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Jews in the D
Special Delivery
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
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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
67

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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