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Jews in the D
Girls Photo Project
14 Local photographer’
s portraits empower
girls with respect and equality.
Staff Reduction
20 Tamarack Camps makes up deficit by
eliminating nine positions.
New Leader at JRCR/AJC
22 Rabbi Asher Lopatin is on tap
to be new executive director.
Unusual Loan
24 Detroiter’
s funds to pay back improper
gift toward Netanyahu’
s legal defense.
Bubbie’
s Kitchen
26 JN’
s latest video series focuses on Jewish
cooking, tradition.
Jews in the Digital Age
30 Israeli technology is answer to Flint water crisis.
Faces and Places
36
Moments
38
Spirit
Torah portion
40
Arts&Life
The Tribe Goes to the 2019 Emmys
42
In Your Kitchen
44 Recipes reflect wishes for a good,
sweet new year.
Seize the Spirit
48 Here are 6 new children’
s books
for the Jewish New Year.
Admissions
51 Theatre NOVA play about racial
diversity stirs conversation.
Celebrity Jews
52
On the Go
53 Events/Editor’
s Picks
Business
Training Young Entrepreneurs
56 Local businesswoman leads Venture
for America training program.
Deloitte’
s Davidoff to Retire
57 Next up: President and CEO of The Fisher
Group.
Etc.
The Exchange
59
Soul
61
Raskin
69
Looking Back
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Sept. 19-25, 2019 / 19-25 Elul 5779 | VOLUME CLVI, ISSUE 7
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Sept. 20, 7:16 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Sept. 21, 8:14 p.m.
* Times according to
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.
On the cover:
Cover photo/credit:
Ellie Kroll and Sammi
Desmon/Bari Balbes
Cover design:
Michelle Sheridan
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