22 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019
H
illel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit
students joined day
school peers nationwide to
celebrate the 100th birthday
of Morris Lebow, a member
of Pittsburgh’
s Tree of Life
Synagogue, where one year
ago a gunman killed 11 peo-
ple during Shabbat services in
the deadliest attack on Jews
in U.S. history.
The students helped Lebow
turn his centenary into a joy-
ous celebration for him and
the city of Pittsburgh, sending
hundreds of cards to mark
the occasion.
Hillel’
s participation was
facilitated by parent Lou
Goldhaber, who grew up in
Pittsburgh and has known
Lebow, affectionately called
“Moe,” all his life. The 1-2
Learning Community, where
Lou and Amye Goldhaber’
s
son, Ray, is a first grader, and
the ECC Twees class, where
their daughter, Stevie, is a
student, combined to send
more than 90 cards to Lebow,
who called Hillel shortly
thereafter to thank students
for “touching my heart.”
“Kiss all their heads for
me,” he said tearfully.
The timing of Lebow’
s Nov.
16 birthday nearly coincid-
ed with National Kindness
Day (Nov. 13) and also gave
students a way to extend
acts of kindness outside of
Hillel, where they have been
learning about family and
community.
“By sending Moe cards,
our students were able to
internalize that family can
be made up of people we are
not necessarily related to, but
strongly connected to,” Hillel
teacher Jodi Tepper said.
“Hillel dove in on this
initiative and were active
participants,” said Goldhaber
of Huntington Woods. “This
small act of kindness truly
warms my heart, and afforded
Moe the privilege of having
his 100th birthday be cele-
bratory and special. Students
should be proud of what they
did for Moe, and teachers
should be proud of the exam-
ple they set in driving this
project.”
Jews in the D
Marking 100
Hillel students send cards to
Tree of Life member’
s big birthday.
Stevie, Amye, Lou and Ray Goldhaber
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