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Jews in the D The Blum Legacy 14 Three generations of pediatricians share a passion for treating young patients.
Nazi Symbols 18 Hancock community rallies together after synagogue was vandalized.
‘No One Is Above the Law’
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Shabbat & Holiday Lights Shabbat starts: Friday, Oct. 4, 6:51 p.m. Shabbat ends: Saturday, Oct. 5, 7:49 p.m. Erev Yom Kippur: Tuesday, Oct 8. 6:43 p.m. Holiday ends: Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7:45 p.m.
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Torah portion 38
Eretz The Intersection of Torah and Technology 40
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A Powerful Voice 42 From reality star to advocate, Siggy Flicker takes on anti-Semitism and Holocaust education.
28 Working Together 20 Black and Jewish Coalition hosts Rep. Brenda Lawrence.
Community News 24
Faces & Places 26
On the Go Events/Editor’s Picks 47
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30 Planning is the key to a successful end to Yom Kippur fasting.
Have a Meaningful Fast 34 How to fast safely in observance of Yom Kippur — and who should forgo the ritual.
Kapores Tradition 34 Debate continues about killing chickens ritually or using money as a stand-in.
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hile we’re still enduring a season of road construction, there is one completed stretch worth celebrating. It’s the new Rails-to-Trails path that begins where the West Bloomfield Trail previously ended at Haggerty Road. The asphalted Alan Muskovitz path is approxContributing imately 1 mile, Writer connecting walkers, joggers and bikers to the M-5 Metro Trail, which is now accessible by a beautiful new pedestrian bridge that extends over the highway. It’s all part of a scenic network of 194 trails that crisscross our state for 2,835 miles. (Visit railstotrails.org.) The photo of me was taken by a kind lady, Emily, who took pity on my lack of coordination as I tried to take a selfie. I had already ridden 7 miles, while Emily, having already biked from Berkley, was riding to her sister’s house in Ann Arbor. She figured she had another five hours ahead of her. You go, girl! (Before
you get too impressed, Emily told me she wasn’t riding back home. Her husband was picking her up. Just sayin’.) My endurance challenge? I biked back 1 mile to carbo load at the Breakfast Club restaurant on Haggerty. Fabulous multigrain pancakes — and they give you a chocolate- covered strawberry with your check. The perfect nutrients needed to ensure a safe 6-mile journey home; which included one more break to get a Yoz Yogurt at Crosswinds Mall. (Caution: My training regimen is not for everyone. Check with your doctor before attempting to duplicate my efforts.) Before the snow falls, I intend on making my way back to the pedestrian bridge for an inaugural ride on the M-5 Metro Trail. At that point, the trail will safely make accessible either LuLu’s on Welch Road, great omelets, or the Commerce Costco for free samples, an all-beef hotdog and a slice of pizza. (Suggestion: The signs on the trail that identify wildlife you might see should also include restaurant locations.)
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hank you again for your feedback and comments about the new format of the Jewish News. You told us that one of your concerns was the size of the typeface for editorial content — it seemed a Arthur Horwitz bit smaller and lighter than when we were using standard newsprint. You’ll notice (hopefully!) that the typeface now has a different shape and density, making it easier to read. You also recommended that with a larger cover logo, the Jewish News would be easier to identify, especially from other glossy publications. We’ve incorporated that suggestion into our updated front cover template. In recent weeks, one of our biggest challenges has been returning to a level of consistent delivery for some of you. As devoted readers, you rely on the successful execution of a weekly sequence of events that brings the Jewish News to your mailbox. We transmit final pages and updated subscription lists to our printer. The printer “plates” the pages for printing, stitching and trimming. The publication then moves to a mailing area, where address labels are ink-jetted in zip code/carrier route sequence, bundled and trucked to U.S. Postal Service entry points for expedited distribution. continued on page 8
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For the sin of not doing everything we can to help, for not using every extra ounce of energy, every extra penny, every extra waking moment to do what we can for children separated from their families at the border. For the sin of Instagram: spending too much time on it, and for only showing all that is beautiful and fun instead of the hard, everyday truths. For the sin of judging other parents and the decisions they make for their kids and families. (I’m still so upset with myself for judging that mom who had her toddler with her at Target at 11 p.m. — more likely she had no other time to run those
critical errands and no one to watch her child.) For the sin of thinking we know best. For the sin of lamenting the easier days before we had kids. For the sin of making excuses. For the sin of saying “no” so often. For the sin of overprogramming, overscheduling and overindulging our children. For the sin of prescribing our children’s interests by allowing capitalism to dictate what toys and clothes we purchase for them. (Really, why is the doll aisle so pink? And why are dinosaurs a boy thing?) For the sin of questioning ARIEL SKELLEY/GETTY IMAGES
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ike so many of you, I’m a working mom trying to juggle it all — my kid, my job and, you know, my life. For the High Holidays, I was inspired to write a working parents’ version of the Ashamnu, an alphabetic acrostic of our collective transgressions, which is part Shira Zemel of the public Kveller via confession we JTA recite during Yom Kippur. This year, 5780, I strive to acknowledge my wrongdoings, to do better by my little guy and my family, and to forgive myself and others more. For the sin of not acknowledging mistakes, and not asking when we need help and not meaningfully apologizing as much as we should. For the sin of talking about how busy we are. For the sin of trying to control everything, even when we know that’s totally impossible and frustrating. For the sin of being distracted and not giving our children our full attention. For the sin of having no energy at the end of a long workday to truly connect or play with our kids. For the sin of forgiving in others what we can’t find a way to forgive in ourselves. For the sin of giving more attention to our professional work than to our kids.
the intentions of others instead of assuming everyone is doing the best they can. For the sin of resisting when sometimes it’s easier to just say yes. (But also: vive la resistance!) For the sin of keeping our heads down looking at our screens. For the sin of too much television and not enough conversation. For the sin of undermining how hard we work when we obsess over how we can do better. For the sin of not voting and not vaccinating. (#sorrynotsorry — I have strong opinions that neither of these are OK choices.) For the sin of wanting more instead of being content with what we have. For the sin of xenophobia — something that I abhor in others but fear I may practice in small and unknowing ways. For the sin of yelling. For the sin of thinking about parenting in terms of zero days (losing) or 100 days (winning) — when we know many days are just going to be a 40-degree day, and that’s OK. May the gates of repentance be open to us all. G’mar Chatima Tovah! Shira Zemel is a working mom in Washington, D.C., where she directs youth leadership development at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. She and her husband have a 2-year-old son.
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In the Sept. 19 JN, a letterwriter stated that Jews who voted for Trump “made a mistake” and suggested they take a pledge of “never again.” I found it absurd and demeaning. I, and many fellow American Jews, voted for Trump — and am proud of it and continue to support him. President Trump has delivered on many campaign promises and has been an outstanding friend to Israel and thus the Jews. This is a situation where the old line “Is it good for the Jews?” is right on. As for “never again,” look no further than the current Democratic Party. Not condemning the blatant anti-Semitism shown by some of its members equates to condoning it. This is a dangerous situation that all Jews should be aware of and frightened by. Looking at this situation, sadly, shows that never again is happening now. — Edie Hoffman West Bloomfield
I am shocked by the hate letter “Never Again” in the Sept. 19 issue. This letter shows the continuing position of ultra-liberals that only they know what is right for America. They think that free speech and opinion are only for them and always quote some prophet or poet to talk about how Jews should think. They talk about Jewish values when they do not have the slightest idea what Jewish values and Jewish laws are all about. They certainly have no regard for the Jewish value of hakoras hatov (thanking people for good things they have done for you). While Donald Trump’s behavior certainly leaves a lot of Americans unwilling to vote for him, there is still a lot of hakoras hatov that should be extended to him for what he has done for Israel. While many non-Jewish Americans may not know what the words hakoras hatov mean,
they will give it to Donald Trump in 2020 for the dignity they have from the jobs they now have. It is the writer of that letter who should do teshuvah (repentance) for attacking our political freedom of choice. We need a strong two-party system and respect for each voter’s right of choice. We have enough enemies out there wanting to destroy us. If someone wants to write letters, let that person address the hate for Jews that is increasing every day. — Jack Zwick Southfield
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he last thing most American Jews needed was another excuse to skip synagogue. But after the shootings in Pittsburgh and Poway within the last year, many members of the Jewish community are worried about going to services because they think that doing Jonathan Tobin so could place them in danger. Part of that is understandable. What happened at the Tree of Life Or L’Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh and Chabad of Poway in Southern California was a frightening reminder of the way the virus of anti-Semitism continues to spread across the globe, even in the United States. And in a country like America, where mass shootings have become a shockingly regular feature of life, it’s hardly surprising that some of those mentally disturbed and/or Jew-hating white supremacists who have been guilty of these crimes would seek to target Jewish institutions. The threat of violence is real, not imaginary, and it would be foolish to ignore it. But there is an unfortunate byproduct of the entirely commendable efforts of Jewish organizations to speak up about both the anti-Semitic threat and the need for greater security at synagogues, as well as at other Jewish sites. The problem is that after so much talk about rising anti-Semitism, some of us have been so frightened we may be convinced that discretion is the better of valor and will stay away from
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synagogue, even on the High Holidays, which are the two or three days a year when most Jews normally show up. A little context here is necessary. Pittsburgh was the worst anti-Semitic violence in American history; however, it’s also a fact that such extreme attacks are very rare. The same is true for all varieties of anti-Semitism in the U.S. As much as every such incident is deplorable and troubling, in a country of approximately 327 million people, the approximate 2,000 reported anti-Semitic crimes — a good number of them vandalism, graffiti and verbal harassment, not that these instances are at all acceptable — are a better demonstration of how safe a country the United States is for Jews more than anything else. Despite the attempt to weaponize the threat of anti-Semitism from far-right sources for partisan profit and to unfairly implicate President Donald Trump in this problem, the truth is that support for such anti-Semitic crimes is completely marginal. The overwhelming majority of Americans deplores anti-Semitism and attacks on Jews, who, truth be told, are not alone or isolated. To the contrary, the overwhelming reaction to Pittsburgh and Poway demonstrated as much as any other indicator that Jews remain fully accepted in American society in a way that is unprecedented in the history of the diaspora. Those who are hyping the real problem of contemporary anti-Semitism into an existential crisis for the future of American Jewry are not help-
ing the community. Still, there’s also no denying that the atmosphere of fear these incidents have fed plays into the already diminishing appeal of synagogues to the approximately 90 percent of Jews who identify with the non-Orthodox denominations or none at all. According to Gallup, only about 50 percent of American Jews are affiliated with a synagogue of any kind. According to a more detailed survey conducted by the Pew Research Institute, these numbers continue to trend downward — a reflection not only of declining religious affiliation for Americans as a whole, but particularly for a Jewish population that is increasingly assimilated and less attracted to traditional institutions like synagogues. Throw in the idea that going to synagogue on a day when crackpot extremists know that there will be large numbers of Jews in attendance and you’ve given some people the idea that staying away is the way to avoid trouble. But this is exactly the wrong response to hate. Just as was the case in the days after Pittsburgh, when large numbers of Jews and non-Jews gathered to express their solidarity with the victims and their defiance of the haters, so, too, must we do our best to ensure that the first High Holidays after the two shootings will show that Jews are undaunted even by these tragedies. Synagogues have their problems in an aging community and, for generations, they have been losing members in much
of the country. Some of this is an inevitable product of shifting demographics, and some of it is a function of the inability of some institutions to meet the needs of younger generations. No matter the issue, it’s important for Jews to show up and be counted this year. The best way to fight anti-Semitism is to let the haters — be they on the right or the left — know they can’t win. This is also a challenge for rabbis who look to the High Holidays as their best opportunities to address full rooms of congregants. And with some of the denominations joining the political war on Trump, the temptation for some leaders to use their High Holiday sermons to engage in political advocacy, even if it is accompanied with weasel-worded claims of nonpartisan motivations, especially in those with largely liberal memberships, will be great. And that, too, is a mistake. What we need more than ever from our rabbis this year is an effort to bring us together, rather than rhetoric aimed at tearing us and the nation apart. Jews need to stand up to hate by being present, and rabbis need to use the Days of Awe to remind us of our obligation to examine our own shortcomings before decrying the alleged failings of our neighbors and politicians. If we are to effectively combat hate, as well as help our nation at a critical time, then we must focus on the ability to listen, learn and try to bind our wounds, rather than making them worse. Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of JNS—Jewish News Syndicate.
