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Sacred Work
12 Jewish Family Service named administrator for
Holocaust Claims Conference.
Budget Breakthrough
14 Funding to multicultural service agencies close
to being restored.
The Battle Continues
15 Lansing mayor fights for a permanent Capitol
menorah.
Shine Some Light
16 Beaumont’
s Moonbeams program uplifts the
spirits of kids in the hospital.
Shabbat Dinner
18 Teens share personal stories of mental illness
and resilience.
Poland’
s Struggle
20 Poles continue to wrestle with guilt and denial
about their country’
s Holocaust role.
‘
Virus with No Antidote’
24 Former national ADL director says the fight
against anti-Semitism is not futile.
Pioneering Psychiatrist
26 Alan Rosenbaum lauded for facilitating
the integration of psychopharmacology and
psychotherapy.
Gift Guide
Gifted
30 Eight nights of awesome gifts (plus a few
extras) for everyone on your Chanukah list.
Especially for You …
36 Custom gifts for the most discerning recipients.
Piece by Piece
38 Family time can be enhanced by doing puzzles
together during the holiday.
The Gift of Organization
39 Personalized totes please even the hard-to-
buy-for.
Give the Gift of an Experience — and of
Making Memories
40
Giving — The Best Gift
41 End the year by giving to local nonprofits that
help others.
Faces and Places
43
Moments
44
Spirit
Torah portion
46
Eretz
Open Access
47 Israel’
s National Library collaborates with
Google to digitize 120,000 books.
Arts&Life
“It’
s a Floyd!”
48 Designers’
approach to furniture means
creating well-made, functional, long-lasting pieces
destined to be a household name.
Holiday Page Turners
52 New books to please every reader in your
family this Chanukah.
Celebrity Jews
54
On the Go
Events/Editor’
s Picks
55
Business
Schmoozing with Brandon Ben-Ezra
58 The JN chats with Ben-Ezra about finding his
niche working on repurposing big- box stores.
Michigan and Mobileye
60 Pilot program to advance autonomous vehicle
safety on state roads.
Here’
s To
61
Etc.
The Exchange
62
Soul
64
Raskin
69
Looking Back
70
Dec. 12-18, 2019 / 14-20 Kislev 5780 | VOLUME CLVI, ISSUE 19
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Dec. 13, 4:42
p.m.Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Dec. 14, 5:48 p.m.*
Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
On the cover:
Cover photo/credit:
Kyle Hoff of Floyd/
Brett Mountain
Cover design:
Michelle Sheridan
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