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y brother-in-law Marc Rosenzweig was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2012 and Stage 4 lung cancer in 2013. Borrowed Time is a storytelling project about his journey to the present as told to me by him. Ben Falik
MARCH 18, 2017 I’m standing in a small, dark room. I could not be more relieved. First, just being upright feels like an act of defiance. I’ve spent so much of the last six months lying on my back. Last year, the doctors at the University of Michigan tumor board wouldn’t approve brain surgery because they thought it would leave me paralyzed. Turns out, they were only half right. My new doctors at Karmanos Cancer Center removed the tumor from my brain in October, and what did I have to show for it? Twentysix staples running the length of my skull, immobility on the left side of my body, 6,300 songs in my iTunes library and plenty of time to listen to them in my childhood bedroom. Actually, the bedroom my brother and I shared 30 years ago now has an Airdyne bike and sewing machine. The cork-lined wall is gone, along with the Styx and Journey ticket stubs, the miraculous USA Hockey Sports Illustrated cover, the tasteful Farah
Fawcett poster. I moved into my sister’s old room, which still has the state-of-the-art 1973 Nutone intercom built into the wall. It doesn’t work anymore, so instead of my mom yelling into the mic (always yelling) for us to get up already and get to school, I’d call my parents upstairs when I needed their help in the middle of the night. Or, if I was too hoarse to speak, text with my good hand. What’s that you say, iTunes shuffle play? I should take a road trip? Seems totally rational to usher in spring with a road trip. That would be the perfect way to trade the wellwishers and worriers at home for the freedom of the open road. Back in November, I was dying. Chemotherapy had become too toxic. The next best option was to wait for a phase II clinical trial for a cancer inhibitor that might keep the irrepressible cancer cells from congregating into another tumor. Once I was admitted to a drug trial in January and my fevers subsided in February, I didn’t feel like I was dying. But I definitely didn’t feel like I was living either. Plus, I had a ’99 Corvette convertible parked 20 feet from my bed. All winter, my dad had been starting the car regularly to make sure it would run when I was cleared to drive. He was less confident in my ability to take it to Chicago and then Colorado, Phoenix and California.
The top of Marc’s head in October 2016 after surgery to remove a brain tumor; and Marc in March 2017 in Chicago with son Sammy
The mechanic that I spoke to admired my ’Vette — and my drive — but expressed doubt about putting on a hitch to pull a wheelchair across the country. If the roundabouts on Orchard Lake Road were any indication, 5,000 miles started to seem ambitious, even with designated drivers who had offered (or been offered) to drive and house me for different legs of the trip. But I couldn’t get Chicago out of my head. The city, not the band. My son Sammy is a sophomore studying graphic design at Columbia College. I suggested that we go to the Art Institute, and he told me he’s been there “a number of times.” I had an old friend in Glencoe and a sense that Whitesnake was singing about me. Here I go again on my own Goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known Like a drifter, I was born to walk alone And I’ve made up my mind I ain’t wasting no more time. So I’m relieved to be upright. I’m relieved to be in this unlit, unfamiliar room in Sammy’s South Loop apartment. Relieved for my time on the road, might as well have been a dog with his head stuck out the
window. I didn’t even mind the looks I’d get — first indignant, then pitying — when I parked my fast car in a handicapped spot and then slowly hobbled out, as if the heavy plastic boot on my foot explained both. I didn’t bring a wheelchair, but there was a hitch ... my bladder hasn’t been the same since chemo. From the suburbs, I had realized I was going to be cutting it close. I put my faith in Waze, braced myself for Chicago traffic and made sure Sammy had the garage door open so I could zip up the circular ramp. I’m relieved to be relieving myself. Even if I didn’t make it down the hall to Sammy’s bathroom. I had to go. I went. I took no pleasure in the warm sensation of wetting myself and whatever I was standing on, but I feel no shame. ’Cause I know what it means ... to walk along the lonely street of dreams. “Sammy, I need to borrow a change of clothes. Where are your pants?” “You’re standing on them.” You can read more reports about Marc’s life, heroically recounted and humbly submitted, beginning next month at thejewishnews.com.
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lection season brings out the best and, in recent years, the worst in us. We are more politically active and passionate; we read and debate more — this is usually healthy for the Jews. Lately, though, the flood of misinformation and disinformation has fostered a surge of uncritical, one-dimensional thinking that has comproHoward mised our ability to discuss Lupovitch and debate constructively. Example: There’s a tendency to see all left-leaning politics as a gateway to Stalinism. This outlook seems most apparent among those with personal experience living in a Stalinist country, be it the former Soviet Union or Castro's Cuba. Understandably, these emigres and refugees associate “the left” with oppression. Yet Stalinism, in its Soviet or Cuban form, wasn’t a leftist ideology but a form of authoritarianism that subverted and betrayed the aims of social democracy, socialism and even Communism. Likewise, Nazism wasn’t conservative in the classic sense, but instead part of an authoritarian regime that betrayed the ideas and aims of conservatism. Stalin and Stalinist authoritarianism had more in common with Hitler and Nazism than with other forms of social democracy or conservatism, and vice versa. Whether they adorn themselves with leftwing or right-wing rhetoric, authoritarians perpetrate a nearly identical set of crimes against their people, critics and supporters alike: undermining the rule of law, a free press and government institutions; refusing to accept culpability; replacing the shared truths that are the basis of democracy with shared lies that are the basis of autocracy; and preying on the struggles of ordinary people by peddling baseless conspiracy theories that encourage fear and outrage, especially toward outsiders and foreigners. As such, it is no less absurd to presume that the politics of Elizabeth Warren or even Bernie Sanders will lead to Stalinism any more than the politics of Mitt Romney or Marco Rubio will lead to fascism. The problem with the current president
is that he is not a Republican but a wannabe authoritarian who is posing as a Republican, who understands and respects neither the values of the Republican Party nor the meaning of democracy. The plethora of bona fide Republicans allied against him attests to this folly. He has only succeeded thus far because mainstream leaders of his adopted party have enabled him repeatedly. Franz von Papen was not a Nazi but did enable Hitler, and history has judged him harshly. Hitler claimed that all Jews, including Jewish shopkeepers and industrialists, were Communists — and his followers believed him. Stalin claimed that working-class Jews, Bundists and even Trotsky himself were all capitalists — and no one objected to this obvious contradiction. THE BALFOUR DECLARATION As another contentious election cycle nears its apogee, American Jews face the towering question as to whether the Trump administration has been beneficial to Israel. Thankfully, history provides some much-needed perspective. The euphoric reactions to the Balfour Declaration a century ago have echoes in the recent euphoria among many Jews regarding the moving of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, the official recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, and the normalization agreements between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain. Rabbi Stephen Wise reacted to Balfour in an essay three weeks later as the lead article in the Nov. 23, 1917, issue of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle (the precursor to the Jewish News, which you can read online thanks to the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History). These words could have appeared in the JN a month ago: “It has come to pass — the day long wished for in all its momentous and far-reaching consequences to Israel and the world. The declaration ... has transferred Zionism from the field of political aspirations to the realm of political fact. Not in centuries has any word been spoken of equally vital consequence to the
well-being of Israel. The British government, true to its policy of 200 years of friendship with and sympathy for the Jew, leads the way in indicating … that the day has come for the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish People.” In fact, the truth, past and present, is far more complicated and ambiguous. The British did not issue the Balfour Declaration out of a love of Jews, Zionism or in support of a Jewish state, per se, but out of self-interest. It was largely a symbolic gesture, a rubberstamping of a situation that was already coming into being by 1917; and it was issued for reasons that had nothing to do with Jewish statehood. On the contrary, the British had already promised Palestine to Arab leaders two years earlier. Rather, the Balfour Declaration was a way to win the support of the American Zionist Movement to help convince the United States to enter World War I on the side of the Allies. (A lesser known fact: The Kaiser made the same offer to American Jews for the same reasons of self-interest.) Once the war was over, self-interest led to the abandonment of the Declaration. It was now more important for the British to be on favorable terms with Muslims in Palestine and the Middle East to enlist the support of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Muslims in India as a counterweight to Gandhi and the struggle he led for Indian home rule. This abrupt change included, most notoriously and tragically, severe quotas on Jewish immigration to Palestine at a time when tens of thousands of Jews wanted to go there to escape Nazi persecution. Thirty years after Balfour, the British — far from supporting the creation of a Jewish state in the Land of Israel — were the principal impediment to the realization of this cherished aim. Self-interest is fickle and not always reliable. Symbolic gestures fill us with a surge of hope, but what happens when a symbolic gesture devolves into an empty one? We must ask ourselves: Is President Trump’s outspoken support for Israel motivated by a love of Jews, Zionism and the State of Israel or by a desperate need to hold onto continued on page 10
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he groundbreaking Abraham Accords, signed by Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain, the first Arab/ Muslim nations to recognize Israel since 1994, come from full acceptance and partnership. Sheldon L. Revealingly, Freilich the Abraham Accords are titled “Treaty of Peace” in Arabic, as the Arabic term for “treaty” is understood to be on a much higher and more important level than the less meaningful Arabic term for “agreement” (used for the Israel-Egypt-Jordan agreements). Never before have two Arab countries simultaneously entered into a treaty with Israel. This is a peace treaty between peoples and not just governments: Opening tourism, business investment, cultural relationships, banking relationships, air travel, cellular phone and internet exchanges — many
which began immediately. Markedly, Israel’s prior Egyptian and Jordanian agreements resulted in a cold peace without tourism and business investment. Bahrain and UAE’s self-interest underpins this Treaty of Peace, as they seek benefits from Israel’s multisphere expertise and strength and American support. Bahrain and UAE are among the richest and most stable countries, due to the security of their clan and leadership structure. President Trump upended foreign policy experts’ wisdom. He put the interests of the regional Arab governments first — and not the Palestinians’ continued intransigence of making true peace. The Accords were propelled by his unequivocal support of Israel as a major ally; implementation of the 1995 U.S. public law, the Jerusalem Embassy Act, after 25 years of inaction by previous administrations; severe Iranian sanctions; and U.S. energy independence.
The experts said recognizing Jerusalem would result in riots across the Arab world — they were spurious. This peace was also driven by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu staying true to the core truths at the root of the failed Oslo process. You cannot make peace with people who pursue your destruction and reward murderers. Peace is reached with those who accept you. The Abraham Treaty of Peace is historic and revolutionary — with Arab/Muslim recognition of the Iranian and jihadists’ threats and destruction, failures of the “Arab Spring,” and that Israel is not the enemy. There is extensive exasperation with Palestinian rejectionism, corruption, selfishness and self-inflicted failures. How does this Accord impact the Arab world? Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Arabic and Islamic cultural scholar and a leading Israeli expert on the Middle East and the Arab
Memories of RBG This is a photo of our daughter, Helen K. Edelberg, MD., MPH (nee Christie) in February 2018, at the First University Wide Women’s Conference (NYC), which included a talk by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Columbia University. Helen was invited to a reception at President Lee Bollinger’s home where she spoke with Daniel Stiepleman, Ginsburg’s nephew (on left in photo). He introduced Helen to his aunt. Helen is a graduate of Seaholm High School in Birmingham and a past member of Temple Beth El. — Adrian and Mynetta Christie Birmingham
Correction The caption for the first photo on “To Cuba With Gratitude,” Oct. 1, page 36, should have read: “Street in the town of Agramonte, Cuba” (the setting of Letters from Cuba).
