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bile the Downtown and Midtown areas of Detroit are
growing and flourishing, countless areas of the city still
require extra attention and TLC. A new collaboration
between the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue (IADS) and a neigh-
borhood block club called Eden Gardens is working to breathe green-
er and healthier life into an east side neighborhood through what will
be known as Cornerstone Farm.
The idea behind Cornerstone Farm was born in fall 2011 at an
IADS women's circle meeting. Synagogue member Blair Nosan of
Detroit spoke of the link between agriculture and Judaism, an idea
that struck a chord with Karen Knox, president of Eden Gardens and
an TADS member.

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Downtown
Synogogue
and Detroit
neighborhood
buds under
urban farming
project.

Sam Plotkin and Karen Knox

ate ready to dig in and start
growing crops -at Cornerstone

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Farm on Detroit's east side.

U.P. Treasure

100-year-old Temple Jacob
seeks to save historic home.

Shelli Liebman Dorfman I Contributing Writer

Temple Jacob in Hancock, Mich.

1942 - 2012

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fter living in New York, Indiana and Metro Detroit,
it took a 1984 work assignment to Michigan's
Upper Peninsula for Susan Burack to find her way
home — with a move to Hancock and with her involvement
at Temple Jacob, the only synagogue within a two-hour drive.
"The synagogue is a place of remarkable Copper Country
Jews who have kept Judaism alive for more than 100 years in
this rural, remote place," said Burack, now in her 12th non-
consecutive term as congregation president.
In its short heyday, Temple Jacob thrived with a 100-family
membership that funded construction of a synagogue in the
early 1900s. The current 15-member units remain committed
and strong, but time has taken its toll on the building.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary, the synagogue will host
festivities Aug. 9-12 that include a tour and museum exhibi-
tion of businesses and residences of Jewish families, Shabbat
services, a family history-sharing event and a gala anniver-
sary dinner.
The Temple Jacob Preservation Fund Centennial Campaign
also has been initiated to raise monies for structural repairs on
the roof, sandstone foundation, retaining wall and sidewalks.

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