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To boot, “The robot can then use that self-simulator internally to contemplate and adapt to different situations, handling new tasks as well as detecting and repairing damage in its own body.”

But when Columbia prompted it to “Discuss an accomplishment, event or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others,” the robot tried to rock– paper–scissors itself off the table.

I know the feeling. I’m 15 years removed from both my college graduation and — bot-willing — my children’s. Whatever the combination of hindsight and lead time that affords me, higher ed remains a bundle of contradictions: motivation and anxiety, debt and earning potential, social mobility and elitism, progress and inertia.

Once a year, I get a crash course in contemporary college applications and admissions. I take up residence in a Cranbrook Kingswood classroom for a marathon day of local Columbia alumni interviews.

The high school seniors tend to be only slightly more dressed up and nervous than I. This year, they are from Cameroon, Midland, Macedonia, Okemos, Tulsa, Beijing and Iraq.

They help out on the family farm.

They interview Walmart shoppers from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. They speak the mother tongue at home and visit extended family in their ancestral homeland or Chinatown.

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ments the jazz ensemble needs that day. They work at the British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark and TJ Maxx (same person). They change hospital bedding and observe laparoscopic surgery.

They sometimes believe me when I tell them that what school they attend doesn’t really matter. Or, as Frank Bruni puts it, “Where you go is not who you’ll be.” That how you bring yourself to new spaces — showing up, reaching out, sticking around — will serve you far beyond test scores, school rankings and acceptance rates.

And it can be hard to tell from websites and word of mouth. There are “rah rah” schools and, as I used to say on campus tours, “yeah yeah” schools.

Every institution I have ever encountered — whether higher ed, corporate, civic, social — evidences at times brilliance and mediocrity, inspiration and cynicism, authenticity and simulacra, compassion and indifference. U.S. News & World Report has about as much insight to offer as The Definitive College Ranking Of 16 Ramen Noodle Flavors.

The students I interview are highly human; they are also a little like Columbia’s robot. They are developing their self-image in real time through repeated trials, incorporating new parts along the way.

Unlike the controlled environment of the engineering lab, they are surrounded by noise and subjected to competing commitments. Their knowledge of physics and geometry varies. Their ability to get a ball in a cup will likely improve over the course of college.

And their genuine love of learning (plus the arrival of a semi-sentient armbot) has inspired me to continue my education — to embrace the complexities of the world and stave off my own obsolescence.

So I re-enrolled at Columbia to take Machine Learning for Data Science and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.

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Ilhan Omar is Right about Money in Politics.

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ep. Ilhan Omar picked a funny week to tweet about the power of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Earlier this month, the Senate passed a bill that targets the boycott Israel movement. The 77-23 vote was a nice win for AIPAC, which backed it, but also held some worrying news for the pro-Israel lobby. While Republicans were nearly Andrew unanimous in their supSilow-Carroll port, Democrats were mostly split: 25 for and 22 against.

More significant, six of the seven Senate Democrats running for president or expected to run for president voted no.

While the vast majority of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can be called or call themselves pro-Israel — including the six Democratic hopefuls — the vote undermines the notion that Congress is “Israel-occupied territory.”

On the boycott bill, like any piece of legislation, politicians weigh the costs and benefits of supporting legislation

— sometimes with their eyes on the short-term and sometimes the longterm.

Even if you were able to erase AIPAC from the picture, it’s not clear how much the landscape would change.

Israel is a pretty easy sell in the United States. Jews vote and donate to political campaigns out of proportion to their numbers. Evangelical Christians are more uncritical than Jews in their support for Israel (and there are more of them). Americans as a whole are more likely to see their values reflected in Israel’s robust if flawed democracy than among the dictatorships, monarchies and theocracies that surround it.

The vote on the boycott bill raises the possibility that those factors cannot be taken for granted, as a resistance to pro-Israel messaging is growing on the left.

In a pair of notorious tweets a few weekends ago, Omar leapfrogged these complexities to offer a simple explanation for U.S. policymaking on Israel: “It’s all about the Benjamins” — in other words, money. When pressed by the Forward’s opinion editor, Batya Ungar-Sargon, to explain who she thinks is paying American politicians to be pro-Israel, the first-term con-

gresswoman from Minnesota replied “AIPAC!” Critics were quick to point out that she was wrong on facts (AIPAC is not a political action committee and does not spend money on political campaigns) and appeared to dip into an age-old trope about Jewish money and influence. Dan Shapiro, the U.S. ambassador to Israel under Obama, tweeted that her “outrageous comments equating politicians’ support for Israel with being bought off by American Jewish money are a vile anti-Semitic trope.”

Combined with her past comments about Israel, including the notion that its government has “hypnotized” the world, few were willing to give the Muslim-American lawmaker the benefit of the doubt.

I’ll try. Let’s say, as her supporters suggested, that her comments were merely about the influence of money in politics. It’s undeniable that AIPAC exerts — and boasts of — enormous influence in politics. It doesn’t give money directly to politicians, but it serves as a force multiplier: Its rhetorical support for a candidate is a signal to Jewish PACs and individual donors across the country to back his or her campaign. Although AIPAC spends

far less than mega-lobbies like the NRA, politicians looking to signal their own pro-Israel bona fides to potential voters and donors attend its annual conference and participate in its tours to Israel.

And honestly, money plays an outsize influence in American politics. It’s fair game to talk about a system that allows NRA, Big Pharma, the energy sector, Wall Street and hundreds of other lobbies to push their own interests over policies that perhaps the majority of Americans consider sensible. (Whether the majority of Americans are clamoring for a more evenhanded policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is debatable, and probably not true.)

And Twitter can be a lousy place to debate Middle East policy and campaign finance. Maybe if pressed, Omar might offer more than a one-word — or, actually, one-acronym — summary of what she thinks is wrong with U.S. Mideast policymaking.

But in invoking “AIPAC!” as a metonym for the influence of money in politics was a minefield, and the idea that she doesn’t know that by now — coming only a week after she apologized for her 7-year-old “hypnotized” tweet — is implausible. Rather continued on page 10

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New Perspective Needed on Israel’s Challenges

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t is time — nay, perhaps long overdue — to look at the so-called “Palestinian-Israeli” conflict with new eyes.

Focusing exclusively on that conflict might have made sense for a few years, perhaps even for two or three decades after the 1967 war. But it is outdated and wasting valuable political energy.

The new bottom line: Peace and security Berl Faulbaum for Israel no longer depends entirely on settling that standoff. The diaspora, particularly the American pro-Israel community, has not moved with the times.

Yes, it would be advantageous to come to an agreement with the Palestinians, but Israel faces much more serious issues, as Matti Friedman, a Jerusalem writer, pointed out in a very succinct op-ed column in the New York Times: “Today, Israel’s most potent enemy is the Shiite theocracy in Iran which is more than 1,000 miles away and isn’t Palestinian (or Arab.) The gravest threat to Israel at close range is Hezbollah at our northern border, an army of Lebanese Shiites founded and funded by Iranians.”

Friedman continues: “That’s why to someone here, zooming in to frame our problem as an Israeli-Palestinian con-

flict makes as much sense as describing the ‘American-Italy’ conflict in 1944.

“Many here believe that an agreement signed by a Western-backed Palestinian leader in the West Bank won’t end the conflict because it will wind up creating not a state, but a power vacuum destined to be filled by intra-Muslim chaos or Iranian proxies or a combination of both. That’s exactly what has happened around us in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.”

Friedman’s insightful analysis makes the Trump administration’s “policies” even more troublesome. They have been sporadic and, as described in Commentary, the neo-conservative, passionately pro-Israel magazine, as “schizophrenic.”

Yes, President Donald Trump moved the U.S. embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. But that is an ideological action, not a strategic political decision and does not move the peace process forward. It is entirely symbolic.

Trump also recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but again it does nothing to help settle complex issues in the Middle East. While understandably cheered by Israel’s supporters and while affirming a U.S. commitment on this emotional issue, the entire world, including the Arab countries, knows that Israel will never surrender Jerusalem. The issues that need to be negotiated are Jerusalem’s borders. The president did not address this explosive

issue — and wisely so. That is why the reaction to these two relatively “meaningless” measures by Palestinians and the Arab world was relatively muted.

Indeed, Russia recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in April 2017, eight months before the U.S. While Trump supporters hail these steps and are pleased to have what they describe as a pro-Israel president in the White House, they fail to understand that to reach agreements with the various parties, the power broker must not be identified as “pro” to any party. What Trump has done is undermine the U.S. role as an honest, neutral mediator and damaged the credibility of the U.S. The Mideast political dilemma cannot be analyzed or addressed from a one-dimensional point of view, and for a settlement to be reached, it will require compromise including concessions that might be unsatisfactory or politically distasteful to Israel. That needs to be accepted before progress can be made.

Also being ignored are Trump’s “anti-Israel” moves. For instance, in his first meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the president, at a press conference, without apparently having alerted Netanyahu, called on Israel to stop building settlements. The demand left Netanyahu literally speechless.

Then came Trump’s announcement

to withdraw American troops from Syria. That is hardly pro-Israel as many conservative Israeli voices pointed out while Netanyahu refrained from any comment although it was reported that he protested in a call to the White House.

Also, alienating U.S. allies around the world is not pro-Israel because many of the countries that have been attacked by the president will be needed if and when a peace proposal is put on the table.

Bret Stephens, the conservative columnist who criticized President Barack Obama for eight years for what he believed was an unfair Israeli policy, wrote that he did not believe US. policy toward Israel could get worse. He concluded, “Donald Trump succeeds in making his predecessors look good.”

In this changing political landscape, Friedman summarized: “Abandoning the pleasures of the simple story for the confusing realities of the bigger picture is emotionally unsatisfying. But it makes events here comprehensible, and it will encourage Western policy makers to abandon fantastic visions in favor of a more reasonable grasp of what’s possible.

“And that, in turn, might lead to some tangible improvements in the world that could use fewer illusions and wiser leaders.” ■

student newspaper at the University of Michigan-Dearborn) and now the Detroit Jewish News. It is certainly a story that needs to be told so that we are aware of the history as we hopefully move forward in handling our relationships with all groups.

