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Essays and viewpoints

WORLD 14

Bennett is New Prime Minister Netanyahu out; Lapid to take over in 2023.

Speaking Up for Danny Fenster Rep. Levin confronts Secretary of State Blinken on efforts to free jailed journalist.

49 Community Security

Federation expands outreach and education to counter increased antisemitism.

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Walking Off into the Sunset

Quick Hits

West Bloomfield, Frankel baseball teams celebrate despite season-ending losses.

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LEGAL GUIDE

‘Take them seriously,’ according to Temple Israel program.

Rock Wars

Student paints over anti-Israel slurs left on Ann Arbor landmark.

Fathers & Sons

16 Helping Youth Face Antisemitism

Harvey Ovshinksy looks back on a complicated relationship with famous dad.

Anti-Israel Resolution at WSU

Wayne State Student Senate statement is opposed by university president.

Heart of Gold

The late Micki Grossman receives inaugural volunteer award.

Celebrating 70 Years

Expansion of family, world travels serve as highlights of Shifmans’ marriage.

Jewish Attorneys Honor Their Own

Jewish Bar Association of Michigan’s award night highlights legal leaders.

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Thank God It’s Friday

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Torah portion Synagogue Directory

ARTS & LIFE

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Trains and Tears

Celebrity News

Young eyes contemplate the Holocaust.

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June 17-23, 2021 / 7-13 Tammuz 5781 | VOLUME CLIX, ISSUE 20

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Can We Talk?

need to use this forum to put a stop to the rumors flying around about me. For the record … I am not among the anonymous donors that contributed $550 million to Western Michigan University last week; the single largest donation ever gifted to a public university in our country. Alan Hopefully, that puts that Muskovitz story to rest. Contributing Writer First of all, the donors are WMU alumni and anyone who knows me well, knows I graduated from Michigan State. Secondly, the contribution is being given to the university’s foundation in installments over the next 10 years. And besides, if I made that kind of commitment, I would be good for it in one lump sum. I can just hear it now in year two — “the check’s in the mail!” Yeah, right. Meanwhile, did you catch the recently concluded six-part series on CNN, The Story of Late Night? It looked at the evolution of the late-night talk show host — from Steve Allen through Jimmy Fallon. The backstories are riveting, especially the drama of the debacle surrounding the hiring and firing of Conan O’Brien as Jay Leno’s replacement on The Tonight Show. Conan was famously hired then unceremoniously fired after poor ratings resulting in Leno’s return for five more years. It created a lot of dirty laundry being aired publicly — drama that was better suited for a soap opera time slot. I would love the CNN docuseries to be mandatory viewing for members of our youngest new generation — Generation Z, those born after 1997, if for no other reason than for them to learn about the true genius that was Steve Allen.

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Steve Allen was to the birth of the late-night talk show host that the Big Bang was to the universe. Without him, late night does not exist in its current form. You can’t watch Jimmy Kimmel, Steven Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, James Corden, Seth Meyers or Conan O’Brien without seeing some remnant of a Steve Allen comedic creation. From comedic sketches to audience participation segments, to man-on-the-street interviews — late-night talk show hosts’ DNA can be directly traced back to Allen. I was happy to learn there is a series of podcasts that takes the story line further. Behind the Desk: The Story of Late Night, is, as described on CNN’s website “a companion podcast” to the cable channel’s series. Most notably, the April 29 podcast is titled: “The Writers,” something near and dear to my heart. As the late Gene Taylor, the beloved writer and producer of the Dick Purtan Show said on many occasions: “If it ain’t on the page, it ain’t on the stage.” The late-night hosts shine every night, but outside of the spotlight are teems of writers who fuel the fire. And it turns out that a Purtan show alum and my dear friend, Larry Lawson, actually got a little taste of being a contributing late-night writer. There was a time when Jay Leno would accept and pay for jokes submitted by viewers. Larry had two of his jokes, complete with “set-ups” incorporated into Leno monologues and he has a check signed by the comedian to prove it. One night, Leno shared the news story about the health hazards of popcorn sold in movie theaters followed by Larry’s punchline: Said

Larry Lawson’s letter from Joan Rivers

Leno: “I had a terrible nightmare last night. I dreamt I was in a crowded theater, and somebody yelled popcorn!” In another monologue during a news cycle that simultaneously included the financial crisis and the Men’s NCAA basketball tournament, Leno delivered this Lawson-authored joke: “As you may know, President Obama made his predictions for the Final Four … The only ones left standing will be Citigroup, Chase, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.” For his trouble, Larry was paid $75 for each joke, which is why he remained a radiologist until his retirement. By the way, Larry also has some incredible personal correspondences from Joan Rivers. The letters, thanking him for his jokes, are suitable for print … not the jokes! Alan Muskovitz is a writer, voice-over/acting talent, speaker, and emcee. Visit his website at laughwithbigal.com,“Like” Al on Facebook and reach him at amuskovitz@renmedia.us.

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Danny Fenster’s Imprisonment We have an international news story unfolding in our local community. On May 24, local journalist Danny Fenster was taken into custody in Myanmar, where he has been working as an editor for the magazine Frontier Myanmar. He was on his way home to Detroit to visit family when this happened at the airport. There were no charges filed and there has been no communication with him since. We are now into week two, when the Jewish News went to print last week, it had been 10 days and this story was picked up by CNN, the AP, NPR, national and local news stations, yet in our local Jewish News, the story was relegated to page 37. It is a disappointment to many of us in the community that it was not a cover story. Danny’s mission as a journalist Publisher The Detroit Jewish News Foundation

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Editor’s Note: Print media unfortunately lags behind in fast-breaking news stories due to time required for layout, printing and mailing. Our continuously updated website, thejewishnews.com, featured our first story about Danny on May 26 and a follow-up story on June 2 before the June 3 JN could reach subscribers. Under our magazine-style format, most cover stories are developed weeks in advance. We are deeply concerned about the imprisonment of this local Jewish journalist and will continue to publicize his cause and strive for his release. | Editorial DIrector of Editorial: Jackie Headapohl jheadapohl@thejewishnews.com Associate Editor: David Sachs dsachs@thejewishnews.com Social Media and Digital Producer: Nathan Vicar nvicar@thejewishnews.com Staff Reporter: Danny Schwartz dschwartz@thejewishnews.com Editorial Assistant: Sy Manello smanello@thejewishnews.com Senior Columnist: Danny Raskin dannyraskin2132@gmail.com Contributing Writers: Nate Bloom, Rochel Burstyn, Suzanne Chessler, Annabel Cohen, Shari S. Cohen, Shelli Leibman Dorfman, Louis Finkelman, Stacy Gittleman, Esther Allweiss Ingber, Barbara Lewis, Jennifer Lovy, Rabbi Jason Miller, Alan Muskovitz, Robin Schwartz, Mike Smith, Steve Stein, Ashley Zlatopolsky

Horrific Vandalism

We unequivocally condemn the cowardly and despicable act of vandalism at the Florida Holocaust Museum on May 27. The abhorrent graffiti and hateful rhetoric that defaced the museum is an act of antisemitism, hatred and violence targeting Jews. We will not be intimidated or waver in the mission of each of our organizations to educate on the dangers of unchecked hate. Holocaust education increases empathy, improves open-mindedness to differing viewpoints, and creates a greater sense of social responsibility and willingness to stand up to negative stereotyping and discrimination. The lessons of the Holocaust remain relevant today because Nazi Germany’s ultimate hatred shows how far human beings are willing to go to destroy those who are different from | Advertising Sales Director of Advertising: Keith Farber kfarber@thejewishnews.com Senior Account Executive: Kathy Harvey-Mitton kmitton@thejewishnews.com

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themselves. We need to understand what happens when hatred and prejudice is not stopped. Hundreds of thousands of people visit our museums each year. The most important lesson we teach about the Holocaust is that history is made through a series of choices and that every choice has a consequence. Choices by individuals have power. At a time when hate crimes and antisemitism are on the rise, we fervently encourage everyone to denounce antisemitic and all hate speech, hate groups and acts of violence. — Rabbi Eli Mayerfeld, CEO Holocaust Memorial Center Farmington Hills

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Has the Biden Administration Violated the Taylor Force Act? Editor’s Note: In April 2021, President Joe Biden reversed former President Trump’s freeze and restarted aid to the Palestinians.

he Biden administration has resumed aid to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) as a way to jumpstart the moribund Israeli-Palestinian “peace process.” The obstacle to peace, however, was not the absence of U.S. assistance but the P.A.’s incentivizing of terrorism. The bipartisan Taylor Force Act blocks U.S. funding for the P.A. until it changes this behavior. There is no indication that it has, making any resumption of U.S. taxpayer aid a contravention of this important law and a further hindrance to peace. The P.A.’s “pay-for-slay” policy was highlighted by the 2016 murder of an American tourist in Israel by a Palestinian terrorist. The tourist, named Taylor Force — a West Point graduate, U.S. Army veteran and son of one of the authors of this post — was in Tel Aviv on a school trip when he was stabbed to death. Force was neither Israeli nor Jewish. Yet, the P.A. celebrated the killer repeatedly as a “heroic martyr” and held a large, festive funeral where he was hailed as a national hero. The murderer’s family soon began receiving benefit payments from the P.A. The P.A. spends massively on these payments to terrorists and their families and treats this perverse benefits system as a sacred obligation. Codified in P.A. law, the system adds bonus payments for Israeli Arabs and

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Arab residents of Jerusalem who have Israeli IDs and therefore more freedom of movement to carry out attacks. The longer the prison sentence, the greater the payments — meaning the deadlier, the more lucrative. The P.A. employs some 550 people in its pay-for-slay bureaucracies and devotes over 7% of its budget, or $350 million, to the program, compared to just $220 million for non-terrorist welfare programs. To address this despicable system, Congress passed the Taylor Force Act (TFA) — a bill the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) has long supported — cutting off U.S. aid to the P.A. until the pay-for-slay bureaucracy is dismantled and the laws governing it are repealed. The logic is simple: since money is fungible, aid that supplants the governance responsibilities of the P.A. frees up P.A. money to reward terrorists. The Taylor Force Act corrected a profoundly immoral policy that had American taxpayer funds being laundered unwittingly through P.A. accounts to incentivize murder. The bill also offered a simple litmus test of the P.A.’s seriousness about making peace: If the P.A. cannot revoke the laws and infrastructure conferring special treatment for terrorists, then the P.A. itself remains an obstacle to the “peace process.” Yet, the Biden administration claims renewed aid for the Palestinian people does not violate TFA, which bars aid programs that “directly benefit” the P.A. And news reports indicated

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the P.A. believes it can satisfy the U.S. administration by making terrorist compensation “needsbased” rather than based on the success of attacks, as it is now. EMPOWERING THE P.A.? The Biden administration also appears set to endorse and empower the P.A. by giving it preemptive rewards, such as reopening the PLO mission in Washington, D.C., the office that directly administers the pay-for-slay program. Both these concepts are not only deeply cynical but also violate the plain meaning and intent of the law that sought to remove the United States from complicity in the P.A.’s bloodsoaked support for terrorism. The TFA already exempts aid programs that Congress determined help the Palestinian people, such as water treatment projects, childhood vaccination programs and money for East Jerusalem hospitals. And it requires a complete dismantlement of the prisoners and martyr payments bureaucracies, not the introduction of a needs-

based model for them. Indeed, heeding the TFA and demanding that the P.A. end pay-for-slay is a bipartisan, pro-democracy policy. To spend American taxpayers’ dollars funding an unreformed P.A., against Congress’ wishes, would be neither. If the Biden administration genuinely wishes to support the Palestinian people, it should insist that the P.A. cannot be a peace partner until it stops the glorification of terrorists. The P.A.’s refusal to make peace with Israel, accompanied by its celebration of violence, is the real source of economic and humanitarian problems in Palestinian society, not the loss of U.S. aid. If the Biden administration tries to run around the TFA, it will be guilty of money laundering for terrorists. The Biden administration should disable terror by focusing on fundamentally reforming Palestinian governance, not enabling the unrepentantly terror-sponsoring P.A. by circumventing the plain meaning of a bipartisan bill passed just three years ago. Mike Pompeo served as America’s 70th secretary of state and is currently ACLJ senior counsel for global affairs. Sander Gerber is the CEO of Hudson Bay Capital Management, a distinguished fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) and a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Stuart Force is the father of Captain Taylor Force. This essay was first published by the American Center for Law & Justice.

