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Dec. 29-Jan. 4, 2017 | 29 Chesvan - 6 Tevet 5777 | Vol. CL, No. 22
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From the DJN
Davidson
Digital Archive
Around Town .......21, 22,24
Arts & Life ........................42
Calendar...........................32
Eats ...................................50
Editor’s Picks ...................51
Health ...............................36
Israel ......................5, 61, 62
Marketplace ....................55
Metro ................................10
Moments ..........................53
Obituaries ........................59
Sports ...............................44
Spotlight ..........................58
Synagogue List ...............42
Torah Portion ..................43
Viewpoints.........................5
Year In Review ................30
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36
Columnists
Sy Manello .........................5
Danny Raskin ..................52
SHABBAT LIGHTS
Shabbat: Friday, Dec. 30, 4:51 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Dec. 31, 5:57 p.m.
Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 6, 4:57 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 7, 6:04 p.m.*
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.
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Year In Review
A look at the local stories in
2016 that made news.
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Calexico
Detroit’s own Mexi-Cali
destination.
JN Online Offerings:
40
Get Fit
ON THE COVER: Bill Berman at the DSO Heroes
Gala, June 6, 2015/courtesy the Berman family
Gift ideas to help us get in
shape for the new year.
COVER DESIGN: Michelle Sheridan
Playground Detroit
Organization to open
new art space near
Eastern Market.
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Mike Smith
Detroit Jewish News
Foundation Archivist
T
he North American International
Auto Show will open after the
holidays. It is a huge, gala affair,
to say the least. Just about every global
manufacturer debuts new cars and trucks at
the show, along with their concept vehicles,
and they have lots of giveaways or “swag” for
attendees.
There is also a major preview party that,
over the years, has grown into one of the
largest annual charity events in Detroit.
Last year, about 815,000 people attended
the show. The record was 838,00 in 2003.
New York claims it had the first automo-
bile show in 1900. But, don’t you believe
it! A year earlier, in 1899, a sporting goods
dealer in Detroit had a show at the Detroit
Armory and decided that, along with base-
ball gloves and balls, he would show a few of
the latest cars. Granted, in 1899, there were
only a handful of “new” cars since the auto-
mobile industry was just beginning large-
scale production. In 1901, for example, Olds
Motor Works led the world when it built 425
Curved Dash Olds.
I found an interesting article about the
auto show in the January 1, 2003, issue
of the JN’s Style magazine in the William
Davidson Digital Archives. It focused on the
“new” crossover vehicles, which now domi-
nate the roads. There was a feature story
on two fellows that bought new Hummers.
Unfortunately, Hummers became extinct
shortly after gasoline reached $4 per gallon.
The articles also prove one point — in a
blink, the automobile industry will change,
and 2003 is already ancient history.
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