest/march because I care about black Jews.

I joined the protest/march because I care.

Menachem Roetter, 25, is from Oak Park. He is a full-time student at the University of Detroit-Mercy working on a bachelor’s degree in Addiction Studies.

He also works at the local restaurant Kravings. In his spare time, he advocates for Agunot.

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for Black Lives organization, which has since dropped, but not altogether deleted, an anti-Israel platform piece from its website. There are certainly some vicious anti-Semites and anti-Zionists who associate with the BLM movement or organization, but that must not move us Zionists away from our principles of Zionist activism.

If BLM itself came out officially with an anti-Israel statement on their website, I would be the first to condemn it because Zionism is all about Black Lives Matter.

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the cause. Black Lives Matter must mean the same discipline for the sake of fighting racism and injustice.

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Citizen Protests and the Jewish Community While the country is consumed by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of members of the Minneapolis police force and the resulting organized protests staged throughout our country, the press coverage of the totality of the events has been narrow in its scope.

While the protests throughout the country were mostly peaceful, the uptick in criminal activity throughout the Fairfax neighborhood in Los Angeles went unreported by most media outlets. According to JTA, one of the very few media outlets to report on this activity, the targeted area is the home of Jewish community institutions, synagogues, temples and Jewish-owned businesses, many of which were vandalized with anti-Semitic and anti-Israel graffiti. Vulgar and obscene slogans were plastered on synagogue walls. Many Jewish-owned businesses found their doors and windows broken and their stores looted and set on fire.

These actions were committed while citizens peacefully protested the shameful murder of an American citizen. Under the guise of such protests, vandals attacked the Fairfax neighborhood with an onslaught of hateful, inciteful and vicious anti-Semitic epithets.

The walls of Congregation Beth Israel, Temple Beth El and Baba Sale Congregation were defaced. The language used was vicious and obscene.

Congregation Shaarei Tefila and the Shalhevet School for Girls, among others, were also targeted, according to Aram Goldberg, vice president of the Jewish Federation Council.

As a result of the extensive damage and mayhem inflicted on the Jewish community of the Fairfax neighborhood, the Jewish Free Loan Association of Los Angeles is providing “looting loss loans” for the damages or destruction which resulted from the fires and looting.

While failing to report on the extent of the damage and destruction levied on the Fairfax Jewish community, the national media was shamefully negligent in their responsibilities.

Additionally, and as importantly, it is equally shameful — and embarrassing — that the Jewish media failed to do so also. The question in both cases is the same: Why? Robert S. Rollinger West Bloomfield L. Brooks Patterson

L. Brooks Patterson Deserved Better Your disparagement of the good name and memory of my late departed law school classmate, prosecutor-colleague and 50+ year friend, L. Brooks Patterson, is unbecoming of the Jewish News.

You stated in your June 11-17 editorial that Brooks disparaged Detroit and its citizens “in vile, heinous language, calling the city ‘an Indian reservation’”; and thought nothing of Detroit’s majority-black population and that, to him, these black lives didn’t matter.

While it certainly was true that after Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young urged Detroit’s lawbreakers to cross Eight Mile Road, Brooks and Young developed a public repartee of poking fun at each other.

Remember, under Young’s administration, the upper- and middle-class taxpayers fled the city to the suburbs, drug-dealing gangs came to power and the crime rate skyrocketed. Under his black-power style of leadership, he left the city of Detroit a fiscal and social wreck.

Brooks, on the other hand, led Oakland County, first as prosecutor for 16 years, then as executive for 27 years, with a multi-year balanced budget and a Moody’s AAA Bond Rating, admired as one of the safest and most desirable counties to live and work in the United States.

You also neglected to mention all the good he did for Oakland’s black and Jewish communities and his legendary sense of humor, much of it self-deprecating. He even prayed with us at Temple Israel following the massacre at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue.

The citizens of Oakland County elected and re-elected Brooks over and over again, holding him in high esteem. His funeral last year was attended by thousands of friends from all walks of life, white and black, from all faiths and nationalities.

In short, he was a revered leader of men and a public servant.

Brooks grew up in the city of Detroit. He always loved Detroit, despite the tit-for-tat relationship he had with Young. And the upper and middle class that fled Young’s Detroit became fans and loyal supporters of Brooks. They, like all of us, valued their neigh-

borhoods, their schools, their shopping districts, their public safety and Brooks’ leadership qualities.

You could have written your Jewish News opinion challenging Jews to stand up for justice and equality in the wake of the unfortunate killing of George Floyd and the resulting protests, organized looting, burning and wide-spread destruction of business districts across metro areas of the United States, without disparaging the memory of L. Brooks Patterson in the process.

It is this kind of inflammatory attack on one individual, who you did not know, that causes further dissention in our community.

Jeffrey M. Leib West Bloomfield

Speaking Out Against Racist Chief I sent the following letter to every member of the Shelby Township board, local media and others: To Whom It May Concern: In the flood of 2014, my dad went missing. My mom attempted to report him missing and no police departments would take a report. My parents lived in Southfield, and the Southfield Police Department was particularly cruel and insensitive, especially my interaction several months later with then-Deputy Chief Robert Shelide.

I wrote a letter to the Southfield Police Department outlining what had occurred with my dad and where I felt they had failed in serving and protecting. I received a phone call from Shelide. Amongst other things, he told me that the steps I was requesting wouldn’t have continued on page 12

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been taken “for a family member of the mayor.” He also told me that my dad could have been “at McDonald’s or in a hotel” and “that he didn’t warrant departmental resources.”

As you can imagine, this was shocking and devastating to me. My dad, in fact, was not at “McDonald’s” or “in a hotel.” He was found dead in his car the day after he went missing, not by the police, but by a person that lived on the block where my dad’s car was parked.

It came to my attention via friends that Shelide had made some abhorrent posts on social media. These posts invoked violence against people of color.

At best, they are unequivocally racist in nature. At worst, they are criminal and should not be acceptable coming from any human being, let alone a law enforcement officer.

My concern is that if your chief of police could speak to a grieving daughter that way, what else is he capable of? And how many police departments in this state will pass him around, hoping he will magically change? If change is going to come, it has to start with the people who have power. And you do. So, the question is, how will you use your power?

Would you be OK if the next George Floyd occurred in your city? Forget about Neal Rott, of blessed memory. Think of all those who don’t have the privilege I have to even be able to write this letter.

Black lives have always mattered but, apparently, they matter more to some than to others, and others should not include law enforcement officers.

Leslie Rott Welsbacher University of Michigan

Editor’s Note: You can read about the social media posts in

Neal Rott

“Actions Matter,” page 34 in the June 18 issue of the JN. On June 16, Shelby Township Trustees suspended Chief Robert Shelide for 30 days and ordered him to undergo cultural awareness and de-escalation training.

Choosing Life Following the funeral of my late husband, Dr. Sheldon Kapen, and listening to the most beautiful eulogy of our eldest son, Gilead, a close friend quipped that for such a funeral and eulogy it was worth dying. Needless to say, he wasn’t serious.

However, these very words can also be said regarding the most elaborate funeral and eulogies said on behalf of Mr. George Floyd, the African American who was callously killed by a cop who kneeled on his neck, not listening to the man’s plea that he couldn’t breathe.

Yet, I’ll bet that Floyd would not forfeit his precious life for the most elaborated funeral and the nicest of words said about him.

Our holy Torah tells us — practically orders us — to choose life when faced by the choices of life and death; thou shall choose life — u’vacharta ba’chayim.

May we all vow to do all that in our power to make this choice available to us all when at all possible, and make sure that Black Life Matters is more than a slogan, but a guiding light to us all.

Rachel Kapen West Bloomfield

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Out of Hiding A group of Ethiopia’s Hidden Jews finds aid and support to improve their lives and practice Judaism.

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fter spending a week with a remote tribe in southern Ethiopia in June 2018, Suzi Colman of Commerce Township had two days left in the country when she asked her guide, “Is there a synagogue in Addis Ababa?”

A typical question for a Jewish tourist anywhere in the world. But the answer led Colman to a three-hour visit that ignited her quest to help sustain and uplift the self-described Hidden Jews of Ethiopia.

From that trip, she helped start an organization that already is making a difference.

During those three hours in Kechene — a community on the outskirts of Addis Ababa where poverty reigns, food is scarce and homes are brimming with extended family members — she met with young leaders of a group of about 200 Ethiopian Jews.

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much like the converso Jews in Spain and Portugal forced to convert to Catholicism during the Middle Ages, this group now is ending the assimilation and proclaiming their Judaism proudly.

It’s a bold stand in this Ethiopian Orthodox country where most Jews had converted to Christianity centuries ago to survive mistreatment and even death from their Christian and Muslim neighbors.

“I was entirely unprepared for what I discovered,” Colman said. “It was simultaneously astonishing and deeply disturbing.”

