A month after our synagogue was attacked, the hardest part has been everything that came after |
It has been a month since March 12 and there is a story unfolding at Temple Israel that most people would not be aware of.
It’s not the headlines or the immediate aftermath — it’s the quiet, complicated reality of daily life that followed for our families, our faculty, staff and clergy. We are living it every day.
For many parents, the preschool’s closure from the moment our building was rammed by a truck on the afternoon of March 12 through our anticipated reopening off-site in the coming days has meant scrambling to figure out something no one planned for: a full month of unexpected childcare.
Yes, spring break — aligned with the Passover holiday — was already on the calendar. But that still left weeks of disruption layered on top of already busy lives. It hasn’t been easy.
And yet amid that challenge, something beautiful has happened. Businesses and community members stepped up. Playdates and functions were organized across the metro Detroit area. Families found ways to gather, to support one another, to create moments of community even when nothing felt normal.
As our clergy have shared multiple times since the events of March 12, Temple Israel does not only........