Purpose: Incubate a variety of community-centered organizations, startups, and projects that will pursue revitalization and inter-group reconciliation in the larger metro Detroit community as well as provide educational opportunities for an interfaith audience, including a Detroit Jewish History museum. Overview: A complete renovation of the 35 classroom spaces into multi-purpose commercial rental spaces, educational spaces,
This post originally appeared on our 2017 Kickstarter campaign. Dear Backers, I’m excited to share that yesterday our story was on the front page of the Detroit News – Detroit’s second-largest newspaper (and the 10th most-read newspaper website in the United States!) The word is getting out about what we’re doing together. At the same time,
This post originally appeared on our 2017 Kickstarter campaign. Dear backers, What does freedom mean to you? On Passover each year, Jews around the world celebrate the exodus of the Israelites from brutal slavery in Egypt under a cruel Pharaoh. What are our personal Egypts today – and what will it take for us to
This post originally appeared on our 2017 Kickstarter campaign. Dear backers, We’ve got some exciting news to share with you today. Thanks to a generous $20,000 donation from three anonymous faith congregations coming together, we’re able to match every dollar put into the campaign! Starting today! That means that small donations from our backers can
This post originally appeared on our 2017 Kickstarter campaign. Friends, BCTC is all about the power of healing. Just as our building is in need of some repair, our relationships are longing for restoration. Since we’ve launched the campaign, thousands of people have seen our message of hope for reconciliation between black and white, Jew and
This post originally appeared on our 2017 Kickstarter campaign. Dear friends, My heart is full of so much joy as I see all of the support you’ve shown us in the first 48 hours of this campaign. This project to transform a historic Jewish synagogue into a performing arts center, worship space and community center
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