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Aug. 8-14, 2019 

7-13 Av 5779 

VOLUME CLVI, ISSUE 1 
 

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SPIRIT

24 Torah portion

ARTS&LIFE
26 Beauty from Nothing
 
A local gardener created a 
 
peaceful haven surrounding his 
 
Bloomfi
 eld Hills home.

28 A Capital Time in 
 
Capitol Park
 
Food tours let you eat 
 
your way through a revitalized 
 
Downtown.

31 Homegrown Play 
 
Stan Zimmerman’
s touching 
 
comedy is inspired by his mom 
 
and a former housekeeper.
32 Celebrity Jews

ON THE GO

33 Events/Editor’
s Picks

ETC.

35 The Exchange

37 Soul

41 Raskin

42 Looking Back

 
SHABBAT & 
HOLIDAY LIGHTS

Shabbat starts: 
Friday, Aug. 9, 8:24 p.m.

Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Aug. 10, 9:28 p.m.
Tisha b’
Av starts: 
Saturday, Aug. 10, 8:41 p.m.
Tisha b’
Av ends: 
Sunday, Aug. 11, 9:27 p.m.

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. 

Cover photo: Bruce Hoffman’
s garden
Cover photo by: Derrick Martinez
Cover design: Kelly Kosek

VIEWS

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JEWS IN THE D
14 Freedom to 
 
 Discriminate?
 
Poll shows some Americans 
 
believe small businesses can 
 
refuse services to Jews, 
 
minorities.
14 Welcome to Detroit!
 
Four athletes fi
 nd a home with 
 
 
Tessa Goldberg.
15 Night of Learning
 Diverse rabbis reinforce 
 obligation to treat all strangers 
 humanely.
16 Going Big, Going Green
 
Hazon’
s annual Jewish Food 
 
Festival brings new pathways 
 
to learn about sustainability.
18 Ice Cream Law
 
New kids’
 book captures a 
 
child’
s success at changing 
 
a law.

19 Love at Last
 
At 70, high school friends tie 
 
the knot.
20 Faces & Places
22 Special Bat 
 
Mitzvah Project
22 
Moments

23 
Maccabi ArtsFest’
s 

 Young Musicians

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• Maccabi Detroit Dance Team video and more exciting footage 
from the 2019 JCC Maccabi Games and ArtsFest