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nDetroit Jewish News inside Dec. 27, 2018-Jan. 2, 2019 19-25 Tevet 5779 VOLUME CLIV, ISSUE 21 VIEWS 5-10 JEWS IN THE D 12 Mental Battle HEALTH Eating disorders stem from 34 Eat. Right. Now myriad reasons, Holiday baked beans. not just a desire to be thin. 36 Trailblazer 16 At the Finish Line Dr. George Dean paved the As Neil Schloss retires from way for family medicine. a 36-year career at Ford, he looks to the future. ETC. 20 Never Too Late Frances Holtzman celebrates 100 years with Jewish 39 the exchange 41 soul 16 tradition. 45 jews in the digital age 21 Faces & Places 46 looking back 22 Sports 23 Moments DAILY HEADLINES • Sign up for JN daily headlines at thejewishnews.com/newsletter. SPIRIT 24 Torah portion SHABBAT LIGHTS Shabbat starts: Friday, Dec. 28, 4:49 p.m. ARTS&LIFE Shabbat ends: 26 Metro Detroit’s Saturday, Dec. 29, 5:55 p.m. * Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Got Talent calendar. Local comedians Sage Berg and Bert Green audition for a spot on national TV. ON THE COVER: Design: Michelle Sheridan 28 Love Your Neighbor The AJL recommends children’s books to help them — and others — get through turbulent times. 30 Celebrity Jews ON THE GO 31 Events/Editor’s Picks RASKIN 32 2018: Year in Review jn December 27 • 2018 3

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viewsJewfro Y ou are not mature enough to tell it like is. My Story Even that burden you leave to us children. But I don’t care about Ben Falik being popular. I care about climate justice and the living planet. How Old Will You In the 1980s, Vladimir Gendelman and his family left the Ukraine for the Our civilization isbeing sacrificed for the opportunity Be Next Year? United States. In common with many Russian families coming into Michigan, his family received help from localof a very small number of people to downplaying the losses to rivals … It’s even still a thing, your dress, diet, work, Jewish agencies to acclimate to theircontinue making enormous amounts of ultimately a disservice to the country politics, hobbies and relationships were new home. Hebrew Free Loan gavemoney.” them an interest-free loan to purchase we all share, and to the goal of actually largely functions of how many years old “But then 20 years or so ago, some- a reliable used car. improving that country, to talk to us (or young) you were.thing happened — adults decided they “I turned sixteen one month after we like we’re its fans because we aren’t. Now, age isn’t even a number:didn’t have to give up kid stuff. And so came here,” Vladimir said. “It was all We’re its citizens, and we should be able A) Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed atthey pretended comic books were actu- so overwhelming, I didn’t understand to handle the whole story.” getting engaged to someone he met onally sophisticated literature.” what was going on. We were told that Those quotes are by (in order) JDate. a lot of what the Russian families “These pundits talk about America 15-year-old Swedish climate activist B) Created and scaled a caffeinating received was from the goodness ofas if it’s a sports team and their readers Greta Thunberg shaming leaders at the consumer product, soon to be pitched community donors, but it really didn’tand viewers are the team’s fans — United Nations COP24 summit; gas to investors on national television. make much of an impression on me. Icelebrating highlights and big wins, bag Bill Maher creating undue CO2 fol- C) Painted Chanukah cards as pres- was young, and I have always been lowing the death of Stan Lee; and Ben ents for family members. forward-thinking, not focusing on Mathis-Lilley wondering why his fellow Ages: A) 58; bachelor party at The what’s happening right now. I just journalists recast George H.W. Bush as Schvitz. B) 15; Watch Shark Tank Jan. 6. know there’s a potential for tomorrow “America’s benign, saintly grandpa.” C) 97; Thanks, Grandma Marge! to be better than today.” The vehicle the Gendelmans They are just a few of countless data Any disruption of social norms — purchased was used to get members points that point to 2018 as a new age. gender identity, marriage equality, of the family to work. “Lots of work,” Specifically, the Post-Age Age. racial equity — is bound to make some Vladimir said. “My parents, who The current, chronological length of people long for the past, typically, peo- were professionals in Russia, did your life once dictated much of your ple who enjoyed privileges and power all kinds of odd jobs until they were lifestyle: to act your age. Like passing over others in those “simpler times.” certified to go back to professional the salt and pepper together, if that’s Rather than wring our hands that peo- careers here. I did just about every- ple aren’t behaving socially based on thing that came my way, too.” LEFT: Ben’s daughter Phoebe at Drag Queen their biological state or status, we need Years later, now married, a father and to wrestle with the opportunities and the founder of companyfolders.com, Story Time. TOP: Ben’s mom at the Slizz concert. Vladimir thought back to what that