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the support of evangelicals and build a coalition against Iran? Like Balfour, Trump’s gestures filled us with elation. But were these more than symbolic gestures, each a photo-op to rubberstamp an already existing situation? Jerusalem has been the de facto capital of Israel since its existence. There’s been no serious challenge to Israeli control of the Golan for decades. And Israel normalized relations with the UAE and Bahrain tacitly nearly two decades ago (Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert suggested that, sans Bibi, an open normalization agreement would’ve been signed in 2009). THE UAE’S NEW FIGHTER JETS And what about the fickleness of self-interest, in this case, the U.S. giving state-of-the-art fighter planes to a Middle Eastern country other than Israel? Time will tell whether the ultimate disappointment of Balfour will repeat itself. For now, it’s essential that we take advantage of the per-
spective that our forebears a century ago did not have — that of Balfour and its rapid implosion. An alternative approach to gauging the support of American leaders for Israel may be in recognizing that the way we use the term “true friend” with respect to Israel is different from how we use the term otherwise. My closest friends are not those who agree with and praise everything I say and do. On the contrary: My closest friends are my staunchest supporters, but also my most strident critics when they think I’m acting foolishly or self-destructively. I rely on their criticism. I use the same standard when measuring who is a true friend of Israel — support coupled with necessary criticism. As with all things that are important, the truth is more complicated — and interesting. Dr. Howard N. Lupovitch is director of Wayne State University’s CohnHaddow Center for Judaic Studies.
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world, explains there is no “Arab World” any longer — the geopolitical divide in the Middle East is comprised of two “coalitions.” The Iran-led coalition comprises Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, the Hamas-led Gaza Strip and Hezbollah, supported by Turkey and backed by Russia and China. This coalition is one of death and destruction and the leading sponsor of terrorism. The Saudi Arabian-led coalition, backed by the U.S., consists of Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Israel, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia and Morocco. This camp is focused on life, growth and future, and held together by mutual fear of Iranian dominance. Bahrain and the UAE wouldn’t have entered the Accords without the full approval of Saudi
Arabia. The Saudi Minister of Information tweeted his endorsement of the Accords. Netanyahu’s relationships with Arab/Muslim countries, many sub rosa, paved the way, along with Israel’s strength and a common foe, Iran. The carnage of the ISIS “caliphate”; the Syrian civil war slaughter of 1 million; the recent explosion in Beirut — all have turned the Arab public away from the Iran-led camp. As more Arab/Muslim states line up to normalize relations, we see that peace comes not from relinquishing the Jewish right to the Land of Israel but rather from a place of power and pride in the Jewish identity. Sheldon L. Freilich is president of the Zionist Organization of AmericaMichigan Region.
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Editor’s Note
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y now, all of you should have received your at-home ballots in the mail for the upcoming election. Whether you are voting by mail or planning a masked, socially distanced in-person trip to the polls on Nov. 3, we at the JN have Andrew been busy over Lapin the last few weeks Editor preparing our coverage so that you are prepared to mark your ballots. Typically, in an election year, the JN will either send candidates a written questionnaire of their stance on the issues, or conduct a sit-down interview in our offices. This year, with in-person meetings off the table, our editorial team still pushed for face-to-face interviews, but we have conducted these interviews over Zoom. We focused our questioning on issues of particular importance to the local Jewish community, including rising antisemitism, support for Israel, the state and federal responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare, the local economy and race relations. Incumbents were asked about their past records and
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accomplishments. We then edited the transcripts for length and clarity in order to present their views fairly and accurately. In all, we have interviewed 18 different candidates running in a total of 13 different races, from Senate and Congress to various Michigan statehouse and Oakland County positions. These races are largely being overlooked by other media this election cycle, as the lion’s share of coverage is being poured into the presidency. We couldn’t interview every candidate on the ballot, but we tried to prioritize the races of greatest consequence to our readers. In the most high-profile Michigan race, the U.S. Senate, we are also publishing a feature on Republican Senate candidate John James and his Jewish connections. We did this because I felt these connections were interesting, had not previously been reported and were worth our time to explore. Our goal is not to play favorites between the candidates but rather to illuminate the Jewish stakes of this very tight race. Sen. Peters has written op-eds for the JN before and is more familiar to our readers, while James has been less forthcoming with our
publication despite this being his second Senate campaign. Not all of our election coverage fit into this print issue, so please visit our website, TheJewishNews.com, for more of our candidate interviews. The interviews and subsequent stories were a combined effort between myself; JN Associate Editor Jackie Headapohl; Copy Editor David Sachs; Reporter Danny Schwartz; and JN freelance writer Madeline Halpert. Freelancer Sarah Williams provided invaluable assistance on editing candidate transcripts. The following candidates, all Republicans, did not return our repeated requests for interviews or questionnaires, and as such are not featured in our elections coverage even though their opponents are: • Paul Junge (8th Cong. Dist.) • Charles Langworthy (9th Cong. Dist.) • Jeff Jones (12th Cong. Dist.) • Robert Vance Patrick (14th Cong. Dist.) • Elizabeth Goss (MI-27) • Mitch Swoboda (MI-37) • Rep. Ryan Berman (MI-39) • Kendra Cleary (MI-40)
One final note. In the past, the JN has offered candidate endorsements. Just like during the August primary, we will not be doing so for this election. Our new nonprofit ownership status complicates our ability to formally endorse political candidates, but even if we weren’t in that situation, I would still decline to have our publication endorse anyone. My reasoning is: I don’t believe media endorsements are a useful metric in our modern political dialogue, when so few voters remain undecided, and particularly not for our publication, where we have a small editorial staff and risk compromising our reporting by issuing endorsements. We believe our role in this election is to give the candidates the chance to speak to Metro Detroit’s Jewish voters directly and give you the tools to make up your own minds. We hope the information contained in these pages and online does give you those tools, and that we have succeeded in representing your voice to your elected officials. Have a healthy and safe election!
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James was the best man at Jeffrey Green’s Jewish wedding. The two have been close friends since high school.
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uring their junior year of high school in the summer of 1998 at the Michigan Chapter of Boys State, a model government leadership program for teens, John James, who is Black, and Jeffrey Green, who is Jewish, became fast friends. During the program, Green, a delegate from Okemos High School, was elected secretary of state, and James, a delegate from Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Township, was elected governor. Though the program only lasted a week, James and Green’s friendship has endured several decades; each has served as best man in the other’s wedding, and James is now the godfather to Green’s children. And this year, as James makes a run for Democratic U.S. Sen. Gary Peters’ seat, Green is reminded once again of the duo’s early high school political ambitions. “We wanted to change the world and had all the plans to do so,” said Green, who now lives in Sylvania, Ohio. “So, it’s really fun to see what he is doing now.” The current race is not James’ first encounter with politics since high school. In 2018, he ran against U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow and lost by 6.5 points. This race is tighter: Some polls show
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James trailing Peters by only three points. But as police brutality protests and the COVID-19 pandemic preoccupy the country, James, the Iraq war veteran and Detroit businessman, is campaigning in an unexpected political battleground. James believes his message of unity for all races, creeds and religions will speak to Michiganders. And though the Jewish population doesn’t typically comprise much of the Republican vote in Michigan, some make generous donations to the GOP, and several belong to James’s inner and campaign circles. BRIDGING THE GAP? Bipartisanship often permeates James’ Jewish friendships. In Farmington Hills, James lives next door to Florine Mark, a prominent Jewish businesswoman and CEO of the WW Group. James says although Mark is a staunch Gary Peters supporter, she has him over for family dinners and invites his children to swim in her pool. He says his many connections to the Jewish community don’t strike him as “weird or different.” “I’m honored to count members of the Jewish community among our grassroots supporters at all levels,” he told the JN in his
election interview. “The community is well represented, not just in my campaign but in my normal everyday life.” James, a West Point graduate raised by Democratic parents in Detroit, returned to Michigan after serving eight years in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War. There, he flew the Apache helicopters that now famously adorn his campaign signs. In 2012, James joined his family’s business, James Group International, a logistics and supply chain management firm in Detroit. For two years, Green worked for the company as well. And when James decided to run for senate in 2018, Green, despite being a Democrat, was an obvious pick for the role of informal campaign adviser. “Our relationship transcends politics,” said Green. “It’s important to always have somebody on your side who knows who you are, someone who understands you and cares for you, and I’m that for John.” THE JEWISH VOTE Historically, the majority of the Jewish community votes overwhelmingly Democratic in Michigan and the country. This year, 66% of Jews identified as Democrats, according to the Jewish Electorate Institute. While Jewish Republicans in Michigan are smaller in number, Stu Sandler, a general political consultant who works with the James campaign, and the former deputy executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, believes a sizeable sect of the Jewish community is open to voting for James. Some of James’s prominent supporters are Jewish, including former Michigan Republican Party Chairs Robert Schostak and Ron Weiser, and Michigan businessman Sheldon Yellen. James also has the potential to connect with Jewish voters through his pro-Israel stances, according to Sandler. James says he supports the current administration’s proposal for a two-state solution and opposes all forms of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. “There must be no space between the United States and our ally Israel,” James said. “We must protect our allies.” Recently, the Jewish Democratic Council of America, a Democratic partisan PAC, released an advertisement labeling James as an antisemite, referencing an incident
where a tiny swastika appeared in his 2018 campaign ad, and a comment on a television interview where James said underrepresented African Americans “need to make sure that we force both parties to treat us the way they’re genuflecting for working-class white males and for our Jewish friends.” James’ own Jewish friends say the accusations against him are outrageous. “Never have I ever felt an ounce of antisemitism in John’s body,” Green said. James has publicly apologized for the swastika incident, which he says was an oversight on behalf of his media company who used stock footage of a school hallway for the ad. “I apologize to anybody whom I may have hurt because personally that doesn’t represent me,” he said. “The swastika is an evil symbol that only should be remembered so it never gets repeated.” As for the genuflection comment, James, while not addressing the word’s connotations, says he meant it as a compliment to the Jewish people. The Jewish community and women in particular, he says, have worked hard to hold both the Democratic and Republican parties accountable to their vote in a way he wishes the Black community would. “I think that the African American community would do well to demand the same accountability from our politicians,” he said. ON BLM AND ANTISEMITISM Donald Trump’s pro-Israel policies do not take precedent over domestic security for a number of Jewish voters. Many are concerned with the president’s alleged stoking of antisemitism by failing to forthrightly condemn far-right extremist groups. The James campaign has
seen its own share of criticism in this field. In late August, members of the far-right group Proud Boys, which has been linked to antisemitic activity, volunteered at a James campaign event in Antrim County. “I can’t speak for President Trump, nor will I try,” James said. “But I will speak for myself that I hate bigotry in all of its forms.” The president has offered his “total and complete” endorsement for James. But Trump has also called the Black Lives Matter organization “bad for Black people.” James said, “Of course I believe that Black lives matter. I’m a Black man.” But he says the Black Lives Matter movement has been “hijacked by leftists.” “I do not believe that it honors the sacrifices of the civil rights leaders who came before us nor does it shed a positive light on George Floyd’s death,” he said. In a statement from his campaign, James said that as a Black man and officer, he understands both sides of the debate. To the public, he has denounced proposals to defund police departments and says he supports “increased training and increased transparency.” Regardless of the current movement’s goals, James says Jewish people have been marching beside African Americans in the fight for equality since the civil rights era. As the nation experiences antisemitic and racial violence once again, the communities are only becoming closer, he believes. James says he plans on using every platform available to promote these words of unity. “I think that’s a message that will hopefully resonate with all communities, especially the Jewish community,” he said.
