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jews d
in 
the

ing enslaved individuals escape 
across the river into Canada. A 
Jewish clothing manufacturer, 
Emil Heineman of Detroit donated 
new suits of clothing to help these 
people make a new life. His wife, 
Fannie Heineman, initiated many 
social projects, including helping to 
found Children’
s Hospital. 
When the war began, the 151 
Jewish families in Michigan in the 
1860s (half in Detroit) sent more 
than 180 men and boys to the 
Union fighting forces, an average of 
more than one per family. 
In the third session, students 
learn about the many social ser-
vice agencies often initiated by 
Michigan-born Jews to help immi-
grants from Eastern Europe, North 
Africa and the Middle East. 
The Traveling Trunk curriculum 
operates for grades 4-7 in 10 con-
gregational religious schools in the 
area. In recent years, participating 
schools have included Temples 
Israel, Shir Shalom, Beth El, Kol 
Ami and Beth Emeth in Ann 
Arbor, Farber Hebrew Day School, 

Congregations Shaarey Zedek, Adat 
Shalom, B’
nai Moshe/Beth Ahm 
and Beth Israel in Ann Arbor, and 
Temple Emanu-El/Congregation 
Beth Shalom. 
Canagany hopes to expand the 
program to religious schools in 
Grand Rapids and throughout the 
state. 
The educators who present 
Traveling Trunk have great enthu-
siasm for the project. People ask 
Schreiber, given her other demand-
ing jobs with Jewish youth (with 
Beth Ahm, Motor City USY and 
Central Region USY), how she has 
time for the Traveling Trunk curric-
ulum. Her answer is, “I don’
t. But 
this is such a cool thing that I have 
to do it.” 
People also ask if there really is a 
trunk. There are. Three for the four 
class sessions, each packed with 
materials. The original plan certain-
ly included an old-fashioned steam-
er trunk, but that turned out to be 
impractically heavy. Plastic storage 
tubs are much more practical. ■

Students find sites on historic maps of Jewish Detroit.

Girls’
 Night Out
Jewish National Fund and 
Thread-Connecting Jewish Women 
are sponsoring a Girls’
 Night 
Out Wine Tasting from 7-9 p.m. 
Thursday, March 7, at Specialties 
Showroom, 2800 W. 11 Mile Road 
in Berkley. 
Guest speaker Capt. (Res.) Libby 
Weiss was a prominent Israel 
Defense Forces spokesperson on 
social and traditional media. She 
told the IDF’
s story to millions of 
followers in several languages and 
oversaw the military’
s relations 
with major North American media 
in high-stress situations, such as 
the 2014 Gaza war.
The event is free. To register, go 
to jnf.org/wfidetroit. ■ 

Purim Volunteers 
Wanted
Join Women’
s Philanthropy’
s Tik-
kun Olam Volunteers (TOV) and 
JFamily in fulfilling the mitzvah of 
sending Mishloach Manot, Purim 
packages.
Everyone is invited to a day 
of volunteering from 1-3 p.m. 
March 10 at the Max M. Fisher 
Federation Building in Bloomfield 
Township to assemble and deliver 
more than 500 Purim parcels to 
the community’
s Jewish seniors 
living in non-Jewish housing and 
to sick children in local hospitals.
A $10 donation to help cover 
the cost of packages is request-
ed. Questions? Contact Debbie 
Grossman at grossman@jfmd.org 
or (248) 203-1456. ■

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Participate in facilitated book discussions 

while enjoying coffee, tea, and a nosh. 

Babysitting (out of diapers) available with reservation only. Must call 248.683.5030. 

Tuesday March 26 @ 10:30am 

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 

by Jamie Ford 

Facilitator: Nancy Gad-Harf 


Wednesday May 22 @ 10:30am 

All Who Go Do Not Return 

by Shulem Deen 

Facilitator: Helene Brody 

Thursday July 11 @ 10:30am 

The Map of Salt and Stars 

by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar 

Facilitator: Lauren Marcus Johnson, 

MLIS & Professional Facilitator 

Thursday September 19 @ 10:30am 

Two She-Bears 

by Meir Shalev 

Facilitator: Nancy Gad-Harf 

$10 per session or one 

free session with a new 

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