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ARTS&LIFE 46 More than Just Motown New book looks back at Detroit’s musical legacy from the 1940s-1960s.
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hat’s the difference between a national park during the government shutdown and a dresser drawer filled with rows of meticulously roll-folded T-shirts? One is a picture of human fallibility, the precarious nature of our social contract, the conspicuous consumption of disposable goods and the negaBen Falik tive consequences of under-regulation and over-production. The other is probably out of toilet paper. These interrelated images from these first weeks of 2019 — spritely Marie Kondo bringing her popular joy-through-tidying method to untold American households through Netflix and litter-laden national parks — are a Rorschach test for how narrowly or broadly we view our relationships with and impact on the environment around us. Is it disconcerting to see a scenic vista with paper goods and plasticware flowing out of a garbage can like so much molten lava? Spork yeah, it is. And are my T-shirts now folded and arranged so the prints smile up at me each morning? They don’t call me World’s Best Grandpa for nothing. But like an invasive species in a delicate ecosystem, more than 100 million pounds of waste still materialize in our national parks annually, even when federal park employees are there to ferry it away at regular intervals. And to get to Kondo-caliber tidiness, most of us have to shed a mound/mountain of shirts that just might get a new lease of life as painters’ rags (50-lb. box, $42.50 from ERC Wiping Products … “We make wiping easy!”) and that create a vacuum begging to be filled by the next round of joy-inducing fan gear and fast fashion. It’s abundantly clear that we can’t rely on our current crop of elected officials and CEOs to make any kind of strategic, sustainable decisions up river. Which makes it incumbent upon us to do whatever we can to manage and mitigate what flows downstream. We can’t just ask ourselves of an object, “Does it spark joy?” We need to
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struggle with whether it causes others pain, even if the sweatshop, slaughterhouse, refinery, landfill or incinerator is not in our backyard — or on our continent. The struggle is real. I’m struggling. The struggle of trading disposability for durability, the struggle of carpooling, the struggle of how delicious meat is. But there’s strength in the struggle. I’m not suggesting that we all become hemp-clad vegan wind turbines. We live in a consumer-driven economy with many varieties of Oreo and our ancestors labored day in and day out with only one variety of Oreo so we could have a better life. In the struggle, there’s a striving to innovate. Consider StockX. If you don’t traffic in sought-after sneakers, streetwear, watches or handbags, you may not be familiar with the Detroitbased “Stock Market of Things.” It has catapulted to global repute by confidently connecting the supply of and demand for niche products. Like StockX, our problem begins where the market ends. The price I pay for gas includes taxes for road maintenance (theoretically), but not for inhalers for asthmatic children in Southwest Detroit. Nor is the environmental impact of my Styrofoam cup imputed into the price Dart charges Tropical Smoothie Cafe or what they charge me. Enter SchlockX. SchlockX.com is not an evironmonumental climate-change-changing killer app. At least not yet. To start, maybe it can be a space where people like us, who care about the environment — but sometimes want to order via the app rather than bring our reusable cup to every newly opened Tropical Smoothie Cafe — can come together to deal with our schlock …
SOCRRA, South Oakland County’s recycling center, is my Graceland — much like the fair’s detritus is a veritable smorgasbord-orgasbord-orgasbord for Templeton in my favorite and the most important scene of Charlotte’s Web. SOCRRA rocks. Nationally, contamination sends an average of 25 percent of single-stream recycling contents to the landfill; SOCRRA’s goal is 5 percent. And they have a whimsical app, Waste Wizard, who will let you know with the wave of his wand, what is recyclable and how: socrra.org/waste-wizard. There is a physical and psychological distance between the ease of carting your recyclables to the curb and the effort of getting yourself and your stuff to your local drop-off center. But even a beautiful, brimming bin misses out on some important ecopportunities. SOCRRA, along with most materials recovery facilities (MRFs!), can’t process Styrofoam, plastic bags or scrap metal on the same conveyor belts as all our boxes, bottles, etc. Enter SchlockX so we can have our smoothies and drink them, too. Here’s my very real offer: I will schlep your schlock. Fill out the form on the very real website and I will come to your house, pick up whatever the Waste Wizard says can be dropped off at the center and truck it to Troy. No charge, though I accept virtually all varieties of Oreo. Here’s the very reasonable catch: We need a critical mass of Schlock Blockers to make this sustainable, so recruit some neighbors to get in on the action. Shimmy to schlockX.com and let’s spark some joy in this untidy world. ■
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rowing up in Boca Raton, Fla., I received a public-school education that encompassed a very narrow understanding of what it meant to be Jewish. My Judaism was comprised of Friday night family dinners, collecting treats from the “candy man” at shul on Shabbat, and attending both Sunday school and summer camp. Most of my Eitan Moed friends weren’t Jewish, spent their Friday nights playing Xbox and could not fathom the concept of kashrut. I was an American Jew, but could anyone guarantee that my children would also be? In 2005, my parents took fate into their own hands and made aliyah to Israel. Being 10 at the time, I was ecstatic. The idea of moving houses seemed so cool that I never fully processed the thought of leaving my friends and departing to a new country. Looking back, the magnitude of their decision was incomprehensible. As I was approaching the end of my military service, I started forming the idea of returning to the United States. I didn’t exactly miss living in America; after all, the amount Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us F. Kevin Browett Chief Operating Officer kbrowett@renmedia.us | Editorial Managing Editor: Jackie Headapohl jheadapohl@renmedia.us Story Development Editor: Keri Guten Cohen kcohen@renmedia.us Digital Editor: Allison Jacobs ajacobs@renmedia.us Social Media Coordinator: Chelsie Dzbanski cdzbanski@renmedia.us Editorial Assistant: Sy Manello smanello@renmedia.us Senior Columnist: Danny Raskin dannyraskin2132@gmail.com Contributing Editor: Robert Sklar rsklar@renmedia.us Senior Arts Consultant: Gail Zimmerman gzimmerman@renmedia.us
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beach facilities of Tel Aviv or even just grab a beer at your local JEMS pub and you would still be expressing your Judaism through your presence in Israel. This is because Israel acts as an umbrella Jewish community by default. It is made up of several communities that are Jewish as a result of all their members being Jewish, but not necessarily because they are practicing Judaism. Therefore, by default, these communities are defined as “Jewish” communities. So, is your presence in a “Jewish” community enough? I believe so, to the point that the event you are attending can have no actual Jewish context, but your communal presence will still express your Judaism. This is because presence alone is a fundamental contribution toward building a thriving community. An understanding of this concept not only allows Hillel to open its doors to students seeking a Jewish experience but also to Jewish students seeking a community experience beyond religion. As for being a Jewish student life coordinator, I’ve concluded that it is just Jewish by default. ■
Trump Bolsters Anti-Semitism Eugene Greenstein (Jan 3, page 6) opines that Donald Trump is not an anti-Semite. He might be correct, but that is not the point. The point is that Trump is a pathological liar and a bully who insults anyone who disagrees with him and encourages physical violence against his opponents. His statement that the press is the enemy of the people is a direct quote from fascist ideology. He has yet to retract his statement that among the neo-Nazis there are some “very fine individuals.” It is these aspects of Trump’s behavior that both encourage and facilitate overt anti-Semitism on the part of the alt-right and the neo-Nazis. As reported by the ADL, the number of anti-Semitic episodes in the United States increased by 57 percent in 2018. Trump might not be an anti-Semite, but his actions and his behavior have without doubt encouraged anti-Semitism both in the United States and in other parts of the world. — M. Jeffrey Maisels, MD Southfield
Eitan Moed is the Jewish Student Life Coordinator at the Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Student Center at Michigan State University and a contributor at Travelujah.
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t was inspiring. The Zionist Organization of America’s (ZOA) 120th Brandeis Award national dinner in NYC treated 1,200 attendees to speeches by honorees National Security Adviser John Bolton, U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, TV and radio host Mark Levin and ZOA President Morton Klein, who received ZOA’s Theodore Herzl award for 25 years of stellar leadership. Also speaking or introducing honorees were Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon and Sheryl Silver Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz. Addressing the event by video, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded ZOA saying, “The ZOA wages a fearless battle for the truth … and never flinches from defending Israel from its detractors.” Danon addressed the massacre of 11 Jews at prayer in Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. “They were murdered only because they were Jews,” Danon said. “We will not stop fighting until the source of anti-Semitism is eradicated.” John Bolton, who received ZOA’s Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson Defender of Israel Award, talked about the relocation of the U.S. embassy, the June withdrawal from the U.N. Human Rights Council and the recent U.S. withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling it “an illegitimate, unaccountable, and unconstitutional foreign bureaucracy that has the audacity to consider asserting jurisdiction over American and Israeli citizens without their consent.” Bolton also mentioned cutting aid to the Palestinian Authority, as mandated by the Taylor Force Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law. He then focused on the administration’s Iran policy stating: “Over the decades, Iran has kidnapped, tortured and murdered American and Israeli citizens. It has attacked our embassies and targeted our service members. The Mullahs proudly chant ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel.’ This brutal dictatorship can never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.” Bolton shared details of Iran’s increased aggression and said the administration responded by re-imposing sanctions lifted under the deal, adding: “The sanctions have already had a devastating effect on the Iranian economy.” During his speech, Klein focused on ZOA’s role at vital points in the history of Zionism and Israel, including Justice Louis D. Brandeis’ role in persuading President Woodrow Wilson to support the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
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“ZOA was the only major Jewish group that opposed the Oslo Accords, correctly predicting it would lead to disaster. For this, we were condemned by our detractors as extremists, as warmongers, as enemies of peace. We were also the only major Jewish group to oppose the 2005 disastrous unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, which has led to the firing by Hamas … of more than 20,000 rockets from Gaza into Israel.” Klein made a powerful appeal for unity of the Jewish people in the wake of Pittsburgh’s synagogue massacre. “Despite our achievements and the work of other Jewish groups, the scourge of anti-Semitism is still with us. “We have to realize that anti-Semites do not care about the level of any Jew’s religious observance,” he continued. “We Jews have to realize that we are all in this together. We must unconditionally love, support and respect one another, no matter what our differences.” I recalled the day I met my friend Mort Klein. It was ZOA’s 1993 Washington, D.C., convention when he ran for ZOA president as an unknown. I attended Mort’s parlor meeting with my mom, ZOA Michigan delegate Anne G. Silver, and was so impressed I asked if I could speak on his behalf before the vote. “Israel needs better PR and media coverage in this country because it shapes public opinion and public policy,” I said. “Mort Klein already got millions of eyeballs on the facts versus the lies about Israel with his op-eds in the New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer — and he did it without an organizational title. He’s the kind of leader Israel needs at ZOA’s helm. We need to elect him president.” After Mort won, he asked me to be a ZOA officer. His knowledge and determined advocacy for Israel enabled him to quickly make an impact — as he’s now done for 25 years. He’s had critics, but I’ve always felt helping Mort Klein become ZOA president was a mitzvah for Israel and the Jewish people. Am Yisrael chai! ■ Sheryl Silver is a lifelong Temple Israel member and former national officer of ZOA.
