26 | DECEMBER 17 • 2020

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n the wake of Gov. Whitmer’s
orders limiting restaurant
service to carryout or outdoor
dining only, those looking for
options in chilly weather have
limited choices available.
Local eateries have needed to
be extra creative if they want to
stay in business. One such exam-
ple is Prime 10, the “upscale
casual steakhouse” as per its
website, located at 10 Mile and
Greenfield in Southfield.
Owner Scott Cohen came up
with an innovative solution: six
heated outdoor greenhouses that
seat up to four people at a time.

“They look like mini igloos,
”
said Scott’s wife and general
manager, Nichole Cohen. “They
look so nice and pretty all lit up
at night, like a little village. You
can see them from 10 Mile.
”
Funnily enough, Nichole said,
igloos started trending last year,
but when COVID hit, she saw
their practical side. Prime 10 set
up their igloos Oct. 1. They do
recommend reservations.
Prime 10 has always been vig-
ilant about sanitation, but with
the pandemic they’ve climbed to
a new level and are meticulous
in following the ever-changing

state standards. That includes
staff wearing masks at all times,
taking patrons’ names for con-
tract tracing, sanitizing surfaces
regularly, and the addition of
more soap dispensers and hand
sanitizers.
Prime 10, the only kosher
restaurant of its kind in Detroit,
under the auspices of the Vaad of
Greater Detroit and with a full-
time mashgiach, has remained
open throughout the pandemic
— a fact they do not take for
granted. The Cohens are deeply

grateful for their loyal customers
who have been so supportive.
“We have been going above
and beyond to give our custom-
ers the best service, the best food
of the highest quality because
we appreciate their business,
”
Nichole said.
Prime 10 trys to make people
feel comfortable, including the
new COVID-normal curbside
pickup. “Customers understand
we’re really listening to their
concerns and are taking COVID
very seriously, Nichole said.

Prime 10
Greenhouses

I

srael will establish diplomat-
ic relations with Morocco,
the fourth Arab country to
announce it will recognize Israel
in the past year.
President Donald Trump
announced the development
Dec. 10 on Twitter. He also said
the United States would recog-
nize Moroccan sovereignty over

Western Sahara, a territory to
Morocco’s south that the north-
west African kingdom has con-
trolled since the 1970s.
“
Another HISTORIC break-
through today!” Trump tweeted.
“Our two GREAT friends Israel
and the Kingdom of Morocco
have agreed to full diplomatic
relations — a massive break-

through for peace in the Middle
East!”
Israel is in various stages of
establishing relations with the
United Arab Emirates, Bahrain
and Sudan. Israel also has rela-
tions with Egypt, the first Arab
country to make peace with the
Jewish state in 1979, and Jordan,
which signed a peace treaty with
Israel in 1994.
Like the rest of the Arab
world, Morocco opposed Israel’s
creation in 1948 and did not
recognize it thereafter — though
like several Arab states, the king-
dom maintained a clandestine
relationship with Israeli intelli-
gence.
An adviser to King
Mohammed VI, Andre Azoulay,
is Jewish, and the country
opened a Jewish culture cen-
ter earlier this year. There are
approximately 3,000 Jews in the
country, down from the 200,000
who lived there before Israel’s
establishment. Morocco also has

a centuries-old community of
farmers who grow etrogs, the
citrus fruit Jews use ritually on
the holiday of Sukkot, and have
exported them to Israel despite
the absence of formal diplomatic
ties.
Western Sahara has been the
site of decades-long conflict with
local militants seeking to estab-
lish an independent state. In a
resolution last year, the United
Nations called for a solution that
would “provide for the self-de-
termination of the people of
Western Sahara.
”
Trump’s son-in-law and senior
adviser, Jared Kushner, said the
administration wanted to “break
the logjam” in the Western
Sahara conflict, according to PBS
correspondent Nick Schifrin.
Tying the Morocco announce-
ment to Chanukah, Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
tweeted that the announcement
was “a great light of peace, today
with Morocco.
”

BEN SALES JTA

Israel and Morocco to
Establish Diplomatic Ties

GETTY IMAGES VIA JTA

ERETZ

A view of Rabat,
Morocco’s capital city.

PRIME 10

ROCHEL BURSTYN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Nichole and

Scott Cohen
Kosher restaurant provides
comfortable outdoor dining.

Prime Ten has six

greenhouses patrons

can reserve.

MAKES A
WONDERFUL
GIFT!

NOSH

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