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. 

Lincoln Shopping Center

GREENFIELD and 10½ MILE

FROM THE SHOPS 
AT LINCOLN CENTER 

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