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will always free associate Sam Marvin with wood pallets and wood pallets with Sam Marvin. In the days leading up to the opening of Repair the World’s Workshop space in 2014, one of Sam’s many tasks, as he tripled and quadruBen Falik pled his part-time hours, was finding and arranging pallets to serve as the Workshop’s couches. Sam has long since moved on from Repair the World. But the pallet couches — which have been greeting people and their butts with nary a splinter for five years strong — provide a passable metaphor for his current work. Start with something that could easily be considered disposable, if not dangerous. Identify the tools and assemble the resources so that they can be assets rather than liabilities. Help others to see them as something stable, something with worth, something with integrity. Sam works with — for, really — returning citizens. If you’re not familiar with the terms, think of “returning citizen” as a long-overdue reframing of “ex-con.” It acknowledges that people who were incarcerated are products of and once again members of our community. Their pursuit of self-sufficiency is in the community’s interest; their transition can be unduly complicated by entrenched policies and prejudices. There are currently 2,500 parolees and 8,000 probationers living in Detroit. Through the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development, Sam works from multiple angles to create opportunities for his fellow Detroiters: 1. Opening doors to opportunity. The focus here is on motivating employers to give returning citizens a “fair chance.” By way of example, Ban the Box has gained traction as a way for job applicants to receive due consideration by not having to disclose their criminal background on their initial application.
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2. Reducing individual barriers to employment. Beyond sweeping statistics, every returning citizen has his or her own set of circumstances that can make hurdles ever higher, like access to stable housing, reliable transportation and vital documentation. (It can take weeks of wading through layers of bureaucracy and months of waiting to obtain copies of your birth certificate or social security card.) 3. Up-skilling job-seekers. Some 80 percent of people paroling back to Detroit were unemployed when they were incarcerated. Lack of access to quality education is a major part of the vicious cycle that leads people into the justice system in the first place and can trigger recidivism. The city and Michigan Department of Corrections have a range of partnerships that focus on remedial education, high school completion, post-secondary, vocational skills and soft skills. Sam has learned through the course of his work that one of the big things standing between a returning citizen and a job is a job: “Transitional jobs have very low barriers to entry and are ideally provided by a nonprofit or social enterprise with the sole purpose of supporting an individual’s transition into permanent employment,” he said. “Buying clothing, food, bus passes and paying rent become substantially easier when a returning citizen has a transitional job. Large employers and public institutions can create
these opportunities and my efforts are directed toward growing the number.” He notes two nonprofit partners, among myriad programs providing a strong return on the public and private investments in returning citizens. Goodwill Industries, in Detroit since 1921, provides more than 900 local businesses with a reliable workforce. Their Flip the Script program provides mentoring and job training that address the unique challenges returning citizens experience. Center for Employment Opportunities, new to Detroit last year, provides immediate paid employment — caring for 100 parks and green spaces around the city — along with skills training and ongoing career support. Many factors stemming from concentrated poverty conspire to create a pipeline into prisons. The number of incarcerated individuals in Michigan is dropping, in an encouraging trend, but it will take a comparable conspiracy to manage the flow of people back into Detroit neighborhoods and suburbs. Ultimately, people aren’t pallets. Their lives are messy. Both their problems and their potential can be powerful. Sam and his colleagues have seen all the constructive ways returning citizens can contribute to their communities — as long as they aren’t trapped under the weight of a debt to society they’ve already paid.
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osters expressing anti-Semitism found recently in Royal Oak and Birmingham reflect the growing expression of religious and cultural hatred in our society. The posters are attributed to the Atomwaffen Division, labeled as a terrorist hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of 148 hate groups in the United States, many of which are linked to white nationalist ideology. It is especially disheartening that the president of the United States has chosen to be a cheerleader for racism, anti-Semitism and nativism. Democracy and pluralism are not just quaint American notions but rather they are the core of what America is and what makes it great. To entertain and encourage divisiveness, racism and nativism risks breaking the bonds of affection that sustain America as a nation, internally strong and worthy of respect internationally. We who commit to improving the social fabric through healthy interfaith engagement and education fear that the growing expression of
religious hate and racism is a grave threat to the survival of American culture. It is built on embracing the cultural and religious differences that have enhanced this nation since its inception and promise to continue to do so, if not stifled by this dangerous trend in our society. The InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit has demonstrated that educating young people through our Religious Diversity Journeys and adults through Exploring Religious Landscapes leads to understanding, acceptance and engagement with religions that otherwise may seem strange. But these are people willing to consider different beliefs and customs. What do we do with the brash ignorance of those who want to rid American society of its religious and social diversity, and revert back to the hatred of the anti-Semitic and racist past? We who may be from other countries or people of color or religions unfamiliar to Americans fear the underlying passion of the crowd’s chant “Send her back.” When will
they call for us? When will they post threats to everyone other than their definition of religion? We, of good faith and humane intent, should reflect on the poetic interpretation of German Lutheran pastor, Martin Neimoller, featured in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Rev. Neimoller criticized German society for not resisting the rise of Nazi power in German. It is as relevant today as then: “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.” Raman Singh is president, Rev. Stancy Adams is chairperson and Robert Bruttell is past chairperson of the InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit.
I enjoyed reading Jessie Cohen’s article regarding the young Maccabi athletes who we are hosting (Aug. 1, page 12). Being a host family in previous years, I have very pleasant memories, like when I found out the daughter of a friend of mine, a native Israeli from New Jersey, whom I met when we both attended a seminar for Ulpan teachers in New York, was coming to compete. Naturally, I asked that she be assigned to me. Or hosting two lovely girls from the former Soviet Union who lived in Brooklyn. The beautiful cloth hand-embroidered napkins which one of them gave me are still in my living room, too pretty to use. Or the lovely girl who told us she lost her watch and was very upset about it, so my husband went to get her a new watch. However, there was also another not-so-happy experience when a girl who was assigned to me and seemed quite happy actually placed a call from her closed room to the person in charge of hospitality saying that she was miserable because she wanted to be with a friend of hers. Well, I received a surprise call from that person, did understand and the tragedy ended. Hosting these young athletes, all in continued on page 12
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un violence in the United States will continue to be an issue until we can all agree it is a national epidemic. Over the last 35 years, we have experienced some of the deadliest mass shootings in our country’s history. These senseless acts of violence are taking the lives of nearly 100 Americans each Rep. Brenda day. As members of Lawrence Congress, we have a responsibility to protect the people of the United States; however, we are dealing with an administration that refuses to acknowledge that hateful words have consequences. This February, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, which establishes stricter background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties. However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refuses to bring up this bipartisan piece of legislation for a vote in the U.S. Senate. As elected members of Congress, we swore an oath of office to defend the people that we represent; however, Leader McConnell refuses to consider bipartisan legislation that is supported by
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a majority of Americans. Enough is enough — Americans across the country are demanding gun reform, and it is past time for Congress to act. Young children go through active shooter drills in school before many even know how to read. Places of worship, festivals and community centers, long considered to safe havens for Americans to enjoy, are becoming targets for individuals seeking to inflict mass casualties. For far too long, we have been offering “thoughts and prayers” to families across the country affected by unspeakable hatred. Gun reform is necessary to protect the American people. Every year, nearly 40,000 people die from gun violence, and that is 40,000 people too many. We have allowed the hatred of domestic terrorism and white supremacy to slowly tear away at the moral fabric of our country. The hateful rhetoric and lack of support for gun control by the president of the United States is normalizing hatred that has no place in our society. It will never be acceptable to speak negatively about or physically harm someone based on their gender, race, sexual orientation or religion. America was established as one nation under God, indivisible, with
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liberty and justice for all. The citizens of this country should matter more than gun lobbyists and the National Rifle Association. In the last 10 years, we have seen six of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. In 2017, 58 innocent festival goers were killed at a concert in Las Vegas, Nev. Many of these shooters used assault weapons to carry out their attacks, and I am proud to be a co-sponsor of legislation that would ban these dangerous weapons. These semi-automatic firearms are military grade and have no business on our streets. Since the ban on assault weapons lapsed in 2004, there has been a significant increase in the number of high-fatality shootings in this country. We cannot allow our country to be ripped apart by gun violence. No family, no school and no community should have to suffer through the tragedy of a mass shooting in 2019. As members of Congress, we have an obligation to uphold the Constitution and protect the people we serve. When one community experiences a mass shooting, our next thought should not be “will we be next?” Enough is enough. Democrat Brenda Lawrence represents Michigan’s 14th District.
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t’s not often one gets to read his own obituary. But that’s kind of how it felt after The New York Jewish Week reported on my plan to step down as editor and publisher on Sept. 30. I’ve received a number of notes from colleagues in the Jewish community that have touched me deeply. Many of them Gary used the word “bitterRosenblatt sweet,” saying they were happy for me that I could relax a bit more after almost a half-century of dealing with daily pressures and weekly deadlines, but sorry to mark “the end of an era.” Being on vacation and out of the country these last couple of weeks has given me the chance to stop and take a breath, thinking back on the past and ahead to the future. So much has changed in journalism over the years. Newsroom typewriters have been replaced by computers, and news is reported and transmitted instantly, not weekly. Unfortunately, respect for the profession has declined as it has been buffeted by financial challenges and bogus charges of “fake news.” Coverage of Jewish life has changed dramatically, too. Jewish newspapers used to read like a bulletin board of communal activities and social announcements supplemented by wire service stories on Israel. Editors were fearful of tackling issues close to home. But with more probing coverage today of the community, including its shortcomings, come charges of digging too deep. Of course, the Jewish world has changed in a number of dramatic ways since 1972, when I started out as assistant editor of The Jewish WeekAmerican Examiner, a precursor to the current publication. Back then the New York Times had a reporter, Irving “Pat” Spiegel, whose primary beat was to cover the programs and conferences of organizations like B’nai Brith, Hadassah and the once-influential American Jewish continued on page 10
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n the wake of the latest mass shootings to afflict America, some Jewish organizations and their leaders joined in the effort to place at least some of the blame for these atrocities on President Donald Trump. Rabbi Rick Jacobs of the Union of Reform Judaism reacted to the slaughter in El Paso, which was reportedly the work of a white-naJonathan Tobin tionalist racist who claimed to be reacting to the “invasion” of the country by Hispanics, by pointing the finger directly at the president: “When will this president stop demonizing asylum seekers and immigrants, which serves to embolden those like today’s shooter?” Jacobs demanded. Rabbi Jill Jacobs of the left-wing T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights agreed, but went even a bit further when she said extended her condemnation to “President Trump and his supporters,” who, she claimed, “have incited and inflamed hatred to minorities, bear direct responsibility for this wave of white nationalist violence, based in hatred of Jews and people of color.”
