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Jews in the D Sacred Work

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Budget Breakthrough

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14 Funding to multicultural service agencies close to being restored.

Spirit

The Battle Continues

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15 Lansing mayor fights for a permanent Capitol menorah.

Eretz

Shine Some Light

47 Israel’s National Library collaborates with Google to digitize 120,000 books.

16 Beaumont’s Moonbeams program uplifts the spirits of kids in the hospital.

Shabbat Dinner 18 Teens share personal stories of mental illness and resilience.

Poland’s Struggle 20 Poles continue to wrestle with guilt and denial about their country’s Holocaust role.

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48 Designers’ approach to furniture means creating well-made, functional, long-lasting pieces destined to be a household name.

Holiday Page Turners 52 New books to please every reader in your family this Chanukah.

Celebrity Jews 54

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26 Alan Rosenbaum lauded for facilitating the integration of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.

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Gifted 30 Eight nights of awesome gifts (plus a few extras) for everyone on your Chanukah list.

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Business Schmoozing with Brandon Ben-Ezra 58 The JN chats with Ben-Ezra about finding his niche working on repurposing big- box stores.

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60 Pilot program to advance autonomous vehicle safety on state roads.

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24 Former national ADL director says the fight against anti-Semitism is not futile.

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12 Jewish Family Service named administrator for Holocaust Claims Conference.

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reetings, Michiganders and Michigeese! Ben has been pretty sleep deprived lately — can’t imagine why — so I am here in shed, lending a paw to share some good newf.

Allow me to introduce myself.

My name is Rushmore and I am a dog. Now Rushmore I know what you’re thinking: Dogs are unreliable narrators, least of all 10-week-old puppies. Well, I have Disney+ and it seems to me that animals, insects, toys — even brave little toasters — have more emotional intelligence than those adolescent humans who are always manipulating their adults with shenanigans and hijinks.

Excuse me for a moment. I just discovered the presence of a foreign object narrowly out of reach and I am confident that I can catch it if I just rotate my entire body at increasing speeds.

Where was I? Like you probably, I am originally from Eden.

Eden, South Dakota — hence the name Rushmore — is home to 93 humans, which must make it a major population center. I have four sisters and three brothers, one of whom is headed to Alaska for some superior sunbathing.

I flew here from Fargo via Minneapolis last month. If you think the seats in coach are bad, try riding under the plane!

(Delta, not Spirit Airlines. No one deserves Spirit Airlines.)

Contrary to popular belief, I am not from Newfoundland

Me and Ben, Phoebe and Judah

myself, though I hear it’s lovely this time of year. I am, of course, proud to follow in a long lineage of gentle giants. My mom is Bydand’s Eliza Dolittle of Briarwood and my dad — he of blessed memory and liquid nitrogen 300° below — was Sir Robin Hood of Briarwood. You can sniff up my whole family tree at newfoundlanddogdatabase.net.

Maybe you heard the news recently about my long-lost cousin Dogor. Sad story — he was about my age when he got trapped in some ice. Bear in mind, this was 18,000 years ago in Siberia, so his invisible fence was a crevasse.

Speaking of bears, I am not a bear. But I play one on TV. I currently weigh 23 pounds and enjoy being cuddled like a 23-pound human baby. This will become increasingly difficult once I am 150 pounds.

Again, not a black bear, though that’s not far off the 190 lb. average of ursus americanus in California. (California is just past South Dakota according to

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What’s Newf ? Me ... Rushmore!

a map on the cover of the New Yorker magazine.) Ben tips the scale somewhere in between and similarly thrives on food scraps and tummy rubs.

You may be wondering, do I like you? I do not like you. I love you. You are so good. Yes, you are. Who’s so good? That’s right. Yes it is. According to the journal Science, you and I both experience an increase in oxytocin when we lock eyes.

Oxytocin — as you know, yes you do — is a hormone that plays an important role in social bonding, so please look up from your phone unless you are using it to take a video of me eating your sandal.

Unlike all other dogs, I am the best. Virtually every human I have encountered in my many weeks has corroborated this, at a proximity that allows me to lick their faces. Face licks are the canine equivalent of notarizing.

So it’s official, the best — with the possible exception of Lola, the lady newf (don’t like the B-word) who lived here before me and did outstanding work

training this family. See you on the rainbow bridge, Lola!

I recently had a procedure done on my widdle eye wids and have been wearing an Elizabethan Collar since. That’s the official name. If you insist on calling it a cone of shame, then shame on you! And don’t pretend that you haven’t had work done on your eyes. The girl person made herself one to wear in solidarity — a kind gesture, but a little too Handmaid’s Tale for my tastes.

I may not know much yet — like what could possibly be better than investigating these piles of leaves at 4:30 in the morning — but I know a few things: First, I have up to 300 million olfactory receptors. All mine! How crazy is that? Truth be told, though, if I sniff your butt, it’s not because the part of my brain devoted to analyzing smells is 40 times greater than yours, but because I think it is hilarious.

Second, we are going to be best friends. All of us. The bestest. Since there are many of you and I have a strict regimen of napping in doorways at inopportune times, it may be hard for us to spend lots of quality time together. So you can keep up with me on Instagram: @rushmorethenewf.

Third, there are a lot of very good dogs who aren’t as lucky as me, so Ben is going to donate a dollar to Detroit Dog Rescue in honor of every #newffriend I make online this week.

Smell ya later!

Ruv, Rushmore

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Whitmer Owes No Apologies

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t’s been the habit of our local Jewish community to engage in outreach with other communities. And this is a good thing.

We should be good neighbors, and it should be part of being an American to Harry Onickel interact with all other Americans.

Yes, we have our differences, but those differences can and should be put aside.

We should be able to interact with every other community as equals. And for the most part we have been able to.

Not everyone accepts Jews as equals though. Some groups expect us to conform to their rules, thereby putting Jews at the bottom of a hierarchy that has no place in a free society.

That was expressed recently when a group of prominent Arab-American organizations

and community members held a press conference in which they complained that their community was not consulted on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recent visit to Israel.

Whitmer had no need of their “consultation.” They should not be allowed to hold the advancement of Michigan and Michigan businesses hostage based on their irrational hatred of Jewish self-determination in Israel.

They would not have asked to be consulted about an official visit to any other country in the world.

One community member “was stunned by Whitmer’s decision to visit Israel after the Muslim community supported Whitmer in 2018.”

What’s stunning is someone thinking that the Muslim community’s support should be based on hating Israel.

Pandering to anti-Semitism has no place in American society.

The Dearborn-based American Human Rights Council (AHRC), in their statement on Whitmer’s Israel visit, complained that American politicians’ visits to Israel reflect “the power of the pro-Israel lobby in America.” Not only does this statement reek of anti-Semitism, but it is also completely wrong.

Michigan businesses connect with Israel in order to create opportunities for Americans.

Israel is the only Middle Eastern country not mired in dysfunction and hatred that actually builds products and technologies that can benefit Michigan.

Rather than helping to bring these benefits to Michigan, these organizations and their leaders wallow in the same hatred that has kept the rest of the Middle East poor and corrupt.

Echoing interviews in Osama Siblani’s Arab American News, the AHRC makes the usual “occupation,” “human rights

the work by human rights and international law expert Jacques Gauthier (Ph.D., University of Geneva, Graduate Institute of International Studies), he’d learn Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem and West Bank territories captured in 1967 is based on long-recognized legal principles. Gauthier, who studied the issue for more than 30 years, demonstrates exactly why Israel, despite the denials of others, is legally entitled to rule there.

It is long past time to cut the histrionics and recognize facts.

Settlements are not standing in the way of peace. It’s simply

a fiction perpetuated by the few for political and financial reasons, regardless of the tremendous real costs in human terms for doing so.

violations” and “apartheid” charges,while ignoring the real human rights violations and apartheid in the nations surrounding Israel.

While Jewish organizations should continue their outreach, that outreach should not be based on lowering ourselves to meet the demands of people who continue to hate us. There should be no apologizing for Jewish success anywhere in the world, nor should any of us excuse their hatred because we agree on “some things.”

When and if the people protesting Whitmer’s Israel visit decide to put aside their selfdestructive hatred, then it will be time to greet them and work together as Americans.

Harry Onickel is a freelance writer and reading tutor. He is currently writing a history of anti-Semitism for high school students.

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Levin Gets it Wrong There he goes, again. Freshman Democrat Congressman Andy Levin displays his ignorance and anti-Israel bias by drafting a letter — co-signed by 100 Democrat members of Congress (including our own Brenda Lawrence and several other members of Michigan’s delegation) — complaining about Secretary of State Pompeo’s recent statement that Israel’s settlements in the West Bank are not inconsistent with international law (Views, Dec. 5 issue).

Had Levin bothered to read

— Kerry Greenhut West Bloomfield

Hate Not Only from White Supremacists The Nov. 21 JN issue’s coverage of the ADL anti-Semitism event (“Hate on the Rise,” page 12), and the event itself, focused only on the danger of white supremacists. These groups are small and mainly hide in the shadows and chat rooms. The

ADL appears to be hiding its own research. In its 2017 global study, it found that, worldwide, 49 percent of Muslims hate Jews.

In the United States, 34 percent of Muslims and 14 percent of non-Muslims are anti-Semites.

The ADL 2019 study update for Europe found Muslim acceptance of anti-Semitic stereotypes was on average almost three times higher than that of the overall population.

U.S. black anti-Semitism is rising. Data from 2016 measured it at 23 percent compared to 14 percent for the rest of the population. Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam is a major threat, continued on page 10

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FedRadioDetroit is Live!

FedRadioDetroit is Federation’s podcast series hosted by Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss and featuring big personalities from Jewish Detroit’s diverse cast of characters.

Scott Kaufman, who recently stepped down from the role of Federation’s CEO, shares his journey into Jewish leadership, reflects on his decade-long run as CEO and what he hopes to accomplish in the next chapter of his personal and professional story.

Hosts Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss with FedRadioDetroit’s first interviewee, Scott Kaufman

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A Christmas Tree Says Something

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ymbolic objects convey meaning without words.

A Christmas tree, for example, speaks. What does it say?

Once, in Northern Europe, people had a Yule log that spoke about Norse mythology. Christmas trees in America do not say Louis Finkelman anything about Contributing Norse mytholWriter ogy.

Later, the Christians who conquered Europe repurposed the trees as symbols of Christianity. Taking an evergreen tree into your house in winter, when all other trees in the northern temperate zone have no leaves, now demonstrated Christian faith.

Christmas trees in America say that for some Americans; but some secular Americans — and some Jews — also have trees, without that faith.

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For most of our history, Jews around the world have lived in someone else’s homeland. It takes psychic effort not to join the majority.

In the 1950s, a psychologist named Solomon Asch measured the temptation to conform to the majority. He ran a test, supposedly a vision test, asking subjects to pick out the longest of three lines. People did that with 98 percent accuracy. He then presented the lines to a group and asked each person to announce the longest line. The diabolical part: He had “confederates” in the group who answered incorrectly. The real subject of the experiment answered after the confederates. If three or more people had already chosen a short line, the subject often agreed with group about one third of the time.

Although nearly everyone could quietly write the correct

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answer, only about quarter of the subjects could answer correctly out loud every time.

It takes significant effort not to conform.

I suspect a Christmas tree in a Jewish home says, “The folks who live here do not feel up to being different.”

Maybe they think, “We could do without the tree; it is for the children. Why should they have to be different? Just let them fit in. Anyway, who wants to explain why we do not celebrate Christmas?”

Maybe the tree in a Jewish household says that the folks here love the traditions of American Christmas, supporting the retail economy by purchasing cards, toys and small household devices. I do not think so. I think it says, we do not have the energy not to conform.

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with his hateful speech and growing number of followers, including rappers and the Women’s March’s Tamika Mallory.

In May of this year, the Philadelphia branch of the Muslim American Society (MAS) had an event where young children from a MAS school sang and read poetry about killing Jews.

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Recently, Oberlin College students erected a memorial to Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists.

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was to read that both Clover Hill Park Cemetery and Congregation Shaarey Zedek saw fit to develop the Berman Shiva Center. I am sure that there is a need for the center since many family members come from out of town.

According to Rabbi Aaron Starr of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, “The cemetery seeks to fulfill the values of kavod hamet (honoring the deceased) and nichum aveilim (comforting mourners) within the bounds of Jewish law.” However, the grounds of the cemetery leave much to be desired. Many of the gravestones have rust water stains on them and are not properly maintained.

While my family pays to have our family gravestones cleaned, many are not taken care of because there is no one to advocate for their deceased love ones. The cemetery board bears the responsibility to maintain the cemetery with dignity. I do not find visiting the cemetery comforting in its present condition.

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Jews in the D

JFS staff member Shelby Patterson spends time with survivor Mrs. Weiss of Oak Park.

‘Sacred Work’ Jewish Family Service named administrator for Holocaust Claims Conference.

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n keeping with its dedication to provide compassionate, personalized services to help thousands in the Jewish community and its vitally important role in assisting Holocaust survivors, Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit (JFS) has been named Midwest Administrator for the Holocaust Claims Conference.

