SEPTEMBER 29 • 2022 | 29

faces&places

A small group of congregants 
from Congregation Beth Ahm 
in West Bloomfield recently 
returned from a trip for to visit a 
kosher winery at Niagara on the 
Lake in Ontario. 
“We took a lovely tour of the 
winery and sampled a variety 
of the Tzafona wines before 
each choosing one to enjoy with 
dinner,” said Renee Fein, program 
and engagement coordinator 
at the synagogue. “The kosher 
dinner was catered from Toronto 
with delicious food including a 
leek dip that we could not get 
enough of.” 
 During the evening, the 
group went to the Shaw Festival 
in downtown Niagara on the 
Lake to enjoy the comedy The 
Importance of Being Earnest. 
“This trip was especially 
meaningful since it was the first 
program of this sort that Beth 
Ahm has had since the beginning 
of COVID,” Fein said. “It was 
a great way to have a group of 
people, some who knew each 
other well prior to the trip and 
others who did not, to meet 
and grow close through time 
spent together traveling on the 
bus, enjoying a fabulous meal 
together at a kosher winery and 
visiting in small groups at and 
around Niagara Falls. Each of the 
participants requested that we 
have another trip together soon.”
Participant Janet Pont, who has 
been working at Beth Ahm for 
decades, said, “This overnight 
trip was a unique experience 
I had never seen before. I felt 
we should share it with the 
community.” 

Mark Migdal, Ron Jedwab, Mike Schmitz, Nancy 
Goldberg, Marla Schmitz, Debra Darvick and Carol Kent. 

Barrels of kosher wine at the Lakeview Wine 
Company at Niagara on the Lake.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF 
BETH AHM

Congregation Beth 
Ahm at Niagara Falls

The falls were 
spectacular, 
even on a cloudy 
day.

Wine vats hold
fermenting 
grapes prior to 
aging in barrels.

2019 Cabernet 
Sauvignon is 
almost ready 
to be bottled.

