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for anyone and everyone. (Let 
her know when you’re free 
for Shabbos dinner!) 
“If you’ve met Erin Stiebel, 
odds are she has invited you 
over for a Shabbat meal,” 
said Jackie Yashinksky. Jackie 
met Erin during a Partners 
Detroit Jewish Poland trip, 
which Erin staffed. “In fact, 
the first time I met Erin, she 
said… ‘Hi, I’m Erin. Would 
you like to come over for 
Shabbat dinner?’ I thought, 
who is this stranger and why 
is she inviting me to her 
home?” 
David says Erin and Jackie’s 
friendship has continued 
to grow ever since and now 
Jackie is a regular guest at 
their Shabbos table. 
When the message got out 
that the JN was highlighting 
Erin, we got a flood of emails 
from people sharing how 
Erin has personally impacted 
their lives. 
“Erin has this amazing 
ability to welcome everyone 
and enrich their lives in the 
best way possible. She is one 
of the most authentic people 
on this planet and a master 
of Jewish outreach,” Partners 
in Torah Board Member 
Noah Rozenberg said. “She 
connects everyone to Judaism 
and having a Jewish life. She 
is the Jewish glue that con-
nects and enriches all of us. 
“I went on the Partners in 
Torah Spain/Portugal trip in 
2019 and having her on the 
trip elevated it to another 
level. She made a conscious 
effort to connect with and 
teach everyone on the trip 
and raised the energy a hun-
dred-fold,” he added.
Elisheva Samuels, a long-
time friend of Erin’s, said, 
“No matter what is going on 
in Erin’s life (and as the busi-

est person I know — it’s plen-
ty) she always makes time to 
think of the large and small 
things that people around her 
need — dropping off food or 
candy to someone who had a 
baby, suffered a loss or is nav-
igating a challenging time; 
befriending unfamiliar faces 
(or familiar faces of employ-
ees in supermarkets); sending 
a Shipt order to non-local 
friends to celebrate birthdays 
or send support during hard 
times; opening her home to 
host community members 
every single Shabbos … 
There is just no one quite like 
Erin Stiebel.” 
Even those who haven’t 
known Erin for a long time 
felt it was important to share 
how much she has touched 
their lives. 
“Erin’s volunteer work is 
literally hour by hour, minute 
to minute, day to day within 
our community, in ways that 
I think people don’t always 
see volunteering,” Meredith 
Kay said. 
Meredith has known Erin 
for less than a year and was 
one of the many people who 
nominated her to be the vol-
unteer of the week. 
“I thought she would just 
be a Jewish mentor, but as I 
watch the way she speaks to 
her children and how patient 
she is, and how she would go 
and drive soup to someone 
who says they aren’t feeling 
well. I think she has become 
more than a mentor to me 
while deepening my Jewish 
connection,” Meredith 
added. 

 If you would like to nominate some-

one to be the next volunteer of the 

week, send a nomination with a short 

paragraph telling us why to 

socialmedia@thejewishnews.com.

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