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PHOTOS BY RUDY THOMAS
The P Blum Legacy Three generations of pediatricians share a passion for treating young patients. ELIZABETH KATZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER TOP: Drs. George, Natalie and Robert Blum confer in the office.
ediatrician George Blum, M.D., of Bloomfield Township began practicing medicine in 1960. It was a time when he was regularly treating children with measles, mumps, polio, meningitis, severe pneumonia, jaundice, tuberculosis and diphtheria — many conditions that today are preventable by vaccination. He also treated children with enlarged heads due to hydrocephalus (also known as water on the brain). Doctors didn’t yet have shunts at their disposal for the condition. Blum said he also made many house calls. “I thought house calls were fun,” he said. “I would sometimes get paid with cake.” He would typically pack up his five kids in the family van and take them along for calls. His son Robert was in tow; and from kindergarten until age 10, he would observe his father interacting with parents and children. “I remember many of those house calls,” said Robert, who trained to be a pediatrician like his father. “I remember
that at the dinner table Dad would take a million calls. He just taught us how to be doctors.” George, now 88, not only taught Robert, a Beverly Hills resident, how to cultivate good bedside manners, but also how to put children and their parents at ease. He taught us “dumb little jokes that make kids laugh,” said Robert, 58, who began practicing pediatric medicine as a doctor of osteopathy in 1994, after graduating from Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Iowa. And now, fast forward to the present, and the Blum family has produced a third pediatrician with Robert’s daughter Natalie, 30, joining Southfield Pediatrics (in Bingham Farms and Novi) at the beginning of August. The Royal Oak resident graduated from Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine in May 2016. She has three siblings, Madeleine, a social worker, and brothers Cameron and Weston, who both work for Disney. “I tried hard to like something other continued on page 16
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A GOOD HEART CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING. Max and Debra Ernst are two people with kind and generous hearts. That’s why they gave to create the new Max and Debra Ernst Heart Center, now open at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. This new state-of-the-art cardiovascular outpatient center offers exceptional, comprehensive care for patients close to home – with a special focus on advanced heart failure. It’s part of Max and Debra’s unwavering commitment to heart health, starting in 2009 with the launch of the Ernst Family Cardiovascular Center and their support of the life-saving Student Heart Check program. In total, they’ve given more than $8 million to help communities lead healthier, longer lives with Beaumont cardiovascular care.
Thank you Max and Debi for your kind hearts and the lives you’ll help save.
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“I remember that at the dinner table Dad would take a million calls. He just taught us how to be doctors.” — DR. ROBERT BLUM
Dr. George Blum treats a young patient.
than pediatrics,” she said. “I just really like kids.” PROFESSION BY CHOICE George Blum said his father arrived in America as a teenager from Hungary to avoid being drafted into the Hungarian Army during World War I. His father worked as a restaurant server and was “very pleased” his son became a medical doctor. George graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1955, with a class of 206 students, six of whom were women. Currently, U-M’s medical school has more women in the medical school (60.5 percent) than men (39.5 percent), according to George, who has been a member of Michigan’s medical center alumni board, and U-M’s 2019 statistics. He said he was influenced by his own pediatrician, Dr. Max Kohn, who treated him for scarlet fever when he was 10. He was quaran-
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tined for six weeks and his father had to stay in a hotel for the duration of his illness. “My pediatrician was a very nice man,” George said. “He would make me feel better. I remember how I liked to speak with my doctors who treated me.” George said he would see Kohn at medical conferences once he became a pediatrician. He also notes that seven of his own childhood patients have become pediatricians. His relationship with Kohn as a youngster taught him how to talk to children. “I tried to tell them jokes and ask them about what they were doing,” he said. “Over the years, I still love talking to kids.” “I never told (Robert) to be a doctor,” George said, adding that Robert had originally contemplated being a stockbroker. “I always just gravitated to kids,” Robert said. He added that he enjoys children’s energy and their uninhibited honesty and humor. “Kids are so funny,” Robert said. “They have no filter. They’ll tell you things about their parents that the parents don’t want you to know.” Natalie said she recalls as a child going on rounds with her father when he was treating patients at Sinai Grace Hospital on Outer Drive in Detroit. “I got to play with babies so that was fun,” she said. These days, the Drs. Blum administer many childhood immu-
nizations, a move they highly recommend to parents. They also provided hundreds of vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella during the recent measles outbreak in Oakland County. Robert said he sees kids with autism, meningitis and many cases of epiglottitis (a potentially life-threatening condition that causes swelling of the cartilage that covers the windpipe and can potentially block air from the lungs). Numerous conditions his father treated just don’t exist anymore, Robert noted. “There are some diseases that have just disappeared,” he said. “We’re vaccinating ourselves out of business.” However, there are conditions he, his father and daughter continue to treat. They see children on the autistic spectrum, which isn’t new but was formerly termed “mental retardation” (now described as an “intellectual disability”), along with behavioral-based problems like anxiety, depression and sleep deprivation. “I think kids don’t have enough time to just relax and play,” Robert said. “Unorganized activity doesn’t really exist anymore.” Patient medical knowledge has also changed with the internet. Though medical conditions and attendant symptoms are searchable online, Robert and George say their clients still rely on their expertise. “It’s interesting that a lot of people get information off the internet, but they still ask me
questions,â&#x20AC;? George said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just trust us,â&#x20AC;? Robert said. Natalie, while serving a residency at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital on Moross in Detroit, said she saw children who experienced seizures, lots of premature babies because mothers did not receive prenatal care and non-accidental childhood injuries. She also has spent six weeks treating children at a hospital in Malawi and has taken three medical mission trips to South America with her father. While there, the whole team of doctors visited schools and treated between 1,800 and 2,500 children a day. She added that though her father and grandfather are pediatricians and taught her bedside manners, medical terminology and transcribing notes into a patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medical chart, medical school was still challenging. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot to live up to, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really nice to have 60 years of experience and someone I can call on,â&#x20AC;? she said about her elders in the office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I learned how to talk to patients way before I became a doctor. The three of us have the same kind of sense of humor.â&#x20AC;? STILL PASSIONATE Today, George and Robert Blum say they still enjoy the practice of pediatrics, even though George is nearing 60 years in the business and Robert, 25 years. George, a member of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, said he not only still loves interacting with children, he also relishes the challenge of making an accurate medical diagnosis, and loves reading medical journals. He mentioned that some of his former patients are now
grandparents bringing their grandkids in for care. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that I stay up to date and that I teach medical school students,â&#x20AC;? George said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our family believes in doing what we can to the best of our ability.â&#x20AC;? Robert, who is married to Tracye and a member of Adat Shalom Synagogue, said he feels he has made the right career choice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twenty-five years in, I like being a pediatrician more than when I started,â&#x20AC;? he said. Natalie, also a member of Adat Shalom, said she has her own path to forge as a young pediatrician. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My goal is to make healthier kids,â&#x20AC;? she said so that they can enjoy school. She enjoys watching the children she treats grow as well as working with families. Joyce Blum, Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, said she is incredibly proud her family contains three generations of pediatric doctors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to express the pride I feel knowing the three of them want to make a difference and help people,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To this day, we will run into people who say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dr. Blum, do you remember when you made that house call and I had a cake coming out of the oven and I gave it to you?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I really felt like I knew all these people and they would talk to me about their difficulties.â&#x20AC;? As for George, is retirement in the cards? â&#x20AC;&#x153;No,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not until they tell me (to retire). Fortunately, I have a good memory and pretty good health. I work full time. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t picture myself sitting at home, watching stupid television shows.â&#x20AC;?
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Nazi Symbols Hancock community rallies together after synagogue was vandalized. CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER
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n Sept. 21, David Holden, president of Temple Jacob in Hancock, Mich., received a call from the Hancock Police Department. “I immediately thought something happened to the synagogue,” Holden said. “And sure enough, I was right.” Police Chief Wayne Butler informed Holden that he received a call from a man who spotted two swastikas and two SS logos spray-painted on
Temple Jacob. The symbols appeared on the back door, on the side of the sandstone foundation, on the front door and on the building’s façade. “I can’t say that I was shocked because I know this has happened all around the country,” Holden said. “I was just disappointed that it finally happened here — this is not the character of this community.” Recently, the Jewish
‘No One Is Above the Law’ Once-reluctant Michigan representatives now call for impeachment. JN STAFF
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aid were a threat to national security and the Constitution. The momentum for the announcement came throughout the day as several prominent Democrats such as Georgia’s John Lewis and freshmen Democrats running in competitive districts came out in support of impeachment — including Michigan Democrats Elissa Slotkin Slotkin and Haley Stevens, who, until last week, had not publicly supported impeachment proceedings against the president. Both Stevens U.S. GOVT.
