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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