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n Friday, Aug. 
6, the Wayne State 
University Jewish 
Medical Student Association 
(WSU JMSA) got 
together for Shabbat dinner 
with Hillel of Metro Detroit. 
After a long year of vir-
tual learning, I, alongside 
my co-president Daniel 
Lenchner, felt that it was 
especially important to con-
nect the Jewish medical stu-
dents when the new class of 
first-year medical students 
arrived on campus. We all 
felt that it was key for us to 
establish a sense of commu-
nity and social support, after 
spending our first year in 
medical school lacking these 
outlets. 
Many members were able 
to meet classmates in 
person for the first time, 
even though we had 

met virtually through 
our online classes. I was 
excited to meet the incom-
ing M1 students and intro-
duce them into the WSU 
JMSA community. 
The dinner was on the 
rooftop of the Scott Building 
in Midtown Detroit, and we 
were able to enjoy the beau-
tiful skyline view of the 
city where we live, study and 
play. 
The best part of the 
evening was being able 
to socialize with friends and 
safely spend time with 
each other in person. The 
Shabbat dinner is just the 
first event we will offer the 
WSU JMSA this upcoming 
school year. @

Samantha Cohen is a second-year 

medical student at Wayne State 

University School of Medicine.

The JMSA Shabbat Dinner on the roof of the Scott Building in 
Detroit.

COURTESY WAYNE STATE

WSU Jewish Medical Student 
Association joins Hillel for 
community meal.

Rooftop Shabbat

Samantha Cohen } jewish@edu writer

for college students 
by college students

Virtual Community Wide Dementia Friendly
Kol Nidre/Yom Kippur Service

Invites you to join in its 5th Annual Award-Winning

The Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish Community Adult Day Program

Cantor Pamela Schiffer will lead a service created for families and 
their loved ones living with Dementia. The service will include 
familiar prayers and melodies within a 45 minute timeframe.

Registration preferred by August 30 to ensure 
delivery of your High Holy Day gift bag.

We are grateful to a friend of the Brown Center who 
has generously underwritten this event.

 Sunday, 
 September 12 
 at 11 a.m.

Zoom link and holiday gift bag 
with prayer book will be provided 
with registration - No Charge

familiar prayers and melodies within a 45 minute timeframe.

For online registration: tinyurl.com/servicebc
For questions or to register by phone call (248) 661-6390, leave 
a message with your name, address, phone number and email.

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For more information visit 
www.emich.edu/jewish-studies 
or email jewish.studies@emich.edu

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 e Eastern Michigan 
University Center 
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 ers classes in Jewish life and culture, both 
on-campus and on the road (in places as close 
as New York City and as far away as Germany, 
Poland, Spain, and Israel). We sponsor faculty 
and student research—including the ground-
breaking project, Jewish Life and Language 
in Southeast Michigan. We are responsible 
for a lecture series, which, over the years, has 
brought students and community members 
together to sample latkes for Hanukkah, taste 
“kosher soul” food, dance to klezmer music, 
laugh at “Old Jews Telling Jokes,” and sing 
with Israeli singer-songwriters.