That Trump has contributed mightily to the coarsening of American public discourse is not in doubt. His willingness to engage in hyperbole about both critics and the objects of his ire, such as illegal immigrants, has helped create a dynamic in which any sort of rhetoric excess on both ends of the political spectrum is now imaginable. But the leap from rightly reproving him for over-the-top comments, such as his “Send them back!” line about four members of Congress — who are U.S. citizens, even if they share radical viewpoints and three out of four support the anti-Semitic BDS movement — to framing him as an accessory to mass murder is not reasonable. Ironically, we received a reminder about the difference between responsibility for bad rhetoric and encouraging murder this past weekend by one of his sternest media critics, CNN’s Jake Tapper. On the State of the Union program that Tapper hosts, he sought to make an analogy between a widely accepted example of incitement and what Trump has done: “You hear conservatives all the time, rightly so, in my opinion, talk about the
tone set by people in the Arab world, Palestinian leaders talking about — and the way they talk about Israelis, justifying in the same way you’re doing, no direct link necessarily between what the leader says and the violence between some poor Israeli girl and a pizzeria, but the idea that you’re validating this hatred and yet people don’t — I mean, you can’t compare the ideology of Hamas with anything else. But, at the same time, either tone matters or it doesn’t.” That, in turn, prompted a furious response from one of the House members Trump had talked about chucking out of the country, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a Palestinian American who is a strong supporter of BDS and a bitter foe of Israel. Writing on Twitter, she denounced Tapper by saying: “Comparing Palestinian human rights advocates to terrorist white nationalists is fundamentally a lie. Palestinians want equality, human dignity and to stop the imprisonment of children. White supremacy is calling for the ‘domination’ of one race w/the use of violence.” Suffice it to say that both parties in this exchange are wrong. Tapper vastly understates the level of Palestinian incitement to violence
against Jews. First, it’s not only a question of the ideology of Hamas, but that of the supposedly more moderate Palestinian Authority and statements made by its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, such as not letting “stinking Jewish feet” near holy places in Jerusalem. The P.A.’s incitement is a comprehensive program of hate in its official media and educational system, in which terrorism is glorified as the highest form of patriotism, even among children too young to read and write. The P.A. also directly funds and provides incentives to terrorism. They do so by paying salaries and pensions to terrorists and their families. Those who rightly criticize the Palestinians for this — and, fortunately, that criticism has not, as Tapper asserts, been limited to conservatives — are not talking about “tone,” but of direct complicity in terrorism. Tlaib is even more wrong when she says that Palestinians only want “equality” and “human rights.” What they want is the elimination of the one Jewish state on the planet, and they are willing to engage in anti-Semitic incitement and every manner of terrorism to achieve that despicable end, even if it means a genocidal war to deprive the Jews of sovcontinued on page 12
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Congress. Those days are long gone. Legacy Jewish organizations still play a major role, but much of the creativity, energy and financing in the Jewish community comes from private foundations, many of which did not exist at the time. And they are often willing to make the kind of bold investments in projects — with the potential for failure — that consensus-driven federations are reluctant to support. Many of the key issues are the same — assimilation, the quest for Mideast peace, the cost and content of Jewish education, efforts to promote Jewish civility, etc. — but the context within those discussions has changed significantly. Israel, once the glue that connected Jews with pride, increasingly divides us. Does loyalty to the Jewish state require ignoring threats to its democratic values? Closer to home, the biggest growth in recent years has been in the Orthodox community and the “nones,” those younger people with no Jewish affili-
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“Jewish journalism has never faced a more difficult environment – and never been more needed to bridge the gaps among us.” ation. That makes the growing divide between the Orthodox and the rest of American Jewry, on a range of issues, all the more severe. As assimilation increases, interfaith marriage is no longer decried from liberal pulpits; instead, rabbis compete in ways to reach out to engage such couples in meaningful ways. In addition, a community that defined its success by the numbers of those who affiliate with synagogues and Jewish organizations now focuses on providing engaging experiences for unaffiliated young people who may otherwise drift away. The older generation is obsessed with the fear of a dwindling Jewish community even as many of their children
and grandchildren are defining their Judaism through social justice, commitment to the environment and other critical, but less parochial, issues. Jewish life isn’t dying; it’s evolving. But how long can we continue to call ourselves one community? Perhaps the most surprising change is the re-emergence of anti-Semitism as a serious concern, not only for European Jewry but here at home. Who would have thought 25 years ago that we would need armed security at Shabbat services? Jewish journalism has never faced a more difficult environment — and never been more needed to bridge the gaps among us. Writing about commu-
nal challenges and flaws from within is always tricky. Indeed, it’s far more difficult to be seen as fair to all in this moment of deep distrust and dismissal, one side against the other. But that’s why serious Jewish journalism is more important now than ever. The work is not just an exercise in reporting a story; it’s an opportunity to have a say in the destiny of a community. At the end of the first column I wrote in July 1993, I noted that a mainstream journalist “knows that the answer to ‘If not me, who?’ is ‘Somebody else.’ The Jewish journalist knows there is no one else. And s/he serves a community that deserves, and requires, better. That can make Jewish journalism far more than a job; that can make it a calling.” It was true then, as it is now . Gary Rosenblatt is the editor and publisher of the New York Jewish Week, where this first appeared. He served as editor of the Detroit Jewish News from 1984-1993.
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Trump and his policies is to commit the same mistake that Hillary Clinton made in 2016 when she helped seal her defeat by calling political opponents “deplorables.” The president needs to do better and to try to raise us up rather than consistently lower us into the political gutter. The same admonition should be directed at many of his opponents, who are just as guilty of extreme rhetoric in which they have invoked, among other things, the Holocaust and even concentration camps to describe honest differences of opinion on contentious issues. And we should also thank Tapper for his lame analogy, which reminded us there is a difference between irresponsible speech and incitement to murder. Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of JNS— Jewish News Syndicate.
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ewish Renewal is probably the smallest and least-well-known branch of Judaism, but Southeast Michigan has become an important center for the movement. SooJi Min-Maranda of Ann Arbor is executive director of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, the movement’s governing body. Rabbi Aura Ahuvia of Congregation Shir Tikvah in Troy chairs the board. Linda Jo Doctor of Ann Arbor, a program officer for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, is vice chair. Her husband, Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg, is the spiritual leader of Pardes Hannah, a Jewish Renewal congregation in Ann Arbor. Hazzan Steve Klaper of Song & Spirit Institute for Peace in Royal Oak was ordained through the ALEPH Ordination Program. Those involved with Jewish Renewal might dispute calling it a “branch” of Judaism. ALEPH’s website defines it as a trans-denominational approach to revitalizing Judaism by combining “the egalitarianism of progressive Judaism, the joy of Chasidism, the informed do-it-yourself spirit of the chavurah movement and the Ahuvia accumulated wisdom of centuries of tradition.” “Reb Aura,” as Ahuvia likes to be known, worked as a journalist before being ordained through Jewish Renewal in 2014. She became the spiritual leader of Shir Tikvah, which affiliates with both Reform and Jewish Renewal, in 2017. What she most likes about Renewal is its use of creativity to get people excited about Judaism. Jewish Renewal traces its roots to the
Chasidic movement of the late 18th century, which turned away from the dry pedanticism of the yeshivahs and advocated expressing religious devotion through song and dance. Like the original Chasidism, Renewal uses song, movement and meditation to enhance understanding of Jewish prayer. “I see it as empowering our whole selves for Jewish expression, not just from our neck up,” said Ahuvia, 52, who lives in Huntington Woods. Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, who died in 2014, is often considered the founder of the Jewish Renewal movement as well as the chavurah movement of small, lay-led prayer communities. The Jewish Catalogue, a foundational text for Baby Boomer Jews interested in more participatory Jewish practice, was created by chavurah activists in 1973. SchachterIn 1978, “Reb Zalman,” Shalomi as Schachter-Shalomi is known, founded B’nai Or (“Sons of Light” in Hebrew) in Philadelphia as both a local Jewish Renewal congregation and a national organization. The name later changed to the more gender-neutral P’nai Or (“Faces of Light”). The national organization merged with Rabbi Arthur Waskow’s Shalom Center in 1993 to form ALEPH, integrating the two principles of tikkun halev (“repair of the heart”) and the better-known tikkun olam (“repair of the world”). Niggunim, wordless songs used to enhance devotion, are a hallmark of Jewish Renewal as they were of the original Chasidism, Ahuvia said. A nigun is not a mindless way of singing, she said. “It allows people to participate in continued on page 16
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prayer without necessarily knowing all the words.” In fact, she said, the musical structure of many niggunim, A-BC-B, mirrors the written structure of the unpronounceable name of God, Y-H-V-H in Hebrew. “The niggunim are meditations on the Divine name.” Song & Spirit Institute for Peace, jointly founded by Hazzan Steve Klaper, his Catholic wife Mary Gilhouly and Brother Al Mascia, a Franciscan monk, reflects the philosophy and intent of Jewish Renewal as well as its core practices, without being formally affiliated with the movement. Jewish Renewal leaders are aware of Song & Spirit and “understand us to be partners with them in spreading this new outreach of Jewish authenticity in the 21st century,” said Klaper, 65, of Oak Park. SooJi Min-Maranda, 49, was not born Jewish. A native of Korea, she came to the United States at age 3 and was raised without religion in Evanston, Ill. After graduating from Barnard College, she learned about Judaism from listening to scholars like Rodger Kamenetz, author of The Jew in the Lotus, Susanna Heschel and Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. She converted to Judaism when she was in her early 30s — but she doesn’t like the word “conversion.” Min-Maranda “I like to think my soul was always Jewish and it was finally being revealed,” she said. A nonprofit manager by profession, Min-Maranda attended a leadership program through Bend the Arc, a Jewish partnership for justice, and realized she could combine her professional and spiritual lives. She landed a job as executive director of Temple Beth Emeth in Ann Arbor, where she now lives with her hus-
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band, who is not Jewish, and two school-aged sons. She started as executive director for ALEPH a little over a year ago. Jewish Renewal, she said, is trans-denominational, enfolding many who also affiliate with another branch of Judaism, from Reform to Modern Orthodox. She knows Renewal devotees who keep Shabbat and kashrut, and others who do very little in the way of traditional observance. Renewal services are often long. In Min-Maranda’s congregation, they do the full Torah reading with the addition of much singing and meditation. The service, which can take up to four hours, is “very prayerful, very soulful, very soul-searching,” she said. And it’s not a performance. “There’s lots of dancing in concentric circles. People are part of the fabric of the service; there’s a palpable energy of aliveness.” Jewish Renewal is “an enormous, wide-open tent for a new generation of seekers who want the deep roots of Judaism but also innovation,” she said. She said she found it ironic that many of those whose synagogues and temples have incorporated the singing of niggunim, dancing and meditation have never heard of Jewish Renewal. Neither ALEPH nor its seminary has a physical headquarters, so MinMaranda is able to work easily from Ann Arbor. The organization has 40 affiliated communities across the country; the largest are Kehillah in Piedmont, Calif., and Romemu in New York City. In the future, Min-Maranda hopes to incorporate more Earth-based, ecological practices into Jewish Renewal. She also wants to work to make the movement more multicultural and welcoming to Jews by choice and Jews of color.
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Main photo: Day 3 of Woodstock, Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 17, 1969. Bottom photos: These are from Ann Abrams of Ann Arbor, including the pup tent she shared with her boyfriend at Woodstock..
