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JEWS IN THE D 12 Protest at Detroit ICE Jews join vigils to express objections to immigration policies.

13 Deportations Resume ICE targets Iraqi immigrants with a “final order of removal.”

16 Readers Share Favorite Memories of the Palace 20 Diamond Dandies Pickup game has been going strong for 40 years.

20 Neo-Nazi Flyers Posted at Local Jewish Cemetery 22 Lovefest Oak Park High class of 1969 rocks their 50th reunion.

24 Student Startup Seaholm High School student starts waffle company and helps support local business.

28 Israeli Dance Master Sunny Segal retires after 60 years, but her dance legacy lives on in her students.

32 We Need to Talk … and Listen, Too Federation launches podcast as latest channel of communication in youth mental health program.

34 Faces & Places 36 Love, Devotion and Tenacity A new lung lets Loretta and Sy Ziegelman celebrate their 60th anniversary and beyond.

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e’ve all got one; we use it regularly and it’s something our parents likely spent ages agonizing over for us before we were even born.

Yup, our names!

Some people have something cute or fun about their names. Their initials spell a word or are the same as an airport code, for instance.

Pamela Alexis Madgy and Amy Michelle Rochel Burstyn Yashinsky have it Contributing Writer super handy — their initials spell out their names.

When Robin and Jon Goldstein’s miracle baby was born 11 years ago, they named her Olivia Mira — thrilled that her OMG initials fit perfectly.

Others may find their initials spell something a little less pretty. For example, Lauren Dembs Lesson, who said about her initials, “Just call me cholesterol ‌ The bad kind!â€? Then there are folks like Andrea Simone Stierna, who can never get anything monogrammed!

Then there are those who don’t think there’s anything unusual about their names until they get a work email account. It’s often first initial,

last name, at workplace dot com. Poor Sarah Kinny, Susan Tinker and Simon Lob. And then there are all the new name combinations that come from taking someone else’s name. One delicious anecdote: Francie Fruitman said her mother-inlaw married a Fruitman and her sister married an Apple.

I’ve heard of someone named La-a, pronounced Ladasha (yes, you read the dash) and another kid named Abc (pronounced A. B. C.) Sometimes it seems that the world’s playground is so big we’re practically taking it as a challenge to come up with more creative and memorable names for kids these days.

There’s no shortage of jokes about names. Here’s a handful: What do you call a woman with a frog on her head? Lily. What do you call someone hanging on a wall? Art. What do you call a girl with one leg shorter than the other? Eileen. What do you call a guy who falls overboard and can’t swim? Bob. What do you call a man on the barbershop floor? Harry.

And this is all before we even start exploring the wonderful world of last names. Some last names really lend themselves well to a story. One poor

Our Story kid got punned all over the place when he got injured on a skiing trip (“Oh, no ‌ Ben Feldâ€?).

And headlines are more interesting when politicians have good last names: “He was Putin his place.� “He was Biden his time.�

Speaking of headlines, I’ve already picked one out for when I win the state lottery: Rochel’s Burstyn with joy.

Don’t worry if your name is unremarkable. Some folks with the most “boring� of names can do remarkable things. (Think Harry Potter.)

There’s a Jewish thought that your name is special; it says something about your potential and your essence. Traditionally, we also often name after ancestors, which connects us to the past, helps give families continuity, honors the departed and can give people a sense of belonging.

Even if it’s a popular one (you name it, someone’s got it), you make yours unique simply by being you ‌ so go out there and make a name for yourself! â–

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He Who Saves One Life There is a Hebrew adage which goes: He who saves one person is as if he saves an entire world. Teenage lifeguard Maya Greenstein did just that when she saved the drowning little girl by applying her knowledge of CPR on her and saved her life (July 18, page 18). In Hebrew, the name of a lifeguard is matzil or matzilah for a female, which means a “saver.� Brave teenager Maya Greenstein certainly fits this beautiful designation.

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Importance of Holocaust Education Recently, a high school principal

in Florida stated, “Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened.�

This is surely significant to so many of us who winter in Florida and actively support Holocaust education. Florida’s legislature was one of the first to mandate that the “systematic planned annihilation of European Jews and other groups by Nazi Germany� was “a watershed event in the history of humanity� and it should be taught “as a means of teaching the ramifications of prejudice, racism and stereotype.�

This 1994 act was particularly welcome in view of the large population of survivors who live in Florida, who were grateful that their history and experiences would be presented in classrooms throughout the state. To implement the

mandate, the Palm Beach School district hired a full-time Holocaust program planner. Nonetheless, the mandate was poorly funded, and for the program to succeed, teacher training and classroom materials would be essential.

In 2009, inSIGHT Through Education, a nonprofit organization, was founded in Palm Beach Gardens to support Holocaust education and raised more than $1 million for grants to do so, including a grant that has paid for annual visits to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, a life-changing experience for students, teachers and administrators.

Seven or more states have mandated Holocaust education.

The family of Dr. Charles Tenner (z’l) describe him as both an educator and a perpetual learner. Dr. Tenner passed away four years ago, having just turned 85. It took some time for his wife, Ellen, to be ready to do something in his memory, but she knew she wanted to honor him in the community. With help from daughters Karen Tenner Sachse, a former Hebrew Free Loan Board member, and Michelle Tenner Cantor, the family established the Dr. Charles Tenner Family Education Fund, as part of the William Davidson Jewish College Loan Program at HFL. “Chuck never really ďŹ nished learning,â€? Ellen said. “He loved the process of education, he liked knowing things and he never really stopped reading and questioning. He was a pharmacist and also a doctor of internal medicine, with specialties in pulmonology and endocrinology, and he spent 50 years at Botsford Hospital training interns and residents.â€? “Dad was a large presence in the lives of his students,â€? said daughter Michelle. “There was a term they all used at the hospital: Tennerizing. It was because he was tough on them, and we’ve heard from doctor friends that he was compassionate and giving of his knowledge, as well.â€?

Karen says her father placed a high value on an education, not just for himself and his students, but for his daughters. “He said empower yourself, pursue your interests and follow your dreams.� “I’ve always admired Hebrew Free Loan,� Ellen said. “It’s an organization with high standards, built around improving our community. This fund will further fund educations for Jewish students in Michigan. I think he would be proud to put his name on learning, since that was so much of who he was.�

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pon landing at Ben-Gurion Airport last month, I see the blue and white graced with the Magen David (Star of David) that blankets a nearby hangar as my plane rolls by. These two beautifully overlaid equilateral triangles that form the six-pointed star are representative of the only free democracy in the Middle East. Though not Jewish, I felt the level of excitement and inner peace and the feeling of happiness no different than that of a Jew in the diaspora making aliyah. It was euphoric and a feeling unlike any other I had ever experienced in my world travels.

So, what brought me to Israel? I was in Brazil last November for the travel blog I started on Instagram @eyesofthepeople, about traveling to nations and seeing them through the #eyesofthepeople who live there. As part of my travels, I also team up with a special charity in the country I visit to make a positive impact. While in Brazil I contacted a friend, retired Lt. Col. Tiran Attia, who served almost 30 years in the IDF and co-founded Special in Uniform (SIU) along with Ariel Almog. It resulted in my traveling to Israel from June 10-24 and partnering with SIU and the IDF to highlight this special group, which helps fully integrate people with disabilities into the IDF. I wanted to share this

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amazing program with the world.

SIU has helped many Israelis with special needs achieve their dreams. They wanted to give back to their nation by serving in uniform but were excluded from military service. Tiran and Ariel, with assistance from the Jewish National Fund, changed all that. They knew that to maintain one of the strongest militaries in the world, everyone had to be included. And they are!

It was truly a dream come true not just for these new soldiers of the IDF but for me, too, as I was living vicariously through their experiences. I was denied military service into the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy because of my visual disability. On June 13, I had the honor of placing a beret on the head of a newly minted IDF soldier at a ceremony at Hatzerim Air Force Base in the Negev. A couple of days earlier, I interacted with SIU soldiers doing intel work and other projects at Palmachim Air Base near Rishon LeZion and Tel Aviv.

And, during this trip, I am proud to share that Tiran is working with U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Freidman and our Department of Defense to implement a similar program for providing opportunities to serve in the military for Americans with special needs.

Aside from my social impact work in

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Israel, I had the opportunity through @eyesofthepeople to showcase the beauty of this amazing and majestic nation.

The Israel that I witnessed is different from what you see on the news. I immersed myself into the daily life of everyday Israelis, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and Haifa and beyond. I walked the streets in the middle of the night and never felt safer in my life. I broke bread and shared stories with Iraqi Jews at a shuk in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Market, sharing stories of the common bond between Chaldeans, like me, and Jews.

I hiked up Masada to witness an epic sunrise, the kind that King Herod witnessed while fending off Roman aggressors. I walked amongst ibex and dipped into waterfalls at Ein Gedi. I muddied myself and bathed in the mineral-rich Dead Sea and was rejuvenated. Haifa was also a highlight, as this beautiful port city was home to my grandfather for five years. He helped in Israel’s economic success prior to its independence in 1948, working on an oil pipeline connecting Kirkuk, Iraq, to Haifa.

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I am eternally grateful to have had an opportunity to partner with SIU, the IDF and sponsors such as Farmington Hillsbased venture capital firm Lis Ventures and the world’s only empowerment platform for peoples with disabilities, Tel Aviv-based YooCan. I commend the bravery of these fine soldiers for overcoming obstacles and realizing their full potential. This is truly representative of the Israel that I saw, preserving Jewish values with the idea of showing and extending respect beyond families; everyone is unique and special and should be loved.

My love for this place IS-RAEL! Michigan native Johnny Oram is a social entrepreneur and is the founder of the travel and social impact blog Eyes of the People, found on Instagram at @eyesofthepeople and on the web at eyesofthepeople.com.

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The Beginning of a Leadership Journey COURTESY OF AARON STARR

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hat happens when two rabbis from two different congregations in the Detroit area gather in Jerusalem with a diverse group of 23 other Orthodox, Conservative and Reform North American rabbis and three Israeli rabbis to study Jewish sacred scripture in one of the most prestigious leadership programs for rabbis in the field? “Ki mitzion teitzei Torah u’dvar HaShem meYerushalayim” — For out of Zion shall go forth the Torah and the word of God from Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:3).

With profound gratitude to the William Davidson Foundation and with deep appreciation to our respective synagogue families, we are honored to be part of the seventh cohort of the Rabbinic Leadership Initiative (RLI) of the Shalom Hartman Institute.

“Hartman,” as it is warmly called, is a leading center of Jewish thought and education, serving Israel and North America. Its mission, founded on rigorous text study and collaborative peer learning, “is to strengthen Jewish peoplehood, identity and pluralism, enhance the Jewish and democratic character of Israel, and ensure that Judaism is a compelling force for good in the 21st century.”

Over the next three years, we will spend 17 weeks at the Hartman Campus in Israel as well as countless hours of online distance learning stateside, exploring issues of peoplehood, faith and spirituality, ethics and morality in order to provide visionary leadership to our synagogues, our Detroit Jewish community and the Jewish people.

We write this from Jerusalem, preparing to return to Detroit after completing our nearly four-week summer unit of learning with scholars such as Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, Dr. Yehudah Kurtzer, Dr. Elana Stein Hain and Rabbi Lauren Berkun.

EXPANDING AND SETTING BOUNDARIES We wrestled with that which will guide our studies for the next year: issues of peoplehood, including a special emphasis on the relationship between Israel and world Jewry. We are immersed in traditional and contemporary texts that

Rabbis Ariana Silverman and Aaron Starr at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem

explore ancient, medieval and modern definitions of the boundaries of Judaism and the Jewish people — who was and who is “in” and “out.” Perhaps more importantly, we are discussing in our diverse group the implications of inclusion and exclusion with an eye toward the 21st-century American Jewish community and the implications for our relationship with Israeli Jews.

Our own synagogue families are case studies of the expanding boundaries of modern Judaism. The Downtown Synagogue and Congregation Shaarey Zedek warmly welcome many who previously may have experienced rejection by the mainstream Jewish community, including Jews of color, Jews who are LGBTQ+, non-Jews interested in Judaism and the non-Jewish partners of Jews, among others. In addition, we firmly believe in partnering with and building bridges among Jews of all streams and with our Israeli brothers and sisters, as well as our non-Jewish friends with whom we share the goals of pursuing peace in the world and in offering compassion and support to those in need.

At the same time, the boundaries of the Jewish people cannot be completely open. Lines must be drawn. In some communities, they continue to exclude in one way or another those whom we now welcome. In other communities, they may draw their lines, for example,

to exclude those identifying as Jews but who have not (yet) begun conversion, those who want to sit among the congregation but are practicing Christians or those who reject the right of Israel to exist in peace and security as a democratic Jewish state. There is an endpoint to a community’s level of tolerance, and communities are challenged in how they draw that line.

IS EXCLUSION NECESSARY? Moreover, while questions of boundaries about those with whom we would associate religiously and those with whom we would not associate religiously naturally occupy our conversations, the learning expands to address the current state of discourse in the United States. That is to say, might someone’s political beliefs or how they express those beliefs justify their exclusion from our lives? For many in our area and around the country, the answer is a resounding “yes.”

In addition, at what point is one justified or unjustified in calling another “traitorous,” “unwelcome” or “apostate” — whether with regard to that person’s religious beliefs or political beliefs? We believe there are moments when exclusion is justified, but that the lines are being drawn way too often and way too narrowly so that our society is quite literally breaking down before our eyes.

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Those of us from Michigan who have been part of the inSIGHT fundraising process in Florida were gratified when our state mandated instruction about the Armenian genocide along with the Holocaust. Clearly it has never been more important to teach that such horrific events happened, considering the huge number of Americans who have never heard of Auschwitz or even know the unimagined horrors of the Jewish people’s mass extermination.

The Florida principal was removed from the school and reassigned, which brought some satisfaction. Members of the community had stated his remarks were offensive and incomprehensible in view of his administrative position, and the survivors, many of whom we know, expressed anguish and disbelief.

In response to this obvious need for more attention to Holocaust education, inSIGHT has joined with Federation, the JCRC and numerous other organizations. Along with its purpose to teach about the Holocaust, it recognizes the importance of opposing hatred and bigotry and encouraging tolerance and respect.

