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a sense of community at a 
time when people couldn’t 
see each other,” Besl said.
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ZALMAN’S TREASURES
Brian Zifkin, executive 
vice president of Zalman’s 
Treasures, a jewelry store 
and repair shop in Berkley, 
said it was painful to close 
its doors weeks before last 

Passover, usually one of their 
busiest times. Even once 
they reopened, people were 
still nervous to come in at 
first. 
Zifkin said, “We’ve always 
been very health conscious, 
but we’ve stepped that up, 
too. Now we even disinfect 
the entire watch battery 
changing station in between 
battery changes, which takes 
a lot of time.”
Zifkin always gives dona-
tions, gift cards and jewelry 
to “pretty much every orga-
nization that calls for dona-

tions,” including schools 
and synagogues. The store 
also offers free watch battery 
changes and minor jewelry 
repairs for all first respond-
ers, and when COVID 
arrived, it added teachers to 
that list. 
“I consider teachers front-
line workers, too,” Zifkin 
said. “The community takes 
care of us; we take care of 
them. Especially those amaz-
ing frontline workers who 

are literally putting their 
lives on the line to protect 
and serve and educate. It is 
my honor to give back to 
them in this small way.”
In a beautiful display of 
generosity coming full circle, 
Zifkin said that many of the 
first responders and teachers 
still insist on paying because 
they know how small busi-
nesses have been hurt in the 
pandemic, are happy to sup-
port local and want to give 
back themselves. 
Zalman’s Treasures: (248) 
547-8383. 

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“THE COMMUNITY TAKES CARE
OF US; WE TAKE CARE OF THEM ...
IT IS MY HONOR TO GIVE BACK 
TO THEM IN THIS SMALL WAY.”

— ZALMAN’S TREASURES’ BRIAN ZIFKIN

Brian Zifkin, his wife, 
Anneke, and daughter Raizel 
of Zalman's Treasures

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