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e have spoken up for every cause but our own, but if you think antisemitism could never happen here, take a look around. In the 1960s, the Communist Party cut the Russian Jews Elisha Wiesel off from the Jewish people. They prohibited them from wearing tefillin or celebrating b’nai mitzvah or expressing support for the State of Israel. They intimidated and imprisoned them. And the Communist Party governed with one big antisemitic lie: The Jews are the enemy of the workers. When my father, Elie Wiesel, visited, the Russian dissidents would ask him eagerly: How many in America are marching for us? And my father would be too ashamed to tell them how few there were. He wrote a book about it called The Jews of Silence. Many thought he was referring to the Soviet Jews, who had to study our sacred texts in hushed secrecy. But he was referring to us: the American Jews who refused to speak up for their Jewish brethren across oceans and borders. Today, we are still victims of a terrible antisemitic lie, one that well-intentioned progressives who care about justice have too often swallowed. This big lie seeks to turn the fire of the racial

Elisha Wiesel at a rally for Israel and against antisemitism in Lower Manhattan, May 23, 2021.

justice movement against its earliest supporters: The Jews are White; the Palestinians are Black. The inconvenient truth for our haters is that the Jewish people are not the enemy of the workers. Or of people of color. Or of social justice. And that the modern Jewish nation has sought peace with its Arab neighbors since before it was created in 1948. ISRAEL IS ‘PROGRESSIVE’ The truth is that when half of our number finally governed themselves once again in their ancestral homeland of Israel, they built the socialized health care system that Bernie Sanders dreams of. The sons and daughters of the Ethiopian Jewish community, airlifted out of Africa by Israel in the 1980s, are reaching the Knesset and the Eurovision stage. LGBTQ Arabs can follow their hearts

and their faith freely in Israel, and an Arab political party is a kingmaker in this year’s elections. The truth is that Hamas endangers civilians, Palestinian and Israeli, just to feed hatred. Their goal is the total eradication of the State of Israel. And now, once again, too many of us have shamefully become the Jews of Silence. We have spoken up for every cause but our own. It is time to shed our silence and speak with a loud voice. If you have been silent because you feel Israel can take care of itself, think again. Your voice matters. Just weeks ago, Hamas fired thousands of rockets at Israeli population centers with the express intent of maximizing civilian deaths. Iron Dome is why there aren’t thousands of murdered Jews. Some in Congress are clamoring for the United States to defund it. If you have been silent because you feel Israel can never have security without peace, then commit yourself to peace. And while you build this critical common ground with our Palestinian cousins, speak up for Israel, which has given up land in the name of peace, most recently with disastrous consequences in Gaza. If you have been silent because “antisemitism could never happen here,” then take a look around. It is no longer just the Lubavitch asking,

“Are you Jewish?” to help you do a mitzvah. Roving gangs of anti-Israel demonstrators in New York and Los Angeles are asking the same question. They brandish knives. They throw fists, bottles and hateful words. And if you have been silent because you felt you stood alone, I promise you that you are not alone. More than 30 years ago, my father and other leaders of the Jewish community convened a quarter of a million of us and our allies in Washington, D.C., to show solidarity with Soviet Jewry on Freedom Sunday. It is now our generation’s turn to speak our truth: Neither the millions of us here in the United States nor our Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel are going anywhere. We will not bow to terror. At the height of this most recent conflict, President Biden defended the dream of a two-state solution and directly spoke against the hatred at the core of the Hamas charter, saying, “Until the region says unequivocally that they acknowledge the right of Israel to exist as an independent Jewish state, there will be no peace.” I am grateful to President Biden for standing with the Jewish people. Now it is our turn. Let’s end our silence and join him. Elisha Wiesel is the son of Marion and Elie Wiesel.

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‘A Year Like No Other’

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his has been a year like no other in the 130year history of National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan (NCJW|MI), and it is one we will never forget. NCJW|MI is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who Amy Cutler turn progressive ideas into action. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families, and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms. This mission statement has been the guiding principle of NCJW|MI (formerly known as the Greater Detroit Section) for over a century. Beginning in 1891, when Rabbi Louis Grossman of Temple Beth El called on the women of the community to form a Jewish Women’s Club to “better the conditions of girls, and women, to promote friendly fellowship and mutual helpfulness among Jewish women of Detroit, to elevate their mental, moral and social status, and to foster cultivating influences of Jewish women.” NCJW | MI has been working to achieve these goals ever since. It has been a year of challenges and opportunities. The challenges were many. How do we provide meals to more than double the number of Kosher Meals on Wheels participants we had pre-pandemic as the need for delivered food amongst vulnerable elderly people increased? How do we open our resale store Council Re|Sale (3297 W. 12 Mile Road, Berkley), one of

NCJW personal shopper and volunteer Susan Friedman with student Paradyse Brandon prior to the pandemic.

the oldest resale shops in Metro Detroit, safely for staff, customers and donors after being closed for nearly four months? How do we close our office and work remotely and provide the opportunity for our members to meet virtually, when they previously had never used Zoom? How do we fundraise and offer programs since we could not meet in person? How do we ensure that our community gets out to vote? These are just a few of the questions the NCJW|MI staff and Board of Directors had to answer. PANDEMIC CHALLENGES Zoom became second nature. We offered programs that attracted three times the number of participants that usually attend. We developed a Patron Campaign which replaced several of our canceled fundraisers and, with the support of our members, succeeded in our goal. Volunteers came out of the woodwork to volunteer to pack meals and deliver meals to those in need. Our staff did not miss a beat in transitioning

to work remotely to ensure our NCJW|MI work continued. Council Re|Sale received more donations than ever as people were at home cleaning out their closets. We had to obtain two pods to keep in the parking lot to hold the donations. Our shoppers returned and special sales were offered, while we adopted a strict safety protocol including limiting customers to 10 in the shop, hand sanitizer stations and social distancing measures. JVS Human Services and Council Re|Sale collaborated at the end of April 2021 on a Zoom program for those interviewing for a new job and in need of appropriate clothing. Zoom classes will also soon be offered to entice people to come shop at our store. Our Get Out the Vote campaign was a success and involved many volunteers. During the election season, we also ran several voter information programs where participants could hear from local candidates. Helping children in our community has been a fundamental tenet of our organization. In

previous years, our staff and volunteers have held an all-day event in Detroit every August called “Back 2 School Store”. Low-income children were provided with a personal shopper to choose clothing and school supplies to help them start their school year right. This year, shopping with 600 children and hundreds of volunteers was not feasible, so we developed a modified version with area agencies being provided with clothing and supplies to distribute to children in need. Similarly, our Backpack Project, which provides backpacks and school supplies to needy children in Oakland County, was modified. This past January, we developed “Wrapped in Warmth” to provide children with warm coats; we had a drive-thru event where coats and mittens were provided to more than 20 human service agencies working with children in need. Together with our community volunteers and staff, we made this all happen. Working in collaboration with our other Jewish communal agencies, we ensured that people in need received what they needed to get through this pandemic. It “takes a village” and together we made a difference. We turned our challenges into opportunities, and we thank everyone who has been involved. As long as there is a need, volunteers will continue to deliver support and services to fulfill the mission of National Council of Jewish Women. We invite all community members to join us in our endeavors. Amy Cutler is president of NCJW|MI. This essay first appeared on myjewishdetroit. org.

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The ministers then took turns being sworn in. Bennett was sworn in as Israel’s 13th prime minister and Lapid as the 14th. Bennett convened the government for its first meeting at the Knesset. The historic photo of Israel’s 36th government was taken at the President’s Residence on Monday. Earlier on Monday, Bennett defiantly presented his new government’s ministers and guidelines in an address at the Knesset plenum, while MKs who will be in the opposition heckled him constantly. At the moment when Bennett started his speech introducing his government, Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich and other MKs shouted, “Shame,” while waving posters of victims of terrorism. They were removed from the plenum. “I am proud that I can sit in a government with people with

very different views,” Bennett told his hecklers in the Knesset plenum, adding that they seemed to have a problem with losing power. SEEKING RESTRAINT Bennett called on all sides of the political spectrum to display restraint. In recent years, Israel had stopped being man-

aged as a country, he said. “The loud tone of the screams is the same as the failure to govern during your term in office,” Bennett snapped back at the Likud MKs. Shas and United Torah Judaism MKs heckled Bennett, calling him a liar and a cheat. But Bennett promised to help the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) sector, even though its MKs would not be part of his government. He pledged to build a new haredi city for the sector’s growing population. “This is not a day of mourning,” Bennett said. “There is no disengagement here. There is no harm being caused to anyone. There is a change of government in a democracy. That’s it. And I assure it is a government that will work for the sake of all the people. “We will do all we can so that no one should have to feel afraid. We are here in the name

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enjamin Netanyahu’s record-breaking term as prime minister ended on Sunday night, June 13, when the Knesset voted to approve the new government formed by Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid. The new government passed at 8:55 p.m. with the support of 60 Members of Knesset, while 59 opposed it. Ra’am (United Arab List) MK Saeed Alharomi abstained. The MKs in the new coalition and their family members in the visitors’ gallery erupted in applause when the results were announced. Bennett and Netanyahu then shook hands, and following his swearing in as prime minister, Bennett sat in Netanyahu’s chair in the Knesset plenum. But when Bennett passed by Netanyahu’s new chair following his swearing in, Netanyahu declined to take his hand again.

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The heads of the eight parties making up the new government meet in the Knesset on June 13, 2021. Left to right: Ra’am head Mansour Abbas, Labor chief Merav Michaeli, Blue and White head Benny Gantz, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, Yamina chief Naftali Bennett, New Hope head Gideon Sa’ar, Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman and Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with his family, in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 13.

of good and to work. And I say to those who intend to celebrate tonight, don’t dance on the pain of others. We are not enemies; we are one people.” In the address, Bennett said his government would prevent the nuclearization of Iran and would not permit rocket fire on Israeli citizens from the Gaza Strip. Bennett thanked President Joe Biden’s administration for its support during the war in Gaza and pledged to maintain bipartisan support in the U.S. THANKING NETANYAHU Bennett made a point of starting his address by praising outgoing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his hard work over the years for the State of Israel and his wife, Sara, for her dedication. Netanyahu

deserved credit for his outreach to Ra’am head Mansour Abbas, he said. The new government would take unprecedented steps to reach out to the Arab sector, he vowed. Lapid canceled his planned speech and merely said the behavior of MKs in the outgoing government reminded him, his mother and all citizens of Israel why it was so important to replace them. While Netanyahu spoke, MKs in the coalition being formed were completely silent, making a point of showing him respect. The only MKs who heckled him were from the Joint List, until Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz mentioned the criminal charges against Netanyahu near the end of the address. A crisis was avoided ear-

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lier when Ra’am MK Saeed Alharomi said he would not oppose the new government, following a threat. Nothing could interfere with the swearing in of the new government on Sunday night, Abbas told reporters at the Knesset, adding, “we will all vote in favor of the government.” In return for his support of the new coalition, Alharomi demanded that a clause in the coalition agreement regarding illegal construction in the Negev be canceled. Netanyahu and interior minister Arye Deri pressured Alharomi and offered him assurances, including on the topic of the Kaminitz Law that addresses illegal construction, in an attempt to get him to vote against the government. Netanyahu would remain in

power if the prospective new coalition’s razor-thin majority were to lose the support of even one MK in a vote of confidence in the Knesset. If Alharomi abstains in the confidence vote, Joint List MKs could come to its rescue and vote in favor. The Likud responded that it would be shameful if the government were formed through the backing of MKs who support terrorists and do not recognize Israel as a Jewishdemocratic state. In a separate vote, the MKs voted to replace Knesset speaker Yariv Levin with Yesh Atid MK Mickey Levy. Levy received the support of 67 MKs. Idan Zonshine and Eve Young contributed to this report.

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Confronts Blinken in Congress on efforts to free jailed journalist in Myanmar.

n June 7, two weeks after Metro Detroiter Danny Fenster was taken prisoner in Myanmar, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Rep. Andy Levin (MI-09) bought up the plight of the imprisoned journalist. “Journalists like Danny put their lives on the line because they believe in truth-telling,” Levin said. “His case hits home because it’s about our fundamental values as a democracy and good government, and it literally hits home for me because Danny and his brother Bryan went

to my high school — they’re Berkley Bears! His loved ones and supporters are in pain, and I just can’t rest until he arrives home safely.” Levin said he and his staff had been on the phone with State Department staff, embassy officials and Danny’s family every day, drawing attention to his case. “Mr. Secretary, I need to ask you to redouble your efforts,” Levin said. “What more can you do, and what can we do in Congress to support the State Department’s efforts to bring Danny home?” Blinken replied, “We share the deep concern for Daniel Fenster that we have for

another American citizen journalist, Nathan Muang, who is also being arbitrarily detained. We’ve had access to him. We’ve not had access to Daniel Fenster. That’s a violation, among other things, of the Vienna Convention. We are pressing this in every way that we can. “We have very limited, if any, contact with the military regime, but certainly through others we’re pressing this as best we can, and we will continue to do so. Other countries also have detained citizens in in Myanmar — deep concern there as well — and we are all working together to try to get our people home.

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Helping Youth Face Antisemitism ‘Take them seriously,’ according to Temple Israel program.

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‘PYRAMID OF HATE’ Michigan ADL Education Director Kristin Jager said it is important to educate youth about the “Pyramid of Hate” to understand through the lens of history how attitudes of bias and micro-

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aggressions toward Jews or any minority can escalate to violence and potentially, genocide. “The ADL is most effective when we can work in the two lowest tiers of this pyramid in countering bias attitudes and smaller acts of bias,” Jager said. Jager explained four strategies to use to prevent the normalization of hatred and bias. • Call out the person who has used an ethnic slur or said something hateful about another group by asking their intentions. • Remind that person that what they said was hurtful and dangerous to that ethnic or religious group. • Tell the offending person that every person is deserving respect. • Put the hateful words and acts into a historical context. “What we are noticing is that when it comes to the myths and

hen Jewish children tell trusted caregivers they’ve been the targets of antisemitism, either in person or on social media, they should be taken seriously so hatred will not become a societal norm. That was the main message from a June 2 Zoom webinar “Talking to your Children about Antisemitism” offered by Temple Israel of West Bloomfield in coordination with the Michigan chapter of the Anti-Defamation League and Wayne State University psychologist Erika Bocknek. Around 25 households Zoomed into the seminar in response to the record-breaking rise in global antisemitism that reached a crescendo following Hamas’ latest war with Israel. “Social media has been exploding with hatred,” said Michigan ADL Director Carolyn Normandin. “We Carolyn have seen a tremenNormandin dous amount of anti-Jewish rhetoric targeting Jews, including ‘Hitler was right,’ and ‘We should have burned all the Jews’ because of the violence in Israel.”

