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2020 Election Results

Ex-Detroiter Wins U.S. House Seat

JCRC/AJC Provides Election Day Support

Moments

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Detroit Pastor Addresses Controversy Over His Move to Israel Glenn and Pauline Plummer deny their goal is evangelizing, say they’ve been targeted.

BUSINESS The Turnaround Team Shaya Baum leads a local firm that helps businesses struggling with debilitating debt.

The scene at TCF Center as Michigan’s final votes were tallied.

Here’s To

Vienna Honeymoon Recent terrorist violence doesn’t erase fond memories of 2019 visit.

ETC. The Exchange Soul Danny Raskin Looking Back

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ometimes we get so harried that we do not know if we are coming or going. That situation, however, does not keep us from using front and back regularly in our speech. Wars and Sy Manello even belligerent Editorial exchanges may Assistant be grounds for a frontal attack of some sort. This may then lead to a lot of back and forth action. Anything that requires your immediate attention is said to be on the front burner. A line chef who creates a popular dish may find several requests for it back-to-back, which would keep the literal front burners busy. It is a good idea to be up

front with people. You would then avoid being accused of creating a business which was, in truth, only a front. Such a creation would lead many to distrust you. If you should discover that someone has been downgrading you, it is like a knife in the back. Such action may occur during an election of any kind and the front runner, who is often front and center and doing back-breaking work, will

be shown the back door. Should the accuser’s statements prove false, they might backfire on him. Are you musical and seeking a gig? You may desire to be the front man for the group and listening for the back beat would be crucial to your performance. The frontage (façade) of Britain’s houses of parliament is most impressive; inside we find the members who are either front- or back-benchers,

depending on their standings in the party. If you are feeling philanthropic, you might consider putting up front money for a business or production or event. Do not, however, get used to back dating checks for this may lead to shady business practices and a backhanded invitation to step down. Then you must put on a brave front. If foggy weather keeps you from being unable to see your hand in front of your face, stiffen your backbone and march on. This will work best in the back country where there are fewer obstacles to pose threats (in front of your nose) and you won’t seek to back out gracefully. Well, keep facing front; avoid being backed into a corner and always know if you are coming or going.

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Tired, But Still Here

hen the last of the Michigan votes finally came through late in the day on Wednesday, Nov. 4, we rushed to get the news up on thejewishnews.com. And then I collapsed in exhaustion. It was quite Andrew the week. That Lapin final vote tally Editor in Michigan, a squeaker of a win for Joe Biden and an even slimmer victory for Sen. Gary Peters, followed a long period of uncertainty that began on

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Election Day and continued after the state’s polls had closed Tuesday night. The race for president took another three days to call for Biden, but the national spotlight had moved on from our neck of the woods. This election period has been incredibly stressful on Michigan’s Jewish community, no matter who you voted for. We’ve seen moments of unity and strength, but also acts of anger and aggression. We at the JN have witnessed this firsthand, in reporting and firsthand accounts that you’ll see in this issue and online.

Taken together, the events of last week — from the pre-election vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in Grand Rapids to an intense final vote count in Detroit — reaffirm the work that still lies ahead of us, to heal some tremendous divisions: not only between Democrats and Republicans, but between Jews and our neighbors, and even between Jews and other Jews. Anger, hate and division still persist in this country, in this community; elections have become wars waged over our shared human condition and moral values. And our alignments

are not as clear-cut as some of us may have believed before Nov. 3. To put it another way, our Judaism has very little to do with the guy in charge … and everything to do with us. It takes real work to move on from here; but moving on is what we have to do. We have no choice in the matter because the sun is going to rise tomorrow and the day after that and so on. How we choose to respond to it is what we will be remembered for. So, let’s talk. But first, I need to get some rest.

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VIEWS young voices on Israel

Palestinian Lives Matter

An Unfortunate Comparison

Rebecca Driker-Ohren and Zak Witus

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ANNEXATION Six weeks later, IfNotNow assembled anti-occupation Detroit Jews for a rally outside the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit building in Bloomfield Township. Prompted by the TrumpNetanyahu plan to formalize Israeli annexation of more Palestinian lands on the occupied West Bank, we demanded

that Metro Detroit Jewish institutions refuse to fund this flagrant violation of human rights and international law. Unfortunately, our local Jewish leaders have failed to respond to calls to defund de facto Israeli annexation, a project which has continued despite the suspension of the formal legal process following the Abraham Accords. This official silence in the face of oppression contradicts

In July, about two dozen protesters gathered in Bloomfield Township in response to the impending Israeli annexation of the West Bank.

the American Jewish community’s values. The recent actions that Jewish people have taken in defense of Black lives embody these values. As surveys of American Jews repeatedly have shown, we are overwhelmingly liberal and progressive. So why won’t the Federation promote freedom, dignity, and equality for all Israelis and Palestinians? Jewish support for BLM expresses a widely-held communal belief that our Judaism compels us to stand with those facing the brunt of state violence. But it remains an open question as to whether the elites at the helm of our Jewish institutions will apply the Jewish continued on page 12

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f course Palestinian lives matter — that is not in dispute. What one can dipute is the conflation of one-sided denunciation of Israel with the movement for racial justice in the United States. The authors of the adjacent article seem to believe that the Metro Detroit Jewish community’s alleged reluctance to sufficiently admonish Israel renders its leaders moral hypocrites.

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n June, a group of young women from Huntington Woods organized a community march as a part of the global Black Lives Matter uprising. The core organizing team had several Jewish women — including me, Rebecca DrikerOhren — as well as some Palestinian friends from the neighborhood. Together we led hundreds of people from our city in a powerful demonstration, loudly condemning police brutality, white supremacy and rightwing nationalism. Chanting “Black lives matter” alongside the folks who raised us made us feel proud of our little suburb. It was inspiring to see our friends and families standing up for justice, freedom, and equality. But, honestly, we haven’t always felt proud of the political stances that our communities have taken, specifically the ways in which the local Jewish establishment has supported endless military occupation in Israel/Palestine. We were left wondering whether renewed Jewish enthusiasm for Black civil rights would extend to the rights of Palestinians.

To them, the fight for “universal equality and freedom” seems to necessitate myopic, context-free censure of Israel. They open their arguments by touting the IfNotNow-led protest outside JFMD’s headquarters, as if the institution is obligated to endorse their positions regarding territorial disputes. They describe such “annexation” as a “flagrant violation” of international law. But there are persuasive legal arguments in favor of an Israeli extension of sovereignty within certain areas of the territory. As international law scholar Eugene Kontorovich notes, the International Court of Justice-

affirmed principal of uti possidetis juris (“you possess under law”) posits that “When new countries emerge from old ones or from colonial empires, the last official international borders constitute the new boundary lines.” After the British relinquished control of the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, Israel was the state that declared independence within that geographical area without specifying its borders. Therefore, per Kontorovich’s reasoning, Israel has substantive territorial claims in the West Bank. There’s plenty of precedence for this: Jordan’s and Iraq’s internationally recognized borders, for example, are based on colonial-era Mandatory administrative divisions. The territory now known as the West Bank has never been wholly controlled by a Palestinian Arab political entity. The limited Palestinian self-governance within certain areas of the West Bank established after the 1990s Oslo peace process marked the first such instance in history, and the areas eyed by the Israeli government for an extension of sovereignty lie within “Area C”, which Israel controls, in accordance with the Oslo Accords. That means Israel would not be illegally “annexing” the territory of a foreign sovereign country. PAINTING ISRAEL AS AN APARTHEID STATE The majority of the West Bank’s Palestinian Arabs live under the purview of the Palestinian Authority, and the Gaza Strip continued on page 12

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HAFRADA Jews have a direct interest in defeating the forces which uphold the discriminatory system of separation and oppression in Israel/Palestine because these same forces ultimately threaten us as well. Police brutality in the United States is built upon white supremacy, a racist ideology that ultimately imperils Black people as well as Jews, Latinos, Native Americans, Arabs and everyone else deemed as “nonwhite.” Although many American Jews can pass as white today, our enemies never saw us as such. In October 2018, a white supremacist murdered 11 Jews in Pittsburgh, motivated by the belief that Jews were bringing “invaders” (i.e., refugees) into the United States to “replace” whites. The anti-Jewish racism behind this conspiracy theory doesn’t exist in a vacuum; its endurance draws strength from the continued existence of all racisms. To defeat one, we must defeat them all. Police brutality in the United States cannot be explained by white supremacy alone. It is also a function of militarism: the political system that privileges the use of armed force in responding to society’s ills. Militarism is how the murderer in Pittsburgh was able to obtain such lethal weapons, and why police consume huge portions of our municipal budgets to the exclusion of social services (including in Huntington Woods). Militarism also structures our country’s violent and

destructive policy in the Middle East, from the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq to the U.S.backed Israeli occupation. The term “occupation” refers to the system of violence and separation by which Israel denies Palestinians freedom and dignity through depriving them of civil, political and economic rights. It encompasses a range of Israeli state practices, like police brutality, family separation, home demolitions, illegal water shutoffs and mass incarceration. While we wholly condemn the occupation, IfNotNow affirms the right of Jewish Israelis to live in the land with freedom and dignity, just as we affirm the same right for

Giant posters on buildings in Jerusalem feature photos of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, beneath slogans supporting West Bank annexation and opposing a Palestinian state.