Since 1951, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (the Claims Conference) has been providing care for Jewish Holocaust victims through negotiating with the German government for millions of dollars in payments to victims, promoting Holocaust education, documentation and research, and funding social services that aid communities in

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looking after elderly survivors.

JFS CEO Perry Ohren noted JFS has been working with the Claims Conference for decades, and with Holocaust survivors for more than 70 years, and this partnership is crucial to the work JFS undertakes: helping survivors to age with dignity and Perry Ohren respect.

“The Claims Conference’s purpose is to be the worldwide centralized entity that helps us help survivors locally,” said Ohren, who’s served as CEO since 2011. “This happens at JFS through the provision and facilitation of services for survivors as well as helping them access restitution.”

According to Ohren, the Conference

decided the way it was helping survivors who weren’t close to places like JFS wasn’t effective, so a handful of providers across the country were asked to take on a region.

“Helping survivors both in Michigan and in a multi-state area is sacred work, so, of course we agreed to partner in this endeavor,” Ohren said.

“JFS Detroit is one of four hubs responsible for multi-state coverage,” he continued. “Our designated area includes 15 states: Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.

“We’re currently working on starting services for a survivor in Petoskey and are working with Flint and Ann Arbor to qualify their communities’ survivors for services. Also, services are being provided to the last-known Holocaust survivor in Iowa.”

The aid JFS offers includes facilitating non-skilled homecare services such as personal care, cleaning and grocery shopping.

Survivors are directed to New York-based agency Blue Card Inc. for emergency financial assistance.

There’s much involved in handling the duties as the Midwest Claims Conference administrator, Ohren explained.

“Administrative responsibilities include receiving referrals from agencies and individual prospective clients, completing paperwork to qualify prospective survivors for services, collecting supporting documentation, identifying, screening and training potential homecare service providers, training social workers at various referring agencies, obtaining monthly documentation for services, paying service providers and obtaining reimbursement from the Claims Conference,” he said.

Yet Ohren and everyone at JFS understand how necessary this work is — and how critical this program is to help victims of Nazi terror.

“There’s nothing more important in all we do than helping Holocaust survivors,” he concluded. “We at JFS are mindful of values such as tzedakah and tikkun olam, creating justice and working to make the world right and whole, and the concept of chessed, compassion and caring for others.

We’re honored to provide these services because if we see each person as created in the image of God, we can see humanity and dignity in all people.”

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deal is drawing near between the legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Lansing to restore some of the nearly $500 million Whitmer line-item vetoed from the state’s 2020 budget, including the $8 million appropriated to “multicultural integration funding.”

For the Jewish community, the impact would be about $2 million that is usually allocated to Jewish Family Service, JVS, Jewish Community Center, JARC, Kadima and Friendship Circle, according to David Kurzmann, senior director, community and donor relations at Federation.

According to Bridge magazine, the bills passed unanimously in the Senate and nearly unanimously in the House on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The bills need to be reconciled between the chambers and then sent to the governor for her signature.

“While this does not restore all of the governor’s vetoes and transfers, it is a good first step in the right direction,” said Senate Appropriations Chair Jim Stamas. “It is my hope this is the last time any of these programs are caught in the political crossfire.”

While Federation is “encouraged by the progress and optimistic about the restoration of the funding,” Kurzmann says, he won’t relax until the legislation is “over the finish line and signed by the governor.”

The legislature also moved two bills that would affect

the budget process, according to Bridge: one to require the legislature to send the budget to the governor by July 1 each year; the other to restrict the powers of the State Administrative Board, which Whitmer has said she is reluctant to do.

“The governor is pleased that the House and Senate each took initial action on a supplemental budget that will restore critical funding for public health, public safety and public education,” Whitmer’s spokeswoman Tiffany Brown said in a written statement. “This is an important, bipartisan step forward for our state to ensure we are providing essential services to Michigan families, and I am hopeful we can finalize it soon.”

The governor had also diverted $1.5 million of the Department of Civil Rights budget allocated to three private museums, including $500,000 for the Holocaust Memorial Center, to funding for discrimination investigations. According to Vicki Levengood of the Department of Civil Rights, that funding has not been restored in these bills.

According to Amber McCann, spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, nearly $500 million left over from Whitmer’s cuts, including funding for the Pure Michigan campaign and the state’s roads, would likely be re-appropriated early next year.

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The Battle Continues Lansing mayor fights for a permanent Capitol menorah.

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n Nov. 22, Lansing Mayor Andy Schor was successfully able to light a 9-foot menorah alongside the 61-foot Christmas tree in front of the Michigan State Capitol during the Silver Bells in the City event.

Later that night, the menorah was taken down and returned to City Hall, where it will stay in the lobby during the holiday season.

This is not the first time the Capitol has been in the spotlight regarding the menorah. On Nov. 12, Michigan State Sen. Jeremy Moss proposed a resolution to permanently keep the menorah on the Capitol lawn alongside the state’s Christmas tree.

Moss’ resolution was not taken up by either chamber.

In response, Schor is advocating for the menorah to stand next to the Christmas tree during the eight days of Chanukah.

The obstacle Schor faces is whether the Capitol grounds is property of the city or state. If it’s state property, then it’s their decision to make on what is displayed on the lawn. If it’s city property, then Schor and the citizens of Lansing have the right to have a menorah displayed on the lawn as long as they have the correct permits.

“We’re trying to do some research right now,” Schor said. “If the property is the

state’s, then we won’t put a menorah up. However, it’s disappointing to see they have chosen not to display the menorah alongside the Christmas tree.”

Rabbi Asher Lopatin, executive director of the JCRC/ AJC, agrees with Schor.

“There has to be some balance,” Lopatin said. “If there is going to be a Christmas tree up then we should be able to show our support for the Jewish community and display a menorah during the eight days of Chanukah.”

Schor is not advocating for the state’s Christmas tree to come down — he just wants to see everyone being celebrated during the holiday season.

“Lansing is a very inclusive city,” Schor said. “Everyone should be able to celebrate their faith and beliefs equally.”

The Lansing community has shown support for Schor’s office, thanking him for taking up this issue. Even people in the legislature have expressed that what he is fighting for is worthwhile.

“We already have a request for a menorah to be put up in that space for the eight days of Chanukah,” Schor said. “We have an appropriate permitting process and if it turns out to be our property, we are prepared to go through this process to ensure that the menorah is on display.”

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Shine Some Light Beaumont’s Moonbeams program uplifts the spirits of kids in the hospital.

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aving a seriously sick child is a devastating, heartwrenching experience. As Rachael Grushko of West Bloomfield said, “It was the worst day of my life.”

In late December 2017, Grushko’s daughter Bella, then 19 months old, was rushed to the emergency room at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak with an infection-induced fever of 106 that was shutting down her kidneys.

They spent the next two days in the emergency room before being moved to a room in the pediatrics unit.

“I was a complete wreck, a total disaster,” Grushko recalled. That night, she glanced out the window and saw many lights shining in the darkness. She didn’t know what was happening, but it looked beautiful, so she picked up Bella, ignoring all the wires attached to her small body, and held her up to see.

Bella smiled for a few moments before falling back to sleep, but Rachael kept watching. “It calmed me down for a moment. It made me feel like I wasn’t alone,” she said.

It wasn’t until the next day that Grushko discovered what it was: Beaumont’s Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams program. During Moonbeams, the community rallies in the courtyard outside the pediatric

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unit every night at 8 p.m. during the month of December and waves flashlights at the patients to show they’re not forgotten by the outside world.

This year, Moonbeams runs from now through Dec. 25. Lights shine at 8 p.m.

According to Beaumont Children’s Child Life Supervisor Kathleen Grobbel, the program was created by their Pediatric Family Advisory Council after a parent said she’d been in the hospital with a child over the holidays and felt like the world was going on without her. “We thought, let’s invite the community to say good night by shining lights,” Grobbel said. “We figured we’d have a small group; we weren’t sure it would take off.”

Instead, word spread. People loved being able to do something tangible for sick kids and their families, to bring a little light to their bleak situations.

During 2018, more than 30,000 TOP TO BOTTOM: Volunteers brightened the evening for pediatric patients at Beaumont Royal Oak last year. When Bella, now 4, was in the hospital at 19 months, her mother Rachael held her up to see the lights. Alexa and Ari Schafer.

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participants showed up during the month; some nights alone had more than 1,000 people. It gets so crowded that Grobbel warned parking can be a challenge. If you’re going, be sure to arrive early! They also prefer if people register in advance so they can organize volunteers accordingly.

Last year, more than 800 children and their families enjoyed the lights from the inside, not including adults in the intensive care unit and other floors who also appreciated the view. Children gather in the skywalk every night to watch and to shine their flashlights and wave their glowsticks back at the crowd.

“The kids absolutely love it,” Grobbel said. “When we first bring them to the window, they keep asking Why? What is this? What’s going on? Then suddenly, everyone outside turns on their flashlights at once and there’s a whole sea of twinkling lights. It’s so beautiful. They move in unison, like a wave, it’s gorgeous. The kids love watching it.”

In November 2017, Liz Schafer of Birmingham left Beaumont’s NICU/PICU with her newborn. Last year, she brought her kids Alexa, 8, and Ari, 6, to Moonbeams as part of a Girl Scouts activity.

“It was special for my kids because they knew their baby sister had been in the hospital.

It was also a great opportunity to teach them gratitude for their health and compassion for others,” Schafer said. “And it was an incredible feeling seeing the kids in the hospital shine their lights back!”

Beyond families and groups, fire engines and police cars from all neighboring cities show up to add their lights to the display.

Firefighters raise their ladders so children can get a thrill seeing these heroes waving right at their windows.

This will be the third year Dana Glasser Gorman of Novi will be participating.

She came with her husband, Mike, and children Max, 15, Jack, 14, and Ty, 6, as well as with friends.

Gorman said some nights were cold or rainy, but their slight discomfort was not a consideration when it came to supporting these families who are stuck in the hospital during the holiday season.

“It’s moving every single night,” Gorman said. “It’s truly an amazing event although we always hope they can discontinue it because there won’t be any sick kids to do this for.”

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hree young speakers presented their stories of resilience at the third annual Teen Shabbat Dinner on Friday, Nov. 22, at Friendship Circle. About 200 teenagers heard from Emily Coon, Mandi Fealks and Brandon Klein.

Coon, 16, spoke about developing depression after losing her sister to suicide.

“Her laugh was contagious.

It could make anyone happy even on their worst day,” Coon said of her sister who was 18 years older. She passed when Coon was 5 years old. When she was 6, Coon was diagnosed with depression.

“Losing someone you love is the feeling of not being able to breathe,” she said. “The worst part is losing someone who didn’t want to stay.”

When she was 9 years old, Coon’s struggle with mental health turned into a physical battle. She experienced extreme pain in her legs with no known cause. After a few weeks, she lost the ability to walk.

“I could barely stand or take more than two steps without my legs turning to Jello and collapsing beneath me,” Coon said.

It took months of hospital visits and countless tests, but a doctor finally diagnosed Coon with conversion disorder, a condition of paralysis or other neurological symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation. This is usually brought on by mental illness.

Coon said it only took one night of happiness to get her walking again. When she went to a concert with her mom, she entered the venue in a wheelchair and left on her

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own two feet.

She was improving, but she started to harm herself in 2014. With support from her best friend and family members, Coon spent five days in a mental hospital in 2016.

“I felt refreshed and ready to continue fighting the battle in my mind because life really is worth living,” she said. “I am here for a reason.”

Fealks, 16, opened up about her cousin Allison who committed suicide in the summer of 2018. Fealks was away at summer camp, so she never got to say goodbye.

“What if I had texted her?

What if she knew I was there

for her? What if she knew I was struggling, too?” Fealks said. “I have always struggled with anxiety and depression, but after that summer, my depression episodes got worse.”

She struggled through the school year with little improvement until she returned to camp in 2019.

Her friends and counselors encouraged her to write a letter to Allison, tie it to a balloon and let it go.

“I will move forward, and I will go on with my life,” Fealks said in the last line of the letter.

Klein, 26, explained how

he uses meditation and journaling to live with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The Jewish News featured Klein when he left the University of Michigan to create the WiseMindGentleSoul meditation center.

“In my mind, I would get running, running, running thoughts. Obsessive thoughts,” he said. “By tapping into my breath, by noticing my thoughts, by not pushing them away but not diving in, I felt better.”

Klein had little success with therapy and medication.

Luckily, he discovered meditation when he was 20 years old. He said he found a way to handle his mind, but his struggles didn’t go away.

“This is not the end of the story because I’m still living it,” Klein said. “Suffering is inherent to human existence.

We’re all suffering. One way you can suffer less is to shine light on the darkness.”

Two professional football players, Miles Killebrew and Trevor Bates, spoke at last year’s Teen Shabbat Dinner.

The teens were excited but, ultimately, they preferred hearing from their peers, said Yarden Blumstein, teen director at Friendship Circle.