As someone who lives in a community that is adjacent to Dearborn, one is surrounded by many reminders of the magnitude and influence of Henry Ford. One can be in awe of his accomplishments and what this has meant not only for this area but for our country as well. But I have

always tempered this understanding with knowledge of his deep and long-standing anti-Semitism.

As a Jew, this has understandably left me with very ambivalent feelings regarding Ford. Publication of the Dearborn Historian would have been one way to counter Ford’s bigotry as it would have reminded us that past prejudice challenges us to work toward creating a better world.

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by Dearborn Mayor John O’Reilly to halt distribution of the Dearborn Historian detailing how Henry Ford spread prejudice regarding Jews certainly were well documented.

Mayor O’Reilly has created greater awareness for this facet of Ford’s life than if he had not intervened at all. At least three publications have reported on this story: the Detroit Free Press, the Michigan Journal (the

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Two brilliant articles in the Feb. 7, 2019 edition of the Detroit Jewish News are a welcome education to the uninitiated regarding the continuing assault on the Jewish people and Israel.

“University of Michigan and Pitzer College Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg” and “Blue Ribbon Panel Takeover” explain the growing support for BDS on our university campuses.

I commend Tammi RossmanBenjamin and Harry Onickel for their expertise in alerting us to the challenges facing the Jewish people and Israel. continued on page 10

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it looks like she is happy to bait her critics, even if it means ignoring how her words will be taken as dog whistles. It’s a play straight out of the Trumpian handbook: Called insensitive or racist, Trump will deny that he is either. And then he will defiantly press the same buttons (“Pocahontas!

Caravans! Fine people on both sides!”).

You can plead innocence the first time you say something offensive or play with a stereotype, I suppose.

Keep doing it and it looks like a feature, not a bug.

I’ll concede that it is a little about the Benjamins. Political power is expressed in America through money, and supporters of Israel — Jews and non-Jews — have been supportive and strategic in deploying their resources. But it is not only about the money and saying otherwise — reducing the complexity of a cause to mere dollars and cents and ignoring the context in which you say it — is what gets you into bigoted territory.

The pro-Israel lobby isn’t hypnotizing anybody. Nor is it bribing them to betray their own beliefs. It supports sympathetic candidates as any good interest group would and ignores those it doesn’t see as friends. You know, like Emily’s List.

Or MoveOn.org. Or any of the interletters

est groups that donated thousands to Omar’s own congressional campaign.

I doubt Omar would say her views line up with, for example, the Service Employees International Union only because they donated to her campaign.

The Democratic candidates who voted against the anti-BDS bill didn’t wake up from an AIPAC-induced trance. They looked at a changing electoral landscape and felt they would gain more by opposing the bill than voting for it. That’s politics.

Yes, money distorts the calculus.

Our politics and country would probably be better off if campaigning wasn’t a never-ending money chase.

But Omar’s insistence that but for the grace of AIPAC politicians would take her side on Palestine is uninformed and reductionary. Maybe that’s not anti-Semitism, but it is nothing to be proud of. ■ Andrew Silow-Carroll is JTA’s Editor in Chief.

Previously he served as editor in chief and CEO of the New Jersey Jewish News and wrote an award-winning weekly column in the Times of Israel. He was also the managing editor of the Forward newspaper, editor of the Washington Jewish Week, senior editor of Moment magazine, and a reporter for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

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The major weapon — make no mistake— is BDS, a frontal attack on the Jewish people.

BDS support is making strong inroads in the new U.S. Congress and high schools as well as universities.

We repeatedly hear the term “BDS” and may ignore the challenge we face. Here is a comment from Alan Dershowitz in the American Thinker. For those who have not followed this issue, Alan Dershowitz compares what is going on today to the Nazi boycott of Jewish goods in the 1930s and the Arab boycott in the 1950s/1960s.

“Now it takes on a new name and a new phrase, but it is the same old poison,” he writes. “It is anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist, anti-human rights, anti-intellectual, anti-science, anti-negotiation, anti-peace, anti-compromise, and anti-Palestinian workers when they are denied opportunities to work.”

Some components of BDS are academic boycotts of Israel, promoting business boycotts of companies doing business with Israel, shouting down pro-Israel speakers and denying pro-Israel speakers the opportunity to speak.

Under the guise of the BDS disease, individuals and organizations are masquerading as free speech enthusiasts and human rights advocates to disguise their Jew hatred.

What can you do to stem this tide of modern-day Jew-hatred?

You can write the CEO and regents of your alma mater, your local school board, your local media, and your senators and representatives to help turn the negative direction of those that recently voted against the BDS resolution and against Israel.

It is time for you to stand for Israel and the Jewish people.

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aysayers be darned, like the city itself, the Jewish community within Detroit’s neighborhoods is coming back.

Over the last five years, a slow but steady increase of Jewish single professionals moved into the city. As they marry and start families of their own, they are buying homes in neighborhoods like Palmer Woods, Boston Edison and Woodbridge.

Their plan is not to move into the suburbs as their kids grow out of diapers and into backpacks. In it for the long haul, families interviewed with children

from birth to teens — some profiled in a 2016 piece in the JN — are committed to sending their children to schools within the Detroit Public School Community District (DPSCD), even if they sometimes may need to plan it out one year at a time. Currently, 10 Jewish children are enrolled in DPSCD, according to Rabbi Ariana Silverman of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue (IADS) Federation’s 2018 Jewish Population Study indicates that the number of Jewish households in the city of Detroit decreased from about 1,900 households in 2005 to about 800 households in 2018.

However, Silverman says this number is misleading and does not reflect what she sees on the ground level. The households of older Jews who have moved out or passed away are being replaced with younger couples who are having children. Though they have not yet outnumbered this older demographic, Silverman sees this as a demographic shift that is evidence the Jewish community in Detroit is growing.

“It used to be that I could name every Jewish kid in Detroit and knew every mom who was pregnant,” said Silverman, a native of Chicago. She and her husband, Justin Robert Long, a professor at Wayne State University’s School of Law, now have Rebecca, 4, who is attending a DPSCD Montessori preschool program at Palmer Park Preparatory Academy, and August, 2.

“Now, I find that is not true. I keep learning about new (Jewish) couples, young families and singles moving into the city. In 2017, we had High Holiday services [geared to young families] and 30 people showed up. This past year, we had 65. I say this in all sincerity: If the community is looking for a feel-good story about Jewish Detroit, this is it!”

While this growth in the Jewish population is taking root, Silverman said that

her family and other families do not shy away from the fact their children attend school in a district with a student body that is predominantly African American.

She and other Jewish parents interviewed said there are complexities and racial politics when it comes to choosing a school for their children in Detroit. They acknowledge that a higher percentage of white children attend one of the four schools in the city with Montessori programs and that it is getting harder to find spots there. The Montessori programs run from grades preK-4 and DPSCD plans to grow the program each year.

For the first time in more than a generation, the Detroit Jewish Coalition (a group of Detroit-based Jewish organizations, which includes IADS, the Reconstructionist Congregation of Detroit (RCD) and Repair the World), with funding from the Farber family, launched a new Jewish school on Nov. 18. Dor Hadash opened at IADS with about 10 children ages 4-6, who mostly attend DPSCD schools. Silverman and Sarah Allyn are the primary instructors.

Meeting on Sundays, the program is based on a family education model.

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Rozita Knox Rozita Knox, a single mom of eight, has been a Detroiter since 2010 and lives on the east side of Detroit close to Grosse Pointe. It was this same year when, after years of soul searching, she and her mother Chava Knox as well as her children, now ages 3 months to 18, formally converted from Christianity to Judaism. They all belong to the Downtown Dor Hadash friend Synagogue, Rebecca Long and where Chava is Brooklyn Pertee-Knox. a board member and Rozita’s son Antwoine is taking bar mitzvah lessons.

Being black and Jewish, Rozita finds herself straddling the different communities within Detroit. In their former schools in St. Clair Shores, Knox’s children were the only non-white kids in school. Now, in Detroit’s schools, they find themselves the only kids in their class who are Jewish.

Knox says her Jewish identity gets surprised reactions.

“When I tell people I am Jewish, let’s just say I get many different responses,” said Knox, an independent contractor who works as a stage hand for corporate event planning. “I have to explain to people that, yes, you can be black and Jewish and, no, I do not have a Christmas tree in my home. But I welcome others to come into my home to celebrate Jewish holidays with me.

Because I converted, I get to understand faith from both sides.”

Knox loves that now there are more Jewish families in Detroit to enlarge her circle of Jewish connections.

“Finally, there are adults [with their kids] in town who understand where I am coming from, and there are now classmates for my children who they can relate to as Jews.

“These are such welcoming changes; it’s great to see Detroit grow and change, to be part of it all and to see that the growth has a Jewish component to it.”

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Erin Einhorn and David Lorenz with their children

Erin Einhorn & David Lorenz Erin Einhorn and her husband, David Lorenz, live near Downtown Detroit with their two children.

Einhorn, originally from West Bloomfield, has enjoyed the lifestyle of urban neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Manhattan. When she returned to the area with a family of her own, it seemed natural to her to find a place to live within Detroit.

Einhorn works as Detroit bureau chief of the nonprofit education news organization Chalkbeat, which covers public schools in seven states and across the country. Lorenz is a software developer who commutes to work Downtown by bicycle.

This enables them to share one car. Thanks to the Eastern Market, Whole Foods, other local stores and Amazon, there is no real reason to leave the city for anything they need.

“Cities are my comfort zone,” Einhorn said. “We love walking to places and enjoying the events and restaurants that you can find only living in a city.

I had all these great things in New York and in Philadelphia, and that is exactly what I wanted in Detroit.”

Einhorn is on the board of the RCD and a member of IADS. The family enjoys social and holiday programming with JTot, a group for families raising Jewish kids in the city of Detroit. Founded in 2015

by Einhorn, Kate Bush and Silverman, it is a partnership between IADS and the RCD, with funding from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. It provides Jewish programming for kids and a social network for parents. In just three years, it has grown from serving 12 kids to close to 50. Her family is also involved in Dor Hadash.

Each school morning, she walks her daughter to the neighborhood DPSCD school where she is in the first grade. She says sending her kids to school in Detroit is a decision questioned by family and friends back in the suburbs.