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Peters Values Close U.S.-Israel Ties Senator also speaks about racial justice as he seeks a second term. JN STAFF
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ichigan’s junior U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat, is running for reelection as his first six-year term is coming to a close. He recently sat for a Zoom interview with JN staff. This account has been edited for brevity and clarity.
JN: What is the message you want to communicate to the Jewish voters of Michigan? PETERS: It’s been really a privilege and an honor to work closely with the Jewish community over the years. I regularly attend events with the community, Sen. Gary work closely with Peters members of the community and have a record of getting things done for the community. I’m ranked the third-most bipartisan Democrat in the U.S. Senate. …The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is clearly not any Democratic organization, just recently awarded me their Jefferson Hamilton award for bipartisanship, a willingness to reach across the aisle to get things done — and that leads to being effective. If you look at this Congress, these two years that we’re in right now, I have authored and passed more legislation through the U.S. Senate than
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any other senator, either Democratic or Republican. As a minority member in the Senate and as a freshman, no other senator, either Democratic or Republican, has written and passed more bills. JN: How do you see the U.S. relationship with Israel? PETERS: I’m a staunch defender of the U.S.-Israeli relationship. I think that’s absolutely critical.
gy … to create a permanent working group between the Israeli military and the U.S. military to deal with advanced technology. Israelis excel in advanced cyber security. They excel in advanced research into artificial intelligence, all areas that we also sell them. But putting our collaborating together will mean both of our countries are more secure. I’ve worked other research programs, and I helped to get funding for a very valuable research program done by the IDF and that was an anti-tunneling technology to protect Israel from tunnels that were being dug particularly from Gaza into Israel that presented a national security threat to Israel. But it’s directly related to my
“No other senator, either Democratic or Republican, has written and passed more bills.” — SEN. GARY PETERS I’m the ranking member on the Homeland Security Committee, and I’m on the Armed Services Committee. And in the Armed Services Committee, I’m the ranking member on a Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, which looks at the dangerous spots around the world … and that brings me in contact with the Israeli government on a regular basis and particularly cooperation when it comes to advanced research. I’ve worked to build bridges with Israeli companies and the IDF, clearly leaders in advanced military technolo-
work in Homeland Security because we also have tunnels on our southern border that are used by folks who smuggle contraband, and we need to have technology to be able to stop that. It’s an example of how our interests are so closely aligned in so many ways. And we have to strengthen that alliance. JN: In 2017, you co-sponsored a bill that would make BDS activity a federal crime. Why did you support the bill? PETERS: I’ve spoken out against BDS and will continue to speak out against it and sup-
port appropriate legislation to make folks know that it is not the policy of the United States government to support a BDS movement, which I think is counterproductive to what we ultimately all want, which is a two-state solution negotiated by the parties in the Middle East. JN: There was strong local Jewish support this summer for the Black Lives Matter movement and for more attention to be paid on a federal level to issues of racial justice and possible police reform. Where do you come down on this? PETERS: That’s a very broad question. Racial disparities are broader: It’s police activities; it’s access to healthcare, to economic activity, economic opportunity. There’s the income divide; there’s the wealth divide. So, all of those need to be addressed. I believe that we need to right now enact things; many of those were enacted in the Democratic House. For example, we know we can ban choke holds. We don’t need further studies. We don’t need further talk. Choke holds have no place in those police practices. The other thing we know we must do, we don’t need to study it anymore, is that we need to have independent investigations. Whenever a police officer is accused of wrongdoing, it should not be investigated within the department. It’s important for communities to trust the decisions that are made. We know that COVID disproportionately impacted communities of color.
JN: What can the Senate do to ensure Americans that their votes are going to be counted and that this is going to be a free and fair election? PETERS: Regarding possible cyber attacks, I’ll say, here in Michigan, our secretary of state has been certainly on it and has been working with folks from the Department of Homeland Security to make sure that there are no vulnerabilities when it comes to that area. Where I’m more concerned are the disinformation campaigns that we’re likely to see from foreign countries, the Russians in particular. Regarding absentee ballots, I want to make sure the mail is delivered in a timely fashion. I am overseeing the postal service and called out the new postmaster general when he put policies in place that had the impact of slowing mail down. We found, starting in mid-July through the period when these new policies were put in place, on-time mail delivery dropped significantly in the Detroit area. As a result of public pressure and as a result of the pressure that I put on with my colleagues, he has since suspended those policies. So, hopefully, that will mean on-time delivery will increase. It’s starting to increase now.
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JN: What can the Senate do about the COVID-19 pandemic? PETERS: As the ranking member on Homeland Security Committee, I oversee FEMA, the federal emergency management folks who’ve been assigned the response to the COVID crisis. And I have been pushing them aggressively to have a more coordinated federal response. And, yet, we have a president who said to the governors you’re all on your own. Back in March and April, Michigan was one of the hotspots, and it was a struggle to get personal protection equipment to protect our healthcare providers. The national stockpile was clearly not sufficient to deal with the magnitude of the problem at that time. That’s why you need a national policy to deal with it and understand that state lines don’t matter. Last year, before the pandemic, I put out a report from the Homeland Security Committee because I saw our over-reliance on foreign supplies of critical medical supplies as a homeland security issue. Basically, I said, when there is a pandemic in the United States, we are going to be in a precarious situation. Little did I know it’d be a few
months later, and here we are. We need to bring back that production from China and other places and have it in the United States and treat it like we treat war material.
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Significantly, 14% of the population of Michigan is African American; yet, they had over 40% of the deaths. Clearly, we needed to put more resources into those communities that were impacted.
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Rep. Haley Stevens Freshman congresswoman talks with the JN about her priorities if reelected. JACKIE HEADAPOHL ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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reshmen Congresswoman Haley Stevens is defending her seat against Republican Eric Esshaki in Michigan’s traditionally red 11th District, which includes Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Troy, Commerce Township, Novi and Farmington. Stevens grew up in the district and her Rep. Haley family still lives in Stevens Birmingham. The JN recently interviewed Rep. Stevens via Zoom. Her responses are edited for length and clarity. ISRAEL My focus in Congress has been
on advanced manufacturing and new technological development, and I believe the U.S./Israel partnership is a real opportunity for us to strengthen entrepreneurial efforts, such as the maturity of new technologies, particularly in the automotive sector. The Michigan Israel Business Accelerator is a great organization, and I want to do more with it. It certainly has led to the development of new companies, spinoffs and start-ups. ANTISEMITISM I oppose the BDS [boycott, divestment, sanctions] movement as a real attack on American Jewry. Particularly we see this on campuses, and it’s a deeply biased
campaign against Israel’s existence and it’s leading to extraordinary tensions ‌ We need to have badges and designations for hate groups ‌ Neo-Nazism and antisemitism have no place in our country, and I will always seek to dismantle it. We’ve got to take some serious action in Congress to combat it. COVID-19 The pandemic is still among us. We’re not back to a full recovery on our economy. Small businesses have sustained a lot of economic pain. I’m all for another stimulus for our working families and not leaving people and communities in the lurch around some of the other assistance measures they need. And we can do this in a smart, fiscally responsible way, and it gives people a return on their taxpayer dollars, too.
CLIMATE CHANGE We must embrace a whole clean technology portfolio. I think Michigan is going to be a leading place for electric and autonomous vehicles. Michigan has also been a great example of the approach of having a robust, advanced manufacturing sector that has embraced clean technologies, such as solar panels on our roofs and LEED certification in our buildings while also maintaining the stewardship of our environment. We are the Great Lakes State, and the care and health of our fresh water is critical and something that 50 years ago we stood up for when we passed legislation to protect our natural environment. My goal is to bring all the stakeholders to the table: those in the private sector, utilities and auto companies. More at www.thejewishnews.com.
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Eric Esshaki Republican newcomer in the 11th district talks to the JN about his priorities. SARAH WILLIAMS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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ric Esshaki is running for the House seat in Michigan’s 11th District against incumbent Haley Stevens. Esshaki, a Chaldean, has a background in nursing and earned his law degree from the University of Michigan. He Eric Esshaki worked at a New York law firm before returning home to Birmingham in 2018, where he lives with his family. He told the JN he’s running because “we have politicians who care more about advancing their own political career than they do about talking about
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policies that will actually make the lives of Michiganders and Americans better.” Here are highlights of the JN’s Zoom interview with Esshaki (edited for clarity and length). HEALTHCARE We need a policy that’s focused on bringing costs down. One way is to have more free market principles involved in healthcare and more competition based on cost. I also think we need to get back to risk-based premium settings so people can choose the plan that works for them. COVID-19 All levels of government lacked
leadership in dealing with COVID-19 ... We closed 100% of our economy when we knew only about 20% of the population is at very high risk from the virus. Simultaneously, we did little to protect that vulnerable 20%. We need to focus now on keeping our economy going and continuing to open things up safely. IMMIGRATION We need to make legal immigration easier by creating a path without current hurdles and expenses. I also think we need to make illegal immigration harder, which requires us to first ensure we’re securing our border. Prioritization for immigration should be given to those suffering persecution as religious minorities. ANTISEMITISM It’s important that we treat everybody with dignity and respect. But there are other steps
we must take as a government, particularly when it comes to the boycott movement that we’re seeing on college campuses. We should ensure that federal contracts and federal funding do not go to institutions that promote racist culture in any way. RACIAL JUSTICE No matter who you are or where you come from, you may have obstacles. But part of the American dream is the fact that you can overcome these obstacles. We’re doing ourselves a huge disservice when we say there’s a couple of bad apples in law enforcement, so all law enforcement must be that way. The notion that we should be defunding police when we’re facing civil unrest across this country, largely by folks who are using race as a pretext to advance a political agenda, that’s just wrong. More at www.thejewishnews.com.
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Oakland County Executive
David Coulter Oakland County executive seeks vote of confidence from voters. JN STAFF
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emocrat David Coulter was appointed Oakland County executive following the death last year of L. Brooks Patterson. He is now running for a full term against Republican Mike Kowall. Here are highlights of our Zoom interview, edited for length and clarity. TOP PRIORITIES I take seriously that COVID-19 is still here without a vaccine. I run the health department, and we’ve taken some strict orders following the lead of the state, based on the science. I think
they’ve made a great difference. This is both a public health concern and an economic one. It’s our priority to continue supporting our businesses, residents, seniors and cultural institutions, which is a challenge, especially if there’s not another round of funding. Before the pandemic, I launched Oakland Health 360 to bring affordable, quality healthcare to each of our residents. We’re six months into a three-year-process to provide primary care, kids’ dental and wraparound human services at our public health clinics.
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ormer State Sen. Mike Kowall, a Republican from White Lake, is looking to unseat Democrat David Coulter as Oakland County executive. Here are highlights of our Zoom interview with Kowall, edited for length and clarity. TOP PRIORITY I really appreciate the economic development and quality of life we have in Oakland County. This is one of the best places to live in the United States. I’m running because I want to make sure we keep it that way — and that we’re very careful in how we spend tax dollars with the gen-
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eral public. I’m concerned that the fund equity we’ve built up is being depleted. BIGGEST CHALLENGES COVID is a major issue we need to get through with as little damage as possible. We seem to have a better handle on it than we did in the beginning, but I’m very concerned the Oakland County Health Department is not giving good direction and support to our schools. Mental health is a major issue not being addressed in our county. I see an opportunity to build a consortium of our hospitals, all which I’ve worked with
ECONOMIC RECOVERY A couple things make us optimistic. Oakland County was in good economic shape before the pandemic. The past decade, we’ve been working to diversify our economy so we’re not as reliant on auto-related business. This recession hasn’t yet impacted property values, which is where most of our revenue comes from.
