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young rabbi, her father and 90-year-old great-aunt walk into a Coney Island. Sounds like the opening line to an old joke, but it’s actually the beginning of a very humorous experience I had the pleasure of witnessing last week during a visit to Detroit’s one and only Lafayette Coney Island (LCI).

A scene that could have been written for Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm.

I had the privilege of being invited by Alan Muskovitz the above-mentioned trio to join them for lunch at the famous century-old hot dog haunt. The dining destination was the choice of the greataunt, who treasures her regular visits to LCI. However, despite being a native Detroiter, this was the very first time the young rabbi had been to the iconic Coney.

I got an early idea that we were in for an interesting afternoon during the car ride down, when the rabbi expressed that she was “excited about going to this restaurant.” I immediately set the record straight that we were not going to a “restaurant.” No disrespect to the fine family-owned business, but I don’t even think they consider their 102-year-old establishment — that serves primarily hotdogs and chili — a restaurant.

Upon arrival to LCI, we were joined by another of the trio’s relatives, the rabbi’s aunt, a transplanted Detroiter now living in Windsor. You want to talk chaos at the border? Just try stopping a native Detroiter hell bent on going to Lafayette Coney Island from crossing into the U.S. Once comfortably seated at one of

Lafayette’s large community-style tables, we were welcomed by one of their great veteran waiters, a seasoned pro who bellowed out each of our orders to the cook clear across the opposite side of the “restaurant.”

“One with everything,” he yelled.

Music to my ears. Anticipation for my taste buds.

Four of the five orders were placed without incident. And then it was the rabbi’s turn. She paused and asked for a … menu. At that point, you could hear a collective gasp throughout the Coney Island. I’m surprised dishes weren’t dropped at the utterance of “May I have a menu?”

A menu, she was hoping, would include a Greek salad or vegetarian dish that would allow her to adhere to Jewish dietary laws. I believe I did hear glass break when she asked, tongue-incheek, about the availability of “kale.”

The only vegetarian dish she could possibly hope for was if she ordered “one with everything” but hold the hotdog, chili and the bun and stick with just a plate of onions with mustard.

The dialogue between the rabbi and the waiter, who spoke broken English at best, turned into a modern-day version of Abbott & Costello’s classic Who’s On First routine, as she tried to find something that would not risk her expulsion from the rabbinate. It was a back and forth, that if only had been captured on video, would most certainly have gone viral.

It looked like solid food was not going to be an option. So, running out of choices, the rabbi asked about Lafayette Coney Island’s selection of beers that were … on tap. LCI doesn’t have beer on tap … it has a bottle opener.

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riage of any kind and the extradition of those rejecting these actions, and who believed that the citizenship of all non-Jews should be revoked is not only abhorrent but a rejection of Jewish and democratic values.

The idea that the Jewish Home party would consent to a merger with such a group is even more disturbing, if that’s possible. The last time I looked at the Ten Commandments, it never mentions racism or xenophobia as an attribute acceptable to God. Imagine the screams of hypocrisy leveled not only against the State of Israel but the entire

Otzma Yehudit

Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) is a reincarnation of Meir Kahane’s Kach party, excluded from politics years ago for being terrorist in nature. When asked to disavow Kahane’s racist ideology, Otzmah’s party leader refused.

That a prime minister of Israel would have any dealings with a racist party that accepts Kahane’s ideology of rabid hate for Palestinians and their effective exclusion from any phase of everyday Israeli life, a ban on intermar-

“Bud, Bud Light, Miller, Miller Lite,” said the waiter.

“Any craft beers?” asked the rabbi.

To which the waiter, who I believe was himself ready for a drink, replied (loudly): “What kind of Coney do you want?!”

Just when it seemed all was lost, it came down to bean soup as the rabbi’s only hope. Upon her request, the waiter recited in great detail every ingredient to the satisfaction of the rabbi. And just when it appeared every dietary hurdle had been cleared, she said: “Wait! Is there any meat in the soup stock?”

At that point, three people siting kitty corner from us, who obviously got a kick out of hearing the banter, threw up their arms in disbelief. That was immediately followed by a gentleman at an adjacent table to abruptly turn to the rabbi and, in a friendly but firm way, insist on knowing “why the (insert a mild, commonly used obscenity) did she come here in the first place?!” To which the rabbi replied in a sermonesque tone, “It was about being with my family.”

Boom. Drop the microphone. The rabbi nailed it. Everyone smiled. And then she took a sip of her Miller Lite as we all toasted the joy of being together.

L’Chaim! … which I believe at Coney Island means extra onions. ■ Alan Muskovitz is a writer, voice-over/acting talent, speaker, emcee and an occasional guest host on the Mitch Albom Show on WJR AM 760. Visit his website at laughwithbigal. com and “Like” Al on Facebook.

Jewish people.

The fact that the prime minister would stoop so low, morally and practically, to secure his re-election, to create a favorable cabinet majority and perhaps to forestall his bribery investigation is truly a proper definition of an impeachable event.

[This] is an affront to humanity.

What makes it all the worse is that it has been perpetrated by Jews.

— Joel Gershenson Farmington Hills Editor’s Note: See an op-ed on this topic on page 8.

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he Jewish community is constantly trying to figure out how to engage the next generation in terms of their Jewish identity, Israel, in-marrying, donating to communal institutions, raising Jewish families and connecting to community.

Rightfully so. This group is our future. If we want to ensure a strong Jewish community 10, 20, or 30 years down the Dahlia road, we need to make Bendavid sure the next generation — whether they are teens or in their 20s or 30s — are connected in some manner to their Jewish community. Many realize this group will not engage with traditional Jewish institutions. They have multiple identities and being Jewish may be only one of many and a lot of thinking is going into trying to meet the next generation where they are.

A lot of energy, focus and funding is directed to the young adult population, offering low cost or minimal participation fees from participants. Everyone is searching for the magic formula to engage Millennials, Generation Y-ers and Generation Z-ers.

Maybe it is connecting young adults to Israel/Jewish identity with a free trip to Israel. There is a free 10-day trip through Birthright Israel for those age 18-26 and more recently for those age 27-32. There is Honeymoon Israel, a nine-day trip

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for young couples 25-40, or highly subsidized trips to Israel through Onward Israel for college-aged students, just to name a few.

Maybe it is a cheap place to live and have gatherings for your friends and social network. There is Moishe House for young adults in their 20s offering subsidized housing for putting together peer programing or One Table for folks in their 20s and 30s to either host or experience Shabbat dinners where they can “step back, connect with others, have moments of mindfulness and enjoy great meals on a Friday night.”

Maybe it is involving young adults through service opportunities. There is Repair the World which, “makes meaningful service a defining element of American Jewish life.”

These are all wonderful and important programs. Each has a goal and seems to be successful. Many are helping young Jews explore and develop a Jewish identity, meet others their own age and find a sense of community.

These are just a few national and international programs. In addition, a lot is being done in individual communities trying to target the next generation of young adults, whether it is through a federation, JCC, synagogue or other local program.

What is interesting is that so much effort is focused on the next generation, that those age 45+ seem to be a forgotten constituency.

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According to the American Jewish Population Project, 63 percent of American Jews are over the age of 45.

There isn’t a whole lot of investment in this older group. While those over age 45 may have younger kids, many have kids that are finishing high school or are off at college or are empty nesters. It seems this is a missed opportunity on many levels. Many in this population may have no more bar/bat mitzvah lessons, no more frequent synagogue attendance in preparation for a life-cycle event, no family Shabbat dinners because the kids are out of the house.

It seems that living a Jewish life is easier if one has children living at home.

Holiday programming and celebrations seem to be geared to families, and more so for those with younger children. If one is single, divorced, widowed, one can feel excluded. I have found that being divorced and an empty nester makes it much harder for me to feel part of a larger Jewish community. I have many friends in a similar situation; they often ask me why don’t synagogues have Shabbat dinners for empty nesters? Why doesn’t federation have programming for singles over 50 and only have singles events for those under 40? Why do the volunteer service opportunities target families with children or young adult professionals?

From a communal perspective, maybe we should be paying more attention to those asking these questions.

There are also many people who are not affiliated with synagogues, especially if they do not have children living at home or never had children.

Those in this demographic are often at a successful stage in their careers, have a professional network, have the time to

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engage and get involved with different organizations, and may have the disposable income to be investors in our communities. We should be trying to engage and connect this group with their Jewish identity.

The average life expectancy of adults in the U.S. is 76 years for men; 81 years for women. Many people live well into their 80s and 90s. Many seniors face mental health issues, loneliness or social isolation. Thank goodness there are some programs like congregate meals sites or senior programming that help seniors retain a sense of community.

What if we try to create a sense of Jewish community for people while they are in their mid-life? If they develop a network, find a way to connect and remain connected to the Jewish community, maybe they won’t need as many services when they age.

There is so much talk about inclusion in the Jewish community. What about making those over age 45 feel included?

Of course, it is difficult to meet all the needs in a community, especially when financial and human resources are limited for many of our Jewish communal organizations. Ensuring the future of the Jewish community is of key importance.

One way to enhance life for many in the Jewish community would be to offer programs geared at those that belong to the 45+ demographic that has been neglected since most everyone is focusing on the next generation. ■ Dahlia Bendavid is the Israel and overseas director of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

This essay was first published on ejewishphilathropy.com.

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any American Jewish organizations generally refrain from commenting on Israeli electoral issues. The fact that so many felt they had no choice but to condemn the agreement to include Otzma Yehudit Party (Jewish Power) on a mainstream party list in advance of the April 9, 2019, national elections demonstrates the level of concern with which American Jews and pro-Israel groups view this development and its implications — both in Israel and abroad — for how Israel’s democratic society deals with extremism and respect for minorities.

The leaders of Otzma Yehudit are self-identified disciples of U.S.-born Rabbi Meir Kahane, who preached a radical form of Jewish nationalism that promoted unabashed and virulent anti-Arab racism, violence and political extremism. While he was alive, ADL and the vast majority of American Jewish organizations (including the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit) and leaders roundly condemned Kahane and the organizations he founded including the Jewish Defense League (JDL) and Kach Party, seeing his extremism and hate as anathema to Judaism and democratic values.

It was the same in Israel. For example, upon Kahane’s election to the Knesset, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and his Likud party rejected Kahane’s bigotry and made it a point to leave the parliament hall when Kahane rose to speak.

Ultimately, Kahane’s racist activities led to the banning of his Kach Party from the Knesset and it was made illegal under Israeli law, which remains in effect to this day.

Kahane’s extreme worldview didn’t die out following his assassination in 1990. Baruch Goldstein, the Jewish extremist who murdered 29 Palestinian worshippers in cold blood in Hebron in 1994, was a disciple of his, as was Yigal Amir, the Jewish law student who murdered Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin in 1995. Horrifyingly, both Goldstein’s and Amir’s actions were

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The Dangers of Mainstreaming Otzma Yehudit, Israel’s Jewish Power Party

Michael Ben Ari, leader of the Otzma Yehudit party, is seen outside the Israeli Elections Committee, Feb. 21, 2019.

met with defense and even praise by a number of rabbis and other leaders in Israel and the U.S., including some who currently make up the Otzma party.

In recent years, many in Israel and within the American Jewish community have called out the hateful rhetoric and policies of the figures now leading the Otzma Party, but fundamentally viewed them in the same light as political figures on the far left who condemned Zionism and supported terrorism, essentially as fringe entities within Israel’s lively democratic spectrum.

That all changed when, thanks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s orchestration, the national-religious Jewish Home Party announced a merger agreement with Otzma Yehudit, ensuring that this newly formed union will likely pass the threshold to enter Knesset. As part of the union, Otzma Yehudit will get as many as two Knesset seats. In exchange for the unified party’s joining a rightwing Likud-led coalition government following the April elections, Netanyahu has reportedly offered the Jewish Home two government ministries.

It is this decision, which in the interest of political expediency, ignores the hateful and extremist views and policies of Otzma Yehudit, and brings Kahane-inspired leadership from exile into the mainstream Israeli discourse, that led to the extraordinary reaction in Israel

and from the American Jewish community.

ADL and others in the American Jewish community consistently speak out against U.S. leaders and officials, whether on the left or right of the political spectrum, who enable anti-Semitic and other hateful bigotry and rhetoric. The Jewish community has stood up and spoken out against the inclusion of extremist far-right political parties in European governments like Austria. We must do the same and use our moral voice to speak out against the mainstreaming of Otzma within Israel. A future Israeli government that includes Otzma or its political affiliates will challenge Israel’s founding values of respect and equality for all its citizens.

In the ongoing fight against hate in the world, one of the true tests for success is whether or not one is ready to take on haters in one’s own community.

We can only hope that Prime Minister Netanyahu, the array of Israel’s political parties and the Israeli voting public, recognize the dangers of mainstreaming Otzma Yehudit. Failure to do so will have repercussions for Diaspora-Israel relations, for Israel’s Arab and other minority communities, and certainly to the overall health and cohesion of Israel’s democratic society. ■ This was first published on the ADL Blog on Feb. 28, 2019.

See related story on page 31.

Other Voices • “It’s strange, troubling and hypocritical that the ADL, AIPAC, the AJC and the Israel Policy Forum condemned the technical merger of two small right-wing pro-Israeli political parties, Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Strength) and Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home), but remained silent about mergers of anti-Israel Arab parties led by Arab Knesset members who oppose the Jewish state’s existence and engage in outright treacherous conduct, including assisting Palestinian Arab terrorists and inciting anti-Jewish terror,” the Zionist Organization of America said in a statement.

• The Republican Jewish Coalition said it has a longstanding policy of not commenting on internal Israeli politics.

