Above: William Sider serves a
drink to sons Eli and
Benjamin, both 20 months,
while Rachel Klein looks on at
the Sider family sukka.
Right: Rachel Klein, 6, enjoys
the fun and food at the Sider-
family sukka.
Sulika 111°13
Huntington Wo ods families share the Sukkot
experience with neighbors.
nder gorgeous skies,
Huntington Woods residents
spent Sunday sukka hopping.
As part of Sukka Hopping
in the Woods, several families opened
their sukkot for an afternoon of socializing
and holiday learning. The six-sukka hop,
sponsored by the Huntington Woods
Above: Sukka
hoppers travel en
masse to the next
house.
Right: Samuel
Ducham, 4, signs
a guest book for
Rachel Klein at
the Klein family
sukka on Vernon,
Far right: At the
Subia family
sukka on Vernon,
Michelle Sider
reaches up to
admire the
decorations.
Jewish Learning Center, drew 75 partici-
pants.
"It was a real community-building
event — a blending of education with a
coming together of neighbors," said Mark
Bennett, director of the year-old center.
The Siders — William, Michelle,
Joshua, 5, and Eli and Benjamin, 20
months — were among the families
with a sukka. The other sukka hosts
were the Kleins, the Subias, the
Sherizens, the Morrisons and the
Hartman-Silow family.
"It was really neat for the kids to
have such a fun experience," said
Michelle Sider. "It also added to our
sense of community"
The Siders, Congregation Beth
Shalom members, have erected a
sukka for five of the seven years
they've lived in the Woods.
"Sukkot is just a fun holiday for
us, a very social experience,"
Michelle said, "and we like it even
better when we share it with our
neighbors. fact, we invite friends
and neighbors over every night for
dinner or dessert.
"The more meaning you can give
to a holiday," she added, "the more
things you can associate with it, the
more people you can enjoy it with
-- all that makes it more fulfilling."
--- Robert A Sklar
1 0 /1
1999
12 Detroit Jewish News