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For all the breaking news and ONLINE EXCLUSIVES • Schmoozing with Chana Finman, director of the Center of Jewish Creativity/co-director of Jewish Ferndale

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34 19 Trip to the Capitol Local small business owners want their voice heard in Congress.

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JEWS IN THE D 10 Maccabi by the Numbers Metro Detroit gets ready for Maccabi Games Aug. 4-9.

12 Feel the Beat Detroit’s Maccabi dance team plans to bring its usual heat to the competition.

16 Four Teens, Four Stories An ArtsFest veteran, girl hockey player, English soccer player and Hungarian hockey player are part of the Maccabi Games tapestry.

18 Where Are They Now? Memphis memories are still fresh for two Detroit soccer players who competed in 1982 Maccabi Games.

18 House Passes Anti-BDS Vote Michigan Democrats Tlaib and Dingell vote no.

20 New Michigan Media to Aid in 2020 Census Awareness 20 Immigration Installation Comes to the Birmingham Temple 21 Here’s To 22 Helping the Homeless West Bloomfield resident is helping bring showers and laundry to the homeless.

24 NCSY Bids Farwell to Lucky Winner Lichtig 26 Back in the Saddle David Silver is back at work after recovering from a fractured skull.

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36 High-Energy Music Jacob Spike Kraus kicks off this year’s Stephen Gottlieb Concert.

38 A Toe-Tapping Good Time JET brings the classic Ain’t Misbehavin’ to the stage.

39 Holocaust Drama A revelation leaves a family shattered in new film by Jeff Lipsky.

40 Celebrity Jews

ON THE GO 41 Events/Editor’s Picks

Kosher operations continue despite Epicurean closure.

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SHABBAT LIGHTS Shabbat starts: Friday, Aug. 2, 8:33 p.m.

Shabbat ends: Saturday, Aug. 3, 9:38 p.m. * Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

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HAVE YOU HAD “THE TALK” WITH YOUR CHILDREN PARENTS?

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recently underwent a sleep study to determine if I have sleep apnea.

A little disclaimer before I go on.

Despite what I’m about to describe, I’m a big proponent of sleep studies, and I’ve spoken with people who have benefited from the positive impact the results can have on one’s health.

So, don’t let anything I say here discourage you Alan Muskovitz from having one. But Contributing Writer let me be very clear, the sleep study process is equal part medical and comical.

Turns out I can fall asleep anywhere — except a sleep clinic. For me anyway, it was a “no sleep clinic.” I don’t think I had a full hour of deep sleep. You are electrically wired from head to toe and points in between. Picture me as Peter Boyle strapped down as the monster in Mel Brooks’ film Young Frankenstein.

The only thing missing was Gene Wilder in his laboratory yelling, “It’s alive; it’s alive!”

My trying to fall asleep was not made any easier by the fact that my sleep technician, who I believe may have quit her job after my study, refused to read to me Goodnight Moon. Instead, she just let me cry myself to sleep. I’m surprised she didn’t cry after spending hours staring at a monitor watching me toss and turn and snore.

To add to the frustration, just as I was about to fall asleep … I had to go the bathroom. And you can’t go unattended. You have to be “unplugged.”

I haven’t yelled, “I have to go to the bathroom” in the middle of the night to anyone since 1959. My tech could hear

me from her post on a live microphone.

I’m just glad I didn’t yell “Mommy.” I lay there waiting, wired up, fearing she wouldn’t arrive in time and I’d be electrocuted.

Fast forward to my follow-up results appointment. It revealed that I was on the upper end of a “mild” case; if you can believe that stopping breathing 15 times in an hour is mild. I was informed that I would need another sleep study, this time to see how I would do on a CPAP machine.

The next available slot they had open was in a month. A month?! Based on the fact I stop breathing as many as 15 times an hour, that meant, based conservatively on six hours a night of sleep over the next month, I will have stopped breathing 2,700 times before my next appointment! Now that’s something to lose sleep over. But I made it.

During my second “no sleep study,” I was given a chance to experiment with a variety of CPAP breathing apparatus.

Nothing provides you a more restful night’s sleep than waking up every hour or so to try on a new mask. My least favorite? The full face mask. It not only made me look like Darth Vader, but the soft whir of air coming from the machine made me sound like him, too. Plus, it interfered with me trying to suck my thumb.

As you read this, I will have completed my third week on a home CPAP machine. It’s still a work in progress and I’m still going through my “Goldilocks” phase of finding the CPAP mask that feels just right. The good news is a chip in the machine allows me to get a daily computer read out of my results. I’m happy to report I’ve had some nights with as few as three apnea episodes.

The biggest challenge is my routine 3:30 a.m. bathroom run. I have to detach my mask from the large tube connected to the CPAP machine that provides the air flow to keep my air passage open during sleep. As you can see from the photo, it leaves a shorter tube dangling from my nose, leaving me looking and feeling like a baby elephant although it does come in handy when getting a drink of water in the middle of the night.

For me, adapting to CPAP treatment is a marathon, not a sprint. And who knows, perhaps after enough treatment I might even be able to run a marathon or sprint. But don’t hold your breath … at least while you’re sleeping. ■ Alan Muskovitz is a writer, voice-over/acting talent, speaker, and emcee. Visit his website at laughwithbigal.com. If you have a humorous sleep study/apnea related story, email him at amuskovitz@renmedia.us and he just might share it in a follow-up column.

online comments Readers had plenty to say about the story on Neo-Nazi flyers left at Clover Hill Park Cemetery (July 25, page 20).

Karen Gilmour: If we see something, we must say something. Get photos or whatever possible, whenever possible.

Be vigilant. Let it be known people are watching!

Molly Blumenstein Langwald: I am sad tonight to hear this but not surprised.

I am also scared, but in the end, I am more angry than anything else. We in

Detroit have just been lucky so far not to be directly affected by this growing hate, a hate that is not just aimed at the Jewish people but at any individual or group that is deemed different and therefore deserving of hate and persecution. So, I may be scared and sad, but those emotions alone are not going to rally people together to combat this anti-Semitism and intolerance of people who are different. We must be strong and smart and combat this indescribable hate together.

Sylvia Sherman Wolf: Awful and scary.

Roz Gould Keith: What is happening???

Eric Weiss: You have Muslim women in Congress who hate Jews, who are pushing BDS against Israel, who want to bring as many Jew-hating Muslims here as possible, and you are worried about a handful of idiot losers with no power (those who left the fliers)?

The JN welcomes comments online at thejewishnews.com or on its Facebook page.

The decision to move from one’s home to an older adult community is never easy. But when we notice physical and mental changes in our parents’ behavior, it’s time to have “THE TALK”.

Today, everybody wants to age in place, but when a spouse passes away or we lose the ability to drive, isolation is a real concern. Lack of socialization results not only in loneliness but in decreased longevity, poorer health and cognitive issues.

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When older adults are asked to leave their longtime homes, a frequent cause of distress is their perceived loss of control, so give your loved one as much choice as possible as they plan and implement the move. If you can do the preliminary legwork and set up meetings with us, we are happy to walk you through the steps you need to take, to insure your parents’ move is successful.

And once they make the decision to join our JSL family, we’re with them every step of the way, coaching, encouraging, inviting, and checking on their progress. We can’t tell you how many times we hear the words, “I should have moved here years ago... but don’t tell my children!”

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Federation’s Partnership2Gether: Reflections on Our 25th Year

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n their editorial from July 12, the Jewish News suggested that Federation “Needs to Emphasize, Not Downplay Partnership2Gether.”

We couldn’t agree more, and we appreciate the acknowledgement that Partnership2Gether (P2G) “has connected literally thousands of Detroiters and Michiganders with individual Israelis.”

Rich Broder P2G is a Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) program pairing three Michigan communities, Metro Detroit, Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids, with three municipalities in Israel’s Randi Sakwa Central Galilee region, Migdal HaEmek, Nazareth Illit and the Jezreel Valley.

The P2G relationship is now intricately woven through most of Federation’s touchpoints with Israel, infusing our missions and programs with a deeply meaningful “people-to-people” experience that has enriched Jewish lives in Detroit as well as throughout the partnership region.

As we noted in a recent

myJewishDetroit article: “Through the years, P2G has connected hundreds of young people and their families in reciprocal visits to both Michigan and in Israel. Today, we are more than partners. We are a family, inspired to connect our next generation.” (See myjewishdetroit.org/next-dor-v-dor).

Our only point of difference with the editors of the Jewish News is over their suggestion that we are ignoring the 25th anniversary of the program.

In addition to the joyous celebrations hosted by our partners in the Central Galilee for Detroiters last April, we look forward to again marking the anniversary this fall, when the Israeli members of the P2G Steering Committee are in Michigan. Perhaps more importantly, we honor this milestone by continuing to expand our relationship with our Israeli family through a variety of new programs and initiatives.

To highlight just a few: • This year marks the return of Detroit’s participation in the Jewish Agency’s Shinshinim program (short for Shnat Sherut, Year of Service, which some Israelis opt for prior to military service). Beginning in September, four Israeli shlichim (emissaries), will be spending the year in Metro Detroit.

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They’ll work at Hillel Day School, the Frankel Jewish Academy, synagogue schools, camp programs, the Pitt Child Development Center and with the Jewish Community Center’s JFamily programs, as well as participate in community events that focus on Israel.

(See myjewishdetroit.org/howdy-partner).

• The Lester Ambassador Program is a new initiative designed to create deep connections between young adults in Michigan and their peers in our partnership region. A cohort of Israelis and Detroiters will embark on a two-year program consisting of four semesters, each with a unique focus area, intentionally selected to build relationships and develop a thoughtful community of leaders.

• We will soon be announcing a new partnership with the Friends of the IDF that will encourage Detroiters to sponsor the post-military service education of soldiers from our partnership region. The IMPACT! scholarship program grants four-year academic scholarships to soldiers from low socioeconomic backgrounds, enabling them to achieve their dreams of higher education.

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continue to support and connect with the partnership region in a variety of ways — whether it be through ongoing stops in the region for our missions or the strength of our Israeli Camper Program, which has brought young Israeli kids over for an unforgettable summer at Tamarack Camps since 2002, when the first group arrived seeking respite from the intifada of that year.

These are but a few highlights from a program that must be experienced to fully understand. With that in mind, we invite families and individuals throughout the community to get directly involved through either our Israel or Detroit-based programs.

We look forward to sharing more stories of P2G in the pages of the Jewish News in coming months, and we encourage others to help spread the word about this extraordinary program.

To learn more about how to get involved in Partnership2Gether, contact Dona Stillman, Federation Israel and Overseas Associate Director, at stillman@jfmd.org.

Rich Broder and Randi Sakwa are co-chairs of the Partnership2Gether Steering Committee of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.

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Tackling Poverty

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owhere in the Bible is the word “poverty” found. But, in both the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 15:11), and the New Testament (Matthew 26:11), the text declares that “The poor will always be with us.” Not surprisingly then, the Bible is filled with directives on helping the poor, feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, caring for the sick, the widow, Rabbi Daniel B. Syme the orphan and the physically and emotionally challenged.

In Christian scripture, these acts are known as “charity”; in Jewish scripture, as tzedakah, “righteousness,” commanded by God. One of the acts commanded by God (Deuteronomy 24:19) states that: “When you cut down your harvest in the field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to fetch it. It shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless and for the widow.” In Luke (14:13), we are taught: “When you give a banquet, invite the poor, the lame, the blind.” Again, in Deuteronomy (14:28-29), we learn “at the end of every three years, bring the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, so that the needy who live in your towns may come and eat.” And in Matthew (18:21): “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.”

The list of directives goes on and on. In the United States today, there are 1.5 million nonprofit organizations, including the Salvation Army, Goodwill and the United Way. And among the thousands of churches and synagogues in America, there are hundreds of soup kitchens, food and clothing distribution centers, homeless shelters, senior citizen facilities and medical treatment clinics.

However, in spite of all of these noble endeavors, the larger religious community has yet to leverage its influence so as to combat the societal structures of poverty whose crumbling walls will enable men, women and children to transform themselves from recipients of charity to creative

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change agents of their communities.

I am only personally aware of a few such circumstances here in Southeastern Michigan. During the dire economic downturn of 20072008, a prominent business executive assembled some two dozen of his friends for a monthly morning breakfast meeting of like-minded individuals. The pre-screened resumes of those who had lost their jobs were circulated to those in attendance, and the breakfast did not conclude until each one of those aspiring job seekers had at least three job interviews.