“If you only look at test scores for Detroit’s schools, you might get the impression that everything about Detroit’s public-school system is horrible,” Einhorn said.

“But, on a personal level, this is not what we are experiencing. Just like in any school in any school district, not every child is having their needs met.

Sadly, test scores are down across the state. Just as any parent in any school district, you have to be invested and advocate for the needs of your children in school.”

Since 2016, the Yowells have had another child, Charlotte, to keep big brother Alexander, 6, company in their Brush Park home. Rebecca Yowell works for Wellspring Foster Care and enjoys working and helping those who live in the city around them.

“I believe in working for the good of the people of Detroit,” she said. “In that, I have a personal investment in Detroit, for the wellbeing of the people here is also my wellbeing. I want the kids I work with to succeed just as much as I want my own to succeed.”

Alexander started the pre-K Montessori program at Charles L. Spain Elementary-Middle School and is now a kindergartener. The Yowells are active parents in their school and attend monthly meetings with other engaged parents and appreciate the attentiveness of DPSCD Superintendent of schools Dr. Nikolai P. Vitti.

“Whenever you tell someone that you are sending your child to a Detroit public school, you always feel like you have to explain your decision,” Rebecca Yowell said. “In spite of the talk and rumors floating around that the city may consolidate the Montessori program into one building, we hope the city will sustain and continue to grow the program.”

The Yowells enjoy participating in JTot and live walking distance to the city’s Chabad house.

“We keep meeting new (Jewish families) who have moved into the city for different reasons. It is also amazing to have nearby so many of these activities geared toward young Jewish families,” she said.

The Yowells are aware of the realities of living in a city and, just as in any city, there is crime. But other than their car being broken into a few times, Yowell said she has never felt unsafe in her home or walking in her neighborhood.

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They are parents to Nadav, 2, and are expecting to welcome another young Detroiter this summer. Prior to purchasing a 1916 home in the BostonEdison neighborhood, they rented in the Cass Corridor near Wayne State University.

Levine relishes the fact that in her reverse commute home to the city from her job in the western suburbs, she cruises along at 60 mph while the traffic on the other side of the highway crawls to a standstill.

On her way home, she may pick up some groceries or kosher meat for dinner that’s still hard to come by in the city. She enjoys shopping at the variety of Latin American and Middle Eastern markets in the neighborhoods of Detroit.

Levine does not like when people shower her and her husband with praise for their decision to live in the city.

“We are not doing it out of altruism or anything like that,” said Levine, who is active with JTot. “We chose to live in the city because we want to.”

Their Boston-Edison home was in move-in condition and their only upgrade so far has been insulating the attic. There is a playground a few blocks away and Downtown is a quick Uber, bike or QLine ride away.

Levine said Jtot fills a need as it creates a circle of friends of young Jewish families doing Jewish things together, whether it be celebrating Shabbat or Chanukah or having an outing like they did this fall to visit the Sukkah X Detroit installation in Capitol Park.

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ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER ABOVE: The major cast members of Shtisel, an Israeli series shown on Netflix.

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htisel, an engaging Israeli television drama about the life, loves and losses of a haredi Jewish family in Jerusalem, has captured the interest of viewers in Israel, Detroit and around the world.

Detroit is important to note because two West Bloomfield women run a popular Facebook group about the series called “Shtisel — Let’s Talk About It.” The Shtisel group’s co-administrators, Mimi Cohen Markofsky and Nancy Federman Kaplan, are amazed by the group’s growth to more than 4,600 members (at press time) since launching Jan. 3.

Of those members, 93 percent are women and 7 percent are men, and they come from nine countries outside the U.S. “And more are asking to join every day,” said Kaplan, who has been involved in adult Jewish education for many years, most recently at Congregation Beth Ahm

in West Bloomfield.

Articles in Haaretz and other Israeli media provided Kaplan’s introduction to Shtisel. The family saga is focused on patriarch Rabbi Shulem Shtisel, a widowed Talmud Torah educator who lives with his bachelor son, Akiva “Kive” Shtisel, who is in his late 20s. The two-season series, shown in 2013 and 2015-16 on Israel’s Yes cable channel, received eight Israeli Film Academy awards and three nominations.

When Kaplan learned last year that Shtisel would be streaming on Netflix starting Dec. 14, “I plotzed (nearly collapsed) with joy,” she said. “I’m very interested in the world depicted in Shtisel, and I always appreciate the opportunity to learn more about people with whom I would not ordinarily come into contact.”

Markofsky, a dental practice manager, discovered the series when she was home sick in bed and looking for something worthwhile on television.

“I heard there were some good Israeli shows on Netflix and Amazon Prime,” she said. Thumbing through the Netflix offerings, she stumbled upon Shtisel and was quickly hooked.

Meanwhile, Kaplan’s several posts about the show before and after New Year’s Day inspired several of her Facebook friends to check out Shtisel, which has English

subtitles.

Kaplan said her acquaintance Markofsky suggested they host a Shtisel discussion group on Facebook and volunteered to create it. Markofsky, a semi-retired kosher caterer, already was administrator of “Mimi’s Just Desserts,” her Facebook page for posting recipes and cooking tips.

Twenty-four hours after going live, 200 approved members were commenting and posing questions about every aspect of Shtisel.

Viewers of all religions and observance levels are drawn to the Israeli series, whose director is Alon Zingman. Markofsky was particularly intrigued by a member request from a Japanese woman living outside Okinawa. Like other Shtisel group members, the woman found the show on Netflix and then the Facebook discussion group.

Markofsky explained that “when you get to a certain level of members — a critical mass — Facebook develops an algorithm, so when someone puts in the word ‘Shtisel,’ our group pops up.”

DEMANDING ACCURACY One draw for viewers is that the characters in Shtisel don’t seek to leave their austere and highly structured Jewish community.

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Series co-creators Yehonatan Indursky and Ori Elon insisted that the insular ultra-Orthodox community be portrayed accurately. The cast members, all secular, had to look and dress the part. Hours of coaching helped them properly speak the Hebrew or Yiddish language dialects of their characters.

Indursky, from a haredi family in Jerusalem, and Elon, who attended yeshivah in Efrat, last year created Israel’s first dystopian-future series, Autonomies. Not available in the U.S., it tells the story of a country with one secular state, its capital in Tel Aviv, and a Jerusalem-based religious autonomy.

Kaplan frequently recommends articles to the group that explain the appeal of Shtisel. In her opinion, “the show bridges the divide between secular and religious so brilliantly.”

While the Shtisels’ haredi neighborhood of Geula is “generally a place where I, as a secular Israeli human, would not really want to hang out,” said writer Zalzman, she is in good company with the other nonreligious fans of the series.

For them, Shtisel provides a fascinating entree into the lives of “the other” — ultra-Orthodox boys and men in black wearing side curls, the married women covering their hair.

Yet, despite their adherence to strict rules, the Shtisel characters occasionally show weakness and behave badly.

The show is subtly changing ultra-Orthodox perceptions. “People are people, regardless of the religious or cultural milieu in which they live and navigate,” Kaplan said.

Shtisel group members obsess about the show’s depictions of Jewish customs and domestic life. Certain scenes or episodes prompt members to share details about their own upbringing and religiosity. When good-hearted widows bring Shulem homemade soup and meals in plastic containers, some fans express yearning for a nostalgic past they may not have known personally.

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Shtisel begins with Kive and his beautiful green eyes. He obediently cooperates with the time-honored traditions of matchmaking, but his heart has its own desires. Unlike his yeshivah scholar brother, Tzvi Arye, Kive prefers making art, which makes him a less desirable marriage partner.

Giti, their sister, struggles stoically to support five children when her husband, Lippe, deserts the family.

She relies overmuch on her oldest daughter, Ruchami. Patriarch Shulem can be wise or self-centered. His unpleasant businessman brother, Nochem, occasionally visits from Belgium with his beautiful daughter, Libi. Bubbie Malka, the sons’ pious mother, is enthralled by the television soap operas in her senior residence.

Group members also comment on the actors’ real-life pictures and their projects, past and future; dream sequences involving the late Devora, Shulem’s wife and Kive’s mother; and the meaning of certain words and expressions heard on the show.

Markofsky, who understands some Yiddish, said she’s loving all the conversations and is learning more about Jewish culture. “How cool is this!” she exclaimed. ■ Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman purchased the rights to adapt Shtisel for an American audience, but the project’s status is uncertain.

A Sampling of Streaming Israeli Shows The following series are found primarily on Amazon Prime (A), Hulu (H), Netflix (N) or YouTube (Y). Google the titles for further details.

• A Touch Away, romance: A • Beauty and the Baker, romantic comedy: A • Bnei Aruba (Hostages), drama/ thriller: A, N • Fauda (Chaos in Arabic), drama about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: N • Hashoter Hatov (The Good Cop), Israeli police comedy: N • Hayeh udim Haba’im (The Jews are Coming), politically incorrect satirical humor: Y • Hatufim (Prisoners of War), drama: A, H • Kfulim (False Flag), espionage drama/thriller: H • Mekimi (One Who Lifts Me), drama/ romance: A, H • Mossad 101, action/humor: N • Srugim (Knitted), Modern Orthodox Friends-like dramedy: A • When Heroes Fly, thriller about Israel Defense Forces vets starring Michael “Kive” Aloni: N

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Purim Extravaganza Detroit Jews for Justice will present its fourth-annual Purim Extravaganza at Ant Hall in Hamtramck (2320 Caniff) on Tuesday March 19, from 5-7 p.m.

Thanks to the generosity of volunteers and donors, this event is free; tickets at detroitjewsforjustice.org/purim2019.

The DJJ Purim spiel is a punchy and passionate short play written and performed by members of DJJ’s grassroots community. This year, DJJ will apply the Purim story to explore labor issues, environmental justice and criminal justice reform.

By leveraging Purim to celebrate the work of community organizers in Detroit, such as members of the Green New Deal Coalition of which DJJ is a part, DJJ brings Metro Detroit Jews closer to struggles for social justice while sharing a central part of Jewish culture with an interfaith audience.

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2019 spiel is written by an intergenerational team of DJJ leaders and is produced by Detroit-based performance artist, puppeteer and activist Lindsay McCaw. DJJ employs the tools of community organizing to make life in Michigan more sustainable and equitable, with an emphasis on those struggling against systemic bias. DJJ draws on the richness of Jewish traditions, history, beliefs and culture to deepen and sustain its work.