continued on page 8 used car meant to his family, and joined the HFL Board. “I wanted to give back and help,letters like those community donors years ago. HFL was there for us at a difficult time.Real-Life Seniors’ Need of which I am a part, must be consid- ered. How does one balance the needs options. Literally, by the second day, she was Today, for me to be on the other side of the table helping fellowI am writing this in response to your of children and parents with two work- attending activities, thriving and being Jews, helping people like me, isarticle dated Dec. 6, 2018, “The ing adults? Even with all the services to the social person she was not being in huge. It’s very rewarding.”Upcoming Silver Tsunami,” as a board age in place, someone has to supervise her own private home. I had peace of Click. Call. Give Now.member of Jewish Senior Life, as a and administer the dynamics of one’s mind that she was in a safe, secure and www.hfldetroit.org • 248.723.8184hands-on active volunteer and, most parents living in a home and running a caring environment with an active life Community donations help HFLimportantly, as a family member of a second household. What happens when thus alleviating me of many responsi- give interest-free loans to local Jews for a variety of personal, health,Fleischman Residence resident (assisted children do not reside where parents bilities I had. Now our visits are social educational and small businessliving). do and the parents refuse to relocate? instead of heavily slanted toward deal- needs. Many older adults are aging in place What happens in a medical emergency? ing with many of life’s smaller crises.with in-home services and caregivers My mother lived in her and my dad’s Statistics, facts, figures, financialuntil they no longer can. Finances and home for 1.5 years after he passed considerations are major factors inavailability of consistent qualified and away, but she was isolated from inter- making decisions, but to suggest thecapable caregivers play a major role in actions with her contemporaries. She end of bricks-and-mortar facilities for“aging in place.” was becoming antisocial and sleeping our seniors ignores the most important Another major factor influencing the out of boredom. So I moved her to element — the real-life senior person. 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 300 • Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301decision and which must be considered Fleischman Residence based on her — Elaine J. 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viewscommentaryDo We Take Israel for Granted?A few weeks ago, I returned from Minister Justin Trudeau issued a public ting about Israel? Are we educating our to be $21 million. But, it’s only $8.7 mil- Israel. It was just a trip, not a apology because Canada, in 1939, had children and grandchildren about Israel? lion. That’s a rather dramatic statistic. mission. A trip I wanted to take refused to allow the St. Louis with more Are we teaching them how to fight BDS In our community, at home, our Israelbecause I hadn’t been to Israel in than 900 German Jews as passen- on campus? About the importance of agenda seems to have taken a back seata few years, actually for almost gers to dock and disembark in being able to communicate with our to other needs, important and legitimatefive years, the longest time I’d Canada. Neither did the U.S. allow Israeli brothers and sisters in Hebrew? needs.not been to Israel in my adult the St. Louis to dock here. There About the importance of supporting We have not had a major communitylife. It was my 50th trip. Yes, I’ve can be little doubt that these acts social welfare programs for poor, dis- mission to Israel in many years.counted. (Well, I didn’t count by the Canadian government and advantaged Israelis, poor Jews? Are Does Federation address and doesthe first few, but by the time I the U.S. government in 1939 led we making any sort of sacrifice to help the Jewish News cover Israel issues andgot to my fifth trip, I decided to Peter Alter to the death of hundreds of Jews Israel? needs as much as they did some yearscount.) on the St. Louis. Our sacrifice, individually and col- ago? The mishnah states that the But, there can also be no doubt lectively, also seems minimal compared And, when is the last time, for exam-day is short, but there is a lot of work to that today, if the St. Louis needed a place to the daily sacrifice of Israelis and the ple, there was a major effort for thedo. I thought of that when I returned to dock, a place of refuge for its passen- morale and commitment of Israelis to entire community to attend a Yomfrom Israel. What I thought about, more gers, all would be welcomed in Haifa fulfill their national obligations daily, HaZikaron event in memory of andspecifically, is all the work we need to and other ports in Israel. I ask again — weekly and annually. honoring our Israeli brothers and sistersdo here in our Detroit Jewish commu- “Do we take Israel for granted?” Of course, Israel is not perfect. It’s far who have died in Israel’s wars startingnity and in other Jewish communities Do we take for granted Israel’s incred- from perfect, but then what or who is with its war for independence? But …around the U.S. as it relates to Israel. I ible accomplishments as a country, a perfect? That’s why I ask, “Do we take Israelwondered — and even asked my wife — country that 70 years ago had 600,000 Over the last 20 years, ourJewish for granted?”