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ANN ABRAMS Abrams was 17 and about to graduate from high school in Mount Vernon, N.Y. Her boyfriend then, Jay Grossman,
had just finished his freshman year at C.W. Post College and boughtt them tickets, which she still has framed. “It was extraordinary. A peaceful, Ann Abrams huge crowd of tiedyed, bandana-clad, blue jean-wearing contemporaries, all joyfully arriving together. It felt like heaven,” says Abrams, who has lived in Michigan for more than 25 years. “The sound of the music was incredible. As Richie Havens played ‘Freedom,’ it was more than inspiring. I remember thinking, ‘I’ll never forget this. And I still haven’t.’” Everyone shared food with each other — and marijuana, long before it was legal. “It was legal there, it seemed,” she says. So much music. So much talent. So much rain. “Luckily, I brought two pairs of sandals because I left one buried in the mud,” she says. “There were no fights, no arguments and it truly was like a dream. It was so powerful. We were all
“I remember thinking, ‘I’ll never forget this. And I still haven’t.” — ANN ABRAMS
so against the war in Vietnam, and it felt like we were communicating a message to those in charge. “I consider Woodstock one of the pivotal moments of my life,” she says. “It was transformative.” On the 20th anniversary of the second day of Woodstock, Aug. 16, 1989, Abrams’ son was born. “I kept calling him Woody — for Woodstock. His name is Isaac, but Woodstock was still on my mind.”
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Woodstock was spearheaded by four Jewish promoters — Michael Lang, Artie Kornfield, Joel Rosenman and John Roberts. But it was Max Yasgur who literally saved the day after the town of Woodstock, N.Y., declined to host the event. He offered his 600-acre dairy farm about 50 miles away. The neighbors started protesting and boycotting his milk, but Yasgur, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, leased his farm out anyway and became an instant counterculture hero. Legend has it that four years after Woodstock, and two years before his untimely death at age 53, Yasgur visited Israel and announced to retired Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion: “I’m Max Yasgur of Bethel.” Ben-Gurion replied, “Oh, yeah, that’s where Woodstock was, wasn’t it?” Here’s what local Detroiters had to say about the iconic, legendary music event that forever shaped their lives.
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oodstock — the name alone conjures something groovy, gigantic and groundbreaking. In American culture, Woodstock was monumentally historical for the music and so much more. Fifty years ago, on Aug.15, 1969, about half a million people — 10 times the anticipated number — descended upon the town of Bethel in upstate New York to be part of the peaceful, life-altering three-day music fest forever known as Woodstock. The anniversary is bittersweet, however. Just a few weeks before the 50th anniversary concert planned for Aug. 16-18, it was canceled after countless setbacks. But 50 years ago, they came from all over the country to experience some of the most talented musicians of all time — 31 acts ranging from the famous to the relatively unknown. Richie Havens took the stage first at 5 p.m. that Friday. Jimi Hendrix concluded the festival at 9 a.m. Monday with his blazing “StarSpangled Banner.” “When Jimi Hendrix played the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ at the end, I was floored. I could hear the bombs and devastation in his interpretation. I cried,” recalls Ann Abrams, who last year moved to Ann Arbor, “where there are still people who hold the values of Woodstock close to their hearts and live them daily.”
MARK KELLER Keller was a sophomore at Wayne State University when he flew to Rochester, N.Y., and then hitchhiked to Bethel. And like the thousands who got caught in the 10-mile traffic backup — deemed the largest trafMark Keller fic jam in the history of the Catskills — Keller got out of the car and walked the last
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two miless to the entrance. Before he left Oak Park, he told his friends, “I’ll meet you at the Hog Farm,” Keller recalls. “We had no idea there would be half a million people.” The first night it had started pouring and Keller slept under a truck. The next day, he started walking around and saw a van with Michigan license plates. So, he knocked on the door and found Dennis Miller and his brother, Danny, who were also from Oak Park. “It was 1969, and we knew there was this whole counterculture we had a chance to be a part of,” says Keller of Birmingham. “We were the hippies who just wanted to listen to the best music and amazing bands of the time and get high. “We’re the generation that changed the #@%# world,” Keller continues. “We ended the war in Vietnam by taking to the streets and protesting. We were all about peace, love and music. “I think it was a cultural turning point in my life and in American history because it was like-minded peo-
TODD JAY WEINSTEIN Weinstein was 18 and ready to start at the College for Creative Studies when he hopped on a plane to New York City. From the Bronx, with his homemade “Heading up to Woodstock” sign, he hitchhiked 81 miles and then walked the Todd Jay last two miles. Weinstein “Our tickets cost $18. I love that 18 is a spiritual number in Judaism,” Weinstein says. “But the organizers couldn’t get the gates and fences up quickly enough, so it turned into a free concert.
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SANDI GERBER REITELMAN Reitelman was a 14-year-old rebellious teen about to enter 10th grade in the neighboring borscht belt community of Liberty, N.Y., which is about 12 miles away from Bethel. She already had her tickets and the infamous Sandi Woodstock poster Reitelman hanging in her bedroom — the one that replaced her Beatles and Monkees posters. “My father essentially knew everyone, including Max Yasgur, who was just another Jewish farmer in the community,” says Reitelman, who now lives in Birmingham. “I was dying to go, but my parents said it was going to be a ‘bad scene.’ We had stranded hippie people staying at our house.” The next best thing was flying over the site with a family friend who kept his plane at the nearby small airport. “I remember looking out the window, still disappointed I hadn’t been able to go, but very excited to be flying there.
In less than two minutes in the air, I could look down at a massive crowd with a huge stage in a very large field,” says Reitelman, who has been back to the site and the Woodstock Museum in recent years. Although Woodstock 50 was canceled, she has many friends from high school who plan to descend upon Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel this weekend to attend festivities at the Bethel Center for the Arts where Ringo Starr, Santana, the Doobie Brothers, John Fogerty, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Grace Potter are slated to perform.
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MARK LONDON London was going to be a senior at Carnegie-Mellon University when he drove from Rhode Island with two friends to Woodstock. A past Newport Folk Festival Mark London attendee, London went for the music. The first night, they Th slept in their car due slep the rain. After that, to tth they tth h slept on the field. ffi By the last day, on Sunday, all the concession stands had run out of h food. Many walked ffo from the site of ffr the festival stage to another field on Max ano Yasgur’s farm where Y they were distributing government-donated food. “This was my first taste of granola,” says London, who has lived in Michigan with his wife since the mid-1970s. “I’m standing in line and a guy walks up behind me. He was naked. “The media reports about the wildness were overblown. It was all about the music.”
A set of threeday tickets to Woodstock owned by Ann Abrams
“Woodstock was happening at a time in our country that was a period of great unrest and protest,” says Weinstein, a photographer who has lived 50 years in New York City. “Woodstock was an opportunity for people to escape into music and spread a message of unity and peace.” Weinstein was lucky to find the Hog Farm, along with its leader, Wavy Gravy. They were brought in to help create a safe ground for people. At Woodstock, they set up a children’s playground for families and set up a free food tent. “I would see people swimming nude in a small lake passing by the legendary Ken Kesey Bus called the ‘Furthur.’ It was amazing to witness. “The last day I started thinking about how was I going to get back to Detroit? I had no clue,” he says. Out of the 500,000 attendees, Weinstein was lucky to run into fellow Oak Parkers Mark Keller, Saudia Sharkey, Jeff Shine, Susan Rosensweet, Jon Levin and Dennis Miller. “The amazing thing was I got a ride right to my front door in Oak Park. The experience of Woodstock will be tattooed into my soul. We had no idea how important the Woodstock festival was as an event in our U.S. history. I guess you can never plan such an event. That is the magic of it all.”
ple coming together at Bethel. The experience of people communing with each other was the most invigorating. We broke the barriers. Our generation definitely changed the world. If we could only recreate that now.”
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Amid the mud at Max Yasgur’s farm, Woodstock’s first day, Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 15, 1969
JON “YONI” LEVIN Levin had just graduated Berkley High School in June 1969 when he decided to take a pre-college road trip for the summer. Hearing about the 10-mile backups to Bethel, he parked his ’67 Austin America within two miles of the site and Jon Levin started walking. After about 15 minutes, a hay wagon pulled by a tractor came alongside him. “A few hippies in the wagon waved me aboard,” says Levin of Oak Park. “I have a clear memory of coming around one final curve when the entire festival site came suddenly into view. My jaw dropped. It was as if I were looking at an ant colony. There were some hillsides covered with colorful creatures. “Spirits were high — and so were the people,” Levin says. “A small group offered me a dry corner of their blanket to sit on and I shared my O.J. with them. This is how I was slowly absorbed into this pop-up community of nearly a half-million. “In retrospect, I count being a mere audience member — one ant on those hills of Woodstock — as a small point of pride. “It says something that in the year prior to Woodstock, I was at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; and after Woodstock, I was at the largest anti-Vietnam war protest in Washington, D.C.,” Levin says. “Some events are so pivotal in a historical perspective that just being in the audience, just knowing to have been at that longitude and latitude in that moment, shows one to have been at the leading edge of a generation seeking change through being a living example.”
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were moments — ‘nif-nahs’, if you will — when he would make a comment on a high-profile case. He would say in his gravelly voice, ‘I used to be the prosecutor in this county for 16 years.’ And I would say, ‘When you were the prosecutor, there were 10 laws and they were written on a stone tablet.’ He would pause and then he would laugh, and the moment was over.” — Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper
of the county.” — Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner
“I’m grateful that I had the chance to get to know Brooks as more than just the man who often said things that I found offensive. He was strong-willed Lisa Brown and a fierce fighter for Oakland County’s economic health and growth. He called “My condolences go me after Marty Knollenberg assaulted me at the State of the County out to Mr. Patterson’s and said he was sorry that that hapfamily. I had the pened to me. I really appreciated opportunity to serve that phone call.” — Oakland County Oakland County with Clerk Lisa Brown Brooks for 10 years, during which time I Andy Meisner “Brooks was one of had a first-row seat those one-name icons. for the Brooks Show. He was funny, serious, A capable administrator, at times a innovative, hard-workvisionary, he was always interesting ing and a tremendous and often controversial. I’m grateful leader. Relationships to him for his loyalty and service to were important to him. Oakland County, while still being Jeff Sakwa Most importantly, he mindful that his legacy is mixed, got along with the other especially regarding matters of race side. Oakland County budgets were and gender equity. done on time and done three years “In 2008, when I first won the in advance. He would always tell election for Prosecutor, it was the me the roads were not his responfirst time a Democrat had been sibility. Brooks’ Jewish friends were elected for that office in more numerous and he truly respected than 40 years. Brooks and I were our community. In private converobviously at opposite ends of the sations, he marveled at how the political spectrum. I was expecting Jewish community got things done a contentious reception, but Brooks not only for themselves but others was very congenial and gracious. and counted on our community for Brooks was a very colorful character and there were many issues with various kinds of help. RIP Brooks!” — Jeff Sakwa, former vice-chair of which I disagreed, but most of the the Michigan Republican Party time we each piloted our own ships and worked together for the benefit See related story on page 50. FACEBOOK
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akland County’s longstanding executive, L. Brooks Patterson, died. Aug. 3 from pancreatic cancer. He was 80. After spending 16 years as Oakland County prosecutor, Patterson served as Oakland County executive from 1992 until his death. Sometimes controversial, especially when it came to the inflammatory language he used when speaking about Detroit, Patterson helped to boost Oakland County’s economy for a generation. He made the county a technology hotspot with the creation of Automation Alley, and he could boast 20 straight years of AAA bond ratings. Several members of the Jewish community who worked closely with him had these remembrances.
