metro >> around town eRACE Hunger Shaarey Zedek's inaugural race/walk raises $10,000 to benefit Yad Ezra clients. Winners of the Sept. 27 eRace Hunger 5k walk sponsored by the Berman Center for Jewish Education Matt and Brook Weingarden of Orchard Lake with Maya, 5, Nancy and Harold Finkel of Bloomfield Hills, Randee Lipman of West Bloomfield and eRace Hunger organizer Adam Finkel of Bloomfield Hills Sam Zerin with Ezra, 5 months, and his parents, Ruth and David Grey and Ellen Fulbe with their twins, Ethan and Jeff Moss of West Bloomfield hugs his daughter Estee, 12, Michael Zerin of West Bloomfield Erin, 10, of Bloomfield at the finish line while mom, Leigh, looks on. Sweet Sukkah JFS attracts b'nai mitzvah students to its Because We Care Sukkot program. G litter. Pool noodles. And plenty of chocolate syrup. Those were just a few of the key ingredi- ents Sept. 20 when 15 kids gathered at Jewish Family Service in West Bloomfield for "Sundaes in the Sukkah," the agency's kick-off event for its Because We Care program for b'nai mitzvah students. Rabbi Yisrael Pinson talked to the group about the importance of the holiday and what it means to be part of our community. Julia Kessler-Hollar of JFS talked about the types of families the agency serves. Fun — and ice cream — was had by all, thanks in part to donations from Home Depot (sukkah), Busch's (sundae bar), Star Trax and Winning Imprints (color-changing water bottles). * _1 Sammy Green, 12, of West Bloomfield and Emily Nusbaum, Kadie Hollander, 11, of Farmington Hills makes a decora- 11, of Farmington Hills enjoy their sundaes tive string for the sukkah. Irihntg; Te//, Lenna Peterson, 11, of Bloomfield Township and Leah Jacob Gussin and Chelsea Rosenbaum help put up decora- Jonathan Brasch, Lisa Steinberg and Rachel Siporin make Simakas, 11, of Oakland tions. decorations to be hung in the sukkah. 26 .tober 29 • 2015 JN