“Teens want a setting they created that’s theirs,” he added.

“It’s a story-sharing platform to show strength and hope.

They can open these dialogues.”

Audience member Lindsay Zousmer, 15, was moved by the speakers.

“The way they explained their stories was so raw and real,” she said. “Never be afraid to share your story. You never know the impact it will have.”

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After an eight-month search process, Hillel Day School announced that Dr. Darin Katz will be the next Head of School replacing Interim Head of School, Naty Katz (no direct relation) in July 2020.

Katz is in his eighth year at the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy in Philadelphia.

In his current role, he has supervised 60 teachers and led Barrack Hebrew Academy’s self-study and accreditation processes. He also plans the school’s 11th-grade trimester abroad trip to the Alexander Muss High School in Israel.

Katz has also taught science for two decades and continues to teach in his current role.

“Darin has demonstrated for years that he is a mentsh with respect to colleagues, parents, students and in the community,” Ellen Folbe, president of the Board of Trustees for Hillel, said in a statement. “Darin’s references from the Barrack community

confirm his reputation as a consummate professional who is fully dedicated to the mission of Jewish day schools, to academic excellence, and to Jewish literacy and leadership.”

Katz attended Penn State University and received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Prizman YOU Lead Program and the Harvard University/AVI Chai Principals’ Center.

Katz is a longtime member of Congregation Beth Shalom in Elkins Park, Pa., and has been an active volunteer at Friendship Circle for 18 years.

He was selected from a pool of 50 potential candidates who met with Hillel faculty and staff, trustees and leaders in the Detroit Jewish community, including Scott Kaufman, Jeffrey Lasday and Nancy Newman Adler.

The Metro Detroit community will have the opportunity to meet Katz at Hillel’s upcoming open house in January.

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Quesnel has asked that the WJF reach out to Christians United for Israel (CUFI). “I would like to try in some small way to begin bridging the gap between these two wonderful reli-

gions,” Quesnel said.

To support solidarity between the two faiths, the Jewish Community Endowment Fund of Windsor will distribute more than $1 million to CUFI on Quesnel’s behalf.

The remaining $1 million will be distributed to the Windsor Jewish community to be shared between the Windsor Jewish Community Center, the United Jewish Appeal and the Jewish National Fund to support their work.

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hree million Polish Jews died during the Holocaust — more than any other nationality.

Many died in AuschwitzBirkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp, but others were killed near the villages where they lived.

Despite the Holocaust’s devastating impact on Polish Jewry, Poland as a nation and many of its citizens have for decades waivered and backtracked on their roles in this tragedy.

According to Dariusz Stola, a Polish historian, professor and scholar, the reasons include Poland’s years as a communist state and a nationalistic emphasis on all Polish victims. Recurring anti-Semitism, sometimes shrouded in anti-Zionist sentiment, has been another issue.

Stola discussed Poland’s complex response to the Holocaust on Oct. 23 at the Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) in Farmington Hills.

More than 200 individuals attended. Stola is a founder and former director of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which opened in 2014 in Warsaw.

The connection between the HMC and Stola came through Dr. Edward Malinowski, a

Rabbi Eli Mayerfeld, Richard Herman, Deb Tyner and Dariusz Stola

organized a rebellion and the government accused protesters of anti-Zionist conspiracies. Some Jews lost their jobs and many left Poland.

By the 1980s, the communist regime was gradually eroding, enabling a freer exchange of information. Stola cited the writings of Nobel prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz, a Polish American, as spurring discussion. Milosz was a witness of the Warsaw uprising and wrote an account titled “Poor Christian Looks at the Ghetto.” He asked the “universal problem of nonJews: Will we be counted among the helpers of death?

Jews were dying a lonelier death because of things we didn’t do.”

Other Poles countered, “We did all we could do in these circumstances,” citing Nazi brutality toward anyone helping Jewish Poles.

The massacre of the Jews of Jedwabne, Poland, by their neighbors and others in 1941 was a “shock to the Polish public — many didn’t know about it,” Stola said. Although there was an investigation and trial after the war, a book by historian

Poland’s Struggle Poles continue to wrestle with guilt and denial about their country’s Holocaust role.

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79-year-old survivor of the Warsaw ghetto and a retired cardiologist who lives in West Bloomfield. He and his mother and sister were able to survive the war although his father was captured by the Gestapo and never returned.

After the war, they lived in Warsaw where Malinowksi became a physician and medical school professor.

However, when the Polish political climate became antiSemitic in 1968, he and his family immigrated to Detroit.

After the environment tempered, Malinowski visited Poland and met Stola, whom he later recommended to the HMC as a speaker.

Malinowski is an HMC board member.

SHIFTING REACTIONS Stola described Poland’s

shifting response to its role in the Holocaust as denial, discussion of some responsibility, shock at Polish attacks against Jews and then back to denial of complicity with the Nazis. The Nazi plan to kill European Jewry was known to senior officers in the Polish underground in 1942; many Polish Jews had already been massacred, he said.

After the war, there was some debate about the Polish role in the Holocaust; but there was also anti-Jewish violence, including a pogrom in Kielce, where 42 Jews were killed by Polish soldiers, police officers and civilians in 1946. Discussion of the Polish role during the Holocaust ended during the late 1940s with the Soviet takeover.

In 1968, Polish students

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“The democratic transformation of Poland brought about an ability to talk about [the Holocaust] publicly.”

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Jan Gross brought the attack to public attention in 2000.

The president of Poland apologized to survivors. A public prosecutor re-opened the case, but the perpetrators had died.

“The democratic transformation of Poland brought about an ability to talk about it publicly,” he added.

But there was a growing backlash to such honesty.

“Some Poles asked, ‘Why do you speak about bad stuff?

Why not write about the glorious aspects of history including the righteous gentiles? Why write about World War II when evil had the upper hand?’” Stola related.

Several years ago, the government issued a regulation that penalized public statements claiming Polish complicity in the crimes of Nazi Germany.

Violators faced a potential three-year prison sentence.

Stola explained that supporters said, “We have to defend our honor in fighting the Germans. Poland is on the right side.”

Israel and the United States protested the act and the most controversial aspects of the regulation

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were removed.

In addition to Poland’s changing governments, Stola discussed other possible reasons for the Polish response to the Holocaust, citing guilt, regret of a loss and a numbing of feelings.

This numbing was described by psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton, an expert in mass violence, who said it applied to many Europeans who witnessed horrific acts during World War II. “Many Poles could see, hear, smell the Holocaust and repressed a feeling of guilt,” Stola said.

“Why Jews were killed after the war is a dark mystery,” he added, mentioning that the attacks at Kielce may have included the medieval blood libel against Jews.

Stola finished his presentation with some positive comments about Poland today: Polish textbooks must include a chapter about the Holocaust, and the Polin Museum has a program to help teachers with this subject.

In addition, he described the extensive, vibrant Jewish Festival of Krakow, which focuses on current Jewish life.

Sosnick Award presentation to Tamarack Camps for its special needs inclusion program

Jewish Fund Awards and Grants At its Nov. 12 annual meeting, the Jewish Fund recognized Tamarack Camps for the 2019 Robert Sosnick Award of Excellence for its special needs inclusion programs. Camp Maas Director Lee Trepeck accepted the award, which includes a $25,000 prize, from presenters Mark Schlussel and Karen Sosnick Schoenberg.

Prior to the annual meeting, the Jewish Fund board met and awarded $792,000 in new grants to Metro Detroit nonprofit organizations. Focusing on improved health outcomes, several of these grants target new initiatives and expansion of services.

Among the new grants, Freedom House was awarded a three-year grant of $133,000 to train asylum seekers to advocate for their health care needs and make effective health care choices, through a partnership with Wayne State University’s Global Health Alliance.

A two-year grant to the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue of $140,000 will support expansion of its Tzedek Detroit initiative, focusing on the development of meaningful relationships between the Jewish and Detroit communities through shared experiences and social and education collaborative programming.

A three-year grant of $120,000 to Alternatives for Girls will promote maternal and newborn health for mothers, expectant mothers and infants. A three-year grant of $250,000 to the Jewish Federation will continue to encourage donors to its Centennial Campaign by front-loading income to support social services.

The following new board members were elected: Ilana Liss of Birmingham and Jennifer Friedman of Huntington Woods. Nancy Grosfeld was re-elected board chair and Michael Eizelman was re-elected vice chair.

Shalom Asia Zao Jun, 6608 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Township, is holding an event called “Shalom Asia” Sunday, Dec. 15. The restaurant will offer A night of Old-World Jewish flavors combined with new Asian cuisines, including Everything Bagel Maki Roll, Corned Beef Bao Buns, Matzo Ball Ramen and the choice of Teriyaki Salmon or Asian-style Beef Brisket. Price is $39.95 and a wine pairing will be available at an additional price.

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Abe Foxman and Rabbi Shragie Myers in dialogue

‘Virus with No Antidote’ Former national ADL director says the fight against anti-Semitism is not futile.

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be Foxman, former national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), drew a large audience Nov. 20 to the Berman Theater to hear his talk on a timely topic: “How to Deal with Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century.”

Foxman is a well-known and respected activist. Leaving the ADL in 2015 after nearly three decades of leadership, he helped create in 2016 the Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism, which he leads, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.

The presentation was sponsored

by Partners Detroit, the ADL and the Jewish Community Center and hosted

by Carolyn and Aaron Frankel, who introduced Foxman, his longtime friend.

The format was a fire-side chat between Foxman and Rabbi Shragie Myers, executive director of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah in Southfield.

Myers begin by asking Foxman about his remarkable personal history and path to ADL. Foxman was born in 1940, shortly after the Soviet Union took the

eastern part of Poland and the Holocaust began to take shape. Before his parents were sent to a ghetto in 1941, they sent Foxman to live with a Catholic nanny in Vilnius, Lithuania. He was reunited with his parents in 1944, and the family moved to the U.S. in 1950.

Foxman earned a bachelor’s degree from the City College of New York, a law degree from New York University, and joined the ADL in 1965. He suggested this advice when seeking a career: “You have to know what you want to do, and you have to be lucky.”

The remainder of Foxman’s chat was a wide-ranging perspective on anti-Semitism, both historical and modern, regarding the ideas he developed during his more than 50 years working with ADL. He told the crowd to always keep two main lessons in mind. First, the study of anti-Semitism is not an exact science; and second, there is no one single cause for anti-Semitism.

“It is a virus without an antidote or a vaccine,” he said. “It serves so many masters for so many reasons.”

Foxman did not declare the fight to

We need to be creative in building a new firewall against anti-Semitism; we have to be imaginative; and we have to be proud.

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be futile. He said anti-Semitism can and must be attacked through organizations, social programs, education and politics.

Foxman said he was an optimist, that there has been progress despite the ebb and flow of the fight, and that he believes in the future.

He acknowledged anti-Semitism is resurgent in America, that the “covers are off the sewers.” The pervasive social media and online world and the current political atmosphere have encouraged anti-Semitism, “identity politics,” anti-immigration and other extreme positions.

What can we do? Foxman believes we have to avoid the tendency to look to the “good old days.” There were none, he said. In the modern era, “we need to be creative in building a new firewall [against anti-Semitism]; we have to be imaginative; and we have to be proud.”

The lesson he has learned is that after facing a serious threat, “Jews stand-up, brush themselves off and continue to be proud of being Jewish.”

The audience was appreciative. Don Cohen, a former director of ADL’s Michigan Region, said, “I agree that, unfortunately, anti-Semitism is a problem to be handled rather than solved.

His focus on constraining and deterring anti-Semitic acts rather than changing all attitudes was spot-on.”

Allan Gale, who had a 40-year career at the JCRC/AJC in Detroit, thought the chat was “very insightful.”

But, he said, “I have a concern anti-Semitism has moved to gun violence,” he said, underscoring the importance of constraining anti-Semites from acting on their beliefs.

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efore it was in vogue for psychiatrists to prescribe brainbased medications for their patients, Alan Rosenbaum, M.D., was researching and incorporating psychotropic drugs for his patients in need. That was more than 50 years ago. Today, Rosenbaum, who practices in Farmington Hills, is considered an expert and pioneer in the field.

In addition to serving as a clinical professor of behavioral science at Wayne State University and an adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan, he is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

For his years of dedication and commitment to treating mental illness, Rosenbaum was honored on Nov. 15 by the Michigan Psychoanalytic Foundation at an event at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn.

“We were so pleased to honor Dr. Rosenbaum,” says psychiatrist Sally Rosenberg, D.O., co-president of the foundation and president of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. “He has had a major impact on the mental health community in the Detroit area.

“Dr. Rosenbaum’s expert combination of the science

Pioneering Psychiatrist Alan Rosenbaum lauded for facilitating the integration of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.

Dr. Alan Rosenbaum was honored Nov. 15 by the Michigan Psychoanalytic Foundation.

and the art of medicine has helped many patients with widely varying problems. His careful communications with referring practitioners have facilitated the integration of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.”

Rosenbaum, born and raised in Detroit, went to medical school at U-M, where he simultaneously took classes at the Graduate School of Pharmacology.

