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all our family & friends.
SHANAH TOVAH!
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Solidarity
Seniors here and in Israel create quilt with love.
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May the coming year be filled
with health and happiness for
all our family & friends.
SHAN AH TOVAH!
Alexander & Gabriella Karp
e wish our friends & family a very healthy,
happy and prosperous New Year.
Mrs. Vela Jutkiewicz and Children
wish my friends & family a very healthy,
happy and prosperous New Year.
Gail M. Reichstein
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9/10
2004
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Sewn with love by local seniors, including Netti Freilich from the Brown Center Adult
Day Care program, Birdie Barth of Hechtman, Ida Waksberg ofFleischman, Margaret
Parker of Hechtman, Gertrude Weintraub of Fleischman and Shirley Miller of
Hechtman.
ROBIN SCHWARTZ
Special to the Jewish News
O
ne square shows two hands
joined together in love and sol-
idarity.
Another depicts the Tree of Life.
There are Jewish stars, smiling faces,
simple patterns and elaborate embroi-
dered designs.
The 40 or so colorful handmade
panels that make up the Partnership
2000 anniversary quilt each stand
alone as unique works of art. But,
together, the fabric squares — lovingly
sewn by elderly residents in Michigan
and Israel — has become something
more profound. The quilt represents a
powerful symbol of friendship, part-
nership and unity that spans thou-
sands of miles.
The Partnership 2000 quilt is actu-
ally two separate quilts that fit togeth-
er side-by-side. One was made in
Israel's Central Galilee, the other in
metro Detroit. The seniors who took
part in the project used colors, fabrics,
symbols and stitches to depict older
adult services that enrich their lives.
"I love it. I made it. We all worked
on it. I'm very proud of it," said 92-
year-old Margaret Parker, who helped
create the square representing the
Hechtman Jewish Apartments in West
Bloomfield.
Parker, who's been sewing since she
was 8, explained her group's design
illustrates bingo, music, challah,
movies, reading and exercise — all
things they enjoy as Hechtman resi-
dents.
Quilt As Metaphor
The idea of creating a partnership
quilt was born several years ago on a
bus ride during a mission to Israel.
Linda Blumberg, director of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's Commission On Jewish
Eldercare Services, says she and her
Israeli counterparts wanted to do a
joint, hands-on project that would
represent their partnership. A quilt
turned out to be the perfect metaphor.
"We envision what we do as a tapes-
try — providing support and assis-
tance in a variety of living environ-
ments," she said.
Numerous agencies are represented
in the Michigan portion of the quilt,
including the Hechtman, Teitel,