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peaker of the House Nancy Pelosi formally announced Sept. 24 that Congress would be opening an impeachment inquiry into the actions of President Donald Trump. “The president must be held accountable,” Pelosi told various national media outlets. “No one is above the law.” Pelosi, who’s been reluctant to call for impeachment, said that allegations the president used his political office to pressure a foreign government to investigate his political rival, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, and his son, Hunter, and allegedly exerted pressure on the Ukrainian government by withholding $250 million in funding for military
Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported two synagogues in Wisconsin and Boston were also vandalized. This is the first time Holden has dealt with this issue during his four years at Temple Jacob, but he recalls a past incident of a Nazi banner hung up on its railing and stolen mezuzot. After receiving the initial call from police, Holden rushed over to the synagogue and began scrubbing the sandstone on the sides of the building. “The next thing I know, there are pickup trucks coming up the driveway, waving at me,” Holden said. “One of the folks was a person who was at Sherwin Williams and overheard a conversation going on. The guy got mad, went home to grab his power washer and came out to power wash the building.” Locals passing by and several other groups rallied together to help remove the graffiti and repaint.
“I wasn’t scrubbing anymore,” Holden said. “I was trying to find work for everybody who wanted to help out. That is what this community is all about.” Leaders from the area, including Pastor Bucky Beach from Good Shepard Lutheran Church in Houghton and the president of Michigan Technological University, Richard Koubek, have been outspoken about the issue. The Hancock Police Department shared with Holden that an investigation is under way. “I spoke with Chief Butler and he told me they were examining our neighbors’ video cameras that might have caught the activity,” Holden said. “They are reaching out to the FBI for additional resources and have been speaking with the Houghton Police Department, since our two communities work closely together.”
of their districts were previously held by Republicans. In a statement, Stevens wrote: “Over the last several days, I have been deeply alarmed by reports of serious abuse of power by President Trump … If investigations confirm recent reports, these actions represent impeachable offences that threaten to undermine the integrity of our elections and jeopardize the balance of power within the federal government.” In an op-ed published Sept. 23, Slotkin wrote, “If these allegations are true, or if the White House refuses to clear up these allegations, the Congress has no choice but to consider all congressional authorities available to us, including the power of inherent contempt and impeachment hearings, to protect our national security. We must make exceptionally clear that this behavior cannot stand.”
The following day, in an interview with NPR’s Morning Edition, Slotkin acknowledged the potential political risk but said, “It doesn’t matter,” despite voters in her district being divided on impeachment. “I get pulled over in the supermarket by people talking about it and saying go ahead and do it,” said Slotkin, who sometimes attends services at Temple Israel, “and I’ve been pulled over by just as many people saying please don’t do it.” But, she told NPR, “no matter whether you’re a Democrat or an independent or a Republican, the idea that a sitting president would attempt to leverage dirt on a political opponent from a foreign leader is just beyond the pale. It’s a game-changer. It’s something different and we have to acknowledge it as thus.”
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Working Together Black and Jewish Coalition hosts Rep. Brenda Lawrence.
Mark Jacobs welcomes the group to his home, where the meeting was held.
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n a recent sunny Sunday afternoon, a local group of black and Jewish leaders came together to greet Michigan Rep. Brenda Lawrence and learn more about the newly created Congressional Caucus for Black and Jewish Unity. The local organization, the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity, hosted Lawrence, who co-founded the new caucus, along with Reps. Lee Zelden, R-N.Y., Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., Will Hurd, R-Texas, and John Lewis, D-Ga. The House caucus was launched to bring both communities together and create legislation to fight white supremacy. “Our communities have a long history of being there for each other,” Lawrence told the gathering, recalling the past involvement of blacks and Jews in the early days of the civil rights movement. She spoke of her days in Southfield, first as a councilwoman and then as mayor, and cited the city’s long and successful integration of blacks and Jews. She emphasized the need for candid conversation, which, she said, has always been the centerpiece of the relationship. She recalled a time where she had a disagreement with the Jewish community on an Israelrelated topic, and said she was especially touched when David Victor, a local Jewish leader and former national president
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of AIPAC, told her it was OK to disagree sometimes because “we’re family, and it’s normal for families to sometimes have disagreements.” The Congressional Caucus for Black and Jewish Unity is holding its kick-off meetings this month in Washington, D.C. A key priority, she emphasized, was for the caucus to collect reliable data on the spike in racial and anti-Semitic hate crimes so that critics will not be able to deny the scale of the issue and the urgency for more legislative protection. The local Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity is a partnership between the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC/AJC) and the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity. The organization, founded several years ago, focuses on programming that promotes solidarity between the communities, speaks out against hate, specifically racism and anti-Semitism, and works on developing future community leaders. The group has hosted events at the Charles Wright Museum of African American History and the Holocaust Memorial Center, and held joint Shabbats, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. commemorations, joint seders, criminal justice seminars, educational “lunch, listen and learn” meetings and holiday parties. Rev. Deedee M. Coleman, president of the Council of
Baptist Pastors, a co-chair of the local coalition and a longtime pro-Israel advocate, told the group she “almost fell off her chair” when she learned that a Congressional Caucus had been formed to promote black and Jewish unity, because it so closely paralleled the work of the local coalition. Coleman spoke passionately about the need for both communities to “speak up for what’s right” because “our enemies are coming after us.” Rabbi Marla Hornsten of Temple Israel, also a co-chair of the local coalition, personalized the efforts of the group’s mission, emphasizing that “we need to get to know each other as more than just colleagues and more than just acquaintances. We need to get to know each other as family and dear friends.” Rep. Andy Levin and Rep. Elissa Slotkin were unable to attend the event but sent staff members who addressed the group and expressed their support for the local coalition and the new Congressional Caucus. Rev. Ken Flowers, a co-direc-
TOP: Many from both the Jewish and black communities attended the event. RIGHT: Rep. Brenda Lawrence addresses the group.
tor of the local coalition, challenged the crowd to keep the focus on action steps to advance the cause of fighting racism and anti-Semitism. The Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity is located within the office of the JCRC/ AJC in the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit in Bloomfield Township. For more information, visit jcrc.org/ coalition-for-black-and-Jewishunity or call (248) 642-2656. Mark Jacobs is a co-director of the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity.
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very year since opening its doors in 1990, Yad Ezra has requested that local synagogues and other organizations collect food items and/or contributions to be donated to the kosher food pantry. Because many families fast during Yom Kippur, Yad Ezra’s leadership thought this would be a fitting and meaningful opportunity to reach out and ask for support. This Yom Kippur effort has become an annual partnership that has provided hundreds of thousands of pounds of food to be distributed among Yad Ezra’s client families. Funds collected over the years from between 16 to 24 groups have been used to
purchase healthy food items clients need and want. Last year, more than 25,000 pounds of groceries were collected during Yom Kippur, along with more than $10,000 in donations. While Yad Ezra’s leadership asks that donated food be kosher, nothing goes to waste. Non-kosher donated food is sent to Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeast Michigan to be redirected to a pantry to distribute. Once the food is collected, Yad Ezra volunteers come to the warehouse to unload, sort and box the donated groceries. This year, Yad Ezra will host a sorting session from 10 a.m.2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20. For details on volunteering, contact Darlene@yadezra.org.
Teen Tikkun Olam Awards The Helen Diller Family Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards, a program that recognizes up to 15 Jewish teens annually with $36,000 each for exceptional leadership and impact in volunteer projects that make the world a better place. Since 2007, more than $4.5 million has been awarded to 129 teens who have tackled issues such as children’s health, homelessness, supporting refugees, creating safer communities through gun safety measures, international literacy and STEM programs to empower girls.
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Mumford Alumni Willis to be Honored Singer/songwriter Allee Willis, known for writing countless hits such as “September” by Earth, Wind and Fire, will be honored at the Mumford High School Hall of Fame Gala on Oct. 5, along with Bishop Edgar Vann and broadcaster Al Allen. Other honorees include Bishop Charles Ellis III and basketball coaches Larry
Moore and Sam Taub. The gala takes place at 6 p.m. at the Greater Grace Church in Detroit. Tickets are $50 and available at mumford hsalumni.org. VIP admission to the black-tie gala is $100 and includes a strolling buffet, premium seating and a meetand-greet after the show.
Detroit Dog Rescue Radiothon All dogs and their owners are invited to join 96.3 WDVD and the Blaine Fowler Morning Show for their second annual Detroit Dog Rescue Radiothon, Friday, Oct. 4, starting at 6 a.m. at the Orchard Mall (6445 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield). The 13-hour radiothon ends at 7 p.m. Detroit Dog Rescue will have dogs on site available for adoption. Detroit Dog Rescue is Detroit’s first and only no-kill shelter and adoption center for abandoned, abused or orphaned dogs. “Detroit Dog Recue is overjoyed to work with WDVD again this year for our second annual Radiothon,” said Detroit Dog Rescue Executive Director Kristina Rinaldi. “Last year, total donations
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Downtown Synagogue Invites All to Work on Mural From now through Friday, Oct. 11, make your mark at Artful Harvest, a community art installation at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. Local artist Olivia Guterson has created the outline of a mural that is interactive and accessible for all in the community. Come join in the fun by drawing or coloring within the artwork, all while engaging in a harvest reflection. The mural installation is on display and open for interaction at the Downtown Synagogue, 1457 Griswold, Detroit, through Friday, Oct. 11. The mural also will be open for community drawing throughout the synagogue’s Annual Sukkah Hop on Oct. 13.