• Writer Yossi Klein Halevi of the Shalom Hartman Institute says the recent actions by the Prime Minister is a “desecration of Israel.” (Times of Israel) • Israeli political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur writes that “for Netanyahu to fight publicly for openly racist parties to enter the Knesset is a new level of compromise in his long-running game to remain at the top.” (Times of Israel) • Michael Koplow says: “If you have a problem with American politicians who embrace or even tolerate Farrakhan, but you dismiss Netanyahu’s latest with a shrug and an eye roll, your right to complain about racism and extremism is shot.”

(The Forward) • Noah Siegel, U.S. Foreign Service officer in Tel Aviv, writes, “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu crossed every moral line for political gain in Israeli politics when he brokered a merger of the religious nationalist Jewish Home party with Otzma Yehudit, the racist successor to the Kach and Kahane Chai parties, who advocated for the “transfer” of Arabs from Israel and the occupied territories. This completes the near total rehabilitation of Kahanists into mainstream Israeli politics, despite the fact that Otzma’s leader, Michael Ben Ari, has been banned from entering the United States for nearly a decade because of his links to terrorism.” (JTA.org) • American Jewish Committee statement: “The views of Otzma Yehudit are reprehensible.

They do not reflect the core values that are the very foundation of the State of Israel. The party might conceivably gain enough votes to enter the next Knesset and potentially even become part of the governing coalition. Historically, the views of extremist parties, reflecting the extreme left or the extreme right, have been firmly rejected by mainstream parties, even if the electoral process of Israel’s robust democracy has enabled their presence, however small, in the Knesset. Ultimately, it is up to Israel’s Central Elections Commission to determine, as it has done in the past, whether Otzma Yehudit can be listed on the ballot on Election Day.”

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Being Me Parental support is essential to teens within gender and sexual minorities.

RONELLE GRIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER TOP: Azriel Reuven Apap knows he has the support of his family, including his mother, Deb Kovsky.

details: Stand with Trans is hosting three workshops, “Be the Light,” focused on how to raise a diverse, authentic family Jewishly. At 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 9, at Shaarey Zedek, experts will discuss “Creating an LGBTQ+ Inclusive Community for Jewish Families. At 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, April 7, at Temple Israel, the topic will be “Parenting with Love and Acceptance.” At 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at Temple Beth El, the topic will be “Learning from Others Who’ve Walked This Path.” Refreshments will be served at all. No charge.

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oday’s teens are under pressure like never before. Along with the age-old challenges of figuring out their identities, fitting in with peers and getting into college, social media has wreaked new havoc on their emotional well-being. Experts agree teens with strong family support have a better chance of developing into healthy, productive adults.

For teens who identify as transgender, nonbinary or other emerging sexual and gender minority categories, parental support takes on new importance. Parents are not simply important — they can make the difference between life and death.

Transgender teens face discrimination on many fronts. They are ostracized by their peers and made to feel uncomfortable at school or in their religious communities. Many experience anxiety and depression as a result. However, when they are shunned by their own parents, the consequences are often disastrous.

An alarming 57 percent of transgender teens without parental support have attempted suicide, says a study by Trans Student Educational Resources, a national nonprofit advocacy and education organization. In contrast, the attempted suicide rate for transgender teens with supportive families was 4 percent.

The study found more than half the teens, or 55 percent, without family support had no place to live. In addition,

75 percent suffered from depression, compared to 23 percent of those with parental support.

Parents who learn their child identifies with a sexual or gender minority often feel confused, unsure of how to navigate this new, unfamiliar world. Many feel alone and afraid. They may want to be supportive, but they don’t know how.

For these parents, “How to Raise a Diverse, Authentic Family while Living Jewishly,” can help. Workshops March 9, April 7 and May 7 (see box) are sponsored by the local organization Stand with Trans with a grant from the Jewish Women’s Foundation.

AZRIEL’S STORY Azriel Reuven Apap, 17, who was born as a female, started feeling uncomfortable when he began puberty.

“I did not like how my body was changing. I didn’t like my breasts,” Apap says. “I thought, ‘I’m not supposed to look like this.’”

Apap came out to his family and friends at 13. Although he had cut his hair short and occasionally “passed” as male, the strain of being a male in a female body took its toll.

“I was suicidal because I couldn’t live like that anymore,” he says. “I came out all at once to everyone everywhere. I knew there would be fallout. Parts of it weren’t as bad as I thought they were going to be; parts were way worse.”

In terms of family support, Apap is one of the lucky ones. His parents and siblings were immediately supportive, as were his friends.

“My friends were all amazing. They didn’t blink. They didn’t flinch. My community is Modern Orthodox, so it was surprising,” he says, adding his siblings immediately picked up on the pronouns and nicknames. “My siblings are the best in the world.”

While his mother was “slightly worried about what people would think,” her main concern was Azriel’s mental health.

“She wished she had more resources so she wouldn’t have had to read the entire internet in one night,” Apap jokes. “I’ve never seen any parent handle this better than my parents did.

They’re really great.”

Apap started the medical phase of his transition at 14, which has included hormone therapy and top surgery. While many teens wait longer to make those physical changes, Apap says his transition timeline was somewhat unusual because he began puberty early.

He changed his name legally to Azriel Reuven Apap.

Prior to coming out, Apap attended the Modern Orthodox-based Farber Hebrew Day School/Yeshivat Akiva.

Although most of the staff and administration were supportive, it became clear the school was no longer a good fit once he began identifying as a male. continued on page 12

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Advice for Parents, Teens and Teachers The therapists, parents and teens who provided input for this story offer these tips: For parents: • Transgender kids can be born into any family. It has nothing to do with what a parent did or didn’t do. Parent from a place of love rather than guilt.

• There’s a very real chance that not accepting your child will result in losing them to suicide.

• Parental support makes all the difference.

Teens need their parents, even when they say they don’t.

• Remember before your baby was born, and you said, “I don’t care if it’s a boy or a girl as long as it’s healthy.” You have to still mean that.

• It’s natural for parents to go through a grieving process for the child they thought they would have. They need to reach a place where they love and accept the child they have.

For teachers: • Realize there is bullying going on when you’re not looking. Be extra-vigilant with this extremely vulnerable population.

• Put yourself in the students’ shoes.

• It is important to normalize life for these teens. Listen to them. Acknowledge them.

Respect them.

For teens: • Find a supportive group, organization or community. For those in more isolated areas, make use of online support and therapy.

• Seek out the people who will absolutely support and affirm you for who you truly are.

Believe in yourself and the gifts you were born with. Realize you are beautiful and valuable to this world as your true authentic self.

• Don’t stray away from yourself because of others. Be the original true you, no matter what.

“Akiva was trying to think of ways to make it work, but it wasn’t going to — it was totally uncharted territory to them … davening and Jewish learning were gender-segregated,” he says. “We all realized it wasn’t going to work.”

His mother, Deb Kovsky, agreed.

“We were told he could come back if he wore a skirt, took the girls’ classes, used the girls’ restroom and sat on the girls’ side of the mechitzah (divider separating men and women in Orthodox services),” Kovsky says.

“Basically, they said, ‘We’ll let your daughter come back, but not your son.’ It was the same with his summer camp.”

Head of School Rabbi Scot Berman says he could not address student matters publicly, but says, “Farber Hebrew Day School is committed to the principle of respecting human dignity. Every person is created in the image of God irrespective of their personal circumstances including their gender identity or sexual orientation.

“Working within the framework of Halakhah (Jewish law), the school is committed to serving all students interested in the education our school provides.”

After leaving Farber in eighth grade, Apap “hopped around a lot,” trying to find a comfortable, accepting place.

Today, he is a senior at Berkley High School, where he has friends and is active in the theater department, serving as student producer of the play The Curious Story of the Dog at Nighttime. Although he has not decided on a college yet, he plans to go somewhere he can major in acting, with a minor in film or Jewish studies.

“It does get better,” he says. “There’s definitely a lot going on, some of it horrible, but you will look back and think, ‘Thank God, I’m fine now.’”

PARENTS’ PERSPECTIVE Apap’s mother said things began to change noticeably after he returned from summer camp, a few days after his 13th birthday. First, he cut his “long, beautiful flowing hair.”

“He was refusing to wear skirts and was more depressed and miserable than usual,” she recalls. “Until then, I had no idea.”

When Apap came out to his family, Kovsky’s initial reaction was shock.

“To me, it came out of left field, not something I expected” she says.

“My husband had no more idea than I did. I didn’t know anyone who was transgender. I didn’t really know what it meant. It was a total departure from where I thought we were.”

Deciding she needed to educate herself, Kovsky turned to the internet.

“I knew male and female,” she says. “I didn’t know about nonbinary; I didn’t know about gender as a spectrum. I decided to Google everything.”

Eventually, she found an online call-in support group for Orthodox parents of LGBTQ+ children.

“I thought I was the only such parent in the world,” she says. “I was terrified about what it would mean for my son, my family, my community. Would I still have a community?

When your child comes out, parents have to come out, too.”

She was dismayed to learn some of the friends her children had known for years were no longer allowed to associate with Apap and his siblings.

“From a Jewish standpoint, it’s like saving a life,” she says. “Gender dysphoria (a mismatch between assigned birth gender and the one a person identifies with) is torture. The only medically recognized treatment for gender dysphoria is transition, but not everyone sees it that way.”

She was also unprepared for the

LGBTQ+: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning or queer.

Cisgender: a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth.

Transgender: someone who identifies with a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth.

Nonbinary: a person who does not identify as male or female.

Pansexual: a person whose attraction to others does not depend on their gender.

Asexual: a person who does not experience sexual feelings.

Gender nonconforming: a person whose behavior or appearance does not conform to prevailing cultural and social expectations about their gender.

Demi-sexual: a person who requires a romantic connection to have a sexual relationship.

Queer: an umbrella category for those who don’t neatly fit another category.

They, them and other pronouns: used for people whose gender identity does not fit traditional pronouns such as he/him or she/her.

Gender fluid: a person whose gender identity fluctuates. medical issues associated with her son’s transition. Finding health care providers, such as endocrinologists, surgeons and therapists, who are transgender-friendly was challenging.

Kovsky found additional support and resources from advocacy organizations such as Stand with Trans and Ferndale-based Affirmations.

“This is not something to undertake on your own,” she says. “Talk to those who have trod the path before you. It will feel like you’re the firstever parent of a transgender teen but, trust me, you’re not.” Kovsky is proud of her son for continuing to be part of the Orthodox community despite the challenges.

“He’s doing an amazing job integrating two identities that are tough to integrate,” she says.

NONBINARY TEENS Lee (not their real name), 15, identifies as nonbinary, the term for people who consider themselves neither male nor female. Born female, Lee uses the pronouns “they,” “them” and “their.” At 11, Lee knew they were different than other girls their age. continued on page 14

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“I told my mom, ‘I don’t think I’m a girl or a boy, and I think I want to change my name’,� Lee says. “She was very supportive but, at my middle school, they weren’t as supportive.�

Lee started a group at school to promote equality for those in the LGBTQ+ community but eventually changed high schools because they felt unsafe. “I realized I don’t really fit in public schools,� says Lee, who now attends a charter school focused on the arts. “It’s been really good; they’re really supportive.�

Like Apap, Lee feels fortunate to have an understanding family. “I’m much happier because I know this is who I truly am. I don’t want to be like everyone else because that’s just boring and not who I am,� Lee says. “The discrimination is tiring, but now I’m in a safe place, it’s worth it.�

Lee wishes other people would be more respectful and place less importance on the issue of gender. “We get asked so many questions, like what’s in your pants, things that should never be OK,� Lee says. “When people meet me, they identify me as the transgender kid. I wish they would just know me as Lee.�

PROFESSIONAL POINTERS Teens who identify as transgender or other sexual and gender minority categories have higher rates of anxiety and depression than cisgender (those who identify with their birth gender) and other LGBTQ+ individuals, according to licensed clinical psychologist Melissa Farrell, Psy.D. “In a very real biological sense, transgender people have the brain of one gender born in the body of another,� said Farrell, who specializes in the treatment of LGBTQ+ youth

at Great Lakes Psychology Group in Dearborn. “Since we can’t change the brain, our only recourse is to change the body.�

She believes families have a huge impact on whether vulnerable adolescents will create positive identities for themselves or develop shame about who they are. Teens who are made to feel they disappointed their families will carry those negative feelings into adulthood.

Ypsilanti-based psychotherapist Anthony J. Beasley, L.M.S.W., M.S.W., agrees that people not supported in their gender identity and expression face more difficult challenges. For many transgender and nonbinary individuals, acceptance, respect and safety are scarce. “In school settings, they experience bullying and are often challenged with the issue of bathrooms and which ones they can use,�

Beasley says.

Those who hide their gender or sexual identities also experience stress, especially when others make derogatory comments about gay or transgender people in front of them. “People can either out themselves or stand idly by and let people say these horrible things,� Farrell says.

Situations such as the recent ban on transgender people in the military and the steadily rising murder rate of transgender people adds to the tension this population is already experiencing. “There are national discussions about whether they (transgender people) should even be allowed in schools,â€? Farrell says. “All the media attention creates stress. We talk about cyberbullying — these kids are being cyberbullied by the news.â€? â–

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Now is the time to shine the public spotlight on young people in our community. The JN, the Jewish Community Center and the Youth Professionals Network have created Rising Stars: Teens Making a Difference, a showcase that will highlight 18 remarkable Jewish pre-teens and teens in the Metro Detroit area. Those selected by a panel of local judges will be featured in an issue of the JN and also be recognized on the JN, JCC and JFamily social media pages.

Nominees must live in Michigan, identify as Jewish and be a student in grades 6-12; they can be selfnominated or may be nominated by others today through March 30.