Palestinians. Many anti-occupation Israelis no longer refer to the situation as an occupation — which, as envisaged by international law, is supposed to be temporary — but rather as “hafrada,” a Hebrew word that translates literally to “separation.” It is no accident that the meaning of this Hebrew word resembles the Afrikaans word “apartheid.” No matter the name, this oppressive system needs racism and militarism to function. Without the principle that one nation deserves full civil and continued on page 14

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is ruled by the U.S.-designated terrorist organization Hamas. If Palestinians are denied their “freedom and dignity” and “civil, political, and economic rights,” as the piece claims, wouldn’t the bulk of the blame fall on their own rulers? In any case, there are multiple territorial arrangements around the world in which separate political entities share a piece of land; for example, Lesotho is an entirely independent state surrounded by South Africa, as is San Marino within Italy. While Palestinians exercise limited self-rule, as opposed to full statehood, it’s not “apartheid”-esque to separate peoples based on national citizenship. AHMAD GHARBALI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES AND JTA

ethical imperatives to “Love your neighbor as yourself ” and “Love the stranger as yourself ” to Palestinians.

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Israel’s security apparatus within the West Bank and blockade of the Gaza Strip are not in place to impose racial hegemony, but to protect Israeli citizens against stabbings, rockets, suicide bombings, and other terrorist assaults. To ignore this context is dishonest. The authors then write that IfNotNow “affirms the right of Jewish Israelis to live in the land with freedom and dignity, just as [they] affirm the same right for Palestinians.” They also laud poll results that indicate increasing support for evacuating

“Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank” among American Jews, ostensibly to achieve a two-state solution. But if all should be free to live there with “freedom and dignity,” why do Jewish-majority areas in the West Bank need to be evacuated? Why couldn’t — theoretically — Jews live as a minority in a future Palestinian state just as Arabs live as a minority in the Jewish state? Perhaps it would be possible if Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas didn’t insist that, “In a final resolution, we would not see the presence of a single Israeli — civilian or soldier — on our lands.” The authors also state that past Jewish criticism of the Movement for Black Lives platform was based on its supposed “[alignment] with the Palestinian freedom movement.” In reality, the Jewish community objected to the platform’s false assertion that Israel is committing “genocide” against the Palestinians, and the equally absurd canard that Israel practices “apartheid.” DIFFERENT ISSUES America is not the Levant; the national conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians is an entirely different geopolitical issue than racial tension in America. As CAMERA UK’s Adam Levick puts it, the conflict “isn’t fueled by race, but by the failure of two people to reach a political agreement on how to share the land.” In large part, these two peoples have failed to reach a political agreement because of Palestinian leaders’ unwillingness to accept a Jewish state in any part of the land between the river and the sea and repeated rejections of peace agreements. continued on page 14

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political rights while the other deserves none, and without the notion that Jewish security can only be achieved through force, it could not continue. Since in our Jewish community we aim to be anti-racist and anti-militarist, we must therefore withdraw our communal support for the Israeli occupation and instead back liberty and equality for all Israelis and Palestinians. A BETTER WORLD As polls repeatedly show, the vast majority of American Jews support a two-state solution. Studies also reveal that more and more of us believe that the end of the conflict requires the evacuation of Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank. All this indicates that American Jews wish to end the occupation.

We know a better world is possible. Trailblazing Jews and Palestinians have already been laying the foundation, both in Metro Detroit and in Israel/ Palestine. We now challenge our communal institutions to align its policies with the will of American Jews. In July 2015, BLM co-founder Alicia Garza said, “We want to see a world where Black lives matter, in order for us to get to a world where all of our humanity is respected.” Today, in 2020, courageous Jews and Palestinians are building a world where Palestinian lives matter, in order to get to a world in which all Israelis and Palestinians have the right to self-determination in the place that they call home. Rebecca Driker-Ohren and Zak Witus are members of IfNotNow Detroit.

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The Palestinian Authority grants hundreds of thousands of dollars to those who kill Israelis in terror attacks, and deems land sales to Jews “high treason,” punishable by death. According to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “1,360 people have been killed by Palestinian violence and terrorism since September 2000.” Accordingly, many Israelis fear that “ending the occupation” of the West Bank would invite a Hamas takeover of the territory as it did in Gaza following Israel’s 2005 withdrawal, and with it an increased risk of violence toward Israelis. Such a situation would likely lead to further Israeli efforts to defend

its citizens, thus worsening Palestinian life. The piece doesn’t acknowledge Israeli security concerns, likely because doing so belies the superficial caricaturizing of Israel’s actions as unjustifiably militaristic and “racist.” Any analysis that characterizes this conflict as an Israeli Goliath mercilessly oppressing a Palestinian David does not tell the whole story. Sadly, it seems that Driker-Ohren and Witus would like acceptance of such a narrative to become a “progressive” value within the Jewish community. Zac Schildcrout is the Managing Editor of CAMERA on Campus and a Huntington Woods native.

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Michigan Presidential Race Joe Biden (D) ✓ Donald Trump (R)

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Michigan Senate Race Gary Peters (D) ✓ John James (R)

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45th District Court Jaimie Powell Horowitz ✓ Brenda Richard STATE RACES Michigan State House 27th District Regina Weiss (D) ✓ Elizabeth Goss (R)

Kathy Manning, former national Jewish Federation chair, will serve Greensboro area as Democrat.

ewish attorney and community activist Kathy Manning, who was born and raised in Detroit, has won her race to become the representativeelect of North Carolina’s 6th congressional district. Manning, a Democrat, flipped the district from red to blue.

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Her district includes her current hometown of Greensboro. Manning overwhelmed the Republican contender, Joseph Lee Haywood, by almost 100,000 votes for the House seat, 251,082 (62.3%) votes to 152,195 (37.7%) votes. “Thank you, #NC06! I’m proud to be the first woman

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ever elected to represent you in Congress,” Manning said through Twitter on Election Night. “Together, we will build our country back stronger and more equitably than before.” Manning studied law at the University of Michigan and was the first woman

to serve as the chair of the Jewish Federation of North America, from 2009-2012. She was also the founding chairwoman of Prizmah, the umbrella body for Jewish day schools of all denominations. Manning also ran an unsuccessful U.S. House campaign in 2018 for North Carolina’s District 13, losing to Republican Todd Budd. A search of the William Davidson Archives of Jewish Detroit History indicates that Manning attended Temple Beth El as a child and was a member of its 1971 confirmation class. The Manning campaign had not responded to the JN’s request for comment as of press time.

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n Election Day 2020, the Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC (JCRC/ AJC) made efforts to support both voters and poll workers throughout the day. Several volunteers, including board of directors’ members, made lunch and dinnertime pizza deliveries to poll workers at precincts in cities including Hamtramck, Warren and Pontiac. In Detroit, Executive Director Rabbi Asher Lopatin served as a poll chaplain at Greater Grace Temple. He was part of a country-wide effort

for clergy to go to the polls and be there to provide a reassuring presence that polling stations were safe and secure. In Michigan, the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity, which JCRC/AJC worked with, recruited nearly 200 clergy to be present. “Our main role was to make sure that people felt unintimidated coming into the polls and when they were voting,” Lopatin said. “We were asked to clearly show we were clergy — either by wearing a collar (Christian clergy) or a big kippa (Jewish) or some other way that would let people

JCRC/AJC President Seth Gould delivers pizza to poll workers in Warren with his wife, Melissa (center).

know that the clergy supports everyone’s efforts to keep the voting fair, friendly and unintimidating. “Our responsibility was to provide any assistance we could: Directing people to the right person to ask their questions to, providing a reassuring smile and warm ‘hello’ or ‘God bless’ and, in general, encouraging voting and registering.”

JCRC/AJC Executive Director Rabbi Asher Lopatin served as a poll chaplain at Greater Grace Temple. He is pictured here with Dr. Steve Bland (right), president of the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity, and Bishop Charles Ellis III of Greater Grace Temple.