In 1965, he received both his medical degree and a master’s of science degree in pharmacology. He did a psychiatry residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where he remained on staff for 9.5 years.

Very early on, Rosenbaum incorporated his knowledge of brain-influencing drugs into his psychiatric practice.

“My first patient as a psy-

chiatric resident was admitted after her husband died, and she developed a psychotic mania as a result of the stress,” he explains. “When she came on to our unit, I was told to talk her out of the psychosis. It didn’t work.

I read about medications for mania and found research being done using lithium for bipolar disorder.

“For my next manic patient, I called the corner drugstore and asked if they had any lithium. They said yes — it was used as a salt substitute for blood pressure — and agreed to make up some capsules for me. I gave them to my patient, and they worked in about a week.”

At Mayo Clinic, while studying some of the new antidepressants, Rosenbaum measured stress hormones in patients with severe anxious

depression and found that if their cortisone and adrenalin were too high, antidepressants made them worse.

In 1981, Rosenbaum, along with his wife, Maxine, and two daughters, moved back to Michigan. He pursued his career in psychopharmacology and continued doing drug evaluations.

DRUGS AND DIAGNOSES Rosenbaum says psychiatric illnesses that may be severe enough to require medications include depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorders, severe anxiety, eating disorders and schizophrenia.

However, drugs are not prescribed without careful consideration, a thorough medical history and close monitoring.

“Depression and bipolar disorder cause a higher incidence of high blood pressure, strokes, diabetes and dementia,” he says. “Some of our newer anti-psychotic medications can cause a metabolic syndrome, increasing one’s risk of heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes.

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“His combination of the science and the art of medicine has helped many patients with widely varying problems. His careful communications with referring practitioners have facilitated the integration of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.”

— DR. SALLY ROSENBERG better.”

Drugs work by targeting neurotransmitters in the brain that stimulate or inhibit their release, he notes. “Initially, we thought the main transmitters were serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine. But we began to see that stress hormones played a major part in depression, and research has now found that the main transmitter in the brain is glutamate, a protein that is a stimulating hormone and one of the main causes of anxiety.”

There was a time when many traditional psychoanalysts believed drugs undermined successful treatment. “Nowadays, more analysts are prescribing medications and the two approaches are recognized as needing each other,” Rosenbaum says. “When you put them together, the success rate goes up.”

In his practice, Rosenbaum has seen an

increase in depression. “I think it has to do with the amount of stress people have,” he says. “The hours people work seem longer.

Both spouses are working, and they don’t have enough time for themselves or with their children. We’ve also found that inflammation from any disease, or even surgery, can trigger depressions.”

Diet and exercise, he adds, “have been proven to be extremely important for our mental health, with exercise shown to even delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.”

As for the future of psychiatric drug treatment, Rosenbaum hopes scientists will find something similar to what has evolved for cancer treatment: medications that block genes that allow cancer to grow.

“My hope is we can find a medication that can block the gene or genes that allow the biological part of the psychiatric illness,” he says.

Gift Guide 2019 Laura Feld, owner of Laura Rose Cookies in Commerce, launched her business in 2016 after looking for something sshe could do from home once hher kids were in school — partly inspired by her mom, who used to in make m akke cookies to give as gifts.

“I’ve always had a passion for creative projects,” Feld says. “I’ve loved to draw, and I’ve made custom greeting cards.

When I started making the custom cookies, they took off really fast. Who doesn’t like cookies?”

We, for one, love the mouthwatering, gorgeous — and festive — confections.

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Gifted Eight nights of awesome gifts (plus a few extras) for everyone on your Chanukah list.

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7 For All Mankind high-waist SKINNY DENIM in coated pewter powder.

Rear Ends, West Bloomfield.

(248) 626-4333; shoprearends.com.

Take your pick of Eriness JEWEL-STUDDED RINGS — she’ll love them all. Zieben Mare, Franklin.

(248) 539-8879; ziebenmare.com.

Vintage Italian LEATHER CUFF — studded with African turquoise. Full Moon Greetings, Commerce. (248) 896-2424; fullmoongreetings.com. continued on page 32

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Lauren Moshi ultra-soft TONGUE BASEBALL TEE. Guys N Gals, West Bloomfield. (248) 851-1260.

Cozy faux fur MARGOT SLIPPERS

by Far Away From Home.

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Thick and cozy, this Rose + Pom angora LEOPARD BEANIE is topped with a racoon pom. Rear Ends, West Bloomfield. (248) 6264333; shoprearends.com.

Michael Aram BOTANICAL LEAF GOLD CANDLEHOLDERS. Slades, West Bloomfield.

(248) 851-0066; sladesgifts.com.

Faux Fa python MESSENGER BAG ME with adjustable strap.

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by Lily Juliet are handcrafted of resin and reclaimed horn. Lori Karbal, Birmingham. (248) 2581959; lorikarbal.com. continued on page 34

Published by German art-book publisher Taschen, which treats books as works of art themselves, LINDA MCCARTNEY: THE POLAROID DIARIES highlights McCartney’s (formerly Eastman, of Kodak Eastman) vast collection of instant pictures from the 1970s-mid ’90s. This collector’s edition is signed

by Paul McCartney. Zieben Mare, Franklin. (248) 539-8879; ziebenmare.com.

Authentic AIR JORDAN OFFWHITE UNC in blue. This CATS AND THE Nojo Kicks, Detroit. DREIDEL AND SILVER SPOON TEE will have Nojokicks.com. him rockin’ round the menorah.

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EX ROLL-ON OIL by Riddle has refined deep rose and leather notes. At Good Neighbor, Detroit, where $1 of every sale is donated to Humble Design.

(313) 788-7800; shopgoodneighbor.com.

Happy Socks newest drops, limited-edition ROLLINGS STONES SOCKS and BEATLES SOCKS. Just Guys Apparel, Franklin.

(248) 847-3528.

SWEET SUE ART PRINT by photographer Amy Carroll.

Urbanoutfitters.com.

DETROIT STREET MAP SKATEBOARD is laser engraved and laser cut, with a Canadian Maple deck. Detroit Surf Co., Detroit. (313) 744-3727; detroitsurfco.com.

Detroit’s own Mitch Albom, author of the best-selling Tuesdays With Morrie and much more, offers his newest creation: FINDING CHIKA: A LITTLE GIRL, AN EARTHQUAKE, AND THE MAKING OF A FAMILY tell’s Albom’s own story of becoming captivated by a little girl at the Haitian orphanage he founded and the poignant effect she had on his family. continued on page 34 DECEMBER 12 • 2019

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Kickee Pants snuggly HOLIDAY COVERALLS with menorahs or dreidels. Perfect Trading, T Bloomfield Hills. (248) 792-5949. (

The award-winning brand behind Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls book series and podcast has now launched the REBEL GIRLS CHAPTER BOOK SERIES, inspiring and empowering young girls (and boys) to set forth and explore their passions. Each book tells the story of an inspiring woman, with gorgeous illustrations and fun activities. Rebelgirls.co.

The totally rad Freaky Freezies COLORCHANGING GLOVES are back from the ’80s — but now they have Thinsulate.

Guys N Gals, West Bloomfield.

(248) 851-1260.

Handknit in 100-percent premium cotton, NOAH THE DOG and CHARLOTTE THE DOG from Cuddle + Kind are not only snuggly, waggy life-sized pals — for every doll purchased, 10 meals are provided to children in need around the world, all year long. Cuddleandkind.com.

Tiny Whales MIDWEST IS BEST TEE, STAY GOLD JOGGERS and RAD POM POM BEANIE. Perfect Trading, Bloomfield Hills. (248) 792-5949.

Six feet of creative coloring fun: Mudpuppy’s UNICORN MAGIC ACTIVITY ROLL, with coloring, mazes and more. Perfect Trading, Bloomfield Hills. (248) 792-5949.

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If it’s Insta-worthy, it’s print-worthy! The portable Canon IVY MINI PHOTO PRINTER is a pocketfriendly printer that prints peel-and-stick photos (that can be customized with text and doodles) from a smartphone or social media. Bestbuy.com.

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Especially For You …

Custom gifts for the most discerning recipient.

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othing says “I was thinking of you” better than a personalized gift. Here are some suggestions.

THE GIFT OF MUSIC Are you still trying to find the perfect gift for those impossible-to-buy-for people on your list? Consider a custom playlist created by longtime music aficionado Julie Zorn. Through her company Melody Makers, Zorn uses her vast knowledge of music to compile individualized collections of songs geared to specific listeners or situations.

For example, when a friend was going through chemotherapy, Zorn made a playlist of inspirational songs to provide hope and encouragement during that difficult experience. She has also compiled playlists of high-energy music for exercise instructors or individuals to use during classes or workouts.

“Each playlist has its own energy,” Zorn says. “The songs may be peaceful, energizing or uplifting — and music can be very therapeutic.”

Zorn has curated songs for new parents to listen to during nighttime feedings and created playlists to ease the boredom of long automobile or airplane trips. Party playlists are another popular category. To celebrate a major birthday, one client requested a playlist of the No. 1 hit songs from the last 55 years.

“Before there were playlists, I used to make mix tapes for people,” says Zorn, a retired social worker. “I’ve always loved

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curating, putting the music together to bring people joy and peace and good energy.”

Zorn cultivated her knowledge of musical artists and genres during the 10 years she worked for the former Harmony House chain. She gained additional experience as a DJ for local parties and events.

Before creating a playlist, Zorn sets up a phone interview with the client to learn about their musical tastes, favorite artists and how they plan to use the finished product.

“As we talk, I get a sense of what songs and musicians they might enjoy,” she says.

After a thorough research and selection process, Zorn shares a link to the finished playlist via text, email or messenger.

Recipients can listen to the music on a cell phone, computer or tablet.

The cost varies according to the length and complexity of the playlist.

Contact Zorn through the Melody Makers Facebook page or Facebook Messenger.

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CUSTOM PAINTINGS Looking for a gift that stands out? Imagine your sister’s face when she unwraps a painting of her all-time favorite Beatles album. Or perhaps your kids would love a pop art version of their graduation photo.

Using acrylic paints on canvas, Olivia “Vee” Rose creates original wall art in a variety of shapes, sizes and themes that include movies, books, music, pets, yoga, sports, love and friendship. She can work from a photograph, illustration, book or album cover, or any visual or verbal inspiration.

“Just give me a concept, and I’ll roll with it,” she says.

Her canvases generally range in size from 8 x 8 to 18 x 36, but she will make smaller or larger paintings to accommodate wall space or subject matter.

Prices start at $15-$20 and vary according to the size and intricacy of the piece.

Contact her at Oliviagrose96@ gmail.com or through the Vee Rose Art Facebook page.

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COP A NEW “HATTITUDE” After 30 years as an art teacher in the Detroit roit school system, Elayne Astrein was ready for a new endeavor. r.

Determined to find d something she wass passionate about, hat-making was a natural choice.

Several years ago, Astrein had begun

making hats for herself using a variety of techniques that included crocheting, weaving, felting and embellishing.

“Whenever I wore one of my hats, people would stop and ask me where I got it,” she says.

“I finally realized this is what I should be doing.”

Astrein, whose hats can be found at local craft and art shows, credits her late mother, Faye Katz, for inspiring her creations.

“My mom always wore hats; she told me they were elegant,” Astrein says. “She taught me about fabric and the importance of quality materials.”

Today, Astrein has more than 250 different hats in her inventory; no two are alike.

Styles range from fedoras to floppy sun hats to embellished baseball caps in a variety of fabrics that include suede and leather. Some reflect current fashion trends, such as animal prints, while others have a vintage look.

“I use good fabrics and buttons and trims — no chintzy lace,” says Astrein, who also welcomes custom orders.

Prices range from $30-$180, depending on the fabric and complexity of the design.

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Piece by Piece Family time can be enhanced by doing puzzles together during the holiday.

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TOP: Galaxy is selling this puzzle for the holiday.

ABOVE: Janice, Joel and Matthew Ungar at work on a puzzle

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hen I think of puzzles, I think of lots of plastic cups.

And I think of my grandfather.

My grandfather was a man who spent 54 years on the night shift as a photoengraver for the New York Daily News. Needing little sleep, he preferred working nights so he could spend the days with his family, especially his grandchildren.

From under the couch in my grandparent’s one-bedroom pre-

war Brooklyn apartment, he’d pull out a puzzle he had just started on a sturdy wooden board and set it on the coffee table — and we got to work. We completed the border first and only then would we tackle the rest of the project by sorting the pieces into cups based on colors and patterns. My grandfather taught me that puzzles are a relaxing way to develop one’s patience while spending time with family. Along the way, I learned about faraway picturesque mountain ranges from some puzzles and species of birds and flowers from others.

The love of jigsaw puzzles continues into the next generations.

Every year on our extended family visit to my in-laws in Florida, we spend most evenings hunched over a puzzle with thousands of pieces. My kids, nieces and nephews make it into a competition by each claiming their section.

