 JUNE 4 • 2020 | 19

G

ov. Gretchen Whitmer 
signed an executive order 
May 21 allowing retail 
businesses and auto dealerships to 
reopen statewide by appointment 
May 26. The order also allowed 
nonessential medical, dental and 
veterinary procedures to begin 
May 29. 
Small gatherings of 10 people 
or less are also allowed immedi-
ately, as long as participants prac-
tice social distancing. Retail busi-
nesses and auto showrooms are 
limited to 10 people inside at a 
time. Salons, restaurants, bars and 
other industries not mentioned 
in this order were not authorized 
to open. 
“The data shows that Michigan 
is ready to phase in these sectors 
of our economy, but we must stay 

vigilant and ensure we’
re doing 
everything we can to protect our-
selves and our families from the 
spread of COVID-19,
” Whitmer 
said in a statement. 
This executive order comes just 
days after Whitmer announced 
the partial reopening of Northern 
Michigan, allowing the reopening 
of retail businesses, office work 
that cannot be done remotely, and 
restaurants and bars with limited 
seating. 
All businesses that will reopen 
must adopt adequate safety mea-
sures by providing COVID-19 
training to workers that cover 
workplace infection-control prac-
tices, the proper use of PPE, noti-
fying the business or operation of 
any symptoms of COVID-19 or 
a suspected/confirmed diagnosis 

of COVID-19 and how to report 
unsafe working conditions. 
Julie Feldman, owner of Guys 
N Gals, a clothing boutique in 
West Bloomfield, told the Jewish 
News that they “are hiring a 
cleaning crew to come in.
” They 
planned to reopen May 28. 
Feldman plans to have only 
two people working in the store 
once it reopens and will only 
allow two customers in the store 
at a time, by appointment only. 
Brian Klayman, owner of 
the Perfect Trading Company 
in Bloomfield Hills, has been 
selling KN95 masks but has 
kept its doors locked. Klayman 
told the JN that the company 
will slowly begin to reopen by 
bringing in one employee per 
day, conducting deep cleaning 
and allowing customers in on an 
appointment basis starting June 1. 
Whitmer signed another exec-
utive order enforcing reopened 
outpatient health-care facilities, 
including clinics, primary care 

physician offices and dental offic-
es, to adopt strict protocols to 
prevent infection. 
Rabbi Shneur Silberberg of 
Bais Chabad in West Bloomfield 
has currently no plans to start 
services, including minyans that 
technically could happen due to 
Whitmer allowing gatherings of 
10 people. 
“We are beginning the process 
of planning to reopen in some 
form or another,
” Silberberg told 
the Jewish News. “We are looking 
at all sorts of options and one 
thing we would like to do is to 
try to move things outdoors. We 
have nothing set in stone yet but 
are shifting to plan for a safe and 
cautious reopening.
” 

Jews in the D

Opening for Business

Jewish retailers, religious leaders react to 
Whitmer’
s new relaxed guidelines.

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