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hile Women’s March Inc. was established in opposition to President Donald Trump’s views and policies, its leadership has come under scrutiny by many Jewish organizations and LGBTQ groups for its anti-Semitic and its anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Due to this controversy, the Board of Directors of National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan (NCJW | MI) voted not to participate in its march, which took place across the country on Jan. 19. While many of the policies of the Women’s March Inc. are in line with the policies of NCJW, the spouting of anti-Semitism by the leaders cannot be overlooked. The national organization of NCJW is no longer endorsing this march, and many sections of this national organization across the country also chose to pull out of this march for the same reasons. NCJW | MI will continue to strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families as well as continuing our work to safeguard individual rights and freedoms, including the right of every person to live safely in a world free from bigotry, hate-speech, racism and intolerance. Trying to “clean up” its image and reputation of anti-Semitic leadership, Women’s March Inc. has expanded its steering committee to include three Jewish women as well as a transgender woman, a Palestinian Muslim woman and others. Unfortunately, the damage has been done, and NCJW | MI cannot associate with this group unless it disassociates from a known anti-Semitic leader of the Nation of Islam. Because it has shown no interest in distancing itself from this individual, we will refrain from participating in its marches. NCJW | MI is at the forefront of many civil rights issues, and our efforts to advocate for every individual, regardless of race, religion or ethnicity will be pursued. We encourage everyone to join us as National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan continues to educate our community on the issues of prejudice and racism. ■ Sandi Matz and Jennifer LoPatin are co-presidents of National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan.
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onathan H. Schwartz is leading a local effort by the Jewish Bar Association (JBAM) to right a historic wrong that’s existed for more than 70 years as, he says, “part of the Nazis’ attempt to wipe out our Jewish identity.” JBAM, co-founded in 2014 by Schwartz, a partner at Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss P.C. in Southfield, recently launched the Jonathan Holocaust Art Recovery Schwartz Initiative, a partnership with the Arts, Communications, Entertainment and Sports (ACES) Section of the State Bar of Michigan. It’s a response to passage of a federal law that allows more time — until Jan. 1, 2027 — for Holocaust victims and/or their descendants to file for the return of valuable artwork stolen from their families during the Nazi era (1933-1945).
ABOVE: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, also known as The Woman in Gold, by Gustav Klimt in 1907, is perhaps the most well-known piece of Nazi-looted art to be recovered.
Under the new law, the time period for making such legal claims begins when a family discovers the artwork’s loss, not when the theft actually took place in Europe. Restitution of Jewish-owned art has been on the radar of the U.S. government since efforts began in 1945 to help recover the then-estimated 650,000 works of art stolen by the Nazis. In 1998, a U.S. State Departmenthosted Washington Conference on Holocaust Era Assets established principles for dealing with restitution claims. More recently, Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder, the cosmetics billionaire who chairs both the Commission for Art
Recovery and Council of the World Jewish Restitution Organization, provided leadership to Congress on the restitution issue. He urged members to introduce the Ronald S. Holocaust Expropriated Lauder Art Recovery (HEAR) Act, a bipartisan bill President Barack Obama signed into law on Dec. 16, 2016. “For too long, governments, museums, auction houses and unscrupulous collectors allowed this egregious theft of culture and heritage to continue, imposing legal barriers like arbitrary statutes of limitations to deny families prized possessions stolen from them by the Nazis,” Lauder said at the signing. The difficulty was dramatized in the popular 2015 film, Woman in Gold. British actress Helen Mirren portrayed continued on page 12
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ABOVE: Dwight D. Eisenhower, right, inspects stolen artwork in a salt mine in Merkers, accompanied by Gen. Omar Bradley, left, and Gen. George S. Patton, center.
details Jonathan Schwartz is available to further discuss this initiative, how the Michigan legal community is prepared to help and share insight into how people can reach out and receive assistance. He can be reached at jschwartz@jaffelaw. com or (248) 727-1497.
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real-life Holocaust survivor Maria Altmann, who sets in motion a long legal challenge to recover her family’s cherished Gustav Klimt painting, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I — also known as The Woman in Gold — from the Austrian government. “This artwork, some of it by famous Jewish artists, is part of our Jewish identity, as much as Jewish humor, literature and food. Denying the return of identified Jewish artwork stolen during the Holocaust is outrageous, and we cannot be silent when the clock is ticking for recovery under U.S. law,” said Schwartz, JBAM president and the immediate former chairperson of ACES.
RECOVERY PLAN With major art recovery cases currently being litigated in New York and California, Schwartz said he wants to achieve success stories like Altmann’s for survivor families living in Metro Detroit. Schwartz, who has an entertainment practice and more than a decade of experience in art law, explained the local Holocaust Art Recovery Initiative through the acronym “ART.” “The ‘A’ is for Awareness of the scope and continuing nature of the problem,” Schwartz said. “A million pieces of art were confiscated from the Jewish people and about a third of it — 300,000 missing pieces — have still not been returned to the rightful owners and their descendants. Many people do not realize that this is the largest displacement of art in human history.” He also wants to bring awareness that the HEAR Act “makes it possible for descendants to go to court to recover art and property lost to the Nazis during the World War II period.” “The HEAR Act helps those who know that certain works were taken from their family in Europe during the Holocaust and not returned, and addresses some of the statutes of limitation that prevented families from getting their works back,” he said. JBAM and its partners will help potential claimants by connecting them with scholars and researchers. The latter can help piece together “provenance,” or proof of art ownership, for the rightful heirs. JBAM members and other volunteers are prepared to litigate ownership claims in Michigan federal courts, relying upon the HEAR Act. This must happen prior to the “sunset provision” of Jan. 1, 2027, the deadline to file such lawsuits under the law. “The letter ‘R’ is for Research,” Schwartz continued. Establishing provenance is the way for tracing a family’s art claim. It’s still possible for experts to recover looted artwork because of documentation kept by Nazis and others during the war. “A lot of evidence remains to be waded through in different repositories, including at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills,” said Schwartz, who speaks publicly and writes about the problem of looted art. “We want to help people who had art stolen or their descendants. We put them in touch with genealogists, art experts and others to get as much evidence and documentation as pos-
sible to help people with their art claims,” Schwartz said. He noted that in addition to individual families, “we are exploring new ways to help much larger groups of Holocaust victims and their descendants.” As part of the local effort to help descendants seeking recovery of looted art, Schwartz said they’ll be looking for “T,’” as in Triable cases. Questions for attorneys to consider will include: Where is the artwork? Is it with private parties, displayed on museum walls or sitting in vaults? Do we have the proof to seek recovery? Can we establish a chain of ownership? What is our litigation process? How well have we done before seeking artwork from certain governments, museums and institutions? “We must keep putting pressure on foreign countries holding the stolen artwork. It’s an international problem,” said Schwartz, noting that “the Hungarian government has been particularly recalcitrant in returning art.” A pending case, now in appeals, deals with the Herzog Collection that Hungary is refusing to return. “Russia is another difficult country for getting cooperation,” he said, explaining that it regards the looted Jewish-owned artwork as being “spoils of war.’’ Poland, Spain and Italy have also been slow to address the problem of unreturned Nazilooted artwork within their borders. Seeking the return of important artwork goes beyond the dollars they’re worth. “This is an alarm bell for the global Jewish community,” Schwartz said. “We must put pressure on countries that refuse to disclose evidence or turn over artwork, who stand in our way of recovering our Jewish cultural identity. “We should not be quiet about it. We can’t recover all 300,000 pieces that are missing, but we have the resources available to make significant progress if people are aware and resolve to pursue their family claims, and the global Jewish community speaks with a united voice.” Schwartz is glad that the U.S. decided to “shine a spotlight on this issue by passing the HEAR Act but acknowledged that there is much that should be done. He encourages others to join in the effort with JBAM. “Our goal is helping to recover as many pieces of artwork as possible. This is so important for a variety of reasons, and there’s limited time.” ■
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rwin and Esther Posner traveled to the Netherlands in 1976 to visit Enschede, the village where Christian families had hidden Esther (then called Marianne Rose) and her family during the Nazi occupation. There they met the heroic police officer Dick Mos, who, while officially serving the Nazi regime, secretly cooperated with local Dutch Reformed Minister Leendert Overduin to find homes to
Esther Posner with her mother’s embroidered tablecloth that she worked on while in hiding in the Netherlands during the Holocaust. The tablecloth was part of an Anne Frank exhibit at the Holocaust Memorial Center in 2017.
together photographs, letters and documents to prepare applications to Yad Vashem to gain recognition for the three families. Ruth Joaquin of the Dutch desk of Yad Vashem replied, thanking Posner for the application, but asking, “What was the reason that this request was not made earlier, for example, with the submissions for the Mos family?” Posner replied she had been unable
Fulf illing A Wish Survivor gains Righteous Among the Nations status for three rescuing families. conceal 5-year-old Marianne, her parents, four of her aunts and her grandfather. The Israeli government issues a medal for those individuals, the Righteous of the Nations, who saved Jews during the Holocaust. Each tree in a grove at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem commemorates a rescuer, who risked his or her life and the lives of their families to save Jews from murder. Posner learned that Dick Mos and his wife, Rie, had not yet been recognized. So, she submitted the extensive paperwork describing their efforts to Yad Vashem, the world Holocaust remembrance center. At the bar mitzvah of Aryeh, the Posners’ eldest son, on Thanksgiving Day in 1977, Dick and Rie Mos came from Holland to Detroit to join the celebration. As Rie Mos remarked, “We had to save you because you are Jewish. We are glad to see you living your lives as Jews.” The rescuers were surprised on that occasion to receive the medal for the Righteous of the Nations from the Israeli government. Hiding Jews in Holland took courage and ingenuity. During the Nazi occupation, each hiding place could become a dangerous trap at any moment. The Underground needed contingency plans to move concealed people again and again. During nearly two years in hiding, Marianne had stayed with five
to locate the families on trips to Holland in 1976 and 1992. The Tilsma family house was gone, replaced by a toy store. The Spit family, “deeply disappointed with the Dutch government’s reaction to the collaborators,” had moved to South Africa; Posner’s parents had lost track of them, and also of the Morssink family. She hoped “I would be able to repair the error of not applying earlier.”
Esther Posner and her family with members of the Spit family who hid them during the Holocaust: Anne Spit, soldier, her parents Ellen and Fritz Rose, grandfather Rudolf Rose, Spit grandmother, soldier, Tante Ulla; seated: Esther Marianne Rose and two Spit sons.
different families, sometimes with her parents, but usually separated from them. Two additional families concealed her parents and other relatives. Three years ago, Posner discovered three of the families had never received recognition for their heroic deeds. She was determined to gain them that rec-
ognition. After WWII, Posner’s parents moved to New York. Her mother, Ellen Rose, had kept in touch with the families, exchanging letters and sending gifts to help during those years when the Dutch economy failed. Looking through her late mother’s effects, Esther pulled
SEARCHING FOR OTHERS Posner could provide extensive information about the Spit and Tilsma families, who had hidden her. She did not have as much information about Fritz and Bep Morssink, who had concealed her parents. Joaquin of Yad Vashem conducted extensive research to locate the missing families, contacting historians, examining the municipal records of Enschede and nearby Delden. She succeeded in finding an address for the Morssink children and sent them letters, but got no response, until, on Sept. 6, 2016, Joaquin received a letter from Willy Morssink, a daughter of the rescuers. Born in 1942, she was too young to remember much of the war, but she had “heard the stories from her parents and was witness to the warm correspondence between the two families.” Posner had an unexpectedly hard time finding another family. Though continued on page 16
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they had six children, four of them boys who would retain their usual Dutch last name, the Tilsma family was hard to locate. Then she found an obituary of the father, which listed the address of one of the older boys, Meindert, in Barrie, Ontario. She remembered him well: “He and his brother, Adry, would come home from work and school every day. They would pick me up and twirl me around and sing songs with me and play with me. I adored them.” When she called him, he asked who was calling? She replied, “Marianne Rose.” They both laughed and cried as they shared 75 years of history. Meindert Tilsma put Posner in touch with his little sister, Femmy, with whom she had shared a room 75 years ago. Joaquin led Posner to Dr. Evertjan Hannivoort, who researched the Enschede community, and helped her locate 21 surviving members of the rescuers’ families. They found grandchildren of the Spit family residing in South Africa, France and Florida. In November 2017, Joaquin sent Posner the good news that all three families would receive recognition.
