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New Friends
Detroit-based grad students form a new association.
Josh Morof } jewish@edu writer
T
hroughout the stressful
ture hall to explore our city as
process of applying to
often as we would like, it is still
medical school, it did not
very apparent that Detroit is rap-
cross my mind to consider the
idly becoming the place for young
school’s Jewish community on
Jews to live and work. Yet, while
campus. Fortunately, Wayne
we have large Jewish student
State University’s School of
groups at our medical and law
Medicine, where I am currently a
schools, one thing we are miss-
second-year student,
ing is a strong and united
ABOVE:
has a larger and more
Detroit Jewish graduate
Graduate students:
active Jewish commu-
student organization.
Edward Drizik, Josh
nity than I ever would
With Wayne State
Morof and Elana Folbe,
have imagined. While
all WSU medical students University, the University of
and Jewish Medical
Jewish students make
Detroit, Oakland University
Student Association
up only around 5 per-
and even some Michigan
members; Mitchell
cent of our school,
State programs in the
Shecter, MSU DO; Mara city or close by, there are
our Jewish Medical
Steintz and Molly Levine, undoubtedly hundreds of
Student Association
WSU law student and
(JMSA) has nearly 60
Jewish graduate students
Jewish Law Student
members.
living and studying in the
Association member.
Our group puts on
Detroit area. While we are
monthly bagel brunches
grateful to have a plethora
and hosts Shabbat dinners each
of Jewish programming in the city,
semester, sponsored by Hillel of
the niche graduate community is
Metro Detroit. We spend time vol-
not specifically addressed. That is
unteering at organizations like Yad
why we are working to kick-start a
Ezra and participate in Jewish com- new community for young Jewish
munity events, such as NEXTGen’s
graduate students living and study-
Pitch for Detroit.
ing in the city. Working with student
Recently, we started a relation-
representatives across 10 graduate
ship with the American Healthcare programs in Detroit, we held our
Professionals and Friends for
first event, a bar night on Nov. 3
Medicine in Israel, also known as
at the Detroit City Distillery inside
APF, where Jewish doctors come
Eastern Market. My hope is this will
to speak to our students about
be the first of many events to come
how to support Israel as a physi-
for this emerging community. @
cian. Most importantly, we work
Josh Morof of West Bloomfield is a medical
to maintain our sense of Jewish
student at Wayne State University. For more
identity while building a Jewish
information or to get involved with the Jewish
community for medical students
Medical Student Association or the Jewish
living and studying in Detroit.
graduate student community in Detroit, email
While we do not leave the lec-
him at jmorof@med.wayne.edu.