The Close the Camps Coalition is sponsoring a protest against detention camps on the U.S.’ southern border 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 20, at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills. “We will gather to protest against the detention camps on our southern border and the private, for-profit prisons housing tens of thousands of refugees and immigrants, including hundreds of children, alone, separated from families,” said Rene Lichtman of Close the Camps. Lichtman added that they plan to stand in front of the Holocaust Memorial Center for a reason: “We are aware of the historical tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, from anti-Semitic pogroms to outright genocide. We also know that racism and genocide have been visited upon other peoples, from Native Americans and African Americans to Armenians, and continue to be visited today in such places as Syria and the Middle East. “Jewish tradition, and others, teach that each and every person deserves to be treated justly and with compassion. Yet, on our southern border, refugees and immigrants are being physically and emotionally abused,” he added. For more information, call the Close the Camps Coalition at (248) 986-3466.
Great Lakes National Cemetery Open House Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly is having an open house and seminar at the cemetery on Saturday, Aug. 17, from noon-4 p.m. The cemetery will be open to the public. Attendees can tour the cemetery grounds and observe how the cemetery is operated. Topics and demonstrations include veterans’ burial benefits, how to schedule a burial, rifle volleys and military honors ceremonies, and information about headstones and markers. Cemetery staff will be present to answer questions.
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Jaden Jubas of Southfield, left, and Benjamin Mendelson of Memphis helped save a man’s life.
their cool thanks to expert guidance from their supervisors who guided them through the grueling work of manually applying compressions to the patient’s heart. Jubas said he hopes to continue his training to become an EMT by the time he reaches 18. The high schoolers were awarded medals celebrating their first “saves” as Emergency Medical Responders (EMR). On the medal is a quote from the Talmud: “He who saves a life it is as if they saved a whole world.” The volunteer work was part of Jubas’ summer program with a United Hatzalah ambulance crew in Bat Yam, a city on Israel’s central coast. NCSY Hatzalah Rescue is a month-long program run in partnership with the Orthodox Union’s NCSY Summer and United Hatzalah, a volunteer-based emergency medical services organization in Israel. The program includes training teens as EMRs and volunteering with ambulance crews in Israel. “Our summer program is new and to have Jaden be one of the first to save a life” is just incredible, said Cari Immerman, regional director for Friends of United Hatzalah of Israel. “God used Jaden as messenger to help save a man’s life,” said Jubas’ mother, Yehudit. “I am incredibly proud of Jaden’s maturity and determination.” On other runs as an EMR in Israel,
he helped treat people with minor lacerations or those “not feeling well” in the hot Israeli sun. Whenever the ambulance arrived, Jubas noticed how grateful people were to see him and the EMT team he was shadowing. “We treated a police officer with a large cut on his leg and some others who were not feeling well,” Jubas said. “Just seeing our ambulance show up is enough sometimes to calm people down and give them comfort.” Jubas, who is just beginning the college application process as a rising high school junior at Farber Hebrew Day School in Southfield, has always been interested in the medical field. He said this experience has given him encouragement and a confidence boost. “I was grateful for the opportunity to save the life of a person,” said Jubas, who returned home Aug. 2 and plans to hang out with friends and gearing up for school. “I was determined not to give up even though the EMTs were ready to call the man’s death. I was taught in my EMR training that the success rate for fully reviving a patient through CPR is only at 10 percent. “Thanks to this program, I know what I am capable of accomplishing. I hope my actions will inspire others to be brave and do good in the world. One person can truly make a difference in someone’s life.”
On Thursday, Sept. 19, from 6-9 p.m., Detroit Jews for Justice will host its first ever fundraising gala, the Myra Wolfgang Awards. Named for a pioneering Jewish labor organizer, the awards are being established to honor those who have shown principled tenacity in pursuit of justice. The event will feature a dinner catered by Guerilla Food Detroit, a silent auction featuring dozens of local small businesses and organizations, remarks by honorees and more. This year’s honorees are Selma Goode and Sylvia Orduño. Goode has organized students, mothers, grocery workers and fellow Democratic Socialists. Orduño has deep roots as an antipoverty advocate and organizer for water, housing and environmental justice. The awards event will also celebrate the legacy of Myra Wolfgang. The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan (JHSM) describes Wolfgang as one of the nation’s first woman union organizers. A child of Eastern European immigrants, Wolfgang was training at art school during the Great Depression when she had to turn to labor organizing out of necessity. Wolfgang played critical roles in the Woolworth’s strike, in several organizing drives throughout Detroit’s service industries and eventually Michigan’s first minimum wage law. Throughout her career in the labor movement, Wolfgang held positions such as secretary of the Detroit Local 705 of the Waiters and Waitresses Union and international vice president of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union. Tickets are now available at detroitjewsforjustice.org/wolfgang.
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Anthony Ianni speaks at Temple Israel during the JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest.
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nthony Ianni doesn’t get lost in a crowd. Not at 6-foot-9. But there was another reason why all eyes were focused on him Aug. 6 when he spoke to about 500 teens at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township during the JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest. The 30-year-old former Michigan State University basketball player was a keynote speaker for JCC Cares, a program that gets Maccabi participants involved in community projects in the host city and teaches them life lessons to take home. Ianni brought his “Relentless Tour” speaking series to JCC Cares, which had a theme of “One Community.” The “Relentless Tour” is an initiative of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.
He talked for 45 minutes about autism and bullying, how he defied the experts who said his autism would derail his dreams, and how he rose above those who bullied him in elementary school and particularly in middle school growing up in Okemos. It’s estimated that between 65 and 90 percent of children with autism are bullied, so Ianni’s impassioned speeches resonate with many listeners. That certainly happened at Temple Israel. “Several Maccabi coaches and athletes came up to me after my speech and said they could relate to what I had to say,” Ianni said. “One of the first athletes I spoke with was a kid from Vancouver who said he was inspired by my presentation. “Every time I speak, my goal is to
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Rock climbing phenom Nate Emery of Farmington Hills finished in 10th place in his age group in the USA Climbing sport climbing national competition July 11-14 in Bridgeport, Pa. There were more than 50 competitors in the age group. Nate placed 27th in his age group earlier this year in the USA Climbing bouldering national competition in Redmond, Ore. A fifth-grader at Hillside Elementary School in Farmington Hills, Nate competes with the Madison Heights-based Planet Rock climbing team.
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David Vinsky continues to make news with the State College (Pa.) Spikes, the St. Louis Cardinals’ short-season Class A team in the New York-Penn League. The 21-yearold outfielder from Farmington Hills Harrison High School hit a walk-off single with one out in the 10th inning July 14 as the Spikes beat the Staten Island Yankees 3-2. Vinsky scored the winning run July 26 in a 2-1 walk-off victory over the West Virginia Black Bears in front of a season-high 5,266 fans at
make a difference in at least one person’s life. If that happens, I consider it a successful speech.” Samantha Cohen, vice president of the JCC Association of North America, said Ianni “hit it out of the park.” “I’m always concerned when you get a room full of teenagers that they won’t listen to a speech, especially one given by an adult,” Cohen said. “But you could hear a pin drop when Anthony spoke. “I was so happy to see that. The Maccabi Games & ArtsFest is more than about sports and the arts. We want participants to practice the Jewish value of tikkun olam, to go back to their communities as better citizens, and do good work that helps
Lubrano Field. Vinsky led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a double, moved to third on a bunt and scored on a single. Through 32 games, Vinsky was batting .269 for the Spikes with one home run and 10 RBI. He had scored 20 runs. This is Vinsky’s first season as a professional baseball player after a great career at Northwood University. In June, he was selected by the Cardinals in the 15th round of the Major League Baseball draft.
not just Jewish people.” Looking back, Ianni said, it doesn’t surprise him that middle school was the worst time in his life for bullying. “Middle school is a time when you don’t know where you fit in,” he said. “And you certainly don’t understand what someone like me on the autism spectrum is going through.” What made matters worse for Ianni at that time of his life was his height, which was both a blessing and a curse. “I was 6-feet-tall and wore a size-13 shoe when I was in sixth grade,” he said. “In middle school, I was a freakishly tall kid who was bullied by kids who came up to my hip. At the same time, I dreamed about being a professional basketball player.” Ianni graduated from MSU in 2012
Defenseman Eric Israel has signed with the Fort Wayne Comets of the ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League). The 5-foot-9, 180-pound Huntington Woods native just finished a four-year hockey career at Robert Morris University, where he scored 21 goals and had 85 points in 146 games. Israel, 24, led Robert Morris defensemen in goals, assists and points each of the last three seasons. Last season, he tied for fifth in Division I with 85 blocked shots. Gary Klinger led the individual standings through Aug. 7 in the weekly B’nai B’rith golf league at the Links of Novi. He had accumulated 58 points. Adam Vieder and Ryan Vieder were tied for second place with 57.5 points. Mitch Cohen and Jeff Vieder were on top in the team standings with 118 points. Adam Vieder and Ryan Vieder were in second place with 116 points and Dale Taub and Klinger were in third place with 115 points.
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being on the autism spectrum. Now a high-functioning autistic person, and a husband and father of two boys ages 4 and 1, Ianni speaks year-round at schools, universities, businesses, conferences and summer camps. He’s become one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the country.
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The Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League regular season came to an end Aug. 4. Next are the playoffs Aug. 18, with all 17 teams in the three divisions participating.
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True Sportsmanship Burt Hershe, the umpire director for the Maccabi Games, arranged for umpire Mark Cooper to be the umpire for the game. The two teams played for three hours on an open field at Founders Sports Park on 8 Mile Road. “It was a very fun game that both teams took seriously but also had a lot of fun with. The two coaches, Aidan and I, became friends and the players interacted with each other very well,” Miller said.
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At the Maccabi Games last week, the Detroit 16U baseball team, coached by Rabbi Jason Miller, was eliminated from the tournament as was the Boston 16U team. Miller met the coach, Aidan Arnold, on the bus going back to the JCC. “I already knew three of his players since they’d been sleeping in my basement on air mattresses all week,” Miller said. “We decided that we’d play a friendly ‘consolation’ game against each other.”
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Each of the three division winners was a Temple Israel team. Temple Israel No. 2 won the Greenberg Division, Temple Israel No. 3 won the Koufax Division and Temple Israel No. 4 won the Rosen Division.
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The six Temple Israel teams in the league had a combined 65-30-1 record for a .667 winning percentage. Only one of the six Temple Israel teams finished below .500. Four of the six Temple Israel teams in the league are in the Greenberg Division. Temple Israel No. 3 will move up to the Greenberg Division from the Koufax Division next season because of its Koufax Division regular-season championship, which means five of the six Greenberg Division teams will be from Temple Israel.
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Karen Gordon and Matthew Bassin were the recipients of awards presented annually in the Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League. Gordon, who plays for the B’nai Israel/ Temple Kol Ami team, was presented the Jeff Fox Sportsmanship Award. Bassin, who plays for the Congregation Shir Tikvah team, received the Michael Yendick Pure Heart Award. Each team selects a nominee for the Jeff Fox Award, and the winner is selected at random. The other nominees for the 2019 award were Joey Lebovic, Roger Lewis, Eric Woolf, Matthew Chasnick, Steve Rosenblatt, Paul Blatt, Ryan Columbus, Jeff Katzen, Dale Zahm, Adam Eisenberg, Mike Feld, Nathan Cohen, Mike Lipson, Michael Bloch, Alex Vinter and Les Finklestein.