Grinstein Jewelry & Design of Birmingham will host its second annual fundraiser Bees and Trees, celebrating the importance and role bees, pollinators and trees play in Detroit. Partial proceeds will benefit local nonprofits Detroit Hives and the Greening of Detroit. Friday, Oct. 18, from 6-9 p.m. guests will enjoy an evening of fine jewelry shopping, unveiling of new Bees and Trees Collection, while enjoying hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and entertainment. In the spirit of tikkun olam, Grinstein Jewelry & Design is committed to giving back to the Detroit community, both in terms of its people and environment. “I am delighted to be able to support these two organizations. Their work continues to impact all,” said Richard Grinstein, owner of Grinstein Jewelry & Design. Grinstein Jewelry & Design is located at 162 S. Old Woodward Ave. For more information, visit greeningofdetroit.com.
Michigan Jewish Democrats Launch Federal PAC The Executive Board of the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus announced the formation of the Michigan Jewish Democrats Federal Action Fund, a new political action committee that will enable the group to spend in federal elections. Caucus founder and chair Noah Arbit, who will also serve as the Fund’s executive director, said, “I am thrilled that we will be able to channel the incredible energy and activism of the Jewish community that I’ve seen over the past six months here in Michigan to make a real impact in our federal elections next year.”
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Fun was had by all at the annual Sherrill Berman Shofar Factory Festival where participants carved their own shofars, made blankets, rode camels and climbed a 30-foot “Mount Sinai.” People enjoyed a petting farm and also got to watch and learn as a beekeeper used live bees to produce fresh honey. The event was sponsored by the Sherrill Berman Art Education Fund, Tugman Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield, Janice Charach Art Gallery, JFamily, JCC Day Camps and the JCC.
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Linda Baruch of West Bloomfield and Rabbi Shneur Silberberg displays a her grandson Lior Baruch of Ann Arbor Yemenite shofar as part of the learn from a scribe how to write with shofar-making demo. ink, quill and parchment.
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Closer to God Yom Kippur synagogue traditions offer added meaning. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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TOP: The open Ark at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, with Torahs dressed for the High Holidays. ABOVE: The Friedman family: Tamara, Gabriella and Ben.
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hough Yom Kippur services can feel overwhelming with unfamiliar prayers, crowded sanctuaries and growling stomachs, there are opportunities on this holy day to create a sense of intimacy with God and family. Rituals such as the ancient Kohanim blessing, which dates back to the times of the Temple, and newer ones such as families and individuals approaching the Ark to offer their own private prayer during Ne’ilah create special memories. Rabbi Aaron Starr of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield said to ascend the bimah during the final moments of Yom Kippur gives congregants a sense of awe and nearness to God. “Our desire for more participatory, spiritual prayer experiences led us to invite all those who feel moved to stand before the Aron HaKodesh at Ne’ilah,” Starr said. “Every time we gather, we seek to bring our members closer to God and to each other, to feel the love of our Heavenly Parent and of our brothers and sisters.”
Andrew Beider of Traverse City remembers the Kohanim ceremony from his childhood when he attended synagogue with his father and grandfather at Beth Abraham Synagogue in Detroit. For the last 40 years, he and the congregants of B’nai Israel Synagogue of West Bloomfield stand with their families, heads enshrouded under a single tallit as they hum a wordless niggun during the priestly blessing. Beider said the ritual is meaningful because it stands as a reminder of the blessings given to us by God every day. “How many times in your (adult) life do you actually get blessed?” Beider said. “But when we stand for the blessing like that, we understand that every day we are alive is a blessing. Words in our prayer liturgy say this is the day God has made. The most precious thing about our existence is that we are blessed by God. That is what I will be reflecting about this year during the Kohanim blessing.” Another Yom Kippur tradition also happens during the Ne’ilah service. Some Conservative congregations in town allow all congregants to have a final reflection before the Torah scrolls as the final prayers of the day are recited. Though no one
is sure when this ritual took root in Detroit, Rabbi Robert Gamer of Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park said Conservative congregations such as his have integrated this practice into their Ne’ilah services since the 1970s. Rabbi Shalom Kantor said he introduced this ritual to Congregation B’nai Moshe in West Bloomfield four years ago. Kantor said approaching the Ark during Ne’ilah gives everyone a chance to have that one moment of being honored to stand directly before the Ark when it is open. “In Judaism, there is no intermediary party between God and the individual,” Kantor said. “Every person has (his or her) own relationship with God. Going right up to the Ark gives congregants a closer connection, more depth to their prayers they may not experience when standing with the rest of the congregation. In that private moment before the Ark, if the ritual is done with the right solemnity, it can have a powerful and deeply meaningful impact.” Some say this ritual can even have life-changing powers. Tamara Friedman of West Bloomfield remembers going up to the bimah with her parents during Ne’ilah at Congregation Beth Israel in Flint since the synagogue adopted the tradition 15 years ago. Two years ago on Yom Kippur, she approached the bimah with her husband, Ben. The rabbi whispered to the new couple that because they were the last to approach the bimah during Ne’ilah, they would be blessed with a child in the new year. And that year, baby Gabriella, now 15 months, was born. “That previous year we really were trying to have a baby,” Tamara said. “Now that we have Gabriella, that moment standing before the Ark during Ne’ilah this year will be all the more meaningful.”
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Break-Fast Meal Planning is the key to a successful end to Yom Kippur fasting.
A Annabel Cohen Food Columnist
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toning can be emotionally exhausting. Fasting on Yom Kippur can be physically draining. So, having your break-fast meal ready to go is important. For most of us, it’s customary to serve light, breakfast or brunch-like foods after the final shofar blast. Putting it all together and serving it attractively is the pitfall. Planning is the key to providing a worry-free meal for all those breaking the fast. Lox, tuna salad, egg salad and smoked fish can be arranged on plates and platters and chilled until serving time. Other dishes, such as kugel, are best at room temperature. Hot dishes may require a little more creativity. Often there’s time during the service when some people take a break to go home and relax before the conclusion of the services. At this time, the room temperature foods can be removed from the refrigerator and hot foods popped into a prewarmed oven. ROASTED MAKE-AHEAD SALMON WITH DILL AND YOGURT SAUCE Ingredients: 1 uncut, boneless and skinless fillet of salmon (about 2½-3 pounds) ¼ cup olive oil or extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt and pepper to taste Ground cayenne pepper to taste ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
Fresh dill and drained capers, garnish Sauce: 1 cup thick, plain Greek yogurt ½ cup chopped fresh dill ¼ cup fresh chopped scallions (white and green parts), optional ¼ cup fresh lemon juice 2 Tbsp. smooth Dijon mustard Directions: Preheat oven to 300°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with heavy-duty foil (or 2 layers of regular foil). Spray the foil with nonstick cooking spray. Arrange salmon skin side down (even though there is no skin) on the foillined baking sheet, tucking the tail portion of the fish under the fillet (this makes all the salmon an even thickness). Drizzle the oil over the fish and season with salt, pepper and light cayenne. Roast about 20-25 minutes (do not overcook; the fish will continue to cook on the baking sheet as it cools). Pick up both edges of the foil (the short edges) and slide the entire fillet onto a serving platter. Drizzle with lemon juice and garnish with fresh dill and capers. Combine all sauce ingredients in a small bowl and stir well. Transfer to a serving bowl and cover with plastic wrap. The entire recipe may be prepared the day before serving. Makes 8-12 servings.
EASY WALNUT AND BROWN SUGAR COFFEE CAKE A coffee cake is one that’s perfect to eat with a cup of coffee. This is a simple and satisfying cake that whips up in minutes. Ingredients: 3 cups flour 3 tsp. baking powder ¾ cup sugar 1 tsp. salt 1 cup whole milk ½ cup (1 stick butter), melted (but slightly cooled) ½ cup sour cream 2 large eggs 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract Topping: 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans ½ cup (1 stick) butter, melted ¼ cup flour 2 tsp. ground cinnamon Directions: Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray a 9- by 13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in large bowl and whisk well. Set aside. In another bowl, combine the butter, milk, sour cream, eggs and vanilla and whisk well. Pour the wet mixture into the flour mixture and stir with a large spoon (or electric mixer) until uniform. Transfer the batter to the prepared baking dish and spread evenly with a spatula. In a small bowl, stir together the topping ingredients (it will be very moist). Sprinkle the topping over the cake. Run a knife though the cake several times to allow the topping to seep into the cake. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool before cutting into squares. Makes 20 servings.
SHAKSHUKA 3 Tbsp. olive oil 2 cups chopped onions 1 red or yellow bell pepper, chopped 1 tsp. minced garlic 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes with juices 6-8 large eggs Kosher salt and pepper to taste Garnish: Hot sauce (such as Tabasco), on the side Directions: Heat oil in large skillet, pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onions and garlic and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the bell pepper, tomatoes, and salt and pepper to taste (start with 1 tsp. salt and ½ tsp. pepper), bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and cook for 30 minutes more. Taste the tomatoes for seasoning and add more salt and pepper to taste. Break the eggs into the tomatoes, cover with a lid and cook until the eggs are to your liking (some people prefer to break the yolks by stirring the egg lightly when it’s added to the tomatoes) and serve immediately as a side dish — tomatoes with the cooked egg on top. Makes 6-8 servings. ORANGE, CHERRY AND RICOTTA BAKED OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST Make the day before and bake one hour before serving. French toast ingredients: 12 cups cubed challah (egg bread) with crust 3 cups milk (lowfat is fine) 9 large eggs 1½ cups ricotta cheese ¾ cup orange juice 1 cup sweetened dried cherries 2/3 cup sugar 1 Tbsp. vanilla or almond extract 1 Tbsp. finely grated orange zest ½ tsp. salt Garnish: 1 cup maple syrup Confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar) continued on page 32 OCTOBER 3 • 2019
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Have a Meaningful Fast How to fast safely in observance of Yom Kippur — and who should forgo the ritual. ELIZABETH KATZ SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
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om Kippur begins at sunset Oct. 8 and ends one hour after sunset on Oct. 9 this year. It is a day marked by meaningful rituals, including prayer, atonement for misdeeds and fasting. Fasting symbolizes the act of self denial and doing no work, which lasts for the duration of Yom Kippur — approximately 25 hours. Children under age 9, the elderly and those with
underlying medical conditions are excluded from this ritual of no food or water. Girls older than age 12 and boys older than age 13 should forgo food or drink for the duration of the holiday. Children between the age of 9 and the age of religiously recognized maturity should gradually learn to participate in fasting for Yom Kippur, which might entail skipping a meal.
