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Weaving is a "personal thing" to Deitch; his art is a deep part of his Jewish

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Artist in School Program, funded
through the DeRoy Testamentary
Foundation.
"Our very first project was a
remarkable leap of faith, involving
a b'nai mitzvah class of 20 students
at Congregation Shir Tikvah in Troy,
working with Rabbis Arnie Sleutelberg
and Aaron Starr:' Daitch says,
With three warp looms — each
threaded with three tallitot — on
Sunday mornings over two months,
the group completed 20 tallits as b'nai
mitzvah gifts to be donated anony-
mously to Jewish families in the for-
mer Soviet Union who were unable to
afford prayer shawls for their children.
As a result of that first project,

OPENING THE DOORS ...

Students with learning challenges
responded particularly well to the
tactile, kinesthetic learning style of
Daitch's program. With that discovery,
Ellen Maiseloff, director of Federation's
Opening the Doors Program, stepped
in to extend the reach of the program
to students with special needs.
"There's so much more at work in
Michael's program than what meets
the eye. His gentle and engaging
teaching style makes perfect sense
of the many different ways in which
each child can best learn and suc-
ceed,"Maiseloff says."Weaving a tallit

I now have a formula that virtually
never goes wrong — no matter what
the capabilities of the student:' he says.
Weaving is a "personal thing" to
Daitch, his art is deeply woven into his
Jewish identity
"I believe in the Jewish ethics of giv-
ing back to the community — as much
as I can and in any way that I can. And
through weaving, I know I am making
a difference *

Find Daitch at coatofmanycolorshandweavers.

corn. or coatofmanycolorshandweavers@yahoo.

corn. A longer version of this story first appeared

on Federation's myjewishdetroit.org, where Vivian

Henoch is editor.

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is an experience each child can own
— a personal achievement that helps
strengthen their identity. That sense of
empowerment shines through every
moment of the bar mitzvah celebra-
tion for the entire family'
Through Daitch's work, one family
was moved to set up an endowment
for students with special needs in the
program at Temple Israel."We serve
about five b'nai mitzvah students a
year through Opening the Doors,"
Daitch says, "and by my estimate, I'd
say we've touched the lives of 35 to 40
families through this one program'

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