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Oct. 15-21, 2015 I 2-8 Cheshvan 5776 I Vol. CXLVIII, No. 11

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SHABBAT LIGHTS

Shabbat: Friday, Oct. 16, 6:31 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m.*

Shabbat: Friday, Oct. 23, 6:20 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Oct. 24, 7:20 p.m.*

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.
Havdalah practices may vary. Consult your rabbi.

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In this photo, taken in northeast Russia in January 1942, Jewish Soviet soldier Leizer

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will be part of a Frankel Center symposium on Soviet Jewish combatants' roles in WWII.

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Snow Birds!!

Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist

W

e are now in October, a
beautiful month. The peak
of fall colors will soon be
upon us. The weather is beginning to cool;
the nights become chilly and, soon, we
will be staring into the face of a Michigan
winter.
But, some lucky members of the com-
munity, the "Snowbirds:' are already mak-
ing plans to escape the Great White North.
This raises a question that several staff
members of the Jewish News have asked
— when was the term "Snowbirds" first
used?

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Doing a bit of research, I could

not find the origins of the word. The
Oxford Dictionary defines a snowbird
as a "northerner who moves to a
warmer southern state in the winter : '
This seems to fall into the category of
"tell us something we don't know!"
Around these parts, we all know
that Michiganders and Canadians are
prime candidates to be snowbirds.
We know one other fact, however, from
the William Davidson Archives. The first
use of the term "snowbird" in the JN
appeared in the Feb. 6, 1981, issue, noting

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that the Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood held its
second annual "snowbird" luncheon at the
home of Mrs. Erwin Harvith, Pompano
Beach, Fla. *

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