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stereotypes about Jews, what was old is new again,” Jager said. “Our young people are hearing the same antisemitic tropes that are connected to the past.” TAKE A STAND Stressing the need to collect as much data on hate acts as possible, Jager said that people need not hesitate to report an incident to the ADL, including any screenshots of hate-filled messages or memes on social media, for evidence. Incidents can be reported anonymously. “We are encouraging people to take a stand, and we rely on the data we receive,” Jager said. “We cannot let (hatred or bias toward any minority group) become

Incidents of antisemitism in Michigan in 2020

normalized in our communities.” The ADL with support from a grant from the Shulman Foundation will offer to teens a virtual, three-part Summer AntiBias Institute in July. Applications for the program open in midJune. For more information, contact Jager at kjager@adl.org. Erika Bocknek, associate professor of educational psychology at Wayne State University and the principal investigator of the WSU Erika Bocknek Family Resilience Lab, said one thing that the Detroit Jewish community does well for its youth is to provide a strong sense of identity and community. These two things are crucial as youth mature into the world where they will experience implicit and explicit bias, she said. “We have found that culturalization practices in other minoritized groups, such as community gatherings and rituals, provide a source of positive identity development,” Bocknek explained. “Developing a strong Jewish identity is a robust strategy for facing bias in the world. Not only is it good for our children, but it gives parents a sense of mastery to feel successful as they together face hatred alongside their children.”

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Participants will build their community organizing skills, experience building power in their communities, and gain access to a network of leaders across the country. The fellowship will last from September 2021 through May 2022. Interested candidates may apply at www. jewishpartnership.us/ jeremiah. Applications will be accepted through July 1. For more information, contact Logan Smith at lsmith@bendthearc.us or (202) 709-8825.

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side of the rock that faces the Hillel building across the street. Hillel at the University of Michigan released a statement calling the “hateful” slurs “anti-Israel, antisemitic and intended to target our Hillel community.” “We won’t allow these messages to intimidate us,” the statement continued. “This is not a Jewish issue; it is a campus issue in which language and vandalism are escalating to unacceptable levels of hate and intimidation. We are the Leaders and Best. We are better than this. “We call on our campus partners and leaders to show your support of our Jewish community and condemn these hateful messages. Thank you to the University of Michigan administration for condemning the hateful messages on The Rock and around campus, sending messages of support to our student leadership, and making spaces available for our students to come to you to report incidents of bias and hate. “Love will always overcome hate! We encourage our campus community to join us in bringing positive messages of community, peace and respect to our campus. The answer to those who use free speech for their hateful messaging against others is more speech. Let’s flood our campus and The Rock with messages of love to overcome hate!”

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Samii Stoloff painted over antiIsrael slurs several times.

Rock Wars Student paints over anti-Israel slurs left on Ann Arbor landmark.

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here is a war of words — and paint — going on at “The Rock” in Ann Arbor. Ordinarily, students and locals paint The Rock, located just blocks off campus from the University of Michigan on Washtenaw Avenue, with Greek letters for their fraternity or sorority, to cheer “Go Blue” before a sporting event or declare love for a sweetheart as a romantic gesture. Over the

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decades, there have been political messages protesting everything from the Vietnam War to supporting Black Lives Matter. Over weeks that have transpired following Hamas’ latest round of violence with Israel, The Rock has been painted with the words “F*** Israel” and “boycott Israel” and “Israel commits genocide,” along with Palestinian flags. The vulgar language was found on the

STUDENT TAKES ACTION At the sight of the hateful messages, U-M 2019 graduate, professional photographer and incoming graduate student at the Ross School of Business Samii Stoloff repeatedly painted and repainted over the anti-Israel messages. She painted over the hate first with blue and white paint and stars of David. Come June, she decided she would cover the hate with love. Her palette of choice: a rainbow in honor of Pride month. Hillel donated some cans of paint to Stoloff ’s work. “Since mid-May, every hate slur you can possibly imagine about Israel was painted and then repainted on that rock,” Stoloff said. “The first time, I used blue and white spray paint and wrote the words ‘Israel wants peace,’ but because June is Pride month, I just wanted to paint a rainbow all over the hatred.” As she and a friend painted and covered up the anti-Israel messages, she said about 20 different people driving by in cars shouted at her asking her why she supports Israel and why she hates Palestine. “People were shouting accusatory remarks at me, but I just told them that I had just

graduated and it was always on my bucket list to paint the rock,” Stoloff said. “But the next day, I would return and the F-Israel and Free Palestine messages returned.” After several layers of paint, Stoloff began to receive hundreds of supportive messages on her Instagram page. She also received hundreds of negative Google reviews about her professional photography business, many of them with Arabic sounding names. Stoloff countered each negative review with a statement that she had never worked with the reviewer. Because of possible damage to her business, she is in communication with the AntiDefamation League about the harassment. UNIVERSITY RESPONSE On the U-M Parent Facebook page, the University of Michigan released a brief statement: “U-M denounces all vulgar and hateful messages, both on or near campus, such as ‘The Rock’ … We offer thanks to those … who stepped up to add more speech by repainting The Rock.” Many parents expressed on social media that this statement did not go far enough in specifying that the slurs were implicitly targeting Jews. Some signed an online petition demanding the university do more in specifically calling out hatred toward Jews and pro-Israel students on campus, with some parents going as far as stating that they may withdraw their student from enrolling at the university if underlying currents of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiments are further normalized. In a June 5 tweet, University of Michigan Regent Jordan Acker stated: “I’m disgusted by the hateful and antisemitic graffiti found on The Rock … This vulgar messaging, displacing a

Pride Month painting, is disgraceful. Make no mistake, our campus is not and cannot be a haven for such hatred.” Jewish Federation of Ann Arbor Executive Director Eileen Freed said in response to the “abhorrent” language found on The Rock that the Federation has reached out to Hillel to support the organization’s support of Jewish students at this time and has also contacted city officials of their concern about the uptick of antisemitic incidents in Ann Arbor. Freed said she hopes the newly formed Ann Arbor Jewish Community Relations Council will create inroads with groups of other faiths for more support to the Jewish community. “The City Council and certain members on the council have taken up the Israel/Palestinian issue and have passed some resolutions against Israel from time to time,” said Freed. “There has been silence among some City Council members about this incident. Though there are rights to free speech, the Council needs to realize that disturbing incidents like this, plus the ongoing [anti-Israel] protests that happen outside Beth Israel, are not the kind of speech or behavior that is appropriate in Ann Arbor.” Looking forward to the fall, Stoloff said the incident and the ensuing online harassment will not deter her from pursuing her master’s degree at Michigan. “People are going to be hyperaware about Israel because of what happened this summer,” said Stoloff. “I don’t know what can be done on campus. I don’t expect people to change their opinions and the ‘Free Palestine’ stuff does not bother me. Having a formulated opinion for or against Israel is one thing, but threatening me or the reputation of my business crosses a line.”

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Stan and Harvey Ovshinsky

Fathers & Sons Harvey Ovshinksy looks back on a complicated relationship with his famous dad. JACK LESSENBERRY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

several Detroit television stations, before writing his own screenplays and founding his own production company, HKO Media. Yet, he wasn’t his father. “I wasn’t a genius. I didn’t want or need to be a genius. Stan was, and he was, frankly, a narcissist. I loved my father, but I did not worship him. I didn’t know how. He needed to be worshiped.” Harvey’s relationship with his father is one of the themes in his fascinating memoir, Scratching the Surface (Wayne State University Press, 2021), though the book, well, merely scratched the surface. For Stan Ovshinsky, his work, his creative genius, was everything. As his son noted, “he was extremely generous to me. His goal was

to save the world.” While he was an atheist, he took his Jewish identity seriously; his values had been molded by the left-wing culture of the members of the Workmen’s Circle group in his native Akron. His ultimate hero was not Albert Einstein or Henry Ford, but Eugene V. Debs. But Stan always put his own needs first. He met biologist Iris Miroy at a party when his own children were little, and left his wife and three young sons for her, apparently without much thought about what that would do to them. Harvey, who has been with his wife, Catherine Kurek Ovshinsky, since they met in their early 20s, was emotionally battered by what he calls “the seven years’ war” between his bio-

logical parents. He came to prize stability and happy monogamy, but for years was haunted by the fear — no, conviction that he, too, would have the same thing happen to him. “It took six years of therapy” to overcome that, he said. Over time, he learned how to have a healthy relationship with this complex man who he indeed deeply loved. “I learned in the course of writing the book that I was more like my father than I realized.” But only up to a point. “My father was a true believer. He needed to be adored. He needed to call the shots. He literally had no self-doubt.” When it came to scripting his life, “He was very good at it — but there was a price.

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loved my father, and he loved me,” said writer, producer and media pioneer Harvey Ovshinsky. “I knew that, and he knew that. “But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t always an easy relationship.” You might call that a dramatic understatement. Life has seldom been easy for the sons of fathers with outsized personalities, especially if they are famous — and Stan Ovshinsky was, to put it mildly, both. The son of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Belarus, he came to be recognized as one of the greatest scientists and inventors of his time, although he barely earned a high school degree. The elder Ovshinsky, who founded Energy Conversion Devices in Detroit in 1960, invented the nickel-metal-hydride battery that powers your cell phone and laptop computer; rewritable DVDs and CDs; hydrogen fuel cells, the flat screens used in modern TVs, modern solar cell technology and more. He was awarded more than 1,000 patents; fought the scientific establishment for recognition and won. World-famous scientists, from I.I. Rabi to Linus Pauling to Edward Teller, came to see him. Nor was Harvey any slouch. When he was just 17, he founded the Fifth Estate, one of the nation’s first and soon most famous counterculture newspapers, went on to help reinvent radio at WABX-FM later in the 1960s, and then became a renowned and award-winning producer of documentary films for

“Dad was a swashbuckler, a brilliant trailblazing adventurer who loved every minute of his charmed life. Unlike me, my father not only accepted but embraced the years of sacrifice and struggle. “I was not willing to pay the price. I would say the difference between us is this. I would say, ‘every ship needs a harbor.’ Stan would say, ‘every ship needs an ocean.’” But they loved each other. “You know, Father’s Day was one of his favorite holidays,” his son said. When the great inventor was dying of prostate cancer in 2012, Harvey helped organize a huge, pre-90th birthday tribute where everyone from respected scientists to U.S. Sen. Carl Levin spoke and congratulated him. Harvey Ovshinsky did not cry when his father died on Oct. 17, 2012. But he did six years later, when he found a note in his father’s personal files that said, “I would fly anywhere to have seen and heard Harvey tonight. He not only has great talent but true depth and menschkeit. “I am proud of him, not only as a son, but as a person. I am happy to have lived to have seen him with his wisdom and maturity.” This Father’s Day, Harvey Ovshinsky looks forward to hearing from his own grown son Noah, and daughter Sasha. And as always, he will spend some time thinking of his own enormously complicated and brilliant dad.

Anti-Israel Resolution at WSU But Wayne State Student Senate statement is opposed by university president. BRIAN GOLDSMITH JN INTERN

he Wayne State University Student Senate approved an anti-Israel resolution on Friday, May 27. The statement, posted on Instagram, “condemned all forms of antisemitism, Islamophobia and violence against Israeli and Palestinian people,” but criticized the use of American taxpayer dollars to support Israel’s “ethnic cleansing in Palestine.” One of the Pro-Palestinian organizations it urged donations to was the Boycott, Diverstment and Sanctions Movement (BDS). Immediately following the vote, Hillel of Metro Detroit’s WSU Student groups — the Jewish Student Organization, Students for Israel and AEPi — released a joint statement. In the statement, they said they were “disappointed and saddened” by the resolution. It went on to say: “The double standard of singling out accusations against Israel, the only Jewish country, while ignoring atrocities around the world, is antisemitic. At this time, when antisemitism has increased in this country and abroad, such a one-sided statement creates an unsafe environment for Jewish students and all supporters of Israel.” In the statement, the students called on WSU President M. Roy Wilson and the WSU Board of Governors to denounce the resolution and requested that WSU adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

(IHRA) definition of antisemitism, so that Jewish students will feel safe on campus. Wilson released a statement on Thursday, June 3, addressing students and faculty: “Some members of the community M. Roy Wilson have assumed that the [Student Senate] statement carries the endorsement of the university. It does not. “As stated on our website, We value all people, and understanding their unique experiences talents and perspectives make us stronger and better persons,” his statement included. The Detroit News reported June 8 that Wilson received backlash from the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights organization, and the Wayne State University Student Senate for his statement. Wilson blocked the Student Senate from sending a mass email containing the antiIsrael resolution throughout the university. HILLEL RESPONDS Hillel of Metro Detroit Executive Director Miriam Starkman said the organization remains dedicated to ensuring the physical and mental health and Miriam safety of students Starkman

and will provide personal guidance to students and an “empathetic space [for students] to process their feelings about the current rise in antisemitism, prepare to enter difficult conversations and engage with non-Jewish students and campus leadership to advocate on important issues.” Starkman said that she hopes the university will adopt a definition of antisemitism that will help protect the Jewish students who are feeling “threatened and unsafe right now given the current climate on campus.” She was also concerned about the language used in the Student Senate statement, including the accusations of ethnic cleansing and the promotion of BDS. “I believe the adaptation of the definition should take place at the administration level and not at the student government level,” Starkman said. “It should be pervasive throughout the university and not dependent on the student leadership.” Students are expected to return to campus in September. Starkman said, “Wayne State has historically been a positive place for Jewish students and the administration has been supportive, so I’m hoping that by the time school is back in session that we will be able to do whatever we can to ensure a safe environment for Jewish students.” JUNE 17 • 2021

