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Steve Stein Contributing Writer

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ant to spend the fifth night
of Chanukah with 20,000 of
your closest friends?
The Chabad of Greater Downtown
Detroit is working with the Detroit Red
Wings on a Red Wings Chanukah Night
on Dec. 10 at Joe Louis Arena when the
Wings take on the Montreal Canadiens.
Group tickets are being sold in the
upper and lower bowls. Rabbi Yisrael
Pinson said Chabad will receive a small
portion of the ticket sales.
"There will be a mention of Chanukah
Night at the game, but we haven't figured
out the details yet:' he said.
Chanukah Night festivities actually
will begin in Campus Martius Park in
Downtown Detroit before the puck is
dropped at 7:30 p.m. at Joe Louis.
The 26-foot-tall "Menorah in the D"
in Campus Martius will be lit at 5 p.m.
for the fifth night of Chanukah and
there will be snacks and Chanukah food.
Festivities there begin at 3 p.m. There
also will be transportation to the arena
for those who want it.
This is the first time Chabad and Red
Wings have joined together for a Jewish-
themed game.
"We have a good relationship with the
Red Wings and Olympia Entertainment:'
Pinson said.
"We tried to do something like this
last year, but it didn't pan out. The Red
Wings contacted us and asked to do
something this year, and now we have
this game. We hope to make the game an
annual event during Chanukah:'
If Chanukah Night becomes an annual
event, it will be held in 2017 in the Red
Wings' new home, the $627 million
Detroit Events Center.
To purchase seats for the Dec. 10
game this year, go to detroitredwings.
com/chabad and use the promo code

CHANUKA. Those who RSVP for
Chanukah Night on Chabad of Greater
Downtown Detroit's Facebook event
page will receive updates on activities.
The Red Wings and Canadiens share a
Jewish hockey connection.
Former NHL defenseman Mathieu
Schneider, who is Jewish, began his
career in 1987 with the Canadiens and
played with the Red Wings for three-plus
seasons beginning in 2003. He won a
Stanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1993.
He was inducted into the International
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2014 and
U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015.
Pinson said Chabads across the coun-
try are partnering with professional
sports teams for special nights.

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GEORGES WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A
SINCERE THANK YOU TO OUR
CUSTOMERS WHO STUCK BY US
THROUGH TWO SUMMERS OF
CONSTRUCTION AT ORCHARD LAKE
& NORTHWESTERN HWY. IT IS OUR
PLEASURE SERVING YOU.

IF YOU'VE NEVER DINED WITH US,
WE INVITE YOU TO GIVE US A TRY.

THE MACCABI LADIES

Six longtime friends who were vol-
unteers at the JCC Maccabi Games &
ArtsFest in Detroit in 2014 liked working
there so much that they did it again in
2015, this time in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Sara Schwartz, 80, Marlene Cassidy,
76, Roz Meyers, 76, Beverly Rappaport,
76, Doris Shanbrom-Ross, 76, and Pat
Bircoll, 75, who are all from the Detroit
area and now either live or spend lots
of time in Florida, served food at both
Maccabi Games venues.
"They enjoyed working so much in
Detroit that they volunteered to serve
food again in Fort Lauderdale said
Franci Silver, Detroit Maccabi delegation
head. Shanbrom-Ross is her mother.
"During the day [in Florida], the ladies
hung out, played canasta and shopped.
Then they drove from Boca Raton in the
evening to serve dinner; Silver said.
The women's work isn't done.
"They're planning to go to the
Maccabi Games in Stamford, Conn., next
year to help out:' Silver said. *

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