Folks of all backgrounds and ages are welcome to the Purim Extravaganza.

If you have particular dietary needs, email valeriya@detroitjewsforjustice. org before Feb. 28. The planning team thanks Hazon-Detroit for supporting its goal of diverting waste from Detroit’s incinerator as a Hazon Seal of Sustainability site.

Come in a costume as there will be a costume contest. Visit detroitjewsforjustice.org/purim2019 for information or to get a ticket. ■

Conversation on Aging More than 80 people attended a Conversation on Aging Feb. 5 at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The event, co-sponsored by Jewish Senior Life and the JN, focused on the question: “Where will I live.” The panel included speakers from partnering Jewish agencies: Linda Blumberg, Jewish Federation; Leah Rosenbaum, JVS CEO; Nancy Heinrich, JSL CEO; Perry Ohren, JFS CEO; and Dan Cinelli, a nationally known senior housing expert. Arthur Horwitz, JN publisher/executive editor, served as moderator.

Following presentations, the experts took questions from the audience. Look for more Converstaion on Aging events in the future.

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Tuesday, May 7, at Temple Beth El Topics will include creating an in Bloomfield Township. A panel of LGBTQ+ inclusive community for parents and LGBTQ+ identified Jewish families, parenting with individuals will share their stolove and acceptance, and hearries. Lite refreshments will be ing from those who’ve been served at each event. through it. The workshops will Go to standwithtrans.org/ look at these topics through a upcoming-events/be-the-light Jewish lens, exploring how valto register. There is no charge to ues and Torah come into play.

Rabbi Yonatan attend and the workshops are The first event is at 7:30 Dahlen open to the community. p.m. Saturday, March 9, at Stand with Trans is a nonprofCongregation Shaarey Zedek it organization whose mission is in Southfield. Featured speakto provide the tools needed by ers are Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen transgender youth so they will of Shaarey Zedek, Dr. Daniel be empowered, supported and Shumer, clinical director of the validated as they transition to Child and Adolescent Gender their authentic life.

Clinic at C.S. Mott Children’s Dr. Daniel When Hunter, the son of Hospital in Ann Arbor, and Shumer Stand with Trans’ Executive Sara Wiener, M.S.W., director Director Roz Gould Keith, of mental health services within first came out as a transgender Child & Adolescent Gender male at age 13, the Keiths had Services at Mott Hospital. nowhere to go for support. They At this event, participants will felt alone and lost. learn to understand the differ“Within the year, Temple ence between gender identity Israel was calling with resources and sexual orientation; discuss Sara Wiener and let us know that our family the coming-out process, includwas always welcome (at Temple),” Roz ing transitioning, pronoun changes, Keith said. “It’s a tough road and we hormones and surgery; explore Jewish feel blessed to have had the support values regarding communal responsiof the Jewish community from the bility and creating sanctuaries, obligaFrankel Jewish Academy to Temple tion vs. kindness, and compassion and forgiveness; and learn ways to be more Israel to Camp Tamarack — everyone has had our backs.” ■ inclusive in their homes.

NCJW 2019 Jewish Youth Awards The National Council of Jewish Women Michigan will be honoring exceptional Jewish high school seniors who demonstrate leadership within the community.

Applicants must prepare a personal essay, demonstrate their leadership in the Jewish and/or secular communities and be available for a personal interview the morning of Sunday, April 14.

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to the community or just beginning he Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit has a lot of to get involved,” said Brittany Karson, traditions, not uncommon for an Federation’s community development organization that’s been around for 120 senior associate. “There’s also a lot of representation from our partner agenyears. But one tradition in particular cies. You see callers wearing Tamarack has become a true favorite, bringing in T-shirts, Hebrew Free Loan T-shirts, dollars and building community since Hillel Day School 1981— and that is T-shirts. There are Super Sunday. familiar faces from the Super Sunday, a JCC, JFS and Jewish community-wide Senior Life, and that’s telethon held every just to name a few.” year in early spring, This year, Super is an opportunity Sunday is March 3 for Federation’s lay from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. leadership and volunat the Max M. Fisher teers, as well as staff Federation Building in and supporters of Bloomfield Township.

Federation’s 17 local Volunteers are invitpartner agencies, to ed to come for all make a big impact or any part of the on the success of phoneathon. A light Federation’s Annual bagel breakfast is Campaign.

“Super Sunday is a TOP: Lori and Jeff Lasday at last year’s served followed by Super Sunday. ABOVE: Sol Cicurel opening remarks, and tradition for so many was chairman of the first Super then the fundraising community members Sunday in 1981. begins. and, over the years, Phone banks are set they’ve passed on the up for volunteers to call fellow commutradition,” said Marianne Bloomberg, nity members and ask for their annual Federation’s associate director of philanthropic engagement. “It’s not uncom- donations. For those who prefer not to make calls, there are also letter-writing mon to see three generations of family stations to thank donors and ask them members coming out to make calls to continue their support in the form of with us on Super Sunday.” a mailed card.

Last year, more than 225 volunteers “We understand that some people participated in Super Sunday. Together aren’t comfortable making calls and they raised more than $200,000 in just asking for donations, but we want a matter of hours — a major contribueveryone to be able to be a part of tion to the Federation’s 2018 Annual Super Sunday, even if they have a bit of Campaign of $32.8 million and the phone-phobia,” Karson said. community’s fundraising efforts.

To volunteer for Super Sunday, sign “We have such a wonderful variup at jewishdetroit.org/SuperSunday. ety of volunteers who participate on Contact Brittany Karson with any quesSuper Sunday. Some are longtime tions at karson@jfmd.org. ■ Federation leaders and others are new

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Although wary of voicing my pro-Israel stance as college campuses are full of conflicting opinions, I chose to apply for the role and was selected. After my first semester as the JBA intern, I can definitively say I made the right decision.

It was through my involvement in JSU that I had my first contact with Hasbara Fellowships, a pro-Israel campus activism organization that brings hundreds of students to Israel every summer and winter to give them the information and tools to return to their campuses as educators about Israel.

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about bringing the Start-Up Nation Technology Fair, an expo showcasing on-the-rise Israeli start-ups, to MSU. I was thrilled to be the on-campus coordinator of this event, which allowed me to accomplish my business-aligned goals in JBA while also advocating for Israel.

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On Jan. 17, Hillel of Metro Detroit had its first “Girls Night” event to talk about sex and healthy relationships — and it was a success. This event took place at HMD’s student lounge on the sixth floor of the Student Center at Wayne State University. With the guidance of HMD Program Associate Olivia Berlin, a committee of WSU students Alexis Potoff, Rachel Peysakhova and I formed to plan the event.

We partnered with AEPhi, a Jewish sorority on campus.

They were excited to co-host our event and had quite a few of

During the fair, I connected with the Hasbara Midwest regional adviser who told me of the organization’s Israel Training Program and suggested I apply. The program is an exclusive 16-day Israel advocacy training trip focused on offering pro-Israel student leaders the opportunity to gain leadtheir members show up.

About 30 “girls” attended a fun night that started with a build-your-own sushi bar dinner and mocktails. Once everyone made her rolls and was sufficiently covered in sticky rice, we made our way to hear the panel that included Ann Rayford, nurse practitioner from the WSU health center, WSU’s Dr. Richard Slatcher, who specializes his research on the topic of relationships, and Elana Gotfriend, a sex therapist.

To begin, we asked questions written in advance. Once the group stared to warm up to our panel, we transitioned to an open-floor format. Additionally,

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there were visual aids, demonstrations and pamphlets to fully educate the attendees.

“I thought it was an amazing event,” said Monica Merzin, Jewish heritage and ritual chair for AEPhi. “The sushi was really fun to make, and I loved how we were able to freely ask questions in an open and comfortable setting.”

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ership skills, network with their peers, meet Israelis and Palestinians from all sides of the political spectrum, and travel to strategic locations throughout the Jewish state. Soon after applying, I was interviewed and accepted. I attended one of this past winter’s trips before beginning a two-semester fellowship as a Hasbara Fellow.

In addition to becoming a Hasbara Fellow, I’ve benefited in several other ways from my involvement with the Jewish community. My presence in the JSU, coupled with taking a course on modern Jewish thought, assisted me in redefining my Jewish identity and relationship with Israel. I continued these internal transformations as a participant in the Israel Training Program, discovering new ways to combat anti-Semitism and advocate for Israel.

Just as 18-year-olds in Israel have the responsibility to fight the threat of anti-Semitism physically, it is my responsibility to fight this battle on my college campus. For that reason, I was excited to learn how to open dialogues with those who are anti-Israel or anti-Semitic or who are unsure about their feelings toward Israel. Now that I’m back at school, I’m looking forward to employing the tools I’ve learned to educate my peers on the subject — to go beyond “preaching to the choir.”

Since returning from Israel, I feel empowered with the necessary tools to succeed in promoting Israel on campus. The experiences I had far exceeded my expectations, from standing

next to the Gaza border to traveling through “Area A” in the West Bank.

A concern I had before attending the program was only receiving pro-Israel information and not having the opportunity to listen to the ArabIsraeli or Palestinian point of view.

Within the first 48 hours of being in Israel, however, this worry completely dissipated as I had an enormous amount of exposure to different perspectives. These experiences allowed me to look inward and decide how I personally felt about current issues and controversial topics. This proved to be the most beneficial aspect of the trip; understanding various arguments for and against Israel has significantly improved the quality of my pro-Israel advocacy.

Rather than focusing on controversies about the state of Israel, the aspects I am choosing for my advocacy campaigns are positive ones. My first initiative is with Save a Child’s Heart, a humanitarian organization that helps Israeli volunteers provide free life-saving heart surgeries for children in developing countries who don’t have access to the healthcare they need. The organization has helped children around the world in places such as Rwanda and Gaza, saving more than 5,000 lives to date.

