Jews in the D

Justice Unfolds

Man arraigned for murder of
Stefanie Kroot Steinberg.

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donis Drey Wilson,
35, was arraigned on
Wednesday, Dec. 11,
for the murder of 54-year-old
Stefanie Kroot Steinberg of
Waterford.
Steinberg was killed in a
house fire at her Waterford
home on Aug. 27.
The Waterford police were
investigating the incident as

a homicide and identified
Wilson, who was a landscape
worker, as a person of inter-
est.
Wilson was arrested in
September in Pennsylvania
after a routine traffic stop.
Oakland County Prosecutor
Jessica Cooper then took the
steps to have him extradited
to Michigan.

Cooper charged Wilson
with open-murder and sec-
ond-degree arson.
The Royal Oak Tribune
reported that according to
the Oakland County Medical
Examiner’
s office, Steinberg’
s
death was a result of multiple
sharp force injuries.
The Detroit News reported
that Wilson appeared in front

of 51st District Judge Richard
Kuhn, who ruled that Wilson
will remain in the Oakland
County Jail without bond.
Cooper told the Jewish
News that Wilson was to
appear back in court on Dec.
18 for a preliminary court
conference in front of Judge
Foxx in the 51st District
Court.

CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER

30 | DECEMBER 19 • 2019

Targeting Jews?

Locals respond to New Jersey
kosher supermarket shooting.

ALLISON JACOBS DIGITAL EDITOR
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our innocent lives were
lost Dec. 10 following a
shooting at the JC Kosher
Supermarket in Jersey City, N.J.
There was initial uncertainty
regarding the motive of this
attack, yet officials announced
Dec. 12 it is being investigated
as a potential act of terrorism.
During a news conference
Dec. 12, New Jersey Attorney
General Gurbir Grewal said,
“We believe that the suspects
held views that reflected hatred
of the Jewish people as well as a
hatred of law enforcement.”
The kosher supermarket
was in fact being targeted,
not unlike the recent act of
vandalism at Temple Jacob in
Hancock, Mich.
Locally, One Stop Kosher
Market in Southfield has been
a staple for the Jewish commu-
nity for more than 20 years.

Shmuli Scheiner has been
the store manager at One Stop
Kosher for about 15 years and
is focused on keeping the busi-
ness running as usual.
“We certainly would not
back down or do anything
different,” Scheiner said. “It’
s
important to stand strong
when faced with something
like this, but it is a terrible
tragedy.”
Scheiner also emphasized
that One Stop Kosher imple-
ments safety precautions to
prevent a situation like this
from happening.
“It definitely made us look
over what we are doing and
think, ‘
Is there something more
that we could do?’
” Scheiner
said.
Gary Sikorski, chief of
community-wide security
for the Jewish Federation of

Metropolitan
Detroit, offers
trainings to busi-
nesses of all sizes.
“What hap-
pened in Jersey
City shows that a
Jewish agency or company is a
Jewish target. Perpetrators of
these crimes don’
t distinguish
between a social service agency
and a business,” Sikorski said.
He also emphasizes that local
police departments have good

crime prevention programs tar-
geting the business community
specifically, often established
through business associations.
Yet, he anticipates receiving
more requests for training from
local businesses in the wake of
this attack.
“Our offer always stands for
training,” Sikorski said. “Ideally,
we would love to have a com-
munity of first-responders
— that means getting as many
people trained as possible.”

JOHN HARDWICK

Gary Sikorski

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