During that same period, in cooperation with Hiller’s Markets, Temple Beth El sponsored a program called Mitzvah Meals, funded by temple members, that distributed literally thousands of meals to those in need every month until those receiving help were employed and themselves began to sponsor meals for others.

Under the umbrella of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, there are two agencies: JVS Human Services, which assists those who are out of work to reclaim jobs with dignity and humanity, and Hebrew Free Loan, which makes loans available at no interest to enable applicants start a new business, to enroll in college and for a variety of other pressing needs.

But we need to do more, much more, focusing on the areas that will truly have an impact on poverty: education, affordable housing and medical care. To be certain, we need to multiply these programs in Detroit and the surrounding suburbs.

To that end, I call upon the PuLSE Institute to convene a colloquium of religious institutions at the earliest possible time to receive papers and to discuss possibilities as to how our religious community can leverage its already impressive record of outreach to those challenged by poverty, and to invest them with aspiration and hope. This is our duty. This can be one of our finest accomplishments. ■ Daniel B. Syme, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth El, recently joined the PuLSE Institute’s Academy of Fellows as a senior fellow focusing on faith, race and poverty. This essay was first published on its website.

Welcome to Detroit, Maccabi Games Visitors!

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hen it comes to extending a welcome mat for Maccabi Youth Games athletes, artists and their families, none has matched the Detroit Jewish community’s creativity, resourcefulness, hospitality — or frequency. Beginning Sunday and running through Aug. 9, the Maccabi Games will be staged here for the sixth time since 1984.

As preparations are finalized for the grand opening event at the new and impressive Little Caesars Arena, we endure pangs of nostalgia when recalling the opening event in 1990 at the once new — and soon to be demolished — Palace of Auburn Hills.

So much has happened in our city, region and Jewish community within that 30-year timeframe.

We have a resurgent Downtown Detroit and Woodward Corridor. The Detroit Pistons romp the hardwood above the Little Caesars Arena ice.

The great north and northwestern migration of the Jewish community has stopped, with young families choosing leafy inner-ring communities like Huntington Woods, Royal Oak and Ferndale over traditional bedroom communities like West Bloomfield and Farmington Hills. Thanks in part to Federation’s successful Neighborhood Project, portions of Oak Park and Southfield have retained and expanded traditional Jewish infrastructure and the populations to support it.

We currently have a metropolitan

Jewish population of about 72,000, a number that has stabilized in recent years. While not quite as magnetic as nearby Chicago or more distant New York and Los Angeles, affordable Detroit’s vibe and expanding job opportunities are helping to fuel a surge in the number of Jewish young adults who are moving here … or staying put after college graduation.

And what all who come to Detroit discover — whether as new residents or visitors — is a remarkable array of Jewish communal services, programs and agencies dedicated to every part of the lifecycle.

The upcoming Maccabi Games are a labor of love for Jewish Detroit.

Professionals and volunteers have been sweating the details for the past two years. From retaining competition venues to recruiting host families, from mapping out team delegation logistics to providing safe environments, the overarching objective is to offer our visiting athletes, families and guests a fun experience and opportunities to create friendships that will last a lifetime.

Hopefully, you’ll use some of your free time to explore more of what Detroit and this region (which include Ann Arbor and Canada) have to offer.

Perhaps you’ll consider coming back for a more extensive visit. Maybe, someday, you or your children will consider calling Detroit what we call it — home.

Let the Games begin! ■

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Maccabi By the Numbers Metro Detroit gets ready for Maccabi Games Aug. 4-9.

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he sixth time is the charm.

Detroit is the first city to host the Maccabi Games and Artsfest for the sixth time. That kind of experience matters when it comes to bringing everything together for a successful event, says director Jeremy Fishman.

The work started two years ago with a steering committee of 50 people, the majority who worked on previous Maccabi games. During the last few weeks before the games start, “everything comes together in a cohesive whole,” says Fishman, who estimates about 100,000 manhours have been

spent on making sure this year’s games are the best ever.

This year’s athletes arrive on Sunday and will be bused to the JCC where they will meet their host families. Delegates, athletes, volunteers — and the general public — are asked to bring nonperishable items to fill up a Gleaner’s Food truck for distribution to the needy. Later that night, opening ceremonies for athletes and host families take place at Little Caesers Arena in Detroit. From then on, it’s sporting events, volunteering, friendship-making and fun.

About 10 days out, Fishman says

they’re making sure the venues are ready to go, supplies are on hand and everyone is set up for success. Fishman admits to feeling waves of anxiety and excitement.

“I can’t wait to wake up and have everyone here,” he said. “I’m excited to see all the hard work come together.”

Fishman adds they can always use more volunteers to help at evening parties, with food service and at the events keeping score. To volunteer, visit maccabidetroit2019.com.

Look for updates on the events and scores throughout the week at thejewishnews.com. ■

PEOPLETRAVELEVENTSFOOD 187: Local athletes 45: In-bound flights of athletes 21: Local artists 40: Continuously running 1,178: Visiting athletes buses over 5 days and artists 8: Venues 8,000: Spectators 4,621 miles: 1,000: Volunteers Furthest distance traveled 250: Referees and

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11 Sports tournaments 7 Artsfest disciplines 300 lbs. of hummus 80,000 beverages 70,000 snacks 20,000 forks/knives/ spoons

JCC CARES All Maccabi athletes are required to serve two hours of community service during the games. Projects have been arranged beginning Monday afternoon through Wednesday evening.

This year’s theme is ONE COMMUNITY, according to co-chair Miriam Bergman, who planned the projects along with co-chair Karen Rubenfire.

She says a team of rabbis have composed dvar Torahs and will be at each service project to infuse the activities with Jewish values and meaning.

Projects range from helping out campers at the JCC day camp to visiting one-on-one with seniors at Jewish Senior Life and the Brown Center for Memory Care. Athletes and artists can also choose to help assemble dolls for sick children with Hadassah or help NCJW prepare for its back-to-school bookstore.

Tuesday afternoon, about 750 people will be traveling to Temple Israel in West Bloomfield to hear Rabbi Yarden Blumstein of Friendship Circle and UMatter talk about suicide prevention and awareness, and former Michigan State University basketball player Anthony Ianni, who will talk about how he overcame the challenges of autism and bullying to earn a spot on the Spartans. Participants will then engage in an anti-bullying project that will be posted on Maccabi Games’ social media.

On Wednesday morning, Maccabi kids will partner with the Kids Coalition Against Hunger to package 20,000 meals for those in need.

“Our theme is ONE COMMUNITY, because we are one community — from Detroit to Ann Arbor and everywhere in between,” Bergman says. “We’re working with our community partners to benefit as many underserved people as possible.” ■ JCCMACCABIGAMES.ORG

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he Detroit Maccabi dance team just wants to have fun. A group of 17 close-knit girls ranging in age from 12 to 16, the dancers clearly have a great time together and love what they are doing.

The team’s upbeat attitude and familial dynamic are responsible for their history of success, according to coaches Liz Rosen and Paula Lynn.

The JCC Maccabi Games will be held for the sixth time in Detroit Aug. 4-9.

“Detroit does very well in dance at Maccabi,” Lynn said as she observed her team warming up at a rehearsal. “Hopefully, we can live up to the high expectations for our team this year.”

Dance is one of Detroit’s most successful Maccabi competitions. The teens consistently bring home first place in their production numbers and a majority of the gold medals in the individual and small group dances.

Despite the high expectations, the girls are just there to have a good time. The team’s welcoming atmosphere and the strength of the friendships they have formed is something that continuously impresses first-time coach Paula Lynn, who decided to begin coaching after her daughter, Mari, aged out of the Maccabi competition.

“After my daughter aged out, we both wanted to stay involved in the team, so I decided to coach,” Lynn said. “Mari is our official assistant coach.”

“I absolutely love Maccabi,” said Mari, 17.

“Being an assistant coach is a different perspective than being a dancer, but I like being able to be

someone the younger girls can look up to.”

Because Detroit is hosting the games this year, delegations from the area can have younger athletes compete. The dance team has its youngest group in a quite a while, consisting of multiple 12- and 13-year-old dancers.

Mina Levin of Birmingham, 12, is competing for the first time this year.

“I joined the team because I love to dance and it sounded like fun,” she said.

Coaches Lynn and Rosen have been impressed with how the more experienced dancers have made the younger girls feel at home.

“We have such a nice team,” Lynn said. “They were all new at some point, so they know what it’s like, and they just want to help.”

For many of the girls, it is important to encourage new dancers because they were nervous when they first joined the team.

Emma Goldschmidt, 16, of Waterford didn’t know anyone when she joined the team four years ago.

“I was so scared when I started, but everyone was super nice and made me feel comfortable,” she said.

Dancer Emma Salle of West Bloomfield had a different set of anxieties when she joined the team.

“I thought everyone would be a better dancer than me,” she said with a laugh.

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ABOVE: Nicole Spizizen, Emma teammates.

Rachel Weiss, 16, has “Everyone on the team is been on the team for three Goldschmidt and Rachel Weiss really special,” she said. “We years and will age out after talk with really are like sisters.” this year’s games. When she Not only are the dancers stated this would be her last assitant coach Melanie Taylor. close with the members of year, she was met by a chotheir own team, but they have rus of sighs, with a few girls also forged friendships with dancers remarking on how sad it was she on teams from all over the country. had to leave.

Weiss of Walled Lake said she is Once they join the team, dancers most excited this year to see her typically stay until they age out, friends from other cities she has only leaving if they have a major met over the years. conflict with the dates of the comThe team is particularly close petition itself, such as a vacation or summer camp. Some even stay after to the dance delegation from Washington state — so much so they are too old to compete, acting that they have an ongoing groupas assistant coaches or choreograchat and even decided to do an phers. anonymous gift exchange last Sloan Lemberg and Melanie Chanukah.

Taylor are examples. Lemberg now This year, the team has two proworks with the team as a choreograduction numbers that include all pher and Taylor will be an assistant 17 girls. One is set to a Michael coach for the third year in a row.

Jackson medley and is categorized “I wouldn’t change my experias “open” because of its varied ence with the team for the world,” styles. The second piece is a tradiTaylor said. “We have improved tional Israeli dance with a modern so much in the last few years. Of twist. There will also be a number course, I want them to win medals of duets and trios. and let their moms get a video for Additionally, 11 girls will be perFacebook, but the most important forming solos in the lyrical, modthing is that they have fun and are ern, jazz and hip-hop categories. able to build relationships with The Maccabi dance team will be other Jewish teens.” competing on Aug. 5, 7 and 8. ■ During her time on the team, Mari Lynn said she developed

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he JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest is a collection of stories.

Each participant has a story to tell. Here are four tales, from participants in the Aug. 4-9 Maccabi Games & ArtsFest hosted by Detroit.

An ArtsFest veteran, girl hockey player, English soccer player and Hungarian hockey player are part of the Maccabi Games tapestry.

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Benny Kirshner, Alex Mison and Halley Whelan carried the Detroit banner in the opening ceremony of the 2018 JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest in Orange County, Calif.

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BENNY KIRSHNER Benny Kirshner will set a record at the Maccabi Games. It’s a record that could be tied, but never will be broken.

The 17-year-old from West Bloomfield will participate in ArtsFest for the maximum sixth time, all in acting/improvisation.

His first ArtsFest was in Detroit in 2014. His last Benny Kirshner ArtsFest will be in Detroit in 2019. In between, he went to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (2015), Stamford, Conn. (2016), Miami, Fla. (2017) and Orange County, Calif. (2018).

Detroit and Orange County are Kirshner’s favorite Maccabi Games venues.

“They were so prepared,” he said.

Performing and entertaining come naturally for Kirshner, who is a professional magician, ventriloquist and balloon artist and plans to show off his magic skills at the Maccabi Games talent show.

What doesn’t come naturally for Kirshner is having fun at overnight summer camps. But that’s never been a problem at the multiple-day Maccabi Games.

“I’ve always felt comfortable at the Maccabi Games,” he said. “I think it’s because there are so many people there with similar interests as me, and there is so much to do. I’d like to give back to

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the Maccabi Games. Maybe I can be an ArtsFest coach or something like that someday.”

Kirshner is a student at Aim High School in Farmington Hills.

LUCY ZATE Lucy Zate will join an elite club at the Maccabi Games. Morgan Leib is the only other member.

Zate will become only the second girl to play hockey for Detroit in the four years the sport has been a part of the Maccabi Games.

Is the 14-year-old forward from West Bloomfield ready for the challenge?

