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GIFT GUIDE

It’s always good to give with intent; this 
year, even more so. Here are a few of 
our favorites.

Gifts that
Give Back
Give Back

LYNNE KONSTANTIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY
Good for you, good for our best friends 
who give us so much joy: Rebel 
Nell in Detroit was founded out of 
a love of the city’s vibrant street 
art combined with the opportunity 
to address social issues. This 
custom stainless-steel Pet Tag is 
crafted from fallen Detroit graffiti 
(choose designs, shapes and colors 
on their website) with your BFF’s name 
and contact info on the other side. Best 
of all: A portion of proceeds benefits 
Michigan Humane (formerly Michigan Humane 
Society) — with three adoption centers, four veterinary centers, 
adoption partnerships and more to assist with sheltering, cruelty 
investigations, emergency rescue, legislative advocacy and more. 
Visit michiganhumane.org/shop or rebellnell.com.

YGAZM ART
Yevgeniya Gazman is an artist, photographer, writer, 
storyteller and “kind human,” she says. The founder of 
YGazm Art, a global brand balancing art and design with 
profit and philanthropy, was born in the former Soviet 
Union and came to the United States with her family as a 
refugee at age 9. 
Upon arrival, the Jewish community of Metro Detroit 
welcomed her and her family with open arms — allowing 
for an education at Hillel Day School, summers at 
Tamarack Camps and more. Since then, Gazman has 
strived to give back to both her local community and the 
Jewish community at large, participating on the board of 
the Michigan Chapter of the ADL, the board of local artist 
incubator Step Space, contributing to the Jewish News 
and through her brand, “creating campaigns that benefit 
organizations and causes consistent with my values 
— diversity, inclusion and peace,” she says. Since the 
events of Oct. 7, Gazman is selling an original painting 
plus 10 prints with 50% of the sales prices to be donated 
to the JFMD Israel Emergency Campaign. The painting, 
a 36” x 36” oil and acrylic on stretched canvas titled 
Adonai Echad, is currently on display at Bais Chabad 
Torah Center and is priced at $3,600; each numbered 
and signed 18” x 18” giclee print is priced at $360. For 
details and to purchase, visit ygazmart.com.

MARZIPOPS
Armed with 10 years’ experience as a cake designer, an MBA from 
Harvard and a passion for food and whimsy, Ann Arbor-based Dahlia 
Weinman created Marzipops. After the success of her original marzipan 
“matzah” pops — and publicity in the New York Times, Martha Stewart 
Living and the Jewish News, of course — Weinman expanded into 
everything that is playful and delicious in marzipan. This Chanukah, 
she has added to her list: Marzipops has created new limited-edition 
Support Israel Striped Star of David Tiles — a gift box of 10 striped 
treats ($48) in two designs. The set is Weinman’s effort to support Israel 
while it is under attack, with 100% of the product proceeds benefiting 
the Friends of the IDF. “Your purchase will champion the courageous 
men and women of the Israel Defense Forces as they protect the State 
of Israel and her citizens,” she says. Marzipops.com.

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