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his isn’t about me except sort of. That’s what I remind myself each time I set out to tell someone’s story. It’s theirs after all. Except sort of. I remember to wipe my feet Ben Falik before entering their world, to use only the oxygen I need to breathe it in deep, to seem self-aware in said selfies. I cherish the quality time we spend together, though quantities vary — as does their awareness/aliveness. I would like to think I’m just a medium through which the tales travel — journeys toward justice, soul searching, trying to make sense of this crazy, mixed-up world. But, as my mother-in-law has informed me, I’m not a medium. Here, then, are updates on some of my upstanding and unwitting subjects, along with one of my own. According to the extensive Wikipedia page for MasterChef Junior, Huntington Woods’ Sammy Vieder was eliminated just one week after his Blue Apron mystery box tour de force. Along with Ariana Feygin — the pride of Excelsior, Minnesota — and Henry Hummeldorf(!), Sammy was undone by none other than egg-yolk ravioli. Dio santo! Sammy appears to have transitioned back into private life better than the child stars of the 1980s. Last
year, I bumped into him at Berkley High School, where I was running the Young, Optimistic and United (YOU!) club for the TriCommunity Coalition, but I just got really nervous and said “Hola” for no reason. (Sammy, if you’re reading this, Como estas?) Speaking of brushes with celebrity, Ramy Youssef — whose show Ramy was renewed by Hulu for a second season, coming this spring and featuring two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali — thought my column about him was “so dope.” I know this because our dear mutual friend Muhi Khwaja sent it to him and he replied, “This is so dope.” I have the screenshot of the Instagram DM to prove it and screenshots are forever. Matt Prentice has 27 lives. Or at least Three Cats, his new restaurant in Clawson. Last winter, at the tail end of his non-compete judgment, Matt told me he was looking forward to running a restaurant, rather than a restaurant group. Meow he gets to serve up great stuff on small plates and in martini glasses at the former movie theater space next to Leon and Lulu. I got to see Matt in action last weekend and delighted in the Roasted Indiana Duck, Michigan Cherries, Hash, Fall Vegetables (large plate). True to form, his September opening doubled as Three Cats Cash for Cass, a benefit for Cass Community Social Services.
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After reading about Selma Goode, Judge Michael Goodman reached out to reconnect with her. He presided over countless administrative hearings and confirmed that she was a force to be reckoned with, arriving late only once and only because her car broke down in a snowstorm — and only then by a half hour. In a political and regulatory environment increasingly hostile to welfare recipients, she knew the law better than the lawyers, who underestimated her at their peril. Selma was a zealous advocate, no matter who was on the bench. After speaking to the retired judge, she told me, “He was helpful with his favorable decisions. I am sorry that at that time I didn’t know that he was a leftie.” In brief: Randolph Bowersox is looking forward to seeing the films — and audiences — headed to the Birmingham 8 this year. He’s especially excited for Ford v Ferrari, having grown up in a Ford family in the 1960s.
Aaron Foley — author of How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass, chief storyteller for the city of Detroit and current John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford — reminds people to read thoroughly, think critically and post responsibly. Lest ye be a jackass. It is unclear, based on the state budget impasse, whether Maxine Berman is haunting Lansing or Lansing is haunting Maxine Berman. Has to be one or the other. … Me? This isn’t about me except sort of. Last week, I started my new job as a chief program officer at Jewish Family Service. I’m not burying the lede, just busy learning as much as I can as fast as I can to be as useful as I can at an agency that has been moving mountains for more than 90 years. I will have lots to report on — and recruit for — over the next 90 years. In the meantime, be a doll (or transformer or baby shark) and sign up to adopt a family at jfsdetroit.org. Talk to you next month.
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eeting facilitator Priya Parker’s book The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters is inspiring hosts across the globe, from C-suite retreat planners to novice book club hostesses. The Well, a Jewish community-building organization for Chelsea young families Landry serving Metro Detroit, is also gleaning inspiration from the book and Parker’s “rules” for hosting successful gatherings. Breaking traditions, confronting “FOMO” culture and combating millennial loneliness are just a few of the issues The Art of Gathering has helped The Well tackle, with an approach guided by a Jewish lens. I recently interviewed Rabbi Dan Horwitz, founder and director of The Well, to find out more about his organization’s innovative gatherings, Parker’s influence on his work and how
the book has subtly transformed the day-to-day experience of participants in Metro Detroit’s Jewish community. The focus on bringing young Jews (and those who love them) together is an essential part of The Well’s success. While nationally, formal affiliation rates with traditional Jewish institutions is down, The Well has empowered Metro Detroit’s millennials to take a hands-on role in developing its gatherings. “We aim to co-create and empower our people to play active roles in the planning and execution of our gatherings so that the up and coming generation of young adults will feel empowered to be architects of the Jewish future, prepared to invest their time, talent and treasure,” Horwitz wrote. The Well’s gatherings avoid lectures and one-sided exchanges, instead favoring interactive experiences and mutual exchanges in their work. “All of our gatherings have substantive Jewish content built in, often in experiential fashion,” he said. Many Jewish gatherings are “calendar-dependent,” following
the annual cycle of holidays. For many, these gatherings are driven by a desire to mark the holidays and seasons of the year, sometimes with little further direction or inspiration. The Well is constantly re-imagining these traditional gathering opportunities with new energy, such as their Passover-inspired escape room and Sukkotthemed immersive dinner theater experience. The organization’s monthly “Tot Shabbat” series, a Sabbath prayer experience designed for families with young children, creates opportunities for connection with the Jewish tradition, other young families, and exciting spaces in Metro Detroit, such as the Detroit Zoo, Third Man Records, the Detroit Institute for Music Education and more. The theme and location change every month, challenging assumptions that Shabbat and other Jewish gatherings must take place in traditionally Jewish spaces such as synagogue structures and embracing Parker’s concept that one chooses a venue to meet a particular
gathering’s objectives. So, for a Tot Shabbat celebrating the holiday of Tu b’Shevat (the Jewish Arbor Day), the Outdoor Adventure Center proved a powerful platform for the gathering. Many of Parker’s other principles can be seen in approaches embraced by The Well — from “creating an alternate universe” and “establishing rules” to perfecting logistics like thoughtfully curating a guest list and fostering meaningful connections between each person gathered. However, one suggested approach in Parker’s book seems to run counter to what The Well seeks to achieve. The “Passover Principle,” explained in Parker’s book as a special invitation to a onenight-only gathering, might actually contribute to a heightened sense of millennial loneliness. Horwitz says: “It’s near impossible to truly build community — one that supports you day-to-day — with one-off gatherings, or gatherings that only take place once a year.” The pressure of creating and attending a “one-time-only” continued on page 10
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Issues With Levin’s Column As a constituent of Rep. Andy Levin, I applaud him for writing about the anniversary of Kristallnacht and his concerns about the increasing anti-Semitic attacks against Jewish institutions and individuals in this country. (“The Lessons We Learn From Kristallnacht,” Nov. 7) However, I take issue with him connecting these incidents to the presidency of Donald Trump. He referred to the 2017 incident in Charlottesville
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claiming Trump referred to the neo-Nazis who showed up as “very fine people.” He may be parroting video or audio clips from the main-stream media. However, those sound bites don’t report Trump’s entire quote. If Rep. Levin were to research and listen to the entire comment Trump made, he would have heard him condemn (in the president’s words) the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who showed up to the demonstration regarding the removal of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s statue.
In the recording of Trump’s comments, the “very fine people on both sides” he referred to were the people who showed up to demonstrate against removing the statue and those who want the statue removed. It’s fine for Rep. Levin to be critical of the president he disagrees with, but he must get his facts straight first. — Lee L. Schostak Beverly Hills
Trump Supports Israel “The Lessons We Learn From Kristallnacht” by Rep. Andy
Levin was informative until he made false political claims that President Donald Trump was a threat to the Jewish people. We never had an American president so supportive of Israel and the American Jews as President Trump. What country ills did the president blame the Jews for? It was Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib who blamed the Jews for the Palestinian and American problems, but Rep. Levin tended to ignore this present danger. — Doreen Lichtman Orchard Lake
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his month marks the anniversary of the largest political protest in U.S. history, a seismic event that gripped all of America and should be recalled and studied during these turbulent and deeply polarized times. Fifty years ago, on Nov. 15, 1969, the massive Moratorium Mark March to End Jacobs the War in Vietnam was held in Washington, D.C., as well as many other cities across America and even throughout the world. More than 500,000 people of all ages and ethnicities — political leaders, celebrities, civil rights icons, veterans, students, entertainers, parents with young children in tow — descended on Capitol Hill to demand an end to America’s involvement in Vietnam. Across
America some 2 million people protested. By November of 1969, the war, which at that point had already claimed more than 45,000 American lives, was showing no sign of slowing down. Despite President Richard Nixon’s campaign pledge a year earlier to deescalate America’s involvement, the number of U.S. troops had swelled that year to 550,000, an all-time high. America was angry and fiercely divided, and many people were in the mood to take action to express their outrage. In Detroit, the Committee to End the War in Vietnam organized a city-wide protest in which thousands converged on Kennedy Square. Wayne State University conducted “teachins,” debates, and featured activist speakers and films. Many other educational and religious institutions in Detroit and its
suburbs coordinated seminars to protest the war. Across America, the Moratorium Marches were mostly peaceful. In Washington, D.C., Coretta Scott King led a candlelit vigil down Pennsylvania Avenue. Folk legend Pete Seeger led the sea of protesters in singing John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance,” which had become the unofficial anthem of the anti-war movement. The trio Peter, Paul and Mary came onto the stage, along with many other performers and activists, and joined in as Seeger repeatedly interjected “Are you listening, Nixon?” Nixon, who was in the White House the entire time, was indeed listening and quickly issued a statement that “under no circumstances” would he be affected by the protest, stating that “policy in the streets equals anarchy.” Referring to the
candlelight vigil led by Coretta Scott King, Nixon joked that he should “send helicopters out to blow out the candles.” Vice President Spiro Agnew was also listening and charged that the protesters were “impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.” Both Nixon and Agnew placed the blame at the feet of the media, particularly the New York Times and the Washington Post. The Moratorium March, Agnew claimed, was the work of the media who were a “small and unelected elite that do not — I repeat, do not — represent the view of America.” Fifty years later, the broader, lingering questions remain: Did the protests work? Do they today? Nathan Heller, a journalist at the New Yorker, has his doubts. “Is protest a productive use of our political attention?” he asks. “Or is it just a bit of social theater we perform to continued on page 10
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make ourselves feel virtuous, useful and in the right?” Norman Mailer, novelist and liberal political activist, later reflected on those years and asked whether the anti-war protesters were fully committed or were just affluent kids looking to be “revolutionaries-for-a-weekend.” In recent years, there have been some notable mass demonstrations in America, including the Million Man March, the Women’s March and Occupy Wall Street. But, however successful or inspiring they may be, their frequency is spotty and irregular. They come and go and leave behind no real, palpable “legs” that propel their cause. They don’t seem to establish prolonged pressure on lawmakers to change things, and they don’t seem to plant a permanent seed of activism in our collective social consciousness or in that of our children. That wasn’t the case 50 years ago. The protests of 1969 and that era, however flawed, were loud, steady and impossible to ignore. They had legs. They kept people motivated. They kept the heat on the politicians. Are Americans still capable of staging protests that are loud, steady and impossible to ignore? Or are we, for a myriad of reasons, too beaten, weary and distracted for anything like that? Outside of the U.S., mass protests are alive and well. Last month more than 1 million people in Chile protested economic inequality, about 1.7 million people in Hong Kong
attended a rally last August and about 1 million anti-Brexit protesters took to the streets of London in October. A few years ago, millions of Egyptians held marches and demonstrations to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, and in the Arab Spring of 2012, tens of millions of protesters took to the streets throughout the region, often at great personal cost. Say what you want about these protesters or the causes they espouse, but no one can accuse them of apathy. The anti-war protesters in America 50 years ago didn’t have all the answers. They weren’t always organized, unified or even successful (the Vietnam War lasted another six years after the Moratorium March). But those passionate Americans can teach us something today. They refused to sit idly by and complain about the causes they cared deeply about. They converted their convictions into actions. More importantly, they injected hope for millions of Americans during a time of profound despair and, in doing so, they set the gold standard for social activism that we should honor and seek to emulate today. Don’t these current times demand nothing less? Mark Jacobs is the AIPAC Michigan chair for African American Outreach, a co-director of the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity, a board member of the Jewish Community Relations Council-AJC and the director of Jewish Family Service’s Legal Referral Committee.
