NOVEMBER 17 • 2022 | 35

National Council of Jewish 
Women Michigan’s annual 
fundraiser “Women of Vision” 
was held at Adat Shalom 
Synagogue on Oct. 26, with 
Emmy-Award winning ABC 
News’ Nightline co-anchor 
Juju Chang headlining the 
benefit luncheon. 
Close to 300 people 
attended the event, which 
was held to raise funds to 
support the organization’s 
many community-service 
projects and social justice 
advocacy work. It was the first 

in-person Women of Vision 
since 2019. 
As an Asian woman who 
is also Jewish by choice, 
Chang spoke about the 
parallels between Asian hate 
and antisemitism. Sheila 
Katz, CEO of the national 
headquarters of National 
Council of Jewish Women 
Inc., flew in from Washington 
and urged women to make 
their voices heard by voting. 

For more information on NCJW | MI 

go to www.ncjwmi.org.

NCJW-MI President Sallyjo 
Levine, Juju Chang and NCJW-
MI Executive Director Susan 
Gertner

Juju Chang, center, with 
Women of Vision co-chairs 
Judy Robinson, left, and Marian 
Littman

Evva Hepner, Marilynn Sabin, Juju Chang, Carrie Kushner, Carolyn 
Krieger and Sandi Matz

COURTESY OF NCJW | MI

Women of Vision

JARC, a nonprofit that serves 
adults with developmental 
disabilities in the Metro 
Detroit area, hosted a cook-
ing class for the people it 
serves and members of the 
community on Sept. 7 as part 
of the final group of sum-
mer Hobbies and Hangouts 
classes — a program of 
JARC’s Making Community 
Connections.
Sixteen participants of the 
class were welcomed to Great 
Lakes Culinary Center where 
they had the opportunity 
to cook together. Flatbreads 
were made with fresh ingre-

dients, including vegetables 
and herbs, all picked by 
participants from the garden 
at the Great Lakes Culinary 
Center. 
Persons served and mem-
bers of the community had 
a great time connecting with 
each other while preparing 
flatbreads. 
JARC looks forward to 
restarting this popular sum-
merlong program next year. 
If you are interested in more 
information about summer 
2023 classes, contact Jessica 
Tierney at jessicatierney@
jarc.org. 

The group collects fresh herbs from the garden to use on their 
flatbreads.

Darin, Maxine and Mary load up their flatbreads with toppings.

COURTESY OF JARC

JARC Hosts 
Cooking Class