As two of the original founders of inSIGHT, we believe it offers a model for Michigan and other states to follow. Educators need tools and training if we expect them to teach the lessons of the Holocaust. The dramatic event in Florida verifies ignorance that must be addressed.

Edith Broida Anita Naftaly InSIGHT Through Education Co-presidents

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Is Support for Open Borders Really in Tune with Jewish Values?

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merican Jews have a long and understandable tradition of advocacy for immigrants. That’s due in part to the fact that most Jews were the children and grandchildren of immigrants as the community first began to assert itself into the political life of the country in the 20th century. It’s also because the plight of those who were denied entry to the United States and other potential sources of refuge for Jonathan Tobin those Jews seeking to flee Nazi Germany and occupied Europe during the Holocaust is imprinted upon the political memory of most Jews.

So, it’s hardly surprising that much of the organized Jewish community has little sympathy for President Donald Trump’s positions on illegal immigration. That includes distaste for his desire to build a wall on America’s southern border, as well as contempt for controversial policies that led to the separation of families of those who entered the country illegally. And it now extends to revulsion toward the deplorable conditions at detention camps as the resources of the federal government have been overwhelmed by a surge of migrants and often dubious asylum claims by economic migrants in the last several months.

But there is a difference between supporting more liberal immigration laws and empathy for those who came here illegally and the more radical stands on these issues that are increasingly become mainstream on the left.

The left-wing Jewish groups that are organizing the growing number of demonstrations against the work of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and essentially opposing any enforcement of laws against illegal immigration think they are representing the views of most Jews these days. And they might be right.

The Democratic presidential candidates were nearly unanimous during their recent debates about supporting the decriminalization of illegal entry into the United States. They are similarly united behind measures like providing free government health care for illegals.

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ogies to the plight of illegal immigrants and asylum-seekers to the Holocaust, many are continuing to do just that.

Indeed, the coalition of left-wing organizations organizing the protests against federal law enforcement aren’t just applauding Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez’s labeling of detention centers as “concentration camps,” they’ve named their group “Never Again Action.”

The support they have garnered is indicative of two things: genuine horror about the conditions at federal facilities and partisanship.

Claims that all those who are flooding across the border are in some ways analogous to Jews fleeing for their lives from a Nazi death sentence are as absurd as they are false. Still, the hardships faced by those in custody were bound to generate outrage from Jews, who are naturally sympathetic to downtrodden underdogs.

It’s also true that many of those leading these protests are guilty of blatant hypocrisy.

It was, after all, only six months ago that the same people now denouncing the conditions at the border today were just as adamant in claiming that Trump’s arguments about there being a crisis there were false. Whether you agree with the president about the need for a wall, in retrospect, the position taken by his critics, which generated a lengthy government shutdown, was disingenuous.

Their hypocrisy is also compounded by the fact that the same Democrats decrying Trump voiced no protests when families were separated, immigrants imprisoned and millions deported on President Barack Obama’s watch.

To note this hypocrisy is not to gainsay the need for the government to improve conditions at the detention centers.

But in assessing this debate, we also have to acknowledge that Trump’s critics and the Democratic candidates have departed from traditional Jewish positions on immigration. That means the notion that the community is obligated to follow along and echo some of these radical Democratic stands doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

The organized Jewish community has always supported more liberal immigration laws, family reunification, and an orderly and generous asylum process.

But what leading Democrats are now

proposing in terms of decriminalization and entitlements for illegals goes beyond even the granting of amnesty for those who are already in the country without legal permission. Their stands are now indistinguishable from open borders. The idea that open borders, as opposed to compassionate treatment of immigrants, is somehow consonant with Jewish values or history is pure fiction.

The accusations that the crisis at the border is the result of Trump’s moral failings are also bogus. Whatever you may think of the president, every mass movement across the border has been preceded by liberal promises that those who come here without following the rules don’t have to worry about being held accountable for breaking the law.

The only way to curtail this flood of migrants — and thereby relieve the crisis — is to make it clear that all those who try will be caught and deported.

Democratic pledges of free health care, college tuition and driver’s licenses are a neon welcome sign that led directly to the unfolding calamity at the border.

But there’s another point that needs to be emphasized. Sovereignty and the rule of law — the values that are being trashed by those making inappropriate Holocaust analogies and calling for tearing down the border — are actually good for the Jews.

The basic problem Jews faced in the 1930s was partly the result of restrictive U.S. immigration legislation, coupled with the anti-Semitic refusal of some officials to let in refugees that did qualify under the law. But it was also rooted in the plain fact that the rule of law had broken down in Europe, and Nazi aggression was aimed at destroying the sovereign rights of all nations not named Germany.

If generations of Jews have found a haven in the United States, it is because it remains a nation of laws. Destroy the rule of law — and that is exactly what Never Again Action and others who share their desire to strip the United States of its sovereign right to determine who may pass through its border are advocating — and no one, least of all religious minorities like Jews, will be safe. ■ For a related story, please see page 12.

Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of JNS— Jewish News Syndicate.

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(Hebrew Bible) and our rabbis’ perceived boundaries decide who is a Jew and who is not a Jew; who is behaving “properly” and who is not; and who is a danger to our people and who isn’t, whether Jewish or non-Jewish. Nevertheless, our rabbis made clear that, while they were willing and proud to judge the behavior of other Jews, they were for the most part profoundly reluctant to cut them out of the community. There is a lesson there.

The founder of the Shalom Hartman Institute, Rabbi Dr. David Hartman, often quoted a text (Tosefta Sotah) in which the schools of Hillel and Shammai were debating matters of Jewish law. The text then asks, “If the Torah is given by a single God, provided by a single Shepherd, how is it the case that there exist such differing interpretations (of Jewish Law)?”

The Tosefta answers the question by teaching, “Make yourself a heart of many rooms and bring into it the words of the house of Shammai and the words of the house of Hillel.”

In other words, Hartman explained, a Jew must strive to be a “person in whom different opinions can reside together … who can feel religious conviction and passion without the need for simplicity and absolute certainty” (A Heart of Many Rooms, p. 21).

We live in difficult and complicated times, where the answers to our local, national and international problems — strategically and religiously — require deep conversations and intricate nuanced approaches, as well as a tremendous amount of humility and generous listening. We look forward to continuing this dialogue and this learning with each other and with our fellow rabbis; we also look forward to continuing this learning and to beginning this dialogue with you.

May we strive to make for ourselves a heart of many rooms so that we can better learn and work together, celebrate and mourn together and, when appropriate, tear down and build up again … together. Amen. ■ Rabbi Ariana Silverman serves the Downtown Synagogue in Detroit. Rabbi Aaron Starr serves Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.

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n Friday, July 12, demonstrators took to the streets of cities across the state and across the country as part of “Lights for Liberty” vigils to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

In Detroit, a crowd estimated at 600 stood before the Rosa Parks Federal Building, the headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), lining both sides of Mount Elliott Street, waving signs and chanting slogans, beginning well before the official starting time of 6 p.m. At 7 p.m., a series of speakers, beginning with Holocaust survivor Rene Lichtman of West Bloomfield, presented their objections to current policy.

Drivers of dozens of cars honked their horns and flashed thumbs-up signs to the protesters they drove past the rally. No counter-protesters were on the scene, but some police officers were stationed near the peaceful protest.

Many in the crowd were Jewish, such as Sharon Luckerman of Detroit, who commented on the ethnic and religious

backgrounds of those at the rally. “I was moved to see the mix of Detroiters at the ICE rally. When Detroit works, when it brings people together, that’s when Detroit’s a beautiful city,” she said. “I was at the rally as a Jew and as a Detroiter. By 2019, we should be much further along in the way our countrymen and women treat people, including immigrants.”

A large sign held aloft by a team of demonstrators declared “the Birmingham Temple Congregation for Humanistic Judaism Declares Solidarity with Immigrants and Refugees.”

Rabbi Jeffrey Falick of the Birmingham Temple, who attended the protest, explained his congregation’s involvement: “What is going on at the border is beyond our imagination, a flagrant dismissal of human rights beyond anything we could have anticipated from a modern American government.

“It represents one of the greatest crises of moral failure in the modern history of America, which, though we

“We have to be there for the stranger; if we haven’t learned that from Jewish history, then what is the point?”

The Birmingham Temple in Farmington Hills was well represented at the protest.

— RABBI JEFFREY FALICK

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have a long history of such failures, we have always worked to rise above and learn from them.

“What is happening now recalls the internment of the Japanese Americans in World War II, the treatment of Native Americans and our long legacy of racism.

“We have to be there for the stranger; if we haven’t learned that from Jewish history, then what is the point? What have we learned at all?

“As Humanists,” he continued, “we are committed to the diginity of every single human being as much as we are committed to the diginity of our own. We must demand that they — whoever they are — be treated the way we would want for our own.”

Sheila Glass of Southfield attended the rally as part of the Birmingham Temple contingent.

“I was glad to be there because I am outraged at the growing acceptance of the way people are being treated in this country,” she said. “Treating people this way is not supposed to happen in this democracy. It is necessary to protest the active dehumanization that is taking place.”

Marc Sussman of Huntington Woods, a member at Congregation B’nai Moshe in West Bloomfield, said, “I was acutely aware that it was erev Shabbat, and I was thinking of the Torah commandment of how we are to treat strangers because we were strangers in the land of Egypt.

I was hoping to show our fellow Americans that we object to the horrors being committed in our name — and we say, ‘Not in our name.’” ■ For a related opinion piece, please see page 10.

Some focused concerns on the children at the July 12 anti-ICE protest.

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LOUIS FINKELMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Fighting its way through a thicket of legal challenges, the federal government has restarted its program of deporting vulnerable immigrants to Iraq. In April, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued decisions that cleared the way for the deportations to resume.

The target population consists of immigrants in this country with a “final order of removal.” Many immigrants from Iraq had become naturalized U.S. citizens.

Their children born here automatically became citizens. Some immigrants, though, who had gotten into trouble with the law, could not gain citizenship and so, in theory, they could be deported. In practice, however, because successive governments in Iraq refused to accept any significant number of deportees, Democratic and Republican administrations allowed them to remain in the United States. Hundreds of people, despite the threat of a “final order of removal,” have been working, starting businesses, paying taxes, raising families and contributing to their communities.

As Rep. Andy Levin (D.-Mich.) explains: “At one point, there were approximately 15,000 Iraqi citizens with standing deportation orders in the United States. Most had been in the United States for decades — the deportation orders were from the ’80s

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and ’90s, in general. With the beginning of the Trump administration, ICE began sweeping these people up for deportation to Iraq.”

In spring 2017, the Trump administration pressured Iraq to accept about 1,400 deportees in exchange for dropping Iraq from the list of nations under a travel ban.

According to Levin, “The Iraqi nationals with standing deportation orders come from all Iraqi communities: Sunni, Shia, Yazidi and Chaldean,” in addition to members of smaller Christian groups. In the Detroit area, most belong to the Chaldean Catholic community.

Levin observes: “Many of these people do not speak Arabic; many have no family in Iraq or no community in Iraq. Yazidis and Chaldeans may come from villages that no longer exist.”

In summary, he says: “I have not found a single person who can explain why it is in the national interest of the United States to kick these people out.”

NO GOOD NEWS TO REPORT Levin recounts the circumstances of “a man deported to Iraq who had literally never been there. He was born in a refugee camp in Greece to Iraqi parents, so technically he was an Iraqi national.

He has multiple problems: diabetes, bipolar disorder, drug addiction. Maybe he isn’t the most appealing person: He has problems. He was deported literally without being given a chance to make a phone call or pack a suitcase. He showed up in Iraq without any money and without papers showing his right to be there. He had to borrow a cell phone from another passenger in the airport to call his family in the States to let them know where he was.”

He is not the only one. Margo Schlanger, professor at the University of Michigan Law School, says, “There are a couple deportations to Iraq most weeks at this point. We continue to try to help individuals facing imminent deportation.

For many of these folks, there are no legal maneuvers left. But others are successfully getting stays of removal.

“For most of the Iraqis who might be deported at some point, it remains available to try to reopen their cases and keep fighting. We’re continuing to try to facilitate that and to keep people out of detention while they fight.”

A member of the Chaldean community, attorney Nora Y. Hanna, says, “I wish we had good news to report but that is not the case. Everyone, at this point, is fighting individual cases in immigration court.”

Miriam Aukerman, senior staff attorney with the ACLU of Michigan, advises immigration attorneys how to protect targeted clients. “Given that we no longer have a stay of removal, we wanted to share information about how to explore immigration relief options in Canada,” she says.

Levin has been pressuring the executive branch to reconsider its policy and has introduced bipartisan legislation to protect these immigrants.

“I chose to lead in this effort for two reasons: I represent the Ninth District of Michigan, which has the largest Iraqi-born population of any district in America. I am simply representing my constituents. And this is a basic human rights issue. Human beings are entitled to seek asylum. We need to ‘love the stranger as yourself’ (Leviticus 19:34). We need to see each person as worthy of dignity and respect.

It is part of a larger web of commitments [as Americans and as Jews].” ■

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JASON A. MILLER I have several favorite memories of the Palace, but the one that my son, Josh, and I will always cherish is when we met members of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015 on Josh’s 11th birthday. Cavs’ owner Dan Gilbert arranged for Josh and a few of his friends to get locker room passes to greet the Cavs when they entered the locker room following the game. Meeting J.R. Smith and Kyrie Irving was great, but the look on Josh’s face when LeBron James signed a basketball for him was priceless.

ETHAN DAVIDSON (SON OF BILL DAVIDSON) I started working in productions at the Palace a few months before it opened to the public. At 18, I was just a few weeks out of high school.

A terrifying memory was the day I had to go up onto the spotlight platforms to prepare them for opening. Climbing down the ladder and walking to the edge of the platform, 90 feet above the floor, I felt the platform began to bend. That’s how we realized we needed to reinforce the end of the platform with support cables.

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I pulled disgusting dirty cables after concerts until five in the morning. I was sweaty and dirty and exhausted and young, and I felt honest in my work. And I got up the next day and did it all over again.

