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John Sobczak

Jan. 28 - Feb. 3, 2016 | 18-24 Shevat 5776 | Vol. CXLVIII, No. 26

SHABBAT LIGHTS

Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 29, 5:24 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 16, 6:28 p.m.*

Shabbat: Friday, Feb. 5, 5:33 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Feb. 6, 6:37 p.m.*

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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At a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at Russell Street Missionary Baptist Church in
Detroit, choirs from the church, Adat Shalom Synagogue and Hillel Day School perform.

Around Town ......... 18, 20
Arts & Life .................... 75
Auto .............................. 28
Bridal Guide ................ 33
Business ....................... 72
Calendar....................... 63
Community .................. 10
Editor’s Picks ............... 80
Health ........................... 66

Israel ........... 8, 10, 26, 36
Life Cycles .................... 85
Marketplace ................ 88
Metro ............................ 12
Obituaries .................... 92
Sports ........................... 74
Synagogue List ........... 64
Torah Portion .............. 65
Viewpoints......................5

Columnists

Ryan Fishman ............. 82
Karin Katz ................... 79
Norm Prady ...................5
Danny Raskin ............. 84
Robert Sklar ..................8

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President Barack Obama checks out a
Chevy Bolt during a tour of the 2016
North American International Auto Show.

OUR JN MISSION

The Jewish News aspires to communicate news and opinion that ’s useful, engaging, enjoyable and unique. It strives to reflec t the full range of diverse viewpoints while
also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unit y and continuit y. We desire to create and maintain a challenging, caring, enjoyable work environment that encourages
creativit y and innovation. We acknowledge our role as a responsible, responsive member of the communit y. Being competitive, we must always strive to be the most respec ted,
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Quick Click … From the William Davidson Digital
Archive of Jewish Detroit History

Mike Smith
Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist

T

he Detroit Jewish commu-
nity has certainly provided
Michigan and the world with
some talented people. When doing
research into the Jewish News, one
sees the names of many Jewish men
and women who excel in business,
politics, medicine or the arts, such as
this story about former state politi-
cians that included a a profile of Sen.
Jack Faxon.
Faxon’s is a name that readers will
often see in articles over the past 50
years of reporting in the JN.

He has performed in opera and
ballet; shown 92 of
his paintings in a gal-
lery at Wayne State
University; was a
high school teacher
in Detroit; and speaks
Yiddish, French,
German, and some
Spanish and Russian.
He was a state representative and
state senator who served Michigan
from the 1960s to the 1990s; was the
first state official to add funds for

the arts to the state budget for the
DIA and other enterprises; developed
a fine collection of African art; and
founded an international school in
Metro Detroit that he still leads.
And, this is just the tip of the
accomplishment iceberg for this
impressive member of Detroit’s Jewish
community. This
Quick Click is surely
missing a few hun-
dred — or maybe a
few thousand — of
other talents and
achievements for
Jack Faxon.

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My Story

“I felt very alone.”
Brenda Newman had just
received some depressing news from
her dentist about a necessary and
expensive procedure. “I’m on a ﬁxed
income, with my disability from a car
accident, and that would have been a
big hardship, physically and ﬁnancially.”
With very little family, and no one in
a position to help out, Brenda was in
search of an answer when she called
Hebrew Free Loan. “I was nervous,”
Brenda said. “I had no place to turn,
and I wasn’t sure they could help me,
but they were wonderful.”
Brenda’s loan though HFL’s Project
HEAL allowed her to have a chipped
tooth replaced, have a root canal and
dental implants. It has been an
involved process of several months,
but her smile returned.
“I was in agony, feeling emotionally
devastated and hopeless, and now
things are progressing and looking up,”
said Brenda. “I cannot say enough
about Hebrew Free Loan. They gave
me support when I needed it, and
brought light to a dark situation. It’s
wonderful that they’re there for peo-
ple like me. I do talk about Hebrew
Free Loan to other people I know,
and I tell people that the payments
are what I can afford, and the staff is
all so welcoming. They treated me
with compassion and dignity.
“This has been a journey, and it has
taken some time, but I want to give
credit to Dr. Jeffrey Lipton and to
HFL’s Loan Program Manager, Cheryl
Berlin for helping guide me though
this. They have been absolute angels.
So, although I wouldn’t go through it
again, I’m delighted that I’ve been
introduced to the beneﬁts of HFL.”

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