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Cookies And More
Kadima and Shaarey Zedek partner
on a project that expands horizons.
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Bakers from Kadima and Shaarey Zedek are participating in the Progressive
Cookie Project.
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synagogue members. Cellia Kleiman’s
Cowboy Cookie is crunchy around the
edges and softer in the middle. The other
was an old-fashioned chocolate chip
cookie submitted by Mireille Plotke.
The game was on in this competition
for the reigning cookie. The first batch
from the oven looked like a big pancake;
while not a conventional cookie, it was
still delicious. The teams quickly learned
how to perfect their batches.
Whether or not Kadima participants
chose to share their illness with their
teammates didn’t matter. Labels were
shed at the door.
“I’d been around people with mental
illness my entire life; I knew better than
to place a label on someone,” CSZ Rabbi
Yonatan Dahlen said. “That was special
about the day. No one was treating any-
one differently than you would a friend.
As soon as we threw on the hairnets, we
were all full of laughter. It was a great
bonding experience.”
Now it was time to hear what the
public thought. More than 350 cookies
came out of the kitchen that June day.
They were to be devoured and voted on
the next day at Shabbat lunch. When the
results were in, Team “Ol’ Fashion” had
the reigning cookie.
But what really mattered was the
experience of getting to know each other.
Participants of the Progressive
Cookie Project will come together
twice a month for more baking and
bonding. For details, contact Wren
Hack at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
at (248) 357-5544.
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T
he Progressive Cookie Project
is not about baking cookies —
rather it is a teaching and learn-
ing environment for all participants.
The project was inspired by the
Altamont Bakery at Congregation
B’nai Emunah in Tulsa, Okla., which
pairs synagogue volunteers with
residents of the Altamont Apartments
operated by the local mental health
association for amazing outcomes that
go beyond cookies.
In a similar way, Southfield’s
Congregation Shaarey Zedek volunteers
are teaming up with participants from
Kadima, a 33-year-old organization
dedicated to providing service and sup-
port to individuals with mental illness.
While cookies are the only tangible
outcome of the Progressive Cookie
Project, there are many unseen benefits
to this immersive experience, and part-
nering allows a new way to educate and
break barriers on the topic of mental
illness.
The first day of cookie baking was June
25 at Shaarey Zedek. Before the oven
had been heated or the batter mixed, the
group talked about the personal chal-
lenges they thought would affect them
during the baking process. Some partici-
pants discussed how they were nervous
about baking or unsure of what was to
come. Everyone had a challenge that
would be met with during the day.
Two team leaders were chosen from
Kadima. They then chose their cooking
crews. Each team had its own recipe
to make that day — each submitted by
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