The marathon assembly sparks lots of giggles and conversation, and sometimes we break out into song, like the year we completed a Broadway-themed puzzle.

My family is not alone in our craze for puzzles. According to Market Watch, jigsaw puzzles sales in 2019 were $670 million.

Janice Ungar of West Bloomfield was a school librarian before a layoff inspired her to start Galaxy, a puzzle sales

business, in 2005. Ungar said that puzzles are a great, screen-free activity that reduces stress and encourages family bonding.

“When I was laid off as a school librarian, I found that doing puzzles took the edge off my stress,” Ungar said. “It was also a great way as a family to come together and talk about our day.”

Ungar said the bulk of her business comes from repeat customers who know she carries high-quality puzzles with content such as beautiful landscapes or famous artwork or elaborate and intricate scenes drawn by cartoon artists.

Galaxy offers the newest twists on puzzles, including those with holographic images or ones that are built in three dimensions.

Ungar’s latest offering in time for Chanukah is made of about 40 tiny wood laser-cut pieces, included those in the shape of a dreidel. The puzzle sells for $9.95 including shipping.

Other popular puzzles she sells include ones that display masterpieces from artists like Vincent Van Gough or kitschy ones like dogs playing poker. Ungar once sold a 3,000-piece puzzle of Jerusalem but said this puzzle no longer is in stock in high-enough quality to meet her standards.

Ungar said puzzles make great gifts for the family to work on as the Chanukah candles burn.

“My non-Jewish customers love doing puzzles as a family activity for Christmas and maybe it will catch on with my Jewish customers for Chanukah,” she said. “Doing puzzles as an activity never really went away, but it made a significant comeback 10 years ago, and the trend shows no sign of slowing down.”

To order Galaxy puzzles, go to galaxypuzzles.com.

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The Gift of

Organization

Personalized totes please even the hard-to-buy-for.

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very family or circle of friends has certain people who are tough to shop for when it comes to gift-giving time.

They leave you stumped about what present they’d flip over; yet giving them a gift card lacks sentiment.

Lanie Blau Sacks, franchise owner of ThirtyOne Gifts, suggests her personalized and practical offerings can help the busy, hard-to-buy friends and family on your gift list stay organized and stylish. Everyone can use presents like colorful, pocket-embellished totes, thermal bags or storage items but rarely think to buy for themselves, she said.

Sacks says when thinking about how to make gift-giving more personal, consider the recipient’s profession or hobby. Any of Sack’s more popular sellers can be customized for teachers or busy moms with clever sayings stitched on the outside. Totes can also be customized with plastic sleeves that hold photos to show off children or grandchildren.

“The holidays are a great time to celebrate the hardworking loved ones in your life,” said Sacks, who is also a special education teacher in Walled Lake schools. “Maybe they’re driving the kids to and from practice and need something to keep them organized in the car. Or they’re educating little ones and need a place to put all their classroom supplies. Totes are sturdy and will be appreciated every time they are used.”

Among Sack’s favorite picks are take-along “Around the Clock” thermal lunch totes at $30 to replace

other lunch boxes that may be showing wear and tear as the school year reaches the halfway mark.

These are also great for grown children who are out of the house and starting independent lives in the workforce.

“I have a lot of clients who have older kids who may either be in college or starting careers and living on their own,” Sacks said. “The right gift can reflect their profession or hobby, and most young adults appreciate a gift that helps them stay organized when they are traveling and on the go.”

In a selection of fabrics and patterns, Sacks also carries utility totes and organizers starting at $20.

The all-in-one organizer is a versatile catch-all that’s great for organizing toys or transporting small items from one place to another. Other totes and bags in her collection are great for the crafter who needs to tame an assortment of papers and scissors, an office worker who needs to keep important papers in check or for the after-work athlete who needs an orderly bag to store workout clothes.

For women on your list who can never have enough handbags or totes, treat them to new ones in tribal or animal prints.

If the men on your gift list have got you stumped, Sacks suggests sturdy backpacks, briefcases or crossovers starting at $35 that can be brought to the office or campus.

For days relaxing at home, cloth, metallic or wooden caddies starting at $25 can be filled with remotes, magazines or eyeglasses to keep by the couch.

For more product information, go to mythirtyone.com/us/en/lainiesacks/ product/4847.

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Give the Gift of an Experience — and of making memories.

CREATIVE ARTS STUDIO

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Give an underwater adventure in Metro Detroit. Recipients can learn to scuba dive in a pool with Novi’s Motor City Scuba, whose blended approach begins with eLearning, then classroom, then confined water before heading out to open-water certification dives. motorcityscuba.com.

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From private wheel-throwing or canvas-painting classes to Mommy and Me weekend classes and art camp — even wax hands and spin art — Creative Arts Studios in Royal Oak is inventive fun for all ages. creativeartsstudios.com.

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Introduce the kids (ages 6 and up) to classical music and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with the DSO’s Young People’s Family Concerts (purchase a single concert or season tickets). Often including dance, theater, storytelling and video, the 2019-20 season includes Gershwin’s Magic Key (shown) and Musical Heroes. dso.org.

Learn to cook pasta from a chef in Italy, sushi from a chef in Japan, paella from a chef in Spain and more with The Chef & The Dish, cooking classes with chefs from around the world via Skype. Your chef shows you, then watches and coaches you from your computer. From the ultimate couple’s night to a dinner party with the girls — all taught by chefs featured on the Food Network, the BBC and more. thechefandthedish.com.

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Pack up the family and head to Washington, D.C., for a festive Chanukah Getaway package: Three nights at the Watergate Hotel, including two family-connecting rooms, kosher wine tastings at the Bar at Kingbird, kosher chocolate gelt, a kids’ Chanukah book and dreidels, a private car and more. Check out the National Menorah Lighting on the Ellipse, Chanukah on Ice, Zoo Lights at the National Zoo, a holiday market and more. Kosher meals can be included for a cost. thewatergatehotel.com/offers/ hanukkah-in-dc-package.

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Take a peek into your past — and gain insight toward your future — with a visit to a psychic medium.

Gift givers can schedule a small group or private reading with two local, renowned intuitive mediums, both of whom may provide affirmation of an afterlife if the client is open to it: Lynn Darmon in Farmington Hills (248-8601121; lynndarmon.com) has clairvoyant, clairaudent and precognitative abilities; Lori Lipten, a shamanic medium, author and spiritual teacher based in Bloomfield Hills (248-219-5928; lorilipten.com), says she can “see into the multiple dimensions of this universe and sense people’s souls.”

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Sign up for a course or two with JLearn (formerly FedEd), the JCC’s and Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s Jewish adult learning mecca. Offering workshops and classes on topics including genealogy, ethics, Jewish history, Hebrew language and more. (248) 2052557; jccdet.org/jlearn.

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Giving End the year by giving to local nonprofits that help others.

SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

TOP LEFT: Friends and family of individuals served by JARC whoop it up at a festive holiday party at Adat Shalom Synagogue. TOP RIGHT: Chris, a Kadima member, works in Kadima’s Hydroponics Garden, which is operated by Kadima’s Zussman Activity Center members. They harvest dozens of heads of lettuce every few months that are then used in cooking.

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JARC (JARC.ORG) JARC provides high-quality, community-based residential and support programs, serving nearly 200 adults in its group homes and various supported

JFS (JFSDETROIT.ORG) Through more than 30 programs, JFS serves thousands of individuals with mental health and wellness needs, safety net issues, and programs for senior

– The Best Gift

ecember is the month for giving — especially gifts and parties for friends, family and co-workers, but it is also traditionally a special time to help those in need. Many nonprofit agencies welcome gifts of cash, needed items and volunteer help at year’s end. Some conduct annual giving campaigns with donor matches to raise funds for special projects or general operations. The following is a sampling of a few Jewish agencies.

Many other worthy Jewish and secular nonprofit organizations and causes can be found online at their websites. Most offer donors a convenient way to give online.

FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE Friendship Circle of Michigan assists 3,000 individuals with special needs and their families by providing recreational, social, educational and vocational programming. Assistance is also

provided to individuals and families struggling with addiction.

Donated items sought include laptops; assorted acrylic paints, Blick or Liquitex; a foosball table; assorted color, craft, watercolor or art papers; sensory water table; high-quality artist colored pencils, paintbrushes, alcohol-based markers or multicolored Sharpie sets; bean bags; overhead projector; weighted blankets, pillows, other weighted items; disco/dance floor pad, MacBook Pro laptop; musical instruments; hairdryers; gym class scooters; sensory tools (stress balls, weighted lap pads); 12 stackable studio chairs; paper cutter; and a Saori loom (for adults with disabilities). Contact: Randall Marie Hutchinson at (248) 788-7878 ext. 211 or randall@friendshipcircle.org.

independent living arrangements.

Monetary contributions for social opportunities include date nights for couples; dinner out for a group home; and a Chanukah celebration for a few of the homes to enjoy together.

Donations also can be used to purchase a vehicle to provide reliable and safe transportation for a JARC home.

Donated items sought include new sheets and towels; new dishes, silverware and cookware, and new small kitchen appliances.

Contact: jennykabert@jarc.org or call (248) 940-2617 or email .

Volunteer opportunities also are available: Friend-to-Friend volunteers work directly with the individuals JARC serves, sharing their time and friendship; event volunteers provide hands-on help at JARC events, such as monthly Bingo; Judaic volunteers share their love of Judaism with their friends from JARC, perhaps by gathering for a Shabbat dinner or celebrating a holiday. Contact Jessica at (248) 940-2607 or jessicatierney@jarc.org.

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adults and the Russianspeaking community.

Cash donations of any amount are welcome to help individuals and families who face challenging situations from inadequate income for basic needs to lack of transportation for an older adult’s medical appointment. Contact Wendy Eisenshtadt at (248) 592-2339.

Donated items might include gift cards for stores such as Target, Kohls and Meijer to fill in items not covered through the Adopt a Family program; and slipper socks for care packages provided by the Cancer Thrivers Network for Jewish Women, a JFS program, to chemotherapy patients at local infusion centers. Contact: Lindsay Leder at (248) 592-2309.

Volunteer opportunities include friendly visitors for homebound older adults; administrative assistance in the office; delivery people for kosher Meals on Wheels; and tech-savvy individuals to help older adults with electronic items. Contact: Emily Croitori at (248) 592-2317.

JVS (JVS.ORG) JVS Human Services helps more than 10,000 Metro Detroiters with counseling, training and supportive services for people with disabilities, job seekers, seniors and others in need.

Donated items might include gift cards for subscriptions to Amazon unlimited music and audible books; specific arts and crafts supplies; clothing for adults and gift cards for Meijer or Walmart for clothing; adaptive communication devices such as Go Talk speech tablets, noise-canceling headphones, mp3 players for music and audio books; tactile or Braille dominoes sets, Braille Uno and Connect 4 games; gas

cards for job seekers to reach interview sites, internships and employment workshops; and employers to provide job shadowing and internships for people with disabilities.

Contact: Sandy Schuster at (248)-233-4290 or sschuster@ jvshumanservices.org.

Volunteer opportunities include active seniors who can assist with mailings, packaging and sorting as well as individuals who enjoy community outings; pet volunteers; and sharing expertise in art, music, yoga, sports, card games and other activities. Contact: Dorothy Moon at (248) 2334392 or dmoon@ jvshumanservices.org.

KADIMA (KADIMACENTER.ORG) Kadima provides comprehensive residential, therapeutic and social services to all people with mental health needs as they move forward in their lives.

A gift to Kadima’s 2019 Annual Campaign will go directly to provide safe, supportive housing, therapy and enrichment programs for people with mental health challenges and their families.

Donated items could include hygiene essentials such as dental products, soap, deodorant, shampoo, lotion, etc. These items can be dropped off at Kadima, 15999 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield.

TAMARACK CAMPS (TAMARACKCAMPS.COM) Tamarack Camps builds a vibrant community by providing Jewish camping experiences for children and families, respectful of financial abilities.

Tamarack Camps is seeking donations for tripping gear for Camp Maas, Travel Trips and Outpost Camps. A generous donor is matching up to $10,000 through year-end 2019.

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Shaarey Zedek for “A Night of Heroes,” connecting with Israel’s men and women in uniform. The FIDF gala raised $700,000 for the organization’s well-being and educational programs for Israeli soldiers.

The Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation celebrated its 35th annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony in October. The evening brought together families and friends to celebrate the inductees.

In the crowd were former Detroit Pistons Ben Wallace, Rip Hamilton, World Wide Wes and Earl Cureton, along with Steve Yzerman from the Detroit Red Wings.

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The Leibovitz family was honored for providing more than 40 scholarships: Barak Leibovitz, Marli Bartholomew, and Karolyn, Anthony, Jay Byron, Rachel and Scott Leibovitz.

