NOVEMBER 28 • 2019 | 23
Jews in the D
Cookie walks are not
just church events! The
Sisterhood of Temple Beth El
in Bloomfield Hills is proud
to host its Second Annual
Cookie Walk (bake sale) for
the benefit of Corner Shower
and Laundry on Sunday,
Dec. 8, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,
or until the cookies sell out.
The Sisterhood has taken
on Corner Shower and
Laundry as one of its social
justice/social action projects.
Corner Shower and Laundry
is a non-denominational,
nonprofit group that has
renovated space within St.
Peter’
s Church in Corktown
with four private shower
stalls, three sink stations,
two lavatories, three washing
machines and three dryers to
provide a safe, secure space
for those who are homeless
or otherwise in need to
shower or wash up and to
launder their belongings.
St. Peter’
s Church also
houses Manna Community
Meals, a soup kitchen
that has been serving this
community for more than
40 years. It is primarily their
guests who Corner Shower
and Laundry will serve.
For more information, visit
cornershowerandlaundry.
com or on Facebook at
Corner Shower and Laundry.
And, what exactly is a
cookie walk? It’
s a special
bake sale. Approximately
50 volunteer bakers will
be providing dozens of
their favorite cookies for
Chanukah and Christmas
(and every day!) for
purchase.
Upon arrival at Temple
Beth El, 7400 Telegraph
Road, Bloomfield Hills,
visitors will receive a
carryout box and food
handler gloves to pick and
choose the cookies of their
choice that will be weighed
and sold by the pound.
A gift boutique will be
set up with related holiday
giftware available for sale
(the Sisterhood Gift Shop
will also be open) and raffle
tickets will be available to
purchase with great raffle
prizes to choose from. A
complimentary raffle ticket
will be given to each guest
who brings new packages
of men’
s socks, underwear,
hats or gloves that will be
collected for those that
frequent Corner Shower
and Laundry and Manna
Community Meals.
Questions? Contact Sue
Goldsmith at (248) 626-3839
or mrssurplus@sbcglobal.
net. This event is free to
attend and open to the
community.
Cookies for a Cause at Temple Beth El
JScreen Comes to Detroit
On Nov. 14, JScreen, a national non-
profit public health initiative, and The
Well/Temple Israel had a great turn-
out for “Wine, Cheese and Genetic
Disease” at Fuse 45 in Royal Oak.
Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny of Temple
Israel spoke about her and her hus-
band’
s personal journey and discussed
the options that carrier couples have
to help them have children free of that
particular genetic disease.
Hillary Kener of JScreen spoke
about JScreen and debunked the mis-
conception that interfaith couples do
not need testing. In reality, Kener said,
interfaith couples should go through
the same type of genetic screening as
couples of two Jewish people should.
For more information, go to jscreen.
org.
Marla Kerwin and
Eytan Keidar
COURTESY JSCREEN
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