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he rise of white nationalism is behind the rising number of anti-Semitic incidents in America today, according to Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism. Segal was in Detroit last week to speak to the media during an annual event of the JCRC/ AJC. “White supremacy is resurgent. It poses a clear and present danger and could be considered a public health crisis,” said Segal, who discussed the increase in extremist spaces on the internet during his talk and how extremists have “weaponized” social media on freefor-all platforms such as Gab, 8Chan and Twitch. Segal said 43 percent of anti-Semitic incidents
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recorded by the ADL are linked to extremist movements. White supremacist propaganda such as “Make America White Again” and “White Lives Matter” are increasingly common in the public sphere, he said. The ADL also tracks lesser-known hate speech, such as “1488,” which is a combination of two popular white supremacist numeric symbols. The first symbol is 14, which is shorthand for the “14 Words” slogan: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” The second is 88, which stands for “Heil Hitler” (H being the 8th letter of the alphabet). Together, the numbers form a general endorsement of white supremacy and its beliefs. More than 200 similar hateful symbols can be
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) launched Translate Hate, a digital resource aimed at enabling Americans of all backgrounds to expose anti-Semitic tropes and take action against hate speech. “From Washington to the world wide web, hate is on the rise and needs to be countered,” said Daniel Elbaum, AJC chief advocacy officer. Presented in the form of an illustrated glossary, Translate Hate
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found in the ADL’s “Hate on Display” database. “Every year there’s been a steady increase of their usage,” Segal said. “White supremacists feel emboldened — and comfortable.” According to the ADL “H.E.A.T. Map,” which uses data to track hate, extremism and terrorism for its annual report of Anti-Semitic Incidents in the U.S. (which includes anti-Semitic harassment, vandalism and assault), there were 1,879 anti-Semitic incidents reported in 2018, the third highest year on record since it began tracking data in 1979. Segal also spoke to a crowd of about 70 people who braved the season’s first big snowstorm at an event sponsored by ADL-Michigan, JCRC/AJC and Temple Shir Shalom.
lays out 25 terms and expressions that are examples of anti-Semitism, explains the anti-Semitic nature of certain words or phrases when used in specific contexts, and provides brief histories of their harmful usage. The resource also offers users the tools and information they need to report hate speech, whether it is encountered online or in everyday settings. Individuals are encouraged to use
HATE CRIMES REMAIN HIGH The day following Segal’s appearance, on Nov. 12, the FBI released hate crime statistics from 2018. The number is down slightly from 2017 to 2018, according to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s annual Hate Crime Statistics report. Law enforcement reported 7,120 hate crimes to the FBI’s UCR Program last year, down slightly from the 7,175 incidents reported the previous year. According to the report, 7,036 single-bias hate crimes were reported to UCR in 2018 (431 in Michigan). From those incidents, there were 8,646 victims. The majority of the reported hate crimes were motivated by race, ethnicity or ancestry bias (59.6 percent). Additional biases included religion (18.7 percent), sexual orientation (16.7 percent), gender identity (2.2 percent), disability (2.1 percent) and gender (0.7 percent). Of the 1,617 victims of anti-religious hate crimes, 56.9 percent were victims of crimes motivated by offenders’ anti-Jewish bias, followed by 14.6 percent who were victims of anti-Islamic (Muslim) bias.
the hashtag #TranslateHate when speaking out against usage of any of the terms in the Translate Hate glossary. “Everyone, not only Jews, should take responsibility in confronting the menace of anti-Semitism,” Elbaum said. “Translate Hate educates the general population to identify anti-Semitic language and images, and to call them out without hesitation.”
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Connecting Past and Future
JHSM Traveling Trunk show introduces students to Detroit’s Jewish roots. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER PHOTOGRAPHY BY ELAYNE GROSS TOP: Meeting a pioneer fur trader at the Detroit River. RIGHT: Rabbi Josh Bennett makes Shabbat candles at William G. Milliken State Park after learning about Detroit’s first Jewish settlers.
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he Jewish Historical Society of Michigan invited congregational educators to take a walk back in time just as their students will as about 25 attended a Traveling Trunk tour of Jewish historical Detroit. The hands-on trip, which has been enhanced and improved upon over the last several years, will teach today’s Jewish schoolchildren to take pride in their ancestors’ contributions to the past and look forward to how they can contribute to the city’s future, according to JHSM staff. The tour was led by docent and historian Dr. Cheryl Blau, who also wrote and conceptualized the accompanying Traveling Trunk workbook with a team of historians,
educators and volunteers. The book has elements of a journal, scrapbook and textbook so by the end of the lessons — taught in the winter to prepare for a spring trip — the student has a keepsake that includes a section for recording their family history and a listing of Jewish agencies to help them stay connected to the Jewish community. According to Blau, enhancements to this project have been six years in the making, meeting with the community’s education directors and area historical resources to make the experience as hands-on as possible. “We want our students to take pride in how Michigan’s Jewish history came about,” said Blau as she guided continued on page 16
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LEFT: JHSM supporters Michael and Donna Maddin, JHSM Executive Director Catherine Cangany, JHSM educator Tova Schreiber who played a 1910s Eastern Market peddler during the tour, JHSM supporters Shari and Stan Finsilver, and JHSM Traveling Trunk curriculum designer and docent Cheryl Blau. BOTTOM: “Sylvia” selling apples at the Eastern Market. continued from page 14
educators through on-the-bus lessons. “We want students to take pride in learning how the Jewish community in Michigan came to be, and how Jewish values brought from the Old World shaped our history and the identity we still carry today.” During the tour, teachers met with actors dressed in period costumes. At his campsite along the Detroit River at William G. Milliken State Park, pioneer Ezekiel Solomon spoke about his adventures delivering supplies to the British during the French and Indian Wars in the 1700s. At the Eastern Market, Sylvia, a young teen from the early 20th century, was the first of her family to be sent to America from her shtetl in Russia in hopes to earn enough for the rest of her family to make the passage. There, she sold the teachers apples for a penny. Teachers were then treated to a kosher hot dog lunch at the site of the old Tiger Stadium, where they ran the bases now used by the Police Athletic League and were told stories by a young Hank Greenberg who had to choose between playing in the World Series in 1934 or observing Yom Kippur. Sitting side by side at an outdoor picnic table making beeswax Shabbat candles were Robbie Terman, archivist for the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, and Jeanne Weiner, JHSM volunteer and a project adviser for the trip and workbook. “It’s unusual for kids to be interested in history,” Weiner said. “But when they get older, they wish they had talked and interviewed their grandparents and parents about what life was like for them.
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We hope this trip will inspire our Jewish students to engage and go back to discover their family history.” At their last stop, educators learned about the history of the community’s Jewish congregations — from the first founded in 1850 to their migration to the suburbs in recent times — as they examined the decaying architecture of the sanctuary of the Beth El Transformation Center on Woodward Avenue. Educator Linda Shapiro marveled at the ornate ceiling full of Jewish symbolism, Hebrew texts from the Torah and murals depicting moments in Jewish history, just as she did when she attended pre-confirmation classes there.Rabbi Arianna Gordon, director of the Tyner Religious school at Temple Israel, said about 100 sixth-graders
will participate in the trip this year. “We appreciate the enhancements JHSM has made to build family and multigenerational connections into the curriculum,” she said. “Now, when kids come to Detroit with parents and grandparents, they can better appreciate its vibrant past and how, as Jews, we are connected to that past as well as the city’s future.” The program, supported by grant seed money the first three years, has been free to area synagogues. With the seed money gone, JHSM is seeking supporters to sustain the program. The JHSM board decided the program can no longer be offered free starting Jan. 1. To help fund Traveling Trunk, contact JHSM Executive Director Catherine Cangany at (248) 432-5403 or ccangany@michjewishhistory.org.
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Morse’s grandmother’s death notice
s the self-proclaimed historian of her family, former Detroiter Rita Morse has always been interested in her family’s roots. As the child of Holocaust survivors, however, Morse (nee Jerusalem) always believed those roots weren’t very deep. But during a recent trip to Poland as a participant in the 2019 International March of the Living, not only was she able to locate her grandmother’s and great-grandparents’ graves in the Lodz cemetery, she was also overwhelmed with the discovery of ancestral ties to a renowned 18th-century Chasidic rabbi, the Strykower Rebbe, Ephraim Fishel, known as the “Pillar of Fire.” Morse, who with husband, Marc, now lives in Hollywood, Fla., knew her father Bernard was from an Orthodox family in Lodz and was imprisoned in the Lodz Ghetto, where he lost his wife and 6-year-old son. Morse’s mother, Adina, was born in Czechoslovakia and, during WWII, she worked in a forced-labor camp in Riga, Latvia, and managed to escape the Nazis during a death march. After the war, they both ended up in a displaced persons camp in Austria, where they met and married. Then, with assistance from family in America who were elated that relatives had survived the Holocaust, Morse’s parents also managed to get out of Europe and, as passengers on a military ship, arrived in New York in late November.
Morse’s great-grandfather’s headstone
“My parents’ first meal in America was Thanksgiving dinner,” she noted with emotion. “That’s why Thanksgiving is a very important holiday in my family.” UNCOVERING A SURPRISE Other family facts helped Morse delve deeper into her history. “I knew in order to avoid the Polish draft, my father’s older brother Leo emigrated to the U.S. after World War I and eventually settled in Detroit,” she said. “In communicating with family still in Poland, Leo found out his mother (my grandmother Sara) died in May 1939 and was buried in the Lodz cemetery. He received a copy of her death notice, written in Polish and Yiddish.” It was when her cousins sent her this notice her interest in finding her grandmother’s grave was piqued. This search would coincide with another activity she had already signed up for: the March of the Living, which took place April 30-May 12. The event is an annual educational program bringing people from around the world to Poland and Israel to study the history of the Holocaust and march down the same path leading from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day — Yom HaShoah — as a tribute to all victims of the Holocaust. “I joined the march because, being a child of survivors, I wanted to feel empowered by the number of Jews continued on page 20
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who come to Poland and the death camps to memorialize those who died and show we rose up from the ashes and rebuilt,” she said. Prior to her trip, Morse tried to locate her grandmother’s burial site with the cemetery. When she arrived at the graveyard, a helpful worker was able to find the spot. “My grandmother was buried at 1 p.m. on May 3, 1939. I found her grave on the same date, May 3 – at 1 p.m.! It just happened to be the day our tour was scheduled to go to the cemetery.” And that was only the first of the fantastic things Morse would experience. “We continued searching the grounds and then found my great-grandmother’s grave. I’m named for her: Rivka Esther.
“Then, a Chasidic man came up to us and started speaking in Polish to the cemetery worker,” Morse continued. “I noticed he was carrying a bag from Israel, so I spoke to him in Hebrew. He wanted to know why I was visiting this grave, so I showed him the death notice for my grandmother. He got very excited and asked, ‘Are you a Frommer?’ (a family name). I said yes. He grew more excited and asked: ‘Do you know who your family is? Come with me!’ “He brought me to a huge headstone and explained it was the grave of my great-grandfather Avraham Yitzchak Frommer. He showed me the words written on the stone indicated that Avraham Yitzchak was the great-grandson of the famous tzadik (righteous person), Rav Ephraim Fishel.
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“Two more religious men came by, and the Chasid tells them who I am!” Morse added. “I found out they’re involved with an organization that’s restoring the gravesites of influential rabbis throughout Europe, and they’ve begun work on an ohel (a structure built around a grave indicating the deceased’s prominence) for Rav Fishel!” Coming from a distinguished ancestor has definitely impressed upon Morse the meaning of family continuity.
“Prior to discovering this important ancestry, my mother always told me her emunah, her belief in God and her Jewish spirit, is what gave her strength during the worst of times. I, too, have that strong emunah and spirit. “I feel a responsibility to carry on the legacy as a matriarch of this very important dynasty,” Morse said. “I am thrilled about the ohel being built. I’m following and supporting the process and hope to visit the ohel upon its completion.”
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Ann Arbor Hebrew Day School receives a $1.8 million pledge. JENNIFER ROSENBERG SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
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ast month, Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor (HDS) secured a pledge from an anonymous donor for a gift of $1.8 million, the largest donation the school has received since opening its doors in 1975, and it will support all aspects of the school’s operation. The pledge marks the latest in a series of fundraising successes for Hebrew Day School, which has received generous support in recent years from the Jeffrey Farber Family Foundation, the David and Nanci Farber Family Foundation, Mickey and Debbie Stern, the Allen Foundation and others. Gil Seinfeld, president of the HDS Board, shared news of the gift with HDS families and staff shortly after the school year began. “The magnitude of this gift is, of course, extraordinary, but the instincts underlying it are familiar. It reflects deep appreciation for the value of Jewish education — an understanding of the fact that day schools have a profound and durable effect on their students’ sense of Jewish identity and of the central role day schools can play in an entire community’s Jewish experience.” Seinfeld noted that this gift “will help scores of Jewish families in Ann Arbor to partake of the warm, proud, deeply connected Jewish community [his] family has enjoyed since moving to Ann Arbor.” Greg Gafni-Pappas, immediate past president of the
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HDS Board, said, “This is extraordinarily exciting news for our school. It’s no secret that there has been a decline in day school enrollment across the country in recent years, and that, of course, can create significant financial challenges for schools. “We have confronted some of these challenges at HDS, but we have been able to continue to supply an excellent product to our families because of generous support from our families, the Ann Arbor Jewish community, especially the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, and dedicated supporters of Jewish education elsewhere in Michigan and throughout the United States. This gift builds on that tradition and will enable us to continue our important work.” Sam Hendren, who has served on the HDS Board since 2016 and sits on its executive committee, emphasized that the benefits of this gift will extend far beyond Hebrew Day School families. “There is ample evidence,” she explained, “of the relationship between Jewish education and having a strong, positive sense of Jewish identity as an adult. Day school graduates are more likely to be vibrant participants in, and leaders of, their Jewish communities when they grow older. So, the consequences of this gift will ripple far into the future and far beyond Ann Arbor, as our students go off to lead engaged Jewish lives wherever they choose to settle down.”
State lawmakers and others gather around menorah outside the Michigan Capitol during a past holiday season.