Julie Feldman, a registered dietitian with Thrive Nutrition and Wellness in West Bloomfield, says there are helpful strategies one can use to prepare for the fast. “You have to go into a fast well hydrated and you can’t just do that the day before,” she said. “You have to be hydrated for several days before. Watch your sodium intake, too.” Individuals who fast should also be careful about alcohol or caffeine consumption before fasting since both substances can be dehydrating. Feldman notes there are various groups of people who shouldn’t fast, including individuals with severe gastrointestinal disease, Crohn’s or colitis, kidney disease or medical conditions like diabetes that require medication be taken with food. She also said people with eating disorders should not fast. “Both physically and emotionally, if someone has an eating disorder, fasting can be triggering.” For clients with eating disorders,
Kapores Tradition Debate continues about killing chickens ritually. LOUIS FINKELMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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efore Yom Kippur, some Jews have the custom of swinging a chicken over their heads, reciting “This is my exchange; this is my replacement; this is my atonement.” An expert then slaughters the chicken and the carcass, or its value in money, goes to feed a poor family. The word for “atonement” gives the custom its name: “kapores” in Yiddish, “kaparot” in Israeli Hebrew, “kaporos” in Ashkenazi Hebrew. Micki Grossman of Farmington Hills recalls that decades ago, her father would “carry live chickens
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on the bus to bring them home for kapores.” Variations of the custom go back at least a thousand years. Opposition to the custom also goes back a long way — as does the practice’s defense. Columnist Bari Weiss points out that Yom Kippur adds up to “a dress rehearsal for our deaths.” Those who favor the custom note that kapores, like other practices of Yom Kippur, confronts us with our mortality. Some contemporary rabbis circulate petitions against the practice. They say it seems “too much like sacrifices” or
“too much like pagan practices,” and they (along with animal rights advocates) note that it distresses animals unnecessarily. Perhaps the real act of atonement happens when the fresh-killed chicken is donated to the poor. Instead, money
overindulge. “I would start with fluids. Drink before you eat,” she said. “Just eat slowly and pace yourself.” Instead of gorging at the “break-fast,” consider packing a doggy bag of food to enjoy later, she said. And though intermittent fasting has become a popular method of shedding pounds, Feldman said it’s not something she recommends to the clients she sees since it’s not something she feels can be sustained long term. However, fasting done in observance of Yom Kippur for those who are healthy poses no health risks. “No profound, long-lasting metabolic event happens when you fast once a year,” she said. “It is safe to do if you don’t have any underlying medical conditions.”
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she recommends fasting from something other than food to observe the holiday. “I do have clients who have a variety of issues so we may decide to handle a Yom Kippur ritual in a different way — fasting such as taking a break from technology for the day,” she said. “Maybe we cut out a meal or portions of a meal.” The end of fasting on Yom Kippur is usually Julie Feldman marked by the consumption of break-fast foods, which might include bagels, crackers, crustless bread and cheese. Feldman, who plans to fast for Yom Kippur, realizes people are hungry and thirsty after the fast and may over consume food and drink, but that it’s best not to
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can be given to the poor without touching a chicken. Some people recite the kapores phrase over coins. Daniel Shlomo Jacobovitz of Oak Park says that, “If I do it at all, it is on money only.” Former Detroiter Nathaniel Warshay of Jerusalem has been doing kapores for 17 years, but always with money: “One dollar for each member of the family.” Chana Finman first encountered kapores when she was 17, a student in a Brooklyn school dedicated to helping young women learn traditional Judaism. “I did my duty but was shocked. How could I do this?”
She says she always thanked the chicken for the sacrifice, so she could feel “some preparatory dread before the Great Day of Judgment.” She lived in Melbourne, Australia, after she got married where sophisticated people participated in kapores. “When we came to Oak Park, I wanted to set it up in an organized way, as well” she says. So Finman and her husband, Rabbi Herschel Finman, both of Jewish Ferndale, “worked very hard doing just that for 25 years. All my children got involved assisting people from all walks of life who wanted to do this.”
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SEPT. 11, 2019 Elyssa and Elliot Jankelovitz of Durham, N.C., are grateful to announce the birth of their son, Solomon David (David Yosef). Solomon is named after his great-grandfathers David Jankelovitz and Joel I. Hamburger, M.D. Proud grandparents are Eva and Sheldon Hamburger of Raleigh, N.C., Cynthia and Richard Merzer of Boca Raton, Fla., and Stuart Jankelovitz and Dr. Terri Orbuch of West Bloomfield. Kvelling great-grandparents are Hilda Hamburger of West Bloomfield and Shaynee Jankelovitz of Lincolnwood, Ill. Alex Justin Brown, son of Sheri and Michael Brown, became a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. He was joined in celebration by his siblings Matthew and Lauren Brown and proud grandparents Bobbi and Gary Feldman, Sarah Brown and Louis Brown. Alex is an eighth-grade student at Berkshire Middle School in Birmingham. For his mitzvah project, over the past year, he has collected tzedakah to purchase toiletries, socks, gloves and hats to give to the Michigan Veterans Foundation shelter in Detroit. Olivia Sarah Johnson, daughter of Rick and Lauren Marcus Johnson, will chant from the Torah as she becomes a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. She will be joined in celebration by her siblings Ethan and Isabel and proud grandparents Ruth and David Marcus, and Janet and Donald Johnson. Olivia is a student at Orchard
Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. As part of her most meaningful mitzvah project, she spent many hours sewing dolls, doll-sized hospital gowns and lap blanket quilts with other volunteers for Hadassah of Greater Detroit’s Doll Project. She also collected tzedakah to support this wonderful project, which donates to Detroit-area pediatric units, to Hadassah Hospital in Israel as well as to other groups. Asher Maxwell Kaftan, son of Marla and Jeffrey Kaftan, will lead the congregation in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. He will be joined in celebration by his siblings Elliot and Amelia and his proud grandparents Geri and Mel Kaftan, Carole and Barry Rubin, Gail and Alby Berman, and Sheila Berman. He is a student at Derby Middle School in Birmingham. As part of his most meaningful mitzvah project, Asher gave tzedakah to Yad Ezra and organized a food drive from which he collected 388 pounds of food for donation to the food pantry.
Remy Sollish, daughter of proud parents, Elizabeth Sollish and Lisa Bargende, shone on the bimah as she became a bat mitzvah at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Joining Remy in celebration were her sister Harper and her adoring grandparents Gerrie and Buddy Sollish, and Leona Bargende, as well as her extended family and loving friends. Remy is a student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. Her mitzvah project was a collaboration to raise dollars for Send A Kid to Tamarack. HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo (preferably color) cost $18 each. Births are $10. Bar/bat mitzvahs or special birthdays starting at the 90th are free. For more information, call Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at (248) 3515147 or go to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Announcementsâ&#x20AC;? at thejewishnews.com.
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d me’ah v’esrim!” (“May “Reb Zusya, what’s the matyou live until 120.”) We ter?” He shared a vision he often hear and use this had in a dream: “I learned the phrase when we are wishing question that the angels will someone a long life. At the very one day ask me about my life.” beginning of Vayelekh, Moses Reb Zusya’s followers were tells the nation that he is now puzzled. “Reb Zusya, you are 120 years old and soon to die. pious, scholarly and humble. Because Moses dies at the You have helped so many. ripe old age of 120, What question about your that age is seen as the life could be so terrifying Jewish ideal length that you would be frightof life. Yet one of the ened to answer it?” Reb questions we can Zusya replied: “I learned reflect on, especially that the angels will not Rabbi Robert as we are a few days ask me, ‘Why weren’t you Gamer before Yom Kippur, like Moses, leading your is what we should be people out of slavery?’ Parshat Vayelekh: doing with our length or, ‘Why weren’t you Detuteronomy like Joshua, leading your of years. 31:1-30; There are two people into the promised Hosea 14:2-10; sources from our traland?’” At this point, Reb Micah 7:18-20; dition that stand out Zusya sighed: “They will Joel 2:15on this subject. In the 27. (Shabbat say to me, ‘Zusya, why Talmud, the sage Rava weren’t you Zusya?’” Reb Shuvah) teaches that at the end Zusya understood we of life, each one of us is brought each need to be the very best before the heavenly tribunal we can be. and asked to account for our Together these two sources actions in this world. allow us to reflect on the quesThe very first question each tion: What do we do with our of us is asked is, “Did you lives? We learn from Moses’ life conduct your business affairs in this week’s Torah portion that faithfully?” It is fascinating that the ideal length of a Jewish life the first question asked is not is 120 years. Yet how we choose about faith but about interto fill the years we are given is personal actions. How did we more important than the ultitreat other people in the often mate length of life we achieve. cutthroat world of business? For In this new year, we should the Talmud, it is not enough to all live ad me’ah v’esrim, to have the pious actions of Torah 120 years; may those years be study or prayer if we treat othfilled with goodness toward ers poorly. others and striving to be the The other source is a classic best each of us can be. G’mar tale retold by Martin Buber chatimah tovah! May we all of Rabbi Zusya of Hanipol, be inscribed for good in this among the early generations new year. of Chasidim. Once Reb Zusya Rabbi Robert Gamer is the rabbi came to his followers with tears at Congregation Beth Shalom in in his eyes. They asked him: Oak Park.
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his family over the border to Switzerland,” Siggy says. “I grew up knowing the meaning of history.” Siggy’s father’s family was eventually reunited by way of Borough Park, Brooklyn, before he joined the Israel Defense Forces. There, he met her Israeli mom, who ultimately became a U.S. citizen and raised her own family in Cherry Hill, N.J., before they all returned to Israel again. But the independent Siggy decided to return to the U.S. on her own to attend Monmouth College in New Jersey.