“Do I take Israel for granted? Do we take Jews and today has more than 10 times Federation’s allocation of dollars to Israel Are we simply talking the talk, but notIsrael for granted? Does our community that number? Do we take for granted its has decreased from about 50 percent walking the walk?take Israel for granted?” incredible scientific and other accom- to 27 percent or less of total Federation These are just some thoughts I’ve had While in Israel, I thought of recent plishments — whether camera pills, dollars raised. as I returned from my 50th trip to Israel.anti-Semitic incidents in Paris and in micro robotic surgery or drip irrigation? Over the last 20 years, our dollars As to paraphrase the mishnah: ThePittsburgh and the recent spike in such As a community, we speak of achdut contributed to Israel have decreased in day is short, but there is a lot of work toincidents throughout the U.S. — the Jewish word for unity — and we real terms, without even taking inflation be done. ■ When I came home and realized say kol yisrael arevim zeh la-zeh and, into account from $13.5 million to aboutthat we were commemorating the 80th I believe, we do mean it. “All Jews are $8.7 million. And if you take inflation Peter M. Alter is a partner in the Southfield office ofanniversary of Kristallnacht, I wondered responsible for one another.” into account, just to keep pace with what Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss. He also was president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroitagain, “Do we take Israel for granted?” We are talking the talk. But do we we did 20 years ago, our contribution to from 2004-2007. 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viewsguest column jewfro from page 5“Our Turn” responsibilities of the Post-Age Age. “Young” people deserve real-time • Bringing my (of age) nephews to hear Slizz rock out at the OldT hank you to the Detroit Jewish really ramped it up over the last 15 agency for issues that affect them. Miami and being neither surprised News and to our counterparts years. We help people access a variety Parkland students didn’t need to be nor embarrassed when my parents at Jewish Senior Life (JSL) for of services, including: old enough to vote to experience the showed up. beginning the conver- • Geriatric care management devastating effects of gun violence or • Liking college sports rivalries — sation about the 2018 • Door through door advocate for common-sense reforms. and loving college sports mascots — Jewish Population transportation Adults will change jobs 10-15 times without overlooking the cartel-style Study’s meaning • Home care over their careers, during which near- way in which the NCAA exploits for the local Jewish • Assistive technology ly half of all jobs will be vulnerable athletes. human service agen- • Friendly visitors to automation. Judge not a colleague • Never turning down food, be it cies and funders that • Emergency financial assistance or competitor by her age, lest ye be exotic fare that will challenge my pal- Suzan Folbe help older adults and • Home-based psychotherapy judged (by robots). ate or surplus Halloween candy. Curhan their loved ones (Nov. • Kosher Meals on Wheels (in And mutual respect — the wisdom • Talking to strangers’ dogs. 15 and Dec. 6 issues). partnership with National and patience to know you can learn • Riding bikes with my kids and There aren’t easy Council of Jewish Women and from anyone, irrespective of age or being serious when I instruct them to answers but hopefully JSL) station in life — is a better way than wear a helmet and eat my dust. conversation will get • Holocaust survivor services gray to ensure respect for our elders. Some of the finest kidulting I’ve us closer. • Mind University mind aerobics How, then, to navigate the Post-Age ever seen played out over the last cou- An important part (in partnership with JVS Human Age without the historical indica- ple weeks in Huntington Woods. Drag of this discussion is Services) tors of music volume, shoe fasteners Queen Story Time, a cherished public the work of Jewish JFS is able to provide this (Velcro, laces, unlaced, loafers, slip- library program, already blended the Perry Ohren Family Service (JFS). help because of funders like the pers, gripper socks) and s’more or less ageless qualities of inclusion, positive Many community Federation, the Jewish Fund, the chocolate? self-image and storytelling.members don’t realize that more than Kahn Foundation, the Applebaum The method to my madness for an When an outgoing city commis-half of the total service provision Family Foundation and so many age without age: Kidulting. sioner invited MassResistance, athat JFS provides is directed toward others. The breadth and depth of the Kidulting is a way to curate