I sat next to my father for innumerable Pistons, Vipers and Shock games.

I ate fresh apples in a back corridor with Jack McCloskey as he was about to retire from the Pistons.

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AMY GANTZ GERS My favorite experience at the Palace was the 1990 Maccabi Games opening ceremonies. I had fun as a spectator watching kids from all over the country and world march around dressed in matching outfits and carrying flags …

I also loved going to Pistons’ games, a bridal show; and for one year I worked at the Palace at Lockerroom, the souvenir shop. I worked during the Vipers and Pistons’ games selling all kinds of merchandise.

RANDY BARRETT My memory was the 1998 Maccabi Games. I wrote and directed the open-

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SUSU SOSNICK (BOB SOSNICK’S WIFE) Barbra Streisand had not toured much at all during the 1990s and was looking to do a small seven-city tour, which included many major cities such as London, New York City and a grand New Year’s Eve performance in Las Vegas. Her last show prior to this was at the 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C. Because of his roughly 40-year friendship with Barbra Streisand’s famed manager Marty Ehrlichman, as well as Barbara herself, Bob Sosnick was able to convince them to include Auburn Hills in the mix.

The only catch was that one of Barbra’s stipulations required the entire floor of the Palace to be covered in red carpet. She played three nights with each night culminating in a standing ovation. But despite all of the beautiful music that Barbara sang over the course of those three performances, the memory that has stayed with us the most throughout the years was the moment when she congratulated her dear longtime friend Bobby Sosnick “who built this beautiful building” … every single show. ■ Have a personal memory of the Palace you want to share? Send it to jheadapohl@ renmedia.us.

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he venues have changed, players have come and gone, and new players have joined in the fun.

For 40 years, a pickup softball game started by friends Barry Leder and Cliff Walkon has been played each Sunday morning from May through September when the weather is good.

About 50 current and former players gathered for a 40-year reunion July 14 at Drake Sports Park in West Bloomfield.

After a nearly 90-minute game, which was decided in the final inning, former players were introduced and everyone enjoyed snacks including Cracker Jack and beverages.

The pickup game was first played at Kennedy School — now Kennedy Learning Center — in Southfield, a few blocks from where Leder and Walkon lived.

It moved to several locations including West Bloomfield High School before landing at Drake Park a few years ago.

“The rules were simple when we started,” said Leder, 68. “You pretty much had to just show up. We didn’t care how you played; we just wanted to be the boys of summer again. Have a game where our kids could watch us.

“We never thought the game would go on for 40 years, and we would still have as many as 28 to 30 players playing each week. It’s like the TV show, Cheers. I know a lot of guys by their first name, but I don’t know their last name.”

One aspect of the game hasn’t changed through the years.

“We’ve had our share of excellent players and many who weren’t so great,” said Walkon, 67. “We’ve had a 90-yearold who could place the ball anywhere and always got on base and a player who never wore shoes. It’s a weekly pickup game, so it doesn’t matter who

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TOP TO BOTTOM: Current and former players gather for a pickup softball game 40-year reunion; Ron Finegood warms up his pitching arm; Barry Leder and Cliff Walkon started a pickup softball game that has become a four-decade tradition.

wins or loses.”

Forty-year player Ron Finegood agrees.

“We’ve had players of all skill levels and players who were more competitive than others,” he said. “But we’re all out there to have a good time.”

About 50 players ages 19-78 are in the current group, said weekly game and reunion organizer Don Rudick, 73, who did the introductions of the for-

mer players at the reunion as they lined up along the third-base line.

Rudick has been umpiring the weekly game this year after injuring his knee in the first week. He’s been a part of the group for about 15 years.

“My knee is fine. I could play. But I’m having so much fun umpiring,” said Rudick, who has been a softball umpire for 40 years and a softball player since 1966.

Finegood, 68, couldn’t make it to the reunion, but his dedication to the weekly game through the years has been amazing.

He’s been driving 2½ hours, 140 miles to the diamond from his home in Stanton, a small town in Montcalm County, since 2008. His return trip makes it five hours on the road and 280 miles traveled each week.

Finegood has lived in mid-Michigan since 1998, so his long-distance Sunday drives to play softball have been going on for more than 20 years.

“I’m on the road by 6:30 in the morning each Sunday so I can get to the field by 9,” he said. “When do I get back home? Anytime between 4 and 9.”

The time of Finegood’s arrival at home depends upon what he does right after the game. He showers at his son’s home, visits with his father and often takes him to lunch, makes a stop at a bakery for onion rolls and hamantashen, and catches up with family and friends.

“I’ve been playing sports all my life,” Finegood said. “I’m still that little boy who hits the ball off a tee, runs around the bases and slides into home plate.”

That enthusiasm carries over into the hockey rink. Finegood plays hockey once or twice a week.

Finegood said he became involved in the weekly softball game through his friendship with Leder, whom he met in junior high school in Detroit. ■

The morning of July 4, Executive Director of Clover Hill Park Cemetery Kimberly Raznik couldn’t believe what she saw hanging on a pillar near the cemetery’s front entrance.

It was a flyer from a neo-Nazi group called Atomwaffen Division, encouraging people to “Join your local Nazis!”

Raznik immediately took it down and reported the incident to the Birmingham Police. “It’s just so disappointing to think that there is so much ignorance in the world,” she said.

Birmingham Police Chief Mark Clemence is investigating the incident.

“We reported it to the state and federal authorities,” Clemence said. “They reached out to us and told us that the Atomwaffen Division is not an active group in our area.”

Despite these findings, there are now four reports of the flyers in Birmingham.

“They are a hate group, plain and simple,” Clemence said. “We have no intelligence thus far that there is going to be a future problem.”

An additional report was given to the Royal Oak Police Department regarding a flyer found in the 14 Mile and Hampton area, across the street from Clover Hill.

“It wasn’t targeted toward anyone,” Royal Oak Lt. Keith Spencer said. “It was found on a light pole and we were called. The person had already removed it from the light pole and had given it to us.”

Royal Oak Police have documented the incident and are sharing the information with law enforcement partners.

“We will continue to monitor that area,” Spencer said. “We want to keep an eye out on further reports of these incidents.

However, there is no indication at this point that there is any imminent threat of violence based upon these flyers.” ■ PHOTO COURTESY OF KIMBERLY RAZNIK

PHOTOS COURTESY OF DON RUDICK & BARRY LEDER

CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER

The flyer found in Clover Hill Park Cemetery

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lot happened the summer of 1969, including the first man on the moon, a little music festival called Woodstock … Also, a wonderful class graduated from Oak Park High School. More than 280 guests out of a class that numbered about 500 came together for their 50th reunion July 4-6.

Ken Korotkin led the Reunion Committee with help from Lenie Bershard, Sherryl Moss Anctil, Janice Cherkasky, Rob Leider and dozens of others.

The reunion kicked off with a literal bang on July 4th at a reunion committee/outof-towners’ party hosted at the Birmingham home of Korotkin.

Guests came from as far away as Australia (Lisa Goodman Pomeroy) and Israel (Joel Dzodin with wife, Susanne, and Linda Beitner Dagan). The class exchange student, Astrid Lindbergh, came in from Sweden along with former Oak Parkers from Pennsylvania, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Texas, Florida and several from California.

David Wiener and Larry Kantor organized a reunion golf tournament at Salem Hills Golf Course in Northville.

World-renowned photographer Todd Weinstein of New York captured the event in stills and video.

Friday night parties were held all over town including a gathering at the Franklin home of Russ and Mary Barnett, followed by a class-wide open house at the home of Janice and Richard Cherkasky.

Saturday morning, 50 people hopped on the Feet on the Street bus for classmate Linda Yellen Wish’s popular tour of Detroit. Then, docent and classmate Judge Gerald Rosen, known as the judge who helped save Detroit from

bankruptcy, led a tour of the Detroit Institute of Arts.

A Shabbat kiddush lunch was shared at the hotel’s hospitality suite, which became a popular place to catch up with friends from across the country.

The Detroit Marriott Troy ballroom was decked out with fresh red roses and OPHS centerpieces dreamed up

by Janice Cherkasky, a local top party planner. Specialty chocolates were created for the event by Judy Pollack Moss, owner of Dinstuhl’s Fine Candy Company of Memphis.

The reunion entertainment included a live set by Detroit rock legend Mitch Ryder. His appearance was funded by one of the class’ most famous alumni, Geoffrey Fieger, who introduced the band to raucous applause.

Ryder was the perfect choice because he had played at several class members’ bar mitzvahs.

The reunion weekend continued at Drake Sports Park in West Bloomfield with the 10th annual Oak Park Old Timers Softball Tournament, spearheaded by Sheldon Rosenberg. Four teams from OPHS classes from 1967 to 1975 slugged it out on the ballfield. The winning team captain was David Wiener, who took home the coveted Joel Noble trophy, named after a much beloved classmate.

The ballgame was followed by an all-you-can-eat family picnic and, later, dinner at Buddy’s Pizza, arranged by Sheldon and Debbie Rosenberg. It was an epic four days with memories made to last a lifetime.

The Oak Park High School Class of 1969 rocks. Always has. Always will! ■

Suzi Wiener of Oak Park, Rona Sheridan of Jacksonville, Fla., Barbara Kranitz of Farmington Hills Janice Cherkasky of Franklin, Helen Kaye of West Bloomfield and Nancy Magnus Irwin of La Jolla, Calif., cheer at the ball game.

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Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside and complete with any toppings you can imagine, the waffles have been a hit at the farmers’ market.

“The response has been great,” Sherr said. “People are really interested in the fact that we are just a group of high school kids running a business.”

Sherr has weekly volunteers who help at the Farmers Market as well as eight permanent staff members that she involves in the nitty-gritty side of running a waffle business.

All the volunteers and staff members are high school students.

The company, called Waffle GOAT, attended its first farmers market just three months ago and has been doing very well. In addition to giving Sherr and her friends real-life entrepreneurial experience, Waffle GOAT also helps other local businesses achieve the same success by donating 10 percent of profits to an organization called Detroit Techtown, which helps tech startups and local businesses launch and grow. Sherr is supportive of their mission.

“Having gone through it, I know how hard it is to start a business,” she said. “It’s nice that we can help other budding entrepreneurs.”

Sherr is looking to expand her business by finding a Saturday venue as the Birmingham Farmers Market only takes place on Sundays. The company is also looking into catering parties and other events.

“Starting the business has been so fun, and I have learned so much about entrepreneurship — way more than I ever could in a class,” Sherr said. ■ PHOTOS COURTESY OF VALARIE SHERR

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ubble waffles have become an international street-food craze, and now you can get them right down the street at the Birmingham Farmers Market thanks to Valarie Sherr of West Bloomfield, where she lives with her parents, Andrea and Roger Sherr. They attend Temple Israel.

Sherr, 15, is a student at Seaholm High School who will be starting her junior year in the fall. Over the course of her high school career, she has become very interested in entrepreneurship. Having grown up going to the Birmingham Farmers Valarie Market with her family, Sherr Sherr thought it would be fun to start a business at the market. To determine what kind of business she wanted to pursue, Sherr and some friends began researching foreign street food.

They looked into all kinds of treats from Dutch poffertjes (mini pancakes) to South American alfajores (shortbread cookies).

Sherr then sent out a survey asking people which food they would be most interested in trying. The Hong Kong bubble waffle won by a large margin.

She immediately decided that this would be the company’s main dish.

When Sherr first began experimenting with bubble waffles, she attempted to follow a badly translated recipe that came with her bubble waffle machine.

After many failed batches, she turned to the internet and spent a few days trying out different recipes and getting her family’s feedback.

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‘Legacy Tour’ Family road trip celebrates a local great-grandmother’s 95th birthday.

SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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iving to age 95 is quite a feat, grandchildren. but Mary Blitz is doing it “I’m thrilled they turned out with good health and a zest so well,” says Blitz, whose family for life that few can match. nickname is “President O’mama.”

Months before her Originally from San ABOVE: Mary Blitz 95th birthday on June Antonio, Blitz lived in the with daughter Bev 6, daughter Beverly Detroit area with her late Tepper Wallace, granddaughter Jodi husband, Louis, for most of Tepper Wallace of West and with great-grand- her life. After her children Bloomfield asked her daughters Laila, Tatum were grown, she worked in mother if she wanted a and Harper in Menlo the Tamarack Camps office party to celebrate.

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Blitz said, “No, I want and was an active volunteer to see the U.S.A. in my for B’nai B’rith Women and Chevrolet.” Wallace was surprised Children Unlimited, serving as its but agreeable, responding “OK, president.

Dinah Shore.” (Singer Dinah Shore Blitz has lived at Meer Jewish popularized the “See the U.S.A” Apartments since 2010. She served song for Chevrolet during the as president of the residents’ board 1950s). for two years and is a member of So, Wallace planned a road the Meer Choir. Wallace and Blitz trip for her mother, along with volunteer together at the Meer Wallace’s two brothers — Andrew boutique once a week and recently of West Bloomfield and Dennis modeled in the Jewish Senior Life of Chicago. In June, they drove Senior Fashion Show. to South Bend, Ind., to visit Blitz’ Blitz is very healthy, other niece and her family. Then they than arthritis requiring the use traveled to Louisville to visit Blitz’s of a cane or walker. Her health is younger brother, David Olshansky, “God-given,” she says. “I eat junk and his family. food and no vegetables, except But this trip was just the latest occasionally a salad.” of Blitz’s travels. In 2017, Wallace Recently, Blitz prepared for July decided to take her mother on a 4 by having her nails embellished “Legacy Tour.” with a bright flag pattern. Some of “I wanted her to see her legacy. I her Meer friends disapproved but it wanted her to see how her children didn’t bother her. “This way I don’t raised their children and how they have to carry a flag,” she says. raised her great-grandchildren,” Wallace enjoys Blitz’s “dry Wallace says. “She is No. 1 in all of sarcasm” and says that she is her children’s and grandchildren’s “totally with it and fun to be with.” lives.”