She met with Belayneh Tazebku, 42, a leader of the group of emerging Jews, and Michael “Miki” Moges, 30, who aspires to become a rabbi. Tazebku serves as director of the Lovers of Zion Association (LOZA), which runs a synagogue and is working to improve conditions for the community.

Moges is hazzan of the synagogue and a LOZA leader.

They told her of the Hidden Jews, a group of about 150,000 living in Kechene and in North Shewa, a mountainous region 50 miles from the capital. Collectively, they are known as the Beta Israel of North Shewa: ancestral Jews whose history dates back 2,000 years. (See sidebar history.)

They have purposefully lived under the radar in modern times, known mainly to a few academics, some travelers and Kulanu, a Jewish organization working with emerging Jewish communities globally.

Many American Jews know of the Beta Israel of Gondar, a region in far north Ethiopia, who were airlifted to Israel during Operations Moses in the mid1980s and Solomon in 1991 (and smaller

TOP: Aba Minas is leader of the Jambaria gedam, one of 15 hidden Jewish religious centers in Ethiopia’s North Shewa region.

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“The Lovers of Zion Association wants to return our people to the God of our forefathers. We want to stop assimilating and be proud Jews.”

— MICHAEL MOGES OF KECHENE, ETHIOPIA

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To donate, visit temple-israel.org/funds to find the Ethiopia listing.

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subsequent rescues) by the Israeli government and the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), with financial assistance from the Jewish Federations of North America, including Detroit’s federation.

Currently, 7,000 more from Gondar wait in camps in Ethiopia for Israel to allow them to immigrate; some have waited more than 20 years. (See sidebar on politics.)

The Beta Israel of North Shewa were not rescued by Israel because no one knew about them and they did not come forward until very recently. “We were hidden for centuries; the Gondar Jews were not,” Moges told the JN. “It is time now,” Tazebku told Colman, “to open ourselves to the world’s brothers

[and say] where we are, who we are.”

In 2018, Abiy Ahmed Ali became Ethiopia’s new prime minister, bringing reforms as well as a desire for openness and for reconciliation between the cultures. His actions emboldened LOZA members to openly practice their Judaism.

Though they would like to make aliyah, LOZA members understand it’s not practical because of Israel’s current restrictions on Ethiopian Jewish immigration. So, they are focusing on improving their lives, becoming self-sustainable and building community in Ethiopia. Another group, also living openly as Jews in Kechene, whom Colman did not meet, want aliyah as soon as possible.

Despite some changes in Ethiopian soci-

ety, Moges and Tazebku say persecution and prejudice continue against the Beta Israel of North Shewa.

A centuries-old superstition persists among some less-educated Ethiopians who believe a look from a Jew (the evil eye or buda) can bring illness or death. They also believe Jews transform into hyenas at night. Because of this superstition, some Ethiopians believe that any misfortune that befalls them can be avenged by killing a Jew, burning their homes and more.

“We are the first they blame,” Moges said.

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History of the Hidden Jews Origins of the Jews in Ethiopia vary. Are they descendants of the lost tribe of Dan? Did they come from Israel to Ethiopia with Menelik I, son of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon? Are they associated with the Levites, who brought the Ark of the Covenant to safety in Ethiopia? No theory can be proven.

Jews, known as Beta Israel (House of Israel), first settled in Gondar in northern Ethiopia. About 400 years ago, ancestors of today’s Hidden Jews migrated to North Shewa, south of Gondar.

The Beta Israel were not allowed to practice Judaism, so they observed Jewish customs secretly, living publicly as Christians for centuries. Their teachings were transmitted orally, with no documents that might be used against them.

The Beta Israel are known as skilled craftsmen. They migrated to Addis Ababa and settled in Kechene, just outside the city, about 100 years ago when requested to build the imperial palace.

Today, the population of the Beta Israel of North Shewa is estimated at 150,000.

They are all ancestral Jews and most stay hidden by outwardly observing Christianity and, at the same time, retaining some Jewish customs. They do not intermarry with Christians and the Christian community does not accept them as real Christians.

Now more than 200 of the Hidden Jews in Kechene practice Judaism openly.

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Poverty is rampant among the Hidden Jews, Moges said, adding, “Most people live hand to mouth and use what little money they earn to buy food.” He says they make about 90% of Ethiopia’s crafts — pottery, weaving, blacksmithing and metal work using ancient methods — and are known as the Bal Ej (crafts makers). In Ethiopia, these are seen as lowly professions. Because of superstition, no one will buy from them directly in the market, so a broker buys their wares and resells them.

Moges and Tazebku also told Colman of LOZA’s association with the Jambaria gedam, a small religious community in a river valley in North Shewa, not far from Debre Brehan, a city where 10,000 Hidden Jews live. Jambaria is one of 15 hidden gedams in North Shewa.

Only three welcome visitors.

The gedams are where the Beta Israel go to experience Judaism, where orphans are

raised, where the elderly go to die and receive a Jewish burial, and where pre-Talmudic Judaism (before rabbis) operates in full force.

The LOZA leaders implored Colman to help them and to share their story in the U.S. TAKING ACTION Back home, Colman studied her scribbled notes from her brief meeting with Tazebku and Moges. She began what led to months of research.

“How could what they told me be true?” she recalled. “I have been obsessed with learning all I can.”

She first contacted Malka Shabtay, an Israeli applied anthropologist who shared information about the Hidden Jews. Then Colman relied on guidance from William Recant, a former JDC executive who played a major role in the planning and coordination of Operation Solomon. He had worked with Ethiopian Jews long before that. Now retired and a JDC consultant, he told Colman he and the agency had never heard of the Hidden

Meeting Community Needs The Friends of the Beta Israel of North Shewa team returned from its mission to Ethiopia last November with community priorities for aid.

LEFT: The core team of the Friends of the Beta Israel of North Shewa at the hidden Jambaria gedam: Suzi Colman, Rabbi Joshua Bennett, gedam leader Aba Minas, Tomer Malchi and David Goldberg. ABOVE: After the Shabbat service in the Lovers of Zion Association synagogue in Kechene, Ethiopian-style challah (injera) is brought out for a blessing.

Jews before Colman contacted them.

Penny Blumenstein of Bloomfield Hills, past JDC board chair, told the JN the same thing.

Colman’s goal to help LOZA gained traction when she persuaded her rabbi, Joshua Bennett of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, to join the effort. Then she connected with David Goldberg of Cleveland, a global Jewish leader very familiar with Ethiopia who was on the JDC board for 20-plus years, and Tomer Malchi, founder of CultivAid, an Israeli NGO working in Ethiopia since 2013, who knows the culture and is well-connected there. Together, they formed the Friends of the Beta

Israel Community of North Shewa, Ethiopia. Temple Israel established the Hidden Jews of Ethiopia Fund under its nonprofit status.

To see the community firsthand, the Friends core four traveled to Ethiopia in November 2019.

Their delegation also included Robert Goldberg (David’s brother, a past chair of the Jewish Federations of North America and a Jewish Agency for Israel board member), Jon Colman (Suzi’s husband), Rabbi Gila Ruskin of Philadelphia (Jon’s sister), Yair Keinan of CultivAid and Mark Gelfand of Boston, whose STEMpower NGO has built numerous high schools and STEM centers continued on page 18 The Jambaria gedam is nestled in a river valley in the North Shewa.

RELIGIOUS/CULTURAL The community’s highest priority is for a Jewish cemetery.

“My greatest fear is I will have no place to be buried when I die,” Merede Tegegne of Kechene tearfully told the visitors. “Our people know they are not Christians. They know very well they are Beta Israel . . . When we get a burial place, 5,000-10,000 people will come out [of hiding].”

Community leaders agree a cemetery will encourage more Jews to come out of hiding in Kechene.

U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Michael Raynor and Israeli Ambassador Raphael Morav promised to talk with Addis Ababa’s mayor about land. An attorney has been retained to assist the community, funded by the Friends.

Other actions: • The Friends have paid 18 months rent on a Kechene synagogue, also to function as a community center with lodging for Ethiopian Israeli volunteers and for visiting abas (teachers) from the hidden gedams (small religious communities) outside the city. A center also is planned in Debra Brehan in North Shewa.

• 100 Hebrew/Amharic prayer books were delivered; funds have been raised for a Torah.

VOCATIONAL/OCCUPATIONAL The Hidden Jews produce crafts using primitive tools and outdated designs. Goals are for better working conditions, technology and marketing, bringing self-sustainability.

The Israeli NGO CultivAid is under contract, with founder Tomer Malchi serving as the Friends’ coordinator/strategic planner in Ethiopia for efforts relating to vocational, educational and agricultural needs to uplift the Hidden Jews. Malchi has made a grant request of $250,000 to the Jewish Federation of Cleveland to train Ethiopian craftsman with faculty from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. The grant also seeks to bring young Jewish Clevelanders to Ethiopia. Because of COVID19, this is on hold.