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The Yendick Award winner is selected by league umpires.
Ben Uzansky makes contact. He plays for the Temple Israel No. 2 team.
Victor Uzansky — Ben Uzansky’s father — also plays for the Temple Israel No. 2 team.
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it all. When you hear the music, you usic is a fascinating thing. sing and dance.” Everyone loves it, but I write these words as we prepare what is music? What takes for our “Strings of the Inspired ordinary sound and converts Soul” event, a concert in the it into something transformaBerman Theater dedicated tive, something that can make to the 25th yahrzeit of the you smile, something that can Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righmake you cry? teous memory. The event Read the lyrics of your will feature seven melodies of favorite song. On paper, they Rabbi Kasriel the Rebbe. Each one will be seem dry, one-dimensional Shemtov played, explained and taught. and flat. Set them to music We will hear the music, feel its and they become alive, the Parshat power and be inspired by its portal through which you can Vaetchanan: delicate beauty. soar to the highest heavens. Deuteronomy The Torah teachings and The special quality of music 3:23-7:11; religious renaissance the Rebbe can be heard but not seen. Isaiah gifted us are well known and Even though we may not 40:1-26. have been widely documentunderstand it, we know it; we ed. But the beauty, depth and feel it, and we connect with it. inspiration of these precious I find it fascinating that the prisongs are still being discovered as we mary Jewish prayer, found in this plumb their spiritual depth, listening week’s parshah, begins with the to them again and again. word Shema, listen. It’s as if God is The word Shema appears dozens telling us: “It’s not enough for you to of times in the Book of Deuteronomy, understand Judaism; it’s not enough the final book of the Torah. Perhaps for you to look Jewish; I want you Moshe is telling us, “You have read to be in tune to the inner beauty of the first four books of the Torah; Yiddishkeit. I want you to hear the now internalize it; listen to its inner music and sing Judaism.” song and make that song your own.” Indeed, there is a story told about a How appropriate that we read the Chasidic master who was walking with portion of Vaetchanan right around his students. At one point, he directed the 15th of Av, deemed by the sages attention to a distant tavern, where as the happiest day of the Jewish people were dancing. The students calendar. The Talmud lists seven were so far away they could not hear joyous events that happened on the music but could only see the peothis day. However, the most famous ple dancing to its beat. among them was that the maidens of “Are those people crazy?” the rabbi Jerusalem would go and dance in the asked. “Why are they all jumping up vineyards, hoping to catch the eye of and down, running this way and that their beshert. way?” Amazingly, this comes less than a “Rebbe,” the students replied, “they week after Tisha b’Av, the saddest day are not crazy; they’re dancing to on the Jewish calendar. In the span of music.” one week, we run from one extreme “Yes, indeed,” concluded the masto the other. If that’s not reason to ter. “So it is in life. To be a Chasid is break out into joyous song, I don’t to hear the music, to understand the know what is. inner rhythm and harmony of God’s universe. We are joyous because we Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov is spiritual director of are in tune with God’s music, the spiritual undercurrent that lies under The Shul in West Bloomfield.
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Behind the Women’s Vote Author brings grassroots activists alive for a centennial nod to the 19th Amendment. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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s women’s issues — from pay equity to sexual harassment — influence the 2020 political season, so does the centennial commemoration of the Constitutional Amendment giving women voting powers to influence those issues. Elaine Weiss, an award-winning journalist who votes in every election and whose family by marriage has held leadership positions in the Detroit Elaine Weiss Jewish community, is at the center of centennial events as she discusses her book detailing leaders active in the campaign for the 19th Amendment. The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote (Viking) is being transitioned into a television production by Steven Spielberg because of one impressed reader who carried women’s rights to a new level by running for president. Hillary Clinton suggested the adaptation. “I wanted to make this very important historical story, which has been overlooked, into something that people would want to read,” says Weiss, whose husband, Julian Krolik, grew up in Detroit, graduated from Cass Technical High School and became a professor of astrophysics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. “It’s a narrative history with a story, arc and characters. I wanted my read-
TOP TO BOTTOM: Men sign a petition supporting the women’s vote in 1916 in Missouri. Book: The Women’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote. Julian H. Krolik, Weiss’ husband’s grandfather, was a Detroit Jewish leader.
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ers to understand these women and the men who helped, why they would devote part of their lives to the cause of winning the vote and what was in their backgrounds to propel them to devote themselves to this. “It wasn’t professional politicos. It was grassroots citizens, ordinary activists who joined together. I wanted to view these historical characters as people. The movement went way beyond our quick understanding of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. There were tens of thousands more.” Included in her narration are Jewish leaders important to the movement, especially as the book focuses on Tennessee, the last state to ratify. In contrast, Michigan became one of the first states to ratify the amendment 100 years ago on June 10, 1919, and the state is recalled along with the general history of the peaceful suffragists and the more militant suffragettes beyond Tennessee. The way an amendment enters the Constitution is that it must be passed by Congress with a two-thirds majority and ratified by three-quarters of the states. One Jewish leader was artist Anita Pollitzer, a strong member of the National Women’s Party. Another was Joseph Hanover, a Polish immigrant who became floor manager for the suffrage vote in the Tennessee House. Weiss can relate their commitment to the community commitment of
her husband’s family. “My husband’s grandfather, Julian H. Krolik, was the first president and one of the founders of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit,” she says. A volume of the Michigan Jewish Historical Society’s Michigan Jewish History from 2008 says he also was president of the North End Clinic, held top offices at United Jewish Charities, the Jewish Community Center and Sinai Hospital and was “one of the most notable leaders of the Allied Jewish Campaign.” Additionally, he was the first recipient of the Fred M. Butzel Award. The two were good friends and fellow philanthropists. Her husband’s grandmother, Golda Ginsburg Mayer Krolik, seemed to be of similar nature to the women described in her granddaughter-in-law’s book. As a student at the University of Michigan, Golda Krolik was the first woman reporter on the Michigan Daily. Golda Krolik went on to serve with the Jewish Welfare Federation and the wider-based United Foundation. Committed to civil rights, she gave her attention to the Urban League and the Mayor’s Committee on Civil Rights. The author’s mother-in-law, Bessie Krolik, was a member of the committee that built Jewish housing and then lived in the result. Barbara Mayer, an aunt and the last of the relatives still in Michigan, has been recognized for volunteer efforts
“The idea that my book is being used to encourage voting is very important. I want to put it to work in the present tense so it’s not just a good read but working in the world today when voting rights are under attack again, and we need better and more widespread participation in our elections.”
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benefiting Orchards Children’s Services. In the book, supplemented with pictures of the times, the main leaders include Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader of the National American Woman Suffrage Association; Alice Paul, a leader of the National Woman’s Party; and Sue Shelton White, a lieutenant of Alice Paul. ANTI-SUFFRAGE LEADERS Weiss explains why some women, including Josephine Pearson of Tennessee, were working against the suffrage movement. One issue had to do with race and the status of black women given the right to vote. “This fight was not simple or clear-cut,” explains Weiss, who points out the suffrage movement began at a time when women were working toward the 16th Amendment, which would establish an income tax. “There were compromises and betrayals over three generations of activists. The women who began it were dead when the amendment was passed. Women who put it over the finish line weren’t born when the movement began. “It took enormous vision, political strategy, vigilance and courage as some were imprisoned, tortured and vilified. It was not socially acceptable to do it, and yet they persisted. They kept going after defeat, after defeat, after defeat. “After ratification, the anti-suffragists didn’t give up. Their lawyer said the 19th Amendment was unconstitutional, but Justice Louis
Brandeis, in 1922, wrote the decision that brought opposition to an end at a time when women already had been voting.” ENCOURAGING THE VOTE Weiss, who has written for major magazines, had an earlier book about women: Fruits of Victory: The Woman’s Land Army of America in the Great War. “I was writing about women activists of World War I,” she explains. “Many of these were suffragists so there’s a continuing thread.” The Nashville Public Library is highlighting her book for its summer reading program, which will culminate with her as speaker and have associated activities. On the online signup, there’s a button to click to register to vote. “The idea that my book is being used to encourage voting is very important,” Weiss says. “I want to put it to work in the present tense so that it’s not just a good read but working in the world today when voting rights are under attack again, and we need better and more widespread participation in our elections.” The next large Michigan event to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment is scheduled for Aug. 31 in Genesee County. The Suffrage March at Crossroads Village will recall suffrage parades with women wearing white dresses and purple sashes. To find out about getting involved in commemorative events, go to womensvote100.org.
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JAZZ COURTESY YELLOWJACKETS
Diverse Jewish musicians share love of teaching and performing at Detroit festival.
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details The Yellowjackets and the Sencalar/Glassman Quintet perform Saturday, Aug. 31, as part of the free Detroit Jazz Festival, which runs Aug. 30-Sept. 2. The Yellowjackets appear at 8 p.m. on the JP Morgan Chase Main Stage. The quintet can be seen at 2 p.m. on the Wayne State University Pyramid Stage. For complete festival information, go to detroitjazzfest.org.
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he Yellowjackets and the Sencalar/ Glassman Quintet share a love for jazz performance and teaching about their favorite style, but they bring a range of differences to music stages and classrooms. While the Yellowjackets ensemble has built a 35-year career with 24 albums (two winners out of 17 Grammy nominations) and its members work with college students, the quintet is in its early phase with preparing the group’s first album and conducting elementary school programs. Their approaches add to the diversity to be spotlighted during the 40th annual Detroit Jazz Festival, which runs Aug. 30-Sept. 2 on multiple stages in the hub of the city. Headliners include artist-in-resident bassist Stanley Clarke. Also appearing will be former artists-in-residence, such as double bassist Ron Carter, guitarist Pat Metheny, saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Danilio Pérez and trumpeter Terence Blanchard. “The festival has been a mainstay of jazz performance for a long time, and it’s always nice to be part of that festival,” says Bob Mintzer, Yellowjackets saxophonist, arranger and composer who works with pianist Russell Ferrante, drummer William Kennedy and bassist Dane Alderson. “I’ve been to the festival at least three times with Yellowjackets and at least once myself as part of the big band that’s the mainstay of the festival. The band had a tribute to pianist and
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composer Dave Brubeck. “This year, we will be featuring our latest recording, Raising Our Voice, done with vocalist Luciana Souza, who will join us in Detroit. The title is our personal way of saying things could be better in the world through art and music.” Mintzer says “Strange Time” has special meaning for him. It is a double entendre with time understood as both meter in music and the current span in our lives. Besides the Yellowjackets, Mintzer is chair of the jazz studies program at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles, where Ferrante and Kennedy also are faculty members. Mintzer, who next year is having his 50th anniversary as a graduate of Interlochen, also is chief conductor of the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany. He writes, arranges and conducts between two and five productions a year and is preparing for new recordings. “One of the defining qualities of the Yellowjackets is the openness in terms of style,” says Mintzer, raised in Judaism and who has performed at festivals in Israel. “We incorporate a lot of different styles of music — straight-ahead jazz, R&B, gospel, classical, African, Brazilian. That’s not such a unique trait, but I would say every group has its brew or blend of styles that defines its sound. “Yellowjackets is a partnership band. There are no leaders, so each is called upon to contribute as an equal part of the whole. I think we’ve all grown, matured and changed in our
habits, tastes and the way we relate.” Zach Adleman, a drummer with the Sencalar/Glassman Quintet, also has Jewish roots and continues to play the djembe at Temple Ner Tamid in New Jersey, where he grew up. Adleman just completed his master’s degree at Michigan State University, where he met his festival bandmates and is having lots of summertime performance and teaching experience before beginning advanced studies at Juilliard. This is not his first year at the Detroit Jazz Festival, and the quintet is only one of the groups with which he is involved. “In 2017, I competed in the J.C. Heard National Drums Competition at the festival,” Adleman says. “I led my own trio, featuring Rodney Whitaker, and won.” Adleman became fascinated with drums as a 6-year-old invited to try a set owned by neighbors. Formal lessons began in elementary school, and he went on to appear in programs at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Newport Jazz Festival as well as on recordings. “I’ve enjoyed serving on the faculty of the Jazz Institute @ Brevard and the Jazz House Kids Summer Workshop,” he says. “Last summer, it was exciting to play with Winston Marsalis.” Altin Sencalar of Texas and Chris Glassman of Colorado are headed for New York after finishing at MSU. They are trombonists who joined together to position their favorite instrument to hold the melody and thereby bring a new texture to jazz sounds. Sencalar, on tenor trombone, and Glassman, on bass trombone, also will be joined by bassist Rodney Whitaker and guitarist Nathan Borton at the festival. “We really came together doing an educational program in the East Lansing elementary schools,” says Sencalar, who composes and has opened for the O’Jays and Chaka Khan. “We wanted to bring jazz into the schools.” Glassman, also a composer, has performed in classical concerts as well as jazz concerts. Jazz has placed him with the Rodney T. Whitaker Group and the Gathering Orchestra in contrast to the classical Nexus Brass Quintet and the Denver Brass. “I love that with bass trombone you have extra tubing,” says Glassman, who played with the Michigan State Jazz Orchestra at last year’s festival. “With that, I can play a lot lower and louder.”