the violent out-of-state hate group, tohelping older adults. Ninety-five per- help JFS provides to older adults to unironic joys of (what we once called) fight Drag Queen Story Time, thecent of the older adult services JFS age in place during the last full year childhood, the productive discomfort community showed them what massprovides are to help people to age in is illustrated by: of engaging in (what will hopefully resistance really looks like.place in their single-family homes, • Almost 2,000 total older adults persist as) society and the calm of Some 300 residents and allies filledapartments and condominiums. were helped to age in place reflecting on cumulative experiences, the ad hoc city hall (rec center gym) Once someone is in an “institu- • 273 older adults received assistive with or without a rocking chair. to share on the record the personal,tionalized” setting (whether Jewish technology, making it easier for them My kidulting involves: social, legal, ethical, local, universal,or not) they are fairly well “tucked- to get help if needed • T-shirts with more characters but scientific and psychological bases forin” and usually no longer needing • 592 Holocaust survivors were fewer stains. creating a space where everyone onJFS’ aging-in-place help. Having writ- helped to age with dignity and • Maintaining a public policy inter- the kidult continuum can safely say, toten that, once someone is at Meer or respect est in state governments while making borrow from next month’s title, “I likeAll Seasons or wherever, he can and • 119,212 hours of home care were peace with the fact that I never mem- me just the way I am!” ■sometimes does get help from JFS. provided orized the state capitals. According to all the studies out • 28,000 door-to-door rides werethere, an overwhelming majority of provided to get older adults to essen-older adults want to and will stay tial appointmentsin their homes. Therefore, as olderadults live longer in their homes, On the issue of NORCs (naturally occurring retirement communities), Greenberg’s Viewbecome frailer and are increasingly a NORC is a population phenome-socially isolated, more and more help non. They naturally occur usuallywill be needed in our communities decades after someone moves intofor these friends, neighbors and rel- a home, expecting simply to raiseatives. children there. Time moves on and Let us be clear, housing, like that the kids move out and grandkids areavailable at JSL, as well as increas- now on the scene and the bedroomingly popping up all over our com- is on the second floor and aging inmunity, is an essential part of the place is happening all over the sameequation. But bricks-and-mortar neighborhood with lots of oldercongregate settings are just one piece adults. NORCs don’t naturally haveof the puzzle. supportive service programs per se, JFS has developed its aging in place but they certainly cry out for them.muscle over its 90-year existence and The Detroit Jewish community has continued on page 108 December 27 • 2018 jn

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views Metro Detroit's Best Kept Secret continued from page 8 Steven E. Stein, M.D. many NORCs with disproportion- events and while we need to help With 25 years of experience Dr. ate numbers of older adults aging people move into residences, the Stein has performed 1000’s of face in place who never planned on reality remains that most people and neck lift procedures, along with growing old in their homes. will remain in their homes. One blepharoplasties (eyelid surgery) Another point that JSL raised is of our community’s top challenges and fat grafting. Because of his vast that of social isolation. They are concerning older adults, as the sil- experience, Dr. Stein is the only plastic right that as people get older in ver tsunami takes hold, is how we surgeon you should be choosing for their homes it is harder to get out can ensure that older adults, who your cosmetic procedures. and thus social isolation is a prob- do not have the various means to lem that will continue to grow. care for themselves, age in place While JFS has a small program safely in their homes. to e-connect survivors in virtual And, by the way, there’s not one senior centers, this issue is one solution we need to strive for, but that our community hasn’t fully rather many: helping people in Was your wish list fulfilled? figured out. On any given day, their homes and helping people Call us for what you really wanted! there might be lots going on for move into new homes at JSL and 248-643-7710 our elders at synagogues and at the elsewhere. Time to roll up our JCC and in the broader commu- sleeves! ■ Somerset Center for nity. Making these connections is Plastic Surgery not always easy and takes lots of resources. Suzan Folbe Curhan is chairperson of the JFS Board of Directors. Perry Ohren is JFS CEO. Steven E. Stein, M.D. While we need to do a better job 1579 W. Big Beaver Rd. Suite B-7, Troy, Michigan 48084 at helping older adults get to social ‡ZZZVWHYHQVWHLQPGFRP It Doesn’t Have to Cost A Fortune . . . Yiddish Limerick Only Look Like It! New Year’s Day Dos is nisht Rosh Hashanah, mir rufn dos New Year A Naye beginning far alle is here. A yontef far Yidn and also the rest Dos is azay fraylach, it’s really the best. L’chaim and cheers mit a glazl of beer. Dos is nisht- this is not Mir rufn dos- we call it A naye- a new far alle – for all Far Yidn- for Jews Dos is azay fraylach- it’s so happy Mit a glazl - with a small glass By Rachel Kapen Complete kitchen Designs and bathroom remodeling along with furniture design and installation including IN DECORATOR WOOD & LAMINATES, LTD. quartz, granite, wood and many other materials. 248.851.6989 Lois Haron, Allied Member ASID10 December 27 • 2018 jn