Nominees should be recognized for impact, contribution and/or achievement in areas including (but not limited) to: • Tikkun olam, volunteerism, social action, advocacy, philanthropy • Academics/education • Athletics • Music & arts • Business & entrepreneurship • Overcoming obstacles and challenges • Jewish growth and learning • Leadership “The pages of the JN are

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designed to reflect life in Jewish Detroit, and we often highlight young people in our community,” said Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor. “For more than a year, we have been highlighting teen mental health issues — heavy topics including depression, bullying, gender issues, drugs, suicide and more. Brave teens have stepped up to discuss their battles with these issues and have helped readers understand our community is not immune.

“We’ve also written about young people involved in entrepreneurial pursuits, academics, Israel advocacy, sports, the arts, volunteering efforts and much more. We are pleased that in April, we will celebrate a group of 18 — chai (meaning 18 and life) — fabulous young people as Rising Stars.”

Katie Vieder, director of teen engagement for JFamily at the JCC, adds, “We are so lucky to have a vibrant, passionate Jewish teen population in Metro Detroit, and our teens are doing wonderful things — pursuits worth celebrating. Through Rising Stars, we are excited to share how special teens are in Metro Detroit.”

To nominate yourself or a teen you know, go to thejewishnews.com and click on the Rising Stars button or go to jccdet.org/RisingStars. The deadline is March 30. ■

The Michigan Board of Cantors presents “The Jewish Voice,” a singing competition of Jewish music in partnership with the Berman Center for the Performing Arts at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at the Berman. Two groups of students, those in grades 9-12 and those in grades 6-8, will be competing for cash prizes. The event is free and open to the public.

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ast Friday, March 1, JARC moved its office into the Max M. Fisher Federation Building on Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township. Although not a Federation agency, the move allows the agency to downsize and be in closer proximity to other Jewish organizations in the building.

JARC’s Paul and Lois Katzman Administration Building on Northwestern Highway in Farmington Hills, used by the organization since 2001, will be sold. JARC board president Howard Luckoff and the JARC real estate committee are managing that process.

JARC occupied 8,000 square feet of that 20,000 square-foot three-story building; its space in the Federation building will be 3,300 square feet.

Twenty administrative employees will be housed there.

“We will take advantage of Federation’s common spaces, conference rooms and use the reception area in the lobby as well,” said Shaindle Braunstein, JARC CEO. The agency, which serves 200 individuals with developmental disabilities in 80 locations, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

“As we look to the next 50 years, we are confident this move ideally positions the agency for the future” she said. “The concept of office space has changed drastically in the last 20 years with a move from large, closed door spaces to open shared spaces that allow for better com-

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munication and creativity. JARC Board Member Joanne Aronovitz lent her design expertise to the project.

“JARC was a thought leader 50 years ago in creating the model that allowed adults with developmental disabilities to live in and be a part of community, and we believe we are continuing on that path as we model workspace for the human service agency of the next 50 years.”

And, she says, “the opportunity to collaborate with other community organizations is critical to our continued growth.”

Federation CEO Scott Kaufman said, “Having the JARC management team in the Max M. Fisher Federation Building is a true win/win situation. There was extra space available here, and they needed far less square footage than their current location. As a tenant, they will be providing revenue while paying less in overhead expenses.

“Beyond the economics, however, we benefit from having a variety of Jewish organizations co-located in the building, such as Tamarack Camps, Hebrew Free Loan and ORT, to name just a few. The proximity creates opportunities for us to work collaboratively on behalf of the community we all serve.”

The move was completed over the weekend and the new office was open Monday. ■

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This year, prom will be on Saturday, May 18, at the Emagine Theater in Royal Oak. The JCC Special Needs Department

is partnering with Wish Upon a Teen to collect items for gift bags that teens (boys and girls) receive at prom. To donate new items for the gift bags, collection boxes can be found in the JCC lobby as well as in the Fitness Center through May 10. On Monday, May 13, the items will be assembled as gift bags.

Suggested items include nail polish, fun socks, body lotion, earrings, candles, water bottles, teen magazines, lip balms, candy/gum/mints, baseball hats, ear buds and grooming kits. Other opportunities to be involved include sponsorship, volunteering at prom and community outreach. For details, contact Stephanie Zoltowski, director of special needs, at szoltowski@jccdet.org. ■

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or Sue Birnholtz, Limmud Michigan is the biggest bargain in the metro area. “Once a year, we have the opportunity to listen, learn, discuss, sing and socialize with our fellow Jews of all stripes from all over Southeast Michigan, from Torah scholars to atheists, from surburban retirees to young Detroit activists, from rightbrain thinkers to left-brain artists, from dabblers to experts,� said Birnholtz of Sylvan Lake, a Limmud steering committee member. “Where else can you spend such an enriching and worthwhile day for only $25, including a kosher lunch?�

This year’s Limmud takes place on Sunday, March 31, at the Jewish Community Center and Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield.

Registration starts at 9 a.m.; the program runs from 10 a.m.-5:15 p.m. with six sessions.

Participants can choose from 13 presentations in each time slot. To help with choices, organizers created 10 tracks — Arts and Culture, Body and Soul, Current Events, History, Identity, Israel, Jewish Life and Practice, Our Community, Social Justice, and Text and Thought.

Most presenters, all volunteers, are from the Southeast Michigan Jewish community, and many have spoken at previous Limmud Michigan events, including Rabbis Alana Alpert, Robert Dobrusin, Aaron Bergman, Mitch Parker, Louis Finkelman, Shneur Silberberg and Alana Alpert,

Nira Lev, Ruth Bergman, Howard Lupovitch and Zeesy Silberberg.

First-time Limmud Michigan speakers include Sky Brown, Catherine Canady, Jeffrey DeVries, Jake Ehrlich, Susan Knoppow, Leahaliza Lee, Rabbis Asher Lopatin and Paul Yedwab.

Out-of-town speakers include Daniel Henkin, sponsored by the Covenant Foundation, speaking on Jewish a cappella music; Joel Goldstein of Boston; David Krishef of Grand Rapids; Bill Robinson, dean of the Davidson School of Jewish Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York; Dena Weiss of Machon Hadar in New York; and Leonore Wineberg of Chicago.

Session topics include intermarriage, grandparenting, Jewish conspiracy myths, Jewish sexual practices, organ transplants, immigration, intersectionality and much, much more. For the full schedule, go to limmudmichigan.org.

Major donors include Barbara and Dr. Edward Klarman, and Sue and Sandy Birnholtz.

The registration fee includes snacks and a kosher box lunch from Dish Kosher Catering. Parents can register their children ages 2-12 for Camp Limmud for $10 each, which includes age-appropriate activities, lunch and snacks.

Registration is now open at limmudmichigan.org. After March 19, the fee will increase from $25 to $36. â–

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From 7-9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, at U-M’s Museum of Art, there will be a welcome reception and screening of Heather Booth: Changing the World with Heather Booth.

On Thursday, March 14, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. will be the following sessions: From Radical to Feminist; Periphery and Core: The View from Ann Arbor; Adding Jewish to Feminist; and Claiming Identities: Lesbian Jews; Radical Politics and Secular Jewish Culture. From 7-9:30 p.m., the theme is “#MeToo in the Context of Jewish Feminism� with a short performance

by Klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals.

Sessions continue March 15 from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and include Feminisms/Jewish Feminisms and the Complication(s) of Israel; Contemporary Leaders Consider

the Legacies of Feminism; and U-M Students’ Talk Back: Reflections on Jewish Feminisms/American Visions.

All Thursday and Friday events take place at U-M School of Social Work, Room 1840.

On Sunday, March 17, from noon3 p.m. the JCLP holds its annual Community Conversation event at the School of Social Work, Room 1840, where the theme will be “The Jewish Future is Feminist.�

Hear from three women who center feminism as a Jewish value: April Baskin, Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann and Sarah Hurwitz, who will relate the legacies of Jewish feminism to what it means to confront today’s opportunities and challenges.

For more information, go to ssw. umich.edu/r/Pa8. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP is requested and required for vegetarian lunch on Thursday and Friday. â–

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The Atlanta-based Center for Israel Education has launched a special section on its website, israeled.org, to provide a variety of resources related to the upcoming Israeli parliamentary elections.

At israeled.org/blog/elections, CIE is providing history, context and analysis of the Israeli election system, key issues, and the political parties and their leaders. The site offers articles, videos, infographics, educational activities and valuable links, with

updates at least once a week until the Knesset elections April 9.

Election topics to be covered include the role of religion, cultural influences and Israel’s political evolution over 20 elections since 1949.

Initial items in the section include a video of Professor Doron Shultziner discussing Israel’s democratic norms and how they hold without a constitution and a five-part timeline of Israel’s election history. â–

Beth Shalom’s Women’s Seder Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park will hold its annual Women’s Seder at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3.

Women of all faiths are welcome.

The program includes a kosher, Passover-style dinner. Vegetarian meals are available upon request.

Beth Shalom member Aviva Phillips will lead the program and Pamela Schiffer, cantor emerita of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing, will lead the singing. The program will celebrate women’s contributions to the Exodus from Egypt and throughout Jewish history. Participants will follow The Journey Continues: The Ma’yan Passover Haggadah by Tamara R. Cohen.

Linda Bell chairs the Women’s Seder committee. Working with her are Nathalie Conrad, Mandy Garver, Sherri Gelb, Fran Hildebrandt, Shelia Levine, Aviva Phillips, Marie Slotnick and Gretchen Weiner.

Reservations are $30 for adults and $10 for girls ages 5 to 12. “Angel� sponsorships are welcome at $54 and “Benefactor� sponsorships are $72.

Anonymous sponsorships for guests at $30 are also welcome.

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by March 29. Mail checks to Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 Lincoln, Oak Park. For details or reservations, call (248) 547-7970 or email cbs@congbethshalom.org.

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The event will begin a presentation outlining the biology of depression, current treatments and social issues impacting mental health presented

by Harry Rai, M.D., House Officer, UMDC, Dept. of Psychiatry and Kevin Sethi, M.D., House Officer, UMDC, Dept. of Psychiatry.

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Religious Leaders to Discuss Engaging Young Adults Many religious leaders, regardless of their particular faith, are being challenged to find ways to attract young people. Recent surveys by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan “fact tank,� indicate that younger adults are less likely than older generations to identify with a religion, believe in God or engage in religious practices, including attendance at services.

This disaffection presents a challenge for the future of many religions. Four local religious leaders representing Christianity, Judaism and Islam will discuss their strategies for appealing to young people from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, March 14,

at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield.

Rabbi Josh Bennett of Temple Israel will moderate a panel including Rev. Danny Cox, lead pastor of Kensington Church, Troy Campus; Rabbi Dan Horwitz, founding director of The Well; Dan Patrick, youth director of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and Muhammed Suliman, youth director of the Muslim Unity Center.

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Braun, 35, an outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers, needs just 10 homers to surpass Greenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total of 331.

Greenberg remains an icon among Jewish baseball fans, especially in Detroit, long after he retired from the game in 1947 and died in 1986 at age 75, because of the way he embraced his religion and lived his life.

He played for the Detroit Tigers for 12 seasons. He missed nearly four seasons with Detroit at the prime of his career in the 1940s to serve in the military during World War II. In 1934, while the Tigers were in the heat of a pennant race, he sat out a game against the New York Yankees to observe Yom Kippur.

One of the Detroit areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual fundraising events â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Hank Greenberg Golf and Tennis Invitational presented by the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; honors the man known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hebrew Hammer.â&#x20AC;?

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For those who love statistics and Greenberg, Bob Matthews has some good news for you. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not really a numbers guy, but I have some statistics that make me think Ryan Braunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career home run total should have an asterisk next to it,â&#x20AC;? said Matthews, whose â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jewish Heroes and Other Legendsâ&#x20AC;? sports memorabilia exhibit is a permanent display at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.

In addition to Braunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PED suspension, Matthews said, consider these numbers: Greenberg hit his 331 home runs in 5,193 at-bats, an average of one home run every 15.6 at-bats. Braun has 322 home runs in 6,034 at-bats, an average of one home run every 18.8 at-bats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Runs batted in are even more telling,â&#x20AC;? Matthews said.

Greenberg has 221 more RBIs than Braun (1,274 to 1,053) in 841 fewer at-bats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home runs are flashy, but RBIs mean more to a team,â&#x20AC;? Matthews said.

Aside from statistics, Matthews considers Greenberg a better role model for Jewish baseball fans than Braun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greenberg was a man of integrity and character whose qualities are the core qualities of the Jewish religion,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Braun is a darn good baseball player who just happens to be Jewish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Braunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home run number may exceed Greenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s someday, but he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exceed Hank in character and for being a good human being.â&#x20AC;?

Braunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Joe, who is Jewish, was born in Israel and came to the U.S. when he was 7. Braunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother Diana is Catholic.

In a 2010 story in USA Today, Braun said he considers himself Jewish and is proud to be a role model for Jewish youth, but he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a bar mitzvah and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t observe Jewish holidays.

According to a 2007 story in the Jewish Standard, Braun lived for a while with his maternal grandmother in a home that previously was owned by Greenberg, of all people.

Braun was inducted in 2010 into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. â&#x2013; Send news to stevestein502004@yahoo.com.

Ask Dr. Vieder If my primary care physician’s office is closed, or it’s the weekend, how do I know if I should wait for an appointment, go to an urgent care or to a hospital emergency department?

