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"What I need to leave my bachelorhood
behind and commit to making a family
is a safe, provocative, communal space
that will educate my children and pro-
vide for my own continuing education."
young adults and worthy of the
title "Arsenal of Democracy" are
programs and policies aimed to
reduce inequality instead of just
isolating it. If we are giving mid-
dle-class young people financial
incentives to move to the city, can
we not match that with dollars to
aid keeping people already living
in Detroit in their homes?
Please think about what it was
like attending a neighborhood
public school: how meaningful it
was to have a diverse population
amidst our Jewish one, how you
walked to school or took a bus,
how you stayed in school after
hours.
With the continual dismantle-
ment of the public school sector
in Detroit, we are losing city assets
that your grandchildren will be
yearning for. While it is clear that
the state of DPS is in crisis and
giftware like fine glass vases, beer
steins, T-shirts and other"funky,
cool stuff you can't find elsewhere,"
Berger said. "It's a great place to
buy someone a birthday present'
How do you characterize such a
store? "You don't," said Berger.
"We carry a little bit of every-
thing. We can't be labeled as just
one type of place. We're almost like
a Spencer's gift shop, with more of
a smoking accessory feel. We're a
throwback mixed with modern day.
We're urban, but we're also homey!'
Cloud 22's urban side supports
the rebirth of downtown Pontiac,
which has seen its share of empty
storefronts in recent years.
Yashinsky, a current Bloomfield
Hills resident who grew up in Farm-
ington Hills and attended Hillel Day
School, and Berger, who now lives
in Birmingham and attends ser-
vices at Temple Israel, saw Pontiac
as a centralized Oakland County
location for their business and an
up-and-coming city for retail shops.
"We wanted to be part of the
rebirth of downtown Pontiac,"
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that drastic measures are defi-
nitely necessary, I urge our Jewish
community, which is currently
investing in Detroit as a place of
retention for our youth, to become
involved in saving Detroit's public
institutions.
We must think ahead and
picture what a truly just, truly
comfortable and inspiring city will
look like. I assure you that what we
conjure in our collective imagina-
tions are examples once rooted in
a strong public sector. PIT.
Oren Goldenberg is a filmmaker in Detroit,
director and producer of the feature-length
film about DPS, Our School, and the upcoming
documentary Brewster Douglass, You're My
Brother, about the first black public housing
in America. He owns Cass Corridor Films
and is a regular attendee at the Isaac Agree
Downtown Synagogue.
Berger said, adding that Mayor
Leon Jukowski has given Cloud 22
his"thumbs up"and that sales are
increasing every week. "It's just a
vibrant time, and business is doing
wells'
As testament to their com-
mitment to the business and to
Pontiac, Yashinsky and Berger
purchased the building that houses
Cloud 22.
Berger and Yashinsky are looking
toward online sales in the near fu-
ture, but for now, they're enjoying
their success in Pontiac and watch-
ing the city come back to life.
"It's nice to see some of the emp-
ty storefronts filled," Berger said.
The business partners envision
future Cloud 22 stores in Royal Oak
and other Metro Detroit cities, and
even as far out as East Lansing.
"This is a pipe dream, but we
would possibly franchise in the
future," Berger said. "We're young;
we're hungry; we're looking for-
ward to taking Cloud 22 wherever
it's needed!'
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REMEMBERING WHEN...
From the archives of the
Detroit Jewish News
ALLIES MUST AVERT CLOSING
OF PALESTINE, WILLKIE SAYS
November 5, 1943
New York — Declaring that the United Nations must prevent the closing of
Palestine either as a temporary haven or permanent home, Wendell L. Willkie, 1940
presidential nominee, Monday night called for the abrogation of the White Paper,
which bars Jewish immigration into Palestine.
"The policy of the White Paper mirrors the era of appeasement which gave it
birth, and, as that philosophy has been discredited, so must the White Paper be
abrogated, " Willkie wrote. "The extent of Jewish immigration to Palestine must be
measured by the needs of the Jewish people and by their ability to develop their
homeland in accordance with the international covenant made with them.
"It will be a shameful blot on the conscience of mankind if this promise is
extinguished."
COMMUNITY CENTER POSTPONES ACTION ON
MOVE TO RESCIND SABBATH PROGRAMMING
October 9, 1959
By a slim margin, the board of directors of the Jewish Community Center voted, late
Wednesday night, to table a proposal to repeal its decision of three weeks ago to
open the Center's facilities for programming on Saturdays, commencing at 1 pm.
... (Samuel) Simmer's motion (to table) was offered after the Center board had
heard an appeal for repeal of the Sabbath programming decision from Rabbis
Samuel Prero (Orthodox), Morris Adler (Conservative) and Leon Fram (Reform).
A number of other rabbis and congregational leaders were present to indicate
that their memberships had voted to urge abandonment of plans for the Sabbath
functions at a publicly-funded agency. The requests came in the forms of urgent
appeals to avoid desecration of the Sabbath.
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