By focusing on positive aspects about Israel and Israelis, I can educate others while diffusing the anti-Israel stigma on campus. @ Kyle Zaback of Farmington Hills is a junior at Michigan State University.

moments JAN. 9, 2019 Dana and Dale Sobel of Atlanta, Ga., are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Sophie Emma. She joins her brother Harrison. Grandparents are Jacki and Gordon Smith of Commerce Township, George Jakubovic, and Esther and Jonathan Sobel of Atlanta. Sophie is named in loving memory of her paternal great-grandmother Sophie Lewinsky and maternal great-grandfather Emanuel Margareten. Her Hebrew name, Penina Sivan, is given in loving memory of her maternal great-grandmother Pearl Margareten.

DEC. 17, 2018 Adam and Sheri Horwitz of Ann Arbor are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Jacob Aaron (Reuven Yaakov). Proud big brother is Benjamin Horwitz. Honored grandparents are Gina and Arthur Horwitz of West Bloomfield, Eva and Sheldon Hamburger of Raleigh, N.C., and Stuart Jankelovitz and Terri Orbuch of West Bloomfield.

Jacob is the great-grandson of David and Geraldine Jankelovitz of Chicago, Ill., Phil and Berta Wesler of Walnut Creek, Calif., Hilda (and the late Joel) Hamburger of West Bloomfield, the late Morton and Sally Horwitz, and the late Abraham and Rosa Lichter. Jacob is named for his maternal great-great-grandfather Yaakov Tischler and his paternal great-grandfather Morton (Reuven Mordechai) Horwitz.

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ne of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most iconic and popular annual fundraisers has a new name.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now the Hank Greenberg Memorial Golf and Tennis Invitational.

The 29th annual edition will be Monday, June 3, at Franklin Hills Country Club in Farmington Hills.

Tennis has been added to the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities. Actually, re-added. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been gone for more than 10 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to grow the invitational, attract a wider audience and make it affordable for everyone. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we brought tennis back,â&#x20AC;? said Sari Cicurel, executive director of the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation, which presents the invitational. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tennis is back for good; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not adding it as a pilot program,â&#x20AC;? Cicurel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think it will do well this year and even better in the future. Tennis is in the invitationalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name again, and it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play second fiddle to golf.â&#x20AC;?

Cicurel said she thinks tennis will be a viable option for those who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss a full day of work to participate in the invitational. The tennis portion will be in the afternoon, just before the dinner and its award presentations and sports panel.

The golf portion of the invitational normally sells out. Cicurel is confident tennis will become just as popular. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure why tennis was dropped, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back and so is the foundation board,â&#x20AC;? Cicurel said.

The foundation made another big announcement last week, naming the winners of the invitationalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awards.

Jack Morris, former Detroit Tigers pitcher, 2018 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and now TV analyst for Tigers games on FOX Sports Detroit, will receive the Hank Greenberg Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Dick Schapp Memorial Award for Media Excellence will be presented to George Blaha, radio and television play-by-play man for the Detroit Pistons since the 1976-77 NBA season and longtime play-by-play radio man for Michigan State University football.

Philanthropist and humanitarian Danialle Karmanos will be presented the Barry Bremen Memorial

Inspiration Award. Among her credentials is the founding of the Karmanos Center for Natural Childbirth at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, a center that offers natural home birth in a medical setting.

The foundation also announced last week that ticket sales for its annual raffle for two tickets to the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., are on sale. Raffle tickets are $100 each and only 200 will be sold.

The drawing for tickets to the 2020 Masters (either Saturday, April 11, or Sunday, April 12) plus amenities will be held during the invitational dinner.

The winner doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be present to win.

To reserve a spot to play golf or tennis at the invitational, attend the dinner, become a sponsor or purchase a raffle ticket, contact Cicurel at (248) 592-9323 or scicurel@ michiganjewishsports.org, or go to michiganjewishsports.org.

The invitational is a fundraiser for the Karmanos Cancer Institute at Lawrence and Idell Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center in Farmington Hills.

FJA CATCHES A BREAK The Frankel Jewish Academy boys basketball team didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play in the Catholic League C-D Division tournament because tournament games were scheduled for Shabbat, but the Jaguars will participate in the Michigan High School Association state tournament.

FJA (11-7) is in the Division 4 district at Bloomfield Hills Roeper. The district schedule was redrawn after Detroit Westside Christian dropped out, and FJA will open against Roeper (11-7) at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25.

FJA was supposed to open against defending Class D state champion Southfield Christian.

Instead, the winner of the FJARoeper game will face either Southfield Christian (14-6) or Novi Christian Academy (11-6) at 7 p.m.

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30:11-34:35; Unfortunately, this level of Three times God refers to I Kings wise, idealistic and clear seeing our ancestors as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a stiff-necked 18:1-339. does not drive our public people.â&#x20AC;? The description is apt. discourse. As neurolinguist When we feel threatened, the George Lakoff has pointed out, people reptilian brain takes over; our necks generally do not make decisions based stiffen as part of a mechanism putting upon facts, but rather upon cognitive the entire body on high alert. In this frames that shape our values and posture we see only what we need to reinforce our perspective on reality. escape or attack. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a terrible posture Skilled politicians and marketers are for prayer, devotion or thoughtful adept at appealing to these cognitive decision-making. Better to take some frames and fixations to get us to buy deep breaths; massage the back of your what we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need, to vote for those neck; do some full but gentle stretches who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t represent our best interests and ease into a fuller kind of seeing, and to behave in destructive and even what Rabbi Heschel called â&#x20AC;&#x153;radical violent ways. amazement.â&#x20AC;?

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lyssa Gold has been blind since infancy, but that hasn’t stopped her from becoming a prolific visual artist. She creates long strings of beads she nets into large webs, creating works of art that are both spontaneous and ordered.

Her work, along with work from 12 other artists from the Friendship Circle Soul Studio, will be on display in “Mirror, Mirror” at Center Galleries at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit through March.

Founded in 2016, Soul Studio in West Bloomfield is an art program for neurodivergent adults that works to develop each student’s artistic practice and create works for display and for sale.

Bassie Shemtov, the program’s founder and co-founder of Friendship Circle, says

• “The Scribbling Stage: Disability as Ability at the Soul Studio,” a talk with Anthony Marcellini, Soul Studio exhibitions and programs manager, 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium, Walter B. Ford II Building, CCS Ford Campus.

• A gallery talk with the artists of “Mirror, Mirror” at 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, March 27. Center Galleries, Manoogian Visual Resource Center, College for Creative Studies, 301 Frederick Douglass, Detroit. this is not therapeutic art.

“We don’t want the word client or participants … they are here; they are in the studio; they are artists,” she says.

Soul Studio’s facilitating art staff are practicing artists who have little to no experience working with people with special needs. As artists, they focus on guiding the program’s members in painting and sculpture, digital media, fibers and ceramics.

Gold had beaded before, but it wasn’t until joining Soul Studio that she truly became an artist.

“She started beading in school and [Soul Studio] took it to the next level,” says her mother, Andi Gold. Alyssa works from a container holding a small share of tens of thousands of donated beads; now she also makes her own ceramic beads.

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less than a millimeter wide, which is amazing to me. I can’t thread a needle, and she does it without having any vision,” her mom says.

Andy Feinberg takes a more conceptual approach. “I do all kinds of jokes,” he says. His pieces, usually on paper, display a wry and sardonic humor. For one, he created a sign that said, “Lost Ballpoint Pen” and offered a Boston cream doughnut as a reward for its return.

In the Center Galleries show, he created “Prankbook,” a zine of the irreverent signs and flyers from his time at the studio, many razzing the center’s staff. The cover wryly states, “Don’t Open This Book.”

Other pieces in the show seem to fit squarely into to neo-Expressionist movement of the late-20th century. Rachel Fallert constructs cartoonish and colorful towers out of paper mache she titles “Fingers.”

Aislinn Wendrow creates brightly colored canvases with thickly applied paint, with foreign materials like towels and recycled paper attached.

Bob Hafle of Detroit, whose wife volunteers at the Soul Studio, was the first to purchase a work from the show, a large canvas by Wendrow. An avid collector of silkscreen art, he plans to display the large mixed-media piece in his prominent foyer.

This show is a milestone for the Soul Studio.

“I’m very [keen] on trying to get the work of our artists in the same venues as other artists in the Detroit area who don’t have special needs,” says Anthony Marcellini, Soul Studio’s exhibitions and program manager. Soul Studio artists have exhibited at the University of Toledo and recently did a pop-up show at Detroit’s Simone DeSousa Gallery. Exhibiting at the Center Galleries, a space for professional creators, helps cement Soul Studio as a space for practicing artists.

“Maybe the right person will see it and get inspired,” Shemtov says. “They’ll say, ‘How ’bout New York? How ’bout the DIA? How ’bout who knows?’ Everything can happen.

“A big part of why we do what we do is ... to educate the general public about how much we would gain as a society to have people with special needs as part of our lives.” ■

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he Oscars awards ceremony will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, on ABC. Below are the “confirmed” Jewish nominees in all but the technical categories.

In November, honorary Oscars were awarded. One went to Lalo Schifrin, 86. Born in Argentina, he moved to the U.S. in 1963. He was Oscar-nominated six times. His most famous works include the theme for Mission: Impossible, and the scores for Bullitt and Cool Hand Luke.

Acting: Rachel Weisz, 48, supporting actress for The Favourite. Weisz already won this Oscar for The Constant Gardener, so, given Oscar politics, she’s unlikely to win again. She did just win the British equivalent of the Oscar for The Favourite, but being a Brit, she had a hometown advantage.

Her Hungarian Jewish father, an engineer, settled in the U.K. in the 1930s. Her mother fled Austria for England in 1938. Rachel’s mother was the daughter of a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother. Her mother formally converted to Judaism when she married her father. My sense is that Weisz isn’t very religious, but she has played Jewish characters several times (a Soviet soldier in Enemy at the Gates, historian Debra Lipstadt in Denial and the rebellious, lesbian daughter of an Orthodox rabbi in Disobedience).

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Honorable Mention (Acting): Melissa McCarthy is nominated for best actress for playing the late Lee Israel, a journalist turned celebrity-letter-forger, in Can You Ever Forgive Me?; Adam Driver is nominated for best supporting actor for playing a Jewish police officer in Blackkklansman; and Glenn Close is nominated for best actress in Wife, based on a novel of the same name by Meg Wolitz, 59.

