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8 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2019
1942 - 2019
Covering and Connecting
Jewish Detroit Every Week
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pride abounds again.
As a perfect example of
what our “small” Detroit
Jewish community can do,
just after completing the
flurry of the holiday season,
our community has access to
events that include speakers
like Dahlia Lithwick, Bret
Stephens, Dara Horn, Lauren
Berkun, Dennis Prager and
Nikki Haley. The Jewish Book
Fair will take place with a vari-
ety of visiting authors, and the
community joined to celebrate
Scott Kaufman as he tran-
sitions from his position as
CEO at the Jewish Federation.
Also, numerous Melton
classes and JLearn classes will
be taught to hundreds of peo-
ple by expert educators in our
community; clergy members
will offer inspiring words and
teachings throughout the con-
gregations as we remember
the Pittsburgh 11; and social
service agencies will feed,
clothe and care for the orphan,
the widow, the hungry and the
stranger.
I know there will be many
other moments over these
weeks in which the Jewish
community can be proud, but
this snapshot of time exem-
plifies much more to me as a
Jewish communal professional
here in Detroit. We show up.
We support with our dollars,
our feet and our voices. We
give time. We engage. We
plan. We teach and we learn.
Our Detroit Jewish commu-
nity should be beaming with
pride right along with me.
I am grateful my children
are part of this community. I
pray their generation will get
the messages they are being
sent and continue to carry on
with the work of those who
came before them.
I’
m reminded of the line in
Pirkei Avot, which says, “You
are not obligated to complete
the task, but neither are you
free to desist from it.”
We must all continue to
live by this ideal in Detroit.
It served us well for so long
and will continue to do so if
we take it to heart. This is the
pride of Jewish Detroit.
Rebecca Starr is the Midwest manager
of the Shalom Hartman Institute and
faculty member of the Melton School
in Detroit.
letters
Clarifi
cations on
Durfee Story
The stories about Durfee were
awesome! I just want to point
out a couple clarifications
needed:
• The Vera and Joseph
Dresner Foundation gave us
a $250,000 grant to help us
repurpose the building.
• Edw. C. Levy Company has
made substantial donations of
construction materials to the
Durfee Innovation Society.
• The DPSCD leased the
property to “Life Remodeled,”
not me as an individual. I am
the Founder and CEO of Life
Remodeled, but I don’
t hold
the lease in my name.
— Chris Lambert
Founder and CEO
of Life Remodeled
Make a Difference
at Durfee
We would like to thank you
for the wonderful article
regarding Metro Detroit Youth
Clubs Dedication Luncheon
featured in the Oct. 24 edition
of the Jewish News. Hopeful-
ly, it will reach many Durfee
alumni who were not aware
of the remarkable work being
done by MDYC and the prog-
ress on-site at their newest
location: Durfee.
It was an emotional and
memorable meeting as a few
of us met at our former mid-
dle school recently. Memories
flooded back as we walked
the halls, including fond and
funny remembrances of the
Durfee Intramural Basketball
Team that were mentioned
Durfee Intramural Basketball Team pictured in front of Durfee in 1948. Aaron
Krieger is circled on the left; Martin Magid is circled on the right.
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