HUNGER

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STORY BY
PHIL JACOBS

PHOTOS BY
GLENN TRIEST

Hundreds turned out in support of Yad Ezra's first annual walk.

Rob Rose, Owen Alterman, Evan Klein, Brian Kristall from Kishon AZA.

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t could not have worked out any better. A sunny, gorgeous fall day and a

need to help Detroit's Jewish hungry attracted over 500, mostly children, to

the first ever Yad Ezra Walk. Marchers collected over 512,000 for the com-
munity's kosher food pantry. The monies are enough to feed approximately

600 families for five weeks or purchase 25,000 pounds of food, according to
Yad Ezra.The event was originally scheduled for the spring, according to
Walk chairman Dr. Jeffrey Adler. It was changed to the fall over concern

that a spring walk would be too close in time to the annual Walk for Israel. Also, a
walk in the fall coincides nicely with the High Holidays when the idea of giving to the
less fortunate becomes a central theme.
Yad Ezra volunteers went to classrooms in many day schools and afternoon and