AGRICULTURAL At Jambaria gedam in North Shewa, CultivAid worked with the community to install a pepper spice mill and to plant fruit trees and vegetables. A gas-powered plow is coming, as well as assistance from CultivAid experts in growing crops, improving nutrition and self-sustainability. Some training of locals is under way and more is expected.

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In January 2019, the U.S.-based Friends of the Beta Israel of North Shewa spent $15,000 to send a delegation of four Israeli Ethiopian religious leaders to Ethiopia to determine if the Hidden Jews are truly Jewish. The leaders did not issue a report. The Friends team believes Israeli politics are the reason.

After relocating several waves of Beta Israel from Gondar (northern Ethiopia) to Israel since 1984, the Israeli government declared it had rescued all Ethiopian Jews. Yet thousands more emerged and await religious determination in displaced persons camps in Ethiopia so they can make aliyah. Some have waited 20 years, and most have first-degree relatives in Israel.

Members of the Lovers of Zion Association (LOZA) in Kechene, outside of Addis Ababa, would like to make aliyah, but realize it’s not possible now. So, they are focused on building community. LOZA leaders were told they cannot receive help from major Jewish agencies affiliated with the Israeli government until the issue of the encamped Gondar Jews is resolved.

“It is not our goal to get [the LOZA group] recognition as Jews so they can go to Israel,” said Rabbi Joshua Bennett of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, a Friends group leader. “Our goal is to get them recognition as a community so they can live successfully in Ethiopia.

“We’ve had conversations with the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) and the Jewish Federations of North America, and they’ve all landed on deaf ears and dead ends. We are trying to get them some authenticity so eventually they will be strong enough and organized enough to gain the attention of those organizations.”

“With Jewish communities in Ethiopia, the terms ‘Jewish’ and ‘who is a Jew?’ are very complicated,” said William Recant, a former JDC executive and an expert on Ethiopian Jews. “Four different groups over 25 years have come forward. Israel struggled with how many and when they come … Suzi and her group are doing an admirable job in bringing forth who this community is and what the community is looking for.”

David Goldberg, a 20-year JDC board member, adds his perspective. “We see a lack of caring by the organized Jewish world to do much. Because the Israeli government has not encouraged this kind of work, they have been standoffish.

“But,” he said, “it’s changing … the Israeli ambassador is sympathetic, and we are now working to get discussions on a positive level with the JDC, the Jewish Agency and local federations … This is too big of a job for just Suzi and David and Josh. We’re not trying to save or change the world. We’re just trying to wake up the Jewish world.”

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Ethiopia. The U.S. participants paid their own costs. Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia Raphael Morav also accompanied them. A videographer documented the mission for educational purposes.

In Kechene, the delegation celebrated Shabbat at the LOZA synagogue, beginning with candle lighting beside a central pole known as “Jerusalem.”

Most prayers were in Amharic (the native language), with a few recognizable Hebrew words, like eloheinu (“our God”). Men wore kippot. Rabbis Bennett and Ruskin taught the congregation to sing a traditional Shabbat prayer in Hebrew.

This was followed by questions about Western Jewish traditions and a discussion about community needs.

The delegation learned some of the 200 Jews practicing openly keep kosher, bless their children, have menorahs, recite the Shema, say HaMotzi over their version of Shabbat challah, make Kiddush over grain beer instead of wine, refrain from work on Shabbat, circumcise baby boys at 8 days old and celebrate Jewish holidays.

Men and women also sit separately.

Before Shabbat, they had traveled to the Jambaria gedam. They drove on rugged roads for several hours, then completed a treacherous descent to the river valley below on foot to reach the hidden gedam, where secrecy is a matter of survival because their Christian

neighbors fear and distrust them.

In the Beit HaMikdas, the mud prayer house, they were greeted by spiritual leader Aba Minas. Aba is Hebrew for father. The nearby river is used as a mikvah, and menstruating women separate themselves for seven days, according to pre-Talmudic tradition. Crafts also are produced here for market.

Poverty and poor nutrition are evident, but the will to live Jewishly is strong.

“MAKING HISTORY” Any lingering doubts about whether the LOZA members they met are truly Jewish were dispelled by the trip.

“When you attend a Shabbat service, the question goes away pretty quickly,” David Goldberg said. “There’s no question in my mind. I tell some of my Ashkenazi friends, ‘They are probably a lot more Jewish than you.’”

Bennett said, “The most important question is why are we doing this?

Because taking care of Jews, kol Yisrael aravim zeh l’zeh, is an important mandate of being a part of a Jewish community.

“They are asking us to help them be Jews. As a Reform rabbi, this organization, this movement, is to try to help gain access to Judaism for people who are asking to be Jews.

“When you have a Miki Moges say, ‘I’d like to learn Hebrew; I’d like to

learn worship’ — and you witness them trying that — we have an obligation to support them and to serve them.

That is the core value driving this project.”

The Friends already sent Moges for three months to study Hebrew and Torah with a rabbi in Uganda. They plan to help him attain rabbinical training to become Ethiopia’s first ordained rabbi.

This month, the Friends have arranged for Moges and Tazebku to virtually attend the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center for Conservative Judaism’s summer program in Hebrew and Torah studies.

Progress has been made on religious and humanitarian fronts, from delivery of prayer books in Hebrew and Amharic to installation of a pepper mill at the Jambaria gedam. (See sidebar on community needs.) Now, most projects are on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moges told the JN families in Kechene are sheltering at home in crowded houses with insufficient food and water, and little support from the government. With markets closed, he says, they have no place to sell their wares and earn money.

In mid-June, Moges reported the first coronavirus deaths in Kechene. “People are suffering,” he said. The Friends group, with CultivAid and LOZA, is helping them.

“In Kechene, we helped develop a face mask-making factory,” said CultivAid’s Malchi, who acts as the group’s coordinator in Ethiopia. Six sewing machines have been delivered to the LOZA synagogue, with $7,500 in funding from the Friends. “We are using their

abilities to make what the market is really asking for.

Some masks will be donated to frontline workers, some sold, with revenue given to families — a community business that really helps in this time of need.”

They now produce 300 masks a day; next up are plans to make hand sanitizer.

The pivot to give aid during the pandemic allows the Friends team to see if LOZA leaders can truly make things happen.

“They have an opportunity now,” Rabbi Bennett said.

“This is a test balloon to decide whether they can organize themselves enough to be worthy of ongoing support.

“We are hopeful, in the short term, they will get some of that by having to do so.

But, in the long term, we see our role as putting people on the ground who can intern and teach them what it means to build a community.”

The Friends leaders speak with Moges and Tazebku about twice a month to assess needs and make sure things are on track.

“We’ve had visitors from all over the world, but I can say none of them have a dedicated heart with a passion to help this community like Suzi and her group,” Moges told the JN. “They are making a grand difference we can actually physically see. Not only on paper or words, but through action and change in our lives.

“We did not get help from anybody until now.

Together, we build a bridge between our customs, beliefs and religion with the wider Jewish community of the world. We are making history.”

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Surprising

Supreme Court Decision

Ruling protects gay and transgender individuals on the job job.

SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

“This has been a huge problem in the employment area. There was no protection for firing for being gay or a gender change.

This is not, in fact, a lifestyle choice but an Deborah Gordon inherent part of who you are. It has nothing to do with your ability to do your job. As an American, you should be protected.”

Sam Dubin, 28, of Royal Oak is a founder of NEXTGen Pride, a group of LGBTQ individuals affiliated with the Jewish Federation’s Sam Dubin NEXTGen Detroit program for younger adults. He said this was a “really momentous decision. Before you could get married on Sunday, show up for work on Monday and then be fired. This has been a state-by-state issue. You could be covered in one state but not another.”

Ron Elkus, 60, a member of the local LGBTQ community and a Huntington Woods resident, said, “This is absolutely amazing for the LGBT community. It affects everyone who is LGBT. It’s bigger than marriage equality.”

The ruling has a strong Ron Elkus Michigan connection because one of the three plaintiffs was Aimee Stephens, a funeral director who was fired by a Garden City funeral home after announcing that she had undergone a gender transition and would begin to dress as a woman at work. Stephens, who died last month of kidney disease, decided to contest her job termination with help from the Michigan ACLU in 2013.

Jay Kaplan, 59, an Oak Park resident and senior lawyer for the LGBT Project of the Michigan ACLU, has worked closely with Stephens since then.

“This is bittersweet since Aimee passed away on May 12. She

wanted to help other transgender people and was very dedicated to the cause despite her health,” he said.

Kaplan explained that initially Stephens filed a civil rights suit through the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission.

