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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

metro

Passover desserts have gotten a bad rap for tasting "Pesachdik"
... but not these scrumptious treats. See page 71.

cover story

Passover Of Freedom

To Detroit's Ethiopian Jews, the Exodus story is all too real.

She'll Liebman Dorfman
Contributing Writer

I

n the 1980s, while thousands of Ethiopian Jews
trekked away from economic hardship, religious
persecution and political unrest, Tesfaye Kebede's
daughters were being born into American freedom.
Kebede came to Michigan in 1971 and Briekty
Araia emigrated from Ethiopia in 1975. They
married in 1986 and raised their children in
Bloomfield Hills.
"I'm extremely fortunate to have been born free
in America," said Ellene, 22, of Bloomfield Hills.
She said her parents told her and her sister Sophia,

23, who lives in Detroit, "that many people tried to
escape Ethiopia for their freedom of religion."
"It's obvious many people struggled and lost
their lives for us to have this opportunity, and
I'm very grateful for their courage she said.
As the family prepares to celebrate Passover —
beginning this year at sundown Monday, April
18 — the holiday's commemoration of the exodus
of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt brings over-
whelming thoughts of Ethiopia to Kebede.
"In both cases, it's clear that there's no one above
you but God',' he said.

Above: Daughters Ellene, 22, and Sophia Tesfaye,

23, and their parents, Tesfaye Kebede and
Briekty Araia

metro

Counting The Money

Annual Campaign numbers
show some cracks.

I Don Cohen Contributing Writer

Passover Of Freedom on page 10

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he 2010 Annual Campaign of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit reached its goal of $29 million,
despite serious economic problems in Michigan and
across the nation.
But while this achievement makes Detroit the fifth largest
Jewish federation campaign in the United States, and keeps it
first in per-capita giving among the 18 North American feder-
ations in the "large city" category, it continues a steady decline
in dollars raised that has affected campaigns across the nation.

Counting The Money on page 16