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in the news
Students’ Minyan
Looks at Increase
in Participation
G
rowing up, Reena
Zuckerman, class
of ’23, loved to read
from the Torah, the first five
books of the Hebrew Bible.
She did it the
first time at her
bat mitzvah and
continues still
today.
At Brandeis,
Zuckerman
joined Shira
Chadasha
(“new song”
in Hebrew). The student-led
community at Hillel is
Orthodox, but unlike standard
Orthodox congregations, it
permits women to read from
the Torah scroll during ser-
vices and lead parts of religious
services.
“I’m definitely part of a gen-
eration of women who are able
to do more during davening
[praying] than in other genera-
tions,” Zuckerman said.
Students started Shira
Chadasha in partnership with
Brandeis Hillel in 2004. They
were inspired by two similar
congregations founded only
a few years before, one in
Jerusalem, the other in New
York City.
They are all part of a loose
network of what are referred
to as partnership minyans,
Orthodox worship commu-
nities that welcome a more
expansive role for women than
in standard Orthodox Judaism,
which follows the proscriptions
against female participation in
services laid out in Jewish law.
Today, there are more
than 80 partnership minyans
around the world, including
the one Zuckerman attended
in Cambridge, Mass., growing
up, Minyan Tehillah.
In addition to hosting
Shira Chadasha, Brandeis
Hillel also hosts services for
Reform, Conservative and
Reconstructionist Judaism, all
of which are egalitarian. There
is also a standard Orthodox
service at Hillel, where Jewish
law is followed more strictly,
and women’s roles are more
limited.
Shira Chadasha offers Friday
night and Shabbat afternoon or
evening services once a month.
In addition to reading from
the Torah and reciting the
Penny
Schwartz
Brandeis
University
Edward Friedman Class of ’22, Matt Shapiro ’24 and Reena
Zuckerman ’23
MIKE LOVETT
PURELY COMMENTARY
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Robert & Nancy, David & Elise and Mark & Lillian Schostak Continue
the Family’s Legacy of Support Through the Centennial Fund
Robert, David and Mark Schostak often share a
recollection about their grandfather, Louis, who arrived in
Detroit over 100 years ago. “In those days, the local rabbis
used to come to his office, and they never left without a
check or some other sort of tzedakah.” That tradition was
carried on by their father, Jerry, and his wife, Elyse, who were
also extremely philanthropic and had a particular focus on
Jewish education. As the third generation of Schostaks,
the brothers—together with their wives Nancy, Elise and
Lillian—remain committed to maintaining the family’s
close connection to Jewish Detroit, instilling it in their
children, grandchildren and future generations. “Our family
has a saying that charity begins at home,
” they say, “and
home means the Jewish community. This community has
been very good to us, and we want to do everything that
we can to support it.”
The Schostaks continue their family’s long history of
support with a commitment to the Centennial Fund, the
central endowment vehicle for the community’s future.
They are directing their gift toward PACE (Perpetual Annual
Campaign Endowment), which will grow the family PACE
Fund established with their father and Elyse. “We recognize
that the needs and objectives will change over time,
” they
say, “whether it be in support for the elderly, food insecurity
or other areas. This Fund will allow future leaders to have
the resources they need to take care of the community.”
As a family with five generations of Jewish Detroiters, the
Schostaks remain believers in a strong, tightknit community.
“We’re committed to Jewish values, customs and traditions,
and we know that the Centennial Fund will help ensure the
strength of Jewish Detroit long into the future.”
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