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Grand Rapids Cemetery Vandalized, But Community Cleans It Up Pro-Trump graffiti was ‘not necessarily’ antisemitism. ANDREW LAPIN EDITOR

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Jewish cemetery in Grand Rapids was found vandalized with pro-Trump graffiti on Monday, Nov. 2 — the day before Election Day, as President Trump prepared to close out his reelection campaign in Grand Rapids. A caretaker at the Ahavas Israel Cemetery, which is managed by Congregation Ahavas Israel in Grand Rapids, discovered the graffiti at 8 a.m. The graffiti spelled out “TRUMP” and “MAGA” on multiple tombstones but does not include any antisemitic language or symbols. “There were no other words or symbols painted that would clearly indicate that it was an antisemitic attack,” Rabbi David Krishef of Congregation Ahavas Israel told the JN. “It may just Rabbi David have been opporJ.B. Krishef, tunistic vandalism Congregation Ahavas Israel against a cemetery which is isolated and hard to see from the road, on Halloween weekend, not an attack against the Jewish com-

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munity. We don’t know.” Carolyn Normandin, AntiDefamation League-Michigan regional director, told the Jewish News it was unclear whether the graffiti would rise to the level of a hate crime under Michigan law. A tweet from ADL-MI sharing photos of the graffiti went viral. “It hurts when somebody defaces your cemetery, no matter what their motivation may have been,” Krishef said. “It feels like an attack. Whether it is a deliberate attack, we don’t know.” But Krishef also thought back to a different incident at another Midwestern Jewish congregation: the 2019 fire that destroyed a synagogue in Duluth, Minn., where his wife used to live. That story attracted international media attention, and “every interview focused on antisemitism,” Krishef said. But the culprit was soon revealed to be a homeless man who had built a fire in the synagogue’s sukkah to keep warm and couldn’t put it out. The larger media angle had been not only false, but potentially harmful. It’s for this reason that Krishef

is deliberately not calling the cemetery vandalism an act of antisemitism. “I don’t want to feed that kind of frenzy, where we see something the way we want to see it because it fits the worldview that we believe in,” he said. “My first reaction was, we better be careful with this. We want to get it right.” Within the congregation, “people are angry, people are upset, people are afraid,” Krishef said. He thanked Rabbi Asher Lopatin, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council/ AJC, and Steven Ingber, COO of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, for attending Ahavas Israel’s Tuesday morning minyan on Zoom and showing their support for the synagogue. Edward Miller, cemetery chair for Congregation Ahavas Israel, said, “When I received the call about the vandalism, I was shocked and taken aback that something like this could happen to our cemetery. The response from the community, both local and from abroad, has been overwhelming and hum-

bling.” Grand Rapids law enforcement are currently investigating the incident, but it’s unclear what, if any, leads they have to work with. ADL-MI announced a reward of up to $3,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for the vandalism. “We are grateful to the community for its support and concern, and to the Grand Rapids Police Department for taking this incident seriously and investigating it,” Normandin said in a press release. A silver lining came in the outpouring of community response from all denominations. Besides words of support, there was also action. Before the synagogue could even send a cleanup crew to the cemetery, anonymous volunteers scrubbed off the graffiti themselves. “I wish I knew who they were so I could thank them in person, Krishef said. “I had no idea people would come so quickly. I was really astonished by the response.”

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n 1950, Albert Cobo became mayor of Detroit with a promise to stop the “Negro invasion” of the city’s white neighborhoods. On Nov. 4, some 70 years Ben Falik later, a scene Columnist unfolded outside TCF Center — what used to be called Cobo Hall — that the building’s former namesake would’ve been proud of: an aggrieved mass of people trying to halt the counting of ballots in a now majorityBlack city. I had been spending Wednesday as I imagine most people were — trying to focus on whatever tasks

could keep my mind off the election and my thumb off my phone. Taking clothes and shoes to Council Resale in Berkley (now accepting drive-up donations daily), getting my son ready for his first ice hockey practice (Go Falcons!), baking. In a matter of minutes Wednesday afternoon, I received a dozen messages with variations of: “We need lawyers in Michigan to go to TCF Hall in Detroit to be Democratic challengers. There are swarms of GOP challengers challenging absentee ballots aggressively, as of noon Wednesday. Who do you know that’s a lawyer registered to vote in Michigan that can go help

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Count the Stops protect our votes?” Challenge accepted! I grabbed my break-in-caseof-emergency navy blazer and drove downtown for the first time in some time. I arrived at 4:30 to find a substantial crowd in the plaza at Washington Boulevard and Jefferson familiar to Turkey Trot runners and people who don’t want to pay for food at the Auto Show. Almost without exception, you could identify the partisan divide based on whether people were wearing masks. Some, like the gentlemen who appeared to be chaperoning a group from Hillsdale College, had theirs dangling indefinitely from one ear or tucked into chinstrap mode. The press may have outnumbered the Trump supporters — or at least the ones who were willing to talk to them. A handful clearly relished the media attention, taking short breaks to hydrate before summoning more righteous indignation. One man made the case to a reporter that Joe Biden was a war criminal.

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TOP TO BOTTOM: David and Freda Sachs in the Vienna Chabad sukkah. David Sachs with a rabbi at Vienna Chabad sukkah. Freda Sachs with the rabbi’s wife in the sukkah.

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s my wife, Freda, and I celebrated our first anniversary this year, we fondly recalled our honeymoon in Vienna, Austria. We were shocked, however, to learn of terrorist attacks this Nov. 2 on six sites in the central city, including just outside the city’s largest synagogue, the Stadttemple. Freda and I were married in Krakow, Poland, the land of our forebears, the day after Yom Kippur, 2019. For our honeymoon, we decided to celebrate in Austria, the country of Freda’s birth (in a post-War displaced persons’ camp). We arrived in Vienna on Oct. 13, in time for Sukkot services that night at the majestic, nearly 200-year-old Stadttemple. As in much of Western Europe, a heavily armed military guard protected the entrance to the synagogue, and we were thoroughly screened before being allowed to enter. The synagogue, as big and beautiful inside as an opera hall, is inauspicious from the street. When it was built in 1826, the prevailing antisemitism required synagogues to be hidden, so it sits obscured on the outside by an apartment building. Once inside, Freda headed for the women’s balcony while a friendly British expat located an English-language Artscroll siddur

for me. He invited us to stay for a holiday chicken dinner afterward, but we decided, instead, to explore the city center. On the cobblestone streets surrounding the synagogue are several taverns and restaurants. These were targets of the Nov. 2 terrorist gunfire. News reports said the rabbi who lived above the synagogue said he heard

“OUR EXPERIENCE IN VIENNA WAS POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING. IN THIS AGE OF TERROR AND DIVISION, THERE ARE SIGNS OF HOPE.” — DAVID SACHS about 100 rounds fired. This corner of downtown Vienna is the historic Judenstadt, or Jewish Quarter. Although it is not the center of the Jewish residential community now, it is home to several Jewish museums and points of interest. During our stay, we visited the Simon

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Left: The vegan-halalkosher certification and the Veganista “ice cream” shop. Below: Freda Sachs near the Stadttemple in 2019.

Wiesenthal Center, the Jewish Museum, the Judenplatz monument to 65,000 Jewish Austrians who were killed in the Holocaust, and the Judenplatz Museum. Most Viennese Jews live about a mile north, across the Danube River. We visited the Chabad House there on Sukkot and enjoyed a barbecue in its sukkah the day after. The congregants were very welcoming and included a mixture of Jews

from several parts of the world. The rabbi’s wife, upon realizing we were newlyweds, suggested the group recite the Sheva Brachot wedding blessings in honor of our nuptials. On our last day in town, after stuffing ourselves with chicken, hot dogs and hamburgers at the Chabad House barbecue, we took advantage of our only chance to sample the kosher shish kabob and chicken schnitzel at the Bahur Tov restaurant

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funds to support their efforts essential to the physical and mental well-being of our treasured senior community. You can also get a sneak-peek at the smiling faces of the residents who participated in the video. “Our residents never cease to amaze me with their incredible spirit and perseverance, especially during these most unusual times we live in,” Katz said of her interviews. “They have such incredible life experiences to share. Sometimes our conversations just took their own turns, always filled with jewels of wisdom and inspiration.” Every dollar raised will go to providing activity kits, art supplies and campus technology to help keep the residents connected during the long winter ahead. Funds raised will also go toward providing tents for residents to greet their socially distanced family members and friends in, allowing the seniors to enjoy a

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respite from their apartments. It cannot be underestimated how important this singular, annual “2020 JSL Lives Well Lived” campaign is to helping stave off the depression and isolation that is all too commonplace during the pandemic, but to also maintain the programming JSL residents rely on yearround. To support JSL residents, call Leslie Katz at (248) 592-5062 or email her at lkatz@jslmi.org.

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MOMENTS MARCH 13, 2020 Brian and Sasha Goodrich of Sarasota, Fla., are thrilled to announce the birth of their beautiful son, Noah Benjamin Goodrich. His Hebrew name is Zev, named lovingly after his late great-grandpa William Fields. Overjoyed grandparents are Dr. Richard and Jessica Fields, formerly of West Bloomfield and now residing in Sarasota, and Robert and Karen Goodrich, of Plantation, Florida. Dearly missed great-grandparents are William and Shirley Fields, Jesse and Rachel Thurman, Stanley and Marie Goodrich, and Martin and Muriel Koslow. Sloan Hayden Gartenberg (Shlomo), son of Lori Gartenberg and Brian Schabel, will lead the congregation in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. He is the loving grandchild of Susan and the late Sydney Gartenberg. Sloan attends Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. For his most meaningful mitzvah project, he attended sibling socials through the West Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle; this special program is in memory of his Aunt Randi Schreiber and sponsored by her family.