The decision can sometimes be a little daunting, but a good rule of thumb is to trust your instincts. While cost and convenience are top of mind for many healthcare consumers these days, never compromise your health for these reasons alone. If you have had particular symptoms for several days or longer, chances are you could wait to see your primary care physician. Acute injuries, like sprains, strains, eye injuries, burns and cuts are best treated soon. If you are concerned about an acute infection and cannot be seen by your doctor within 24 hours, that would also be a great reason to be seen in a certified urgent care. If you are having a serious potentially life-threatening issue like chest pain, extreme difficulty breathing or any stroke-like symptoms, immediately call 911 or proceed to your closest ER. When your condition is urgent, but less serious, Lakes Urgent Care can save you time and money. Insurance co-pays can be much more expensive at a hospital ER. And you may wait for a long time in a hospital ER for minor health concerns. At Lakes Urgent Care, you’ll be seen quickly by a highly trained physician. And by visiting us, you’ll help keep the ER free to concentrate on more seriously ill patients.

I see a lot of urgent care facilities around now. Do they all provide the same services?

All urgent cares are NOT created equal and in Michigan, urgent care centers are not regulated. Many facilities holding themselves out to the public as an urgent care do not actually qualify under the national guidelines of the Urgent Care Association of America (UCA). Always seek out an urgent care that is certified or accredited by the UCA. Lakes Urgent Care was one of the first certified urgent cares in southeastern Michigan accredited by the UCA. We hold ourselves to a higher standard because our patients deserve the best and most comprehensive care possible at a lower cost than visiting a hospital’s ER.

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Aria Daisy Dwoskin (Ahava Chaya) will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.

Sharing in her simchah will be her parents, Joanna and Jonathan Dwoskin; her brother Jacob; proud grandparents Jeffrey Serman and Chickie Dwoskin; and her great-grandmother Elaine Serman. She will be honoring the memory of her late grandparents Linda Serman, and Wendy and Marc Dwoskin.

Aria is a seventh-grader at Norup International School in Oak Park. She volunteered with PeerCorps Detroit through Repair the World Detroit for her mitzvah project, where she helped mentor younger children.

Jack K. Lewis will lead the congregation in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Joining in his celebration will be his proud parents, Jen and Keith Lewis, and his sister Mia. He is the loving grandchild of the late Thelma and Martin Kopel, and the late Betty and Karl Lewis.

Jack is a student at Birmingham Covington Middle School. Among his many mitzvah projects, he found it most meaningful to volunteer for the fall cycle of PeerCorps, where he worked on an urban farm and assisted Detroit students in an afterschool program.

Ian Jacob Sherman will be called as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at Congregation B’nai Moshe in West Bloomfield. He is the son of Heather and Loren Sherman.

He will be joined in celebration by his brother Joshua and proud grandparents Joyce and Don Sherman, and Harriet and Mark Cooperman.

Ian is a student at Berkshire Middle School in Beverly Hills. One of his mitzvah projects was collecting water bottles for the Israeli campers at Tamarack Camps.

Daniel Aaron Hornsten Stern, surrounded by family and friends, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. Joining in his celebration will be his proud parents, Rabbi Marla Hornsten and Dr. Sheldon Stern, and his siblings Erica (Ilan Weissberg), Jessica and Benji. He is the loving grandchild of Claire and the late Burt Stern, and JoAnn and Tom Hornsten.

Danny attends West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. Among his many mitzvah projects, he found it most meaningful to adopt a family through the Temple Israel No Temple Family Without a Chanukah program.

Hayley Sloane Weiss, daughter of Robyn and Bryan Weiss, will chant from the Torah on the occasion of her bat mitzvah on Friday, March 8, 2019, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.

She will be joined in celebration by her brother Mitchell and proud grandparents Sheri and Jeffrey Weiss, and Marcie and Dale Lebow. Her great-grandfather Seymour Grundy will be supporting her from Florida.

Hayley is also the great-grandchild of the late Helen Grundy, the late Janette and Jesse Antman, the late Gloria and Milton Lebow, the late Rhoda and Harold Roland, and the late Thelma and Irving Weiss.

She is a seventh-grade student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of her most meaningful mitzvah project, Hayley raised funds and collected items for a community baby shower on behalf of Sara’s House/Place, a Detroit-based nonprofit organization that works to support and empower women in transition and new moms-to-be.

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Brenda, Doreen, Rena and Danae, her special caregivers; her loving sister, Sylvia Smaller; many, many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews; cousins from across the United States; her doctor and dentist; hairdressers, manicurists and friends wish Rose continued good health for many more years so they can just enjoy her wonderful, sunny disposition. Everyone is looking forward to celebrating her 100th birthday — only two more years for this special occasion for this absolutely lovely lady.

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Equally important is to ask your son or daughter where they feel comfortable after the initial consultation. Did the orthodontist speak to your child and see what issues are important to them? Did they listen to you and your child, as well as explain what the procedures involve? Kids are very perceptive and their input is vital, as patients are more compliant when they know, trust, and like their doctor.

Location, hours, reasonable and customary fees, comfortable financial arrangements, and accessibility are important issues also. Ask other members of the community including your son or daughter’s friends and even teachers. Is the reception room clean, friendly, and comfortable? Did you have to wait at all, or long for your appointment? Was the orthodontist on schedule? Was the orthodontist friendly?

Can you receive an information packet about the office, orthodontist and treatment philosophy? These are all important issues to consider.

Lastly and very important is select your orthodontist on who truly cares for your child.

When you have interviewed your orthodontist and feel comfortable that they enjoy relationships with kids and will treat your son or daughter as if they were part of their own extended family or friends, then you have found your family orthodontist.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Drs. Hersh, Beattie & Isenberg at their state-of-the-art facilities in West Bloomfield/ Commerce Township at 2300 Haggerty Road, Suite 1160, 248-926-4100 and our newest location in Waterford at 5133 Highland Road, 248-673-4100.

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herrie and Norton Stern of Farmington Hills celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary with a weekend of celebration with family and friends including a “feelin’ good” gala at Gleneagles Country Club in Delray Beach, Fla., on Feb. 17.

Joining the festivities were sons Kenneth Stern of San Diego, Scott and Lisa Stern of Franklin, and grandchildren Rachael, Ella, Carly and Jonah. Granddaughter Talia Stern, who attends Boston Conservatory, was there in love even though school commitments kept her in Boston for the weekend.

The Sterns were overjoyed that so many were able to attend and make the weekend so memorable.

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he last portion of Exodus is the exodus from Egypt and slavery perhaps the most dramatic and and the receiving of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holy word significant of the Five Books resonates loudly; but it is also a world of Moses. Here are the two most that needs our help and nurturing. significant events in the story of the At the end of the parshah, the cloud Jewish people: being freed of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glory was so happy from bondage in Egypt and we took responsibility to build receiving the Torah at Mount a home for God that it comSinai. So, we expect a big endpletely fills that home (Exodus ing. Instead, on the surface, 40:34). What could be more are many details about the comfortable for God and for us sanctuary and a few sentences than to dwell together in Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the cloud at the end. glorious cloud, snuggling as Rabbi Asher Lopatin The sanctuary, the home Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chosen people and enjoywe are told to build for God ing each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holy company?

Parshat amongst our people, repYet, that will not work. We Pekudei: resents something incredible: werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t created and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Exodus the ability for human beings receive the Torah for us to be and former slaves to give back 38:21-40:38; smothered by Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glory and I Kings to God and to take responbe passive. God realizes we 7:51-8:21. sibility for partnering with must be allowed to take responGod in this world to build sibility and to act for ourselves something special. At the end and continue Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creative of Exodus, God gives the Israelites, as work. a nation, a chance to get involved and So â&#x20AC;&#x153;once the cloud lifted from the become co-creators of a better world. sanctuary, then the Israelites were able Parshat Pekudei does not only to move to their destinations. (Exodus mean â&#x20AC;&#x153;numbersâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;accountings.â&#x20AC;?

40:36).â&#x20AC;? God is still in our lives, helpThe root of the word, p-k-d, is about ing us, guiding us, providing structure noticing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about either being respon- and truth, but God has to lift Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sible, effective and present or about self, lifting the cloud from smothering being irresponsible lax or absent. the Jewish people, so we can move Betzalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;el and Oholiav lead this effort to where we are supposed to go and to have God and the world notice us do what we are meant to do in this â&#x20AC;&#x201D; through the design and building world. of the sanctuary â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but this portion Exodus tells us God took us from emphasizes that all were involved and slavery in Egypt and came down to had an opportunity to be noticed and Mount Sinai to talk to us because make a difference.

God values us as individuals and God The lesson for us is straightforward: knows we can make an impact in this We cannot rely on Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generosity or world even God cannot make. So, anyone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; we must make sure that God lifts off us a little so we can move in life we are counted, we make a difforward, inspired by all the people ference. That can be a warm â&#x20AC;&#x153;helloâ&#x20AC;? in and institutions around us, but knowthe morning, holding the door open ing that, ultimately, we are accountfor others or going over to someone able for ourselves, and we bear the standing alone at Kiddush and saying, responsibility of free people to make â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shabbat shalom! Are you new here?â&#x20AC;? our impact on this world. â&#x2013; It can be bigger things like taking an active role to fight racism, bigotry and Rabbi Asher Lopatin leads Kehillat Etz Chayim xenophobia. We have a world filled of Detroit and the Detroit Center for Civil with great possibilities, a world where Discourse.

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Rabbi Meir Kahane served as a member of Knesset from 1984-88, when his Kach party won a single seat in the 1984 elections. The party symbol was a clenched fist â&#x20AC;&#x201D; kach, meaning â&#x20AC;&#x153;thusâ&#x20AC;? because â&#x20AC;&#x153;only thus, by force, can we succeed.â&#x20AC;? Its platform included enforcing Jewish law on Israeli citizens, outlawing intermarRabbi Meir riage between Jews and Kahane gentiles and expelling Arab citizens from Israel unless they promise submission to Jewish rule. In 1988, Knesset outlawed his party as racist.

The William Davidson Digital Archive of Detroit Jewish History (djnfoundation.org) showed that on Oct. 24, 1985, then-MK Meir Kahane came to Detroit and the Jewish Welfare Federation refused to let him enter the building. The JN reported Nov. 1, 1985, that Federation President Joel Tauber and Executive Director Wayne Feinstein concurred on this Joel Tauber decision. Tauber explained Federation would offer â&#x20AC;&#x153;no home to Meir Kahane and his racist ideology.â&#x20AC;?

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Feinstein, now in San Mateo, Calif., also defends the decision and provides context: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just the Detroit Federation. By then, all the leading Jewish organizations had recognized Meir Kahaneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s positions were so far outside the mainstream that they amounted to hate speech. We all agreed to refuse to offer him a platform for hate speech.â&#x20AC;?

In his Nov. 11, 1985, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Purely Commentaryâ&#x20AC;? column, JN Editor Philip Slomovitz wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There has to be an understanding that no one will be permitted to say that a resident in Israel who is not of Jewish birth is to be driven out of the land.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Kahanism for which there can never be sanction.â&#x20AC;?

bargaining for its place.

Except that certain parties never get invited in. In 1988, the Knesset entirely disallowed Kahaneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kach party because of its racist platform (see sidebar).

Successor parties with modified platform versions, led by former Kach members or their disciples, have received permission to run in Israeli elections, but they have never been invited to form part of a governing coalition.

Until now.

At Young Israel of Oak Park, President David Barth, in consultation with the executive committee and interim Rabbi Aaron Leib, has sent a forceful message to Weiss of the NCYI, with a list of objections: they were not consulted about the statement; if consulted, they would not have agreed; that as far as they know, this statement was issued without consulting any YI member organizations; and that aside from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;doubtful merits of the statement,â&#x20AC;? they find it inappropriate for YI to get involved in internal Israeli politics.

On Feb. 28, the executive committee of Young Israel of Oak Park sent an email message to congregation members expressing similar sentiments, adding that YIOP does not associated itself with

Weissâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; statement and has communicated YIOPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concerns to the NCYI. Taking a lower public profile, Rabbi Yechiel Morris revealed only that Young Israel of Southfield has been in contact with the NCYI to express its concerns.

Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt responded to the statement by resigning from her synagogue, Young Israel of Toco Hills in Atlanta. In a Facebook letter she said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I cannot be associated with an organization that gives such racism, celebration of violence and immoral policies a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hechsher [certification].â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

On Feb. 28, Weiss sent an email to member congregations: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The short NCYI statement released in response to two news outlet requests concerning Prime Minister Netanyahu represented my personal views and that of many on our Board but may not reflect the view of all the Young Israel synagogues.â&#x20AC;?

On March 1, YI rabbinic and lay leaders wrote a letter, calling upon â&#x20AC;&#x153;NCYI leadership to immediately cease making all political pronouncementsâ&#x20AC;? without consulting YI synagogue communities.

Rabbis and presidents of Metro Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two Young Israel synagogues put their names to the letter that represented 21 other congregations. â&#x2013;

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The Family

Dani Shapiro

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Dani Shapiro’s memoir Inheritance raises big questions about identity, nature and nurture.

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Dani Shapiro with her beloved father, Paul. DNA testing showed he wasn’t her biological father.

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ani Shapiro’s Connecticut home has sepia portraits of her late father as a child and members of his distinguished Orthodox family on the walls, photographs she has known all her life. These faces have, in silence, supported her, spoken to her, even comforted her. Her identity is stamped by theirs.

Two years ago, after sending her DNA to a website for analysis, she learned shocking news she didn’t think possible: Her beloved father was not her biological father. His line of kinfolks weren’t blood relatives. And after 36 hours of detective work with her husband’s help on the internet, she learned her biological father wasn’t Jewish.

In Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love (Knopf) — which debuted on the New York Times Best Sellers list in late January — Shapiro unfolds the story of her discovery and its intellectual and emotional impact. She is a writer who has mined her experience and inner landscape in four previous memoirs, Hourglass, Still Writing, Devotion and Slow Motion, and she has written five novels that also touch on her history and identity.

