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SHABBAT LIGHTS

Shabbat: Friday, April 1, 7:41 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, April 2, 8:44 p.m.*

Shabbat: Friday, April 8, 7:49 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, April 9, 8:52 p.m.*

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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Beth Shalom in Havana, Cuba, includes a 300-seat sanctuary, a Jewish community center,
a Jewish community library and a Jewish community pharmacy.

Around Town ............... 25
Arts & Life .................... 49
Calendar....................... 30
Editor’s Picks ............... 54
Health ........................... 40
Israel ...................... 6, 8,14
Life Cycles .................... 60
Marketplace ................ 62
Metro ............................ 10

News You Can Use ...... 24
Obituaries .................... 65
Real Estate ................... 32
Sports ........................... 59
Synagogue List ........... 48
Torah Portion .............. 46
Viewpoints......................5
World ............................ 37

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Paul Reubens stars in Pee-Wee’s Big
Holiday on Netflix.

OUR JN MISSION

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Quick Click … From the William Davidson Digital
Archive of Jewish Detroit History

were enterprising merchants, to say the
least.
What sparked my interest in writing
about the Bormans was this page from
the Nov. 11, 1966, issue of the JN titled: “A
Man for All Humanity.”
This full-page spread was published to
commemorate Al Borman receiving the
Israel Prime Minister’s Medal for his ser-
vice toward the development of Israel and
the Israeli Bond program.
The page has historic photographs of Al
Borman with Chief Supreme Court Justice
Earl Warren, Rabbi Morris Adler and Max

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emember shopping at Farmer
Jack? It has been nearly 10 years
since this supermarket chain
closed its doors in 2007. Once boasting
more than 100 stores in the Midwest, most
of which were in Metropolitan Detroit,
the chain traced its roots to two Russian-
Jewish immigrant brothers who opened
small markets in Detroit in the 1920s: Tom
and Abraham “Al” Borman.
It would take a full-length article to
cite the numerous stores — like “Lucky
Markets” and “Food Fair” — that eventu-
ally resulted in Farmer Jack. The brothers

On behalf of the Hadassah Greater
Detroit family, I wish you a joyful
Passover season filled with love in
your home, joy in your heart and
peace in the world.

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Columnists

Ryan Fishman .............. 56
Sy Manello ......................5
Danny Raskin .............. 58
Robert Sklar ................ 37

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Fisher, and
a photo of
Tom and Al
Borman at
the corner-
stone laying
of the Borman Branch of Hebrew United
Schools; in all, on one page, a baker’s
dozen of great images and stories about
the Bormans’ community service and
leadership in Jewish Detroit.

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Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation
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