22 | AUGUST 19 • 2021

The Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit is one
of more than 50 Federations
participating in an amazing
night of culinary inspiration
on Zoom, Wednesday, Sept.
1, from 8-9 p.m.
Jewish communities
from across North America
will present “A Very Israeli
Rosh Hashanah” cooking
event featuring Michael
Solomonov, executive chef
and co-owner of Zahav
restaurant in Philadelphia

and 2019 James Beard
Foundation award winner for
Outstanding Restaurant, and
Adeena Sussman, author of
Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors
from My Israeli Kitchen as
well as the co-author of 14
cookbooks, including Chrissy
Teigen’s Cravings and Hungry
for More.
Both chefs will prepare
some of their signature
holiday recipes and take
questions from the audience.
Register in advance by Aug.

27 at jlive.app/events/727.
Recipes will be emailed prior
to the event. Federation is
offering this event at no
cost, but a gift to the Annual

Campaign is appreciated at
jewishdetroit.org/donate.
For information, contact
Karen Kaplan at kaplan@
jfmd.org.

OUR COMMUNITY

A Very Israeli Rosh Hashanah

On Sunday, Oct. 10, the
Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan will hit the road
with its 10th Annual Bike
Tour of Historic Jewish
Detroit. This year’s ride
features Jewish connections
to the auto industry: Ford
Piquette Avenue Plant, Beth
Olem Cemetery, Meyer &
Anna Prentis building and

more.
Online registration for
sponsors opened Aug. 16.
Online registration for the
event opens Sept. 1 for
JHSM members; Sept. 20 for
nonmembers. The event will
sell out. Cost for members,
JHSM members: $54 cycle/
$65 bus (new this year);
nonmembers: $72 cycle/$80

bus.
Also new this year:
Participants can raise funds
through pledges for every
mile ridden. The participant
who raises the most pledged
funds wins a prize.
For information, contact
(248) 915-1826 or info@
michjewishhistory.org.

Historical Society Presents J-Cycle

ELAYNE GROSS PHOTOGRAPHY

Jews and Muslims Join Forces Against Hate

The InterFaith Leadership
Council of Metropolitan
Detroit will feature two
well-known members of the
local Jewish and Muslim
communities as they discuss
a national interfaith initiative
to stop religious hate in the
U.S.
Sharona Shapiro of West
Bloomfield and Shabana
Mohamed of Farmington

Hills will react to the Stranger/
Sister documentary about
two women, one Muslim
and one Jewish, who dare to
believe they can join hands
to stop hate. Overcoming
a long history of distrust
between their two religions,
they build a movement that
turns strangers into sisters,
challenging assumptions
about fighting hate.

The documentary follows
women from interfaith
sisterhood chapters in several
cities as they build a powerful
network of hope in a time of
divisiveness and hate. The
program is co-sponsored
by the Sisterhood of Salaam
Shalom and WISDOM,
(Women’s Interfaith Solutions
for Dialogue and Outreach
in Metro Detroit). Shapiro

and Mohamed chair the
Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom
Chapter of Metro Detroit.
The program will be
presented from 7-9 p.m.
Aug. 23 with a viewing of
the film online followed by
a discussion by the speakers.
The program is free, although
donations are welcome. Visit
detroitinterfaithcouncil.com
to register.