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

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DEPARTMENTS

6

HIGHLIGHTS

14

13

FIVE THINGS YOUR KIDS
WILL LOVE THIS MONTH

From the planetarium
to the Pistons

13

14

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

last month's winner

ON THE COVER: Corbis Images

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Sy Manello

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Yoni Apap, Stefani Barner,
Gabriella Burman, Brad Cohen,
Jackie Headaphol, Jaimee Wine

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Jan Shain

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Deanna Spivey

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Zena Davis

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Scott Drzewiecki

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Jeffrey Meyer, Pam Sherevan,
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