On May 23, 2018, Esther and Erwin Posner and their son Daniel met at the Shouwburg, the elegant theater in Amsterdam that had served as the deportation point for Amsterdam’s Jews. Right where Esther’s father had leapt from the truck, and then pulled her mother and Esther off to avoid deportation, Femmy Tilsma and relatives of Meidert Tilsma, along with members of the Morssink family, received their official recognition from the Israeli Consul of Holland and the president of Yad Vashem, Holland. On Oct. 22, 2018, at the Holocaust Museum in Miami, Gerry Spit, accompanied by his wife, their children and grandchildren, and in the presence of the Posner family, received the honor earned by his grandparents, Anna and Anton Spit, for concealing the Rose family when the Nazis were killing Dutch Jews. Esther Posner had fulfilled her mother’s wishes. ■ International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Sunday, Jan. 27. For events at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, go to holocaustcenter.org/events/calendar.
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the program will start at 7:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the community. Speakers and their topics: Nancy Siegel Heinrich, JSL CEO, senior living; Perry Ohren, JFS CEO, aging in the community; Leah Rosenbaum, JVS CEO, day program and supportive services for memory impairment; Linda Blumberg, JFMD senior planning advisor, senior demographic details from the 2018 Jewish population study; Dan Cinelli, principal director, Perkins Eastman, innovations in senior housing. JN Publisher/Executive Editor Arthur Horwitz will serve as moderator. Following their presentations, the experts will answer questions from the audience. Local Jewish agencies will also have informational materials available. To RSVP or send a question in advance, email Keri Guten Cohen of the JN at kcohen@renmedia.us. ■
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Pillars of Vibrancy The Community House to honor those who impact the community at annual Bates Street Society Dinner. JACKIE HEADAPOHL MANAGING EDITOR
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he Community House (TCH) — a nonprofit resource and destination for personal, professional, recreational and philanthropic pursuits — will hold its fourth annual Bates Street Society Dinner, hosted by the Community House and the Community House Foundation Boards of Directors, on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the Community House’s Wallace Ballroom in Birmingham. The annual event, presented by PNC Wealth Management, is a celebration of service and philanthropy. The evening will be highlighted by the recognition of TCH’s annual “Pillars of Vibrancy” and an inspirational keynote address by Cynthia Ford. The Community House’s Pillar Society is a network of exceptional individuals who have dedicated significant time and talent to helping build a more vibrant community. Each year, inductees are individuals who have made extraordinary contributions in one of four essential areas: culture, education, wellness and philanthropy. The 2019 Bates Street Society Dinner will recognize eight new Pillars of Vibrancy this year, three of whom are Jewish. Arthur Horwitz, publisher and executive editor of the Detroit Jewish News, as well as founder and president of Detroit Jewish News Horwitz Foundation, is one of those pillars. The Foundation, through its William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, captures, preserves and tells the story of Detroit and its Jewish community. This free and easyto-search archive comprises more than 330,000 pages from the Jewish News and its predecessor publication, the Detroit Jewish Chronicle. The archive is part of the University of Michigan’s Bentley Historical
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Library permanent collection. Horwitz serves as chair of the board of Detroit Public Television, director and audit chair for the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst (Mass,) and as director of Detroit PAL (police athletic league). Previously, he chaired the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and Detroit’s Agency for Jewish Education. Another pillar is Mitch Albom, a nationally acclaimed sports journalist at the Detroit Free Press since 1985, where he became and a wellAlbom known media figure in radio and television as well. He currently hosts a daily talk show on WJR radio (airs Monday through Friday, 5-7 p.m. EST) and appears regularly on ESPN Sports Reporters and SportsCenter. He’s the best-selling author of several books, including Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Have a Little Faith. His most recent titles, The Time Keeper and The First Phone Call from Heaven, both debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Albom has founded several charities: Detroit Dream Scholars, A Time To Help, and S.A.Y Detroit, an umbrella organization for charities dedicated to improving the lives of the neediest, including the S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic. The third Jewish pillar is Dr. Jeffrey Fischgrund, chairman of the Orthopaedic Department at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. He is also the physician lead of the Orthopaedic Clinical Care Program for Beaumont Health, overseeing an eight-hospital system. He is currently the associate chief medical officer for Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak and the program director of the Orthopaedic Surgery Spine Fellowship. Dr. Fischgrund has been on the Beaumont, Royal Oak
staff for more than 25 years, focusing on spine surgery. He holds a faculty appointment as professor and chairman, Oakland University William Beaumont Fischgrund School of Medicine. As a leader in spinal research, he has designed and led dozens of clinical trials nationally and internationally. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on spine pathology. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Global Research and Reviews. He is in private practice and has performed more than 7,000 spinal surgeries. Other pillars being honored Feb. 2 include Ric DeVore, PNC regional president, Detroit and SE Michigan; Jennifer Granger, co-founder of Fashion x Philanthropy and community advocate; Amy and Dan Loepp, president of Tattrie Strategies and president & CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; and Bill Roberts, owner of the Roberts Restaurant Group. “The Bates Street Society Dinner offers the leadership and staff of the venerable Community House the opportunity to once a year take a pause from its own philanthropic and service endeavors to recognize, be inspired and to celebrate extraordinary individuals, pillars in our community, making a true and lasting difference,” said William D. Seklar, president and CEO of the Community House and the Community House Foundation. In addition to the evening’s awards and recognitions, the Bates Street Society Dinner will include a seated three-course meal, wine and cocktails, and live entertainment by the Ben Sharkey Quartet. Tickets for the black-tie optional event begin at $250 per guest and are on sale at communityhouse.com. ■
With criminal justice reform center stage in the U.S., Chabad Jewish Center of Bloomfield Hills, in partnership with the Jewish Bar Association of Michigan (JBAM), presents “Crime and Consequence,” starting Feb. 6, a new six-series course by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute exploring 3,000 years of Jewish perspective on crime and criminal rehabilitation. The recent public focus on the “First Step Act,” signed into law on Dec. 21, 2018, has brought the debate about criminal justice into sharp focus. Americans are now discussing the value of tougher versus smarter reforms, fairness of mandatory minimum sentencing as opposed to judicial discretion, and whether prison accomplishes its reformative (and not just punitive) purpose. “Crime and Consequence” will tackle these and other questions from a Jewish perspective, addressing topics such as “What’s the purpose of prison: punishment, deterrence or rehabilitation?” “What’s Judaism’s position on the death penalty?” and “Can criminals ever make amends and, if so, how?” The course draws deeply on ancient Jewish sources, while using contemporary materials to give a modern context to the discussion. “The debate over the First Step Act shows that Judaism’s timeless truths and insights about human nature, society and wrongdoing are as relevant today as ever before,” said Rabbi Levi Dubov, course instructor. The course, open to all, is designed for people at all levels of Dubov knowledge. The course begins Wednesday, Feb. 6, and runs for six consecutive weeks. The classes are offered Wednesday mornings 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. at Jewish Family Service in West Bloomfield; and Wednesday evenings 7:30-9 p.m. at the Bloomfield Hills High School. For more information, visit bloomfieldhillschabad.org/crime or contact Dubov at (248) 949-6210 or rabbi@bloomfieldhillschabad.org. ■
Congratulations to this year’s Hazon Seal of Sustainability recipients! The following institutions have begun taking steps to improve their sustainability-related education, action, and advocacy work in the Detroit Jewish community. These are the projects they have been working on this year. Adat Shalom Synagogue – Lighting and recycling policies, garden education
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue – Recycling policies, switched to higher welfare eggs
Congregation B’nai Moshe – Greener kiddush, recycling, and compost practices
Jewish Ferndale – Switched to higher welfare eggs
Congregation Shaarey Zedek – Installed wildflower garden, composting
Tamarack Camps – Farm/garden development
Congregation Shir Tikvah – Updated sensory path, incorporated higher welfare meat into meals, composting
Temple Kol Ami – Bioswales and wildflower garden
Kibbutz Detropia – Solar-powered watering system for garden
Detroit Jews for Justice – Created greening guideline for events, composting
Temple Beth El – Lighting and recycling policies, garden education Repair the World Detroit – Greening building practices, composting
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ometime all it takes is one conversation to start a movement. It was a cozy fall Sunday afternoon. I had invited two of our Aish Sunday School assistants, Hannah Berger and Sophia Bernzweig, to my house to settle a debate over whether homemade sprinkle cookies could be made better than bakery sprinkle cookies. (Spoiler — yes, they can, and I’m happy to share the recipe.) As we were baking and schmoozing, the conversation led to how our Sunday School assistants (many of them our own b’nai mitzvah graduates) could get the most out of their time at Aish on Sundays. As the ideas kept coming, I quickly grabbed a pen and paper and told Sophia to start writing. Within a few minutes, we had a whole list of meaningful activities and things to learn. I realized right away this was too big to integrate into Sunday School, and it was just big enough to become its own movement. There has been an ongoing struggle within our community to keep postb’nai mitzvah teens Jewishly engaged. According to the recent Federation population study, we are losing a drastic 50 percent of children from pre-b’nai mitzvah programs to post. More startling is that this has been consistent with earlier studies (2005, 2010) and, as of yet, no one has been able to reverse the trend. The following Sunday, we called a meeting for our students in fifth grade and up as well as our assistants. We asked them about an idea of a new group for girls their age. They loved it. Things moved quickly after that; a name was picked, TFF: Torah, Fun, Friends, a time and date were set, and flyers were printed for our first event. We were excited; we knew it was a good idea. But only once the flyers were posted did we realize how important the idea was. We received many calls and emails from parents who were so excited to see a program willing to fill this gap in programming. On Sunday, Dec. 16, more than 15 girls attended our first TFF kickoff event. We played a fun ice breaker game to get to know each other. We
Girls at Torah, Fun, Friends decorated donuts at last month’s event.
had girls there from eight different schools. We enjoyed a pizza dinner while Rachel Rosenthal spoke to the girls about the important mitzvah of V’ohavta L’reiacha Kamocha, loving your neighbor as yourself. Her message to them: Before we can love another, we have to first learn to love ourselves. We wrapped up with fun donut decorating activity and a raffle. The girls left with a mini nail polish for a parting gift and lots of smiles. GETTING TEENS TO THINK JEWISHLY Today’s teens are faced with pressures and anxieties that adults even a decade older can’t fathom. The Jewish learning aspect of TFF provides a way for our teens to process their life through a Jewish lens. To create a tether to their Jewish identity that can, God willing, carry them through the mayhem of middle school and beyond. Our next event is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 27, from 5:30-7 p.m. at Aish Detroit, 25725 Coolidge Hwy. in Oak Park. We will focus on the mitzvah of chesed, lovingkindness, as we pack lunches for the Lunches of Love program of Detroit Chesed Project. A delicious dinner will be served. We will also be running a sock drive at the event. Anyone who brings a pair of socks to donate will be entered into a raffle. There is no cost to come. ■Shaina Weiss is the educational coordinator for young families at Aish Detroit For more information about TFF, contact her at shainaweiss@ aish.com.