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Abby Sara Klein, daughter of Shayna and Philip Klein and sister of Brooke, will chant from the Torah on the occasion of her bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. She is the loving grandchild of Melanie and Arthur Solomon, Wendi and Richard Klein, and Fran and Brian Cohen and great-grandchild of Elaine Cohen. She is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. Among her many mitzvah projects, Abby took part in the JDRF One Walk and Fundraiser to help find better treatments, prevention and, ultimately, a cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D) and its complications through critical research. Ilona Aviva Peleg, daughter of Elizabeth and Ady Peleg, will lead the congregation in prayer on the occasion of her bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. She will be joined in celebration by her siblings Jonah and Stella and proud grandparents Judy and Gerry Herskovitz, and Daniella and Samuel Peleg. She is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. For her most meaningful mitzvah project, Ilona coordinated a raffle to raise money for animal rescue organizations.

Levi Morris Silverman of Franklin will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. He is the son of Jennifer and Paul Silverman and the brother of Eliana and Nathan. Sharing in his simchah will be proud grandparents Renée Zuckerman and Rick Pulford, and Leslie and Robert Golding. Levi is also the grandson of the late Lila and the late Gilbert Silverman. Levi is an eighth-grader at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Boys in Bloomfield Hills. He has been playing his violin for seniors at Jewish Senior Life in addition to various senior homes, which has made a meaningful impact on him and the seniors as well. Peter Jacob Willner became a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. He is the son of Danette Duron Willner and Jordan Willner. Proud grandparents are Sylvia and Stuart Willner, and Cirea and Robert Boland. He is the great-grandson of the late Helen and the late Manny Hauer, and the late Frieda and the late Henry Willner. Peter is an eighth-grade student at Farmington STEAM Academy in Farmington Hills. He had been active with many mitzvah projects; one was asisting teachers of younger students at Shir Shalom Sunday school.

EMU Professor David A. Victor Honored David A. Victor, a professor of management and international business at Eastern Michigan University, has won the Association for Business Communication’s Award of Merit. The Award of Merit acknowledges outstanding achievement in the discipline of business communication through a singular accomplishment or a series of accomplishments. “Dr. Victor distinguished himself for this recognition through his excellence in teaching, pedagogy and methodology; research and publications; and professionalism,” said said ABC Immediate Past President Marcel Robles. Victor’s published work has focused on cross-cultural business communication, international business ethics and international differences in organizational structure. Students routinely speak of his passion for international business and his deep knowledge of the field. Victor, on his blog The David Victor Vector, educates the campus community on religious observances from a diversity of faiths that may affect campus life. He does it “to help spread appreciation for embracing the wide range of religious traditions and values that enhance the human experience,” he said.

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his portion deals with 10 times and as ish (the personthe death and burial of age) seven times, but never once Sarah and with the selec- by his name. tion of a wife for her son, Isaac. Wouldn’t such an important The connection is clear: A individual on such a significant bereft Abraham understands mission deserve to have his the responsibility that lies before name mentioned for everyone him to find a suitable to remember? I believe mate for his heir to the that is the point of the covenant. For this task, biblical record. Eliezer is he chooses his trusted committed to performing servant, Eliezer. an act that will determine Eliezer demonstrates the continuity of the understanding of what Rabbi Shlomo Abrahamic vision; he is Riskin is required. He knows the consummate servant that the woman must of Abraham, using all of Parshat be a member of the his wisdom and ingenuity Chaye Sara: Abrahamic family to carry out his master’s Genesis (Rebekah is the grandwill. 23:1-25:18; daughter of Abraham’s Zev Wolfson immigratI Kings 1:1-31. brother, Nahor), and ed to the United States as must not dwell among the evil a refugee from a Siberian prison Canaanites. He further undercamp. He took responsibility stands that she must be willing for his mother and brother in to live with Isaac in Abraham’s America, and he was one of the domain rather than with her most brilliant people I ever met. family. Most of all, he underHe mastered the stock market stands Isaac’s bride must have and real estate and navigated the character of Abrahamic halls of influence and power. hospitality, to the extent that All of these were channeled she will not only draw water into creating learning institufor him, the messenger, but will tions for Torah and strengthenalso draw water for his camels. ing Israel. Eliezer arranges a match that He was a crucial figure in will determine the destiny of Congress, reducing Israel’s loan God’s covenantal nation with obligations and sending Patriot wisdom, tact and sensitivity. missile batteries to Israel just Rabbi Moshe Besdin saw before the Gulf War. Eliezer’s mission this way: He was probably the greatest All the bounty and goodness builder of Torah institutions in that had been expressed by the history of the world. Despite Abraham was now placed in this, not one building, classthe hands of his most trusted room or project bears his name. servant because the future of He was a servant of the Lord Abraham was dependent upon who lived selflessly and modestIsaac, and the future of Isaac ly for the sake of his mission. depended on his future wife. He was truly Eliezer. Throughout this tale, Eliezer’s Rabbi Shlomo Riskin is chancellor name is not mentioned. He is of Ohr Torah Stone and chief rabbi of referred to as eved (the servant)

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Detroit Pastor Addresses Controversy Over His Move to Israel Glenn G len nn n and and P Paul Pauline auline P Plum Plummer lummer d deny eny ttheir he eir ir g goal oal is evangelizing, say they’ve been targeted. MICHELE CHABIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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hen Dr. Glenn R. Plummer, an African American pastor, moved to Israel from Detroit with his wife, Dr. Pauline Plummer, in early September, he wasn’t expecting a large welcoming committee. But Plummer, who holds the title of first-ever Bishop of Israel for the Pentecostal denomination Church of God in Christ (COGIC), also didn’t anticipate that their lives would be threatened after anti-missionary activists said the couple moved to Israel to proselytize. “I was not prepared for the kind of attack we experienced and, as a result, have decided to address the matter,” Plummer told the Jewish News. “We’ve had to contact the police to discuss this. They gave us some advice, which we’ve followed.” He did not elaborate on the nature of the attacks or on their contacts with the police. The Plummers’ experience reflects longstanding Israeli fears that evangelical Christians are interested in Israel for just

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one reason: to convert Jews to Christianity. Under Israeli law, missionary activity in Israel is illegal only if a missionary targets a minor or offers money or something of financial value to another person. Missionaries often place Christian-centered written materials in the mailboxes of private homes, and some quietly hand out New Testaments translated into Russian, Hebrew and Amharic, an Ethiopian language. Plummer, a prominent Christian media personality who served as the first and only African American chairman and CEO of the National Religious Broadcasters, told the JN that he and his wife are not missionaries. He said he learned of the accusations soon after arriving in Mevaseret, a Jerusalem suburb. “Our only purpose here is to build a relationship with an even broader group than our church and establish a bridge between Black America and Israel,” Plummer said of COGIC — the largest African American church in the U.S., boasting 6.5 million members domestically and millions more

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in 100-plus other countries. In addition to Glenn Plummer’s title of “Bishop of Israel,” COGIC has granted Ruth Pauline Plummer the title of “First Lady of Israel,” saying in a 2019 press release that the title had been left “vacant” after the death of Nechama Rivlin, wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. MISSIONARY CONCERNS Ethiopian Chief Rabbi Reuven Wabashat, in a Nov. 1 letter addressed to the Ethiopian community, said the Plummers are in Israel to missionize. While the Plummers “speak about building bridges between Israel in general and between Ethiopian Jews and the African American community in the U.S., their true intent is to pave the road for missionary activities,” Wabashat wrote in the letter, which was also sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis, according to a report in the Times of Israel. Wabashat urged his community to “use every possible platform” to avoid the alleged missionizing activity. Rabbi Tovia Singer, founder and director of Outreach Judaism, a Jewish counter-missionary organization, also insists that the relationship-building is an attempt to convert Jews to Christianity. “They’re here for the same reason so many other Christian groups come to Israel: to evangelize Jews in Israel,” Singer said. Singer created and shared videos containing recent and not-so-recent footage of the couple discussing their move to Israel — the Plummers refer to it as “making aliyah” — on their TV show, as well as the importance of evangelism to their church’s followers. Singer interspersed the videos with his own commentary on their motives. In one spliced segment, Plummer says COGIC’s purpose is “to win souls and second, to make disciples.” In another, the pastor declares, “We have work to do. The time has come to go to Israel … to lift up a nation for the Lord Jesus Christ.” In another segment, Plummer says, “The Ethiopian community now in Israel becomes a great door of connection for those of us who are African American. Now we see people who look like us and us like them. That’s opened all kinds of dialogue.” Singer claimed that the Plummers moved

