34 | FEBRUARY 18 • 2021
Hillel of Metro Detroit
(HMD) has been hosting a
monthly trivia night as a way
to gather students together
virtually for a fun, competi-
tive, Jeopardy-style contest.
Students have been sub-
mitting suggestions for trivia
categories, and the HMD
staff has been using those to
create a variety of topics to
formulate the content.
Categories have included
Pop Culture, Jewish Athletes/
Celebrities, Worldwide
Jewish Holiday Traditions,
TV Shows and many more.
HMD has had tremendous
positive feedback from all
participants. Winners of the
contest have won Amazon
gift cards.
Winners have included
Yuval — one of our Israeli
Shinshinim — and me!
One question that no
one got right was in the
Worldwide Chanukah
Traditions category, “In this
country, latkes are made from
fried plantains instead of
potatoes?”
The answer is Colombia. @
Benji Rosenberg is a sophomore at
Wayne State University.
Hillel of Metro Detroit students sorted seeds provided by
Keep Growing Detroit, a local farm that is a garden resource
center for Detroit farmers and gardeners.
These seeds will be distributed to hundreds of people in
Detroit and will be a food source by next autumn. @
Trivia Night at Hillel of
Metro Detroit
MLK Day Service:
Seed Sorting
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