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WOODSTOCK 50TH Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a AT THE MOVIES Generation is a new offering in the PBS The Art Of Racing In The Rain is based American Experience series. on a best-selling novel of It premieres Saturday, Aug. the same named by Garth 17, at 8 p.m. (KQED). The film Stein, 54. The screenplay is is directed by and co-written by Mark Bomback, 47. by Barak Goodman, 56, who Enzo, a dog, narrates the helmed several very good film. Enzo is not a dog in the documentaries and has been sense we usually perceive Emmy- and Oscar-nominated. a dog to be. He is witty, Goodman uses interviews philosophical and aware, with concertgoers, musicians, via TV watching, of a legend festival producers and staff to “prepared” dogs will be tell the story of Woodstock’s Barak Goodman reincarnated in their next life “miracles,” including finding as a human. He prepares a venue and that nearly for the next life by carefully half a million concertgoers watching his owner, Denny. remained peaceful and He learns much about helped each other in trying Formula One race car drivconditions. The film makes ing because Denny is an the point Woodstock emerged aspiring driver. Enzo realizes as a tangible manifestation of many aspects of race driving the ’60s counterculture ideals apply to navigating life. Enzo of peace, love and cooperis very attached to Denny, ation. his wife and their daughter. Still, I wish Goodman had Michael Lang, 1969 I won’t spoil it by disclosing mentioned the word “Jewish” the tough turns in Denny’s just once. Four guys, all life or Enzo’s role in helping Jewish, came together to him during those hard times. create the festival and all are The Red Sea Diving interviewed: Artie Kornfeld, Project, a Netflix original, is now 76, Michael Lang, now now streaming. This drama 74, Joel Rosenman, now 77, tells the true efforts of the and John Roberts, who died Israeli Mossad to rescue in 2001 at age 56. It’s clear, thousands of Ethiopian after speaking to Kornfeld in Jews in 1981. Many hid in a 2009, that being mensches Sudan resort (near the Red Garth Stein guided them. Sea) before being transportThe film chronicles how the ed. The film was directed festival lost its original venue and written by Israeli Gideon when the town of Walkill, N.Y., Raff, 46, who shared an shut it down. Only a month Emmy for best writing, drabefore the date, Lang and matic TV show (Homeland). Kornfeld rented the dairy farm Most of the film’s charof Max Yasgur (1919-1973). acters are Jewish, but only Yasgur appeared at his town’s two major cast members zoning board. His son, the late are really Jewish (Israeli Sam Yasgur, told me in 2009 actress Alona Tal, 35, and that his father, a conservative Israeli actor Mark Avnir, 52, Alona Tal Republican, lectured the who was born in the Ukraine board on freedom and how and came to Israel when he was 4 years freedom included hippies, and that hippies old. Avnir plays the head of the Mossad.) had a right to be in town. Max ended with Chris Evans, Ben Kingsley and Alessandro what Sam Yasgur called his knock-out Nivola have co-starring roles. Nivola’s punch, “Facing the [board] directly with paternal grandmother was Jewish. something that had long rankled him
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SHABBAT IN THE SUN 5:45 pm, Aug. 16. Join Hazzan Dan and Rabbi Rachel for a family-friendly outdoor Shabbat service: singing, dancing and a picnic dinner on the Adat Shalom playground. Bring a blanket to sit on, and after dinner stay and play. Picnic dinner: $4/child, $7/adult. RSVP to Debi Banooni: 248-626-2153 or dbanooni@adatshalom.org. S’MORE SHABBAT 6 pm, Aug. 16. At Temple Kol Ami. Grab a blanket, bring your appetite and join the TKA family religious school for an outdoor camp-style dinner followed by Shabbat worship at 7 pm with Rabbi Brent Gutmann and Cantorial Soloist Sean Samitt. Indoors if weather necessitates. Open to all. Dinner is free. RSVP is required: 248-661-0040 or cspektor@tkolami.org.
SATURDAY, AUG. 17 PARSHAH RIDERS 9 am, Aug. 17: Come along for the ride for Torah study, exercise, friends, Kiddush and fun. Meet at Adat Shalom in Farmington Hills for Shabbat Torah study; 9:30 am group bicycle ride; return by 11:30 am to enjoy Kiddush. There is no fee to attend. Open to the community. For info: Mickey Levin, mlevin48@aol. com. Meet next on Aug. 24.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 BACK 2 SCHOOL STORE 9:30 am, Aug. 18. At a Detroit elementary school (248-214-1205 for location). National Council of Jewish Women will offer free shopping for clothing and school supplies for Detroit schoolchildren identified by social service agencies. Also, eye exams. Info: ncjwmi.org. PARFAITS IN THE PARK Noon-1:30 pm. Aug. 18. Temple Shir Shalom invites 0-7-year-olds and their families, friends and nannies to join
them at Booth Park in Birmingham. Free and open to all. RSVP: 248-7378700 or email julie@shirshalom.org.
MONDAY, AUG. 19 MINI DAY OF LEARNING 9:30 am, Aug. 19. JCC’s Jewish Adult Education Dept., JLearn, will hold this preview day of learning. At the Max M. Fisher Federation Bldg. in Bloomfield Township. Morning sessions from 9:3011:50 am; evening sessions from 7-8:30 pm. Free. RSVP required: 248-205-2557 or ccomensky@jccdet.org. CAREGIVER SUPPORT 5:30-7 pm, Aug. 19. For family caregivers of all older adults, the Dorothy & Peter Brown Adult Day Program holds free monthly family caregiver support group meetings. At JVS, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield. For information or to RSVP, contact Dorothy Moon: 248-233-4392, dmoon@ jvsdet.org. SECRETS OF PUBLISHING 7-9 pm, Aug. 19. At Barnes & Noble in Rochester Hills, 200 N. Adams. Panel will include JN editor Jackie Headapohl. Free. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION RSVP for Aug. 24. At Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, honoring Dr. Martin Herman on his 90th birthday. Shabbat services with luncheon and reception to follow. Open to all. RSVP at downtownsynagogue.org.
TUESDAY, AUG. 20 SIMPLY DANCE 11 am, Aug. 20. At Adat Shalom in Farmington Hills. Led by Christine Stewart. No partner needed. Cost: $7. RSVP: 248-432-5467. SECURITY EXPERT SPEAKS 1 pm, Aug. 20. At the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. IRP will host Israeli computer security expert Adeena Ascher. Topic: “The Joint Distribution Committee as a Social Welfare Start-Up Past and Present.” Free and open to the public. BOOKS & BARBIE 6:30-8:30 pm, Aug. 20. At Temple Israel. An evening with Laura Berman of the Detroit News and author Susan Shapiro. $20 per person includes dinner, wine and conversation. Open to all. Info: 248-661-5700. continued on page 38
AUG. 17 BEE FEST Head to the Belle Isle Nature Center, which will be buzzing from excitement from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. while it celebrates National Honey Bee Day. The event features beekeeper talks, arts and crafts, local honey tasting, demonstrations on planting and maintaining a bee-friendly garden, and a children’s bee costume parade. Musical performances by singer, songwriter and earth educator Joe Reilly will complement an exhibition of images by macro photographer Joseph Ferraro, offering a close-up glimpse at the tiny pollinators found in and around local flowers. The Bees Weeds will offer honey tastings as well as balms and soaps made from local beeswax and will discuss what people can do in their yards to help pollinators. Admission to the Nature Center is free; a State of Michigan Recreation Passport is required to enter Belle Isle State Park by car. WIKIPEDIAI
BIM BOM BABY 10-11 am, Aug. 16. At Temple Shir Shalom. A program for babies through 4-year-olds with a special adult. Moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents and nannies come to celebrate Shabbat with the rabbis, braid challah, sing songs with the cantor and make new friends. RSVP: Free and open to all. Julie@shirshalom. org or 248-406-4255
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The iconic Peanuts comic strip turns 50 this year and Emagine Entertainment is celebrating by showing the Academy Award-nominated movie A Boy Named Charlie Brown at noon at Emagine Canton, Emagine Hartland, Emagine Novi and Emagine Rochester Hills. In the Peanuts’ gang’s first movie, Charlie is challenged by the girls in his class to volunteer for the spelling bee. Much to his surprise, he wins and qualifies to go to the National Spelling Bee. Charlie, along with his pals Linus and Snoopy, take on the adventure in New York City, but will he return home a national champion? Fun fact: In April 1968, Harriet Glickman, the daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants who lived in Los Angeles, a teacher and mom of three — wrote a letter to Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz asking him to create a black character. A few months later, on July 31, 1968, Peanuts’ first black character, Franklin, appeared in a comic strip. According to Jewniverse, “There was no fanfare — he just walked up to Charlie Brown on the beach and asked, ‘Is this your beach ball?’” Tickets at emagine-entertainment.com.
