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The Well and the JCC held a spirited Chanukah celebration Dec. 16 at
The Eastern in Eastern Market. The evening was “LIT” with laughs, latkes
and klezmer from Klezundheit. Comedians YidLife Crisis and Detroiter
Sandy Danto also provided entertainment. LIT was funded in part by the
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation's Grassroots Initiative
Program, and was presented in partnership with NEXTGen Detroit, the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, Reboot and The Schvitz.
Eastern in Eastern Market, hosted by The Well and the JCC •

PHOTOS BY ROBERT EGAN

PHOTOS BY JAMIE FELDMAN & SASHA BIALOCK

About 45 people from the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, Jewish
Women’s Philanthropy group from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit, students visiting Detroit on alternative break from the College of
Wooster (Ohio) and community members from the Eden Gardens Block
Club on the east side of Detroit met on Sunday, Oct. 8, at the Eden
Gardens garden to celebrate Sukkot, harvest the remaining produce,
plant garlic for the next season and help put the garden to bed.
Everyone celebrated with pizza from Belle Isle Pizza, thanks to owner
and IADS board member, Leor Barak. •

Sandy Danto performs for the crowd.

Lisa Fisher, Michelle Kessler and Emilia Miller, all of West Bloomfield

Laura Hearshen, Illana Hearshen
and Matt Weiner

Downtown Synagogue Board President Jodee
Fishman Raines of Detroit talks to a neighbor.

Vadim Avshalumov of Detroit
harvests Brussels sprouts.

Roy Raines of Detroit, right

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January 4 • 2018

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Allie Gold, Benjie Klein and Michael Noveck

Noah Bakst,
Rachel
Fine, Alyah
Al-Azem and
Ari Walters

Michael
Cutler,
Allie Danto,
Stephen
Acosta and
Shayna Danto