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Nov. 17-23, 2016 | 16-22 Chesvan 5777 | Vol. CL, No. 16

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From the DJN

Davidson
Digital Archive

Around Town .............22-23
Arts & Life ........................42
Business ...........................38
Calendar...........................32
Eats ...................................52
Editor’s Picks ...................51
Food..................................46
Israel ........... 6, 8, 22, 36, 66
Marketplace ....................59
Mentsh of the Month ....19
Metro ................................10
Moments ..........................56
Obituaries ........................62
Sports ...............................55
Synagogue List ...............40
Torah Portion ..................41
Viewpoints.........................5

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Columnists

Debra Darvick .................20
Ben Falik ............................5
Danny Raskin ..................54

SHABBAT LIGHTS

Shabbat: Friday, Nov. 18, 4:49 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Nov. 19, 5:52 p.m.

The Parade Company

Shabbat: Friday, Nov. 25, 4:45 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Nov. 26, 5:49 p.m.*

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Tiny Tim

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* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

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ON THE COVER: Annabel Cohen, JN food
columnist, offers her recipes for the healthiest
Thanksgiving dinner ever.

Young actor Ari Bigelman
melts Scrooge’s frozen heart.

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America’s Parade

Man earns award for
30 years as parade clown.

Going National

Cooper Street cookies at
Sam’s Clubs nationwide.

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Love Of Learning

Chautauqua’s allure
can last for generations.

COVER DESIGN: Michelle Sheridan
COVER PHOTO: Jerry Zolynsky

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t’s Election Day as I write this. I
have already voted, and I thought
it would be appropriate to explore
some political history from the
Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish
Detroit History. I did, and I found an
interesting story about the U.S. Senate.
It was reported in the Nov. 13, 1992,
issue of the JN that Sen. Carl Levin
could finally participate in a Senate
minyan. That year, after the election,
Americans had voted 10 Jews into office
as U.S. senators. This is a very impres-
sive number considering that the Jewish
population in America that year was
slightly more than 5.8 million, or about
2 percent of the population. Today,
there are still 10 Jewish senators.
Doing a bit of research, I found sev-
eral other facts. One, there have been
35 Jewish senators in American his-
tory. The first was David Levy Yulee
from Florida. Indeed, he was one of the
state’s first two senators, serving from
1845-1851. Finally, in 1992, there was
also another interesting victory for both
women and Jews. California elected two
Jewish women to the Senate: Barbara
Boxer and Diane Feinstein.
So, 1992 was a pretty good year for
Jewish politicians.

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