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Hundreds of people

gathered at the blowout

to share a meal.

Lag B'Omer
Blowout

NEXTGen hosts a citywide celebration.

ack in 2012, NEXTGen
decided to redefine Lag
b'Omer and lift it from
its status as a minor
Jewish holiday into a community-wide
celebration: the Lag b'Omer Blowout.
NEXTGen Detroit hosted its third
annual Lag b'Omer Blowout on
Sunday, May 18, at the Friendship
Circle in West Bloomfield. The event
brought together young adults from
throughout the community. With
more than 250 in attendance, it was
the largest Lag b'Omer Blowout ever.
Music was flowing and delicious
foods were being grilled as Rabbi
Yisrael Pinson of Chabad of Greater
Downtown Detroit, Rabbi Leiby
Burnham of Partners in Torah Detroit
and community leader Gary Torgow
led discussions on the holiday's
meaning.
Guests enjoyed a barbeque dinner
of hamburgers, hotdogs and other
delicious dishes including summer
beverages and craft beers selected by
the Lag b'Omer Blowout chairs Julie
Marx, Pinson and Burnham.
Josh Goldberg, a Lag b'Omer
Blowout committee member, said,"A
couple of years ago, we [the YAD
Jewish Life Committee] were thinking
of an idea for an event, and the
minor Jewish holiday Lag b'Omer
came up because celebrating it
seemed enjoyable, worthwhile and
doable.

"Because the holiday's not widely
celebrated, we kind of came out of
nowhere throwing a huge young-
adult Lag b'Omer event. It's been
said that we 'put Lag b'Omer on the
map."'
Following dinner, guests gathered
outside for a huge bonfire where
they roasted s'mores, reunited with
old friends and met new ones. Good
vibes were definitely felt throughout
the night. The blowout was the first
of many amazing summer events
from NEXTGen Detroit.
This event was a partnership
between NEXTGen Detroit, Friendship
Circle and Partners Detroit, and was
generously sponsored in part by
Jeffery Warsaw.

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For info on upcoming NEXTGen Detroit

summer events, visit www.facebook.

com/CommunityNEXT.

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