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communities, we see
ourselves as preparing the
future. This is the formal
beginning when they come
to school. We give them the
positive feelings for Torah, for
Hashem, for klal Yisrael [the
whole Jewish people]. That’s a
foundation.
Phreddy Nosan-
wisch: Hillel is a very diverse
school — not everybody is
going for the same reason,
even kids within one family.
So, what am I trying to do?
Hillel has this motto that I
love: Mind, Body, and Soul,
Better Together. I recall from
Chassidut there’s a concept
that the soul has five levels …
three are housed in the body
and that two higher levels go
beyond. I think for our kids,
who can go in so many differ-

ent ways and are going to be
so many different people —
not just from each other, but
even in their own lifetimes —
if I can connect them to those
parts of their soul that came
from their ancestors, from
their community, that’s what I
hope to do.
Rebecca Strobehn: Frankel
is a community school — we
serve a wide spectrum of

students. We have courses
that serve students who have
almost no Jewish background
and not a whole lot of Jewish
content at home to students
who grew up in the modern
Orthodox world who have lots
of Jewish content and lots of
Jewish education.
We are trying to give stu-
dents who are 100% immersed
in the modern world as many

rich, authentic and dynamic
access points as possible into
Jewish tradition, Jewish histo-
ry and Jewish life. We want to
help each of the students, no
matter where they come from,
find a comfortable, mean-
ingful and authentic place
for themselves in the Jewish
community, both during high
school and moving forward.
Rabbi Ellis: Farber (called
Akiva when I first moved
here) is a modern Orthodox
religious Zionist school.
My wife works here, my kids
went here. Farber feels like
a family. I love seeing my
students at shul on Shabbat or
walking through the neigh-
borhood or at One Stop.

This story was first published on

Federation’s MyJewishDetroit.org.

“IF I CAN CONNECT THEM TO
THOSE PARTS OF THEIR SOUL
THAT CAME FROM ANCESTORS,
THEIR COMMUNITY, THAT’S

WHAT I HOPE TO DO.”

— PHREDDY NOSANWISCH

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T

he Ones Who
Remember: Second-
Generation Voices of
the Holocaust is a 16-chapter
anthology written by
members of the Generations
After group at Temple Beth
Emeth in Ann Arbor (The
Ones Who Remember:
Second-Generation Voices
of the Holocaust | Books |
thejewishnews.com). Since
its publication in 2022,
the authors have delivered
almost 80 live and Zoom

presentations, reaching
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and internationally in
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Nautilus has invited the
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