Music, Best Original Score: Nicholas Britell, 38, (If Beale Street Could Talk) and Marc Shaiman, 59, (The Return of Mary Poppins). Britell’s two Oscar nominations are for films featuring African-Americans that were directed by Barry Jenkins, an AfricanAmerican. Best original song: Mark Ronson, 43, and Diane Warren, 62.

Ronson co-wrote “Shallow” from A Star is Born. Warren wrote “I’ll Fight,” a song used in RBG, a documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85.

Adapted Screenplay: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, written by Joel Coen, 64, and his brother, Ethan, 61.

This anthology Western is a Netflix original. The brothers Coen have already won four Oscars in various categories. BlacKkKlansman. The original film script (based on a book) was written by Charlie Wachtel and David Rabinowitz, both 32. They sold their script to director Spike Lee.

Lee and Kevin Willmott made some changes, and they are co-nominees for this Oscar. Can You Ever Forgive Me?, co-written by Nicole Holofcener, 58. A Star Is Born, co-written by Eric Roth, 73, who won this Oscar for Forrest Gump.

Animated Feature: This Oscar category includes as nominees the films’ writer(s), main producer and director(s). Scott Rudin was the producer of Isle of Dogs, a nominee.

Rodney Rothman, 45ish, was a co-writer and co-director of another nominated film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse. Animated Short Film: Animal Behaviour was co-directed by David Fine, 58.

Documentary Feature Length: RBG, co-directed and co-produced

by Julie Cohen, 54, and Betsy West.

As noted above, this film is about Justice Ginsburg. It’s become the surprise hit of the year and has a good chance of winning. Her brother, Bruce Cohen, 57, is a top Hollywood producer who won a best picture Oscar for producing American Beauty. If Julie Cohen wins, she and her brother will be the 10th pair of siblings to be Oscar winners. Five of the previous nine are/were Jewish.

Documentary Short: Black Sheep is a film about the effects of racism on a young black man in England. It was produced by Jonathan Chinn, 50ish.

End Game, a film about end-of-life care

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Best Film: The best film Oscar goes to the film’s principal producers. The only nominated producer this year I’m sure is Jewish is Jason Blum, 49, (BlacKkKlansman).

Honorable mention: Marshall Curry, 48, directed a best short documentary nominee, A Night at the Garden. He hunted for and found all the available footage of a notorious 1938 Madison Square Garden rally put on by the pro-Nazi German-American Bund. ■

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SATURDAY, FEB. 23 SHABBASANA YOGA 10-11 am, Feb. 23. At Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. The class offers an opportunity to stretch and breathe through movement and meditation with yoga teacher Emilie Kahn. Wear comfortable clothes and bring accessories that will enable you to participate (pillows, blankets, etc.).

SOULFUL YOGA 10 am, Feb. 23. Join Rabbi Rachel Shere and yoga instructor Mindy Eisenberg for Soulful Yoga at Adat Shalom. Connect body and soul and apply the wisdom of Torah to the gentle practice of yoga. No yoga experience is necessary. Free and the community is welcome. Dress comfortably, and bring a mat if you have one.

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MEAD TASTING 8 pm, Feb. 23. At B’nai Moshe in West Bloomfield. Enjoy an evening sampling local meads along with appetizers. (Mead is an alcoholic dessert wine made of honey, spices and water.) Open to the community. Tickets: $30 per person; can be purchased at bnaimoshe.org. Info: 248788-0600.

SUNDAY, FEB. 24 KIDZONE EARLY RELEASE 12-3:30 om, Feb. 24. At the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor.

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MOCK SHABBAT 1 pm, Feb. 24. At Cong. Shaarey Zedek, families and adults ages 35-55. Join Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen for a casual Shabbat dinner “boot camp” on a non-Shabbat. Learn the rituals, language and texts of the Shabbat meal, engage in discussions and learn the “whys” of the rituals, take notes and enhance your own Shabbat dinner experience. Cost: $10 per CSZ member, $15 per non-member. RSVP to shaareyzedek.org or 248-357-5544.

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YOUTH AWARD DEADLINE Noon, Feb. 25. Applications due for 2019 Jewish Youth Awards. Personal essay and demonstration of leadership in Jewish/ secular communities. Send to NCJW-MI, 26400 Lahser Road, Suite 306, Southfield, MI 48033. Info and requirements at ncjwmi.org.

SNOWBIRDS GATHER 2 pm, Feb. 25. For all snowbirds and former Michiganders in the Boynton Beach, Fla., area. Learn about Michigan’s Jewish history, sample Michigan treats, catch up with old friends. Sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society. JHSM members: $12 in advance, $15 at the door; Non-members: $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Info: michiganjewishhistory.org.

TUESDAY, FEB. 26 COFFEE CONNECTION 9 am, Feb. 26. Adat Shalom Men’s Club and Sisterhood will hold a business-networking group, offering a presentation and the opportunity to share experiences and exchange ideas. No charge to attend. The community is welcome. For information and to RSVP: Ike Engelbaum, 313-9296105 or ikeengelbaum@comcast.net.

PEWABIC POTTERY TOUR AND TILE WORKSHOP During this tour and workshop that starts at 10 a.m., you will have the opportunity to see the pottery at 10125 E. Jefferson in Detroit at work, visit its museum and learn about its evolution into a contemporary 21st-century studio. You will then head to the Education Studio, where you’ll learn the basics of tile making.

They will provide the clay and materials for you, and in 4-6 weeks, you will be able to pick up your completed tile. Cost: $45. Tickets at detroithistorical.org.

FEB. 23 2CELLOS Following in the footsteps of Justin Bieber and Soulja Boy, Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, aka 2Cellos, were discovered through YouTube, after 6 million people viewed their classical cover version of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal.”

They have released four albums and play instrumental arrangements of well-known pop and rock songs as well as classical and film music and a haunting version of “Kol Nidre.” Performances at 3 and 7:30 p.m. at Detroit’s Fox Theatre. Tickets are $42.50 and available at the Fox Box Office or Ticketmaster.com.

FEB. 23 DETROIT MARDI CRAWL Throw on some feathers and get your beads at the bars. The fun starts at 2:30 p.m. and runs through 10:30 p.m. and starts at Sports & Social Detroit, 28 Henry St. in Detroit. The Detroit Mardi Crawl features eight of the hottest bars from Midtown to Downtown.

Crawlers will receive a Mardi Crawl cup, one “free drink” ticket and specialty Detroit beads at registration. There will also be beads at every stop. Tickets are $20 at Eventbrite.com.

SIMPLY DANCE 11 am, Feb. 26. At JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Led by Christine Stewart; no partner necessary. Cost: $7. Info: 248432-5467. continued on page 40

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TRAVELOGUE 1:30 pm, Feb. 26. Shaarey Zedek Seniors host a chat with Jeri Fishman, who will bring Greece, Corfu and Albania to life through photos and description. At the synagogue on Bell Road in Southfield.

FINE CHINESE DINING “A wonderful adventure in fine dining” ~ Danny Raskin

SEPHARDI THOUGHT 4-5:30 pm, Feb. 26. U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies will host Daniel Lasker. At the Thayer Building, Room 2022, in Ann Arbor. Lasker, of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, notes that Sephardi Jewry produced major Jewish thinkers in the Middle Ages. There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-7639047.

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FILM SCREENING 12:30-2 pm, Feb. 27. At the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor. A screening of classic romantic 2004 film The Notebook. This event is a part of the J’s Lunch Cafe. An optional lunch will be available at noon for purchase. Call 734- 971-0990 at least one day prior to reserve lunch.

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HISTORY OF CANAAN 1-2:30 pm, Feb. 27. At Max M. Fisher Federation Bldg., 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills. The FedEd class

FEB. 24 RUSSIAN RED WINGS 10 am, At Temple Emanu-El, 14450 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park. No charge.

Brotherhood speaker Keith Gave on “The Russian Five.” Go behind the scenes to learn how the Red Wings acquired players from Russia.

Bagels and coffee included. RSVP to TempleFamily@emanuel-mich.org.

is taught by Dr. Michael Pytlik for 5 sessions. Tuition: $90. Info: 248-2052557.

DROP IN & LEARN 1 pm, Feb. 27. Lectures on DVD at Beth Ahm. Free and open to the community; no reservations needed. Featuring Prof.

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Feb. 27: “Part 3 - Sarah Schenirer and the Revolution in Jewish Education.”

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

FEB. 27 TO BETTER HEALTH 1-3:30 pm, Feb. 27. At Jewish Family Service, 25900 Greenfield Road, Oak Park.

Personal Action Toward Health is a program that teaches strategies for day-to-day management of chronic and longterm conditions. Free. Open to adults, their families and friends, and caregivers. RSVP: Olga Semenova, 248-592-2662.

MEDIA MANIPULATION 7 pm, Feb. 28. At the Maple Theatre in Bloomfield Hills. Federation in partnership with Beth Ahm and MCUSY will host the showing of the documentary film Like. It will discuss the impact of social media on our lives. Free event but seating is limited. RSVP to Amy Wayne 248-203-1483 or awayne@jfmd.org.

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BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 1:30-3 pm, Feb. 27. At Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield. For individuals who have experienced the death of a spouse or partner. Sponsored by National Council of Jewish Women. No charge; donations appreciated. RSVP: mail@ ncjwmi.org or 248-355-3300.

MONTH IN REVIEW 2 pm, Feb. 27. At Kol Ami in West Bloomfield. Join David Higer, a retired social studies teacher, as he reviews the highlights of the monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current events.

This free event is open to the community.

RSVP to cspektor@ tkolami.org or 248-661-0040

NASHVILLE HURRICANE 8-10 pm, March 2. At the Berman Center for the Performing Arts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nashville Hurricane with Chase Padgettâ&#x20AC;? is a one-man guitar epic. A manager, a mentor, a mother and a guitar prodigy tell their versions of what happened to the legendary fretboard phenomenon known as the Nashville Hurricane. Contact the Berman BoxOffice, 248-661-1900, or theberman@ jccdet.org for ticket information.

THURSDAY, FEB. 28

JEWS OF ISLAMIC SPAIN 7-8:30 pm, Feb. 27. The U-M Frankel Center Event: West Bloomfield Lecture Series will host Ross Brann of Cornell University at the West Bloomfield JCC. His topic: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wit, Wisdom, and Wonderment: The Culture of the Jews of Islamic Spain.â&#x20AC;? If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

POTTERY CLASS 11 am-1 pm, Feb. 28. At JCC 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. This class for adults is taught by Allison Berlin. Cost $15. Info: 248-432-5467.

