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Year In
Review

2016

JANUARY

The Isaac Agree Downtown
Synagogue unveiled a new urban
agriculture program called Seeds
to Table just before Tu b’Shevat.
Volunteers nurture seeds into
plantlets then transplant them
into the community garden in the
spring.

Metro Detroit’s Jewish commu-
nity reacted to the lead-tainted
water crisis in Flint by collect-
ing bottled water and monetary
donations. Temple Shir Shalom,
B’nai Israel Synagogue, Temple
Israel, Congregation Beth Shalom,
Adat Shalom Synagogue, Hillel
Day School, Goodman Acker PC

30 December 29 • 2016

JANUARY: A view of the garden from the Eden Gardens
shipping container/tool shed that served as a sukkah last year.

JANUARY: Hillel Day School students Matthew Zivian and
Anna Weinbaum helped collect water for Flint residents.

FEBRUARY

The Jewish Fund, in partnership
with the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit, launched a
comprehensive community study
to gauge the health and welfare
needs of the Jewish community.

The Detroit Jewish News was
named the Michigan Press
Association’s 2015 Newspaper of
the Year in its circulation class —
winning 17 writing and design
awards in statewide competition.

The Michigan Department of
Transportation presented plans
to the Oak Park City Council for
extensive repairs to the I-696
overpass in Oak Park to fix drain-
age problems.

Tamarack Camps issued a new
immunization policy. By 2017,
no one will be allowed to come to
camp without documentation of
complete immunization.

JARC opened its new JARC
Center for Autism and
Rehabilitation Services in
Farmington Hills. The cen-
ter provides Applied Behavioral
Analysis (ABA), speech therapy,

law firm, Federation’s NEXTGen,
Moishe House Royal Oak, Repair
the World and The Well all
worked to help those in Flint.

physical therapy and occupa-
tional therapy services.

The JN featured a story on the
new coed Harvey Milk BBYO
chapter, formed after BBYO
changed its rules to allow people
to join chapters based on the
gender with which they identify.
The Harvey Milk chapter has 12
active members encompassing a
spectrum of gender identities.

MARCH

The JN profiled the new Detroit
City Moishe House in Detroit’s his-
toric Indian Village, which planned
to build off the continued successes
of the Moishe House in Royal Oak.

