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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