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f Micki were here to accept this award, she would probably start out saying that she would prefer there wasn’t an award to receive because Sheri was still here volunteering.” These poignant words were shared by Marci Grossman during the May Annual Meeting of the Jewish Community Relations Council/American Jewish Committee (JCRC/AJC). Marci, daughter of the late Micki Grossman, was accepting the inaugural Sheryl “Sheri”

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strated dedication, knowledge and care in the provision of their services. The award could be given posthumously. “What better way to remember my mother, Sheri Schiff, the ultimate volunteer, than to honor her memory by applauding others who have donated significant time to our Jewish community?” said Carly Schiff during the awards ceremony. Sadly, just days before the nomination form was to be distributed this past January, the community lost Grossman, who

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Heart of Gold The late Micki Grossman receives inaugural volunteer award. LAUREN GARFIELD-HERRIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

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also served on countless boards, including with JCRC/AJC. Several nominations came in specifically for her and, for the Award Committee, choosing Grossman, a volunteer extraordinaire, as the inaugural recipient was both the obvious choice and extremely fitting. Also speaking about both women during the awards ceremony in May were Jewish Family Service’s CEO Perry Ohren and former JCRC President Jeannie Weiner. “Micki was a force of nature!” Ohren said. “She showed up decades ago at JFS with her sleeves rolled up, started doing and never stopped … While she understood the importance of boards and fundraising and the like, Micki’s real currency was her heart and her hands, always ready, willing and able to do.” During her acceptance remarks, Marci Grossman said,

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Terebelo Schiff Heart of Gold Award on behalf of her mother. Early last year, the community lost a beloved member and lifelong volunteer in Sheri Schiff. Throughout her life, she served as either a volunteer or board member for countless Jewish, women-focused and interfaith nonprofits in Metro Detroit, including JCRC/AJC. That is why the organization knew they needed to honor her giving spirit following her passing. They joined with her husband, Charles, and daughters, Carly and Stephanie, to develop the Heart of Gold Award in the hope to inspire others to give of themselves for the benefit of Jewish Detroit. More specifically, the awardee would be an unpaid volunteer for any local Jewish organization that has not only contributed to and for the general good of the Jewish community, but also has demon-

“She passionately loved her volunteer engagements, and the people she volunteered with and for. She lived tikkun olam … She would sit in board meetings, mentor volunteers, tutor students, pack boxes, rake leaves, serve food, whatever it took with the same energy and passion — 100%. “Micki would implore you to continue reaching out, to connect with more volunteers,

and to support more people and communities that would benefit from your assistance to make their lives better. Together we can repair the world.” Both women are and will always be greatly missed. Nominations for the second annual Sheryl “Sheri” Terebelo Schiff Heart of Gold Award will be accepted in early 2022 and awarded at JCRC/AJC’s May 2022 Annual Meeting.

Expansion of family, world travels serve as highlights of Shifmans’ marriage.

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urton and Suzanne Shifman of West Bloomfield are celebrating a landmark achievement on June 19: their 70th wedding anniversary. As prominent members of the community for decades, Burton is the president of the Ravitz Foundation and has served as president of Michigan’s Jewish National Fund Council. He was a recipient of JSL’s Eight Over Eighty award in 2016. Suzanne has served on the advisory board of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit and on the executive council of the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. The Shifmans met at a St. Patrick’s Day party in 1950 while students at the University of Michigan, hit it off and corresponded for months until their first date in the late summer. “I remember after our first date that he was very easy to talk to,” Suzanne said. “He’s very easy to talk to now as well. I think that’s what attracted me to him. I felt very much at ease with him right away.” The couple got married on June 19, 1951, at Shaarey Zedek on Chicago Boulevard.

The expansion of their family has served as a highlight for the Shifmans in their 70 years of marriage. “The birth of our children was a very special time, and the raising of our children and the gift of grandchildren and two great-grandchildren … it’s been a great joy to us,” Suzanne said. The Shifmans have also traveled the world extensively throughout their marriage, with notable trips to Israel, New Guinea, Africa, South America, trips throughout Asia, including China, Japan and Burma, and a number of trips to Russia. “We’ve been almost everywhere,” Burton said. “The only place we’ve never been is Antarctica. Other than that, every other continent of the world we’ve been.” Along with “good luck and good health,” the couple’s family ties played an important role in the strength of the marriage. “Burt’s mother was a lovely person, she was very inclusive, so as soon as we became engaged, she took in my family and they became her family, too,” Suzanne said.

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SENSE OF COMMUNITY The Shifmans also believe their close ties to the community serve as an important aspect of their marriage. “The Jewish community of Detroit was a place we grew up in and felt part of, and still do, and it’s the preservation of that community that’s important to us,” Burton said. “It really is related to our marriage.” Plans for the anniversary include a Shifman family get-together in early July. With 70 years of companionship behind them, the Shifmans have advice for newlyweds and young couples. “Have some common values,” said Burton. “Have perseverance and a refusal to give up, and be kind to your partner,” Suzanne added.

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JARC Appoints Joshua Tobias as President and Chairman JARC, a nonprofit agency that serves individuals with developmental disabilities, has appointed Joshua Tobias as the new president and chairman of the board of directors for a two-year term. Tobias has served on JARC’s board of directors for 10 years, including three years as vice president and one year as president-elect. Tobias’ plans for JARC’s future include ensuring support for the work of JARC’s professional team and enhancing the board’s involvement in its financial growth. The nonprofit serves 156 individuals in more than 80 locations and has helped to vaccinate nearly 3,000 individuals, many of whom have disabilities, through community vaccination clinics. “I am eager to take on this role at such an important and impactful organization,” Tobias said. “I’ve watched what a fantastic job the staff has done to move the organization in the right direction, even through a pandemic, and I am continually impressed with the team’s efforts in helping not only our own persons served, but the community around them as well.” Tobias is a funeral director at the Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield. He also serves on the finance committee for Frankel Jewish Academy and on the board of trustees at Temple Israel,. He lives in Farmington Hills with his wife, Alyssa Tobias, and two children. JUNE 17 • 2021

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Community Security Jewish Federation expands outreach and education to counter increased antisemitism. SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

he recent violent conflict in Israel and Gaza has resulted in a dramatic increase in antisemitic acts in the United States. In some cities, Jewish individuals have been assaulted and seriously injured; others have been subjected to insults in person or on social media. In a communication to the Detroit area Jewish community last week, Federation’s leadership stated, “An alarming statistic was shared recently by the Secure Community Network, the official safety and security organization of the Jewish community in North America: Over the past month, in the wake of Israel’s 11-day conflict with Hamas, antisemitic acts in the U.S. soared by 80%.” Carolyn Normandin, regional director of Michigan ADL (AntiDefamation League) reported that that within days of the start of armed hostilities between Israel and Hamas, 17,000 tweets were posted sayCarolyn ing that “Hitler was right.” Normandin While there have been no major incidents or assaults in Michigan, insults have been yelled from cars at Jewish people and there has been online targeting, minor vandalism and passage of anti-Israel resolutions by three local student government bodies, according to Federation. Normandin said that about 30 antisemitic local incidents have been reported to her office during the past three weeks, including two threats of violence. “We are always concerned, always watching. We are continuing to monitor and have made some security changes,” said Steven Ingber, CEO of Jewish Federation. In addition, he reported that Federation staff members are working with Steve Ingber Hillel campus organizations

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and have met with the Michigan Board of Rabbis. He cited strong relationships between the Jewish and other communities in this area, including the interfaith community, and local and federal law enforcement. “We are trying to create spaces for open dialogues. We can’t outshout them,” Ingber said. Ted Cohen, Federation’s chief of marketing, added that “We are promoting more accurate and positive narratives about Israel and working with the JCRC/AJC.” Gary Sikorski, director of community-wide security for Jewish Federation, said “We Ted Cohen maintain a high level of vigilance and try to be proactive, not reactive.” Federation has expanded its Community Security program in recent years with trained, experienced officers stationed Gary at Jewish day schools, agencies, Sikorski camps and campuses throughout the community. Support is also provided to Jewish congregations and other institutions across the community to instill a culture of vigilance and safety, according to Federation’s statement. Ingber pointed out that student governments at Michigan State University, University of Michigan and Wayne State University have passed anti-Israel resolutions with inflammatory rhetoric. “AntiIsrael and anti-Jewish language can overlap. We want to keep campuses safe for Jewish students,” he stated. Normandin said that some Jewish college students now find the campus atmosphere uncomfortable; one faculty member no longer wants to wear a Star of David. She is concerned about two Jewish business owners whose businesses have been

attacked online for pro-Israel statements. “How does attacking them help promote peace in Israel?” she asked. Free speech regulations protect comments that may be derogatory but are not illegal because they do not incite violence. There are a lot of watchdogs reporting on antisemitic posts on Facebook and other social media, Sikorski said. Despite the current negative climate, Ingber stressed the importance of continuing to “live Jewishly, not to refrain from Jewish celebrations.” The recent Federation leadership message concludes with comments from Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue, the site of the killing of 11 worshippers in 2018. “The answer is not to do less, and to hide. It’s to be proud of who you are, and to do more of what you are that makes you Jewish … So, when they do more evil, I do more Jewish.”

How to Handle Suspicious Behavior, Threats and Antisemitic Acts

In Federation’s recent communication, community members were urged to Immediately report suspicious behavior to local law enforcement, including posts on social media and concerns about guns, threats or other alarming activities. For immediate security concerns related to Jewish schools, congregations and agencies, contact the Jewish Federation CommunityWide Security Team at (248) 833-2521 or email security@jfmd. org. Anyone in immediate danger should contact 911 or their local law enforcement entity. To report incidents of antisemitism, bias and discrimination through the Anti-Defamation League, (ADL), visit www.adl.org/ reportincident or call (248) 3537553.

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alkoffs and heartbreaks. That was the end-of-theseason story for the West Bloomfield High School and Frankel Jewish Academy baseball teams, which were led by first-year coaches Josh Birnberg and Joe Bernstein. Each team rode an emotional roller-coaster in the postseason. West Bloomfield stunned Birmingham Seaholm 4-3 on June 5 in a Division 1 district semifinal game at Warrior Park in Troy on an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning. But the Lakers lost 8-3 to powerhouse Birmingham Brother Rice in the district championship game, falling victim to one bad inning. Frankel played just one postseason game, but it felt like a doubleheader. The Jaguars lost 5-4 in 11 innings to Southfield Christian on June 4 in a Division 4 district semifinal at Auburn Hills Oakland Christian. The losses hurt the Lakers and Jaguars,

but only momentarily. There was much for them to celebrate a year after the COVID19 pandemic wiped out their seasons. Both Birnberg, a former West Bloomfield baseball star, and Bernstein were supposed to have their first season as coach in 2020. COVID-19 took care of that. “This season went quickly, but I really enjoyed it. We had a fun group,” Birnberg said. “We started out as a bunch of guys on a team, and it turned into a family. “I had no idea what to expect from our team and the teams on our schedule we played because nobody played last spring. “We ended up winning 25 games. It was the first time the team has won 25 games in a long time. We won 24 games when we made it to the Sweet 16 (in 2014) when I was a senior.” The Lakers finished 25-15, 9-6 in the OAA White Division this season, good for a second-place tie with Birmingham Groves and North Farmington behind division champion Farmington (12-3). West Bloomfield led Seaholm 3-0 in the

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West Bloomfield baseball coach Josh Birnberg (center), with district semifinal game walkoff heroes Logan Pikur (left) and Garrett Kerr. Pikur had the winning hit and Kerr was the winning pitcher, throwing a complete game.

district semifinal, but the Maples tied the game with a run in the fifth inning and two more runs in the sixth. A nine-pitch walk drawn by West Bloomfield’s Brayden Daulton followed by a first-pitch double by Logan Pikur off Seaholm ace Jimmy Love, a Wayne State University recruit, in the seventh launched a noisy celebration by the Lakers after courtesy runner Jamar Respress crossed the plate. West Bloomfield led Brother Rice 3-2 in the top of the fifth, but the Warriors scored six runs after the first batter was retired.

quick hits Jackie Kallen Adds her Insight to The Kings For those too young to know what Thomas Hearns accomplished in the boxing ring and meant to Detroit over his long career, there’s a documentary just for you. The Kings, a four-part Showtime documentary, focuses on how Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran dominated the boxing world in the 1980s. Jackie Kallen is interviewed in the documentary. She has been Hearns’ publicist for 43 years. “I first met a young Thomas Hearns when I did a story about

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him for the Oakland Press in 1978,” she said. “Soon, I was hired as his publicist, and I worked in that capacity for both him and the entire Kronk Gym boxing team for more than 10 years.” Kallen began managing boxers at that point of her career, “but Thomas and I have remained as close as ever and continued to work together,” she said. It’s not just a working relationship, Kallen said. It’s a friendship. “We’ve gone through a lot together ... marriages, divorces, birthdays, and the other highs and lows of life. We’ve become lifelong friends and enjoy a rare and unique

bond,” she said. Now 62 and retired from boxing for 15 years, Hearns’ professional boxing career spanned nearly three decades. He was 61-5-1 in 67 pro fights from 1977-2006, winning 48 times by knockout. He was the first boxer in history to win world championships in five weight divisions. Nicknamed the “Motor City Cobra,” Hearns was a proud ambassador for his hometown of Detroit. “Every win, he won for his city,” Kallen told the Detroit Free Press. The Kings debuted June 13.