After a district court ruled in her employer’s favor, she appealed and won in the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Sixth Circuit.

That decision was challenged by the funeral home, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative nonprofit group. Stephens appealed to the Supreme Court with the ACLU arguing her case.

“We were cautiously optimistic throughout the process. The court has become more conservative. We had the Jay Kaplan right arguments and a terrific team of lawyers,” Kaplan said.

He points out that only 21 states have civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination against ACLU

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une is Pride Month, and a recent Supreme Court decision provides a special reason to celebrate. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Michigan website says it all: “Landmark victory — SCOTUS rules it is illegal to fire someone for being LGBTQ.” In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that prohibits discrimination based on gender in the workplace applies to gay and transgender individuals as well.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority: “The answer is clear. An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex. Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids.”

According to Deborah Gordon, a Bloomfield Hills lawyer who specializes in employment and civil rights issues,

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gt. Cary Glazer serves with the Wayne State University Police Department in the Crime Abatement Team (CAT). He has been a police officer for more than 19 years.

He always wanted that career. “As a favor to a friend, whose children attend Hillel Day School, I talked with students about policework as a career,” he said. “I would joke with them: ‘See what happens if you do not do well on your LSAT or MCAT.’ But, actually, I always wanted to be a cop since I was little.”

“I am not an expert; I am not even cop of the year. I am always learning.

I make mistakes and try to learn from them.”

— SGT. CARY GLAZER

Glazer discusses policing passionately, but he does not claim to know the answers.

“I am not an expert; I am not even cop of the year. I am always learning. I make mistakes and try to learn from them.”

Here is what he has learned: • “A police officer is a social worker — with a gun.

Generally, when people call

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the police, they are out of options. A police officer is usually the last person people want to see. They call on us when the situation is bad enough. Our job is not to make it worse.”

• “If you do not want to help, then you should be in another line of business.

You will meet people from other cultural backgrounds as a police officer. Your job is always to serve them.

We Jews, especially, should really understand that.

Nobody wanted us here in America. I am not trying to compare relative levels of suffering of blacks and Jews, but we should understand how

it feels to be not understood by the majority culture.”

• “We are there to serve and protect — but mostly to serve the public.” You could get a different impression from television. “There are tens of thousands of contacts per week between police and the public every day without any problem, without publicity or fanfare: Helping someone across the street or giving a driver good directions.”

At the Wayne State University Police Department, Glazer recalled getting a phone call from a faculty member who had left the building and forgot to turn off the coffee machine. “We went into the

closed building, found his office and turned off the coffee pot. Is that part of policing?

That is service.”

• “Our job is not to make things worse. If a police officer posts support for a white supremacist group, that person should not stay on the force. To feel that way, even without going public, they disqualify themselves.”

• “A police officer who beats anyone should not be a police officer. Don’t go into law enforcement if you want to do that.”

When force is necessary: “Officers do not want to take a life but sometimes are left no choice.” continued on page 26

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“This is absolutely amazing for the LGBT community. It affects everyone who is LGBT. It’s bigger than marriage equality.”

— RON ELKUS legislature’s openly gay members, issued a statement that included support for legislative change on behalf of gay and transState Sen. gender individJeremy Moss uals: “This decision — from a conservative-led court, no less — ought to propel the Michigan legislature to carry on this work and extend these employment protections to those in Michigan facing housing and

public accommodation discrimination. We have the legislation to do so in Senate Bill 351 and House Bill 4688, which would amend the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, and we welcome our colleagues to join us in celebrating Pride Month and embracing equality.”

Both the National Council of Jewish Women and the Reform Movement issued statements supporting the decision and noting that Judaism believes “that we are all made in the image of

the Divine — we all have inherent dignity and worth.”

Beverly Liss, president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit stated, “The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit applauds the Supreme Beverly Liss Court’s ruling that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act forbids employment discrimination against LGBTQ individuals. We believe that LGBTQ individuals must be guaranteed fair treatment and equality under the law.

It is heartening to see today’s Supreme Court decision, particularly during this time of national reflection about civil rights and protections afforded to all Americans.”

JOHN HARDWICK

against gay and transgender individuals. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Equality Act to ensure their rights. However, Kaplan says that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has kept it from consideration in the Senate and President Trump has promised to veto it if passed.

Michigan is one of the states without legislation to protect gay and transgender individuals from discrimination. The ElliottLarsen Civil Rights Act, passed in 1976, prohibits discrimination because of race, national origin, age, religion, marital status and other criteria but doesn’t specifically include gay and transgender individuals.

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• You can go from hero to zero in seconds: “In some instances, they (officers) make mistakes, whether due to lack of training or indifference to the welfare of a person. There are times I have seen video on TV where I agree with the public and I think, ‘What was that cop thinking?’ Should the other officers have intervened to protect George Floyd? From what I have seen, absolutely yes!”

• Intervening with a fellow officer “is good for morale because it protects everyone.”

Effective intervention: “A fellow officer sees an officer getting out of control, and says ‘You know what? I’ve got it. Go back to the car.’ Let go of your ego, if you have one, and get in the car. You should not have an ego if you are a cop.

“When a person is in our custody, in our care, our control, whether they committed a crime or we are giving them a ride as a favor, we are responsible for their safety. If they complain of a health issue, it is our duty to get them health care. We have to protect them from harm, not only from us, but also from harming others and even from self-harm. It is the most important thing that we do. We take them to the hospital, even if they have committed a triple homicide.

People have a right to expect

us to protect; we have the responsibility to protect. It is not for us to judge.”

• “Peaceful protesters are not doing anything wrong.

We have to protect them.

Maybe they should not be in the street, but if they are, we have to make sure that they don’t get hit by a car.

“Ideally, the police work with the leaders of demonstrations to keep everyone safe. People have a right to protest.

“I have seen white agitators from out of the area show up at a peaceful demonstration and commit vandalism, and loot … a few agitators can give the whole black community a bad name.”

• Perception is reality: “I can’t tell other groups how they should or shouldn’t feel, based on their life experience, when I haven’t been there. Conversely, don’t paint the police with a broad brush when you haven’t been there.”

• Communities need funds: “When people say they want to ‘Defund the Police,’ I think they are saying we need funds for other areas. I do not support ‘Defunding the Police.’ I do support the diversion of funds elsewhere to create or increase funding for things that will help the citizens and children of the communities we serve, the schools, the neighborhoods, the mentally ill. That is a government decision.”

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Jews in the D

Social Media Nightmare A Southfield dermatologist was hacked.

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r. Emily Levin, a Southfield dermatologist, couldn’t figure out why her cell phone kept vibrating during a recent patient visit. After the appointment, she grabbed the phone and saw she had several missed calls and messages. Each one informed her of a disturbing post found on the office Facebook and Instagram pages.

Someone hacked the social media pages of Northwest Dermatology Group and posted a racially insensitive message, making it look like it came from the doctor’s office. The post was made on Instagram, and simultaneously appeared on the practice’s Facebook page.

It said, “We get it. We understand you people. Can we move on, please? This is draining.”

Levin also received an email from Instagram, letting her know her password had been changed. A separate email revealed the identity of the person who changed the account.

She recognized the name: a former employee.

The doctor immediately removed the posts, changed the password and contacted local and federal authorities.

An investigation is under way, and a suspect identified.

Although the posts were quickly deleted, screenshots were shared hundreds of times.

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The office was flooded with calls. Patients voiced concern and support.

“My staff was overwhelmed and devastated,” said Levin.

“This is not a reflection of who we are. We’ve always stood for social justice. We have been serving the black community and other minority communities for over 60 years, and we will continue to serve [them].”

In retrospect, Levin said the office lacked proper security policies and procedures, which led to the cyber-attack.

“We sincerely apologize to our community, our staff and our patients for that,” she said.

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While in previous years there has been an excess of employers willing to participate in the program, which runs early July to mid to late August, this year is more challenging as some businesses still remain closed due to the pandemic or are in the process of re-opening.

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Thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank on June 6, 2020.

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What Is Israel Really Protecting?

As annexation looms and police violence rears, we must reflect on Israel’s claims to protect Jews all over the world.

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Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, Israel ome 6,000 people gathered on a Saturday evening in a peaceful demonstration to protest the proposal to annex more of the West Bank, slotted to be executed on July 1. Jews and Arabs gave heartfelt speeches about the destructive consequences of occupation; Bernie Sanders sent in a message from the U.S saying millions support the attempt to not give up on peace.

It was a relatively calm night, with few police arrests (a Haaretz journalist among them) and a few counter-protesters. This demonstration meant something, but I’m not exactly sure what.

After a 24-hour news cycle, everybody moved on. This is a familiar pattern: Some people gather in a show of solidarity and a burst of adrenaline; then we, the media, forget anybody was there. The conversation moves on to whatever crisis is currently in style. The systems we’re protesting, then, can pretend we aren’t protesting at all and continue doing the same thing they’ve always done.