ATTRACTING YOUNG RESIDENTS Transit is up there. Young people aren’t as interested in owning a car. They’re also attracted to urban environments. We need to have a regional mentality. I also look at places like Pontiac as a great untapped opportunity. Pontiac could become a dynamic place with energy and things young folks are looking for.
ANTISEMITISM I will speak out against injustice when it happens toward anyone. As a gay man, I grew up having to stand up for my own rights and the rights of the LGBTQ community. Whether it’s antisemitism, ageism, sexism, homophobia, anti-immigration rhetoric, that cannot be allowed to take root. I want to be a voice for the Jewish community, which is very important to Oakland County.
TRANSPARENCY After we did the map [of COVID cases by ZIP code], we saw disparities based on race. This was particularly important to the Black community because it showed we understood this was hurting them worse. If we’re transparent with that data, this helps to promote trust. Our budget is also now online and searchable. We’re trying to put up everything we can and be as transparent as possible.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT We’re seeing a big emphasis on the 5G networks. Also, satellite launching, that’s happening down in Florida right now and will soon be in Michigan. I’ve also been contacted by pharmaceutical companies who want to know about making products in Oakland County instead of places like China. It’s about bringing in new, innovative ideas.
WATER RESOURCES We have an immense amount of infrastructure that needs to be replaced. For instance, whenever it rains hard, Royal Oak and nearby areas get flooded — people’s basements fill with water. It needs to be fixed, not just patchworked. ANTISEMITISM I’ll do everything in my power to stop antisemites from getting any traction in Oakland County, including sitting and talking with Jewish community leaders — I know most of them because I grew up and was immersed in a predominantly Jewish area of Detroit. I had family who died in concentration camps in Poland, so I understand the emphasis that needs to be put on antisemitism.
VISION FOR THE COUNTY Oakland County is one of the best places on the planet to live. But we need to keep trying to improve daily. We have to look out for our grandkids. That’s why I’m so involved with the schools and concerned about education and mental health. I want to have people dedicated to specific areas of the county so we know exactly what’s happening and where we can help.
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orie Savin, a lawyer and a referee at the Friend of the Court for 17½ years, is challenging Clarence Dass in the Nov. 3 election for the seat that Judge James Alexander is vacating after reaching mandatory retirement age. Savin recently joined the JN for a Zoom interview. Highlights are below, edited for length and clarity. APPROACH TO THE BENCH Familiarity with the law and family law is most important in my decision-making. The second motivation for me are the children I’ve had to answer to, whether I’ve represented them
in court or interviewed them in custody and parenting time cases. JEWISH BACKGROUND As a lawyer and a referee, I ask myself, am I doing justice to the people I’m serving? Am I caring about people the way I’d want them to care about me? These values were the foundation of what I learned in synagogue. RACIAL JUSTICE The way the system is rigged, including the legal system and evictions, negatively impacts people of color more. How we score people’s credit and the
Clarence Dass: ‘Judges Should Have Empathy’
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larence Dass, founder of the Dass Law Firm and former Oakland County assistant prosecutor, is challenging Lori Savin in the Nov. 3 election. Here are highlights from his Zoom interview with the JN edited for length and clarity. APPROACH TO THE BENCH I believe judges should have empathy and understand what it’s like to be every single person in a courtroom. I’ve been a prosecutor, a defense attorney, a cancer survivor — I know what it’s like to be at the most desperate moment of your life, which is what most of the people who come to court are facing. A judge’s job is to follow the law,
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but I believe this can be done with a sense of empathy. RACIAL JUSTICE There’s a race problem, not just in the court system, but systematically in the U.S. Why do we have over a 70 percent minority incarceration rate in Oakland County? Why is it more likely for a person of color to be stopped by police? Why is the result of a court case affected by the attorney a person can afford? Prosecutors, law enforcement, and judges have to work together in a critical way to eradicate these things. I would require my staff to perform implicit bias training as I do now in my own law firm.
unfair treatment people receive in the mortgage industry, this goes back to redlining. Judges need to be part of the solution. As president of the Referees Association, I’ve been active in State Bar of Michigan committees that work to educate lawyers and judicial officers on issues such as implicit biases. I’ve long advocated that our conduct, word choices and actions, both in and outside of court, affect the ability of people to trust the court and legal systems. POLICE MISCONDUCT Because somebody is in a position of authority within a community, this doesn’t excuse them from conduct that’s illegal or would cause the public to lose faith in their government. We can’t tolerate the abuse of power, with a badge or a gavel. COVID-19 Accessibility and stress are two big factors when it comes to how ANTISEMITISM I believe free speech stops at the point it becomes hateful. Antisemitism, racism, prejudice and bigotry have no role in any protected class of society. They should be viewed as hate speech and prosecuted as such. LAW ENFORCEMENT I’ve prosecuted police officers. They’re flawed like any human being, and when they make mistakes, they aren’t to be given a pass or an excuse. Police need to be trained throughout their career on de-escalation and cultural and racial diversity, and not just once at the beginning. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Having been a prosecutor and a defense attorney, my focus isn’t being tough on crime. It’s about being smart on crime, and you have to know both sides to understand the majority of people with offenses need treatment
I do my job right now. Zoom has made court more accessible for those who’ve struggled with transportation in the past and can now get online for their hearing. But there are people who don’t have consistent access to the internet or don’t know how to use their smartphone in that way. I’ve often called people and walked them through getting onto the system to participate. I don’t want to have somebody miss their hearing because of technology problems. COVID has stressed every single person I know, even people who still have their jobs, even those with good health insurance. The most important thing I can do is try to be understanding and compassionate and appreciate these are unusual times. We all have to give each other a bit of a break. More at www.thejewishnews.com.
rather than incarceration. Incarceration should be reserved for those who pose a great danger to society by committing violent crimes like sexual assault and murder. The legislature needs to start pumping in resources for people who need rehabilitation instead. JEWISH COMMUNITY TIES In 2016, the Chaldean community was almost extinguished in the Middle East by ISIS, and the Jewish community was the first to support us. Similarly, when antisemitism reared its ugly head again, I, along with others through the Chaldean Chamber of Commerce, protested and held seminars about this. Every time one of our communities takes a hit, we’re there for each other. It’s been a partnership I hope will continue. More at www.thejewishnews.com.
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Moments Jack William Beavers, son of Andrea and David Jacobson, will lead the congregation in prayer on the occasion of his bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. He will be joined in celebration by his sisters Lillian, Jenna and Danielle and proud grandparents Sheldon and Rose Rita Goldman, and Joe and Nancy Jacobson. He is a student at Eton Academy in Birmingham. For his most meaningful mitzvah project, Jack volunteered his time at the West Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle. Jamie Alexandra Bloom, daughter of Carey and Ryan Bloom, will chant from the Torah as she becomes a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. She will be joined in celebration by her sister Jordan and proud grandparents Janice and Gary Bloom, and Barbara and Fred Goldberg. Jamie is a student at Berkshire Middle School in Beverly Hills. She is an avid animal lover and her most meaningful mitzvah project involved spending time helping Almost Home Animal Rescue; Jamie volunteers by taking care of animals and helping find them permanent homes. She and her mom also take in foster dogs and help get them adopted. Zachary Nathan Elbinger, son of Eden and Kevin Elbinger, will lead the congregation in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. He will
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be joined in celebration by his sister Skylar and his proud grandparents Rochelle and David Elbinger, and Sheri and David Jaffa. Zachary is an eighth-grade student at Hillel Day School or Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. For his most meaningful mitzvah project, he made bookmarks, bag tags and wrote letters for the Project Night Night Program. This program donates 30,000 nighttime packages a year to homeless children ages 12 and under. Brianna Jade Kronenberg will lead the congregation in prayer on the occasion of her bat mitzvah at Temple Israel on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. She will be joined in celebration by her proud parents, Sandy and Alaina Kronenberg, and sister Ashley. Brianna is the loving grandchild of Elisa and Yale Falick, and Nancy and Robert Kronenberg. She is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. For her most meaningful mitzvah project, Brianna volunteered in Detroit for the PeerCorps. Evan Harrison Sachs, son of Jessica and Ken Sachs and brother of Talia, will become a bar mitzvah at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. He will be joined in the celebration by proud grandparents Kathy Green, and Zita and Ludwig Gottesman. Evan is a student at Derby Middle School in Birmingham. For his mitzvah project, he is collecting and donating sports equipment for underprivileged kids.
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Choosing The Right Path
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he story of Adam, Eve made not one but two unwise and the forbidden fruit choices: eating the forbidden is commonly studied as fruit and then failing to accept a story about disobedience. responsibility, but are driven God gave Adam and Eve a out of paradise by the second single (negative) commandpoor choice. In other words, ment: Do not eat from the this is a story about choice and fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. responsibility and understandFrom this story, Jewish ing consequences. The Torah commentators human ability to choose constructed one of the wisely or poorly drives pillars of Jewish belief: this story. the requirement to In a world where Adam observe Divine comand Eve have everything Howard mandments or reap the and know nothing else, Lupovitch consequence. their inability to underYet, observance stand that choices have Parshat of commandments, consequences and even Bereshit: importance notwithGenesis 1:1- that consequences exist standing, is not the only 6:8; I Samuel should not surprise us. 20:18-42. message that this story This also explains the conveys. Between the meaning of their Divine moment of disobedience when punishments. Life will now Adam and Eve eat the forhave challenges and difficulbidden fruit and the moment ties that will build character, when God inflicts punishment including the ability to underon them, there is a crucial step stand that actions and choices that we sometimes overlook: have consequences. Adam and Eve, offered by God This is the first of many stoa chance to accept responsiries in which biblical figures are bility, choose to pass the buck given a choice and, depending instead. Adam, in response on whether they choose wisely, to the question, “Did you eat they’re rewarded or punished, of the tree from which I have beginning later in this week’s forbidden you to eat?” shifts Torah portion with Cain. blame from himself to Eve and This is the first step toward even to God: “The woman constructing a paradigm you put beside me gave me that Jews have lived by ever of the fruit and I ate.” Eve, in since. The ability to choose response to, “What have you is a Divine gift that must be done?” blames the serpent. handled with care, among That’s when God imposes pun- other ways by recognizing and ishment. accepting responsibility for the The sequence of actions sug- choices we make. gests that God is not angered by the choice to disobey, per se; Dr. Howard N. Lupovitch is an assobut rather their failure to accept ciate professor of history at Wayne responsibility incurred Divine State University and director of wrath and elicited God’s harsh WSU’s Cohn-Haddow Center for punishments. Adam and Eve Judaic Studies.