Blitz will be on the road again Over 18 months, they traveled this fall when she returns to San to San Francisco, Denver and San Antonio for her great-niece’s bat Antonio to visit some of Blitz’s mitzvah. “I’m extremely grateful for nine grandchildren and 16 greata close, healthy family,” she says. ■

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LEFT: Celebrating Sunny: Former dancers and guests gathered recently for a birthday/retirement celebration.

BOTTOM: Israeli Dancers group, 1994: Jack Adler, Gita Raymer, Monya Feldman, Elaine Casson, Jenni Blustein, Sunny Segal, Cheryl Feit, Gordon Smith, Sonny Lipenholtz, Gail Berkove and Jan Penny.

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LEARN ISRAELI DANCE Although Sunny Segal’s Israeli Dancers group has now ended, two Israeli dance groups remain open, with a fee for each session.

• Tuesdays 7:30-9 p.m. at CelyFIT, 3308 Northwestern Hwy., West Bloomfield, led by Rochelle Morais and Melissa Ser. The second and fourth Tuesdays are for women only.

Check the Metro Detroit Israeli Dance Facebook page for more information.

• Wednesdays 8-9:30 p.m. at the Sports Club of West Bloomfield, 6343 Farmington Road, north of Maple. This group does intermediate and advanced Israeli dancing, led by Cheryl Feit and Gordon Smith. Contact Gordon at our4feet@dentabyte.com or Cheryl at (248) 613-7526.

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unny Segal has been performing and dancing since age 7. She has been teaching Israeli dance in Metro Detroit and leading the Israeli Dancers group since shortly after she moved here 60 years ago. When she decided to retire, her students gave her an 80th birthday and retirement party, inviting participants from all past decades of the group.

Twenty-six current and past dancers came to a recent potluck luncheon at the Southfield Civic Center, where the group has met in recent years.

Sandra VanLeeuwen was born in London, England, in 1939. Her Dutch parents returned to The Hague in the Netherlands when she was 6 weeks old. When Germany invaded, the family went into hiding. Betrayed by Nazi-sympathizing neighbors, Sunny, her parents and a younger brother were sent to Bergen-Belsen. Liberated three years later, they returned to The Hague. Sunny’s father died in 1947 at age 38, shortly after the birth of a second son. In 1951, the family moved to Toronto. In 1959, Sunny married Detroiter Meyer Segal and moved to Detroit.

She began teaching dance at the Beth Jacob School, a post she held for 20 years. In the early ’80s, she began teaching Israeli dance, first at Southfield High School and then

at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. That group continued, with a changing cast of characters, through all these years. Most recently, the dancers met at the Southfield Recreation Center.

The dance classes also featured Sunny’s home-baked pastries, affable conversations, friendships and, on three occasions, courtship leading to marriage.

Gail Berkove of Southfield, a professional psychologist and an amateur Israeli dancer, recalls Sunny’s skill with the bulky equipment and cassette tapes required for dance classes in past years: “Nowadays, if you want to listen to a particular tune, you can easily upload it onto your computer or phone,” Berkove said.

“You are the ‘mother’ of Detroit Israeli dancing!” Berkove wrote in a tribute to Sunny. “More importantly, you have been my dance mentor and friend since 1981. You brought Israeli dancing to the community over 40 years ago. I started learning Israeli dances in your basement, along with a wonderful group of women, many of whom are no longer with us, including Manya Feldman, Drora Kleinplatz, Nanette Kapustin, Hanna Silverstein and Ethel Baumer … I haven’t stopped dancing since.”

Phillip Litt, former Detroit Israeli dance instructor, now living in

California, wrote: “We all participated in Sunny’s dance sessions because it was a fun place where our lives where enriched.

Not only did we exercise, socialize and make lifelong friendships, but also some of us found there our soulmates. Sunny was the matchmaker for Cheryl and me that resulted in a successful marriage for which I’m grateful. What a wonderful life we all had because of Sunny’s dance sessions. She encouraged happiness by reminding us often to smile. We always went away from the dance sessions feeling satisfied and filled with joy and happiness.”

Cheryl Feit of West Bloomfield, now an instructor of Israeli dance, writes, “I want to express my gratitude toward Sunny as she patiently guided me and other beginners in our first attempts to do Israeli dance. That was the beginning of so many of my closest friendships.”

Students recall favorite sayings of their teacher: “Your feet can learn the steps, but only your spirit can dance” and “Dancing feet are happy feet.”

Janelle Teger of Southfield recalls that, when necessary, she would get a babysitter to make sure not to miss Sunny’s class. Teger notes that Sunny made the class so vital — “like her name, upbeat, smiling. You’ve so enriched all of our lives.” ■

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jewsinthed Camp Tamarack campers took the Start-up Challenge July 8.

ORT Brings to Life Israeli Innovation at Jewish Summer Camps This summer, ORT once again is introducing campers at six Jewish summer camps in the U.S. to the vibrancy of Israeli innovation.

More than 700 campers between the ages of 9-13 will take part in ORT’s Start-up Challenge, which includes interactive educational activities focused on science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) that embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of Israel’s Start-up Nation.

Participating camps included Tamarack Camps in Ortonville, which took its Start-up Challenge July 8, allowing campers to delve into science, experience cutting-edge technology and discover Israeli culture in a fun and interactive setting. Through problem-solving, creative thinking,

teamwork and tournaments, ORT taught critical 21st-century skills as campers built robots, experienced virtual reality, integrated coding to help their robots overcome obstacles and captured all of the action through the creation of their own digitally designed videos.

“Israel is a world leader in the field of technological entrepreneurship and innovation, and as Israel’s largest leading provider of informal experiential science and technological education, ORT is shaping the next generation of scientists and entrepreneurs. We are delighted to be able to bring this experience to Jewish summer camps throughout the U.S.,” said Howard Lanznar, Chairman of ORT America.

Resources for New Parents & Teens National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan has created a resource directory for expectant and new parents in Detroit. It’s a small bright orange booklet called 313 Baby (313baby.org) and has contact information in one handy source for everything from breastfeeding, counseling, homeless and adoption services to information on organizations like Metro Detroit Midwives of Color and Metropolitan Detroit Diaper Bank.

The booklet has been out for around a year but has proved so popular (it’s free and available in doctors’ offices, churches, social

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services, etc.) that it is about to be reprinted. New parents appreciate having all the information they could need (or might not have even thought of) all together.

In addition, Teen Yellow Pages (teenyellowpages.net) a resource directory for teens in Oakland County, which has been produced

by NCJW|MI for 20 years, is also being reprinted. This directory is distributed through Oakland Schools as well as community centers. This directory contains information on where teens can get help on anything from dating abuse and eating disorders to STDs, coping with loss and LGBTQ issues.

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Federation launches podcast as latest channel of communication in youth mental health program.

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he power of talking about mental health … just think about how often it starts with a single conversation: between parents and their children, between teens and their peers, between teachers and health professionals. Think about having those conversations; stop and listen; see how voices can raise awareness and change minds at home, in school and in the social landscape of a community.

WE NEED TO TALK So, let’s talk … about peer pressure and the anxieties we see in our students.

Let’s talk about helicopter parenting.

Let’s talk about the use and abuse of social media.

Let’s talk about resiliency and finding support networks.

What started as the Youth Mental Health Initiative in Jewish Detroit is a vibrant communitywide program today. We Need to Talk, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, grew out of a community “needs assessment” survey in 2016 revealing an alarming prevalence of mental health issues among the youth in the Jewish community. In 2018, Federation launched We Need to Talk — a website — with videos and links to resources as a first step: to reduce stigma, to raise awareness about youth mental health, and to provide ready access to resources for those in need of care.

A portal for storytelling and insights shared by teens, parents and family members, teachers and mental health professionals — the website (wn2t. org) has recently expanded its video library to include easy-listening and browsing in podcast.

Tune in and join Todd Krieger, senior planning director at the Jewish Federation, as he and guests explore some of the hottest topics of the day, underscoring reasons for youth mental illness. In the first nine episodes in the series, Krieger is joined by Julie Fisher, an educator with more than 25 years of experience working with parents

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and students around the country on topics related to 21st-century relationships and youth mental health. Fisher is the author of The Resiliency Puzzle, a handbook for understanding how kids can develop the skills they need to cope with adversity and persevere to gain character and fortitude to succeed.

In future podcasts, Krieger will be joined by other experts and community members who will share their personal stories, providing insights and tools for young people and their families struggling to achieve mental well-being. While some segments will cover topics in brief, others are expected to be more in-depth profiles and conversations.

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TOP: Educator Julie Fisher joins Todd Krieger for the first nine podcasts. BOTTOM: We Need to Talk events, such as “How to Raise an Adult” with Julie LythcottHaims, have touched the lives of hundreds of families in Jewish Detroit.

WHY A PODCAST? Krieger explains: “During our conversations with agency executives — and in keeping with our promise to deliver programs and tools most beneficial to the agencies — we learned that many parents were seeking helpful information in short chunks. In particular, in those precious few minutes in a busy day when parents might be waiting to pick up their children at school or other activities, there are opportunities for teaching moments — spaces for listening and learning, finding a piece of the puzzle or a tool that is useful to better understand the complex challenges that our kids face today.”

AMBASSADORS FOR MENTAL HEALTH “We see our role as advocates for our kids and ambassadors for reducing the stigma still associated with youth mental illness,” says Dr. Lilly Jacobson, a clinical psychologist in private practice at Children’s Hospital of Michigan and chair of Federation’s Youth Mental Health Advisory Committee. “We Need to Talk is our community call to action.

Our goal is to educate the community about current mental health issues and the warning signs of mental illness, and

to reach young people (and those who love and influence them) with positive messages of self-worth.”

To date, We Need to Talk has touched the lives of hundreds of families in Jewish Detroit. In collaboration with Friendship Circle’s UMatter, Jewish Family Service, Jewish day schools, BBYO and Tamarack Camps — and with the generous support of the community — the program has launched: • “FRED Talks” — parlor meetings for parents • Community-wide events including an evening with best-selling author Frank Bruni (Where You Go is Not Who You’ll Be) and Julie Lythcott- Haims (How to Raise an Adult) • Suicide prevention training (safeTALK) and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) for more than 600 professionals who work with youth in the community • Additional staffing and resources for existing mental health programs at Tamarack Camps and Jewish Family Service.

There’s so much more to learn, so let’s keep talking … visit the website, watch, listen … and stay tuned. ■ Vivian Henoch writes for myjewishdetroit.org, where this story first appeared.

The largest study ever on American Jewish teens paints a picture of a cohort that simultaneously embraces family, Jewish culture and friends, while also grappling with anxiety and pressure to succeed — in a world permeated by social media and constant communication.

Researched and written by the Jewish Education Project and Rosov Consulting, the survey results were culled from interview responses from 17,576 teens. The report is filled with findings covering a range of areas.

On family: Jewish teens like their parents and value their perspectives. Teens enjoy spending time with their family and often look to their parents to help them make sense of the world.

On contemporary challenges: Teens in the study believe adolescents need help with social-emotional issues. They named coping with anxiety, academic pressure, self-esteem issues and failure as the biggest needs of their peers.

Jewish teens see positives and negatives to social media. Teens acknowledge that social media can cause them stress, but many also believe it helps cope with stress, connect with friends and organize for change.

On religious practice: Americans increasingly describe themselves as having “no religion.” But even many “no religion” teens — a sizeable minority in the study — are interested in engaging with Judaism at certain points in their life. Moreover, the majority of engaged teens who responded to the survey unequivocally identify as Jewish and also report belief in God. Teens feel Jewish culture is something to celebrate and most commonly use the word “culture” to express what it means to be Jewish.

Many of the teens interviewed report anti-Semitic experiences but do not feel personally threatened or see anti-Semitism as a primary lens to understand their life experience.

Teens from the study are interested in Israel and believe that as Jews they have a special connection to the land and country. They want to ask trusted adults questions about Israel, and most teens who have not traveled there yet hope to do so one day.

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Advocating for Older Adults It was almost 5pm and Sarah still didn’t know what she was going to do.

She needed to get to her daughter’s soccer game as she had missed the last one to take her father to a doctor’s appointment; but she also needed to get to the pharmacy before it closed to pick up her mother’s prescription.

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in their own homes as well as those in senior communities. After conducting a thorough evaluation, care managers identify next steps that can help bring stability to an older adult in decline, and peace of mind to their family.

Geriatric care managers can also be an ongoing advocate for an older adult, taking them to doctors’ appointments, reporting back to the family, coordinating in-home care, providing emotional support to both the older adult and their family, as well as a host of additional services.

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geriatric care managers have been working with older adults and their families for more than a decade. They can meet clients at the hospital and provide a list of current medications and any medical advanced directives; in short, they can be there for your loved one when you are unable.

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You do not want to mess with Jon Pritikin. For one thing, he can bend a solid metal pan with his bare hands. The Guinness Book of World Records holder demonstrated some of his feats of strength during a motivational talk May 28 at Friendship Circle’s Friendship House in West Bloomfield.

Pritikin, who is Jewish, also shared his personal story of overcoming ruthless bullying and poor self esteem. Despite struggling with speech and learning disabilities as a child, Jon went on to graduate from college and also broke the world record for “tightest circumference of two aluminum frying pans rolled together with his bare hands in less than 30 seconds.” He now shares his story around the world.

“Always watch out for other people,” Jon says. “If you have a loved one that has any kind of special need, don’t give up on them ever. There’s always hope.”

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein headlined the 22nd annual JVS Human Services’ Strictly Business networking, awards and fundraising event on Thursday, June 13, at MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit. Bernstein inspired the crowd of almost 600 business and community leaders who support JVS’ innovative employment practices for those with disabilities, unemployed and underemployed workers, and older job seekers.

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Love, Devotion & Tenacity A new lung lets Loretta and Sy Ziegelman celebrate their 60th anniversary and beyond.

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enerations of Detroit women revere Dr. Sy Ziegelman, an OB/GYN for more 40 years.

Along with active careers, Sy and Loretta, a retired social worker, raised three children. They led, Sy says, “fulfilling and exciting lives.”

In November 2008, this fun-loving couple vacationed in St. Petersburg, Fla., and marched, costumed, in the Key West Fantasy Fest (along with thousands, many wearing only body paint).