BERMAN NIGHT OF LEARNING 7 pm, Feb. 28. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Talmud for Everyone: A Crash Course in Studying Our Most Important Textsâ&#x20AC;? with Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen. At Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.

Info: 248-354-5477.

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HOWARD AVERBUCH, 77, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., formerly of Michigan, died Feb. 12, 2019.

He is survived by his wife, Lolly Averbuch; sons and daughters-in-law, Anthony and Layne Sakwa Averbuch of Bloomfield Hills, Sammy and Amy Averbuch of Evanston, Ill., Steve and Kim Scharg, Scott Scharg, Carolyn and Jeff Aronson; sister, Ellen Gruskin of Farmington Hills; grandchildren, Julia, Aiden, Isaac, Judah, Hazel and Raine Averbuch, Alex, Lindsey, Taylor and Isla Scharg, Kyana, Jared, Jordan and Alexa Aronson; cousins, Paul and Brenda Weinstock, Bella Rose; loving nieces and nephews.

Mr. Averbuch was the loving son of the late Elizabeth and the late Sidney Averbuch; dear brother-inlaw of the late Myron Gruskin.

Contributions may be made to Chabad of Lauderdale by the Sea, 4747 N. Ocean Blvd., #238, Lauderdale by the Sea, FL 33308; or Parkinson Foundation, 200 SE 1st St., #800, Miami, FL 33131.

Interment was held at Clover Hill Park in Birmingham. Arrangements

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MARLENE ENGEL CHARETON, 80, of Scottsdale, Ariz., formerly of Detroit, passed away Jan. 28, 2019, in Los Angeles, Calif.

She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Jack; and her three loving children, Chavi (Baruch Gorman), Shari (Solly Michaan) and Andrew Fox. She is also survived by her adoring grandchildren, Yoni (Yaffa)

Gorman, Leah (Adam Amrani), Devora Gorman, Shragi Gorman, Robert Michaan and Nina Michaan; and her brother, Aaron (Helene) Engel.

Mrs. Chareton was the daughter of the late Edward and the late Sannie Engel.

Services and interment were in Scottsdale. Donations in her memory may be made to Council of Jews with Special Needs (Arizona), Aish Tamid (Los Angeles) or a charity of your choice.

MARILYN EPSTEIN, 90, of Farmington Hills, died Feb. 12, 2019.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-inlaw, Joy and Jeff Harris, Jo and Brad Finn; sons and daughter-in-law, Mitchell and Rhonda Epstein, Bruce Epstein; grandchildren, Bonnie (Jim) Bolton, Scott Gonte, Kris (Dave) Rinaldi, Jennifer (George) Reidt, Joshua (Eddie) Epstein, Sam Finn, Sydney Finn, Isabelle Finn; great-grandchildren, Brooke, Morgan, Jordan, Aubrey, Laila; many other, loving family members and friends.

Mrs. Epstein was the beloved wife of the late Marvin Epstein.

Interment was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.

Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan, Metro Animal Adoption Association or a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

PAUL EPSTEIN, 98, of Farmington Hills, died Feb. 13, 2019.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Anna Epstein; daughters and sons-in-law, Tracey and Alan Trotsky, Holly and Edward Forman; sons and daughter-inlaw, Fielding and Susie Epstein, Keith Epstein; grandchildren, Bran Epstein and Dara Epstein, Alyssa (Guy) Levin, Ashley Trotsky, Stephanie (Tony) Rea, Samantha Epstein, Ryan Epstein, Aaron Forman, Jeremy Forman and Jacqueline Forman; great-grandchildren, Shira, Brooks, Cole and Chase; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

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

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

Maya (Rueben Johnson) Silberstein, Mickey (Lara Palacious) Silberstein, Omri Silberstein, Yoni Shiachi, Michal Freier and Avital Freier; proud great-grandmother of Sabrina Gunsberg, Eden Gunsberg, Blake Gunsberg, Ryder Pelkey, Lucas Pelkey, Molly Muskovitz, Charlotte Muskovitz, Xander Muskovitz, Reid Muskovitz and Amelia Lachman.

She was the beloved wife for 52 years of the late Richard Gunsberg; loving daughter of the late Fanny and the late Julius Friedman; cherished sister of the late Lt. Eugene Friedman and the late Donald Friedman; dear mother-in-law of the late Sherry Gunsberg.

Contributions may be made to Congregation B’nai Moshe, 6800 Drake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; or to a charity of one’s choice. Interment was held at Oakview Cemetery in Royal Oak. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

RENEE GUNSBERG, 94, of West Bloomfield, died Feb. 12, 2019.

She was active with Congregation B’nai Moshe, Hadassah and in the lives of all her children.

Mrs. Gunsberg was the devoted mother of Eugene (Karen Levine) Gunsberg, David (Karen) Gunsberg, Suzi (Hal) Muskovitz, Larry Gunsberg, Shoshana (Gad) Silberstein and Judy (David) Stern; loving grandmother of Jerod (Joanne) Gunsberg, Daniel (Cari) Gunsberg, Gabriel Gunsberg, Alissa (Arik Pelkey) Gunsberg, Andrew (Susan) Muskovitz, Jason Muskovitz, Kate (Benjamin) Lachman, Aaron Gunsberg, Evan Gunsberg,

SYLVIA IWREY, 94, of West Bloomfield, died Feb. 14, 2019.

She got her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and a master’s in English at Columbia University. Sylvia taught English to returning World War II soldiers older than she at community college and later at Wayne State University, where she got her second master’s in social work.

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A serious activist and Zionist from early in life, she was not one to simply let life go by. Full of life and ever sweeter as she aged, she lived with blindness and dementia with utmost grace, embracing all that remained available to her. “She was my hero,” her daughter said; she was an inspiration to many, many others, too.

Mrs. Iwrey is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Doron and Roberta Bar-Levav; daughters and son-in-law, Dr. Ilana Bar-Levav and Dr. David Fogel, and Dr. Leora BarLevav; grandchildren, Ariel Fogel, Amir Fogel and Hannah Lowey, Leah Fogel, Daniel Edelson, Rina Edelson and Jacob Edelson; brother and sister-in-law, Joseph and Diane Savin. She was lovingly cared for by Barbara Mulik.

She was the beloved wife of the late Sol Iwrey; the devoted daughter of the late Jacob and the late Stella Savin.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jslmi.org; or Library of Michigan Foundation, Braille and Talking Books Library, P.O. Box 11027, Lansing, MI 48901, libraryofmichiganfoun dation.org/blog-image-medium.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

ADELE LEVINE, 99, of Southfield, died Feb. 14, 2019.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Rosalind and Paul Novak, Laurel Levine and Tim Johnstone, Madeline and Raymond Hesano; son, Martin Levine; 14 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; devoted caregivers, Mary, Marji, Elizabeth and Isabelle; many other loving family members and friends.

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A Head For Business

ark Voight, 75, of Farmington Hills, died Feb. 11, 2019.

He will be remembered as an honorable business man, a dedicated community volunteer and a patriarch fully committed to his family. To the bowling world, Mark was a visionary who worked tirelessly to modernize, stabilize and innovate a staple of the entertainment industry.

However, prior to starting in the bowling business that he was so passionate about, Mark was a college teacher and tax accounting executive for several firms, and he started numerous small businesses from T-shirts to ice cream to investing in race horses. He was proud to have opened the first racially integrated certified public accounting firm in Michigan in 1976.

Mr. Voight’s introduction to the bowling industry was in 1978, as a minority investor in his and his wife’s first bowling center in Ohio. Over the years, he continued to build interest in the bowling business as he invested in more centers with various partners. He took personal interest in their business models, visiting and learning the industry any chance he could.

In 1985, Mark and Diane took the opportunity to become sole owners in Satellite Bowl, thus starting them on their journey over the next 34 years. The Voights eventually developed the largest independently owned and third largest bowling company in the United States.

Mark cared about his customers and employees and was committed to supporting bowling through his involvement with various bowling associations. He believed that one needs to help others in any way possible as a way of giving back. For all his contributions to the bowling industry, Mark was inducted into four bowling-related halls of fame and received more than a dozen bowling industry awards, regional through national.

To the Jewish community, Mark was a tireless advocate who could always be relied upon for energy and leadership.

He served in various leadership positions at Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park, up to and including congregation president. He also served on the Detroit Board of the Jewish Theological Seminary, even teaching rabbinic students about business practices. He served on committees for the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.

To his friends, Mark Voight provided

laughter, camaraderie and support. He made everyone he knew feel like they were the only ones in the world. To his family, Mark Voight was the patriarch, anchor and source of unconditional love.

Mark Voight was born in Flint, May 15, 1943, to Stuart and Geraldine Voight.

The Voight family was a close-knit unit also folding in their Chimovitz cousins, when Mark’s aunt died at a young age. From an early age, Mark learned the importance of hard work, setting goals and perseverance. From his teen years on, he was always working, whether as a pinsetter or helping his father at his fiveand-dime store.

He loved reading, math, teaching, playing games and socializing.

Mark was a Michigan alumnus, attending sporting events and enjoying the U-M Alumni Association Camp Michigania family camp from 1968-2018. He was a member of the Camps Council and represented the Camps Council on the University of Michigan Alumni Association Board.

In 2015, during the Bowling Proprietors Association of America Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Mark quoted Abraham Lincoln, “I do the very best I know how — the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.” Mark was an officer in the Bowling Proprietors Association of America.

He and his wife, Diane, were involved for many years in the Logan Center, a South Bend, Ind., organization co-founded by Diane’s late parents.

In his eulogy, Rabbi Aaron Bergman said that everybody loved Mark, including family, friends, students, employees and even customers. He always wanted to help and recently told Rabbi Bergman that he knew how lucky he was even as he was terribly sick.

Mark Voight was the beloved husband for 50 years of Diane Voight; cherished father of Sara Voight, Alana (Greg) Aronin and Joanna (Rob) Stegne. Loving zaydie of Manya, Isabel, Eleanor and Isaac Aronin, and Joshua and Samantha Stegner; adored brother of Lindy Keiser and Gary (Debbi) Voight.