“This is the story that makes sense of all the others,” she says. “It’s not that those stories weren’t true. They all are true. They’re just not the whole truth.”

“On the one hand,” she continues, “I have spent my entire life grappling with identity, trying to piece the puzzle of my father together. I think there’s a reason why in my work, the fiction and memoirs, I kept gravitating to family secrets. I thought I knew why, that there were secrets in my house. I never dreamt that I was the secret.

“My whole writing life has been about trying to understand,” she adds.

Shapiro’s grandfather, Joseph Shapiro, was a founder of Lincoln Square Synagogue, a philanthropist and leader of several Orthodox organizations. Her father, Paul Shapiro, a Wall Street stockbroker, was killed in a car crash when she was 23; her

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mother, Irene, was badly injured and survived. Her parents had an uneasy marriage, and Dani, their only child, felt more her father’s daughter than her mother’s, and she was proud of his lineage.

Some of her clearest childhood memories involve her father — she would go with him to synagogue, where he seemed most at home, and prayer was a kind of secret language they shared.

Through an older half-sister (her father had been previously married) who also had her DNA tested, she confirmed that the results of her own test were true, for she and her half-sister turned out not to be related biologically. Shapiro, who is blonde and pale-skinned with an easy elegance about her, has been told throughout her life, by Jews and non-Jews, that she doesn’t look Jewish. “Story of my life,” she would say with a shrug.

In fact, as a little girl, Shapiro — who was once selected as the Kodak poster child for Christmas — was pulled aside by a friend of her parents, who is the grandmother of Jared Kushner, and told, “We could have used you in the ghetto, little blondie. You could have gotten us bread from the Nazis.” That comment and others stayed with her.

Even during Shapiro extended family occasions, she felt a sense of otherness.

Dani now says there was something she couldn’t quite articulate.

ROAD TO DISCOVERY For the reader, there’s a sense of suspense in Shapiro’s unraveling of details, even as she is thrown by her discovery and plagued by urgent questions about why her parents didn’t tell her — and how much they actually understood or how much they buried the truth in their own ways.

Shapiro’s mother had told her about traveling to a fertility clinic in Philadelphia, but not much more than that. Dani learns that a practice in those days was to mix donor sperm with the father’s sperm, to keep alive the possibility that the baby was biologically his. Through dogged research,

interviews with older family friends and relatives, medical experts and others with some connection to that clinic (closed long ago) and genealogists, Shapiro recreates events surrounding her birth.

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, a friend of her father’s, has a cameo in the narrative, trying to offer comfort. A cherished aunt and others reassure her about love, and that, no matter what, Paul is still her father.

Suddenly though, she has a different medical history, and her son has a different grandfather. While she doesn’t look at all like her mother or the Shapiros, she discovers she closely resembles her biological father. She keeps a promise of guarding his privacy. About their relationship going forward, she admits there’s “no playbook.”

A teacher of memoir writing who is co-founder of a writers conference in Positano, Italy, Shapiro skillfully creates a narrative that ties together the mysteries and facts she assembles and the deeper levels of her emotional life.

For her, writing is not catharsis, but a way of containing, ordering and understanding the truth. She says she doesn’t view a memoir as “the sweep of life,” but rather as the telling of what she knew when she wrote it.

Shapiro, who left Orthodoxy long ago, meditates every morning and says it is a ritual that grew out of being her father’s daughter, a different take on his daily prayers. These days, after all she has learned, she says she feels, paradoxically, less conflicted about her Jewish identity.

While she understands that halachically, her Jewish identity is transmitted through her Jewish mother, she always identified her Judaism with her father. In fact, she feels “more Jewish. I understand.”

“So much of this feels like a spiritual journey for me,” she says. “The deepest kind.” Shapiro is also committed to discussing the issues she raises in the book about secrecy; she wrote a recent piece in Time magazine advocating for transparency and regulation concerning donor conception, and the rights of children to know their origins.

“I spent 54 years being wrong about my identity,” she says, noting she will be thinking about “questions of nature and culture, what makes a parent a parent, what secrets do, how we are formed by what we don’t know and what is unsaid” for a very long time. ■ Shapiro recently launched a podcast, “Family Secrets” (apple.co/2X3O5Uw), in which she talks to others about family secrets they have discovered and the power of truth.

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DNA Revelation

Detroiter’s at-home genetic test uncovers unsettling results.

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y world, like author Dani Shapiro’s, was upended by a DNA test, but my story takes place in Detroit.

Like Shapiro, I learned that my beloved dad was not my biological father.

Unlike Shapiro, the sperm donor in my case was Jewish, and he wasn’t a medical resident arranged for by my mother’s doctor. The sperm donor was my mother’s doctor, a well-regarded OB-GYN who practiced at Detroit-area hospitals from the 1930s-1960s.

As I recently learned through the Detroit Jewish News Foundation’s William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, he also was a member of many local Jewish organizations.

I took the Ancestry DNA test several years ago.

With two Jewish parents, I was curious about my percentage of Jewish heritage going back through generations and was hoping to learn about distant relatives to fill out my family tree.

Plenty of people showed up: a few close family members whose names I recognized and several thousand second-, third- and fourth-to-sixth cousins who remain a mystery.

I attributed this massive number of cousins to Eastern European Jews living within the Pale of Settlement who married not only other Jews but often within their own families. As a result, Ashkenazi Jews like me share more DNA with one another than do average populations (a concept known as endogamy).

Our shared DNA often comes from multiple shared ancestors and makes us look more closely related in a familial way than we actually are.

As in Shapiro’s memoir, Inheritance, a first cousin whose name I did not recognize suddenly appeared on my Ancestry DNA list. This individual contacted me through the site, asking if my mother had difficulty getting pregnant and the name of the obstetrician who had delivered me.

When I supplied the doctor’s name, I was told he was a grandfather to this individual, making this person’s parent my half-sibling. According to DNA relationship charts, first cousins share the same amount of DNA as do half-aunts/half-uncles with half-nieces/half-nephews.

The only way our shared DNA makes sense, I was informed, “is that my grandfather is your biological father. No doubt about it, and probably involving in vivo fertilization [of an egg within a uterus]. My grandfather was probably experimenting with what was then a new procedure using his own sperm.”

I brushed it off, attributing the considerable amount of DNA we shared to Jewish endogamy. At the time, I didn’t know nor want to accept that DNA results are actually 100 percent accurate among close Jewish relatives.

“Don’t contact me again,” I said, feeling very unsettled, even more so when this individual’s parent showed up on Ancestry DNA as my half-sibling.

I decided the only way to prove that my dad was in fact my biological father was to have a close relative on his side of the family take an Ancestry DNA test.

A paternal first cousin agreed to do so, but when the Ancestry DNA results came in, we were not a match at all. All the relatives on my dad’s side of the family who showed up on my cousin’s list were absent from mine.

This was when devastation — and six months of sleepless nights — set in.

What had happened? Did my parents know? And if so, why hadn’t I been told about the circumstances surrounding my birth? How could I not share DNA with the father I adore?

Furthermore, who was I really? Who were the people I biologically descended from? What was my real

COMING TO UNDERSTAND True, what happened to me occurred in an era when the shame surrounding infertility was intense.

Additionally, doctors often were looked upon as gods.

They didn’t have to explain and patients didn’t question, especially when the physician was well-respected in his field.

“A practice of the day was to mix donor sperm with the intended father’s sperm to keep alive the possibility that the child was biologically his,” Dani Shapiro wrote in an article for Time magazine. “There was a commonly used term for this: ‘confused artificial insemination.’

“Back then, the medical establishment took great pains to allow couples to believe what they wanted about what [the doctors] were doing. Couples were often told to have sex before and after the procedure to further the sense that the husband could be the father.

“Once a woman had become pregnant, the couple might be told that her blood levels showed she must have already been pregnant.”

Eventually, a relative was able to confirm that my parents had indeed grappled with fertility issues that had been resolved with in vivo fertilization using my dad’s sperm. I asked if donor sperm was involved as well. “The doctor just told your mother he would take care of it,” was the response. I am certain my mom would not have asked further questions of any doctor.

In the end, I am convinced that neither of my parents knew the truth about my biological father, who, in my opinion, handled the procedure in an unethical and short-sighted manner, and on a still-unknown number of patients.

For him, the thought of readily available at-home DNA tests was unimaginable. But did he not think about the consequences of his actions? Did he consider the possibility that patients he had inseminated with his own sperm could have offspring — half-siblings — who could fall in love and marry and have children of their own?

And exactly how many half-siblings who have not been DNA tested do I have?

I recently took a 23andMe DNA test, which revealed another half-sibling — six years younger than I — outside the doctor’s nuclear family. As more and more people take these tests, there could be more unexpected and jarring revelations.

So how have I started to heal?

Getting support from my spouse, a few close family members and friends, and someone whose spiritual insights I value and appreciate.

Sharing the truth with my children, who have the right to know about their origins.

Realizing I am not alone: Home DNA tests now warn users they could be in for some surprises, and multiple stories similar to mine come out in the media every week.

Most important, feeling gratitude I was raised by an incredible dad. “I will love you forever,” he told me. I will love him forever, too. ■

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For Love of Music Local musicians find various outlets to make music and friends.

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onathan Hirsch and Charles Chomet are attorneys who enjoy playing instrumental music.

Hirsch, a cellist, and Chomet, a violinist, met after separate auditions, held years apart, brought them into the Royal Oak Symphony Orchestra.

During rehearsal breaks, Hirsch of Huntington Woods and Chomet of Berkley got to know each other and decided to practice law together.

Later this year, Chomet will be getting married; Hirsch will play the cello to enhance the celebration.

Across Metro Detroit, many members of the Jewish community have joined community orchestras to find meaningful outlets for their musical talents and, along the way, have established new friendships.

These instrumentalists have independently shown a longtime commitment to continuing studies, whether through school programs or private lessons, and they even enjoy practicing.

“It’s a nice escape from the realities of work,” says Hirsch, who looks forward to the final two concerts of the season. “Jubilate Deo” on March 15 will include choral performers singing Hebrew lyrics.

Chomet, who has participated in out-of-state orchestras, says, “I like the sociability of playing with others.

Also, performing with others brings a strong sense of discipline.”

Hirsch, who has played as a guest with the Detroit Medical Orchestra and for Kol Nidre services at Congregation Shir Tikvah, joined the Royal Oak musicians on the advice of friend and clarinetist Michael Cher of Huntington Woods, chief of urology at Karmanos Cancer Institute and a Congregation Beth Shalom member.

“I believe music has healing properties,” says Cher, a founder of the Detroit Medical Orchestra some 10 years ago, when free concerts were established. Cher also appears with the Spectrum Orchestra, which plays at Northbrook Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills.

The doctor is especially looking forward to the last concert of the

season on May 19, when he will present Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major and be in the company of other family members appearing as guest instrumentalists — his sons, brothers and a nephew.

“I was fortunate to grow up in a very musical family in terms of both playing and appreciating classical music,” Cher says. “Our idea of a family reunion always seems to involve a lot of chamber music.”

A founding member of Orchard Lake Philharmonic, accountant Barb Goldman of Farmington Hills plays violin and is treasurer/business manager for the orchestra. She was confirmed at Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor and has performed at the Fleischman and Hechtman residences.

“It’s great to be with people who love to make music,” Goldman says. “I can’t believe how many people have played with us and listened to us. I’ve made so many friends.”

On May 10, there will be two performances of “Broadway Bound” that will feature some enduring works by Jewish composers, including Richard Rodgers (“Carousel Waltz” and South Pacific selections) and Jerome Kern (Showboat selections). Both performances that day will be at St. James Catholic Church in Novi.

Social worker and violinist Susan Feldman of Farmington Hills performs with the Livonia Symphony Orchestra. She is a retired music teacher with a bachelor’s degree in music and master’s degrees in music and social work from U-M. “I consider this an encore career,” says Feldman, who belongs to Adat Shalom Synagogue and the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. “I consider the Livonia Symphony a good match for me after retiring in 2013 and joining the orchestra in 2014. It’s good for my brain and provides a challenge.”

Those who have a special affection for the flute family can enjoy specialized concerts by the Michigan Flute Orchestra, founded by retired Israeliraised musician Shaul Ben-Meir, a former member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Concerts range through five

octaves with piccolos, traditional C flutes, alto flutes and bass flutes. On March 30 and 31, the program will range from arrangements of “Adagio for Strings” by Barber to “Star Wars Medley” by Williams.

Paul Shifrin of Ann Arbor, a retired software developer and Beth Israel member, plays flute. Before joining the Michigan Flute Orchestra 10 years ago, he played with a chamber group, The Motor City Quartet.

Janis Braun-Levine of Commerce Township, a retired technical project manager and Adat Shalom member, began playing flute in her early school years, stopped, then returned to the instrument five years ago.

Braun-Levine, a music education major at U-M, has held affiliations with the Royal Oak Concert Band, Harbor Springs Community Band and the Detroit Flute Guild. She also plays piano and guitar and has taught at Temple Israel as well as Adat Shalom.

“I spend a lot of time practicing, and I get a lot of satisfaction playing with groups,” she says. “There’s camaraderie as we are careful about blend and intonation.”

Joel Stern of Birmingham, a recently retired fundraiser and Shir Tikvah member, studied piano before he was introduced to the flute.

“Playing music with others is a social art form,” says Stern, who also performs with the Birmingham Concert Band and at jam sessions at Aretha’s Jazz Café in the Detroit Music Hall. “I get a tremendous sense of enjoyment from doing this.”

Therapist Susan Rogers of Birmingham is a Shir Shalom member who has played in temple programs.

Although starting young with the cello, she found it too unwieldy.

“I love the performance part of playing,” says Rogers, a member of the Southeast Michigan Flute Association.