“Bring it on,” she said.

There’s no reason for the West Bloomfield High School freshman to be intimidated.

Zate is in her third year playing girls hockey with the prestigious HoneyBaked Hockey Club. She’s competed in hockey against boys.

“I’m confident. I know my abilities. I’d say speed is my best asset,” she said.

Detroit will have two hockey teams in the Maccabi Games. Players were selected through tryouts.

Zate is on the White team, which is coached by Mark Berke.

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Hungarian hockey player Jonathan Szanto says he’s looking forward to “experiencing U.S. hockey” at the Maccabi Games.

in the Maccabi Games.

She said she learned about the Maccabi Games last year from friends who competed for Detroit in Orange County in baseball and volleyball. She thought playing hockey, her favorite sport, in Detroit would be a great experience.

“I can’t wait to meet kids from around the world and watch my friends compete,” she said.

Leib played hockey for Detroit last year in Orange County, helping Detroit reach the quarterfinals in the 11-team tournament.

FREDDIE MARTIN Freddie Martin lives in a quiet, small residential village “with loads of open green land” on the outskirts of London, England. It’s a predominantly Jewish community.

The 14-year-old is a big soccer fan. Or, as he would say, football fan.

His favorite socFreddie Martin cer team is Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. His favorite soccer player is Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Son Heung-min.

Martin is a member of the Great Britain U16 boys soccer team that will play in the Maccabi Games.

“I can’t wait to get to Detroit, meet new people and hopefully bring gold back to the U.K.,” he said.

Martin competed in soccer in last year’s Maccabi Games in Orange County. His team lost 2-1 in the knockout round.

“The best part of that trip was our team defying expectations and making our managers proud,” he said. “We won three of our first four games.”

His parents are Andy Martin and Belinda Spiers. He has two older sisters, Georgia, 21, and Jaimie, 18.

His favorite food? Steak.

JONATHAN SZANTO Hungarian hockey player Jonathan Szanto is looking forward to participating in his first Maccabi Games, “making new friends, seeing how American Jews live, exploring Detroit and experiencing U.S. hockey, which is known as the best in the world.”

Jonathan The 14-year-old Szanto lives with his family in Budapest, the capital of Hungary and the city where most of the 100,000 Jews in the country reside.

“If you travel to Europe, you shouldn’t miss Budapest,” he said.

“There are many historical sites to visit. There even are Turkish baths from the Turkish occupation of the city (in the 16th and 17th centuries).”

His father, Peter, is an entrepreneur, and his mother, Adrienn, works with the Chabad organization. He has an older brother and a younger sister.

Jonathan is a big fan of Washington Capitals hockey star Alexander Ovechkin, wiener schnitzel, steak, traveling and mathematics. He’s played in hockey tournaments in Canada, Austria and Germany with his Hungarian team. ■

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Where Are They Now? Memphis memories are still fresh for two Detroit soccer players who competed in 1982 Maccabi Games.

Michigan Democrats Tlaib and Dingell vote no.

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t’s been 37 years since Paul Randel competed for Detroit in the inaugural JCC Maccabi Games in Memphis, Tenn., but many memories are still crystal clear in his mind.

Like how he persistently pursued and succeeded in trading his Detroit soccer jersey for a warm-up jacket worn by an Israeli tennis table player.

Then there was the trip in a hot school bus with a police escort from the Memphis Jewish Community Center to a Memphis Chicks minorleague baseball game.

“The Maccabi Games were much less organized then than they are today,” Randel said. “The bus trip to the baseball game is the only planned non-sports event I recall doing in Memphis.”

Another vignette in Randel’s memory from 1982 involves an athlete from Louisville, Ky., that Randel met in Memphis.

“His cousin was a girl I knew from school (at West Bloomfield High School),” Randel said. “Sometime during the following school year after the Maccabi Games, I stepped out of a class and there was the guy from Louisville, in town visiting his cousin.”

Randel and Dave Stone both played for the Detroit soccer team in the 1982 Maccabi Games.

The team lost in a shootout to Toronto in its final game. Had Detroit won, it would have advanced to the medal round in the 7 vs. 7 competition.

Stone scored Detroit’s lone goal in the 1-1 tie that preceded the shootout.

“I remember scoring that goal,” he said. “I can still see the ball going into the net. Someone gave me a nice crossing pass and I one-timed it.”

Stone also remembers soccer games being played early in the day because of the heat in Memphis and spotting armed security personnel on the roof of the Memphis JCC. “I didn’t feel unsafe. I just thought, as

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a kid from West Bloomfield, that it was interesting there were armed people on the roof,” he said.

Stone was 12 that summer, heading into the seventh grade at West Hills Middle School in West Bloomfield Township.

He played soccer at Bloomfield Hills Andover High School and Eastern Michigan University before graduating in 1988 and 1992.

He also played soccer for Detroit in the 1984 and 1986 Maccabi Games in Detroit and Toronto. Unfortunately, his team didn’t win a medal in those years.

Now 49 and living in Chelsea, Stone is starting his fifth year as executive director of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor after a lengthy administrative career at the JCC of Metro Detroit in West Bloomfield.

Randel was 16 in the summer of 1982 and headed into his senior year at West Bloomfield High School, where he played soccer and wrestled for the Lakers.

He went on to attend the University of Michigan, graduating in 1987. He was on the club soccer team at U-M as a junior.

The 1991 graduate of the Wayne State University Law School has been a bankruptcy attorney for 21 years.

Now 53 and living in Farmington Hills, Randel is still involved in the Maccabi Games.

He was the score reporting commissioner when Detroit hosted the Maccabi Games in 2014, and he’ll have the same volunteer role Aug. 4-9.

“I had a good time doing that job five years ago and I got good reviews, so they asked me back,” he said.

Randel and his wife, Deb Lapin, have three children, Sam, 20, Izzy, 18, and Jack, 18, who all have competed for Detroit in the Maccabi Games.

Stone and his wife Tara have three children: Sophie, 13, Noah, 11, and Braedon, 7. ■

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n anti-Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution passed the House of Representatives last week on a vote of 398-17. Sixteen of those opposed were Democrats, including Michigan representatives Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell. Four Democrats and one independent, Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, voted “present.”

The resolution, co-sponsored by 350 members of the House — an equal number of Democrats and Republicans — opposes BDS, “including efforts to target U.S. companies engaged in commercial activities legal under United States law and all efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel.”

Tlaib, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, said the resolution trampled on the rights of free speech. “I can’t stand by and watch this attack on our freedom of speech and the right to boycott the racist policies of the government and the State of Israel,” Tlaib said on the House floor.

Tlaib and colleague Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Tlaib Omar introduced a measure in the House the prior week that affirms “all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.” The text does not mention Israel.

The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee posted on Twitter: “BDS disguises its true intentions under the banner of ‘human rights,’ yet it hypocritically ignores human rights abuses against Palestinians in other countries across the Middle East, as well as the widespread abuses perpetrated by Palestinian leaders against their own people.”

Dingell, who voted no, said in an emailed statement to the Jewish News: “This vote was probably the most dif-

ficult of my career. Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are core pillars of the U.S. Constitution and critical to our democracy. Boycotts have long been recognized as protected form of speech and that must be respected. With our Constitution under attack, it becomes even more important.

“Our ultimate goal,” she continued, “must Dingell remain a long-term peace in Israel and Palestine that supports two states. In debate of an anti-BDS resolution, we cannot let this divide us and distract from our ultimate goals and vision for the region. I personally do not believe that a boycott is the way to achieve peace and a resolution to the conflict, but I also believe this resolution was very counterproductive. If we want a two-state solution, then we cannot be pursuing inflammatory resolutions like this one but investing in policies that actually get us there.”

Michigan Rep. Andy Levin voted for the resolution. “I’m against BDS. I’m against singling out Israel among all countries of the world in this way,” he said. “To me, the goal of U.S. policy toward Israel and Palestine should remain what it has been for many decades, which is to get to a two-state solution. And the BDS (campaign) is really not helpful to get to two-state solution and is perhaps even antithetical to it.”

Levin was opposed to the Senate version of the anti-BDS bill because he said it would “punish” those who participate in the BDS campaign. “The Senate bill actually withheld money and punishes people who participate in BDS. I don’t have any interest in that. This is America.

Everybody’s free to do whatever they want,” he Levin said. ■

Trip to the Capitol Local small business owners want their voices heard in Congress.

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hen government policies affect your life, you need to do some self-advocating to implement change. That was why local entrepreneur Marty Babayov, 27, visited Washington, D.C., in April as part of a lobbying trip arranged by eBay. Since 2016, Babayov’s focus has primarily been on The Suit Depot, his expansive Oak Park retail store, but eBay remains an important part of his business.

“We discovered that many issues being debated in Washington have a real impact on us and countless local small businesses,” Marty said, “especially now that our efforts are being focused on our store.”

Esther Babayov, 28, Marty’s sister and The Suit Depot’s marketing and communications manager, joined Marty on the trip. “It seems like when policymakers write laws, they’re thinking of big companies but not necessarily the small ones that will be affected all around America. If we’re going to be affected, we need our voices heard.”

One issue she gave as an example is postal reform, which is constantly being debated in Washington. While bigger companies like Amazon and Target tend to use UPS or FedEx, small business owners most often use the notoriously inefficient U.S. Postal Service. In fact, she said, eBay businesses combined are the USPS’ second-largest customer in the country. According to eBay, their sellers bring in a combined income of more than $1 billion yearly in Michigan alone.

While in the capitol, the Babayovs also urged representatives to keep often-overlooked small businesses in mind when creating trade policies that affect them.

During their jam-packed two-day itinerary, the Babayovs visited Sen. Gary Peters, met with the staff of Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Sen. Debbie Stabenow and had an arranged meeting with Rep. Brenda Lawrence in the

hallway in between engagements.

The visits were well-received. “They are elected to represent us so we need to make sure they’re aware of what it is we want and need, and how we feel about certain things. They’re in D.C. most of the year. We need to keep them apprised about what’s important for people back home,” Esther said.

According to Constance Logan, Michigan district director of the Small Business Administration, “It is important for entrepreneurs and small business owners to advocate for themselves to Congress.”

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Esther admits their visit likely accomplished very little. “They keep tabs on how many people they hear from and what they speak about. If they’re getting a ton of concerned calls from constituents on an issue, hopefully they’ll eventually do something.”

The Babayovs, who attend services at Congregation Ahavas Yisroel on Greenfield Road in Oak Park, said they didn’t visit in order to change anyone’s mind anyhow. “It was more about making them aware of the implication of their issues … keeping the relationship open with the officials we elected, saying we know you’re there for us — well, this is what we need,” Esther said. “That’s what America is all about.” ■

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Michigan Korean Weekly Publisher Tack-Yong Kim (second from left) addresses ethnic/minority media representatives as (from left to right) Arthur Horwitz, Elias Gutierrez, Osama Siblani, Hayg Oshagan and former Michigan Chronicle senior editor Keith Owens look on.

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News; Tack-Yong Kim, publisher of Michigan Korean Weekly; Donna Murray-Brown, President & CEO of Michigan Nonprofit Association; Arthur Horwitz, publisher of Detroit Jewish News; Elias Gutierrez, publisher of Latino Press, State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn); Detroit City Councilwoman Raquel CastanedaLopez and Detroit City Director of Immigrant Affairs Roberto Torres.

The publishers and other representatives from more than 40 ethnic and minority media outlets in southeast Michigan discussed how best to reach their individual communities and how to combat the growing fear of repercussion felt in minority communities since the beginning of the Trump administration. The event included representation from the Yemeni, Filipino, African American, Latino, Arab American, Jewish, Native American, Chinese, Bangladeshi, Japanese, Polish, Korean, Indian, Armenian, Vietnamese and Albanian communities.

Gutierrez, Siblani and others said restoring trust is a major challenge.

“People in this country believe in their government, relatively speaking, compared to other countries. However, in recent years, this trust has been shaken, sometimes destroyed,” Siblani said about the Arab American community.

Michigan stands to lose another congressional seat and a reduction in the number of electoral college votes if its population is not properly counted in 2020. It could also lose $1,800 per person per year of federal funding to support programs that use census data.

Census data will be used by officials to distribute funds for Medicare, Medicaid, education, infrastructure, free school lunch programs, children, housing and more. ■

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s a statement of opposition to the stance of the current administration towards immigrants, the Birmingham Temple for Humanistic Judaism has placed an installation of political art on the hill before the Temple.

