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Jews in the D
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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