“I’ve attended adult arts programs at Interlochen, and I find all the musical experiences encouraging and inspiring. Through venues and organizations, I meet like-minded people.

“I believe that at any age, you can study, learn and grow.” ■

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FRIDAY, MARCH 8 RESERVATIONS DUE Reservations are due for noon, March 13 Nosh Knowledge at NCJW, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield. Dr. Mitch Parker, rabbi at B’nai Israel in West Bloomfield, will speak on “Famous Jewish Women You Never Heard Of.” Cost: $10 for members; $15 for non-members. A dairy lunch will be provided. RSVP to 248-355-3300. Ext 0.

SHABBAT LIVE 7:30 pm, March 8. At Temple Kol Ami. TKA Choir and band Dog-Fish. The service will be preceded by a wine and cheese pre-oneg at 7 pm.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9 STAND WITH TRANS 7:30-10 pm, March 9. At Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Creating an LGBTQ+ inclusive community will be discussed by Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen, Dr. Daniel Shumer and Sara Wiener, MSW. Wine, cheese, coffee and dessert. Register: standwithtrans.org/ upcoming-events/be-the-light. Info: Roz Gould Smith, 248-739-9254, or roz@ standwithtrans.org. Sponsored by Jewish Women’s Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit.

EPIC FUN 8-11:30 March 9 at the Fillmore Detroit.

EPIC is NEXTGen Detroit’s premiere annual fundraising event and the ultimate celebration of community and young Jewish philanthropy. 21+ only. Saturday night chic.

Dietary laws observed. $75 per ticket at jewishdetroit.org/epic-2019.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10 KNITTING CIRCLE 9:30 am, March 10. The Sisterhood of Adat Shalom Synagogue invites you to make scarves, hats and afghans for charity. At the synagogue. No experience necessary. Info: (248) 851-5100.

BEGINNERS MAH JONGG 10 am-noon, March 10. Sisterhood of B’nai Moshe invites you to learn to play mah jongg. All lessons will take place in Bodzin Hall at the synagogue, 6800 Drake Road, West Bloomfield.

DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE 5 pm, March 10. The Men’s Club of Adat Shalom will hold its annual Daddy-Daughter Dinner Dance at the synagogue. DJ & dancing, a pizza dinner, dessert and a special commemorative photo. The program is designed for girls ages 3-13 and their dads and grandfathers. There is a $13 per person charge (Adat Shalom Men’s Club families, paid in advance), $16 per person charge (non-Men’s Club families, paid in advance) or a $20 per person fee at the door. The community is welcome. Register by sending

a check (payable to the Men’s Club of Adat Shalom) to the synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt Road in Farmington Hills, MI 48334. Online registration: adatshalom.org/ddd19. Info: 248-851-5100.

MACCABI OPEN HOUSE 3-5 pm March 10. At Temple Emanu-El. Learn more about JCC Maccabi in Detroit.

For volunteers, host families and athletes.

Info: maccabi@jccdet.org; 248-934-0889.

YIOP DINNER 5 pm, March 10. Young Israel of Oak Park will honor past president and longtime member Milt Neuman, along with graduating high schoolers, at its annual dinner at the synagogue, 15140 W. 10 Mile. Guest speaker is Michigan State Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein. Tickets are $150.

For more information, call 248-967-3655 or see yiop.org.

MONDAY, MARCH 11 RESERVATIONS DUE FOR ‘BREAK THE CHAIN’ Reservations due for National Council of Jewish Women documentary film on human trafficking, to be shown 6:30 pm, March 14 at Farmington Hills Library, 32737 W. 12 Mile. Q & A will follow. Cost: $10 NCJW members; $15 non-members; $5 students. RSVP to ncjwmi.org or 248355-3300, ext. 0.

TUESDAY, MARCH 12 LUNCHTIME LEARNING 11:45 am, March 12. Hazzan Daniel Gross will present “Kosher Classical” at Adat Shalom Synagogue. He will explore Jewish musical themes found in classical music.

The program is open to the community at no charge. You may bring your own dairy/ parve lunch. Drinks and dessert will be served. Reservations requested. Contact: Sheila Lederman, 248-851-5100, ext. 246, or slederman@adatshalom.org.

CAREGIVER SUPPORT 1:30-3:30, March 12. At JVS, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield. Alzheimer’s Association meeting for family caregivers of older adults living with dementia. The Dorothy & Peter Brown Adult Day Program holds this free monthly family caregiver support group meeting. Respite care may be available during the daytime meetings; if interested, inquire when you RSVP. Call for information: Joely Lyons, 248-592-5032, jlyons@jslmi.org.

BELIN LECTURE 6:30-8:30 pm. March 12. University of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies will host James Loeffler at Palmer Commons – Forum Hall in Ann Arbor. 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of the State of Israel and the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Drawing on his recent book, Rooted Cosmopolitans, Loeffler will discuss implications for the future of

Editor’s Picks SATURDAY, MARCH 9 MUSICAL JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND Head to the Michigan Theater at 8 p.m. for a musical journey to Scotland. The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra will open the evening with Peter Maxwell Davies’ “An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise,” featuring principal oboist Timothy Michling on bagpipes. Concertmaster Aaron Berofsky performs Max Bruch’s virtuosic “Scottish Fantasy," a concert work for violin and orchestra that draws inspiration from a potpourri of Scottish folk tunes. To close the program, the A²SO presents Felix Mendelssohn’s “Scottish Symphony.” Composer Felix Mendelssohn, the grandson of famed Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, was born into a Jewish family, but his parents did not practice the religion and Felix was baptized as a Christian at age 7. Guests with an affinity for Scotland are encouraged to attend in Highland dress. A pre-concert talk open to all ticket holders will begin at 7 p.m. More information at a2so.com/scottishfantasy or by calling (734) 994-4801.

MARCH 9-10 THREE EXHIBITS IN ONE Wasserman Projects, located in an old fire station in Eastern Market, is showing three exhibitions all connected by their engagement with portraiture: Esther Shalev-Gerz, “Selections from The Gold Room” (shown); Felice Pazner Malkin; “A Retrospective”; and “Portray”: A Group Show, featuring Ken Aptekar, Adnan Charara, Donald Dietz, Matthew Hansel, Robert Raphael, Michael Scoggins, Esterio Segura, Susan Silas, William Irving Singer, Ryan Standfest, Koen Vanmechelen, Jamie Vasta, Bruno Walpoth and Hirosuke Yabe. The exhibits run through March 23. Information at wassermanprojects.com.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 KISS AT LCA KISS, including Jewish founding members Gene Simmons (born Chaim Weitz in Israel) and Paul Stanley (born Stanley Harvey Eisen), comes to Little Caesars Arena 7:30 p.m. March 13 in the band’s final tour, End of the Road, after 45 years of performing. Tickets $64.50 and up at TicketMaster.com.

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DROP IN & LEARN 1 pm, March 13. At Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jewish Arguments, Then and Now,â&#x20AC;? a YouTube video of last Decemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jerusalem Address lecture by Sir Simon Schama, delivered at the Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nai Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;rith World Center in Jerusalem. Brief informal discussion follows the video. Free and open to the community; no reservations needed. For info, contact Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737-1931, or email nancyellen879@att.net.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 1:30-3 pm, March 13. 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.

TO BETTER HEALTH 1-3:30 pm, March 13. 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 long-term conditions. Free. Open to adults, their families and friends and caregivers. RSVP: Olga Semenova, 248-592-2662.

THE BIBLE: A LITERARY VIEW 7-8:30 pm, March 13. At Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Township. FedEd will present Prof. Ralph Williams on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bible from a Literary Perspective.â&#x20AC;? Tuition: $75. Register: 248205-2557 or Feded.online. Co-sponsored

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THURSDAY, MARCH 14 CAREGIVER SUPPORT 1:30-3 pm, March 14. At Jewish Senior Life, Fleischman Residence, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield. Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association meeting for family caregivers of older adults living with dementia. Call for information about the evening support group meeting for family caregivers of all older adults. For information or to RSVP for meeting, contact Joely Lyons, 248-5925032, jlyons@jslmi.org.

ORT MICHIGANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WINGO 5:30-9:30 pm, March 14. At Knollwood Country Club. This is a women-only bingo.

Women play 10 rounds with prizes valued at $100 or more, including cash and gift cards, enjoy a strolling dinner, cocktails, a silent auction and 30 raffles. Information: ortamerica.org/wingo.

SEEKING THE FUTURE 7-9 pm, March 14. At Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield.

The Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit will present a panel to attract young adults to their faith. A free donation will be welcome. Info: gailkatz@comcast.net.

SPRING FESTIVAL STARTS 7 pm, March 14. The Temple Emanu-El program involves reflections on the future of the world. Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press columnist, will speak on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Burden.â&#x20AC;? Cost: $15; student $10.

Register: TempleFamily@emanuel-mich. org or 248-967-4020.

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hen you introduce an award-winning New Yorkborn pizza expert to a Detroit-based pizza guru, the possibilities are endless. Bruno DiFabio and Tony Sacco have officially joined forces, bringing New York-style pizza to Detroit with the creation of Mootz Pizzeria + Bar. While DiFabio and Sacco hail from different culinary backgrounds, they ultimately bonded over their love of pizza.

DiFabio began experimenting with pizza-making at age 12 while working at his grandfather’s restaurant in Manhattan and was immediately hooked. He eventually opened Amore Cucina & Bar

in Stamford, Conn., and now owns 12 restaurants around the country.

In addition to his business ventures, he spent time in Italy, South America and California to learn from the pros and now holds the title of six-time champion in the World Pizza Games.

Like DiFabio, Sacco found his passion at an early age. He began experimenting with rolling pizza dough in his aunt’s basement as a youngster and landed his first job in 1968 at a Detroit pizzeria.

Since then, Sacco has gained a solid reputation in Metro Detroit and has more than 50 years of restaurant ownership under his belt, including the Tony

Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizzas chain.

While many locals love a classic Detroit pie, Sacco and DiFabio decided on changing up the local pizza game.

They named their restaurant after mozzarella cheese, emphasizing the Italian pronunciation of those white globs of goodness.

After finding a name and choosing the location on Library Street, DiFabio and Sacco set to work on creating the ultimate pizza.

They chose the Biga method, which involves an 18-hour fermentation process at room temperature followed by fermentation in a cold environment for another 48 hours.

The end result is worth the wait, producing a light and airy dough that is easy to digest, with plenty of bubbles and just the right amount of crunch.

The dough is topped with a generous helping of homemade tomato sauce from a family-owned cannery in Modesto, Calif. The tomatoes are picked and packed in three hours, with no added water or citric acid.

“Our pizza sauce is a well-seasoned sauce, which is a characteristic of New York pizza — it has Pecorino Romano, Sicilian olive oil, basil, parsley, oregano, sea salt, pepper and garlic powder,” DiFabio explains.

The final ingredient comes from Brownsville, Wis. — a heavy-handed dose of high-quality, whole milk mozzarella.

After a successful soft opening, Mootz’s official opening day was Jan. 28.

Now, diners can indulge in 13 varieties of pizza with catchy names and lots of toppings.

The Original Tomato Pie is a

crowd-pleaser featuring pinched sausage, mozzarella, shaved parmesan, fresh oregano and a drizzle of olive oil.

On the other end of the spectrum, the Nuts and Bolts is loaded with hot salami, pepperoni, pinched sausage, tomatoes, caramelized onion, green olives and a robust marinara.

The menu boasts tempting salads and starters like the burrata and Nonna’s Meatballs. Diners can also choose from six varieties of hoagies, plus seafood and pasta dishes.

Locals who are craving just a slice or two can stop by Side Hustle, a pizza counter next to the restaurant with a fast-paced, big city vibe. On Friday and Saturday nights, Side Hustle stays open until 3 a.m. “[At Side Hustle] you’re going to get that New York City hustle and bustle right in Detroit,” DiFabio says.

Mootz was built from the ground up and designed by the talented Carmine Martone, who is famous for crafting the Fox Theatre marquee and other Detroit landmarks.

The interior comfortably seats 100 guests with a mix of booths and tables, plus an 18-seat bar. Diners can also expect live music throughout the week.

Mootz is a “cashless” restaurant, only accepting debit and credit card payments. Online ordering will also be available soon at mootzpizzeria.com. ■

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Flowers now takes up three storeoodies, hipsters fronts. Guests enter through the origand others are inal luncheonette space, where they drawn to the can eat at the counter or proceed to creativity on display at Flowers of Vietnam the unpretentious adjoining dining room. A bar area is on the farthest restaurant in southside. west Detroit.

Esther Allweiss Azar researched extensively, The area is best Ingber including travels to Vietnam, to known for its notable Contributing Writer develop his recipes, but takes pride Mexican eateries, but that his place is not a “mom-andFlowers chef George Azar, 30, is neipop-type restaurant. We are progresther Vietnamese nor Mexican. He’s sive for Vietnamese food. I do what I a Palestinian-American born in the feel is appropriate for me.” same Mexicantown neighborhood Azar said his favorite menu items as his restaurant, about two miles are also customer favorites, including from the Ambassador Bridge. Azar’s caramel chicken wings, “broken” longtime mentor and the restaurant co-owner is Paul Saginaw, the Jewish rice with Chinese sausage, “shaky beef ” — prime 30-day dry-aged ribco-founder of Zingerman’s Deli and eye cap, fried tofu, papaya salad and other Ann Arbor-based businesses.

Vietnamese-style fried “I always ate whole fish.