FIDF Midwest Region Executive Director Tamir Oppenheim, FIDF Michigan Chapter Vice President and Annual Dinner Co-Chair Shari Ferber Kaufman, Honoree Arie Leibovitz and keynote speaker Chemi Peres Lori Ellis, Maj. Matan, Sophie Klisman, Chemi Peres, Sgt. Revekah, Jeffrey Ellis and Michelle Ellis

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a torch made up of many id you know that wicks braided together.) the first Torah Similarly, when two people scholar mentioned wrestle with each other, it is in the Torah was also the as if they are hugging each first wrestler recorded in other and interlocked with history? one another, just like a Yes, it’s true. Our torch. patriarch Jacob, Jacob didn’t fight whom the verse with the angel from a (Genesis 25, 27) distance by aiming an describes as “an arrow at him. He got innocent man, dwellclose. That tells us that ing in tents” [of Rabbi Jacob wanted to surBentzion Torah study, Rashi] is round Esau’s angel with Geisinsky the very same fellow his holiness. When who, in this week’s Jacob emerges victoParshat portion, wrestles Vayishlach: rious, he doesn’t just with a man, who the eliminate the unholy Genesis Midrash tells us is the 32:4-36:43; angel. He’s able to eleguardian angel of his vate even the lowliest Obadiah twin brother, Esau. parts of that angel, as 1:1-21.

Because with us the Talmud says that Jews nothing is sim“the dust under his ple or can be underfeet, was elevated to the stood only in the literal throne of glory.” sense, their fight was a manThe lesson for us, Jacob’s ifestation of a deeper quardescendants, is simple. rel between holiness and the When we deal with the forces of unholiness. After dark side of materialism, we the showdown of the decade ought to grab the opportuwith the pomp and drama nity to wrestle with it, not to the tune of 400 armed just to beat it. When we get soldiers and elaborate gifta chance to take what the giving ceremonies and after world offers and use it the which Jacob thought he way Jacob would want us to was through with worrying use it, we can elevate even about Esau, here comes his an Esau to God. angel to attempt one final May we merit to reveal blow. the light hidden within the The result? Let’s look darkness of the world, just at the word used in our as Jacob did. As the verse parshah for “wrestling”: concludes: Jacob wrestled The Hebrew word here “until the rising of the is avak. The more common morning star.” Our sages understanding of the explain that this will be word avak is dust. The fully realized at the time Talmud (Chulin 91a) tells us of ultimate brightness, in the fight was so intense, that the era of our redemption, the dust around them rose may it come speedily in our up until it reached God’s time. throne of glory.

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Rabbi Bentzion Geisinsky lives in First, let’s introduce Bloomfield Hills, where he coa third meaning for the directs Chabad of Bingham Farms word avak, a torch (avukah, with his wife, Moussia.

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Open Access

Israeli National Lottery Bets on Saving Lives

Israel’s National Library collaborates with Google to digitize 120,000 books.

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n a historic collaboration between the National Library of Israel (NLI) and Google, some 120,000 books will be digitized, the NLI announced. It will include all the library’s collection of out-ofcopyright works that have not yet been digitized as well as every book published during the first 450 years of Hebrew printing.

About half of the books are in Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino (Judeo-Spanish).

The rest include a variety of languages such as Latin, English, Arabic, German and French.

Inclusion of these books “significantly increases the percentage of Hebrew texts available through Google Books,” noted the NLI statement.

“The project is part of the Google Books Library initiative, which includes more than 40 million books from more than 70 of the greatest libraries in the United States, Europe and Japan, as well as from thousands of publishers. It includes books in over 400 languages,” according to the news source NoCamels.

The Google Books project was launched 15 years ago.

Its goal is to digitize every book throughout the world in order to make them searchable for all.

Head of library partnerships at Google Books Ben Bunnell said

A mid-18th century Hebrew manuscript

this “partnership brings a rich collection of Hebrew language materials to the corpus and takes us a significant step closer to realizing our mission.”

The “complex” project is expected to take about two years. It requires the use of state-of-the-art shipping containers that meet strict climate-control and security requirements to transport the books from the NLI in Jerusalem to the Google digitization center in Germany. Every book must then be scanned and returned to Jerusalem each month.

Included in the digitization process are the 1853 book The Interpretation of Dreams in Zhovkva, Ukraine, originally published

by Rabbi Manasseh ben Israel (1604-1657) in which the significance of dreams from a Jewish perspective is discussed, drawing from

the Talmud, the Zohar and Western philosophy; The Five Books of Moses: Tzena U’rena, a 1785 Yiddish translation and adaptation of the Torah, first written in 1509 and “intended primarily for women who were typically not educated enough to study the original biblical text,” according to NoCamels; and Sefer Me’Am Loez, an 1823 collection of Midrash teachings of the sages on the Bible, considered the “crown jewel of Ladino literature,” will also be digitized, according to the statement.

Yaron Deutscher, head of digital access at the National Library of Israel, said that the organization was “very happy to be working with Google in fulfilling our mission to open access to the treasures of Jewish, Israeli and universal culture for diverse audiences across the globe.”

he Israeli National Lottery (Mifal HaPayis) has invested NIS 5 million ($1.34 million) to install defibrillators outside of 600 lottery booths throughout Israel to reduce deaths associated with cardiac arrest.

Defibrillators give an electric shock to the heart when people experience a cardiac incident. Studies show their immediate use, along with CPR, significantly increases the likelihood of patients regaining consciousness and prevents deterioration that results from delays in treatment.

“The goal of this initiative is to save lives,” Avigdor Itzhaky, chairperson of Mifal Hapayis, said, according to reports. “The deployment of defibrillators in the stands of Mifal Hapayis throughout the country could allow, in certain situations, immediate primary treatment in a public space and, possibly in certain situations, even save the lives of the sick from the most common cause of death in the country and around the world — heart failure.”

The devices will be available to the public, even when lottery booths are closed.

The defibrillators connect wirelessly to Magen David Adom (MDA) stations.

Passersby can call MDA and receive instructions to help people in distress until an MDA professional can be dispatched. The defibrillator also has audio instructions that explain how to administer electric shocks to the patient.

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Floyd co-founders Kyle Hoff and Alex O’Dell

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Floyd furnished an Airbnb in Leland, part of its Stay Floyd partnership.

“It’s A Floyd!”

Designers’ approach to furniture means creating well-made, functional, long-lasting pieces destined to be a household name.

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n 2013, the city of Detroit filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. It was the same week Kyle Hoff decided to move to the Motor City to launch a new business.

After studying architecture and entrepreneurship at the University of Miami, Ohio, then earning a master’s at the University of Michigan, he had been biding his time at a low-rung position at an architectural firm in Chicago.

“I’ve wanted to pursue architecture since I was a kid, when my parents took me to see Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, which was not far from where I grew up,” says Hoff, 32, a Youngstown, Ohio, native.

“When I got out of school, I found the profession of architecture was pretty marginalized at that time. It was hard to see projects through from concept to the finish line. I started becoming interested in the idea of building furniture that was affordable, transportable, adaptable and lasting.”

Having furnished a handful of various apartments as a student at two schools and then living in Chicago, he says, “there wasn’t a lot of well-designed furniture for people like me, living a somewhat

A desk at the Floyd showroom

nomadic lifestyle and moving several times — and having to deal with disposing of cheap furniture or dealing with Craigslist.

“There has been a cultural shift in the last 25 years, with places like Ikea and Target becoming the go-to,” Hoff says.

“I wanted to change how people were consuming and enjoying furniture. When

I was living in Chicago, I found myself going to the suburbs to buy furniture.

And the thoughtfulness wasn’t there.”

Soon after, a friend was launching a start-up (now defunct) in Detroit, and he convinced Hoff to move to the city to help him, along with another friend, Alex O’Dell. Hoff and O’Dell, who lived in the same Corktown building as Hoff, became fast friends.

“The state of Michigan is steeped in furniture history,” Hoff says. “La-Z-Boy [whose founding brothers pioneered the design of the reclining wood-slat chair in 1927], Charles and Ray Eames [the husband-and-wife team that created the predecessor to their history-changing bent plywood chairs to carry injured soldiers during WWII], Herman Miller, Eliel Saarinen [who designed Cranbrook’s Saarinen House]. The Eames Fiberglassshell chair has been selling for 60 years.

You can find it being taught in a school and the same day see it in a modern home in Los Angeles. It’s a very versatile product.”

O’Dell, a filmmaker who studied public policy at U-M, and Hoff set to creating a product that might have a similar design ethos — innovative yet functional and good-looking and well-made enough to last, possibly for decades. They dreamed up what would become the Floyd Leg. The laser-cut, formed, welded and powder-coated furniture leg was named after Hoff ’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather, all metal workers in Ohio and all named Floyd.

Their friends loved it. So, the pair launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a market testing of the leg, which could easily be turned into a table with any flat surface. Their funding goal of $18,000 was surpassed in a few days, and Hoff and O’Dell received a total of $256,273 over the month it was live. They delivered on the product two months later.

CORE PRODUCTS The pair launched Floyd (floydhome. com) the same year, 2013, with a small showroom in Detroit’s Eastern Market, with the company designing, manufacturing and selling furniture itself under continued on page 50 DECEMBER 12 • 2019

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FROM TOP: The Floyd shop-in-shop with West Elm. A Stay Floyd Airbnb in Portland, Ore., featuring the Floyd bed with headboard and underbed drawer caddy attached. The Floyd Sofa and Floyd Tables

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In addition, Floyd, primarily an online seller, has showrooms in major cities across the country. Putting his entrepreneurial degree to work, Hoff has Floyd partnering with Airbnb, furnishing rooms and homes in some of their favorite structures, all with stunning architecture, great design and incredible locations — Portland, Ore., Montauk, N.Y., and Leland, Mich., among them.

Just last month, Floyd partnered with West Elm, with store-in-store displays and sales in key stores across the country, including its Birmingham location.

Floyd has grown as Detroit’s economy has begun to bounce back, and Hoff is very happy to be witnessing its ever-changing climb. Today, he lives in a classically minimalist home designed by modernist architect Mies van der Rohe in Detroit’s Lafayette Park with his wife, Brooke — who he began dating in high one brand. Six years school back in Youngstown later, Floyd has grown to — and their 5-month-old a 30-person team with daughter, Henni (named four core products for after Brooke’s late grandthe home — the shelf, father Henry Kinast, a the sofa, the bed and the Holocaust survivor.) tables, all grown from the “We go to services at the original product — the Downtown Synagogue, leg — plus hardware, sometimes the Chabad accessories and lighting House,” Hoff says. “But we’re with plans for much still shopping for a home.” more.

Ever-busy with Floyd, “We like to go deep Hoff says the company is on one product per cat— KYLE HOFF building out a new research egory,” Hoff says. “We’ve and development lab in its grown every year on the Eastern Market location and says sales have initial product, and there’s a lot more that grown by 100 percent year-over-year withwe want to do applying the same design in the last three years. principles.”

“We’re a customer-centric furniture Adds O’Dell, “A tenet of our design ethos brand,” O’Dell says. “Before we kick off the is that every product we put out into the design of any new product, we send a surworld needs to be long lasting. vey out to customers and receive thousands “We began Floyd out of a reaction to of responses in the first few days. People disposable furniture and the 9.9 million love participating, and it allows us to bring tons of furniture that end up in landfills products into the world that will connect in the U.S. every year. Designed to last for with real customer needs.” us means high-quality materials, modular Adds Hoff, “Furniture should be made designs that can evolve with your needs for the home, not the landfill. Floyd furniover time, easy assembly and disassembly, ture is furniture for keeping.” and timeless design that doesn’t follow fashion trends.”

“Furniture should be made for the home, not the landfill.

Floyd furniture is furniture for keeping.”

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Holiday Page Turners New books to please every reader in your family this Chanukah.

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rom a furry friend to a fashion icon to a few bestsellers, here’s a list of new books for everyone in the family.

After you light the candles and spin the dreidel, the entire family can curl up with a good book. For children, Chanukah books reinforce the holiday while a book on self-esteem is always a boost. For busy parents, best-sellers are fast reads. For grandparents, a fashion icon coffee-table book, an academic read and some humorous poems make excellent additions to an established library. Children, parents and grandparents can always bond over a good book.

CHILDREN Grover’s Hanukkah Party

By Joni Kibort Sussman, Kar-Ben Publishing, $5.99 Grover and his Sesame Street friends think the number eight is great and count out all the essentials for the perfect Chanukah party.

This board book is perfect for toddlers.

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Kugel for Hanukkah

By Gretchen M. Everin, Kar-Ben Publishing, $7.99 A young girl is mystified by the unusual gifts she receives for Chanukah, while her grandma receives the ingredients to make a kugel. Each night, the mystery deepens for the young girl with gifts of a bowl, spray bottle and thermometer. On the last night, the doorbell rings with a special delivery — a pet iguana. She names her iguana Kugel. For ages 4-9.

Crocodile, You’re Beautiful

By Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer and Dena Nuesner.

Apples & Honey Press, $17.95 With tenderness and humor, Dr. Ruth offers advice to the all the animals with body image and self-esteem issues. Turtle is slow and does not believe he is good at anything, but Dr. Ruth encourages him.

So, he swims fast for his friends. Ant feels tiny, but Dr. Ruth points out how hard he works. His strength builds an anthill. Dr.

