Detroit Jewish News

10/03/2025

Frankel’s Finest.

That’s the name of a new Jewish News feature. In a collaborative effort with Frankel Jewish Academy athletic director Chris Schultz and Frankel coaches, the JN will profile outstanding Frankel student-athletes.

Up first in a new Jewish News feature is a tennis player and 4.0 GPA student who is busy after school, too.

10/03/2025

Marcie Blumberg Maxfield said she wrote her second book, Jew Girl: A Memoir, because she doesn’t want her voice to be silent at a time when antisemitism is rising and women’s rights are being attacked.

https://www.thejewishnews.com/culture/jew-girl-a-memoir-raises-questions-about-antisemitism-and-women-s-rights-at-a-crucial/article_d0221e3b-5c12-4b58-9c56-0190bc29caa2.html

10/03/2025

Two years after Oct. 7, Detroit gathers at Temple Beth El with HaShayara, Israeli musicians turning grief into healing through music.

Read the cover story>>https://www.thejewishnews.com/community/cover-detroit-welcomes-musician-hashayara-in-commemoration-of-oct-7/article_3ba80788-6ce1-4eb3-9b74-c97d15b6406d.html

10/01/2025

The JN office will be closed October 2nd for Yom Kippur.

10/01/2025

Longtime Detroit JCC Maccabi Games volunteer Karen Gordon of Farmington Hills has been named to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame’s election committee for a four-year term.

https://www.thejewishnews.com/sports/quick-hits-karen-gordon-will-help-select-international-jewish-sports-hall-of-fame-inductees/article_615ef070-8c75-4b96-b6af-ae57d798d549.html

10/01/2025

Jaime Ray Newman, who plays Callie, the gun-toting Texan, on the popular Netflix hit series The Hunting Wives, originally hails from Farmington Hills, where she grew up in a Jewish family — a far cry from the church-going cowgirl culture of the drama.

“I never thought I would wind up on Netflix seen by a billion people,”

09/30/2025

With a mix of compassion, tech, and Torah values, Baila Sigler is helping moms and kids feel balanced and seen through sound healing.

“The way she holds space for others to process and release trauma is truly sacred. Exploring this kind of healing with her has been transformative, and I’m deeply grateful.”

Read the story>>https://www.thejewishnews.com/community/oak-park-mom-offers-healing-through-voice-frequency-technology/article_399331eb-72d1-464b-81aa-c3fce5bf8f5a.html

09/30/2025

Yom Kippur is a day when we ask for forgiveness and beg for another year of life. I have found that self-forgiveness is the hardest thing to ask for and the hardest thing for me to grant myself. But reading about myself - the self I was at different points in my life and the self I grew into - achieves that for me.

For me, writing is more than self-expression. It allows me to process things faster than my ego allows.

09/30/2025

MSU’s new study abroad program immersed students in Jewish life, culture, and Holocaust history in Poland through lectures, site visits, and reflection.⁠
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The first offering of the study abroad program, “The Jews of Poland 1917-1945,” took place in Poland June 16 to July 4. Hosted by Jagiellonian University, professors led 15 students from Michigan State University on three weeks of an intensive encounter with Jewish history, culture and life in Poland from the reestablishment of the Polish state at the end of the First World War to the destruction of the centuries-old Jewish presence in Poland during the Holocaust. ⁠
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Read more online. https://www.thejewishnews.com/culture/msu-explores-jewish-life-in-poland-through-new-study-abroad-trip/article_972f10a7-dda7-431a-a1c7-49b0c17a40bc.html

09/29/2025

Two years ago, in the summer of 2023, Franklin Village trustee Michael Seltzer and Chabad of Bingham Farms’ Rabbi Bentzi Geisinsky cut the ribbon on the Franklin Judaic Art Studio. The studio was planned to be a summer popup where people could come by and create Judaic art and crafts from a menu of available options such as tzedakah boxes and challah boards.⁠
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This summer, Scott and Katie Small, whose generosity helped make the dream a reality, cut the ribbon on the Judaic Art Studio’s permanent home in downtown Franklin.⁠
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Read more online. https://www.thejewishnews.com/judaism/franklin-judaic-art-studio-opens-as-new-jewish-community-hub/article_ae6fc1ae-62d3-4402-addd-0b2d6193505a.html

09/29/2025

Naomi Leiberman, 14, of Farmington Hills has always dreamed of moving to Israel.

This fall, she heads back for year two. And she’s not stopping there — Naomi plans to finish high school, join the IDF, and maybe attend university in Israel.

Full story> http://thejewishnews.com/community/naomi-leiberman-leaves-michigan-for-high-school-in-israel/article_74f452b4-f5f1-4212-9576-7d8f11184387.html

09/28/2025

To commemorate Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit's 100 Years of Volunteers, the entire Jewish community is being invited to pick up a paintbrush and add their creative flair to one or more of five original pieces of artwork JSL commissioned by local artist Daniel Cascardo. Join the fun on October 12th!⁠

There is no charge, but please email [email protected] to sign up. Read more at thejewishnews.com.