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Jews in the D
Out in the Open
13 NEXTGen Detroit Balance seeks
to destigmatize mental illness in
young adults.
Behind the Spotlight
14 Howard Handler returns to
Detroit to lead events company
313 Presents.
Prudence, Not Panic
18 Synagogues and temples factor
the coronavirus into congregational
life.
Metro Detroit Jewish
Schools Actively Prepare
for Coronavirus
18
Q&A with Yossi Klein Halevi:
Israeli Interfaith Scholar
22
Not Kosher Enough?
26 Lawyer objects to use of
Conservative rabbi to certify
prisons as kosher.
A Deep Dive
30 Federation, others to host
LGBTQ+ ally and advocacy training
for Jewish educators.
Understanding the Dangers
of Anti-Semitism
32 Why Sheriff Bouchard brought
new officers to the Holocaust
Memorial Center.
Eretz
Reporter’
s Notebook:
AIPAC’
s 2020 Conference
Tilts into Partisanship
36
Does Pluralism Have a Future
at AIPAC?
36
Business
Keego Harbor Business
Shines
38 Two Chaldeans and a Jew are on
a mission to make the world glow.
Parts of it, anyway.
Ron Weiser Gifts $10M for
U-M’
s New Real Estate
Center
39
Gilbert is Back in Action
40
Here’
s To
40
Moments
Moments
41
Spirit
Torah portion
43
Arts&Life
Lovitz on Lovitz
44 An interview with the wise-
cracking comedian who got his break
on SNL.
Book Review: A Survivor’
s
Story into a Spiritual Journey
45
Fresh!
46 Add some spring decor with a
few easy pieces.
Celebrity Jews
48
On the Go
Events/Editor’
s Picks
49
Etc.
The Exchange
52
Soul
54
Danny Raskin
61
Looking Back
62
March 12-18, 2020 /16-22 Adar 5780| VOLUME CLVII, ISSUE 6
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, March 13, 7:19 p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, March 14, 8:21 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
On the cover:
Cover photo/credit: Howard
Handler/313 Presents
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan
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