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hen Jill Lepler Daly’s two beloved dogs died more than 15 years apart, she purchased each a coffin and headstone and tucked special notes and pictures in with them when they were buried at Heavenly Acres Pet Cemetery in Genoa Township. “We want to know where they will always be buried permanently so we can visit and they can rest in peace,” the Commerce Township resident said. Over the past 18 years, Kim Goldstein of West Bloomfield did the same for her four dogs, burying each in a casket with their pillows, blankets, toys, pictures “and love all around them.” “It wasn’t like you just threw them in the ground,” Goldstein said. “These are your babies.” The two women were shocked to learn last fall that the 12-acre pet cemetery has lost its lease and may be sold. “No Trespassing” signs are keeping them off the property, and they may have to exhume their pets or lose their remains to a bulldozer. They and close to 30 other pet owners have joined forces to take legal action, establishing a GoFundMe page in hopes of raising $30,000. The goal is to have the site deeded as a pet cemetery and damages awarded to the owners who were defrauded. The fate of the cemetery and as many as 74,000 animal remains is up in the air. On Jan. 9, a Livingston County Circuit Court judge issued a temporary restraining order to prevent a sale or any changes to the property. A hearing is set for today, Jan. 24. Attorney Albert Holtz of West Bloomfield helped spearhead the suit, though decided it was better to hire outside counsel than handle it himself. He and his wife, Debbie, have five pets — four rescued golden retrievers and a cat — buried at the site. “The Jewish religion kind of
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Max is one of two dogs Jill Lepler Daly buried at Heavenly Acres Pet Cemetery in Howell, which lost its lease and is now closed.
Meredith Daly with her beloved Max, who lived to be nearly 17
frowns on cremation for a human and I guess, emotionally, I apply that to my pets as well,” said Holtz, a member of Temple Shir Shalom, B’nai B’rith, the Jewish Lawyers Association of Michigan and the American Jewish Committee. “As far as I am concerned, each had a soul.” Lepler Daly buried her dog Sandy at Heavenly Acres 20 years ago and Max, who lived to be nearly 17, about three years ago. “This was the first time my daughter lost something that she loved,” she said. “We would go visit and clean the grave and put flowers down. She is an only child so Max was like her sibling.” Meredith Daly, a sixth-grader at Walled Lake Clifford H. Smart Middle School, is preparing for her bat mitzvah in October at Temple Israel and, as one of her mitzvahs, is helping raise money for the legal fight. “I knew Max since I was a baby. He used to watch me take a bath,” said Meredith, who also plans to help out at an assisted living facility and perhaps an animal organization. “He was a really sweet dog and
we really loved him.” Goldstein has buried four dogs at Heavenly Acres since 2001, each at an expense of about $1,100. “We don’t want it bulldozed over. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about it,” she said. “It felt good to bury them with all their stuff and now this whole thing is bringing it all back. I get tears in my eyes because of it.” Lepler Daly hopes to be able to visit her dogs at Heavenly Acres soon. “Once you get past the dilapidated building and kennels, it is beautiful out there and so peaceful,” she said. “Even if it doesn’t stay in business, just leave them alone and let them rest in peace.” Holtz, who said it seems “a disproportionate” number of Heavenly Acres clients are Jews from Oakland County, said the temporary injunction helped buoy his spirits. “It means the lawsuit is being taken extremely seriously by the court,” he said. ■ To contribute to the legal fight, visit gofundme.com/gofundmecompetowners-to-save-howell-pet-cemeter.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are a powerhouse celebrity legal team: on-camera media experts, attorneys, authors (Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights!) and keynote speakers. They’ve served as experts for countless media sources including the Rachel Ray Show, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, CNN, NBC Nightly News, Fox and NBC affiliates. Danielle is a real estate attorney while Andy is a litigator, both partners at the Troy law firm Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras P.C. Now Danielle and Andy are the hosts and executive producers of a new documentary TV series called Fortune Fights on the REELZ network. The show explores the legal ups and downs of celebrities like Madonna, Britney Spears and Robin Williams and premieres on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 9 p.m. EST with an episode that focuses on Johnny Depp. The couple are Reform Jews and have three teenage children.
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jewsinthed | faces&places In an ironic twist, the final Charity Preview to be held in the winter escaped the first frigid snowstorm of the year by 12 hours. The Jan. 18 Charity Preview — the kickoff to the 2019 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS)— raised more than $4 million for Michigan children’s charities. The largest single-night fundraiser in the country and the NAIAS will be revamped and presented in the summer starting on June 12, 2020. The Auto Show continues through Jan. 27. For ticket prices and more information, go to naias.com. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JULIE SMITH YOLLES
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Peter Remington and Peggy Daitch of Birmingham, and Bloomfield Hills residents Jennifer and David Fischer of the Suburban Collection check out the Cadillac exhibit.
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It was the night of Charity Preview 2011 that Ed Fernandez, VP of operations for Scripps, asked Lila Lazarus for a date. One year later at the Charity Preview, he proposed to her live, in front of WXYZ cameras. The couple, who married in 2013, live in Orchard Lake.
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Broadcasting live from the WDIV-TV Local 4 set on the NAIAS floor were WDIV-TV4 Vice President and General Manager Marla Drutz and Ron Kaplovitz of Bloomfield Township and former WDIV-TV4 anchor Carmen Harlan of Detroit.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attended her first North American International Show Charity Preview as Michigan’s new governor.
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very action taken has two essential Goals are inherently personal though parts: a person and a situation. A others may share them. Only you underperson can exist in mulstand what specifically motivates tiple situations; multiple people you to accomplish them. Each can share one situation. For situation presents obstacles, the example, a person can be a cook various twists and turns of life in a restaurant, school or home. that you must overcome to be Conversely, all members of a successful. team participate in a single game. To succeed in any situation, a Success occurs when these two person may rely on the encourDaniel elements interact effectively. agement or support of someone Rosenbaum, Ph.D., LMSW People exist in multiple situelse: teachers, religious leaders, ations, designated by their resicoaches, friends or family. Some dence, culture or language, religious affil- of these people may become mentors iation or even the politicians or sports who invest in your potential, thus teams they support. Understanding how increasing your chances for success. each of these fits into every situation Some mentors have long-term influence helps to identify goals and what is needon your development and choices, while ed to achieve them. others’ impact may be brief. Mentors
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disparity that will greatly benefit those we serve,” Hertz said. Together, a combined SOS and Lighthouse will be better positioned to: • Respond to the immediate basic needs of those experiencing poverty. • Work with economically challenged households to establish longer-term stability. • Address the environmental factors that reinforce economic disparity, such as food security, housing affordability and access to transportation. • Engage, educate and empower our community to ensure all people have access to a better quality of life. Since becoming CEO of SOS in May 2010, Hertz has worked with his board and staff to dramatically expand the organization’s scope, providing emergency shelter, rental assistance, affordable housing development, supportive
come and go as your life’s situations, goals and interests change. Things to consider: Are you or the situation the primary focus? It is important to recognize whether your life experiences, knowledge, skills and attitudes will control your situation. Equally crucial is recognizing when a situation takes control over you. Deciding which aspect takes precedence will indicate how much time and energy you must apply to achieve your goals. In any situation, it’s better to blend your strengths with those of others. Such alliances increase the probability of everyone’s success. Depending on others is undoubtedly a person’s choice. Some people, however, choose to go it alone. That is, they refuse to be guided by a mentor or work with allies. Maybe they have confidence in their own abilities or uncertainty in the competence of others. Laboring alone can stimulate you to work harder or it can diminish your enthusiasm to succeed. Ultimately, it is the level of effort you put forth in any situation, whether alone or with others, that makes success attainable. When both the person and situation integrate successfully, the result motivates you to succeed. The satisfaction gained and the various forms of rec-
ognition that follow are intrinsically personal. Conversely, the success of the accomplishment itself, its acceptance and the response of others are extrinsically situational. Once the product or process is out of your hands, its value will be recognized initially by those who will benefit from it. At this point, you can confirm that you have succeeded. When you share a situation, such as working on a group project or committee assignment, there will be times when your ideas or beliefs are rejected. Some members will personally take responsibility for whatever outcome may ensue. Others, however, may ascribe the group’s failure to the situation itself, a force beyond their control. You may then choose to eschew the input from others, choosing to complete the task by yourself. But we are inherently social beings, so in the end, working alone can impede attaining success. Ultimately, fulfilling one’s expectations resides with both the person and the situation. You must keep both in mind to reach a successful outcome. ■
service solutions and crowdfunding technologies that have helped thousands of displaced people get back on their feet and find a renewed sense of purpose. Hertz also serves as board president for Spero Housing Group and the Alliance for Housing, board chair for the Lathrup Village DDA, and as a board member of Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit and BBYO Michigan Region. The leadership change and planned merger come after months of discussions about the benefits of joining forces and the planned departure of CEO Rick David, who led Lighthouse for 3½ years. His last day was Jan. 10. The boards of both organizations approved the plan for Hertz’s new role and for merger talks to move forward. “Under Hertz’s leadership, SOS has made great strides,” said Lighthouse board chair Townsend John Townsend. “Longterm, we look forward to a stronger combined organization that improves the quality of services we
provide, expands our service area and streamlines operations.” All current staff at SOS and Lighthouse will continue in their roles; current compensation and benefits will be retained for all employees. There are no immediate plans to alter any programs. “The ultimate goal of joining forces is to create a larger, more robust and multifaceted organization to focus on human services and a stronger response to poverty,” Hertz explained. “This plan will enable us to have a larger impact in our communities and better situate us to target the higher-need areas of hunger, homelessness and housing.” There is a critical need for improved services in Southeast Michigan. According to a 2017 study by the Food Bank Council of Michigan, nearly one in five Michigan children live in poverty (21 percent), with household incomes under $24,339 for a family of four. In Metro Detroit alone, more than 20,000 people — including many families with children — are facing homelessness. ■
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: How did you decide to make your adult life in Metro Detroit? MM: I was born and raised in Metro Detroit, and I also have a very large extended family that lives in Michigan. I grew up with a passion for the University of Michigan, so attending college there seemed like a no-brainer. After I graduated, I was very lucky that most of my friends remained local, so my decision was easy. Q: You spend your days working in commercial real estate — tell us more! MM: I work in my family business, which manages student housing, retail shopping centers and apartment complexes throughout Metro Detroit and Ann Arbor. My specific role is overseeing accounting and leases for all the properties. Because I am very close with my family, it is great to be able to work with them every day. After undergrad, I attended Walsh Business College where I earned my M.B.A. This past summer, I acquired my real estate salesperson license. Q: You studied sports management at U-M and we see you’re also a huge fan! How did that passion come about? MM: From a young age I’ve been interested in sports (I bleed maize and blue!). When I was trying to figure out what kind of degree I wanted, I thought it would be great to turn my love of sports into a career. During undergrad, I worked for the University of Michigan athletic department, and post-grad I worked in the brand management department for the Detroit Pistons. Ultimately, I decided to leave sports as a career because I didn’t want my love of sports to be overshadowed by the demands of my job. Q: What’s your favorite book and what about it moves you? MM: Something Borrowed. Not only was it an easy read, but it spoke to me about the dangers of remaining passive toward something you want in life. While some of the events in the book are probably a little questionable, I think the larger theme of going after what you want is an important idea for achieving what you want in life. Q: Where would you most like to travel to that you haven’t visited? MM: Traveling is one of my biggest passions, and I’ve visited many places around the world. Last winter, I fulfilled a dream of traveling to South Africa and Zambia with my family. I would love to continue to see the rest of that continent — Botswana in particular. The people are so friendly, and the country is beautiful. There’s something about seeing the animals in their natural habitat and being out in the wilderness. It’s very liberating. I would do anything to go back and experience that again. Q: How do you like to give back to the community/others? MM: My bubbie and zaydie instilled in all their children and grandchildren the importance of giving back and in being proud of who you are and where you come from. Since I was very young, I have been involved in Magen David Adom and Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF). Both of these organizations are special
to my family because one of my sisters lives in Israel, and my zaydie was a soldier in the Israeli army. They are important causes that are near to my heart. In general, I’m a very nurturing and giving person. I’m the friend who will always be there and have your back, no matter what. Q: What’s your favorite Jewish holiday and why? MM: Chanukah, for sure. I love the festivities, decorations, celebrating with family and giving gifts to the people closest to my heart. Q: Fav Jewish food? MM: Any of the traditional Jewish foods my bubbie used to make, but most specifically her mandelbread. The memories of her making it bring me great comfort. Q: Who is the coolest Jew? MM: In my opinion, it would be the individual who has had the single biggest impact on my life — my zaydie. Throughout his life, he was able to have such a profound impact on my values and my perspective on the world. After surviving the Holocaust, he served in the IDF before traveling to the United States with almost no resources. In spite of that, he was able to build himself into a success while growing and raising a family. With each conversation, you could sense his appreciation for life and taking care of “his people.” Now, I represent many of the same values in that I will do anything to support my family, friends and Jewish community. Q: What accomplishment are you most proud of? MM: I am most proud of my undergraduate and graduate degrees. One of my childhood dreams was to be an alumna of the University of Michigan. I’m proud of myself for persevering, achieving both of my degrees and for all the lessons I learned in the process. Q: Would you rather win an Olympic Medal ( for what sport?), an Academy Award (in what category?) or Nobel Prize (in what)? MM: I have to admit that awards have never been a motivating force for me. Recently, though, I have developed a new passion for tennis. I think winning Wimbledon or the U.S. Open would be pretty cool! Q: How about a fun fact? MM: I studied abroad in Fiji and Australia. I’ll never forget the day in Australia when one of our group activities was to go bungee jumping. I had the option to participate. My immediate response was no! While watching my friends jump, one after the other, something lit up inside me. It’s hard to explain exactly how it felt, but it was one of those “I’m in Australia and when will this ever happen to me again” kind of feelings. Even though they required you to sign-up ahead of time, I talked to the company anyway, and I jumped! (I’ll probably never do it again though!) Q: Best movie ever made, hands down? MM: I’ve got a three-way tie between The Sandlot, Titanic and Love and Basketball. • Read more at meetyouatthewell.org. Want to meet Melissa? Email Rabbi Dan Horwitz at dan@meetyouatthewell.org for an introduction.
