22 | APRIL 4 • 2024
J
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T
he Barbara and
Douglas Bloom Matzah
Factory, under auspices
of JFamily, will again offer
educational fun to excite
members of the Detroit Jewish
community about the coming
Passover holiday.
The Matzah Factory, started
at the Jewish Community
Center (JCC) of Metropolitan
Detroit — now “The
J-Detroit” — was always
a favorite program of its
co-founder, community leader
Douglas Bloom. The former
JCC president passed away on
July 22, 2021.
Online registration is
available now for two pre-
Passover events.
Participants in the Sunday,
April 7, program will be
making matzah with Rabbi
Shneur Silberberg at the
Lillian and Samuel Hechtman
Senior Independent Living
Apartments. The rabbi is the
outreach co-director with his
wife, Zeesy, at Sara & Morris
Tugman Bais Chabad Torah
Center in West Bloomfield.
Bais Chabad and the
Silberberg family are known
for presenting programs that
help the community celebrate
Jewish holidays.
In addition, artist Gail
Kaplan will demonstrate how
to make a sand art matzah
tray.
“I’ll be working with
residents at Jewish Senior Life
and their families,” Kaplan
said. “Sand art is a great
intergenerational project.
For the children, parents
and grandparents, creating a
holiday project like this can
really become an heirloom
piece.”
On the following Sunday,
April 14, Rabbi Silberberg is
featured at two programs for
families with young children
at The J, located on the Eugene
and Marcia Applebaum Jewish
Several programs for families with children
of all ages are featured this year.
Get Ready for the
Matzah Factory
ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
OUR COMMUNITY
Inter-
generational
Mitzvah
Experience
Barbara and Douglas
Bloom Matzah Factory is
visiting a Jewish Senior
Life-operated residence
on the Applebaum Jewish
Community Campus. The
program’s activities are
intended to be of special
interest to ages 5-10.
1-2:30 p.m. Sunday,
April 7, at Hechtman
Senior Independent
Living Apartments,
West Bloomfield.
The activities will include:
• Matzah-making with
Rabbi Shneur Silberberg
•Sand art matzah tray
project with Gail Kaplan
Admission: $18 per family;
spaces are very limited.
Register: https://jlive.app/
events/7312.