Crafty fourth-
graders: Madeline
Sandberg, 9,
West Bloomfield;
metro >> around town
Raquel
Rosenberg, 9,
Bloomfield Hills;
Lauren Brown,
Holiday Fun
10, Franklin;
Ellie Kroll, 9,
West Bloomfield;
Claire Wolfe, 10,
Interactive programs
drive Tu b'Shevat learning
Royal Oak; and
Leora Kaye, 9,
Farmington Hills.
at Adat Shalom.
A
dat Shalom Synagogue students
in grades K-4, their teachers
and madrichim (teen teacher
assistants) learned about Tu b'Shevat dur-
ing interactive programs that took them
from station to station. The children
learned why we celebrate trees each year,
the connections between Tu b'Shevat
and Israel, and how they can help other
people, making the traditional references
to tithing in the Torah meaningful today.
The programs were planned and coor-
dinated by Jodi Gross, the Farmington
Hills' synagogue's associate director of
education and youth, along with Eli
Jacober, a Ramah Fellow.
Want to know
about the yummy
fruits grown in
Israel? Just ask
Artistic trio:
Abby Winkelman
and Doris Gold,
both 7 and of
Farmington
Hills, and Gracie
Raznick, 7, of
Bloomfield Hills.
madrichim Margo
Dickstein, 14,
of Farmington
Hills and Ben
Fisher, 15, of West
Bloomfield.
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New In Midtown
D
Chabad in the D open house draws a crowd to see its new facility.
espite bad weather conditions and traffic gridlock in
Midtown, 100 people visited the new Chabad House of
Greater Downtown Detroit on Jan. 16. During the open
house, visitors toured the facility and enjoyed an extensive fruit
buffet in honor of Tu b'Shevat.
Rabbi Yisrael and Devorah Pinson, directors of the new center,
thanked the participants for their support and led the instal-
lation of the large mezuzah on the front door. Rabbi Pinson
addressed the crowd with words of inspiration, inviting visitors
— both city dwellers and suburbanites — to get involved and
join the efforts of the Jewish community in Detroit.
He also reported that a new class has been started at the
house, and urged everyone to participate at 6 p.m. every
Thursday night for light refreshments and Torah study.
The Chabad House is centrally located at 278 Mack Ave., just
one block east of Woodward, with a private, secure parking lot
for visitors. To stay in touch with the progress of Chabad of
Greater Downtown Detroit, "like" the Facebook page at
facebook.com/ChabadintheD or sign up for a mailing list at
http://is.gd/chabadinthed.
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Devorah and Rabbi Yisrael Pinson,
new directors of Chabad in the D,
welcomed visitors during the open
house.
Donald and Leslie Goch of Armada, Michael and Linda Keslacy of
Sterling Heights, and JNF Michigan Chapter President Leora Bar-
Levav of Franklin, who spoke to the group about Tu b'Shevat
The exterior of Chabad in the D in Midtown Detroit
, j
Shmuel Pinson, 7, will move into the
Visitors gather to talk in the main foyer.
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house with his family.
Ben Friedman, Erik Wodowski, Nora
Feldhusen and Michael Evers, all of
Detroit