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ichigan State Sen. Jeremy Moss proposed a resolution on Tuesday, Nov. 12, that would allow a menorah to permanently share a spot on the Capitol lawn with a Christmas tree during the holiday season. Currently, the Michigan Capitol Commission allows a menorah and other religious symbols space on the Capitol lawn, but they must be no larger than 4 feet by 4 feet and be removed each night and re-installed each morning. Moss calls it unfair that a Christmas tree stays outside the Capitol from November through Christmas, but a menorah must be removed by volunteers each evening. Also, the rules prevent a big menorah, like the one used in Menorah in the D, from being installed on the lawn. The Detroit News reports
that the Michigan Capitol Commission’s vice chairman John Truscott says the reason a menorah is treated differently from a Christmas tree is because the “Christmas tree is a secondary religious symbol, and a menorah is a primary religious symbol.” Senate leadership sent Moss’ resolution to a committee instead of holding a vote. According to Amber McCann, spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clark Lake, he’s “not inclined to do anything different than we do now in terms of policy with regard to religious symbols.” Moss said Lansing Mayor Andy Schor, who is Jewish, would like to light the menorah along with the Christmas tree during Lansing’s Silver Bells in the City holiday event on Nov. 22. But unless the rule changes, it will have to be removed that night.
MENORAH IN THE D 2019 This year’s festivities begin at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, at Campus Martius in Detroit with the menorah lighting at 5 p.m. The annual event, put on by The Shul in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit, is a family favorite with entertainment and refreshments, a marshmallow roasting pit, strolling entertainment, face painting,
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Farmington Hills native continues her advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community through her passion for politics. CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER
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milie Weingarden, 17, has her sights set on learning about politics and developing inclusivity in the Jewish community. Weingarden, a junior at Frankel Jewish Academy (FJA), became interested in politics while attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Emilie Weingarden Conference in Washington, D.C., last year with other students from FJA. The goal of AIPAC is to improve relations between the United States and Israel while maintaining bipartisanship. Weingarden’s participation with AIPAC continued this year when she was one of seven high school students selected to go to AIPAC’s Progressive Student Retreat in Washington, D.C., in early October. “We were involved in conversations about the relationship between the United States and Israel and the issues that Israel is facing,” Weingarden said. “We heard from a lot of speakers, including allies of AIPAC and even some Israelis. There was even one Palestinian woman who previously lived in the West Bank.” Attending both AIPAC events has elevated Weingarden’s leadership experience, helping her to strengthen an organization CORRIE COLF
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she co-founded with her friend Jack Harris called Everyone for Equality. Weingarden and Harris started the organization at FJA last year. Everyone for Equality is a LGBTQ+ alliance group that aims to create a safe environment for those in the community. “The retreat this year focused a lot on LGBTQ+ communities in both America and Israel,” Weingarden said. “I was able to get contact information from speakers in the LGBTQ+ communities from both here and in Israel and learn how we can form a more inclusive environment at FJA. “Our goal is to make everyone feel equal and safe. I’m thankful I had the opportunity to attend the AIPAC Progressive Student Retreat so I could grow my knowledge and apply it effectively.” In addition to serving as the co-president of Everyone for Equality, Weingarden also sits on the UMatter board as an ambassador. UMatter is an organization within Friendship Circle that encourages teens to end the stigma surrounding mental health challenges. Weingarden resides in Farmington Hills with her parents, Meredith and Adam, and attends B’nai Israel Synagogue.
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As our gift to you, we are offering 30% off menorahs through the end of December. Shop more Chanukah gifts during our pop-up Winter Boutiques - Wednesday, December 11th, 10 am - 3:30 pm. Gift Shop hours: Sunday (religious school days) 9:30 to noon, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 3 to 6 (special appointments available) Temple Israel | 5725 Walnut Lake Road | West Bloomfield, MI 48323 248-661-5700 | temple-israel.org/Sisterhood
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Latke Vodka Set for Nov. 30 NEXTGen Detroit’s Latke Vodka is making another move down Woodward and popping up at the Garden Theater this year. Don’t miss Jewish Detroit’s 15-year-long tradition of meeting up with hundreds of your closest friends the Saturday night after Thanksgiving at the biggest holiday party of the season, taking place Saturday, Nov. 30, from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. at the Garden Theater, 3929 Woodward Ave., Detroit. New this year: Play all your
favorites at the unlimited arcade and watch Detroit muralist Jesse Kassel paint live. Do good. Party hard. $18 of every ticket sold goes toward taking care of the needs of the Jewish people and building a vibrant Jewish future in Detroit, in Israel and around the world. The event is for 21+ only. Cash bar. Dietary laws observed. For more info and to register, visitLVintheD.org or contact Nikki at baron@ jfmd.org.
Cancer Thrivers To Host Event to Learn Kids Kicking Cancer Breathing Techniques The Cancer Thrivers Network for Jewish Women presents “Breath Brake Seminar: Learn How to Live Longer and Better” Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 1-2:30 p.m. at Jewish Family Service in West Bloomfield. Come learn focused breathing and martial arts relaxation techniques
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taught by CNN Hero “Rabbi G.” (Elimelech Goldberg) using the lessons of the powerful young warriors of Kids Kicking Cancer. Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP to Sarah Strasberger at (248) 5922267 or sstrasberger@ jfsdetroit.org by Nov. 27.
Discard Unwanted Electronics Easily at JVS’ ‘Green Monday’ Drop-Off Day An electronic recycling business created at JVS Human Services to provide jobs for people with barriers to employment has reached a milestone: more than 1 million pounds of electronic parts have been recycled. To celebrate, on Monday, Dec. 2, eCycle Opportunities will have a special drop-off day for the public to discard their unwanted electronic items after Black Friday shopping. “Green Monday” gives people the opportunity to dispose of these items safely and securely, while supporting the thousands of Metro Detroiters assisted by JVS Human Services every year. Drop off is at the agency’s Southfield location, at 29699 Southfield Road, at the south side of the building from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ECycle accepts most electronics for free, and will waive its regular disposal fees for TVs, CRT monitors
and desktop printers during the event. Paul Blatt, executive vice president and COO of JVS Human Services, said, “ECycle is a venture that has proved successful on many levels. While creating a new revenue stream to support our services for people with disabilities, we are also taking care of the planet and creating jobs. We see it as a win-win all around.” ECycle has a a drop off for the general public every Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; but, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, there will be extended drop-off hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. to accommodate Cyber Monday shoppers who may not have had a chance to drop off their items. Anything from computers and cellphones, to printers, TVs, fax machines, servers, routers and many other electronic items can be recycled.
Learn About Impeachment Everyone is talking impeachment these days, but many people are confused about what it actually means. Because impeachment only happened twice in U.S. history (to Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton with Richard Nixon avoiding near-certain impeachment by resigning), it’s not the sort of thing you get a lot of details on in high school history classes. That is why Fems for Change, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization engaged in community education, is sponsoring a civic lecture on the topic. Speaker Robert A. Sedler, distinguished professor of constitutional law at Wayne
State University, has deep and broad knowledge of this subject matter. He will address some of the most commonly asked questions and concerns the public wants to know about this dramatic and important legal event. The program takes place Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Gerry Kulick Community Center, 1201 Livernois, Ferndale. Cost is $15 per person with limited seating. Register at Eventbrite: Impeachment of a President or go to femsforchange.org/ events. For information, contact lrosscontemporary@ comcast.net or call (248) 892-2985.
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Jews in the D | faces&places ORT’s Annual Rub-aDub fundraiser Aug. 20 at Franklin Hills Country Club drew more than 500 guests and raised more than $800,000, making it the most financially successful Rub-aDub in its 44-year history. Rub-a-Dub honoree Bubba Urdan was presented with the Hermelin Legacy Award for leading the way with his innovative thinking, steadfast dedication and passion for ORT’s mission of impacting lives through education. This event also included a silent auction, a live auction with Nate Forbes as auctioneer and a raffle with the grand prize of a $5,000
gift card to the Somerset Collection. Additionally, an on-site appeal raised more than $133,000 in support of urgent renovations needed within the Kfar Silver Youth Village in Israel that educates more than 600 at-risk ORT students. This year’s event was planned by co-chairs Meredith Colburn, David Gans and Matt Ran, along with a diverse planning committee of more than 60 members. For more on ORT, call (248) 723-8860, visit ortmichigan.org or email nmiller@ORTmichigan. org.
Heart 2 Hart-Detroit held its seventh annual fundraiser this month at the historic site of the old Tiger Stadium. The theme was “Hometown Heroes” and, in keeping with the venue, featured Detroit Tiger greats Willie Horton and Mickey Lolich, who were happy to chat with the many fans, tell stories, take pictures and sign memorabilia. Heart 2 Hart is a grassroots organization that serves the homeless in Detroit, distributing meals, clothing, toiletries and referral services. Three times a week, with no excep-
tions, it follows a route that begins at Heart Plaza, where people regularly line up as sometimes it’s their only meal of the day. The organization has served more than 100,000 meals since its inception. The event, emceed by Alan “Big Al” Muskovitz, also featured a gentleman whom Heart 2 Hart had met on the streets. The man has since turned his life around and credits the organization for saving his life. Information about the group can be found at h2hd.org or by calling (248) 884-4434.
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Susan and Rabbi Harold Loss
CLOCKWISE: Rub-a-Dub auctioneer Nate Forbes. Marcie Orley with Rub-aDub Committee member and National ORT America Board member Andi Wolfe. Matt Lester of Princeton Management, Rub-a-Dub Award sponsor, presents honoree Bubba Urdan with the Hermelin ORT Legacy Award.
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Mark Jacobs, Willie Horton and board member Lisa Zeldes
Alan Muskovitz, Mark Jacobs and Heart 2 Hart founder Larry Oleinick
Mark Jacobs, center, with Tigers greats Mickey Lolich and Willie Horton
Jews in the D | faces&places More than 450 people recently attended United Hatzalah of Israel’s event featuring cast members of the Netflix hit Shtisel. Moderators Dr. Joel Kahn and Mimi Markofsky led the audience through an insightful and fun dialogue with Dov Glikman (Shulem), Neta Riskin (Giti), Ayelet Zurer (Elisheva) and writer/producer Ori Elon. Cari Margulis Immerman, United Hatzalah of Israel Midwest director, showed a powerful video produced by Muslim Israeli blogger NAS
Daily. NAS has millions of followers on social media platforms, and he wanted the world to see how United Hatzalah’s 6,000 volunteer EMTs — Jews, Christians, Muslims, men and women — work together to reach those in need, “uber-style� at no charge. To illustrate how this fast response saves more lives, Kahn shared how the ambucycle sponsored in memory of his father enabled a medic to restore life to a young toddler who had just minutes earlier swallowed deadly chemicals.
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Libby Newman, an ardent supporter of United Hatzalah of Israel, poses with a Hatzalah ambucycle.
Cobi Smith and Jaden Jubas, Farber Hebrew Day School students, were honored at the event and had a special opportunity to meet with the cast.
Bill and Michelle Sider, who flank the cast, were among those who provided lifesaving equipment to United Hatzalah of Israel.
Writer/producer Ori Elon shares a funny insight about the plot line that delights the cast: Ayelet Zurer (Elisheva), Neta Riskin (Giti) and Dov Glickman (Shulem).
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CONNECT WITH MSU MARK YOUR CALENDAR = MSU Winter Arts and Crafts Show Dec. 7-8 The MSU Union will host more than 120 crafters and artisans at the 56th annual Winter Arts and Crafts Show on campus. uabevents.com/wintershow = Jonathan Biss Plays Beethoven Jan. 8 and 10 These very special performances are part of the Jewish American pianist’s years-long celebration of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, recording all 32 sonatas and performing them around the world. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center. whartoncenter.com = Last Shabbat of the semester Dec. 6, 6-9 p.m. Celebrate Shabbat at MSU Hillel. Services start at 6 p.m., followed by a free dinner at 7 p.m. The Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center is located at 360 Charles Street in East Lansing. msuhillel.org/events
Teamwork and vision drove Minskoff Pavilion philanthropy Edward Minskoff’s $30 million gift to the Edward J. Minskoff Pavilion at the Eli Broad College of Business was the largest single gift from an individual to Michigan State University in its history. But many other gifts helped make this $62 million building, funded 100% through philanthropy, a reality. Eighty-five named spaces within the Minskoff Pavilion reflect support from more than 1,700 alumni, corporate partners and prominent members of the business community — many from greater Detroit. One such alumnus is Larry Gaynor, who along with his wife, Teresa, made a $3 million gift to create the Larry and Teresa Gaynor Entrepreneurship Lab, which serves as home base for the Broad College’s entrepreneurial curriculum and related activities. In addition, several Detroit-area companies made gifts that are recognized throughout the building:
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J The Deloitte Interview Suite houses 20 small interview rooms where students can participate in on-campus interviews for jobs and internships. J The MarxModa/Herman Miller Cares Recruiter Lounge will be a place for recruiters and employers to work or regroup between on-campus interviews. J Cisco outfitted the building with the latest collaboration technology. J The PwC Office supports the Master of Science in Data Analytics program. These donors and corporate partners saw the value in building a facility that empowers the next generation of business leaders. Individual ribbon cuttings that officially opened the named spaces were part of the Sept. 27 Minskoff Pavilion ribbon-cutting celebration. e
J A 5-to-1 employee gift match through the Lear Corporation Charitable Foundation led to a $1.5 million gift, and the naming of the Lear Corporation Lobby. J Plante Moran’s partnership with the Charles Schwab Foundation supports the Broad College’s new Financial Planning and Wealth Management Program.
Larry and Teresa Gaynor donated $3 million to create the Larry and Teresa Gaynor Entrepreneurship Lab, a space for workshops, coaching and mentoring for student entrepreneurs.
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BUILDING FOR TOMORROW New MSU facilities empower research discoveries and student success Many of the cranes and construction barriers on Michigan State University’s campus are giving way to shiny new buildings and renovated spaces that point toward the MSU of the future. These facilities not only accommodate a growing student and faculty population, but they also provide spaces that put collaboration and innovation first. The following are some of MSU’s new and upcoming additions.