The installation, appearing under a sign proclaiming it “for the thousands of separated immigrant children,” displays hundreds of stuffed animals and other children’s toys on a forest of bare vertical sticks. A sign before the display proclaims that the Birmingham Temple “declares solidarity with immigrants and refugees.”

When the artist Elaine Roseborough of Huntington Woods designed this installation, she found a venue for it at the First Methodist Church of Ferndale, then the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit before it came to the Birmingham Temple.

Rabbi Jeffrey Falick explains why the congregation chose to display the installation: “We want to say to children — children and others — who are fleeing for

their lives from South Central America and elsewhere that they are welcome here.

“This country was, until recently, a proponent of human rights across the world,” he continued. “Now America is perpetrating an enormous moral failure. Policies of xenophobia and racism proceed from Washington and meet with similar attitudes across the nation.

“We, the Jewish community, have seen this before. We have experienced it; so we have an obligation to speak out, to go on record as opposed to what our government is doing.

“We are answerable to our children and grandchildren for what we allow to happen. Woe to the Jewish community that stands on the sidelines or gets distracted by quibbles about word choice. If you do not like calling these facilities ‘concentration camps,’ find another word that you like. How about ‘brutal, inhumane, disgusting?’

“I don’t understand the public silence,” he added. “But we will not be silent.” ■

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ichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Wayne County CEO Warren Evans, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and publishers of the region’s biggest ethnic newspapers gathered at Wayne State University for the 2019 Minority Media Summit July 24.

The event aimed to educate ethnic media representatives and publications on the upcoming 2020 census, during Whitmer which billions of dollars and congressional seats will be at stake.

“Everything from education to, yes — the roads — is impacted by the dollars we draw into Duggan the state of Michigan,” Whitmer said.

She referenced the census count, which will determine the federal funds Michigan receives in the coming years.

“What I learned from knocking on doors all those years ago was that people respond to who they trust,” Duggan said.

The Detroit mayor also emphasized the importance of ethnic media for building trust in the 2020 census to ensure as many Metro Detroit and Michigan residents are counted as possible.

The event was moderated by Dr. Hayg Oshagan, the executive director of New Michigan Media (NMM), a network of ethnic and minority media outlets within the state. Oshagan noted how important it was for minority media to work together to have a louder voice. He thanked the Michigan Nonprofit Association for partnering with NMM to make this event possible.

Panelists included Osama Siblani, publisher of the Arab American

Temple Emanu-El participated in Huntington Woods and Oak Park 4th of July parades.

Pictured here are Harry Onickel, Ruthanne Oakun, Dan Medow, Rabbi Matt Zerwekh and family, Marty Leibowitz, Cantorial Soloist Kelly Onickel, Sue Stettner, Jackie Bean and Dennis Kayes. Many more temple members participated as well.

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The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills hosted the third annual Kappy Family Anne Frank Art and Writing Competition. The competition is open to all seventh through 12 grade students in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties. This year’s theme was the power of change. One of the winners was David Honig, a junior at Walled Lake Northern High School.

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The Birmingham Public Schools honored him at a board meeting. He is the son of Andrea and Erik Morganroth.

Walled Lake Northern senior Delia Bechmann recently won a 14-weeklong open mic competition at the New Hudson Inn. She won $1,000 for her performance. She sang an original song, a mashup and seven cover songs, including Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s “Blue on Black” and Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.”

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Dr. Feldman received her M.D. (’83) and Ph.D. (’79) from the University of Michigan and completed her neurology training at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She joined the faculty at Michigan Medicine in 1988 as an assistant professor in neurology, attained full professor status in 2000 and, in 2004, became the Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology.

The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University announced that Shoshana Applebaum (Farber Hebrew Day School) and Lauren Schostak (Berkley High School) are the winners of the 2018-2019 Jewish Writing Competition, in which students submit essays or poetry on any Jewish related topic.

Shoshana Lauren Applebaum’s poem, “Being a Jew in America,” Applebaum Schostak explores the pervasive anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in self-proclaimed safe spaces, including schools, social media and LGBTQ+ pride parades, leading her to question whether these spaces, including America itself, are safe for Jews to live openly as Jews in America.

Schostak’s essay, “A Once Blinded Jewish Woman,” explores her encounter with the tension within the Women’s March between feminism and Zionism and poignantly describes her refusal to compromise between her identity as a Jew and as a woman. Each will receive a cash prize of $500 for first place from the center and will have their essays published in the anthology series “Voices,” which features writings authored exclusively by high school students.

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COURTESY OF SUE GOLDSMITH

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Helping the Homeless West Bloomfield resident is helping bring showers and laundry to the homeless.

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early five years ago, Sue Goldsmith and her family attended Mitzvah Day at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit. It

was here that Goldsmith met Janet Ray and the two bonded over a shared passion for community service.

Ray took Goldsmith and her family on a tour of the church that included

a room that had a dingy shower in the corner.

According to Goldsmith, this decrepit shower was the spark that led her and Ray, along with volunteers from all different backgrounds, to begin the Corner Shower and Laundry, an independent nonprofit service dedicated to providing shower and laundry services to Corktown’s homeless.

“That shower kind of lingered in my mind,” Goldsmith said. “I got in touch with [Ray] and we decided it seemed like an important thing to do. As far as my Jewish values are concerned, it is very important to me to give back to the community and take care of others.”

Goldsmith and her family belong to Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township but refer to St. Peter’s as “their church,” according to an article in the Episcopal News Service by David Paulsen.

The board of the Corner Shower and Laundry includes volunteers from all different religious and ethnic backgrounds.

“Working with people who have such different backgrounds is interesting and it’s fun,” Goldsmith said. “I have learned a lot about other religions and cultures.

It’s a very diverse group and everyone is playing nice.”

The process of creating the Corner

Shower and Laundry has been a long one, far longer than either Ray or Goldsmith expected. They have been working toward their goal for nearly five years.

Despite the long and often frustrating process, the team has persisted and plans to open the facility later this year.

“It seemed like a relatively easy thing to do at the time,” said Goldsmith, who also works part time as a bookkeeper at her family business, Joe’s Army Navy, and as a freelance floral designer.

“Meeting the homeless people we would be serving and seeing how eager they are for the shower and laundry to be complete has kept us going. They are as kind as can be and are just down on their luck.”

The main goal of the Corner Shower and Laundry, according to Goldsmith, is to provide a service almost everyone takes for granted and make it available to people who don’t have access to these services.

“You know how you feel when you get out of the shower; you feel refreshed and rejuvenated,” she said. “This isn’t going to change their world and it’s not going to change their lives overnight, but it’s an opportunity for them to feel human and that’s why I think it’s important.” ■

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NCSY Bids Farewell to Lucky Winner Lichtig

Burgerim Not Coming to Dearborn The opening of a Burgerim restaurant in Dearborn has been canceled because of backlash from the Arab-American community there unhappy with the burger company’s Israeli roots, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Burgerim, which bills itself as “the fastest growing burger chain in the country” on its website, means “many burgers” in Hebrew. The chain specializes in mini burgers of different types of meat, including lamb and veggies option. The chain, now headquartered in Encino, Calif., was founded in Tel Aviv.

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his principal’s daughter.

Lichtig was able to keep his joking promise. In November 2018, he joined the Horwitzes in Israel and participated in the wedding, alongside many of “his” NCSYers.

Although Lichtig is excited to live closer to his extended family, his leave-taking is bittersweet. His wife, Chavi, 30, and their children, Shira, 10, Nosson, 8, Avital, 6, and Rachel, 2, have grown used to calling Oak Park “home.”

“It’s been an incredible nine years.

We’ve created such wonderful relationships, and we’ve become part of such a warm community,” Lichtig said.

Along with thanking the Lichtigs for their hard work and dedication, and honoring Noah Klein, NCSY’s director of operations for 20 years, scholarships also were awarded.

Recipients were Daniel Shamayev, 18, who is heading on a gap year to Israel, and Raphael Ifraimov, 16, who will be attending the beginner track of the NCSY summer Kollel.

NCSY offers informal Jewish education and summer programs in Israel for teens, affording junior high and high school students of all backgrounds an opportunity to learn more about Israel and their Jewish heritage and identity.

During his years in Detroit, Lichtig has engaged more than 1,900 local teens, and helped foster in them a passion for Judaism, Israel and a sense of communal responsibility.

“The magic of NCSY is unparalleled anywhere in the world,” Lichtig said. “The goal of NCSY is to inspire the Jewish future, but what it accomplishes inspires me.” ■

Happy 95th Birthday, Judge Cohn

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On July 23, more than 100 people attended an open house at the U.S. District Court in Detroit in honor of Judge Avern Cohn’s 40 years on the federal bench and his 95th birthday.

It was a fine affair, set in the judge’s own courtroom. It began with a live television feed from the U.S. House where Congressman Andy Levin honored Judge Cohn, thereby entering Cohn’s legacy into the official history of Congress. This was followed by tributes from Chief Judge Denise Page Hood and Judges Sean F. Cox, Paul D. Borman and Arthur Tarnow, as well as Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and retired senator and congressman respectively, Carl and Sander Levin.

With a strong, energetic voice, Judge Cohn made closing remarks, thanking all who attended. The highlight of the day was, perhaps, the special guest: Marilyn Monroe

Honoree Raffi Ifraimov, Susanna Ifraimov, Tarana Shamayev, Rabbi Tzali Freedman, Rabbi Dovid honoree Daniel Shamayev, Rabbis Dovid Lichtig, Jason Lichtig and Chavi Lichtig Cohen and Tzali Freedman

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etroit NCSY is bidding farewell to the Lichtig family, who are moving back to their native England in August, with plans to join Aish U.K. “Dovid Lichtig came to Detroit nine years ago as a rookie; NCSY was his first job,” said Rabbi Tzali Freedman, director of NCSY in North America for 27 years.

Rabbi Lichtig, 34, serves as associate regional director.

At the annual NCSY Garden Dinner fundraiser June 18 at the Southfield home of Chayala Levitz, Molly Horwitz, 18, spoke about Lichtig.

She followed her three older brothers, who all had been involved with NCSY. With Lichtig’s support, Molly Molly Horwitz had taken the reins of NCSY programs in Windsor, which her bother Noah spearheaded five years ago.

Of the Lichtigs, Molly said, “They are great at what they do … They have a way of connecting with people, not just as mentors, but as friends.”

Molly shared that early last year, Noah asked Lichtig to purchase a raffle ticket for his Israeli yeshivah. The prize: two round-trip tickets to Israel.

Lichtig did so, and joked, “If I win, maybe I’ll come to your wedding!”

Noah laughed; he wasn’t even dating at the time.

Amazingly, Lichtig won the raffle.

A few weeks later, Noah called Lichtig again. “I knew they were having another raffle, so I figured he was calling to solicit some more,” Lichtig shared. But that wasn’t it. Luck had struck twice — Noah was engaged to

Franchisee Sam Zahr, a Lebanese American who lives in Dearborn, told the Free Press he was “too worried to open the restaurant on Greenfield Road after his kids were bullied and he received threatening messages.”

Zahr owns a Burgerim location in Royal Oak that has not garnered much opposition. He told the Freep he decided to walk away from the Dearborn location because he has two other scheduled openings this month in Oak Park and Redford Township.

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All participants and guests came to the same conclusion: Judge Cohn is one of the court’s intellectuals who always pursues fairness and justice and, moreover, that he is still going strong.

— Mike Smith

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The event is free of charge and registration is required. To register and for more information, contact (248) 205-2557 or ccomensky@ jccdet.org. The complete catalog can be found at jccdet.org/JLearn.

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COURTESY OF PETER WALLE

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fter a rocky start to 2019, Detroit Horse Power founder David Silver brings a new perspective to his organization.

In 2015, Silver brought a unique experience to Detroit’s youth.

Known as Detroit Horse Power, this organization gives kids and teens an opportunity to learn how to ride and take care of horses. In turn, the horses also teach kids social-emotional skills they may not learn otherwise.

During the first year, Silver had

only 18 students in his summer horse camp. Over the past four years, more than 100 students joined in at different barns throughout Michigan.

Silver developed a year-long afterschool program in 2017 that engages students from all over Metro Detroit.

Over the past two years, 26 students completed the program.

In 2019, Detroit Horse Power’s programming came to a sudden halt. While Silver was on his way home from visiting his family, a pickup truck lost control on

an icy road and hit Silver’s car head on.

His girlfriend and dog were in the car, but only Silver sustained injuries.

Silver spent a month in two different hospitals healing from a fractured skull.