moments Kylie Grace Bell, formerly of Farmington Hills, will chant from the Torah as she becomes a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Temple Shalom in Naples, Fla. She will be joined in celebration by her proud parents, Shelly and Jason Bell, brother Spencer, and loving grandparents Leslie and Mark Wasserman. She is also the granddaughter of the late Linda and the late Stephen Bell. Kylie is a seventh-grader at Oakridge Middle School in Naples. For her mitzvah project, she volunteers at Brooke’s Legacy Animal Rescue. Hunter Michael Bernhardt (Moshe Chaim) of New York City will become a bar mitzvah Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Park East Synagogue. He is the son of Greg and Jodi Bernhardt; his sister is Justine Sarah Bernhardt. His is the grandson of Beverly Gordon of New York, the late Jackie and the late Mortimer Bernhardt, the late Ronald Gordon. Ric Bernhardt is his proud Michigan uncle. Hunter is a seventh-grader at Park East Day School in Manhattan. Henry Drew Gursten, son of Stacey and Steven Gursten, will become a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019. He will be joined in celebration by his sister Abbey and proud grandparents Anita and Dr. Louis Schwartz, and Sharon and Lawrence Gursten. Henry attends Cranbrook Kingswood Boys’ Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. For his most mean-
Ask the Orthodontist ingful mitzvah project, he collected bottles and cans, donating the funds collected to Leader Dogs for the Blind, which is where he adopted their dog, Hunter. Ian Andrew Malin, son of Heidi Malin and Jeffrey Malin, will chant from the Torah as he becomes a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. He will be joined in celebration by his brothers Anthony and Alec and proud grandparents Shereen (Sherry) Kruger, and Sonya and James Zurawski. Ian is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. For his most meaningful mitzvah experience, he volunteered at Humble Design, where he worked in the warehouse. In addition, he organized a drive for Humble Design to collect household items to help individuals, families and veterans emerging from homelessness. Alexander Sage Wolgin, son of Renee and Jay Wolgin, will lead the congregation in prayer on the occasion of his bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. He will be joined in celebration by his sister Rylie and proud grandparents Carol Rubenfaer, Bill Rubenfaer, and Beverley and Dennis Wolgin. He is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. Alex organized a Nerf tournament that raised more than $2,000, which was donated to FARE (Food Allergy Research and Education) to benefit his sister, cousins and all people living with severe food allergies. He found this to be the most meaningful of his many mitzvah projects.
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100 Years of Excellence Danny Raskin turns 100 this year and — oh, what a life he has had! Danny in his West Bloomfield home with portraits of Oscar-winning movie stars covering a wall
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ewish News columnist Danny Raskin celebrated his 100th birthday Jan. 23. He also celebrates an incredible 76 years of entertaining and informing readers on a weekly basis. Here, Danny talks about his long career chronicling life in ever-changing Jewish Detroit.
Danny, you’ve been writing your Jewish News column every week since you were a young adult. Tell me a story from even before that period.
When I was born, we lived at Hastings and Brady in Detroit. Then, we moved to Dover Court apartments near Pingree and 12th Street. We lived right behind the Cream of Michigan restaurant, where members of the Purple Gang hung out in the mid-’30s. The Purple boys I knew when I was a teen were in their 20s, and they were wonderful fellows — with me they were. And they were very dedicated to defending Jews. One day, I was sitting at the Cream with a couple of Purple boys and a little kid came running in, crying. He said he was selling newspapers in front of the Cream and a truckload of non-Jewish boys said a dirty word to his sister and she ran away. They started running after her and were going to hit her. So, the Purple boys said they were going to take a ride. I was about 15 and one said, “Raskin, come with us.” I said, “No way.” They said, “C’mon, take a ride.” We got in the car and one of them said to Johnny from the Cream, “Hold my banana pie.” Evidently, this anti-Semitism had happened before. The Purple boys knew exactly where to go — in another part of town, in back of a bar. The boys caught this one guy. They put a gun in his mouth and he turned even whiter than he was. The gun goes “click” … but nothing happened. They then warned the guy that the next time he and his friends came around 12th Street, there was going to be a bullet in the gun. And the guy ran. So we went back to the Cream and started eating banana cream pie. I asked what would they have done if there happened to be a bullet in the gun? They said there never was. It was just a scare tactic. How did you get into journalism?
I had written a column as a teenager for the Center News at the old Jewish Center on Hazelwood. I went to High School of Commerce in Detroit, where I learned typing. After that, I went to Detroit Institute of Technology for a year to find out a few things about journalism. Then I worked as a recontinued on page 38
TOP: In 1943, with JN reader Ruthe Shapiro. BOTTOM: Dapper Danny looking cool on a hot day at a Tigers game at Briggs Stadium
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Danny receives an award from David Blatt (left) and Jeffrey Cohen of the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation.
“I enjoyed the days then, and I enjoy the days today. It’s a good ride. I try to have a lot of fun.” — DANNY RASKIN continued from page 37
porter with the Lansing State Journal and, later, the Detroit News. At the News, my editor said, “Danny, whatever you learned in college, forget it. This is the new school for you.” He was right. It was like night and day. In 1942, I was 23 years old and working at the News midnight to eight in the morning. My beat was Downtown Detroit. Phil Slomovitz called me and said he was starting a new Jewish paper and would I like to be his associate editor? I didn’t know Phil at the time, but he had probably heard of me from someone. I didn’t accept the job as associate editor because, at first, I didn’t want to leave my other job. I said I’d help out. I wrote a column called the Jewish Youth’s Listening Post. The Jewish News took off with the first issue. Soon, I left the Detroit News when Phil offered me a terrific deal. I did all kinds of writing, sold advertising and helped out in many other ways. During World War II, I used to do a lot of work with the boys in service. They would send me letters, and I would send letters to a lot of them. One of them, Bobby Shan, dropped a bomb on Germany that said, “From Danny Raskin to Hitler.” We put
the picture in the paper. I also worked with the USO. I sang and danced. And I helped sell a lot of War Bonds and got a citation from the War Department. How did you start writing about restaurants?
After the Jewish News moved from its original Downtown location at the Penobscot Building to the David Stott Building nearby, I had lunch on Griswold Street at a place called Seros. They used to give me a loaf of bread with brisket of beef. I like to dunk and, man, was it delicious! I wrote something about it in the paper. Phil said, “How about writing a restaurant column?” So, in addition to my Listening Post column, I began writing The Best of Everything about restaurants. In 1986, they were incorporated into one column. People ask me about my writing style … you know, using ellipses … I thought it up on my own … And I’ve been doing that for more than 70 years! I hear you briefly were in the recording business.
In the ’50s, a fellow came to town named Carlos Valadez. His girlfriend was Virginia Hill, Bugsy continued on page 40
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Siegel’s old girlfriend. Carlos called me up and said something about making a record. I knew nothing about the business, but I went ahead and started a record company with my friend Al Marks. Our record labels were “Seville” and “Lorelei.” Carlos cut his tune and I had him sing a Duke Ellington song on the reverse side. The local disc jockeys were playing it left and right. An exec from Mercury Records happened to be in town, heard it on the radio and bought the rights to it. But, nationally, it went nowhere. I don’t remember how many records our company sold. All I can say is we papered the walls of my rec room with all the unsold records. One day, Les and Sam Gruber at the Caucus Club in Downtown Detroit wanted me to hear this unknown young singer from New York, Barbra Streisand. So, I listened to her. I didn’t like her voice at first — I thought she was yelling. I told my friends she’d never make it. Later, she went on Jack Paar’s late-night TV show and hit the big time. What a dope I was! I also had an advertising agency, and I used to produce TV commercials.
I was good friends with Bill Kennedy over at CKLW television in Windsor. I filmed commercials for various companies, and Kennedy loved them! For one of my clients, we did a spot with Tigers announcers Ernie Harwell and George Kell, and I was in the booth. Tell me about your personal life.
I was married the first time for about six months. Next, I was married to Gerrie Katz for about 10 years, and we had a son, Scott. Then, I was married for 35 years to Frieda, who passed away about eight years ago. Scott now lives in San Francisco. He’s the CEO of an internet company and has two children, Matthew and Hannah. Can eating well explain your longevity?
I can’t explain it. Maybe, it’s good living. I try to eat smart whenever possible. Every morning for breakfast, I’d have cereal. It could be three, four or five cereals together. I put in a banana, maybe some blueberries and raspberries in a nice big bowl because I didn’t have time to have lunch. Then, I’d have a full belly and no hunger pangs all day. continued on page 42
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I knew in the evening I’d be going to a lot of restaurants. Sometimes, I’d go to three restaurants in one night. I didn’t eat at all of the restaurants. At the beginning, I thought being a restaurant critic would be great. But, I remember one critic started out at 190 pounds and wound up more than 300. I made sure not to eat a lot. I learned to push away. People think I get all these free meals, but I never wanted to be obligated to a restaurant. If I am obligated, it means I have to write about them and I’ve got to be nice. I don’t want that. One thing I will not do: I’ll never bum-rap a restaurant because I know how much it costs just to put that damn key in the door! People don’t realize it, but when you go into a restaurant, there’s a lot of money just for him or her to open up that door. Insurance, licenses, gas, fixtures, employees — it costs a lot of money. If I had a bad experience, I would tell the owner what to do to fix it. But I would not write about it. And then, I’d come back again when it’s all fixed up. And if it’s done properly, I tell them I’ll see if I can get something in the paper. To this day, I still try to help out.
the years, and I like the respect. It means I’ve lived good — people have nothing bad to say about you. It’s so important. I don’t want anyone talking bad about me. People read my column and write to me, not only from here, but also from all over the country. A lot of people get the Jewish News in other states. It’s not just a local paper. Many times, a part of my column is nostalgia for them. It brings back good memories. I’m like a representative of their memories.
