mcontents Sept. 22-28, 2016 I 19-25 Elul 5776 I Vol. CL, No. 8 theJEWISHNEWS SHABBAT & HOLIDAY LIGHTS Shabbat: Friday, Sept. 23, 7:09 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Sept. 24, 8:08 p.m. Shabbat: Friday, Sept. 30, 6:57 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Oct. 1, 7:55 p.m. Rosh Hoshanah 1: Sunday, Oct. 2, 6:53 p.m. Rosh Hoshanah 2: Monday, Oct. 3, 7:52 p.m. Holiday Ends: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 7:50 p.m. Times accoding to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. Cover design: Michelle Sheridan The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern HWY., #110, Southfield, MI 48034. Love Letter No. / by Marsha Plafkin is included in ArtPrize, which runs through Oct. 9 in Grand Rapids. Around Town 20, 28-30 Marketplace 54 Columnists Arts & Life 39 Metro 12 Roche! 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Our rewards are informed, educated readers, very satisfied advertisers, contented employees and profitable growth. oratette , Health. A fresh start. A good education. The next great business idea. Hebrew Free Loan gives interest- free loans to members of our community for a variety of personal and small business needs. HFL loans are funded entirely through community donations which continually recycle to others, generating many times the original value to help maintain the lives of local Jews. Mike Smith Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist T community's efforts to help those who suffered in the aftermath of Katrina, but two stood out. First, Dr. Howard Klausner of Southfield was part of a 35-member Disaster Medical Assistance Team from Michigan that worked with FEMA. Klaussner, who specialized in emergency medicine, spent many days and nights working in portable hospitals assisting those that Katrina left wounded. I also very much liked the story of the "Kids for Katrina." As part of the national "Project Yalkut," children from all classes at the Hillel Day School of Metropolitan As a longtime Hebrew Free Loan Board member, Carolyn Tisdale has played different roles and participated in many ways at the agency, but she clearly remembers being new to HFL. "Even though I was learning the ropes with an experienced Board member, this was during the worst of the recessionary times here, and many of the stories we heard from the borrowers were desperate, so our help was critical. I think the trends are much more positive now. Over time, I think the feel-good loans we make have increased." Carolyn currently chairs a committee managing one such "feel-good" loan, college loans for Michigan-based undergraduate and graduate students through the William Davidson Jewish College Loan Program. "I worked on this committee in its previous incarnation as JELS, and I enjoy it. It's a special privilege to make these loans for the future, to help replace interest-bearing loans with interest-free loans when possible, and keep students from graduating so far in the financial hole. It's a huge boost to our community that is credited to the William Davidson Foundation, to the many donors to HFL's named education funds, and to community partners. Students from all over the state benefit from their generosity, which enriches us all, potentially for many years to come. It's quite special that our Jewish community backs students in that way. "It feels good to be part of some- thing that helps people right now, and reaps benefits into the future." Become an HFL Donor. Click. Call. Give Now. www.hfldetroit.org 248.723.8184 Quick Click ... From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History ime sure passes swiftly, just like Mom told me it would as I got older. After cruising the William Davidson Digital Archive this week, I came across some stories in the Sept. 22, 2005, issue of the JN that made me sud- denly realize that it has been 11 years since Hurricane Katrina landed on the southern shores of America in August 2005 and devastated New Orleans and other cities near the Mexican Gulf coast. The result was a national disaster. There are several great stories in this issue of the JN about the Detroit Jewish My Story Detroit stuffed 200 backpacks with school supplies for needy kids in Houston, Texas. Talk about a heartwarming story! * HEBREW FREE* LOAN hfldetroit.org M Celebrating 120 Years M We Provide Loans. We Promise Dignity. 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 300 • Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org. gi Hebrew Free Loan Detroit # @HFLDetroit The Jewi s h OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT _11 ■ 1111 ■ 11111a. N September 22 2016 3