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Ruth suggests some exercises like jumping and feeling your muscles or looking in the mirror and saying my body is perfect for me. The cover reads Crocodile, You’re Beautiful and then underneath “Embracing our Strengths and Ourselves.” Dr. Ruth ends on a personal note saying when she was younger, she struggled with being short and was ridiculed. That’s why she decided to help others feel good about themselves and embrace their bodies. For ages 5-8.

PARENTS The New Girl

By Daniel Silva, HarperCollins, $28.99 Gabriel Allon, the protagonist spy in Daniel Silva’s novels, makes his 19th appearance in The New Girl. When a mysterious student vanishes from an exclusive school, Allon is on the case. With international intrigue, unlikely alliances and global politics, the plot rapidly unfolds. This thriller will not disappoint Silva fans.

Mrs. Everything

By Jennifer Weiner, Atria Simon & Schuster, $28 Two sisters with opposite personalities and a difficult mother create an interesting relationship triangle.

Author Jennifer Weiner dives in with humor, warmth and charm. Her characters are unforgettable, and the locale is familiar — Detroit and Oakland County. Weiner makes some mistakes, like naming the city West Bloomfield Hills, but overlook it because the book is enjoyable with a twist.

Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality and a Deeper Connection to Life — in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There) Sarah Hurwitz, Random House, $28 An introductory class on Judaism kindled a spark for author Sarah Hurwitz. At age 36, she chronicles her journey of discovering her religion and provides insights into Jewish beliefs. It’s written in a breezy, graceful style, and you would not expect

The choice À i¯ËêÀ anything less from Michelle Obama’s former head speechwriter. Hurwitz provides footnotes and an amazing appendix of books for exploring Judaism.

GRANDPARENTS Ralph Lauren: In His Own Fashion

By Alan Flusser, Abrams Books, $50 This stunning coffee-table book chronicles the rise of fashion icon Ralph Lauren with beautiful photographs of his collections for men and women. He was born Ralph Lifshitz in the Bronx, and the first chapters read like a mini-biography from his birth to education to meeting his wife and his first job. This former tie salesman reinvigorates the classics and forever changes the polo shirt.

Nearing 90

By Judith Viorst, Simon & Shuster, $17 Judith Viorst’s poems are candid, funny and original.

So what if her knee replacement needs to be replaced or she’s listening to more eulogies than symphonies. Readers at any age need laughter, and Viorst is a master. Viorst has a book of poems for every decade since she turned 30.

And let’s not forget her beloved children’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

We Stand Divided: The Rift Between Jews and Israel

By Daniel Gordis, Ecco HarperCollins, $26.99 Gordis delves into the differences in perspectives between American Jews and Israelis, dating from preState days to the present.

Today, many American Jews are frustrated with Israel’s polices, while many Israelis believe Americans are out of touch with Israeli realities and issues. This book elicits an academic, thoughtful conversation.

FOR EVERYONE Hanukkah in a Book: Jacket comes off. Candles pop up. Display and celebrate! Uplifting Editions, Abrams Noterie, $16.99 Celebrate the story of Chanukah, by retelling the story and the significance of the holiday every night as each page produces a pop-up candle. Traditional prayers and songs are included. At the end, there is a beautiful menorah.

Children, parents and grandparents can read this together and create their own Festival of Lights. This unique book is an inspirational gift for all.

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Last October, I reported that Tiffany Haddish, whose late father was an Eritrean Jew, had decided to embrace her Jewish background and that she was studying to have a bat mitzvah.

She also said she was doing a Netflix stand-up comedy special called My Black Bat Mitzvah.

Well, the special was slipped on to the Netflix schedule without much publicity. It began streaming on Haddish’s 40th birthday, Dec. 3.

The special opens with Haddish, in a big chair, being carried on to the stage as “Hava Nagila� plays. Haddish then tells the audience that she is Jewish and her dad was a Jew from Africa. Also on Dec. 3, Haddish had a big bat mitzvah ceremony and party at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Sarah Silverman’s sister, Rabbi Susan Silverman, presided. Guests included Sarah Silverman, 49, and Billy Crystal, 71.

The Truth Be Told, a 10-episode series on the new Apple (Plus) TV app, started on Dec. 6. Octavia Spencer stars as a popular true crime podcaster

who helped convict a man (Aaron Paul) of the murder of the father of identical twins. Years later, she’s moved to research whether he was framed, as he claims.

Lizzy Caplan, 37, co-stars, playing both the identical twins.

A special episode of the hit TV series Elena of Avalor, titled “Festival of Lights,� first aired on the Disney Channel on Dec. 6.

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Elena is an animated series about the crown princess of a mythical Latino kingdom. During the episode, Elena learns about the Chanukah celebration and its importance to the Jewish community.

Rebeca (who is Disney’s first Jewish princess) is voiced by Jamie Lynn Sigler, 38 (Meadow Soprano on The Sopranos).

Sigler’s Latina mother was born in Cuba and converted to Judaism before marrying her American Jewish father. Tovah Feldshuh, 67, voices Miriam.  A 2013 profile of series creator Craig Gerber in the Israeli paper Ha’aretz says he is a practicing Jew with a child (then) in a Jewish day school.

Gerber recently said that the Elena Chanukah episode would help showcase the diversity of Latin and Hispanic cultures (in other words, there are Latino Jews). He added, “As we were coming up with ideas for the new holiday episode, we decided to focus on Chanukah and a part of the culture that we hadn’t yet represented on the show.�

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KNITTING CIRCLE 9:30 am, Dec. 15. The Adat Shalom Sisterhood invites you to join them as they continue to make scarves, hats and afghans for charity. At Adat Shalom. No experience necessary.

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RSVP due today for Adat Shalom’s family Chanukah bash, 6:15 pm, Wednesday, Dec. 18, will include music, crafts, pizza, donuts and latkes. Open to all. Cost: $6/person, $18/household. For information and to RSVP: adatshalom. org/Chanukah, 248-626-2153.

5:30-7 pm, Dec. 16. The Dorothy & Peter Brown Adult Day Program holds free monthly family caregiver support group meetings. At JVS, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield.

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Gift items will begin at 50 cents: children’s jewelry, menorot, Chanukah candles, dreidels, toys and more for all ages. For information, contact the synagogue office, 248-851-5110.

6:30 pm, Dec. 16. Dr. Nashwa Khogali-Jakary will present a free parent education program on health and wellness at Hillel Day School.

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HOLIDAY STROLL Get into the holiday spirit at Zingerman’s Cornman Farms (8540 Island Lake Road, Dexter) for the Holiday Stroll from 4-6 p.m.

The property will be set aglow in holiday lights for a casual, family-friendly evening featuring holiday carols by University of Michigan’s Dicks and Janes a cappella group, signature Cornman Farms’ sweet and savory snacks, s’mores, hot cocoa and a cash bar for the adults. Kid activities include a face painter and card-making station. Dress warmly in case you want to spend some of your time outside. But not to worry, most of the evening will take place indoors. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for kids.

DEC. 12-20 HOLIDAY SHOP Wonderful artistic creations from more than 170 juried artists fill more than 3,000-square feet of gallery space at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S. Cranbrook Road, Birmingham. Find exquisite jewelry, ceramics for the table or decoration, scarves, soaps and candles, ceramic art, beautiful wood items for the kitchen or dresser, toys, prints, paintings and tiles, Judaica and hundreds of hand-made ornaments sure to become instant family heirlooms. This year’s Holiday Shop features several Jewish artists, including Linda Buck of Berkley, who works in clay; Susan Kaplan of Birmingham, Michelle Saulson of Franklin and Minna Schwarz-Seim of West Bloomfield, who all create jewelry; and painters Jacqueline Remer and Martha Zausmer, both of West Bloomfield. For hours and information, head to HolidayShopInfo@BBArtCenter.org.

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TACKLING MENTAL HEALTH 7-9 pm, Dec. 18. At the Community House, 380 S. Bates St., Birmingham. The launch event of NEXTGen Detroit Balance, a new series focused on providing young Jewish Detroiters with access to conversations and experiences that promote mental and emotional wellness, featuring Will Heininger.

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LEWY BODY DEMENTIA SUPPORT 2-3:30 pm, Dec. 19. At Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield. This is a support group for caregivers and family members of those diagnosed with LBD and a separate meeting available for those who have an early diagnosis of LBD. Meeting the fourth Thursday of each month. Note that due to the holidays the group will meet the third Thursday of the month in December. This is a Rinne Lewy Body Dementia Initiative group from Michigan Medicine at U-M. For new attendees, more information or additional locations, contact Renee Gadwa, rgadwa@med.umich.edu or call 734-764-5137.

DETROIT PRIDE CHANUKAH 7 pm, Dec. 19. At Valentine Distilling Co., 161 Vester Ave., Ferndale. Celebrate with NEXTGen Detroit. Cash bar with signature holiday cocktails (plus free samples of Valentine spirits), latke bar, olive oil tasting featuring Stamatopoulos & Sons oil, music, dancing and more. From 7:15-8 pm, Dr. Justin Sledge will lead a discussion on the Maccabees, Stonewall and how historically marginalized groups have overcome oppression with rebellion. Cost $15. Info: Hannah at hgoodman@jfmd.org.

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randon Ben-Ezra, 23, was born and raised in Michigan. He is currently a retail sales and leasing associate at NAI Farbman, where he is rapidly learning and growing his business. Some notable transactions this year were the sale of two Toys ‘R’ Us and four Kmart stores. Brandon enjoys being active and spending his free time with his five younger siblings.

1. Where did you go to college and what was your major?

I am a graduate of Michigan State University — “Go Green!” I attended the Eli Broad College of Business and was in the Residential Business Program where I received my bachelor of arts degree in finance.

2. How did you find your niche working with repurposing big box stores?

I joined NAI Farbman in June 2018 as a lease and sales associate in the retail sector. My mentor, Ron Goldstone, specializes in retail and in the repurposing and disposition of big box retail such as Toys ‘R’ Us, Sears, Kmart, Babies ‘R’ Us and Kroger.

Times have changed in the retail industry and there is a huge surplus in the mid- to big-box category without enough retailers to utilize this glut.

It is so much easier to shop online nowadays. However, brick-and-mortar stores can give the consumer a valuable experience that websites cannot duplicate. I love a great experience such as a trampoline park, go-karting or axe throwing! I feel the future of retail is in entertaining and engaging the consumer that is different from the online experience.

The retail sector is not dying — it is just evolving from the traditional department store and mall. There is the need for creative

TOP: Ben-Ezra with Jason Hanson, former Detroit Lion. BOTTOM: Brandon with his father Phil and siblings Maelani, Logan, Zayn and Aiden.

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Metro Detroit wealth management firm Bloom Asset Management recently celebrated its 35th anniversary with more than 400 clients at an event at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills. Clients enjoyed special planetarium showings and private tours led by museum docents while having direct access to the firm’s advisers and leadership.

Founded by brothers Rick and Ken Bloom in 1984, Bloom Asset Management serves more than 1,200 clients across the country with a portfolio that has grown to more than $1 billion.

“Reaching 35 years of successful advising for our clients is a celebration of our dedicated employees, many of whom have been with us since the early years of our

business,” said Rick Bloom, co-founder of Bloom Asset Management and former radio host of MoneyTalk on WXYT. The anniversary event also served as a welcome to the firm’s newest employees, Jennfer Bloom and Stephanie Bloom, who joined this year from diverse backgrounds as directors of client engagement.

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3. When and how did you begin working for NAI Farbman? Graduating with a finance degree, I immediately thought of moving to New York and working on Wall Street or moving to Chicago to work in banking or wealth management.

I decided to get my real estate license during my last year at Michigan State University, just to have the license under my belt. After weighing out my options with my family, I decided to stay in Michigan to be closer to home and to be a part of the rebirth of Detroit. I attended job fairs, had countless interviews and felt a very strong connection toward the Farbman family. I was one of the first to be a part of their new brokerage Brandon Ben-Ezra at the Forbes 30 under 30 Event in Detroit. mentorship program and haven’t looked 25 million square feet of office, retail and back since. I couldn’t ask for more.

Farbman Group is a leading, full-service industrial space throughout the Midwest. real estate firm handling all facets of commercial real estate transaction including 4. What does a typical day look like for property management, brokerage, construc- you? tion, development, investment sales, NNN There is not one day in this industry that isn’t crazy or the same. I am usually in the leasing, etc. Our firm manages more than

office early in the morning to catch up on email and work from the night before. My days vary greatly but may include taking clients on tours of properties, working with our marketing department to create our marketing materials for the assets we represent, taking an endless number of phone calls or even creating Broker Opinions of Value. I am constantly forming and maintaining new connections each day.

5. How has your family’s experience in the real estate business influenced your career path?

My father (Phillip Ben-Ezra) and saba (David Ben-Ezra) are both entrepreneurs who live and breathe real estate.

