P

artners Detroit 
Women’s Division 
Team hosted a Pre-
Purim Hamentash Bake in 
February to help get into the 
Purim spirit. “It was really a 
display of Jewish unity from 
women across the Jewish 
spectrum coming together and 
enjoying each other and unit-
ing with what we all have in 
common, which is our Jewish 
heritage,” said Shaindel Fink, 
a member of the Women’s 
Division Team. 
The event took place at the 
Partners Detroit Royal Oak 
location, Platform 18. Fink 
said 60 women of all ages 
showed up to bake hamen-
tashen and learn about the 
holiday. 
“We had a breakfast buffet, 
and then everyone went to 

their table where they had 
their own kit to create hamen-
tashen,” Fink said. 
During the event, the 
women also listened to Dassie 
Bausk, a fellow member of 
the Women’s Division Team, 
who spoke about what Purim 
is all about. Fink said it was 
reenergizing to see multiple 
generations baking together 
and learning about the holi-
day. Everyone went home with 
a tray of hamentashen.
The Women’s Division Team 
hopes to continue empowering 
and sharing knowledge, show-
ing women throughout Metro 
Detroit what it means to be a 
Jewish woman. 

For information about Partners Detroit 

Women’s Division Team and upcoming 

events, visit https://partnersdetroit.org.

FROM TOP: Mrs. Dassie Bausk shares words of Purim inspiration. 
A full house at Platform 18 in Royal Oak. Three generations of Jewish 
women bake Hamentashen together: Jen Ostroff, Judy Sima and Noa 
Ostroff. Iris Farhy, Julie Lask, Sheri Aaron-Miller, Shelby Miller, Erin 
Steibel, Shaindel Fink, Sara Burnham, Lily Jacobson and Jill Menuck. 
Sheryl Klinger, Racheli Indig, Cami Katzen and Edie Schwartz.

Partners Detroit Women’s Division 
Team hosts a Hamentash Bake. 

Getting into the 
Purim Spirit

RACHEL SWEET ASSOCIATE EDITOR

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PARTNERS DETROIT WOMEN’S DIVISION TEAM

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