It seemed like this time would be different. The wave of protests around the U.S has gathered momentum around the world. Demands are specific and already bearing fruit. Jewish communities, famil-

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iar with the dangers of white supremacy, are among those turning out to support black people in their fight for justice.

But in Israel, people idly sit by with deadly indifference. It’s easy to watch the news from America and act as if it’s all far away. It’s easy, like we forget our protests happened, to forget what they were about.

Salamon Taka was an 18-year-old Ethiopian Israeli killed by an off-duty police officer who claimed to feel threatened for his life in 2019. Iyad El-Hallak was an autistic 32-year-old Palestinian man killed by a police officer for holding a “suspicious object” (no weapon was found, and Iyad’s caretaker said both she and Iyad tried to tell the officers there wasn’t one) around the same time of George Floyd’s murder.

These two deaths were unnecessary, and they weren’t the first. Yet when protests do happen—in Jaffa, Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv — there is a wall. Too many of us don’t show up. Like with annexation, while many Israelis don’t necessarily support it, we’re content living with it. Too many of us respond, “It’s not OK, but…”

That “but” is the crux of the matter.

That “but” is a deeply ingrained belief that when a police officer or IDF soldier kills someone without any reason, it’s a mistake

they must be able to make—so when the time comes, they can protect the Jewish nation against actual threats without any misgivings. At the end of the day, that’s why we’re here. That’s why we fight all these wars — to protect the Jewish nation.

But at this point in history, is protecting the Jewish nation really what Israel is doing? If we say Black Lives Matter’s support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement means we cannot support them as they “go against us,” are we protecting ourselves or are we refusing to see the connection between racism all over the world? We are not different. We are not, somehow, exempt.

Israel has come uncomfortably close to the very same people whom we have a responsibility to not only stand against, but also act against. This isn’t about BDS nor BLM; this is about acknowledging racism in Israel. Regardless of what we’ve experienced in terms of wars and terror attacks, regardless of what we think is the right way to solve the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, regardless of who we think is against us. Because that’s our responsibility as a Jewish nation.

Michael Elias is a young Jewish non-binary poet and writer, currently studying comparative literature and history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

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ascination with works of art formed from glass has brought artists and collectors from around the world to Habatat Galleries in Royal Oak. For 47 years, going back to Habatat’s presence in Southfield, an annual event has showcased new work. The Annual International Glass Invitational, held each spring, also has offered programs for attending artists and collectors.

COVID-19 was not about to stop Habatat owner Aaron Schey from putting on the largest and oldest international glass art show, which was founded 49 years ago by his father, Ferdinand Hampson. The pandemic would just move his efforts in a digital direction.

Some 100 artists will be showing and discussing their works and studios through video presentations enabled by Glass 48: Habatat Direct (glass48.com). Schey also arranged for an introductory documentary video by Harvey Littleton, the father of the modern glass movement.

“When I was talking to the artists who were expressing their fears about the future of their work, it inspired me to create this new type of online gallery experience and

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make it as exciting as possible,” said Schey.

“By creating this virtual experience, we are able to bring the latest in the world of studio glass, not only to collectors and museum creators, but also to a whole new audience — an even broader audience.

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and we think Glass 48: Habatat Direct offers light and inspiration in this moment of darkness.”

Three artists of Jewish heritage, each participating in the annual glass invitational for more than 20 years, readily discussed their new projects and the impact of the digital

presentations.

Irene Frolic, based in Toronto, is presenting a work entitled “She Loves Us Still: Water.” Frolic wanted to express that “even though we are nature’s errant children, wasting our bounty, [nature] loves us still and is laboring hard to protect us.”

This piece is an example of how Frolic can explore the human condition, hopes and fears. It is made through kiln casting, which has her starting with clay, building a mold around the clay, emptying the clay and filling the mold with recycled plate glass before heating, melting and cooling. “[This work] describes our place in the human experience and our longing to experience and be part of existence,” explained Frolic, who wasn’t able to provide a video of her studio, which she describes as “the humblest.”

Frolic, who misses the essence of celebration experienced in attending the annual event, was born in Poland in 1941 and “considers it a miracle that she is here almost 80 years later.” That has been at the core of her questioning and making.

Steve Linn, who is based in France, focuses on people who have brought great art and

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LEFT: Artist Alex Bernstein at work in his studio. His art is also featured in the digital show. TOP: Steve Linn’s “Four Sketches on Dances by Alvin Ailey.” RIGHT: Irene Frolic’s “She Loves Us Still: Water.”

“By creating this virtual experience, we are able to bring the latest in the world of studio glass not only to collectors and museum creators but also to a whole new audience.”

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science into the world. This year, he has selected two men of history to spotlight — American choreographer Alvin Ailey and German visual and performance artist Joseph Beuys.

“I have always felt dance is a kinetic sculptural medium, and the Ailey company is the epitome of that idea,” Linn said.

“Beuys had a colossal influence on the post-World War II generation of artists.”

Viewers will see Linn’s studio in Claret, a wine country village of 1,500 people, which he describes as interesting and pretty.

Linn’s Jewish heritage can be traced through his late father, a woodworking teacher who interested his son in three-dimensional processes. Over the years, Linn’s projects have included attention to Jewish subjects, such as Albert Einstein and sculptor George Segal, but not because of their religion.

The use of materials beyond glass enhance Linn’s very large structures.

“I wanted to participate with Habatat because I believe in the gallery,” he said.

“It’s been a wonderful partner.”

Laura Donefer, based in rural Ontario,

also misses being with colleagues and collectors, but she is glad to be part of this digital initiative. Viewers will see examplesof her blown and flame-worked efforts.

Donefer has developed new pieces to be part of her Amulet Baskets series. Her artistry is planned to bring love, joy and color into people’s homes.

“There is one color palette that means a lot to me,” said Donefer, an award-winning artist who has taught and given lectures internationally and won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Glass Art Association of Canada. “I wanted to honor yellow because … the Jewish people had to wear the yellow stars to single them out as Jews [during the Holocaust].”

With the digital event, collectors will see Donefer’s home studio for the first time, and that brings a lighter touch to her career.

“It is very messy, and I love it that way,” she explained. “Sometimes, you can’t see the floor.”

To experience the artists and works associated with Habatat, go to glass48.com through August.

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etro Detroit libraries are taking important steps in welcoming back their loyal customers as Michigan begins to reopen after months of quarantine due to COVID-19.

The Jewish News reached out to seven Detroit-area libraries, seeking details on how they dealt with the pandemic, their new rules and reopening guidelines and what services they’re currently able to provide.

Carol Mueller, the director of Bloomfield Township Public Library, told the JN that the library closed completely on March 14 except for book returns, which were open for another week, and only essential staff were allowed in the building.

Starting June 16, the library unveiled a brand new service, curbside pick-up, which means patrons can call or reserve items through the library’s catalog online, and those items will be

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pulled off the shelves, checked out to them and made available curbside at the library, Mueller said.

Curbside pick-up is a tool many libraries are implementing. The West Bloomfield Township Public Library (WBTPL) began the service on June 8, according to Director Clara Bohrer.

“All of our services are revolving around curbside pick-up,” Bohrer said. “We’ve also opened all the exterior book drops so everybody can bring back the materials they’ve been holding onto since March when we closed, and we’re forgiving all fines.”

Anne Hage, director of the Huntington Woods Public Library, said the library is tentatively opening on June 29, with special accommodations for the vulnerable.

“We’re offering services for people over 60, people who are pregnant and those with

pre-existing conditions to come in on Mondays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon, without other people in the building,” Hage said.

Many libraries may have to figure out new ways of connecting with their community because of the pandemic, and Karen White-Owens, director of the Oak Park Public Library, thinks a call service would be a good idea for library/customer relations.

“If we have a second wave of this, we can do wellness calls to check on our patrons, to make sure they’re OK and if there’s something we can get them or help them with.”

The Oak Park Public Library opened with only curbside services June 22, with hours of operation between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Carrie Ralston, director of the Walled Lake City Library (WLCL), thinks the forced shift of focusing more on online

business because of the pandemic could be a permanent one.

“It’s really interesting how we’ve adapted to online programming,” Ralston said. “We knew we couldn’t do it in person, so we would just share across all our social media. I feel like we’re going to continue doing that even after we’re able to have people back.”

WLCL began curbside pickup Tuesday through Thursdays starting June 16.

The Jewish News was not able to make contact with Southfield Public Library or Farmington Community Library staff members, but both posted updates on their websites.

On June 9, the Southfield Public Library posted, “We are glad that Gov. Whitmer’s latest executive order states that libraries may reopen … however, there is much work to be done before the library can reopen safely for the public and the staff.