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jews thed in on the coverMental BattleN atalie, a high school senior who lives in Eating disorders stem Oakland County, says from myriad reasons,she wasn’t led to a fixationon food and looking thin by not just a desire to be thin.influence from the celebrityculture. She said it was trig- ELIZABETH KATZ SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWSgered in part by being onsocial media and seeing peerswho looked thin and seemedto “have it all” because theylooked good in whateverclothes they wore. “I would say insecurity andmostly low self-esteem causedmy eating disorder,” she said.Having the eating disorder“kind of caused more insecu-rity. I asked myself, ‘Why am Inot seeing what I want to see?’I wanted to see some change.” Beginning in high school,Natalie (who asked that her ming for two-and-a-half hours terized by an individual eatingreal name not be used) found each day. and then purging food byherself developing anorexia, Natalie is now working with self-induced vomiting.throwing away food and wear- a therapist, a nutritionist, a • Binge-Eating Disordering clothing that concealed nurse practitioner and a psy- is the most common eatingher shrinking body. chiatrist to help her with her order in the United States, “I think as soon as I hit high relationship with food and to according to the Nationalschool, I became more critical keep her weight steady. She Eating Disorders Association.of myself,” she said. “I thought said she is more willing today With this disorder, an indi-I was fine and average, but I to accept help and also credits vidual eats large quantities ofdidn’t want to be average. It’s her parents with her ongoing food, often very quickly andmore of a control thing. It’s recovery. to the point of discomfort,me comparing myself to other “They’ve helped me by though he or she does notpeople.” pushing me to get better,” she engage in purging activities. Natalie, who has been diag- said. “I’m lucky that I have a • Avoidant Restrictive Foodnosed with depression, anxiety good support system.” Intake Disorder (ARFID),and obsessive-compulsive dis- formerly known as “Selectiveorder, would restrict her calo- EATING DISORDERS DEFINED Eating Disorder,” is similar tories, eating a modest breakfast Body dissatisfaction among anorexia in that both disor-but skipping lunches entirely teens and young adults is ders involve limitations in theuntil dinner. She says there nothing new and continues to amount and/or types of foodwere days she knew she didn’t give rise to eating disorders: consumed, but, unlike anorex-eat enough. • Anorexia Nervosa is char- ia, ARFID does not involve “I was cold a lot. I was acterized by an abnormally any distress about body shapealways tired, and I was dizzy,” low body weight, an intense or size, or fears of fatnessshe said. This was problematic fear of gaining weight and a • Orthorexia is a newer cat-because she was also on the distorted perception of weight. egory in which an individualhigh school swim team, swim- • Bulimia Nervosa is charac- begins a diet change with the continued on page 1412 December 27 • 2018 jn

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jewsinthed continued from page 12 “I have to tell myself intention of eating more healthfully but then becomes very rigid in what they “I think for some eating disorders, it’s societal pressure to look a certain way Taylor Beardsall is an art therapist at CEDARS and says those who are more to eat. I’ve gotten so will and will not eat. The National Eating Disorders and to be thin,” Dines said. “There’s a lot of family dynamics and eating dis- creative have a higher risk of developing an eatingused to being hungry. Association (NEDA) reports that between 0.3-0.4 percent of young orders occur more in chaotic families or families with eating disorders. We’re disorder. “There tends to be a lot But, at this point, women and 0.1 percent of young men seeing with anorexics [a desire for] per- of anxiety and perfection- will suffer from anorexia nervosa at any fection and wanting that control. Eating ism” in these individuals, food is not always given time. becomes a way to be in control. Taylor she said. “Having an eat- For bulimia nervosa, 1.0 percent of “With some bulimics, there’s a lot of ing disorder can lead to on my mind. young women and 0.1 percent of young anger and rage and this is one way of Beardsall feelings of depression and Today, I see food as men will meet diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa at any given point in externalizing it, by vomiting. With exer- cise bulimia, it’s calories in, take it off. A really high anxiety.” Beardsall said that using the creative something that will time. Although eating disorders in gen- lot of these people are rigid.” process can help individuals cope with the feelings of having an eating disorder.fuel me and will keep eral affect more females, NEDA cites research that showed from 1999 to 2009, A MOTHER’S TAKE Natalie’s mother, who also asked to be “The art process can be a source of grounding,” she said, adding that when me healthy.” the number of men hospitalized for an anonymous, said she began noticing individuals see their own artwork, it eating disorder-related cause increased emotional changes in her daughter, that often gives them a sense of strength and — NATALIE by 53 percent. ARFID also tends to affect she always seemed angry and sad, as her shows them positive aspects of them- more males. eating disorder developed. selves. “Puberty hit Natalie really hard, ADDRESSING EMOTIONAL ISSUES physically and mentally,” she said. “For LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY Today, Natalie says she still battles her Natalie, finding happiness is difficult.” As therapist Dines mentioned, the recov- eating disorder but that working with Natalie’s mom, who also dealt with ery process from an eating disorder is her medical team, and especially her anorexia as a young person, said that slow and challenging. Laurie Jablonski, therapist Tammy Dines, LMSW, ACSW, helping Natalie has taken an emotional a mother of two grown daughters who she has been able to manage her depres- and financial toll on the family, but that lives in Warren, knows this is true. sion and anxiety, and control that voice she has been proactive in her daughter’s Jablonski, who was raised Jewish in her head that “tells” her to skip meals. ongoing recovery. and attends Temple Israel in West “At this moment, it’s “With Natalie’s eating disorder, it’s not Bloomfield, has dealt with just more frustrating deal- just about being skinny,” she said. “You anorexia and, to a lesser ing with the eating disor- have to focus on their mental health. extent, binge-eating for der,” Natalie said. “I have Don’t be afraid to snoop. I snooped. I’m decades, dating back to Some signs and to tell myself to eat. I’ve a concerned mother. Ask questions of her high school years. symptoms of a gotten so used to being hungry. But, at this point, your child and keep questioning them. Don’t just let it go. Seek medical help She’s worked with various therapists over the years possible eating Tammy Dines food is not always on my sooner rather than later.” Laurie Jablonski but has found greater mind. Today, I see food success working with Dr. disorder as something that will fuel me and will GETTING HELP Vazzano and Jesue. She also has utilized keep me healthy.” One center in Bloomfield Hills is CEDARS services, including art therapy • Changes in the food choices Natalie said she’s looking to the future, addressing the unique issues surround- and mindfulness practices. a child/young adult makes which includes going to college. She also ing eating disorders. The Center for “I’ve learned how to look at things • Comments about their has found greater purpose and meaning Eating Disorder Assessment, Recovery differently, how not to blame myself over relationship with food in helping to prepare students for their & Support (CEDARS) is run by Kristine everything,” she said. “There’s still a lot of bat or bar mitzvahs. Vazzano, Ph.D., and registered dietitian work to do, but I feel so much better. My • Loss of period if a young Dines, who runs a private practice Patrizia Jesue. relationship with food is I can eat any- woman has begun in Farmington Hills, said that treating The center provides outpatient ser- thing I want, in proportion. There’s no menstruation an eating disorder is frustrating for the vices, including a therapeutic meal such thing as a good or bad food.” • Body changes individual because progress can be slow. support program, which helps indi- She also has advice for younger people But she recommends a holistic approach viduals successfully manage, confront coping with an eating disorder. • Changes in apparel, where in that the person with the disorder and overcome difficulties and anxieties “If the young person is ready for the individual wears clothing work with a team, such as a therapist, a of meal time. It also helps individuals recovery, I would tell them to listen to that conceals their body psychiatrist, a nutritionist and a medical manage their disordered thoughts about their therapist and to work harder than • Young children who express doctor. and behaviors around eating and food. their therapist,” she said. “If you want “We have to address emotional, nutri- Additionally, CEDARS offers different recovery, you have to work at it every a desire to go on a diet tional and physical aspects of the disor- types of behavioral therapy and various day.” ■ • Kids who play with their food der,” she said, adding that her role is to support groups, as well as therapeutic • Kids who sleep a lot and address the emotions that come about yoga, meditation, culinary art therapy For details, go to www.nationaleatingdisorders. show low energy with eating disorders. and creative art therapy. org.14 December 27 • 2018 jn