PLUMMER RESPONDS Plummer denied every accusation. “I am stunned at the aggressive, hateful comments we’re getting,” he said. “What Rabbi Singer did was so immoral and so wrong. He takes clips from Sunday school lessons for Christians from one to two years ago and combined it with another video.” Plummer acknowledged that he and COGIC have ambitious plans in Israel, but says none include proselytizing. “We are establishing an educational institution targeted to millennial-aged Black Americans who will study media and broadcasting arts while being exposed to Israel for 90 days,” he said. “They will get a real experience of living here: The geopolitics, the religious world and life that happens here.” Plummer, who has led many short-term pilgrimages to Israel over the years, also hopes to vastly increase tourism to Israel among African Americans. Despite sometimes strained relations with some Jewish Americans over Black Lives Matter and other issues, African Americans “have a love for Israel because of the Bible,” Plummer said. “They name their churches after locations in Israel. We have a history with American Jews as a people. Jews were marching with us, singing with us. Some gave their life and blood for us.” But few African Americans know much about modern-day Israel, said Plummer, who is considered a top ally to Israel by the Israel Allies Foundation. “That’s why part of my role is to not only familiarize our people with Israel, but to build a bridge in a relationship that will be longstanding and sustained between Black America and Israel,” he said. Plummer said Israel and the Black American community can help each other,

The Plummers and their church announced they were moving to Israel in a YouTube video.

and that both will be better for it. At the same time, Plummer said, Black Americans can support Israel economically. “We spend $1.3 trillion a year. We are a significant market. Israeli businesses need new markets, especially coming out of [COVID-19]. Black America has money; it has spending power. And on top of that we have smart, capable people who can help.” DETROIT REACTIONS Detroit-area Jewish clergy who know the Plummers speak highly of them. “Glenn and Pauline have been forthright from the very beginning that [proselytizing] is not their mission,” said Rabbi Marla Hornsten of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. Hornsten worked with Glenn Plummer as co-chairs of the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity, a Detroit-area group promoting solidarity between the Jewish and African American communities, and she’s also friends with Pauline. In addition to being one of the founding members of the Coalition, Plummer has also spoken at Temple Israel in the past. “He’s saying his role is to build bridges with the Black community here in the United States and Israel. I trust that is what he’s doing. He’s never given me any reason to think otherwise,” Hornsten said. “I see his position of ‘Bishop of Israel’ as an ambassador to Israel from his church.” Hornsten acknowledged that, “in general, the Jewish community is skeptical of Christian support for Israel and what their motivations are.” But she said the Plummers had “proved themselves” with their decades of work in Detroit faith communities, including the Jewish community. In fact, Hornsten said, the Plummers’

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to Mevaseret because of its large population of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel. The Plummers “are very interested in converting the Black Jews here in Israel,” Singer told the JN. The pastor “has said explicitly, ‘I am of African descent and the Ethiopian Jews are of African descent. We both share the same skin color, so it will be easier to cultivate relations with them, to bring them to the church.’” Singer also claimed COGIC “has partnered” with Messianic Jewish (also called “Jews for Jesus”) congregations in Israel.

move was “a loss for our Jewish community here because we had a real partner in Glenn.” She added that discussion of Christian support for Israel never came up in their Coalition work, which focused on addressing racism and antisemitism. The Coalition shared a Rosh Hashanah greeting from the Plummers on Facebook shortly after their move. “I am smiling because I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be,” Glenn Plummer wrote. ‘WE ARE FRIENDS AND ALLIES’ Singer said that American evangelical groups have a strong presence in Israel, and that although the official staff “don’t go around missionizing,” they have created a “thoroughfare of evangelicals” who see it as their mission to convert Jews to bring about Jesus’ second coming. Jonathan Feldstein, president of the Genesis 123 Foundation, which builds bridges between Jews and Christians, noted that Plummer is the first evangelical pastor to take up a religious position in Israel on behalf of a major ministry. “You have this major evangelical church that happens to be predominantly Black saying Israel is significant enough to Christians and theology that we want to have a presence here,” Feldstein said. Plummer said COGIC’s presence is “a blessing” for Israel. “We are friends and allies.” “But if you’re going to treat me this way, what will happen when my people decide, OK, you’ve convinced us. Let’s create some lasting relationship with Israel? What will happen then?” Editor Andrew Lapin contributed to this story.

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hink of it as an emergency room for businesses. Instead of treating medical conditions, the team at the newly formed Wing Lake Capital Group in Farmington Hills triages struggling companies drowning in debt. Previously known as Franklin Capital, the firm, founded in 2002, recently joined forces with Rocky Mountain Bank in Wyoming. The deal will enable the company to provide financing, consulting and restructuring services to more businesses than before, says Shaya Baum, 34, of Southfield, the company’s CEO. “Everyone who comes to us, it’s an emergency,” Baum says. “We have to come up with a plan fast. We can rescue nine out of 10. It all comes down to timing.”

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on your home and contact your customers,” says Baum, who often receives threatening calls, emails and text messages from the MCAs he takes on. “Often, they’ll withdraw money they’re not even owed. People have to be willing to fight, and we’ll fight with them.” Baum adds that his firm is the only one of its kind that falls in-between merchant cash advances and bank financing. TURNAROUND JOURNEY Baum’s grandparents are Holocaust survivors. His father, Michael, is a well-known bankruptcy attorney. As a child, Shaya recalls hearing his dad’s stories about companies that were struggling. Today, he works to prevent businesses from going bankrupt. A graduate of Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit, Shaya earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Wayne State University. Along the way, he was one of the founding partners of a New York-based tax preparation company, which he sold at age 19. Baum joined Franklin, now Wing Lake, as an accountant in 2004. The firm, originally founded by Lou Glazier, started as an equity company that would invest in businesses and help restructure them. In 2017, the firm turned its attention to debt funding. Wing Lake currently has about $40 million worth of restructuring deals in underwriting, involving about 25 companies across the United States. Dr. Paul Petrungaro, a periodontist and dental implant surgeon in Chicago, turned to the company to help to restruc-

ture his spiraling debt. He’s now building a new, 5,500-squarefoot surgical facility and dental lab slated to open next year. “Peace of mind means everything. They take you out of that bad cycle and move you into a good cycle,” he says. “They’re not investing as much in my business as they’re investing in me as a person. They’re willing to help you get to the next level.” Merchant cash advance lenders, who reportedly provided $20 billion in funding last year alone, have increasingly come under fire in recent months. Because they’re not banks, they’re subject to lighter regulation. The Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General’s Office have lawsuits pending against three MCA companies, accusing them of “illegally loaning money to small business owners at astronomically high interest rates, fraudulently charging undisclosed fees, debiting excess amounts from merchants’ bank accounts … and harassing and threatening merchants with violence and legal action, in an attempt to force them to pay off the loans,” according to a press release from the office of N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James. “It’s like a whole other world,” Baum says. “The terms are crazy: You take out a $50,000 loan and have to pay it back in 30 days or owe $100,000. “It becomes personal when you hear people’s stories. For us to be able to say as a group that we successfully turn these companies around, it’s very rewarding.” Learn more at winglakecp.com.

HERE’S TO Detroit Jews for Justice hired Kendra Watkins as part of its fulltime staff in the newly created Kendra Watkins position of program associate for Racial Equity. A Pontiac native and Roeper alum, Watkins went on to graduate from the University of North Carolina, majoring in Jewish studies with a focus on racial and religious identity, culminating with their thesis, “The Mixed Multitude: Jews of Color in the American Jewish Community.” Over the next two years, Watkins will foster teams of clergy and lay leaders at four local synagogues to co-create unique DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) cur-

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forms most other charities in the country. Farber Hebrew Day SchoolYeshivat Akiva announces with gratitude a substantial multi-year grant from Nancy and Jim Grosfeld to support and expand its Educational Support Services (ESS) through the Grosfeld ESS Initiative. Educational Support Services provide learning support for students who need more than what they receive within a regular classroom setting in order to succeed academically. Many of these students could not attend Jewish day school, either because of the challenges of a dual curriculum or because their more complex academic needs could not be met.