AUG. 18 - JEWISH FOOD FESTIVAL Spend the afternoon at Eastern Market Shed 5 as Hazon Detroit once again sponsors the Jewish Food Festival — a celebration of Jewish food and sustainability practices with interactive and intergenerational DIY (do-it-yourself) activities, demonstrations and inspiring talks. Taste delicious vegetarian and vegan foods from more than 15 food trucks, restaurants, and caterers. Shop at more than 50 local vendor booths and enjoy food samples. Create in the new ArtSpace with the Detroit Institute of Arts and others, using repurposed items. Explore community activism, food, music, artists, vendors, farmers, chef demos and the family pavilion. You’ll find kosher-certified food, caterers and vendors aplenty at this can’t-miss event. Free and open to the public. COURTESY OF HAZON
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the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, will hold an information session at Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. First class: Thursday, Sept. 12 11 am-noon. RSVP: ReadySetPrevent.org or call the Diabetes Prevention Center, 800482-1455. Call if you are unable to attend the information session to show your interest. The program is a CDCcertified, yearlong program designed for adults of any age with prediabetes or at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Workshops, led by trained lifestyle coaches, include 16 weekly one-hour group sessions followed by eight monthly sessions. Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial Assistant Send items at least 14 days in advance to calendar@thejewishnews.com.
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osh Gershonowicz looks out at the world through sky blue eyes and sees the vast opportunities in Detroit, the city he is proud to call home. At 34, he sits at the helm of a nimble young company he founded seven years ago now poised to envision, create, launch and rebuild business in the digital age. “We’re well prepared for rapid growth,” he says. “And I look for colleagues and employees who are ready, willing and able to grow with us. Work hard, have fun. That’s our motto. At Rebuild Group, we aim to foster a company culture that’s inclusive, creative, entrepreneurial, encouraging … and yes, dog-friendly. As a result, I know we’ve surrounded ourselves with some really great people.” The Rebuild culture and strategy focuses on “right-brain thinking.” It taps into emotional experiences to build brands and motivate shoppers to buy. NEW DIGS FOR REBUILD “Rebuild was born in the suburbs, but our soul is pure Detroit,” Gershonowicz explains. Having relocated his company from Royal Oak to the city’s New Center neighborhood in 2014, Rebuild now has new 10,000-square-foot headquarters in the nearby Milwaukee Junction District, what Josh calls the Idea Studio. Rebuild renovated the two-story
building, which will include a retail tenant on the first floor. Paying homage to the building’s history, he reclaimed original equipment from the building to incorporate in the new space. Vintage elevator doors separate the lobby from the work space and serve as a central gathering table. Metal cages from the elevator shaft are being converted into art installations. The new space will take a hybrid, floating work model, allowing team members to work in any space, which he believes will aid the creative process. “We don’t want to be just another local agency. Our vision is larger than growing our agency. We are rooted and invested in the city with the goal to become an anchor, rebuilding a neighborhood and creating jobs.,” he said. Josh is equally committed to community building. A participant in Federation’s Cuba Mission (2015) and Young Leaders and Philanthropists Mission (2016), he serves on Federation’s National Young Leadership Cabinet and on the boards of Hebrew Free Loan, Midtown Detroit and Dodge for Detroit. A resident of the city since moving home from New York in 2011, Josh was among the first wave of NEXTGen Detroiters to take up residency in Moishe House Downtown. He and his wife, Michele, now enjoy city life as new
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homeowners on Winder Street. Keeping busy on the home front, they are the proud parents of Sonny, age 1. HOME-GROWN BEGINNINGS Gershonowicz grew up in Jewish Detroit and then went to Western Michigan University, where he graduated with a B.B.A. in marketing and economics. After graduation, he spent about a year and a half in Tampa, Fla., working as a commodities trader and then went on to New York to do the “same kind of work, unfortunately, at the worst possible time, in 2008, just as Lehman Brothers was about to collapse,” he said His job offer was rescinded, so he started moonlighting at anything he could find. At 24, he was ready to come home. “I started moonlighting again, helping my dad with his dental practice. In 2012, I decided to start growing and investing in my own business and set out as Rebuild Nation with one employee. In 2014, I
convinced Steve DeAngelis to quit his job at McCann Detroit and become my partner. He took the leap, and we’ve been on the fast track together ever since.” He was able to hire Steve thanks to Hebrew Free Loan’s Marvin A. Danto Small Business Program. “The connections I made through HFL have proven to be invaluable,” he said. Gershonowicz said he loves the creative aspect of marketing. “There’s the creativity of solving problems for our clients, and there’s also the creativity involved in teamwork, putting people together. Our business is collaborative, and we believe it reflects what’s happening all around our city. Our energies are focused on Detroit, and we’re very motivated by all signs of rebuilding in the city in general. In brainstorming ideas for our clients, you’ll find our teams working all over town — riding the QLine, sitting in Kresge Court at the DIA, walking along the Riverfront. The whole city is our canvas and we celebrate that.” CITY LIFE “I love the energy of living in the city,” he said. “What’s happening Downtown is amazing. It feels like the wheels are turning and we’re starting to get some traction.” He said he and Michele are happy to be part of a growing core of Jewish families living Downtown, expanding what it means to be a part of a vibrant and diverse Jewish community. This story first appeared on myjewishdetroit.org.
MANISCHEWITZ SELLS KOSHER FOOD BUSINESS
NEW BOSS AT STOCKX
(JTA) The Manischewitz Co. will sell all its kosher food business to Kenover Marketing Corp., the companies announced. The companies “have reached an understanding for a transaction whereby Kenover Marketing Corp. will acquire all of the kosher food business of Manischewitz,” according to reports. Kenover is part of Kayco, located in Bayonne, N.J., which formed after a merger between
Josh Luber is stepping aside as CEO of StockX, the online marketplace for collectible sneakers, handbags and streetwear he founded with Dan Gilbert, reports Crain’s. He will remain on as the company’s “front man,” explaining the company’s business model as “a stock market of things.” Scott Cutler, an e-commerce veteran, will take over dayto-day operations of StockX. Luber and Cutler announced $110 million in new venture capital last month in New York.
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Kedem Foods, Kenover Marketing and B&W Foods. Manischewitz is based in Newark, N.J. The sale reportedly will not include Manischewitz’s Season brand. The companies said in a statement that they will conclude the transaction “in the near future” and will then announce the details and that meanwhile the two companies will operate business as usual.
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hen Jessica Mindell started Jessica’s Natural Foods in 2009, she never expected it to be something she would still be doing 10 years later. The company has grown from its roots in Mindell’s home in Birmingham to sales in more than 30 states and is featured in major grocery store chains such as Whole Foods and Wegman’s. All the company’s products are gluten-free. Mindell has an engineering degree from the University of Michigan but has always had a passion for baking. During college, she worked one holiday season at Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor where she worked in a commercial bakery. After working for a number of years in engineering, Mindell quit her job and began baking full time. The inspiration for her company came shortly after learning that her husband has a gluten intolerance. Mindell’s love for baking combined with the limited availability of gluten-free baked goods led her to begin experimenting in her own kitchen.
Eventually, she began taking small batches of her oat-based granola to local stores who agreed to sell them. When perfecting her recipes, Mindell would often make little containers of the granola with small tweaks made to each container. She would number the containers and give them to friends and family, asking them to report back to her what they liked best. Mindell, a mother of two, one of whom attends preschool at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township, often jokes that the company was her first child. She will also be the first to admit she didn’t quite know what she was doing in the beginning. “I didn’t have a formal business plan,” she said. “When I was going to stores and offering samples, one store said they would take a case of each, so I had to go home and figure out how to make an invoice. All the stores are so supportive of local businesses.” This year, on its 10th anniversary, Jessica’s Natural Foods got re-certified as a woman-owned business through
the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). “I am really proud of being womanowned,” Mindell said. “It’s a great way to connect with other small women-run businesses.” In the 10 years since its conception, Jessica’s Natural Food’s product line has expanded to include syrups and mixes for gluten-free baked goods. “All the products I have are based on needs for my family in my own life,” Mindell said. “My daughter wouldn’t drink milk, so I created the strawberry syrup to make it taste better. We wanted to get the kids on a gluten-free diet, but many gluten-free products are rice-based, which has a lot of arsenic. I wanted to create mixes that were not rice-based to cut down on the amount of arsenic my kids were getting.” Mindell does not have a set business plan for the future but says she believes future products will also be based upon her family’s needs. To learn more about the company or purchase products, visit jessicasnaturalfoods.com.
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KATHY BARTOS, 67, of Royal Oak, died Aug. 11, 2019. She is survived by her sons, Zachary Rovinsky and Elliot Rovinsky; her former husband, Robert Rovinsky. She was the devoted daughter of the late Eva and the late Miklos Bartos. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center, 4100 John R, Detroit, MI 48201, giving@karmanos.org; or Jewish Senior Life, 15000 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237, jslmi.org. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. EVELYN BERLIN, 87, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 7, 2019. She is survived by her husband, Leo Berlin; daughters and sons-in-law, Shelly and Allen Klegon, and Susan and Chet Hendrickson; son and daughter-in-law, Carl Berlin and Jan Czarnota; grandchildren, Scott and Rebecca Klegon, Katie and Julian Standiford, and Matthew Berlin. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Gleaners Community Food Bank, Oakland Distribution Center, P.O. Box 33321, Detroit, MI 48232-5321, gcfb. org; Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Michigan, 25882 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 102, Farmington Hills, MI 48336, ccfa.org/chapters/michigan; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. FRANCINE LOIS DISNER, 81, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 5, 2019. She was known as “Auntie Franny” by the many who loved her. Mrs. Disner is survived by her devoted daughters, Niki Disner and Erika (Bruce) Allen; cherished granddaughters, Makenna Calvert and Miranda Allen; sister-in-law, Dorothy Diskin Menuck; brother-in-law, Paul Disner; many loving nieces and nephews. She was the beloved wife of the late Arnold Disner; dearest daughter of the late Marion Ruzumna Wirt and Nathan Ruzumna; adored sister of the late Tillie Silverman and Mildred Mandel. Services were held at Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Contributions may be made to Hillel Day School or a charity of one’s choice.