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jewsinthed At the Finish LineAs Neil Schloss retires weather the financial crisis without a government bailout like crosstown Washington, D.C.; the other is a stu- dent at the University of Binghamton observant and went from working 24/7 to 24/6 with no problem. Myfrom a 36-year career rivals GM and Chrysler Fiat. in New York. The Schlosses are colleagues would look at theirat Ford, he looks to In 2006, prior to the recession, he helped Ford secure $23 billion longtime members of Ohel Moed of Shomrey Emunah, a small Orthodox watches at 3:30 on a Friday in the winter and say, ‘Don’t you need tothe future. in financing that gave the company synagogue in West Bloomfield. leave?’ crucial liquidity when the downturn Schloss, who grew up as a “If I were traveling and my col-JACKIE HEADAPOHL MANAGING EDITOR hit. In 2009, Schloss then led a cre- Conservative Jew in San Diego, leagues returned home on Saturday, ative debt buy-back plan that cleared Calif., became more observant 24 I would stick around until Sunday $10.5 billion off Ford’s books for $3.5 years ago. “I became religious and morning and it was never an issue,” billion in cash and equity. my career took off. Is there a con- he added.T he new year will find Neil “I believe Ford saw earlier [than nection? I don’t know,” he said with “Ford prides itself on diversity and Schloss on a beach in Florida other automakers] what might hap- a smile in a video for Jew in the City, acceptance of everyone’s faith and not in the Glass House in pen and recognized the need for more an organization that works to break religious beliefs.Dearborn. Schloss, vice president and liquidity,” Schloss said. He calls those down stereotypes about Orthodox “In my 36 years, I’ve never felt anychief financial officer of Ford Smart years between 2006-09 the highlight Judaism, that named him an “All- anti-Semitism here.”Mobility, a subsidiary of the Ford of his career — and the most chal- Star” in 2017.Motor Co. dedicated to providing lenging. “I think spirituality, being obser- A CHANGING INDUSTRYspecialized mobility products and ser- “The liquidity allowed Ford to keep vant, being accepting of constraints The automotive industry is changingvices, officially retires Dec. 31 after a funding new product,” he said. “The gives you a balance. It gives you a in many different ways, Schloss says.36-year career with the automaker. key to our success coming out of the sense of grounding,” he said. “I need “Technology plays a pretty signif- In addition to being the found- Great Recession was having a portfo- that balance from the standpoint of icant role in not only changing theing CFO for Ford’s mobility efforts, lio of new products to sell.” putting it all together and making way people drive, but also what theySchloss served as the company’s sense of things.” will drive,” he said. “Battery electrictreasurer during the Great Recession ON BEING A JEW AT FORD Schloss said Ford is a great place vehicles will become a bigger piece of(December 2007-June 2009) and Schloss and his wife, Terry, have to work for an observant Jew. “I went the pie. Safety features will becomeplayed a lead role in allowing Ford to two daughters. One is a lawyer in from being Conservative to being increasingly important as will connect-16 December 27 • 2018 jn

Jewish Contributions to Humanity #2 in a series “I think spirituality, being observant, Two of Europe’sbeing accepting of constraints, gives you a Musical Greats. balance … a sense of grounding.” — NEIL SCHLOSSed vehicles. Connected vehicles are the first hires at Ford Mobility andcritical because they not only allow was able to help shape its direc-the communication to and from tion. But mainly, he believes hethe vehicle to provide drivers with will be remembered for usheringservices, but they also provide cities Ford through the financial crisis of Bronislaw Huberman Dmitri Shostakovichwith information about what drivers 2009 without government help andare doing within their limits.” ensuring its financial future. Technology is going to play a role in He said he’s not going to miss BRONISLAW HUBERMAN (1882-1947). b. Czestochowa, Poland. d. Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.what the future looks like, he added. being around the cars. “What I am Founder of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. “When it comes to autonomous going to miss is the people.” The founder of the Palestine Symphony (now the Israel Philharmonicvehicles, the technology will be There will be no fanfare when Orchestra) and one of the greatest violinists ever, Bronislaw Huberman’s familythere long before the ability to Schloss leaves Ford headquarters sensed that from an early age he was destined for musical greatness. A youngactually use them in a significant for the last time. “Maybe some cake Bronislaw first performed in public at age seven at The Warsaw Institute of Music.way,” he said. “It will take some and coffee in the conference room,” The Hubermans moved to Berlin when Bronislaw was 10, and by the next year he was playing for audiences on some of the world’s most famous stages intime for consumers to accept them he said. “I’ll say good-bye my own Germany, Vienna, Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris. In 1895, Huberman wowedand for the regulators to determine way to the individuals I’m leaving Johannes Brahms himself, performing the composer’s Concerto in D Major.the rules around how they can be behind … but I plan on staying in Huberman, famed for his tone color and expressiveness, was soon performingoperated.” contact with many.” in the United States and Russia, and was recognized as one of the world’s It’s not just vehicles that will He said he and Terry will keep top violinists before he turned 20. With the rise of the Nazis in the early ‘30s,be changing but mobility itself, a home base in Michigan, but Huberman left Germany for Austria, and began making trips to Palestine in an effort to organize an orchestra. In 1936, his efforts came to fruition, with ArturoSchloss said. he’d prefer to limit his time in Toscanini conducting the first Palestine Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra “Ten years ago, Uber didn’t exist the Mitten State during the win- consisted of a group of Jewish musicians from Europe’s greatest orchestras.and look at what it does today. ter. He’ll be able to pass the cold Huberman helped them and their families escape Nazi persecution.You’ve got bikes and scooters, months visiting his mom in San DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975).especially in cities like New York, Diego or at his other homes in b. St. Petersburg, Russia. d. Moscow, Russia.Miami and Chicago. These other Miami and Jerusalem. Between the A righteous gentile.forms of transportation become three, he can chase the sun and A piano and composition prodigy from a young age, Dmitri Shostakovichpart of a transportation ecosystem. avoid the snow. was not Jewish, but he did more for the Jews than most people by defying theIn the future, cars will clearly play But at 59, Schloss says he is “way Soviet government, and bringing attention to Russian and European Jewry’s plight in the 20th century. He entered the Petrograd Conservatory in 1919, anda significant role, but so will other too young” to stop work entirely. five years later, his Symphony No. 1 became known worldwide. Even underforms of transportation from walk- He plans to set up an LLC and do a the early rule of the Bolsheviks, Shostakovich enjoyed relative autonomy anding to autonomous vehicles. combination of board work, advi- musical freedom. But beginning in 1928, with Joseph Stalin’s first five-year “The industry is evolving. sory and consulting work. His first plan, Shostakovich was restricted, and created music in a climate in which theVehicles are going to become much post-Ford opportunity is as an inde- government-run press attacked him. He regained favor, though, with his rousingmore integrated into how we live pendent director on the board of Seventh Symphony, which he began writing in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) after the Nazi siege in 1941. That same year, he set a poem memorializing the Babiour lives.” Karamba Security, an Israeli provid- Yar massacre to music, turning it into his 13th Symphony—a risky move given er of end-to-end automotive cyber- the government’s opposition to singling out anti-Semitism as a problem. HeA LASTING LEGACY security prevention solutions. He also hid a Jewish refugee from the government, and intervened to ensure thatSchloss doesn’t consider himself to also plans to continue his work on sculptor Ilya Slonim would not be sent into combat. In 1948, Shostakovichbe a “car guy.” He’s never worked in the board of Kids Kicking Cancer, a was again denounced in the infamous Zhdanov doctrine. The Soviets calledan auto plant, tinkered under the nonprofit dear to his heart. his work Western “imperialist.” Nevertheless, he produced a song cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry, based on a book of Jewish folk songs by I. Dobrushin andhood or participated in a vehicle “I plan to stay active and keep A. Yuditsky. Shostakovich’s goal was to highlight the oppression of Jews inproduct program. looking forward,” Schloss said. ■ the Soviet Union, and he was banned from performing it publically until Stalin’s However, he has lived and death in 1953. Following this, Shostakovich enjoyed a creative renaissance asbreathed the auto industry from the To see a video of Neil Schloss talking the Soviet government eased up on its past restriction of his work.inside and knows how it fits within about his Judaism, visitthe broader manufacturing ecosys- https://tinyurl.com/y8qmwncw. Original Research by Walter L. Field Sponsored by Irwin S. Field Written by Jared Sicheltem and economy. He was one of jn December 27 • 2018 17

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