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Please join us as we celebrate the 27 th anniversary of Yad Ezra,
the kosher food pantry feeding vulnerable families in our community.

Aimee and Richard Simtob,
2017 honorees

Lisa and Scott Stern
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Dinner co-chair people

Amy and Eric Ersher

Jeffrey Supowit, President

Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek

Strolling Supper 6:00pm followed by a brief program 7:10pm - 8:00pm

Couvert $180 per adult

I $95 per young adult (19-40 years) I $70 per youth (8-18 years)

For more information about the dinner, please call Yad Ezra

258 548-3663 or visit our website www.yadezra.org

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Sukkot, and so we have several
can range from welcoming the
young folks in our community who
stranger to physical permanence.”
will be sitting down together
Weiner added that suk-
for a meal in the sukkah,”
kah conversations would
The Well’s Assistant Director
be going on throughout the
Matt Weiner said. “When
entire holiday of Sukkot.
the Detroit Jewish News
“We also plan to put the
approached us about this
questions to participants
initiative, it was clear that
who come to other Well-
taking these conversations
hosted events, where we
and infusing them with our
give young professionals a
communities and programs Matt Weiner
chance to engage and have
was a natural fit.”
meaningful conversations
The Well’s sukkah recipi-
with peers in a Jewish set-
ents will be asked to include a con-
ting,” he said.
versation about building a vibrant
Horwitz said, “It’s important to
community where youth can thrive
make sure the voices in the Jewish
and prosper. They’ll also ask a second community are heard as part of
question: What needs do they see in
the revitalization of Detroit and
the Jewish community in the coming
the region. And, as the JN moves
years for our younger generations?
through its 75th anniversary year,
Weiner said that every one of the
we’re being asked by more and
sukkah recipients is excited about
more people and organizations to
the event. “Many said that those
help convene and engage conver-
would have been the topics of con-
sations of significant importance
versation anyway and were happy
to the Jewish community. We’re
to know tha t these conversations
excited to partner with The Well,
would be part of a community-wide
the Community Foundation of
discussion.”
Southeast Michigan and the Knight
Avery Drongowski of
Foundation on behalf of our
Madison Heights is the
community.”
program and engagement
associate at The Well since
FOLLOW UP
graduating from University
After their conversations,
of Michigan School of Social
all On the Table participants
Work and Jewish Communal
will receive a simple survey
Leadership Program in
compiled by the University
April. She is one of the peo-
of Illinois at Chicago
ple borrowing a sukkah. It’s Avery Drongowski Institute for Policy and Civic
her very first one, she said.
Engagement, to learn more
“I’m excited to host this
about their participation in
conversation as someone who is
this project, the interesting ideas they
excited about engaging with region-
discussed and how this experience
al issues and civic health,” she said.
may impact their civic engagement
“Sometimes the number of challeng- moving forward. The Community
es in a community can seem over-
Foundation will publicly share these
whelming, and the barrier feels high outcomes by early 2018. “It is our
for folks to join the conversation.
hope that these conversations, and
“The On the Table platform
the resulting report, will inspire
reminded me that bettering our
additional civic engagement and
region begins with a basic question
generate new ideas that support the
around need. What opportunities
next generation,” Noland added.
do young people in our community
In addition, the Jewish News will
need to succeed? As a social worker, ask participants to complete a sur-
doing a needs assessment and ana-
vey relating to the needs of young
lyzing what needs are already being
people in the Jewish community in
met or where a community has
the coming years. Survey results will
room for improvement really guides
be reported in the JN.
the next steps in making the neces-
Weiner said he is particularly
sary changes.
excited about On the Table’s follow-
“It’s important to have these kinds up plans. “The Well has learned
of conversations so that we can con- from past events, like our event at
sider the motivations behind imple-
the Holocaust Memorial Center, that
menting change, including who is
there is a need to continue the con-
making the decisions about what
versation,” Weiner said. “We see On
people need,” she added. “Framing
the Table and its follow up as a way
this conversation inside of a sukkah
to launch these follow-up discussions
provides the opportunity to layer
and bring folks together from differ-
on Jewish themes that we discuss
ent backgrounds and areas to come
around the holiday of Sukkot, which
together and help revitalize Detroit.” •

