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Noshin' Ilamantashen
Russian Division provides Purim fun.
Staff photos by
Krista Husa
rts, puppets and parcels of
treats were the focus at the
first family Purim party of
the Russian Division of
the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit, held March 9 at the Jewish
Community Center in Oak Park.
About 50 kids and as many adults
celebrated the holiday by crafting
Purim-character finger puppets, mak-
ing groggers and loading mishloach
manot Purim parcels with sweets.
The children also learned about
the needy in Israel and made tzedakah
jars to take home to fill with dona-
tions for Federation's Grand
Challenge Israel Emergency Fund.
"It was a nice, mellow, relaxing
event for Russian Jewish families,"
said David Contorer, the Russian
Division's liaison at Federation.
— David Sachs, senior copy editor
Clockwise from top left:
Jacob Rabinovich, 2, of Huntington
Woods colors on the Israel tzedakah jar
he made at the Purim party
7ivo-year-olds Samuel and Jacob
Aranovich of West Bloomfield play
with their toy balloons.
Eugene Friedman and granddaughter
Jade Heller 6, both of Bloomfield
Township, paste a Purist face on a
grogger they made together at the party.
Gail Greenberg ofFederation's Alliance
r Jewish Education, right, demon-
strates the hand puppet she made to
Zoe Urn Heller 3, of Bloomfield Hills
and Adida Friedman of Birmingham.
Inessa Khayakin and 3 :yea•-old Kelly
Khayakin o f Farmington Hills work
on a project together
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