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he Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame is much more than just a collection of plaques on walls. And there are a lot of plaques. Since 1985, there have been 130 inductees into the Hall of Fame. Since 1987, there have been 36 recipients of the Alvin and Shirley Foon Humanitarian Award. Since 1991, there have been 69 Jewish News High School Athletes of the Year. Since 2012, there have been 41 Pillars of Excellence recipients. Since 2016, there have been 18 recipients of Dr. Steven and Evelyn Rosen Stars of Tomorrow scholarships. Each honoree is celebrated with a plaque at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield. But those plaques need a new venue now that the JCC has closed its health club in the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building. The JCC has been the Hall of Fame’s only
home. The Hall of Fame has been there since 1985. Stuart Raider, president of the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation, which oversees the Hall of Fame, wants the Hall of Fame to remain at the JCC. He’s cautiously optimistic that will happen. “The majority of the Hall of Fame inductees have a connection to the JCC,” he said. “I hope the JCC also appreciates the fact that the Hall of Fame is like the Michigan Jewish sports historical society, and it needs to be preserved. “The Hall of Fame is very much a part of our community. If the Hall of Fame can’t stay at the JCC, we hope we can find a home in another Jewish venue, like a synagogue.” As someone who has had the privilege of informing several Hall of Fame inductees about their induction, Raider said, he knows what the honor means to them. “One man told me it made his life,”
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SHAEF led the Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League’s fall season through four weeks of the five-week season, posting an 8-0 record. The Jeters (5-3), Marble Rye (4-4), Kosher Ribs (3-4-1), The Sandlot (2-6) and Bad News Jews (1-6-1) followed the leader. Regular-season play in the league ended this past Sunday. Singleelimination playoffs will be held this Sunday. Teams in the weekly fall league are made up of players from different InterCongregational summer league teams. Games are being played this fall at Keith Sports Park in West Bloomfield. SHAEF is the acronym for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force commanded by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II. Frankel Jewish Academy basketball teams play their home games at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield. But that arrangement has a cloudy future because of the JCC’s recent announcement that it’s closing its health club. JCC CEO Brian Siegel told the Jewish News the JCC will honor its lease agreement with FJA, which includes use of the fitness center. FJA athletic director Rick Dorn said last week he hadn’t had any discussions with the JCC about the lease.
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A bust of former Detroit Tigers star Hank Greenberg and plaques honoring Pillars of Excellence recipients are on display in the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit.
Raider said. West Bloomfield resident Maynard Flusty’s life is intertwined with the JCC and two Hall of Fame inductees. Flusty, 88, has been using JCC sports and fitness facilities since he was 10, back when the JCC was located at Woodward and Holbrook in Detroit. The building is now the Considine Recreation Center. Before COVID-19 shut down the JCC health club in West Bloomfield in March, Flusty was working out there for an hour in the morning seven days a week, then taking a steam bath, showering, shaving and kibb-
Bowling alleys across the state can host organized events like leagues as long as recommended COVID-19 safety measures are in place, but two weekly B’nai B’rith bowling leagues don’t plan to begin their season in 2020. Justin Kaplan, president of the Downtown Fox-MLZG League, which bowls Tuesday nights at Hartfield Lanes in Berkley, said league members will assess the situation in January and see if they want Justin Kaplan to start a short season that month. “If it’s safe, we’d love to bowl,” Kaplan said. “Our league is not just about bowling. It’s about camaraderie.” Kaplan said league members, in a
majority vote, decided not to bowl in 2020 even though Hartfield Lanes provided information and a video about its Gary Klinger safety measures. “Things are just too unpredictable right now,” Kaplan said. Gary Klinger, from the Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson League, said league play is scheduled to begin Jan. 4 at Country Lanes in Farmington Hills. The league bowls on Monday nights. Each league ended last season a month early in March because of the pandemic. Read more Quick Hits at thejewishnews.com.
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itzing with friends. Each day before leaving the JCC, Flusty stopped at the Hall of Fame plaques of two longtime personal and family friends, Sam â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sonnyâ&#x20AC;? Taub, who died in 2019, and Ralph Goldstein, who died in 1988. Flusty touched each plaque then kissed his hand, like one does after touching a mezuzah. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The three of us, all lefties, played a lot of basketball at the JCC while we were growing up,â&#x20AC;? Flusty said. Taub, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992, was an all-city basketball and baseball player at Detroit Central High School, basketball and baseball player at the University of Detroit, member of three slow-pitch softball national championship teams, college basketball referee in the Big Ten and Mid-American conferences, and Detroit Mumford High School basketball coach and athletic director. Goldstein, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983, was an All-State basketball player at Detroit Central, captain of the U-D basketball
team and the first U-D guard to score more than 1,000 points. Flusty worries about not being able to continue remembering his friends in such a traditional Jewish manner. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already experienced a bad day, he said, when he and his wife Marilynn, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in January, recently cleaned out their lockers at the JCC. Maynard Flusty doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the basketball resume of his Hall of Fame friends, but it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shabby. He was playing for Highland Park Community College when he was drafted into the Army in 1952 during the Korean War. After being discharged in 1954, Flusty was a player and coach at Detroit Institute of Technology. No discussions about the Hall of Fameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future at the JCC had taken place as of last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As important as the Hall of Fame is to us at the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation, we understand the JCC has a lot on its plate these days and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re further down the line,â&#x20AC;? Raider said. Raider has been a JCC health club member for more than 35 years, running on the indoor track every morning heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there.
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ndrew Appel was 16 when he was able to bring a harpsichord into his New York City home while preparing for a career as a musician. Now, at 69, and with the use of technology, he virtually is able to bring lots of guests into his home, 100 miles outside New York City, to hear him at the instrument that became his favorite as both soloist and member of the Four Nations Ensemble. Appel’s next concert — free and beginning at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 — is planned as part of a series by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit (CMSD) as the organization, like so many other music presenters, has moved into the digital sphere because of the pandemic. Appel will feature five works by 17th- and 18th-century French and German composers and speak about each piece before playing it. The first two pieces, by Louis Couperin and Johann Jakob Froberger, offer varied personal expressions related to a stunning shared experience.
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“Couperin and Froberger were at a party, and a famous lutenist fell down a flight of steps and died,” Appel said. “Both composers [separately] wrote elegies in the lutenist’s honor, and both pieces are really beautiful. It’s so interesting to have the pieces side by side.” The rest of the hourlong program features suites that have their individual stories, which will be conveyed by the harpsichordist. The works are by Georg Böhm, J.C.F. Fischer and J.S. Bach. The performer will delve into how Böhm brings the sweet and lyrical expression of
It’s almost as if listeners are sitting with me in the room ... They’ll be much closer to the music. — ANDREW APPEL
French composers into his writing while Fischer is more contemporary. “I picked these pieces because I really love them,” said Appel, who explained that he came to love the harpsichord because it has a more complex sound than the piano, which he studied first. “The harpsichord is more complicated and brain-filling. On the piano, you never feel the string. On the harpsichord, I actually feel the plucking of the string with every note, and my connection to the sound is a little more like a guitarist’s connection to the sound.” Before being able to have his own harpsichord as a teenager, Appel put thumb tacks on the hammers of his piano to create a metallic sound that brought the effect of the piano closer to the harpsichord. Appel’s interest in classical music started when he was a preschooler who enjoyed listening to his mother’s record collection. In school, he worked at his grandfather’s garment business for the money to buy records of his own. Appel, who had formal training at
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Juilliard, studied in Paris and became familiar with the approaches of French composers. “Most of these pieces in the upcoming concert are by Germans writing in the French style,” Appel said. “French taste was central in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries so a lot of German composers, including Bach, copied this wonderfully elegant and subtle writing that became the model all over Europe.” Appel, who has missed stage appearances during the pandemic, can look back on concerts that have reached from Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls in New York to the Spoleto Festival in Italy. He performed the Brandenburg Concerto in an earlier CMSD program. With technology moving attention away from CDs to digital platforms, Appel is changing his attention
The free harpsichord concert can be heard at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, by going to chambermusicdetroit.org and selecting the Andrew Appel link. to online access, and with live concerts canceled, he is writing articles for music publications. A current performance project is the Bach harpsichord and violin sonatas. “The music in the CMSD concert benefits from being heard closely,” said Appel, who describes himself as culturally Jewish and is married to photographer David Rodgers. “In my living room, the cameras and the microphones are really close to me so it’s almost as if listeners are sitting with me in the room. “Listeners will hear more of how I phrase than they would in a concert hall that seats 350 people. They’ll be much closer to the music, and this music wants to be close.”
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CHICAGO 7 AND SOMETHING WEIRD The Trial of the Chicago 7, an original Netflix film, begins streaming Oct. 16. It opened in a few theaters on Sept. 28 (to be “Oscar-eligible”) and has received mostly great reviews. The film was directed and written by Aaron Sorkin, 59 (A Few Good Men). In 1968, Chicago’s Mayor Daley determined that no anti-Vietnam War demonstrators would get near the site of the Democratic National Convention.
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The police got carte blanche to beat and/or arrest anti-war demonstrators. All this was later called “a police riot” by a blue-ribbon, nonpartisan commission. Nonetheless, the Nixon Justice Dept. made the political decision to charge (1969) a group of anti-war figures with conspiracy to riot. Here are some Jewish sidelights: Three defendants were Jewish: Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen, 48), Jerry Rubin and Lee Weiner (Noah Robbins, 30). The main defense lawyers, William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass (Ben Shenkman, 51), were Jewish. The trial judge,
Julius Hoffman, was Jewish. During the trial, Abbie cried out in court: “You [Judge Hoffman] are a ‘shande fur de Goyim’ [“disgrace in front of the Gentiles”]. You would have served Hitler better.” Five defendants were convicted on the conspiracy charge. Their convictions were reversed on appeal (partially because the judge was so biased). After the trial, Weiner, now 81, worked for the ADL and was active in protests on behalf of Soviet Jewry. I wondered how the Proud Boys, the all-male, far-right group that featured prominently in the first presidential debate, got its name. I found out it was named by Gavin McInnes, the group’s co-founder. To quote the Southern Poverty Law Center, “McInnes plays a duplicitous rhetorical game: rejecting white nationalism and, in particular, the term alt-right while espousing some of its central tenets.” It’s fair to call McInnes an antisemite, homophobe, racist and
anti-feminist. I was surprised to find out that the Proud Boys name comes from the song “Proud of Your Boy.” It was originally written for Aladdin, the 1992 animated Disney musical, but wasn’t included in that film. The tune got a cult following in the mid-1990s, and it was included in the 2011 Broadway stage version. Aladdin sings the song, and, in very simple terms, he expresses his wish that his mother would someday be proud of him. McInnes heard the song and came to the bizarre conclusion that Aladdin was apologizing for being a boy (!) — which he thought was wrong. From that weird beginning, there is a now a major hate group “kind of” named after a song written by two Jews (Alan Menken, 71, and the late Howard Ashman, who was gay). “Proud” was first sung on Broadway by Adam Jacobs, 40. He’s a bigot’s nightmare: a Jewish father and a Filipino mother.
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ART EXHIBITION ONGOING THROUGH OCT. 31 “Beauty & Chaos,” an exhibition featuring landscapes and abstractions at the KICKSTART Gallery & Shop, 33304 Grand River Ave., Farmington. The artist is a member of the JCC’s Men’s Club. For information, call (248) 231-2158, or email kickstartfarmington.org. JVS BUSINESS EVENT 12-12:30 PM, OCT. 15 The 23rd annual JVS Human Services Strictly Business event will be held virtually on Zoom due to the pandemic. It will bring together prominent business leaders who support the agency’s mission. The program will honor two inspiring individuals, nominated by JVS Human Services, as Employees of the Year. For details about sponsorship and tickets, contact Sandy Schuster at sschuster@jvshumanservices.org.
