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MAY

HILLER'S SOLD TO KROGER

Metro Detroiters are responding to the recent news about the sale of Hiller's
Markets grocery stores to the Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. with a mix of sad-
ness and nostalgia. The transition from Hiller's to Kroger took place in July.

MAY: Rachel

SAD LOSS

Jacobs with

Rachel Jacobs, 39, co-founder of expat support group Detroit Nation, was
killed when a New York-bound Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia on
Tuesday evening, May 12. She was known for her kind and caring heart, her
exceptional business acumen, and the profound impact she made on the many
lives she touched with her friendship, compassion and boundless energy.

son, Jacob,

and hus-

band, Todd

MAY: Hiller's is sold to the Kroger Co.

Waldman.

WALK FOR ISRAEL

The annual Walk for Israel, a community celebration of the establishment of
the State of Israel in 1948, drew support from more than 2,000 participants on
sunny May 17 at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield.

YOUTH GROUPS WIN HONORS

MAY: Israel supporters on the Walk for

MAY: Detroit NCSY chapter members cheer

Israel.

their Chapter of the Year win at the spring

The Detroit chapter of NCSY took home the Chapter of the Year award at
the Central East regional convention May 25 in Dublin, Ohio. The region
also includes Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Members of
Detroit's chapter of United Synagogue Youth returned from their regional
spring convention in Cleveland bleary-eyed yet happy to have clinched the
Chapter of the Year award for the second year running.

JUNE
COMMERCE/WALLED LAKE CHABAD OPENS

regional convention in Dublin, Ohio.

On June 7, the Chabad Jewish Center of Commerce/Walled Lake celebrated
its grand opening. The 1,800-square-foot building houses space for the
Commerce Chabad Hebrew School, b'nai mitzvah lessons and adult education
classes, and a sanctuary that serves as a multi-purpose room for programs,
events and Shabbat Kiddush.

SHELTER FOR ABUSED ELDERS

MAY: Members of the MCUSY chapter

celebrate with a "selfie" after winning

Chapter of the Year in the Central Region of

JUNE: The sanctuary at the Chabad Jewish Center

United Synagogue Youth.

of Commerce/Walled Lake.

To safeguard older adults from this silent-yet-growing epidemic, Jewish Senior
Life of Metropolitan Detroit launched the Center for Elder Abuse Prevention,
the first shelter of its kind in Southeast Michigan. The center will provide free
short-term housing for a maximum of 90 days to all individuals, regardless of
faith or race, age 60 or older, who need respite from an abusive situation.

WENDROWS REACH SETTLEMENT

The ordeal that began seven years ago when Thal "Tali" and Julian Wendrow
were falsely accused of sexually abusing their then-14-year-old autistic daugh-
ter culminated in a $2 million settlement between the Wendrow family and
Oakland County.

HISTORIC RULING

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JUNE: Ian, Tali, Julian and

Aislinn Wendrow

JUNE: As soon as the Supreme Court ruling was announced,

Brian Kutinsky, left, texted a proposal to his partner, Michael

Neumann. They have been together for more than 23 years

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

and live in Franklin with their three children.

THE JEWISH INSITLITE

It was a day for rainbows, proposals and celebrations as the long-awaited
Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage was announced and the
history-making news quickly spread. As soon as the announcement was made
on June 26, same-sex couples and gay rights supporters throughout Metro
Detroit reacted with a mixture of astonishment and joy.

JULY
YAD EZRA TO BUILD GREENHOUSE

Yad Ezra was given the green light by the city of Berkley to build a greenhouse
at its headquarters on 11 Mile Road. Yad Ezra secured funding for the green-
house through a $100,000 gift from Matt and Nicole Lester, and a $400,000
grant over three years from the Fisher Family Foundation. The greenhouse will
be completed in 2016.

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE TO BE DIGITIZED

JULY: Rendering of the Yad Ezra

JULY: First issue

greenhouse.

of the Detroit
Jewish Chronicle.

The Detroit Jewish News Foundation announced it would digitize every issue
of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle, which was published from March 1916 until
July 1951. Since the digitization project was completed in the fall, the public
has an entire century of Detroit Jewish history, completely searchable, at its
fingertips at www.djnfoundation.org.

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