“Marching in parades would soon become unthinkable,” Sy says. Two months later, Loretta developed trouble breathing.

This began an ordeal of bouncing from one doctor to another, from Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit to University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor. A frustrating and bewildering experience for a husband whose life’s work was in medicine.

Loretta was eventually diagnosed with IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis — what Sy calls “a fancy name for a deadly disease.” Sy says as many people die from IPF as die from breast cancer each year. The only hope of surviving is to obtain a new lung.

So, Sy swung into action. As his wife deteriorated and developed other complications, he read all the journals, contacted professionals and checked his wife’s blood counts and sent reports. “Being a physician helped me to navigate the minefield of medicine,” Sy says.

In March 2009, a lung biopsy confirmed the diagnosis.

Though IPF is a fatal disease, Sy says, “No one uses those words. They say there is no recognized treatment as opposed to the fact the disease is fatal.

I refused to accept it.”

The next months were a succession of transfusions, iron infusions and pulmonary rehab. “Every minute was devoted to some medical issue,” Sy says. “There was no end to the hurdles.

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Sy and Loretta Ziegelman

For six days, I saw my beloved wife unconscious in the ICU on a ventilator. Would she live or die?”

That crisis necessitated Loretta spending several weeks in the hospital and many hours in rehab. Still, she made it past that hurdle as well.

“And then it was like someone turned a switch,” Sy says. “The simplest activity required oxygen.” Realizing his wife needed him full time, Sy retired from his medical practice. He recalled a Yiddish proverb his father taught him: “You can’t dance at two weddings with one rear end.”

One of their twin grandsons, Evan, then 10, made a DVD about his Gramma, his “most admired person.”

Ultimately, the video would be shared with the lung transplant team at the Cleveland Clinic. Nurses, doctors and PAs watched it, Sy reports, “all tearyeyed seeing the disease and his grandmother through Evan’s eyes.”

U-M refused to consider a transplant.

At 70, they said, Loretta was too old.

Sy’s senior associate and mentor Dr. Mort Lazar, 96, advised him to take Loretta to Cleveland’s Cleveland Clinic.

There the transplant process began.

Physical exams, blood tests, X-rays, CT scans, social workers, psychiatrist, financial counselors, cardiac catheterization, endoscopy, pulmonary function tests and medical records. “You don’t get an organ transplant without turning over every pebble. Some I didn’t even know existed,” he says.

By Thanksgiving 2009, Loretta’s breathing became more labored. “We were consumed with the preliminaries leading to winning the ‘lung lottery,’” Sy recalls. The paperwork was endless.

Loretta’s myriad of test results would be programmed in a computer that would produce a score. “The challenge is to survive until the score puts you at the top of the list.”

That December, Sy says, he and Loretta were sitting in their bedroom watching TV. “I was really watching Loretta, as I did every day. Did she have

enough oxygen? How could I help her?

The phone rang. We screamed and we cried. She was listed!”

But time dragged on. Loretta’s oxygen needs grew. The Ziegelmans packed a bag in their car, kept the gas tank full.

If the call came, they’d have to race to Cleveland.

They drove back and forth to Cleveland for testing. Loretta’s lungs worsened. She was raised to No. 1 on the transplant list. After many weeks, a call came, and they sped to Cleveland.

The lung wasn’t healthy enough. “We had no concept that a dry run happens at least 30 percent of the time,” Sy says.

Back to waiting.

“When would we get the call? The winter was snowy. Would we make it to Cleveland in time?” Four snow tires on his front-wheel drive Avalon were his insurance. “Would Loretta’s lungs hold out until we got the call.

I forgot how to sleep as I listened to each breath she was still able to take.”

Several weeks later, another call.

Another race to Cleveland. Another lung that wasn’t OK. They drove home in silence, “exhausted and without hope. When hope vanishes in the transplant race, the race is lost. The challenge was to get through the day and the next and the next until it was Loretta’s turn. We had to believe,” he says.

On April 9, 2010, they met with the director of the transplant group in Cleveland. The doctor was “kind and honest.” Loretta’s need was “critical.”

They drove home again in silence.

“The silence of acknowledgement that life as a couple would end if Loretta didn’t get her call,” Sy says.

At 4:30 a.m. the next morning, the phone rang. There was a lung.

“I sobbed uncontrollably,” Sy says.

“Would the third time be a charm? I had to believe or I’d die of a broken heart.”

After the surgery, Dr. Ken McCurry, Loretta’s surgeon, reported Loretta had received a right lung transplant and he

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The next weeks and months were challenging. Loretta met her “lung sister� — Sandy from Muskegon received the left lung of the same donor. Loretta suffered side effects from a series of drugs. She was encouraged to exercise.

At the end of April, Loretta did what any self-respecting girl given a new lease on life would do. She went to a mall.

Soon after, Loretta’s lung became infected. Sy emailed friends: “My honey has been given a chance to live. We will keep the faith.� Day 8 post-transplant, Loretta’s body began rejecting the organ. She received high doses of steroids. Fatigue and fluid retention and emotional and blood sugar swings followed. But, in June, they took their grandsons to the zoo.

After three months in Cleveland, they returned home to West Bloomfield. Nine months post-surgery, Sy reported to friends, “Believe it or not, we still love each other and are still speaking — most of the time.�

On June 4, 2010, Loretta emailed friends: “I am home.�

Not for long. Shortness of breath, chest pain, headaches, fevers, other infections and a blood clot followed.

Still, they celebrated their 51st anniversary in Cleveland on June 24.

When the hospital heard about the occasion, they organized a surprise luncheon that was covered by the ABC affiliate and shown on the 6 p.m. news.

A year post-transplant, Sy wrote, “Looking back, I’m uncertain as to how we survived all the ‘oops!’ we were forced to deal with that first year.

It was more than tenacity. We couldn’t give up or give in. And it was about ‘we.’ No one can do this alone.�

Sy continues to play Loretta’s professional nudge. Exercise! Take your pills! What did you eat? He has done

so for the last nine years. Years in which they celebrated grandchildren Thea, Evan and Sam’s b’nai mitzvahs and their high school graduations, granddaughter Melanie’s graduation from U-M’s Ross Business School, grandson Steven’s wedding and Loretta’s 80th surprise birthday party this January in Florida. “And many more days we wouldn’t have shared without this gift of life,�

Sy says. “We lie low. We’re together.

It’s OK.�

Sy wrote an extensive and sensitive journal about their medical journey that was turned into a bound book by their son. In it, Sy expresses appreciation through the Hebrew Shehecheyanu blessing. “Blessed are you, Lord our God, sovereign of the universe who has kept us alive, sustained us and enabled us to reach this season.�

Editor’s Note: In the three years since this story by Franklin author Suzy Farbman was posted on the local website readthespirit.com, the Ziegelmans have stayed the course, meeting any challenges — including a bout of pneumonia in 2015 that damaged her transplanted lung — with the same faith, love and perseverance that are hallmarks of their relationship. “I have a lot of faith and I believe that helped a lot ‌ and I believe miracles happen,â€? Loretta said last week of the nine years since her lung transplant. “My family has been cheering me on every step of the way, and Sy has been wonderful. He’s a very special person.â€?

On June 24, Sy and Loretta Ziegelman celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with their family: children Sharon Ross of Waterford, Daryl and Cindy Ziegelman of Walled Lake and Julie Ziegelman of Austin; grandchildren Carly and Steven Betel, Melanie Betel, Evan Ziegelman, Sam Ziegelman, Beatrix Jackman and Thea Jackman. They are expecting their first great-grandchild this month. â–

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JUNE 26, 2019 Carly (Kaufman) and Daniel Weberman of Huntington Woods are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Lilah Drew Weberman.

Proud grandparents are Nancy (Reinheimer) and Joel Kaufman of West Bloomfield, Jane (Monarch) and Edward Weberman of White Lake, and great-grandmother Freda Weberman. Lilah Drew is named after her paternal greataunt Linda Gatrell and her maternal great-grandmother Dorothy Reinheimer.

JUNE 1, 2019 Rabbi Dan and Miriam Horwitz of Huntington Woods, along with big brothers Jonah and Micah, are humbled to welcome Atara Selah (Atara Rena Selah) to their family.

Proud grandparents are Gina and Arthur Horwitz of West Bloomfield, Robert and Dorothy Ganz of Slingerlands, N.Y., and Joan Goodman of Albany, N.Y. Atara is named in loving memory of her maternal great-grandfather the late Alfred Goodman, her paternal great-grandmother the late Regina Scheck and her maternal great-great-great-grandmother the late Sarah Olshein. She is the great-granddaughter of Shirley and the late Alfred Goodman, Phil and Berta Wesler, the late Richard Ganz and the late Connie Ganz, and the late Sally and the late Morton Horwitz.

MAY 27, 2019 Beth and Jeff Cassidy of Studio City, Calif., joyfully announce the birth of their son, Penn Willian Cassidy. Penn is named in loving memory of his paternal great-grandmother Patricia Wellstead and his maternal great-grandfather William Schumer. His Hebrew name, Chaim, is in memory of his maternal great-grandmother Irene Schumer (Chaya). Excited grandparents are Dr. Larry and Sharon Schwartz of Bloomfield Hills, Christine Wellstead of Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada, and Peter and Cathy Cassidy of Ottawa, Canada.

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Oakland University students help find biblical town of Ziklag.

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his year marked the 11th time an Oakland University student group traveled to Israel for a summer archaeological study abroad program, but this may have been the most historically significant.

Some of the excavation team’s findings included stone and metal vessels, food bowls, jugs and jars of pottery, animal bones, weapons and parts of building structures. That, along with other evidence gathered in recent years, led expedition leader Professor Yosef Garfinkel from Hebrew University in Jerusalem to call a press conference. He declared to the world media that his team had found the biblical town of Ziklag at modern day Khirbet al-Ra’i.

Ziklag is known in the Bible as the site that was given to David by the Philistines before he was king and had

fled from King Saul. The city was a gift to help the Philistines raid to the south of the land. The Book of Samuel records that after King Saul was killed in battle with the Philistines, David left Ziklag and traveled to Hebron to be anointed king of Israel.

Biblical references about Ziklag can be found in the Hebrew Bible at: I Samuel 30:1, II Samuel 1:1, I Chronicles 12:1, I Samuel 27:6 and Joshua 19:5.

Anthropology professor Michael Pytlik, director of Judaic Studies at OU, director of the Cis Maisel Center for Judaic Studies and Community Engagement and faculty leader of the OU group, said, “The site fits the biblical stories associated with Ziklag since it shows signs of having been a Philistine settlement, then a Judean settlement with probable mixed populations. It

Oakland University students work at the dig site.

An aerial view of the dig site

then remained Israelite until later events caused it to be destroyed.

“For the first time, the occupation layers, the geographical location and the references to the site all overlap. Some 12 other areas have been proposed for the site of Ziklag, but none of them contain the necessary dating, occupations or material finds to confirm the site’s identity.”

This year’s study abroad program lasted 3½ weeks, and the 13 students and their advisers spent weekdays working at the dig site from early in the mornings till late in the afternoons. Weekends were spent immersing the students in the culture and history of the region with travels throughout the country.

Veronica Russell, a fifth-year senior from Ortonville majoring in anthropology, said, “It was three weeks of hard work, and I am not sure the significance of this year’s trip has hit me quite yet.”

Sydney Wendling, a second-year student majoring in anthropology and political science from Saginaw, added, “We heard something was happening around the dig site, but it was ‘hushhush’ for a while until we heard they were calling a press conference to announce they found this biblical city. It

was magical. I hope I can go again next year.”

Jerad Inman, a fifth-year electrical engineering major from Birch Run, said he hoped to gather some new data and artifacts for the dig leaders but was surprised by the magnitude of news the group would make. “I never expected it to be this huge. We actually contributed to something that made national and international news.”

Over the years, Oakland students, under the direction of Pytlik, co-leader Dr. Jon Carroll and professor emeritus Richard Stamps, spent five years working at Khirbet Qeiyafa, another city from the time of David. They then moved their dig site for four years to the site of Lachish, the second city to Jerusalem in the Judean monarchy. This year marked the second season working at Khirbet al-Ra’i.

Oakland University’s study abroad in Israel program is supported by the Nina and Bernie Kent family, other donations to OU’s Judaic Studies’ program and research grants from the Provost’s office. ■ Learn more about the Oakland University Archaeology in Israel group and their recent trip by vising facebook.com/Oakdigs.

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his week’s Torah portion conis drawn as a vertical line, a line that tains an especially challenging hooks the top and the bottom of the episode, one which produces line together, a hook that joins heava call to arms against the en above to Earth below. onset of an indecent and corClearly, the Torah is telling rupt era. us something about the broThe episode occurs when kenness of that moment when the Israelite soldiers consort Pinchas intervened. It teaches with Midianite women and that sins perpetrated by those a plague breaks out. At the who do not share our values climax, the Midianite prinhave a lasting effect that linRabbi cess, Cozbi, and the Israelite Brent Gutmann gers even when the perpetrasoldier, Zimri, publicly go to tor has been vanquished.

Parshat copulate inside the tabernaToday, in the United States, Pinchas: cle. Moses, our leader, hesiour Jewish values are under Numbers tates, while Aaron’s grandson assault. Regardless of your 25:16-30:1; Pinchas, filled with venview on immigration, the conJeremiah geance, takes up his spear. He ditions asylum seekers on our 1:1-2:3. impales the couple in a single southern border are subjected thrust, lifting the plague. to are reprehensible. Men are Pinchas’ act is gruesome, held in standing-room-only but one that also preserves sanctity. cells for more than a month without We are told in the opening verses of access to showers. Children are torn our portion that Pinchas is given a from their parents. And, although brit shalom, a “covenant of peace;” we can correct these injustices, furyet, there is something peculiar ther effort will be needed to repair about this peace. The third Hebrew the damage to our sense of decency. letter of the word shalom, the vav, It is our obligation as Jews and is usually just a vertical line with a Americans to object to this self-insmall dash on top; but here occurs flicted humanitarian crisis being a unique orthographic feature: The perpetrated, to take up Pinchas’ metvertical line is broken into two parts, aphorical spear without hesitation extending up and down with a gap and say loudly and clearly, “These in the middle (Numbers 25:12). injustices do not represent us; neiWhy is this vav broken? Some ther are they values that our country teach this represents the fragility of or our people were built on. This is a peace won through violence the not normal.”