“We are in the process of finalizing a phased reopening protocol that will include guidelines for appropriate distancing, usage of PPE, preparing the building and quarantining returned materials for 72 hours,” the statement continued.

Farmington Community Library (FCL) had a similar statement, also mentioning that returns will be accepted starting June 25 and that all items must be returned via the outdoor building chutes. Items currently checked out are not due back until July 31, so there is no rush to return materials. Contactless curbside pick-up for FCL starts July 6.

For all library hours, guidelines and updates, visit each library’s respective website.

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STREAMING OPTIONS: COMEDY, CRIME AND MORE The second season of the original Netflix musical/satirical series The Politician began streaming on June 19 and, boy, is it “tribe heavy.” As the season starts, star character Payton Hobart (Ben Platt, 26) is a college student in New York City. He opts to challenge Dede Standish (Judith Light, 71), a long-time incumbent, for her state senate seat.

Bette Midler, 74, co-stars as Hadassah Gold, Dede’s chief of staff. The supporting cast includes Gwyneth Paltrow, 47 (as Payton’s mother), Zoey Deutch,

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ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC JUNE 28 American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra announced that the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will hold a virtual gala in partnership with Medici TV, to benefit the orchestra three months after COVID-19 forced indefinite concert cancellations.

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The original, six-part HBO documentary I’ll Be Gone in the Dark will premiere June 28.

It is based on the best-selling 2018 book of the same name written by Michelle McNamara (1970-2016) and it chronicles her hunt for a serial killer and rapist called the “Golden State Killer” (McNamara gave him this moniker). A suspect, Joseph D’Angelo Jr., was arrested last April and, as I write this, is set to plead guilty to 13 murders on June 29. The documentary director is Emmy Featuring classical music’s premier talent, this landmark moment in the IPO’s history will be available to stream internationally, free of charge. Register online at ipogala20209@ipofund.co.il, with the broadcast to stream on Medici TV’s site.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS 11 AM-NOON, JUNE 28 The Well hosts “Finding Our Roots: A Bring your own Brunch event with JDC Entwine” on Zoom. Remember that one family tree project you had to do in middle school? As a young adult, do you have more questions about where your family came from and how they arrived in Detroit? Guests are amateur genealogist Corey Rosen and Laura Williams, director of cultural resources at Temple Beth El. Share your own family's immigration stories, learn about doing your own genealogical research and discuss the history of the Jewish community in Detroit.

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winner and Oscar nominee Liz Garbus, 50.

Note: comedian Patton Oswalt was McNamara’s husband. He appears many times in the documentary (among other things, he arranged for the completion of his late wife’s book and its publication). After Michelle’s death, he struck up a Facebook correspondence with actress and legal mediator Meredith Salenger, 50. They hit it off and wed in a Jewish ceremony in November 2017 (I don’t believe Oswalt converted to Judaism). Salenger is still best known for playing the title character in the acclaimed film The Journey of Natty Gann (1985).

Athlete A is a Netflix documentary (premiered June 24) about the sexual abuse of top female gymnasts by Dr. Larry Nassar, a Michigan State faculty member.

His victims included Olympic gold medal winner Aly Raisman, 26. The film was made by Bonni Cohen, 55, and Jon Shenk, 51

(they co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed it). They’ve long been a team. In 2017, they co-helmed An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. Cohen’s other credits include producing The Rape of Europa, a 2006 documentary about the Nazi looting of European art treasures, including those owned by Jews.

On July 1, Netflix will begin streaming Anne Frank: Parallel Stories. Narrated by Helen Mirren (The Woman in Gold), this documentary film got a limited theater release last January. Frank’s story is intertwined with the story of five other (real) girls who did survive the Holocaust. A set was created that carefully reconstructed the apartment in which Anne hid, to give, in the filmmakers’ words, “the sense of claustrophobia and oppression” Anne experienced.

Mirren reads excerpts from Anne’s diary in Anne’s re-created apartment. Had Anne Frank lived, she would have been 90 this year.

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CRISES IN JEWISH LIBERALISM 3 PM, JUNE 29 A virtual gathering on Zoom sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. Drawing upon her research on Detroit and her newest work on American Jewish philanthropy, Lila Corwin Berman shows how liberal tension between individual rights and collective protections shot through the political, economic and spatial realities of American Jewish life. Cost: $10 for members and $18 for non-members.

Register by 9 pm Sunday, June 28.

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TOUR ISRAEL NOON-1 PM, JUNE 30 Temple Shir Shalom is offering a live, virtual tour of Sefad with Rabbi Daniel Schwartz and Israeli tour guide Beni Levin. Learn the history of Sefad and stories of the Jewish mystics on this one-hour guided tour on Zoom. To

FOR JOB SEEKERS JUNE 30, JULY 7 & 14 JVS Human Services offers “The Road Ahead,” interactive Facebook webinars for job seekers and employees affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rights and responsibilities at work – Tuesday, June 30, at 10 am; Strategies for working from home – Tuesday, July 7, at 10 am; Overcoming age discrimination – Tuesday, July 14, at 10 am. Info: jvshumanservices.org.

FOR MUSIC LOVERS The Chamber Music Society (chambermusicdetroit.org) has an archive of performances that can be viewed. Check out the variety available at any time.

Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial Assistant. Send items at least 14 days in advance to calendar@thejewishnews. com.

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Heroes Health care heroes today reflect physician heroes of the Holocaust.

HEROES OF THE PAST On this 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and as we eagerly await a coronavirus vaccine, we can look to the example of Dr. Rudolph Weigl, who, during the period of the Holocaust, discovered at an institute in Lvov the first vaccine against typhus. This non-Jewish zoologist saved many lives at great risk to his own when he smuggled this vaccine to Jewish physicians in the Lvov ghetto and in Auschwitz.

Other stories of physicians caring for patients in the ghettoes and

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ven before the coronavirus spread disruption, fear and death, there was a noticeable shortage of hope and purpose among many Americans.

Declining life expectancy among several groups was attributable to high rates of suicide and drug overdose. Physicians, nurses and public health advocates Rabbi Herbert were already on the frontlines of these battles, well Yoksowitz before the COVID-19 pandemic shined a bright light on just how essential health care workers are, not just for our health, but for our sense of hope.

During this difficult period of history, one “feel good” moment we experienced was the applause given to health care workers as they left the hospital when they completed their shifts. They not only Dr. Jason used their expertise to care for the afflicted, they also Wasserman demonstrated to the rest of us virtues of selflessness, generosity and courage in the face of risk.

Further, they remained committed to the virtues of their professions even when we failed them, when we failed to follow through on our applause with proper personal protection equipment, appropriate compensation or job security.

In their commitment to the health of their patients and, indeed, to all the health of society at large, these health care workers participated in a tradition too rarely recounted, a tradition of moral courage and virtuous resistance. The health care heroes from the past cannot only place the work of our current health care workforce in its proper cultural and historical place, but can also give us hope for our future.

camps help us figure out not only how to move away from evil, but also what it means to turn toward the good.

Mark Dworzecki recognized and documented the historical moment he was in, not only preserving what might otherwise have been lost, but also encouraging others to capture their own stories.

Karel Fleischmann documented the horrors of the camps in paintings that were smuggled out of Germany at great personal risk.

Leading up to his murder at Auschwitz, his paintings and writings turned toward an apparent hopelessness. But his continued acts of artistic creation betray the resilience of hope and the humanity of struggle.

Gisella Perl spent her years in Auschwitz scheming against Mengele to save the lives of countless women. Her memoir brings into sharp relief how her commitment to humanism drove her to such bold acts of defiance.

The most famous physician survivor of the Holocaust was Dr. Viktor Frankl, who was revered as a healer and protector in Terezin and Auschwitz, and whose life’s work centered on the hope and meaning he wrenched from the struggle and the tragedy.

Frankl tried to give hope to his fellow prisoners by encouraging them to act with decency to each other, care for each other and show compassion even when the world of the camps showed little decency to them and might have fostered little for which to hope.

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For example, Frankl describes an address to camp prisoners who were being punished with starvation: “[I told them] they must not lose hope but should keep their courage in the certainty that the hopelessness of our struggle did not detract from its dignity and its meaning. I said that someone looks down on each of us in difficult hours — a friend, a wife, somebody alive or dead, or a God — and he would not expect us to disappoint him.”

As health care workers faced the difficult hours of this pandemic, and as they face future challenges that may engender burnout or even despair, it is our duty to offer them whatever support we can. The health care system cannot function without their hope.

Holocaust memoirs written by physicians abound and, without exception, the authors recount how deeply they remained connected to the spirit of doctoring even under the most horrid of conditions. In this way, even when deprived of their clinical spaces and the tools of their trades, they were able to give hope to people in the ghettos and in the concentration camps. Even amidst the often-insurmountable encroachment of evil and death, they fulfilled their purpose to bring healing to their patients. Elie Wiesel wrote in the New England Journal of

Medicine, “When I think about the Nazi doctors, the medical executioners, I lose hope. To find it again, I think about the authors, the victim-doctors.”