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ELAINE FRAZIS, 94, of Novi, died Aug. 7, 2019. She is survived by her daughters and sons-inlaw, Debbie and Dane Gussin, and Karen and Scott Lewis; grandchildren, Erica and David Herc, Michael and Rachel Lewis, Jacob Gussin and Jared Gussin; great-grandchildren, Ian and Emma Herc; loving nieces and nephews; her devoted caregivers, Marguerite, Gulyalek and Lisa. Mrs. Frazis was the beloved wife of the late Theodore “Ted” Frazis; the loving sister of the late Shirley Babich, the late Mary Singerman, and the late Rose Woronow. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072, yadezra.org; Anti-Defamation League, 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, michigan.adl.org/tag/detroit; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. BASIA “BESS” FRIEDMAN, 87, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 11, 2019. She was the beloved wife of Henry Friedman; devoted mother of Melinda (late Dr. Michael) Snyder and Miriam (Dr. Shalom) Siegel; loving grandmother of David Snyder, Daniel Snyder, Golda Liba (Chaim) Shanet, Mordechai Yeruchaim Siegel, Rivkay (Shalom Akiva) Wininger, Hillel Siegel, Malka Siegel, Shoshana Siegel and Yosef Siegel; proud great-grandmother of Chani, Rochel, Ahuva, Dina and Hadasa Wininger, Yonason, Rafi and Atara Shanet; cherished sister of Lea (late Norman) Pearlberg, Florence (Bernie) Golsky. Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. FRIEDA GABOS, 99, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 10, 2019. She is survived by her daughter, Irene Brieger of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, David Brieger and Alicia Brieger. Mrs. Gabos was the beloved wife of the late Imre Gabos. Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile, Berkley, MI 48072, yadezra.org. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
ALFRED GITTLEMAN, 88, of Southfield, died Aug. 9, 2019. He is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Steven and Rocksanda Gittleman, David and Theresa Gittleman; daughter and son-in-law, Emily and James Robson; grandchildren, Adam (Ariel) Gittleman, Christopher (Sarah) Gittleman, Devin Gittleman, Gabrielle Gittleman, Jeremiah Gittleman, Robert Robson and Alexander Robson; great-grandchild, Easton Gittleman; sister, Toby Arons; many other loving family members and friends. Mr. Gittleman was the beloved husband of the late Elaine Gittleman; the brother-in-law of the late Roy Arons. Interment took place at the Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the Make A Wish Foundation. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. IRVING GOLDBERG, 93, of Ft. Meyers, Fla., formerly of Michigan, died Aug. 8, 2019. He was a member of the Jewish War Veterans and was active with his community at the Century 21 Mobile Home Park. Mr. Goldberg is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Rochelle and Bram Rubinstein; grandchildren, Jeffrey Rubinstein and Jennifer Rubinstein (fiance, Matthew Resticio). He was the beloved husband of the late Pauline Goldberg; dear brother and brother-in-law of the late Harold (the late Charlotte) Goldberg, the late Shirley Kanarek and the late Claire Tabock. Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic Center Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, cancer.org; or Boystown USA, 14100 Crawford St., Boys Town, NE 68010, boystown.org. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. GLADYS GOLDSMITH, 91, died peacefully at home on Aug. 5, 2019, surrounded by her family. She loved her family, music and the ocean. Above all, she cherished her husband, Arnold. They grew up on the same block in Boston and were mar-
ried for 61 years until his death in 2011. Gladys’ beautiful voice brought joy to all. After earning a bachelor of music from Boston University in 1950, she taught music at Hubert Elementary School for 21 years, retiring in 1990. For years, she sang in the Beth Shalom choir and performed with the women’s choir, Bel Canto. Gladys embraced Detroit, her adopted home, winning a Spirit of Detroit Award in 1983. An avid volunteer, she became sisterhood president at Beth Shalom and was honored by the Women’s League of Conservative Judaism for distinguished service. As a tutor, she helped adults and children learn to read. Gladys’ lifelong pleasures included traveling, bridge and ice cream. Her Oakland Community College book group dedicated itself to fiction by women. Every other summer for decades, she and Arnold vacationed with their children’s families, starting with reunions at Nantasket, their favorite beach near Boston. Her passion for life was contagious. It made her an unforgettable presence in the lives of those who knew her. Mrs. Goldsmith is survived by her children, Janet (Steven) Sarratore, Marsha (Mark) Goldsmith Kamin, Steven (Cathy) Goldsmith; grandchildren, Alana (Greg) Mulford, Shira (William) Good, Andrew (Lindsey) Sarratore, Sam (Courtney Loraine) Goldsmith and Joel Goldsmith; great-grandchildren, Sophia and Eloise Good, Austin and Jackson Mulford, and Eliza Sarratore; Mark’s children, Rachelle (Brad) Minus and Amira (Matthew Rucker) Freidson; grandchildren, Asher and Zoey Minus, and Chaya and Samuel Freidson Gaynor; sister, Beatrice Toll. Mrs. Goldsmith was the beloved wife of the late Arnold Louis Goldsmith; sister-in-law of the late Samuel Toll. Interment was held at the Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions can be made to music programs at Hospice of Michigan or Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. LOUIS GRANT, 93, of Farmington Hills, died Aug. 8, 2019. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Evelyn Grant; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Steven Munson; grandchildren, Grant
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and Melissa Munson, Justin and Lauren Grant, and Jordan Grant; great-grandchildren, Kate Grant, Alexa Munson, Ethan Munson, Emelia Grant and Lukas Grant; sister and brother-in-law, Nancy and Max Spector. Mr. Grant was the cherished father of the late Ronald Grant; the loving brother of the late Al and the late Bertha Grant, and the late Ernie Grant. Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan, 43097 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.org/donations; Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jewishhospice.org; Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, temple-israel.org; or Anti-Defamation League, 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, michigan.adl.org/tag/detroit. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
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beloved Noreen Kasle; daughter of the late William and the late Rebecca Lewis; sister of the late Albert and the late Melvin Lewis. A celebration of her wonderful life was held at Sharp Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 6063 Fenton Road, Flint, with Rabbi Yisroel Weingarten and Mr. Leonard Meizlish officiating. Interment followed at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Congregation Beth Israel, McLaren Hospice, Chabad House Lubavitch of Eastern Michigan or a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Tributes may be shared at sharpfuneralhomes.com. DR. CARL E. LIPNIK, 92, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 10, 2019. He was a longtime family physician in Livonia. Dr. Lipnik is survived by his wife of 67 years, Lorelei Lipnik; children, Ruth and Norman Beitner, Judith and Chuck Perlow, Miriam and Dr. Larry Prussack, Dr. Lawrence and Natalie Lipnik, and Dr. Daniel and Paula Lipnik; grandchildren, Aaron and Marcie Beitner, Rabbi Dovid and Shoshana Beitner, Jonathon and Leah Beitner, Jennifer and Sam Maxbauer, Gabriel and Hayley Perlow, Jackie and Matt Sandler, Adam and Emily Perlow, Jeffrey and Dr. Jessica Prussack, Dr. Andrew and Dr. Julie Prussack, Sarah Leah and Yaniv Golombek, Yossi and Elana Gottfried, Israel and Shoshana Gottfried, Eliezer Lipnik, Joshua Lipnik, Alex Lipnik, Jacob Lipnik and Michelle Zive; great-grandchildren, Jacob, Rose, Dahlia, Yaacov Moshe, Esther, Yehuda Zev, Liliana, Betsy, Madison, Isaac, Henley, Ethan, Hannah, Ami, Avra, Lev, Ariella, Sarah Minna, Leah, Tamar, Jordana and Jonah; brother, Dr. Morris Lipnik. He was the loving brother of the late Herbert Seiton; the dear brother-in-law of the late Lois Lipnik. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Carl and Lorelei Lipnik Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield, MI 48034, shaareyzedek.org; or Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072, yadezra. org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
BEVERLY â&#x20AC;&#x153;BOBBIEâ&#x20AC;? PRIEST, 72, died Aug. 10, 2019. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Eric and Cindy Bolokofski; nieces and nephews, Melissa and Tim Popour, Carrie and Shane McClure, and Brian Wisniski; great-nieces and great-nephews, Sulivan, Aiden, Evan, Levi and Neva; her dear companion, Dhia Petro. Mrs. Priest was the beloved wife of the late Lenny Priest; the dear sister of the late Wayne Boyer and the late April Wisniski. Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to St. Joseph Mercy Hospice, stjoeshealth.org; or Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile, Berkley, MI 48072, yadezra.org. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. LAWRENCE SCHNEIDER, 77, of West Bloomfield, died Aug. 10, 2019. He is survived by his brothers and sisters-in-law, Dr. Jerry and Elaine Schneider of La Jolla, Calif., and Rabbi Paul and Marilyn Schneider of Baltimore, Md.; sisterin-law, Soni Schneider; nieces and nephews, Dr. Danielle Schneider and Dr. Keith Eaton, Dr. Jane Schneider, Hillel Schneider, Gabriel and Jayme Schneider, Joshua Schneider, and Matthew and Ozge Schneider; great-nieces and great-nephews, Rachel and Aliza Eaton, Avery and Stella Schneider, and Marlon Schneider. Mr. Schnieder was the cherished brother of the late Mark Schneider; the loving son of the late Benjamin and the late Sarah Schneider. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jslmi.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. BARBARA â&#x20AC;&#x153;B.J.â&#x20AC;? SHAWN, 71, of Petosky, died Aug. 5, 2019. She is survived by her daughter and sonin-law, Rebecca Philipp
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Kravitz and Marshall Tauber. Her ashes have been spread across Maui. Condolences may be shared at fb.me/rememberingsandeesimon. MORTON STOCKLER, 91, of Doylestown, Pa., died Aug. 10, 2019. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Julie Stockler and Rob Herion; grandchildren, Elana and Neil Kopp, and Rebecca Green; great-grandchild, Ezra Kopp. Mr. Stockler was the beloved husband of the late Ruth Stockler; the cherished father of the late Michael Stockler. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Southern Poverty Law Center, 400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 46104, donate.splcenter.org/ sslpage.aspx?pid=463; or Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, shirshalom.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
STEVEN ZIMBERG, 63, of Huntington Woods, died Aug. 11, 2019. He was known for his loving devotion to family and friends, personal integrity and civic responsibility. He regularly took his mother on sightseeing adventures throughout Michigan; the true value was the time they spent together. Steven graduated from Hillsdale College with a degree in economics and business; he was a certified financial planner. He had a passion for life and saw every new day as an opportunity for adventure and growth. As owner of Artends, he enthusiastically sought rare and unusual antiques. He founded the Societism Institute, which promoted a healthy balance between the well-being of collective society and the significance and rights of the individual. Mr. Zimberg is survived by his mother, Shirley (the late Donald) Zimberg; daughter, Alexis (David) Lerner; son, Zachary Zimberg; grandchildren, Magda Rose and Levi Lerner; siblings, Marvin (Madeline) Zimberg, Jerry (Susie) Zimberg,
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and seven stools at the sushi bar. Its large window arrangements to bring in the sun are just about everywhere, it seems, and the hand-painted art behind the sushi bar is a thing of beauty. Adachi in the Ford-Peabody Mansion is certainly a world-class dining inspiration … celebrating its first anniversary with muchdeserved pride. And as if they haven’t enough to do, Dave and executive chef Lloyd Roberts are also general manager and executive chef at Adachi’s sister restaurant, the new Zao Jun, which opened recently in the Bloomfield Plaza, corner of Maple and Telegraph, West Bloomfield … Some of its early favorites already are the lamb chops and crispy chicken moneybags … fresh fish, hand-cut rolls, maki rolls, Asian grill, soups, small plates, etc. … Lunch Monday-Friday starts at 11 a.m., Happy Hours in the bar are MondayFriday 2-5 p.m., dinners are MondayThursday 5-10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 5-11 p.m., Sunday 5-10 p.m. Quite a terrific assembly of restaurant dining styles … so very different … from which to choose … Certainly an excellent addition to the continued culinary diversification by these fine additions of Pan-Asian delights to go with the wondrous styles for almost every craving of any gastronomic appetite. WHY IS IT that people who cough incessantly never seem to go to a doctor? … They go to banquets and concerts. READER MINI REVIEW … From Al Holtz … “You might expect a few glitches in the service or food the first week a restau-
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We invite you to come explore, learn and experience. SMALL SHUL, BIG IMPRESSION
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“From the moment we walked in the door, we knew Beth Ahm would be our home.”
“Our children feel at home and are excited to participate.”
SMALL SHUL, BIG WELCOME We look forward to welcoming you into our family! Join us on Shabbat and stay for lunch, come to an event, or meet with Rabbi Rubenstein.
SMALL SHUL, BIG FAMILY
SMALL SHUL, BIG CELEBRATIONS
“We quickly developed friendships and immersed ourselves in synagogue life.”
“Our simcha at Beth Ahm was great. There is no other place where we would want to celebrate!”
248-851-6880 · www.cbahm.org ·
facebook.com/CongregationBethAhm
5075 West Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322