Powering STEM education When completed in the fall of 2020, the 117,000-square-foot STEM Teaching and Learning Facility will house classrooms and laboratory spaces that will support introductory courses for biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, physics and engineering. The central structure of the new building is the former Shaw Lane Power Plant. The project renovations will keep as much of the old building as possible to provide student studio space and a vibrant commons area, as well as a new home for MSU’s HUB for Innovation in Learning and Technology.
Accelerating next-generation nuclear science Above and below the surface of MSU’s campus, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams is taking shape as the world’s most powerful rare isotope accelerator,
The STEM Teaching and Learning Facility, expected to be completed in fall 2020, will house 21st-century classrooms and laboratory spaces that will support gateway STEM courses.
supporting the mission of the Office of Nuclear Physics in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. This discovery machine will power next-generation nuclear science experiments exploring rare isotopes — the forms of elements not normally found in nature. FRIB will provide researchers with more than 1,000 rare isotopes never before produced on Earth.
MSU was selected by the DOE-SC to build and operate the $730 million scientific user facility that spans more than 550,000 square feet. The university is home to the nation’s No. 1 nuclear physics graduate program, according to U.S. News & World Report. When it’s operational in 2022, FRIB will power discoveries that will lead to applications for society as well as educate the next generation of nuclear scientists who will advance the benefits of rare isotope science for generations to come. Continued on page 2
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Creating collaboration space for future business leaders Named after alumnus Edward J. Minskoff, the Minskoff Pavilion opened this fall, covering 100,000 square feet dedicated to enhancing the student experience through its design around community, collaboration and teamwork. Connected to the current business college facilities, the pavilion features collaborative and immersive learning environments; a glass-walled atrium with panoramic views of the Red Cedar River; and an expanded career center to serve students, recruiters and corporate partners.
feet of new space to the existing Music Building and renovate another 8,500 square feet in MSU music facilities, expected to be finished in early 2020. The College of Music’s international reputation for excellence in the arts will be elevated by the new spaces, which will enable the college to continue its recruitment of top faculty and students. The renovation and expansion include acoustically advanced rehearsal spaces, additional practice rooms, a modern and high-tech lecture hall, faculty studios and offices, a recording and multimedia room and public gathering spaces.
Taking music spaces up an octave Taking center stage on West Circle Drive is the Billman Music Pavilion, named after lead donor and alumnus James K. Billman Jr., M.D. The $40 million project will add 37,000 square
Supply chain program dominates national rankings Michigan State University earned prominent recognition in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, America’s Best Colleges 2020. For the ninth consecutive year, MSU’s supply chain management undergraduate program ranked No. 1 in the nation. Housed in the Eli Broad College of Business, supply chain management also ranks No. 1 in U.S. News & World Report’s national graduate program rankings, surpassing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology three years ago. “Academic rankings are a critical factor in our college’s reputation,” says Sanjay Gupta, dean
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Expanding a neighborhood of scientific research The Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building plays a key role in
of the Broad College of Business. “For nine years and counting, our supply chain management department has been recognized with this honor, earned through our innovative curriculum and research that position both students and faculty for success.”
attracting new faculty members hired to support critical research areas. The 170,000-square-foot facility provides a competitive advantage for landing multidisciplinary grants, such as those from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Situated on the south side of MSU’s campus, the five-story building, which welcomed occupants in September, comprises wet bench laboratories, computational research space, offices and collaborative space. Located adjacent to the Bio Engineering Facility and Life Sciences Building and other core research facilities, the new building plays an integral role in MSU’s development of a neighborhood of scientific research in the biomedical and biological sciences. e
Other notable MSU rankings among U.S. public universities include: J No. 27 for undergraduate engineering program J No. 19 for “Most Innovative Schools” J No. 21 for “Best Undergraduate Teaching”
The Broad College is ranked No. 12 among public institutions in the undergraduate business school rankings.
J No. 30 for “Best Colleges for Veterans” MSU ranks third in the Big Ten for predicted versus actual graduation rate — predicted being 70% and actual being 81% — and for the third straight year, MSU improved on the six-year graduation rate and is now at a record high of 81%. MSU also was listed once again for having stellar opportunities among the three categories of learning communities, service learning and study abroad. e
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MSU Hillel deepens leadership and learning opportunities for students Professionals at MSU Hillel are working to build a diverse and welcoming community for thousands of Jewish students, helping them develop leadership skills that will enable them to make an impact on Jewish communities after they graduate. With support from several private family foundations in southeast Michigan, MSU Hillel is deepening its commitment to Jewish leadership and learning by increasing training opportunities for future Jewish leaders. In addition to retaining top-tier professional talent to mentor and guide students, the Jewish Leadership and Learning Initiative focuses on training and empowering emerging leaders with the skills, tools and opportunities to strengthen Jewish campus life in their communities.
Can solar tech kill cancer cells? Scientific breakthroughs don’t always happen in labs. For Michigan State University researchers Sophia and Richard Lunt, many of their breakthroughs happen during neighborhood walks. The married couple’s step-by-step approach has revealed — for the first time — a new way to detect and attack cancer cells using technology traditionally reserved for solar power. The results, published recently in Scientific Reports, showcase dramatic improvements in light-activated fluorescent dyes for disease diagnosis, image-guided surgery and site-specific tumor treatment. “We’ve tested this concept in breast, lung cancer and skin cancer cell lines and mouse models, and so far it’s all looking remarkably promising,” says Sophia, MSU biochemistry and molecular biologist.
Previously, leadership and educational programming by MSU Hillel existed as separate efforts, but the new initiative will change the trajectory of MSU Hillel’s programming by fully integrating leadership opportunities and Jewish education. “We can provide retreats, internships, multiweek learning fellowships and other leadership training in ways that all students benefit,” says Nate Strauss, director of Jewish student life at MSU Hillel. The objective is to educate Jewish students and prepare emerging leaders to build and nurture communities during their time on campus and after graduation.
Members of the Jewish Student Union gathered at Tamarack Camps for their fall leadership retreat, which focused on bonding, leadership development and community building.
“We want to expand learning opportunities while empowering emerging leaders,” says Strauss. “Through the Jewish Leadership and Learning Initiative, our goal is twofold:
provide student leaders with tools to test and grow their leadership skills, while also enhancing Jewish education through meaningful active learning opportunities.” e
While the cancer applications hold the most possibility, their findings have potential beyond the field of oncology, says Richard, the Johansen Crosby Endowed Professor of chemical engineering and materials science.
were able to control them in a range of cancer studies. Coaxing the nanoparticles into the nontoxic zone resulted in enhanced imaging, while pushing them into the phototoxic — or light-activated — range produced effective on-site tumor treatment.
“This work has the potential to transform fluorescent probes for broad societal impact through applications ranging from biomedicine to photocatalysis — the acceleration of chemical reactions with light,” he says. “Our solar research inspired this cancer project, and in turn, focusing on cancer cells has advanced our solar cell research; it’s been an amazing feedback loop.” Prior to the Lunts’ combined effort, fluorescent dyes used for therapeutics and diagnostics, aka “theranostics,” had shortcomings, such as low brightness, high toxicity to cells, poor tissue penetration and unwanted side effects. By optoelectronically tuning organic salt nanoparticles used as theranostics, the Lunts
Sophia had long studied metabolic pathways unique to cancer cells. It was when the Lunts were discussing solar glass during a walk that they made the connection: Molecules active in the solar cells might also be used to more effectively target and kill cancer cells. The results were worth the hike. Today, Richard designs the molecules, MSU chemist Babak Borhan synthesizes and improves them and Sophia tests their photoactive inventions in cancer cell lines and mouse models. The Lunts have applied for a patent for their work, and they’re looking forward to eventually pushing their findings through clinical trials. e NOVEMBER 21 • 2019
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outhfield native Justin Prinstein has been enamored with baseball since a young age. He was a scholarship player at George Washington University, made his professional debut overseas, graduated from University of Detroit-Mercy’s law school and was a major league scout for the Baltimore Orioles organization. Now, Prinstein, 35, is using his baseball knowledge to enhance Detroit’s
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youth. Prinstein is the executive director and founder of International Stars Baseball, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The idea of the International Stars Baseball Academy came to Prinstein when he was in law school trying to find a place to train in Detroit. The only option he could find that had the netting and space he needed was at the Boll Family YMCA in Detroit. In 2012, Prinstein decided Jason Boschan’s quest to run a half-marathon in every state in honor of his late grandfather took him to Lincoln, Neb., on Nov. 3. Boschan, formerly of Bloomfield Hills, was one of more than 6,500 runners who competed in the Good Life Halfsy in Nebraska. That was half-marathon No. 23 of 50 for Boschan, whose Run4Papa effort raises funds for Alzheimer’s disease research. Papa is Boschan’s late grandfather, Dr. Louis Heyman of Bloomfield Hills, who suffered from dementia before passing
he wanted kids in Detroit to be able to play the sport he was passionate about. He began to host weekly baseball clinics at the YMCA that were free and open to kids ranging from ages 5-14. During this time, Prinstein met Larry White, a maintenance man at the YMCA, who helped him run the clinics. Prinstein’s father, Jay, also became active in the weekly clinics. From there, the organization continued to grow. International Stars decided to enter a team comprised of kids from their winter baseball clinics into the 2013 Detroit Police Athletic League (PAL)/ RBI summer league. White was named the head coach of this away in 2013 at age 88. Boschan self-funds his trips to races. All the donations to Run4Papa go to Northwestern University’s Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease. Several runners besides Boschan ran the race in Nebraska with “R4P” written on their hands. Boschan is one of about 1,000 people who has run a marathon on all seven continents and run in all six major marathons — Boston, London, Chicago, New York, Berlin and Tokyo.
team and serves as the academy director. Today, International Stars has four teams playing leagues during the spring, summer and fall. This year, their 14u team won the Detroit PAL summer league. Prinstein also has had a couple of the teams finish in the top places in the Detroit Legends League, which takes place in the spring and fall. “We have turned our program from kids who have never picked up a bat before to one of the most competitive city teams by far,” Prinstein said. “That’s a testament to our coaching staff and our kids.” Although Prinstein is the sole executive director for International Stars Baseball Academy, the academy wouldn’t be where it is today without the support from Coach White. “He goes out of his way to mentor these kids. He’s like everyone’s uncle,” Prinstein said. “He doesn’t get paid for this; he does it out of the goodness of his heart. His sons, Layton and Landon, and White himself are on the ground picking these kids up from
Josh Nodler scored his first collegiate goal. The Michigan State University freshman center from Oak Park put the puck in the net Nov. 2 during the third period of the Spartans’ 6-2 loss to No. 4-ranked Cornell at Munn Ice Arena. It was a power play goal, a one-timer from the right circle, and it came with the Spartans down 5-0. “(Scoring a goal) is definitely a weight off my shoulder and it was nice to do it in front of the home crowd,” Nodler told the State News. MSU coach Danton Cole is expecting a lot from Nodler even though Nodler is a freshman. The Berkley High School graduate and 2019 Jewish News High School Athlete of the Year was a fifth-round choice of the Calgary Flames in the NHL draft this summer.
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14u team wins Detroit PAL Summer League Championship.
their homes and are making sure they get dinner after the games.” Prinstein is now looking to expand and grow the International Stars Baseball Academy. His goal is to build a free year-round indooroutdoor facility in Detroit for boys and girls. “This could bring more national attention to Detroit and more funding for afterschool programming,” Prinstein said. “I want to bring international tournaments to Detroit, but if we don’t have multiple fields and a complex to house that, we can’t do it.” In addition to enhancing their baseball/softball skills at this indoor facility, Prinstein wants to implement a “safe environment with afterschool tutoring, mentoring programs, social work services
and career development with an emphasis on character development.” Prinstein’s mother, Dayle, was a social worker for Royal Oak public schools. Her dedication to her students inspires him to offer additional outreach services. Through the academy, Prinstein has not only witnessed the kids become better baseball players, he has also seen a positive impact on their emotional well-being and their success in school. “Seeing this impact on an individual basis and giving these kids a path to maybe play college baseball is what this organization is all about,” Prinstein said.
Benji Jacobson’s first collegiate men’s tennis championship has an unusual name connected to it. Jacobson, a Tulane University redshirt freshman from Bloomfield Hills and 2018 Jewish News High School Athlete of the Year, won the Houndstooth singles flight at the CCB Invitational at the Country Club of Birmingham in Birmingham, Ala., hosted by the University of Alabama. Houndstooth is a reference to the kind of hat worn during games by former Alabama football coach Bear Bryant. Jacobson won all three of his Houndstooth flight matches. He came from behind to beat
Alabama-Birmingham’s Nikola Puric 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Nov. 3 in the flight championship match. There were eight players in the flight. Jacobson was a star at Cranbrook-Kingswood High School, where he was a three-time singles state champion and three-time All-American. But he didn’t play for Tulane last season because he red-shirted. “It’s exciting and encouraging to see the progress Benji has made since coming here,” said Tulane men’s tennis coach Mark Booras. “He took the hard route by red-shirting, and he worked his tail off last season. We’re seeing the fruits of those labors.”