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Jackie Kallen and Thomas Hearns. Kallen has been Hearns’ publicist for 43 years.

“It happened so quickly. I looked up, and they were ahead 8-3,” Birnberg said. Bernstein said he met with his Frankel team the day before the Southfield Christian game and urged the players to “cherish the moment and leave it all on the field. After that happened last year, we can’t take anything for granted.” The Jaguars listened to their coach. They battled Southfield Christian to the very end of the nearly four-hour game, losing when the Eagles pushed across a run in the bottom of the 11th inning. “Our guys were incredibly competitive. They never quit,” Bernstein said. Nobody led the game by more than one run. Frankel rallied from three one-run deficits and led briefly 4-3 in the top of the ninth. There were some courageous efforts by the Jaguars during the marathon. Frankel’s Ethan Gray caught all 11 innings in his first game behind the plate all season. He was hampered for most of the year by a thumb injury. Adam Levitt wouldn’t have played last season because of

a separated left shoulder. He suffered another separation to the same shoulder prior to this season and missed much of the year. Given a chance to bat against Southfield Christian, the senior who is headed to Purdue University blasted a triple to lead the fifth inning. Ari Michaels ran for Levitt, and he scored on a single by Ryan Schmeltz to tie the game 2-2. “Adam came to every one of our practices and games this year,” Bernstein said. “That’s what high school sports are all about.” Benji Schmeltz threw about 100 pitches in the game for Frankel. His brother Ryan Schmeltz threw about 80 pitches. Ethan Baker (.424) and Ryan Schmeltz (.406) were Frankel’s leading hitters for the season. Benji Schmeltz had a team-leading 16 RBI and Daniel Bernstein, the coach’s son, drove in 13 runs for the Jaguars (4-6). Daniel Bernstein filled in at first base all year because of injuries.

They’re Leading the Way in the Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Softball League So who were the division leaders in the Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League as the season swung into June? Temple Israel No. 5 led the Greenberg Division with an 8-0-1 record. Temple Israel No. 2 was in second place at 5-1-1. Adat Shalom Synagogue No. 1 was in front of the Koufax Division at 5-2-1. Right behind was Temple Beth El at 5-3-0. Congregation Shir Tikvah was at the top of the Rosen Division standings at 5-2-0. Congregation Beth Ahm was in second place at 5-5-0. Each division has five teams. This is the league’s 26th season. Opening day was April 25. Games are played each Sunday on two diamonds at Drake Sports Park and three diamonds at Keith Sports Park in West Bloomfield. Each team is scheduled to play 20 regular-season games (weather permitting) and qualify for the double-elimination playoffs, scheduled to begin Aug. 8 and conclude Aug. 15.

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Jewish Attorneys Honor Their Own Jewish Bar Association of Michigan’s award night highlights legal leaders. DAVID SACHS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

he Jewish Bar remarks. The judge stressed the Association of Michigan importance of the Jewish concept (JBAM) honored two of empathy as demonstrated by prominent members of the his Jewish predecessors in his state’s legal community as well District Court and the Jewish as two legal stars of the future at justices who have served on its annual awards night held on the U.S. Supreme Court. Thus, Zoom on May 25. Cohn said, he hoped his lifetime Michigan’s Attorney achievement award would attest General Dana Nessel received to him being “a Jewish judge, Dana Nessel Avern Cohn Ellie Mosko JBAM’s inaugural Ruth Bader not just a judge who happened Ginsburg Champion of Justice to be Jewish.” Cohn’s biography Award, and retired longtime Thinking About “The Other Fella”: U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn Avern Cohn’s Life and the Law is received JBAM’s first Lifetime scheduled to be released this fall. Achievement Award. JBAM Vice President In accepting her award, the Andrew Cohen presented attorney general praised the $1,500 scholarships in memory empowering legacy of the late of his father, attorney Charles U.S. Supreme Court Justice J. Cohen, to two outstanding Ginsburg. Nessel spoke of her Jewish law students, Jessica own clients’ Supreme Court case Andrew Cohen Davidova of Wayne State Jessica Davidova Charles Yarber DeBoer v. Snyder in 2015 and said University and Charles Yarber the highlight of her career was of the University of Detroitsitting in the Supreme Court Mercy. Cohen said that both across from Justice Ginsburg as awardees “demonstrated a the same-sex marriage case was commitment to their legal edubeing argued. Nessel immedication while improving their ately afterward proposed to her community.” wife on the steps of the court. “The future of the Jewish The court eventually ruled 5-4 legal community in Michigan is to legalize same-sex marriage in bright,” he added. the U.S. with Justice Ginsburg At the event, JBAM Past Nargiz Nesimova Austin Hirschhorn part of the majority. Nessel dis- Rachel Serman President Rachel Serman greetplays a painting of Ginsburg in ed attorneys and community her house. members. JBAM President Ellie Mosko welcomed Attorney Nessel, elected in 2018, said she is the highest-elected Jewish General Nessel, and board member Austin Hirschhorn official in Michigan history, “and the importance of that is not lost introduced the award to Judge Cohn. Board member Nargiz on me.” She spoke of the Jewish heritage of protecting others, “not Nesimova moderated a Q&A session. just other Jews, but people of all races, heritages, national oriThe Jewish Bar Association of Michigan provides education, gins, etc., etc. It’s so important that we be staunch defenders of resources, mentorship and camaraderie for lawyers and legal equal rights for all people, and that’s what I’ve tried to be.” support to the wider community. To discover more about JBAM Judge Cohn was not able to attend the event, but his biographer, or to contribute to the Charles J. Cohen Scholarship Fund, visit journalist-author Jack Lessenberry delivered the judge’s prepared jewishbar.org.

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MAZEL TOV! Jake Louis Farber, son of Brittany and Corey Farber, will chant from the Torah as he becomes a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, June 19, 2021. He will be joined in celebration by his brothers Shane, Chase and Griffin. Jake is the loving grandchild of Carol and Theodore Warehall, Robert Farber and the late Alene Farber. He is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of his most meaningful mitzvah project, Jake worked with a youth hockey learnto-play program, where he helped coach new skaters. He will be donating all funds earned through this program to the American Cancer Society in honor of his late grandmother Alene Farber

nized food and supplies at a food warehouse.

Erin Grace Mandel, daughter of Lauren and Jay Mandel, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. She will be joined in celebration by her siblings Rachel, Sarah and Dov. Erin is the loving grandchild of Sheila and Dr. David Lipschutz, and Rene and the late Thomas Mandel. She is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. For her mitzvah project, Erin delivered food weekly to families in Pontiac and orga-

Ava Reese Stashefsky, daughter of Dr. Bethany Helfman and Dr. Evan Stashefsky, will chant from the Torah on the occasion of her bat mitzvah on Friday, June 18, 2021, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. She is the loving grandchild of David and the late Marilee Helfman, and Rosann and Donald Stashefsky. She attends Bloomfield Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of her mitzvah project and her commitment to tikkun olam, Ava volunteered with Yad Ezra in Berkley.

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Cedar Gabriel Smolash, surrounded by family and friends, will lead the congregation in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. He will be joined in celebration by his proud parents, Dr. Jen Green and Cantor Michael Smolash, and sister Ayla. Cedar is the loving grandchild of Hilda and Peter Smolash, and Kathy and Maurice Green. He is a student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. As part of his most meaningful mitzvah project, Cedar volunteered at Buckets of Rain Community Garden in Detroit, which provides fresh produce for the homeless and hungry.

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nn and Jonathan Podolsky of Bloomfield Hills are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Stephanie Elyse to Jacob Samuel, son of Stanley Parzen and the late Lynne Raimondo of Evanston, Ill. Stephanie earned a B.A. in psychology and a master of health informatics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She works as a healthcare consultant at Medical Advantage in Ann Arbor. Jacob earned a B.S. in biological chemistry at the University of Chicago and an M.D. at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, N.Y. He is a resident physician in radiation oncology at Beaumont Health System. They will marry in October at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.

Olson 60th

erry and Jeannette Olson’s children, Stacey and Adam Sachs, Hilary and Charles Mechler, Susan Olson Bitnias, Sheldon Olson and Lynne Baum, and their seven grandchildren, are thrilled to announce the 60th wedding anniversary of their parents/grandparents. Married on June 11, 1961, Jerry Olson and Jeannette Gerstl Olson, on that day long ago, never imagined the joy, pride and happiness that awaited them in their future with their beloved family and cherished friends. They will celebrate together during a family vacation this summer.

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onna and Jack Belen of West Bloomfield will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 20, 2021. They are the proud parents of Dan and Jackie, Jeffrey and Andrea, and Cary and Meg Belen. They have been blessed with six amazing and talented grandchildren, Carly, Zachary, Maya, Casey, Blake and Brody. The celebration began in Arizona and will continue in Michigan.

Reinstein 50th

atie and Alan Reinstein of Farmington Hills celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 12, 2021. They will spend a week celebrating the occasion by visiting Disneyland and other California sights with their children, Frank (Jamie), Mara and Shelley (fiancé Eliot Silver); and their grandchildren, Ryan and Leah. They are extremely grateful that Natie’s mom, Adelle, is here with them to share this important milestone.

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Thank God It’s Friday

am who I am thanks to Shabbat. Due to this biblically mandated institution, I have peace of mind, a flourishing community, a great relationship with my family and a career where I traverse the country singing its praises. All this benefit for just Sam Glaser taking a day off ! The Torah emphasizes Shabbat more than any other ritual because it provides the most profound physical, financial and emotional evidence that one is serious about a relationship with God. I discovered prioritizing Shabbat is the benchmark, the golden ticket, the minimum deposit required to open a high-yield spiritual bank account. I was advised early on not to tell anyone when I became shomer Shabbat (fully Sabbath-observant) until I was all the way there. It took me a few years after I began learning about the intricacies of Shabbat to actually take it on 100%. I’m glad I did the baby step routine; it made every hour added to the sacred day a personal triumph. Every week, our home is whitewashed: sheets changed, floors scrubbed and counters cleared. Even the bathrooms feature fresh flowers. We wear our best clothes, enjoy a multicourse feast in the dining room, sing songs both sacred and secular, and offer words of Torah. We also laugh together, play board games, card games and tell stories. Of course, when we have guests, we take the meal up a notch, drink l’chaims and go around the table so guests can introduce themselves and mention something special from the past week for which they are

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grateful. I offer a d’var Torah, usually explaining nuances in the weekly portion and how they might be relevant in our lives. Thanks to the extensive preparation required, Shabbat is something we celebrate all week. My wife, Shira, saves her best recipes for the festive meals and spends days planning the guest list and visiting various markets for ingredients. I read the weekly Torah portion with a plethora of commentaries to remain in sync with the entire Jewish world and garnish something novel to share at my Shabbat meals. When our kids were in elementary school, they were primed with excitement to share new insights at the table. Now they just look at me funny when I request a d’var Torah. As we prepare, we remember these weekday activities are done lichvod Shabbas (to honor Shabbat). I must admit I binge on my work on Wednesday and Thursday nights knowing I have Shabbat coming to catch up on sleep. Before leaving for the synagogue Erev Shabbat, there’s a custom to check one’s pockets to ensure they are empty. I do this both physically and spiritually, consciously emptying worries from my cranial hard drive.

Becoming shomer Shabbat requires a temporal shift in the perspective of one’s week. This is hinted at in the laws regarding Havdalah, the ceremony with which we commemorate the Sabbath’s departure on Saturday night. One can say Havdalah until sunset on Tuesday. That’s because Sunday, Monday and Tuesday are considered to be in the “shadow” of the previous Shabbat. From Tuesday night on, we are in the zone of the upcoming Shabbat. The day of rest is not the “end” of the week, like a finish line where we break the tape and then collapse. Instead, it is the centerpiece, the pinnacle, the raison d’être. When Shabbat and a God-focused life is the center of our week, we float on an exalted raft of blessing upon the raging river of life. We recognize that the energy of the previous Shabbat is only three days behind us and another nurturing, faith-building day is imminent. Just imagine: Since the time of Moses, the freight train of Jewish history has been thundering along the tracks, powered by the eternal combustion of Mount Sinai, sustained by the mitzvot we observe. Tragically, in our days, we see many of the cars have derailed. There’s a supernatural reason our souls feel good when we affiliate, when we do a mitzvah, when we attend a Shabbos meal. Perhaps it’s our ancestors rallying for us behind the scenes shouting, “Go, go, go… just do it!” Let’s get this train back on track.

Sam Glaser is a performer, composer, producer and author in Los Angeles. His book The Joy of Judaism is available on Amazon.

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INDEPENDENT Grosse Pointe Jewish Council Grosse Pointe Woods (313) 882-6700 thegpjc.com

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Documentary director Keith Famie engineers the filming of the unveiling of Hailey Callahan’s train car artwork at the Holocaust Memorial Center.

