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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 
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members of the Generations 
After group at Temple Beth 
Emeth in Ann Arbor (The 
Ones Who Remember: 
Second-Generation Voices 
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the authors have delivered 
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