IN WASHTENAW COUNTY - Washtenaw Jewish News

Keeping kosher in Ann Arbor
by Marcie Greenfield
If you’re keeping a kosher home in Washtenaw
County, there are plenty of options. Hiller’s and
Trader Joe’s are your best bet. Both offer a wide
variety of kosher products and fresh kosher
meat. Whole Foods, People’s Food Co-op and
Arbor Farms add to the abundance of vegetarian/kosher
foods available locally.
Hiller’s, a Michigan-owned grocery store with
several locations around the Detroit metro
area, has the largest selection of kosher goods,
with sections in both the international and
wine aisles, and the refrigerator and freezer
cases. They offer fresh and frozen kosher beef,
chicken and turkey. Sometimes you can even
find frozen buffalo and duck. They also have
the most extensive selection for Passover. Ask
at the service desk if you don’t see what you
want because they may be able to order it.
Trader Joe’s has a printed list of kosher products
sold there (including a list detailing the
kosher symbols on their packages). You can
get the list at the store or on their website
(traderjoes.com) under products/labels and
lists. They usually stock most fresh chicken
options (including recent additions of ground
chicken and organic boneless breasts), turkey
(ground and breast halves) and sometimes
ribeye steak. They also carry a kosher cheddar
cheese by Tillamook.
There also are plenty of vegetarian options (including
cheeses without rennet) at the People’s
Food Coop, Whole Foods (they also have a list
of kosher foods sold there and a small frozen
kosher section) and Arbor Farms. Zingerman’s
Deli sells kosher-certified tuna, vinegars, honey,
olive oil, chocolates, salt and several cheeses
with vegetarian rennet. Monahans Seafood
Market at Kerrytown Market is a great source
for fresh fish.
For parties and holidays, Gordon’s Food Service
on Carpenter Rd. sells a huge box of Cohen’s
frozen appetizers. You can find kosher wine at
many stores, including Hiller’s, Whole Foods,
Stadium Market (corner of Stadium and Packard)
and Morgan and York on Packard. About
40 minutes away is a full-service kosher butcher
(Harvard Kosher Meat) and bakery (Bake Station)
in West Bloomfield and a kosher grocery store
(One Stop Kosher), with a large selection of
fresh meat and produce, in Oak Park.
To stay abreast of recent happenings in the
kosher world, you can subscribe to Kosher-
Gram, published by Va’ad Harabonim (Rabbinical
Council) of Detroit. Call (248) 559-5005 to be
put on the mailing list. Kashrut alerts also are
posted on the Orthodox Union website, ou.org.
Chabad House provides classes and assistance
to community members who are interested in
kashering their kitchen. Call 995-3276 for details.
The following stores offer a wide variety of
kosher foods:
• Arbor Farms, 2103 West Stadium Blvd.
• Hiller’s Market, 3615 Washtenaw Ave.
• Monahan’s Seafood Market, 407 North 5th
Ave. (Kerrytown)
• People’s Food Coop, 216 North 4th Ave.
• Trader Joe’s, 2398 East Stadium Blvd.
• Whole Foods Market, 3135 Washtenaw Ave.
The cover
This year’s cover, created by graphic artist Dennis Platte, portrays the diversity of the Washtenaw
County Jewish community. Dennis has been the staff designer for the Washtenaw Jewish News for
almost five years. He began his commercial art training at Lansing Community College and then
studied at Eastern Michigan University. For five years he lived in Maine, where he was the advertising
production manager for Journal Publications for several of their magazines. He returned to Ypsilanti
in 1989, where he lives with his wife, Janet, and now has his own design studio. He has worked as a
graphic designer for commercial printers, publishing companies and advertising agencies.
Dennis is a founding member and president of PTD Productions. which has been producing live theater
at the Riverside Arts Center for the last 16 years. He has been active with many other community organizations,
including: Ypsilanti Area Futures, Washtenaw Council for the Arts, the Ypsilanti Arts Council,
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival, along with other projects involving theater, history, and historical preservation.
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