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A Tale Of Kosher Ribs and, Thankfully, No Broken Ribs STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER STEVE ACHTMAN
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he line drive was hit so hard that Dave Raminick never had a chance to move. Standing at third base, ready to score in the early innings of the Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Fall Softball League’s playoff championship game, Raminick was hit on the right side of his chest by a foul ball hit by teammate Brad Golder. The impact knocked Raminick to the ground and left him stunned. “I couldn’t get out of the way of the ball. Brad hit a missile. He’s the hardest hitter on our team,” Raminick said. Raminick was in the game as a pinch-runner for Howard Fershtman, who had doubled. While that move put Raminick in the wrong place at the wrong time, luckily, he wasn’t seriously injured by Golder’s line drive. The ball barely missed his ribs. After he got back on his feet and iced the injury, Raminick played the rest of the game in left field and batted a couple times. He said he was sore for almost a week as the bruise turned his side into shades of
Smiles are slathered on the faces of the Kosher Ribs players after they won the Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Fall Softball League playoff championship.
green and purple. His team, the Kosher Ribs, beat SHAEF 17-12 at Drake Sports Park in West Bloomfield for the fall league’s playoff championship. What happened after the Oct. 13 game is what Kosher Ribs co-manager Mitch Kline and Raminick want to talk about even more than the championship. “(SHAEF manager) Barry Fishman called me an hour or two after the championship game to congratulate our team, but he also wanted (Dave
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Raminick’s) phone number so he could give him a call the next day and check on him,” Kline said. “What a mensch.” Raminick appreciated the call from Fishman. “That was very nice of Barry to call me. I didn’t know him. He didn’t need to do that,” Raminick said. “But that’s what (the InterCongregational league) is all about. We all play hard and want to win, but we have respect for one other. I told Barry I’d say hello to him when we see each other on the
Elle Hartje got off to a great start with the Yale University women’s hockey team. The Detroit Country Day School graduate and 2019 Jewish News High School Athlete of the Year scored a hat trick against Long Island on Oct. 25 in her first game for Yale. She finished Yale’s seasonopening weekend at home with six points (four goals, two assists) and a
softball field next summer.” Unlike the InterCongregational summer league, fall league teams are made up of players from different temples, synagogues and shuls. Kosher Ribs had seven players from Temple Shir Shalom (Raminick, Golder, Kline, Evan Kline, Alex Vinter, Dan Krauss and Michael Weinberger), three from Congregation Shir Tikvah (Fershtman, co-manager Matt Bassin and Scott Litt), two from Temple Beth El (Jeff Hollander and Michael Kindred) and Corey Slutsky from Temple Israel. Kosher Ribs and SHAEF each went 7-2-1 during the regular season and tied for first place in the six-team league. Run differential determined the top seed in the playoffs and Kosher Ribs won that statistical battle 43-32. “It was a great fall league. Very balanced. Any team could have won it,” Kline said. The Inter-Congregational summer league was plagued by rainouts this year. But the fall league didn’t have any rainouts.
plus-8 rating as the Bulldogs swept both games from Long Island. Hartje’s impressive numbers caught the attention of the women’s collegiate hockey world. She was named the NCAA’s third star of the week and ECAC Rookie of the Week. “I waited four years to come here. To finally be here and play is just so surreal,” Hartje told the Yale Daily News after putting up her hat trick against Long Island.
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Stats STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Here’s how Frankel Jewish Academy boys tennis players fared in the Division 4 state championships Oct. 18-19 at Hope College in Holland.
No. 1 singles Eric Adelson (FJA) def. Les Agnew (Chesaning) 6-0, 6-0. No. 6 seed Ben Clay (Grand Rapids Catholic Central) def. Adelson 6-1, 6-4.
No. 2 singles Alex Bean (FJA) def. Connor Smith (Flint Powers) 6-1, 6-0. No. 4 seed Jack Ford (Kalamazoo Hackett) def. Bean 6-3, 6-0.
No. 3 singles Eli Grey (FJA) def. Luke Lebourdais (Saginaw Nouvel) 6-0, 6-0. Grey def. No. 5 seed Kaden Dykstra (Hudsonville Unity Christian) 6-0, 6-2. Grey def. Ryan McClelland (Grand Rapids Catholic Central) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8). No. 1 seed Cody Richards (Traverse City St. Francis) def. Grey 6-2, 6-0 (semifinals).
Participants in the JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest in Detroit this summer filled a blank wall at the closing party with thoughts on what Maccabi means to them.
No. 1 doubles
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No. 4 singles Rafi Weinstein (FJA) def. Rob Hentschel (Whitehall) 6-2, 6-3. No. 5 seed Austin Widner (Hudsonville Unity Christian) def. Weinstein 7-5, 6-1.
No. 2 doubles Tyler Zucks/Brady Karcher (Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard) def. Ben Goldstein/ Ethan Grey (FJA) 6-1, 7-5.
No. 3 doubles Erik Belen/Adam Johnson (Berrien Springs) def. Andrew Schulman/Max Charlip (FJA) 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4.
No. 4 doubles Elan Krakoff/Adin Charlip (FJA) def. Grant Rabideau/Andrew Braun (Frankenmuth) 6-3. 6-0. No. 1 seed David Roark/Chase Williams (Allegan) def. Krakoff/Charlip 6-0, 6-1.
Team standings 1 (tie). Allegan and Kalmazoo Hackett 21 points; 3. Grosse Pointe University Liggett 20; 4 (tie). Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard and Traverse City St. Francis 18; 6. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian 17; 7. Grand Rapids Catholic Central 16; 8. Ludington 13; 9 (tie). Jackson Lumen Christian and Williamston 11; 11 (tie). Almont and Hudsonville Unity Christian 9; 13 (tie). Frankel Jewish Academy and Flint Powers 7; 15 (tie). Grosse Ile and Whitehall 5; 17. Barrien Springs 4; 18. Grand Rapids West Catholic 3; 19 (tie). Chesaning, Grant and Saginaw Nouvel 2; 22 (tie). Frankenmuth, Hillsdale and Paw Paw 1; 25 (tie). Essexville Garber, Lake Odessa Lakewood and Niles Brandywine 0.
Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Fall Softball League final regular-season standings 1. Kosher Ribs 7-2-1 2. SHAEF 7-2-1 3. Jeters 5-4-1 4. Marble Rye 3-5-2 5. Bad News Jews 3-7-0 6. The Sandlot 2-7-1
Playoffs Oct. 13 results Game 1: Jeters 12, The Sandlot 0. Game 2: Bad News Jews 22, Marble Rye 17. Game 3: SHAEF 9, Jeters 7 (semifinals). Game 4: Kosher Ribs 7, Bad News Jews 6 (semifinals). Championship: Kosher Ribs 17, SHAEF 12.
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he cheers have barely died down, and the tears of happiness have barely dried. Just a few months after Detroit hosted the 2019 JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest, with about 1,150 athletes and 125 artists participating, it’s time to start thinking about the 2020 Maccabi Games. San Diego, Calif., will be a host from Aug. 2-7. ArtsFest will be held there. For only the second time since the Maccabi Games began in 1982, the event will be held at a college venue. Pace University in Westchester County, N.Y., will be a host from Aug. 9-14. Two informational meetings for prospective Detroit athletes ages 13-16 and artists ages 13-17 have been scheduled. The meetings will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, and 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, both in Handleman Hall at the JCC of Metropolitan Detroit
in West Bloomfield. Attendance at only one meeting is needed. About 1,700 athletes and artists are expected to be in San Diego. From 700 to 800 athletes will be at Pace. Detroit will be represented at both sites. Maccabi Detroit delegation head Karen Gordon was a Detroit coach in 1986, when the Maccabi Games were held at York University in Toronto. She said she’s excited about the Maccabi Games returning to a college campus. “Kids will be staying in dorms instead of with host families. Is that better? No. It’s just different,” Gordon said. “Kids will still get to meet other kids from around the country and the world, and I think they’ll enjoy being in college dorms.” For more information on the 2020 Maccabi Games, go to maccabidetroit.com.
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Pushing Through the Pain Co-owner of Krav Maga Great Lakes sets a world record with 5,010 burpees. STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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burpee sounds like something fun to do. It’s not. It’s a pushup and then some, a full-body exercise that begins and ends in a standing position and involves squatting. Fighting through painful cramps, Mike Berean did 5,010 chest-to-ground burpees in a 12-hour period Oct. 27 and added his name to the list of Guinness World Records, beating the old record of 4,689 chest-to-ground burpees in 12 hours. “The cramps were everywhere. My legs, chest, abs ...” Berean said. “I kept going because I’m stubborn and my family was watching.” Berean said the cramps hit about seven hours into his world-record effort and with about 3,600 to 3,800 burpees done.
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“I wanted to do 5,400 burpees. That was my goal,” he said. “But I had to stop with about 15 minutes left (in the 12-hour period). My body said I couldn’t do any more. It was just too painful to continue.” After taking a two-minute break each hour, Berean had to take longer breaks when the cramps hit. “I needed time to get more fluid into my body and give my body a chance to relax,” he said. While he was sore the next day, Berean said, he recovered quickly from the record-breaking effort. Why did the 46-year-old former U.S. Marine go through that ordeal? Berean is a third-degree black belt in Krav Maga and co-owner of Krav Maga Great Lakes, where he teaches his 200 students of all ages to push them-
selves beyond what they think they can do. Krav Maga is a self-defense and fighting system developed by the Israeli military. During October, Krav Maga studios worldwide raise money for the Marni Fund, created in the memory of Marni Levine, who died Aug. 31, 2006, at age 37 from breast cancer. Levine was a founder of Krav Maga Worldwide along with her husband, Darren Levine. She was a fourth-degree black belt in Krav Maga, and the highest-ranking female instructor in Krav Maga in the world. She also was a wife and mother with two daughters. Nearly $4 million for breast cancer research has been raised by Krav Maga Worldwide in her honor. Berean connected his burpees world record attempt with the Marni Fund. His burpees raised $7,653 through donations big and small. “One person made a $400 donation and said he’d double it to $800 if I broke the record,” Berean said. The former 12-hour burpees world record was set just a few
months before Berean’s achievement and not that far away. Bryan Abell, who at 23 years old is half Berean’s age, did 4,689 burpees July 7 at the YMCA in Milford. Like Berean, Abell also raised money through his burpees. He did it for the Stronger Warrior Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that helps military members and their families. Berean said he began training for his burpees world record attempt in August, after he couldn’t take the good-natured goading of one of his Krav Maga students any more. “I was already doing about 300 burpees a day,” he said. During his five hours of training a day for the world record attempt, he said, he bumped up his pace to 500 burpees an hour. Berean said he learned about Krav Maga while he was serving in the Marine Corps in the early 1990s and is one of only a few people in the state who is certified to train law enforcement and military personnel in Krav Maga. He owns Krav Maga Great Lakes with his wife, Dori, who handled all the paperwork and collected the donations for his world record burpees effort.
Why is Mike Berean smiling? He just did a world record 5,010 chest-to-ground burpees in nearly 12 hours.
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LEFT: Mike Berean takes a break from doing chest-to-ground burpees for nearly 12 hours.
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Coming Full Circle The Friendship Circle celebrates 25 years of making the world a better place by launching an endowment fund.
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assie and Rabbi Levi Shemtov knew from the start of their marriage that their lives would be dedicated to making the world a better place. That commitment to each other, and their faith, led them to creating a circle of friendship that now encompasses thousands of individuals across the globe. From young ages, Bassie and Levi grew up under the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, whose philosophy was of making the world a better place by revealing the good in the world. Under this philosophy, the good, or the special, can be found within the soul of each person. “Our outreach began as the application of this philosophy of finding the good in the world,” Levi says. “The idea is that we are not reaching out to someone who is far and different to bring them back in, but instead we are reaching within to help them find their value in the world.” Sam and Carol Sobel wanted to honor the memory of their late son, Daniel, who died in 1993 at the age of 28. They wanted to create a place where those struggling with addiction or other isolating conditions could find the support and companionship their son had received from a local rabbi. The Daniel Sobel Friendship House opened its doors in 1994, bringing Bassie and Levi to Detroit as emissaries of the Lubavitch movement to start the program and develop new ones. “I began working with Friendship House and had a passion to help those struggling with addiction and mental illness,” Levi says. “We were also committed to finding our mission in the community.” Bassie and Levi began meeting with local community leaders
and simply asking, “Who needs friends?” “We defined real friendship as when people see each other not for their labels or exterior but for the beauty that is within,” Levi says. “One message that kept recurring was that people with special needs needed friends.” The Shemtovs needed to find a way to create friendships to support those with special needs and their families. Bassie started gathering local teens to volunteer and befriend youth with special needs. They called these friends “Buddies.” The Friendship Circle was founded in 1994 with just a handful of volunteers taking teens to meet with their Buddies each week in homes across the community. Their mission was a circle of friends that would help those with special needs be seen for their value in this world. “We thought these teens were doing us such a huge favor by giving their time,” Levi says. “One day a parent asked why there was a delay in finding their teen a ‘Buddy’ to work with and it was only because we didn’t have enough drivers. The parent gladly offered to drive.” It was then that the Shemtovs realized the true value of friendship was circling back and not only benefiting those with special needs. These teens’ lives were being impacted as they found their meaning. As teenagers came to volunteer, they were finding this was the only place they could go that no one was looking at them for how they look or dress, their grades or what kind of house they live in. “It was then there was a shift,” Bassie says. “We realized there was another population who could benefit from being seen for who they truly were and not their exterior trappings. That was everyone else.” As Friendship Circle grew, it
“This organization is a family, A true circle of friends that extends to everyone who has been touched by someone within Friendship Circle.” — RABBI LEVI was time to find it a home of its own. In 2005, Friendship Circle moved into a new 5,000-squarefoot building. This would later become the 23,000-square-foot Ferber Kaufman Lifetown on the campus of the Meer Family Friendship Center. Five years later, a generous gift created the Florene and Edward Elkus Memorial Gym. Friendship Circle now has afterschool programs, respite services, weekend Sunday Circle, the Morrie and Cybil Fenkell volunteer club and many other family and “Buddy” programs. Friendship Circle also houses the groundbreaking Lessons for Life Program. The Lessons
For Life program enables teachers to use Friendship Circle’s cityscape, known as Weinberg Village, to teach valuable life and social skills. Run by volunteers, this fully functioning “town” welcomes thousands of students from schools across Michigan each year. In 2016, the Friendship Circle Farber Center opened as the home of Friendship Circle Soul Projects. Soul Projects expands Friendship Circle’s services into the lives of adults with special needs. The center is home to the Dresner Soul Studio, Soul Cafe and Fetter Hall. The café, gallery and art studios allow young adults the opportunity to learn vocational skills and
explore their talents. “Friendship Circle has become a vital organ in our community,” Levi says. “It’s needed, essential and integral. It has also become an example for Friendship Circles across the country. As we celebrate 25 years of service, we know now more than ever it is our responsibility to ensure its sustainability.” Creating the Friendship Circle Endowment Fund will ensure the organization will continue to sustain, grow and expand. It will also allow Friendship Circle to remove all financial hardship from anyone who wants to participate in its programs.