Vietnamese food Dining recently with and didn’t want FLOWERS OF VIETNAM my friend Diane, we to keep driving to 4430 Vernor Highway were smitten with our Madison Heights Detroit, MI 48209 shared wings appetizer. to get it,” explained Phone: (313) 554-2084 Red Boat-brand fish Azar, referring to www.flowersofvietnam.com sauce is mixed with the notable Asian $$$ out of $$$$ palm sugar and cararestaurants based melized for the thick, in this Oakland crunchy batter. The County suburb. taste is sweet, with a pleasant kick.

A culinary arts graduate of Herb aioli, light green and fragrant Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Azar cooked at prominent restaurants that from Thai basil, accompanies the wings. included Alinea in Chicago. Back in The whole fish we were brought Detroit, he decided to start Flowers to eat with eyes and tail intact was of Vietnam after people flocked to the weekend pop-up dinners he host- somewhat daunting, but Diane and I were up to the challenge. After ed in his father’s “intimate” Vernor removing the vertebrae, our mighty Coney Island. After opening there forks scooped up white fish flesh, to great acclaim in 2017, including being named to several “Best” restau- banana blossoms, black “Chinese forbidden rice,” spicy-sweet tomato rant lists, Flowers closed for renosauce and cilantro. The flavors were vation during most of the following complex and satisfying. year.

“The fish has been on our menu An estimated $750,000 improved since Day One,” Azar said “We serve the kitchen and brought the entire bream, a species that’s not overly 100-year-old building up to code. fished.” Supplies might come from Since reopening on Jan. 10, 2018, Australia or Oregon.

Flowers is back to its honor-winning Flowers is open only 5-11 p.m. ways, most recently described as Wednesday-Sunday, but weekend “Best Pop-Up Turned Full-Service brunch is coming. ■ Restaurant” in Hour Detroit’s March 2019 issue.

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rom ancient Rome to modernspritzes, vermouth â&#x20AC;&#x2122;tinis, and a strong day Detroit, SheWolf will rock wine list. There is aperol spritz on your taste buds. Opening late draft. With your first sip, you are summer 2018, SheWolf Detroit is an transported to a summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s night in Italian classic in the Detroit restaurant Italy. scene. If you were a fan of Larcoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and The menu is sectioned off into Blue Roma CafĂŠ back in the day, this spot Steel Focaccia, Crudi, Antipasti (aka is its modern contemporary. Chef Apps), Pastas (Roman pastas, whole Anthony Lombardo and owners took wheat extruded pasta, finely milled research trips to Rome and Italy for durum and egg pastas), Secondi inspiration. Romeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roscioli Salumeria (carne + pesce, meat and fish options) restaurant was one of the inspirational and, lastly, Contorni Di Verdue, aka restaurants for SheWolf.

Veggie Sides. The SheWolf is in the Lombardia Focaccia is SheWolf Selden Corridor of bread worth indulging Midtown, around the 438 Selden St., Detroit in. The Crudi, Antipasti corner from Masonic shewolfdetroit.com and Veggie sides are Temple. The restauReservations: reserve.com changing a few times a rant sits within a Phone: (313) 315-3992 season, giving you the 3,300-square-foot space freshest product. with 90 seats and a The menu hosts a 30-seat outdoor patio for the warm pasta family tree â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where the simplest months. SheWolf boasts a warm sexy of pasta is at the top, and it works its contemporary atmosphere where you way down with new ingredients. There want to dress to impress because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s are 10 different pastas to order with likely youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll run into a few friends. and without gluten, dairy, tomatoes or However, it is Detroit and you can meat. The portion sizes are like that of easily show up in your favorite sports Italy, not America. You may be a little team gear and still blend in. plate shocked during your first experiYouâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll definitely want to make reser- ence. Cacio e Pepi and Carbonara are vations in advance. If you are not able two of the most classic Roman-style to snag a reservation, I would recompastas. I like to go half-size with my mend showing up close to when they dining partners. open and be flexible with landing on a Delicious doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even cut it seat at the U-shaped bar. This restaufor my feelings on the Orata pesce rant is on the louder side even with (whole-roasted sea bream) option. sound cushions on the ceiling.

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RENA ANSTANDIG, 93, of Traverse City and West Bloomfield, died Feb. 26, 2019.

Rena Perry was born in Akron, Colo. While working for Continental Airlines, Rena met her husband, John Anstandig, an Army corporal stationed in Denver. They were married and returned to Johnny’s hometown of Detroit where they started a family and shared a loving life together for more than 65 years. Rena was a Sinai Hospital Volunteer for many years and president of the Gershwin Chapter of B’nai Brith. During her last nine months, she moved to Traverse City where she brought her energy to many new friends.

Rena always had a twinkle in her eye. Her infectious smile, joyful laughter and quick wit will be missed by all those who had the privilege to know her. Rena was resilient, engaging, warm and a lifelong learner. She had always seen the latest movie, read the latest book and had her finger on the pulse of current events and pop culture. She was a faithful friend and delighted in the time together with her “Mahj girls,” lunch gang, morning walking group and friends near and far. She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and treasured being with her family.

Rena is preceded in death by her beloved Johnny. She was the cherished mother to Leonard (Mary Ann) Anstandig, Marshall Anstandig (Patricia Ernstrom) and Julie (Daniel) Wolf; precious grandmother to Beth Killough (Eric), Lindsey Adey (Michael), Jared Wolf (Andrea), Megan Jones (Benjamin); and loving “GG” to Trey, Evarett, Isely and Welles, and “Great-Grandma Rena” to Emma, Catherine and James. She is also survived by many dear relatives and friends.

The family would also like to express deepest gratitude to the caregivers of Munson Hospice House for their kindness, support and extraordinary care.

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INEZ CANE, 92, of Bloomfield Hills, died Feb. 25, 2019.

Ms. Cane is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Sugar Vogel, Candy and David Cuttner, Phyllis and Bob Pilcowitz, and Hilary and Edan King; grandchildren, Lauren and Randy Freedman, Ilissa Vogel, Sonney and John Berkowitz, Joey and Jenna Marcus, Loni Marcus and her fiance, Mike Burda, Alli and Adam Wyden, Jackie Pilcowitz and her fiance, Henry Moss, Nathan Pilcowitz, Alex King, David King and Ari King; great-grandchildren, Jordan Vogel and Charlie Marcus. She is also survived by Randyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children, as well as Wendy and Philip Arnold, and Sam, Adam and Shoshana Arnold.

Ms. Cane was the beloved wife of the late Irving S. Cane, the dear mother-in-law of the late Marc Vogel, and the devoted daughter of the late Doris and the late Joseph Mendelson.

Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park. Contributions may be directed to Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, temple-israel.org, or a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements

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DR. ARTHUR GERALD CONN, 74, of Falls Church, Va., and Morgantown, W.V., passed away Feb. 16, 2019, on the morning of Shabbat.

He was born in Detroit on April 22, 1944. He received a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of science degree in mathematics from Wayne State University. Dr. Conn attended the University of Michigan, where he received multiple masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees in math and physics and a Ph.D. in mathematics. He taught at the University of Michigan until he attended Wayne State University School of Medicine, where he attained his M.D. degree in 1976. Dr. Conn was a diagnostic radiologist at West Virginia University.

He is survived by his loving wife, Gwynne Nolte Conn, of 38 years; adoring daughter, Diana, of Vienna, Va.; his brother, Dr. Melvin Conn, and sister-in-law, Rhoda Conn, of Boynton Beach, Fla.; his niece, Heather Conn; and nephew, Danny Conn.

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Betty and Joseph Conn.

Interment was held at King David Memorial Gardens, Falls Church, Va. Contributions may be made in Dr. Arthur Connâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory to Chabad Tysons Jewish Center, 2107 Chain Bridge Road, Vienna, VA 22182, chabadtysons.com.

RUTH HURWITZ, 89, of Bloomfield Hills, died March 2, 2019.

Ms. Hurwitz is survived by her daughter, Lissa Hurwitz; son and daughter-in-law, Keith Hurwitz and Patty Rehfus; grandchildren, Sophie and Joshua Hurwitz. She is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.

Ms. Hurwitz was the beloved wife of the late Victor Hurwitz, the devoted daughter of the late Samuel and the late Helen Sborow, and the loving sister of the late Florence and the late David Muskovitz.

Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be directed to Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy, MI 48084, shirtikvah.org or a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

BARRY HAROLD KALLEN, 64, of West Bloomfield, died March 2, 2019.

Mr. Kallen is survived by his wife, Jessica Kallen; children, Julianna Brudek, and Zachary, Carly and Riley Kallen; brothers and sisters-in-law, Michael and Maria Kallen, David Kallen, and Marshall and Patricia Kallen. He is also survived by other loving relatives and friends.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be directed to Detroit Dog Rescue, P.O. Box 806119, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080, detroitdogrescue.com; Jewish Adoption and Foster Care Options, 4200 N. University Drive, Sunrise, FL 33351, jafco.org; or a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

CORRECTION In the obituary for Dr. Arnold Eckhouse (Feb. 28, 2019, page 50), it should have stated that Dr. Eckhouse was survived by his sisterin-law Marlene Reut.

ARNOLD “ARNIE” OLEINICK, 86, of Southfield, died Feb. 27, 2019.

Active with Pinsker Aid Society and Yad Ezra, Arnie was also a member of B’nai B’rith.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Sandra Oleinick; daughters and sons-in-law, Marcie (Kevin Goldstein) Oleinick-Goldstein of West Bloomfield, Debbie (Jeremy) Sheppe of Park City, Utah; son, Jeffrey Oleinick of Farmington Hills; brother and sister-in-law, Irving (Nancy) Oleinick of Cleveland, Ohio; brother-in-law, Dennis Green; grandchildren, Scott (Erica) Goldstein, Alana Goldstein, Samantha Sheppe, Ben Sheppe, Sophie Sheppe. He is also survived by loving nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Mr. Oleinick was the dear brother and brother-in-law of the late Julius and the late Cynthia Oleinick, the late Milton and the late Cruciel Oleinick, the late Estelle and the late Fred

Gutterman.

Contributions may be made to Pinsker Progressive Aid Society, 37723 Cherry Hill, Farmington Hills, MI 48331; Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, 25882 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 102, Farmington Hills, MI 48336; or Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park, Pinsker Section. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

CHARLOTTE RUBINSTEIN, 96, of West Bloomfield died Feb. 25, 2019.

Ms. Rubinstein is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Mark circa 1944 and Arlene Rubinstein, and Bruce Rubinstein; grandchildren, Lori and Ryan Hirsch, and Andrew and Marnie Rubinstein; great-grandchildren, Sylvia Hirsch, Isaac Hirsch, Sam Hirsch and Allaire Rubinstein; sister and brotherin-law, Janet and Donald Moritz. She is

also survived by wonderful caregivers Cheryl, Debbie, Barbara and Maxine.

Ms. Rubinstein was the beloved wife of the late Harold Rubinstein; the loving sister of the late Dorothy Katz and the late Marian Lindenbaum; and the devoted daughter of the late Anna and the late Samuel.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be directed to Jewish Community

Center-Send a Kid to Camp, Harold & Charlotte Rubinstein Fund, 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jccdet.org or JARC, Harold & Charlotte Rubinstein Fund, 6735 Telegraph, Suite 100, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, jarc.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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Oscar-Winning Jewish Composer Dies at 89

FELICE NADINE SHECTER, 83, of Farmington Hills, died Feb. 27, 2019.

She is survived by her beloved husband, Harry Shecter; son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Concepcion Shecter; daughters and son-in-law, Jacqueline ShecterLeitson and Marc Leitson, Pamela Shecter; brother and sister-in-law, Barry and Carol Sandrow; sisters and brother-in-law, Sara and David Neyers, Roberta Scull; grandchildren, Jessica (Justin) Trotter, Erica (Aron) Staege, Jordan Leitson, Harper (Maddie) Shecter, Nikki Bowen; great-grandchildren, Jace, Jet, Juliet, Finn. She is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Contributions can be made to Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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Andre Previn, pianist, composer and conductor whose broad reach took in the worlds of Hollywood, jazz and classical music, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. He was 89.

According to an Associated Press story, his ex-wife Mia Farrow tweeted Thursday, “See you in the Morning beloved Friend. May you rest in glorious symphonies.” Previn and Farrow, his third wife, had three children and adopted three others during their marriage.

Previn married five times. All ended in divorce, Previn was born Andreas Ludwig Prewin in 1929 into a wealthy Jewish family in Berlin. A child prodigy, he was sent to study classical music. But the family was forced to flee Nazi Germany in 1938, moving briefly to Paris before traveling to the United States.

Previn soon found work composing for films in Hollywood, where he was eventually nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won four, for My Fair Lady, Gigi, Porgy and Bess, and Irma La Douce.

Previn abandoned Hollywood for a career as a classical conductor. He was

Director of Singin’ In The Rain Dies at 94

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of blessed memory

named musical director of the Houston Symphony in 1967 and went on to lead such renowned orchestras as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and London’s Royal Philharmonic. In 1998, his opera based on A Streetcar Named Desire premiered at the San Francisco Opera.

In 1958, he won the first of his numerous Grammys for the sound track for Gigi. In 1960 he was awarded a Grammy for best jazz performance for selections from West Side Story. In 1998, he received the Kennedy Center’s lifetime achievement award.

(JTA) — Stanley Donen, the filmmaker and choreographer best known for the 1952 musical Singin’ in the Rain, died Feb. 28 from heart failure in New York City. He was 94.

As a child in Columbia, S.C., Donen faced anti-Semitic bullying and used the movies as an escape from the tensions of being one of the few Jews in his community, the Associated Press reported. He became an atheist as a youth. The movies turned him on to the world of

dancing and acting.

He met Gene Kelly when they worked on the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hart’s Pal Joey, when Donen, then 16, was in the chorus and Kelly was cast in the lead. They met again in Hollywood and began working together, first with Donen as Kelly’s assistant, choreographer and later as codirector. Donen also worked with actors Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire.