You’re well known around town. You’ve given your time and energy to myriad worthy causes. What’s it like being a Jewish Detroit institution?
Looking back on your career, would you change anything?
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What’s special about Detroit delis that your readers who have moved elsewhere still rave about?
Detroit Jewish delis were an entity in themselves. At one time, inside of a few blocks you had seven Jewish delicatessens. Down-toearth delicatessens. Everyone talks about New York City. I can only think of a few good ones there. But, that’s strictly my opinion. People who move from Detroit long for the old delis. They were mom-and-pop operations. They had someone in the kitchen who knew how to make the mamaloschen type of food — stuffed cabbage, stuffed peppers, beef goulash.
No, I don’t think so. I enjoyed the days then, and I enjoy the days today. It’s a good ride. I try to have a lot of fun. ■
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t originally opened back in 1974 as another restaurant that served a purpose for fast breakfasts and lunches. Then restauranteur George Lukaj bought the little eatery about 10 years ago, changed the name from Village Place to Village Palace, added more breakfast and lunch Danny Raskin items plus some dinners … and son Robert Senior Columnist took over as operator/manager. Now has come an addition that has vaultNew executive ed Village Palace on Orchard Lake Road, chef brings much near Pontiac Trail, Orchard Lake Village, a new category … an executive chef more to the menu. into whose track record is a huge step in the immediate making of a major dining establishment. Executive Chef Victor Malaric has upgraded the menu to his ways, which include stops at the very fine Charlie Trotters in Chicago and Farmer’s Table in Boca Raton, Fla., where he served as executive chef … Among his huge culinary assets, Chef Victor also brings a full array of seafood presentations that include a lot of shellfish … Like his excellent crab cakes and, with one-day notice, bringing folks a lobster dinner they won’t easily forget, etc. … No advance request is needed for his whitefish as-is or creatively atop a mound of risotto, or ruby red trout as-is Robert Lukaj and Executive Chef or over a potato mound and Victor Malaric surrounded by braised onions and elegant black mushrooms, a Florida-styled fish soup so much different than the traditional, braised beef with pearl
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onions, etc. Each day now include specials, too, that are served with house-made soup or salad … as is a super special of the day … slow-braised pot roast, house-made chili Colorado, etc. Village Palace still has the wonderful omelets, salmon, spaghetti, stir-fry items, salads, Italian dishes, etc. … plus homemade meat loaf, spinach pie, etc. … and is open seven days from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. … Seating is for 115 with 10 seats at a counter, four tables for four each and the rest leather-covered booths … When weather permits, there is also seating on its outdoor patio … Further striking renovations will also be made this year. A dessert list of about 25 luscious yummies is unbelievable … with just about every selection a delicious tummy-patting eye-popper. The Village Palace of today will certainly bring customers back … The addition of an executive chef with excellent culinary styles and no high price tags are certainly choice assets to enjoy. NEW MANAGING partner with Rick Therrien, after the amicable departure of Linda Collins at Pickles & Rye Deli, Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield, is Greg Costigan, taking over with their dissolved partnership … “There is no one like Linda,” Rick says. “Linda treated our customers as though they were guests in her own home.” BOTH WITH THE SAME LAST NAME … same former football greats at University Michigan … Steve Hutchinson
finalist for Professional Football Hall of Fame … and Chris Hutchinson, partner at Pepino’s Restaurant, Sylvan Lake … No relation. GOOD SERVER DEPT. … Nabill Elali, 50 years, and Philip Capraro, 25 years at Mario’s on Second, Detroit … Wai Yee U, since opening of Shangri-La 25 years ago, on 15 Mile and Orchard Lake Road … All still favorite servers of many. TRIPLE NICKEL on Old Woodward, Birmingham, former site of Archibald’s, has Happy Hours all day on Mondays … Also, live music on Thursdays, 8-11 p.m. NO SUCH THING AS one Italian restaurant being like another … Reason why so many Italian restaurants are not the same as others might be because some are Northern Italian and others Southern Italian, for example … A majority, though, could feature both … Recently opened 160 Main in Northville, for example, serves both but features mostly Southern. OLDIE BUT GOODIE … He is out to dinner with his wife to celebrate her birthday … “So, what would you like, Geraldine? A sable coat? A Cadillac? A diamond necklace?” “Morris, I want a divorce,” she says. “I wasn’t planning on spending that much,” he says. CONGRATS … To Suzie Radner on her birthday … To Ed and Suzie Radner on their 60th anniversary. ■ Danny’s email address is dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
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etroit is known as Motown, but there’s more to the city’s musical history than the funky sounds coming out of Hitsville U.S.A. from the Supremes and Jackson Five. From the 1940s-1960s, there was a huge variety of ethnic music-making across Detroit’s 139 square miles, writes ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin in his new book, Motor City Music: A Detroiter Looks Back (Oxford University Press, 2018), the first-ever historical study across all musical genres of any American city. The book is “part memoir, part social history, written for a general audience,” said Slobin, whose previous books about East European Jewish music and klezmer music, as well as the music of Afghanistan, were written for a more academic reader. Slobin is professor emeritus of music and American studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. “Detroit in the 1940s-’60s was not just ‘the capital of the 20th century’ for industry and the war effort, but also for the quantity and extremely high quality of its musicians, from jazz to classical to ethnic,” writes Slobin, who grew up in Post-WWII Detroit in the heart of the Jewish community. Slobin begins the book with a reflection of his early life. Looking first at the crucial role of the public schools in fostering talent, Motor City Music surveys the neighborhoods of older European immigrants and of the later huge waves of black and white Southerners who migrated to Detroit to serve the auto and defense industries. “Detroit was a city divided by race and class, union and corpo-
rate, and the main theme of the book is how music worked to unify the disparate situations of a troubled city,” he says. “The music flowed from Jew to gentile, from black to white … it was the cultural agent of the city.” GROWING UP IN JEWISH DETROIT Slobin’s father was a native Detroiter and his mother was an immigrant from southern Ukraine. Slobin grew up around a lot of Yiddish and a sense of the “old country.” After a year studying German when he was 10, the “Yiddish fell into place for me,” he said, “and I could write letters to my grandma in Yiddish.” His family valued music highly. “They sang a lot. Around the piano. In the car. And it was a ritual to buy season tickets to the symphony. Music was important in our lives,” he said. Although Slobin had a bar mitzvah, his family wasn’t very observant and did not belong to a synagogue. “We had big family seders, but classical music was like our religion. Classical music was essential to the Detroit Jewish experience during that time.” Slobin began violin lessons when he was 4, taught by family friend Ben Silverstein, whose son would go on to become the concertmaster of the Boston Symphony. Slobin was in the allcity orchestra by the time he was 6 or 7. After Silverstein’s untimely death five years later, Slobin continued his studies with other teachers, “three of whom, all in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, later moonlighted for Motown,” he says. In a blog for Oxford University
Press, Slobin writes about the Jewish love affair (including his own) with the violin: “For the Jews, the violin literally had a special resonance. It was the lead instrument in the traditional klezmer dance bands for weddings … It was not just an instrument, but a voice, a tool for meditation in the slow pieces played around the tables at a celebration. Then the fiddles kicked in and got people up and dancing. As the older folkways faded, the enormous success of Jewish virtuoso concert artists like the ones I heard at the Masonic Temple only raised the violin to a new height of enjoyment and pride.” MUSIC IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY “Jews were completely fragmented” during the 1940s-1960s, he said. There were Orthodox Jews, Soviet Jews. There were labor unions, Zionists. “They fought over everything,” he said. “But it was interesting to look at how the subgroups expressed themselves musically in synagogues and Yiddish theaters. Classical music became the civil and cultural identity of Detroit Jews. There was an outreach musically to the rest of Detroit, which, at the time,
ny through several difficult times. Musicians banded together to keep it going, including my own violin teachers.” In the 1940s, he writes, Julius Chajes was brought in to run the JCC orchestras and did some astounding things. “It was the most elaborate cultural programming of any Jewish Community Center in the country,” said Slobin, who shares the stories in his book. PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ ROLE The Detroit JCC had a school of music, and the Junior Music Study Club at the JCC did a lot to promote musically talented youth, said Slobin, who also studied at Cass Tech, where he played in the orchestra, “which produced a lot of musicians, including Darwyn Apple, a pioneering African American orchestra player who had a long career in St. Louis. Also, the Barnes brothers, Robert and Darrel, who worked in the Boston and Philadelphia orchestras later.” After high school, he headed to University of Michigan, where, except for a twoyear break studying at a New York conservatory, he earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees.
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MARK SLOBIN, AUTHOR, MOTOR CITY MUSIC was among the most anti-Semitic cities in the country.” Slobin did a lot of his research for the book using the Detroit Jewish News Foundation William Davidson Archive of Detroit Jewish History, where he searched through the pages of the Jewish News to see what the community was doing. “A lot of what the Jewish community did was outreach through ecumenical concerts — projecting themselves into the life of Detroit,” he said. Yet classical music remained at the heart of Jewish Detroit. “During the early 1950s, the orchestra was threatening to unionize and businessmen had pulled out their support. Jews stepped in to keep the orchestra going and saw the sympho-
According to Slobin, “Many Jewish classical musicians came out of Detroit. The educational system believed in music as not just a leveler, but a career path in those days … The public-school system in Detroit had a long-term effect on the dozens of children who went on to active lives in music from Detroit. “Some musicians got on a career highway that might well take them away from Detroit, whereas others went back to their neighborhoods, becoming, for example, major polka band leaders who could use their skills in ensemble and arranging within their communities. It’s one of the fascinating and little-known stories about the musical life of Detroit at its peak of civic striving.” ■
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Angela Grovey and Scott Cote in a scene from The Play That Goes Wrong, produced by Kevin McCollum, who won a Tony Award for the play’s set design.
Passion for the Business Award-winning producer’s The Play That Goes Wrong promises hearty laughter. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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roadway producer Kevin McCollum believes everyone needs to indulge in captivating laughter as a distraction from stress, and he is confident about currently offering that opportunity to audiences around the country. The source of the diversion is the touring production of The Play That Goes Wrong, which has cheered New York playgoers for nearly two years. Kevin McCollum McCollum, whose late mother (nee Susan Goldberg) attended the University of Michigan, recalls the Ann Arbor area and celebrates his mother’s ethnic identity as he brings the comedy to Detroit and showcases humor styles long communicated through Jewish stagecraft traditions. “I love the belly laughs that I hear from audiences,” says McCollum, who travels to watch the production in different cities and may be among the Fisher Theatre crowds sometime between Feb. 12 and 24. “It’s not intellectual, cynical humor. The secret ingredient is Yiddish theater [origins], where it’s man against his environment and the issues that have people struggling to get through each day. When they do get through, it’s even more delicious.”
