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Jews in the D
This Too Shall Pass?
12 They saw the coronavirus coming, 
but no business was prepared for its 
high-speed impact here.

Making a Difference
15 Temple Shir Shalom raises thousands 
of dollars for COVID-19 food packages.

Pray It, Don’
t Spray It
16 “Kippah mask” can be easily made at home. 

Enduring Magic 
18 Joe Cornell’
s death evokes teenage 
memories for generations. 

We’
ll Always Have Casablanca: 
Temple Israel Trip to Morocco 
Cut Short Over COVID-19
24 A group of Jewish Metro Detroiters 
scrambled to get home from afar.

Passover

Next Year in Person; This Year on Zoom
26 COVID-19 changes Passover plans 
for many families.

Making Passover Personal
28 Local families create their own Haggadot 
to celebrate the holiday.

Get Crafty for Passover
32 Lots of time to pass these days? Fill them 
up with fun, enriching (and delicious) activities 
for the holiday.

Make Your Own (Soft?) Matzah
34 It doesn’
t have to be hard and square.

Eretz
A Personal History of Jerusalem’
s 
Only Official Gay Bar
36 The Video Pub is a valuable queer space in 
the holy city, and it may not survive COVID-19.

Zionism is Not a Spectator Sport
36 Even if you’
re not Israeli, your Jewish voice 
counts in determining the Jewish values of the 
Jewish State.

Spirit
Torah portion
39

Arts&Life

JET in Phoenix
40 Theater troupe takes its Anne Frank play and 
educational component on the road. 

Escaping Memories
42 Docudrama traces young survivors’
 
return to life.

Nosh

A New Game Plan
44 Three Cats’
 Chef Matt Prentice wants to get 
his people back to work.

Etc.

The Exchange 
45

Soul 
47

Danny Raskin 
53

Looking Back 
54

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Shabbat & 
Holiday Lights
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, April 3, 7:43 p.m.
Shabbat ends:

Saturday, April 4, 8:46 p.m.
Erev Passover: 

Wednesday, April 8
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

On the cover:
Cover design: 
Michelle Sheridan

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Friday, April 3, 7:43 p.m.
Shabbat ends:

Saturday, April 4, 8:46 p.m.
Erev Passover: 

Wednesday, April 8
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

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