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Coming of Age is a series of short documentaries from Silver Screen Studios about amazing seniors who continue to thrive in old age. At a time of great uncertainty in our changing world their wisdom, humor and insight are a powerful model for navigating the peaks and valleys of aging. From the loss of friends and loved ones to the impact of ageism, these everyday Silver Screen stars share personal journeys more dramatic, entertaining and authentic than any Hollywood movie.

The award winning digital series Coming of Age from Silver Screen Studios and Reboot returns for a second season to feature profiles of an incredible group of older Detroiters, some whose names are sure to be familiar to locals and others to discover and fall in love with for the first time. Learn more and watch.

The award winning digital series Coming of Age from Silver Screen Studios and Reboot returns for a second season to feature profiles of an incredible group of older Detroiters, some whose names are sure to be familiar to locals and others to discover and fall in love with for the first time. Watch them here.

Highlights of Chanukah memories from the Detroit Jewish community are featured in a new music video from Reboot in celebration of their new Chanukah album A Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood’s Guitar Soli Chanukah Record. In the video, Lockwood is playing the album track “Ritual.” This is a love letter to the Jewish Community of Detroit, celebrating the moments of togetherness that the holiday of Chanukah has fostered over the years.

Reboot is a nonprofit incubator and cultural engine for contemporary Jewish storytelling. We blend ancient wisdom and traditions with modern culture, sparking curiosity and creating spaces where people from every background can explore Jewish life in meaningful, imaginative ways. From unforgettable rituals to powerful films, from feminist Talmud takes to the world’s most inquisitive kosher dill pickle, we are shaping the cultural conversation about Jewish life and identity. Our work travels through media, art and ideas that invite people in and expand what Jewish culture can look and feel like today. More than 14 million people participated and viewed our projects in the past year and our community has now grown to nearly 90,000 Instagram followers. Across all social platforms, we have 130,000+ followers engaging with Reboot’s creative, courageous Jewish exploration. Read more highlights from Reboot

Oren Goldenberg is the developer and co-owner of the newly opened Dreamtroit, a $30 million mixed-use artist-led affordable housing project in the historic Lincoln Motor Factory in Detroit. For Sukkot, he ponders the connection between affordable housing and the temporary shelters we build every year to remember the time Jews wandered in the desert. The sukkot we as Jews inhabited in the desert were temporary shelters to protect us on the way to a promised land. They were dwellings for the upwardly mobile, an impermanent solution to get us to where we were trying to go; the first affordable public housing projects, if you will. But Affordable housing can no longer be equated with temporary housing. We are finding that people, over generations, require subsidies and assistance to be adequately housed in America. Affordable housing is the promised land, Goldenberg asserts. Read more here.