A TURNING POINT E Eventually landing on RHONJ, SSiggy accused a fellow Housewife o of anti-Semitism on Season 8 w when she directed this whopper aat Siggy during an argument at a ffashion show: “But, Siggy, Hitler would have not killed me. Does that make him a good person?” “Something woke up inside of me and I decided, ‘This is it,’” Siggy says. “My kids and husband were never fans of me being on the show, and I felt like it was staged, and production was tellFrom reality star to advocate, ing the girls to continue targeting Siggy Flicker takes on anti-Semitism me. I felt like I was being butchered 14 hours a day. and Holocaust education. “And I wouldn’t keep quiet about it,” she adds. “I’m too LYNNE KONSTANTIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER authentic. I posted my resignation online, listing the reasons I Siggy’s dad, Dr. Mordecai Paldiel, was leaving. They asked me to take it down. FAMILY HISTORY was born in Antwerp and escaped the I refused. Sigalit Paldiel never knew her materGermans as a child in Evian, France, “From that, the lion inside me roared. nal grandfather — he was killed in with his family. He grew up to be a It was a moment in my life that I had to the Israeli War of Independence. Her Holocaust scholar and professor who ran choose a road — keep quiet or stand up. Sephardic mother, Rachel, “broke her the division of the Righteous Among the All those years when I was growing up, water in an Israeli bomb shelter,” Siggy Nations at Yad Vashem in Israel for more on Shabbat, my dad would tell stories. I says, “while my dad was fighting in the than 24 years. would say, ‘Lamah, lamah? Why do we Six-Day War. His unit was responsible “He was personally responsible for need to hear the same stories?’ He would for liberation of the (Western) Wall in honoring 18,000 Righteous Gentiles — say, ‘If we don’t tell stories from the past, the Old City. And that’s how I was born.” including the priest in Evian who helped we have no future.’
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“… the lion inside me roared. It was a moment in my life that I had to choose a road — keep quiet or stand up.” — SIGGY FLICKER
TOP TO BOTTOM: Siggy Flicker has become an outspoken supporter of Israel and was grand marshal of this Israel parade in New York City. Siggy’s father, Dr. Mordecai Paldiel, ran the division of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem in Israel. He is holding Siggy.
“Now, just two years after Housewives, anti-Semitism is on the rise. Now more than ever, it’s important to stand up.” Referencing her 2015 book, Write Your Own Fairytale, and its message #KnowYourWorth, Siggy is now applying beyond the personal to the national: #KnowIsraelsWorth. “Organizations are coming to me, saying, ‘We love you and your big mouth; we love that you speak up,’” Siggy says. “I don’t care about your political views. I want to educate.” And though Siggy is loud and passionate, funny and animated, she is sharp — and knows her stuff. She can rattle off the history of Israel, dates, numbers, wars lost and won. And she can tell you what we need to do to counter the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, whose goal is to weaken Israel and is gaining the support of college students, professors and celebrities. “I will crush those false narratives that they tell,” Siggy says. “I will give Israel the PR that it needs right now to match BDS. Americans don’t understand that this is not about land. This is about hatred. We’ve offered peace 52 times and we’ve been denied 52 times. This is not a Jewish problem; it’s a world problem.”
Siggy’s schedule is jam-packed with speaking engagements across the country, being honored in Israel, visiting Poland and Auschwitz. She has a children’s book, Be the Jewish Star You Are, hitting bookstores soon. In her efforts to reverse the common misconceptions about the Occupation and that Israel is an apartheid state, she is planning a series of missions to Israel, hoping they become mini-documentaries. “I want to showcase how every religion started out in Israel. I want to show the Jewish things, but I want to show what living in Israel is really like. I want to show my beloved homeland as it is, with Jews, Arabs, Muslims and Christians living together, all desiring the same thing: peace. “And,” she says, “to remember that we are survivors.”
details Temple Israel’s Sisterhood Opening Program will feature special guest Siggy Flicker, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16. Complimentary for Sisterhood members; $60 for nonmembers. RSVP by Oct. 7 at temple-israel.org/sisterhood. Email Michelle Silber at michellesisterhood@gmail.com with questions.
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Jeffrey Taub, M.D., a specialist in pediatric hematology/oncology at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, treats Glenn, a child with cancer. Both are featured in Keith Famie’s documentary.
Survivors, educators, doctors help Keith Famie produce a documentary about cancer. ELIZABETH KATZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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lmost 2 million people will be newly diagnosed with cancer this year, and almost 607,000 people will die from the disease, according to statistics from the American Cancer Society. Local producer and director Keith Famie wanted to know what Michigan oncologists, as well as oncological clinicians and researchers from across the country, are doing to combat a disease that instantly brings upheaval to a person’s life and the lives of their loved ones. “Cancer is frightening,” he said. “It’s this beast with the ability to morph itself. It makes it so difficult for oncologists (to treat) because it has the ability to change itself.” Famie, with the cooperation of approximately 100 people, including Jewish doctors, patients and leaders of cancer-focused service organizations from Metro Detroit, will release the three-hour documentary, Those on the Front Lines of Cancer, this month. The full documentary will air on Detroit Public Television/PBS,
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Channel 56, in Detroit with the first hour showing from 9-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, and the remaining two hours from 9-11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17. The documentary, produced by Famie’s Visionalist Entertainment Productions company, is broken into 21 segments that include a look at specific cancers like breast cancer, blood cancer, prostate cancer and childhood cancers as well as segments on precision medicine, community organizations that serve those with cancer, the issue of opioids and marijuana in allaying cancer symptoms and financial toxicity related to paying for cancer care, among other subjects. “In having spent time with some of these cancer researchers, [I’ve learned that] a lot of us have caused our own problems and now we’re paying the price,” Famie said. “How do we get back to some of the basics? How do we avoid cancer? What can we do from a lifestyle standpoint to stack the decks in our favor? “I wanted to address a lot of com-
plex issues but to give people practical advice,” he said. Famie and his production crew spent two years making the documentary and just recently finished filming. Famie previously produced a documentary about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, and those on the front lines of battling those diseases, among other health-related documentaries. “I asked myself, what are the diseases that take you out of the game of life? I lost my father to Alzheimer’s,” Famie said. “The natural one to gravitate to [next] is cancer.” GOING TO THE EXPERTS Famie interviewed oncologists and cancer researchers from the University of Michigan, Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, Henry Ford Health System, Beaumont Health, Ascension Providence Hospital and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, in addition to experts from hospitals and health organization across the country.
“Nothing is more rewarding than someone saying, ‘This helped me go see the doctor. It’s taught me to be more proactive about how to live life.” — FILMMAKER KEITH FAMIE
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Emmy Mistake Leads to Slatkin’s Appearance on Jimmy Kimmel ABOVE: Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, founder of Kids Kicking Cancer, talks about the power of the mind in dealing with a cancer diagnosis. LEFT: Sheila Sky Kasselman, founder of the Sky Foundation and a pancreatic cancer survivor, is part of the documentary.
He and his crews also filmed about 25 people who have experienced cancer themselves and share their stories. Sheila Sky Kasselman, head of the Sky Foundation, which raises money for pancreatic cancer awareness and research, is one of the film’s producers and stars. Kasselman was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2007, and said she never expected to be part of such a project. “Few of us with pancreatic cancer live for a long time and I’m a 12-year survivor,” she said. “I had what is known as Whipple surgery (an operation to remove the head of the pancreas, the first part of the small intestine, the gallbladder and the bile duct). I survived it, but it leaves a mark. I’m 79 years old and I do everything. I’m very busy.” Kasselman said it’s her hope that by supporting the film,
as well as appearing in it as a cancer survivor, it will educate people about tough-to-treat pancreatic cancer. “I was so pleased and happy that we would have pancreatic cancer as part of the film,” she said. “It will bring awareness of the disease and, hopefully, it will bring hope.” Kids Kicking Cancer, a global organization founded by Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, also known as Rabbi G, is also featured in Famie’s documentary. Goldberg is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. The Southfield-based organization helps children cope with the pain and fear of their cancer diagnoses through meditation and martial arts moves. “It’s important for people to understand that cancer is a very treatable disease,” said Rabbi G, who lost a young daughter to cancer. “The power of the mind transcends pain and fear and anger associated with the diagnosis of cancer. We learn we don’t have to be defined by the disease.” Rabbi G said the children who took part in the filming were thrilled to be part of the
project. “We always tell the children they are teaching the world,” he said. “When people film the children, it just re-emphasizes they are teaching the world. They are powerful martial arts teachers.” Famie hopes that people take from the documentary a sense of empowerment about their own health and the belief they can take proactive measures to thwart a cancer diagnosis. “Staying on top of maintenance of your body is important,” Famie said. “How we live our life today determines how we live tomorrow. You really have to be your own advocate.” In hearing other people’s stories about their experience with cancer, Famie believes the film will have a deep emotional resonance with his audiences. “My approach has always been to understand the story of the journey that someone is on,” he said. “Nothing is more rewarding than someone saying, ‘This (documentary) helped me go see the doctor. It’s taught me to be more proactive about how to live life.’”
Reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. Music fans were surprised when Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director laureate Leonard Slatkin’s photo appeared on the “in memoriam” segment of the Emmy Awards Sept. 22 above the name of iconic conductor Andre Previn, who died in February. Slatkin appeared via satellite on Jimmy Kimmel Live the following night. Kimmel started the conversation by asking Slatkin, “I guess my first question is are you dead right now?” Slatkin displayed good humor about the flub and expressed admiration for his friend and fellow conductor Previn. Slatkin, 75, then told Kimmel he planned to wait a “good long while for his real memoriam.”
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AT THE MOVIES:Â Opening â&#x20AC;&#x153;wideâ&#x20AC;? on Friday, Oct. 4, are The Joker and Lucy in the Sky. Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, 44, as the iconic nemesis of Batman. However, this is only at the edges a Batman-related film. Rather, it is a Scorsese-like portrait of how a troubled â&#x20AC;&#x153;normalâ&#x20AC;? man becomes a nihilistic criminal. As the film opens, the (future) Joker is simply Arthur Fleck, a guy who works as a clown by day and tries, during the evening, to make it as a standup comedian. Suffice it to say that his stand-up career doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work out and one very bad decision sets into motion Fleckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embrace of the Joker persona. Advance reviews are mostly good, with Phoenixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance being particularly praised (probable Oscar nom). The film was directed by and co-written by Todd Phillips, 48 (the Hangover movies). Lucy stars Natalie Portman, 38, as Lucy Cola, an astronaut who begins an intense love affair with Mark, another astronaut (Jon Hamm), shortly after returning from a long space flight. The flight itself left her somewhat unhitched from reality. Her downward spiral escalates when Mark takes up with an astronaut trainee. Nick Offerman, 49, has a supporting role as a physician. Sad to say, advance reviews are mostly negative. SO MANY JEWS! SO, TRY IT! The entire first season of the Netflix satirical comedy series The Politician was released on Sept. 27 (a second season
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is already ordered). Broadway star Ben Platt, 25 (Dear Evan Hansen) stars as Payton Hobart, a wealthy resident of Santa Barbara. Each season will revolve around another political race Payton is in; the first season is about a high school election. The cast includes Gwyneth Paltrow, 46, as Paytonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother. The supporting cast includes Zoey Deutch, 24, and Bob Balaban, 74. Bette Midler, 73, and Judith Light, 74, make guest appearances. The series was co-created by Brad Falchuk, 48, who Paltrow married last year. My respect for Paltrow shot up following the recent publication of She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement. It chronicles how two New York Times reporters, Jodi Kantor, 44, and Megan Twohey, helped bring the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment story to light. They say Paltrow was the first actress to tell them her harassment story. They asked her to contact other actresses and ask them to talk, too. Paltrow was told it would hurt her career, but she made calls anyway and got many other women to speak to the reporters.
