WISDOM Update

Dear WISDOM Subscribers:

Last Tuesday night the Jewish Community Center of West Bloomfield had the honor and privilege of hosting a very special priest who is doing incredible work. 600 people from throughout both the Jewish and general communities of Metro Detroit came out to hear Father Patrick Desbois speak about his unbelievable work travelling throughout Eastern Europe uncovering and documenting previously undiscovered mass graves of Jews murdered during the Holocaust. People were truly touched by this man – and his life’s mission.

Trish Harris, Sheri Schiff and myself attended the dinner for Father Desbois and his lecture on behalf of WISDOM, who was one of the sponsors. Another important sponsor in the interfaith community was the Archdiocese of Detroit. Father Desbois’ talk about his work in Belarus and the Ukraine searching for unmarked mass graves of Jews who were shot systematically - their bodies piled on top of each other in pits that were dug by children - had everyone shocked and in tears throughout his talk. Father Desbois has written a book entitled The Holocaust By Bullets: A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews that details his work over the last several years.

Please mark April 26th on your calendars. WISDOM will be sponsoring an event called “Stewards of the Earth” which will take place between 10:30 AM and 2:00 PM at the Johnson Nature Center in Bloomfield Hills. We are inviting all WISDOM subscribers, members and their families to help us put mulch on the nature trails and to pull invasive weeds. This will be a wonderful interfaith event open to adults and youth. April 26th is part of the Global Youth Service Days, and the Interfaith Initiative for Young Adults will be partnering with WISDOM to involve middle school, high school, and college youth to come together to do community service, to make new friends and to share lunch together. We will be asking everyone to bring their own lunch and something to share with 5 other people!! Lunch will begin around 1:00 PM and we will structure some conversation topics so that the adults and the youth can get to know each other and have fun!!

I will be getting some flyers about the Global Youth Service Day events out to all of you soon, along with permission slips for any of you bringing your own families or sponsors bringing a group of students!!

Peace!!

Gail KatzWISDOM President
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