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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