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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