6 | SEPTEMBER 7 • 2023 

1942 - 2023

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PURELY COMMENTARY

column

Good Gossip
H

ey there, Metro 
Detroiters. Yenta Girl 
here. It’s almost the 
new year and 
we’re closing 
out 5783 with a 
bang!
Everyone 
please make 
sure to wish 
my husband, 
Mikey Foon, a 
very happy 41st 
birthday! We sure love cele-
brating you.

In important personal news, 
my wonderful Grandma, 
Debby Dorfman, recently cel-
ebrated her 90th birthday. Her 
love for the Detroit Tigers and 
her family grows stronger with 
each passing year.
Nearly 400 community 
members attended the Grand 
Re-Opening of the Isaac Agree 
Downtown Synagogue and 

heard from a show-stopping 
list of community leaders, 
including Building Renovation 
Committee co-chairs Vadim 
Avshalumov and birth-
day boy George Roberts, 
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan 
and Isaac Agree’s great-
great-grandson, Downtown 
Synagogue Board Member Jay 
Hack.
The J royalty, Meredith Kay 
and Brett Rubenfire, wed 
Labor Day weekend at Lovett 
Hall and WOW! was it spec-
tacular. 
Mazel tov to Judy and John 
Marx of West Bloomfield on 
their 60th wedding anniversa-
ry — wishing you many, many 
more.
Wishing Faye Jacobs a very 
happy 99th birthday! Faye 
enjoyed a beautiful celebration 
with her loving family.
Robyn Hughey has taken 

over as the next 
executive direc-
tor of the Lester 
and Jewell Morris 
Hillel Jewish 
Student Center 
at Michigan State 
University. L’dor 
v’dor and go green!
Happy 40th birthday to fan 
favorite David Kwaselow! 
Keep on shining bright! 
NEXTGen President Jennie 
Maxbauer kicked off the 
board year with mindfulness 
and intention. We cannot 
wait to see what is to come 
throughout her term.

Kol Hakavod 
to Susie Pappas 
who was honored 
at the Friends of 
the Israel Defense 
Forces Women of 
Valor Luncheon 
for her tireless 

commitment to FIDF and 
support of IDF’s brave sol-
diers. She is a force. 

Spotted at the Tamarack 
Camps Annual Meeting, 
Mark Milgrom received the 
President’s Award 
for his special 
connection to 
Tamarack’s schli-
chim and dedica-
tion to promoting 
Israel solidarity. 
For the previous 
20 summers, Mark has pro-
vided a dinner at camp for all 
Israeli staff filled with Israeli 
food — providing Tamarack’s 
Israeli staff a taste of home 
and the comfort of a second 
mishpachah (family). Yasher 
Koach, Mark! 

Please fill me in on all your “jewcy” 

news at samanthafoon14@gmail.com. I 

cannot wait to brighten your day!

Samantha 
Foon
Contributing 
Wrtier

Susie 
Pappas

Robyn 
Hughey

Mark 
Milgrom