After his time in the hospital, he went to physical therapy and occupational therapy. He currently participates in an occupational therapy program three days a week due to limitations with his left hand.

During the three months following the accident, Silver took a break from Detroit Horse Power to focus on his recovery and treatment.

Once he was able to use a computer again, Silver stayed in contact with his colleagues from Detroit Horse Power and allowed them to resume operating the nonprofit.

On April 8, Silver was finally able to return to work full time.

“I was very excited to be back and to work with our students in the community,” Silver said. “It felt good to be back in the saddle.”

Experiencing a tragedy like this has put a lot in perspective for Silver.

“The accident has made me realize how important relationships are in my life,” Silver said. “I am intensely grateful for my family, my girlfriend and especially Detroit Horse Power’s team for

stepping up and juggling a lot.”

Silver continues to grow his organization and educate youth in Detroit about horses.

“We focus on five core character traits: perseverance, empathy, responsible risk taking, confidence and self-control,” Silver said. “Horses can teach these social-emotional skills to the youth and allow them to grow in character development.”

Detroit Horse Power is also working with Grow Detroit’s Young Talent, which employs 14- to 24-year-olds during the summer.

“It’s amazing to see our kids who have been with us since the beginning start to teach beginner students,” Silver said. “It’s great to see this go full circle.”

With the growth of the organization, Silver is getting closer to his goal of repurposing a vacant lot in Detroit for its benefit.

“We travel a great distance for our youth to experience horse barns,” Silver said. “We are extremely grateful for the barns that allow us to use their space, but we are looking forward to the day we can turn an eyesore into a community asset and strengthen the fabric of the neighborhood.” ■ To donate or volunteer with Detroit Horse Power, head to detroithorsepower.org.

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ome 700 people showed up to this year’s 47th Negev Dinner, sponsored by the Jewish National Fund, where two Windsor businessmen were honored. Ari Freed and Dan Orman run Canada’s largest independent clothing store, Freeds of Windsor. The cousins are the third generation to operate the store, started by their grandfather Sam Freed in 1929. Two of Ari’s children have since joined the business, marking the fourth generation working at Freeds. Freed and Orman grew up in Windsor but have ties across the Windsor-Detroit Jewish and business communities.

Entertainment for the evening was provided by three Detroit-area cantors: Neil Michaels and Michael Smolash of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, as well as David Propis of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.

Orman paid tribute to his cousin Ari. “The parallels between our lives are just incredible,” he said, from attending the same schools and universities, temple and summer camps. In addition, both their wives, Pam Freed and Suzy Orman, hail from Southfield.

The theme of the night was L’dor V’dor, Hebrew for from generation to generation. Because of the event’s theme, the honorees decided to do something Holocaust-related. Funds from the dinner will go to the maintenance of Israel’s Martyrs’ Forest, where 6 million trees have been planted. ■

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ore than 350 golfers, card players and dinner guests joined the festivities at the 10th Annual Ryan Rosman Memorial MSU Hillel Golf Outing and Game Day June 17 at Tam-O-Shanter Country Club in West Bloomfield. The annual event honors the memory of Ryan Rosman by celebrating his passions for golf, entrepreneurship and Jewish community.

To further his legacy, the Rosman family established the Ryan Scott Rosman Angel Award. The $5,000 award is presented to a Jewish student who holds similar qualities that Ryan embodied and who needs tuition assistance. ■ PHOTOS BY ROBIN HUGHEY AND GARY BERKOWITZ

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Honorees’ parents and honorary dinner chairs Mikie and Gerald Freed, and Alan and Diana Orman

Negev Dinner campaign team members, Marilee Marcotte, Joan Goebel, Sheldon Jarcaig, Bethe Jarcaig and Natalie Newman

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Words Matter Our Torah portion asks us to think ome of the laws in the Torah before we speak, to use our words still guide our lives today: intentionally and to follow our words Think about eating matzah with actions. But we seem to live in during Passover or fasting on a world where the opposite is Yom Kippur. true. Far worse than Maguire’s Many other laws from the situation is the reality that Torah are no longer applipublic dialogue has gotten cable: Think about all the coarser and cruder. specific rules for sacrifices, Years ago, people started to for example. And then there realize that the internet was Rabbi Mark are certain laws that may feel providing an opportunity to Miller quaint or like they represent write things in a vast public a different era … old ways of forum that they may not have Parshat doing things that might prodone without hiding behind a Mattot/ vide tremendous benefit if we keyboard. But the internet was Massei: paid a little more attention. only the vanguard.

Numbers I recall watching Jerry Whether online or in per30:2-36:13; Maguire, a movie in which son, words have become cheap Jeremiah Tom Cruise’s character trusts and the very nature of truth 2:4-28, 3:4. another person rather than itself is under assault. How requiring his signature on a can we expect our friends, contract. After being duped, Maguire neighbors, co-workers, role models expresses his dismay by saying, “I’m or leaders to live up to their words still sort of moved by your ‘My word when we throw words around so is stronger than oak’ thing.” recklessly?

In that moment, viewers realize In a few short months, we will that Maguire was naïve; after all, arrive at our synagogues for Yom in this modern world of ours, who Kippur. The powerful statement would take someone at his word? of “Kol Nidre” has gotten Jews in Who would risk a livelihood on a trouble in the past when others handshake? have mistakenly taken it to mean This week’s Torah portion begins that a Jew’s word does not matter. It with these words: seems to say that we simply nullify “Moses spoke to the heads of the our vows when we don’t live up to Israelite tribes, saying: ‘This is what them. the Eternal has commanded: If a But we can only invoke “Kol householder makes a vow to the Nidre” after trying our hardest to Eternal or takes an oath imposing an live up to our words. Only when we obligation on himself, he shall not take our vows seriously can we can break his pledge; he must carry out be forgiven for our failures. all that has crossed his lips.”‘ Perhaps if we started to insist of In the world of Torah, words matourselves and those around us that we ter. Midrash teaches us that in the “carry out all that crosses our lips” we very beginning, it was God’s words might strengthen the foundation of (“Let there be light …”) that created what makes our relationships — and the world. Speaking out loud has our society — successful. ■ the capacity to do more than simply Rabbi Mark Miller is senior rabbi at Temple communicate; it has the capacity to Beth El in Bloomfield Township. build, to heal, to destroy.

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The Rose family, played by (clockwise) Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Annie Murphy and Dan Levy.

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he funniest person in the family is my wife, Deb. But she doesn’t like to be in front of the camera since her grade 3 play when she forgot all her lines,” Eugene Levy told the Today show.

To be called the funniest in this family is serious. Eugene, who’s been in the comedy business as an actor, producer, director and writer, cut his comedic teeth at Second City, Toronto, an improv theater troupe, with the likes of John Candy, Dan Akroyd and Catherine O’Hara, as well as SCTV. He’s also legendary for his collaborations with Christopher Guest, appearing and co-writing Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman and co-writing the Grammy-winning title song for A Mighty Wind. He’s been seen in Splash, American Pie and now Schitt’s Creek — the cast of which is headed to the Masonic Temple for a live appearance on Aug. 10.

The Canadian Pop Network comedy was co-created by Eugene’s son, Dan Levy, who also writes and co-stars, along with Catherine O’Hara — who’s collaborated with Eugene for more than 40 years — and Sarah Levy, Eugene’s daughter. The show tells the tale of the filthy-rich Rose family — video-store magnate Johnny, his

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soap-opera star wife, Moira, and their two grown children, David and Alexis (Annie Murphy) — suddenly losing it all except the broke-down motel Johnny once bought for his son as a joke in a town called Schitt’s Creek.

Eugene Levy is the kind of guy who can make you laugh by just looking at the camera. Or by raising one of his comedically outsized eyebrows.

It’s not so much what he says in Schitt’s Creek as it is his straight-man delivery.

Although what he says almost always packs a punch, too. Eugene has passed his comedic talents, timing and eyebrows on to his son, Dan. In his hands, the show is not the cheap class-

war comedy that the title and set-up cult status — since its launch in 2015 might have viewers expect. Well — it with Pop Network (and screening on may start out that way. But very soon Canada’s CBC Television). It gained in, we realize that the show has very even more in 2017, when it became endearing and light-handed elements available on Netflix. But most didn’t of sophistication, quaintness and realize quite how hot the show and warmth. The family does display its actors had become until July 19, very bad behavior, when the Emmy but throughout the nominations were details seasons (they’ve just announced and the Join Schitt’s Creek cast signed on for their Canadian comedy members Eugene and Dan sixth and final), each scooped up four Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Annie character experiencnods, their first ever.

Murphy (Alexis) and Emily es contrition in a way Among them: best Hampshire (Stevie) for “Schitt’s that feels very real, costumes; Catherine Creek: Up Close & Personal” not corny, while still O’Hara, an unsung 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at remembering who comedic genius the Masonic Temple, Detroit. they are — part of a who should have $59.50-$99.50. zany family built on viewers flocking to Themasonic.com. unbelievable premistheir screens just for es and high-comedy her, as mom Moira, that become completely relatable. earned a best actress in a comedy; Dan Levy, who came out as gay to Eugene Levy, as dad Johnny, got best his supportive parents at the age of actor in a comedy; and the overall 18, uses Schitt’s Creek to demonstrate outstanding comedy series. (The a world without homophobia. His 71st Primetime Emmy Awards air on TV character, David, is pansexual Sunday, Sept. 22.) and eventually relaxes into a homoIn 2016, both Eugene and Dan sexual relationship — but these facts Levy were nominated for Canadian are never stated. When David’s boyScreen Awards, they said on the Today friend, Patrick (Noah Reid), is introshow, the first time in the history of duced in the third season, Dan told entertainment that a father and son The Advocate, “I have made a very were nominated in the same category strong point to not ever show bigotry, (Eugene won). homophobia or intolerance on our Dan, who had previously hosted show because to me, it’s a celebration a show on MTV in Canada for eight of love. At the root of it, [Schitt’s Creek] years (without ever referencing his is a celebration of love between the famous father) took it in stride. “To family and between the relationships come to work every day with your that we build.” family is a beautiful thing,” he says. “I Like the real-life Levy family — dad think the reason the show has worked Eugene is Jewish, mom Deborah is along so smoothly is because we share not, and kids Dan and Sarah grew a similar sensibility.” up interfaith — the Rose family presSo now, as the writer and co-creator ents as Jewish, with plenty of Jewish of Schitt’s Creek, Dan says, “there’s a humor and references, despite mom very interesting power shift because I Moira not being in the fold. In a holget to write what he does. I’m able to iday special aired between seasons hammer home his sensitive spots. One: four and five, Johnny wants to throw his hair. He has a lovely head of hair — a Christmas party at the last minute, but don’t touch it. It’s a perfectly coiffed a reminder of the elaborate ones the head of hair. The second episode of the family hosted in their former life, and first season, I write a drip in the first begins to delegate tasks. scene that makes his hair sopping wet.

“Look at you, Mr. Rose. Seemingly My dad read the script and called on possessed by the Christmas spirit,” the phone with a few questions: ‘How Moira says. wet will the hair be?’ ‘Sopping.’”

Johnny responds, “That reminds At the end of that season, I had him me! Somebody needs to find the run through an entire scene, full force. menorah.”

He’s not the most athletic person. I Schitt’s Creek has been gaining heat don’t think he’s run in 35 years. That — and extremely loyal fans, reaching was fun.” ■

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High-Energy Music Jacob Spike Kraus kicks off this year’s Stephen Gottlieb Concert.

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most important to what’s going on. eclectic mix. Some songs are totally “Musically, the first song exemin Hebrew, some totally in English plifies what I do because it’s upbeat, and some a mix of both. There will exciting and catchy. The rhythm is be a few liturgical pieces.” very jumpy and borderKraus, the son of a lines on rap. There’s a reform rabbi, plays guilot of internal rhymes tar. He will appear with and plays on words. It’s Ricky Watts on drums, a mix of my own words Matthew Krane on keyand words from the boards, Dan Lee on bass psalm, and it was proand Chris Range on saxduced in a very modern ophone. style so there are a lot Two songs, one from of synthesizers. each album and perhaps “The second song in the Michigan show, is really accessible have special resonance Details because it’s a call and with Kraus — “Pitchu The Stephen Gottlieb response song, so peoLi” from Cornerstones Concert at the Temple ple are learning it as and “What Makes You Israel Maccabi Host they sing it. It’s straight Glow” from Shake Off Family Night is set for pop, happy, excited.” the Dust. Both have to Wednesday, Aug. 7.