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“This organization is a family,” Levi says. “A true circle of friends that extends to everyone who has been touched by someone within Friendship Circle.” Thousands of individuals, now spanning across the globe, have had the opportunity to see their beauty within, all because one couple asked the question, “Who needs friends?” They then dedicated their lives to answering the question with everything they do. See more stories about Friendship Circle’s programs in upcoming issues of the JN.
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Saving the Planet Elana Weberman } jewish@edu writer Elana Weberman
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s we approach a growing population, upwards of 7.7 billion people worldwide, our supply of natural resources decreases, posing the greatest challenge our planet has ever faced. We must prevent a temperature increase of 3 degrees (Celsius) to avoid setting off an irreversible chain of ecological degradation. How can we shift our behaviors to mitigate the increasing effects our actions have on our planet? Composting, the practice of converting food scraps and organic matters into soil, offers a promising solution. This year, University of Michigan Hillel has created a Sustainability Committee to provide a space that enables students to “be the change [they] wish to
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see in the world.” Essentially, this committee serves as a launching pad to support students in accomplishing goals focused on enhancing sustainability practices both as individuals and as a Jewish community. Through an increase in sustainable food options, more efficient energy usage, close partnerships with students, institutions, community leaders and organizations, and the development of a new composting program, Hillel is working toward upholding the Jewish tradition of repairing the world, or tikkun olam. Our goal is to be active as leaders in the Jewish community, to inspire individuals to take responsibility and act on the
climate crisis and to ensure a strong future, L’Dor V’Dor, from generation to generation. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), one-third of all food produced is wasted. This wasted food goes into a landfill and creates methane gas as it decomposes. Methane gas is a potent greenhouse gas that gets trapped in our ozone layer and ultimately causes unsustainable global warming, heating our planet in ways that may jeopardize life as we know it. As U-M works toward our goals for the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality, we must all collaborate, sharing diverse qualities, to strategize and implement practices that have any chance of sustaining our
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U-M Hillel’s Sustainability Committee works to mitigate climate change.
planet. Hillel is working to take an active role through our Sustainability Committee, allowing individuals to contribute to a cause much larger than themselves. Similarly, this past summer, Tamarack Camps started a new composting program thanks to the Farber Farm Team, the “Green Team,” Tamarack’s administrative staff and Kandel Dining staff. The program engaged 1,300 people weekly and generated 1,400 pounds or 600 gallons of food scraps, which equates to 5,320 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions that were reduced by composting. Composting revolutionizes the way individuals and our broader communities approach environmental practices. What can you do to make the world more sustainable? Get involved! Begin composting in your home, school or workplace; start a Green Team; closely examine the foods you consume and their procurement practices; vote for people and policies that support our environment and; most simply, engage in conversations to spread the word. If you want to get involved or get advice on how to begin your own sustainability committee, reach out! We need everyone to come together to fix the climate crisis and make the world a better place for ourselves and for future generations. The changes must begin today. @ Elana Weberman is a U-M student from Bloomfield Hills.
SOMETIMES, DATA IS THE BEST MEDICINE. An emergency room is designed to treat immediate, often lifethreatening conditions. Among all this chaos, Dr. Phillip Levy, assistant vice president of Translational Science and Clinical Research Innovation at Wayne State University, saw a hidden opportunity: A patient’s data offers clues into not only their health, but into the overall health of the community. Project PHOENIX is born. As a resident, Dr. Levy was taught that an emergency room doctor had to see beyond the emergencies. The patients represented how the health care system was performing for the people of the city. He learned that in most cases, there was a larger, longer-term issue that was the root cause, and he was driven to imagine a world where population health care was an effective way to improve overall health. PHOENIX — which stands for Population Health Outcomes and Information Exchange — is a shared database that identifies diseases affecting a particular area, the precise risk factors that cause them, the opportunities to address them and the ability to track the health outcomes after interventions have been put in place. When a patient is a symptom. The health care world has many ways to treat patients, but Dr. Levy wanted to treat the long-term issues that were causing large parts of the population of Detroit to be sick. He wondered why he saw so many relatively young patients with consequences of uncontrolled
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hypertension. Using de-identified data from multiple sources, he was first able to identify census tracts where blood pressure control appeared to be the worst. Remarkably, he was able to see that each neighborhood had a unique constellation of underlying contributors to this problem. Suddenly, it was clear: By identifying the patterns hidden in data, he would be able to drive innovative solutions from beyond the field of medicine to make a huge difference in the health of the people that live in our community. Thinking beyond medical intervention. Data is more than a patient’s vitals on a chart. It’s a diagnostic tool that helps the health care community improve people’s lives for years to come. Car registration data may uncover an area where transportation is old and unreliable, making getting to a doctor practically impossible. Foreclosure data may indicate that a patient is at risk of being homeless, and stress comes with that. “Patient data” in the near future is going to be completely reimagined to represent every person’s individual risk factors. And the effect of every intervention can be tracked and measured to see how effective it was. It’s health that should be rising. Not the cost of it. PHOENIX shows how data can save lives and take costs out of the health care system. Instead of decades of treatment for high blood pressure, lower-cost, proactive care could help us avoid having to treat it altogether. And that’s Warrior Strong.
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Home Again AEPi rechartered at Wayne State Jeremy Rosenberg } jewish@edu writer
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a dozen brothers to various conferences, including AIPAC’s Policy Conference, the AJC Global Forum, StandWithUs and J-Street. The brothers of the Xi Colony pride themselves on not being like the negatively represented fraternities that people are so familiar with nowadays. Although they have no trouble taking down other fraternities in activities like Frisbee and volleyball, they also hold the highest GPA among all of Wayne State’s Greek Life, hold leadership positions in various Jewish, pro-Israel, political, musical and medical student organizations, and even have a brother serving as the president of Wayne State’s Student Senate. The Xi Colony has more than most fraternities to be proud of, and this is only the beginning. Moving forward, the Xi Chapter will continue to grow, continue to foster the Jewish, academic and professional growth of its members, and will contribute to the revitalization of Detroit as it continues its resurgence. @ If you have a son, grandson, cousin, nephew or friend at Wayne State whom we haven’t reached yet, contact Jeremy Rosenberg at (586) 264-3800 or if you are an AEPi alum who was not reached by mail or email regarding the chartering ceremony, call Jeremy to RSVP for the Nov. 24 dinner and celebration.
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n October 2017, the Xi Colony of the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) Fraternity at Wayne State University was refounded and initiated its first brothers in more than 20 years. Elections for the executive board of the new fraternity were held promptly thereafter, and each of the nine new initiates sought a leadership position, setting the tone for a colony that will be rechartered and become an official chapter once again on Nov. 24. Over the past two years, the brothers of the Xi Colony have proven themselves to be a group guaranteed to continue growing and flourishing in the heart of Detroit. In addition to AEPi programming, which includes brotherhood events, sports outings, etc., the Xi Colony stays connected to the community around it. Through engagement with various Jewish programs through Hillel of Metro Detroit, Wayne State Students for Israel and Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit, just to name a few, the brothers remain engaged with and confident in their Jewish identities. The brothers also hold community service events with numerous nonprofit organizations in Detroit, and a philanthropy event with the Detroit Pistons that gives attendees a chance to highfive the Pistons and shoot a free throw on the court after the game. In addition to local engagement, the Xi Colony, with funding through Hillel of Metro Detroit, has sent nearly
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Participants enjoyed a delicious meal while discussing gratitude, giving back and appreciating life’s gifts. Following dinner, students created care packages for women in need who are staying at the Grand Rapids YWCA. @ COURTESY GVSU HILLEL
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Students at GVSU gathered for a Jewish Women’s Foundation Nefesh Shabbat.
Destination Lansing is a student-based group that brings together Spartans from all backgrounds to learn about and help the Lansing area. The trip consists of volunteer service, touring Lansing area hotspots and tasting delicious local cuisine. This past October, students volunteered at Brookdale Meridian Assisted Living Home, received a private tour of Potter Park Zoo and dined at an MSU classic, Bell’s Pizza.
Students work on care packages for women in need at the Grand Rapids YWCA.
Students joined together at MSU Hillel for a special presentation by master hypnotist Jeff Jay Smith. Some students participated in his presentation.
Sophomores Jared Arbit and Jason Israilov, both of West Bloomfield, and junior Cooper Myers of West Bloomfield
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Freshman Chloe Shemano-Krupp, Highland Park, Ill.; freshman Grace Stuart, Oceanside, N.Y.; sophomore Lucy Greene, Franklin Lakes, N.J.; freshman Hanna Marcus, Altoona, Iowa; and sophomore Haley Robins, Okemos
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Back row: Abby Calef, Jewish Student Life Coordinator, Ann Arbor; sophomore Bella Lieberman, Tulsa, Okla.; junior Sophie Silverman, Royal Oak, senior Zack Kirshner, Farmington Hills; junior John Lurie, Huntington Woods; senior Joey Labovitz, Birmingham; sophomores Adam Gordon and Ari Nitzkin, both of Farmington Hills. Front row: junior Leah Leone, Lansing; freshman Ellie Yerman, West Bloomfield; junior Carly Fleck, Portage; sophomore Sydney Trepeck, Bloomfield Hills, freshman Pierce Fox, Commerce; sophomores Noah Meyerson, Farmington Hills, and Nolan Wagner, Kalamazoo; freshman Noah Carrick, Farmington Hills; and sophomore Grace McMahon, Okemos.
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HMD Activist Hillel leader organizes show to promote sustainability. Marcella “Chella” Bluth } jewish@edu writer
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reen is the New Black,” a fashion show of environmentally conscious clothes by local designers, was held Nov. 7 at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit, with more than 200 students attending. We have been told to “Reduce, re-use, recycle” in our routines. However, in our actual day-to-day life, how often do we really think about our planet? Fast fashion is polluting our environment quickly. According to JStore Daily, “Americans dispose of about 12.8 million tons of textiles annually. Textiles are second, in terms of clogging landfills.” So, the question arises, what are we going to do about it? After hearing Erin Schrode at a Hillel of Metro Detroit speaker event last year, I started thinking about coordinating a Wayne State “sustainable living” fashion show. Schrode, a politician and environmental activist, inspired the idea. My goal was to raise awareness about sustainability and increase awareness of “slow fashion” as one of the
ways to prevent the increase of our current climate crisis. My other goal for the event was to create community. It is vital that to stabilize and solidify change, we need support. People who are trying to take a stance against fast fashion need to meet one another to hopefully restructure the mindset of our campus culture. As president of Hillel of Metro Detroit’s Jewish Student Organization, I began to form a team of co-sponsors that included WSU student organizations La Vie Detroit, FDMO (Fashion Design Merchandising Organization) and Take Back the Tap. The event was a huge success, with attendees enjoying the show, learning about sustainability and networking with each other. Going forward, I am energized to make my voice louder and to continue to advocate for this cause. I know “Green is the New Black” will never go out of fashion. @
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SEPT. 17, 2019 Laura and Anson Smuts joyfully announce the birth of their daughter, Micah Hazel (Michal Chaya). Proud big sister is Elia Ivy. Thrilled grandparents are Lois and Mark Langberg of West Bloomfield, and Evon Smuts-Rogers and Jerry Rogers of Cape Town. She is also the granddaughter of the late Michael Smuts. Micah is the great-granddaughter of the late Helen and the late Harold Langberg, and the late Evelyn and the late Isadore Silverman. She is named in loving memory of her grandfather Michael and great- grandparents Helen and Harold.
Ruby Faith Bagdade, daughter of Franki and Jeff Bagdade, will lead the congregation in prayer as she becomes a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. She will be joined in celebration by her siblings Gabi and Avi and proud grandparents Elissa Berg and Yaacov Scholar, and Sarita and Danny Bagdade. Ruby is also the loving grandchild of the late Richard Berg. She is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of her most meaningful mitzvah project, Ruby collected funds, clothing and toys for Foster Closet of Michigan. Sloane Ryan Freed, daughter of Niki and Ian Freed, will chant from the Torah on the occasion of her bat mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. She will be joined in celebration by her sister Hayden and proud grandparents Lesley and Ted Schneider, Cookie
and Sy Newman, and John Todd. Sloane is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of her most meaningful mitzvah project, she hosted an event to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to help create a world without Type 1 diabetes. Jessica Ashley Lovy of West Bloomfield will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Joining Jessica in celebrating this joyous occasion will be her parents, Jennifer and Jonathan Lovy, siblings Noah and Evan and grandparents Dorene and Alan Finer, and Andrew Lovy. Jessica is also the granddaughter of the late Madeline Lovy. She is a seventh-grade student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. For her mitzvah project, Jessica enjoyed volunteering at Yad Ezra in Berkley.
