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12 Expats Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant’
s
new children’
s book focuses on the gift of giving.
Connected and Wired to Help
18 Butzel Award goes to Norm Pappas for his
dedication, vision and leadership.
Radio Legend
22 Robin Seymour brings his memoir and his
memories back to Detroit.
Upholding the Law
26 New York-based nonprofit protects Jewish
rights worldwide.
History Reclaimed
30 Sisters receive long-lost diary of their heroic
uncle who perished in World War II.
BFFs Forever
34 ‘
Dearest girlfriends’
celebrate 80th
birthday
with big trip.
JCC to Honor the Retired
Barbara Cantor
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First Time to Israel
40 Congresswoman Haley Stevens talks about the
impact the trip made on her.
Faces and Places
44
Moments
53
Spirit
Torah portion
55
Eretz
Israeli Tech Cleans Toxic Algae Blooms
56
Arts&Life
An Extra-Sweet New Year
59 Set your table with pretty pinks and golds,
punctuated with plenty of symbolic pomegranates.
Newfound Friends
63 Airline passengers stranded in a small
Canadian town after 9-11 find common links
in Come from Away.
Ailing Conductor Arie Lipsky
Helped To Plan New Season
64
Celebrity Jews
66
On the Go
Events/Editor’
s Picks
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Etc.
The Exchange
70
Soul
72
Raskin
77
Looking Back
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Sept. 12-18, 2019 | 12-18 Elul 5779 | VOLUME CLVI, ISSUE 6
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Sept. 13, 7:28 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Sept. 14, 8:27 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
On the cover:
Cover photo/credit:
Illustration by Diana
Schoenbrun from The
Gift Inside the Box
Cover design:
Michelle Sheridan
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