Clockwise
from top left:

Jay Gonik of West
Bloomfield adds to
the Penny Harvest.

Going to jail for
tzedakah are Jacob
Gussin and Brad
Hantler, both of
Farmington Hills.

Jill Silverstein of
Huntington Woods
and Jessica Langnas
of Bloomfield Hills
prepare art for the
Tzedakah Experience.

Putting a health care
package together for
the Michigan Jewish
AIDS Coalition are
Emily Sklar of West
Bloomfield and
Carrie Subelski of
Farmington Hills.

JEWISH STUDENTS BRING IN

THE COINS FOR LOCAL CHARITIES.

uestion: What adds up to 400 fifth-graders + their parents + more
than 80,000 pennies?
Answer: A lesson in tzedakah (charity).
Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township was the site on Sunday,
Jan. 28, for the annual Tzedakah Experience and Penny Harvest. Chaired by
Cookie Gonik, Beth Margolin and Roz Blanck, the annual event teaches area
students about charitable giving.
Fifth-graders at area Jewish schools collected more than $8,000 for this year's
event, which will be donated to agencies supported by the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit. In the eight years of the Tzedakah Experience, the stu-
dents have raised $50,000.
Sponsors of this year's event included Bank One Michigan, the Jewish
Federation, the Agency for Jewish Education, the Jewish News, the Jewish
Educators Council and Temple Beth El. Ell

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Sandy Gale of West
Bloomfield and
Nancy Ruder of
Canton weigh the
coins.

Penny sorters are
Ryan Sakwa, Jared
and Linda
Weinerman, and
Marla Sternberg, all
of West Bloomfield.

Explaining the
work of the Anti-
Defamation League
is Carol Maisells of
Bloomfield Hills.

Sorting the money are
Mari Landis of West
Bloomfield, Rachel
Keidan of West
Bloomfield, Shelly
Littman of Oak Park,
and Betsy Keidan of
Orchard Lake.

Sara Manson of
Southfield and Beth
Komisar of Novi
prepare the coins
for the kids to sort.

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Ryan and Starr
Kramer of
Farmington Hills
check the coins in a
Beth El display