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Clockwise from Top: Members of the clergy and the Jewish community led attendees in song and prayer
at a vigil for Michigan State on Feb. 16: Rabbi Mark Miller from Temple Beth El; Rabbi Aaron Starr from
Congregation Shaarey Zedek; Temple Israel’s Rabbi Jen Kaluzny and Cantor Neil Michaels; Rabbi Josh
Bennett from Temple Israel; Rabbi Harold Loss from Temple Israel; Tracey and Brett Katzen from West
Bloomfield; and Aaron Markovitz from Temple Israel.
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a calming place to stay, eat
and find solace among their
peers. Immediately following
the shooting, Jewish Family
Service of Metro Detroit (JFS)
mobilized their trauma team
of mental health professionals
who offered students counsel-
ing at Hillel on Feb. 14.
“I am glad that JFS will offer
services at Hillel today,” said
Smith, who was planning to
go to the building later that
Tuesday. “I hope it can help
because I cannot get that
image of everyone running for
fear of their lives
out of my head.”
Caitlin Finerty,
21, of West
Bloomfield, also
spent a great deal
of the next day
at MSU Hillel
because she simply did not
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Caitlin
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