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Intimate Thanksgiving Recipes for what’s likely to be a different holiday than we’re used to. ANNABEL COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

hanksgiving is going to be different. So many people I talk to are hosting either just a few people, and some are going bigger with seating all over the house. Some are doing the Zoom. Some are cooking for a bunch and offering meals to go, bagged and ready for pick up. One thing is certain, everybody wants to be safe. In the past, I would host up to 30 guests in my home. This year it’s going to be six. Only six. All seated apart. Still I want all the usual foods — roast turkey, cranberry relish or sauce, mashed potatoes and vegetables, at least. I may add some of my other favorites, but the core options will be

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there for sure. 5 INGREDIENT ROAST TURKEY (LESS THAN 15 POUNDS) I cook turkey many different ways — sometimes I start with high heat and then cook slow and sometimes I use this easy method. No matter which way I cook a turkey, I watch carefully to not overcook. And I wait at least one hour after cooking before I cut it up. You may also stuff the turkey, but you’ll have to add some cooking time. Ingredients 1 whole turkey (I always allot at least one pound of turkey per person and often 1½ pounds) ½ cup olive oil

Kosher salt to taste Fresh ground black pepper to taste 6 cups chicken broth Directions Preheat oven to 325°F. Remove all the racks from the oven except the bottom one. Remove the turkey neck and giblets (in the cavity and “rear” of turkey) and place the turkey, breast side up, on a rack in the roasting pan (if you have one) You may also make a “ring” of foil and cook the turkey in large disposable roasting pan. Place the neck bone into the pan as well. Save the giblets for another use or throw them in the pan as well (take them out of the bag!). Rub the skin with oil and season well with salt and pepper (as you baste, the seasoning will drip in the pan juices). Place turkey in the oven and pour 2 cups chicken broth into the bottom of the roasting pan. Cook for 30-minutes and baste with pan juices. As the juices evaporate, add more broth. Cook for 1½ hours. Cover the turkey loosely with oil. Continue cooking until done. NOTE: Total cooking time is 15-minutes per pound (don’t worry if the pop-up time does not pop up), Roast until a meat thermometer inserted in the meaty part of the thigh reads 165°F. If you don’t have a thermometer, as long as you cook the turkey 15-minutes per pound, you should be good. Let the turkey cool in the roasting pan for at least an hour before transferring to a serving platter or carving on a cutting board. (NOTE: The turkey will continue to cook (residual heat) as it cools. To make a quick gravy, pour all the pan juices into a saucepan (ladle or spoon off

or separate some of the oil that floats to the top — not all). Make a “slurry” of flour and water or white wine (¼ cup flour, ½ cup water or wine). Heat the drippings (you should have plenty) over medium heat until it begins to boil. Whisk in the flour mixture and cook, whisking often, until the gravy has a silky (not thick) texture. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

ROASTED VEGETABLES It’s a little tricky to give a definite recipe for this recipe because cooking time really depends on the vegetables you ultimately choose to roast. Some vegetables take a little longer because they are denser (carrots, brussels sprouts) and some cook quickly (zucchini, asparagus, bell peppers). So what I do is separate the vegetables by type and cook them together. NOTE: Slice or cut veggies evenly to ensure even cooking. If you don’t mind some crunchier and crispier pieces, this is less important. Ingredients 4 pounds vegetables, divided (brussels sprouts, carrots, bell peppers, green beans, asparagus, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.) Olive Oil Salt and pepper to taste

Balsamic glaze or balsamic vinegar, garnish Directions Preheat oven to 400°F. Have 2 rimmed baking sheets ready to use. Cut the vegetables into bitesized pieces (keep asparagus and green beans whole — just trim the ends.) Divide the vegetables into those that cook quickly and those that cook more slowly (generally, the harder the vegetable, the longer it takes for them to become tender. For example, asparagus only needs about 8 minutes to cook. Brussels sprouts require 20-30 minutes. Again, group veggies by cooking time in separate pans so that they finish cooking at the same time. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper (you do NOT need a lot of oil). Roast vegetables for 8-30 minutes depending on the “hardness” of the vegetables. Serve the vegetables hot, warm or at room temperature, drizzled with balsamic glaze or balsamic vinegar, makes 6-8 servings.

almond or oat milk or nondairy creamer Salt and pepper to taste Ground black pepper to taste Olive oil for drizzling Directions Spray a casserole dish (a 2 quart or equivalent) or baking dish with nonstick cooking spray or brush with olive oil and set aside. NOTE: A larger, more shallow baking dish will result in a more golden, golden crust on top. Place potatoes in a large pot of water. Bring to a boil, and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain well and transfer to a large bowl. DO NOT RINSE — these should be very hot. Add butter, sour cream and milk, and mash or whip with an electric mixer. Adjust salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to the prepared casserole dish. Cover and chill until ready to reheat. Preheat oven to 350°F. Drizzle or brush the top of the potatoes with olive oil and bake, uncovered for 30-45 minutes. Serve hot. Makes 8 servings.

MAKE-AHEAD MASHED POTATOES The key to making these ahead is that they are fairly “loose” or soft. That’s because they get thicker when prepared a day before. When you reheat these potatoes, they will be perfect! I like to use gold potatoes because they have a delicious buttery flavor. Ingredients 5 pounds peeled Yukon Gold potatoes, cut into 2-inch chunks ¼ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine 1 cup sour cream or vegan sour cream ½ cup milk, unflavored

SLOW COOKER APPLESAUCE You can use this recipe for any fruit — pears, plums, even pineapple! I like to "err" on the side of less sugar. While the applesauce is still hot after

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NOW STREAMING: A SCANDAL, CHESS & WAR A Teacher is a nine-episode mini-series that began streaming on Hulu on Nov. 10. Basic plot: Claire (Kate Mara), a popular high school teacher, enters into an affair with a handsome senior, and their lives “explode” when the affair becomes known. Ashley Zukerman, 36, an Australian Jew, plays Claire’s supportive, loving husband. The series was written and directed by Hannah Fidell, 34. Her mother is Linda Greenhouse, 73, the NY Times’ Pulitzer-winning legal correspondent. Now streaming on Netflix is The Queen’s Gambit, a new seven-part mini-series. based on the acclaimed novel of the same name.

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GALLERY OPENS 10 AM-2 PM THROUGH NOV. 20 The Janice Charach Gallery in West Bloomfield presents an exhibition titled “STEEP.” Curated by Ruth Tyszka, this is a group exhibition of artists in a variety of media who explore both the pressing issues that approach a boiling point and those functional items necessary to the steeping process, such as teapots and related vessels. Reservations required at gallery@jccdet. org. HOLY LAND TOUR NOON-1 PM, NOV. 12 Visit Beersheva and experience Bedouin life in a virtual tour presented by Temple Shir Shalom. Register at shirshalom.org/ form/live-from-the-holyland.html. Info for cost: 248737-8700. HAVDALAH & SPEAKER 5:30 PM, NOV. 14 The Downtown Synagogue will host a post-election community Havdalah with Allan Lengel on Zoom. Lengel is co-founder of Deadline Detroit; he will lead a reflection and analysis of what has changed, what will stay the same and what next steps to prepare for after the 2020 election. Info at downtownsynagogue.org. MUSICAL EVENING 5 PM & 8 PM, NOV. 14 The Chamber Music Society of Detroit will present the Dover Quartet with baritone Davóne Tines. At the Seligman

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HMC BENEFIT 7 PM, NOV. 15 The Holocaust Memorial Center will host a virtual celebration of its 36th anniversary honoring survivor Eleanor Jackier. Ticket info: holocaustcenter. org or call 248-536-9601.

JEWISH WOMEN & POWER 3 PM, NOV. 19 The Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel at Michigan State University will present a book discussion with Dr. Melissa Klapper and Dr. Lori Harrison-Kahan. This discussion is part of a conference sponsored by the Center for Gender in Global Context titled “Gender, Women’s Suffrage and Political Power: Past, Present and Future.” Register at jewishst@msu. edu.

COAST-TO-COAST GALA NOV. 15 The Israeli-American Council will host this virtual event featuring some of Israel’s most beloved artists. Register at info@ israeliamerican.org. RACE FOR A VACCINE 10 AM, NOV. 15 Federation’s Maimonides Society will present “Israel’s Lead in the Global Race for the COVID-19 Vaccine.”

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AMERICAN FACISM 7-8:30 PM, NOV. 17 The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan will present, via Zoom, Detroit Jewish News Editor Andrew Lapin discussing “Our Father: Father Coughlin and American Fascism, 1930s-Today.” From the presidential election to the recently revealed kidnapping plot against Michigan’s governor, much of today’s political unrest can be traced back to one priest from Royal Oak. Father Charles Coughlin of the Shrine of the Little Flower used his radio sermons during the Great Depression to incite a nation into rightwing fascism, violence and antisemitism. In the process, he became America’s first mass-media demagogue. Cost: $10 for members and $18 for non-members. Please register by 9 p.m. on Nov. 16: info@ michjewishhistory.org. Instructions for joining the Zoom call will be sent the day before.

