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1942 - 2020

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facilities as soon as the Nov. 
3 absentee ballots are issued 
and offer to drive/assist the 
residents by taking them to 
drop their applications and 
later, their ballots to the their 
city halls. 
I suggest the Jewish 
Federation, Boy Scouts, every 
other well-meaning organiza-
tion and family members see 
to it that every application and 
ballot are delivered to their 
city halls.
A list of volunteer driv-
ers provided to the facilities 
would be in their best interest.

— Ed Kohl

Michigan Jewish Action Council

West Bloomfield

No. 42
Thank you for publishing the 
wonderful article on Jackie 
Robinson and the Jews writ-
ten by Irwin Cohen. It points 
out to all of us what a great 
man that Jackie Robinson 
was. He was decades ahead 
of his time. 

— Harvey Bronstein

Southfield

Volunteers needed 
at Focus: HOPE 

Focus: HOPE distribute 
food packages to over 42,000 
seniors throughout Southeast 
Michigan each month. 
During the pandemic, we’
ve 
had over 3,000 people sign 
up to receive food, and at 
the same time, our volun-
teer pool has become much 
smaller.
We rely on hundreds of 
monthly volunteer hours 
to assemble food packages 
for low-income seniors and 
deliver food to homebound 
older adults in Wayne, 
Oakland, Macomb and 
Washtenaw counties.
I’
m hoping you will be 
willing to share our need 
for volunteers to pack and 
deliver food boxes to seniors 
across Southeast Michigan. 
Folks can find more infor-
mation at focushope.galaxy-
digital.com. 

— Stephanie Maurice

Focus: HOPE

Detroit

Great Memories 
of Chai Flyers

I just read “Looking Back” 
in the Aug. 27 issue of the 
Jewish News. It brought so 
many memories. My hus-
band, George Copper, who 
just passed away in May, 
would have loved reading it.
We knew so many friends 
at the Great Lake Yacht Club 
and spent much time there.
That’
s when George wrote 
to Danny Raskin. George 
flew a small airplane and had 
Jewish friends that also flew 
but never had a place to meet 
as a group (just coffee on 
Saturday in Jackson).
After Danny Raskin wrote 
a small article in 1981, we 
received many phone calls 

and made plans to meet at 
our house. After two meet-
ings, it became the Chai 
Flyers (I can’
t remember who 
named it)!
Thank you for sharing a 
story from the archives that 
will bring back memories to 
those who are still with us.

— Rose Cooper

West Bloomfield

