Metro

AROUND TOWN

All-Day Sukkah Soiree

Community Sukkot celebration held in Birmingham's Shain Park.

Alan Borman of

Birmingham and
Oscar, 14 months

F

rom sun-up to sundown, parents, children, students and young adults
made themselves at home inside a special sukkah built by the Birmingham
Bloomfield Chai Center in Birmingham's Shain Park. In the early afternoon,
about 300 people gathered for "pizza in the hut" with food, music
and crafts for families.
"It was an incredible turnout:' said Jennifer Levine, direc-
tor of the Young Adult Division of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit. "The kids made miniature sukkot with
graham crackers, frosting, coconut and licorice. We also served
green "lulav shakes" made with lime sherbet and sprite. They
were a big hit!"
When the parents and children headed home, Rabbi livi
Muller from Partners in Torah of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah in
Southfield took over. He led a study session under the stars fol-
lowed by a sukkah bar night for about 125 young adults which
moved over to the Birmingham Community House. The daylong

event Oct. 16 dubbed "Shakin' it in Shaid was a kick off for the newly named Kehillah
(community in Hebrew) Young Adult Council. The group recently formed to address the
problem of young adults moving away from Metro Detroit. Participating synagogues and
organizations included the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Adat Shalom, Beth
Ahm, Beth El, B'nai Moshe, B'nai B'rith, Hillel of Metro Detroit, U-M Hillel, JCC, NS,
Partners in Torah, Shaarey Zedek, Temple Israel, Shir Shalom, Young Israel of Oak Park
and YAD. The event was sponsored by the Blumenstein Family Young Adult Fund.
"The main objective of Kehillah is to engage and attract young people and provide
them with affordable social events where they can meet other like-minded Jewish young
adults to network and build a stronger community," said Levine. "The success of this
event proves our young leaders are ready and willing to come together. I'm confident
Kehillah will become an entity that will help sustain the community in the years to
come."
Spotted in the Shain crowd
were: Jill, Craig, Jamie, Miles
and Casie Menuck, Rebecca
and Adam Scheinfield,
and Sharone and Noah
Bigelman, all of Birmingham;
Lauren and Sean Kerman
of Royal Oak; Rachel, Jason,
Shira and Ari Ellis of Oak
Park; Michelle Komorn of
Bloomfield Hills; and Jessica
Sterling, liana, Benjamin
and Ryan Glazier, Dava, Eric
and Aiden Yanoff, Jennifer,
Rachel and Noah Freedland,
and Donna, Leonard, Tali
and Mia Finegold, all of West
Bloomfield.

❑

Rabbi Boruch Cohen of the

Ita Leah Cohen of Birmingham and Shua, 14

Birmingham/Bloomfield Chai Center

A26

October 23 • 2008

MI

Rabbi Simcha Tolwin of Huntington Woods
and his children, Yoni, 3, and Chaim, 12