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Aug. 4-10, 2016 | 29 Tammuz - 6 Av 5776 | Vol. CL, No. 1

Shabbat: Friday, Aug. 12, 8:19 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Aug. 13, 9:22 p.m.

Tisha b’Av Begins: Saturday, Aug. 13, 8:36 p.m.
Fast Ends: Sunday, Aug. 14, 9:21 p.m.

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Shabbat: Friday, Aug. 5, 8:29 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Aug. 6, 9:33 p.m.

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Australian
Boulder Opal.
She is Shapely,

Times accoding to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

Full of Color

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

New book by former Oak Park Mayor Gerald Naftaly sparks fond memories of Northland
Center in Southfield.

Around Town ............... 24
Arts & Life .................... 39
Calendar....................... 26
Editor’s Picks ............... 42
Israel ............ 6, 30, 31, 58
Life Cycles .................... 48
Marketplace ................ 50
Metro ............................ 10
Obituaries .................... 53

Out To Eat .................... 44
Real Estate ................... 32
Sports ........................... 47
Spotlight ...................... 21
Synagogue List ........... 36
Torah Portion .............. 37
Viewpoints......................5
World ............................ 30

Columnists

Ryan Fishman .............. 45
Esther Allweiss Ingber .... 44
Alan Muskovitz ..............5
Danny Raskin .............. 46

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Temple B’nai Israel in Kalamazoo marks
its 150th anniversary.

Sketch, Model, Metal

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Silver, Platinum, RG,

and So Bold

She Will Set

You Free!

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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 2016 Olympic Games will soon
begin in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Every four years, the best athletes
on the planet compete for gold, silver and
bronze medals at what is billed as the larg-
est sporting event in the world.
While surfing the William Davidson
Digital Archives, I ran across a great story
about the Olympics in Atlanta in the Aug.
2, 1996, issue of the JN. It reminded me
that the real drama of the competition
occurs on the field. In this respect, 20
years ago, the events of the 1996 Olympics
are hard to beat. First, there was a bomb-

ing, which put everyone on edge.
Yet the most dramatic moment in
the entire Olympics belonged to an
80-pound, 4-foot 8-inch Jewish girl
from Tucson, Ariz.: Kerri Strug.
The press soon called her the “big-
gest little woman in America.”
Strug was part of the famed
“Magnificent Seven” from America’s wom-
en’s gymnastics team. On her next to last
vault, she severely injured her ankle. With
the gold medal in the balance, in pain,
Strug courageously made one last vault,
landing squarely on her feet. She hobbled

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off the mat on one foot, but the Americans
won the gold. This was a legendary per-
formance. Afterward, as the photo here
captures, Strug had to be carried to the
podium. Talk about tough!

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