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ast September, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany conducted a nationwide survey on Holocaust knowledge of American millennials (born 19801995) and Generation Z (born afterward). The results showed a “worrying lack of basic Holocaust knowledge,” including over 1 in 10 respondents who did not recall ever having heard the word “Holocaust” before. Some 63% of those surveyed did not know that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, and over half of those thought the death toll was 2 million or fewer. Another troubling revelation was the 49% surveyed that have seen Holocaust denial or distortion posts on social media or elsewhere online. A consistent bright spot across all the survey findings, though, is the desire for Holocaust education: 64% of all U.S. Millennials and Gen Z believe that Holocaust education should be compulsory in school. Additionally, 80% of all respondents believe it is important to continue teaching about the Holocaust so

Ambassadors: Hailey Callahan of Rochester, a then 22-yearold artist/sculpturist and graduate from Detroit-based College of Creative Studies (CCS), and Curtis Bates, a singer-songwriter from Detroit. Callahan’s artistic medium inspired her to recreate a train car out of stained glass to tell the story of how the trains were used to transport Jews to German death camps. Bates’ musical medium

An opportunity was also set up for Callahan and Bates to interview the five Holocaust survivors who were chosen with help from the HMC: Maniker, Irene Miller, Mania Salinger, Fred Lessing and Rene Lichtman. More filming was completed with Callahan as she started down the path of what she wanted to create, and with Bates as he started to work on his songs.

Famie invited local cantors to sing hymns and prayers during the unveiling, along with a violinist, to make it even more special. “Hailey chose to make that,” Famie said. “I said to Hailey, ‘You get inspired and let’s just see where this takes us,’ and that’s what she came up with. I don’t think there’s ever been anything like that created in history, and it’s just very powerful.”

Another couple of days were spent filming at the HMC with Professor Howard Lupovitch from Wayne State University, who specializes in Judaic history, along with an extensive tour of the museum with Callahan and Bates talking about and asking questions about the Holocaust. Filming was also done with Callahan and Bates visiting the homes of the Holocaust survivors. Filming for the unveiling of Callahan’s train car took place at the HMC on May 20.

Famie recognizes the filming of the scene as the closing of Callahan’s experience, and the handing off of her experience to her generation. All of this filming took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected and transformed the execution of the filming in many ways. “It was a curse and a blessing, all in one,” Famie said. “We had planned to film at Auschwitz, and we were supposed to travel to Poland, and all of that stuff went in the can. The whole project, pretty

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that it does not happen again. A documentary filmmaker in Metro Detroit, Keith Famie, is taking inspiring action to boost that Holocaust education. Since last July, Famie and his Visionalist Entertainment Productions team have been in production on a PBS documentary film about the Holocaust, starring the younger generation and directed toward the younger generation. Just weeks before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in the United States, Keith Famie attended a speech by Holocaust survivor Edith Maniker at the Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) in Farmington Hills. Maniker was giving the speech to high school students. Listening to Maniker’s speech, Famie wondered to himself if the speech really stuck with the students. “It wasn’t the messenger, she was powerful and the story was important,” Famie said. “But she’s 80-something, and they’re 17, 19 years old. Did they really get it? I thought there’s got to be a better way, or a new way, of telling the Holocaust story that’s going to engage a younger generation, a non-Jewish younger generation.” The wheels were then set in motion. Famie devised an idea — finding peers of the younger generation to tell the Holocaust story, with those peers needing to come into the project green with very little knowledge of the Holocaust, and not to be Jewish. Another component important to Famie was that the peers would have a talent of some sort, one they could use to inspire others to tell the story in some way. “I wanted to find the right individuals that I felt had the sensitivity and empathy about them already,” Famie said. Famie spent a month-and-ahalf interviewing individuals, before finding his two Shoah

Violinist Nathan Bieber plays his instrument during the filming of the Holocaust memorial film for PBS.

inspired him to write two rap songs in the film which will help illustrate general themes of the Holocaust and, at the same time, generate interest with the younger generation. FILMING BEGINS Famie began filming by stepping into Callahan and Bates’ life, creating a backstory of who they are and what they do. Filming was done with Bates in a studio and in the streets of Detroit singing, and filming was done with Callahan at CCS, doing some creative sculpture.

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“WE NEED TO KNOW AND REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED, HONOR THE LIVES LOST AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN.” — ARTIST HAILEY CALLAHAN

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Zosia Gross, 9, recites the English version of the Jewish prayer “Eil Malei Rachamim” while her father, Hazan Daniel Gross, sings in Hebrew with Cantors Neil Michaels and Pamela Schiffer, and Cantorial Soloists Kelly Onickel and Stephanie Michaels.

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much, was going to go in the can, but I just refused to let it go.” Famie believes a silver lining created from COVID was that it forced him to think creatively of different ways to tell the story. “Albert Einstein said, ‘In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.’ I think it forced me to really think through stuff,” Famie said. YAD VASHEM EMAX One of those different ways to tell the story will see the ambassadors touring Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, in a live virtual experience. On June 23, from the Super Emax theatre at the Emagine Theatre in Novi, Callahan and Bates will be given the virtual tour to gain a deeper understanding of the atrocities of the Holocaust. The live event will have production crews filming on both ends, with the footage to be used to build a story about Yad Vashem in the film. Local Michigan high school groups of students will be present for the session, where they will also become part of the documentary. A Zoom link will be offered to schools statewide so other high school students can join in to watch as part of their history programs. Famie says the film is in its final phase, with the Yad Vashem filming, filming of one of Bates’ songs and a few sit-down interviews with Callahan and Bates left. Famie and his crew will then start laying out the film, with possible catch-up filming to complete. The goal is to have the film ready for November, with the airing date on Detroit Public Television (PBS) to be determined, with additional plans for it to be released internationally. From his time working with the survivors on the film, Famie believes the film concept and filming execution has resonated with them.

FIRST REACTIONS When Famie needed an artist and asked Callahan if she would be interested in making a piece for the documentary, Callahan jumped at the opportunity. “It’s been interesting for sure because I’ve never done anything like this,” Callahan said. “It was definitely interesting meeting the survivors, I was speechless. Learning their stories, going through the museum and walking through seeing everything, it was really heavy.” When Callahan first visited the HMC, the first thing she saw was the life-size train car in the lobby, which inspired her to make the piece. “The glass butterflies [on the train I created] are symbolic to the lives that were lost but also symbolic of resilience through change,” Callahan said. “They all go through this awful tran-

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“I think they find it refreshing that we’re doing something in a unique way, about a subject that’s been told over and over again,” Famie said. “I think they look at it feeling hopeful, that maybe we’re doing something that’s going to reach an audience that would not normally be reached or care about it.” Realizing that Holocaust survivors who are still alive are getting up in age, Famie’s biggest goals with the film are sharing their experiences with the younger generation and Holocaust education. The other main goal is wanting the younger generation to know the value of their voices. “I want them to understand just how powerful and how important their voice is, and how important their future leadership is in any capacity, and to never take it for granted,” Famie said. “It’s this younger generation that really has the impact to change how we treat each other, how we learn compassion and empathy and understanding of one another’s cultures and beliefs.”

sition after the Holocaust and they somehow wake up every morning, smile and continue on with their life. The resilience and strength they have is really what inspired my piece.” Callahan said it took at least 100 hours, and possibly upwards of 150 hours to make the train car. “I hope the younger generation will see my piece, be curious, ask questions, do their own research and have an interest to learn what happened,” Callahan said. “I hope the documentary as a whole will make some impact because we need to know and remember what happened, honor the lives lost and make sure it doesn’t happen again.” Callahan took part in the filming at survivor Fred Lessing’s home, which ended up as a short film called Bear and Fred that Famie decided to enter into several national film festivals to see what would happen.

Director Keith Famie and artist Hailey Callahan, 23, with her train car proudly in hand, pose together at the end of a night of filming.

To date, the short film is a recent selection to be featured in the Big Apple Film Festival, a finalist in the Independent Shorts Awards (Los Angeles) and won Best Documentary Short in the Los Angeles Movie Awards. The short film tells the story of a teddy bear that accompanied Lessing in his wanderings from one hiding place to another during World War II, and became a symbol after being loaned to Yad Vashem in 1996 as part of an exhibition called “No Child’s Play.” The story is also the subject of a children’s book released in May 2020, titled “Bear and Fred: A World War II Story.” Lessing’s hopes for the film as a whole align with Famie’s hopes. NEW GENERATION “I would hope [Famie’s] goal is to address and give this information from Holocaust survivors to a new generation,” Lessing said.

“The actual survivors like myself are getting very old and most of them are dying off. “I don’t know how it will be for the young generation, but since they’re listening to new generation people asking the questions and getting the answers, maybe it will work. I hope it will speak to them.” While seeing antisemitism on the rise across the board, Lessing would like Holocaust education to continue gaining steam. “We need to understand what happened in the past in order to go into the future,” Lessing said. “What’s encouraging is that racism in this country is finally being talked about and argued about. It’s not just hidden as it has been. If you don’t understand and know what happened in the past, it’s going to happen again.” Singer-songwriter Curtis Bates has written two songs for the film, one about what he learned from the HMC tour called “Stolen Dreams,” and one concept song that came about from a conversation with one of the survivors involved in the film, Rene Lichtman, called “Never Again.” Bates’ role in the film bridges a mutual understanding of the adversities experienced as an American Black male with the marginalized survivors, where both experienced and continue to experience racial and religious discrimination. “I do see similarities in the adversities we face and they face,” Bates said. “Being discriminated against due to things that should be basic human rights like race and religion, they’re definitely similar.” Bates said he learned a lot from spending time with Lichtman, with the one thing that stuck out to him most being to “always question and challenge authority.” Lichtman was immediately attracted to participating in the film as it went right along with continued on page 48 JUNE 17 • 2021 47

Singer-songwriter Curtis Bates, 20, visiting the home of Holocaust survivor Rene Lichtman, learning valuable lessons and discussing the theme of “Never Again.”

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his interests, having an artistic and documentary filmmaking background. For the film, Lichtman completed a painting centered around the theme of “Never Again,” and urged Bates to create a song around that concept as well. “This theme of ‘Never Again’ is really significant in

the Jewish community, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s a universal statement,” Lichtman said. “I said to Curtis, maybe you could do a song on that theme because it certainly can apply to the history of Black people in this country, the history of slavery, oppression, Jim Crow or even what we’re experiencing today with police killings.” Lichtman hopes that as

artists in their respective ways, Bates and Callahan and the film as a whole can truly do something in terms of passing on the lessons of the Holocaust. “It’s this younger generation that has to figure out how to apply the lessons from the Holocaust, of discrimination, tolerance, empathy and all these values that become empty if they’re not actually

applied,” Lichtman said. “I hope young people think about how to put these lessons into practice in their own worlds and communities. It’s not just abstract language with a nice ending about how we should love each other, to me that means very little unless you do something.” Members of the community have generously stepped up to help finance the project. Famie is still looking for financial support for the film. Any individual that wants to be featured as a supporter can contact Famie at famie@famie. com. To learn more about Shoah Ambassadors, visit the website shoahambassadors.com.

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s it possible that life is returning to a semblance of normal? You can watch the Tigers in person with 100% capacity at Comerica Park. You can go many more places maskless, and people are gathering again. While we may feel we can get in the car and actually eat out — in a restaurant — chances are many are happy at home with extended family, either because Annabel there is still trepidation or Cohen because all the eateries are full, full, full. So, since many of us want to spend the day on the lake, on the links or lounging, with Father’s Day just a few days awayaway, it seems only fitting to offer up quick and easy recipes for easy eats. Family cookouts with grill involvement are extremely popular on Father’s Day. Of course, shaping raw beef into a patty is the simplest recipe for hamburgers. Stick a small ice cube into the center of the raw beef for extra-juiciness (the ice melts as the beef cooks, making light pink centers easy). And use my foolproof grilling glaze by mixing 2/3 cup storebought Italian salad dressing and 1/3

cup soy sauce and brushing this over the burgers as they cook. Unless you actually craft your own hot dogs, simply charred lightly (or not so lightly) on all sides is the best way to prepare kosher dogs. Here are some other food options to add to your dad’s day. PULLED BARBECUE TURKEY If you don’t like turkey, use chicken breast. Ingredients 2½ pounds boneless and skinless turkey breast, visible fat removed 1½ cups your favorite barbecue sauce ½ cup ketchup 1 cup chopped onions ¼ cup cider vinegar 2 Tbsp. prepared Dijon mustard 1 Tbsp. brown sugar 1 Tbsp. minced garlic 1-2 tsp. smoked paprika ½ tsp. ground cayenne pepper Directions Preheat oven to 325F. Cut turkey breast into 3-inch chunks. Boil turkey in a large saucepan of boiling water over high until just cooked through. Remove the turkey from the pot and

LIME AND CILANTRO SLAW Ingredients 6 cups shredded green or red cabbage 1 cup shredded carrot 1 cup chopped scallions, white and green parts ½ cup cilantro leaves (not chopped) Dressing 2 Tbsp. mayonnaise 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil 2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice 3-4 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar 2-3 Tbsp. sugar (to taste) Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste Directions In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and toss well. Makes 6 servings. BROWN SUGAR AND GARLIC GRILLED CHICKEN BREASTS Ingredients 2½ pounds boneless and skinless chicken breasts Marinade: 3 Tbsp. olive oil ¼ cup chili powder 3 Tbsp. brown sugar 1 cup chili sauce ½ cup ketchup ¼ cup cider vinegar 2 Tbsp. soy sauce 1 Tbsp. hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco 2 tsp. fresh minced garlic 1 tsp. fresh ground pepper Directions Trim visible fat from the chicken breasts. Place the chicken in a zipper-style bag continued on page 50 JUNE 17 • 2021