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his week’s portion agree to a marriage with Isaac. begins with the death Near the end of Genesis 24, we of Sarah. It teaches us learn of Isaac and Rebecca’s about death and also about first meeting. “Isaac then life. brought her into the tent of We are told at the very his mother, Sarah, and he beginning that “Abraham took Rebecca as his wife. Isaac proceeded to mourn for loved her and thus found comSarah and to bewail her. Then fort after his mother’s death.” Abraham rose from (Genesis 24:67) beside his dead and Life not only continspoke to the Hittites ues for Isaac, but for his saying, ‘... sell me a father Abraham as well. burial site among you In the very next verse, we that I may remove are told that “Abraham my dead for burial.’” took another wife, whose Rabbi Amy [Genesis 23:2-4] name was Keturah.” The Bigman We learn from this text continues with a list that not only do we of the sons that Keturah Parshat mourn for our loved Chaye Sara: and Abraham had. ones, but also it is our We learn an important Genesis responsibility to make 23:1-25:18; lesson from these stories I Kings arrangements for their of Abraham and Isaac: As 1:1-31. burial. Based upon this much as they loved their and other biblical texts, beloved Sarah, their lives Jewish mourning customs had to continue, Abraham develop. with another wife and children There are two basic prinand Isaac with his marriage to ciples by which Jewish death Rebecca (and eventual chiland mourning rites are govdren). erned: k’vod ha-met, “the digJudaism teaches that life nified or respectful treatment is to continue following the of the dead,” and k’vod he-chai, death of a loved one. But we “the honored treatment of the are not to forget our loved living (the surviving relatives).” one; Judaism gives us plenty There are specific laws and of ways to mark the death of customs associated with the loved ones through the yearly burial of loved ones and the observance of yahrtzeit and mourning rituals included four times a year through therein. However, Judaism is yizkor. not a religion of death, but Of course, we also rememrather of life. ber them on days other than Once Abraham purchases those mentioned; but we must a burial site for his beloved carry on with our lives. We do Sarah, he returns to concerns not move on but rather move of life, in particular, finding a forward in our lives. We keep wife for his son Isaac so that our loved ones in our hearts as life will continue through we honor their memories by the next generation. Genesis continuing to live good lives, 24 tells the lengthy story of lives of which they would be Abraham sending his servant proud. back to Abraham’s homeland to find a wife for Isaac. The Rabbi Amy B. Bigman is rabbi at servant finds Rebecca, whose Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East family and Rebecca herself Lansing.
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andy Schreier goes way beyond thinking clothes can make the woman. For her, they make a personal collection — reaching almost 15,000 items and counting. The latest acquisition, received in November, continues more than a half-century SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER fascination with fashion-design artistry. Schreier, a lifelong Michigan resident, is about to share a selection of her favorite upscale garments with visitors at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the MET) in New York City, where singular items from her holdings intermittently have been shown to enhance various themes. “In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection” will be on view TOP: The Metropolitan Museum of Nov. 27-May 17 to showcase about Art created a book about Schreier’s 80 of 165 promised gifts to the Met in collecting and her collection. keeping with its Collections Initiative ABOVE: Sandy Schreier and her late celebrating the museum’s 150th annihusband, Sherwin. versary. Famed designers represented include Pierre Balmain, Christian Dior, Elsa Shiaparelli and Valentina. “The only people who ever offered me collecting encouragement, besides my husband, were Met staff members,” says Schreier, who began visiting the museum as a teenager and is thrilled about the display and the namesake catalog that accompanies it. “They gave me validation that I was doing something really wonderful. “It didn’t dawn on me how wonderful it was until my husband, Sherwin,
Sandy Schreier’s couture collection gets a highprofile exhibit at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
COURTESY SANDY SCHREIER
Fashion S and I took our first trip to London in the 1970s and went to the Victoria and Albert Museum. There was an exhibit, ‘Fashion: An Anthology by Cecil Beaton,’ that changed my life forever. “There were hundreds of pieces done by the great designers of the world, and there were pieces by the same designers I had. That’s when it dawned on me that these weren’t just pretty dresses. This was a serious collection.” Schreier’s venture into acquiring high-power fashions began in childhood as she watched her father, Edward Miller, at Russeks, a local branch of the New York store that featured designer wear. With her dad as a manager, she got to meet well-dressed women in the area, and they began gifting her what they had worn for special occasions. “When I was old enough to drive, I went to Grosse Pointe and Bloomfield Hills for any kind of dignified [homebased] sale,” Schreier recalls. “I let it be known to everybody that I was interested in clothes. “What really threw me over the top was starting to make television appearances. People called me from all over the world. Print publicity also helped a lot.” In her search for high-power outfits, Schreier early on was introduced to designers as she did some modeling. Isaac Mizrahi, recently in Michigan
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IMAGES COURTESY OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, PHOTOS © NICHOLAS ALAN COPE
Evening Dress, Cristóbal Balenciaga (Spanish, 1895– 1972) for House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937), summer 1961; Promised gift of Sandy Schreier.
Jacket, Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871–1949), 1920s–30s; Promised gift of Sandy Schreier.
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Dress, Madeleine & Madeleine (French, 1919– 26), ca. 1923; Promised gift of Sandy Schreier.
Ensemble, Yves Saint Laurent (French, born Algeria, 1936– 2008) for House of Dior (French, founded 1947), spring/summer 1958; Promised gift of Sandy Schreier.
Evening Dress, Gilbert Adrian (American, 1903–1959), fall 1945; Promised gift of Sandy Schreier.
Ensemble, Patrick Kelly (French, born America, 1954–1990), fall/winter 1988–89; Promised gift of Sandy Schreier.
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“My life has been a fantasy, especially meeting all the famous people in the creative arts who come to see my collection.” — SANDY SCHREIER
TOP: Schreier with designers Isaac Mizrahi and Michael Kors, and with Bette Midler at the DIA’s Frida Kahlo exhibit in 2015. ABOVE: Sandy and Sherwin Schreier, right, with fashion designer Zandra Rhodes and hairsylist Vidal Sassoon.
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to speak for Hadassah and who has visited her home in the past, has expressed plans to attend opening events, calling attention to exhibit items. A Mizrahi painting of Schreier appears in the exhibit catalog, which profiles the collector, who developed two books linked to the history of her holdings: Hollywood Dressed & Undressed: A Century of Cinema Style (1998) and Hollywood Gets Married (2002). Schreier, the mother of four and grandmother of seven who is a longtime volunteer in the library at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, did not choose the pieces in The Met exhibit, but she readily remembers experiences associated with many of them. EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS “This exhibit is not totally reflective of my entire collection,” explains Schreier, who, over time, hosted Met representatives visiting Michigan to make their selections. “These are the pieces that helped make the museum’s collection more complete. “The piece everybody likes talking about the most is the Twiggy dress. Richard Avedon took a famous picture of Twiggy (a 1960s model and actress) in this dress, designed by Roberto Rojas. “Shortly after my husband passed away in 2014, I got a call from Roberto. I had never talked to him before, but he wanted to thank me for giving him credit. We got together in Florida and became friends.” The exhibited ensemble by Ives Saint
Laurent is important to Schreier because it recalls the time she was an accessories designer working with him. She found the outfit when asked to appraise the couture estate of Elizabeth Parke Firestone. Schreier owns several dresses by Adrian Greenberg, who went by Adrian as a Hollywood costumer associated with The Wizard of Oz, among many other film favorites. Schreier interviewed his widow, actress Janet Gaynor, about collecting some of Adrian’s most famous pieces, which are in the exhibit and part of her Met donation. “Sandy Schreier’s gift — one of the largest in recent Costume Institute history — will dramatically enrich the museum’s holdings of 20th-century fashion,” says Max Hollein, Met director. “We are thrilled and honored to receive these important treasures, and we look forward to presenting an exhibition that celebrates the exceptional artistry of the objects and reflects on the origins and impact of this tremendous collection.” Schreier, who has never worn any item in her collection because she considers each artistically innovative and to be preserved, is busy deciding what she will wear to exhibit events. She also is working on her memoir, which will be released in 2020. “My life has been a fantasy, especially meeting all the famous people in the creative arts who come to see my collection,” she says. “The item that came in November is a chocolate-colored couture gown made by Moschino many years ago. I have been looking for that dress for a long time. I’m a chocoholic. How could I resist it?”
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hanksgiving food starts with turkey. It’s the most anxiety-raising food most people will prepare. So much so, that some people will order an expensive bird already cooked rather than attempt it themselves. Relax. When you realize a turkey is really just a big chicken, you’ll see it isn’t difficult at all. Here’s a tip — if you don’t have a roasting pan with a rack (that will lift the bird from the bottom of the pan so that it is golden all around — turn your turkey upside down halfway through the cooking process. This way the fleshy turkey bottom skin becomes as golden as the top. Turn the turkey rightside-up again when the bottom is golden. I usually don heavyduty, thicker than usual dishwashing gloves and turn the turkey this way to protect myself from the heat. Another thought — a turkey will continue to cook long after you remove it from the oven (all that interior heat does a good job of finishing the roasting job), so don’t be tempted to overcook your bird. And because we cannot live on turkey alone, here are lots of great side dishes to serve with it.
CLASSIC ROAST TURKEY Prepare about 1 pound of turkey per Thanksgiving guest — you’ll be sure to have enough. Ingredients: 1 (12- to 16-pound) whole turkey, neck and giblets removed Olive oil 1 Tbsp. granulated garlic 1 Tbsp. dried dill Kosher salt and pepper Paprika 2 cups white wine or chicken broth Directions: Set oven rack to lowest position. Preheat oven to 400°F. Rinse turkey inside and out and pat dry with clean paper towels. Sprinkle main cavity well with salt and pepper. If cooking stuffing or dressing in the bird cavity, stuff with your favorite stuffing and “truss” closed. Place the turkey on a rack in large roasting pan (or place turkey in a two-stacked large disposable roasting pan). Tuck wing tips under the bird and tie the legs together loosely with string. Rub the turkey well with olive oil and
sprinkle the seasonings over. Place in the prepared pan and pour the wine or broth in the pan around the turkey. Place turkey in oven and roast the turkey 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°F and roast for 30 minutes more. Begin basting the turkey every 30 minutes with the collected juices while you continue to roast the turkey for 2-3 hours more, or until the leg juices run clear when poked with a fork (registers 175°F with a meat thermometer). Note: If the turkey becomes too dark/golden before it is cooked, cover with foil until the meat is cooked through. Remove foil in the last 30 minutes of cooking to crisp the skin. Remove the turkey to a platter and let stand about 20 minutes before carving and serving with reserved juices or gravy. Makes about 12-16 servings. CHERRY LEEK CHALLAH STUFFING Ingredients: ¾ cup sweetened dried cherries ½ cup white wine (any kind) ¹/3 cup butter or olive oil 1 cup finely diced onions 2 cups thin-sliced leeks (white continued on page 58
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parts only) 1½ cups chopped celery ½ tsp. dried thyme 1½ pound loaf challah, cut into 1-inch cubes ¼ cup fresh chopped parsley 2 Tbsp. fresh chopped sage 3 large eggs, beaten 1 or 2 tsp. salt Fresh ground black pepper Directions: Place cherries in a small bowl and pour wine over. Allow the cherries to soak for 30 minutes. Set aside. Melt the butter or oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions, leeks and celery and sauté until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and allow to cool to room temperature. Add the remaining ingredients and toss well to mix and season to taste with salt and pepper. Stuff the mixture into the cavity of a 16- to 20-pound turkey or place in a casserole dish that’s been sprayed well with nonstick cooking spray. Cook the stuffing in the turkey or cover the casserole dish with foil and bake for 1 hour (add 1 or 2 cups of chicken or turkey broth or drippings to moisten if cooking outside of the bird). Makes 8-12 servings, Note: Stuffing cooked in the bird counts on poultry juices to moisten during cooking. Stuffing cooked outside the bird may need a little moisture help, such as added liquids (broth, juice or wine are good) to replace poultry juices. If your stuffing does turn out too dry for your taste, drizzle some drippings or hot broth over it, cover it with a tight-fitting lid or aluminum foil and reheat it in the oven.
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ARUGULA GREEN BEAN AND PEAR SALAD If you don’t like arugula, use your favorite salad greens. Dressing: 3 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar 3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice 1 Tbsp. chopped shallots or red or Bermuda onion 1 Tbsp. honey 1 tsp. Dijon mustard ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Salad: 1 lb. haricot vert (thin French green beans), stem ends trimmed (do not cut off the pointed ends) 8 cups baby arugula (about 8-10 ounces) 2 ripe unpeeled pears (any variety), quartered, cored and cut into thin slices ¾ cup bleu cheese (any variety) or soft goat cheese (chevre) crumbled, optional 1 cup walnut halves, lightly toasted Directions: Make the dressing. Whisk together the vinegar, lemon juice, shallots, honey and mustard in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk in the oil in a thin drizzle until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Make the salad: Bring a medium pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add the beans to the water and cook for 2 minutes or until tender-crisp and still very green. Alternately, place the beans in a microwave-safe bowl, add ¼ cup water and cover with plastic wrap. Cook on high for 3 minutes. Remove plastic and let cool. Transfer the beans to a colander and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process. Drain well. Combine the beans, spinach, pears, bleu cheese and walnuts in a large bowl and toss well. Add the dressing and toss well to com-
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AT THE MOVIES Charlie’s Angels opened last Friday and is still playing. Based on the ’70s TV series, it follows two previous Angels feature films. The gimmick in this one is that the private agency that employs the Angels has expanded and now there are several teams of Angels, along with several “Bosleys” (Bosley is the liaison to the Angels from Charlie, their unseen employer). Kristen Stewart is the most famous actress playing an Angel. Patrick Stewart and Elizabeth Banks, 45, are the best-known thespians playing a Bosley. Banks also directed the film and wrote it. Jonathan Tucker, 37, plays the film’s villain. Charlie only talks to the Angels by speakerphone and the new film doesn’t credit anyone as the voice of Charlie. Banks said in an interview that the voice will be close to the voice of John Forsythe (19182010). Born Jacob Freund, Forsythe voiced Charlie on the TV series. He is best remembered for playing Blake Carrington on the TV show Dynasty. He never talked about being Jewish. Opening on Friday are Frozen 2 and Dark Waters. Frozen 2 is a sequel to the
animated musical mega-hit. The whole original cast returns and they sing a lot. Idina Menzel, 48, returns as star character Elsa, and Josh Gad, 38, returns as Olaf, a major character. Dark Waters is based on the true story of Robert Billot (played by Mark Ruffalo), a corporate defense lawyer who switched sides and took on the Dupont company for releasing toxic chemicals that resulted in several deaths. Victor Garber, 70, and Mare Winningham, 60, have large supporting roles. The film was directed by Todd Haynes, 58 (Far from Heaven). Haynes’ mother was Jewish, and he identifies as Jewish. ALASKA? I just caught-up with Looking for Alaska, a Hulu limited series. This eight-episode series was released last month to great reviews and it is a real Emmy contender. It is based on a 2005 young adult novel of the same name written by best-selling author John Green. Many tried to adapt the book but failed before filming a scene. However, it looks like Alaska creator Josh Schwartz, 43, who also created the hit TV series The O.C., has succeeded. Don’t want to ruin the plot, except to say that Alaska refers to the first name of a character, not the state.
