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Jews in the D

Time to Be Counted
10 Detroit’
s Jews in under-represented 
populations respond to the 2020 Census.

Family First
16 Jewish Senior Life encourages families to 
take in loved ones from independent living.

Federation Delivers Fresh, Healthy 
Meals to Seniors in Need
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Schools Closed for Remainder of Year
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Printing PPE
18 FJA staff creates protective face shields for 
medical workers with 3D printer.

JCC Temporarily Lays Off 
95% of its Staff 
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Kids Helping Kids Learn
20 Siblings develop free lesson plans to engage 
students with remote learning.

Marni Katz to Become The Well’
s 
New Family Educator
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Rabbi Daniel Nevins Donates Plasma
to COVID Experimental Treatment
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Faces & Places
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Passover

Breaking Free
24 What freedoms are we celebrating this Passover?

Passover Recipes
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Spirit

Torah portion
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Arts&Life

A Jewish Lens
28 Local teen among winners in 
Israeli photo contest. 

After Auschwitz
28 PBS documentary tells survivors’
 stories.

Celebrity Jews
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Online Events

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Business

A ‘
Star’
 Is Born
32 Makeup artist returns from head injury to build a 
business that empowers and inspires other women

Need Anything?
33 New app helps people connect at the
grocery store.

Etc.

The Exchange 
36

Soul 
38

Danny Raskin 
45

Looking Back 
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On the cover:
Cover photo/credit: 
Ellen Betel and Lenore 
Crawford, photo by 
Ed Betel
Cover design: 
Michelle Sheridan

Shabbat & 
Holiday Lights
Pesach 2: 

Thursday, April 9, 8:52 p.m.
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, April 10, 7:51 p.m.
Shabbat ends: 

Saturday, April 11, 8:55 p.m.
* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

April 9-15, 2020 /15-21 Nissan 5780 | VOLUME CLVII, ISSUE 10
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