DRIVE-IN MOVIE 6 PM, OCT. 15 Hosts: Detroit City Moishe House, The Well and Hillel of Metro Detroit. Movie: Anchorman — The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Site: All European, 14509 Jarvis, Ferndale. Info: Sam@hillel-detroit.org. HEALTH CARE COSTS OCT. 15-DEC. 7 You may be paying too much for your Medicare plan. Or you may want prescription drug coverage (Medicare Part D) that works better for you. AAA 1-B’s Medicare Medicaid Assistance Program (MMAP) is offering appointments by phone or Zoom. The sessions will run for 1½ hours. Call (800) 803-7174. A phone and/or Zoom link will be sent before the session.
RIVERFRONT EVENT 6 PM, OCT. 16 Join the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy for a physically JEWISH STUDIES distant but socially connected 4-5 PM, OCT. 15 fundraiser, #BeingApartTogether. The Posen Library of Jewish A free, virtual broadcast of musiCulture and Civilization released cal performances by local artists Volume 8: Crisis and Creativity along the riverfront will be made between World Wars, 1918–1939 available for the community to in April 2020. Now three U-M enjoy on the Detroit Riverfront professors, Todd Endelman, Zvi Conservancy’s Facebook page. The Gitelman and Deborah Dash concert will feature performances Moore, will discuss highlights in from In Transit, Al Bettis, Juuni Jewish history from the period on a and New World Soul. Prior to the virtual event sponsored by the Jean musical performances, Detroit & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Experience Factory is hosting a Studies at U-M. The Posen Library free and engaging virtual tour is an ongoing project gathering at 4:30 p.m. for a better undermaterial from biblical times to the standing of the past, present and 21st century to create a collection future of the Detroit Riverfront. Visit of Jewish creativity, diversity and detroitriverfront.org/beingaparttocultural contributions around the gether to register. Supporters with globe. The project includes the a donation of $250, will receive a interactive Posen Digital Library special box of items and activities at posenlibrary.com. To view delivered to their door. The colthe event, lsa.umich.edu/judaic/ lection of items will be available news-events/all-events.detail. for purchase through this fall for html/76014-19655341.html or holiday gifts at detroitriverfront.org/ posenlibrary.com/frontend/posenBeingApartTogether. library-events.
CONCERT SERIES OCT. 17 Ann Arbor’s historic Kerrytown Concert House series will be made available online to ticket buyers for streaming anytime, anywhere. DVDs of each performance will also be made available for those without internet access by emailing marketing@a2so.com or calling (734) 994-4801. The series was filmed exclusively for the A²SO in the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. On Oct. 17, view “The Music of Brahms.”
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Oct. 26 and Nov. 2. Tuition: $55. Register at JLearn.online. View full catalogue at jccdet.org/JLearn. RECOVERING HOLOCAUST ART 7-8 PM, OCT. 20 Hadassah Greater Detroit Attorneys & Judges Council invites you to a virtual event with Jonathan Schwartz, who will speak about the Holocaust Art Recovery Initiative and the help he gave to individuals to recover valuable works of art stolen by the Nazis during World War II or to obtain restitution for the artwork. This event is open to everyone; $10 minimum donation requested. Contact greaterdetroit@hadassah.org or call (248) 683-5030 for further information. Register by Oct. 18, hadassahmidwest.org/GDAttorneysJudges. CAMPY FUN 6:30 PM, OCT. 22 & 23 Genitti’s Hole-in-the-Wall in Northville is offering dinner and a show. Keep Your Tent Up, Smitty Garbinger is a physical comedy of the 1920s. A seven-course dinner and the show (including tax and gratuity) is $40. For reservations: (248) 349-0522.
A VIRTUAL TOUR 7:30 PM, OCT. 22 The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan will host a virtual tour of YESHIVA DINNER the Louis and Fay Woll Memorial 7 PM, OCT. 18 The Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will hold Bible Garden at Congregation Beth Ahm. With its unique and beauits annual celebration of commutiful blend of flowers, plants and nity and education virtually for the first time. The evening’s theme, “An biblical tradition, the Bible Garden Evening of Unity;” all tickets to this provides aesthetic enjoyment and year’s event have been generously intellectual engagement. Cost: $10 for members and $18 for sponsored, attendance is free. For non-members. Register by 9 pm more information and to register, on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Instructions visit aneveningofunity.com. for joining the Zoom call will be sent the day before. JLEARN CLASS 7-8:30 PM, OCT. 19 “At the Ghetto Gates” with profes- Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial sors Howard Lupovitch and Jeffrey Assistant. Send items to calendar@ Veidlinger. This class will also meet thejewishnews.com. OCTOBER 15 • 2020
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A New Twist at Dakota Bread Friendship Circle buys popular bakery, considers weekly challah subscription service. JENNIFER LOVY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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a brand like Dakota and say that we are going to keep the challah recipe exactly the same and give our young adults this incredible opportunity.” The sale came about through what Bassie Shemtov considers divine providence. After running Dakota Bread for almost 21 years, owners Tom and Jennifer Wilson were thinking about retirement. At the same time, Ron Hodess, chair of the COURTESY OF FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE
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akota Bread Company, a popular West Bloomfield bakery known for its challah, will reopen next week under surprising new management. Earlier this week, Friendship Circle, a local Lubavitch-affiliated nonprofit focusing on individuals with special needs, announced the purchase of the bakery, which will be used as a venue to create job opportunities for adults with special needs. The bakery will close temporarily Oct. 16-18 to transition into a kosher-certified establishment. Reopening is scheduled for Oct. 19, and a private ribbon-cutting ceremony will follow. Friendship Circle plans to keep all 11 Dakota Bread employees. Within a month, the training program should be up and running. Once it is, existing staff will continue to bake during their regular shift, with a second shift added for training. This model will allow the bakery to keep up with the high demand. When Friendship Circle co-founders Rabbi Levi and Bassie Shemtov began sharing the news about the acquisition, the response was almost always the same. After the initial enthusiasm came the gentle, but stern warning not to change the recipe. For those concerned, the award-winning challah recipe will remain exactly the same, promises Bassie Shemtov. “The most important thing you can do for individuals with special needs is to fill their day with purpose in a way that includes them in the community, and this bakery will do exactly that,” said Levi Shemtov. “It’s exciting to be able to take
Bassie and Rabbi Levi Shemtov
“We are going to keep the challah recipe exactly the same.” — FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE’S LEVI SHEMTOV Friendship Circle board of directors, gently pushed the organization to start a bakery. When the Wilsons bought Dakota Bread, they hadn’t even heard of challah. They just knew it was a hugely popular item at the bakery they were about to buy. Although Dakota sells a variety of bread and baked goods, challah is literally their “bread and butter.” Tom Wilson said they
sell between 2,500 and 3,000 loaves each week, constituting approximately 75% of their business. This year between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, they sold between 10,000 and 11,000 challahs, Wilson estimated. Before Rosh Hashanah, it’s not uncommon to wait up to two hours to purchase a bread — almost as long as some High Holiday services. Hodess credits his wife, Sue, with the idea of opening a bakery. Their sons Jay, 27, and Andy, 24, successfully worked in a bakery, which was one of two vocational pilot programs started by Friendship Circle approximately five years ago. The bakery, along with an art program, was created to fill a void in services for those aging out of the organization’s programming. Based on the success of these models, Friendship Circle opened the Soul Café, a restaurant that trains and staffs individuals with disabilities, and the Soul Studio, a supported studio art program. However, some participants in the bakery program had a difficult time working in the café because it required different skill sets. Jay Hodess was one of the participants who thrived in the bakery because making challah is a straightforward process involving repetitive steps. In contrast, the restaurant environment was not a good fit for him. Hodess anticipates both his sons will work at Dakota Bread. EVENTS PLANNED Future plans for the bakery include hosting community events such as challah baking
Jay Hodess braids a challah. LEFT: Students participate in Friendship Circle’s pilot baking program in prior years.
classes for different age groups and programs bringing together the general community with those served by Friendship Circle. Shemtov said the bakery will continue to offer teens the opportunity to come in and make a challah for their upcoming bar or bat mitzvah, something that started before the Wilsons bought the bakery.
Friendship Circle is exploring the possibility of starting a challah membership program where customers would sign up for weekly or monthly challah delivery prior to Shabbat. If they were unable to use the challah during a given week, they could choose to pay it forward by letting the bakery know they want to donate their bread. To celebrate the newly reopened oper-
ation, the community is invited to attend a drive-through open house 12-3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, following a private ribbon-cutting ceremony. During the open house, participants can watch a video about the bakery program, get take-andbake challah dough and receive a takehome bakery craft. For more information, visit friendshipcircle.org.