PTSD trauma that haunts some solAs Jews, we know what it means diers following a bloody encounter. to be a persecuted minority. We Yet others teach this vav serves a know our obligation to love the more mystical purpose, that we can stranger as ourselves for we were unlock through digging into the ori- strangers in the land of Egypt. By gin of the vav itself. our resolve, may we see that this Although their shapes have morplague is halted and the rupture phed over millennia, Hebrew letters between heaven and Earth is ultiwere originally drawn and named to mately restored. ■ resemble objects, and the letter vav Rabbi Brent Gutmann is rabbi at Temple Kol which means “hook” originally had a more hook-like shape. Today, a vav Ami in West Bloomfield.

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LEFT: Actresses Awkwafina (Billi) and Zhao Shuzhen (NaiNai). BELOW: Filmmaker Eddie Rubin of West Bloomfield chats with filmgoers during this year’s Cinetopia Film Festival.

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ddie Rubin didn’t have to move to Hollywood to become a film producer. He is managing that career out of a home office in West Bloomfield, albeit with lots of travel.

His latest project, The Farewell, took him to China, where he experienced cultural elements different from his Jewish background but shared in the universal emotions expressed through the project.

The film, opening July 26 at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak and the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Township, was written and directed by Lulu Wang, who based the storyline on issues in her own family.

“Lulu’s experiences were described in an NPR podcast before they were turned into a movie by Big Beach and Depth of Field, an independent production company,” says Rubin, who connected with Wang and Big Beach producers at a film festival. “It’s a beautiful story about love and loss.

“Lulu’s grandmother, living in China, was diagnosed with cancer, and family members who had moved to other countries wanted to visit her. The woman

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The cast of The Farewell — minus the ailing grandmother

Segments of the film are spoken in didn’t know about her diagnosis and some relatives believed if they showed up Mandarin with English subtitles.

As it opened on the coasts recently, unannounced the grandmother would the film garnered stellar reviews from know something was up.

Variety, Rolling Stone, the Wall Street “To deal with this issue, they came up with a ruse. A cousin, who had been dat- Journal, Entertainment Weekly and more; and it was a standout at the Sundance ing someone for a very short period of Film Festival earlier in the year. And time, says he is going to marry in China forbes.com suggests the film may be the so they could all go under the guise of summer’s surprise hit. this wedding.”

Rubin, 32, is a The lead character, BBYO adviser and played by Awkwafina Details (Crazy Rich Asians), essen- The Farewell begins July 26 at grew up attending tially is telling Lulu’s story, the Main Art Theatre, Royal Oak, Congregation B’nai showing the struggles in (248) 542-5198 and the Maple Moshe in West Bloomfield. He and deciding if they should Theater, Bloomfield Twp, (248) his wife, Michelle, tell the woman about the 750-1030. Eddie Rubin will be have a young daughillness. Some in China, doing Q&As at the Maple after ter. He believes his Rubin explains, were 7 p.m. screenings July 26-27. early success as a raised to believe that if you producer — even don’t know you’re sick, working on a film in his sophomore year you get better. at the University of Michigan — comes Rubin says the film also delves into the cultural changes the returning family from persistence, a positive message he wants to impart to young people. members encounter after being away The filmmaker says he can consistentfor some time. That adds to the movie’s ly move on despite any rejection and is depth by exploring the remembrance of proud of his completed projects. Besides a homeland and defining what home is.

Million Dollars, a music video for Big Sean, he can look back on dramatized productions, including Mooz-lum starring Danny Glover and Love and Honor featuring Austin Stowell and Liam Hemsworth.

“My responsibilities as executive producer for The Farewell were the merging of the creative and the financial interests,” Rubin says. “I had to figure out, with the budget we had, how to pull certain things off and keep production moving day to day.”

He says he was honored to work with veteran producers Dani Melia, Peter Saraf, Anita Gou, Andrew Miano, Jane Zheng and the Weitz brothers.

Rubin, whose recent travels have taken him from New Mexico to Morocco in evaluating movie possibilities, invited his mom, Edythe Rubin of Farmington Hills, to see a preview of The Farewell.

“I asked her if she would want me to tell her if she had a serious illness or let her live out her life,” he says, still impacted by this latest movie. “It’s a very tough question, and she really wasn’t able to answer it. I can see both sides.” ■

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Jewish star or chai included. iewers of Bonnie Ziskin’s These began after the Pittsburgh sculptural artwork can synagogue shootings as she wanted sense she’s happy. to assert her religious devotion.

Her projects — whimsical glass “The star and the chai are there faces, mixed media abstractions because that’s who I am,” she says. and glass tableware — express a Ziskin began showing her work bright mood through both color four months after beginning projand design. ects, mostly to family but also at a Ziskin, 71, first expressed her country club, where there was an artistic instincts last year, after art display. The experience providhome projects expanded into art ed her first inkling that others liked fair displays juried into some 10 what she was doing. events, all with the travel help of That success led to her husband, Alan, a applications for juried retired clothing manushows. Patty Narozny, facturer. who produces and Ziskin makes directs many art her debut trip to fairs beyond events Michigan, appearin Naples and West ing July 27-28 at the Bloomfield, became Orchard Lake Fine Ziskin’s mentor and Art Show in West explained how to set Bloomfield.

Details up a booth. In West While her two chilThe Orchard Lake Fine Bloomfield, she will dren were young, she Art Show, Saturdaybe among some 130 worked as an accountSunday, July 27-28, diverse artists joined ing assistant. At 57, at Powers and Daly by food vendors and when her husband roads along Orchard live musicians. became a golf enthusiLake Road, just south “I have small plates astic, she went back to of Maple in West that sell at low prices school in preparation Bloomfield. $5 for those for people who want for surgical nursing.

14 and older to support to buy something but “We spend part the nonprofit Institute can’t afford the larger of the year in for the Arts & Education. works,” says Ziskin, Minneapolis and part (248) 684-2613. who also makes glass of the year in Naples, hotworks.org. bowls as functional Fla.,” Ziskin says. “Our dining table centerFlorida home was pieces. decorated with white Ziskin, a member of the Women’s walls and white leather furniture, Cultural Alliance of the Jewish and I decided we needed some Federation of Greater Naples, says color but didn’t want to pay a lot. part of her courage to enter the art I was confident I could do some world came after two successful colorful artwork myself, and now I battles against lung cancer. can’t stop.”

“I could try art because I no lonZiskin learned glass techniques at a workshop, bought supplies and ger have a fear of failure,” she says.

“People walk into my booth, leave mapped out her ideas in two studios, one in each of the cities where with a smile and leave me with a smile. That means my mission is she lives. While her overall themes are whimsical, she often has a small accomplished.” ■

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RED SEA DIVING PROJECT The Red Sea Diving Project, an original Netflix film, begins streaming on July 31. This dramatic film recounts the true efforts of the Israeli secret service, the Mossad, to rescue thousands of Ethiopian Jews in 1981. Many of them were hidden in a Sudan resort (near the Red Sea) before being transported to Israel. The film was directed and written by Israeli Gideon Raff, 46, who shared an Emmy for best Gideon Raff writing, dramatic TV show (Homeland).

Most of the film’s characters are Jewish, but only two major cast members are really Jewish (Israeli actress Alona Tal, 35, and Israeli actor Mark Avnir, 52, who was born in the Ukraine and came to Israel when he was 4 years old.

Avnir plays the head of the Alona Tal Mossad). Chris Evans, Ben Kingsley and Alessandro Nivola have co-starring roles. Nivola’s paternal grandmother was Jewish.

that had so many Jews and Italians that many locals have referred to it as “Matzah-Pizza.” (2) Jerry’s father, the late Kalman Seinfeld, was — ready — the owner of a sign company. I grew up near Massapequa and I used to notice a weird thing during election season. All over the county there were political billboards and in the corner of almost all these billboards there was a plaque with these words: Sign by Kal Seinfeld. It was so weird I wondered if it was some sort of joke. It wasn’t a joke. However, Jerry has said his father was a very funny guy. (3) Kal Seinfeld was of Hungarian Jewish ancestry, and Jerry’s late mother, Betty, was of Syrian Jewish ancestry; and (4) Jerry worked on an Israeli kibbutz when he was 16.

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SUNDAY, JULY 28 SOUL FLOW Noon-2 pm, July 28. The Collective at True North, 4699 16th St., #8, Detroit. Hosted by NEXTGen Detroit and The Well. An afternoon of Kabbalah learning, yoga and meditation. Cost: $8 per person. Register at jewishdetroit.org/ event/ngd-soul-flow. Info: Hannah, hgoodman@jfmd.org or Mimi, mimi@meetyouatthrethewell.org.

GROW FORTH 2-4 pm, July 28 and Aug. 4. Fisher Giving Gardens will present a gardening series co-taught by Carly Sugar and Rabbi Nate Degroot. At Yad Ezra. Cost: $18/session; free to clients and bridge card users. Info: carly@yadezra.org.

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PICNIC IN THE PARK 5-6:30 pm, July 28. Temple Shir Shalom invites children

0-7 and their families, friends and nannies to join at Heritage Park in Farmington Hills. Meet at the Splash Pad. Be sure to bring your picnic dinner and a blanket. Temple Shir Shalom will provide dessert. RSVP: 248-737-8700 or email julie@shirshalom.org.

Academy of America and co-president of Justice for Jews from Arab Countries. Video is followed by brief informal discussion facilitated by Nancy Kaplan. At 5075 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield. Free and open to the community; no reservations required. Info: 248-737-1931 or email nancyellen879@att.net.

MONDAY, JULY 29 JCC MEN’S CLUB 10-11:30 am, July 29. The club meets every Monday at the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center to discuss relevant matters of Jewish interest. Info: Sandy Ashman, 248-910-7505; or Ely Flaum, 248-592-0690.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 7-9 pm, July 31. At the Office Coffee Shop, 402 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak. Hosted by The Well and the Jewish Bar Association: “Bake Me a Cake: Religious Freedom in America.” No charge, but RSVP is a must: meetyouatthewell.org.

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SIMPLY DANCE 11 am, July 30. At Adat Shalom in Farmington Hills. Led

by Christine Stewart. No partner needed. Cost: $7. RSVP: 248-432-5467.

POPSICLES IN THE PARK 11 am-12:30 pm, Aug. 1. Temple Shir Shalom invites 0-7-year-olds and their families, friends and nannies to Hess Hathaway Park in Waterford. Look for the supersized Adirondack chair. Come pet the animals and enjoy the playground. RSVP: 248-737-8700 or email julie@ shirshalom.org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT 1 pm, July 31. “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Sephardic Jewish Perspective” as Beth Ahm videostreams part two of a two-part interview with Rabbi Elie Abadie of the Manhattan East Synagogue, director of the Sephardic

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From 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. head to the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation for the 10th annual Maker Faire Detroit, celebrating a decade of makers, entrepreneurs and inventors. It’s the biggest geek-culture party in the Great Lakes. This year’s invention extravaganza features a new main stage filled with entertainment of all kinds, from music to circus acts and speed talks. Celebrity LeVar Burton is the master maker emcee, adding geeky gravitas to the festivities. Some fun goings-on include a 40-foot Ferris wheel, the Power Racing Series or a bowling ball-powered skeeball game. You can generate electric energy through a Tesla coil, design and build your own marshmallow shooter, create massive works of art with ZotArtz then balance on a bicycle swing with Cirque Amongus — and much, much more.

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JULY 26-28 CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE Hey, gearheads! Head to the Inn at St. John’s, 44045 Five Mile in Plymouth, for Concours d’Elegance of America, one of the premier vintage auto shows in the country. There are special car shows, a world-class automotive art exhibition, seminars and other events leading up to the main event on Sunday showcasing nearly 300 classic, rare and magnificent automobiles from around the nation. Many of the events are open to the public for free; some have a fee attached. For a schedule, visit concoursusa.org/schedule-of-events.

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hen Mary Sue Schottenfels’ husband Ken Knoppow was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010, it was not only difficult for him, but she also found herself facing emotions of fright and isolation.

“I think the biggest challenge is balancing a full-time job and giving him support,” she said. “It’s the stress of not knowing what the future holds.”

Schottenfels, 69, works as executive director of CLEARCorps, a Detroitbased nonprofit organization that promotes healthy home environments to Detroit residents. She also took on the task of keeping track of her husband’s medications and doctors’ appointments, as well as escorting him to almost every appointment. Knoppow, 70, is being treated by a team of oncologists at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.

“It’s been really good in terms of his openness to my help,” she said of Ken, a retired criminal law attorney.

Doctors discovered Knoppow’s cancer “fairly early,” according to the couple, and he underwent a prostatectomy and radiation, which eliminated the cancer.

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in 2016 and metastasized to Knoppow’s bones. He has received immunotherapy treatments and targeted therapies and is now receiving chemotherapy.

Knoppow is also being screened by his primary oncologist Ulka Vaishampayan, M.D., director of the Phase I Clinical Trials Program at Karmanos, to determine if he is eligible to participate in a clinical trial at Karmanos. His situation is complicated because he has a BRCA2 gene mutation, which is common among Ashkenazi Jews and increases an individual’s likelihood of being diagnosed with a variety of cancers including breast, ovarian, pancreatic and prostate cancers, as well as melanoma.

FINDING SUPPORT Both Schottenfels and Knoppow, who live in West Bloomfield, take part in Karmanos’ support groups at the Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center in Farmington Hills. Schottenfels said her participation in the Caregivers Support Group provides her a lifeline in handling both the practical and emotional challenges of caring for Ken. “We focus on treatment options, how

to communicate with your doctor, longevity questions and fears,” Schottenfels said. “We talk about what a specific person is going through. We laugh a lot, too. Even situations that are horrible can be funny.”

Knoppow attends Karmanos’ Men’s Support Group and says the members discuss their respective diseases.

“It puts things in perspective, and it makes you feel less alone,” he said.

