46 | NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 

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by college students

MSU Hillel Roundup

Destination Lansing is a student-based group that brings together Spartans 
from all backgrounds to learn about and help the Lansing area. The trip 
consists of volunteer service, touring Lansing area hotspots and tasting 
delicious local cuisine. This past October, students volunteered at Brookdale 
Meridian Assisted Living Home, received a private tour of Potter Park Zoo and 
dined at an MSU classic, Bell’
s Pizza. 

Sophomores Jared Arbit and Jason 
Israilov, both of West Bloomfield, 
and junior Cooper Myers of West 
Bloomfield 

Students joined together at MSU Hillel 
for a special presentation by master 
hypnotist Jeff Jay Smith. Some students 
participated in his presentation.

Freshman Chloe Shemano-Krupp, Highland Park, Ill.; freshman Grace Stuart, 
Oceanside, N.Y.; sophomore Lucy Greene, Franklin Lakes, N.J.; freshman Hanna 
Marcus, Altoona, Iowa; and sophomore Haley Robins, Okemos 

GVSU Nefesh 
Shabbat

Students at GVSU gathered for a Jewish 
Women’
s Foundation Nefesh Shabbat. 

Participants enjoyed a delicious meal while discussing 
gratitude, giving back and appreciating life’
s gifts. Following 
dinner, students created care packages for women in need 
who are staying at the Grand Rapids YWCA. @

Back row: Abby Calef, Jewish Student Life Coordinator, Ann Arbor; sophomore 
Bella Lieberman, Tulsa, Okla.; junior Sophie Silverman, Royal Oak, senior Zack 
Kirshner, Farmington Hills; junior John Lurie, Huntington Woods; senior Joey 
Labovitz, Birmingham; sophomores Adam Gordon and Ari Nitzkin, both of 
Farmington Hills. Front row: junior Leah Leone, Lansing; freshman Ellie Yerman, 
West Bloomfield; junior Carly Fleck, Portage; sophomore Sydney Trepeck, 
Bloomfield Hills, freshman Pierce Fox, Commerce; sophomores Noah Meyerson, 
Far 
mington Hills, and Nolan Wagner, Kalamazoo; freshman Noah Carrick, 
Farmington Hills; and sophomore Grace McMahon, Okemos.

Students work on care packages for women in need at the Grand Rapids YWCA.

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