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Jews in the D
China Mitzvah
12 Local Chabad rabbi’
s relatives help
reduce coronavirus risk in Shanghai.
Jews in the Digital Age
16 Email spoofing scam targets rabbis
and congregants in Metro Detroit
New Jewish Millennial Hub
17 Partners Detroit launches Platform 18
in Royal Oak.
Michigan’
s Jewish Prisoners Win Right
to Eat Kosher Meat
17 Judge rules that denying prisoners meat and
dairy kosher meals violates their religious rights.
Say it with Hearts
20 Small inspirational messages leave a loving,
lasting impression.
Busy Bakers
21 Kadima members bake Shabbat cookies with
Beth Shalom Sisterhood members.
JN’
s Arthur Horwitz Hall of Fame-Bound
22
Bras for a Cause
23 Bloomfield Hills sisters-in-law collect
items for women in need.
Faces & Places
24
36 Under 36
26 Meet the leaders among us.
Moments
39 Moments
Spirit
Torah portion
40
Arts&Life
At Home: Cozy
42 Top picks for comfy fireside reading.
A Remembrance of Kirk Douglas
43
Here All Along
44 Political speechwriter’
s book shares her
rediscovery of Jewish connection.
Celebrity Jews
46
On the Go
Events/Editor’
s Picks
47
Business
All in the Family
50 Meet young Jewish adults who moved
home to join the “family business.”
Here’
s To
50
Passion For Sports
51 FOX Sports Detroit Producer Jason Dizik
uses his passion for the sports media industry
to give back.
Etc.
The Exchange
54
Soul
56
Danny Raskin
61
Looking Back
62
Feb. 13-19, 2020 / 18-24-17 Shevat 5780| VOLUME CLVII, ISSUE 2
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Feb. 14, 5:45 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Feb. 15, 6:48 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
On the cover:
Cover photo/credit:
Photos provided by
36 Under 36 winners
(in no particular order).
Cover design:
Michelle Sheridan
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