Some of his other notable films include On the Town (1949), Royal Wedding (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Funny Face (1957), Indiscreet (1958) and Charade (1963).

Though his movies are well-known and beloved, the director never received an Academy Award nomination. In 1998, he was given an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement.

Steven Spielberg told the AP that Donen was a “friend and early mentor.

His generosity in giving over so many of his weekends in the late 60s to film students like me to learn about telling stories and placing lenses and directing actors is a time I will never forget.”

Donen was married five times and is survived by three of his four children.

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ack in 1895 “merry ol’ England,” writer Guy Beringer came up with his thought of there being something for folks who drank heavily on Saturday evening having a light repast to eat on Sunday like tea and pastries … And he called it “brunch.”

But jolly ol’ Guy never envisioned that some day it would be laden with oodles of Danny Raskin Senior Columnist goodies … and certainly not like it is coveted today … or even when it gained further Don’t miss the popularity in the United States in the l930s not counting those at gambling casinos weekend spreads … where they are daily offerings. at 5th Tavern. And, for sure, not that some restaurants would also have it for both Saturdays and Sundays … Like the two-day, all-you-caneat weekly extravaganzas at 5th Tavern on Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills, across from Costco … Sunday, 10-3, with more than 100 lavish items from which to select, including a carving station with prime rib and brisket of beef, $18.99 per person, children 5-12, $9.99 … Saturday, 10-2, (no prime rib or brisket), $16.99, children 5-12, $8.99.

First-timers are awed at the amazingly large selections of mouth-watering goodies that stare at them with “take me, I’m delicious” looks at 5th Tavern … salmon, chicken piccata, macaroni and cheese, ribs, Asian pasta, omelets, salads, crepes, pancakes, French toast, bacon, sausage, ham, bagels, fruit, Partners George Lukaj and brothers cookies, rice pudding, etc., Jerry and Luis Sanchez etc.

A huge bevy of goodness from which to select fill the tummies of those seated at the flagship 5th Tavern’s huge 350-person dining room.

All this wonderful dining experience with the dedicated and cordial assistance of servers like first-timer Alex Lavigne, whose sharp and pleasing dedication is always such pleasure.

It has gotten to the stage where some restaurants are coming up with many diversified ways of presenting their wares … and giving their chefs bonuses if they can come up with different ideas.

Brunches have certainly grown up … and the future, no doubt, will include varied ideas in the presentation of their brunch or brunches … It seems like it’s getting to that stage.

The relaxed, casual crowds of people at the weekly dining extravaganzas at Station Square in Troy and its two sister brunches at 5th Tavern are certainly large testaments of the many come-back experiences by so many much-satisfied customers who are enjoying what also includes constant changes … something that good ol’ Guy Beringer certainly never envisioned would ever happen.

WHEN HE GETS BACK in action and takes over the present Three Cats Café on West 14 Mile Road, Clawson, which should be around June 1, Matt Prentice will keep the name and add “and a Cook” … It originally was the old Clawson Theatre, built in 1941 that closed in the 1960s and became a Goodwill Industrial store … Matt will open as a casual fine dining restaurant focused on small plates with a price structure from $6 to $20 … It

is named after the present owner’s cats and will remain open until Matt takes over in a bold but interesting deviation from his deli and fine-dining glory years REARVIEW MIRROR … When Bob Sosnick bought the Jewish Home for the Aged with Fred Gordon and made it into a private home for the elderly, he used to get to his office in the early morning and started his day by always calling his very sleepy mother, Ruth Sosnick … When Leonard Herman was successful at carving a turkey, but not a piece of cheese, resulting in his wife, Sondra, a former Providence Hospital volunteer, proudly sewing up his finger.

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The Home Team

David Kaplan & Tammy Cash-Lutren

Ilene Mitz (248) 752-2330 cell Loren Stewart (248) 622-8999 cell

David Cell: (248) 376-3300 DavidKaplanRealEstate@gmail.com

(248) 752-4211

Tammy Cell: (248) 798-4002 tamrealtor804@hotmail.com

thehometeam@realestateone.com

lindasinger@sbcglobal.net

WEST BLOOMFIELD TWP $795,000

MILFORD TWP $1,200,000

WEST BLOOMFIELD TWP $460,000

Bloomfield Hills schools! Builder’s own home is one of a kind! Contemporary and spacious. All main living areas have views of Lake Shorewood, take out your canoe or paddle boat! Master bedroom suite, situated privately in the home, has a sitting area (with fireplace), wic and a large master bath. The kitchen is a large cook’s kitchen w/center island, loads of cupboards and light. Lg deck w/gazebo off bfast area. The large great room has wonderful custom oak appointments and all doors thru the home are solid oak as well! Many leaded glass doors and appointments from the front door to the library/ office in the next level which also boosts a murphy bed for guests! The 3 bedrooms on this level have 2 full baths, one is a jack and jill, the other room is en suite! The lowest level is a walkout with a large finished area, perfect for entertaining. There is also a full bath with jacuzzi tub and steam shower on this level and plenty of storage space! The best of everything went into this home. 218085146 248-851-4100

Architectural Digest” estate home in horse country Milford. Expect to be Impressed with this secluded estate where you enjoy 4 seasons of peace and tranquility. This unique one of a kind home has 5 bedrooms/5 baths, sauna and Jacuzzi spa area, swimming pool with natural rock 3 tier waterfall that adjoins outdoor bar & welcoming atrium with heated floors, loads of windows, and an architecturally designed waterfall. Remarkable Virginia bluestone, unique Colorado sandstone and granite are used throughout the home. Custom gourmet kitchen (2017) 2 possible owner suites, top of the line mechanicals, full house generator, new 75 gallon H20, new dimensional roof, new garage doors. Over $350,000 in fabulous updates. Amenities include grass volleyball court, storage shed, RV parking. From your driveway you’re 100 feet from the Kensington connector, equestrian access, bike and walking paths. Brazilian Ipe decks. Live the DREAM....no need to go up north…upscale living with proximity to city services. “10”. 219006328

Lovely colonial with Bloomfield Hills schools nestled on a picturesque pond with panoramic views. Features include an open floor plan with a 2-story foyer, newer hardwood flooring throughout, some new/newer energy efficient double-pane windows, new hot water heater, and bright kitchen with butcher block counters, backsplash, all appliances and a gas cooktop.

Spacious master suite features includes a double door entrance, sitting area and a private bathroom with a jetted tub and glass shower. Beautifully finished lower level with a wet bar, cabinets, full kitchen, bath, and large area for entertainment. Grand style deck, brick paver walkway, and front porch makes this an inviting home. Very clean and in move-in condition. 219011970 248-851-4100

MUST SEE NOW!

Dana Patchak (248) 505-0303

SIGHT TO BE SEEN!

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COMMERCE TWP $750,000

WEST BLOOMFIELD TWP $449,000

Beautiful move-in home with frontage on all sports Commerce Lake. Custom built in 1994 with quality amenities. Open first floor living area affords panoramic views of the water. Large kitchen with custom cabinetry and quality appliances. The huge master bedroom suite includes a luxurious bath, two walk-in closets, and private deck. Large paver patio has built-in natural gas fire pit for those chilly evenings. Gas generator and dock are included. 219013958

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SHOW AND SELL!

BLOOMFIELD TWP $750,000

WELCOME TO YOUR DREAM HOME

Huge corner lot in the beautiful Franklin Mills sub. Walk right into the open foyer that leads to all rooms. Huge great room with vaulted ceiling, fireplace & wet bar. Spacious rooms throughout. Lots of closets & storage space w/ custom built-ins everywhere. Crown molding throughout entry level. First-floor laundry and second staircase leading upstairs. Two jack/jill baths. Master bed includes multiple closets and large sitting room. Massive finished basement with full bath, great for entertaining, etc. In-ground pool with all new mechanicals 2018. Full-house generator 2017. Newer 2 furnaces & 2 a/c units, 4+ car garage. Newer roof. Walk to Franklin Cider Mill and easy access to everything else. 218106561 248-851-4100

BLOOMFIELD TWP $1,295,000

WEST BLOOMFIELD TWP $435,000

Million Dollar Wabeek Golf Course views & Bloomfield Hills Schools!

Don’t miss out on this one of a kind updated beauty w/nearly 9,000 square feet of living space including beautiful spacious walkout lower level w/rec room, wonderful glass work out room, 5th bedroom, full bath, half bath & private rear staircase. Updated professional cook’s kitchen & heated 4 car garage w/newer custom glass doors. Beautiful master suite w/bedroom sized closet & sensational master bath plus 3 additional bedrooms w/updated private baths. 8 flat screen TV’s including special outdoor TV on newer deck!

Amazing Multi-Purpose Sports Court! The list goes on...newer windows, door walls, carpeting, paint, roof, interior & exterior LED lighting and alarm system w/cameras to your phone & TV! 2 laundry rooms with newer washers & dryers. Full house generator for your peace of mind. Must Watch Video Tour www.1925GolfRidge.com! 218055501 248-851-4100

Stunning, Immaculate West Bloomfield home with Walled Lk schools (shows like a model) on private wooded lot with paved patio & breathtaking landscaping. Home features open concept, two story foyer & double stairwell with bridge overlooking the stunning great room with gas fireplace to the kitchen & breakfast area. New stainless steal appliances, center island & counter tops with beautiful granite. Home offers oak floors, new carpeting, and stunning crown moldings, new outside and inside paint. Master suite features vaulted ceilings with private bath, soaking tub & shower, huge walk-in closet, and gas fireplace. 1st floor laundry.

Prime location, close to major freeways, Walmart & shopping.

Truly a gem!! 218099063

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Fabulous open/bright updated home in Bloomfield Hills school district. Six bedrooms, library with 5,000 square feet of living space. Professionally finished walkout with guest room, bath, wet bar, recreation room w/all brand new Pella windows and carpet. Updated kitchen w/new granite counters and top-of-the-line stainless steel appliances (2018). New Pella custom wood frame windows (2018). New carpet on 2nd floor, family room, recreation room, hallway and stairs (2018). New GE frontloading washer and dryer (2016). Bosch dishwasher (2015). Professionally finished brick paver patio, sidewalk and master bedroom wood balcony (2014). Hardwood floors in foyer, kitchen, nook, laundry room (2014). 2-zone heating and A/C with humidifiers and 50-gallon water heater (2011) and more.. Just move in this fresh and clean home and enjoy a hot coffee from brand new GE Cafe series french door refrigerator with Keurig-Kcup brewing system in the beautiful English garden style brick paver patio. 218030766 248-851-4100

BLOOMFIELD TWP $400,000

BLOOMFIELD TWP $400,000

COMMERCE TWP $399,900

Perfect for entertaining! OPEN CONCEPT BRICK RANCH with tons of light. Half acre lot on a tranquil pond setting.

Great room features high ceilings and brick wall fireplace.

Separated from UPDATED KITCHEN by a unique closet storage system. Additional dining area. Both master and second bedroom have full baths and closets. Door walls lead to deck and hot tub overlooking pond. Laundry area off kitchen with additional storage. Attached 2 car garage. Circular drive.

GREAT CONDO ALTERNATIVE. Freshly painted and move in ready. Quiet neighborhood with Bloomfield Hills schools.

One year Home Warranty. 218116686

Don’t do a drive by! This is a MUST SEE! Click on the photos and enjoy this sprawling 3 BR, 2 full bath ranch that sits on over 1/2 acre in Bloomfield Hills. Thru the front door, the living room on your left has walls of windows, high ceilings and natural fireplace to cozy up to. Thru there, walk into your completely updated kitchen again w/high ceilings, granite counter tops and dining. Off the back thru the french doors is a huge year round sunroom. Windows all around to enjoy your beautiful setting. Laundry room off the other side of the kitchen offers loads of storage. Go thru to the mud room, currently used as an office, again w/ample storage to the 2 car attached garage. Three bedrooms at other end of home for privacy. Hardwood floors thruout the home. Ceramic tile in sun room. Bloomfield Hills schools. Updates include driveway (2018), sun room (2015), bathrooms (2017), flooring (2012) paint (2013), windows (2012). 218112914 248-851-4100

GORGEOUS HOME

STUNNING PROPERTY!

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BEAUTIFUL SPACE!

DON’T DO A DRIVE BY!

GOLF, SPORT & CAR LOVER’S DREAM

FANTASTIC PLACE TO LIVE!

Welcome to this impressive estate in the highly sought after Cranberry Estates Subdivision. Beautifully updated throughout including granite kitchen, rod iron staircase, updated bathrooms including luxurious master bath, fresh neutral paint, brick paver patio and so much more. A gorgeous family home with an open floor plan and outdoor space built for entertaining. Do not miss this incredible home!!!! - Furniture inside the home is also for sale. 219006889

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BINGHAM FARMS $389,000

Elegant spacious 3 br, 3 1/2 bath brick condo on premium wooded lot located deep into bingham woods sub! Enter from private courtyard into a dramatic open marble foyer leading to a super floor plan and stunning great room with fireplace and large formal dining room opening to the deck. Great kitchen & breakfast/den features hardwood floors & lots of storage cabinets; include crown moldings thru-out, 3 fireplaces; magnificent master suite w 2nd frplc, cathedral ceiling, & door leading to private balcony + dressing area/ w.I.C/ bathrm w double sinks/separate shower & tub. 2 additional bedrms w great closets; large main bath; lower level with 20x15 family room and 3rd frplc, french doors opening to custom library with garden windows, 3rd full bath; extra closets and lg. Storage areas. Xlg 2 car plus att. Gar, w additional workshop/storage area. Enjoy club house/pool/outdoor tennis courts & walking trails! A must see! Batvam. 219006165

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