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Beth Rodgers
Special to the Jewish News
T
he Sisterhood of Congregation
Beth Shalom in Oak Park
will hold an Empty Bowls
fundraiser to help combat hunger on
Sunday, March 15, from 11:30 a.m. to
2 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the
Jewish anti-hunger organizations Yad
Ezra and Mazon.
The event is chaired by Beth Shalom
member Julie Grodin of Huntington
Woods with the help of Sisterhood
President Fran Hildebrandt of
Farmington Hills.
The community is invited to enjoy a
single bowl of soup (all made kosher,
parve or meat), along with bread and
dessert for $10. All-you-can-eat soup is
also available for $15. Toward the end
of the event, remaining soup will be
sold in take-home containers for $10.
Guests may also purchase ceramic
bowls painted by Beth Shalom mem-
bers and religious school students.
Musical entertainment will be pro-
vided by pianist David Rodgers of Oak
Park, a Beth Shalom member.
A dozen soups will be available,
most made by Beth Shalom Sisterhood
members. Char Gordon, a resident
of Huntington Woods, is preparing a
roasted cauliflower soup. She doesn't
have a recipe. "Soup is just something
you just kind of make:' she said.
Gordon's contains roasted cauliflower,
garlic, onion and a mix of spices.
A butternut squash and Granny
Smith apple soup, prepared by Vicki
Salinger of Southfield, is flavored with
cinnamon and nutmeg, spices that she
says make it "smooth and sweet:' She
first saw the recipe on Good Morning,
America with Emeril Lagasse, then
found the recipe online to try herself.
Bobbie Lewis of Oak Park will make
a cabbage, bean and pasta soup that
is low in fat, high in fiber and con-
tains all food groups except dairy. The
recipe calls for ground beef, but Lewis
uses soy crumbles to make it pareve.
Lewis describes it as a great one-dish
meal. She picked up the original recipe
years ago at a Weight Watchers meet-
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Shayna, 9, and and Rose, 12, Mouradian
of Southfield
Sample soups
at Beth Shalom
fundraiser.
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Empty
Bowls
To Fight
Hunger
Aaron
Sugarman, 12,
of Huntington
Woods
ing.
Kravings (Quality Kosher Catering)
is donating two gallons of its
Hungarian Vegetable soup. Paul Wertz
of Dish Kosher Cuisine is also donat-
ing soup.
Beth Shalom Religious Director
Michael Wolf said he was pleased to
collaborate with Sisterhood by hav-
ing the religious school students paint
bowls on a recent Sunday.
"It becomes a congregational project
and allows students to have an under-
standing of the needs of the communi-
ty:' he says. Part of the religious school
curriculum revolves around the idea of
tikkun olam — repairing the world —
and this activity perfectly captures that
message, he said.
Student Aaron Sugarman, 12, of
Huntington Woods said he enjoyed the
Empty Bowls project. "We are so for-
tunate, and I want to help people not
be poor or hungry, so they can look
forward to a meal every day:'
Shayna Mouradian, 9, of Southfield
echoes those sentiments when she
says, "It's a charity, it's really fun to
do, and it's making the world a better
place:' Her sister, Rose, age 12, adds,
"Being able to make a difference in the
world, even if it's small, is not just for
you, but for someone else:'
Event beneficiary Yad Ezra (yadezra.
org) is celebrating 25 years in the
Detroit Jewish community. Mazon
(mazon.org), based in Los Angeles,
Calif., is another Jewish response to
hunger.
According to the group's website, 49
million Americans are hungry, includ-
ing 17 million children and 4.8 mil-
lion seniors. Mazon also helps some
of the 1.8 million Israeli citizens who
live below the poverty line, including
440,000 families and 871,000 children.
Beth Shalom is at 14601 Lincoln
in Oak Park. For more about Empty
Bowls, contact the Beth Shalom office
at (248) 547-7970 or cbs@
congbethshalom.org .
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Beth Rodgers is a freelance writer and
editor and the author of the young adult
novel Freshman Fourteen.