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abbi Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom whose extensive writings and frequent media appearances commanded a global following among Jews and non-Jews alike, has died. Sacks died Nov. 7, 2020, at age 72, his Twitter account announced. He was in the midst of a third bout of cancer, which he had announced in October. Sacks was among the world’s leading exponents of Orthodox Judaism for a global audience. In his 22 years as chief rabbi, he emerged as the most visible Jewish leader in the United Kingdom and one of Europe’s leading Jewish voices, offering Jewish wisdom to the masses through a regular segment he produced for the BBC. He had a close relationship with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who called him “an intellectual giant” and presented him with a lifetime achievement award in 2018. Sacks was also a prolific author, addressing pressing social and political issues in a succession of well-received books. His popular commentary on the prayer book, published by Koren, helped to dethrone the more traditionalist Artscroll Siddur as the preeminent prayer book in American Modern Orthodox synagogues. Sacks was normally averse to mixing religion and politics, something he discussed, along with his latest book Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times, with the JTA in August. “When anger erupts in a body politic, there is quite often a justified cause. But then the

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political domain has got to take that anger and deal with it very fast,” he told JTA’s opinion editor Laura Adkins. “Because anger exposes the problem but never delivers the solution.” But he did take public stances on two topics that were often ensnared with European politics: Israel and antisemitism. FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM Sacks spoke out publicly as Britain’s Labour Party was engulfed in an antisemitism scandal under its previous leader Jeremy Corbyn, calling Corbyn an antisemite. “We have an antisemite as the leader of the Labour Party and her majesty’s opposition. That is why Jews feel so threatened by Mr. Corbyn and those who support him,” Sacks said in a 2018 interview with the New Statesman. That judgement paved the way for the current British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis to harshly condemn the Labour Party, a precedent-setting event in British Jewish life. Corbyn was replaced in April by centrist Keir Starmer, who has apologized for how antisemitism was allowed to flourish in Labour’s ranks

under Corbyn. Starmer, who is married to a Jewish woman, expressed his condolences to “the entire Jewish world” in a tweet on Saturday. “He was a towering intellect whose eloquence, insights and kindness reached well beyond the Jewish community,” Starmer wrote. Sacks was also vocal in his opposition to the forces that lead to antisemitism on the far left and the far right, as he wrote in a JTA op-ed in January: “Antisemitism has little to do with Jews — they are its object, not its cause — and everything to do with dysfunction in the communities that harbor it.” In a 2017 YouTube video, Sacks called anti-Zionism a new form of antisemitism, arguing that it denies Jews the “right to exist collectively with the same rights as everyone else.” The video was based on a 2016 speech Sacks gave that helped pave the way to Britain’s adoption later that year of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism. The video became symbolic of Sacks’ ability to reach mainstream audiences. Rachel Riley, a British Jewish game show

host, shared the video, telling her over 600,000 Twitter followers that it is “the best explanation of antisemitism I’ve seen.” Sacks branched out beyond religious and Jewish cultural thought as well. In 2017, he delivered a TED Talk about “facing the future without fear” and what he called a “fateful moment” in Western history after the election of Donald Trump as president, citing Thomas Paine and anthropologists to make an argument about returning a culture of togetherness. Born in London in 1948, Sacks studied at Cambridge University. While a student there in the ’60s, he visited Rabbi Menachem Schneerson — the spiritual leader who is credited with turning the chasidic Chabad-Lubatvitch movement into a powerful organizing force of Jewry around the world — in New York City. Sacks credits that meeting with inspiring him to get involved with Jewish studies. He became the rabbi of the Golders Green synagogue in London’s most Orthodox neighborhood in the late ’70s and then rabbi of the Marble Arch Synagogue in central London. The U.K. Board of Deputies of British Jews President Marie van der Zyl said in a statement, “Rabbi Sacks was a giant of both the Jewish community and wider society. His astounding intellect and courageous moral voice were a blessing to all who encountered him in person, in writing or in broadcast.” Rabbi Sacks is survived by his wife, Elaine, three children and several grandchildren. NOVEMBER 12 • 2020

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MARTIN BADER, 98, passed away peacefully at home on Pine Lake on Nov. 2, 2020. Martin was born on June 22, 1922, in Detroit. He was the second child of Abraham and Sarah (Davidson) Bader. Martin received his B.S. degree from Wayne State University and his master’s in engineering from the University of Chicago. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps Weather Service and served his country proudly for three and a half years, until his discharge as a captain. He met Irene Sucher as a teenager, and she knew they were destined for one another. Martin and Irene were married in 1944 and raised their children, Jill and Chuck, in Detroit. Martin grew the Abe Bader Bag Company into the international business that became Packaging Concepts & Design. The couple enjoyed 63 years of wedded bliss; Irene passed in 2007. Martin was blessed to find love a second time with Charlotte Rosenbaum, who became his dear companion for the last 11 years of his life. His happiest times were surrounded by friends and family at Pine Lake or on Longboat Key in Florida, fishing, golfing and enjoying a good meal. He inspired his children to be engaged citizens and active participants in life, to enjoy simple pleasures and to appreciate each other for who they were.

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Mr. Bader was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Irene; his sister, Muriel Bader Oppenheim; his brother, Nathan Bader; his parents, Abraham and Sarah Bader. He is survived by his children, Jill Bader and Charles Bader (Lois Safdie); his grandchildren, Abraham McClurg (Ashlyn), Liliana Greenberg, and Katharine Anderson (David); his great-grandchildren, Daliah and Lucas; his companion, Charlotte Rosenbaum; countless other family and friends that made his life wonderful for many, many years. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit or American Technion Society. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. MILTON BUDYK, 97, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 2, 2020. Milton was born in Detroit. He attended Central High School and later graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in education and master’s degree in mathematics. He was a teacher in the Detroit Public Schools for more than 38 years, predominantly at Cass Technical High School, before retiring in 1990. Milton and his wife, Edith, lived in Southfield for many years before moving to Farmington Hills and West Bloomfield in their retire-

ment, wintering in Delray Beach, Fla. Milton will be dearly missed by his family and many friends. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Jerome Zimmer; son, David Burke; grandchildren, Jacob and Rachel Zimmer, and Caden Burke; sister-in-law and brotherin-law, Barbara and Stewart Beneson; niece, Elizabeth (Darren) Ross; nephew, Robert (Lisa) Beneson, and their children. Mr. Budyk was the beloved husband of the late Edith Budyk; the son of the late Bessie Ross and the late Harry Budyk. Interment was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to Jewish Senior Life. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. YVETTE “COOKIE” GOLDBERG, 87, of Livonia, died Oct. 31, 2020. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Judy Goldberg; grandchildren, Noah and Katie Goldberg, Adam Goldberg and Jenna Goldberg. She is also survived by Judy’s mother and dear friend, Joan Silberstein; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and a world of friends. Mrs. Goldberg was the beloved wife of the late Leonard Goldberg. Interment was at Oakview Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Michigan Humane Society, 30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 220,

Bingham Farms, MI 48025, michiganhumane.org/tributes; or Multiple Sclerosis Society of Michigan, 29777 Telegraph Road, Suite 1751, Southfield, MI 48034-7650, nationalmssociety.org/ mig. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. DOLORES GORDON, 89, of West Palm Beach, Fla., formerly of Michigan, died Nov. 5, 2020. She was a strong and beautiful singer who loved to entertain at family events and in local shows. She also was active in the Jewish community, receiving the Jerusalem, City of Peace award from Women’s American ORT in Michigan and the David Ben-Gurion Award from Israel Bonds in Florida. In addition, she worked at the Hebrew Academy of Miami. Mrs. Gordon is survived by her daughters and sonsin-law, Sheryl and Craig Kirby of West Bloomfield, Ruthellen Gordon Doyle and Ron Doyle of South Branch, Mich.; sons and daughters-in-law, Jeff and Geri Goldberg of Champaign, Ill., Michael and Linda Gordon of Westport, Conn.; grandchildren, Todd and Lani Kirby, Jacob and Ryann Goldberg, Leah and Dave Glasby, Hannah and Jason Dolash, Ethan Gordon, Jared Gordon, Maya Gordon; great-grandchildren, Samantha Kirby, Nate Kirby, Haylee Dolash, Maxwell Goldberg, Grant Glasby, Dean Glasby; brother, Seymour Garsoff of

Farmington Hills; nephew, Rob Garsoff. She is also survived by a stepfamily of 21 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren; many close cousins and dear friends of more than 70 years. She was the dear sisterin-law of the late Marilyn Garsoff; dear aunt of the late Craig Garsoff. Contributions may be made to the Dolores Gordon Music Fund, c/o Conservative Synagogue of Westport, 30 Hillspoint Road, Westport, CT, 06880, tcs-westport.org (please specify Dolores Gordon Music Fund when making the donation.) A graveside service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. REVA GORNBEIN, 100, of Wilmington, N.C., died Nov. 1, 2020. She lived life fully. She traveled to Antarctica at age 97, taught and played bridge at age 99 and finally gave up driving this past December. When she was a young woman, she worked as a legal secretary and decided that she wanted to see the world. She enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and ended up in Germany. She learned cryptography and saw Hitler’s bunker in Berlin. She went to Dachau and personally flew one of Hitler’s private secretaries from Berlin to Munich for a military trial. She traveled widely and loved literature, music

