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Dec. 1-7, 2016 | 1-7 Kislev 5777 | Vol. CL, No. 18
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Arts & Life ........................46
Calendar...........................30
Camp Guide ....................35
Editor’s Picks ...................50
Eretz..................................42
Gift Guide ........................21
Israel ............................ 5, 8, 42, 43
Marketplace ....................64
Metro ................................10
Moments ..........................60
Nosh .................................53
Obituaries ........................67
Quick Click.......................42
Sports ...............................59
Synagogue List ...............44
Torah Portion ..................45
Viewpoints.........................5
Columnists
Esther Allweiss Ingber .....55
Alan Muskovitz .................5
Danny Raskin ..................52
SHABBAT LIGHTS
Shabbat: Friday, Dec. 2, 4:42 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Dec. 3, 5:47 p.m..
Shabbat: Friday, Dec. 9, 4:41 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Dec. 10, 5:47 p.m.*
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* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.
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2016 Camp Guide
It's never too early to think
about summer!
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Family Tradition
Chartreuse owner Sandy
Levine comes from a line of
restaurateurs.
JN Online Offerings:
True Love
Israeli chef’s cookbook
includes sufganiyot.
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Gift s For All
Our Guide helps steer
you to the perfect gifts.
ON THE COVER: Alona Sharon works to reduce
the sentences of non-violent drug offenders.
COVER DESIGN: Michelle Sheridan
COVER PHOTO: Brett Mountain
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My Story
When the newly-married Susie
Pappas came to the Detroit area,
she knew no one here. She joined
community organizations as a way to
meet people and acclimate to her
new life, taking leadership roles and
making a difference. But joining the
Hebrew Free Loan Board moved her
enough to re-join a few years after
her first term ended.
“This is something I’m excited to
do, something I care very deeply
about, because what this agency has
achieved for Michigan Jews is so
exciting,” Susie said. “At HFL, when
a need arises, we ask ourselves, ‘If
we can see it, why can’t we do it?’
That’s how we get such incredible
funds as the William Davidson Jewish
College Loan Program, the Marvin I.
Danto Small Business Loan Program
or the Pitt Fund for Special Needs.
As an agency, we evolve to meet
people where they are and help them
progress through their lives.”
What the agency does on a regular
basis, Susie maintains, is create a
safety net for the community.
“There is a lot of compassion at
HFL,” Susie said. “There are such
passionate people on the Board and
the staff, borrowers are welcomed
and respected, and they respond
with warmth and share their stories.
From my perspective, HFL is not
about worry and strife, it’s a joyful
agency because we can be there for
others, help fund bright futures and
be the reason people smile. I would
be here forever, if they’d let me.”
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248.723.8184
Health. A fresh start.
A good education.
The next great business idea.
Hebrew Free Loan gives interest-
free loans to members of our
community for a variety of
personal and small business
needs. HFL loans are funded
entirely through community
donations which continually
recycle to others, generating
many times the original value
to help maintain the lives of
local Jews.
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