On The Go people | places | events
RSVP for Oct. 6. “The Great American Songbook.” With Patty Ward at 10:30 am. Free event but donations to the Music Fund are welcomed. For location, call 248-967-4020 or visit TempleFamily@emanuel-mich. org.
SUNDAY, OCT. 6 MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS 9:30 am, Oct. 6. Adults of all ages are invited to join Rabbi Aaron Bergman at Adat Shalom Synagogue. The class is designed to help individuals find their internal spirituality and realize that Judaism can make them happier. Free and open to the community. Info: call 248851-5100.
BAGELS & BOOKS 10 am, Oct. 6. At Temple Emanu-El. Sisterhood book discussion of The Lost Girls of Paris. Refreshments will be served. Free event. Info: Rae Mandel, 248-766-4504.
Yizkor service at the Hebrew Memorial Cemetery, on Gratiot just north of 14 Mile Road in Clinton Township. The community is encouraged to attend.
ROSH HASHANAH ON THE RIVER 4:30 pm, Oct. 6. The Well is hosting another year of Rosh Hashanah on the River at the Franklin Cider Mill. Participate in the ancient ritual of Tashlich, and then celebrate the new year with cider and donuts. The event will have a young adult and young family crowd, chances to set personal intentions for the year ahead and time for schmoozing. Reflection and casting-away materials are free, and cider and donuts are on participants.
WINDSOR UJA KICKOFF 7:30 pm, Oct. 6. At Windsor Jewish Community Centre. Film screening of RBG (life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg), desserts and snacks. RSVP: info@ jewishwindsor.org. or 519-9731772, ext. 201.
GLITTERING TOUR
Oct. 6. Local cemeteries invite the community to remember their loved ones at brief, meaningful services. At Clover Hill Cemetery, Congregation Shaarey Zedek will hold a service at 11 am at the recently updated Davidson/Hermelin Chapel. Following the service, everyone is welcome to fulfill the custom of visiting loved ones’ graves. Also, stop by to take a look at the “Makom” in the Mandell L. Berman Administration Building, where a space has been created to welcome families for shivah services. B’nai David Cemetery in Detroit will be open from 9 am-1 pm.
3:30-6 pm, Oct. 7. Detour Detroit and the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan will host two tours. At Simmons & Clark Jewelers, get a behind-the-scenes look at the business and the space occupied since 1925. At the Metropolitan Bldg., see the once-home of many Detroit Jewish jewelry manufacturers. After-tour cocktails and appetizers at Monarch Club. Cost: JHSM members $85, non-members $100. Register: info@michiganjewishhistory.org or 248-432-5617.
1 pm, Oct. 6. The United Jewish Organization of First, Second and Third Generation of Holocaust Survivors will hold its annual
OCT. 4 ROMAN RABINOVICH
Pianist, composer and visual artist Roman Rabinovich, the firstplace winner of the 2008 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, will be playing a concert for Pro Musica that features works by Gershwin, Debussy, Satie, Stravinsky and original compositions. The eloquent, young Israeli has performed throughout Europe and the USA in prestigious venues. Lauded as “a master of tone-color” by International Piano, Rabinovich made his Israel Philharmonic debut under Zubin Mehta at age 10. A supporter of technology as a driver for art, Rabinovich frequently performs with an iPad in place of sheet music. From 7:30-9:30 p.m. at The Cube inside Orchestra Hall. Individual tickets start at $10.60 and are available at promusicadetroit.com.
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OCT. 5 THE BLACK KEYS Rock duo the Black Keys, Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals and son of an Akron, Ohio, Jewish antiques dealer) and Patrick Carney (drums), take the stage at Little Caesars Arena in The District Detroit at 7 p.m. with special guests Modest Mouse and Jessy Wilson. Tickets, starting at $39.50, can be purchased at 313Presents.com, LiveNation.com, Little Caesars Arena box office and Ticketmaster. com. Auerbach’s grandmother escaped the Nazis before World War II. He has shared her chicken soup recipe at tinyurl.com/y2akpqa8. OCTOBER 3 • 2019
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36 Under 36 Nominations Now Open
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The Well, an organization building inclusive Jewish community in Metro Detroit for the under-40 crowd, and the Jewish News are once again partnering on “36 Under 36” to recognize doers, activists, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, community organizers and other young Jewish professionals reshaping and broadening Metro Detroit’s Jewish community. “In short,” Rabbi Dan Horwitz of The Well said, “we are looking for the people who give of themselves to the community in robust — and often thankless — ways. In essence, the kinds of people we admire and aspire to be, whose accomplishments we want to celebrate and who we want the world to know make their home in Metro Detroit.” Nominations are due by Oct. 30. A special group of nine volunteer judges (none of whom are affiliated with The Well or the JN) will be reviewing submissions and choosing the 36 winners. Honorees will receive free three-year subscriptions to the JN and be featured in a February 2020 issue.
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GALLERY RECEPTION 5-6:30 pm, Oct. 10. The opening reception for Michigan Watercolor Society: 72nd Annual Award Recipients Exhibition will be at the Alfred Berkowitz Gallery. The exhibit runs until Nov. 27. This exhibition features the 30 award-winning watercolor paintings. Free to the public. Complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres provided. Regular gallery hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 9 am-5 pm and Thursday, 9 am-7 pm.
CAREGIVER SUPPORT 1:30-3:30 pm, Oct. 8. The Dorothy & Peter Brown Adult Day Program holds free monthly family caregiver support group meetings. Respite care may be available during the daytime meeting; if interested, inquire when you RSVP. At JVS, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield. For family caregivers of older adults living with dementia. For information or to RSVP, contact Dorothy Moon, 248-233-4392, dmoon@ jvsdet.org.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9 HOLIDAY SERVICE 2 pm, Oct. 9. The community is welcome to attend Temple Kol Ami’s Multi-Generational service followed by Rabbi Gutmann’s big surprise. Every year, the rabbi unveils a surprise which delights both children and adults alike.
Bloomfield. Pottery classes for adults taught by Allison Berlin. All supplies included; class punch card available. Cost: $165 for 12 punches (one free class). RSVP: 248-4325467 or rchessler@jccdet.org.
AUTHOR SPEAKS 1 pm, Oct. 10. The Henry & Delia Meyers Library, the Active Life and the West Bloomfield Township Library will host author Eileen Pollack on her book, The Professor of Immortality: A Novel. No charge. RSVP: rchessler@ jccdet.org or 248-432-5467.
CAREGIVER SUPPORT 1:30-3:30 pm, Oct. 10. At the Brown Center, 6720 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield (next to Fleischman Residence). Alzheimer’s Association meeting for family caregivers of older adults living with dementia. Call for information re the evening support group meeting. Info or to RSVP: Joely Lyons, 248-592-5032, jlyons@jslmi.org.
THURSDAY, OCT. 10 POTTERY CLASS 11 am-1 pm, Oct. 10. Sponsored by the Active Life at the Jewish Community Center, West
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baby vegetables, homemade macaroni and cheese, homemade pita, cheese and crackers, red and white wine. Home of Rabbi and Wendy Gamer, Huntington Woods, (kosher home). Room for six guests. 3. Canadian Cuisine & Taste Of Quebec: Inspired by travels to Northeast Canada this summer, an interpretation of a Quebecois meal (dairy). The cuisine is influenced by the First Nations tribes, and French and Irish settlers: Cheese course, split pea soup, salade de chou (cabbage salad), tourtiere (vegetarian pie), maple brown sugar baked beans, maple-glazed salmon, green PULP MEDIA
DINING OPTIONS INCLUDE: 1. Feaste de France: Tomato bisque, Salad Francaise avec framboise vinaigrette (raspberry vinaigrette), poulet Dijon en croute (Dijon Chicken in puff pastry), haricorts verte (roasted thin French string beans), asparagus balsamic sauté, patate (potatoes) Lyonnaise, French bread, Red and white French wine. Home of Ilene and Neil Cantor, Place de la Concorde, Huntington Woods (kosher home). Room for 12 guests. 2. Casual, Cozy Comfort Food: Back by popular demand — hot chocolate toddies, fresh fruit appetizer, tomato soup, steamed
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vegetable, hard cider, beer and wine. Home of Laura Hirschhorn and Ron Yolles, Huntington Woods. Room for 12 guests. 4. Mideast Feast: Hummus and pita, Turkish lentil soup, Jerusalem spinach salad, Israelistyle apricot chicken, Persian rice, Syrian green beans, Israeli wines. Home of Bobbie and Joe Lewis, Oak Park, (kosher home). Room for six guests. 5. Campfire Cookin’: Soup, tin foil dinners (you pick the contents; they will cook it up). Home of Barb and Jim Sugarman, Huntington Woods, (kosher home). Room for six guests. 6. Mexican Fiesta: Tacos (beef
31: (248) 547-7970 and give first, second and third choices as seats fill up fast. Childcare is provided for $20 per child, including Jerusalem Pizza and movie inside CBS, so you can pay the night of the event and pick up your kid(s) after dessert. Text “Let’s Eat Out” Co-Chairs Ilene and Neil Cantor at (810) 625-0842 or email ilenecantor@gmail.com. or chicken), fajitas, tortilla chips, sensational salsa, guacamole, beans, rice and beer. Home of Marcy and Matt Citron, Huntington Woods, (kosher home). Room for 10 guests. 7. Viva Vegan Italia: Vegetarian and vegan Italian feast! Vegan minestrone soup, assorted appetizers (caprese salad and vegan marinated antipasto salad), vegan eggplant parmesan, salmon with roasted tomatoes and shallots, vegan mushroom risotto, red and white wines. Home of Elaine Webber and Barry Chesterman, Huntington Woods, (kosher home). Room for 10 guests.
