DECEMBER 2010 I VOLUME 01 ISSUE 02
CONTENTS
FEATURES
19 Give & Get
Gifts for those eight crazy nights.
Reporting by Lynne Konstantin
22 lExtreme Makeover — Detroit Edition
A look at lives upended by circumstance.
Reporting by Bryan Gottlieb
24 lOn a Yoga Chai
RED TtarrD
GIVEAWAY
Finding harmony at the crossroads
of philosophy and religion.
Reporting by Gabriella Burman
COLUMNS and PHOTO ESSAYS
5
Editor's Letter
6
Man on the Street
8
10
Ben Falik is JEWFRO
Mailbag
11
Post-Date Post
12
Foodie
13
2GOOD2BE4GOT10
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DEPARTMENTS
6
HIGHLIGHTS
14
13
FIVE THINGS YOUR KIDS
WILL LOVE THIS MONTH
From the planetarium
to the Pistons
13
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16
PROFESSIONALS
Entrepreneurs launch their
latest app
16
THE ROUNDUP
Economic highlights
CULINARY QUICKSTEP
Salmon and veggie quesadillas
MORE THAN MY CV
Tweeting your way into a job
Get out this December
18
EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL°
LOCKER ROOM
Western Michigan U's
defensive coordinator
talks to Red Thread
HOME BREW
Home-based businesswoman
makes order out of chaos
18
KIDDUSH CLUB
Red Thread looks at
Cabernet Sauvignon
20
W.W.M.D.
Detroiter-in-Exile
reminisces about home
20
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MAGNUM OPUS
Philip Roth's Nemesis
14
GIGS
A composite of who's hiring
this month
26
NIGHT CAP
An Irish Catholic's
year of living Jewishly
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