Kraus, who grew do with recognizing and Dinner starts at 6 p.m., up in Massachusetts, appreciating the unique and the concert starts became known to qualities and abilities at 7 p.m. The program Temple Israel through that individuals have. is free to the community people who watched “I do a lot of perwith reservations him perform at a forming for kids and needed by Aug. 2 to Canadian camp. teenagers primarily, temple-israel.org/ “I find his music and everybody at times gottlieb. inventive, catchy, prowonders about fitting fessional and beautiful,” in because of somesays Cantor Michael thing that feels different Smolash, who will take part in planabout them,” the singer-songwriter explains. “Sometimes, the things that ning the upcoming programming. make people different make them the “He’s a full-fledged recording artist COURTESY OF JACOB SPIKE KRAUS

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he entertainer for this year’s Stephen Gottlieb Concert — at Temple Israel Maccabi Host Family Night — holds staying power.

Jacob Spike Kraus, who immerses himself in Jewish themes and will be joined Aug. 7 by a band, has been chosen artist-in-residence by the temple to plan and lead innovative programs throughout the community for at least one year.

Kraus’s debut concert in Michigan, sponsored by the Sarah & Harold Gottlieb Endowment Fund in memory of Stephen Gottlieb, is open to the community at no charge for the concert or dinner.

“I’m coming out to Michigan toward the end of my summer tour,” says the singer-songwriter, 27, who is moving from New York to Ann Arbor. “I’ve been visiting 15 camps and a couple of synagogues across North America to present concerts and workshops.

“I’ll bring high-energy Jewish music, and the songs are all going to be my original numbers. I have recorded two albums of contemporary Jewish music, and they can be heard anywhere you can find music online. We’ll also bring CDs to the show.

“You could call my music pop soul or pop folk or pop R&B. It’s really an

with talent and charisma and 100 percent committed to Jewish music.

I think he’s a tremendous resource for the whole Jewish community.

“We had him booked for the Gottlieb concert some time ago, and I heard a rumor that he might be moving to town. When we heard he was going to be here for three years, we worked something out. We’re really excited to have him as an artist-in-residence.”

Among the later plans for Kraus will be leading satellite services for residents of Huntington Woods, Royal Oak and other areas at a distance from Temple Israel. Besides performing, he also will be conducting classes.

“He’s excited about bringing in other artists, engaging artists in the community to do Jewish music and setting up coffee houses,” Smolash says. “His first community service is being planned for Sept. 13, and there will be eight of them throughout the year.”

Kraus’s musical interests began before he thought about professional possibilities.

“I picked up a guitar at age 10,” he recalls. “My father (Rabbi Jonathan Kraus) was a song leader when he was growing up in New Jersey. He taught me how to play guitar, and I learned many songs at Jewish summer camp. I found it a way to engage in Jewish text and values and wrote my first religious song in high school.

“I went to Muhlenberg College (in Pennsylvania) as a creative writing major and took a few music classes.

At the end of my freshman year, I thought about making a career out of Jewish music and traveling the country, and that kicked off in the summer of 2016.”

Kraus, with a music performance degree, has been a camp counselor and New York teacher. He joins with people expressing different ways of religious observation and has been a member of the diverse Jewish a cappella group Six13.

“I write non-Jewish music, but I don’t perform it,” Kraus says. “The chords come first and the words after except when I write music for prayer.

Then, I think how the music can serve the lyrics. I write Jewish music for functionality in partnership with art.” ■

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JET THEATRE

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JET brings the classic Ain’t Misbehavin’ to the stage.

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filmmaker brought together two play makers who created very different Tony Award-winning musicals.

When filmmaker Alex Horwitz was attending Wesleyan University in Connecticut, he introduced a swing/jazz enthusiast, his dad, to a rap enthusiast, his roommate. Murray Horwitz, a co-creator of Ain’t Misbehavin’, and LinManuel Miranda, creator Murray Horwitz of Hamilton, have reached beyond generations to hold a friendship of mutual professional respect.

“My kids know the score to Ain’t Misbehavin’ as well as they know the score to Hamilton,” Murray Horwitz says.

“We’ve known Lin over 20 years, and he was very gracious in saying I was his first mentor. It was very humbling, and I don’t know that I did that much.”

Whatever he did, Alex Horwitz seems to have reciprocated in a way by directing a PBS documentary, Hamilton’s America, that explores the founding of America while delving into the Miranda production.

Earlier this year, Metro Detroit audiences got to see a touring version of Hamilton. Starting in August, they can see a local production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ staged by the Jewish

Ensemble Theatre (JET).

It stars Alvin Waddles and Lauren LaStrada and is directed by Harold Jurkiewicz.

“Ain’t Misbehavin’ is Alvin Waddles a play written in notes and lyrics and dance steps and gestures,” says Murray Horwitz, who wrote the book with Richard Maltby Jr. “It’s not a concert or ‘jukebox musical.’ There’s Lauren a through line to the LaStrada show, which is actually an unconventional play.

“The main ingredient of the show’s success over 40 years is Fats Waller (a pianist, singer, composer and comedic entertainer). Audiences get to know a lot more about him and the times in which he lived.”

An in-depth discussion of the entertainment virtuoso at the heart of the second JET production of the season will be presented by Charles Troy, who has established a multimedia series about acclaimed musicals. “Fats Waller: The Man Behind Ain’t Misbehavin’ will begin at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12.

Among some 30 numbers performed in the musical are “Mean to Me,” “Honeysuckle Rose,” “I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling,” “Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now” and “The Viper’s Drag,” the marijuana song of those times.

“Richard Maltby and I collaborated on the lyrics for ‘Handful of Keys,’” Horwitz recalls about the tribute to the piano. “I know Mandy Patinkin recorded it on an album and, sometimes, I hear people do it in nightclubs and cabarets.”

Horwitz thinks his development of this show has to do with Jewish provenance.

An English and drama major at Kenyon College in Ohio whose first theatrical placement was as a clown with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Horwitz moved to New York and put together a one-man show about Sholem Aleichem, which he still performs.

“An Evening of Sholem Aleichem attracted the interest of a producer, who said I needed a director,” recalls Horwitz, 77, who grew up in Ohio and made many summer visits to family friends in Detroit. “That led me to Richard Maltby Jr. The show did really well, and Richard became my mentor in lyric writing.”

Horwitz, a devoted Fats Waller fan, put a tape together of the late entertainer’s music to interest Maltby in working on what would become Ain’t Misbehavin’, and that began their award-winning partnership.

“My blessing and curse at the same time is that I find everything interesting,” says Horwitz, who has been a political speech writer, soap opera director and administrator for arts organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts, American Film Institute and National Public Radio.

“I’m semi-retired with two part-time jobs: artist-in-residence at Washington Performing Arts and host of ‘The Big Broadcast,’ a Sunday night old-time radio show (recalling broadcasts from the 1930s-50s) on WAMU in Washington.”

Horwitz and his wife, opera singer Lisa Miller, have three grown children and remain active in the Jewish community. They attend High Holiday services at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. He has done some work for the Washington Jewish Museum and is on the board of Yiddish of Greater Washington. She has been a cantorial soloist and teaches nursery school at Ohr Kodesh Congregation in Maryland.

Horwitz, whose circus performances have brought him to Cobo Hall and his Sholem Aleichem show to Michigan locales, also has been to Detroit on a musical project with members of the singing Winans family.

“It was inspiring to see Detroit through Marvin Winans’ eyes,” Horwitz says, “and I’m proud to be able to show the world Fats Waller in all his glory.” ■

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multiple generations of families, and n Jeff Lipskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new film about a they always featured very strong charHolocaust survivor, The Last, the acters. only Jewish cast member, Rebecca â&#x20AC;&#x153;I realized that if I made this couple Schull, portrays the character whose part of a family and took them back religious and political background one more generation than I usually and beliefs become an did, we would be at the Holocaust. upending shock to her â&#x20AC;&#x153;With all the virulent anti-Semitism Jewish family. in the world, I said it was the perfect Besides seeing the time for me to challenge my characstory unfold, local ter, myself as a writer-director and viewers can hear the audiences by coming up with a story backstory unfold as Jeff Lipsky about a Holocaust survivor unlike any the filmmaker appears that had been told before.â&#x20AC;?

Aug. 2-4 at the Maple Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how the filmmaker came up Theater in Bloomfield Township. with the character of Claire, and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;I take themes like families in crisis plot built organically after that. Other and embroider them into patchworks that are even larger,â&#x20AC;? Lipsky says about cast members include Jill Durso, AJ CedeĂąo, Reed Birney and Julie Fain the seven films he has directed, six Lawrence. also as writer, beyond his longtime When Lipsky has held his queswork as a film distributor. tion-and-answer sessions after preFor The Last, Lipsky combined fact vious showings, he has found that with fiction to make the fiction seem the movie evokes audience interest plausible. in delving further into the characters â&#x20AC;&#x153;I literally infused into my ficand coming up with their tional family actual own theories about the monsters (such as Dr. Details people he has created.

Carl Clauberg) who The Last will be shown After devising his stoparticipated in the Friday-Sunday, Aug. 2-4, ryline, Lipsky explains, he Holocaust,â&#x20AC;? Lipsky at the Maple Theater in read about people with says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They become Bloomfield Township. similarly shocking tales. vivid characters after The filmmaker will Lipsky, 65, who has only seeing them one speak after screenings been the founder of three time in a photograph that begin at 11:45 film distribution compa[that is understood a.m., 3 p.m. and 6:15 nies, has worked on proto have been taken at p.m. Tickets start at moting 250 films includAuschwitz].â&#x20AC;? $6. (248) 750-1030. ing My Life as a Dog, Lipsky, whose earlithemapletheater.com.

Stranger Than Paradise er films have included and Sid & Nancy. a mother-daughter He has lived mostly drama and a husin New York but currently is in Las band-wife drama based on his own Vegas as he writes his next feature failed marriage, started thinking film, which explores a family crisis about the plot for The Last after the that has to do with the #Me Too wedding of his nephew to a woman who converted to Judaism, a situation movement. He also plans to produce which is the starting point for his cur- part of it in Nevada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve distributed a number of Israeli rent independent movie. films and a number of American films â&#x20AC;&#x153;After their wedding, I thought dealing with Judaism,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Titles these are two great characters in include Hester Street, Omar and The search of a story,â&#x20AC;? Lipsky says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Pickle Recipe.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013; previous films were always about

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She was exposed to both faiths. Harris and Emhoff wed in a civil ceremony in 2014. In her recent memoir, Harris notes that at the close of her wedding ceremoRUNDOWN ON THE JEWISH ny, “… in keeping with our respective DEMS SEEKING NOMINATION Indian and Jewish heritage, I put a flower Two candidates are “just plain garland around Doug’s neck, and he Jewish:” Vermont Sen. stomped on a glass.” It was Bernie Sanders, 77, and the first marriage for Harris author/lecturer Marianne and the second for Emhoff.

Williamson, 67. Her He has two children by his father changed the family previous marriage. name “Vishnevetsky” to Former Vice President Joe Williamson. Marianne was Biden, a Catholic, has three raised a Conservative Jew Jewish ties by marriage: (1) and does mention being His late son, Beau Biden, Jewish in public speeches. married Hallie Olivere, Her Detroit ties include living now 44, in 2002, and they in Birmingham and Grosse remained married until his Pointe and, for many years, Bernie Sanders death in 2015. The couple serving as spiritual leader had two children, now of the Church of Today in teenagers. Olivere’s mother Warren (now Renaissance is Jewish, her father isn’t.

Unity Church in Ferndale).

There is no reporting on Colorado Sen. Michael whether Hallie was raised Bennett, 54, is the son Jewish or the religious of a Protestant father nature (if any) of her wed(with Mayflower pasding to Beau, or what faith, senger ancestry) and a if any, Hallie and Beau’s Jewish mother. His mothchildren are being raised in; er, Susanne, was only a (2) Biden’s daughter, Ashley, baby when she and her is married to Dr. Howard Marianne Williamson parents were imprisoned Krein, 52, a Jewish ear, in the Warsaw Ghetto. nose and throat doctor. They Susanne was smuggled wed in 2012. A Catholic out of Poland. Susanne’s priest presided, with a rabbi mother found refuge in a “assisting.” They don’t have Catholic convent and her children; and (3) Hunter father managed to survive Biden, the son of the former the labor camps. Bennett’s veep, wed Melissa Cohen, mother’s family, who came 32, in May. The couple only to the States in 1950, were knew each other a month never observant Jews. The before the wedding. Born senator’s father identified and raised in South Africa, as a Christian but was not Cohen reportedly comes Michael Bennet churchgoing. Bennett was from an observant Jewish raised with exposure to family. She was formerly both his heritages, but not married to a Los Angeles really in any faith. He says Jewish businessman. She’s he believes in God, but he is also posted a video of a not a practicing “anything.” desecrated Parisian Jewish New York Sen. Kirsten cemetery with comments Gillibrand has a Jewish showing her anguish. No great-grandfather (her paterword if the wedding was nal grandmother’s father) secular or religious. The who was raised Catholic, as groom, however, got a “shawas Sen. Gillibrand. lom” tattoo, which matches Joe Biden one his wife has.

