22 | MAY 14 • 2020
R
esidents of Birmingham,
Bloomfield Hills,
Farmington Hills,
Franklin and West Bloomfield
can have fresh challah from
Johnny Pomodoro’
s delivered to
their doors Friday morning.
This is thanks to Isaac Mintz,
18, graduating from West
Bloomfield High School, and
his younger cousins Avery
Gach, 13, a student at Berkshire
Middle School, and Eli Gach,
10, who attends West Maple.
Mintz lives in West Bloomfield;
his cousins live in Bloomfield
Hills.
It was Avery’
s idea. “I know a
lot of Jews don’
t want to go into
stores, especially older people,
”
he said. “My family has always
loved celebrating Shabbat,
and we understand the joy of
challah on Friday evenings. So
I thought about a challah deliv-
ery service.
”
Last month, Avery reached
out to his cousin Isaac for
advice. “He is a very passionate,
kind and hardworking young
man — an entrepreneur who
saw a need in the market,
” Isaac
said. “We began bouncing some
ideas around.
”
They came up with Door to
Door Family Challah, a stream-
lined service to the community.
Here’
s how it works:
Customers fill out an order via
a Google Form, then pay their
total through Venmo. Once
the payment has been finalized
on Thursday afternoon before
2 p.m., they can expect their
order on Friday morning. The
charge is $6 for one challah or
$10 for two.
Isaac, who plans on attend-
ing the University of Michigan
this fall, is the delivery driver,
helped by his sister Eden, 15,
a student at West Bloomfield
High School. “She has been
invaluable in helping deliver the
challahs,
” Isaac said.
The challah comes freshly
baked from Johnny Pomodoro’
s
in Farmington Hills. The
cousins conferred with general
manager Joe Montgomery, who
was very receptive to working
with the young people.
“We also wanted to do some
good,
” Isaac said. “Ten percent
of earnings go toward coronavi-
rus relief efforts.
”
Their first week, Door to
Door Family Challah served
22 families and made its first
donation to FLAG of Metro
Detroit.
One customer wanted to
take a picture with the boys.
“We were thrilled,
” Isaac said.
“We treat our customers like
family and hope to have even
more satisfied customers in the
future.
”
For more information, email
doortodoorfamilychallah@gmail.com.
Jews in the D
Highway to Challah
Cousins ensure families can
enjoy fresh challah on Shabbat.
JACKIE HEADAPOHL ASSOCIATE EDITOR
COURTESY OF AVERY GACH
Eden and Isaac Mintz, and Avery and
Eli Gach deliver challahs to customers
on Friday morning in time for Shabbat.
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