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SHABBAT & HOLIDAY LIGHTS
Shabbat: Friday, Sept. 23, 7:09 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Sept. 24, 8:08 p.m.
Shabbat: Friday, Sept. 30, 6:57 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Oct. 1, 7:55 p.m.
Rosh Hoshanah 1: Sunday, Oct. 2, 6:53 p.m.
Rosh Hoshanah 2: Monday, Oct. 3, 7:52 p.m.
Holiday Ends: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 7:50 p.m.
Times accoding to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.
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Dining In
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Editor's Picks
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Synagogue List
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Danny Raskin
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Torah Portion
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Robert Sklar
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Israel
Life Cycles
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Viewpoints
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Alzheimer's Association walk on Oct. 1.
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donations which continually
recycle to others, generating
many times the original value
to help maintain the lives of
local Jews.
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community's efforts to help those who
suffered in the aftermath of Katrina, but
two stood out. First, Dr. Howard Klausner
of Southfield was part of a 35-member
Disaster Medical Assistance Team from
Michigan that worked with FEMA.
Klaussner, who specialized in emergency
medicine, spent many days and nights
working in portable hospitals assisting
those that Katrina left wounded.
I also very much liked the story of the
"Kids for Katrina." As part of the national
"Project Yalkut," children from all classes
at the Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
As a longtime Hebrew Free Loan
Board member, Carolyn Tisdale has
played different roles and participated
in many ways at the agency, but she
clearly remembers being new to HFL.
"Even though I was learning the
ropes with an experienced Board
member, this was during the worst of
the recessionary times here, and
many of the stories we heard from the
borrowers were desperate, so our
help was critical. I think the trends are
much more positive now. Over time, I
think the feel-good loans we make
have increased."
Carolyn currently chairs a committee
managing one such "feel-good" loan,
college loans for Michigan-based
undergraduate and graduate students
through the William Davidson Jewish
College Loan Program.
"I worked on this committee in its
previous incarnation as JELS, and I
enjoy it. It's a special privilege to make
these loans for the future, to help
replace interest-bearing loans with
interest-free loans when possible, and
keep students from graduating so far
in the financial hole. It's a huge boost
to our community that is credited to
the William Davidson Foundation, to
the many donors to HFL's named
education funds, and to community
partners. Students from all over the
state benefit from their generosity,
which enriches us all, potentially for
many years to come. It's quite special
that our Jewish community backs
students in that way.
"It feels good to be part of some-
thing that helps people right now, and
reaps benefits into the future."
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Quick Click ... From the William Davidson Digital
Archive of Jewish Detroit History
ime sure passes swiftly, just like
Mom told me it would as I got
older. After cruising the William
Davidson Digital Archive this week, I
came across some stories in the Sept. 22,
2005, issue of the JN that made me sud-
denly realize that it has been 11 years
since Hurricane Katrina landed on the
southern shores of America in August
2005 and devastated New Orleans and
other cities near the Mexican Gulf coast.
The result was a national disaster.
There are several great stories in this
issue of the JN about the Detroit Jewish
My Story
Detroit stuffed 200 backpacks with school
supplies for needy kids in Houston, Texas.
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