Opposite page:
Evan Bloom, 7, ofWest Bloomfield works
hard, testing his newly made shofar.

Harriet Hessenphaler ofWest Bloomfield helps
her granddaughter, Emily Hessenphaler, 5, of
Huntington Woods, put icing on an apple.

This page, clockwise from top kfi:
Rebecca Hess, 6, of Oak Park gets help with
her tool belt from Gail Greenberg, JEFF
program coordinator.

Rabbi Ahron Davidson tests a shofar for Evan
Bloom, 7, of West Bloomfield, left.

Simi Buckwold, 4, of Oak Park gets her face
painted by Brocha Finman, 15, of Oak Park.

Debbie Wechsler ofWest Bloomfield directs her
daughter Rachel, 2, toward a pile of apples.

Pals Lyla Craft, 10, and Ruthie
Lehmann, 9, both of West Bloomfield,
had just finished making apples coated
with really gooey chocolate and vanilla
icing. (Congregation Beth Shalom
sponsored the "Edible Station: Apple
Smiles" booth.) A lot of icing was
there, Ruthie admitted, "but actually,
it's good." Lyla added, "I'll eat this
when I get home."
Another fan of the make-a-vase
booth was Hannah Rachel Rich, 7,
of Southfield, who made her lovely
purple-and-green vase "for my
mommy," while Devorah Leah Kroll,

"I'm almost 9," of Oak Park, had a
lot of fun making a Simchat Torah
flag at the Congregation Shir Tikvah
booth.
The table there was filled with tiny
apple erasers and sparkly shapes to be
glued on to pastel-colored flags. There
also were googly eyes (very popular)
and Torah-scroll cutouts. Devorah
Leah described the cloth used to make
the flags: "It feels like the blankets in a
hotel."
An ever-popular feature was, the
Apples & Honey Shofar Factory, run
by Rabbi Ahron Davidson of Oak

Park. The shofar expert showed the
curious crowd how the horns, to be
sounded on the High Holidays, are
fashioned.
JEFF Director Lisa Soble
Siegmann, wearing her yellow hard-
hat and orange safety vest, stopped to
chat and visit with the guests, while
JEFF chairman Karen Alpiner collect-
ed toys and donations for a new pro-
gram that provides gifts to Jewish
children-in-need.
"I liked making a vase for my grand-
parents," said Evelyn Stein, 6, of
Livonia. On her arm was a picture of a

whale, just applied at the face-painting
booth. "I got it because I like whales
and swimming. I'm on the swim
team."
Rachel Hughes, 12, of Novi also
enjoyed the face-painting booth, while
Bonnie Green, 6, of Livonia, said she
liked best "when I got to go jumping
in the jumping thing."
And Elizabeth Stein, 11 ("I'm
Evelyn's sister") of Livonia — well, she
couldn't be pinned down. 'Actually,"
she said, "I liked all of it." ❑

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