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Jews in the D
Mom to Mom 24/7
12 Facebook group connects Metro Detroit
Jewish mothers online.
‘
This Problem Is Here’
20 Following MSU swastika, Rep. Slotkin hosts
East Lansing forum on anti-Semitism.
Playdates with a Purpose
22 Partnership melds Jewish themes
with service for little ones.
WSU Press Changes Come Full Circle
24 Interim director resigns; a former director
returns; top dismissed leaders rehired.
UM-Dearborn Pulls Support for
Campus Hillel Group
25 The university is working to secure outside
donations for the program instead.
Safety First
28 Yeshiva Beth Yehudah and Oak Park to
improve pedestrian safety.
Ethan’
s Legacy
29 Local family creates mental health
primer for children.
Moments
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Spirit
Torah portion
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Arts&Life
Fiddler 2.0
34 Israeli actor brings diverse talents to his role as
Tevye in this stage revival.
#AnneFrank Parallel Stories
35 Documentary brings new layers to Anne
Frank’
s famed Holocaust account.
The Conducting Circuit
36 Yaniv Segal will raise his baton with orchestras
in Ann Arbor and Detroit.
Celebrity Jews
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On the Go
Events/Editor’
s Picks
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Health
Living Life Fully
41 Dylan Bressler refuses to let stuttering define
him.
Israeli Health News
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Etc.
The Exchange
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Soul
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Raskin
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Looking Back
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Feb. 27-March 4, 2020 /2-8 Adar 5780| VOLUME CLVII, ISSUE 4
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, Feb. 28, 6:02 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, Feb. 29, 7:04 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
On the cover:
Cover photo/credit:
By Erin Kirkland
Cover design:
Kelly Kosek
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