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Jews in the D
One Day at a Time
12 Local families’
simchahs, Pesach plans
are in flux during the pandemic.
Coping with Coronavirus
18 From virtual dance classes to online prayer,
families get creative amid crisis.
History Repeats Itself
24 A look back at the Spanish Flu of 1918.
Doing Virtually Anything
30 Our Jewish community may be distanced,
but we’
re never apart.
New Leadership at Farber Hebrew Day
School and The Well
34
Moments
36
Spirit
Torah portion
37
Arts&Life
Intimate Seders
38 Passover during a pandemic means
fewer guests but plenty of flavor.
Arts Options
40 DSO, Ann Arbor Film Festival go online.
Unorthodox
40 Netflix show follows Chasidic
runaway to Berlin.
Celebrity Jews
41
Health
I Had A Heart Attack At 35.
This is My Story.
42 A rare, spontaneous heart condition called
SCAD almost cost me my life.
Etc.
The Exchange
45
Soul
47
Danny Raskin
54
March 26-April 1, 2020 /1-7 Nissan 5780| VOLUME CLVII, ISSUE 8
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On the cover:
Cover photo/credit:
Photo illustration
includes a photo of
Brooke Radner just
before her March 13
bat mitzvah at Temple
Israel, attended only
by immediate family
because of the
coronavirus./Diane
Scafone
Cover design:
Michelle Sheridan
Shabbat Lights
Shabbat starts:
Friday, March 27, 7:35
p.m.
Shabbat ends:
Saturday, March 28, 8:38 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
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