18 | FEBRUARY 13 • 2020
Jews in the D
Millennial Hub from page 17
Kosher Meat from page 17
The space was funded
by the William Davidson
Foundation, Mickey Shapiro
and family in memory of his
parents, Sara and Asa Shapiro,
as well as in-kind donations
from Metro Detroiters.
“It was really a project of a
lot of people engaged in the
Partners community — every-
one brought their talents and
skills to the table,
” Stiebel said.
“People who are engaged in
Partners who are themselves
interior designers and builders
volunteered their time to offer
insight and wisdom.
”
Platform 18 has numer-
ous programs already on the
docket including a tutorial on
how to prep Shabbat dinner
in an hour, weekly chavurah
(friend) learning sessions
with Rabbi Noam Gross, hol-
iday-themed festivities and
a monthly Jewish book club.
Young adults seeking indi-
vidual learning sessions will
also have the option to meet
Partners educators at Platform
18.
“Partners’
slogan is ‘
Where
Detroit comes to learn,
’
and
[it] aims to be a place where
we offer Jewish educational
resources to anyone who
wants them,
” Stiebel said.
“Everything is done with that
intention and the goal to offer
deeper connections to where
they come from and where
they’
re going.
”
religious views.
According to her ruling,
MDOC will provide partici-
pating Jewish prisoners who
keep kosher with two certified
kosher meals per day from
a certified kosher source,
either an outside vendor or
an MDOC certified kosher
kitchen. Those inmates are
also entitled to meat or dairy
meals every Shabbat as well
as on Rosh Hashanah, Yom
Kippur, Sukkot and Shavuot,
when inmates will also receive
a cheesecake to celebrate the
holiday.
To receive the meals,
inmates must have been
approved for the vegan diet or
“live kosher” for 60 days prior
to requesting the kosher meals.
MDOC may obtain informa-
tion through its chaplains to
confirm a prisoner’
s sincerely
held religious belief.
“MDOC wanted inmates
to buy kosher meat from the
prison store,
” Manville said.
“The judge found that unrea-
sonable for a couple of reasons:
the cost of food in the store
was too high and the quantity
and quality of food in store
was called into question.
”
The judge also rejected
MDOC’
s claims that providing
the kosher meat and dairy
meals would be too expensive.
MDOC estimated the cost of
providing the meals at about
$10,000.
Dairy is already provided
to inmates, Manville said.
“However, inmates on the
vegan option were prohibited
from drinking any milk. If
they did, they would receive a
misconduct ticket. That’
s just
crazy.
”
Manville said he has 14
days to draft an injunctive
order that will specify details
as to how the judgment will
be enforced. Prisoners should
start receiving the kosher
meat meals within 30 days, he
added.
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FROM THE SHOPS
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