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and set aside. Combine remaining ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk well. Pour the mixture over the chicken and seal the bag. Turn the bag several times to coat the chicken. Chill the breasts for 30 minutes up to several hours. Thirty minutes before serving (for hot chicken — you may also serve the grilled chicken chicken at room temperature), spray the cold grill with nonstick cooking spray and heat to medium-high. When the grill is hot, remove the chicken from the marinade and place the breasts on the hot grill (shake off excess marinade first). Grill until the meat is marked with grill lines and turn the chicken to mark the other side. Turn the meat again so that the grill marks are going the other way (to make square marks on the chicken). Cook until done, a total of about 12 minutes. Serve hot or warm, sliced or uncut. Makes 6 servings. EGGPLANT AND CHOPPED VEGETABLE SALAD WITH FETA CHEESE Ingredients 1 medium eggplant (about 1 pound) Olive oil for brushing on eggplant 1 red bell pepper, chopped (about 1 cup — or more, use it all) 1 cup diced, peeled and seeded cucumber (or English cucumber, unpeeled) 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved 1 cup feta cheese, cut in cubes or crumbled 1 cup chopped fresh parsley (any kind) ¼-½ cup chopped fresh dill 3 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice

2-3 Tbsp. red wine vinegar (to taste — start with 2 Tbsp). Kosher or sea salt to taste (do this last — Feta cheese can be quite salty) Fresh ground black pepper to taste

crackers 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted OR 1 premade 9- or 10-inch graham cracker crust (already in a foil pie tin)

Directions Preheat grill to medium-high. Cut the top off the eggplant and cut it into 1/4-inch-thick circles and brush with olive oil. You may also bake these on a rimmed baking sheet at 400° for 12-20 minutes (start watching at 12 minutes to make sure the eggplant is cooked through — depending on how thick you cut the eggplant). Grill the eggplant and pepper until lightly charred and cooked though, about 10 minutes. Remove from the grill, transfer to a plate and allow to cool until just warm or cold. Cut the eggplant into ½-inch pieces/cubes. Transfer to a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and toss well, Makes 6 or more large servings.

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EASY KEY LIME PIE Easy because it’s no-bake! Plus, this recipe uses regular (Persian) limes. Key limes are tiny, and I don’t think worth the effort to squeeze or juice. Ingredients 1½ cups finely crushed graham cracker crumbs, from about 12 whole graham

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Directions For the crust: Preheat oven to 375°. Combine the graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and melted butter and stir with a fork or with your hands until the mixture is well combined. Firmly press the mixture into the bottom and sides of an attractive pie dish. Bake for 10 minutes, until just slightly browned. Let the crust cool completely. For the filling: In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine all the filling ingredients and mix until smooth and creamy. Transfer the filling to the pie crust and smooth to fill. Cover and chill for several hours until set. Cut into wedges and serve. Makes 8 or more servings.

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A MOVIE WEINSTEIN WON’T LIKE; TAPPER IS JOEY BISHOP It was just announced that Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan will star in an upcoming film titled She Said. They will play, respectively, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, NY Times reporters who uncovered the Harvey Weinstein scandal. The film is based on Kantor and Twohey’s 2019 book, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. Kantor, 46, and Twohey won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for exposing Weinstein’s conduct. When the She Said book came out, I wrote this: [In 2017, Kantor told Marie Claire]: “I grew up around people with numbers on their arms — my grandparents are Holocaust survivors. It led me to think about the big questions we often ask in investigative journalism: ‘How could something like this have gone on? What allowed this to happen?’” Jake Tapper’s first novel, Hellfire Club (2018) got great reviews and sold well. It’s a “pageturning” thriller about a freshman congressman, Charles Marder, who uncovers corruption during the height of the ’50s McCarthy era. The CNN anchor’s new novel The Devil Will Dance has just been released. Marder is again a central character. In 1961, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy assigns

MOT ATHLETES All this month, there will be extensive NBC coverage of the various (American team) qualifying events for the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The Games are scheduled to begin on July 23. After the Olympic qualifiers are over, I will work with my friends at Jewish Sports Review magazine, and other friends, to “vet” the Olympic teams (from any country) and find out who the Jewish athletes are. I hope to provide an “almost complete” list by the

time the Games begin. Vetting can be tough. Athletes in so-called minor sports, like fencing and sailing, rarely have much available biographical info. But they can win medals, too, and sometimes give us a reason to “kvell.” In the last 20 years, two Jews (a man and a woman) won gold medals in fencing and two Jews (a man and a woman) won gold medals in sailing. Much closer in time is the US. Open Golf tournament. This four-round “biggie” runs from June 17-20 on NBC and the Golf Channel. Two Jewish golfers have qualified for the Open: Daniel Berger, 28, and Max Homa, 30. Berger, who grew up in Florida, is the son of Jay Berger, 54, and his wife, Nadia Berger. Jay, now a tennis coach, was a top pro tennis player. (He was ranked seventh in the world in 1990). Daniel was so good that he turned pro at age 20. Highlights of his pro career include PGA “Rookie of the Year” in 2015; winning his first PGA title in 2016; winning the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge ($1.3M for 1st place); and winning the 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach tournament. He earned $1.4 million for that win. Homa, a California native, grew up in a Jewish home, went to Hebrew school and was a bar mitzvah. He joined the pro tour in 2013 and he’s had an up-and-down career. He was dropped from the PGA tour in 2017 due to many poor scores. But he did well enough in qualifying events to regain his PGA “card” in 2019 and went on to win his first PGA tournament that year. Last February, he won the Genesis Invitational ($1.675 million for first).

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Marder to investigate whether Frank Sinatra has Mafia ties. Along the way, Marder meets Sinatra’s “Rat Pack” (Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop). On May 17, Seth Meyers had Tapper on to talk about his book and he asked Tapper, “Who are you in the CNN Rat Pack? Are you the Sinatra? Or Dean?” Tapper replied, “I am kind of the Joey Bishop. The funny Jewish guy who goes home to his wife at the end of the day. The sweet family man.” (Video on YouTube) Meyers laughed and said, “We kind of figured that.” In another segment, they agreed that Henry Winkler, 75, is the “nicest man alive.” Sitting behind Tapper during the remote interview, was a Philadelphia Phillies’ baseball cap. Tapper, 52, explained that Winkler found out that Tapper, a Philly native, was a Phillies fan. So, he mailed Tapper a signed cap that the late Tug McGraw, a Phillies’ star pitcher, had given to Winkler.

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JUNETEENTH: STORIES & PERSPECTIVES 8-9:30 PM, JUNE 17 The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism will host a panel who will share their personal stories about what Juneteenth means to each of them and consider its relevance for all members of our community. Juneteenth marks the date when news of emancipation finally reached Galveston, Texas, confirming the freedom of the last remaining enslaved people in the deepest parts of the South. Register at crm.uscj.org. TOT SHABBAT: SUPERHERO EDITION 6-7 PM, JUNE 18 What’s your super power? Grab your mask and cape and meet the Congregation Shaarey Zedek clergy in Heritage Park for a fun, musical Shabbat experience geared toward families with children ages 0-6. Everyone older than 2 is asked to wear a mask. Free and open to the community, but reservations are required at https:// shaareyzedek.shulcloud. com/event/tot-shabbat-superhero-celebration.html. Information: Ari Reis at areis@shaareyzedek.org. Charm of Finches

MUSIC EVENT 8 PM, JUNE 18 The Ark in Ann Arbor will present this virtual concert.

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Charm of Finches is a sister duo out of Melbourne, Australia. Show is free and streamed to The Ark’s Facebook page. Donations to the “virtual tip jar” during shows support both The Ark and the participating artists. SOULFUL YOGA 11 AM, JUNE 19 Adat Shalom Synagogue invites you to join Rabbi Aaron Bergman and yoga instructor Mindy Eisenberg. Connect body and soul as they apply the wisdom of Torah to the gentle practice of yoga. No yoga experience is necessary. Free and open to the community. To RSVP and receive a Zoom link, contact Jodi Gross, jgross@ adatshalom.org. WORLD REFUGEE DAY 9 AM, JUNE 20 Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County will host this celebration of art and culture in honor of refugees around the world, featuring performances and cooking demos. Free. After registering, you will be put on a list to receive links to the event’s videos. Register at jfsannarbor.org. BACKYARD CONVERSATIONS 7:30-8:30 pm, JUNE 21 Join Federation NEXTGen Detroit for an intimate and informal conversation — right in the backyard of Yiftah Leket, community shaliach (Israel emissary). Hear perspectives from Yiftah, the ADL and others on the conflict in Israel, the surge in antisemitism and related issues. Due to the nature of the event, registration capacity is very limited so sign up

soon at jlife.app/events/654. The address for the backyard conversation will come in a separate email closer to the event date. SUPPORT GROUP MEETS 1:30-2:45 PM, JUNE 22 A virtual caregiver support group will meet for individuals who are care partners for those living with cognitive changes, including various types of dementia. Contact Dorothy Moon, Brown Adult Day Program social worker, for Zoom link and more information: 248-514-3627 or dmoon@jvshumanservices. org.

food trucks: Nosh Pit Detroit and D’Vine Cookies and Dough. BAND CONCERT 7:30 pm, Aug. 28 King Crimson has announced a rescheduled tour performance at Meadow Brook Amphitheatre. Tickets starting at $59.50 in the pavilion are now on sale at 313Presents.com, LiveNation. com, Ticketmaster.com or The XFINITY Box Office at Little Caesars Arena.

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JEWISH WOMEN LEADERS 7-8:30 PM, JUNE 23 Jewish Federation’s Working Women Network will livestream “Wisdom from the C Suite: Influential Women Leaders.” After registering at jlife.app/events/579, check your email for your registration email for the link to join. SUMMER CONCERT 12:30 AM, JUNE 24 Hadassah Chicago-North Shore invites you to a virtual concert, “Let Us Find Peace,” presented by Lori Ann Powrozek. Register by June 22 for this free online event open to everyone at hadassahmidwest.org/ CNSconcert. For information, contact cns@hadassah.org or 847-205-1900. FOOD TRUCK MEET UP 5:30-7 PM, JUNE 24 Join your friends from The Well for the first food truck meet up of the summer. This nosh and schmooze will be in West Bloomfield, 4258 Strathdale Lane. Other neighborhoods each month. Two

GUITARIST ON TOUR 8 PM, NOV. 26 Joe Bonamassa has announced an extensive run of 33 dates across the U.S. for Fall 2021 to include a performance at the Fox Theatre. Bonamassa, backed by a stellar band of legendary musicians, will perform brand new songs alongside career-spanning fan favorites. Tickets (starting at $64) are on sale now at 313Presents.com, joeb.me/ JB-Tickets, Ticketmaster.com or the XFINITY Box Office at Little Caesars Arena. Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial Assistant. Send items at least 14 days in advance to calendar@thejewishnews. com.

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DR. GERALD JEFFERY BLOOM, 96, of Novi, died June 4, 2021. This kind and loving man was a proud alumnus of the University of Michigan Dental School (1948), a member of Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity and a veteran having served in the United States Army. He proudly practiced dentistry in Hazel Park, Mich., for more than 30 years. He was a devoted and caring husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather and an avid golfer and bridge player. His memory and love are cherished by three loving sons, David (Marilyn Price) of Orchard Lake Village, Robert (Randee) of West Bloomfield and Kenneth of New York, N.Y.; his two daughters-in-law, Susan of Farmington Hills and Robin of West Bloomfield; wonderful sister-in-law, Esta Bloom of West Bloomfield; adoring grandchildren, Jonathan (Masha), Jennifer, Ashley (Peter Kenny), Courtney (Evan Malkin), Caitlin (Bradley Stulberg), Jessica and Zachary; loving great-grandchildren, Aviva, Liam, Theodore, Monroe, Jack, Briar and Katya; a world of caring family and friends. Dr. Bloom was the devoted husband and best friend for 63 years of the late Joan (Robbins) Bloom; father of the late Richard Bloom; brother of the late Herman, Murray and Edward Bloom. Interment took place at Beth El Memorial Park

Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to Henry Ford Transplant Center for Living Donation or a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. JAN BRODY, 77, of Southfield, died June 6, 2021. She is survived by her beloved husband, Richard Gautreau; daughter, Marla Mostyn; son, Michael Brody; grandchildren, Jacob Brody, Joshua Mostyn and Noah Mostyn; sisters, Joanne Bittner, Dori Goldman; brother, Edward Goldman. She is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mrs. Brody was the sister-in-law of the late Dan Bittner and the late Wendy Goldman. Interment took place at Machpelah Cemetery in Royal Oak. Contributions may be made to a music fund at Temple Shir Shalom. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. BARBARA COHEN, 81, of West Bloomfield, died June 8, 2021. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Ronald B. Cohen; daughters and sons-in-law, Rhonda and David Shink, Annette and Mark Zemeir; and Deborah Cohen Janes and George Janes; daughter-in-law and son-in-law, Cindy Cohen and Bruce Kramer; grandchildren, Alec, Lindsey, Kyra, Kyle,

Hannah, Sander, Levi and Emily; great-granddaughter, Eleanor (aka Lady E). Mrs. Cohen was the cherished mother of the late Joseph Cohen. Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, 1160 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, nkfm.org/get-involved/ giving. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. REBECCA BRODER EGOLF, of Solon, Ohio, passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer on June 9, 2021. Rebecca is survived by her beloved and loving husband, Rabbi James “Jim” Egolf; her cherished and adoring children, Jeremiah and Joshua; her dear sister, Gail Broder of Seattle, Wash.; brother, Phil (Carly) Broder of Mechanicsburg, Pa. Rebecca was predeceased by her devoted parents, Eugene “Yosel” and Doreen Broder. Services were held at Berkowitz-Kumin-Bookatz Memorial Chapel, 1985 S. Taylor Road, Cleveland Heights. Interment took place in Detroit at the Workman’s Circle Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Anshe Chesed-Fairmount Temple, (fairmounttemple. org) or the URJ Henry S. Jacobs Camp, 3863 Morrison Road, Utica, MS 39175, (jacobscamp.org). Arrangements by BerkowitzKumin-Bookatz.