We should not undervalue the health care heroes of today and their commitment to our health. They have remained true to their professional oaths in spite of everything. Our hero doctors have proven they will be there for us regardless of the obstacles they face.

They deserve not only to be remembered, but also to be honored with more than slogan-support for what they have done Dr. Viktor and what they Frankl continue to do.

They are exhibiting the highest standards of the teaching, “Who is honored, one who honors his fellows” (Pirke Avot, 4:1). Let us work to salute, in real and tangible ways, our health care heroes whose actions merit honor.

Herbert A. Yoskowitz D. Div (hon.) is rabbi emeritus at Adat Shalom Synagogue and lecturer at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.

Jason Adam Wasserman, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. They are the co-authors of “Resistance, Medicine and Moral Courage: Lessons on Bioethics from Jewish Physicians During the Holocaust.” Conatus: Journal of Philosophy, Volume 4(2); 2019: 359-378.

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NANCY BOYER, 73, of Farmington Hills, died June 14, 2020.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Cathy and Robert Ooms; son, Marc Boyer; grandchildren, Jared Ooms, Noah Ooms, Jacob Ooms and Ariel Ooms; brother, Dr. Richard Goldfine; niece, Lindsey (Kenneth) Stewart; many other loving family members and friends.

Mrs. Boyer was the beloved wife of the late David Skae; the sister of the late Allan Goldfine.

Interment took place at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Huron Valley or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

EDITH BUDYK passed on Saturday, June 13, 2020, in West Bloomfield at the age of 84.

Edith was born in St. Louis, Mo., to Mildred and Louis Granow and was raised in Detroit.

She was in the first graduating class of Mumford High School and received a bachelor’s degree in education from Wayne State University. After working as a teacher for Detroit Public Schools, she became the Section 8 housing administrator for the city of Southfield, retiring from that position in 1990.

Edith and Milton lived in Southfield for many years before moving to Farmington Hills and West Bloomfield in their retirement, wintering in Delray Beach, Fla. Edith will be dearly missed by her family and many friends. Mrs. Budyk is survived by her husband of 59 years, Milton, sister, Barbara (Stewart) Beneson; daughter, Lisa (Jerome) Zimmer; son, David Burke; grandchildren, Jacob and Rachel Zimmer, and Caden Burke; niece, Elizabeth (Darren) Ross; nephew, Robert (Lisa) Beneson; and their children.

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lieu of flowers, the family suggests a charitable contribution to Jewish Family Service.

MICHAEL D. FAYNE, 77, of Long Boat Key, Florida, died June 11, 2020.

Mr. Fayne is survived by his wife, Susan Fayne; children, Tony and Shawn Fayne, Nikki and Jeffrey Jacobs, Adam and Susie Rosenberg, Darren and Emily Rosenberg, and Amy Rosenberg; grandchildren, Sasha Fayne, Reese, Sydney, Eden, Ryan, Samantha and Charlie Rosenberg, and Josh and Jake Radom; brother and sister-in-law, Ronnie and Linda Fayne; sister, Wendy Glaser.

He was the dear brother-in-law of the late David Glaser. Interment at Adat Shalom Memorial Park.

Contributions may be directed to Transplant House of Cleveland, 11514 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 44106, transplanthouseofcleveland.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

EVELYN FEIGENSON, 98, of Farmington Hills, died June 18, 2020.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Susan Feigenson and Stuart Levine, Cheryl Feigenson and Jeffrey Tindell; son and daughter-in-law, Ben and Dana Feigenson; grandchildren, Tal, Yaron, Jonathan, Daniel and Arielle Feigenson; great-grandchildren, Alaya and Alon; many other loving family members and friends.

Mrs. Feigenson was the beloved wife of the late Philip Feigenson.

Interment took place at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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A Distinguished Man Of Medicine

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r. Manuel Sklar died June 12, 2020, shortly after his 95th birthday.

He lived a life of unparalleled vigor and vitality.

Born on May 3, 1925, to Fannie and Sol Sklar, Dr. Sklar grew up in Detroit, graduated from Central High School and was drafted in 1943 when he was 18. Serving as a medic in a combat engineer unit — he had already completed one semester of college and dreamed of becoming a doctor — he marched through the south of France, up into the Ardennes Forest and into combat in Germany in 1944.

He served out the last phase of his military service with his unit in Nuremberg, where he witnessed the prosecution of Nazis for war crimes in the Nuremberg Trials.

Coming home in 1946, Dr. Sklar earned B.S and M.D. degrees from Wayne State University, lived in a flat with his parents, brother, sister and grandparents and studied in the attic to the strains of opera and classical music. He was especially devoted to his maternal grandfather Leibl Nosanchuk.

In 1949, he married Harriet Latt and they began their family in 1951, just before he graduated from medical school.

The pair loved the DSO and traveling. They had five children together. At the time of Harriet’s death, they had been married for 65 years.

Dr. Sklar completed his residency in internal medicine at Receiving Hospital in Detroit and went to the University of Chicago for his fellowship in gastroenterology, a field in which he actively practiced until age 90.

He always said he was fortunate to be able to be at U-Chicago at the time that the new field of endoscopy was being pioneered there. Dr.

Sklar was asked to join his mentor, Dr. Joseph Kirsner, in his department; but with two young children and a third on the way, he decided to return to Detroit to be close to his family.

In 1956, he opened a medical practice.

He returned to Chicago periodically to continue working on the development of flexible endoscopes with the Olympus Corporation, the Japanese company that was manufacturing them. Dr. Sklar and Dr. Kirsner maintained a close relationship as colleagues and friends until Dr. Kirsner’s death in 2012.

Dr. Sklar was board-certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology and geriatrics, and served as chief of gastroenterology at Sinai Hospital. He was an author and co-author of numerous scholarly papers throughout his long career.

Beloved by his many patients and highly respected by colleagues of all ages, Dr. Sklar was also known for being available to his patients 24/7 and making house calls long after house calls were considered too time consuming. Medicine was his passion, his joy and his identity, as evidenced by his maintenance of recertification in his three specialties. In order to improve his skills, he would devote a part of each year studying areas of medicine that were not in his specialty areas. He taught residents throughout his 80s and did not formally retire as a practitioner until the age of 90.

Dr. Sklar was a lifelong learner, reading the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal from cover to cover every day and for 30 years, learning Torah in a study group with Rabbi Eli Gordon of Southfield. He was devoted to

the Detroit Tigers and didn’t miss a Detroit Lions home football game from 1956 until just a few years ago. A Lions playoff appearance would likely have given him a reason to live for a few more years.

Dr. Sklar was also a dedicated and longtime member of Congregation Shaarey Zedek and attended Shabbat services every Saturday. He accumulated many honors in his lifetime, including being named one of the Eight Over Eighty by Jewish Senior Life in 2018.

Survivors include children, Susan Hurwitz (Martin), David Sklar (Julie Edgar), Melissa Sklar and Joel Sklar (Connie Cessante); grandchildren, Ariel HurwitzGreene (Joseph Greene), Noah Hurwitz (Lizzy), Judith Hurwitz, Jonah Sklar, Daniel Sklar and Lev Sklar; great-grandchildren, Nathaniel Greene, Gabriel Greene, Asher Hurwitz and Hamilton Hurwitz. He is also survived by his sister, Diane Blau (Larry); sister-in-law, Valerie Indenbaum; devoted companion, Elayne Galin; and many nieces and nephews.

Dr. Sklar was preceded in death by his daughter, Elizabeth Sklar; wife, Harriet; and brother Donald Sklar.

A graveside funeral was held at Clover Hill Park.

Contributions may be made to Kadima, 15999 W. 12 Mile, Southfield, MI 48176; Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, 25882 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48336; Yeshivas Darchei Torah, 21550 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48076, in honor of Rabbi Eli Gordon; or Aish HaTorah, 25725 Coolidge Hwy., Oak Park, MI 48237.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

PAUL GOLD peacefully passed away on June 17, 2020, in his home in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the beloved husband of the late Hilda Gold.

He is survived by his children, Sidney (Joan), Randy (Andrea) and Pennysue Laster (Howard). He was the adoring zayda to Nathan (Beck) Gold, Alyssa Gold, Macy and Max Laster.

Mr. Gold was the devoted son of the late Srul and the late Rose Gold.

Contributions in his memory may be made to the Farber Soul Studio Scholarship Fund.

MICHAEL JACOBSON, 75, of West Bloomfield, died June 14, 2020.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Harriet Jacobson; son and daughter-in-law, Matthew Jacobson and Leigh Jurecka; grandchild, Levi Jurecka Jacobson.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.

