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for 11 canceled events were 
instead delivered to people in 
the community. 
“Paul Wertz [caterer at Dish 
Kosher Cuisine] had a kitch-
en full of food,
” said David 
Goodman, Beth Ahm’
s execu-
tive director. “What we decid-
ed to do as a congregation was 
to purchase that and distribute 
it throughout the community 
as a way to help him, and as 
a way to help those folks who 
are either food-insecure or do 
not want to go out in public 
now to have fresh food at 
home.
” 
Wertz also does individual 
orders and has already fielded 
requests for Shabbat dinners, 
Goodman said. He will also be 
fulfilling take-out orders for 
Passover seders and additional 
kosher-for-Passover meals.

PASSOVER PLANS IN FLUX
Passover, which begins April 8, 
provides another challenge for 
local Jewish families. 
For many young adults who 
now live out of town, Passover 
presented a great opportunity 
to come home and see fam-
ily and friends. Nate Lawler, 
originally from 
Farmington Hills, 
now lives in 
Portland, Oregon. 
When he saw the 
price of plane 
tickets drop after 
the outbreak 
began, he considered going 
home to surprise his family for 
the holiday. 
Then he started thinking 
about the risks of travel. 
He didn’
t want to contract 
COVID-19 on the plane and 
bring it to his relatives. 
“That’
s especially because 
my mom has pre-existing 

conditions, and some of my 
[other] family members do. 
The disease could be worse for 
them,
” he said. 
Lawler also knew he 
couldn’
t guarantee he’
d be 
able to return to Portland in a 
timely matter. 
“I’
m afraid I might get 
quarantined back home, or … 
something might happen, and 
I’
ll have to wait an extended 
period of time just to get out,
” 
he said. 
Lawler thinks he’
ll now 
try to find a way to celebrate 
Passover in Portland. 
Susan Feber’
s family had 
just started to plan their 
annual seder when COVID-
19 became a 
serious concern 
in Michigan. She 
said her family 
hasn’
t decided 
what they’
ll do 
about the holiday 
yet. 
“We were just in the plan-
ning stages, with the extended 
family deciding who was going 
to have the seders and where 
they were going to be. We said 
we’
ll play it by ear,
” Feber said. 
“We’
re all on the same page.
” 
Feber of West Bloomfield 
is grateful this isn’
t one of the 
only times her extended family 
gathers throughout the year — 
that might make a decision to 
nix the large seder easier. For 
now, though, they’
re all just 
taking it one day at a time. 
“If people are still sick and 
it’
s continuing and the curve 
hasn’
t flattened, then we’
ll 
have to determine if we do it 
with just immediate family or 
broader than that. And I think 
we’
ll all make that decision 
when the time is right,
” she 
said. 

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