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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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