MORT FIRSHT, 85, of Novi, died June 7, 2021. He is survived by his beloved wife, Arlene Firsht; daughter and son-inlaw, Cathy and Ray Lambert; sons and daughters-in-law, Barry and Terri Firsht, Jonathan and Michal Firsht; grandchildren, Benjamin (Aliza) Lambert, Alex Lambert, Matthew (Elizabeth) Firsht, Adam Firsht, Sharone (Joseph) Bigelman, Elana Firsht and Daniel (Rachel) Firsht; great-grandchildren, Noah, Ari, Amelia and Ava; brother-in-law and sisterin-law, Howard and Cheryl Sandler; many other loving family members and friends. Mr. Firsht was the brother of the late Sandra Fiarman. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. DOROTHY GOLD, 87, of Commerce, died June 5, 2021. She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Cynthia and Dr. Joel Nass, and Pamela Robins; grandchildren, Samuel and Rachel Nass, Rachel Nass, Joshua Nass, Ashley Robins and Hayley Robins; great-grandson, Hunter Nass; sister, Saundra Chelin; sistersin-law, Dorothy Feldman and Sandra Feldman; many loving nieces and nephews. Mrs. Gold was the beloved wife of the late Irving Gold; the loving sister of the late Lynne and the late Issie Goodman, the late Fred Feldman, and the late Ben Feldman; the dear sister-inlaw of the late Harry Chelin,

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obert Zeff, (born Education featured cassettes of Avram Abbot Zeff), his Million Dollar Arguments, 87, died, after a life and he authored the chapwell spent, on June 6, 2021, ter on closing arguments in while watching a basketball ICLE’s Michigan Civil Procedure game at home in Westport, During Trial. Bob’s reputation Conn. was aptly captured by a Detroit Born in Tel Aviv, News columnist who Israel, on Feb. 2, observed, “Defense 1934, Bob grew up attorneys cringe when in Detroit, where Zeff enters the courthe played high room.” In 1975, Bob school baseball well was inducted into the enough to pitch at Inner Circle, a group the University of limited to 100 of the Michigan and for best trial lawyers in the Tigers’ farm the United States. A. Robert Zeff team until bad Mr. Zeff was once knees forced him to featured in another make other career plans. He Detroit News spread covering remained an avid baseball fan a handful of the Most Eligible for a lifetime of rarely missed Bachelors in the city; he later Detroit Tigers games. married Susan Jane Kroll from Bob graduated from the South Carolina, who hadn’t University of Detroit Law seen the article. They celebratSchool at 22 and was among ed their 34th wedding anniverthe youngest applicants to sary on June 2, 2021. ever pass the Michigan bar Bob was privately a frequent exam (1957). He began trial praiser of Susan in matters of practice immediately in his the heart, golf and business, ailing father’s law firm and often followed by the humorthe name Zeff & Zeff PC still ous disclaim, “Don’t tell her I exists 65 years later. Although said that.” Bob was initially a “pink-faced Bob’s interests and expeyoung lawyer trying to retain riences warranted a book he his father’s clients,” by the early often promised to write. He ’60s he had successfully built was widely world traveled and the firm’s practice in handling had extraordinarily colorful catastrophic personal injury experiences. He owned a jai cases. When million-dollar alai fronton in Connecticut verdicts first began, Bob with related pursuits in Spain, became a national leader in where he became a fan of seven-figure recoveries. Salvador Dali and began He was proudest of a assembling a museum-quality series of press injury cases Dali collection; this was only that changed the industrithe tip of an iceberg of fine art al codes in Detroit’s plants. he and Susan collected. Newsweek covered him among Bob traveled to South the “Top 20 Personal Injury America and had Indiana Trial Attorneys” and his Jones-type jungle adventures closing arguments to juries complete with artifacts and were events that drew specarrows flying. He was once tators from all parts of the surprised to find himself discourthouse. The Michigan cussing international business, Institute of Continuing Legal seated at a table with the pres-

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ident of Indonesia at a state dinner. Bob was an unrepentant golfer for many years and reached his golf pinnacle on a scramble team that won a nearly $40,000 pot at a charity tournament for the Boca Raton Regional Hospital. His pace of play in golf, as in his private life, was deliberate. He was a reliable late arrival for virtually all scheduled events, a practice Susan was unable to dent during three decades of marriage. Bob had imposing family member dogs all his adult years; they were fiercely devoted to him and Susan but gentle enough to take a daily Brazil nut from his lips at breakfast. He lived life fully. Bob was a member of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield and Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue in Florida. He was an avid supporter of Israeli causes and a generous benefactor of Hebrew University, where the Zeffs established the Susan and A. Robert Zeff Graduate Scholarship Endowment Fund for law school students in perpetuity. Mr. Zeff is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Susan of Boca Raton, Fla.; his niece, Sandra (Mark) Gold, the daughter of Bob’s beloved older sister, Nita “Billie” (Moe) Barak, who predeceased him; and Sandra’s children. He was also predeceased by his father, Louis Zeff; and his mother, Bertha Friedman Zeff. Contributions may be made to the Division of Hematologic Neoplasia, Dana Farber Institute, 450 Brookline Ave., Boston, Mass 02215. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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and the late Diana and the late George Bogorad. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. EDITH LEVIN, 97, of West Bloomfield, died June 3, 2021. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Dr. Burton Ellis, Judi and David Hinds, Deborah Schwartz, Joan Simons, and Carol Wiseman; son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Joel and Debra Hershman; sister-inlaw, Doris Miller. She was the proud grandmother of 11 and great-grandmother of 13. Mrs. Levin is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, cousins, a world of friends and many students, who remember her to this day. She was the beloved wife of the late Ralph Levin; the dear mother-in-law of the late Joel Schwartz, the late Sheldon Simons and the late Irving Wiseman; the loving sister of the late Dr. Arthur Miller, and the late Shirlee and the late Jack Shorr. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan, 43097 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.org/donations; or Jewish Ferndale, 1725 Pinecrest Drive, Ferndale, MI 48220, jewishferndale. com/#donate. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

SARAH “SALLY” MANDEL of Southfield, died peacefully on April 23, 2021, at the home of her son, Harleigh Mandel, in California, where she had been living for the past 11 years. She and her late husband, Dr. Leslie Mandel, a rheumatologist, gave of themselves to their family, community and provided their children with a loving warm home. Mrs. Mandel received her bachelor’s degree in education from Wayne State University and specialized in teaching math. She also earned a previous degree as a medical technologist. She was the beloved daughter of the late Herschel and Raizel Sheinfeld; cherished sister of Florence Glen, the late Mary Ann Sheinfeld, the late Sylvia Morris and the late Les Field. Mrs. Mandel was the wonderful loving mother of Dr. Lillibeth (Kenny) Applebaum and Harleigh (Patty) Mandel; beloved grandmother to Aliza (Yakov) Applebaum Niman, Dovid Applebaum, Tzippora Applebaum, Eliezer Applebaum, Akiva Applebaum, Shira Applebaum, Carmen Mandel, Henry Mandel; proud great-grandmother to Moshe Leib Niman and Tzipporah Niman. She is also survived by many dear nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. A graveside service was held at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions in her memory may be made to One Israel Fund (Medical), 445 Central Ave., Suite 210, Cedarhurst, NY 11516. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

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ADAM RAITT, 49, of Royal Oak, died June 8, 2021. He is survived by his daughters, Rachel Raitt and Sarah Raitt; parents, Faye and Roy Greenberg; sister and brother-in-law, Amy and Scott Besuden; niece, Maisey Besuden; nephew, Max Besuden; many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, other family members and friends. Mr. Raitt was the son of the late Joel Raitt. Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

NEIL “NICK” SEGAL, 76, of Redford, died June 8, 2021. He is survived by his beloved wife, Catherine “Lillian” Segal; son and daughter-in-law, Johnathon and Dani Segal; daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Steve Christy, Mary Ann and Steve Spillman; grandchildren, Makayla Rae Segal and Alyssa Spillman; brother and sister-in-law, David and Pam Segal; nieces, Kim (Dennis) Segal and Kelly (Stan) Andrus; many other loving family members and friends. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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DAVID STROM, 87, died in San Diego, Calif., on June 2, 2021. He taught in the Oak Park school system from 1960 to 1968. Always a strong labor supporter, he was president of the teacher’s union. After receiving his Ph.D., he accepted a post at San Diego State University, where he taught educational sociology. Mr. Strom is survived by his children, Yale Strom (Elizabeth), Carmi Strom, Ari Strom, Shoshana Dennis (Ken), Aviva Strom, Lila Strom, Stephanie Strom and Tamar Strom; his loving companion, Jill Mora; seven grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and friends; his older brother, Harold Strom (Shirley) of Southfield. MYRON TINK, 76, of Farmington Hills, passed away on May 28, 2021, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Linda (Benjamin); son, Jason (Jocelyn); daughter, Robyn D’Haem (Chris); sister, Cheryl Hoberman (Steve); brother and sister-in-law, Neil and Judy Benjamin; grandchildren, Zoey (17), Naomi (15) and Cade (12); many nieces and nephews whom he adored. Mr. Tink was predeceased by his parents, Sylvia and Harold Tink; and brothers, Chuck (Anita) and Sandy. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery in Clinton Township. Contributions may be made to the BRCA Foundation at the

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erature and fine arts in 1956. Once her children were in school fulltime, Susanne went back to college to earn a degree in accounting and business at Lawrence Institute of Technology, where she graduated in 1975. In 1983, Susanne decided to move to sunny Santa Barbara to be closer to her sons. She was a bookkeeper for the jeweler Bryant & Sons before embarking on her own bookkeeping service, which provided monthly payroll, accounting and tax preparation services for individuals and small businesses. Never content with not learning, she enrolled at California Lutheran University and earned an M.B.A. in 1987. Susanne passionately loved

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Looking Back

From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org

The People’s Lawyer

ne hundred and five years ago, on June 1, 1916, Louis Dembitz Brandeis took his seat on the Supreme Court of the United States. This was a monumental moment, and its anniversary should be celebrated. Brandeis had a deep, significant impact upon the nature of American law. He also made history as the first Jewish member of the Supreme Court. Brandeis was born on Nov. 13, 1856, in Louisville, Ky., and was raised by Jewish immiMike Smith grants from Bohemia Alene and Graham Landau (now part of the Czech Archivist Chair Republic). Brandeis was a brilliant student, who enrolled in the law school at Harvard University and graduated at the age of 20. Upon graduation, Brandeis moved to Boston and opened a law firm that still exists today. As he pursued progressive causes such as fair labor laws and the anti-monopoly movement, Brandeis soon gained a reputation as a progressive thinker, dubbed the “People’s Lawyer.” He believed that “If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.” In this regard, Brandeis co-authored a pathbreaking article, “The Right to Privacy,” in the Harvard Law Review in 1890 that altered American jurisprudence. President Woodrow Wilson’s nomination of Brandeis to the Supreme Court in 1916 caused a tremendous battle in the U.S. Senate. He was bitterly opposed by many senators who labeled Brandeis a “militant crusader for social justice.” In that era, the fact that he was Jewish was certainly a factor as well. Brandeis was eventually appointed to the Court in 1916 and served there until 1939. He died on Oct. 5, 1941. His legacy continues to this day, especially, in legal interpretations of freedom of

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speech and the right to privacy. References to and stories about Brandeis can be found in every decade in the pages of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the JN in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History. There are announcements for the activities of the Louis Brandeis Lodge of B’nai B’rith in Detroit or the Louis Brandeis awards from the local chapter of the Zionist Organization of America. There are many serious discussions of Brandeis and his ideas. Indeed, the first mention of Brandeis in the March 24, 1916, issue of the Chronicle is about his Supreme Court nomination battle. Brandeis was also a dedicated Zionist. The editorial in the Nov. 13, 1931, Chronicle is about his particular approach to Zionism: “My approach to Zionism was through Americanism.” Furthermore, Brandeis declared: “To be a good American one must also be a good Jew.” As proof, perhaps, of the continuing relevance of Brandeis, see the article by Harold Gurewitz in the Sept. 27, 2018, issue of the JN: “Justice Brandeis and a Right to Privacy in the Digital Age.” The point is that Brandeis is still the primary benchmark for privacy rights. Brandeis is universally considered to be one of the giants of American jurists. He was a guardian of our nation and the rights of its citizens. After the attack on the capital on Jan. 6, 2021, I also think of his wise warning: “The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning, but without understanding.” Yes, Brandeis understood the rule of law. Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org.

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Meet the cohort of 2021 — young Jews making a difference in our community. See page 8

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With Detroit’s help, Israeli firm creates app to give your car a smoother, more efficient ride. See page 12

Todah Morim! Thank you, teachers! An appreciation of our day school educators during this pandemic. See page 13

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