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obert N. Canvasser, 95, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 7, 2020. He was born in Detroit in 1924 to Charles and Ada Canvasser, the third of four boys. He graduated from Central High School in 1943. Following graduation, he enlisted in the Army and was honorably discharged in 1945. He spent the rest of his life in the real estate business with his three brothers, going to work even when he was not feeling well. He met the love of his life, Beverly, in 1950 and soon they were married. Beverly was not only his wife but also his life. They raised four children who married and gave them many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who to this day follow in the couple’s footsteps of love and devotion to family and Judaism. Robert was involved in Temple Beth El and religious causes his entire life. He was confirmed in 1939 and later graduated from the temple high school in 1942. His confirmation service was called “Be Strong and of Good Courage,” a message he followed to the end. Mr. Canvasser was a life member of the Isaac Agree Memorial Society, which later became known as the Downtown Synagogue. Robert and Beverly spent their lives working for
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charitable causes. life. He also served His life revolved on the board of around Temple Henry Ford Hospital Beth El: He was West Bloomfield, the president of the Heart and Vascular Young Married Institute and the Group in 1958 and Structural Heart became president Program. He helped of the of Temple raise funds and Beth El Men’s Club Robert Canvasser secure approval for in the early 1960s. the construction of In 1969, he became the 45th the West Bloomfield facilpresident of Temple Beth ity, which serves so many El and served until 1973. people in the area. Reform He was instrumental in the Judaism, Temple Beth El building of and fundraising and Henry Ford Hospital for the building at 14 Mile all benefited from the and Telegraph. Beverly Canvassers’ devotion. He served as president of the was a giant of a man who sisterhood at the same time. will be greatly missed. In 1969, he was elected Mr. Canvasser is surto the executive board of vived by his children, Eric the National Federation of and Debbie Canvasser, Temple Brotherhoods and Dr. David and Kathie the Jewish Chautauqua Canvasser, Cheryl and Dr. Society. The following Ronald Kerwin, and Mark year, he became its vice and Marla Canvasser; president. In 1974, he was grandchildren, Jason and chairman of the Synagogue Anne Canvasser, Daniel Council of Greater Detroit, Canvasser and Dr. Lindsey an organization of Reform, Rossman, Jeffrey and Conservative and Orthodox Joel Canvasser, Rebekah congregations. Canvasser, Dr. Noah and From 1976 to 1984, Jennifer Canvasser, Hannah Robert served as a member and Jason Kessler, Dr. Leah of the board of trustees Canvasser and her fiancé, of the Union of American Dr. Kevin Ratnasamy, Dr. Hebrew Congregations, the Lenny and Kim Kerwin, governing board of Reform Richard and Samantha Congregations in the United Kerwin, Heather and Jeffrey States. He also served on the Vieder, Lauren and Jordan board of the Hebrew Union Yellen, Amanda and Dan College-Jewish Institute of Goldberg, Lindsay and Religion. Dr. Jeff Waldman, and He actively worked for Elizabeth and Michael Henry Ford Hospital West Emmer; great-grandchilBloomfield, which was so dren, Jonah, Brynn, Jack, instrumental in saving his Hudson, Madison, Zachary,
and Elijah Canvasser, Ezra Kessler, Bennett, Shaye, Ella, and Chase Kerwin, Paige and Brody Vieder, Connor Yellen and Lyla Goldberg; brother and sister-inlaw, Byron and Maxine Canvasser; sister-in-law, Natalie Canvasser. He is also survived by his former daughter-in-law, Joanne Kapetansky; and his loving and devoted caregiver, Gigi James. Mr. Canvasser was the beloved husband for 65 years of the late Beverly Canvasser; the proud great-grandfather of the late Micah Canvasser; the devoted son of the late Charles and the late Ada Canvasser; the loving brother of the late Donald Canvasser, the late Marvin A. and the late Elaine Canvasser. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Beverly and Robert Canvasser Compassion Fund, c/o Henry Ford Hospital West Bloomfield, 6777 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield Township, MI 48322, henryford.com/ development; Hospice of Michigan-Oakland County, 43097 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.org/donations; Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, tbeonline.org/donation-page; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
HERBERT BIDLOFSKY, 81, of West Bloomfield, died Sept. 30, 2020. He is survived by his beloved wife, Sharon Bidlofsky; daughter and son-in-law, Alysa and Jeff Kowalsky; son and daughterin-law, Randy and Shannon Bidlofsky; grandchildren, Chloe and Carly Kowalsky, and Ashton Smith; many other loving family members and friends. Mr. Bidlofsky was the brother of the late Jerry Bidlofsky. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association or Hospice of Michigan. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
RUTH CARNICK, 100, died on Sept. 28, 2020. She was born in Chelsea, Mass., to Harry and Fanny Simon in 1919. She was an avid Tigers fan, a hole-in-one golfer and lover of art and music. Walking into her meticulous home reminded family of the wonderful life she shared with her late husband, Boyd, for 67 years, and the deep appreciation for art, music and travel they instilled in the children. Mrs. Carnick is survived by her daughters and sonsin-law, Harriet and Larry Kepes, Joan and Dr. Avrum Stein, Linda and Dr. Leonard Sahn, and Barbara and David Crossen; grandchildren,
Carolyn Kepes, Amy Kepes (Karl Seidel), Laurie (Ron) Selik, Jayme (Scott) Morgan, Dr. Joshua (Dr. Andria) Stein, Jeffrey (Sara) Stein, Nathaniel (Laurie) Sahn, Jessica (Dr. Michael ) Ober, Sarah Sahn, Daniel (Emily) Crossen; great-grandchildren, Ari Blake, Ella Rose Morgan, Sax Morgan, Renn Stein, Cole Stein, Auden Stein, Brycen Stein, Zach Stein, Audra Sahn, Jaina Sahn, Maya Ober, Jackson Ober, David Selik, Adam Selik, Toby Crossen and Sam Crossen. She was the sister of the late Sara (Arthur) Kaplan and the late Nathan (Martha) Simon. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Hadassah-Greater Detroit Chapter, 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield,
MI 48232, hadassah.org/ detroit; or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ANN CARRON, 89, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 3, 2020. She is survived by her son and c.1996 daughter-in-law, Dana â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dovâ&#x20AC;? and Sheri Carron; daughter and son-in-law, Robin and Mike Moscow; grandchildren, Jeff (Louisa) Moscow, Kelly (Joe) Gabry, Michael (Darcie) Carron, Danny Carron, Alexa Carron, Marc Carron, Tova (Rafi) Leon, Moshe (Hava) Carron and Eli Carron; great-grandchildren, Miles, Dylan, Mitchell, Tyler, Mason, Parker, Vanessa, Hadassah, Josef and Raffi; many loving continued on page 40
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Beloved husband to Gloria Meer and the late Norma Jean Meer. Devoted father of Reuven "Robert" (Shani) Meer, Dr. Aaron "Jeffrey" (Phyllis) Meer, Brian (Lisa) Meer, Howard (Jill) Labe, Robert (Mary Lou) Labe and Eric (Monica) Labe. Cherished brother to Norma (Herbert) Handelsman and the late Marion (late Arnold) Wisper. Also survived by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and a devoted caregiver, Elaine Johnson.
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arvin Kozlowski, 100, passed away peacefully and surrounded by love in his West Bloomfield home on Oct. 8, 2020. A most adoring, optimistic and patient man, Marvin packed a lot of life into his 100 years on Earth. Natives of Radom, Poland, Marvin and his father, Max, spent time in Nazi work camps before boarding a train to their impending death. When it approached a stretch of tracks that had been recently bombed by the Allied Forces; their lives were spared. They were the only two members of their family to survive the Holocaust. After the war, Marvin made it to the United States in 1949 and was reunited with Edith London, also a Holocaust survivor, who arrived two years prior. They were married in 1950 and welcomed their first child, Jay, in 1952, eager to rebuild the family they had lost. Four years later, they welcomed their second child, Ruthie, and after another six
years, their third and final, Joe. Marvin and Edith worked so hard to give their children the lives they deserved. Marvin’s workdays started before dawn Marvin and he would rarely Kozlowski get home before 10 o’clock at night. Edith, with a heart of gold, did all she could to nurture the children while Marvin provided for the family. Despite having no relevant experience, Marvin got a highly sought-after tailoring job at Sears by speaking with the hiring managers, sharing his story and convincing them that he would not fail. This unwillingness to give up or fail was something that Marvin carried with him until the very end. After 17 years at Sears, Marvin took a big chance by opening his own store in Bloomfield Hills. The landlord didn’t want to rent space to Marvin, but, again, Marvin made too com-
pelling an argument. With Edith in charge of sales and Marvin doing alterations, the couple turned Devon Custom Clothiers into a great success story. The two were unstoppable. They spent time and effort providing for their kids; they were ultimately able to pay for each of them to attend college and medical school; they also paid for the kids’ cars. That was something in which Marvin always took such great pride. Despite his hard work, Marvin always showered his kids with affection. It’s hard to imagine two people loving and caring for their family more than Marvin and Edith. Words can’t express the love and closeness that Marvin and his family shared. The lessons he and Edith have instilled in subsequent generations are so incredibly valued. The last few years were challenging, but Marvin, the consummate
survivor with care from many, fought until the very end. He fought to spend more time with his family, who loved him so dearly and who will miss him more than can be expressed. Mr. Kozlowski is survived by his wife, Edith; his children, Jay (the late Linda) (Renee), Ruthie, Joe (Jill); his grandchildren, Rachel, Anna (Bryan), David, Julia, Max, Ben; and great-grandchild, Elliot; his nurse, Kim. He was the dear brother and brother-in-law of the late Shlomo Kozlowski, the late Fela Kozlowski, the late Chayka Kozlowski, the late Itka Kozlowski. Contributions may be made to Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; or Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW., Washington, D.C. 20024. A graveside service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
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nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mrs. Carron was the beloved wife of the late Dr. Carl Carron; the mother of the late Randy Carron; sister of the late Sol Lesnick, the late Julius Lesnick and the late Sylvia Pearlman. Interment took place at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. PEARL COFFMAN, 95, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 1, 2020. A retired
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Detroit public school teacher, she loved music, Judaism and her family. Playing piano almost exclusively by ear, she loved when people sang along to songs from her extensive playlist. She also volunteered with Jewish Hospice and enjoyed meeting with her Yiddish group. She will be missed by her family and many friends of all ages. Mrs. Coffman is survived by her son and daughter-inlaw, Dr. Eric N. and Dana Coffman of Bloomfield Hills; daughters and sons-in-law, Jane Michelle and Michael Zeid of Bloomfield Hills, Miriam Beth and Bruce Milen, also of Bloomfield
Hills; grandchildren, Jessica Fink, Chad Coffman, Allison and Brad Lefkowitz, Lauren Zeid-Glick and Jacob Glick, Joshua and Emily Zeid, Rachel and Michael Nakash, Rebecca and Jesse Coren, Jason and Brooke Milen; great-grandchildren, Ayla Lefkowitz, Areille Lefkowitz, Vivian Nakash. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan, 43097 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302; or Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. A graveside service was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel. TRUDY FOSTER, 80, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 2, 2020. She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Jocelyn and Ira Margolis, and Lisa Foster; grandchildren, Amelia Margolis, Magnolia Margolis, Mayer Margolis and Ruby Yates; sister, Lynne Kahn; other family and friends. Contributions may be made to Almost Home Animal Rescue, P.O. Box 250602, West Bloomfield, MI 48325, almosthomeanimals.org/ donate. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
ELAINE GLUCKMAN, 88, of Southfield, died Oct. 2, 2020. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Matthew (Robin Remer) Gluckman, Kerry and Raquel Gluckman; grandchildren, Loren and Danielle Gluckman; sister, Sandra Brenner; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Gluckman was the beloved wife of the late Harold “Hank” Gluckman; the sister-in-law of the late Jerry Brenner. Interment took place at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. ELLEN KNIGHT, 86, of Northville, died Oct. 8, 2020. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Robert J. and Melinda Knight; daughters and sons-in-law, Lisa E. and Robert Moore, Gina M. and Keith Pierce; grandchildren, Alex, Gibson, Isaiah, Lydia and Vivienne Knight, Bryan, Amanda and Cole Moore, Ian and Zachary Tarockoff, Jacob Pierce; many other loving family members and friends. Mrs. Knight was the beloved wife of the late Robert Knight; the sister of the late James Englert, the late John Englert and the late Josephine Szambelan. Interment took place at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