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SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE NOV. 22-24. Adat Shalom will welcome Joey Weisenberg as its scholar in residence. He is the creative director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute in New York City, a musician, prayer leader, award-winning author and teacher. The community is invited at no charge. Registration for the Friday evening dessert reception is appreciated. For the complete weekend Shabbat schedule and to RSVP, visit adatshalom. org/synergy-shabbat or call the synagogue, 248-851-5100.
SATURDAY, NOV. 23 COMEDY SHOW 6 pm & 9 pm, Nov. 23. JET Theatre will host Gilmore Girls star Rose Abdoo in a one-woman comedy show. At the theater, 1124 E. West
SUNDAY, NOV. 24 KEY MOMENTS FOR ISRAEL 10:30 am, Nov. 24. iEngage explores the pivotal events of 1917, 1947 and 1967 as key moments when Zionism unleashed new thinking about the meaning of Jewishness for generations to come. Video lectures, text study and group discussion feature the worldrenowned faculty of the Shalom Hartman Institute in the Adat Shalom community. The fall series is led by Rabbi Aaron Bergman at Adat Shalom Synagogue. There is no fee to attend. To register, contact Kellie
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1 pm, Nov. 27. Sponsored by the Active Life at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The African Queen (1 hr. 46 min). Free.
1-5 pm, Nov. 24. A community-wide Chanukah festival at Beth Shalom in Oak Park. Kosher lunch/snack options, tin can raffle, vendors with gift ideas, children’s activities, live musical entertainment, live radio broadcast by King David Network, free admission (non-perishable food donations to event partner Yad Ezra are welcome).
TUESDAY, NOV. 26 SIMPLY DANCE 11 am, Nov. 26. Group meets every Tuesday, sponsored by the Active Life at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Led by Christine Stewart. No partner needed. Cost: $7.
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GIVING GARDENS CLUB 6-8 pm, Nov. 27. At Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile, Berkley. “Lactofermentation” with Carly Sugar and Repair the World. Free to current/former clients; others, sliding scale $5-15. RSVP: stathis@ yadezra.org. Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial Assistant. Send items at least 14 days in advance to calendar@ thejewishnews.com.
NOV. 23 - ARTIST TALK WITH EVA ANTEBI-LERMAN Inspired by bird’s wings and the way water flows — abstract oil painter and mosaic artist, Eva Antebi-Lerman, will speak about her process, inspiration and evolution as an artist. The talk is in the heart Horse Kiss of Corktown at tie-dye boutique and gallery, Brightly Twisted, 1418 Michigan Ave., Detroit. Eva has exhibited at the Ann Arbor Art Fair and has a first-place award from the Ann Arbor Women’s Artists. The exhibit is up until early January. In her oil paintings, Eva captures the motion of the natural world. Inventing emotional narratives, she emulates sensations of rippling seas, flight and calm. From 7-9 p.m. Free.
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NOV. 23 - MIKE SUPER: MAGIC & ILLUSION Now in its fourth year, the Royal Oak Market: Art Fair Edition will take place indoors at the Royal Oak Farmers Market, Nov. 21-22, from noon-10 p.m. each day. This is a jury-selected show featuring 60 artists. Enjoy live entertainment, food trucks, craft beer from Arbor Brewing Company and wine from MANCAN Wine. New this year, a Guided Whiskey Tasting, presented by Diageo, a fundraiser benefiting the Guild of Artists & Artisans. This ticketed event, for people 21 years and older, will take you through nine samples of various whiskeys individually paired with decadent chocolates to enhance and highlight their flavors. Choose from three tasting times (5:30, 7 and 8:30 p.m.). Tastings are limited and pre-sale tickets at $25 ($30 at the door) are highly recommended. To purchase Tasting tickets, visit https://raf19whiskeytasting-diageo.eventbrite.com. Art Fair is free.
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Meat Products; while there, Evelyn worked to get the Worker Compensation bill signed into law in Michigan. Evelyn and Murray moved from Southfield to Detroit and enjoyed living in the city for 31 years before moving to Glacier Hills Senior Living Community in Ann Arbor. Mrs. Liberman is survived by her children, Anita Liberman-Lampear (Alan Lampear), Reena Liberman (Peter Nagourney) and Wallace Liberman; her grandchildren, Sara Lampear, Ari Lampear (Caren Minkoff), Tal Nagourney, Micah Nagourney, Shayna Liberman, Tori (Cameron) Burke and Kayli Liberman; her great-grandchildren, Eva and Ammi Lampear; many loving cousins, nieces and nephews. She was the daughter of the late Sarah Milgrom Horowitz Kalish and the late Elia Horowitz; sister of the late Louis (the late Helen) Horowitz, the late Joseph (the late Doris) Horowitz, the late Max (the late Beatrice) Horowitz and the late Lawrence (the late Phyllis) Horowitz; the wife of the late Murray Liberman. Interment was at Clover
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ROBERT â&#x20AC;&#x153;BOBâ&#x20AC;? E. MELLEN, 79, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 13, 2019. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Margie Mellen; son and daughter-inlaw, Rabbi Michael Mellen and Amy Wigler; daughters and son-in-law, Cheryl and Matthew Caplan, and Melissa Michaelson; son-inlaw, Dr. Jeremy Michaelson; grandchildren, Jonah and Ariana Mellen, Torin Caplan, and Merrick and Sydney Michaelson; brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, Alan and Gail Lappin, and Carol Lunsted; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mr. Mellen was the dear brother-in-law of the late Donald Lunsted. Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, temple-israel.org; Friends of Camp Mak-A-Dream, 408 S. Lafayette Ave., Suite 100, Royal Oak, MI 48067, campdreammich.org; Hillel Day School, 32200 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334, hillelday.org; or Frankel Jewish Academy, 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, frankelja.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. DIANE RAPAPORT, 81, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 8, 2019. She is surc. 1985 vived by her husband of 63 years, Bernie Rapaport; brother, Gerald
Thurswell; many cousins, nieces, nephews and in-laws. Mrs. Rapaport was the cherished mother of the late Karen Rapaport; the devoted daughter of the late Harry and the late Lillian Thurswell. Interment was at Beth Abraham Cemetery. Contriutions may be made to Multiple Sclerosis Society of Michigan, 21311 Civic Center Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, nationalmssociety.org/ mig; or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. JOAN AUDREY ROSE, 88, of Huntington Woods, died Nov. 9, 2019. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Arthur Rose; daughters and sons-in-law, Beth Rose, Janice and John Walker, Lauren Rose and Art Collings, and Ellen Rose and Mark Haiman; grandchildren, Joshua Walker, Jennifer Walker, Daniel Rose-Levine and Oliver Rose-Haiman. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Defense Fund, 840 First St. NE, #300, Washington, DC 20002, childrensdefense. org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. SUSAN YOUNG SALAMON, 74, passed away peacefully in Stockton, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2019, after battling brain cancer for 15 months.Â
Susan graduated cum laude from U-M in nursing in 1967. Mrs. Salamon is survived by her husband of 50 years, Dr. Peter Salamon; son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Michael and Beth Salamon of Louisville, Ky.; daughter and son-in-law, Dr. Sarah and Dr. Rick Weiss of LaCanada, Calif.; brother and sister-inlaw, Dr. John and Gail Young of Madison, Wis.; brotherin-law, Dr. Robert Salamon of Novi; grandchildren, Alex and Jack Salamon, and Abby Weiss; many other extended family members and friends from all over the world from their many, many travels. She was the daughter of the late Arthur and the late
Helen Young; daughter-inlaw of the late Dr. Stanley and the late Helen Salamon. HILLARY TURK, 69, died in Beaumont Hospital Hospice in Royal Oak on Nov. 5, 2019. She was born in New York, N.Y., on Feb. 28, 1950. Hillary came to Michigan as a young adult to attend the University of Michigan. She graduated from U-M’s master of social work program and practiced as a clinical social worker for more than 45 years. She was a local and national board member of the National Council of Jewish Women.
Hillary was loved by her family and many friends. She created a wonderful support system of Michigan friends who became like family to her. She made frequent trips to New Jersey to be with her son and loving family. She was an avid golfer and enjoyed many sports. She had a ready sense of humor and a positive attitude, which carried her through many challenges. She courageously battled heart disease and cancer for many years. Mrs. Turk was the beloved mother of Ian (Rebecca) Turk; loving grandmother of Moshe Avraha; cherished sister of Lauren Gitstein and Jason (Shira) Gitstein; dear aunt of
Rachel and Rivka Gitstein. She was predeceased by her beloved mother and father, Norma and Mordechai Gitstein, and brother Adam. Services were held in New Jersey. Contributions may be made to the U-M Lung Cancer Research Fund; checks may be made payable to University of Michigan and sent to Michigan Medicine Office of Development, 1000 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, MI 48104; call (734) 764-6777 or visit victors.us/hillaryturk. Contributions also may be made to Aish HaTorah, 25725 Coolidge Hwy., Oak Park, MI 48237, (248) 327-3579.
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DANIEL R. VICTOR, 43, of Bloomfield Hills, died Nov. 12, 2019. He was the cherished son of Richard and Denise Victor, Judith Dubin and the late Marvin Dubin; dear brother of Ronald (Heather) Victor, Sandra (Adam) Cosola, Shelby Dubin (partner, Dr. Silvio Cozzetto), Bruce (Suzanne) Dubin and Eric (Dalia) Dubin; loving children, Davis Victor and Stirling Victor. He is also survived by his former wife and mother of his children, Tracy Moen; Tracyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents, Bette and Ron Moen; grandparents, David and Diana Berman; loving aunts, uncles, a niece, nephews, cousins and a world of friends.
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Mr. Victor was the grandson of the late Simon and the late Helen Victor, and the late Saul and the late Rebecca Adaskin. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Emily Stillman Foundation, 30057 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 200, Farmington Hills, MI 48334, foreveremily.org/donate; Cedar Crest Educational Foundation, 8970 Dixie Hwy., Clarkston, MI 48348, cedarcrestacademy.com; or Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, MI 48334, adatshalom. org/tributes-make-adonation-in-honor-or-inmemory. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
ERNA WEISS, 95, of Oak Park, died Nov. 14, 2019. She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Sue Hollenberg of Southfield, Sandra and Dr. Sylvan Stern of Oak Park; daughter-in-law, Glenda Sherman of Edison, N.J.; grandchildren, Lisa and Ira Winer, Emily Hollenberg, Daniel and Bracha Weiss, Elisheva Weiss, Dov and Zehava Weiss, Robert Stern, Adena Stern and Eric Berenholtz; great-grandchildren, Joey Winer, Amalia Winer, Eliora Winer, Yehuda Yosef Chaim Weiss, Tova Weiss, Allie Tzipporah Weiss, Joel Berenholtz, Serena Berenholtz; other loving family members
and friends. Mrs. Weiss was the beloved wife of the late Peter Weiss; loving mother of the late Joe Weiss; dear mother-in-law of the late Dr. Edward Hollenberg. Contributions may be made to Young Israel of Oak Park, 15140 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park, MI 48237; or Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Correction The obituary for Dr. Victor Horvitz (Nov. 14) should have indicated that he served in the Medical Corps in Japan and was awarded the Victory Medal for the Far Eastern Command.
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Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org
30 Years Since the Wall Came Down out. And it did, maintaining a divided city until it fell in 1989. And as it stood, then and now, the Berlin Wall became a common, universally recognized symbol of oppression. There are 119 pages in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History that cite the Berlin Wall. The first two mentions are in the 1960s, one of which is an advertisement in the Nov. 29, 1963, issue of the JN for the movie Lilies of the Field. It states that the nuns for whom Sidney Poitier’s character works are escapees “from beyond the Berlin Wall.” What is most interesting is that stories mentioning the Berlin Wall are not always about the Wall itself. The term is often used as a point of reference. For example, the JN covered construction of the I-696 expressway in Metro Detroit in the 1980s. There was controversy since the expressway would slice through several communities. In the Dec. 29, 1989, issue of the JN, Dr. Conrad Giles, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, when discussing the new expressway, said: “It’s not a Berlin Wall. We have access.”
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