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10 | FEBRUARY 13 • 2020 

Memorial Day. The lasting 
lesson of one of history’
s 
darkest chapters is that it 
is incumbent on each gen-
eration to educate the next 
on the repercussions of 
anti-Semitism. I feel strongly 
that this burden falls not 
only on Jewish Americans, 
but those of us who consider 
ourselves allies in the fight 
against hate.
As your senator and, more 
importantly, as your fellow 

citizen, you can be sure that 
I am committed to continue 
dedicating myself to this 
cause, and I will never stop 
striving to ensure that the 
United States fulfills its long-
standing promise to Jewish 
Americans to give “to bigotry 
no sanction, to persecution 
no assistance.” 

Gary Peters is a U.S. senator from 

Michigan.

cy situations; a partnership 
with Gleaners Community 
Food Bank to offer more 
produce and milk to more 
client families more often; 
and a project with United 
Way to enhance and improve 
best practices among food 
providers that are United 
Way beneficiaries. 
Most recently, we had the 
opportunity to meet with 
the management team of 
Woodward Corner Market in 
Royal Oak and are working 
together to have more kosher 
food available in this area 
through donations and vol-
unteer support. 
We continue to provide 
additional ways to learn 
about and access free healthy 
food, thanks to the Geri 
Lester Greenhouse, a place 
where clients, volunteers, 
neighbors and donors can 

work side by side planting 
and harvesting fresh pro-
duce. 
Yad Ezra’
s Max M. and 
Marjorie S. Fisher Family 
Giving Gardens includes a 
variety of gardens (Hebrew 
Calendar garden, food 
forest, perennial and dias-
pora), beds in the front of 
the building that include a 
pergola and rain water col-
lection system, and beds in 
the back for client use.
Whether serving the 250 
clients who received gro-
ceries from Yad Ezra 30 
years ago, or the 2,400 who 
currently rely on us for food 
assistance, we continue to 
listen to and serve our fami-
lies with dignity and respect. 
Bodacious? Maybe… 

Lea Luger is executive director of 

Yad Ezra.

COURTESY OF YAD EZRA

ANTI-SEMITISM continued from page 8

30 YEARS continued from page 6

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