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SHEILA KOLLENBERG, 89, of Okemos, formerly of Scottsdale, Ariz., Southfield and Oak Park, died Oct. 6, 2020. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Cyndi and Dan Cohen, Ellen and Mark Latimer, and Judy and Eric Spanogle; son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Mary Kollenberg; grandchildren, Brad Gutov, Brandon and Rachel Cohen, Bree and Jeff Waldrup, Becki Kollenberg, MariLou Chinchilla, David Chinchilla, Danielle and Kevin Connolly, Father Graham Latimer FSSP, Elisa Latimer, Geena Spanogle, and Sara Spanogle; great-grandchildren, Caleb Gutov, Jacob Gutov, Elise Cohen, Avi Cohen, Jack Waldrup, Liam Ambrose, Steven Cocolovo, Dylan Chinchilla, and Patrick Connolly; brotherin-law and sister-in-law, Richard and Ruth Gottlieb; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins by the dozen and cherished lifelong friends worldwide. Mrs. Kollenberg was the beloved wife for 45 years of the late Eugene Kollenberg; the dedicated daughter of the late Hyman and the late Sylvia (nee Cornfield) Ginsberg; devoted daughterin-law of the late Hessel and the late Frances (nee Share) Kollenberg; dearest sister of the late Bedonna Ginsberg; loving sister-in-law of the late Arlene (nee Kollenberg) Gottlieb. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to United Ostomy Associations of America, P.O. Box 525, Kennebunk, ME 04043-0525, ostomy.org/ donate; Hadassah of New
York, 50 W. 58th St., New York, NY 10019, hadassah. org,; or Kehillat Israel, 2014 Forest Road, Lansing, MI 48910, kehillatisrael.net/ donate. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. MICHAEL LEVINE, 92, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 2, 2020. He was an active member of Congregation Beth Shalom, its menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s club and the board of trustees, and he was voted Man of the Year in 2009. He was also a volunteer with Yad Ezra. Mr. Levine is survived by his wife, Shelia; son, Lawrence Levine of Oak Park; daughter and sonin-law, Rhonda and Marc Linovitz of Highland, Mich.; brother and sisters-in-law, Barry and Patricia Levine of West Bloomfield, Freda Weberman; grandchildren, Julie Linovitz, Brian Linovitz; brother-in-law and sisterin-law, Michael and Judy Olinick; many loving nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was the dear brother and brother-in-law of the late Leon Weberman, the late Miriam and the late Dovid Ben-Nachum, the late Cecilia and the late Benjamin Pivoz, the late Phyllis and the late Nathan Stone, the late Anne Levine and the late Bella Jewell. Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072; or Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln Road, Oak Park, MI 48237. A graveside Service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
MORRIS LEVINE, 99, of Macomb, died Oct. 2, 2020. He is survived by his wife of 38½ years, Rita Levine; children, Robin Levine of West Bloomfield, John Grunalt and Jacqueline Gore; grandchildren, Evan and Brittany Begun, Dylan Begun, Terijo McGarry, Clint Grunalt, Ashlyn Grunalt, Scottie Gore, Alex Gore; great-grandchildren, Nathan McGarry, Ryan McGarry. Mr. Levine was the loving father of the late Ernest Levine; dear brother and brother-in-law of the late Sylvia and the late Morton Wohlman. Contributions may be made to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. A graveside service was held
at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. EDWARD MEER, 95, of Bloomfield Hills, died Oct. 5, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Gloria Meer; children, Reuven â&#x20AC;&#x153;Robertâ&#x20AC;? and Shani Meer of Oak Park, Dr. Aaron â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jeffreyâ&#x20AC;? and Phyllis Meer of Oak Park, Brian and Lisa Meer, Howard and Jill Labe, Robert and Mary Lou Labe, Eric and Monica Labe; sister and brotherin-law, Norma and Herbert Handelsman; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren; devoted caregiver, Elaine Johnson. Mr. Meer was the beloved
husband of the late Norma Jean Meer; dear brother and brother-in-law of the late Marion and the late Arnold Wisper. Contributions may be made to Friendship Circle, 6892 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072; or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. A graveside service was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park in Livonia. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. (A more extensive obituary will appear next week, Oct. 22.) Â EILEEN RACKLIN, 89, of Laguna Woods, Calif., died Sept. 26, 2020. Eileen was born in Detroit to Norman and Minnie Blake. She studied opera at Wayne State University and was an
award-winning salesperson, representing Levi Strauss and the American Red Cross. Eileen was active in the hiking club and was an accomplished bowler. She was also known for her delicious desserts and side dishes. Her infectious laugh and memorable hugs garnered attention wherever she went. She is survived by her children, Robert (Pink), Susan (Kevin), Andrea (Dean), Richard â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doeâ&#x20AC;? (Tim); her brother, Maurice (Gloria); and her grandchildren, Brandon, Daven, Jordan, Cayden and Shayna. SHIRLEY RICHIE ROBINSON, 95, of Brookline, Mass., died Oct. 1, 2020. continued on page 44
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She was born in Detroit Oct. 6, 1924, and died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family in Brookline. Mrs. Robinson was a teacher, a learner and a good friend to many. She is mourned by her family, friends and the whole House of Israel. She leaves behind her husband of 72 years, Berol Robinson; her children, David Robinson, Judith Robinson Levine and Daniel Levine, and Joanne Robinson and Alan Adamsky; her grandchildren, Ben and Laurie, Hephzibah, Keziah, Hannah, Nat and Ali, Sarah Levine Woodard, Chadwick Woodard, Amy Levine and Jamie Schuster, Rachel and Naomi Adamsky; her great-grandchildren, Chaya, Ziva and Ada Robinson.
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Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester St., Brookline, MA 02446, brooklineseniorcenter. org/how-to-help; Friends of Yad Sarah, 445 Park Ave., Suite 1702, New York. N.Y. 10022, donatenow.networkforgood.org/friends-of-yadsarah-donation; or Planned Parenthood, 3100 Professional Drive, P.O. Box 3673, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, plannedparenthood. org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ERNEST SOLOMON, 88, of Franklin, died Oct. 2, 2020. He is survived by his son and
daughter-in-law, Shelby and Teresa Solomon of Ann Arbor; daughter and son-inlaw, Stephanie and Robert Salzbank of Port Washington, N.Y.; brother, Bob Solomon; sisters, Margie Gold and Marilyn Ehrlich; grandchildren, Jacob Solomon, Joshua Solomon, Jacquelyn Salzbank and Lena Salzbank. Mr. Solomon was the dear brother and brother-in-law of the late Oscar Gold, the late Howard Ehrlich, the late Emily and the late Sonny Rogow, the late Edie and the late Ira Albion. Contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033; or Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. A
graveside service was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
OBITUARY CHARGES The processing fee for obituaries is: $125 for up to 100 words; $1 per word thereafter. A photo counts as 15 words. There is no charge for a Holocaust survivor icon. The JN reserves the right to edit wording to conform to its style considerations. For information, have your funeral director call the JN or you may call Sy Manello, editorial assistant, at (248) 351-5147 or email him at smanello@ renmedia.us.
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wo totally different Italian restaurants with completely unlike Italian dining selections … By the same owner … with totally dissimilar menu selections and pricing. These are the dining roads taken by Luciano Del Signore … whose Bacco and Casa Pernoi eateries have adopted separate Danny Raskin styles, choices and Senior Columnist pricing. Bacco, on Northwestern Hwy., between 12 and 13 Mile roads, Southfield, with regular Italian choices, and Casa Pernoi on Maple Road, between Woodward and
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Old Woodward, Birmingham, supplying its varied picks of excellent palate and stomach satisfactions rarely if ever seen at an Italian eatery anywhere. Although both are celebrating birthdays, Bacco number 19 this past March and Casa Pernoi its first in September, this new concept on their parts … of both regular and ultra-selective dining … is not the reason … Many persons have suggested it … and with an owner like Luciano Del Signore also being an excellent chef, his presence behind the scenes is totally welcomed … Luciano creates dishes and works daily in the kitchens … like at Bacco where he oversees the specialty Carciofi salad, Cavatelli Lamb Rago, whole roasted branzino, etc. … or at Casa Pernoi with its specialty house-made bread basket holding five types of bread, Italian sausage, stuffed peppers, charred octopus, Steak Siciliano, baked Orata, etc. This presence of two dining
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cultures with like backgrounds but completely different food presentations … both with menus available for dining in or carry-out … are indeed heartily welcomed. WITH THE NOTICING of so many line cooks from out of town, who have come here and gotten jobs as head chefs, much simple dining has gone out the window … These mainly young men and women work in other cities on a restaurant’s line and go to places where restaurants will open by first-timers and try their best to come up with concoctions never before heard of … I keep harping about this because of running into so many who hardly know about most of the good things to eat and try to get by on their limited knowledge. Actually, simple dining items are easy to come by … A good proven chef knows that many years ago, simple dining was big because it included numerous dishes that the mom-and-pop
restaurants used to make but are hard to find today. OLDIE BUT GOODIE SHORTS … The fellow never worried about his marriage until he moved from Chicago to Los Angeles and discovered he had the same milkman … Two guys are at a golf course when a gorgeous girl passes by … One says, “Take away her lips, take away her hair, take away her figure and what has she got?” … “My wife,” groaned the second golfer … A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife that she looks fat in a fur coat … She had such a turned-up nose that every time she sneezed, she blew her hat off … She had such buck teeth that every time she kissed a fellow, she combed his mustache at the same time. CONGRATS … To Paula Grandon on her birthday … To Pam Smith on her birthday. Danny’s email address is dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
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Indeed, to this end, with the help of many supporters from the Jewish community, Arthur launched the Jewish News Foundation in 2011. Arthur’s quest began in the aftermath of a devastating fire at the JN offices in 2002. He was worried. The old copies of the JN that constituted a primary record of Detroit Jewish history had narrowly escaped destruction. What if this history had been lost? It would be tragic. So, along with his daytime job as the JN’s executive editor and publisher, Arthur tackled another mission: to preserve the historic pages of the JN for the community. This led to the establishment of the Foundation and the creation of the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, which debuted in 2013. The Detroit Jewish Chronicle (1916-1951) was added to the Davidson Digital Archive in 2015. It now holds over 330,000 images and is preserved in perpetuity by the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. And, now the Foundation will publish the JN and preserve this community resource. I did not know when I had pancakes with Arthur in 2012 that I was about to begin an eight-year adventure. re. To say the least, we hit it off. f. Moreover, as a professional archivist, I knew that Arthurr was creating a pathbreaking research tool, both as an innono-
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Diana Lewis Anchor/Reporter ABC, WXYZ Detroit “Enough To Be Dangerous takes us on quite a ride!
Mort gives us a peek behind the curtains of the music business, the news business, and into the heart of a man who could have been defeated by a tragic upbringing but instead stuck to his passion and created quite a life! Mort gives back, mentoring so many himself and being a true force of positive change for black journalists.” “A GREAT READ!” Murray Feldman Former Anchor/ Business Reporter FOX, WJBK Detroit Now WWJ News Radio 950
THE MOST TIMELY BOOK ABOUT THE MEDIA THIS YEAR An unforgettable peek into a life fully lived and a legacy that’s leaving a powerful imprint on TV news and people everywhere.
Enough to Be Dangerous chronicles Mort’s against-the-odds success, and his courageous quest to call out sexism and racism in newsrooms in St. Louis, Chicago and Detroit throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
“I could not put it down. So compelling–honest–and helpful. A book that had to be written–because anyone who witnessed what you will read here certainly needed to write a book about it. A compelling story of struggles, determination, compassion-and love. And to be clear–as he does in life–Mort tells it like it is! No excuses! A heartfelt look at one’s life from within that may just leave you asking...what have I accomplished... what I have I done to learn from experiences and work to make this a better place?”
John “Bulldog” Drummond Former Mob & Crime Reporter CBS, WBBM Chicago
“A no holds barred look at big city TV news in its heyday. Mort Meisner tells of the highs and lows of running a news operation in Chicago, Detroit and St Louis.
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Meisner minces no words as he grapples with a drug habit that almost takes him down.
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Enough to be Dangerous is a great read.” Scott Lewis Award Winning Former Investigative Reporter FOX, WJBK Detroit And Current Owner of Scott Lewis Investigations
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“I thought I knew Mort Meisner, former boss, and longWow, what an eye-opener! Mort bares all in a gripping tale of child abuse, sex, drugs, booze and rock and roll. Plus, amazing inside stories about the underbelly of TV news.”
Dr. Isaiah “Ike “Mckinnon, Ph.D Former Detroit Police Chief And Deputy Mayor
“I have known Mort Meisner for 35 years. He is one of the most positive individuals who possesses a broader picture of the world and of the common man. Mort’s story will grab your heart and touch your soul. You will love every page.”
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