From growing up and working with my father at his property management company or helping my saba create “screwpacks” for his window and door company, I’ve always been surrounded by real estate and entrepreneurship. This created the fire in my belly to get into this industry and to work toward greatness. continued on page 60

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Mobileye, a leader in the development of vision technology for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving, owned by Intel, signed an agreement with the state of Michigan to pilot its retrofit technology on the state’s roads.

In a visit to Mobileye headquarters in Jerusalem, Whitmer announced the pilot program to enhance the safety of existing state and city fleets through the application

of Mobileye 8 Connect aftermarket systems for collision avoidance, according to a company Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Mobileye President and CEO Amnon Shashua prepare for an autonomous car ride through Jerusalem on Nov. 21. press release.

In her meeting with Mobileye will collaborate of mobility and will help Mobileye President and CEO with the Michigan Departus advance technology and Amnon Shashua, Whitmer ment of Transportation and improve the quality of life for explored ways that Mobileye the Michigan Economic countless people. technology could be used to Development Corporation “I’m proud to collaborate improve road safety, reduce (MEDC) and its mobility with Mobileye and eager collision-related costs, gain initiative PlanetM for the pilot. to continue our work to insight into local collision During her visit, Whitmer transform the automotive hotspots, and prepare the also met with Ami Appellandscape and solidify state for broad deployment of baum, chairman of the board Michigan as a world leader in robotaxis and AVs. of the Israel Innovation mobility.”

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6. How has your Jewish heritage played a role in your life?

Being Jewish really defines me as an individual. I am a graduate of Temple Israel, a former camper and counselor at Tamarack, was vice president of my BBYO chapter, brother at AEPi, and I interned and worked at Hillel and finally went on Birthright. Being Jewish is something I am proud of. It has built the foundation of my values and, more importantly, my life and friendships.

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7. Outside of your work, what are some hobbies or passions of yours?

Outside of work, I love being active. Some of my hobbies include golfing, bowling, cycling and basketball. Being the oldest of six siblings, I enjoy taking my brothers and sisters to the movies, the mall, trampoline parks and the arcade. When I have time, I love to travel and experience new things.

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here’s to Rachel Siporin, Walled Lake Northern junior, received an invitation to visit the House and Senate in Lansing by State Sen. Jim Runstad and State Rep. Kathy Crawford for being awarded a Michigan State Fair urban agriculture initiative scholarship.

Siporin is affiliated with and volunteers at the MSU Tollgate Farm and Education Center in Novi. She was a 2019 sheep showman at the Oakland County Fair in Davisburg last July and then again at the Michigan State Fair this past Labor Day.

Dr. Stephen Goutman received the ALS Association Grant to study environment and genetics. Goutman is associate director of the University of Michigan ALS Center of Excellence. His research has shown an association between environmental pollutants and ALS development and progression. The new funding will allow Goutman to jointly consider genetic factors and environmental exposures over the next three years.

Congregation B’nai Moshe has been selected for the 2019 Best of West Bloomfield Township Award in the Religious Organizations category by the West Bloomfield Township Award Program.

Benjamin Gerber, son of Dr. Michael and Diane Gerber of Waterford, received the Arthur Pfeifer Memorial Award at the Twin Cities Cardozo Society dinner. The award is given to an attorney who is 35 or younger to recognize work to the Jewish communities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn.

Rena Friedberg is retiring after 36 years of service to JARC. She served in many roles, most recently as the chief philanthropy officer.

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After devoting her professional talents to the Jewish Federation for the past 23 years, Linda Blumberg will be leaving Detroit to spend more time with family in New York. She joined JFMD in 1996 as the director of the Commission on Jewish Eldercare Service (COJES). She is credited with starting Elderlink (now known as J-Help). Later, as director of Planning and Agency Relations, she broadened her portfolio with numerous projects, including overseeing JFMD’s annual allocation process, facilitating two population studies and serving as the professional liaison to the state of Michigan, directing the state’s support for mental health services from its Community Health Department’s “Multi-Cultural Line.” JFMD will retain Blumberg on a consultative basis to assist recipient agencies applying for the state’s annual grant and reporting on their progress.

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Milton “Milt” H. actor, Milt found the leading Ring was a brave yet lady of his dreams when he humble war hero, a met Eunice. On their third savvy entrepreneur, an imagdate, Milt proposed, and inative inventor, a generous the two were married a few philanthropist, a nature lover months later. For 63 years, they and, above all, a devotshared an incredible ed family man. This love and mutual exceptional 94-yearrespect, serving as old died Dec. 3, 2019, a model for their in his Franklin home, three daughters and, with his loving family later, their 11 grandby his side. children.

The youngest of four Always looking children, Milt grew for new opportuniMilton Ring up in Detroit during ties to reinvent himthe Depression. At age self, Milt conceived 10, he began helping in the and created a thriving real family roofing business. After estate enterprise. graduating from Central High He never forgot his humble School, he was immediately beginnings and was generous drafted. Although he qualified with his money and his heart, to be an army clerk, he volungladly mentoring those who teered for combat and was sent wanted to better their lives. He overseas, becoming the young- and Eunice were involved in est soldier to obtain the rank many philanthropic causes. of first sergeant. In 1945, he “Tikkun olam (repairing the received the prestigious Bronze world) was in his DNA,” said Star Medal for bravely deliverhis daughter Liz. ing supplies and messages to One of Milt’s best-kept soldiers on the front lines. secrets was his impressive A talented singer and dancprowess as an inventor. er, Milt pursued his longtime Lovingly referring to him as dream of becoming an actor a “mad scientist,” his daughat the Chicago School of ter Marianne remembers the Expression and Dramatic Arts. gas-powered motor he built to But soon his strong sense of help him keep up with the girls family responsibility surpassed on neighborhood bike rides. his personal desires as he “He had an insatiable curibecame increasingly worried osity; he taught us how to use about his father’s safety as a our imaginations and be invenroofer. Milt returned home, tive,” Marianne said. became certified in heating Milt was an accomplished and air conditioning, and golfer, winning championships founded Ring Bros. Heating in his age group and in tournaand Cooling with his father ments with younger people. At and uncle.

65, he proudly celebrated his While he did not become an bar mitzvah. He was an impec-

cable dresser with meticulous manners, a gentleman in the truest sense of the word. He treated everyone with respect and dignity regardless of social or economic status.

His daughter Karen called him a “hall of fame” grandpa because of the special bond he shared with each grandchild.

“He was a man who was never afraid to reinvent himself and do what was necessary for those he loved,” said grandson Mitchell.

Milton is survived by his wife of 63 years, Eunice Ring; daughters and sons-in-law, Elizabeth (Neil) Fellows, Karen (Steve) Weiss and Marianne (Robert) Caplan; grandchildren, Grant Fellows, Jillian Fellows, Matthew Fellows, Emma Fellows, Mitchell Weiss, Bradley Weiss, Daniel Weiss, Eric Weiss, Madeline (Mark) Fortelka, Douglas Caplan (fiancee, Bridget Cullen), and Seth Caplan; great-grandchildren, Tallulah Fortelka and Celeste Fortelka.

He was the devoted son of the late Julius and the late Julia Ring; the dear brother of the late Hermina Leib, the late Isabel Lloyd and the late Jeanette MacWilliams.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions in Milton’s honor may be made to Jewish War Veterans, P.O. Box 725066, Berkley, MI 48072-9998, jwv-mi.org; or the Christopher Lao Merkel Cell Research Fund, U-MMichigan Medicine Office of Development, 1000 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, (734) 764-6777, victors.us/miltonhring.

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HARRIET BERLIN, 88, of Huntington Woods, died Dec. 3, 2019.

She was a great supporter of Public TV, the Stratford Festival in Canada and the Shaw Festival in Niagara on the Lake.

Mrs. Berlin is survived by her daughter, Andrea Berlin of Medford, Mass.; son and daughter-in-law, Howard and Julie Berlin of Huntington Woods; brother and sister-in-law, Lanny and Marlene Lahr of Arizona; grandchildren, Nathaniel Olson, Rebekkah Olson, Max Berlin, Aaron Berlin.

She was the beloved wife of more than 40 years of the late Irving Berlin; loving sister of the late Marshall Lahr.

Contributions may be made to Stratford Festival, festival. theatrestratford.org; or Public TV. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park.

Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

ROBERT FELDSTEIN, 72, of West Bloomfield, died Dec. 2, 2019. He was the cherished son of the late Manuel and the late Ruth Feldstein; adored brother of Shirley (the late Samuel) Gilbert and Lois (Paul) Katzman; dear uncle of Dan and Jennifer Gilbert, Gary and Charlotte Gilbert, Alisa and Jeffrey Ambrose, David and Heather Katzman, Steven and Elizabeth Katzman, and Heidi and Hank Wineman. He is also survived by many loving great-nieces and great-nephews; his wonderful caregivers, Glenn Kolman, LaShonda King, Wendy Alexander and Jessica FisherKapelewski, along with Amanda

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A private family service was held. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to JARC-the Robert Feldstein Gentle Teaching & Education Fund, Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network, NF Forward (Neurofibromatosis Foundation) or the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heart Foundation.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

ROBERT GLAZER, 70, of West Bloomfield, died Dec. 3, 2019.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Paula Glazer; sons and daughters-in-law, Joshua and Cori Glazer, Seth and Deborah Glazer; father, Reuben Glazer; grandchildren, Levi Glazer, Abby Glazer, Carly Glazer and Henry Glazer; sister and brother-in-law, Ronni and George Turney; many other loving family members and friends.

Mr. Glazer was the son of the late Norma Glazer.

Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions may be made to Comfort Salon Foundation, the American Cancer Society or to the Boy Scouts of America.

Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

NORMA GOLDMAN, 85, of West Bloomfield, died Dec. 2, 2019.

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Steven Goldman and Lisa Freeman, Jeffrey Goldman, Sherri Goldman-Kim and John Kim, and Daniel and Susan Goldman; grandchildren, Nate Goldman, Zander Goldman, Lexi Goldman, Micah Kim and Jonathan Kim. Mrs. Goldman was the beloved wife of the late Robert B. Goldman; the devoted daughter of the late Louis and the late Jennie Madorsky; the dear sister of the late Melvin

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Interment was at Nusach Harie Cemetery. Contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 27777 Franklin Road, Suite 1150, Southfield, MI 48034, heart.org/ HEARTORG. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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Mrs. Grinstein is survived by her brother, Irving (Elaine) Brotslaw; her sons, David (Christina Camacho) Grinstein and Richard (Nancy Taylor) Grinstein; her grandchildren, Sarah, Rachel, Eliana and Mark; her great-granddaughter, Elizabeth.

Contributions may be made to the Southern Poverty Law Center or the Nature Conservancy.

LAURENCE HOLLO, 66, of Southfield, died Dec. 2, 2019.

He is survived by his father, Tibor Hollo; sister and brother-in-law, Deborah and Greg Proven; half-brothers and half-sister, Jerome, Wayne, Johnathan and Arlene; nieces, Doris Miriam Ross and Alana Strauss.

Mr. Hollo was the loving brother of the late Harvey Hollo; the devoted son of the late Doris Hollo.

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MARTHE RILEY, 77, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 28, 2019.

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Mrs. Riley was the beloved wife of the late Ray Riley; the loving sister of the late Larry Pernick; the devoted daughter of the late Nathaniel Pernick and the late Jeanette Pernick.

Interment was at Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens.

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ILENE SHAPIN, 69, of West Bloomfield, passed away comfortably and surrounded by her loving family

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Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery in Flint.

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MICHAEL SOLOMON, 71, of Farmington Hills, died Nov. 28, 2019.

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Ronald Solomon and the son of the late Frances and the late Samuel Solomon.

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And, I emphaM ke Sm h size the “comA n nd G h m nd u munity.” The A h Ch hospital opened its doors on Jan. 4, 1953, on Outer Drive in Northwest Detroit. At this time, the area was in the midst of the city’s Jewish neighborhoods.

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I found a lot of stories and information about Sinai Hospital in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History.

A report in the Dec. 12, 1952, issue of the JN provides a one-stop report about Sinai after the cornerstone was laid.

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f Sinai S h JN are also l for in the very interesting. One from the Dec. 29, 1989, states: “Ask Any Other Michigan Hospital for A Latke and See What You Get.” Or the ad written in Hebrew from Oct. 6, 1989.

There is, of course, plenty of medical news from Sinai about new procedures, staff enterprise or Detroit Jews providing extraordinary support and service. Sinai was even in the news, both in the JN on Jan. 13, 1989, and in other media around the nation when the hospital was host to a brandnew set of quintuplets!

Like many other hospitals over the past several decades, Sinai faced serious economic difficulties as a stand-alone operation in the 1980s. To

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stay t iin b business, i it was sold ld iin 1989 and merged with Grace Hospital of Detroit, which was founded in 1888.

But, for the Jewish community, there was a great upside to the sale and the end of an era. Proceeds from the sale went to support the Jewish Fund, which has provided millions of dollars for good causes in Detroit since 1997.

The Davidson Digital Archive is loaded with good reading about Sinai Hospital.

It is an institution that Jewish Detroiters can look upon with pride. It really is a remarkable story.

Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org.

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