Reflections on the New School Year

Scholar, educator, writer and esteemed “imperfectionist,” Rabbi Yitzchok Grossbard is Dean of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah in Southfield. “Good parents and teachers help children understand and accept imperfection in themselves and in the world around them.”

Kevin Sack, Seafare Foods

Hooray for Herring

A family business, home-grown in Detroit, MaCohen’s is the last kosher food purveyor downtow.

Overnight Success

Overnight Success

Israeli Campers at Tamarack, Growing Strong

Molly Chernow

Detroiter by Choice

Meet Molly Chernow, 41, Floridian in love with Detroit, busy mom of three, woman on a mission to connect families and bring survivors’ stories to light.

My Sister’s Challah

Writer and challah-maker extraordinaire, Elizabeth Applebaum is Marketing Director at the Jewish Community Center. When not attending to the news and events at the JCC, Elizabeth enjoys spending time with her four children, reading at leisure and playing a curiously competitive game of Words with friends.
My sister, Becca, and I are different. I’m obsessively clean; she is not. She loves shoes, and I like purses. Becca lives yoga; my idea of exercise is walking across the room to get cookies.

Good Books and Sweet Dreams

There’s nothing like getting tucked into bed with a good book. PJ Library keeps the tradition alive. . .with a Jewish spin.

A young boy studies in two languages.

Benefits of the Bilingual Brain

Studies show that learning a second language at an early age improves listening and learning skill. Learn more.