The conversation's leaping-off point:
grandparents, our relationships with
them, the unique role they play in our
lives and the common enemies we share.
Friday
9:30 a.m. Anxiety. Will the kids brave the
blizzard on their school break to come
back to camp?
3 p. m. No trip to the Latino Mission
Society would be complete without
bowling (and manually setting the
pins) on their four-lane basement alley.
Irrespective of the geographic, racial and
religious differences between the groups,
all of the volunteers are comparably poor
bowlers in the absence
of bumpers.
10 a.m. They came back! Kids shake off
layers of coats and snow and don't miss
a beat. One mother shares that her boys
literally dragged her out of bed to bring
them. Chaos and creativity ensue as
campers and volunteers craft their own
wizards, with materials from Arts and
Scraps, and instill them
with all variety of magical
powers.
4 p. m. Volunteers
watch a screening of
We Are Not Ghosts, a
2012 documentary that
shares compelling but
often unheard voices of
Detroiters as part of a
narrative of community
self-determination.
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4 p. m. Half of the volun-
teers don aprons to cook a
local-sustainable Shabbat
dinner at the Isaac Agree
Downtown Synagogue.
The rest stock up on pro-
visions at Ye Olde Butcher
Shoppe for an adventure
that includes snow-silent
Heidelberg Street and
Belle Isle.
Volunteer Adhem Elbezra,
5p.m. J-Serve heads
17, of Dearborn Heights
to the Repair the
World Moishe House
in Woodbridge to dis-
7 p.m. Participants Brian
cuss eating Jewishly with Rabbi Ariana
Dickstein, Lily Grier and Sierra Stone leap
Silverman of Temple Kol Ami in West
at the opportunity to lead the Kabbalat
Bloomfield, who lives down the street, and Shabbat service, which erupts into dance.
then has dinner with the house's four resi-
Twice.
dents, who share their experiences living,
working, learning and serving in Detroit.
8 p.m. Congregant Ruby Robinson gives
the d'var Torah, drawing a lesson for the
8 p.m. On a roundtrip People Mover ride
volunteers from this week's Torah portion,
— the first ever for some — the volun-
Parshat Tetzaveh: In the same way that
teers enjoy their ironic interaction with a
the high priest carried the 12 tribes of
group of riders on their way to the 18th
Israel on his shoulders and in his heart, as
Annual Motor City Tattoo Expo.
symbolized by the jewels on his epaulets
and breastplate, so, too, should we carry
9p.m. SchmoozeFest. Jewish young
our service to and love of Detroit with us
adults who live Downtown and in nearby
wherever we go.
neighborhoods join J-Serve for a party
at a Broderick Tower apartment to mix,
8:30 p.m. We dine at the synagogue on
mingle and enjoy a view that includes the
the delicious dinner prepared by the vol-
infield at Comerica Park.
unteers: winter green salad, kasha with
One of the distinguished guests,
eggplant, kreplach soup with sweet potato
Adam Milgrom, is in the final stages of
stuffing, a trio of hummuses, beet and
developing "a super-duper co-working
carrot slaw and, of course, hamantaschen.
space" in Detroit called, appropriately,
An Office in Detroit.
9:30 p.m. Walking past the sounds of live
music at Cafe D'Mongo's Speakeasy, the
Midnight. A blizzard hits. Snow blankets
volunteers head home, tired, wired and
the city. Blankets blanket the volunteers.
inspired.
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While You're Living Your Life
Craig Is Getting Ready
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tudents in grades 6-12 from around the community will gather
together to volunteer at and learn about organizations making a
difference in Detroit. J-Serve projects include gardening, painting,
food packing, park clean-up and more.
When? Sunday, April 21, from noon-4:30 p.m. Drop off and pick up at
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Hills.
For more information and to register, visit jservedetroit.org . Pre-
registration is required.
Questions? Contact Danny Bittker, program associate, BBYO Michigan
Region: (248) 432-5686 or dbittkerilbbyo.org ; or Jodie Gross, associate
director of education and youth at Adat Shalom Synagogue: (248) 626-
2153 or jgrossiladatshalom.org .
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