“Everybody should really try a support group. You see people in similar situations.”

The couple say it is most helpful when a fellow support group member is in the same place as they are as it relates to the disease. Talking to that person really helps when it comes to making treatment decisions.

“The Caregivers Support Group is invaluable,” Schottenfels said. “We feel pretty bonded with each other. To me, it’s like you walk into the room and it’s a sigh of relief.”

Kathleen Hardy, LMSW, an oncology social worker at the Weisberg center, said the ripples of a cancer diagnosis extend to family members who can experience

higher-than-normal stress levels. That’s why social and emotional support is so important for those who care for individuals diagnosed with cancer.

“Spouses may be asked to provide emotional support, to help with decision making, to provide medical care, to manage financial stressors and to live with a certain amount of fear and uncertainty,” she said. “In a family (support) group, you know you are not alone. Other group members understand the changing roles and increasing demands and are there for your support.”

Karmanos’ various support groups, those located in Farmington and at the main Detroit location, are free and open to the public, even if an individual is not being treated at Karmanos. Caregivers and cancer patients also can take part in Karmanos’ Healing Arts Program in Farmington Hills, which is free and open to the community. The program includes music and art therapy, massage, Reiki, Tai Chi classes and other complementary therapies.

LOOKING FORWARD Both Schottenfels and Knoppow remain active as a way to live each day with the disease. Knoppow is involved with Meals on Wheels, teaches chess to schoolage children and organizes a monthly folk music concert series at the West Bloomfield Library. Besides her day job, Schottenfels enjoys spending time with family, and both are involved with politics. They also attend Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield and travel frequently.

“With Karmanos’ support and Ken’s strength, we are hoping and planning for a great many years together,” she said.

Schottenfels advises other caregivers to take care of themselves as they provide support for their ailing loved one.

“The No. 1 thing for me is to take one day at a time,” she said. “Seek and accept support. Be open to new activities and stress relievers. We do appreciate the wrap-around services that Karmanos provides.” ■ Karmanos’ Caregivers Support Group is supported by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Legacy Funds. To learn more, contact Kathleen Hardy at (248) 538-4712 or email hardyk@ karmanos.org.

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According to the safety organization Kids and Cars, an average of 37 American children die each year in hot cars. These include instances where a child has been forgotten in a car, accidentally locks themselves in a car or trunk or, in a small number of cases, when a child has been intentionally left in a car.

The new system was created by Technion undergraduate students Adam Barhak and Assaf Yitzhak, under the guidance of doctoral student Ayal Taitler and master’s degree student Dotan Shambi. It is based on a relatively simple and inexpensive thermal sensor installed opposite the baby

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According to a release shared by the Technion, the system activates a sequence of alarms in a closed loop that expands according to time passed and the temperature of the vehicle.

First, a warning light is turned on, followed by a warning beep, and if necessary, notification by text messages to an expanding loop of people who could remotely open the car doors and windows.

The solution comes at the right time of year. According to noheatstroke. org, 809 children have died due to Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke (PVH) since 1998. At least 90 percent of reported childhood hot-car deaths in the U.S. occurred between April and September.

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A team of bioengineers and gynecologists at Tel Aviv University say that by bioengineering cells, they have created a model of the human uterine wall where they hope embryos will be able to attach and grow. The discovery would be a step toward growing embryos in an artificially made biological womb model, the researchers said.

If implantation occurs as hoped, it would allow the embryos to develop in a biological environment rather than in the artificial environment of a petri dish and incubator, which are used today to incubate early embryos during in vitro fertilization.

Developing in a biological environment is expected to yield “better results� for the embryos’ growth and survival, Elad explained.

Prof. David Elad In their work, they took endometrial and smooth muscle cells from the uterus and co-cultured them in layers in the lab, subjecting them as well to hormonal manipulation. Through their engineering of the cells, they managed to create a “model that represents a receptive uterus,� which would be able, in theory, to be fertile ground for a newly fertilized egg to implant and develop, said Elad.

Their research has been sent to medical and scientific journals for review, he said.

Elad said he believes the Tel Aviv University study marks a “first time the anatomical architecture of the human uterus has been tissue engineered� and is an important step forward in gaining insight into the creation of early human life.

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arlier this year, early childcare educator Caryn Finkelstein of Farmington won not her first, but her second grant from the Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation.

Finkelstein, who has degrees in child development and teaching from Michigan State University and University of Michigan Dearborn, has been an early childhood professional for 27 years, 21 of them at the Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) at University of Michigan Dearborn.

Finkelstein’s class includes a large number of students with special needs.

Working with these students throughout the year inspired her to appeal to the Terri Lynne Lokoff Foundation for a grant to work on a project she has termed the “Sensory Toolbox.� “Teaching 3- and 4-year-olds is incredibly rewarding and unpredictable. No two days are ever the same,� says Finkelstein, who is single and often attends Congregation B’nai Moshe in West Bloomfield, where her mother is a member. “The responsibility to help tiny humans become empathetic and caring members of a community is immense.�

Finkelstein adds that she spends a great deal of the day helping students solve social problems, learn how to work together as a group and talk about how actions affect others. “Sensory play is so important in the classroom,� Finkelstein said. “The materials in this toolbox will help my special needs students, but all the chil-

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Finkelstein’s goals for the toolbox are to help students develop body awareness and regulation of emotions. “Many of the materials in the Sensory Toolbox will assist the children in calming down when big emotions overwhelm them and help them identify a range of moods and emotions. “Special needs children can go to extreme feelings very quickly and if they can learn to manage these feelings in a play situation, they can use the things they learn when they do get angry or upset,� she adds.

The toolbox will include timers, weighted pillows and neck wraps, kinetic sand, instant snow and different strengths of therapy putty, among other things.

Caryn’s mother, Paula Finkelstein, feels supporting early childhood educators is more important than most people believe and credits the Terri Lynne Lokoff Foundation for providing support to this community.

The foundation was founded in 1987 following the death of early childhood educator Terri Lynne Lokoff in a car accident the year before. Her family set up the nonprofit to honor her memory and “fulfill her efforts.â€? “The Terri Lynne Lokoff Foundation is the only organization nationwide that recognizes early childhood educators,â€? Finkelstein says. “They really make an effort to support, recognize and reward teachers that don’t get a lot of credit or pay.â€? â–

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ohnny Clegg, the singer-songwriter who rose to fame by using music to defy apartheid-era segregation laws in South Africa, died July 16, 2019, of cancer. He was 66.

Clegg recorded and performed with his bands Juluka and Savuka, and as a solo act. His music was often political. According to his obituary in the Guardian, “He challenged the authorities by forming mixed-race bands, performing to both black and white audiences, and mixing Zulu influences into songs that brought

BY DAVIDATA AT him international GERMAN WIKIPEDIA success. Known as the ‘white Zulu’ or umlungu omnyama (the black white person), he spoke fluent Zulu and was an energetic and skillful exponent of Zulu dance.”

Clegg was born in England to an English father, Dennis Clegg, and a Rhodesian mother, Muriel, a jazz singer from a Lithuanian Jewish family. They divorced while Johnny was an infant and his mother moved to Rhodesia, Israel and Zambia before settling in South Africa.

“He was proud of his Jewishness, and he wrestled with it at times,” his close friend of 35 years, Anthony Chait, told the South African Jewish Report. “Once, when performing at Sydenham Shul in 2008, he quipped that ‘in the first instance I’m a Zulu, then a Jew’, but he never forgot his Jewish identity, and never hid it or suppressed it.”

Two weeks ago, the national executive council of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) unanimously chose Clegg to be the recipient of the Rabbi Cyril and Ann Harris Human Rights Award at its upcoming national conference in November. Sadly, that award will now be given posthumously.

Clegg is survived by his second wife, Jenny (nee Bartlett), whom he married in 1989, and their two sons, Jesse and Jaron. ■

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SIMON BINKE, 87, of Bloomfield Hills, died July 13, 2019.

One of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust, he came to the United States in 1950. He was an active participant with the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center.

Mr. Binke is survived by his wife of 62 years, Celia Binke; children, Brian and Ellen Binke of Orchard Lake, Sherrie and Craig Glicken of Chicago, Ill., Dale and Laurette Binke of Evergreen, Colo.; grandchildren, Jacob Binke, Aaron and Maddie Binke, Evan and Chynna Candlin Binke.

He was the loving son of the late Bella and the late Aron Binke; dear brother of the late Blanca Binke and the late Lena Binke.

Contributions may be made to the Jewish Community Center, 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; or Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements

by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

MADELINE BOCKNEK, 90, of West Bloomfield, died July 13, 2019.

She is survived by her beloved husband, Bernard Bocknek; son and daughter-in-law, Craig and Gail Bocknek; daughters and sonin-law, Debbie Hirsch, Sheryl and Randy Stone; grandchildren, Rachel and Hillary Bocknek, Julie (Aaron) Friedman, Andrea Hirsch, Brian (Dayna) Stone and Brad (Rachel) Stone; great-granddaughter, Brooklyn Stone; sister, Laura Cole; brother-inlaw, Frank Stein; many other loving family members and friends.

Mrs. Bocknek was the sister-in-law of the late Arthur Cole; the sister of the late Arlene Stein.

Interment took place at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

DR. LEON COGAN, 85, of West Bloomfield, died July 11, 2019.

He was a graduate of Wayne State University and Des Moines School of Osteopathic Medicine; he had a private practice in Detroit. He was a talented tenor and a member of the Zamir Chorale. He also volunteered at the Brown Center.

Dr. Cogan is survived by his beloved wife, Marlene; brother and sister-in-law, Harry and Sally Cogan; sons, Sol and Kevin Cogan; brother-in-law, Bill Keller; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Herbie and Joyce Weberman; many nieces, nephews, other family members and many friends.

He was the son of the late Pauline and the late Isadore Cogan; brother-in-law of the late Beverly Keller.

Interment was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to Congregation Shaarey Zedek or Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

PAUL DUCHIN, 67, of Southfield, died July 17, 2019.

He is survived by his mother, Cecelia Duchin; brothers and sisters-inlaw, Neal and Chaya Duchin, and Steven and Paula Duchin; other family and friends.

He was the devoted son of the late George Duchin; the loving brother of the late Burt Alan Duchin.

Interment was at Oakview Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072, yadezra.org; or Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park, MI 48237, congbethshalom.org.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel DR. RALPH EPSTEIN, 83, of Southfield, died July 12, 2019.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Annette Epstein; son, Andrew Epstein; daughters and sons-in-law, Cheryl and Clyde Manion, Lauren and Brian Giles; grandchildren, Alex Manion, Clare Manion, Sophia Epstein, Sawyer Epstein, Celia Giles and Levi Giles; many loving nieces, nephews,

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

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

MARSHALL FEALK, 72, of Tucson, Ariz., died on July 7, 2019.

He was born in Detroit.

He obtained a B.A. at U-M, a J.D. at University of Wisconsin and an L.L.M. in taxation at University of Miami. He practiced law for more than 46 years.

Mr. Fealk will be remembered for his intelligence, kindness, sense of humor, smile and dedication to his family, friends and clients.

He is survived by his loving wife, Louise; children, Franci (Michael Skolnick) of Indianapolis, Ind., Michelle of Tucson and Marc of Phoenix, Ariz.; sister, Myrna (Sid) Konikow of Michigan; and nieces and nephews.

Mr. Fealk was preceded in death by his parents, Ben and Henrietta; and brother, Hillard.

Services were held at Evergreen Mortuary in Tucson. Contributions may be made to the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis.

DEBRA FELDMAN, 72, of West Bloomfield, died July 13, 2019.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Barry and Sheryl Feldman of West Bloomfield, Jay and Jessica Feldman of Miami Beach, Fla., Eric Feldman; daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Steve Horowitz of Pacific Palisades, Calif.; sisters and brothers-in-law, Rita and Joseph Salama of Farmington Hills, Bonnie and Morry Levin; grandchildren, Charlotte Horowitz, Isabel Horowitz, Max Feldman, Olivia Feldman, Jonah Feldman, Avery Feldman, Dahlia Feldman, Stella Feldman; many loving nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews; her former husband, Michael Feldman; her loving caregiver, Patricia Lawrence.

Contributions may be made to the Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; CHAIM, Children of

Holocaust Survivors Assn. in Michigan, P.O. Box 339614, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; Alzheimer’s Association, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033; or David Horodoker Organization, c/o Linda Friedman, 6971 Woodside Trail, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. Interment was held at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

PAULINE FINE, 89, of Farmington Hills, died July 12, 2019.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-inlaw, Sharon and Joseph Prawer of Southfield, Laura and Charles Goldston of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, Dena and Adam Ballew, Dr. Dovid and Dr. Natalie White, Alana White, Naomi White, Marissa Goldston, Danielle Goldston; great-grandchildren, Shlomo Gavriel Ballew, Ariella Shira Ballew, Daniella Elise Ballew, Shlomo Chaim White, Sarah Meira White; many loving nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Fine was the beloved wife of the late Morris Fine; loving mother of the late Joel Fine, the late Sheldon White, the late Susan Fine; dear sister of the late Emanuel Koenigsberg.

Contributions may be made to Dysautonomia Foundation, 315 W. 39th St., Suite 701, New York, NY 10018; Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, P.O. Box 2044, Southfield, MI 48037; or Farber Hebrew Day School, 21100 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48076. Services and interment were held at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham.

Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

JACK FINK, 89, of Royal Oak, passed away peacefully on July 12, 2019, holding the hand of the person who loved him best, his companion and dearest friend of more than 60 years, Willodean Wolczynski.

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Mr. Fink is survived by his sister, Beatrice Fink Daniel of Virginia; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

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ALBERT E. GOODWIN, 91, of Oak Park, died July 18, 2019.

He is survived by his children, Bruce and Kathleen Goodwin, Judith and Douglas Colman, Gail and Jack Ressler, and Brian Goodwin; grandchildren, Darryl and Staci Goodwin, Justin and Jessica Goodwin, Zachary and Arielle Goodwin, Michael Colman, Sara and Adam Herbert, Dana and Michael Gutman, Laurel and Lee Fixel, Lindsay and Zachary Maisner, David Goodwin, Daniel Goodwin and Gabriel Goodwin; great-grandchildren, Brody and Noah Goodwin, Yoni and Ari Goodwin, Gavriela and Natan Goodwin, Emily and Lily Herbert, Sasha and Ella Gutman, Livia and Logan Fixel, and Ari Maisner; sister and brothers, Shirley Roth, Dr. Herbert Goodwin and Murray Goodwin.