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AL KOVALSKY, 87, of southern California, died May 31, 2020.

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Dwoskin. He married Marcia Hendin in 1955, and she preceded him in death.

Mr. Kovalsky is survived by his sons, Robert Kovalsky (Sharon Weintraub), Bruce Kovalsky (JoLynn Reaugh) and Marty Kovalsky (Myriam van Zeebroeck); grandchildren, Jenna, Shane, Sara, Jason and Laura. He is also survived by his nieces, Beth Dwoskin (Bob Blumenthal) in Ann Arbor and Sue Green (Jim Marks) in Southfield.

LILLIAN LEDERMAN, 88, of Windsor, Ontario, died June 14, 2020.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Ron Silver, Sherry and Mark Bruni; grandchildren, Jennifer (Joshua) Borson, Samantha (Peter) Saul, Alana Silver; great-grandchildren, Ava and Levi Borson; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Lederman was the beloved wife of the late Louis Lederman; grandmother of the late Alexander Bruni.

Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions may be made to the Alex Bruni Fund at Friendship Circle or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

LILLIAN â&#x20AC;&#x153;LILLYâ&#x20AC;? LEVY, 91, of Bloomfield Hills, died June 12, 2020.

She is survived by her sons and daughtersin-law, Robert and Maggie Levy, and David and Ann Levy; grandchildren, Kate

Levy, Jill Levy and Tate Gilpin, Allison Levy, Elisabeth Levy, and Anna Levy; nephews and nieces, Cary and Joanne Levy, and Phyllis and Don Mutnick; cousins, Norman Levin, David Levin and Daniel Levin; lifelong friends, Nora Nader, Nancy Silver Shalit and Marion Wolock.

Mrs. Levy was the beloved wife of the late Norman A. Levy; the devoted daughter of the late Kate and the late Joseph Shapiro.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to University of Michigan, Norman and Lilly Levy Research Fund,1000 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

CHARLOTTE MERRITT, 90, of Farmington Hills, died June 17, 2020.

She is survived by her sons and daughtersin-law, Howard and Anita Merritt, Steven Merritt, Stewart Merritt and Betsy Kirkpatrick; daughters and son-in-law, Susan Merritt, Cathy Merritt and Daniel Harper; 16 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; many other family members and friends.

Mrs. Merritt was the beloved wife of the late Harold R. Merritt; the sister of the late Louis Hirschman and the late Sherman Hirschman.

Interment took place at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the Michigan Humane Society or the Farmington Public Library. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

BURT SAVINE, 83 formerly of West Bloomfield and Delray Beach, Fla., died June 3, 2020.

He is survived by his daughter, Toby (Steve) Silverman of Scottsdale Ariz.; grandsons, Jordan (Leslie) Silverman and Zachary (Taylor) Silverman; great-grandchildren, Wynn Silverman and Knox Silverman; sister, Liz (Jerry) Walters; niece, Lisa Walters (Daniel Applefield); nephew, Kenneth (Gina) Walters; friends; former wives, Marlene Savine and Marcia Savine Kay. He is also survived by his wife, Sharyn May, her children and grandchildren.

Mr. Savine was preceded in death by his son, Barry Savine; parents, Shirley and Louis

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JUDY SILLMAN, 94, of Pacific Palisades, Calif., died June 9, 2020.

She was born on Nov. 11, 1925, in Detroit to David and Rose (Kaplan) Spilkin and was the baby sister of six girls: June, Dora, Anne, Mary and Shirley and close sister-in-law of Maurine Sillman.

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of her life, Seymour Vander, as a student at University of Michigan in 1952. Together they had five children and over the years added several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

Family meant the absolute world to Isabel, and her most joyful times were spent surrounded by her loving family for holiday celebrations or just the usual dining out adventures.

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Temple and her association with Rabbi Sherwin Wine.

Isabel was the beloved wife of Seymour for 51 years before his passing in 2004. She was the loving mother of Deborah Vander, Lauren Rickman, Kathryn Vander, Elizabeth (Libby) Crawford and James. She was also loved by devoted relatives-in-law, Joanne Scherf, Reuben Rickman and Jeffrey Crawford. She was the cherished grandmother of Michael (Maureen), Matthew (Rachel) and Stephanie (Kyle) Crawford, Benjamin (Kate) and Jessica Vander (children of Annette Chang), Caroline, William and Eliza Vander (children of Janice Gault); great-grandmother (GiGi) of

Lars and Lennox Crawford.

In addition, Isabel highly valued her deep and abiding friendships and will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her.

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

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

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MICHAEL WEINER, 77, of West Bloomfield, died June 12, 2020.

He is survived by his children, Howard and Marlana Weiner, Laura and Matthew Katz, and Rabbi

Robert and Ellen Weiner; grandchildren, Madeline Weiner, Allison Weiner, Dayna Katz, Scott Katz, Emma Weiner, Joshua Weiner and Rachel Echols; sister-inlaw, Jan Weiner.

Mr. Weiner was the beloved husband of the late Eileen Weiner; the loving brother of the late Joel Weiner.

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 Alzheimer’s AssociationGreater Michigan Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, alz. org/gmc. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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between 12 and 13 Mile, Bingham Farms, the authenticity label may not be present.

There are various parts of Lebanon where the food may be quite different, too …. and it is many times possible that they all may cook differently, with an apparent distinction in the taste of dishes with the same name.

The main difference is caused by the varied uses of spices which is a popular difference in Lebanon … Northern and Southern.

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PEOPLE HAVE ASKED me why the chops seem to be so good at Andiamo restaurants …

No change, it is the exact same as its one-time corporate head and great Master Chef Aldo Ottaviani had used for over 50 years ago at his Italian restaurant on Kelly Road until he closed in 1988… Aldo had always insisted on using the same as he did then … It was to use only with animals fed from the field and not anemic milk-feeding methods …

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

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wrote a “Looking Back” this past April 10 about the large Jewish-owned supermarket chains in Detroit that no longer exist. Many of us remember Chatham, Farmer Jack, Great Scott and Mike Smith Wrigley. While Alene and researching Graham Landau Archivist Chair this topic in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, I also learned that Super-Sal, the largest grocery chain in Israel, was founded by Jewish Detroiters.

Well, I’m going to write once again about supermarkets. They are interesting and a vital link to our community.

Even during the current pandemic, we can all relate to our local grocery stores since all of us still need to eat!

In my previous “Looking Back,” I mentioned that, beyond the large companies, there were, of course, smaller chains as well as noteworthy stand-alone grocery stores like Dexter-Davidson and Johnny Pomodoro’s. In this regard, I received several interesting letters about other Jewish-owned supermarkets.

Susan Salesin wrote about her grandfather, Louis Dorb, who owned a grocery store from the 1900s to 1930s — “Dorb’s” — across from the Michigan Central train station on Michigan Avenue in Detroit. Unfortunately, I

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could not find any information in the Davidson Archive about Dorb’s, but I certainly appreciate knowing this history.

I had better luck finding a bit of information on “B and C Markets.” I must admit that I did not know about this small chain of supermarkets until receiving a letter from Ruth Chodoroff Newman.

Her grandfather, Joseph Newman, his brother, Peter, and Max Bachman, opened their first “Bachman and Chodoroff Market” in Detroit in the 1920s. A decade later, there were two B and C Markets in Detroit and two in Royal Oak. The chain peaked in 1950 when there were six stores but, by 1954, the two markets in Detroit had closed.

The last market closed in the 1960s.

By the way, B and C Markets still has a presence today. Its headquarters building, which opened in 1940 at 417 S. Main St., Royal Oak, is still in use today. This information can be found on Wikipedia.

Other letters reminded me about another small, but very popular, chain of Jewishowned markets: Hiller’s.

Sidney Hiller opened his first store in 1941 under the name of “Shopping Center Market.”

It was well-stocked with food the Jewish community craved.

Before the seven-store chain was sold to Kroger in 2015, Sidney’s son, Jim, was Hiller’s CEO. There is an excellent

story in the May 15, 2008, issue of the JN about Hiller’s Markets.

It should also be noted that, Bachman, n, the Chodoroffs and Hillers all contribut-ed to Detroit Jewish organizations and were supporters of Israel.

In particular, I recommend commen nd nd you read Jim Hiller’s letter in n the April 6, 2004, issue of the he JN. He and his markets weree experiencing a great deal of threats and protests becausee Hiller himself openly supported Israel. The letter is a worthy read, a demonstration of personal fortitude and conviction of principles in the face of anti-Semitism.

We may miss shopping at these markets, but it is good to know that they and their shopppers played an importportory of ant role in the history Detroit’s Jewish community.

Want to learn more? Go to thee DJN Foundation archives, avail-able for free at www.djnfounda-tion.org.

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