In The Play That Goes Wrong, an amateur stage group tries very hard and very heartily to put on a successful play — a play within a play — and encounters all kinds of bumbling with props falling apart, lines forgotten and movement slipups. The play within, The Murder at Haversham Manor, gives an offbeat take on 1920s mysteries. “It’s all just stagecraft delight,” says McCollum, who has brought Motown the Musical and Rent to the city. “The guys who wrote this — Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of the Mischief Theatre — just turned 30 and they’ve written five different plays. I want to support them because I love bringing new voices to Broadway.” THE BUSINESS SIDE Part of bringing new voices to the stage has been important to a business partnership and longtime friendship with Jeffrey Seller, a producer who grew up in the Michigan Jewish community and maintains a loyalty to the area. Seller recently donated $1 million to support the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit, which gives young people performing arts experiences and has trained a number of participants able to achieve theatrical stardom.
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As McCollum heads home after working hours, he does not leave show business behind. His wife is musical theater actress Lynnette Perry. His daughter is studying theater, and his son is preparing for film school. The producer gives the same advice to his children that he gives to aspiring actors. “I advise young actors to be in this business for passion,” says McCollum, 56. “People make a lot of money in this business, but they do it by falling in love with the business first. They shouldn’t do it because they’re trying to get the approval from anyone other than themselves. They have to love doing it because they need that love to sustain them in a very difficult [occupation].” As McCollum seeks production projects, he usually looks for big-idea musicals that celebrate finding family against all odds. The Play That Goes Wrong takes a bit of a detour from his musical route, partly because it originated in England. Among a group of producers, he heard about the show, saw it and wanted to bring it to America. “Plays like this have been out of fashion, and I’m a contrarian,” says McCollum, who grew up in Hawaii and Illinois. “When people see this play well executed with comic timing and all the physical comedy, they realize how wonderful it is. I promise audiences will be surprised and delighted. “Our physiology changes when we laugh. The dopamine and serotonin in everybody’s brain give a sense of well-being. Gathering in a darkened room with strangers and sharing laughter have people leaving as a family and a community, and that’s powerful.” ■
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“Jeffrey and I were business partners for 20 years,” McCollum says. “We have had companies together but have worked on shows independently.” McCollum, currently immersed in various projects through his own company Alchemation, is giving considerable time to the development of a musical stage version of the film Mrs. Doubtfire. “In my ethic of being Jewish, I want to contribute,” says McCollum, who started as a musical theater actor with training at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and earned a master’s degree in film producing from the Peter Stark Program at the University of Southern California. “When I was 26 and still playing 17-year-olds in musicals, I was getting a little bored. I started investing in my friends and still have a part of the company called The Booking Office. Through booking, Jeffrey and I got started producing.” Because of his performance history, McCollum believes he holds a special connection with performers while assuming a different perspective. “I have an artist’s heart even though I spend a lot of my time doing the business of theater,” he says. “I’m not trying to be in charge. I’m someone trying to collaborate.” Successful collaboration has brought four Tony Awards, one for set design displayed in The Play That Goes Wrong. The very design that stirred Broadway acclaim will be in Detroit. “When I look at the Tony Awards from plays I’ve produced, I think of all the people I met and the relationships I’ve had doing the shows,” he explains. “The show is the thing, but the people are everything.”
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THURSDAY, JAN. 24 POTTERY CLASS 11 am-1 pm, Jan. 24. At JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. The class for adults is taught by Allison Berlin. Cost: $15. Info: 248-432-5467. PARENTING DANGERS 7-9 pm, Jan. 24. At Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township. The Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit and Sarah Strasberger will present Julie LythcottHaims discussing the dangers of over-parenting. This event is open to the community at no cost. BERMAN NIGHT OF LEARNING 7 pm, Jan. 24. “What We Carry: Jewish Artist Collective, Chicago” with Wendy Evans. At Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Info: 248-357-5544. POP-UP LIMMUD 7 pm, Jan. 24. At the Jewish Community Center, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. A panel discussion on power and authority. Free. Info: 248-432-5466.
SATURDAY, JAN. 26 ENVIRONMENTAL HAVDALAH 5:30–7 pm, Jan. 26. Along with Congregation T’chiyah, the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue will engage in an environmentally themed Torah study and Havdalah, followed by refreshments. HAVDALAH COOK OFF 6:30 pm, Jan. 26. Brotherhood & Sisterhood of Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park will hold a Havdalah & Hot Dogs & Chili Cook off. No charge for chili makers. RSVP to attend and/or to cook to TempleFamily@emanuel-mich.org. Bring a dessert to share. Questions: contact Mike Rich: mikesportsfan@aol.com.
SUNDAY, JAN. 27 SUNDAY SPEAKER 10 am, Jan. 27. Dr. Jamey Lister, asst. professor of social work, Wayne State University, will speak on “The Opioid Crises in Michigan and Metro Detroit: Fighting Back with Research, Treatment and Recovery.” Bagels and coffee will be served. At Temple Emanu-El, 14450 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park. RSVP: TempleFamily@emanuel-mich.org. CHICKEN SOUP COOK OFF 12:30 pm, Jan. 27. At Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Be a taster of 25+ different chicken soups from local restaurants, markets, caterers and members of Temple
Shir Shalom. In addition to sampling soups, tasters will be able to vote for the People’s Choice Award, listen to music and learn about the 5 organizations the Cook Off supports. For information or tickets, go to SoupCookOff.org or call 248737-8700. MUSIC & TALL TALES 1-3 pm, Jan. 27. At the Berman Center for the Performing Arts. Celebrate our country’s rich folklore through humor, stories and music through the tall tales that helped create American’s unique heritage from life along the Mississippi to the Louisiana bayou to a Southwestern village where we meet characters. Sponsored by Cohn-Haddow Performance Fund. Contact the Berman Box Office, 248-661-1900, or theberman@jccdet.org for ticket information.
Editor’s Picks Through Feb. 21 “Origins” This exhibition at the Charach Gallery in the JCC in West Bloomfield is two shows in one: The first floor is filled with the work of three Chinese artists expressing their heritage. The upper level is filled with the work of 29 artists from Michigan whose pieces reflect the theme of Origins, Heritage and Beginnings. Jewish artists include Michelle Sider (her work, Queen Esther, is shown above), Claudia Hershman, Deborah Kashdan, Dina Routin, Karen Shiener, Mickey Shenkenberg and Steven Tapper.
MONDAY, JAN. 28 SHABBETAI TZVI 7-8:30 pm, Jan. 28. At the Max M. Fisher Federation Bldg., 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township. FedEd will present, for eight sessions, Dr. Justin Sledge on “Kabbalah, Messiah, Apostasy: The Life and Times of Shabbetai Tzvi.” Tuition: $145.
TUESDAY, JAN. 29 SIMPLY DANCE 11 am- Jan. 29. At JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Class is led by Christine Stewart; no partner needed. Cost: $7. Info: 248-432-5467. TAXING INDENTITIES 4-5:30 pm. Jan. 29. University of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies will host Claude Stuczynski at the Thayer Building, Room 2022, in Ann Arbor. Stuczynski of Bar-Ilan University will look at Converso-Sephardi identities, especially in early modern Portugal. There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floors. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30 GRANDPARENTING 9:30-10:45 am, Jan. 30. At Max M. Fisher Federation Bldg., 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Township. A FedEd class with Rabbi Michele Faudem on “Foundations of Grandparenting.” Tuition for 10 sessions: $195.
Jan. 25-27 Disney’s The Little Mermaid Head to the Bloomfield Hills High School Theater on Andover Road in Bloomfield Township for the Bloomfield Players Community Theater production of Disney’s the Little Mermaid, a coming-of-age story about finding one’s voice. Based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, released in 1989, has a book by Doug Wright, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman (written for the film), with additional lyrics by Glenn Slater. Bloomfield Hills High School seniors Niklas Salah and Stephanie Recknagel play the lead roles, and stage veterans Dennis Moylan and Udi Kapen play King Tritan and Scuttle. Adults $15, seniors/students $12. Tickets at bloomfieldplayers.org or by calling the Bloomfield Hills Schools Recreation Department, (248) 433-0885.
Jan. 27 Rent The live musical production of the groundbreaking, Tony Award-, Grammy Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent will air 8 p.m. on FOX. Executive-produced by Marc Platt (Grease: Live, La La Land, Wicked), Adam Siegel, Julie Larson, Al Larson and Revolution Studios’ Vince Totino, Scott Hemming and Marla Levine, the groundbreaking musical is a re-imagining of Puccini’s La Bohème, set in New York City’s gritty East Village, which tells the unforgettable story of seven artists struggling to follow their dreams during a time of great social and political turmoil.
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MUSIC’S MESSAGES 1 pm, Jan. 30. At the JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Jaemi Loeb, new senior director of Cultural Arts. Topic: “Law & Order Soundtracks: What Are the Messages?” INTERFAITH EDUCATION 7-8:30 pm, Jan. 30. At Beth Shalom, 14601 Lincoln, Oak Park. Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit will present “Ask a Latter-Day Saint.” Discussed will be misconceptions about this fourth-largest Christian faith in the U.S. Church representatives will present their beliefs and customs. Light refreshments will be served. Register at detroitinterfaithcouncil.com.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6 CRIME & CONSEQUENCE Feb. 6-March 13. Chabad of Bloomfield Hills, in partnership with the Jewish Bar Association of Michigan, will present a six-session course from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute. Evenings (7:309 pm) at Bloomfield High School or mornings (11 am-12:30 pm) at Jewish Family Service. Cost: $99 text included. Register before Feb. 1 and get 20 percent off. Info: 248-949-6210 or rabbi@ bloomfieldhillschabad.org. Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial Assistant Send items at least 14 days in advance to calendar@thejewishnews.com.