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ernoi, a contemporary restaurant owned by chefs Luciano DelSignore and Takashi Yagihashi, opened last month at 310 E. Maple Road in Birmingham. The 2,700-square-foot restaurant, designed by Kyle Evans Design, offers seating for 65 guests within three unique dining experiences. Those include the Maple Room, a formal, jacket-required dining room with a la carte and prix fixe menu options; and the
Port Room, a more casual bar and lounge adjacent to the Terrace, a 35-seat outdoor courtyard. Both offer a la carte menus, which include saffron capellini tossed in fish fumet and mascarpone, and sashimi tuna in onion vinaigrette and seaweed. “We wanted to provide three unique dining experiences to meet varying occasions and preferences,” said DelSignore, chef and co-owner of Pernoi. “The Maple Room offers
a formal, jacket-required atmosphere while the Port Room and Terrace will serve more casual, yet upscale crowds seeking high-end cuisine.” With the space designed to look and feel as if one is on a luxury yacht, DelSignore and Yagihashi commissioned original art by acclaimed painter and Metro Detroit resident, Dominic Pangborn, which is displayed throughout the restaurant. continued on page 51
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o the average Michigander, it’s hard to imagine a simple, healthy, hearty, well-balanced and satisfying meal — on top of pita bread. But in the Middle East, hummus is not a condiment. It’s the main event. York Food + Drink (formerly Morgan & York, 1928 Packard St., Ann Arbor) will host Chef Michael Savaldi as he launches his latest concept: a hummus popup restaurant (chummusiyah). Former head hummus chef at Hummus Badra (Rehovot, Israel), Chef Michael is a highly regarded chef of authentic Israeli cuisine. Chef Michael is a sabra, born and raised on Kibbutz Gezer. The Israeli chummusiyah somewhat mirrors the dining room of a kibbutz: bustling, noisy, lively, social. Chef Michael, a true kibbutznik, took time after completing his IDF service to travel internationally. As he sampled dishes of South and Central America and Europe, his appreciation for the simplicity of hummus,
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beloved wife of the late Mendel W. Ettinger; sister of the late Bonnie Jo LaPides Zelickman; sister-in-law of the late Richard Krasnow. Interment was held at Radomer Cemetery in Roseville. Contributions may be made to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. ARNOLD FRUMIN, 83, of Southfield, died Sept. 22, 2019. He is survived by many loving cousins, other family members and friends. Interment was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. REBECCA GLEASON, 50, of Naples, Fla., died Sept. 22, 2019. She is survived by her mother, Cheryl Silver; her loving partner, Bjorn Bayley; brother and sister-in-law, Jason and Ellorie Silver; nephews and nieces, Devon, Zoe, Morgan, Izabella
and Zach. Ms. Gleason was the devoted daughter of the late Lewis Silver. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to American Institute for Cancer Research, 1560 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1000, Arlington, VA 22209, aicr. org; Alcoholics Anonymous, General Service Office, Box 459, New York, NY 10163, aa.org; or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ROCHELLE GRANT, 82, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 21, 2019. She is survived by her son, Michael Grant; daughter, Aliza (Keli Williams) Grant; sister, Arlene Rubinoff; brother, Alan Tilchen; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mrs. Grant was the beloved wife of the late Martin Grant; sister-in-law of the late Norman Rubinoff. Interment was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made
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Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. MICHAEL DAVID MEYER, 70, died Sept. 23, 2019, in New Orleans, La., where he has resided since 1975. He was born July 15, 1949, to Irene and Ruben Meyer in Detroit. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Tulane University Law School, Mr. Meyer was a member of the California and Louisiana bars and was in private practice until his retirement in 2012. Mr. Meyer is survived by his wife of 38 years, Julie Grant Meyer; his children, Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer (Sarah Strnad) of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Josh Meyer (Alison Denton) of New York, N.Y.; his grandson, Grant Denton Meyer; his sister, Yael Elizabeth Meyer of Israel; his cousins, Jay and Sarina Kaner of Michigan.
Contributions may be made to Touro Synagogue of New Orleans (tourosynagogue.com); NAMI (namineworleans.org); HIAS (hias.org); or a charity of one’s choice. Private services were held. CAROL ANN SOHIGIAN, 80, of Farmington Hills, passed away Sept. 20, 2019. A beautiful woman, Carol was Miss Oak Park and Miss Concord in her early life. She had a passion for writing. She is survived by her daughter, Stephanie (Robert) Wineman; grandchildren, Alexandra, Caroline and Gwyneth Wineman; devoted sisters, Marilyn (Dr. Harvey) Saperstein and Lenore (Dr. Freddie Averbuch) KatzAverbuch; many loving nieces,
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mercial real estate attorney in Windsor for almost 50 years, he was named a Queen’s Counsel in 1984. He was a past president of the Windsor Jewish Community Centre. Harold and his wife, Paula, were the 1994 Negev Dinner honorees, highlighting their leadership in both the Jewish and secular communities. Mr. Taub was the beloved husband for 62 years of Paula Taub; cherished father of Sharyl (Alan) Ackerman of Bloomfield Hills and Dr. Jeffrey (Rene) Taub of Birmingham; loving Papa of Dr. Elana Ackerman (Andrew Goldberg), Matthew Ackerman, Daniel Ackerman, Carly Taub, Ella Taub and Sara Taub; dear brother of Rose (Charles) Tabachnick, the late Lill (the late John) Hart,
and the late Jeanette (Stanley) Finkelstein; brother-in-law of Barry (Sheila) Levine and Bonnie Levine; dear son of the late Sam and the late Sara Taub; son-in-law of the late Gertrude and the late Sante Levine. He is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. The funeral was held at Ira Kaufman Chapel. Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation, Pediatric Oncology Research, 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Suite 218, Detroit, MI 48202, 313-964-6994; or American Technion SocietyDetroit Chapter, 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 304, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, 248-593-6760. BERL ZICHERMAN, 95, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 22, 2019. c. 1950
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He is survived by his sons and daughters-inlaw, Herman and Shelli Zicherman, Ralph and Anita Zicherman, Joseph and Martha Zicherman, Bernard and Sandy Glieberman; grandchildren, Bradley Zicherman, Jennifer Holdsworth, Lindsey and Isaac Kaufman, Sarah and Kyle Meteyer, Kimberly and Michael Zultak, Summer and Brian Edmondson, Joshua and Juli Zicherman, Erin and Zuri Pineda, Tracey and Jeff Katzen, Lonnie Glieberman, Pamela Carney, Larry and Michelle Carney; great-grandchildren, Phoenix Holdsworth, Zoe Kaufman, Samuel Kaufman, Maya Kaufman, Lucy Meteyer, Landon Meteyer, Lainey Meteyer, Rachel Carney, David Carney, Brooke Zicherman, Shea Zicherman, Jared Katzen, Brett Katzen, Cami Katzen, McKenna Edmondson, Abby Edmondson, Braylon Pineda,
Talon Pineda. Mr. Zicherman was the beloved husband of the late Theresa Zicherman and the late Gertrude Zicherman; dear brother of the late Yehudah Zicherman, the late Shimon Zicherman, the late Hershel Zicherman, the late Volf Zicherman, the late Helen and the late Blanche. Contributions may be made to Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; or Friends of Israel Defense Forces, P.O. Box 999, Walled Lake, MI 48390. Services and interment were held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park in Livonia. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
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he overwhelming success of its market in Plymouth, which also has an attached sit-down restaurant, might have had much to do with tipping the iceberg of further achievement with its Cantoro Italian Trattoria of Troy on Big Beaver and John R. Cantoro in Troy, celebrating its first anniversary as solely a dining operation, has been successfully received. It is run by General Manager Jenna Domborski and Dining Room Manager Stacy Davis, who have endeared themselves with much knowledge and winning smiles in the presentations of very good menu listings like the tagliatelle ala Bolognese, fettucCantoro Italian Trattoria cine portone, filetto di manzo, fourcheese gnocchi, handmade pizzas,
fresh fish dinners, house-made soups, etc. Also offered are various antipasto sizes at varied prices … and it is already a winner of the coveted Open Table Diner’s Choice Award … quite an achievement in just one year … The staff has been trained to assist customers in the knowledge of its choice wines and Italian food … They are taught to assist diners with a walk through the wine menu in ordering affordable bottles and dinners. Entrance to Cantoro Italian Trattoria in Troy is with the feeling one would get upon entering an Italian villa … A contemporary, laid-back trattoria with a fireplace at each end of the room and outdoor seating in a landscaped courtyard … Plus outdoor bocce ball courts. It presents seating for 120 in the main dining room and an additional 20 seats at the bar, plus a 125-seat banquet room and outdoor seating for 80 … Restaurant hours are closed Monday, open Tuesday-Thursday 4:3010 p.m., Friday and Saturday 4:30-11 p.m., Sunday 3-8 p.m. … Happy hours are 4:30-6:30 p.m. PET KORNER … About the man writing a letter to a small hotel he planned to visit on his vacation, “I would very much like to bring my dog with me. He is well-groomed and very well behaved. Would you be willing to permit me to keep him in my room with me for the night?” … An imme-
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diate reply came from the hotel owner, “Sir, I’ve been operating this hotel for many years. In all that time, I’ve never had a dog steal towels, bedclothes, silverware or steal pictures off the walls or use them as a coloring book. I’ve never had to evict a dog in the middle of the night for being drunk and disorderly. And I’ve never had a dog run out on a hotel bill. Yes, indeed, your dog is welcome at my hotel. And if your dog will vouch for you, you’re welcome to stay here, too.” OLDIE BUT GOODIE … (Repeats like this one as an example will be honored when possible) … Little Yossi and his family were having dinner at his grandmother’s house. When everyone was seated, the food was served. As soon as little Yossi got his plate, he started eating from it right away. “Yossi,” said his father, “please wait until we say our prayer.” “I don’t have to,” Yossi replied. “Yes, you do,” said his mother. “Don’t we always say a prayer before eating at our house?” “Yes, but that’s our house,” Yossi explained. “This is grandma’s house, and she knows how to cook.” CONGRATS … To Denise Dunn on her birthday … To Mark Zarkin on his birthday … To Lillian Serman on her birthday … To Irv Feldman on his 80th birthday. Email Danny at dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
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