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Lillian Jacobs and granddaughter Sydney Papenheim

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Lillian Jacobs, of Farmington tunately, I don't have them any-
I Hills, grew up in Detroit and More. They were ruined in a flood."
Today, Mrs-. Jacobs is grandmoth-
spent some of her best
er to five, _including young Sydney
hours with her maternal
I
Papenheim
of Pontiac.
grandfather.
"Thank God I'm young enough to
"He owned a cottage we would
keep up with her," Mrs. Jacobs
visit. I always wanted to go fishing
says. "We like to bake together, do
with him, and he took me, even
arts and crafts, go to the zoo and
I though he loved to fish and I could-
the apple orchard. We went to Dis-
' n't sit still."
neyworld, and we've been to bed-
I She remembers her grandfather,
and-breakfasts and an overnight
I who was active in the Labor-Zionist
farm. We've even been canoeing
I movement, speaking Yiddish with-
and kayaking together, and we
! all his friends at the cottage. "I was
enjoy going to services at Temple
I always asking, 'What did he say?'
Israel.
1 and 'What does that mean? -
"She calls me 'Gam,' which she
Little
Lillian
also
enjoyed
baking
'
came up with all on her own."
pies with her father's mother, and in
Sydney, 5, was born one year.
the evenings she and her family
I
after
the death of Mrs. Jacobs' hus-
played Scrabble.
"My favorite toys were Storybook 1 band, Sy, for whom Sydney was
named.
I Dolls, each of which was about 8"-
"She came just at the right time,"
high, all from different lands. Unfor-

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1998

108 Detroit Jewish News

Mrs. Jacobs says. "She brought me
back to life."

Sydney Papenheim, a
kindergartner who lives in
Pontiac, says "I like to be with
her, and I want to go to Las Vegas
with her.
"Yesterday I helped her set the
table, and I help her cook cakes
and stuff."
Sydney lists among her favorite
toys Barbies, and anything with
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. She
also loves the Spice Girls.
"I went to a Spice Girls concert
with my mother and grandmother. It
was fun, but too loud for me. Scary
Spice and Baby Spice are my
favorites. They're getting a new
Spice Girl — Pumpkin Spice.
When I play with Barbies : we play
. they're Spice Girls."

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