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Nov. 3-9, 2016 | 2-8 Cheshvan 5777 | Vol. CL, No. 14

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From the

Davidson
Digital Archive

Around Town .............36-39
Arts & Life ........................43
Calendar...........................32
Editor’s Picks ...................46
Here’s To ...........................28
Israel .................................24
Jews in Digital Age ........19
Marketplace ....................62
Metro ................................14
Moments ..........................58
Nosh .................................49
Obituaries ........................65
Sports ...............................42
Synagogue List ...............40
Torah Portion ..................41
Viewpoints.........................5

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Columnists

Mike Smith
Detroit Jewish News
Foundation Archivist

Ryan Fishman ..................55
Alan Muskovitz .................5
Danny Raskin ..................48
Robert Sklar ......................6

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SHABBAT LIGHTS

Shabbat: Friday, Nov. 4, 6:03 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Nov. 5, 7:04 p.m.*

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USS Detroit:

Barbara Levin sponsors
ship.

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Famie Film:

Suicide is topic of
documentary.

Shabbat: Friday, Nov. 11, 4:55 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Nov. 12, 5:58 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

ON THE COVER: Joshua Goldberg, atop his
apartment building in Detroit, is a serious
geneaologist who has done DNA testing on
himself and on his maternal grandfather.

COVER DESIGN: Michelle Sheridan
COVER PHOTO: Brett Mountain

Truckin’:

Vegging out at
the Nosh Pit.

JN Online Offerings:

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Youmacon:

Japanese anime with
a Jewish twist.

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• Oren Goldenberg’s New Project • Ashley Goldberg Designs Bracelet For Charity

he William Davidson Digital
Archive is full of stories about
remarkable members of
Detroit’s Jewish community. Sure, there
are plenty of stories about local and
world events, as well as reports about
entertainment and restaurants, and
also many bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings
and graduations, to name a few topics.
But, it is the stories about people that
are the best reads of all.
This week, in the Nov. 30, 2006, issue
of the JN, I ran across a very interest-
ing article about a retirement party for
a remarkable woman: Anita Naftaly.
Like so many tales of success in
Jewish Detroit, the beginning of this
story was an idea. In 1984, Anita Katz
Millman (Naftaly) had just earned a
graduate degree in learning disabilities
from Oakland University. Rabbi Irwin
Groner at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
soon approached her and asked if she
would work with kids with learning
disabilities in Hebrew School. Naftaly
agreed, and her program was a great
success.
In 1993, the Jewish Federation and
its Agency for Jewish Education rec-
ognized the need in Jewish schools for
special education. They approached
Naftaly in 1995. This meeting eventu-
ally led to the “Opening the Doors”
program.
To say the least, this is a story of a
most impressive woman who had a huge
impact upon the most precious asset of
any community: its children.

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