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

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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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