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SOUL and theater. Later in life, Reva went back to college and became a second-grade teacher. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She will be deeply missed. Mrs. Gornbein is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Goldie Stetten, and Henry and Debbie Gornbein; grandchildren, Chesley Stetten and John Correia, Adam and Denise Stetten, Skylar Stetten, Laurie Jerris and Jonathan Gornbein; great-grandchildren, Airlie and Michael Correia, Oakley and Rio Stetten, and Benjamin and Emily Jerris. She was the beloved wife of the late Abe S. Gornbein; the cherished mother of the late Karen Stetten; the loving sister of the late Anne Parzen and the late Harry Stern.Â Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Foundation, 200 SE 1st St., Suite 800, Miami, FL 33131, parkinson.org; or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. RACHEL GREENBERG, 94, of Walled Lake, died Oct 29, 2020. She is survived by her son, Steven Leiger; daughter, Dr. Audrey Bruell; brother, Jack Lichten; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Mrs. Greenberg was the beloved wife of the late Nathan Greenberg. Interment was at

Machpelah Cemetery. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.Â MARILYN B. KATZ, 93, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 29, 2020. She is survived c. 1973 by her son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Mary Ellen Katz; daughter and son-in-law, Marcy and Jeff Schulman; grandchildren, Jessica Katz, Jayna and Austin Schmid, Zara Schulman, and Jared and Joy Schulman; great-grandchild, Kohen Schmid; nieces and nephews. Her grandchildren were her greatest source of pride and accomplishment. Mrs. Katz was the beloved wife for 57 years of the late Leo Katz; the loving sister of the late Milton Hershenson and the late Jerry Mattison. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jfsdetroit.org; or to a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. MYRNA SEGAL KOLIN, 89, of West Bloomfield, died Nov. 4, 2020. She is survived by her son and daughterin-law, David Kolin and Jeannine Cordero; daughters and sons-in-law, Dr. Myra Kolin Harper and Ted Harper, and Marjorie Kolin Kanner and Nevin Kanner; grandchildren, Katharine Kolin, Yale Kolin, Sarah

Harper, Haley Harper and Cameron Kanner; brother, Merton Segal; nieces and nephew, Carol Segal Ziecik, Laura Segal, and Dana and Dr. Steven Weinstein. Mrs. Kolin was the beloved wife of the late Arthur Kolin; the dear sister-in-law of the late Beverly Segal. Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township, MI 48301, tbeonline.org/donation-page; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

SARAH “STEFA” KUPFER, 91, of Oak Park, died Nov. 4, 2020. She is survived by her children, Irene and Daniel Biber of Huntington Woods, Bob and Dave Weir Kupfer of Bloomfield Hills, Marilyn and Aaron Kales of Orchard Lake; grandchildren, Rebecca Biber, Gabriel and Nichole Biber, Andrew Kales, Kara Kales; great-grandchildren, Pearl Biber, Moses Biber; sister, Nina Sprecher of California. Mrs. Kupfer was the

beloved wife for 63 years of the late Henry Kupfer. Contributions may be made to the Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; or Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. A graveside service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. HOWARD D. LEVINSKY, 93, of Longwood, Fla., died Oct. 28, 2020. He is survived

by his wife of 67 years, Leah Levinsky; daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara Levinsky, Sharan and Richard Schwartz, and Abby and Eric Randolph; grandchildren, Jordan Schwartz, Seth Schwartz, Josh and Megan Randolph, Jessica Randolph and Halle Randolph; great-granddaughter, Hannah Schwartz. Mr. Levinsky was the loving brother of the late Geraldine and the late Louis Linden. Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. continued on page 44

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DAVID MARCUS, 76, of Southfield, died Nov. 2, 2020. David, a Naval reservist, was called to active duty during the Vietnam War and was a member of the commissioning crew of the USS John F. Kennedy. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Ruth Miller Marcus; sons and daughters-in-law, Howard P. and Tracy Marcus, and Michael A. and Katie Marcus; daughter and sonin-law, Lauren M. and Rick Johnson; grandchildren, Sydney and Ari Marcus, Hannah, Nili, Shaylee and Kima Marcus, Ethan, Isabel and Olivia Johnson; sister, Ellen R. Marcus; nieces and nephews.

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Mr. Marcus was predeceased by his parents, Irving and Sarah M. Marcus. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Jewish Chaplains Council, 520 8th Ave., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018, donate.jcca.org; American Friends of Magen David Adom, 3175 Commercial Ave., Suite 101, Northbrook, IL 60062, afmda.org; or Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park, MI 48237, congbethshalom.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. MARK ROBY, 70, of Oak Park, died Oct. 30, 2020, just before his 71st birthday. He was a warm, remarkable man who deeply touched the

lives of those who knew and loved him. Mr. Roby is survived by his loving and devoted sister, Laura Roby; his loving brother, Jim Roby (Leslye Orloff); his aunts, Phyllis Parker (the late Stuart Parker), Lita Zemmol (the late Allen Zemmol), Lois Zemmol (the late Walter Zemmol); his uncle, Bernard Zemmol (the late Caroline Zemmol); many cousins. Mark is also survived by his JARC family, including three very special caregivers, Tangrea Thompson, Chandra Taylor and Leonora Mcpherson. He was the nephew of the late Doris Roby; the son of exceptional parents, the late Dr. William and the late Jenny Roby, who were trailblazers in advancing the civil rights of developmentally disabled peo-

ple in Michigan and throughout the country. A private interment was held at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to JARC. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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beef, whether roast prime rib or broiled prime sirloin or tenderloin … and the accent was on prime. His roast beef almost melted in your mouth and the steaks were as tender as a mother’s love. Other things on the menu were mighty tasty, too … And it was not too surprising perhaps that Eckner’s was very large also in the fish and seafood departments. Crown jewel was whole broiled lobster, fresh from the cool green briny deep and splashing merrily about in a tank car of melted butter. The bar business at Eckner’s was very good, and it gave Charlie a warm glow around his pocketbook to know that more than 50 percent of his gross was in the beverage department. Reason for this good business was the tasty drinks he served. And the prices were “right” across the board.

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t occurs to me that, sometimes, researching in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History is a bit like prospecting for gold. The Archive is indeed a great big “gold mine” of information from the past 104 years of Jewish history. And to gather research from this mine does take some digging. Every now and then, however, there is a big, flashy, golden historical nugget just lying there, waiting for you. I found this week’s nugget while searching for information on another topic. As Mike Smith I was mining the Archive, Alene and Graham Landau the front page of the Oct. Archivist Chair 29, 1920, issue of the Jewish Chronicle attracted me. I soon discovered that the entire issue was most interesting. The headline on the front page read: “Beautiful New Edifice to House Temple Beth El.” This was accompanied by an image of a rendering of the Albert Kahndesigned structure. This synagogue, the third Temple Beth El, opened on Woodward Avenue in Detroit in 1923, and would be the congregation’s home until 1973, when it moved to its current Minoru Yamasaki-designed facility in Bloomfield Township. The main story also celebrated 70 years of progress at Temple Beth El, as a congregation, and as an indicator of the growth and strength of the larger Jewish community of the era. The Temple Beth El story was really good news, but there are contrasting reports within the issue. On page 3, there is a headline: “The International Jew, The New World Menace.” The headline is certainly disturbing, but it is a bit misleading. What follows is an address by Rev. Bradford Pengelly of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Detroit. He succinctly states the problem: “A violent and unfair attack has been made upon millions of American citizens who are of Jewish

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blood ...” The attack he refers to is the publication of the “Protocols of Zion” in Henry Ford’s Dearborn Independent,, which was indeed a vicious and unfounded assault on Jews. Page 7 of the issue features another response, an “Open Letter to Henry Ford” from the Amer American rican rican Hebrew, that rebukes Ford for publishing hing such a “stupid, clumsy forgery.” Indeed. ed. The editorial page reinforced the above stories. There was praise for Temple Beth El as a sign of a healthy Jewish community. But there was also an op-ed: “Einstein and German n Anti-Semites.” Only the most ignorant would dispute the genius of Albert Einstein today, but in 1920, he faced a wave of antisemitism denouncouncing his discoveries. One other story was very interesting. It was election season that year and Rabbi Leo Franklin urged a “no” vote on a proposed amendment to ban parochial or religious schools in Michigan. Considered to be a largely anti-Catholic action, Jews found common ground with Catholics. On Oct. 31, 1920, a rally of 100,000 people against the ban was held at Navin Field, home of the Detroit Tigers. The proposed amendment was defeated. This Jewish Chronicle issue was a “gold nugget,” to say the least. The content is about contrast, the accomplishments of and the issues facing the Jewish community 100 years ago. Aside from simply interesting reading for its own sake, in many ways, the reports and articles are still relevant reading for 2020. Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org.

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