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years.

Born Jean Welton on Sept. 4, 1928, she was one of eight children; she was raised in Detroit and attended Central High School.

She had two years of college at University of Michigan.

Jean married her college sweetheart, Gerald Goren, and together they raised their three children in Southfield before going their separate ways. Among their shared passions was their love of adventure, which took them to many places in the world.

Always glamorous, vibrant and youthful beyond her years, Jean is remembered for her signature red hair, red lipstick and stylish attire.

She loved acting and singing and participated in charity shows and modeling. Her love of dance found her and her longtime companion, Michael, as stars of the ballroom, where they danced together until Jean was well into her 80s.

Jean and her devoted daughter, Carol, owned and operated a successful photography business in Detroit called Captured Glamour.

Together, they moved to a new home in Florida, where the last six years were spent enjoying the warmth and sunshine of the surroundings as well as each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company.

An animal rights advocate, Jean rescued animals, and many found their way into her home and into her heart. She was known by many to be generous, creative, colorful, social and multi-talented. She was a fabulous mother. In addition to her love of performance, Jean sewed and was an accomplished cook. She was known to many as an extraordinary healer.

Jean was preceded in death by six of her siblings and her loving companion, Michael Frabotta. She is survived by her brother, Milton Welton (92); her children, Gary Goren, Barbara Gale and Carol Goren; her grandchildren, Ariel and Ross Raventos, Valerie Goren, Alex Goren and Hannah Elizabeth Gale; her great-granddaughter, Finley Raventos; and her beloved cats.

Contributions may be made to the Humane Society at humanesociety.org.

BERNICE HOLLANDER, 90, of West Bloomfield, died July 14, 2019.

Beyond her family, Bernice Hollander touched the lives of many children and their parents in her role as an exemplary kindergarten teacher. For 30 years, she strived for excellence as an educator at Schoenhals Elementary School in Southfield.

During her retirement years, she continued to help others through her volunteerism at both Meals on Wheels and JARC. She is survived by her children, Dr. Jay and Jill Hollander, Dr. David and Louisa Hollander, Dan Hollander and Dr. Priscilla Chamberlain, and Dr. Mitch and Betsy Hollander; grandchildren, Dr. Alexa Lindley and Dr. Kevin Duan, Clarissa Lindley and Jesse Cooley, Isaac Hollander, Greg Hollander, Phil and Frances Hollander, Bradley Davis, Rachel and Reuben Maxbauer, Nicole Hollander, Alexandra Hollander and Jack Hollander; great-grandchildren, Ted Maxbauer and Lucas Duan.

Mrs. Hollander was the beloved wife for 59 years of the late Dr. Martin Elliot Hollander; the loving sister of the late

Rae Mucasey; the devoted daughter of the late Nina (Kass) and the late Harry Block.

Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association-Greater Michigan Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, alz.org/gmc; Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jslmi.org; or the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 24359 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 225, Southfield, MI 48075, jdrf.org, Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

KARIN LOOPER, 65, of Rockville, Md., formerly of Michigan, died July 18, 2019.

She is survived by her husband of almost 30 years, Glen Looper; son, Leslie Losonci; father, David Roberts (Geri Margolis); stepchildren, Lisa Looper, Terri Karr, Michelle and Rodney Smith and their families; brother, Hal Roberts of Santa Rosa, Calif.; sister and brother-in-law, Ilene and Stuart Tallen of Park Ridge, Ill. Mrs. Looper was the loving daughter of the late Marjorie Roberts.

Contributions may be made to JARC, 30301 Northwestern Hwy., Farmington Hills, MI 48334. Services and interment were held at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

MOLLIE NUCIAN, 101, of West Bloomfield, died July 18, 2019.

She is survived by her children, Sandra Nucian, Richard Nucian and Gary Nucian; grandchildren, Joshua and Amanda Nucian, Stephen Nucian and Cara Nucian; great-grandchild, Tristan Nucian; sister, Blanche Gantz; many loving nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Nucian was the beloved wife of the late Lew Nucian; the devoted daughter of the late Beckie and the late Nathan Rattner; dear mother-in-law of the late Susan Nucian; the loving sister-in-law of the late Ben and the late Anne Kosins, the late Harry Gantz, the late Benjamin Nucian and the late Saul Nucian.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to University of Michigan, the Susan Nucian Fund for Pancreatic Research, Office of Development, 1000 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, MI 48104,

rogelcancercenter.org/pancreatic-cancer/ make-gift; or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

DR. ANDREW ELI SEGAL, 89, of Bloomfield Hills, died July 9, 2019, surrounded by loving family.

He was born Nov. 7, 1929, in New York City.

In 1952, Dr. Segal married the love of his life, Alice Block. They shared 62 wonderful years and raised four children together.

Dr. Segal is remembered by family, friends and patients for being a very kind, gentle and patient man.

He earned his bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree at the University of Michigan and his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School; he then practiced dermatology in Detroit and the metropolitan area for 50 years.

Throughout his life, Dr. Segal had many interests, including sailing, tennis, golf, crossword puzzles and travel. With his wife, Alice, he traveled to many destinations, including India, China, Africa and Cuba. A most memorable trip that he often spoke of was the summer he spent in a VW camper bus with three continued on page 56

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kids and a toddler in seven countries.

Dr. Segal was a Michigan Wolverine fan and football season ticket holder.

He was also a member of Congregation Shaarey Zedek.

Dr. Segal was the dear father of Richard Segal, Bruce (Terry) Segal, Robert Segal and Abby Segal; loving grandfather of Jessica Segal, Michael (Rebecca) Segal, Daniel Segal and Aliyah Segal; adoring great-grandfather of Madeline Segal; many other loving family members and friends.

He was the beloved husband of the late Alice Segal; devoted brother of the late Norman Segal; uncle of the late Diane Eskow, Michael Segal and Debbie Segal (Steve Fadoir).

Interment took place at the Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham.

Contributions may be made to CurePSP or the Holocaust Memorial Center.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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MORTON SCHLOSS, 100, a current resident of Rockville, Md., formerly of Northbrook and Highland Park, Ill., died July 14, 2019.

He was proud to have made it to 100; this was his goal. When he recently reached 100, his new goal was 125.

Mr. Schloss’ business was women’s retail clothing stores, or as he referred to it when asked, Jewish hardware. He was the consummate schmoozer; he talked to everyone.

In Florida, where he enjoyed his winters or at his condominium home, they called him the “Mayor.” At the senior place where he was living when he died, he was designated the “Resident Ambassador,” a title he took very seriously as he was responsible for greeting all the new residents. He was active until the end; singing and dancing with the caregivers and residents.

Mr. Schloss is survived by his children, Richard (Iris) Schloss, Debra (the late Michael) Schwartz, Steven Schloss; grandchildren, Marnie (Jason) Hafron, Allison Schloss, Brian (Laura Pincus) Schwartz, Andrea (Daniel) Wald, Hannah (Niki) Schloss and Daniel

Schloss; great-grandchildren, Arden Hafron, Lola Hafron, Hannah Schwartz, Miles Schwartz, Madeline Wald, Mikayla Wald; the wonderful staff at Brightview.

He was predeceased by Myra, his wife of 74 years.

Contributions amy be made to Cancer Wellness Center, 215 Revere Drive, Northbrook, IL 60062; or Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, (248) 661-5700; or Jewish Social Services Agency, 6123 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852.

HARRY S. SHAPIRO, 71, of West Bloomfield, died July 20, 2019.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Linda Shapiro; sons and daughter-in-law, Lawrence Shapiro, Steven and Katherine Shapiro; daughter and son-in-law, Stacy and Louis Terhlen Jr.; grandchildren, Everett, Layla, Milana; brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Nancy Shapiro; sister, JoAnn Duran; sister-in-law, Lynn Shapiro; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Mr. Shapiro was the brother of the late Charles Shapiro.

Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham.

Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association or a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

ROSALIE SOSNICK, 90, of Oak Park died July 20, 2019.

She is survived by her sons, Jeffrey (Michelle) Brodman and Steven Brodman; daughters, c. 1948 Noreen (Joseph Sabatini) Sosnick and Elaine Kahn; stepson, Martin Sosnick; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Sosnick was the beloved daughter of the late Joseph and the late Helen Holtzman; sister of the late Irwin Toby Holtzman and the late David B. Holtzman. She was the former wife of the late Leo Brodman; beloved wife of the late J.C. Sosnick.

Interment was held at Workmen’s Circle Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra, Young Israel of Oak Park, Yeshiva Beth Yehudah or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

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lthough the closing of Ginopolisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bar-B-Q Smokehouse on 12 Mile, Farmington Hills, will occur at the end of July, the family name will live on in continued glory with it being operated

by Peter Ginopolis and his family â&#x20AC;Ś as Ginopolisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Smoke N Pit BBQ on West Main Street in downtown Brighton.

When Johnny and brother, Peter, previously bought Capraroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant in Redford Township with their dad, the brothers immediately established a reputation of communal goodness â&#x20AC;Ś On the sale of their Farmington Hills site to become a retirement home, their Ginopolisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; BarB-Q Smokehouse will be long remembered for its legendary Montgomery Inn ribs and superb sauce, both of which no other restaurant could boast of having â&#x20AC;Ś Worldfamous ribs that their uncle, Ted â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rib King,â&#x20AC;? owner of the Montgomery Inn in Montgomery, Ohio (near Cincinnati), supplied them as the only other restaurant in the nation to have them â&#x20AC;Ś And now already a favorite again at the Brighton location.

At the Farmington Hills site, many will recall being seated next to local personalities and national names that are easily recognized â&#x20AC;Ś Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Bob Hope, Muhammad Ali, etc.

But with all the noted persons and varied luminaries that came to the Farmington Hills eatery, Johnny and Peter were always quick to say that the biggest celebrities were their customers.

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many stories of interest â&#x20AC;Ś And of its solid oak bar being as strong as the person in whose memory it was built, their dad, George â&#x20AC;Ś Or about the tall foursided clock that stood on a corner of the Farmington Hills property that was erected

by Johnny and Peter in memory of their mother and father as a reminder that their mom and dad were watching over them every minute of the day.

All the collectorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; items and photos accumulated since Johnny and Peter opened the doors on 12 Mile Road â&#x20AC;Ś Detroit Tigers, Detroit Pistons, hockey stars, film stars, etc., will be fondly remembered.

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The ladyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes sparkled, and her whole body trembled with excitement. The old man seeing this said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take it!â&#x20AC;?

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

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his year marks the 100th anniversary of a Jewish Detroit business that you may know. Perhaps, on your way to work today, you may have passed by one of its developments, City Club Apartments. Or maybe you live in one?

Although the name has evolved over the years, City Club Apartments is celebrating 100 years in the real estate business.

History tells us it is a rare company that lasts a century.

The roots of City Club begin when 2-year-old Joseph Holtzman immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1896. He Mike Smith came to Detroit in 1914 to take a job as a Alene and Graham sweeper for Ford Motor Company, one of Landau Archivist Chair thousands who came to the city, lured by Ford’s famous “Five Dollar a Day” wages.

But Holtzman had ambitions beyond the factory floor: He began Joseph Holtzman Homes in 1919 and soon established a reputation for building quality, modestly priced homes.

In 1934, Holtzman partnered with his brother-in-law, Nathan Silverman. Holtzman Homes became Holtzman & Silverman and continued to build houses for the working class. The company remained in business for another 60 years and later was managed by another generation, Irwin “Toby” Holtzman and Gilbert Silverman. In 1966, the sons created Metro Detroit’s iconic Village Green Apartments.

Holtzman & Silverman split apart in 1994, but Village Green Apartments continued. The third generation Holtzman, Jonathan, began working in the family business in 1977. In 2016, he separated from Village Green and, with his partner, Alan Greenberg, formed City Club Apartments.

A search into the William Davison Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History demonstrates that the Holtzmans are mentioned hundreds of times. More important, the historic pages of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and Detroit Jewish News show that, beyond maintaining a successful business based in Metro Detroit, as philanthropists, the Holtzmans also have had a significant impact upon

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Detroit, its Jewish community and Israel.

To say the least, family patriarch, Joseph Holtzman, was among the prominent leadjn ers of Detroit, especially in the aftermath of World War II. For just one example, a story in n the Jan. 16, 1948, issue of the JN reported that Holtzman oltzman and another Detroiter, Louis Berry, were among 500 American Jewish leaders to tour displaced persons camps and Palestine on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal. After the trip, Holtzman became a staunch supporter of Israel.

Moreover, a few months later, the Oct. 1, 1948, issue of the JN stated: “In a single year, Berry and Holtzman became a legend in Detroit’s campaign history.” Indeed, Holtzman became one of the most successful UJA chairs ever and a mentor of the legendary Detroiter Max Fisher.

The son and grandson have carried on the tradition.

For example, Toby Holtzman and his son, Jonathan, were in the news last year regarding their work toward a major literary project in Israel. The story in the Oct. 25, issue of the JN (the 2018 issues of the JN will soon be added to the Davidson Archive) reported that Toby and his wife, Shirley, began collecting in 1973 and amassed a huge trove of Israeli literature. Having already established the Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman Collection of Israeli Literature at Michigan State University, their main collection was donated to the National Library of Israel and is considered the definitive collection of Israeli literary works.

Toby died in 2010, but Jonathan is now carrying on the tradition, among his City Club Apartments other charitable causes. Oren Weinberg, library director, noted that: “We are proud to count Jonathan Holtzman as a leading partner in the renewal of the National Library.”

Jonathan summed-up the Holtzman legacy: “I am proud to serve as the third-generation leader of this 100-year-old company that was founded on relationships, quality and innovation. I was inspired by my grandfather’s creativity, work ethic and love of Israel. I had great respect for my father’s ability to evolve my grandfather’s vision and his love of books.” ■ Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org.

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