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Jews in the D
A Public Presence
12 Orthodox individuals discuss if they
feel like targets for anti-Semites.
False Report?
16 Temple Kol Ami cantorial soloist allegedly
stages stabbing to get out of his contract.
Young Jews Making Moves:
Jacob Blumenstein
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English Translation of Davidson Talmud
Available on Sefaria
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NYC’
s Vanished Cafeterias
22 Marcia Bricker Halperin Exhibit
and Lecture at U-M.
Jocelyn Benson
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Moments
25
First Amendment Champion
28 Herschel Fink honored for his lifetime’
s
work protecting free speech.
Spirit
Torah portion
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Arts&Life
True Blue
35 Pantone’
s 2020 Color of the Year
takes a step back to move forward.
The Banjo Beat
38 Instrumentalist pays tribute to banjo music.
Celebrity Jews
40
On the Go
Events/Editor’
s Picks
41
Business
Schmoozing with Elliot Darvick
42
Here’
s To
42
Distribution Guru
43
Etc.
The Exchange
45
Soul
47
Danny Raskin
53
Looking Back
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Jan. 9-15, 2020 / 12-18 Tevet |
VOLUME CLVI, ISSUE 23
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Jan. 10, 5:01 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Jan. 11, 6: 07 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
On the cover:
Cover photo/credit:
Herschel Fink in the
Detroit Free Press
newsroom/
Anthony Lanzilote
Cover design:
Michelle Sheridan
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