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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 
70

 
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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