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

Benji Rosenberg } jewish@edu writer

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