12 | MAY 9 • 2024 

His passion for baking (and babka) 
is so great that he recently got his own 
puppy and named him — yes — Babka. 
Jacob has exercised his passion in 
other ways. He’s recently been putting 
on babka-baking classes. “Jacob’s Babka 
Bakes,” they’re called. 
Jacob’s sister is a program director 
for Friendship Circle in New York City. 
She’s had him come out and lead babka-
baking classes two different times for 
teenagers and young adults. 
He’s done similar demonstrations 
locally, one for students at The Shul-
Chabad Lubavitch in West Bloomfield 
and another for the Chaya Mushka Girls 
High School in Oak Park. 
He also led a class at the West 
Bloomfield Library last month, but 
with rugelach instead of babka. The 
demonstrations have been a success — 
and more are on the horizon. 
“His direct supervisor, Josh, will 
typically go with him. But they let Jacob 
lead the demonstration, and he goes 
around and shows them how to properly 
make it. Jacob seems to really have fun 
doing that,” Ethan said. 

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ABOVE: Jacob’s babka-
baking classes have 
continued locally for 
students and young adults 
alike. RIGHT: Jacob often 
bakes original ideas for 
desserts at home and then 
brings it into work for his 
bosses to try.