JEWISH TIES California Sen. Kamala SURPRISE Harris is married to Jewish businessman The father of Attorney General William Douglas Emhoff, 54. The senator’s Barr was born Jewish but converted to mother was from India and a Hindu. Her Catholicism. Barr’s mother was Catholic, father was from Jamaica and a Baptist. and he was raised a Catholic. ■

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TUESDAY, AUG. 6

ROSH CHODESH STUDY 10 am, Aug. 2. The Adat Shalom Sisterhood invites women from the community to welcome the new month of Av with a morning study session led

by Rabbi Rachel Shere. At Adat Shalom in Farmington Hills. No charge. RSVP: Rochelle.r.lieberman@gmail.com or 248-553-2498.

SIMPLY DANCE 11 am, Aug. 6. At Adat Shalom in Farmington Hills. Led by Christine Stewart. No partner needed. Cost: $7.

RSVP: 248-432-5467.

SATURDAY, AUG. 3 PARSHAH RIDERS 9 am, Aug. 3: 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. 17.

SUNDAY, AUG. 4 FRESH AIR MEETING 10 am, Aug. 4. At Camp Maas in Ortonville. Election of new directors to Tamarack Camps Board and presentation of President’s Award to Jonathan Lowe.

INTERFAITH UNITY PICNIC Noon-5 pm, Aug. 4. The ninth annual Suburban-Urban Interfaith Unity potluck lunch is free and open to all. At Shelter 3 on Belle Isle near the kayak and canoe rental area. Kosher hots dogs, halal chicken, veggie burgers, hamburgers and water will be provided at no charge. Participants are asked to bring a dish (salad, vegetables, fruit or dessert) with labeled ingredients to share.

Activities will include games for children and adults, singing, dancing and drumming. Presented by DION, the Detroit Interfaith Outreach Network, with other faith-based organizations. Community and religious groups are invited to bring a display table and information about their organizations to share with picnic participants. Info: detroitinterfaith.org, call 248-556-6316 or email mutzim@ aol.com.

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

SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS 1:30-3 pm, Aug. 6. The Alzheimer’s Association-Greater Michigan Chapter, in collaboration with Jewish Senior Life, holds a monthly support group on the first Tuesday. Caregivers, families and friends of those with Alzheimer’s disease or any other form of dementia are welcome to attend. The group’s facilitator is Diane Schwartz, M.A., LPC. At Teitel Apartments in the Media Room, 15106 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park. Free.

RSVP Diane, dianemarshaschwartz@ gmail.com or 928-444-0151.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7 JUDAISM IN AMERICA 1 pm, Aug. 7. Chasidic Judaism in America Today, Journeys in Becoming Frum and Coming Out in the Orthodox Community. Beth Ahm videostreams three brief interviews featuring Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz of Valley Beit Midrash (Phoenix, Ariz.) and special guest scholars, followed by informal discussion. Free and open to the community; no reservations required. At 5075 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield.

Info: Nancy Kaplan, 248-737-1931 or nancyellen879@att.net.

HOW TO DO JEWISH 5:30-7:30 pm, Aug. 7. With Rabbi Zerwekh at Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park. No charge. RSVP: 248-967-4020 or TempleFamily@emanuel-mich.org.

THURSDAY, AUG. 8 CAREGIVER SUPPORT 1:30-3 pm, Aug. 8. At Jewish Senior Life, Fleischman Residence, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield.

Alzheimer’s Association meeting for family caregivers of older adults living with dementia. Call for information about the evening support group meeting. RSVP: Joely Lyons 248-592-5032, jlyons@jslmi.org.

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

OPENING AUG. 2 Otherhood What happens when three empty-nest single moms decide their adult sons still need them? They show up on their doorsteps in NYC, unannounced, to remind them.

Otherhood, which starts streaming on Netflix on Aug. 2, stars Angela Bassett, Patricia Arquette and Felicity Huffman (who pled guilty in the infamous college-bribe scheme) as the longtime friends. The comedy feature film was co-written and directed by Cindy Chupack — winner of three Golden Globes and two Emmys for writing episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond, Sex and the City and Modern Family — grew up in Tulsa, Okla., has roots in Detroit. Her father, Marvin, was born in Detroit and grew up around Linwood and Dexter, her late great-uncle Julius told the JN in 2005. “Cindy started out writing copy, like her grandfather Harry, who wrote copy in the ad business. But he wasn’t funny like Cindy. We came out of the Depression, so nothing was funny.”

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AUG. 7 FEELIN’ GROOVY Congregation Shaarey Zedek presents the Irving and Beverly Laker Concert Fund “Propis and Friends Feelin’ Groovy.” The concert features the music of beloved Jewish singer/songwriters including Carole King, Carly Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Burt Bacharach, Neil Diamond and more. Featuring the musical talents of Hazzan David Propis, Cantor Lori Shapiro and Cliff Monear. 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the community.

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hat happens when you cross two brothers, a food truck and a passion for bringing family recipes to the Metro Detroit community? You get Brother Truckers, a diner-style comfort food truck run by Kevin and Marc Kellman (former attendees of Temple Israel). Originally from Oak Park and West Bloomfield, the Kellman brothers opened their food truck on St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day 2018 after 20 years in the optical business.

BEGINNINGS From a young age, the Kellmans found food a major significance. While Marc certainly enjoyed his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homecooked meals, it was Kevin who grew up learning how to cook these family recipes from his mother and grandmother.

After working in the family optical business for so long, he decided he wanted to pursue his lifelong passion of cooking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My friends always said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You should open up a restaurant.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The fact is, if I had the money to open up a restaurant, I probably wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to open up a restaurant,â&#x20AC;? Kevin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The food truck path was the least expensive way to do it and the fastest way to get off the ground.â&#x20AC;?

The next step for the Kellmans was to figure out how to finance their food truck. They started researching and asking around, eventually coming across Hebrew Free Loan, which provides interest-free loans to Michigan Jews. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an unbelievable process. Just having something like that in the Jewish community makes you feel more Jewish,â&#x20AC;?

Kevin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It still blows my mind this was available to us. Without them, it definitely wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have gone off as smoothly as it did.â&#x20AC;?

At the food truck, each family member has his respective duties. Kevin does most of the food prep work and driving while Marc handles the business side of everything. When theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at an event, Marc works the fryer while Kevin runs the grill; and their mother, Sandy, operates the cash register.

ALL ABOUT THAT NOSH On the Brother Truckersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; main menu, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find a variety of tantalizing treats including, but not limited to burgers, sloppy joes, fried mac-and-cheese bites, fries and chicken wings. A few menu items stand out, one of them being WTT Burger. This ginormous delicacy

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combines a hamburger patty, mac-andcheese bites, sloppy joes, onion rings, bacon and caramelized onions. If you want to try a bit of everything they serve, the WTT Burger is the way to go.

To sample Brother Truckersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; food, I went to the Summer on the Bank at West Bloomfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marshbank Park. A ton of food trucks were there, but it was easy to tell that Brother Truckers was one of the most popular choices that afternoon.

By far the best thing I got to sample was their fried mac-and-cheese bites. I bit into the crumbly exterior and got a mouthful of melty, cheesy, noodly goodness. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get one thing at their food truck, get these.

After talking to Kevin, I learned that making these bites is a three-day process, which makes them even more incredible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do a big, giant, baked mac and cheese that I make in a giant roasting pan,â&#x20AC;? Kevin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I make the mac and cheese; then we have to chill it overnight; then we cube it up, bread it, freeze it, let it defrost overnight and then we deep fry it.â&#x20AC;?

Their hamburgers are something special as well. Kevin has his own meatloaf recipe that he makes into these burgers,

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something that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really find at just any food truck. In addition, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find a delectable balsamic glaze instead of a typical sauce. Though I got a veggie burger in lieu of a hamburger, I can honestly say that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve rarely tasted anything as memorable as that glaze. Weeks later, I still remember what it tasted like (in a good way).

If that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough, Brother Truckers also has two dessert options: a thick, creamy cheesecake and a chocolate-chip bundt cake. The cheesecake is Marcâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recipe, while the bundt cake is a treasured family recipe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope that people see the passion that we have for our food and the quality of the ingredients we use and the time that we put into it,â&#x20AC;? Kevin remarked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a family business, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working together for 22 years now, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of love that goes into our food. We love the Jewish community, and we know the Jewish community knows what good food is.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013;

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mployees and management of the Soul CafĂŠ and the Milk & Honey and Epic Kosher Catering companies were shocked to receive an unceremonious email July 20 announcing they were no longer employed by the Epicurean Group.

The Metro Detroit hospitality company stated it was severing ties effective immediately with everyone affiliated with the numerous restaurants and catering operations under the Epicurean umbrella. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People started calling and asking, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on? Do I still have a job?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Shalom Shomer, director of kosher operations for the Epicurean Group, which includes Epic Kosher Catering, Milk & Honey and Soul CafĂŠ.

The email from the Epicurean Group indicated that management would revert back to Stanley Dickson Jr., who owned the company prior to selling it to Ryan Moore last fall.

However, this turned out to be false.

Dickson, who is now retired, had no interest in returning to the business.

Shomerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first call was to Rabbi Levi Shemtov, executive director of Friendship Circle of Michigan, which sponsors the Soul CafĂŠ and Milk & Honey. Shemtov was already talking with members of the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board of directors, who agreed closing the restaurant and catering businesses was not an option. The group worked through the night to figure out a plan that would allow them to keep the restaurant and catering businesses up and running. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Levi said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We have a cafĂŠ to run and a community to serve and we have to make sure everyone is taken care of â&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? said Shomer.

According to Shemtov, Friendship Circle has taken over the payroll, allowing all the employees to keep their jobs. Elliott Baum, Friendship Circle of Michigan board member and

longtime supporter of the organization, is handling the business side through his company, Blue Ribbon Restaurants, a licensee of Famous Daveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barbecue.

His staff is responsible for payroll, purchasing, accounts payable and receivable and other administrative functions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I found out what was going on, I had a talk with my accounting staff and told Levi weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll jump in,â&#x20AC;? said Baum, whose father, Fred Baum, was the first kosher caterer at the Southfield location of Congregation Shaarey Zedek. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss a beat â&#x20AC;Ś we had a great first week.â&#x20AC;?

Epic Kosher Catering is the meat division of the catering operation, while Milk & Honey provides dairy catering out of the Soul Cafe, a kosher dairy restaurant. Together, the three divisions employ approximately 25-30 people, including individuals with special needs at Soul CafĂŠ and Milk & Honey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We see the entire kosher division as something that really needs to be together to make the project viable,â&#x20AC;?

Shemtov said.

Synagogues and other organizations who rely on the kosher catering services, such as the JCC, will see no changes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business as usual,â&#x20AC;? said Justin Wedes of the JCC. While the logistics of running the restaurant and catering companies are likely to continue evolving, Shemtov remains fully committed to the businesses, the employees and the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have confidence in Shalomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to continue to lead the team and in assuring the continued success of the business,â&#x20AC;? wrote Shemtov in a letter to the staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elliott Baum has decades of experience in the restaurant business â&#x20AC;Ś and his leadership team will be assisting the Friendship Circle and Shalom in anything that is needed to assure a smooth transition.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013;

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soul of blessed memory

RHEA DRUCKMAN, 86, of Novi, died July 22, 2019.

She is survived by her children, Mitchell and Jenny Druckman, Debra Ceccato and Mark Lemieux, and Jody and Pat Valentino; grandchildren, Risha Druckman, David Druckman, Drew and Tova Ceccato, and Cody Ceccato; sister, Eileen Gross.

Mrs. Druckman was the beloved wife of the late Marc Druckman; the dear sister-in-law of the late Harvey Gross.

Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, 1169 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, nkfm.org; or Parkinson’s Foundation of Michigan, 30400 Telegraph Road, Suite 150, Bingham Farms, MI 48025, parkinsonsmi.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

MILDRED GILBERT, 95, of West Bloomfield, died July 24, 2019.

She is survived by her sons, Steve Gilbert, Mark Gilbert; daughter, Elyse Gilbert; grandchildren, Alison (Russell) Chroman, Joanna (Jereme) Sanborn and Drew (Jenn) Gilbert; greatgrandchildren, Chloe, Chase, Kendall and Nathan; sister, Lorraine Silber; many loving cousins, nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Mrs. Gilbert was the beloved wife of the late George Gilbert; the sister of the late Beatrice (the late Malcolm) Leventen and the late Yetta Atkins.

Interment took place at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

DR. ARTHUR HEROLD, 83, of Tamarac, Fla., formerly of Michigan, died July 25, 2019.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Cidnie Herold; sons and daughtersin-law, Andrew and Gillian Herold of Bloomfield Hills, Dr. Bradley and Dr. Debora Herold of Carmel, Ind.; daughter and son-in-law, Erin and Marc Young of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, Kayla Herold, Sari Herold, Addison Herold, Ari Herold, Levi Herold, Dylan Young, Ella Young.

Contributions may be made to PANCAN, 1500 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266; or to a charity of one’s choice. Services and interment were held at Hebrew Memorial Park.

Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

REGINA MUSKOVITZ, 89, of West Bloomfield, died July 25, 2019.

She is survived by her son, Jerry Muskovitz of Commerce Township; daughters and sonin-law, Deby Lebow of West Bloomfield, Sandy and Jim Danto of West Bloomfield; sister, Helen Greenspun; grandchildren, Davi Lebow, David Muskovitz, Aaron and Julie Feinberg, Tova Feinberg, Joshua and Julie Feinberg; greatgrandchildren, Noa Feinberg, Ari Feinberg, Raya Feinberg, Olivia Feinberg, Daniel Feinberg.

Mrs. Muskovitz was the beloved wife of the late Saul Muskovitz; dear mother-in-law of the late Howard Weingarten; cherished sister and sister-in-law of the late Nathan and the late Mildred Garfinkel, the late Joe Greenspun, the late Bela and the late Sol Soloway, the late Sonia and the late Nathan Nothman, the late Manja and the late Yulek Singer.

Contributions may be made to the Saul & Regina Muskovitz Fund for Holocaust Survivors at Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc., 220 East 42nd St., New York, NY 10017; HIAS, 1300 Spring St., Suite 500, Silver Spring, MD 20910; American Heart Association, Memorial and Tribute Lockbox, 3816 Paysphere

Circle, Chicago, IL 60674; or to a charity of one’s choice. Interment was held at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

EDNA NELKIN, 93 of Southfield, died July 22, 2019.

She is survived by her sons and daughter-inlaw, William Nelkin, Eric and Sandy Nelkin; daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Allen Kaminsky; grandchildren, Ian (Anna) Kaminsky, Stacey (Bernie) Boyd, Hallie (David) Freed, Jaykelen (Dominic) Locilento and Tyler Nelkin; great-grandchildren, Harrison, Mika, Peyton, Cameron, Ellery, Madelyn, Ruby and Myles; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Mrs. Nelkin was the beloved wife of the late Marvin Nelkin; sister of the late Arthur Simon and the late Sidney Simon.

Interment took place at B’nai Israel Cemetery in Novi. Contributions may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society or to Autism Speaks. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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EDWARD SCHREIBER, 95, of Farmington Hills, died July 23, 2019.

He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Carolyn Schreiber; sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Andrea Schreiber, Peter and Stacey Schreiber, Steven and Arlene Schreiber, David Schreiber, and Jonathan and Rachel Schreiber; daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and Patrick Fowler; grandchildren, Emily and Max Rosenberg, Isabel and Tom Corrigan, Jason and Stephanie Schreiber, Ellie Schreiber, Kim Schreiber, Hannah Schreiber, Bobby Schreiber, Jackson Schreiber, Maya Schreiber, Lucy Schreiber, Hayden Schreiber, Ashley Fowler and Ryan Fowler; sister-in-law, Cecile Schreiber.

Mr. Schreiber was the loving brother of the late Leonard Schreiber; the devoted son of the late Murray and the late Ruth Schreiber.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to National Council of Jewish Women, 26400 Lahser Road, Suite 306, Southfield, MI 48033, ncjwmi.org; Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48202, dia.org; or Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48201-2444, dso.org/Donate.aspx.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

LEONARD SHEBSES, 79, of West Bloomfield, died July 24, 2019.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Sharon Shebses; daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Steven Klein; grandson, Joshua Klein; sister-in-law, Sandra August; nieces, Nicole (Aaron) Obermyer, Heather (Will) Ezzell; many other loving family members and friends.

Interment took place at the Oakview Cemetery in Royal Oak. Contributions may be made to Temple Kol Ami or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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GAYE SMITH, 75, of West Bloomfield, died July 28, 2019.

She was the co-owner with Margie Mellen of Marmel Toys and Gifts on Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband of 52 years, Martin Smith; children, Jordan Smith and Karen Benjamin, Stacie Smith and Jim Hooper; grandchildren, Carter Smith, Graham Smith, Reid Smith, Piper Smith, Xavier Hoppersmith and Cassidy Hoppersmith; sister and brother-in-law, Sandra and Carl Botvinick; sister-in-law, Carol Blum; loving nieces, nephews and a world of friends.

She was the loving sister of the late Murray Blum.

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GLORIA SOLOMON, 87, of Franklin, died July 23, 2019.

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Mrs. Solomon is survived by her husband of 67 years, Ernie Solomon; son and daughter-in-law, Shelby and Teresa Solomon of Edina, Minn.; daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and Robert Salzbank of Port Washington, N.Y.; grandchildren, Jacob Solomon, Anna Solomon, Joshua Solomon, Jacquelyn Salzbank, Lena Salzbank; sister-inlaw, Rebecca Emmer; many other loving relatives and friends.

Mrs. Solomon was the dear sister of the late Howard Emmer.

Contributions may be made to Greater Michigan Chapter of the Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association, 25200 Telegraph Road, #100, Southfield, MI 48033; or Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. Interment was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale.

Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

DR. LEONARD WAYNE, 96, of Southfield, died July 22, 2019.

He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Maureen Wayne; son and daughter-in-law, Jonathan and Beyla Wayne; daughters and sons-in-law, Julie Wayne and Marc Juillard, Mallery and Steve Eisenshtadt; grandchildren, Adiva, Hillel, Meira and Ahron Wayne, Samuel Roche, Haley, Lindsey and Andrew Eisenshtadt; niece and nephew, Beverly and Steve Zuckerman (Ross).

Dr. Wayne was the cherished father of the late Dr. Richard Wayne; the loving brother of the late Rose Ross (Weingarden); the devoted son of the late Harry and the late Gertrude Weingarden.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be to National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, 1169 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, nkfm. org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

DR. MICHAEL EUGENE WITTENBERG, 81, of Grand Blanc, died July 22, 2019.

He was born Feb. 4, 1938, in Detroit, the son of Arthur and Betty (Warren) Wittenberg. He grew up in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood and attended Mumford High School.

Michael was a graduate of Ohio College of Podiatry in 1962.

Dr. Wittenberg was a well-loved podiatrist in Flint for more than 40 years. He married Georgene Moulat on Oct. 23, 1985.

Dr. Wittenberg is survived by his wife, Georgene; four children, James Wittenberg of St. Petersburg, Fla., Andrew Wittenberg (fiancee, Jackie Elcoate) of Grand Blanc, Erin Hartman of San Francisco, Calif., Connie Epps of Boulder, Colo.; seven grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; brother, Dr. Stephen (Sandy) Wittenberg; several nieces and nephews.

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The victim was shot several times in the leg the evening of July 28, as he stood outside of the Young Israel of Greater Miami synagogue waiting for daily prayers to begin, according to multiple reports.

Police told local media that a man got out of a black Chevrolet Impala and opened fire, striking the victim, age 58, several times in the leg.

The Yeshiva World News website identified the victim as Yosef Noach ben Leah Tzivyah — in the traditional manner in which prayers for someone’s health are recited — and said he was 69.

The car had circled the synagogue several times before the attack, WSVN Channel 7 reported, citing unnamed officials.

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Contributions may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or the Humane Society of Genesee County. Tributes may be shared on the obituaries page of sharpfuneralhomes.com.

The victim was taken to a local hospital where he underwent surgery and is in stable condition.

Police are investigating the incident but have not yet categorized it as a hate crime, according to the report.

“I call upon the U.S. authorities

to put an end to the wave of antiSemitic terrorist attacks that are being perpetrated against Jews in the United States. It’s time for Jews to be able to live their lives like any other citizen,” Yaakov Hagoel, vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization, said in a statement. ■

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t is said many times that attending a bar or bat mitzvah often plays a role in the gaining of successful endeavors in life … This might have happened when developer Eric Lutz attended one given at Nifty Norman’s, owned years ago by Norman and Bonnie LePage.

Eric was enthralled at the fine event put on by Norman and Bonnie … and that so many people would enjoy being at a place much off the beaten path in Wolverine Lake … He called Norman, and they met for breakfast at a nearby delicatessen … A deal was consummated where Norm and Bonnie would move their Nifty Norman’s, change the name, and open in Eric’s closed historic Grand Trunk Train Station on Eton Street in Birmingham, which he had just bought.

In August 1997, Big Rock Chophouse was born … on South Eton Street, Birmingham … owned by Norman and Bonnie with partners Ray and Mary Nicholson … and became one of the finest restaurants in Michigan … One that would also be among the recipients of the prestigious Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for more than 20 consecutive years … plus receiving the much-esteemed American Culinary Achievement Award … One of only three Michigan restaurants to do so … with a mouthwatering menu that included flavorful recipes centered around enormous, hand-cut aged steaks, delicious lamb chops and very fresh seafood among other tasty delights.

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With Executive Chef Eric helming the kitchen, he and his staff produce excellent presentations … Like the very special 20-ounce Imperial Wagyu Strip Steak that is aged 56 days.

Desserts on the menus are all made in-house … cheesecake, coconut cream pie, poached apple, truffles, ice cream, sorbet and so much more.

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Community leaders such as Bill Davidson,, David Hermelin, Bob Sosnick, Bob Aronson on and Herman Frankel have also been keen supporters.

But, let us not forget the essence of the games: the young athletes. You can’t have games without the players. And these players come from North America and from around the world. Indeed, in 1998, for example, the parade of athletes was led across the he floor of the Palace of Auburn rn Hills by the delegation from m Israel.

Maybe you know some off the athletes or coaches from m Detroit? Or maybe you were re one of the athletes? The pages ges of the JN are filled with inforformation regarding the rosters rs from Detroit who attended the JCC Maccabi Games. For or example, Marc Edelstein was as a shot-putter; Jenny Weine was a sprinter; and Nicholee Rudolph played softball in the 1986 Maccabi games.

That year, Karen Sklar coached the girl’s baseball team and Herb Bernstein led the swimming team.

Unfortunately, there is no room to name all the athletes tes past and present.

It would take most, if not all, of this week’s issue of the JN. The editors here just would nott let me take over the entire issue.

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So, I figured this fact, and the nature of the games themselves — you likely know what I am about to say — warranted a cruise into the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit Mike Smith Alene and Graham History to see what I could find Landau Archivist on the history of the games in Chair the past pages of the JN. The JCC Maccabi Games (or the “U.S. Maccabi Youth Games” or the “North American Maccabi Youth Games”), have been mentioned in the JN more than 1,000 times since the games began in Memphis, Tenn., in 1982. The second games were held in Detroit in 1984 and, five years later, the annual games grew large enough to be held in multiple cities at the same time. This year, they will be held in Atlanta and Detroit.

A point of interest per Mort Plotnick: The games held in Detroit in 1990 were highly influential and set the standard for subsequent JCC Maccabi Games. Plotnick is a former JCC executive director; he has been handling fundraising/development for years for the games.

An article in the Aug. 17, 1992, issue of the JN supports his thesis, reporting that Baltimore, in preparation for the games that year, “was taking a close look at the games in Detroit.”

What the games were called and where they were played may have changed over the years, but the main purpose for the event has not. The games present an opportunity for young Jewish teens to compete against their cohorts and offer a chance for these young athletes to strengthen their ties to their local, national and international Jewish communities.

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