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» Maccabi Opens Detroit's third Games opened Sunday
with a grand ceremony at the Fox. See page 18.

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recycling education to Detroit students. See page 24.

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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» Changes At JET Jewish Ensemble Theatre hangs on in a
theater-challenged climate. See page 57.

Members of the Detroit delegation at
the opening ceremony for Maccabi

>> cover story

Awash In Water

Flooded Detroiters find aid through agencies and synagogues.

Stacy Gittleman I Contributing Writer

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Spencer Cherrin of Huntington

Woods stands in his flooded

basement. Damaged prayer

books there will be taken to

Congregation Beth Shalom for

proper burial.

Verdict
Is Out

Does Common Core really
advance education, or does
it hinder learning for kids?

Harry Kirsbaum

Contributing Writer

ewish organizations in Detroit and
around the country rose to the needs of
last week's flood victims as rapidly as
the waters rose in the streets and basements.
They provided hands-on assistance, from haul-
ing out damaged carpets and soggy sofas from
basements flooded with smelly sewage to offer-
ing financial assistance and loans.
Congregation Sharey Zedek in Southfield had
a free, warm Shabbat dinner waiting for its mem-
bers tired after a week of cleaning up. In the first
week of responding to Detroit's historic flood
caused by torrential rains on Aug. 11, there was
no shortage of an outpouring of help to Jewish
families in Ferndale, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge
and hardest-hit Huntington Woods.
By Thursday morning, Nechama, a Jewish
nonprofit disaster relief agency based in
Minneapolis, had boots on the ground in Detroit.

o some, the verdict is that it
will teach young American
minds how to better compete
in the global marketplace. Others feel
it will destroy public education in
America.
The Common Core State Standards
(CCSS) are intended to set clear college-
and career-ready standards for K-12
in English language arts/literacy and
mathematics at the state level, according

They quickly collaborated with Jewish Family
Service of Metropolitan Detroit as well as other
area nonprofits in the general population to help
the disabled, elderly homebound and economi-
cally disadvantaged in the secular and Jewish
communities.
Nechama Field Operations Specialist Mark
McGilvery drove through the night to arrive in
Detroit the morning of Aug. 14 to mobilize a
team of volunteers who could be ready to work
as early as last Friday.
"We are like a Home Depot on wheels:' said
McGilvery, referring to the trailers stocked with a
large amount of supplies and clean-up equipment
they are able to bring to populations affected by
natural disasters. Nechama, Hebrew for comfort,
has the capacity of training and mobilizing

CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

to the CCSS website.
"The standards establish what stu-
dents need to learn, but they do not
dictate how teachers should teach:'
the website states. CCSS enables col-
laboration among states in developing
textbooks and teaching materials, and
assessment systems that replace current
state testing systems to measure student
performance.
"The CCSS are true internationally

benchmarked standards that will raise
the bar for all Michigan students:' said
Shaton Berry, vice president for leader-
ship and CCSS team lead, Michigan
PTA. "We think expectations for our
students should be the same as those

CONTINUED ON PAGE 33

Add 26 + 17 by breaking apart

numbers to make a ten.

Use a number that adds with
the 6 in 26 to make a 10.
Since 6 + 4 = 10, use 4.

Think: 17 = 4 + 13.

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Add 26 + 4 = 30.

Add 30 + 13 = 43.

So, 26 + 17 = 43.

