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or most kids, receiving a red, white and blue ribbon would
bring an appreciated show of American loyalty' that would
end up displayed on a backpack or a jacket.
For 12-year-old Hannah Gross of West Bloomfield such a
patriotic gesture, made by Joel Davidson, her eighth grade history
teacher at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit, it sparked an
idea.
She came home from school and said, 'Dad, let's make these and sell
them for donations in front of the house, - says Hannah's father, Dr.
Arnie Gross who helped Hannah along with her mother Judy and
brother Jesse, 14. "We made
about 100 — nice ones with
a brass clip — using a glue
gun."
"The ribbons were red,
white and blue and were in
the shape of a loop," Hannah
says. The kind the breast
cancer foundation uses and
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the kind people wear when
they are in mourning."
Soon, Hannah's neighbors
and friends joined her in the
project that grew to include a
bake sale and was moved to
a better-traveled site. Two
Eli Zucker, 7, Ari Zucker, 6 Hannah
days and several pin-making
Gross, 12, Sammi Haber, 12, Amanda
sessions later, sales hit a
Goldstone, 11, Andrew Goldstone, 8, and grand total of S1,741.
Noah Zucker, 9, all of West Bloomfield in
"One man pulled to the
front of Hannah Gross' home.
side of 15 Mile, but kept his
windows up, flipping
through his wallet for about three minutes," Hannah says. "That very
generous man gave us a one-hundred dollar bill. When I returned to
our station to put the money in the jar, I found out that at that same
time, a generous woman had just written a one-hundred dollar check."
Learning that Comerica Bank offered to match contributions
made to the Red Cross relief fund, Hannah took the proceeds
from the sale to them, making a donation of $3,482. "I think that
it was a mitzvah to be making a donation to people in need,"
Hannah says. "It is so important that people are generous and
willing to give. People seem to be supporting out country like
they should be." ❑

—Shelli Liebman Dorfman,
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For many Jews and non-Jews alike,
Babi Yar — whose 60th anniversary is
being marked this month — and
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"These violent acts [have] not disrupted the
friendship of the Arabs and Jews in this commu-
nity. We're all U.S. citizens first, and we live in
peace, love and harmony"

— Tarik Daoud of Bloomfield Hills, a Christian
Arab American who is co-chairman of the Detroit-
based American Arab and Jewish Friends — on the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

"We're a friendly and peaceful group that builds
bridges of understanding and avoids incidents."

— Arnold Michlin of Waterford, the Jewish co-
founder of the American Arab and Jewish Friends,
which he said helped curtail anti-Arab vandalism
and insults after the terrorist attacks.

) What's Eating Harry
Kirsbaum?

These days, what's happening in the
real West Wing has people talking.
Read it at
www.detroitjewisimews.com/opinion

) Federation Rally

Community-wide memorial and soli-
darity rally Sunday, Sept. 30, honors
victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks (also see page 16).

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