He was the devoted son of the late Stuart and the late Geraldine Voight.

Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan, Oakland County, 43097 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.org/ donations; or to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ■

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FREDERICK ASHER LEVINE, 85, of Hermit, Calif., and San Diego, Calif., formerly of Southfield, died Jan. 14, 2019.

He is survived by his c. 1956 daughter, Barbara Ann Levine (Paige Ramey) of Texas. He also leaves behind a sister, Shirley Ann (Neal) Kruman of Waterford; and a nephew and niece, Craig (Lisa) Kruman and Lisa (Marc) Weinbaum.

Mr. Levine was preceded in death by his wife, Helena Levine; and parents, Joseph and Edith Levine.

Arrangements were made in California. Contributions may be made to a charity of choice. Local arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

ROBERT M. MITCHEL, 72, of Redford, died Feb. 11, 2019.

He is survived by his sons, Adam Mitchel and Scott Mitchel; grandchildren, Zenah Mitchel, Yakirah Mitchel, Avivah Mitchel, Cailey Mitchel, Ashley

Mitchel and David Mitchel; many other loving family members and friends.

Mr. Mitchel was the beloved husband of the late Michele Mitchel; the brother of the late Diane Mitchel.

Interment took place at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Michigan Humane Society. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

MIRIAM ANN REDSTONE died peacefully at her home in Occidental, Calif., on Feb. 4, 2019.

She was born in Detroit on Nov. 25, 1944. She graduated from the University of Michigan and received an M.S.W. from Columbia University.

Miriam and her husband had a therapeutic counseling practice in Occidental for more than 40 years.

Mrs. Redstone is survived by her husband, David Dillman; daughter, Sasha; son-in-law, Nick; and grandson, Logan.

She is also survived by her brother, Paul; sister-in-law, Linda; aunt, Shirley Klar; nieces, Donna and Laura; and loving

cousins, Daniel, Eliel, Susan, Phyllis, David, Marilyn and Mark.

She will be dearly missed by all.

JOSHUA ROTT, 31, of West Bloomfield, died Feb. 13, 2019.

He is survived by his loving parents, Julie and Arthur Rott; brother, Ryan Rott; grandparents, Papa Bob and Grandma Judy Seigle; many loving cousins, aunts, uncles, other family members and friends.

Mr. Rott was the grandchild of the late Zaydie David and Grandma Fern Rott.

Interment took place at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.

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

STUART SILBERT, 62, of Birmingham, died Feb. 7, 2019.

He was the owner of Executive Custom Clothing.

Mr. Silbert is survived by his wife of 38 years, Karin Silbert; sons and daughters-in-law, Jared and Reba Rosebery Silbert of San Francisco, Calif., Jordan and Rachel Keenan Silbert of Brooklyn, N.Y., Chad and Rebecca Wurster Silbert of Detroit; brother and sister-in-law, David and Renee Silbert; sister, Monica Dowell; brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, Norma and John Pope, Danny Aronson; mother-in-law and fatherin-law, Connie and Saul Aronson; many other loving relatives and friends.

He was the loving son of the late Jerry Silbert, and the late Barbara and the late Ed Burton; dear brotherin-law of the late Allen Dowell.

Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park.

Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

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Jewish Social Justice Leader for the Reform Movement Dies at 95 (JTA)

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l Vorspan, who helped organize the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and served as the longtime director of the Commission on Social Action, has died.

Vorspan, who also was former senior vice president of the Union for Reform Judaism, died Feb. 16, 2019, at the age of 95, according to the Union for Reform Judaism.

Rabbi David Saperstein, senior adviser, Union for Reform Judaism Al Vorspan and director emeritus, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, in a statement issued after Vorspan’s death called him “one of the g’dolei hador, or ‘great ones’ of Jewish social justice work.

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movement, ensuring it lives at the very heart of Reform Judaism. Beginning in 1953, he helped inspire the creation of congregational social action committees across North America, encouraging Reform Jewish synagogues to partner with their local communities in pursuit of tikkun olam, ‘repairing the world.’

He played a pivotal role in founding the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, which remains the hub of the Reform movement’s social justice work in North America,” Saperstein also said, adding: “A mentor, friend, and inspiration to all who knew him, Al Vorspan was, to many, the personification of Reform Judaism’s social justice efforts.”

URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs described Vorspan as “one of the towering giants of Jewish social justice.

“Al blazed a trail of courage and conscience that so many of us have walked,” Jacobs said in a tweet. “Not since the

biblical prophets Amos, Hosea and Micah walked the Earth have we been led by such an inspiring justice leader.

Our Reform movement and our world are bereft, for he cannot be replaced.”

In 1964, Vorspan was jailed with a group of Reform rabbis who at the request of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. joined in the civil rights protests in St. Augustine, Fla. “We came as Jews who remember the millions of faceless people who stood quietly, watching the smoke rise from Hitler’s crematoria. We came because we know that, second only to silence, the greatest danger to man is loss of faith in man’s capacity to act,” he later wrote about his reason for joining the protests.

Vorspan, who had fought in the U.S. Navy during World War II, was an early and vociferous opponent of the Vietnam War, which led Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, a member of the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security, to call him “a vociferous minority” rather than holding a mainstream Jewish opinion.

He also criticized Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, writing in a piece in the New York Times magazine in 1988 at the beginning of the first Palestinian Intifada that “Israelis now seem the oppressors, Palestinians the victims.”

In 1953, Vorspan convinced Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath, who was then

president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, to create the Commission on Social Action, which worked with the Union and the Central Conference of American Rabbis to guide and shape social action in Reform communities and in Washington, D.C., according to the Religious Action Center’s website.

He then pressed the Union to create the Religious Action Center in order to make the voice of the Reform movement heard in the halls of Congress. The RAC was voted into existence at the 1961 UAHC Biennial in Washington, D.C. He authored several books, which today are standards in Jewish religious education, including Justice and Judaism, Searching the Prophets for Values; Tough Choices: Jewish Perspectives on Social Justice; and Jewish Dimensions of Social Justice: Tough Moral Choices for our Times, which provides Jewish perspectives and moral policy analysis on issues ranging from abortion to capital punishment and from the Mideast peace process to religious freedom in Israel and the United States.

He was married to his wife, Shirley, for 72 years until her death on Aug. 27, 2018. ■

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Joe Vicari

ather than pull in his horns and be satisfied with his various empire of restaurants, Joe Vicari, as if in answer to an item a short while back in a local Detroit newspaper that he is considering retirement, opens still another eatery to go with his much-diversified chain.

Joe’s latest venture was not a circus opening or the appearance of a rock star or movie idol … as crowds eagerly stood inside on this cool evening … waiting anxiously to be seated.

The hugely anticipated occasion was the recent grand opening of Joe’s new Andiamo Fenton … award-winning restaurant No. 20 … eight in Metropolitan Detroit and one in Las Vegas … to go along with his two Joe Muer Seafood restaurants, Brownies-OnThe-Lake, five 2941 Mediterranean Street Food restaurants and three Country Inn Family Restaurants … More than 1,100 employees among them.

The beautiful, ultra-modern Andiamo Fenton by Joe on the entire ground floor of the elegant new Horizon Building on West Silver Lake Road, Fenton, is the epitome of sophisticated style, surrounded by glamorous light fixtures and an almost all-shimmering sea of aluminum-looking bravura polish … More than 200 seats plus about 30 stools at the tasteful and upscale bar in the center of the restaurant … and outdoor seating for about 75 … beautiful hand-blown light fixtures adorn the bar and spacious lounge area … A striking wine wall is filled with 700 bottles of choice vino … and the many premises-made desserts include a specialty from an old family recipe … Also, its

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All pasta dishes are house-made daily and include a 14-layer lasagna, Bolognese, tortellini and Paglia e Fieno among many more specialties … on a chock-filled Italian and American menu that includes its big-selling filet with Andiamo’s highly noted zip sauce.

This is Joe’s first new Andiamo restaurant in 10 years … with son Dominic Vicari and wife Rosalie Vicari assisting in the upscale casual setting within a new modern look … certainly among its most elegant.

REAR VIEW MIRROR … When son Scott Raskin thanked a large buxom lady for her $2 to buy candy from his Boy Scout Troop in front of Congregation B’nai Moshe who had said she was on a diet … and its Scoutmaster Nathan Trager couldn’t stop laughing when Scott asked her if she knew anybody else who was on a diet … When Irving Aaron, head of Crown Furniture in Taylor, proudly displayed the bowling trophy even through his team didn’t fare too well …

It was presented to him with the inscription “Last Place Champs.”

THE DATE HAS BEEN set for Saturday, June 15 … for the return appearance of impressionist Bob Anderson and his Frank Sinatra, etc., one-man show … His previous performance was such a success that the June 15 engagement will be at the 4,800-seat Fox Theater … instead of last year’s 2,600 sell out at Detroit Opera House.

NO TRUTH TO the very false rumor that Buddy’s Pizza has been sold … A partner of sorts has been taken for even faster growth … Still the same wonderfully acclaimed pizza, soups and menu suggestions …

owned by Robert Jacobs, son of Shirlee and the late Billy Jacobs … with Wesley Picula its “brainy” chief operating officer.

CLOSING OF NEW PARTHENON restaurant in Greektown has folks wondering what new owner, Jim Papas, will do with the Greek eatery site … Will it be another Greek restaurant or a night club?

OLDIE BUT GOODIE … Goldstein had been going to the same restaurant for 10 years. Every day he starts with the same thing, mushroom barley soup.

One day, as soon as he comes in, the waiter brings the mushroom barley soup over to his table. “I want you to taste the soup,” Goldstein says as the waiter starts to walk away.

“What’s the matter?” the waiter asks.

“Everyday you take the same mushroom barley soup.”

“I want you should taste it,” Goldstein repeats.

“You don’t want the mushroom barley soup?” the waiter says. “I’ll bring you something else.”

“I want you should taste the soup,” Goldstein says once more.”

“OK, OK, I’ll taste the soup,” says the waiter wearily. “Where’s the spoon?”

“Aha!” says Goldstein.

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2019 TAHOE LS CUSTOM EDITION 4X4

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