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30 December 29 • 2016 metro » o n t h e c o v e r Year In JANUARY: A view of the garden from the Eden Gardens shipping container/tool shed that served as a sukkah last year. JANUARY: Hillel Day School students Matthew Zivian and Anna Weinbaum helped collect water for Flint residents. JANUARY The Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue unveiled a new urban agriculture program called Seeds to Table just before Tu b'Shevat. Volunteers nurture seeds into plantlets then transplant them into the community garden in the spring. Metro Detroit's Jewish commu- nity reacted to the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint by collect- ing bottled water and monetary donations. Temple Shir Shalom, B'nai Israel Synagogue, Temple Israel, Congregation Beth Shalom, Adat Shalom Synagogue, Hillel Day School, Goodman Acker PC law firm, Federation's NEXTGen, Moishe House Royal Oak, Repair the World and The Well all worked to help those in Flint. FEBRUARY The Detroit Jewish News was named the Michigan Press Association's 2015 Newspaper of the Year in its circulation class — winning 17 writing and design awards in statewide competition. Tamarack Camps issued a new immunization policy. By 2017, no one will be allowed to come to camp without documentation of complete immunization. The Jewish Fund, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, launched a comprehensive community study to gauge the health and welfare needs of the Jewish community. The Michigan Department of Transportation presented plans to the Oak Park City Council for extensive repairs to the I-696 overpass in Oak Park to fix drain- age problems. JARC opened its new JARC Center for Autism and Rehabilitation Services in Farmington Hills. The cen- ter provides Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), speech therapy, physical therapy and occupa- tional therapy services. The JN featured a story on the new coed Harvey Milk BBYO chapter, formed after BBYO changed its rules to allow people to join chapters based on the gender with which they identify. The Harvey Milk chapter has 12 active members encompassing a spectrum of gender identities. MARCH The JN profiled the new Detroit City Moishe House in Detroit's his- toric Indian Village, which planned to build off the continued successes of the Moishe House in Royal Oak. Review 2016