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IRENE ROSALIND AL-AZEM, 66, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 14, 2019. She was a dedicated teacher in Detroit for 35 years and at Temple Israel Religious School for 20. She loved volunteering her time, helping those in need, doing handicrafts and reading. Mrs. Al-Azem was a free spirit, always speaking up for the rights of others. She was fiercely devoted to her three daughters, Victoria Hatfield, and Alyah and Sara Al-Azem. She was the loving sister of Jerry (Sandi) Begel and Elaine (Robert) Sandy; devoted daughter and caretaker of the late Sol and the late Anne Begel. Interment was at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Temple Israel in West Bloomfield or to Send a Kid to Tamarack. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. MAE BELL, 96, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 19, 2019. She is survived by her son and daughter-inlaw, Dr. Barry (Terry) Bell; daughters and sons-in-law, Robin Herman, Nicole (Paul) Kallush and Hilary (John) Vallone; grandchildren, Heather (Steve) Jones, Corbin Bell, Tracy (Greg) Duda, Ben (Jessica) Herman, Brooke Vallone, Vicky Vallone and Tina (Andy) Captain; great-grandchildren, Spencer, Maddie, Sophie, Tyler, Tony, Spencer and Sofie; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. She was
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JOAN “NANCY” FOX, 83, of Scottsdale, Ariz., peacefully passed away Jan. 13, 2019. She was born and raised in Detroit. Nancy was the c. 1956 devoted wife for 63 years of Donald Fox; She is also survived by their children, Kenneth (Rosalyn) Fox of Buffalo Grove, Ill., Rick (Ilana) Fox of Tzoran, Israel, and Erika (Steven) Freeman of Phoenix; beloved grandchildren, Liat (Shai) Drach, Natalie (Steven) Klumb, Tal Fox, Laine Fox, Shani Fox, and Aylah and Lindsey Freeman; brother, Arnold Fisher (Lorraine). Mrs. Fox was preceded in death by her sister, Karen Sicherman (Paul). Contributions may be made to American Friends of Bar-Ilan University (afbiu.org). Services were held at Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Phoenix. MARION HELEN GABER, 95, of Oak Park, passed peacefully Jan. 18, 2019. Marion had a B.A. in sociology from Wayne State University (class of 1945). She retired from AT&T after working 10 years as a computer operator. Along with her husband, Ben, she instilled a great love of art and music, especially classical, in her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a cherished member of her community at Coville Assisted Living. Mrs. Gaber was the cherished mother of Phyllis Gaber, Barbara Gaber, Daniel and Jody Gaber, Robert Gaber and Mary Stover; proud grandmother of Marissa, Katherine, Mark, Noah, Zoe, Joseph, Lauren and Marjorie; adoring great-grandmother of Brooklyn, Annabelle, Brandon and Jacob. She was the beloved wife of the late Dr. Ben Gaber; the loving sister of the late Jean Rottenberg. Contributions may be made to Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jslmi.org; Alzheimer’s Association-National Chapter, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090-6011, alz.org; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
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EDITH LAZARUS, 92, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 17, 2019. She is survived by her son and daughterin-law, Ron and Doris Lazarus; daughter, Barbara Rice (life partner, Randy Davidson); grandchildren, Jennifer (Matthew) Seidner, Brad Lazarus; great-grandchildren, Talia, Perla, Jonah and Elijah; caregivers, Grace Czyz and Maria Miklasewicz; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mrs. Lazarus was the beloved wife of the late Harry Lazarus; the mother-in-law of the late Jeffery Rice; grandmother of the late Allison Rice. Interment was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra or Jewish Senior Life. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
FLORA SCHWARTZ KAUFMAN, 89, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 15, 2019. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Lynda and Douglas Thal; sons and daughter-in-law, Robert and Christine Schwartz, and Gary Schwartz; grandchildren, Loren Thal and husband, Wes Jenkins, Daniel and Lauren Thal, Aaron Schwartz, Sarah Schwartz, Brittani Schwartz and Ellery DrozSchwartz; great-grandson, Isaac Thal; sister-in-law, Sylvia Smaltz. Mrs. Kaufman was the beloved wife of the late Louis Schwartz and the late Herbert W. Kaufman; the loving sister of the late Allen Smaltz. Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jewishhospice.org; or Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association-Greater Michigan Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, alz.org/gmc. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
DAVID LEE ROSENTHAL, 72, of Franklin, died Jan. 13, 2019. He is survived by his beloved wife, Fern Rosenthal; sons, Jonathan Rosenthal, Peter Rosenthal (significant other, Tyler); daughter-in-law, Merritt Rosenthal; brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Denise Rosenthal; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Sandy and Dr. Glenn Rosin; grandchildren, Stella and Logan Rosenthal; many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Interment was held at Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Association. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
DORIS COOPER SHELDEN, 85, of Commerce, died Jan. 19, 2019. She is survived by her sons and daughters-inlaw, Marc and Karen Cooper, Scott and Donna Cooper, and Neil Cooper; grandchildren, Danielle, Melissa, Caitlin and Max; three great-granddaughters. Mrs. Shelden is also survived by Don’s children, Debra Shelden and Bill Setten, and Lori Shelden and Bob Bliss; Don’s grandchildren, Nick and Josh Setten. She was the beloved wife of the late Don Shelden; the devoted daughter of the late Max and the late Fanny Yovitz; the loving sister of the late Lee Brody. A memorial service will be held at Kaufman Chapel on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 2 p.m. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
PAUL SKOROPA, 94, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 18, 2019. He is survived by his daughter, Jane Freed; sons and daughter-inlaw, Morris Skoropa, Allan Skoropa and Andrea Laker; grandchildren, Naomi (Aaron) Gawza, Mindy Freed and Sarah Skoropa; great-grandchildren, Amanda and Leah; many other loving family members and friends. Mr. Skoropa was the beloved husband of the late Rachel Skoropa. Interment was held at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
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JOE STERNS, 82, of White Lake, died Jan. 19, 2019. He is survived by his beloved wife, Linda Sterns: daughters, Kari Sterns, Lisa Sterns; sister, Fran Stern; brother-in-law, Mike (Nancy) Wolfe; nieces and nephews, Lora (Adam) Cole, Brian Stern, Jeffrey (Geraldine) Sterns, Leslie Wolfe, Eric (Aga) Wolfe; great-nieces and great-nephews, Madison, Katie, Jackson, Max, Indigo, Andrew and Antonia; many other loving family members and friends. Mr. Sterns was the brother of the late David Sterns; uncle of the late Michael Sterns. Interment was held at the Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to Temple Israel or to Hospice of Michigan. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. continued on page 60
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CYNTHIA WAGNER, 67, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 18, 2019. She is survived by her husband, Lewis Wagner; children, Stuart and Maggie Wagner, Hilary Wagner and her boyfriend, Michael Goldeen, and Justin Wagner; parents, Donald and Esther Simon; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Debbie Simon; sistersin-law and brothers-in-law, Judy and Steve Rapp, Renee and David Silbert, and Dr. Bruce and Sue Luria; mother-in-law, Rose Wagner. She is also survived by Maggie Wagner’s parents; Stuart Wagner’s father-in-law and mother-in-law, Frank and Karen Hsu. Mrs. Wagner was the loving sister of the late Barbara Simon Luria; the dear daughter-in-law of the late Julian Wagner; the cherished granddaughter of the late William and the late Sophie Freed, and the late Harold and the late Gladys Simon. Interment was at Machpelah
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ore than 1,200 people attended a funeral near London to bury the remains of six unknown Jews who died in the Holocaust. Fifty Holocaust survivors escorted a small coffin carrying the bones and ashes of five adults and one child. The remains were transferred earlier this month to the office of the chief rabbi from the United Kingdom’s Imperial War Museum, where they had been held since 1997, part of a collection of Holocaust-related items said to have originated at Auschwitz. “We don’t know who you are, your name, if you were male or female or the details of your family. But we do know you were Jewish. All of us here feel a strong connection to you,” British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said in his eulogy. “Surrounding you right now are Holocaust survivors, unlike you who perished, they managed to survive,” he also said. “And since the end of
the Shoah they have been your prime ambassadors, bringing a message of peace, togetherness and unity to the world, educating all of our societies about what transpired to you, with the hope that it would never happen again.” It was Britain’s first public funeral for Holocaust victims, the Londonbased Jewish News website reported. It was attended by dignitaries, Parliament members, representatives from the Imperial War Museum, a representative of the Queen and members of the Jewish community. Prince Charles sent a personal letter ahead of the funeral, in which he wrote: “As patron of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, I just wanted to write and say how moved I was to hear about the arrangements being made to provide dignified and final rest to six victims of the Holocaust.” He offered his “most heartfelt condolences” to the Jewish community.
community | faces&places For 17 years, Dr. Ricky Stoler has organized and led the Detroit Hikers to experience the beauty of our national parks. In 2018, we went to central Oregon, where we traversed the trails and climbed to the top of vistas like Watchmen’s Peak. We share in an adventure, bringing friends, family and photography enthusiasts together to challenge ourselves and travel to places most might never go without this opportunity. Wherever we travel, the values and traditions of our community and faith come, too. Each day, as we return to the hotel, we form a minyan and recite Maariv and Kaddish, remembering family, friends and those no longer with us. Now, younger hikers have joined our ranks. With an appreciation and gratitude for what has come before them, they hike together and build their own relationships, with the goal of keeping the Detroit Hikers tradition moving forward.
On Oct. 21, more than 40 kids gathered at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield for Jewish Family Service’s first Great Challah Bake. The event was part of JFS’ Because We Care monthly mitzvah program that provides service opportunities to b’nai mitzvah students. There were plenty of sticky hands as the kids prepared and braided dough. They also created “Shabbat in a Box” kits containing Shabbat candles and challah cover for 30 homebound older adults served by Jewish Family Service. ■
PHOTOS AND TEXT BY STEVEN TAPPER
Aiden Shoresh, Brodie Glickfield and Olivia Feldman with their handmade challah covers
The Detroit Hikers group, including a generation of younger hikers
Dr. Bruce Ruben leads one of the daily minyans held in the evening at the hotel.
Audra Bergman designs her challah cover.
Noah Mostyn gets his braided challah ready for the oven.
Zoe Illyasov with her braided challah
Ruby Goldstein shows off her Shabbat box.
Dr. Ricky Stoler, organizer and founder of the group Pausing for a photo
On the trail in Bend, Ore.
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Looking Back
The escalating danger to European Jews was reported in this issue of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle. Here we see reports of Nazi-inspired rioting against Jews and the destruction of synagogues and Jewish-owned stores and property. An early report, “Brown War Clouds Over Europe,” warned of the looming war in Europe as well as a threat to Jews. World War II was still four years away, but evidence of Hitler’s growing territorial and military ambitions – and his increasing support for and orchestrating of anti-Jewish activities – was there for those who could see it.
Detroit was known as the “Arsenal of Democracy” during World War II, as nearly 25% of the Allies’ war material was produced in Southeast Michigan. Detroit’s Jewish community did its part to support the war effort. Its members worked in factories building tanks, planes, guns, and ammunition, while also managing life at home in the midst of rationing of foodstuffs. Despite the difficult times, the community provided millions of dollars for the war effort. The front page of this issue of the Jewish News was devoted to a call by The Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit for unity and service. This was the forerunner of today’s Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. The Detroit Jewish community heeded its call.
Slowly but surely, the world began to understand the horror and scale of the Nazi atrocities. The headline for the front page of this issue of the Jewish News described Slowly but surely, the world began to understand the horror and scale of the protests from the Allied nations and the western world. But was protesting enough? Nazi atrocities. The headline for the front page of this issue of the Jewish News described protests from the Allied nations and the western world. But was Theprotesting front pageenough? also featured a headline about another aspect of World War II – Jews fighting against the Nazis. As the War progressed, the Jewish News reported on Jewish resistance in Europe. The front page also featured a headline about another aspect of World War II – Jews fighting against the Nazis. As the War progressed, the Jewish News reported on Jewish resistance in Europe.
“The Holocaust Unfolds” — An Exhibit from the Pages of the Jewish Chronicle/JN.
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e are going to try something new on the “Looking Back” page. Instead of my usual column that focuses on an interesting bit of Detroit or Michigan Jewish history I find in the pages of William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History, for the next 12 issues of the JN, we will present an exhibit — “The Holocaust Unfolds.” This exhibit is also drawn from the Davidson Digital Archive and was on display at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills from October through December 2018. The exhibit began with two questions and an idea. The question: When did the Holocaust become known as the Holocaust, the Shoah? This question was a topic of discussion
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at a meeting with HMC CEO Rabbi Eli Mayerfield and then-Director of Education Robin Axelrod, along with Arthur Horwitz, JN publisher/executive editor and me. Well, the answer to the question is that the Holocaust did not become a commonly known, agreed-upon term of description until a decade or so after World War II, when the magnitude of Nazi atrocities against the Jews and other groups came to light. And, we asked ourselves another question that led to the creation of the exhibit: How did the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the JN report about the Holocaust as it was happening? The short answer to this question is that, indeed, the Chronicle and the JN constantly reported on events that make up the Holocaust, from Hitler’s rise to power and
Kristallnacht, to the atrocities against Jews and the stories of survivors — reports most often ignored by the mainstream American press. It is also the story of how Detroit Jews supported the war against the Nazis, fighting in America’s armed forces and helping the millions of displaced persons afterward. This, then, is the essence of “The Holocaust Unfolds.” I hope you will find the exhibit panels as they appear on the “Looking Page” to be most interesting and informative. Never forget. ■ Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org.
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