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March 17-23, 2016 | 7-13 Adar II 5776 | Vol. CXLIX, No. 7
SHABBAT LIGHTS & PURIM
Shabbat: Friday, March 18, 7:25 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, March 19, 8:27 p.m.*
Fast of Esther: Wednesday, March 23,
6:18 a.m.-8:32 p.m.*
Purim: One-day celebration begins the
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Just in time for Purim come these easy, no-bake hamantashen made with Rice Krispies,
chocolate and decorations.
Arts & Life .................... 35
Calendar....................... 20
Editor’s Picks ............... 40
Family Focus ............... 26
Food.............................. 42
Israel ............... 6, 8,13, 22
Life Cycles .................... 47
Marketplace ................ 50
Metro ............................ 10
Obituaries .................... 53
Sports ........................... 34
Synagogue List ........... 30
Torah Portion .............. 31
Viewpoints......................5
Columnists
Rochel Burstyn...............5
Annabel Cohen ........... 43
Ryan Fishman .............. 44
Ken Gross ........................5
Danny Raskin .............. 46
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Mike Smith
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Y
esterday was an interesting day
for me. I learned a thing or two
or three about the Jewish com-
munity in Ann Arbor. My guide was
Helen Aminoff, a delightful person and
a local historian of Jews in Ann Arbor
and Michigan.
I met Aminoff at the city’s Jewish
Community Center, where she showed
me a fine exhibit on the history of Beth
Israel Congregation. She was the writer
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display until the end of this month.
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founded in 1916, Beth Israel is now
100 years old and going strong.
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tling about two dozen Soviet Jews in the
Ann Arbor area in the 1990s, that Beth
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